Frankly that's a load of bullshit. A well picked team will mostly run itself. Give it an objective and a realistic deadline and set it to go. The problem is that the managers are more concerned with being seen to be doing short term stuff so they can show how effective they are being to the higher ups. It's how they get promoted.
The reason that they get the offices, pay and other benefits is that they are the ones who decide on the distribution of these things. And you don't move into management out of some magmanimous belief in helping your fellow man.
Actually films are 48fps, with doubling up of each frame. This provides better persistance of image. The issue with video games has to do with the fast panning nature of the screen. Anyone who can't notice the difference between 40fps and 100fps won't last long in a fast paced frag fest.
Except that that is one of the big selling points of the VSA100, the chip used in the V6. This chip does things like full screen antialiasing and motion blur effects.
Redundant to say, but you haven't been to Australia. Our per capita ownership of cars is around the same as yours, maybe a little higher.
If you rely on public transport in Australia you're poor. And late.
You ever seen the waste from gold/platinum mining. That's nasty stuff. I'll stick with ethanol/methanol as soon as some one can come up with a decent lightweight ceramic engine.
And when they put it in a decent motorbike.
The motorbike's my answer - efficient in road usage and fuel, low emmissions and FAST!
$60 billion in the bank... I don't think so. Most of his wealth is on paper. I rather doubt he has more than $1 billion in physical assets. He has been diversifying but his worth is still primarily calculated on MS stock values.
You seem to have a very short sighted view of eternal, a mere 2000 years (+/- 30). An organisation that in the western world at least has been responsible for more acts of evil than any other. Still you must feel very smug knowing that you will get your reward after you're dead;)
Although supposedly part of the $150m "investment" by MS in Apple a while back was as a final settlement of some of these type of issues, still that's not legally binding as precedent. Thus I would think they have pretty shaky ground legally speaking to threaten any Win32 theme makers. Nope. The code in question in that case was Apple's Quicktime code being found in the windows AVI format. Nothing to do with look and feel. That precedent was established about 2 years previously in relation to Win 3.0 and System 7. Interestingly Apple also made noises at Commodore over the Amiga, backed off and actually pulled out some of the Amiga menuing features themselves.
That already happens now. There was a recent lawsuit between Go Network and GoTo.com that resulted in one of them losing rights to their color scheme and logo (and some cash, I believe).
That was a Trademark issue ivolving a Logo which has well established protection. Nothing to do with "look and feel". The case which better relates to application and OS interfaces, which is what we are dealing with here, established that these are not copyrightable, patentable or protected. From (probably faulty) memory it was Visicalc vs Lotus 1-2-3 (some spreadsheet anyway.) It set the rules on the whole "look and feel" debate for many years to come.
For those with an anti-monopolistic bent try m&m's vs smarties. And I thought I was the only sad bastard who'd ever think of such a pointless way to waste time...but fun!
Ah old hat! One of your countrymen has already been using this for years in a succesful advertising campaign to market his lines of clothing and scents. This diet is known as the Calvin Klein Bottle diet.
For me the most interesting thing is the way people are tying trade marks to domains. With the growth of the 'net this is getting increasingly less relevant. Why should I care that someone in Uraguay or the States holds a trademark on anything when the International laws on this are hazy at best. What is needed is a realization that language is finite and marketing is just obfuscation. A snappy name does not make a great product.
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Sadly what few of you seem to realize is that thw WTO is an essentially US institution. Its primary function is to serve the corporate interests of the USA in providing leverage into markets which they have limited access. Second it hes been used to keep a pool of cheap labour where US industry needs it. Someone posted earlier that they did not like the articles linking of Security and commerce. For a great many slashdotters capitalism is their new god. But it is not a system of ethics. It is merely a way of doing business and can not be substituted for a functional moral code. The major cause of wars have been territory of which commerce is just another aspect.
That would be close to ASIO's normal operating procedures. They have a history of performing unauthorized phone taps and then using the information gathered this way to gain authorization. The other fun thing they do is when a persons files are released under the 30 year rule they can censor them to their hearts content and claim a National Security proviso with no appeal from the affected party. It's just typical of how governments claim "protecting democracy" as an excuse to remove more freedom and democracy.
The original reason mooted by the telcos in their abandonment of the cable roll out was a matter of lawsuits brought by local councils over telstra in particular stuffing the cables up poles without any view on planning laws. In truth they stopped when they intended to, having finished with the more affluent areas of the eastern seaboard. Living in Perth we have Telstra and Optus's official opinion that they will not be offering cable in the forseeable future. ADSL is not really an option due to the current state of the network which has been under maintained over the last few years in an effort to maximize profits before the share offer. (Don't get me started on that. The whole idea of selling to the public what the public already owns.) Being a West Australian internet user is like being stuck in a timewarp.
If it was based on Russian tech ( as I strongly suspect ) it was most likely a dry landing. It's always been interesting to note that the Russians with their lower tech efforts ( they stole the stupider Nazi scientists after WW2 ) managed just fine with hard landings.
Interesting... I'm in Perth Australia, earning A$80k. Considered very good here. I'm a BSc in computer sci and a former art school teacher. Been doing web design professionally since the start of the www. Of course cost of living is ridiculously low here.
Isn't Webster's generally considered to be a somewhat definitive reference on the definitions of english words? For most of the english speaking world (ie non North American ) the Oxford English Dictionary is considered the definitive text. American dictionaries are actually quite well known for being tied to archaic definitions, probably due to the isolationist history of the US.
Could it be that there is more than one road to success, or even more likely, NO road? The real mistake is to even bother defining success. If life is to be treated as a journey, the only destination is death and so the memories of where we have been must be more important than where we are going. but of course even free advice is rarely worth what we pay for it.
The real "problem" with peer review is not the system itself but rather the fact that the system is intsituted by a race of domesticated primates. Which is to say that any system, no matter how pure in intent, will always be clouded by the hierarchies that our societies as shaped by evolution impose on us. This is one of the reasons I find the Apple ads so unutterably sad. Anyone who claims to "think differently" should realise that the act of thinking is a process defined by millions of years of evolution. Any system any human society creates will have the imprint of glands.
It is... mine. It's comforting to know that this is a universal experience, as we live through this every project. At least I'm lucky enough to be a contractor:)
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Frankly that's a load of bullshit. A well picked team will mostly run itself. Give it an objective and a realistic deadline and set it to go. The problem is that the managers are more concerned with being seen to be doing short term stuff so they can show how effective they are being to the higher ups. It's how they get promoted.
The reason that they get the offices, pay and other benefits is that they are the ones who decide on the distribution of these things. And you don't move into management out of some magmanimous belief in helping your fellow man.
Actually films are 48fps, with doubling up of each frame. This provides better persistance of image. The issue with video games has to do with the fast panning nature of the screen. Anyone who can't notice the difference between 40fps and 100fps won't last long in a fast paced frag fest.
Except that that is one of the big selling points of the VSA100, the chip used in the V6. This chip does things like full screen antialiasing and motion blur effects.
Redundant to say, but you haven't been to Australia. Our per capita ownership of cars is around the same as yours, maybe a little higher. If you rely on public transport in Australia you're poor. And late.
You ever seen the waste from gold/platinum mining. That's nasty stuff. I'll stick with ethanol/methanol as soon as some one can come up with a decent lightweight ceramic engine. And when they put it in a decent motorbike. The motorbike's my answer - efficient in road usage and fuel, low emmissions and FAST!
You haven't read much Niven have you?
$60 billion in the bank ... I don't think so. Most of his wealth is on paper. I rather doubt he has more than $1 billion in physical assets. He has been diversifying but his worth is still primarily calculated on MS stock values.
So I guess you floppy using Mac Plusers and Amiga 500's are safe then. :)
They were safe anyway. Both of these systems are Bhuddists.
You seem to have a very short sighted view of eternal, a mere 2000 years (+/- 30). An organisation that in the western world at least has been responsible for more acts of evil than any other. Still you must feel very smug knowing that you will get your reward after you're dead;)
Simply answered... read earth and see if you don't agree with them.
Although supposedly part of the $150m "investment" by MS in Apple a while back was as a final settlement of some of these type of issues, still that's not legally binding as precedent. Thus I would think they have pretty shaky ground legally speaking to threaten any Win32 theme makers.
Nope. The code in question in that case was Apple's Quicktime code being found in the windows AVI format. Nothing to do with look and feel. That precedent was established about 2 years previously in relation to Win 3.0 and System 7.
Interestingly Apple also made noises at Commodore over the Amiga, backed off and actually pulled out some of the Amiga menuing features themselves.
That already happens now. There was a recent lawsuit between Go Network and GoTo.com that resulted in one of them losing rights to their color scheme and logo (and some cash, I believe).
That was a Trademark issue ivolving a Logo which has well established protection. Nothing to do with "look and feel". The case which better relates to application and OS interfaces, which is what we are dealing with here, established that these are not copyrightable, patentable or protected. From (probably faulty) memory it was Visicalc vs Lotus 1-2-3 (some spreadsheet anyway.) It set the rules on the whole "look and feel" debate for many years to come.
For those with an anti-monopolistic bent try m&m's vs smarties.
And I thought I was the only sad bastard who'd ever think of such a pointless way to waste time...but fun!
Ah old hat!
One of your countrymen has already been using this for years in a succesful advertising campaign to market his lines of clothing and scents.
This diet is known as the Calvin Klein Bottle diet.
For me the most interesting thing is the way people are tying trade marks to domains. With the growth of the 'net this is getting increasingly less relevant. Why should I care that someone in Uraguay or the States holds a trademark on anything when the International laws on this are hazy at best.
What is needed is a realization that language is finite and marketing is just obfuscation. A snappy name does not make a great product.
Sadly what few of you seem to realize is that thw WTO is an essentially US institution. Its primary function is to serve the corporate interests of the USA in providing leverage into markets which they have limited access.
Second it hes been used to keep a pool of cheap labour where US industry needs it.
Someone posted earlier that they did not like the articles linking of Security and commerce. For a great many slashdotters capitalism is their new god. But it is not a system of ethics. It is merely a way of doing business and can not be substituted for a functional moral code. The major cause of wars have been territory of which commerce is just another aspect.
Sorry I was just possessed by the rant beast
That would be close to ASIO's normal operating procedures. They have a history of performing unauthorized phone taps and then using the information gathered this way to gain authorization.
The other fun thing they do is when a persons files are released under the 30 year rule they can censor them to their hearts content and claim a National Security proviso with no appeal from the affected party.
It's just typical of how governments claim "protecting democracy" as an excuse to remove more freedom and democracy.
The original reason mooted by the telcos in their abandonment of the cable roll out was a matter of lawsuits brought by local councils over telstra in particular stuffing the cables up poles without any view on planning laws.
In truth they stopped when they intended to, having finished with the more affluent areas of the eastern seaboard. Living in Perth we have Telstra and Optus's official opinion that they will not be offering cable in the forseeable future.
ADSL is not really an option due to the current state of the network which has been under maintained over the last few years in an effort to maximize profits before the share offer. (Don't get me started on that. The whole idea of selling to the public what the public already owns.)
Being a West Australian internet user is like being stuck in a timewarp.
If it was based on Russian tech ( as I strongly suspect ) it was most likely a dry landing. It's always been interesting to note that the Russians with their lower tech efforts ( they stole the stupider Nazi scientists after WW2 ) managed just fine with hard landings.
Interesting...
I'm in Perth Australia, earning A$80k. Considered very good here. I'm a BSc in computer sci and a former art school teacher. Been doing web design professionally since the start of the www. Of course cost of living is ridiculously low here.
Isn't Webster's generally considered to be a somewhat definitive reference on the definitions of english words?
For most of the english speaking world (ie non North American ) the Oxford English Dictionary is considered the definitive text. American dictionaries are actually quite well known for being tied to archaic definitions, probably due to the isolationist history of the US.
Could it be that there is more than one road to success, or even more likely, NO road?
The real mistake is to even bother defining success. If life is to be treated as a journey, the only destination is death and so the memories of where we have been must be more important than where we are going.
but of course even free advice is rarely worth what we pay for it.
The real "problem" with peer review is not the system itself but rather the fact that the system is intsituted by a race of domesticated primates. Which is to say that any system, no matter how pure in intent, will always be clouded by the hierarchies that our societies as shaped by evolution impose on us. This is one of the reasons I find the Apple ads so unutterably sad. Anyone who claims to "think differently" should realise that the act of thinking is a process defined by millions of years of evolution. Any system any human society creates will have the imprint of glands.
It is ... mine.
It's comforting to know that this is a universal experience, as we live through this every project. At least I'm lucky enough to be a contractor:)