I use 1Password and really like it. In addition to the site logins I store a bunch of server username/PW in encrypted notes. You can also store files (like my SSL certs) encrypted.
I cannot talk about how it works on Android, I dont use it on mobile. I know you can, I just dont.
I taught about a half of a semester of an HCI course with the 1st version and loved it. The examples are fantastic, the students liked reading it (well, compared to how much students generally like things).
I cant watch a 480p video on YouTube without shuttering, jerking, load screens and a generally crappy experience. But I'm sure 4K will work great.
Bonus points for something like the 5th different encoding scheme used by Google.
I agree this is bad, but then to put a multicolor background image behind it all just destroys your brains ability to quickly recognize the shape of words.
Half of a word is white on dark green, the other half is white on brown. That is terrible.
Amen, I've made two bad purchases in the past year, one was Resistance 2, the other was Gran Turismo Prolouge. I returned Resistance for $30, I deleted Gran Turismo from my hard drive. Guess which one I'm more pissed about.
The real issue was MS deciding to design, and therefor own, the chips used in the 360. Even a seasoned hardware manufacturer like Sony wasn't stupid enough to take that on, they partnered with IBM to do most of the heavy lifting. They are a software company, and developing software is very different from manufacturing chips.
The article sure made it sound like the classic case of marketing making too many early decisions, as in picking a small curved case, then forcing engineering to figure out how to pack it all in.
I'm still pissed that they kneecapped this entire cycle by releasing a console without a hard drive for cost purposes.
My years of experience as a Java/C# developer are no match for you magical "dice." Someone alert the scientific community, knowledge and experience are useless, magical "dice" will reveal all.
Wow, a one word query, bravo. Unfortunately Java is included in nearly every programming ad, whether or not it is the main dev language required. My last 3 jobs had Java in the ad, yet every one of those companies did all new dev in C#. I'm not saying Java it isn't popular, but.net is right up there with it in terms of use.
I would suggest C# instead of Java. They are very similar languages but I find C# to be easier and more powerful. The Visual Studio development environment just blows Eclipse out of the water. I know its easy to hate MS, but their dev tools are just better than everyone else. Also, there are just as many if not more.NET jobs out there.
Just because I have no interest in owning a game doesn't mean I don't want to play it. I read a lot of replies, but I haven't seen anyone mention renting. I rarely buy games, I rent, I play, I mail them back.
I don't want to own games, I want to experience a game. Once I've done that I usually have no reason to play it again. Renting allows the developer to get paid (Gamefly bought it) and allows me to experience a wide variety of games at a lower cost that purchasing them.
Seriously, "I'm cheap and have no taste", Score 5: Informative. I'm glad that guy gave us his life story detailing his frugality, it really brought something to the conversation.
How is quitting not an option? Take a look at Dice/Monster, if your skill set is even remotely current you can find a new job pretty easily. If you don't want to quit, then look internally to switch departments.
The 'wo is me' argument is for the weak and stupid.
I'm surprised at how quickly the numbers have gone up, but the N64 (release 10 years ago) sold over 30 millions units. The Wii is basically offering the N64 experience to people who didn't get to experience it the first time, and that's great, I had a blast with it. Now I want more from my games, but there are plenty of people who don't. Considering that some of the "stigma" associated with gaming has been removed (this was not done by Nintendo, but they like to claim they did), I wouldn't be surprised if they at least doubled the N64's numbers.
I like to compare it to the iPod, millions sold, millions sitting around virtually unused, millions used regularly by a vocal and passionate fan base.
Locking down an MS shop (XP/Exchange/etc) from the 'insecurity' of Google (while still accepting hotmail.com emails) still strikes me as a bit odd
Why is that, because you don't know what you're talking about. Despite all the flack MS receives, there is a reason Google Docs has done absolutely nothing to unseat Office in the corporate world, security. Are MS products secure, no, but they take it seriously. Ask Goog about security and they say, 'trust us'. Big companies don't trust anyone, rightfully so. I guess you also missed Googles gaping GMail privacy hole earlier today.
It's very easy to point out that Vista sucks, however it's not like people are scrambling to move away from Windows, they are just sticking with XP. Linux/Apple usage has only moved a few percentage points. So how exactly is going from 96% market share to 92% market share dying?
I'm pretty sure that MythTV used to use Zap2It to get their tv listing info, but a while ago we discussed that Zap2It was no longer going to provide this service for free. Where is this release pulling the listing data from?
"It would be a lot less costly to do the right thing for the customer than to spend dollars on the back end trying to fix the problem", thats a quote used when discussing Walmarts apprehension to Vista Capable.
Is anyone actually surprised that on a day that the PS3 and PS2 both outsold the XBox 360, hardware shortages and the Blu-Ray win lead to a perfect storm, and we actually get some numbers on 360 failure rate, that/. doesn't have a thing about it.
This is a table via zdnet showing the bitrates for these "HD" movie download services. Yeah, that HD download service picture will look great.
Source Resolution Bit-rate Blu-ray 1920×1080 40 HD DVD 1920×1080 28 ATSC HDTV 1920×1080 19.39 Digital cable 1920×1080 ~ 16 Video on demand 1920×1080 15 DISH HD 1440×1080 10 DIRECTV HD 1280×1080 10 Xbox Live Video 1280×720 6.8 DVD 720×480 8 Apple iTunes 1280×720 4 Web "HD" 1280×720 1.5
Amen brother. Those people working 12 hour days will be the first ones fired when they move the work to India, mostly because they showed up 2 hours before us. They will re-org/outsource/fire you without breaking a sweat, so you're the sucker if your slavishly working all the time.
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I use 1Password and really like it. In addition to the site logins I store a bunch of server username/PW in encrypted notes. You can also store files (like my SSL certs) encrypted. I cannot talk about how it works on Android, I dont use it on mobile. I know you can, I just dont.
I taught about a half of a semester of an HCI course with the 1st version and loved it. The examples are fantastic, the students liked reading it (well, compared to how much students generally like things).
I cant watch a 480p video on YouTube without shuttering, jerking, load screens and a generally crappy experience. But I'm sure 4K will work great. Bonus points for something like the 5th different encoding scheme used by Google.
I agree this is bad, but then to put a multicolor background image behind it all just destroys your brains ability to quickly recognize the shape of words.
Half of a word is white on dark green, the other half is white on brown. That is terrible.
Amen, I've made two bad purchases in the past year, one was Resistance 2, the other was Gran Turismo Prolouge. I returned Resistance for $30, I deleted Gran Turismo from my hard drive. Guess which one I'm more pissed about.
The real issue was MS deciding to design, and therefor own, the chips used in the 360. Even a seasoned hardware manufacturer like Sony wasn't stupid enough to take that on, they partnered with IBM to do most of the heavy lifting. They are a software company, and developing software is very different from manufacturing chips.
The article sure made it sound like the classic case of marketing making too many early decisions, as in picking a small curved case, then forcing engineering to figure out how to pack it all in.
I'm still pissed that they kneecapped this entire cycle by releasing a console without a hard drive for cost purposes.
My years of experience as a Java/C# developer are no match for you magical "dice." Someone alert the scientific community, knowledge and experience are useless, magical "dice" will reveal all.
Wow, a one word query, bravo. Unfortunately Java is included in nearly every programming ad, whether or not it is the main dev language required. My last 3 jobs had Java in the ad, yet every one of those companies did all new dev in C#. I'm not saying Java it isn't popular, but .net is right up there with it in terms of use.
I would suggest C# instead of Java. They are very similar languages but I find C# to be easier and more powerful. The Visual Studio development environment just blows Eclipse out of the water. I know its easy to hate MS, but their dev tools are just better than everyone else. Also, there are just as many if not more .NET jobs out there.
So could someone explain why Google wants the headaches and potentially bad press that comes from being in the OS business?
Just because I have no interest in owning a game doesn't mean I don't want to play it. I read a lot of replies, but I haven't seen anyone mention renting. I rarely buy games, I rent, I play, I mail them back.
I don't want to own games, I want to experience a game. Once I've done that I usually have no reason to play it again. Renting allows the developer to get paid (Gamefly bought it) and allows me to experience a wide variety of games at a lower cost that purchasing them.
Seriously, "I'm cheap and have no taste", Score 5: Informative. I'm glad that guy gave us his life story detailing his frugality, it really brought something to the conversation.
How is quitting not an option? Take a look at Dice/Monster, if your skill set is even remotely current you can find a new job pretty easily. If you don't want to quit, then look internally to switch departments.
The 'wo is me' argument is for the weak and stupid.
I'm surprised at how quickly the numbers have gone up, but the N64 (release 10 years ago) sold over 30 millions units. The Wii is basically offering the N64 experience to people who didn't get to experience it the first time, and that's great, I had a blast with it. Now I want more from my games, but there are plenty of people who don't. Considering that some of the "stigma" associated with gaming has been removed (this was not done by Nintendo, but they like to claim they did), I wouldn't be surprised if they at least doubled the N64's numbers.
I like to compare it to the iPod, millions sold, millions sitting around virtually unused, millions used regularly by a vocal and passionate fan base.
Locking down an MS shop (XP/Exchange/etc) from the 'insecurity' of Google (while still accepting hotmail.com emails) still strikes me as a bit odd
Why is that, because you don't know what you're talking about. Despite all the flack MS receives, there is a reason Google Docs has done absolutely nothing to unseat Office in the corporate world, security. Are MS products secure, no, but they take it seriously. Ask Goog about security and they say, 'trust us'. Big companies don't trust anyone, rightfully so. I guess you also missed Googles gaping GMail privacy hole earlier today.
It's very easy to point out that Vista sucks, however it's not like people are scrambling to move away from Windows, they are just sticking with XP. Linux/Apple usage has only moved a few percentage points. So how exactly is going from 96% market share to 92% market share dying?
I'm pretty sure that MythTV used to use Zap2It to get their tv listing info, but a while ago we discussed that Zap2It was no longer going to provide this service for free. Where is this release pulling the listing data from?
In case it hasn't already been said, GET OFF YOUR F***ING CELL PHONE AND DRIVE MORON. Whew, needed to get that off my chest.
"It would be a lot less costly to do the right thing for the customer than to spend dollars on the back end trying to fix the problem", thats a quote used when discussing Walmarts apprehension to Vista Capable.
That's not MS's style, see Xbox 360.
Is anyone actually surprised that on a day that the PS3 and PS2 both outsold the XBox 360, hardware shortages and the Blu-Ray win lead to a perfect storm, and we actually get some numbers on 360 failure rate, that /. doesn't have a thing about it.
This is a table via zdnet showing the bitrates for these "HD" movie download services. Yeah, that HD download service picture will look great.
Source Resolution Bit-rate
Blu-ray 1920×1080 40
HD DVD 1920×1080 28
ATSC HDTV 1920×1080 19.39
Digital cable 1920×1080 ~ 16
Video on demand 1920×1080 15
DISH HD 1440×1080 10
DIRECTV HD 1280×1080 10
Xbox Live Video 1280×720 6.8
DVD 720×480 8
Apple iTunes 1280×720 4
Web "HD" 1280×720 1.5
Can you say, "we totally made this up to continue getting funding, remember to plug the new Telescope we're launching soon."
I'll never buy another Sony product again. Rootkits, DRM, Blu-Ray, MinDisc, EVIL.
Oh, wait, this is Apple. Thats cool then, I like them.
Also, "one of the top ten political parties in the country", so its comparable to the Montana Militia.
Amen brother. Those people working 12 hour days will be the first ones fired when they move the work to India, mostly because they showed up 2 hours before us. They will re-org/outsource/fire you without breaking a sweat, so you're the sucker if your slavishly working all the time.