The first thing is Linux drivers. If I'm on a server where things don't change every few months and video is unimportant, then Linux is great. However, video drivers for linux are inadequate. Furthermore, the amount of RTFMing required to get everything set up is fine for a hobbiest, but there are times when I just want to get things done.
2. I might be tempted just to have a second computer to do most everything in Linux, but that which is important to me from Linux is in Cygwin. Linux has no advantage on desktop apps because the most important ones (vi, grep, cvs) work on winderz.
Okay, so they don't all use Cygwin, but they've been ported. If I need to use an X app, I have xfree86.
Once that was developed, there was just no reason for me to fiddle around with linux on my desktop.
how big does the company/entity have to be to assert "some are more equal than others" claims? Maybe we should just codify this kind of thing. You know, something like "If you have 5 million in the bank more than the defendant and you have the trademark for at least 5 years, you get the domain." It's no more fair, but at least there are no false claims to the contrary.
environmental waste.... culture of disposability... thrown away with TV dinner scraps... substitute for meaningful interaction... go play cards instead...
Damn... Only 23 and I'm already a crotchety old man.
Would anyone please tell me how many
A) middle schools have 8 year olds
B) Aptivas (originally a home line since discontinued) could be sold... there's a possibility that they could have been donated, but then why not stay with OS/2 or the windows licenses with the computers?)
C) people consider screen an easy-to-learn tool (for someone who has X and doesn't use *IX for more than an hour at a time, much less that many times a year...)
Seriously, this is just an extention of status quo for nintendo. I remember when they lost a class-action suit for price fixing back in the 8-bit days.
It's recently been status quo for the entertainment industry as well. consider that the Labels just got hit for price fixing in the last few years too...
I just got a used 20" monitor on EBay -- Sony had a monitor that everyone rebranded a few years ago. It only does 1280x1024, but that is usually sufficient. I've added this to an old 17 inch monitor that will probably be replaced by a 19 inch or 21 inch monitor within the next year.
It is sufficient because I don't have to use blindingly high resolutions to keep enough on the screen now. It's not a sacrifice to keep a web page on the screen.
As for my productivity, it's went up mostly in my multitasking capability. I can place a task (database import, compile, program installation, all the little tasks that programming often entails) on the other screen as I continue to hack on the source code at hand. Now, instead of navigating through the window maze, I can glance at the other window to see if it's done. I lose less idle processing time.
As for programming itself, I haven't noticed an appreciable improvement. I will often print out the output of a program or the source code of a relevant class instead of keeping it on the screen anyway. The dual monitor setup does save me paper costs, but that's often neglegable in an office.
That's an organizational misstep. The sales team should NOT be writing spec. The sales team should NOT be estimating hours. The management, having realized the problem, have the responsibility to restrict the authority of the sales department.
'course, in our company, the project managers are highly involved with sales, and it's worked well. I don't think we have a full time salesman that isn't our CEO.
Even if it's libre (or even gratis!) people buy print shop for the clip art. The functionality is pretty simple, I'm sure any QT or GTK app developer could hack something together in a month. However, it'd be useless without spending the 30 dollars on clip art.
Mind you, were I to do it, I'd probably print to ps and launch a program to print. Not to mention the burden of supporting perhaps one of the true "newbie-type" applications for Linux. "It won't print!"
Did someone finally figure out that very few people would be willing to pay so much for the product?
Did someone finally figure out that those who are most likely to use it, those without a car, usually don't have the 3000 to pony up for one of these things? (Excepting a few people in Boston and NYC, but the sidewalks are so crowded as it is! not to mention trying to take it on a subway...)
It's quite possible that he spent so much time in front of a computer due to some physical syndrome keeping him from any such activity. I saw that he'd been battling with heart problems for years, and heart problems just don't appear in the 20s unless it's congenital.
As one on the internet for all of my teenage years and adult life, there were times where I could trust my online relationships more than I could my offline ones. Some of my best friendships were forged online before we ever met offline. Now, I may be an exception, but I've met close to 50 people online that I later knew or met in person, including my current and last boyfriend.
Furthermore, studies have shown that emoticons and sertain signals do take the place of nonverbal communication, and that we can often read between the lines. If anything, I trust my judgements MORE online because they're distanced from latent prejudices I may have.
As we all know that somewhere down the line, someone's going to be oversold, you have to ask yourself if you are getting what you want for the money you pay.
If you're getting 150-170KBs on these tests, but the price and service you receive is excellent, does it matter?
If you are getting 300-900KBps, you're probably getting more than a T1... keep it quiet.:)
Really, the biggest thing I need to know is of its existence. Then get a limited piece into my hands. I know many people have a development edition for free, only charging for deployed versions.
For the developer program itself, give me good info that keeps me coming back to the website. Have source code showing examples of less-used features. Have a support database with the most common errors using the tools. Give me a chance on finding the answer myself.
and as for the bible *not* being erotic stories, when was the last time you read the bible? it's not very descriptive, but it has tales of incest and adultery even within its heroes.
Where? Most of the pr0n on the p2p networks (at least on gnutella) are absolute crap. There's only a limited amount and pictures just aren't worth downloading especially when you don't know what they are (goatse.cx on a new level.)
You can mix spices together and say "this tastes good," but you haven't hit *why*.
Or to bring it to computing, we can (sorta) use the product, we can guess at the C code, we've started to make some steps in knowing the basics of ASM, but we still don't understand the chip archetecture that runs it all.
Yes, to reverse engineer nature you need trial and error, but we're all too premature at calling the simulation a step forward in that we don't even fully understand the interconnects of the building blocks they say they're using.
I don't even think we can have the "dragon" discussion.
We know we have these 4 building blocks, and we can kind of tell what certain groups do by trial and error, but we've been essentially reverse engineering the software without truly understanding the logic gates underneath.
Until you can tell me what adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine actually *do*, that we can create adapting computers is merely interesting rather than the next step in conscious evolution.
You have three options. A. hope it's some sort of HD corruption and it's just windows being stupid. cheapest. Do a full scandisk on it, and see if it's having trouble. if it's not...
B. Replace the memory. Memory gone bad isn't pretty. If *that* doesn't help,
C. Throw it out the window, because you probably have some sort of motherboard or other bugs you just don't want to diagnose.
And thank you for calling Microsoft Technical Support. Do you want the bill on Visa, Mastercard, or Discover?
Most people who are interested already have a computer. LAN parties don't need the net, they just need a cheap hub.
if there's not much connectivity, then they very well may not be interested in computers.
However, I'd suggest filling computers any way you can. If you can put photoshop and illustrator on a few computers and get some decent scanners and printers, you can double as a "last-minute need-to-get-this-done" setup. Kinkos in Arizona charges 12 dollars US for this.
Rent out rooms for training seminars. With a room with Word, Excel, and a few Adobe products, you can hire a local instructor to give classes. After instructor's fees, it may not make as much money per computer, but you'll have 8 computers filled for sure that night.
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keep my windows world sane...
The first thing is Linux drivers. If I'm on a server where things don't change every few months and video is unimportant, then Linux is great. However, video drivers for linux are inadequate. Furthermore, the amount of RTFMing required to get everything set up is fine for a hobbiest, but there are times when I just want to get things done.
2. I might be tempted just to have a second computer to do most everything in Linux, but that which is important to me from Linux is in Cygwin. Linux has no advantage on desktop apps because the most important ones (vi, grep, cvs) work on winderz.
Okay, so they don't all use Cygwin, but they've been ported. If I need to use an X app, I have xfree86.
Once that was developed, there was just no reason for me to fiddle around with linux on my desktop.
I am Emmitt Smith.
how big does the company/entity have to be to assert "some are more equal than others" claims? Maybe we should just codify this kind of thing. You know, something like "If you have 5 million in the bank more than the defendant and you have the trademark for at least 5 years, you get the domain." It's no more fair, but at least there are no false claims to the contrary.
environmental waste.... culture of disposability... thrown away with TV dinner scraps... substitute for meaningful interaction... go play cards instead...
Damn... Only 23 and I'm already a crotchety old man.
Trolled.
Would anyone please tell me how many
A) middle schools have 8 year olds
B) Aptivas (originally a home line since discontinued) could be sold... there's a possibility that they could have been donated, but then why not stay with OS/2 or the windows licenses with the computers?)
C) people consider screen an easy-to-learn tool (for someone who has X and doesn't use *IX for more than an hour at a time, much less that many times a year...)
Seriously, this is just an extention of status quo for nintendo. I remember when they lost a class-action suit for price fixing back in the 8-bit days.
It's recently been status quo for the entertainment industry as well. consider that the Labels just got hit for price fixing in the last few years too...
I just got a used 20" monitor on EBay -- Sony had a monitor that everyone rebranded a few years ago. It only does 1280x1024, but that is usually sufficient. I've added this to an old 17 inch monitor that will probably be replaced by a 19 inch or 21 inch monitor within the next year.
It is sufficient because I don't have to use blindingly high resolutions to keep enough on the screen now. It's not a sacrifice to keep a web page on the screen.
As for my productivity, it's went up mostly in my multitasking capability. I can place a task (database import, compile, program installation, all the little tasks that programming often entails) on the other screen as I continue to hack on the source code at hand. Now, instead of navigating through the window maze, I can glance at the other window to see if it's done. I lose less idle processing time.
As for programming itself, I haven't noticed an appreciable improvement. I will often print out the output of a program or the source code of a relevant class instead of keeping it on the screen anyway. The dual monitor setup does save me paper costs, but that's often neglegable in an office.
I send this to you to have your advice.
That's an organizational misstep. The sales team should NOT be writing spec. The sales team should NOT be estimating hours. The management, having realized the problem, have the responsibility to restrict the authority of the sales department.
'course, in our company, the project managers are highly involved with sales, and it's worked well. I don't think we have a full time salesman that isn't our CEO.
Even if it's libre (or even gratis!) people buy print shop for the clip art. The functionality is pretty simple, I'm sure any QT or GTK app developer could hack something together in a month. However, it'd be useless without spending the 30 dollars on clip art.
Mind you, were I to do it, I'd probably print to ps and launch a program to print. Not to mention the burden of supporting perhaps one of the true "newbie-type" applications for Linux. "It won't print!"
augh...
Did someone finally figure out that very few people would be willing to pay so much for the product?
Did someone finally figure out that those who are most likely to use it, those without a car, usually don't have the 3000 to pony up for one of these things? (Excepting a few people in Boston and NYC, but the sidewalks are so crowded as it is! not to mention trying to take it on a subway...)
I'd say it's the fear of sounding TOO much like Tool cross Staind without as charismatic of a vocalist.
The band likely may need more time to mature and find their own sound. It usually takes years to break.
Most intuition is faulty. Go check up on Judee Burgoon's research on lying.
You better believe that people leave plenty of clues they don't realize. You have all the time in the world to analyze as well.
We don't know.
It's quite possible that he spent so much time in front of a computer due to some physical syndrome keeping him from any such activity. I saw that he'd been battling with heart problems for years, and heart problems just don't appear in the 20s unless it's congenital.
Sometimes the common sense answer isn't right.
I believe it may be your experience.
As one on the internet for all of my teenage years and adult life, there were times where I could trust my online relationships more than I could my offline ones. Some of my best friendships were forged online before we ever met offline. Now, I may be an exception, but I've met close to 50 people online that I later knew or met in person, including my current and last boyfriend.
Furthermore, studies have shown that emoticons and sertain signals do take the place of nonverbal communication, and that we can often read between the lines. If anything, I trust my judgements MORE online because they're distanced from latent prejudices I may have.
As we all know that somewhere down the line, someone's going to be oversold, you have to ask yourself if you are getting what you want for the money you pay.
:)
If you're getting 150-170KBs on these tests, but the price and service you receive is excellent, does it matter?
If you are getting 300-900KBps, you're probably getting more than a T1... keep it quiet.
Can I have your job?
Or at the very least, can I get a cushy consultancy position for a couple mil?
No, I meant "Ads on slashdot."
Though "ask" works as well.
Perhaps "Ads on OSDN" would be more apropos?
The insinuation was that marketing was more important than functionality...
Really, the biggest thing I need to know is of its existence. Then get a limited piece into my hands. I know many people have a development edition for free, only charging for deployed versions.
For the developer program itself, give me good info that keeps me coming back to the website. Have source code showing examples of less-used features. Have a support database with the most common errors using the tools. Give me a chance on finding the answer myself.
The first book was the bible, not the second.
and as for the bible *not* being erotic stories, when was the last time you read the bible? it's not very descriptive, but it has tales of incest and adultery even within its heroes.
Where? Most of the pr0n on the p2p networks (at least on gnutella) are absolute crap. There's only a limited amount and pictures just aren't worth downloading especially when you don't know what they are (goatse.cx on a new level.)
and if you're gay, it's even worse.
The difference is between Cooking and Chemistry.
You can mix spices together and say "this tastes good," but you haven't hit *why*.
Or to bring it to computing, we can (sorta) use the product, we can guess at the C code, we've started to make some steps in knowing the basics of ASM, but we still don't understand the chip archetecture that runs it all.
Yes, to reverse engineer nature you need trial and error, but we're all too premature at calling the simulation a step forward in that we don't even fully understand the interconnects of the building blocks they say they're using.
Dude...
Linux can't do much with a bad HD, memory, or MB either.
nice troll, man.
I don't even think we can have the "dragon" discussion.
We know we have these 4 building blocks, and we can kind of tell what certain groups do by trial and error, but we've been essentially reverse engineering the software without truly understanding the logic gates underneath.
Until you can tell me what adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine actually *do*, that we can create adapting computers is merely interesting rather than the next step in conscious evolution.
0D is often hardware.
That's why it works on the other computer.
You have three options.
A. hope it's some sort of HD corruption and it's just windows being stupid. cheapest. Do a full scandisk on it, and see if it's having trouble. if it's not...
B. Replace the memory. Memory gone bad isn't pretty. If *that* doesn't help,
C. Throw it out the window, because you probably have some sort of motherboard or other bugs you just don't want to diagnose.
And thank you for calling Microsoft Technical Support. Do you want the bill on Visa, Mastercard, or Discover?
It folded.
Most people who are interested already have a computer. LAN parties don't need the net, they just need a cheap hub.
if there's not much connectivity, then they very well may not be interested in computers.
However, I'd suggest filling computers any way you can. If you can put photoshop and illustrator on a few computers and get some decent scanners and printers, you can double as a "last-minute need-to-get-this-done" setup. Kinkos in Arizona charges 12 dollars US for this.
Rent out rooms for training seminars. With a room with Word, Excel, and a few Adobe products, you can hire a local instructor to give classes. After instructor's fees, it may not make as much money per computer, but you'll have 8 computers filled for sure that night.