You're wrong too. If a company is too stupid to realize that if someone can use a no-name modern word processor suite, that they can also use MS Office, then they deserve for that more skilled worker to go make their own company to kick their company's butt. That's like not hiring someone who is a wizz in GIMP, because you're looking for a Photoshop wizz. Or excluding a Dell owner, but hiring one with an HP.
"if these are students trying to prepare for the real world using Linux is not going to help them get that job at 80% of the companies looking to hire computer litterate employees."
Excuse me? What kind of employer would assume that a student who knows how to operate LINUX, is computer illiterate? If anything, they'll think the kid is some kind of computer genius.
Anonymous, like a Slashdot coward, is the way to go;-)
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An Ode To Al
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Thanks for letting me know that. I only signed up to My Space to make fun if it, and I forgot the number 1 rule of My Space: Everything about it is spammy and crappy [except for Al, Barenaked Ladies, and me;-) who have accounts there].
I had an email from Al in my inbox this morning. It was an invitation to enter a contest that would send me to Vegas for a Weird Al Show. Sadly, the contest turned out to not include people outside of the USA. And here I thought Al wanted to be my pal.
Still, I'll enjoy all of his albums, even though my heart broke just a little today.
With the built in spell checker, I expect about 12% of the web's users to look smarter by at least 50% on Tuesday, with the number expected to grow as Firefox spreads.
There is a big difference between Symantec and Netscape. Netscape was a program that was superior to IE, because you could Compose as well for free. Symantec will never be free, and in fact breaks about as many systems as it protects in my experience. McAfee is about as horrible as Symantec. The world could do with a few less AV vendors.
Exactly what is insightful aboot a stupid jab at Canadians being less well known for space advances than Americans? Funny perhaps, flamebait maybe, but not very insightful.
Canada had one of the leading contenders for the X-Prize, The Da Vinci Project, behind Space Ship One. We were among the first nations to launch a satellite, and have had vital technology on the space shuttle, and ISS. If someone feels inferior because lowly Canada where it's all ice and snow and Inuit is doing fine science, well then boo hoo.
You do have a point in that the people in China making the parts don't care if they are high end $3000 ones, or low end computer parts, they still make their same poverty wage.
If you build it, they will come. If it's white - shiny metal, or has a click wheel, the people will buy it for the cool-factor alone. As long as they don't break quickly, and they can fit them to play MP3s, and add maybe one or two features like a laser pointer, or built in toothbrush, the cell phone market will never be the same.
"an operating system should be thought of as more than just its user interface, but then again that interface should work well for the user."
Vista can apparently be represented in a significant way by either Mac OS X, or XP with modifications. It's mostly a vehicle for DRM, including PVP, which will require you to buy a PVP compliant digital monitor. Vista's enhancements won't even work on many powerful systems you are buying these days - if they have "Vista Capable" stickers. In an age where we should be looking for energy savings, what's the benefit of making a system more complicated than XP, and requires more horsepower than a rather darn good OS Microsoft released in 2000?
"if tiered services were introduced in the UK and Europe, 'there should be sufficient transparency in the market that consumers can make informed choices'."
That's the key to Network Neutrality. The Internet's Tubes have to be see-through so they know what service they are getting.
That's an interesting point. The obvious answer seems to be you choose between convenience of electronic voting - and get shafted out of your democracy that you're supposed to be getting. Or you simplify elections so that dog catchers aren't on the same paper as president - increasing the cost, but simplifying the voting. Since voting is pointless unless the voters know who they are voting for, and can easily make their mark, it's obvious that putting too much onto the ballot is actually less democracy than being able to pick every position in one shot.
Other famous democratic countries do use pencil and paper. Canada, one of Americas greatest neighbours to the north uses the birchbark and pinecone voting system... just pulling your leg. They, like Australians, use pencil and paper. We have about 70% voter turnout in Canada, with a voting population in the range of at least 10 million people. It takes us less than 2 hours after a poll closes to give nearly complete and meaningful results to the public.
Telephoning the result to a central station is the extent of electrified voting in Canada. Everything else is on paper, for easy double checking if there's a court challenge. To have a system without paper that the voter marked, is an invitation for fraud.
Another downside may be the increased exposure to EM radiation. There's a whole lot of industry built on electricity, and the benefits probably outweigh any health effects, but I think we hardly know the full effect EM radiation has on our bodies and minds.
Yahoo! has to leverage this juncture of oportunity to capitalize on its corporate paradigm where its Web 2.0(tm) assets can be implemented in such a way to baffle customers with corporate-speak, and tell them they can have a service for no cost to them, while their personal information is plundered and exploited to dupe them into buying from Yahoo!'s partners in business.
Slashdot Mirror
Was joking & didn't read rules.
Slashdot troll squeals with glee at free karma article.
By then, there will be Vista SP2, and there will be more worms for Vista, than there are in my vermicompost box.
You're wrong too. If a company is too stupid to realize that if someone can use a no-name modern word processor suite, that they can also use MS Office, then they deserve for that more skilled worker to go make their own company to kick their company's butt. That's like not hiring someone who is a wizz in GIMP, because you're looking for a Photoshop wizz. Or excluding a Dell owner, but hiring one with an HP.
I think the parent means WGA, Windows Genuine Advantage, not WPA. When I install SCT, it asks me to validate Windows first.
"if these are students trying to prepare for the real world using Linux is not going to help them get that job at 80% of the companies looking to hire computer litterate employees."
Excuse me? What kind of employer would assume that a student who knows how to operate LINUX, is computer illiterate? If anything, they'll think the kid is some kind of computer genius.
I call FUD.
If you have XP, it's hard to beat the free WDP in Shared Computer Toolkit by Microsoft.
Anonymous, like a Slashdot coward, is the way to go ;-)
Thanks for letting me know that. I only signed up to My Space to make fun if it, and I forgot the number 1 rule of My Space: Everything about it is spammy and crappy [except for Al, Barenaked Ladies, and me ;-) who have accounts there].
I had an email from Al in my inbox this morning. It was an invitation to enter a contest that would send me to Vegas for a Weird Al Show. Sadly, the contest turned out to not include people outside of the USA. And here I thought Al wanted to be my pal.
Still, I'll enjoy all of his albums, even though my heart broke just a little today.
I'd like the collective works of Britany Spears to be freed.
Just kidding. Really! But you have to admit, if they were, then Wikipedia would have a whole different crowd suddenly interested in encyclopedias.
With the built in spell checker, I expect about 12% of the web's users to look smarter by at least 50% on Tuesday, with the number expected to grow as Firefox spreads.
There is a big difference between Symantec and Netscape. Netscape was a program that was superior to IE, because you could Compose as well for free. Symantec will never be free, and in fact breaks about as many systems as it protects in my experience. McAfee is about as horrible as Symantec. The world could do with a few less AV vendors.
Exactly what is insightful aboot a stupid jab at Canadians being less well known for space advances than Americans? Funny perhaps, flamebait maybe, but not very insightful.
Canada had one of the leading contenders for the X-Prize, The Da Vinci Project, behind Space Ship One. We were among the first nations to launch a satellite, and have had vital technology on the space shuttle, and ISS. If someone feels inferior because lowly Canada where it's all ice and snow and Inuit is doing fine science, well then boo hoo.
"(Clear all variables)
Enter selections
Hit accept/enter
Accumulate values for all selections
Clear screen
(Repeat)
Export at end of election"
You forgot the most important steps, and the reason these machines are a scam:
- ??? [Elect who corporation pays for]
- Profit!
You do have a point in that the people in China making the parts don't care if they are high end $3000 ones, or low end computer parts, they still make their same poverty wage.
"It cost me AU$949. Since plugging it in, I have barely used my $3000 Windows desktop"
Pro: You have a lot of high end computers.
Con: You've shown how Western society values electronics more than charity/equity.
Pro: You have a choice of computers.
Con: Most people in the world don't have a telephone.
If you build it, they will come. If it's white - shiny metal, or has a click wheel, the people will buy it for the cool-factor alone. As long as they don't break quickly, and they can fit them to play MP3s, and add maybe one or two features like a laser pointer, or built in toothbrush, the cell phone market will never be the same.
"an operating system should be thought of as more than just its user interface, but then again that interface should work well for the user."
Vista can apparently be represented in a significant way by either Mac OS X, or XP with modifications. It's mostly a vehicle for DRM, including PVP, which will require you to buy a PVP compliant digital monitor. Vista's enhancements won't even work on many powerful systems you are buying these days - if they have "Vista Capable" stickers. In an age where we should be looking for energy savings, what's the benefit of making a system more complicated than XP, and requires more horsepower than a rather darn good OS Microsoft released in 2000?
"if tiered services were introduced in the UK and Europe, 'there should be sufficient transparency in the market that consumers can make informed choices'."
That's the key to Network Neutrality. The Internet's Tubes have to be see-through so they know what service they are getting.
OK, you're on the bloglist now. Welcome to the Teleban.
That's an interesting point. The obvious answer seems to be you choose between convenience of electronic voting - and get shafted out of your democracy that you're supposed to be getting. Or you simplify elections so that dog catchers aren't on the same paper as president - increasing the cost, but simplifying the voting. Since voting is pointless unless the voters know who they are voting for, and can easily make their mark, it's obvious that putting too much onto the ballot is actually less democracy than being able to pick every position in one shot.
Other famous democratic countries do use pencil and paper. Canada, one of Americas greatest neighbours to the north uses the birchbark and pinecone voting system... just pulling your leg. They, like Australians, use pencil and paper. We have about 70% voter turnout in Canada, with a voting population in the range of at least 10 million people. It takes us less than 2 hours after a poll closes to give nearly complete and meaningful results to the public.
Telephoning the result to a central station is the extent of electrified voting in Canada. Everything else is on paper, for easy double checking if there's a court challenge. To have a system without paper that the voter marked, is an invitation for fraud.
Another downside may be the increased exposure to EM radiation. There's a whole lot of industry built on electricity, and the benefits probably outweigh any health effects, but I think we hardly know the full effect EM radiation has on our bodies and minds.
Yahoo! has to leverage this juncture of oportunity to capitalize on its corporate paradigm where its Web 2.0(tm) assets can be implemented in such a way to baffle customers with corporate-speak, and tell them they can have a service for no cost to them, while their personal information is plundered and exploited to dupe them into buying from Yahoo!'s partners in business.