Really, WD?
Is it your place to be the cop here? Shouldn't I - as a fully aware (or not, the law doesn't make a distinction) adult - have the freedom to share whatever type of file I wish?
Wouldn't (and shouldn't) it be my butt on the line if I'm sharing my 19 volume set of "The Best of Barry Manilow" all willy-nilly across the Internet?
Please get your industry-browned nose out of my business, and let me worry about the repercussions if I get caught violating copyrights.
Games have "levels" so gamers can feel a sense of accomplishment at moving up a rung? Kinda' like - you know - life? Work hard, get promoted = meatspace leveling. Same with XP in MMORGs?
What I can't figure out is why everyone in my office gets all weird when I start killing co-workers during my XP grind? Sheesh...
I was going to make a crack - like everyone else - about how there is still not "high quality" video (content) on YouTube. But then I thought, if the technology is put in place someone will eventually fill the void.
I was really into video production back in the mid 90s. At that time I was all VHS and used a Video Toaster - I thought it was hot shit, but there was so much I couldn't do like frame-accurate editing, 3D animation, etc.
In about 1996 I participated in a consumer survey on video products. They group I was with kept looking at me funny because I wanted frame-accurate control, higher-quality, not affected by copying (multiple generations) all in consumer equipment. Even I thought it was a pipe-dream - that kind of control was WAAAAY out of the hands of a hobbyist.
But when I finally got my hands on my first MiniDV camera, hooked to my computer via Firewire, it was that huge leap forward that I would have NEVER dreamed about in 1996. All of a sudden I had a medium that was frame-accurate, didn't suffer from multiple generations, and was much higher quality than VHS, allowed frame-level edits/graphic control. How cool!
Now there are even movies out shot on MiniDV and it's variants. That would have been impossible to do with anywhere near the same level of quality - on consumer (!) equipment - in the mid-90s.
Once the technology is in place, content will eventually be created to fill the void. We just have to give it more time.
Obviously Blu-Ray DVD owners should have bought an Intelligent Chip and this wouldn't have happened. The "quantum material" would have upgraded and fixed all of their problems!:-)
I don't disbelieve the benefits of getting a good nap in, I just don't think I'm physiologically capable of it.
You know - I agree. If I lay down and nap I have a terrible time getting up and I end up feeling terrible. If I nap in my office chair or my car seat I can get into a nice doze in about 20 minutes and come out of it feeling great.
I have used the audio napping aid Pzizz with some success too. Yeah, you have to buy it, but the guided naps are really pretty great. Even if you don't buy into all the new age stuff about the beat putting your brain into certian wave states and such, the nap is darn refreshing and relaxing. I have a 20 minute version and a 60 minute version on my iPod for when I need a little extra help (20 minute = power nap, 60 minute = going to bed).
Power napping is where it's at! Depending on the culture at your work place you may have to be a bit "sneaky" to slip in a power nap, or you may need to scarf lunch and take a quick rest in the car.
TFA doesn't say what level he tested at, but it's certainly possible that he was tested above the legal limit while well within the ability to drive decently. He may be a piece of shit for driving drunk, or he may be an unfortunate victim of the jerks who think that lowering the legal limit to an indecent level will make the roads safer.
I don't really agree with the whole "he was tested above the legal limit while well within the ability to drive decently." arguement. I won't dispute that some people can hold their liquor better than others (e.g. have a higher tolerance), but the simple facts are: alcohol impairs your ability to respond. Also, alcohol impairs cognitive functioning even when motor functioning appears normal.
I am all for lowering the limit even below 0.08, not because I want more "gubermint" in by business, but because it's just safer for everyone.
Now bring on all the people who say, "but..but...but, it's the same thing with cell phones."
....were on slashdot a few years back hand soldering resistors onto logic boards to get their first batch out the door? If it was, well, way to go back bedroom hardware hackers! There is hope beyond yet another godforsaken web project yet:)
Yep, and they make a good product. I bought one of the first 100 (which were the hand assembled units) - I believe I have #49 - and it still works like a champ. About two years after I bought it I emailed Sean Adams (the CEO) and inquired about the case upgrade which had long since been discontinued and he not only scrouged one up for me but included one of the new switching power supplies to replace the wall wart that came with the first batch. Excellent company to deal with and excellent support from the original guys.
I hope Logitec lets them keep their level of service where Sean and the original crew kept it.
I don't think you could. I mean, sure, you could technically, but I don't know if you could from a user adoption and acceptance standpoint. My mother doesn't use an ATM card because she can't figure out how to work the system. I have more 4 digit PINs in my life than I know what to do with at the moment, debit card, ATM card, credit card(s), alarm codes (home and work), School web site login, and I'm sure there are some more I'm forgetting.
If I had to remember layered PINs in a scheme such as this I'm sure I would forget which PIN was tied to which level of authorization; Heaven help someone like my mother!
Not to steal the thread...
TopShelf - you're in Indy right? I noticed you had a journal entry about moving to a director of ERP position. We're using an ERP package but might want to investigate other options. Just curious what you're using and what size your company is? You can get in touch with me through my web site if you have 5 minutes. Thanks!
Most retail sales people are simply not going to possess the necessary knowledge to correctly recommend or explain every nuance of a piece of hardware
I think a better way to say it is; Most shoppers won't pay the prices needed to ensure that retail sales people posses the necessary knowledge to correct recommend and expllain every nuance of a piece of hardware.
I used to have some friends who ran a small computer store. They built machines and sold hardware. They were friendly and knowledgable and did at-home-at-office service calls. Their target was a small but fairly affluent town and they did well for those customers who realized that "cheap" and "quality service" are often words not uttered in the same sentence.
When they saturatued their small town they were not effective at finding more customers that fit their demographic. The tried to compete with Best Buy and Dell and they failed miserably because at the end of the day they couldn't justify selling a computer for $20 profit.
They could answer a customer's question knowledgably and spend the time needed to make sure the customer ended up with a very good fit for their needs. They just couldn't find enough customers who were willing to pay for this level of knowledge and personal service.
For example, a person could ask how to best test the use of Linux desktops working with Microsoft's directory software.
Answer: Thank you for choosing Microsoft(TM) Software. We have studied this problem and have determined to best use Linux desktops with Microsoft's Active Directory(SM) first format the machines and install Windows(TM) XP Professional(SM)...
We just recieved an ammended version of our employee contract, which had new articles stating that it was against policy to use any of your paid off time to interview for or pursue a position with a different company. The clause specifically stated that it was against policy to look for a job with sick time, vacation time, company holidays, or floating holidays.
Not that I'd adhere to that policy at all, but it was a shock that they had the stones put it in there.
That's a company that doesn't want me to work for them! I cannot believe this would be legal because when I take of earned time from my vacation/sick/whatever bank, it's my time and not the company's time.
I don't have to tell my boss why I'm taking a day off - I only have to get approval to take the day off. It's none of his business nor the company's business what the time will be used for.
The more I hear about companies that do this (and workers who put up with it) makes me wonder how bad it will be for my kids when they enter the workplace.
Comon' people - grow some stones! Don't let your company dictate idiocy like this (which sounds quasi-illegal anyway). Tell 'em what they can do with their policy...they can stuff it!
If you're skilled you'll have no problem finding a job. This was true when the technology job market was in the toilet and it's certianly true now that things are looking up!
I'm curious how you would propose such a system or society would handle people who valued high achievement? How would those "exceptional folk" be able to get ahead of the dole you propose? It would take a massive redistribution of wealth from the super-achievers to pay this dole (unless you want inflation to run rampant because suddenly money is worth 2x it's present value).
If you disenfranchise your top achievers by creating a system that holds them down while trying to bring everyone up, they won't keep producing at such a high rate and eventually the economy will grind to a complete halt.
I would humbly invite you to spend some time reading "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. It pretty much describes what might happen to society give your hypothesis were to suddenly be enacted.
In the years I've been reading/. I don't think I've seen this much direct communication from Taco or any of the other/. staff posted as I have in the last few weeks.
What's up guys? Why have you suddenly started "talking" to us? And for the record, I like it. I think there should be more direct communicaiton to your readers like this.
The idea of a dashboard is okay, but the application it's useful has to be pretty specific. I run OS X and the only widgets I've found useful have been the weather widget and the calculator. I have the dashboard bound to one of my mouse buttons and I can call up a 5-day weather forcast or calculator at the click of a button.
Otherwise I haven't been able to find another good application - that fits my needs - that I'm willing to give up RAM to.
All of these dashboard ideas seem like a solution looking for a good idea - and from personal experience and talking to friends that idea hasn't really been found just yet.
Our receptionist is already surly and a bit gruff, we can replace her with "Tank" and dramatically increase our gruffness-to-customer ratio! We'll also be able to irritate our customers 24x7 instead of the normal 8x5 we currently get out of our receptionist!
At the point at which it becomes a language called English, apparently... It's to (sic) hard.
I realized my tyopgraphic error about 2 seconds after I hit submit - languange is indeed "to hard".
Anyway, a user will typically be a fairly hard-core "car guy" before they get into a lot of the aftermarket parts. My mother certianly isn't putting Fram performance air handlers on her car. The last time I bought a car I was basically given a menu by the dealer; there were a few option packages I could add on. I will probably not add any more than those options.
I would bet this is true for a very large percentage of car buyers. I would further bet there is parallel (proportionally) between the number hard-core computer "geek" and hard-core car "geeks".
I don't think car driving is a fair analogy; car buying is more likely. I still maintain that the open source community should spend a bit more effort on "friendlyifying" its wares.
I like Firefox, but at what point is something so extendible that it's to confusing?
I normally use Opera, and love the features it has. I've been able to make Firefox mimic Opera in functionality, but I was somewhat overwhelmed by ALL of the plugins.
I figure if someone who is fairly sophisticated technically is overwhelmed then God help someone like my wife or my co-workers (sorry, this is slashdot, my "cow-orkers"). They would be completely confused!
Open source is great, but now we need to have some time spent to "friendlyify" it for people who are between being a newbie and a power user.
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Really, WD?
Is it your place to be the cop here? Shouldn't I - as a fully aware (or not, the law doesn't make a distinction) adult - have the freedom to share whatever type of file I wish?
Wouldn't (and shouldn't) it be my butt on the line if I'm sharing my 19 volume set of "The Best of Barry Manilow" all willy-nilly across the Internet?
Please get your industry-browned nose out of my business, and let me worry about the repercussions if I get caught violating copyrights.
Games have "levels" so gamers can feel a sense of accomplishment at moving up a rung? Kinda' like - you know - life? Work hard, get promoted = meatspace leveling. Same with XP in MMORGs?
What I can't figure out is why everyone in my office gets all weird when I start killing co-workers during my XP grind? Sheesh...
So, no more development companies opening up in Maryland then? Smart move MD!
I was going to make a crack - like everyone else - about how there is still not "high quality" video (content) on YouTube. But then I thought, if the technology is put in place someone will eventually fill the void.
I was really into video production back in the mid 90s. At that time I was all VHS and used a Video Toaster - I thought it was hot shit, but there was so much I couldn't do like frame-accurate editing, 3D animation, etc.
In about 1996 I participated in a consumer survey on video products. They group I was with kept looking at me funny because I wanted frame-accurate control, higher-quality, not affected by copying (multiple generations) all in consumer equipment. Even I thought it was a pipe-dream - that kind of control was WAAAAY out of the hands of a hobbyist.
But when I finally got my hands on my first MiniDV camera, hooked to my computer via Firewire, it was that huge leap forward that I would have NEVER dreamed about in 1996. All of a sudden I had a medium that was frame-accurate, didn't suffer from multiple generations, and was much higher quality than VHS, allowed frame-level edits/graphic control. How cool!
Now there are even movies out shot on MiniDV and it's variants. That would have been impossible to do with anywhere near the same level of quality - on consumer (!) equipment - in the mid-90s.
Once the technology is in place, content will eventually be created to fill the void. We just have to give it more time.
Obviously Blu-Ray DVD owners should have bought an Intelligent Chip and this wouldn't have happened. The "quantum material" would have upgraded and fixed all of their problems! :-)
"Why yes, I will have my buffalo wings in the Icy Hot-n-blazin' sauce please!"
I have used the audio napping aid Pzizz with some success too. Yeah, you have to buy it, but the guided naps are really pretty great. Even if you don't buy into all the new age stuff about the beat putting your brain into certian wave states and such, the nap is darn refreshing and relaxing. I have a 20 minute version and a 60 minute version on my iPod for when I need a little extra help (20 minute = power nap, 60 minute = going to bed).
Power napping is where it's at! Depending on the culture at your work place you may have to be a bit "sneaky" to slip in a power nap, or you may need to scarf lunch and take a quick rest in the car.
I highly recommend it.
I am all for lowering the limit even below 0.08, not because I want more "gubermint" in by business, but because it's just safer for everyone.
Now bring on all the people who say, "but..but...but, it's the same thing with cell phones."
Yep - ban them too! :-)
Yep, and they make a good product. I bought one of the first 100 (which were the hand assembled units) - I believe I have #49 - and it still works like a champ. About two years after I bought it I emailed Sean Adams (the CEO) and inquired about the case upgrade which had long since been discontinued and he not only scrouged one up for me but included one of the new switching power supplies to replace the wall wart that came with the first batch. Excellent company to deal with and excellent support from the original guys.
I hope Logitec lets them keep their level of service where Sean and the original crew kept it.
I don't think you could. I mean, sure, you could technically, but I don't know if you could from a user adoption and acceptance standpoint. My mother doesn't use an ATM card because she can't figure out how to work the system. I have more 4 digit PINs in my life than I know what to do with at the moment, debit card, ATM card, credit card(s), alarm codes (home and work), School web site login, and I'm sure there are some more I'm forgetting.
If I had to remember layered PINs in a scheme such as this I'm sure I would forget which PIN was tied to which level of authorization; Heaven help someone like my mother!
Not to steal the thread... TopShelf - you're in Indy right? I noticed you had a journal entry about moving to a director of ERP position. We're using an ERP package but might want to investigate other options. Just curious what you're using and what size your company is? You can get in touch with me through my web site if you have 5 minutes. Thanks!
I think a better way to say it is; Most shoppers won't pay the prices needed to ensure that retail sales people posses the necessary knowledge to correct recommend and expllain every nuance of a piece of hardware.
I used to have some friends who ran a small computer store. They built machines and sold hardware. They were friendly and knowledgable and did at-home-at-office service calls. Their target was a small but fairly affluent town and they did well for those customers who realized that "cheap" and "quality service" are often words not uttered in the same sentence.
When they saturatued their small town they were not effective at finding more customers that fit their demographic. The tried to compete with Best Buy and Dell and they failed miserably because at the end of the day they couldn't justify selling a computer for $20 profit.
They could answer a customer's question knowledgably and spend the time needed to make sure the customer ended up with a very good fit for their needs. They just couldn't find enough customers who were willing to pay for this level of knowledge and personal service.
Answer: Thank you for choosing Microsoft(TM) Software. We have studied this problem and have determined to best use Linux desktops with Microsoft's Active Directory(SM) first format the machines and install Windows(TM) XP Professional(SM)...
The government won't be able to ban online gambling; and I have $10 that says so! Any takers?
Not that I'd adhere to that policy at all, but it was a shock that they had the stones put it in there.
That's a company that doesn't want me to work for them! I cannot believe this would be legal because when I take of earned time from my vacation/sick/whatever bank, it's my time and not the company's time.
I don't have to tell my boss why I'm taking a day off - I only have to get approval to take the day off. It's none of his business nor the company's business what the time will be used for.
The more I hear about companies that do this (and workers who put up with it) makes me wonder how bad it will be for my kids when they enter the workplace.
Comon' people - grow some stones! Don't let your company dictate idiocy like this (which sounds quasi-illegal anyway). Tell 'em what they can do with their policy...they can stuff it!
If you're skilled you'll have no problem finding a job. This was true when the technology job market was in the toilet and it's certianly true now that things are looking up!
If you disenfranchise your top achievers by creating a system that holds them down while trying to bring everyone up, they won't keep producing at such a high rate and eventually the economy will grind to a complete halt.
I would humbly invite you to spend some time reading "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. It pretty much describes what might happen to society give your hypothesis were to suddenly be enacted.
What's up guys? Why have you suddenly started "talking" to us? And for the record, I like it. I think there should be more direct communicaiton to your readers like this.
Otherwise I haven't been able to find another good application - that fits my needs - that I'm willing to give up RAM to.
All of these dashboard ideas seem like a solution looking for a good idea - and from personal experience and talking to friends that idea hasn't really been found just yet.
This just in; the BRG is MK in the PRTW while the outgoing CTA is now fully assumed to be BFPLF.
Our receptionist is already surly and a bit gruff, we can replace her with "Tank" and dramatically increase our gruffness-to-customer ratio! We'll also be able to irritate our customers 24x7 instead of the normal 8x5 we currently get out of our receptionist!
At the point at which it becomes a language called English, apparently... It's to (sic) hard.
I realized my tyopgraphic error about 2 seconds after I hit submit - languange is indeed "to hard".
Anyway, a user will typically be a fairly hard-core "car guy" before they get into a lot of the aftermarket parts. My mother certianly isn't putting Fram performance air handlers on her car. The last time I bought a car I was basically given a menu by the dealer; there were a few option packages I could add on. I will probably not add any more than those options.
I would bet this is true for a very large percentage of car buyers. I would further bet there is parallel (proportionally) between the number hard-core computer "geek" and hard-core car "geeks".
I don't think car driving is a fair analogy; car buying is more likely. I still maintain that the open source community should spend a bit more effort on "friendlyifying" its wares.
I like Firefox, but at what point is something so extendible that it's to confusing?
I normally use Opera, and love the features it has. I've been able to make Firefox mimic Opera in functionality, but I was somewhat overwhelmed by ALL of the plugins.
I figure if someone who is fairly sophisticated technically is overwhelmed then God help someone like my wife or my co-workers (sorry, this is slashdot, my "cow-orkers"). They would be completely confused!
Open source is great, but now we need to have some time spent to "friendlyify" it for people who are between being a newbie and a power user.
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