Don't be so harsh on yourself perhaps you're just insecure.
Installations are a good portion of an IT goon's job. Take away that and you put that job in jeapardy. Do you still need IT staff in a Web 2.0 world? Of course, you just don't need as much.
Case in point: our IT department is farmed out to IBM Global Services(read: evil, greedy charlatans). Each trouble ticket is at least $50 per incident, and MS Oulook / Exchange issues constitute well over 50% of their ticket volume(and this is just on the client side, they do our server ops too). If you swapped outlook for Enterprise Gmail accounts you effectively would cut their revenue stream in half.
1.) Kym Barret (The Matrix,Reloaded,Revolutions) will be doing the costume design. 2.) John Gaeta (The Matrix, inventor of Bullet Time..) is the visual effects supervisor. 3.) Owen Patterson (The Matrix, etc) is the production designer.
How does this translate to a good movie? Your citing folks that (along w/ the brothers) helmed Reloaded and Revolutions... and those sucked.
I'm actually interested in seeing this movie, but I gotta say you aren't selling me on it.
AMD would do exactly the same thing if the situation were reversed. In fact, they did just that back in the Pentium 4 days. This underscores why competition is such a good thing.
Just because you don't want to hear what I say, doesn't mean it's not correct.
I don't think it's incorrect. I take issue you being a dick. If you think he's wrong, explain why. If it's not worth your time to respond, don't. But to reply with some snide "you're not worth my time" remark is just small (and ironic).
Sorry, if you knew anything about biochemistry or medicine, I might waste time arguing with you
Isn't your dickhead response - in which you claim you aren't going to argue - an argument in itself? And besides, if you're here insulting people on Slashdot I can't imagine your time is that valuable in the first place.
I'm tempted to continue use of antibiotics on the odd chance that the resultant super-germ will take you out.
Because of the way triclosan kills the bacteria, mutations can happen at the targeted site.
I'm no biologist, but isn't it the case that the mutations happen anyway? Antibiotics don't CAUSE bacteria to mutate, they simply weed out the non-mutated population that would otherwise compete for nutrients with their mutated peers. I'm not saying that over-use of antibiotics isn't a bad thing, I just think the above statement is factually wrong.
That said, I think antibiotics in handsoap is a non-issue, and I'm not surprised they aren't any more/less effective than "regular" handsoap. Ultimately the bacteria is being removed from your hands, right?
Sorry, you lost me. Sun did something similar, by naming the framework "Java5" while the JVM/JDK was v1.5. Is it the same thing going on here? is KDE4 the "suite" and KDE 4.0 the API?
Ironically, I think that the OpenOffice team loves this idea about as much as the Works team does. I'm curious what the tagline will be. "Works w/ Ads: it's just like the old version, but Worse!"
Secondly: haven't you ever seen "It's a Wonderful Life"? When the bank errors in your 'favor', you aren't screwing the bank, you are screwing somebody else who put their money into the bank. The bank is simply trying to offset that by screwing you back.
Let's assume for a second that EVERYBODY is as skilled behind the wheel as yourself. Even if that were the case, driving 65mph is as still safer than driving 85mph. It's not necissarily that the faster speed increases the chances of an accident -- it's that your ability to react to/recover from an accident is significantly diminished while driving at higher speeds. That's true no matter how good a driver you are.
Here's an extreme example: If a tire blows at 55mph, it's usually no big deal. At 100mph, blowing a tire can be lethal.
In they're hasty copy/replace job on the Apple privacy policy, it looks like they forgot to omit a URL that doesn't exist. On the Apple page you see:
If you do not want Apple to keep you up to date with Apple news, software updates and the latest information on products and services click www.apple.com/contact/myinfo and update your personal contact information and preferences
Medison has a similar blurb:
If you do not want Medison to keep you up to date with Medison news, software updates and the latest information on products and services click www.Medison.com/contact/myinfo and update your personal contact information and preferences.
The apply "myinfo" page is valid. The Medison link takes you to a 404 page... written in Korean . Looking further, Medison.com turns out to be a medical imaging company and appears to have no relation whatsoever to Medisoncelebrity.com.
Looks like they got a bit lazy with replacing "Apple" with "Medison"
The problem is that there are different metrics at play here. When we say a movie is "good", we usually refer to the quality of acting, directing, and so on. But when we refer a "good" videogaming, most people are referring to quality of gameplay. In a movie you can have a performance that's so terrible it become unintentionally entertaining (like Dan Hedaya playing an evil central american dictator with full-on brooklyn accent in Commando). However, there's no point at which a game becomes so unplayable that you think to yourself "oh, man. this is a train wreck but I can't pull myself away".
They do have something in common, though: BAD ACTING. And when you think about it, there are games that contain such bad acting that it rivals even the worst(meaning best) B movies. The FMV cutscenes were so terribly bad, it almost became an extra incentive to complete the levels and advance the "story". And then there's Resident Evil:
BARRY: "Jill, here's a lockpick. It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you.
The timing of Moore's departure makes it seem pretty likely that the Billion Dollar Rebate was the culprit. That said, It's a not totally fair to lay the blame squarely at Peter Moore's feet. He didn't design the thing, and he wasn't in control of the division when the flawed design was rushed out the door. You could just as easily blame J. Allard. Maybe they fired him, but it's equally likely that the constant xbox problems wore him down to the point to where he decided he'd had enough.
Either way, Microsoft seems to have a problem being a leader. When they're in 2nd place, they have no problem with focus or drive, but once they gain the lead they just fall apart. Take IE for example. Development occurs at a breakneck pace until IE4 reaches 95% market share, then they just stop.
For a time, it seemed like Microsoft was firing on all cylinders with the 360. Now that they are in the lead position, it's all falling apart. They are diluting the focus of the product (it's a game player, no, it's a media center, no, it's an IPTV box, no, it's a video rental program) and confusing the market (360, 360 premium, 360 elite, 360 Halo edition...).
How would Joe User know that they didn't want to 'upgrade' their file format and that they couldn't go back?
Well, the program warns the user of this scenario should the user decide to not upgrade after the trial (yes, I know 'cus I tried it). Furthermore, it's generally accepted that files created with program XYZ may not work after uninstalling program XYZ. The program respects your old files, and warns you about the new files ahead of time.
If your Joe User still does not grasp that Office 2007 creates Office 2007 files, I suggest replacing Joe's PC with a SNES and a copy of Mario Paint and leave this "typing" thing to the professionals.
Good point. I don't see this mentioned very often. This was situation with my broken 360. When they sent me a replacement, none of my XBLA games would work unless I signed into Live. Very irritating when my internet connection dies and I want to pass the time with XBLA.
This is the same problem you face if you buy the 120GIG hard drive(or buy an elite) and transfer your content from an old hard drive.
I agree. And I believe that Windows had the same failings (co-operative multitasking, unprotected memory) until Windows 95 came on the scene, long after Windows' market share dominance had already been established. So it's not like Microsoft won the battle due to a a superior OS.
So, though I may be going out on a limb here, I'm gonna say "no" for 2008. And those that think that Vista's awefulness has any sway must have not been around to see how the whole "Windows vs. MacOS" thing played out.
I omitted the paregraph that specifically sites budget constraints. Here it is:
The state's mental health report found that because of budget constraints, it often takes more than a month for someone in Virginia to receive court-ordered or voluntary counseling for a declared mental illness. More than half of the state's community mental health providers said that they cannot handle as many patients now as they did a decade ago, according to the report, which recommended that Virginia officials consider giving health-care professionals more time and resources for initial screenings of the mentally ill.
Shortly after a national tragedy, the Bush administration is telling that it's that pesky notion of "privacy" that is getting in the way of protecting American lives. Had those privacy laws been "made less complicated", such a tragedy never would have happened. Or so they say. However, per the article
After having made suicidal comments in December 2005, Mr. Cho was ordered by a judge to receive outpatient treatment on campus. But his condition does not seem to have been tracked afterward, and he does not seem to have received any treatment when he returned to campus.
Cho's treatment wasn't tracked or enforced due to Budget constraints. Privacy laws had nothing to do with it. In fact, privacy rights are only an issue now because the state panel panel investigating the tragedy wants access to Cho's records.
Its work has been hampered, however, because Mr. Cho's medical and academic records are protected under state and federal privacy laws and because relatives of the victims have threatened legal action against the panel for not permitting them to participate in its investigation.
In other words, privacy laws only became a sticking point after the fact. Relaxing privacy laws would have done nothing to prevent this tragedy.
Once again Bush hides behind dead bodies to conceal his effort to destroy civil liberties. I swear, this man hasn't a single shred of human decency. Not a shred!!!
YouTube was written without an SDK, at least no more, or no less, of an SDK than the iPhone has, and yet I'd call it a killer app.
Well, to be fair, Youtube was writen in Python, Java and (I think) alittle bit of C++. Youtube is an awesome server-side app. And yeah, it'll probably also be great to view it on iPhone. But that's not the same thing as calling it an iPhone application.
Nobody here is arguing that you can't do truly neat things with html and javascript, but I knew that I could do that on the iPhone anyway, so to call a web browser the iPhone SDK is bogus. Why stop there? Why not also call it "The Nintendo Wii SDK", or "The Windows Mobile SDK" or "The SDK for Every Fucking Cell Phone Manufactured In The Last Five Years"???
everyone out there already making clever web apps might have something to say about that.
I totally agree. Heck, 90% of my job is writing web apps. Web apps are great, but....what if I want to create something other than a web app? What about a voip client, or a paint program, or a 3d shooter?
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Don't be so harsh on yourself perhaps you're just insecure.
Installations are a good portion of an IT goon's job. Take away that and you put that job in jeapardy. Do you still need IT staff in a Web 2.0 world? Of course, you just don't need as much.
Case in point: our IT department is farmed out to IBM Global Services(read: evil, greedy charlatans). Each trouble ticket is at least $50 per incident, and MS Oulook / Exchange issues constitute well over 50% of their ticket volume(and this is just on the client side, they do our server ops too). If you swapped outlook for Enterprise Gmail accounts you effectively would cut their revenue stream in half.
I'm actually interested in seeing this movie, but I gotta say you aren't selling me on it.
Please put your "That's Sweet" jokes under this thread, and be sure to include your home address and the specific way you would like me to kill you.
AMD would do exactly the same thing if the situation were reversed. In fact, they did just that back in the Pentium 4 days. This underscores why competition is such a good thing.
Jeez, man, lighten up. I think he was just kidding around. Anyone thinking otherwise is a sucker.
I don't think it's incorrect. I take issue you being a dick. If you think he's wrong, explain why. If it's not worth your time to respond, don't. But to reply with some snide "you're not worth my time" remark is just small (and ironic).
Isn't your dickhead response - in which you claim you aren't going to argue - an argument in itself? And besides, if you're here insulting people on Slashdot I can't imagine your time is that valuable in the first place.
I'm tempted to continue use of antibiotics on the odd chance that the resultant super-germ will take you out.
I wish I could mod you up. That was a really helpful example. Thanks!
I'm no biologist, but isn't it the case that the mutations happen anyway? Antibiotics don't CAUSE bacteria to mutate, they simply weed out the non-mutated population that would otherwise compete for nutrients with their mutated peers. I'm not saying that over-use of antibiotics isn't a bad thing, I just think the above statement is factually wrong.
That said, I think antibiotics in handsoap is a non-issue, and I'm not surprised they aren't any more/less effective than "regular" handsoap. Ultimately the bacteria is being removed from your hands, right?
Sorry, you lost me. Sun did something similar, by naming the framework "Java5" while the JVM/JDK was v1.5. Is it the same thing going on here? is KDE4 the "suite" and KDE 4.0 the API?
Ironically, I think that the OpenOffice team loves this idea about as much as the Works team does. I'm curious what the tagline will be. "Works w/ Ads: it's just like the old version, but Worse!"
It has an 4-in-1 memory card reader.
First off: it's "you're" or "you are".
Secondly: haven't you ever seen "It's a Wonderful Life"? When the bank errors in your 'favor', you aren't screwing the bank, you are screwing somebody else who put their money into the bank. The bank is simply trying to offset that by screwing you back.
Let's assume for a second that EVERYBODY is as skilled behind the wheel as yourself. Even if that were the case, driving 65mph is as still safer than driving 85mph. It's not necissarily that the faster speed increases the chances of an accident -- it's that your ability to react to/recover from an accident is significantly diminished while driving at higher speeds. That's true no matter how good a driver you are.
Here's an extreme example: If a tire blows at 55mph, it's usually no big deal. At 100mph, blowing a tire can be lethal.
Medison has a similar blurb:
The apply "myinfo" page is valid. The Medison link takes you to a 404 page... written in Korean . Looking further, Medison.com turns out to be a medical imaging company and appears to have no relation whatsoever to Medisoncelebrity.com.
Looks like they got a bit lazy with replacing "Apple" with "Medison"
They do have something in common, though: BAD ACTING. And when you think about it, there are games that contain such bad acting that it rivals even the worst(meaning best) B movies. The FMV cutscenes were so terribly bad, it almost became an extra incentive to complete the levels and advance the "story". And then there's Resident Evil:Now that's priceless...
The timing of Moore's departure makes it seem pretty likely that the Billion Dollar Rebate was the culprit. That said, It's a not totally fair to lay the blame squarely at Peter Moore's feet. He didn't design the thing, and he wasn't in control of the division when the flawed design was rushed out the door. You could just as easily blame J. Allard. Maybe they fired him, but it's equally likely that the constant xbox problems wore him down to the point to where he decided he'd had enough.
Either way, Microsoft seems to have a problem being a leader. When they're in 2nd place, they have no problem with focus or drive, but once they gain the lead they just fall apart. Take IE for example. Development occurs at a breakneck pace until IE4 reaches 95% market share, then they just stop.
For a time, it seemed like Microsoft was firing on all cylinders with the 360. Now that they are in the lead position, it's all falling apart. They are diluting the focus of the product (it's a game player, no, it's a media center, no, it's an IPTV box, no, it's a video rental program) and confusing the market (360, 360 premium, 360 elite, 360 Halo edition...).
Well, the program warns the user of this scenario should the user decide to not upgrade after the trial (yes, I know 'cus I tried it). Furthermore, it's generally accepted that files created with program XYZ may not work after uninstalling program XYZ. The program respects your old files, and warns you about the new files ahead of time.
If your Joe User still does not grasp that Office 2007 creates Office 2007 files, I suggest replacing Joe's PC with a SNES and a copy of Mario Paint and leave this "typing" thing to the professionals.
Good point. I don't see this mentioned very often. This was situation with my broken 360. When they sent me a replacement, none of my XBLA games would work unless I signed into Live. Very irritating when my internet connection dies and I want to pass the time with XBLA.
This is the same problem you face if you buy the 120GIG hard drive(or buy an elite) and transfer your content from an old hard drive.
I agree. And I believe that Windows had the same failings (co-operative multitasking, unprotected memory) until Windows 95 came on the scene, long after Windows' market share dominance had already been established. So it's not like Microsoft won the battle due to a a superior OS.
I just wanna know, how does it taste!? I can't wait to try me some octomari!! Or is it calapus?
- 1994: No
- 1995: No
- 1996: No
- 1997: No
- 1998: No
- 1999: No
- 2000: No
- 2001: No
- 2002: No
- 2003: No
- 2004: No
- 2005: No
- 2006: No
- 2007: No (pending)
So, though I may be going out on a limb here, I'm gonna say "no" for 2008. And those that think that Vista's awefulness has any sway must have not been around to see how the whole "Windows vs. MacOS" thing played out.Cho's treatment wasn't tracked or enforced due to Budget constraints. Privacy laws had nothing to do with it. In fact, privacy rights are only an issue now because the state panel panel investigating the tragedy wants access to Cho's records.
In other words, privacy laws only became a sticking point after the fact. Relaxing privacy laws would have done nothing to prevent this tragedy.
Once again Bush hides behind dead bodies to conceal his effort to destroy civil liberties. I swear, this man hasn't a single shred of human decency. Not a shred!!!
Well, to be fair, Youtube was writen in Python, Java and (I think) alittle bit of C++. Youtube is an awesome server-side app. And yeah, it'll probably also be great to view it on iPhone. But that's not the same thing as calling it an iPhone application.
Nobody here is arguing that you can't do truly neat things with html and javascript, but I knew that I could do that on the iPhone anyway, so to call a web browser the iPhone SDK is bogus. Why stop there? Why not also call it "The Nintendo Wii SDK", or "The Windows Mobile SDK" or "The SDK for Every Fucking Cell Phone Manufactured In The Last Five Years"???I totally agree. Heck, 90% of my job is writing web apps. Web apps are great, but....what if I want to create something other than a web app? What about a voip client, or a paint program, or a 3d shooter?