I'd like a Morse code interface to my computer, so I could attach my iambic paddles. What better way to enhance your CW skills than to have to use it for everything!
I used Freehand back when it was an Aldus product, through version 4. It was a great drawing program that supported both the Mac and Windows, which was good because we had both platforms where I worked.
I hope Adobe does not discontinue Freehand, I'd hate to see the market shrink down to just Illustrator.
Nothing personal, but at $0.99, iTMS was a good deal. I doubt it will be after this. You can count us (me and my wife) out. It was nice while it lasted.
Except for the fact that Microsoft is counting on two things: 1) Point-haired Boss factor - They don't know what it is, but since it's from Microsoft, it must be good and 2) The Sheep factor - Most user's don't know any better, and will upgrade because it's "new".
The real shame is most IT departments, that have to implement and maintain this software, don't usually get to be a part of the decision-making process.
I agree. I currently working as a developer for a very large corporation, programming and maintaining life insurance applications, but I don't really "know the business" very well. I receive specs from the clients on what they want and we do our software design based on their specs. The clients review the software designs (called BSD's where I work), but sometimes I don't think they really pay attention to what they are reading.
Since I don't have a life-time of experience working with insurance (only the past 4 1/2 years), I rely on them and the corporate Actuaries to keep me on track. The only testing I can really perform is just making sure my programs work as per my design docs. Whether or not they actually perform per the client specs is up to them.
No matter what, there will always have to be interaction between the programmers and their clients, to ensure the resultant software meets everyone's expectations.
I must agree with the poster that said he had amassed a 1,000+ CD library before copy protection and DRM started to come into play. While I don't have that many, I have quite a few. My wife and I just bought matching iPods yesterday (the 30 GB iPod Video unit), and I am currently going through this large library of CD's we OWN and am ripping them and uploading them to my iPod.
What does this mean for Sony and other music companies? Well, I can't speak for everyone out there, but my wife and I are being very selective about the CD's we buy. If there is any copy protection what so ever, we will not buy the CD. Since it is just the two of us, I doubt if it is going to hurt any of the record companies bottom line much, but at least we have made the conscious decision to not purchase DRM'd content.
I do feel for the younger generations that enjoy the new music. They are the ones that are going to have to fight the good fight with the record companies. My hat is off to you, and we will do what we can to help.
I got a Blackberry two weeks ago, so I could stay in touch with work and such while my wife was in the hospital undergoing surgery (she has breast cancer, just diagnosed the beginning of September, and has had two operations so far, with more to come).
This just totally pisses me off. I'd like to wring the neck of each member of NTP (not to mention their smart-ass, scum-sucking lawyer) for pulling this BS.
Maybe there could be some way for us Blackberry owners to file some kind of class action lawsuit against NTP?
I was working for a government contractor, and I wrote two programs for the Naval Aviation Depot in Jacksonville, Florida. Normally the government puts in the contracts that they own all of the source code for the programs, but it wasn't in this contract. Not even implied. Also, the contracting company I worked for refused to take posession of the source code because they didn't operate that way. To make a long story short, I ended up the sole owner of the source code for both applications. I was told this by my company's lawyer, by the way.
Normally, when you work for a company, you sign a form that states any software you create for the company becomes the property of said company. Make sure you read the contract and even get legal advice before assuming you own it.
Wow! talk about your nostalgia fix. I just downloaded a disk image of Visicalc for the TRS-80 Model IV (dmk image) from Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 website and fired it up on my Xtrs emulator. The really funny part is I still remember how to navigate around in it!:-)
Hey WSJ and all of the other commercial corporations out there:
Linux was here, quietly serving up web pages and other such things before it got "noticed". It will be here long after, if it again drops off of the commercial radar.
Linux isn't here to solve your problems. Linux is here for one and only one reason: Because it "scratches" the itch of open source developers. If there is something that you want from Linux, and you can't seem to understand open source enough to know that you can take the source code and make the changes yourself, then I'd suggest you hire some open source developers to make those changes.
Do not whine, bitch and complain about missing features you want/need. It isn't about you, your company or it's needs. It's about the software and freedom.
If Linux doesn't fit you, then fine, go buy Microsoft or Sun or whatever, but don't sit there and complain, yet not do anything productive about it.
Most people pay for it because they have no other option. When you buy a new computer from ABC computer store, it comes with Windows pre-installed. You used to be able to request the system without Windows (which I successfully did in July of 1998), and have the cost of Windows deducted from the price. Try doing that now. Nope, won't happen. You buy a computer and you get Windows. Period.
The only option we have is to build our own systems. The problem is, mom & pop don't know much about computers in general, not to mention ordering the correct parts and building one themselves.
Until you can walk in to a computer store and buy a computer with Linux pre-installed (without having to pay for Windows), or buy one witout an operating system (again, and not having to pay for Windows), people will continue to pay "for something they can get for free".
Actually, you're wrong. It wasn't the "worlds fastest morse coder", he was just an average ham radio operator that specialized in morse code. He was sending his message at around 30 WPM.
To be fair, his "competitor" was billed as "the fastest text messager in the country".
Slashdot Mirror
" I'm not an astrophysicist (I can't even spell it!)"
/usr/share/dict/american-english
:-)
Here, let me help:
$ grep '^astro'
astrologer
astrologer's
astrologers
astrological
astrology
astrology's
astronaut
astronaut's
astronautics
astronautics's
astronauts
astronomer
astronomer's
astronomers
astronomic
astronomical
astronomically
astronomy
astronomy's
astrophysicist
astrophysicist's
astrophysicists
astrophysics
astrophysics's
There you go!
I'd like a Morse code interface to my computer, so I could attach my iambic paddles. What better way to enhance your CW skills than to have to use it for everything!
Off topic, I know. Sorry.
Bruce, you wouldn't be K6BP would you? Good explanation of BPL for the masses!
"You smell that? Do you smell that?... litigation, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of litigation in the morning."
I used Freehand back when it was an Aldus product, through version 4. It was a great drawing program that supported both the Mac and Windows, which was good because we had both platforms where I worked.
I hope Adobe does not discontinue Freehand, I'd hate to see the market shrink down to just Illustrator.
Nothing personal, but at $0.99, iTMS was a good deal. I doubt it will be after this. You can count us (me and my wife) out. It was nice while it lasted.
Except for the fact that Microsoft is counting on two things: 1) Point-haired Boss factor - They don't know what it is, but since it's from Microsoft, it must be good and 2) The Sheep factor - Most user's don't know any better, and will upgrade because it's "new".
The real shame is most IT departments, that have to implement and maintain this software, don't usually get to be a part of the decision-making process.
Um, perhaps you should upgrade to 5.10, that includes OOo 2.0 (1.9.129 pre-release, actually), and OOo Base, which is the Access counter-part.
I meant "I'm currently working as a developer".
:-( Perhaps my /. posts need more client review?
You know, no matter how many times I hit that stupid "Preview" button, I invariably miss something!
I agree. I currently working as a developer for a very large corporation, programming and maintaining life insurance applications, but I don't really "know the business" very well. I receive specs from the clients on what they want and we do our software design based on their specs. The clients review the software designs (called BSD's where I work), but sometimes I don't think they really pay attention to what they are reading.
Since I don't have a life-time of experience working with insurance (only the past 4 1/2 years), I rely on them and the corporate Actuaries to keep me on track. The only testing I can really perform is just making sure my programs work as per my design docs. Whether or not they actually perform per the client specs is up to them.
No matter what, there will always have to be interaction between the programmers and their clients, to ensure the resultant software meets everyone's expectations.
I must agree with the poster that said he had amassed a 1,000+ CD library before copy protection and DRM started to come into play. While I don't have that many, I have quite a few. My wife and I just bought matching iPods yesterday (the 30 GB iPod Video unit), and I am currently going through this large library of CD's we OWN and am ripping them and uploading them to my iPod.
What does this mean for Sony and other music companies? Well, I can't speak for everyone out there, but my wife and I are being very selective about the CD's we buy. If there is any copy protection what so ever, we will not buy the CD. Since it is just the two of us, I doubt if it is going to hurt any of the record companies bottom line much, but at least we have made the conscious decision to not purchase DRM'd content.
I do feel for the younger generations that enjoy the new music. They are the ones that are going to have to fight the good fight with the record companies. My hat is off to you, and we will do what we can to help.
I got a Blackberry two weeks ago, so I could stay in touch with work and such while my wife was in the hospital undergoing surgery (she has breast cancer, just diagnosed the beginning of September, and has had two operations so far, with more to come).
This just totally pisses me off. I'd like to wring the neck of each member of NTP (not to mention their smart-ass, scum-sucking lawyer) for pulling this BS.
Maybe there could be some way for us Blackberry owners to file some kind of class action lawsuit against NTP?
I was working for a government contractor, and I wrote two programs for the Naval Aviation Depot in Jacksonville, Florida. Normally the government puts in the contracts that they own all of the source code for the programs, but it wasn't in this contract. Not even implied. Also, the contracting company I worked for refused to take posession of the source code because they didn't operate that way. To make a long story short, I ended up the sole owner of the source code for both applications. I was told this by my company's lawyer, by the way.
Normally, when you work for a company, you sign a form that states any software you create for the company becomes the property of said company. Make sure you read the contract and even get legal advice before assuming you own it.
Wow! talk about your nostalgia fix. I just downloaded a disk image of Visicalc for the TRS-80 Model IV (dmk image) from Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 website and fired it up on my Xtrs emulator. The really funny part is I still remember how to navigate around in it! :-)
Dude, you can't get a patent for a program, only for an algorythm, busniess model or invention.
If you could patent programs, Microsoft would have the entire software industry sewn-up.
I lived through the BBS "era" and I guess I'm waxing nostalgic, but I do miss those "simpler" times.
BTW, I've been keeping my eye on this project for the last couple of years. I'm glad it finally went gold!
Hey WSJ and all of the other commercial corporations out there:
Linux was here, quietly serving up web pages and other such things before it got "noticed". It will be here long after, if it again drops off of the commercial radar.
Linux isn't here to solve your problems. Linux is here for one and only one reason: Because it "scratches" the itch of open source developers. If there is something that you want from Linux, and you can't seem to understand open source enough to know that you can take the source code and make the changes yourself, then I'd suggest you hire some open source developers to make those changes.
Do not whine, bitch and complain about missing features you want/need. It isn't about you, your company or it's needs. It's about the software and freedom.
If Linux doesn't fit you, then fine, go buy Microsoft or Sun or whatever, but don't sit there and complain, yet not do anything productive about it.
Most people pay for it because they have no other option. When you buy a new computer from ABC computer store, it comes with Windows pre-installed. You used to be able to request the system without Windows (which I successfully did in July of 1998), and have the cost of Windows deducted from the price. Try doing that now. Nope, won't happen. You buy a computer and you get Windows. Period.
The only option we have is to build our own systems. The problem is, mom & pop don't know much about computers in general, not to mention ordering the correct parts and building one themselves.
Until you can walk in to a computer store and buy a computer with Linux pre-installed (without having to pay for Windows), or buy one witout an operating system (again, and not having to pay for Windows), people will continue to pay "for something they can get for free".
Tell me, when was the last time you walked in to BestBuy/CompUSA/Frye's and walked out with a PC that has Linux pre-installed?
That's what they mean by locked-out.
Yeah, tell me about it, and I'm 45 years old!
;-)
It's a good thing my wife likes the shows too
Actually, you're wrong. It wasn't the "worlds fastest morse coder", he was just an average ham radio operator that specialized in morse code. He was sending his message at around 30 WPM.
To be fair, his "competitor" was billed as "the fastest text messager in the country".
Check your facts next time.
If I wanted to run Microsoft software, I'd be running Windows instead of Linux, now wouldn't I?
Besides, do you really trust Microsoft enough to use an anti-virus product from them?
Duke Nukem Forever will be relased shortly thereafter...
Does anyone still use Nut^H^Hetscape?
Konqueror works just fine on all the pr0n^H^H^H^Hnews sites I visit!