I survived the bust than happened right at the end of the Clinton administration/beginning of the Bush administration by being in my field in an unrelated industry. I did I.T. work at an oil company, the burst didn't touch me at all - initially. Until the oil industry took a major hit, and the I.T. industry hadn't recovered yet, but at least I got a well past the burst before I was thrown into the fray.
Now that the I.T. industry is stronger and isn't exactly in a bubble, I'm still shielded by working for another industry. In fact a bit of an I.T. field bust can actually benefit my particular place in the industry as it forces vendors to beg for my business and cut better deals, and if I need to hire project help from the pool to select from is better stocked versus when the industry is thriving. Yes, that's cold and pragmatic, but it doesn't stop it from being a fact.
On the other hand if the I.T. industry is thriving (I really miss those days) I have an easier time jumping ship and going to something better.
That's one of the coolest old men ever! Not to mention he played Dracula in more languages that most people know how to find a bathroom in.
It wasn't in the main text field dumbass, it was in the field that displayed the text of what I said.
I tried sending a text with Google's voice engine last week just to try it out. It did a very good job of taking my dictation to text, then it asked if I wanted to send. I said yes. It spelled out yes in it's little window, then asked again, I said yes again, I tried other words, it also recognized those words, and every time asked me if I wanted to send, while recognizing the words. I finally reached over and hit the send button.
FTR: Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world
Yeah, I admit their hardware is pretty good, and it's certainly up near the top in design and reliability, but damn, saying it that way sure does look like a conflict of interest.
I must say I'm surprised and impressed.
Seriously, it exists. Not that I actually used it, I basically booted it up once after purchase to be sure it worked (I didn't go through the setup crap), turned it off, upgraded the RAM and immediately put Kubuntu on it (now replaced with Netrunner).
Starter edition - the (rightfully) forgotten Windows 7.
(I did have the hots for that redhead way back then)
I design homes as a hobby - how would I build my own? Most of my designs - except for the most "modernly practical" use DC power for at minimum lighting.
The one thing I need to work out - exactly how do we make a Lava Lamp work efficiently on DC power....
got rid of the stupid overlay advertisement Slashdot puts on my phone that keeps me from ever being able to read the very bottom of anything....
Of course I live in Texas.
I've seen snow stay on the ground a maximum of one day since I've moved to Houston, about five years ago.
That Trihawk was pretty cool. It's downfall was catering to the wrong market, I can tell from the video. I don't know how $15,000 scales to 1984, I would have to look it up, but the fact they were calling a specialty car demanding a premium instead of a budget mobile like the Elio probably is why nobody knows what it is today.
Cherry 2000, haven't seen that movie since what? 1991? I liked it back then, not sure if I would now or not.
I've been worried about it getting the Tucker treatment myself.
Hey, the Elio is more Sci-Fi cool and less of the Steve Urkle flair associated with the Smart Car.
Mystics always hope that science will some day overtake them. -- Booth Tarkington
