Based strictly on the premise that a "rock star" isn't looking for a job. They have their own company/app/startup. They want to protect their IP, or get bought out, or frankly run their business the old fashioned way and (presumably) make money. A headhunter won't help you with this, but a lawyer would be critical.
Being able to write code is a skill. You can put together some good stuff, but you wouldn't want them designing a skyscraper. Now a carpenter who has lots of experience definitely picks up many tricks of the trade and will understand things better. But can they do the math to understand how wind shear should be accounted for, how many elevators are needed for the occupancy, or all of the fire codes? Is that to say an architect can build a beautiful piece of furniture? Not necessarily but a skilled carpenter certainly will.
Now someone with a CS or CE degree will be able to write code, not only from their first year basic course, but having to implement basic algorithms and data structures. Later, they'll get into Design Patterns to understand useful structures. They'll get into OS courses to understand inter-process communications and race conditions. And finally and potentially most importantly, they'll eventually learn how to evaluate their algorithms to ensure they're doing things in the most efficient manner.
Depending on what types of apps you're writing, simply knowing coding can be plenty. But at some scale and/or level of complexity, 4 years of college coupled with an internship/co-op of actual experience will outweigh just coding. Yes, experience will certainly get you there as will lots of personal motivation and curiosity. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of kick ass carpenters but sometimes you need something more.
1. Why not tie this into the existing "I'm with Mitt" app? How many diff apps will he have before it's all said and done. 2. If you already have an app, why send out SMS to notify users?
Actually, with the 27" iMac you can actually use that as an external monitor. So, you could get yourself an iMac and use it until it's obsolete, then use it merely as a display. Not quite sure if/how you would switch between internal/external source (maybe a KVM switch could work), but you could then turn the iMac into a server when you upgrade to whatever next.
Dual NIC would have resulted in a fair amount of changes. As it is (as someone mentioned earlier), they just stack in a second drive where the optical drive was. The only other difference is the case doesn't have a slot, and frankly they probably could have left that there too. Otherwise, everything is identical. Now dual NIC, you've changed the back of the case as well. More importantly, you've now changed the motherboard and are now designing 2 computers instead of just 1.
You probably won't get a massive market for this, but this is a simple and cost effective way for Apple to provide a basic server. Now if they'd only go the media center route, give me HDMI out and BluRay, and it would be sitting under my TV the second I could buy one. And really, DVI out is probably ok for that, so they could do the exact same thing and just offer me BluRay.
Said it once, and I'll say it again. CDMA is a dead end, the world is moving to LTE. Why would anyone waste their resources on a technology with such a limited lifespan. Globally there are significantly more GSM networks than CDMA, and GSM is a natural transition to LTE. Until Verizon supports LTE (which won't be all that long), you won't see the iPhone there. Period.
Sure, they could have opened up to more carriers in the US, like T-Mobile. But look, I'm sure AT&T offered them gobs of money to be exclusive. And yeah, AT&T's network has been, well, terrible, but did that stop everyone from upgrading to the iPhone 3G when it came out?
I've been thinking about this article since I read it yesterday, and I think AT&T just screwed up their pricing model. Maybe their estimates were completely off on what they thought people would use for data. Maybe it is partially Apple's fault because they dictated some pricing terms (I do not have any idea). But if you look at simple economics, AT&T vastly misjudged the demand for data on their network versus the supply. It is understandable, previous smartphones couldn't do as much as easily or eloquently. AT&T should have charged more for an unlimited plan, and tiered pricing for capped services. As it is, they're leaving money on the table that could have been used to truly upgrade their networks. Is AT&T's cell plan cheap, not really, but would that have stopped people? Sure, there's an upper bound, but I believe AT&T's pricing is well below that.
You buy the Apple products because you LIKE the Apple products, and you LIKE the way they work together.
Now PalmPre starts syncing with iTunes, but doesn't sync right. That will look bad on Apple. Let's say the PalmPre somehow effs up your library. That will look bad on Apple. Sure, Apple can say 'we don't support the Pre' but if you're music library is hosed you're going to be mad at Apple.
Look at the Motorola Rokr, they licensed the technology from Apple to allow it to Sync. And Apple guaranteed it would work right and not screw anything up. I'm actually surprised (for better or worse) that Apple hasn't invoked the DCMA.
What Apple does NOT want to do is become Windows and have to support 80 billion solutions under the sun. Their strength is and always has been tight integration. Having to lose focus on that and suddenly deal with problems with every Tom, Dick, and Harry syncing with iTunes will delay new features and products.
No one remembers "Redmond, fire up your copiers" ???
Yes, since Apple has had a resurgence they have been cocky. But hey, they make some pretty decent hardware, that works extremely well with their software and other accessory products. Microsoft's done the same.
Is it 'appropriate'? Tough call, I think a lot of old school Apple die hards still feel like the underdog and so they enjoy bragging a bit. And Wall Street loves its brash, obnoxious characters in general.
You're suggesting 4 years of schooling to be in a job for 4 years...to then go back to school for 2 more years to do something completely different. Ummm, why not just get the MBA to begin with.
Yes, a lot of engineers go MBA, or the consulting route. But if you're going to get an MBA after 4-5 years, why waste the time getting an engineering degree and working in the industry. Sure, technical knowledge will make you a better manager, but the timelines you lay out sound like a waste to me.
Contrary to others, an MS in Computer Engineering directly translated to both a higher job rank and salary over people hired at the exact same time at the same company. Regardless, I got my MS because it was a 5 year BS/MS program, and I felt it would be something additional to help set myself apart from everyone else. Used to be a college degree set you apart, but I didn't feel that was quite the case anymore.
On a more practical note, consider the job market and economy at the moment. If you believe things will improve, then why not hide out in academics and learn more, especially if you think you'll want a MS. You don't want to come back in 5-10 years, have to take the GRE, and change your lifestyle from that nice cushy salaried life to going back to ramen. Plus you could have a family by then further limiting your options.
As for job experience, co-op education and interning are great for that (but you may be a bit late). What you don't want is to graduate and waste a year looking for a job. Or getting a job an getting laid off a year or two later. I, for one, would not want to be entering the job market today.
Just swap out the modem, change some code, EASY! How's that go? 1. Swap out modem 2. ??? 3. Profit!
No, actually it's not. Sure, if Apple did things right it would be relatively easy, but it's going to take time and effort. For a dead technology with a limited market.
When VZW goes LTE, then the iPhone will technically work on their network. Of course, the carriers and/or Apple will likely try to keep the phone on whatever network it's supposed to be on.
From my understanding, there's two issues at stake: 1. Google's library of books 2. Google's registry of orphaned books.
So Google's scanning in all works, and in cases where it's not an orphaned book (but allowed in their databases by the author), the author will get a cut.
Google's registry of orphaned books, however, is solely owned by Google. They've done the effort of tracking down the owner in this case, and having found none they're maintaining their reasoning for considering the book orphaned. They've presumably performed the legwork to make this determination. As it's their resource, they have no responsibility to provide this to the world.
So, some other company can come through and scan all the books they like and make them available online as well. In cases where those books are not orphans, they'll need deals with the author/publisher. In other cases, they'll have to do their own legwork to track down the history of the book, why should Google have to give up this IP?
Of course, I can license info from the registry, I just can't get info on orphaned books. However, if the registry doesn't turn up information, it may be a safe assumption that it is an orphaned book. You'd still want to verify, but that would take significantly less effort than tracking down every single book.
Everything's a monopoly until someone else does it. And Google isn't blocking anyone, however they are protecting some IP (their proof that books are orphans).
Actually, I'd say it was the first one to be tightly integrated with software on the PC to help organize a large library of music. Up until then, people manually sorted their music into folders (I know many who still do), and had to drag and drop what they wanted onto their players. If they wanted a playlist, they MIGHT be able to set one up on the PC and sync to the player that somehow.
Why do I love iTunes and my iPod, because I don't have to think about it. Get a big enough iPod, I have my entire library. Make a playlist in iTunes, it is there automatically. I have always had the opinion that the iPod wasn't great simply because of the iPod itself, but the iPod+iTunes combination.
Even when the miniscule Shuffle came out, Apple came up with an easy way to automatically mix up what songs it put on there if you wanted. Just tell it what your favorite songs are, and it will throw a different set of them on there each time. It's easy, and takes no time. Frankly, that's what most people want I think.
Not sure why public perception would be like that, since the vast majority would actually own a mac and upgrades truly would just work.
Psystar has already stated that they had to modify the OS to get it to run. No big deal, but it's THEIR responsibility to make things work again if an Apple upgrade breaks things (maliciously or not).
Honestly, how can you test the bandwidth of a connection without some sort of sustained test? That's like taking a scientific poll but only asking 2 people. To further the analogy, with Speedboost the 'informed' people are at the front of the line, so they're asked first. In addition, wouldn't you want to run this testing at various times in the day as well?
During the week that is being singled out, both Blu-ray disc players and software were being given away for free with the purchase of 1080p TVs. It is also important to note that the instant rebate promotions that had previously netted Toshiba's players' MSRP's to $199 and $249 had actually ended on Jan. 5th - causing an increase in HD DVD's MSRP back to $299 and $399 during that same week.
First, not sure why this is ranked categorized as funny, since it's true. You don't even need step 1. Step 0: Connect to the Internet
There was a day that if you took your Windows pc out of the box, put it on the internet, it would be infected before you could even download a service pack to patch the holes (assuming the service pack covered those). I realize this is an OLD article, and I have no experience with Vista, but I would be curious to see what the latest metrics are. http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1511
If I buy XP today or have it pre-installed, is SP2 now there by default? Have there been any studies like this for Vista?
And, at risk of being obnoxious, does it matter WHICH version of Vista?
Make coffee? Sounds like effort to me. I walk across the street to Dunkin and have hot steaming brew right away. Definitely prefer Dunkin to Starbucks, IMHO they overroast their beans to where the coffee has a burnt flavor. Honestly, McD's brew is pretty good too.
I use Connect360 from Nullriver. It allows me to stream iTunes to my Xbox easily, and gives me all my playlists like you would expect. It also looks at my iPhoto library and pulls out the Albums for display by the Xbox, and any WMV files you have in your Movies folder are also streamed. Apparently, it will stream internet radio, all you have to do is create a playlist with those stations. The only thing lacking would be video transcoding, so you could play a wider variety of video types. But hey, Mediacenter doesn't even off you that, so I don't consider that a big loss.
Sure, if the only music you ever want to listen to is music you own, there's absolutely no need. However, of late I've found my collection growing stagnant, and the only real stuff being added is new albums from the same bands. Not to say that current music is always the best, but satellite radio is also a great way to find new things to listen to. Sure, there's plenty of other ways (filesharing, live shows, podcasts, or even myspace), but Sirius/XM isn't a bad way to go either. Plus Sirius you can stream online also. If I only knew how the hardware was going to shake out, I might consider getting one.
It depends on what the files were. If it were source files or something being developed, then they are owned by the company. You could sue for that.
If it was porn, well, i guess it comes down to is that why he was fired? Prolly a 50/50 shot that way, but the company will claim it owns everything on the hard drive.
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I would have called it a lawyer.
Based strictly on the premise that a "rock star" isn't looking for a job. They have their own company/app/startup. They want to protect their IP, or get bought out, or frankly run their business the old fashioned way and (presumably) make money. A headhunter won't help you with this, but a lawyer would be critical.
Coder == Carpenter
Degree == Architect
Being able to write code is a skill. You can put together some good stuff, but you wouldn't want them designing a skyscraper.
Now a carpenter who has lots of experience definitely picks up many tricks of the trade and will understand things better. But can they do the math to understand how wind shear should be accounted for, how many elevators are needed for the occupancy, or all of the fire codes? Is that to say an architect can build a beautiful piece of furniture? Not necessarily but a skilled carpenter certainly will.
Now someone with a CS or CE degree will be able to write code, not only from their first year basic course, but having to implement basic algorithms and data structures. Later, they'll get into Design Patterns to understand useful structures. They'll get into OS courses to understand inter-process communications and race conditions. And finally and potentially most importantly, they'll eventually learn how to evaluate their algorithms to ensure they're doing things in the most efficient manner.
Depending on what types of apps you're writing, simply knowing coding can be plenty. But at some scale and/or level of complexity, 4 years of college coupled with an internship/co-op of actual experience will outweigh just coding. Yes, experience will certainly get you there as will lots of personal motivation and curiosity. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of kick ass carpenters but sometimes you need something more.
1. Why not tie this into the existing "I'm with Mitt" app? How many diff apps will he have before it's all said and done.
2. If you already have an app, why send out SMS to notify users?
I run my Wifi as a Closed network. It doesn't even show up in people's lists, you have to know the name. Why even advertise a door to begin with?
Oh cmon, at least credit Yogi Berra with the quote. Now you simply look like an idiot.
Actually, with the 27" iMac you can actually use that as an external monitor. So, you could get yourself an iMac and use it until it's obsolete, then use it merely as a display. Not quite sure if/how you would switch between internal/external source (maybe a KVM switch could work), but you could then turn the iMac into a server when you upgrade to whatever next.
Dual NIC would have resulted in a fair amount of changes. As it is (as someone mentioned earlier), they just stack in a second drive where the optical drive was. The only other difference is the case doesn't have a slot, and frankly they probably could have left that there too. Otherwise, everything is identical. Now dual NIC, you've changed the back of the case as well. More importantly, you've now changed the motherboard and are now designing 2 computers instead of just 1.
You probably won't get a massive market for this, but this is a simple and cost effective way for Apple to provide a basic server. Now if they'd only go the media center route, give me HDMI out and BluRay, and it would be sitting under my TV the second I could buy one. And really, DVI out is probably ok for that, so they could do the exact same thing and just offer me BluRay.
Said it once, and I'll say it again. CDMA is a dead end, the world is moving to LTE. Why would anyone waste their resources on a technology with such a limited lifespan. Globally there are significantly more GSM networks than CDMA, and GSM is a natural transition to LTE. Until Verizon supports LTE (which won't be all that long), you won't see the iPhone there. Period.
Sure, they could have opened up to more carriers in the US, like T-Mobile. But look, I'm sure AT&T offered them gobs of money to be exclusive. And yeah, AT&T's network has been, well, terrible, but did that stop everyone from upgrading to the iPhone 3G when it came out?
I've been thinking about this article since I read it yesterday, and I think AT&T just screwed up their pricing model. Maybe their estimates were completely off on what they thought people would use for data. Maybe it is partially Apple's fault because they dictated some pricing terms (I do not have any idea). But if you look at simple economics, AT&T vastly misjudged the demand for data on their network versus the supply. It is understandable, previous smartphones couldn't do as much as easily or eloquently. AT&T should have charged more for an unlimited plan, and tiered pricing for capped services. As it is, they're leaving money on the table that could have been used to truly upgrade their networks. Is AT&T's cell plan cheap, not really, but would that have stopped people? Sure, there's an upper bound, but I believe AT&T's pricing is well below that.
You buy the Apple products because you LIKE the Apple products, and you LIKE the way they work together.
Now PalmPre starts syncing with iTunes, but doesn't sync right. That will look bad on Apple. Let's say the PalmPre somehow effs up your library. That will look bad on Apple. Sure, Apple can say 'we don't support the Pre' but if you're music library is hosed you're going to be mad at Apple.
Look at the Motorola Rokr, they licensed the technology from Apple to allow it to Sync. And Apple guaranteed it would work right and not screw anything up. I'm actually surprised (for better or worse) that Apple hasn't invoked the DCMA.
What Apple does NOT want to do is become Windows and have to support 80 billion solutions under the sun. Their strength is and always has been tight integration. Having to lose focus on that and suddenly deal with problems with every Tom, Dick, and Harry syncing with iTunes will delay new features and products.
I agree. I learned vi because it is pretty much assured to be on any system. And, in case it isn't, you'll at least have a slight leg up on using ed.
No one remembers "Redmond, fire up your copiers" ???
Yes, since Apple has had a resurgence they have been cocky. But hey, they make some pretty decent hardware, that works extremely well with their software and other accessory products. Microsoft's done the same.
Is it 'appropriate'? Tough call, I think a lot of old school Apple die hards still feel like the underdog and so they enjoy bragging a bit. And Wall Street loves its brash, obnoxious characters in general.
You're suggesting 4 years of schooling to be in a job for 4 years...to then go back to school for 2 more years to do something completely different. Ummm, why not just get the MBA to begin with.
Yes, a lot of engineers go MBA, or the consulting route. But if you're going to get an MBA after 4-5 years, why waste the time getting an engineering degree and working in the industry. Sure, technical knowledge will make you a better manager, but the timelines you lay out sound like a waste to me.
Contrary to others, an MS in Computer Engineering directly translated to both a higher job rank and salary over people hired at the exact same time at the same company. Regardless, I got my MS because it was a 5 year BS/MS program, and I felt it would be something additional to help set myself apart from everyone else. Used to be a college degree set you apart, but I didn't feel that was quite the case anymore.
On a more practical note, consider the job market and economy at the moment. If you believe things will improve, then why not hide out in academics and learn more, especially if you think you'll want a MS. You don't want to come back in 5-10 years, have to take the GRE, and change your lifestyle from that nice cushy salaried life to going back to ramen. Plus you could have a family by then further limiting your options.
As for job experience, co-op education and interning are great for that (but you may be a bit late). What you don't want is to graduate and waste a year looking for a job. Or getting a job an getting laid off a year or two later. I, for one, would not want to be entering the job market today.
Just swap out the modem, change some code, EASY! How's that go?
1. Swap out modem
2. ???
3. Profit!
No, actually it's not. Sure, if Apple did things right it would be relatively easy, but it's going to take time and effort. For a dead technology with a limited market.
When VZW goes LTE, then the iPhone will technically work on their network. Of course, the carriers and/or Apple will likely try to keep the phone on whatever network it's supposed to be on.
From my understanding, there's two issues at stake:
1. Google's library of books
2. Google's registry of orphaned books.
So Google's scanning in all works, and in cases where it's not an orphaned book (but allowed in their databases by the author), the author will get a cut.
Google's registry of orphaned books, however, is solely owned by Google. They've done the effort of tracking down the owner in this case, and having found none they're maintaining their reasoning for considering the book orphaned. They've presumably performed the legwork to make this determination. As it's their resource, they have no responsibility to provide this to the world.
So, some other company can come through and scan all the books they like and make them available online as well. In cases where those books are not orphans, they'll need deals with the author/publisher. In other cases, they'll have to do their own legwork to track down the history of the book, why should Google have to give up this IP?
Of course, I can license info from the registry, I just can't get info on orphaned books. However, if the registry doesn't turn up information, it may be a safe assumption that it is an orphaned book. You'd still want to verify, but that would take significantly less effort than tracking down every single book.
Everything's a monopoly until someone else does it. And Google isn't blocking anyone, however they are protecting some IP (their proof that books are orphans).
Actually, I'd say it was the first one to be tightly integrated with software on the PC to help organize a large library of music. Up until then, people manually sorted their music into folders (I know many who still do), and had to drag and drop what they wanted onto their players. If they wanted a playlist, they MIGHT be able to set one up on the PC and sync to the player that somehow.
Why do I love iTunes and my iPod, because I don't have to think about it. Get a big enough iPod, I have my entire library. Make a playlist in iTunes, it is there automatically. I have always had the opinion that the iPod wasn't great simply because of the iPod itself, but the iPod+iTunes combination.
Even when the miniscule Shuffle came out, Apple came up with an easy way to automatically mix up what songs it put on there if you wanted. Just tell it what your favorite songs are, and it will throw a different set of them on there each time. It's easy, and takes no time. Frankly, that's what most people want I think.
Tell that to the people who won't vote for him simply because of his skin color.
Not sure why public perception would be like that, since the vast majority would actually own a mac and upgrades truly would just work.
Psystar has already stated that they had to modify the OS to get it to run. No big deal, but it's THEIR responsibility to make things work again if an Apple upgrade breaks things (maliciously or not).
Honestly, how can you test the bandwidth of a connection without some sort of sustained test? That's like taking a scientific poll but only asking 2 people. To further the analogy, with Speedboost the 'informed' people are at the front of the line, so they're asked first. In addition, wouldn't you want to run this testing at various times in the day as well?
First, not sure why this is ranked categorized as funny, since it's true.
You don't even need step 1.
Step 0: Connect to the Internet
There was a day that if you took your Windows pc out of the box, put it on the internet, it would be infected before you could even download a service pack to patch the holes (assuming the service pack covered those). I realize this is an OLD article, and I have no experience with Vista, but I would be curious to see what the latest metrics are.
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1511
If I buy XP today or have it pre-installed, is SP2 now there by default?
Have there been any studies like this for Vista?
And, at risk of being obnoxious, does it matter WHICH version of Vista?
Make coffee? Sounds like effort to me. I walk across the street to Dunkin and have hot steaming brew right away. Definitely prefer Dunkin to Starbucks, IMHO they overroast their beans to where the coffee has a burnt flavor. Honestly, McD's brew is pretty good too.
I use Connect360 from Nullriver. It allows me to stream iTunes to my Xbox easily, and gives me all my playlists like you would expect. It also looks at my iPhoto library and pulls out the Albums for display by the Xbox, and any WMV files you have in your Movies folder are also streamed. Apparently, it will stream internet radio, all you have to do is create a playlist with those stations. The only thing lacking would be video transcoding, so you could play a wider variety of video types. But hey, Mediacenter doesn't even off you that, so I don't consider that a big loss.
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http://www.nullriver.com/index/products/connect36
Sure, if the only music you ever want to listen to is music you own, there's absolutely no need. However, of late I've found my collection growing stagnant, and the only real stuff being added is new albums from the same bands. Not to say that current music is always the best, but satellite radio is also a great way to find new things to listen to. Sure, there's plenty of other ways (filesharing, live shows, podcasts, or even myspace), but Sirius/XM isn't a bad way to go either. Plus Sirius you can stream online also. If I only knew how the hardware was going to shake out, I might consider getting one.
It depends on what the files were. If it were source files or something being developed, then they are owned by the company. You could sue for that.
If it was porn, well, i guess it comes down to is that why he was fired? Prolly a 50/50 shot that way, but the company will claim it owns everything on the hard drive.