I guess using the bathroom isn't being 100% efficient either. Neither are coffee breaks, smoke breaks, talking to a co-worker, drinking some water or doing some research/checking web dev news that is related to your job. There is no way they can ever get a person to be 100% efficient, I think Paul Graham was right about some of these stories in the media (like how "suits are back") are nothing but propoganda to try to influence the work environment.
Qualcomm awhile back has stated Eudora was going to be founded on Thunderbird, wonder what this news now means to them. I really think that the Mozilla Foundation should continue to develop Thunderbird, Firefox maybe the Ace, but surely Thunderbird is a Jack or Queen. We really need these apps to compete with Microsoft's. I'd rather see them scrap Camino than Thunderbird, just make the Mac people use FF without the consistant UI, I never saw what the big deal was, although I think it allows them to do spelling checks and other things the standard Mac UI does.
Singles will get played on the radio constantly and if they become classics they will get played on the radio forever. Know I like to listen to singles to get an idea about a band and if they are good enough, I get the album. I really wish radio stations would play other songs on the album ("album filler" to some) by some good bands. Some of the songs that never get released as a single are very good and underrated. If you want your music collection to be nothing but top 40 hits I guess singles are ok:/
If you are going to an Ivy League college most of the time you don't even need to worry about grades, you're pretty much going to get a good job because of where you went. Our president even bragged about being a C student.
Even people with good grades have a hard time getting a job these days, with the bachelors degree basically like the high-school diploma of yesteryear. You can always play the Open Source Project bit up. Sometimes jobs go to the best personality in the interview, rather than skill.
I say let them milk that perception, Microsoft deserves it, we need more competition in general, rather than Microsoft gaining too much domination in just about every semi-computer or computer related area.
I always wondered why they didn't just do CGI films of the comics anyway. I'm guessing that the costs would probably be the same as hiring actors and creating the effects as it would with 100% CGI. The cartoon show X-men that used to come on was pretty good and it was just 2d drawn animation. They could then be 100% with the look and be true to the comics more than they could with actors.
I'm guessing this is their plan, since they've already made movies of most of their popular characters with live actors.
Try having 200+ or 400+ people on Trillian and its slow as hell to load. Pidgin, loads them all up within a few seconds. Trillian is awesome, but I got tired of it having to load.
There are a lot of mods that have released code for Quake III. So not only can you get the source for the engine you can see how many others have modified it. It's really the fastest way to go in my opinion and a great way to learn. Of course the real hard part is finding open source sounds, maps, textures, images and models. Open Arena's goal is to make an 100% open source Q3 game with all the assests (models, maps, textures, sounds...) open source as well. Don't think the Q3 engine limits you to FPS either, there have been racing games like Quake 3 Rally, stratgey games, single player mods, and games where you can spawn opponents randomly. Someone has modded Q1 into a chess game and Quake 2 into a war game with airplanes and tanks. Their are quite a few people working on engine improvements and other mods, its still very much alive.
I use that to clean up templates a lot, of course I have to fix a few things again, but its better than dealing with whatever late 90s/early 00s WYSIWYG Table based monstrosity.
Plogger
* Easy Install and Setup -- Single step installation - no fussing with configuration files or server privileges (if allowed). Plogger contains a fully featured, secure administration system. Plogger can be used as a stand-alone gallery or be dropped into your current site with no more than three PHP statements. You can be up and running in less than five minutes.
* Easy Gallery Creation -- You can upload photos one at a time from the web based administrative tool or use an FTP connection to import your photos in groups. Plogger has two levels of organization, allowing you to organize your images efficiently and easily.
* Automatic Thumbnail Generation -- Supports server side caching and high-quality true-color resampling. Thumbnails can be configured to be any size you choose from the options menu. Supports all major image formats (JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF).
* XHTML W3C Compliant -- Plogger outputs properly formatted, fully validated XHTML. This allows the user to configure the look of Plogger via the included style sheet. Your site will remain validated and accessible.
* User Feedback -- Plogger allows you to turn comments on or off for any specified image. Comments are displayed publicly and add an element of community to your gallery.
* RSS support -- Each level of organization can now generate it's own RSS feed. You can subscribe to feeds for a single album, collection, or the entire gallery. Additionally, you can subscribe to a custom set of search terms to keep you updated on your chosen keywords.
* Integrated JavaScript Slideshow -- Any of your albums can be instantly viewed as a hands-free JavaScript slideshow.
I'd like to have VMware on a stick. I cant see wanting to carry around a portable version of my computer with all my emails and stuff, I'm sure others might, but to me its too big a security risk.
I disabled Java in my browser long ago. I got tired of my computer locking up for 10-15 seconds while Java loaded up. Plus the only time my anti-virus did find something it was from Java. I remember Applets were cool when they finally launched, but Flash and JavaScript have done everything they could do, and what they couldnt replace PHP and some library have pretty much covered.
If I had internet access and was guaranteed a server full with humans, I'd probably pick Weapons Factory for Quake 2. Sure it was spammy, but there was some good variety with the classes and their abilities.
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I guess using the bathroom isn't being 100% efficient either. Neither are coffee breaks, smoke breaks, talking to a co-worker, drinking some water or doing some research/checking web dev news that is related to your job. There is no way they can ever get a person to be 100% efficient, I think Paul Graham was right about some of these stories in the media (like how "suits are back") are nothing but propoganda to try to influence the work environment.
Interesting the speed of which they claim Google to be a monopoly.
no digg :p
I heard it caused quite a number of problems, Hey McFly!
:p
Qualcomm awhile back has stated Eudora was going to be founded on Thunderbird, wonder what this news now means to them. I really think that the Mozilla Foundation should continue to develop Thunderbird, Firefox maybe the Ace, but surely Thunderbird is a Jack or Queen. We really need these apps to compete with Microsoft's. I'd rather see them scrap Camino than Thunderbird, just make the Mac people use FF without the consistant UI, I never saw what the big deal was, although I think it allows them to do spelling checks and other things the standard Mac UI does.
Mission Accomplished :p
Thats what I would say, I'm no manager but that seems to be the first thing everyone usually does.
Singles will get played on the radio constantly and if they become classics they will get played on the radio forever. Know I like to listen to singles to get an idea about a band and if they are good enough, I get the album. I really wish radio stations would play other songs on the album ("album filler" to some) by some good bands. Some of the songs that never get released as a single are very good and underrated. If you want your music collection to be nothing but top 40 hits I guess singles are ok :/
oh... those kinda weeds :p
If you are going to an Ivy League college most of the time you don't even need to worry about grades, you're pretty much going to get a good job because of where you went. Our president even bragged about being a C student. Even people with good grades have a hard time getting a job these days, with the bachelors degree basically like the high-school diploma of yesteryear. You can always play the Open Source Project bit up. Sometimes jobs go to the best personality in the interview, rather than skill.
I say let them milk that perception, Microsoft deserves it, we need more competition in general, rather than Microsoft gaining too much domination in just about every semi-computer or computer related area.
I always wondered why they didn't just do CGI films of the comics anyway. I'm guessing that the costs would probably be the same as hiring actors and creating the effects as it would with 100% CGI. The cartoon show X-men that used to come on was pretty good and it was just 2d drawn animation. They could then be 100% with the look and be true to the comics more than they could with actors.
I'm guessing this is their plan, since they've already made movies of most of their popular characters with live actors.
Watch any of the "featured tours" of on Adobe's CS3 programs and you'll see them use this option.
a ture_tour.html e xtended/ssi/iframe/feature_tour.html
example: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/ssi/iframe/fe
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop
Now whether they make it easy for others to do the same with their products, I'm not sure. I haven't seen Flash CS3's video options.
I'm sure most people that downloaded it, got it just for testing their sites in it more than using it.
I've left one in a pocket once, not sure how it survived the washer and the dryer but it did. Guess I got lucky :p
Try having 200+ or 400+ people on Trillian and its slow as hell to load. Pidgin, loads them all up within a few seconds. Trillian is awesome, but I got tired of it having to load.
There are a lot of mods that have released code for Quake III. So not only can you get the source for the engine you can see how many others have modified it. It's really the fastest way to go in my opinion and a great way to learn. Of course the real hard part is finding open source sounds, maps, textures, images and models. Open Arena's goal is to make an 100% open source Q3 game with all the assests (models, maps, textures, sounds...) open source as well. Don't think the Q3 engine limits you to FPS either, there have been racing games like Quake 3 Rally, stratgey games, single player mods, and games where you can spawn opponents randomly. Someone has modded Q1 into a chess game and Quake 2 into a war game with airplanes and tanks. Their are quite a few people working on engine improvements and other mods, its still very much alive.
..after Vista, that is the real question :p
I use that to clean up templates a lot, of course I have to fix a few things again, but its better than dealing with whatever late 90s/early 00s WYSIWYG Table based monstrosity.
Plogger
* Easy Install and Setup -- Single step installation - no fussing with configuration files or server privileges (if allowed). Plogger contains a fully featured, secure administration system. Plogger can be used as a stand-alone gallery or be dropped into your current site with no more than three PHP statements. You can be up and running in less than five minutes.
* Easy Gallery Creation -- You can upload photos one at a time from the web based administrative tool or use an FTP connection to import your photos in groups. Plogger has two levels of organization, allowing you to organize your images efficiently and easily.
* Automatic Thumbnail Generation -- Supports server side caching and high-quality true-color resampling. Thumbnails can be configured to be any size you choose from the options menu. Supports all major image formats (JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF).
* XHTML W3C Compliant -- Plogger outputs properly formatted, fully validated XHTML. This allows the user to configure the look of Plogger via the included style sheet. Your site will remain validated and accessible.
* User Feedback -- Plogger allows you to turn comments on or off for any specified image. Comments are displayed publicly and add an element of community to your gallery.
* RSS support -- Each level of organization can now generate it's own RSS feed. You can subscribe to feeds for a single album, collection, or the entire gallery. Additionally, you can subscribe to a custom set of search terms to keep you updated on your chosen keywords.
* Integrated JavaScript Slideshow -- Any of your albums can be instantly viewed as a hands-free JavaScript slideshow.
I'd like to have VMware on a stick. I cant see wanting to carry around a portable version of my computer with all my emails and stuff, I'm sure others might, but to me its too big a security risk.
there u go...
I disabled Java in my browser long ago. I got tired of my computer locking up for 10-15 seconds while Java loaded up. Plus the only time my anti-virus did find something it was from Java. I remember Applets were cool when they finally launched, but Flash and JavaScript have done everything they could do, and what they couldnt replace PHP and some library have pretty much covered.
If I had internet access and was guaranteed a server full with humans, I'd probably pick Weapons Factory for Quake 2. Sure it was spammy, but there was some good variety with the classes and their abilities.