The theory is that it's easier for people in open-plan offices to use noise-cancelling headphones to focus when they need to be productive than it is for employees to walk out of their office and into a colleague's office when they need to collaborate.
Noise-cancelling headphones won't help with the visual distraction of people moving in your field of vision. Unfortunately I'm speaking from experience, at least I can't help registering extra movement in my field of vision even if I'm trying to concentrate on what's going on my displays. Sure, there are some occasions where I've picked up a valuable piece of information from conversations going on around me in an open office, but most of the time they are just an annoying distraction. As far as I'm concerned, open-plan office isn't the right place for developers.
Also low 30's (assuming F) is not "battery cold", it's just mildly chilly and most sleeping bags would handle that temperature easily. I've camped before in sub-zero (again F) temperatures before and that's not at all uncomfortable with the right equipment.
It must be F. I wouldn't want to be sleeping in a tent if if were low 30's in C as I'd be too busy sweating to get any sleep at all. For example here in Finland the official heat threshold is 25 C and warmer countries have the limit a few degrees higher. 30 whatever is still really warm in C. Seems like low 30's in F are around 0 C and decent camping gear should have no problem with that like you mentioned.
The Mac mini has not been upgraded since 2012, which is proof enough that Apple doesn't care about making computers anymore.
Yep. There is the 2014 Mac mini, but with the quad core options going away and RAM getting soldered with no justifiable reason (form factor didn't change a bit), it doesn't really count as an upgrade. So the Mac mini has not been upgraded since 2012 indeed:P This is quite annoying as my 2011 mini is starting to get rather old.
MS have always done things half-ass, windows 7 no second taskbar for dual monitor.
This is actually fixed in Windows 8. I was a bit surprised to see that Windows 8 (and 8.1) in the desktop mode are better than Windows 7 when it comes to multiple displays.
Whoops! Did I get bitten by a beta bug or what? I'm fairly positive I had proper quote tags in the quoted part, but apparently they were ripped out when publishing the comment. Sorry about that.
MS already has a hideous management technique called "stack ranking" that killed morale (http://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2012/07/03/the-terrible-management-technique-that-cost-microsoft-its-creativity/).
Wow, this has got to be one of the most opinionated and/or misinformed things I've read in quite a while. XP was the last consumer Windows that was more or less designed for the "isn't everybody an admin?" mindset. Part of Vista's bad reputation was due to it being the messenger that got shot while delivering the "hey guys, the party's over. We really need to stop assuming every user can write to system locations. This time for real." message to developers and users. Naturally the ultra-paranoid UAC settings didn't help with that. In 7 and 8 the new security model was fine-tuned to actually work instead of bombarding users with multiple confirmations for the same operation and as a result the modern versions of Windows are reasonably secure, especially when compared to the security nightmare that XP was prior to SP2.
Indeed. While 1Password does provide the possibility to sync via Dropbox, you can also choose to use a local database and handle possible mobile sync via local wifi. That's what I did back in the day when they didn't have the Dropbox sync as an option.
No, I'm not in any way affiliated with AgileBits. Just a long-time 1Password user.
The 8.1 start button actually has one good reason to take up all that extra space: It now provides more area where to right-click to bring up a menu with shortcuts to many useful functions. Back in Windows 8.0 it was only available when you dragged the cursor to the corner and got the Metro preview. According to a quick survey on IRC, it turned out that not that many people were aware of that handy context menu there. Can't blame them, though. Microsoft's done quite a job with hiding all the stuff Windows 8 can do.
I had my parental leave a little less than a year ago. While at first returning to work seemed like a nice break from everything related to taking care of a pre-term infant, a nasty issue related to SharePoint was all it took to make diaper changes feel not bad at all actually. In those cases, at least someone is happy at the end and general happiness is restored a whole lot quicker.
Google did not block browser access, win-phone could still using the service with their browsers, what they couldn't have was alternative win-fied applications.
Umm, time to (re-)read TFA? Blocking browser access is exactly what they did here. Just checked on my company-issued Lumia 800 that accessing maps.google.com on IE still redirects to the mobile version of their main page.
Agreed. I just sent a YouTube link from Miranda to MSN Messenger and then back from MSN Messenger to Miranda. Both worked fine.
Yes, the block seemed to be removed some hours after I posted my original comment as I acknowledged here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=549110&cid=23364362. But for some hours the block was there, and I wasn't the only one who saw it in action. Glad to see that it works now, though.
How about checking the timestamps? My message was sent hours ago, and at that time YouTube links were blocked. Now the block seems to be removed. Maybe they received enough flak for it.
Thanks! With the checksum I noticed that my Safari had appended.bz2 extension to the filename even though it was the actual dmg right from the start. So I just had to get rid of the additional extension and mount it afterwards. I'm not too surprised about the dmg failing to mount after running it through bunzip2:)
I wish it did. I've downloaded the package a few times, and I just can't get the Intel Leopard dmg to mount (tried the PPC one with similar results, too). When I try to extract the package from terminal, I get "bunzip2: TrueCrypt 5.0 Leopard Intel.dmg.bz2: trailing garbage after EOF ignored" and it fails to mount. The same happens if I try to extract the.bz2 with The Unarchiver and mount it. Checking the dmg with Disk Utility states that it has an unrecognized filesystem.
If any of you have a working version, could you please post the md5 checksum? And yes, I know that it would be more efficient to post to the TrueCrypt forums, but they are down at the moment.
Officially it won't run on anything less that an 800MHz G4.
I'm not sure whether they're enforcing the limit in any way, so I'll at least try to install it on my old 533MHz G4 tower as well. For after all, the system requirements for the latest iTunes state that 500MHz G3 is required, but my old 233MHz G3 iMac with Panther is running it without a hitch and no hacks whatsoever applied.
And well, if they do enforce it, I guess we'll see an XPostFacto update soon.
if ( Wga_is_Available ) DoWgaValidationTests else default = TrustTheCustomer I wonder if they considered that?
They did, and that's the way it works. However, in this case it was the DoWgaValidationTests part that blew up due to a bug in the server software. WGA servers were available, so the first check did return true.
I just wonder how much bad press WGA needs to generate before MS reconsiders this stupid anti-consumer attitude they have. How about trying sane pricing and sane EULAs for a change?
Expect it soon, after all the slashdotters send them a nice e-mail.
It would be a start if they replied to e-mails from their paying customers (activation issues etc), let alone those from Slashdotters. I'll be switching to VMware. For after all, Fusion seems to be less a resource hog as well.
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The theory is that it's easier for people in open-plan offices to use noise-cancelling headphones to focus when they need to be productive than it is for employees to walk out of their office and into a colleague's office when they need to collaborate.
Noise-cancelling headphones won't help with the visual distraction of people moving in your field of vision. Unfortunately I'm speaking from experience, at least I can't help registering extra movement in my field of vision even if I'm trying to concentrate on what's going on my displays. Sure, there are some occasions where I've picked up a valuable piece of information from conversations going on around me in an open office, but most of the time they are just an annoying distraction. As far as I'm concerned, open-plan office isn't the right place for developers.
Also low 30's (assuming F) is not "battery cold", it's just mildly chilly and most sleeping bags would handle that temperature easily. I've camped before in sub-zero (again F) temperatures before and that's not at all uncomfortable with the right equipment.
It must be F. I wouldn't want to be sleeping in a tent if if were low 30's in C as I'd be too busy sweating to get any sleep at all. For example here in Finland the official heat threshold is 25 C and warmer countries have the limit a few degrees higher. 30 whatever is still really warm in C. Seems like low 30's in F are around 0 C and decent camping gear should have no problem with that like you mentioned.
The Mac mini has not been upgraded since 2012, which is proof enough that Apple doesn't care about making computers anymore.
Yep. There is the 2014 Mac mini, but with the quad core options going away and RAM getting soldered with no justifiable reason (form factor didn't change a bit), it doesn't really count as an upgrade. So the Mac mini has not been upgraded since 2012 indeed :P This is quite annoying as my 2011 mini is starting to get rather old.
MS have always done things half-ass, windows 7 no second taskbar for dual monitor.
This is actually fixed in Windows 8. I was a bit surprised to see that Windows 8 (and 8.1) in the desktop mode are better than Windows 7 when it comes to multiple displays.
Whoops! Did I get bitten by a beta bug or what? I'm fairly positive I had proper quote tags in the quoted part, but apparently they were ripped out when publishing the comment. Sorry about that.
MS already has a hideous management technique called "stack ranking" that killed morale (http://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2012/07/03/the-terrible-management-technique-that-cost-microsoft-its-creativity/).
The correct tense is had. http://www.businessweek.com/ar...
I should've noticed it was an AC. Point taken.
XP Works. Vista, 7, and 8 really don't
Wow, this has got to be one of the most opinionated and/or misinformed things I've read in quite a while. XP was the last consumer Windows that was more or less designed for the "isn't everybody an admin?" mindset. Part of Vista's bad reputation was due to it being the messenger that got shot while delivering the "hey guys, the party's over. We really need to stop assuming every user can write to system locations. This time for real." message to developers and users. Naturally the ultra-paranoid UAC settings didn't help with that. In 7 and 8 the new security model was fine-tuned to actually work instead of bombarding users with multiple confirmations for the same operation and as a result the modern versions of Windows are reasonably secure, especially when compared to the security nightmare that XP was prior to SP2.
I guess it's safe to assume that Sir Jony is not a knight who says NI!
Indeed. While 1Password does provide the possibility to sync via Dropbox, you can also choose to use a local database and handle possible mobile sync via local wifi. That's what I did back in the day when they didn't have the Dropbox sync as an option. No, I'm not in any way affiliated with AgileBits. Just a long-time 1Password user.
Office only has a native client on Windows,
I beg to differ.
The 8.1 start button actually has one good reason to take up all that extra space: It now provides more area where to right-click to bring up a menu with shortcuts to many useful functions. Back in Windows 8.0 it was only available when you dragged the cursor to the corner and got the Metro preview. According to a quick survey on IRC, it turned out that not that many people were aware of that handy context menu there. Can't blame them, though. Microsoft's done quite a job with hiding all the stuff Windows 8 can do.
We have a bastardized combo of waterfall and agile here. I call it the Drunken Sailor approach.
Sounds like a common combo I'm also familiar with: http://www.halfarsedagilemanifesto.org/
Which one is that?
I had my parental leave a little less than a year ago. While at first returning to work seemed like a nice break from everything related to taking care of a pre-term infant, a nasty issue related to SharePoint was all it took to make diaper changes feel not bad at all actually. In those cases, at least someone is happy at the end and general happiness is restored a whole lot quicker.
Google did not block browser access, win-phone could still using the service with their browsers, what they couldn't have was alternative win-fied applications.
Umm, time to (re-)read TFA? Blocking browser access is exactly what they did here. Just checked on my company-issued Lumia 800 that accessing maps.google.com on IE still redirects to the mobile version of their main page.
...I wouldn't use an anagram of Vista.
I still see no reason to move from the Amazon MP3 store. Is there anything that makes iTMS superior?
Well, as a Finn the fact that I can actually buy stuff from iTunes makes it far superior to the US-only Amazon store.
Yes, the block seemed to be removed some hours after I posted my original comment as I acknowledged here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=549110&cid=23364362. But for some hours the block was there, and I wasn't the only one who saw it in action. Glad to see that it works now, though.
How about checking the timestamps? My message was sent hours ago, and at that time YouTube links were blocked. Now the block seems to be removed. Maybe they received enough flak for it.
In all seriousness, I've been sending YouTube links around (and receiving them) just fine. Dunno where the problem is.
Well, I tried both Adium and the official Messenger for Mac, and YouTube links got blocked on both of them.
Thanks! With the checksum I noticed that my Safari had appended .bz2 extension to the filename even though it was the actual dmg right from the start. So I just had to get rid of the additional extension and mount it afterwards. I'm not too surprised about the dmg failing to mount after running it through bunzip2 :)
It's here and it works.
I wish it did. I've downloaded the package a few times, and I just can't get the Intel Leopard dmg to mount (tried the PPC one with similar results, too). When I try to extract the package from terminal, I get "bunzip2: TrueCrypt 5.0 Leopard Intel.dmg.bz2: trailing garbage after EOF ignored" and it fails to mount. The same happens if I try to extract the .bz2 with The Unarchiver and mount it. Checking the dmg with Disk Utility states that it has an unrecognized filesystem.
If any of you have a working version, could you please post the md5 checksum? And yes, I know that it would be more efficient to post to the TrueCrypt forums, but they are down at the moment.
I'm not sure whether they're enforcing the limit in any way, so I'll at least try to install it on my old 533MHz G4 tower as well. For after all, the system requirements for the latest iTunes state that 500MHz G3 is required, but my old 233MHz G3 iMac with Panther is running it without a hitch and no hacks whatsoever applied.
And well, if they do enforce it, I guess we'll see an XPostFacto update soon.
if ( Wga_is_Available ) DoWgaValidationTests
else
default = TrustTheCustomer
I wonder if they considered that?
They did, and that's the way it works. However, in this case it was the DoWgaValidationTests part that blew up due to a bug in the server software. WGA servers were available, so the first check did return true.
I just wonder how much bad press WGA needs to generate before MS reconsiders this stupid anti-consumer attitude they have. How about trying sane pricing and sane EULAs for a change?
Expect it soon, after all the slashdotters send them a nice e-mail.
It would be a start if they replied to e-mails from their paying customers (activation issues etc), let alone those from Slashdotters. I'll be switching to VMware. For after all, Fusion seems to be less a resource hog as well.