Comment Re:PDF Books (Score 0, Redundant) 89
Funny, I was looking at wikipedia on my iPad. It's a pretty awesome form factor, and there's nothing else required.
Comment Re:MPAA news (Score 1) 288
Oddly enough, PBS is one of my favorite stations. I didn't even realize this fact.
Funny how that works.
Funny how that works.
Comment Re:I'm sorry but.... (Score 1) 277
The anonymous coward watches high def movies on his netbook and never, ever has any problems.
Ever.
Ever.
Submission + - How Does the R&D Tax Credit Work?
Kashell writes: Slashdot,
I am a quality assurance engineer at a software development company. In my day job, I have to use an application to track every task that I do throughout every day. The application requires time, project, application, case numbers, place, and a whole array of dropdown menus, radio buttons, and checkboxes to mark each time I change tasks. Needless to say, doing this is annoying and can take anywhere from an hour to two hours out of my day. This is time I could spend making a better product for our clients.
After some research, it looks like this application was created for the QA department because of Internal Revenue Code 41 aka the Research & Experimentation Tax Credit. IANACPA, but for receiving the credit for software tester's wages, it appears that testers only need to track the time they spend testing new projects, not tracking every employee's every move. (Bug fixes do not quality for the tax credit.)
How do you track new projects for this tax credit? Is time estimated by a manager, do you have a simple time tracking application, or do you have a "big brother" tracker too?
I am a quality assurance engineer at a software development company. In my day job, I have to use an application to track every task that I do throughout every day. The application requires time, project, application, case numbers, place, and a whole array of dropdown menus, radio buttons, and checkboxes to mark each time I change tasks. Needless to say, doing this is annoying and can take anywhere from an hour to two hours out of my day. This is time I could spend making a better product for our clients.
After some research, it looks like this application was created for the QA department because of Internal Revenue Code 41 aka the Research & Experimentation Tax Credit. IANACPA, but for receiving the credit for software tester's wages, it appears that testers only need to track the time they spend testing new projects, not tracking every employee's every move. (Bug fixes do not quality for the tax credit.)
How do you track new projects for this tax credit? Is time estimated by a manager, do you have a simple time tracking application, or do you have a "big brother" tracker too?
Comment They couldn't want anything more (Score 5, Informative) 1131
This is exactly the reaction that Trey Parker and Matt Stone were looking for.
If you watch the episode, the members of South Park conclude that the only way to _NOT OFFEND_ Muslims is to put him in a bear suit.
Unfortunately, it looks like in the real world, the Muslims are even more crazy than South Park has depicted them to be. It shows exactly how wacko the muslim community is.
It's similar to the Scientology episode...except, they didn't actually get sued by Scientologists. I daresay, that Scientologists are more sane in this regard than Muslims.
If you watch the episode, the members of South Park conclude that the only way to _NOT OFFEND_ Muslims is to put him in a bear suit.
Unfortunately, it looks like in the real world, the Muslims are even more crazy than South Park has depicted them to be. It shows exactly how wacko the muslim community is.
It's similar to the Scientology episode...except, they didn't actually get sued by Scientologists. I daresay, that Scientologists are more sane in this regard than Muslims.
Comment Re:Public schools (Score 1) 389
I agree with the grandparent, and I went to public schools.
The teachers were so bad, so unenthusiastic, and the curriculum so dumb, that I decided by my 10th grade year to sleep during school and learn on my own at home.
Thank god for the internet, or I would have never had the education that I decided to take for myself.
The teachers were so bad, so unenthusiastic, and the curriculum so dumb, that I decided by my 10th grade year to sleep during school and learn on my own at home.
Thank god for the internet, or I would have never had the education that I decided to take for myself.
Comment Ultimately, users care about use and content (Score 2, Interesting) 328
Who cares if your browser games are in flash or HTML5? Or if video is flash or HTML5?
I only how fast the video loads, and how responsive the games are. And from my testing of YouTube's HTML5, HTML5 loads faster and smoother than flash.
I only how fast the video loads, and how responsive the games are. And from my testing of YouTube's HTML5, HTML5 loads faster and smoother than flash.
Comment Re:Windows Media Center 7 with... (Score 1) 304
Extenders. Amazing UI. Xbox 360/Zune integration. Tuners, tuners, and more tuners. Media Center Studio.
Let's not forget that it's easy to setup any other programs that run on Windows (Let's be honest here, most GAMES) and integrate into Media Center too with Media Center studio.
Why play on Xbox 360, when I can play on my Media Center (with an Xbox 360 controller) and get better graphics and better performance?
And if I really, really want to view Hulu, or use XBMC, or use Boxee, or use the-next-best-thing, you can just have a plugin.
To be honest, the only problem I've ever had with Media Center is Media Player's tendency to replace folder.jpg artwork in the album folder. It's not like I have to code to fix it though, I simply checked a box for it not to cache the artwork. (Which I found by doing a google search).
It's difficult arguing for a Microsoft application on Slashdot (Perhaps, a prince of FOSS), but in my experience it really beats out the competition.
Let me ask you the same question: What are the downsides you see? Is cost the only downside? What do other applications do that Media Center can't replicate?
To be honest, your story of your friend doing a driver update sounds more like a Ubuntu/Linux story. A quick google search for "Pulseaudio problems with XBMC" will prove my point.
Let's not forget that it's easy to setup any other programs that run on Windows (Let's be honest here, most GAMES) and integrate into Media Center too with Media Center studio.
Why play on Xbox 360, when I can play on my Media Center (with an Xbox 360 controller) and get better graphics and better performance?
And if I really, really want to view Hulu, or use XBMC, or use Boxee, or use the-next-best-thing, you can just have a plugin.
To be honest, the only problem I've ever had with Media Center is Media Player's tendency to replace folder.jpg artwork in the album folder. It's not like I have to code to fix it though, I simply checked a box for it not to cache the artwork. (Which I found by doing a google search).
It's difficult arguing for a Microsoft application on Slashdot (Perhaps, a prince of FOSS), but in my experience it really beats out the competition.
Let me ask you the same question: What are the downsides you see? Is cost the only downside? What do other applications do that Media Center can't replicate?
To be honest, your story of your friend doing a driver update sounds more like a Ubuntu/Linux story. A quick google search for "Pulseaudio problems with XBMC" will prove my point.
Comment Re:His life's work? (Score 1) 268
Ask someone on the street, and I'm sure they don't know anything about Mono OR Gnome.
poor guy.
poor guy.
Comment Windows Media Center 7 with... (Score 1) 304
Why settle for Boxee, XBMC, Hulu, etc?
I use Windows Media Center 7 with Boxee, XBMC, and Hulu desktop plugins. Who said you can't have best of both worlds?
I use Windows Media Center 7 with Boxee, XBMC, and Hulu desktop plugins. Who said you can't have best of both worlds?
Comment Re:Or could it be the way they're taught (Score 1) 427
I'm not trying to one-up you here, but in my school (Georgia, USA) we started learning algebra in 5th grade. In 12th grade I was doing Calculus.
From my perspective, I think (in America) it's the middle schools and high schools that fail to challenge students enough. I would have done more math in high school, but Calculus was as high as it went.
From my perspective, I think (in America) it's the middle schools and high schools that fail to challenge students enough. I would have done more math in high school, but Calculus was as high as it went.
Comment 1 trial is never, ever statistically wrong (Score 1) 427
And we should always proscribe policy change/medication/jobs/educational opportunity based upon it.
Always.
Always.
Comment "Journalism" is just another name for information (Score 1) 433
And we all know that the internet demands information be free.
I think journalism is a dying trade. Soon we will have "investigators" who simply follow feeds of regular people around the world, find the good, juicy stories, and publish them as a refined (pay for) product for display.
I think journalism is a dying trade. Soon we will have "investigators" who simply follow feeds of regular people around the world, find the good, juicy stories, and publish them as a refined (pay for) product for display.
Comment Re:Bullshit (Score 5, Funny) 834
Three numbers:
36 - 24 - 36.
36 - 24 - 36.
Comment Basic Economics (Score 1) 294
...says that the more buyers and sellers you have in a market, the more efficient the market becomes and the less profit can me made from said market. Assuming a completely free market, the profit margins available will always approach zero.
The internet is one of the most free markets in existence, and it's not surprising at all that many basic services will not lead you to a profit on the internet these days.
The internet is one of the most free markets in existence, and it's not surprising at all that many basic services will not lead you to a profit on the internet these days.
