I check it out and it's like an app that isn't sure what it wants to be. I don't do Facebook, I don't do blogs, I do lurk around twitter. Google+ for me was too much like a blog. It's okay for following a big name person like Linus, but for the occasional post and what happening I'll stick to my tweets.
I was in same situation with a stack or old drives and no way would I spend week runing DBAN on them. So life had been frustrating so I needed to vent a little. I got a small sledgehammer and started whacking away. Surprising the cases were tougher than I thought they'd be, but finally got them open and the platters out. Then bashed the platters till bentup good. I spread the fun out over a couple days but had a good time.
Warning: sometime if you hit a drive a certain way they go flying so be careful.
When I worked for UCLA they wanted build up online classes so the could increase revenues without increasing campus expenses. They were saying they could possibly increase enrollment by up to 50%, but the sticking point then was who owned the classes. The school claimed ownership they pay teacher to create curriculum. Teachers figure they own the class materials they create for classes.
I think online is a great idea especially for general education leaving campus space for high-end and lab work.
I remember when all that H1 Visa BS started we'd all sit around knowing lots of engineer in the U.S. looking for work while news would talk about shortages. It's typically U.S. corporate BS, putting profits before people and trying to increase margins. I was working for IBM and our jobs got outsourced to India and I got to stay an extra month if I help with transition. Talking the replacements in India I find out they were hire 3-4 in India for each they laid off here. So salary wise no real savings, but no benefits, workman's comp, unemployment and other US costs that where they were saving money.
I think it was President Eisenhower that said the large corporation would be the downfall of this county. Decades later he's being proved right.
I'd be frustrated too trying to write code with tools that generate memory leaks for days and sucks at returning free'd memory to the system. I remember one version of Word you could start it up and just let it sit, within and hour or so Windows would crash. Then the version of Excel that shipped with debug code because the stripped version would never pass QA. Aw fine tools.
I would only do it if you can get and internship or real world experience while in school. I been in industry for 20+ years and used to do developer support and IT. I would interview grad's for jobs most are clueless to real world development and IT issues. They could spout theory for days but ran into walls from coding to troubleshooting because things just work the same. Some places I've worked had interns or grad students working, those people ended up doing great getting with combo of work experience and theory. They got great job offers/promotions once they finished school. You can buy an education but you can't buy experience.
He was just a Bush/Rove puppet, he didn't stand up to them when his gut told him to. I don't see that as VP material. Also the aftertaste of Bush is still in Powell's mouth so I don't think he's even interested in politics any more.
I love the old clicky-clacky IBM keyboards they respond great and love the tactile feedback of the clicker. I remember doing a training class once sharing a machine with this woman was beyond fast when it comes to typing. I kept letting her type because it sounded like machine gun burst using that KB.
What gets me about the DAS keyboard is the price, but if it lasts like an old IBM clicker then price is okay. Glad to see they put a couple USB ports on the KB wish all KB's had them.
I don't know anyone who buys or recommends buying their upgrades from Apple. Some prices are reasonable, but mainly memory and hard drives are cheaper to buy and install on your own. I wouldn't say Dell and the others are that much better, if I get a IBM or Dell laptop I order the same way and upgrade with 3rd party.
Not matter what people want to think thanks to Microsoft products I've been able to find work since 1982 from development to IT. I also admire that you are one of the only mega rich who donates to charity out of your own pocket, not your companies and take credit for it. Enjoy the next phase of your life.
I don't remember the exact version but I think it was Netware 3 that was solid as a rock. Then the next version was total crap upon release use users didn't upgrade. Even the following update were flaky so users stayed on the old version. The Novell was in getting into deep sneakers without upgrade revenue coming in. They finally started getting the problems worked out, but users were content with the old version and still had little interest in new version. After another major upgrade users started updating slowly.
MS seems to be in the same situation the got XP patched up to be a solid Windows OS and what problems there are are well known so not a big deal. Vista price and stability isn't a attractive enough move the masses. MS has far deeper pockets than Novell so it hurts, but isn't lethal.
Personally I wish MS would grow a pair like Apple has over the years and build a new OS from scratch and not worry about backward compatibility. Apple has done it what three times since the beginning. They give developers and users a couple years of warning and move forward. MS talks about it but never does it, they definitely have the deep pockets to do it.
First he gives no estimates of gas saving by reducing the weight of a car versus moving to alternative systems like hybrids.
Also he comes from the world of F1 racing that uses carbon fiber for most parts. Carbon fiber is way to expensive to use for passenger cars. But idea for political and environmental reasons is to reduce our use of oil. Assuming he is talking about reducing weight by using more plastic isn't that just trading off use of oil for gas and moving it to making more plastics. Yes, using plastic is a long term use of oil versus gas, but combining lighter cars with alternate power seems like the big win.
More important is changing how automobile companies market cars. Its marketing that keeps the fuel guzzling vehicles popular with the masses more than anything. Maybe now with $5 a gallon gas everyones life automobile companies will start making and marketing fuel efficient vehicles, so people will move away from gas guzzlers unless they have a real need for one for work or towing. IMO no reason a car can't look/be cool and fuel efficient. Its all perception the media plants in peoples minds.
That is what stops me from getting an iPhone or similar device the service costs too much. I don't mind the two year contract just drop the service price $10 or $15 then I'll go for it.
Buy doing nothing Apple isn't give any free press to this company. Companies like do are only looking for their fifteen minutes of fame. People who want Mac's will buy Mac and get a better deal once you factor in cost of OS X the clone isn't that good a deal. Down the road they will have trouble keeping up with updates and etc. In other words leave them alone and they will go back to being just another white box computer maker.
The thing doesn't come with the OS so add another $150 that mean for $50 more you could buy a real Mac Mini and have a supported machine that is also smaller, better looking, and duals boot any Intel OS you want. I don't think Psystar was thinking too clearly when they decided to kick Apple in the shins. But being just one more inexpensive PC on the market it is getting them some attention.
As some who has been in the computer industry over twenty years there was never need for the H1 visa program. The tech industry wanted to lower wages and H1 visas gave them people willing to work for less to gain entry into the country. Over the years every time you'd hear about the need for move H1 worker my friends and I could look around and see lots of Americans looking for work that were more than qualified for the jobs, just they want the current going wage. No different than the way the current administration wants open border just for cheap labor. The illegals are taking job American used to do, but corporate America wanted to increase profit margins. Perfect example of putting profits before people.
I remember back in the early 90's the software industry started mumbling they thought programming was a trade not a profession every since then wages have declined and jobs have moved overseas. The only winners are the executives paying themselves more and more.
First I know enforcing a law like this would be extremely difficult at best. But if you won't use your real name then it is a real good indication what you are saying shouldn't be said. Sure maybe 1% or less antonymous posts are for a legit reason a whistle blower issue, but the rest are blatant lies and misinformation for the entertainment at someone else's experience. So like so many internet related issue the flakes are screwing things up for this rest.
What good is live Linux disk other than demo'ing Linux or as I use them to hack/repair boxes. With a live disk you are stuck with that version of Linux what about when drivers need up dates or other system software needed to do the tasks a user wants. A live Linux disk is not a good real world solution.
I first used Linux back in 1994 while working in a Windows world to pay the bills. I have since worked in IT supporting both Windows, Linux, and Sun boxes. I was total geek and at home had all varieties of the same boxes and spent a lot of time tweaking, compiling, working on constant compatibly issues. I had used Mac and supported Mac's off and on since 1986. So I've had a long history with all these platforms and a couple others.
I've since grown tired of being a geek at home and doing recording and using a computer like are regular user at home. I no long have Linux boxes, Linux is a pain in the ass to run. Constant updates, that create incompatibilities, that create more incompatibilities, lack of drivers, applications that are okay if you don't work in real business world, and IMO poor non-intuitive user interfaces. I like Linux on servers, but on desktop it never made the grade with me. If I only had old hardware or slim budget then the hassles of Linux would be worth the trade off, hence why Linux is mainly popular outside the U.S.
I still had my old Windows 2000 desktop doing fine I avoided XP, but decided to get back into Mac's when OS X came out. Long story short Apple did what people have been trying to do since Unix came out make a easy to use GUI and support tools for desktop Unix. I now have Mac's only at home and a Window and linux laptops for work. Now at home my computer is a tool to get things done and something I have work on so I can get some work done. OS X has a great interface and lots of utilities to handle all the maintenance tasks. Sure sometimes I want to do something and can't because OS X won't let me, but that isn't too often. I have to remind myself that is the cost of ease of use and being able to get work done. All the application I need for work have Mac versions. For recording Mac just work 98% of the time, no driver issues or config hassles. Even when I plug in one of my Window external drive or connect to a Window network all the file sharing just works no config issues. Mac's schedule maintenance scripts and update checks so I don't need to think about that in general. The journaled file system is a nice safety net and recently save me after a power outage.
So for those that want to use their brain cells for creative tasks and not for constant tweaking to keep their computer happy Apple Mac's and OS X are perfect. If on a tight budget or limited hardware then use Linux.
As for Window I never been an MS basher because of MS and Windows I have been employed for a long time, BUT... MS needs to grow a pair, rewrite Windows from the ground up and not worry about backwards compatibility. That backward compatibility has caused too many problems. Being I go way back with Apple I have seen them multiple time make major OS changes. They give developer years of warning that things are going to be breaking start prepping to port. Then they give users a heads up things are going to change you can choose stick with what you got or be prepared some old app's aren't going to work. Linux has gone thru the same but being Linux users are so used to have the cycle of update code, recompile, workout issues, repeat they don't even notice major kernal changes much. So MS bite the bullet rewrite Windows from scratch and life will be good for Window's users.
LMAO lawsuits like this are so stupid, its not like Apple is the only music player on the market buy one that does what you want.
Maybe I should sue Ford because I can't get a General Motors engine in a Focus. Where is it written all products have to support every format? Doesn't Apple have the right sell what they want and don't forget by not supporting other formats Apple is taking the risk and losing some customers who want those other formats. GROW UP people vote with your dollars. If Apple was to start losing lots of sales because they only support their own format, they would flinch and open up.
So sick and tired of people wasting court time on whiny things like this instead of voicing their opinion with their dollars. All lawsuit like this do is increase the prices of products to offset the cost of legal departments to fight these frivolous lawsuit.
Netscrape started the whole free browser thing with free betas and previous versions, the current version was the only one technically that cost money. Then they threw fits when MS released IE for free. Then they got bloated and other free competition outpaced them. So they got trampled by the market they created.
I think the test is flawed. I've been in situations where time felt like it was slowing down, but in hindsight it was my attention was focus 100% on the task at hand. All my attention focused on one thing my brain had extra cycles to look around, think about what is coming next. That gives the sensation of slowing time.
Like musicians that are great sightreaders, they are playing a measure of music, but they are reading ahead three or four bars ahead of what they are playing. Years of practice making playing second nature, and total focus when playing give their brain time to look ahead to process what is coming and look for things unfamiliar before they get to it. So time does not slow, but you have more brain cycles dedicated to the task at hand.
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I check it out and it's like an app that isn't sure what it wants to be. I don't do Facebook, I don't do blogs, I do lurk around twitter. Google+ for me was too much like a blog. It's okay for following a big name person like Linus, but for the occasional post and what happening I'll stick to my tweets.
Probably not the best way, but......
I was in same situation with a stack or old drives and no way would I spend week runing DBAN on them. So life had been frustrating so I needed to vent a little. I got a small sledgehammer and started whacking away. Surprising the cases were tougher than I thought they'd be, but finally got them open and the platters out. Then bashed the platters till bentup good. I spread the fun out over a couple days but had a good time.
Warning: sometime if you hit a drive a certain way they go flying so be careful.
When I worked for UCLA they wanted build up online classes so the could increase revenues without increasing campus expenses. They were saying they could possibly increase enrollment by up to 50%, but the sticking point then was who owned the classes. The school claimed ownership they pay teacher to create curriculum. Teachers figure they own the class materials they create for classes.
I think online is a great idea especially for general education leaving campus space for high-end and lab work.
I remember when all that H1 Visa BS started we'd all sit around knowing lots of engineer in the U.S. looking for work while news would talk about shortages. It's typically U.S. corporate BS, putting profits before people and trying to increase margins. I was working for IBM and our jobs got outsourced to India and I got to stay an extra month if I help with transition. Talking the replacements in India I find out they were hire 3-4 in India for each they laid off here. So salary wise no real savings, but no benefits, workman's comp, unemployment and other US costs that where they were saving money.
I think it was President Eisenhower that said the large corporation would be the downfall of this county. Decades later he's being proved right.
I'd be frustrated too trying to write code with tools that generate memory leaks for days and sucks at returning free'd memory to the system. I remember one version of Word you could start it up and just let it sit, within and hour or so Windows would crash. Then the version of Excel that shipped with debug code because the stripped version would never pass QA. Aw fine tools.
I would only do it if you can get and internship or real world experience while in school. I been in industry for 20+ years and used to do developer support and IT. I would interview grad's for jobs most are clueless to real world development and IT issues. They could spout theory for days but ran into walls from coding to troubleshooting because things just work the same. Some places I've worked had interns or grad students working, those people ended up doing great getting with combo of work experience and theory. They got great job offers/promotions once they finished school. You can buy an education but you can't buy experience.
He was just a Bush/Rove puppet, he didn't stand up to them when his gut told him to. I don't see that as VP material. Also the aftertaste of Bush is still in Powell's mouth so I don't think he's even interested in politics any more.
I love the old clicky-clacky IBM keyboards they respond great and love the tactile feedback of the clicker. I remember doing a training class once sharing a machine with this woman was beyond fast when it comes to typing. I kept letting her type because it sounded like machine gun burst using that KB.
What gets me about the DAS keyboard is the price, but if it lasts like an old IBM clicker then price is okay. Glad to see they put a couple USB ports on the KB wish all KB's had them.
I don't know anyone who buys or recommends buying their upgrades from Apple. Some prices are reasonable, but mainly memory and hard drives are cheaper to buy and install on your own. I wouldn't say Dell and the others are that much better, if I get a IBM or Dell laptop I order the same way and upgrade with 3rd party.
Not matter what people want to think thanks to Microsoft products I've been able to find work since 1982 from development to IT. I also admire that you are one of the only mega rich who donates to charity out of your own pocket, not your companies and take credit for it. Enjoy the next phase of your life.
I don't remember the exact version but I think it was Netware 3 that was solid as a rock. Then the next version was total crap upon release use users didn't upgrade. Even the following update were flaky so users stayed on the old version. The Novell was in getting into deep sneakers without upgrade revenue coming in. They finally started getting the problems worked out, but users were content with the old version and still had little interest in new version. After another major upgrade users started updating slowly.
MS seems to be in the same situation the got XP patched up to be a solid Windows OS and what problems there are are well known so not a big deal. Vista price and stability isn't a attractive enough move the masses. MS has far deeper pockets than Novell so it hurts, but isn't lethal.
Personally I wish MS would grow a pair like Apple has over the years and build a new OS from scratch and not worry about backward compatibility. Apple has done it what three times since the beginning. They give developers and users a couple years of warning and move forward. MS talks about it but never does it, they definitely have the deep pockets to do it.
Miss you George.
I remember seeing Carlin back in the 60's he did his routine between the bands playing a local club. Early days of his Hippie routines so funny.
Don't do the crime if you can't to the time.
I doubt they will give him 38 years probably a couple year and get out in half of that. So he'll get a good lesson out.
First he gives no estimates of gas saving by reducing the weight of a car versus moving to alternative systems like hybrids.
Also he comes from the world of F1 racing that uses carbon fiber for most parts. Carbon fiber is way to expensive to use for passenger cars. But idea for political and environmental reasons is to reduce our use of oil. Assuming he is talking about reducing weight by using more plastic isn't that just trading off use of oil for gas and moving it to making more plastics. Yes, using plastic is a long term use of oil versus gas, but combining lighter cars with alternate power seems like the big win.
More important is changing how automobile companies market cars. Its marketing that keeps the fuel guzzling vehicles popular with the masses more than anything. Maybe now with $5 a gallon gas everyones life automobile companies will start making and marketing fuel efficient vehicles, so people will move away from gas guzzlers unless they have a real need for one for work or towing. IMO no reason a car can't look/be cool and fuel efficient. Its all perception the media plants in peoples minds.
That is what stops me from getting an iPhone or similar device the service costs too much. I don't mind the two year contract just drop the service price $10 or $15 then I'll go for it.
Buy doing nothing Apple isn't give any free press to this company. Companies like do are only looking for their fifteen minutes of fame. People who want Mac's will buy Mac and get a better deal once you factor in cost of OS X the clone isn't that good a deal. Down the road they will have trouble keeping up with updates and etc. In other words leave them alone and they will go back to being just another white box computer maker.
The thing doesn't come with the OS so add another $150 that mean for $50 more you could buy a real Mac Mini and have a supported machine that is also smaller, better looking, and duals boot any Intel OS you want. I don't think Psystar was thinking too clearly when they decided to kick Apple in the shins. But being just one more inexpensive PC on the market it is getting them some attention.
As some who has been in the computer industry over twenty years there was never need for the H1 visa program. The tech industry wanted to lower wages and H1 visas gave them people willing to work for less to gain entry into the country. Over the years every time you'd hear about the need for move H1 worker my friends and I could look around and see lots of Americans looking for work that were more than qualified for the jobs, just they want the current going wage. No different than the way the current administration wants open border just for cheap labor. The illegals are taking job American used to do, but corporate America wanted to increase profit margins. Perfect example of putting profits before people.
I remember back in the early 90's the software industry started mumbling they thought programming was a trade not a profession every since then wages have declined and jobs have moved overseas. The only winners are the executives paying themselves more and more.
Those that give up Liberty to have temporary
Security deserve Neither - Benjamin Franklin.
First I know enforcing a law like this would be extremely difficult at best. But if you won't use your real name then it is a real good indication what you are saying shouldn't be said. Sure maybe 1% or less antonymous posts are for a legit reason a whistle blower issue, but the rest are blatant lies and misinformation for the entertainment at someone else's experience. So like so many internet related issue the flakes are screwing things up for this rest.
What good is live Linux disk other than demo'ing Linux or as I use them to hack/repair boxes. With a live disk you are stuck with that version of Linux what about when drivers need up dates or other system software needed to do the tasks a user wants. A live Linux disk is not a good real world solution.
I first used Linux back in 1994 while working in a Windows world to pay the bills. I have since worked in IT supporting both Windows, Linux, and Sun boxes. I was total geek and at home had all varieties of the same boxes and spent a lot of time tweaking, compiling, working on constant compatibly issues. I had used Mac and supported Mac's off and on since 1986. So I've had a long history with all these platforms and a couple others.
I've since grown tired of being a geek at home and doing recording and using a computer like are regular user at home. I no long have Linux boxes, Linux is a pain in the ass to run. Constant updates, that create incompatibilities, that create more incompatibilities, lack of drivers, applications that are okay if you don't work in real business world, and IMO poor non-intuitive user interfaces. I like Linux on servers, but on desktop it never made the grade with me. If I only had old hardware or slim budget then the hassles of Linux would be worth the trade off, hence why Linux is mainly popular outside the U.S.
I still had my old Windows 2000 desktop doing fine I avoided XP, but decided to get back into Mac's when OS X came out. Long story short Apple did what people have been trying to do since Unix came out make a easy to use GUI and support tools for desktop Unix. I now have Mac's only at home and a Window and linux laptops for work. Now at home my computer is a tool to get things done and something I have work on so I can get some work done. OS X has a great interface and lots of utilities to handle all the maintenance tasks. Sure sometimes I want to do something and can't because OS X won't let me, but that isn't too often. I have to remind myself that is the cost of ease of use and being able to get work done. All the application I need for work have Mac versions. For recording Mac just work 98% of the time, no driver issues or config hassles. Even when I plug in one of my Window external drive or connect to a Window network all the file sharing just works no config issues. Mac's schedule maintenance scripts and update checks so I don't need to think about that in general. The journaled file system is a nice safety net and recently save me after a power outage.
So for those that want to use their brain cells for creative tasks and not for constant tweaking to keep their computer happy Apple Mac's and OS X are perfect. If on a tight budget or limited hardware then use Linux.
As for Window I never been an MS basher because of MS and Windows I have been employed for a long time, BUT... MS needs to grow a pair, rewrite Windows from the ground up and not worry about backwards compatibility. That backward compatibility has caused too many problems. Being I go way back with Apple I have seen them multiple time make major OS changes. They give developer years of warning that things are going to be breaking start prepping to port. Then they give users a heads up things are going to change you can choose stick with what you got or be prepared some old app's aren't going to work. Linux has gone thru the same but being Linux users are so used to have the cycle of update code, recompile, workout issues, repeat they don't even notice major kernal changes much. So MS bite the bullet rewrite Windows from scratch and life will be good for Window's users.
LMAO lawsuits like this are so stupid, its not like Apple is the only music player on the market buy one that does what you want.
Maybe I should sue Ford because I can't get a General Motors engine in a Focus. Where is it written all products have to support every format? Doesn't Apple have the right sell what they want and don't forget by not supporting other formats Apple is taking the risk and losing some customers who want those other formats. GROW UP people vote with your dollars. If Apple was to start losing lots of sales because they only support their own format, they would flinch and open up.
So sick and tired of people wasting court time on whiny things like this instead of voicing their opinion with their dollars. All lawsuit like this do is increase the prices of products to offset the cost of legal departments to fight these frivolous lawsuit.
Netscrape started the whole free browser thing with free betas and previous versions, the current version was the only one technically that cost money. Then they threw fits when MS released IE for free. Then they got bloated and other free competition outpaced them. So they got trampled by the market they created.
I think the test is flawed. I've been in situations where time felt like it was slowing down, but in hindsight it was my attention was focus 100% on the task at hand. All my attention focused on one thing my brain had extra cycles to look around, think about what is coming next. That gives the sensation of slowing time.
Like musicians that are great sightreaders, they are playing a measure of music, but they are reading ahead three or four bars ahead of what they are playing. Years of practice making playing second nature, and total focus when playing give their brain time to look ahead to process what is coming and look for things unfamiliar before they get to it. So time does not slow, but you have more brain cycles dedicated to the task at hand.