Moral issues aside, this seems like a bad business move. If you are a device manufacturer choosing between chip A and chip B, and the vendor for chip B bricks their clones, then you would prefer chip A.
This is because if you accidentally get a bad shipment of clone chips, and put them into your devices, your devices will be subject to bricking, creating returns and bad PR.
Plus, having some cloners around gives you a spare option if the main company bellies up.
Sometimes that works, but shops often dictate or encourage certain styles and practices that may hinder "personal productivity" practices so that the team can do maintenance.
And it's not just a matter of typing: there are screwy schedules, screwy deadlines, fickle requesters, etc. If you finish coding fast, they'll make you install software, fix Outlook, clean printers or whatnot.
Yes, it's a living, but typically one plateaus early salary-wise. Why not encourage women to be sys admins or high-end application trainers? Why focus on coding?
Who cares! Coding is on average a dead-end job with long hours. Why not talk about good long-term careers for women instead, rather than high burn-and-churn jobs? Coders happen to be demand right now, but we've seen bubbles before, and will probably see them again.
If done right, such animations can be helpful to newbies, showing the relationship between the icon and the newly opened window (versus say a randomly popping message or spam). But after a while such "training wheels" get annoying and slow you down.
When you open a new window, it flies out on to the screen...
The Ballmer "Chair" interface, eh?
Seriosouly, though, I hope there is an option to switch that animation off. I like quick response, and switched off the XP and Win7 animations on my PC. Please, don't take that away, Mr. Nadella.
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Corporations are not just people, but protected people now.
Frequent inspections cost money; they ain't free. A biz would factor that into the cost when choosing between supplier A and B from the example.
Moral issues aside, this seems like a bad business move. If you are a device manufacturer choosing between chip A and chip B, and the vendor for chip B bricks their clones, then you would prefer chip A.
This is because if you accidentally get a bad shipment of clone chips, and put them into your devices, your devices will be subject to bricking, creating returns and bad PR.
Plus, having some cloners around gives you a spare option if the main company bellies up.
I don't know about the company, but their damned tool-bar still does.
And in another 100 years, we'll see a dupe.
And if the slick salesperson lies and says "yes, they are legit"?
It's a mistake in my opinion to dump this problem onto the consumer; it's not realistic for them to police all the parts of gizmos they buy.
I get new ideas by cleaning out old files.
That's rather indirect evidence. The title is a bit misleading if you ask me. It's an interesting fact, I agree, but the title needs work.
Sometimes that works, but shops often dictate or encourage certain styles and practices that may hinder "personal productivity" practices so that the team can do maintenance.
And it's not just a matter of typing: there are screwy schedules, screwy deadlines, fickle requesters, etc. If you finish coding fast, they'll make you install software, fix Outlook, clean printers or whatnot.
Yes, it's a living, but typically one plateaus early salary-wise. Why not encourage women to be sys admins or high-end application trainers? Why focus on coding?
Is the goal to find more labor, or to help women?
Who cares! Coding is on average a dead-end job with long hours. Why not talk about good long-term careers for women instead, rather than high burn-and-churn jobs? Coders happen to be demand right now, but we've seen bubbles before, and will probably see them again.
Thanks for reminding me why nobody goes to lunch with nerds :-)
Send up a bosomy leather-clad babe and people just may pay to watch. That's one way to fund it.
Then kids may mistake Daleks for Ents.
I'm curious, in UK, do you Tea Partiers actually drink tea?
In the USA we call them "drones"
"Look, my Dalek is now so powerful it writes my code for me!"
Wait, how do you know a Dalek is a "him"?
Dude, it's harder to hide your porn that way
You can, but you'd have to go through the pod bay doors without a space helmet. I found that cheat tip on a black monolith found in the dumpster.
"Luke, use the Fork"
"Being a security company, we wanna keep our mistakes secure."
What, they haven't found a subtle and quiet way to sneak in like the N-S-A does?
If done right, such animations can be helpful to newbies, showing the relationship between the icon and the newly opened window (versus say a randomly popping message or spam). But after a while such "training wheels" get annoying and slow you down.
Now it's reversed
The Ballmer "Chair" interface, eh?
Seriosouly, though, I hope there is an option to switch that animation off. I like quick response, and switched off the XP and Win7 animations on my PC. Please, don't take that away, Mr. Nadella.