Ah yes... I used to work in Downtown Seattle too, right next to the Kingdome. My office window was on the back alley, so I had a great view of the dumpsters and crackheads. Parking cost $6/day. Also, if you left work after dark, lots of people would try to sell you, uh, things on your way to your car.
Depends on your priorities. Drugs, whores, and bookies are much easier to find downtown than in the 'burbs. As are good restaurants and other forms of entertainment.
Now, if I was starting a company, what would be most important to me would be locating where the overhead is the lowest, but that's just me. The other advantage of setting up shop in a cow pasture somewhere is employee lock-in. Basically, if somebody wants to quit, they have to sell their house and move to find a new job, unlike, say, the Silicon Valley, where you can find another job in the same field right down the street. Which, ultimately, is why companies get located in population centers -- 'cause that's where the pool of potential employees is.
Uh, Broadcom is using MIPS for all of their communications processors, and they are running at 1.2 GHz. Yes, the market for MIPS workstations is dead, but the market for MIPS embedded processors is just beginning -- and should be much larger in terms of CPUs sold than the workstation market ever was. Also, since MIPS processors use far less power than x86, some people beleive they are better suited for massively parallel applications than itanium (if you're only using 10 watts instead of 90 watts per CPU, you can pack them a lot closer together. So despite the fact that each individual processor does less, you can still get more compute power per unit space.)
The images show the Mars-facing side of the moon, taken from a distance of less than 200 kilometres with a resolution of about seven metres per pixel during orbit 756. That's still not enough resolution to see if anybody is standing there waving as the probe goes by...
The one thing missing in order for OSS to be on a par with the offerings from Redmond is a really good solitaire program! Currently, Windows is hands-down the best operating system to run if all you want to do all day is sit around playing solitaire! Yes, that's Windows(TM), the choice of computer solitaire players everywhere!
We finally have a new phase to replace the archaic "That's like the pot calling the kettle black!" From now on, please use the new cliche: "That's like CBS news accusing bloggers of lacking journalistic integrity!"
It didn't take a group of experts to figure out that the CBS memos were faked. All it took was somebody old enough to remember that 30 years ago typewriters didn't do automatically do proportional spacing or kerning. Funny, I thought most of the people at CBS were old enough to remember the 70's... perhaps they don't remember for the same reason GW doesn't remember?
Glad I dont code like that. I do code like that. I'm glad C/C++ compilers do compile time checking of my code! In Python, I have to wait until a line of code actually gets executed to find out I mispelled an attribute!
Windows CE, the ultimate in Operating systems Yes, but "Ultimate what?" is the question... as in "Ralph Nader is the ultimate in losing presidential candidates!"
Used CDs here are $8, new ones are $18... what's happened to the exchange rates? I thought pounds were worth more than dollars? 15 pound sounds like way to much to pay for a used CD! (Of course, European import CDs are more expensive than domestic CDs here)
It seems to me that $17.99 is simply too much to pay for 36 minutes of music... yes, "albums" have gotten shorter, not longer, as the price has gone up!
With Republicans in charge of everything,America should be on track to Bush's ideal.
Which is exactly what I'm afraid of, since as near as I can tell Bush's ideal is to do everything possible to bring about the Battle of Armegeddon. Imagine his shock when he is not magically removed from the Earth by "The Rapture", and he has to endure the consequences of his actions with the rest of us sinners...
Scary thought for the day: can you imagine a future in which one day we find ourselves cheering Microsoft? (Personally, I think history will remember Bill Gates much more for the charitable contributions of the Gates Foundation than for his role in founding Microsoft. Much like Andrew Carnegie, the original robber baron.)
No, use spraypaint... when is the robotic grafitti artist competition? This sounds like a Gibsonesque scenario... in the future, taggers will use teams of tiny robots to spraypaint the sides of large buildings!
You are saying that no matter how difficult or expensive it is to get a gun illegaly, criminals will end up with as many guns? No, not just as many guns. Just a lot more guns than law-abiding citizens. Restrictions on means of self-defense always favor the aggressor.
stop people using guns in the heat of the moment (they may find other lethal weapons, but the victim has more chance) If you don't trust yourself to not get pissed off and pull out a lethal weapon, then perhaps you shouldn't be allowed to drive either...
outside the USA the population of the rest of the 1st world generally doesn't want guns and is largely in favour of them being heavily restricted. Can you cite the studies that indicate this? Last time I checked, hunting was still legal almost everywhere...
Just remember NOT to wave at those hookers you see standing on the street corner...
But seriously, shouldn't a monetary transaction require a signature and/or a passcode, not just a gesture? How close does this have to be to the reader in order to bill my account? It would appear that there would be tremendous potential for ringing up unintentional charges when using a remote reader for payment.
Exactly! When I walk into a singles bar, I immediately scan the room for any women that are blind drunk and stupid. I certainly shy away from any female that can spot a loser from across the room! I assure you, the last thing I need is women with increased cognitive ability!
Yes, but even polite smokers tend to make a mess by scattering their cigarette butts all over the ground in any place they congregate. As a non-smoker, it sort of pisses me off having to pick up after them!
More on topic, since a cigarette is just a delivery mechanism for a nicotine fix, shouldn't they be working on cheaper delivery mechanisms, instead of more expensive ones? What's wrong with a good old-fashioned syringe for getting drugs into your bloodstream? Pills? Patches? It seems to me that if you have to stick some phallic-shaped object into your mouth to get your satisfaction, you've obviously got more than just a nicotine addiction...
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Ah yes... I used to work in Downtown Seattle too, right next to the Kingdome. My office window was on the back alley, so I had a great view of the dumpsters and crackheads. Parking cost $6/day. Also, if you left work after dark, lots of people would try to sell you, uh, things on your way to your car.
Now, if I was starting a company, what would be most important to me would be locating where the overhead is the lowest, but that's just me. The other advantage of setting up shop in a cow pasture somewhere is employee lock-in. Basically, if somebody wants to quit, they have to sell their house and move to find a new job, unlike, say, the Silicon Valley, where you can find another job in the same field right down the street. Which, ultimately, is why companies get located in population centers -- 'cause that's where the pool of potential employees is.
Uh, Broadcom is using MIPS for all of their communications processors, and they are running at 1.2 GHz. Yes, the market for MIPS workstations is dead, but the market for MIPS embedded processors is just beginning -- and should be much larger in terms of CPUs sold than the workstation market ever was. Also, since MIPS processors use far less power than x86, some people beleive they are better suited for massively parallel applications than itanium (if you're only using 10 watts instead of 90 watts per CPU, you can pack them a lot closer together. So despite the fact that each individual processor does less, you can still get more compute power per unit space.)
The moveable hole. Somebody has watched The Beatle's Yellow Submarine way too many times... "I've got a hole in me pocket!"
The images show the Mars-facing side of the moon, taken from a distance of less than 200 kilometres with a resolution of about seven metres per pixel during orbit 756. That's still not enough resolution to see if anybody is standing there waving as the probe goes by...
The one thing missing in order for OSS to be on a par with the offerings from Redmond is a really good solitaire program! Currently, Windows is hands-down the best operating system to run if all you want to do all day is sit around playing solitaire! Yes, that's Windows(TM), the choice of computer solitaire players everywhere!
We finally have a new phase to replace the archaic "That's like the pot calling the kettle black!" From now on, please use the new cliche: "That's like CBS news accusing bloggers of lacking journalistic integrity!"
It didn't take a group of experts to figure out that the CBS memos were faked. All it took was somebody old enough to remember that 30 years ago typewriters didn't do automatically do proportional spacing or kerning. Funny, I thought most of the people at CBS were old enough to remember the 70's... perhaps they don't remember for the same reason GW doesn't remember?
Glad I dont code like that. I do code like that. I'm glad C/C++ compilers do compile time checking of my code! In Python, I have to wait until a line of code actually gets executed to find out I mispelled an attribute!
Uh, Gizmo was the good gremlin... and "mondo" means "world" in Italian, not Spanish.
Windows CE, the ultimate in Operating systems Yes, but "Ultimate what?" is the question... as in "Ralph Nader is the ultimate in losing presidential candidates!"
Now, about that spell check feature that needs to be added to slashdot...
You forgot 802.11n, which is their eventual goal. Yes, I'd expect it to have at least b/g support.
Used CDs here are $8, new ones are $18... what's happened to the exchange rates? I thought pounds were worth more than dollars? 15 pound sounds like way to much to pay for a used CD! (Of course, European import CDs are more expensive than domestic CDs here)
It seems to me that $17.99 is simply too much to pay for 36 minutes of music... yes, "albums" have gotten shorter, not longer, as the price has gone up!
Try buying from non-RIAA companies, like Sugar Hill and Rounder...
Which is exactly what I'm afraid of, since as near as I can tell Bush's ideal is to do everything possible to bring about the Battle of Armegeddon. Imagine his shock when he is not magically removed from the Earth by "The Rapture", and he has to endure the consequences of his actions with the rest of us sinners...
Scary thought for the day: can you imagine a future in which one day we find ourselves cheering Microsoft? (Personally, I think history will remember Bill Gates much more for the charitable contributions of the Gates Foundation than for his role in founding Microsoft. Much like Andrew Carnegie, the original robber baron.)
Huh. Duke really does suck! No, just their robot, Wallter. Duke could use some help with naming their technology, though...
No, use spraypaint... when is the robotic grafitti artist competition? This sounds like a Gibsonesque scenario... in the future, taggers will use teams of tiny robots to spraypaint the sides of large buildings!
I do hope you haven't been playing a lot of CS or GTA3 lately... have you? ;-D
stop people using guns in the heat of the moment (they may find other lethal weapons, but the victim has more chance) If you don't trust yourself to not get pissed off and pull out a lethal weapon, then perhaps you shouldn't be allowed to drive either...
outside the USA the population of the rest of the 1st world generally doesn't want guns and is largely in favour of them being heavily restricted. Can you cite the studies that indicate this? Last time I checked, hunting was still legal almost everywhere...
But seriously, shouldn't a monetary transaction require a signature and/or a passcode, not just a gesture? How close does this have to be to the reader in order to bill my account? It would appear that there would be tremendous potential for ringing up unintentional charges when using a remote reader for payment.
Exactly! When I walk into a singles bar, I immediately scan the room for any women that are blind drunk and stupid. I certainly shy away from any female that can spot a loser from across the room! I assure you, the last thing I need is women with increased cognitive ability!
More on topic, since a cigarette is just a delivery mechanism for a nicotine fix, shouldn't they be working on cheaper delivery mechanisms, instead of more expensive ones? What's wrong with a good old-fashioned syringe for getting drugs into your bloodstream? Pills? Patches? It seems to me that if you have to stick some phallic-shaped object into your mouth to get your satisfaction, you've obviously got more than just a nicotine addiction...