Or you could, you know, not put your power cable in an area that people walk through...
One of my first jobs would have been way easier if someone had invented the magsafe connector. The company I worked for had laptops on carts for the nurses to be able to chart meds and other things automagically next to the patient bed. (Scan patient, scan drugs, give patient drugs, record updated with what, how much, and when.) We had ~10-12 instances of electricians being called to remove one prong of the plug from the wall socket because the nurses just walked off with the cart without unplugging the laptop first. This was in the mid-to-late 90s, and replacement plugs from toshiba were expensive. Like $75/ea.
HR doesn't just make shit up - they use reqs written by the development teams that need the heads.
I had to write my own job description for the job I do, in part because no one else knows what the hell it is I do. My boss included. But we had to sit down and write a job description because HR required one for performance evals, etc. It's as full of crap as anything, but it does actually encompass what it is I do here, Bob.
0 degrees, 0 certifications. 15 years in the industry.
I've known paper cert people, and people who know their crap who were required to get certs. I've known paper degree people, and people who know their crap who also happen to have degrees. Competence trumps letters after your name.
911 is a tricksy beast, and when you combine RF issues, like rain fade (snow fade - which is less, but still noticeable) and location services (which tell the carrier WHICH 911 center to route the call to)... 10k dropped 911 calls out of... how many total placed calls?
How was this data collected? Was there a record of 10,000 dropped calls that actually connected to 911? Is this from a log from their switches covering that area? How did their competitors fare? So much is so vague about this article, that it makes my head spin.
12 months? 24 months is the "industry standard" to reduce churn. And many times a very large termination fee, especially if you got a really nice phone package free.
I can't believe this would work for your car engine while you park it, nor would I think that most people want to add several pounds of galvanized wire to the underside of their cars.
My last employer "outsourced" to rural SC and CO for its call center. I've known people who work from home for a large company doing phone support. This isn't news. This is/.
I'm going to third, or fourth Wells Fargo. They've really cleaned up their act from a decade ago. I think it's partially because they've eaten so many small banks that they've got the process down. I've had nothing but pleasant bank employees and no hassles since the bank we were at got taken over by Wells, and I'm not a "big-time" customer, I have a paycheck auto-deposited and a small savings account (which I opened ONLINE without having to go to any of the tens of locations within my 25-mile radius).
Key was pretty awful when we had them, especially their online banking. TCF's bill pay is extraordinarily horrible, from what I remember (we'd set up recurring mortgage payments through it, and they'd come out at seemingly random times of the month, most of the times late) but we'd have Bank of America again, now that there are branches closer to us than New Mexico.
I wonder when the first Android ereader with e-ink will show up.
Ya heard of something called "nook"? Runs AndroidOS, has e-ink. I have one which is registered, etc. I have a friend who has one which isn't because he doesn't live in a country where B&N is selling the device, or providing service. I've gotten epubs from B&N, from sources online, and from my library. Yes, many of them are DRM'ed, but meh. So is most of my iTunes library. That doesn't keep me from consuming the music, it won't keep me from consuming books, either.
I'd say O'Reilly, except that when they sell their e-books, if there's more than one format listed (which I've run across a couple of titles which only have a pdf version), there's almost always a mobi version (and an epub, and now a DAISY version) and sometimes an apk.
Then again, I have a nook, and enjoy not emailing myself pdfs and text files. I tried the sony readers, and they were... well, sony interfaces. I tried the kindle, but I don't need my e-reader to have a keyboard 100% of the time. I tried the nook, and the interface was much simpler, without the space taken up with a keyboard. I enjoy carrying around multiple O'Reilly titles without having to remember to lift with my legs, not with my back.
Can I write in Java an app that will run on every desktop and mobile?
only if you distribute it with your own developer-locked-in version of java. (I have fond memories of java version 2.something.{our lead developer's name} for the software written for one version of solaris on specific hardware with specific os patches.)
The problem isn't requiring Google or others to get consent with a link at the bottom of each page pointing to a 30-page legal agreement.
The problem is people have no idea what those agreements mean.
You mean like that 30-page EULA for each and every piece of software you buy that no one reads? Yeah, yeah, I agree to give you my first born child. *clicks Agree*
Perhaps because the things other companies make are utter shit in comparison, even taking into account the things Apple might leave out that you would like?
Yes. This. A million times. I'm required to use a windows pc for work, and I'm almost homicidal at the end of the week with the little things that work on my mac (at home) which absolutely don't on my work machine.
It's not even that I consciously agree with everything the mac does, just that when my mac does something stupid, there's some logic to why it does it, and when I use windows, the logic is all sideways. Don't get me started on linux. It acts like the schizophrenic child of frankenstein it is. Saying it's better than a windows box is like saying having one leg on fire is better than being entirely on fire.
Personally, I'm thinking the apple tv looks like finally a usable product, and would be 100% worth buying if it did one little more thing. Hulu. (Although right now, I'm using understudy with front row to do hulu and netflix, so there's no reason to go out today and blow $100.)
The ipod revamp is pretty sweet, the nano looks like a nice interface, the "all clickwheel" shuffle looks usable, and at $50, a nice entry-level device. The 4.2 announcement to bring more usability to the ipad is pretty sweet, too. All in all, a nice presentation.
Yes, I've drunk the kool-aid. But my mac has ksh, so it's all good.
I'm sorry, but I'm 38 and I've been following computer and technology acronyms since 1981. And all those damn cellphone terms just make my head hurt.
Welcome to my world. I'm an IP admin in a wireless telecom company. I thought everyone had abandoned telnet years ago, but it's alive and kicking in telecom.
and I liked my Saturn (35 mpg, manual) until I got a TDI New Beetle (45-50 mpg, also manual). (Yes, I'm a chick, yes, that was a chick car, but it has nice low-end torque, and powered me through Colorado's snow up and down Monument Hill just fine.)
Of course, this is the US, and diesels are rare. The husband and I were watching a Top Gear episode where the three hosts were doing a single-tank-of-gas race. All of their cars got more than 50 mpg, and I'm pretty sure they were all diesels (Jeremy chose a Jag twin-turbo 12-cyl, iirc, because he didn't think that he could get the 750 miles on one tank and wanted to run out close to his house). I want those cars over here! Screw the 24-30 mpg we usually get, I want the cars that are 45-55 mpg STANDARD.
They never claimed anything that sounded like damage. In fact, their claim of damage is like suing the neighbor kids for $50,000 because they hit your window with a rock and it didn't leave a mark.
I know it's almost against/. religion to actually read the article, but this is quoted from the fine article:
Childs may also have to cover the city's US $900,000 bill, spent on trying to regain control of its network. A hearing on financial penalties is set for August 13.
$900k in "damages" based on the bill the city had to pay to get their network back under control.
I'd like to call shenanigans on that one. Every car I've owned (GM, VW, Honda, Ford) has pointed out in the owner's manual in clear text how to turn the light off. Usually, you push some button or series of buttons that will turn that light off.
She probably worked in the office which was not attached to the warehouse/plant. I can't imagine bottles of oxygen exploding would cause that little damage. What happened to work avoidance through a meeting on your outlook calendar? geez. if she knew that trick, she'd still have a job. and not have a criminal record.
ha-ha. this was the generic 'you' of people who are required to run windows as part of their work or home environment, not the specific 'you' of people on slashdot.
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Or you could, you know, not put your power cable in an area that people walk through...
One of my first jobs would have been way easier if someone had invented the magsafe connector. The company I worked for had laptops on carts for the nurses to be able to chart meds and other things automagically next to the patient bed. (Scan patient, scan drugs, give patient drugs, record updated with what, how much, and when.) We had ~10-12 instances of electricians being called to remove one prong of the plug from the wall socket because the nurses just walked off with the cart without unplugging the laptop first. This was in the mid-to-late 90s, and replacement plugs from toshiba were expensive. Like $75/ea.
HR doesn't just make shit up - they use reqs written by the development teams that need the heads.
I had to write my own job description for the job I do, in part because no one else knows what the hell it is I do. My boss included. But we had to sit down and write a job description because HR required one for performance evals, etc. It's as full of crap as anything, but it does actually encompass what it is I do here, Bob.
0 degrees, 0 certifications. 15 years in the industry.
I've known paper cert people, and people who know their crap who were required to get certs. I've known paper degree people, and people who know their crap who also happen to have degrees. Competence trumps letters after your name.
911 is a tricksy beast, and when you combine RF issues, like rain fade (snow fade - which is less, but still noticeable) and location services (which tell the carrier WHICH 911 center to route the call to) ... 10k dropped 911 calls out of ... how many total placed calls?
How was this data collected? Was there a record of 10,000 dropped calls that actually connected to 911? Is this from a log from their switches covering that area? How did their competitors fare? So much is so vague about this article, that it makes my head spin.
I use FOSS software when it is a complete, finished and usable tool, but the gimp is none of those for me.
I don't need all of them, but I need enough of them that aren't in the gimp that I own not only photoshop but also adobe lightroom.
12 months? 24 months is the "industry standard" to reduce churn. And many times a very large termination fee, especially if you got a really nice phone package free.
Yes.
I can't believe this would work for your car engine while you park it, nor would I think that most people want to add several pounds of galvanized wire to the underside of their cars.
My last employer "outsourced" to rural SC and CO for its call center. I've known people who work from home for a large company doing phone support. This isn't news. This is /.
I'm going to third, or fourth Wells Fargo. They've really cleaned up their act from a decade ago. I think it's partially because they've eaten so many small banks that they've got the process down. I've had nothing but pleasant bank employees and no hassles since the bank we were at got taken over by Wells, and I'm not a "big-time" customer, I have a paycheck auto-deposited and a small savings account (which I opened ONLINE without having to go to any of the tens of locations within my 25-mile radius).
Key was pretty awful when we had them, especially their online banking. TCF's bill pay is extraordinarily horrible, from what I remember (we'd set up recurring mortgage payments through it, and they'd come out at seemingly random times of the month, most of the times late) but we'd have Bank of America again, now that there are branches closer to us than New Mexico.
Ya heard of something called "nook"? Runs AndroidOS, has e-ink. I have one which is registered, etc. I have a friend who has one which isn't because he doesn't live in a country where B&N is selling the device, or providing service. I've gotten epubs from B&N, from sources online, and from my library. Yes, many of them are DRM'ed, but meh. So is most of my iTunes library. That doesn't keep me from consuming the music, it won't keep me from consuming books, either.
I'd say O'Reilly, except that when they sell their e-books, if there's more than one format listed (which I've run across a couple of titles which only have a pdf version), there's almost always a mobi version (and an epub, and now a DAISY version) and sometimes an apk.
Then again, I have a nook, and enjoy not emailing myself pdfs and text files. I tried the sony readers, and they were ... well, sony interfaces. I tried the kindle, but I don't need my e-reader to have a keyboard 100% of the time. I tried the nook, and the interface was much simpler, without the space taken up with a keyboard. I enjoy carrying around multiple O'Reilly titles without having to remember to lift with my legs, not with my back.
only if you distribute it with your own developer-locked-in version of java. (I have fond memories of java version 2.something.{our lead developer's name} for the software written for one version of solaris on specific hardware with specific os patches.)
You mean like that 30-page EULA for each and every piece of software you buy that no one reads? Yeah, yeah, I agree to give you my first born child. *clicks Agree*
Yes. This. A million times. I'm required to use a windows pc for work, and I'm almost homicidal at the end of the week with the little things that work on my mac (at home) which absolutely don't on my work machine.
It's not even that I consciously agree with everything the mac does, just that when my mac does something stupid, there's some logic to why it does it, and when I use windows, the logic is all sideways. Don't get me started on linux. It acts like the schizophrenic child of frankenstein it is. Saying it's better than a windows box is like saying having one leg on fire is better than being entirely on fire.
Personally, I'm thinking the apple tv looks like finally a usable product, and would be 100% worth buying if it did one little more thing. Hulu. (Although right now, I'm using understudy with front row to do hulu and netflix, so there's no reason to go out today and blow $100.)
The ipod revamp is pretty sweet, the nano looks like a nice interface, the "all clickwheel" shuffle looks usable, and at $50, a nice entry-level device. The 4.2 announcement to bring more usability to the ipad is pretty sweet, too. All in all, a nice presentation.
Yes, I've drunk the kool-aid. But my mac has ksh, so it's all good.
Yes, but a tiger is only efficient if someone's coming at you with a basket of raspberries.
Welcome to my world. I'm an IP admin in a wireless telecom company. I thought everyone had abandoned telnet years ago, but it's alive and kicking in telecom.
and I liked my Saturn (35 mpg, manual) until I got a TDI New Beetle (45-50 mpg, also manual). (Yes, I'm a chick, yes, that was a chick car, but it has nice low-end torque, and powered me through Colorado's snow up and down Monument Hill just fine.)
Of course, this is the US, and diesels are rare. The husband and I were watching a Top Gear episode where the three hosts were doing a single-tank-of-gas race. All of their cars got more than 50 mpg, and I'm pretty sure they were all diesels (Jeremy chose a Jag twin-turbo 12-cyl, iirc, because he didn't think that he could get the 750 miles on one tank and wanted to run out close to his house). I want those cars over here! Screw the 24-30 mpg we usually get, I want the cars that are 45-55 mpg STANDARD.
I know it's almost against /. religion to actually read the article, but this is quoted from the fine article:
$900k in "damages" based on the bill the city had to pay to get their network back under control.
"We've got the software running, someone give us some hardware to run it on!"?
Seems a bit bass-ackwards to me. But then again, it's windows. Sorry, "Windows Phone 7."
I'd like to call shenanigans on that one. Every car I've owned (GM, VW, Honda, Ford) has pointed out in the owner's manual in clear text how to turn the light off. Usually, you push some button or series of buttons that will turn that light off.
From TFA:
She probably worked in the office which was not attached to the warehouse/plant. I can't imagine bottles of oxygen exploding would cause that little damage. What happened to work avoidance through a meeting on your outlook calendar? geez. if she knew that trick, she'd still have a job. and not have a criminal record.
And the magic mouse does both. Buttons and multitouch. I want one, but I can't justify the purchase of another pointing device right now.
or because they've got a 54% estimated failure rate?
ha-ha. this was the generic 'you' of people who are required to run windows as part of their work or home environment, not the specific 'you' of people on slashdot.
I parsed that as "You're more likely to kill someone on a cell phone than someone drinking 2 beers."
Which is probably true.