Can't they tell which you chose simply by looking at the plastic card you shove in their face when they request payment? o.O
Must say I've never been asked whether I'm about to use debit or credit, seems like a stupid question to ask, both cards go in the same machine afterall.
I always have my phone on me in case there's an emergency or whatnot, but I usually don't receive any calls and if I'm doing something I'll let it ring... then I can see there's an emergency if they call ten times in a row and finally decide to answer it. But still, I need it on and within reach all the time, just in case.
Maybe it's just a local feeling I get because our translations suck donkey balls. We're in a situation where regular mom and dad users with a very basic grasp of the English language feel more at home in english versions of software than localised versions.
Most of that probably stems from the fact they just learn what the word they click on looks like and care not for the meaning. Then someone gives them a localised version and "WHOA Who changed everything around! This isn't what I'm used to!"
Plus we may or may not mostly be using software that may or may not have been pirated and this may or may not be much cheaper than buying localised versions and localised versions usually don't come in pyrate form.
Actually you can buy from anywhere. You could get a few orders, fly to the US, buy a bunch of stuff and come back. The difference in prices would pay off the flight cost.
Alternatively, I know a lot of people who go on business trips to the US anyway, so they just stock up on hardware and software for personal use when they're there.
In the past when Slovenia was still socialist we always went to Italy and Austria to buy things because they were cheaper and more plentiful. Now they often come here to buy stuff because it's cheaper.
I fail to see where this trapping you speak of is.
Still, new products usually appear in English first and if there's demand for them; the localized versions appear later.
In Europe everyone speaks English and almost nobody uses localised versions of products, if for nothing else than that they've gotten used to the english version before localisations come out.
It's not that we bash those who learnt everything they know from a class... it's just that they're actually not as good.
Similar as with artists, those who learnt everything they know from a professor aren't half as good as those who went out and... created stuff and didn't stop trying until it was good enough unlike some who just care to pass the class so their money doesn't go to waste.
For most people programming is a long road of breaking your head against a problem until it gets solved. Long hours spent tapping away at the keyboard and honestly "normal" people think we're all out of our minds.
So no, if he doesn't have the drive to learn and problem solve he's better off outside playing with a ball... or girls since he's a teen.
I didn't mean that he's gonna have to learn programming himself, guidance is awesome to have, but the really good programmers out there are mostly self taught, people who were able to absorb knowledge wherever it came from, be it a peer, a book or an actual teacher. The ones who were "taught" programming are code monkeys with a very limited ability of actual programming, sure they can code, but they can't Code. If you catch my drift.
Yep, if he doesn't have the drive to learn programming on his own he never will. I remember back in the day I used to go through Pascal's help index to find interesting new stuff to learn because what the teacher was teaching was simply way too slow and uninteresting for me.
In the same light, perhaps you should try the observing approach. Give him a problem that will pique his interest and just observe. Don't meddle, don't teach, wait until he gets truly stuck.
Some people however have a unique combination of name and surname, if not the world then at least their country. For those revealing this information can be a security risk no?
Oh gawd, you're gonna torture your grandchildren through ALL that archived stuff? Crazy, I can hardly deal with the tens of old-school analogue photos that have survived through the ages, let alone having a grand parent silly enough to think archiving all of their photos was a good idea.
... you mean we can do all the fancy stuff windows can, and better. But playing videos efficiently was the one thing we couldn't do? We had fancy GUI effects long before windows, we had efficient RAM usage, great file systems, but we had trouble playing a fucking video?
Last time I downloaded ubuntu (yesterday) it took roughly 2 minutes of my time to:
-google for ubuntu
-click first link
-click download
-choose "Desktop" as download location
-ask about where empty cds were in the office
-put an empty cd into computer tray
-right click on downloaded iso and click "burn"
The other 20 minutes of this process were spent doing other things while downloading/burning went on. I don't think those two minutes of my time were worth twenty bucks.
because verily nobody is stupid enough to buy something they can download legally! Right? Right!? I mean come on, people don't even buy stuff they can download illegally anymore...
Yes people could get used to no tactile response, but you forget they have been evolving with tactile response in mind since... well, the beginning of evolution really. Kind of difficult to circumvent a few million years of hard-coded knowledge.
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Can't they tell which you chose simply by looking at the plastic card you shove in their face when they request payment? o.O
Must say I've never been asked whether I'm about to use debit or credit, seems like a stupid question to ask, both cards go in the same machine afterall.
Right America? RIGHT?!
... *eyeroll*
And you attack dictatorships to spread freedom
I always have my phone on me in case there's an emergency or whatnot, but I usually don't receive any calls and if I'm doing something I'll let it ring ... then I can see there's an emergency if they call ten times in a row and finally decide to answer it. But still, I need it on and within reach all the time, just in case.
In most of the modern world calling an emergency service is free of charge though.
No need to buy a huge box lol. Trying to appear to stay within the realm of personal use you know.
Fuck it. Import duty is MUCH cheaper than buying it in Europe and my pals can reimburse me in beer for bringing them something from the US.
If people went to prison for that there wouldn't be enough prisons in the world.
Interesting. So if I go on vacation to the US and buy an iPod, I can't take it home? That feels kind of stupid ...
Or if I buy a cool suit because I had a meeting I didn't plan on while in the US, I can't bring it back home to use at a different meeting?
Or if I go to the US on vacation and want to bring back a souvenir for my sister, it's illegal to bring it home because that'd be smuggling?
Something doesn't feel right here.
Maybe it's just a local feeling I get because our translations suck donkey balls. We're in a situation where regular mom and dad users with a very basic grasp of the English language feel more at home in english versions of software than localised versions.
Most of that probably stems from the fact they just learn what the word they click on looks like and care not for the meaning. Then someone gives them a localised version and "WHOA Who changed everything around! This isn't what I'm used to!"
Plus we may or may not mostly be using software that may or may not have been pirated and this may or may not be much cheaper than buying localised versions and localised versions usually don't come in pyrate form.
Actually you can buy from anywhere. You could get a few orders, fly to the US, buy a bunch of stuff and come back. The difference in prices would pay off the flight cost.
Alternatively, I know a lot of people who go on business trips to the US anyway, so they just stock up on hardware and software for personal use when they're there.
In the past when Slovenia was still socialist we always went to Italy and Austria to buy things because they were cheaper and more plentiful. Now they often come here to buy stuff because it's cheaper.
I fail to see where this trapping you speak of is.
Still, new products usually appear in English first and if there's demand for them; the localized versions appear later.
In Europe everyone speaks English and almost nobody uses localised versions of products, if for nothing else than that they've gotten used to the english version before localisations come out.
It's not that we bash those who learnt everything they know from a class ... it's just that they're actually not as good.
... created stuff and didn't stop trying until it was good enough unlike some who just care to pass the class so their money doesn't go to waste.
Similar as with artists, those who learnt everything they know from a professor aren't half as good as those who went out and
For most people programming is a long road of breaking your head against a problem until it gets solved. Long hours spent tapping away at the keyboard and honestly "normal" people think we're all out of our minds.
... or girls since he's a teen.
So no, if he doesn't have the drive to learn and problem solve he's better off outside playing with a ball
I didn't mean that he's gonna have to learn programming himself, guidance is awesome to have, but the really good programmers out there are mostly self taught, people who were able to absorb knowledge wherever it came from, be it a peer, a book or an actual teacher. The ones who were "taught" programming are code monkeys with a very limited ability of actual programming, sure they can code, but they can't Code. If you catch my drift.
Yep, if he doesn't have the drive to learn programming on his own he never will. I remember back in the day I used to go through Pascal's help index to find interesting new stuff to learn because what the teacher was teaching was simply way too slow and uninteresting for me.
In the same light, perhaps you should try the observing approach. Give him a problem that will pique his interest and just observe. Don't meddle, don't teach, wait until he gets truly stuck.
I thought geeks didn't have sex ...
They're learning to jump because learning to jump and learning to run and walk as a sideproduct is infinitely quicker than doing it gradually.
You're missing that this is slashdot and you weren't supposed to RTFA.
Some people however have a unique combination of name and surname, if not the world then at least their country. For those revealing this information can be a security risk no?
Oh gawd, you're gonna torture your grandchildren through ALL that archived stuff? Crazy, I can hardly deal with the tens of old-school analogue photos that have survived through the ages, let alone having a grand parent silly enough to think archiving all of their photos was a good idea.
Is what I say ...
Is it just me or does that sound like not the best way to run a business?
... you mean we can do all the fancy stuff windows can, and better. But playing videos efficiently was the one thing we couldn't do? We had fancy GUI effects long before windows, we had efficient RAM usage, great file systems, but we had trouble playing a fucking video?
Wow, wish I'd known.
Last time I downloaded ubuntu (yesterday) it took roughly 2 minutes of my time to:
-google for ubuntu
-click first link
-click download
-choose "Desktop" as download location
-ask about where empty cds were in the office
-put an empty cd into computer tray
-right click on downloaded iso and click "burn"
The other 20 minutes of this process were spent doing other things while downloading/burning went on. I don't think those two minutes of my time were worth twenty bucks.
GPL says they can do anything with the code as long as it remains GPL. That includes selling it.
Or am I missing something?
because verily nobody is stupid enough to buy something they can download legally! Right? Right!? I mean come on, people don't even buy stuff they can download illegally anymore ...
Yes people could get used to no tactile response, but you forget they have been evolving with tactile response in mind since ... well, the beginning of evolution really. Kind of difficult to circumvent a few million years of hard-coded knowledge.