When I went from 900Mhz to 2.4Ghz portable phone, my range went to crap. Where are you finding these 900Mhz phones? Nobody seems to make or carry them anymore. I ended up getting another 2.4Ghz multi-extension phone and this one hasn't interfered at all.
Having the ability to type accurately at a high rate is absolutely necessary. First of all, I don't know of any employer that has computers for secretaries or other "general typing" positions that have speech recognition. Traditional typewritter courses may be obsolete, but typing on computers is not.
Think of jobs like programming where high computer skills are obviously required. Good programming requires you to be able to input code at fast speeds and accurately so that the code runs without error. Unless you work for Slashdot, producing buggy code that took you all day to input won't get you far in the business world.
Usually with these per-seat licensing deals, all the apps are thrown in with it. So each user gets OS, Office, and Exchange all paid for at that price. Which in MS terms, is a very good deal.
I swear, the way he designed the box the cd access lid makes it look like an old fasion toilet.
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Not all IT is MS admins. My company's operations are almost entirely run on Solaris, yet we still manage to annoy each other from time to time.
As for medicine, law, and banking, maybe you just haven't been out in the real world much. Plenty of doctors, bankers, and lawyers are royal pains and too annoying to deal with.
Save your MS bashing for a relevant topic would you? It gets annoying.
The examples the article mentions really aren't specific to the IT field. Any field that requires a higher degree of knowledge has speciliazed jargon and inside humor. Guess what.. people annoy people. Amazing! Techs annoy end users. End users annoy techs. Chinese people annoy the English. Mac users annoy Windows users. Muslims annoy Christians.
That annoyance is usually the fault of the annoyed because he or she is frustrated because they don't understand. Sure, there are things you can do to not be condescending towards people, but thats more a life skill that everybody should have for everyday life.
I was talking to my STK guy today about this. He said what actually happened was the company bypassed the password via bruteforce to use proprietary maintenance software. It was the use of this software which was really at issue. If they had used their own software to perform the maintenance, it would have been kosher. In this case, the spirit of the DMCA does apply here.. they illegally bypassed security measures which protected proprietary software which was not licensed to them OR the customer who gave the 3rd party "permission" to perform the work.
I certanly am not comparing the fields one to one. I'm comparing the situation of the two fields.
Just because someone who completes a PhD doesn't mean they are brilliant. Smart and well educated doesn't always translate to a talent that is worth high salaries, no matter what the field.
I think what we're really lacking is extremely talented scientists. It is the same issue within the computer field. 5 or so years ago you had a huge influx of people who saw the get rich quick marketing of certification and training houses. Just because you have the education or certification doesn't mean you are worth two cents. The bulk of the work is done by people who don't make the high end of the scale. Your job and your personal output has to be worth your salary. The flood of medioce talent is now realizing they aren't going to make the big bucks they were promised. Eventually MBA's will have the same problem too, if everybody goes in that situation.
First of all, don't bother with DLT. It is slow, and increasingly more unreliable as DLT is phased out of production and replacement parts are actually refurbs.
when I switched from Optimum Online to Comcast, I quit getting ANY spam at all. Obviously this is only talking about folks on their network sending.. but its good that they are being proactive about blocking both incoming and outgoing.
Up until just a couple months ago, I had always lived in suburbs or semi-rural areas. When I was a teenager and got my license, they didn't even care about parallel parking.
For those of us in this situation, I wouldn't say we are inept, just inexperienced.
As for horrible women drivers.. I agree. They are at least as horrible as men drivers.:)
Linux, and *nix in general, has never been a "good" choice for general desktop deployment.
For those in task-oriented positions that have a high number of users, having an X terminal of some sort attached to centralized computer/application servers makes much more sense though.
The beauty of the standard desktop PC or Mac is that it is simple enough to use yet powerful enough to do all sorts of unplanned tasks.
"Right Tool for the Job."
The problem with both Microsoft and Linux is they seem to want to dominate all aspects of computer usage. It is more obvious in Windows but not limited to them. They took which started out as a GUI to text based general task oriented OS and have tried to scale it in from tiny handhelds to midrange systems. Linux has done the same thing though. It started out as a *nix clone for PC hardware and now runs on everything from embedded systems to mainframes.
Personally, I see Windows as trying to do too much complicated tasks in a round about simplified manner, making it unstable and confusing in the long run for high end functions.
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When I went from 900Mhz to 2.4Ghz portable phone, my range went to crap. Where are you finding these 900Mhz phones? Nobody seems to make or carry them anymore. I ended up getting another 2.4Ghz multi-extension phone and this one hasn't interfered at all.
The rash never went away huh?
Having the ability to type accurately at a high rate is absolutely necessary. First of all, I don't know of any employer that has computers for secretaries or other "general typing" positions that have speech recognition. Traditional typewritter courses may be obsolete, but typing on computers is not.
Think of jobs like programming where high computer skills are obviously required. Good programming requires you to be able to input code at fast speeds and accurately so that the code runs without error. Unless you work for Slashdot, producing buggy code that took you all day to input won't get you far in the business world.
102 Million is still a rip off. Original was in the billions? And people wonder why the economy went bust!
For gamers on a budget, I think the choice is obvious.
Of course! Buy a Mac!
You got that backwards. If AUD $1 = US $.70, then AUD $10 Million = US $7 Million.
Usually with these per-seat licensing deals, all the apps are thrown in with it. So each user gets OS, Office, and Exchange all paid for at that price. Which in MS terms, is a very good deal.
I swear, the way he designed the box the cd access lid makes it look like an old fasion toilet.
Not all IT is MS admins. My company's operations are almost entirely run on Solaris, yet we still manage to annoy each other from time to time.
As for medicine, law, and banking, maybe you just haven't been out in the real world much. Plenty of doctors, bankers, and lawyers are royal pains and too annoying to deal with.
Save your MS bashing for a relevant topic would you? It gets annoying.
Maybe you should learn how to cook.
That explaination still doesn't single out IT folks.
That doesn't have anything to do with what was mentioned in the article. Of course, you're just trolling so I'll be sure to ignore you from now on.
The examples the article mentions really aren't specific to the IT field. Any field that requires a higher degree of knowledge has speciliazed jargon and inside humor. Guess what.. people annoy people. Amazing! Techs annoy end users. End users annoy techs. Chinese people annoy the English. Mac users annoy Windows users. Muslims annoy Christians.
That annoyance is usually the fault of the annoyed because he or she is frustrated because they don't understand. Sure, there are things you can do to not be condescending towards people, but thats more a life skill that everybody should have for everyday life.
I hope so. then again, it could be argued that his commercials marked the end of his career. lol
a 3D trackball.
I hate mice.
I was talking to my STK guy today about this. He said what actually happened was the company bypassed the password via bruteforce to use proprietary maintenance software. It was the use of this software which was really at issue. If they had used their own software to perform the maintenance, it would have been kosher. In this case, the spirit of the DMCA does apply here.. they illegally bypassed security measures which protected proprietary software which was not licensed to them OR the customer who gave the 3rd party "permission" to perform the work.
That niche is already filled by a better product. The Mac.
I certanly am not comparing the fields one to one. I'm comparing the situation of the two fields.
Just because someone who completes a PhD doesn't mean they are brilliant. Smart and well educated doesn't always translate to a talent that is worth high salaries, no matter what the field.
I think what we're really lacking is extremely talented scientists. It is the same issue within the computer field. 5 or so years ago you had a huge influx of people who saw the get rich quick marketing of certification and training houses. Just because you have the education or certification doesn't mean you are worth two cents. The bulk of the work is done by people who don't make the high end of the scale. Your job and your personal output has to be worth your salary. The flood of medioce talent is now realizing they aren't going to make the big bucks they were promised. Eventually MBA's will have the same problem too, if everybody goes in that situation.
First of all, don't bother with DLT. It is slow, and increasingly more unreliable as DLT is phased out of production and replacement parts are actually refurbs.
when I switched from Optimum Online to Comcast, I quit getting ANY spam at all. Obviously this is only talking about folks on their network sending.. but its good that they are being proactive about blocking both incoming and outgoing.
That's like saying people in the desert are inept because they don't know how to drive in the snow.
Up until just a couple months ago, I had always lived in suburbs or semi-rural areas. When I was a teenager and got my license, they didn't even care about parallel parking.
:)
For those of us in this situation, I wouldn't say we are inept, just inexperienced.
As for horrible women drivers.. I agree. They are at least as horrible as men drivers.
Thats what they want you to think. You are not safe!
Linux, and *nix in general, has never been a "good" choice for general desktop deployment.
For those in task-oriented positions that have a high number of users, having an X terminal of some sort attached to centralized computer/application servers makes much more sense though.
The beauty of the standard desktop PC or Mac is that it is simple enough to use yet powerful enough to do all sorts of unplanned tasks.
"Right Tool for the Job."
The problem with both Microsoft and Linux is they seem to want to dominate all aspects of computer usage. It is more obvious in Windows but not limited to them. They took which started out as a GUI to text based general task oriented OS and have tried to scale it in from tiny handhelds to midrange systems. Linux has done the same thing though. It started out as a *nix clone for PC hardware and now runs on everything from embedded systems to mainframes.
Personally, I see Windows as trying to do too much complicated tasks in a round about simplified manner, making it unstable and confusing in the long run for high end functions.