Comment Re:Duh. (Score 1) 235
No it doesn't, and I'm sure when you think you're doing that, people find you utterly obnoxious and just want to strangle you.
Sorry. I wasn't aware that you knew everything about everyone.
No it doesn't, and I'm sure when you think you're doing that, people find you utterly obnoxious and just want to strangle you.
Sorry. I wasn't aware that you knew everything about everyone.
I can see that as being useful. On the other hand, a voice conversation allows me to talk and work on the actual task at the same time, instead of switching between the task and typing in IM.
wow, quality. I can't wait to have conversations with you.
I don't know if you were being snarky, but the parent post mentioned using IM to collaborate on a task with someone remote and my response was intended as a comment that I'd rather talk to that person while working together on the task than use IM. That way, I can use my ears, voice and keyboard together on the actual task rather than having to spend time typing into the IM client. I did not mean to imply that I wouldn't be paying attention to the caller.
I once spent 6 hours on a conference call with two remote team members working to solve a time-critical software issue for a delivery. Using IM would have been cumber/tiresome and would have probably been much less efficient than voice.
i mostly agree sometimes IM is still useful in the work place but i don't just sit there monitoring it i use it when i need to work on something with someone not right next to me for more than just 5-10 minutes
I can see that as being useful. On the other hand, a voice conversation allows me to talk and work on the actual task at the same time, instead of switching between the task and typing in IM.
Email Is Not Going Anywhere
Duh. Instant messaging and email often serve different purposes and priorities. For example, at work, I don't use IM because *my* time is more important than your time. Email allows me to respond according to my schedule. Call me if something's really important.
The talent behind xkcd is a former NASA engineer.
Big deal. I also worked *at* the NASA Langley Research Center -- with Unisys (1988-92) as a system admin/programmer on the super computing network - Cray-2 and YMP, several Convex systems, etc... and with SAIC (1996-98) as a sysadmin on the CERES project - Sun E5000, SGI Origin 2000, ~100 Sun/SGI workstations, etc...
The Cray-2, Voyager, ended up at the Virginia Air and Space Museum in 1996 btw.
So, I know "hackers" are scary and everything... but you do realize that, rather than hack your network, they can pick up a rock from by your bushes, break the glass on the door, then reach in and manually unlock it... right? It's a lot less effort.
Sure, but not nearly as quite. As for me, I have double-key dead bolts on all my exterior doors (and don't keep the key in the lock - as I know some people actually do) so simply reaching in and unlocking the door would be problematic.
Obviously, breaking a window and climbing in through that is still another non-stealthy option.
Even if the electronics fail to get much smaller, there's plenty of room to be had in batteries, screens, and the physical casings of our handheld devices.
At first glance, I read this as "Even if our electrons fail to get much smaller," and, for a second, I thought, "Whoa. Are people working on that?" Guess I gotta get my eyeglass prescription checked.
But generally don't.
They also generally don't apply to Taxi drivers either - which was my point.
Why Are Online Job Applications So Badly Designed?
Um... Because, while not rocket science, good software and human-interface design is often hard?
197 would imply there is someone out there with an IQ of 3 as well.
Just browse at -1 and you'll have your statistical data...
Or, apparently, from recent postings, talk with a Comcast customer service representative.
Because the name "Lift" is likely too literally descriptive of the service to be eligible for trademark protection.
Because in Europe and the UK, people would think it's an elevator service
Between this nonsense and the fact that the ride sharing services don't have the proper licensing and proof of insurance, I wouldn't feel comfortable using any of them.
You'd feel more comfortable in a (licensed, etc) taxi with a driver that has obviously just fallen off the boat, doesn't speak the language doesn't know the roads (relying on GPS) and may or may not actually have earned their driver's license (easy to buy such in some countries, then exchanging them legally for a local license depending on the agreements in place between states/countries)?
All of which, of course, could apply to Uber/Lyft drivers...
Looks like it's Tuesday.
Worse than that; it's actually Patch Tuesday - a day when people get especially twitchy.
Do you really think the man who opened all of Tesla's patents to the public has wealth as his highest aspiration?
Wealthy people don't generally think about things like that - unless they're psycho/sociopaths, like Wall Street bankers, for whom it's just a game where the one with the most "wins".
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed -- it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer. -- A.J. Perlis
