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Comment Does hammering speed really matter for carpenters? (Score 1) 545

Well, it sure doesn't affect quality per se. But does it matter if a carpenter knows how to handle his tools or not? Yes it does. Is a carpenter with a high hammering speed more likely to be proficient with his tools than a slow one? Most definitely. So does hammering speed matter for carpenters? Overall it surely does, yes.

Programming and typing speed? Very much the same.

Comment Re:Shotwell instead of f-spot, almost Yay (Score 1) 473

First, it's not a bug. It's a feature that doesn't exist that he would like to exist. There is a difference between a bug and a feature request.

Technically true, but completely irrelevant for how the application is perceived by the users. Though many developers do make that distinction (I know I do, more often than not) the question if they're doing themselves a favor by this is a valid one. As far as general user perception goes a feature not working correctly and a feature completely missing is equivalent.

Comment Re:PC games definitely cheaper (Score 3, Informative) 225

PC games have definitely become cheaper. I remember in the 90s paying £40 for some games (I paid £44.99 for Warcraft II as it was the cheapest I could find it at on release!), usually though they were around the £29.99 mark with the odd £34.99 game. At the start of this century they seemed to all pretty much go up to £34.99 as standard, but in recent years the trend has reversed, and £24.99 seems to be common for new releases, sometimes even lower - £22.99 or so.

For whatever reason the UK seems to be special in this case, computer game prices there are way lower than in the rest of Europe. So much so that some publishers ask Amazon.co.uk to not ship certain games to the continent (at least they did this in some cases last year). Anyway, when I buy new games I buy in the UK, it's way cheaper than in Germany e.g.

Comment Re:Their equipment, their choice. (Score 1) 450

Now, back to the topic in question. So I own a company. I pay for the computer. I pay for the internet connection, electricity, desk, and even for the time you are there, supposed to be working. And I can't check on you ? Does that strike anyone else as utterly ridiculous ?

If your employees are so highly motivated that you need to watch over their shoulders to check they do their job, you've got a whole other set of problems that no surveillance in the world will solve for you.

Comment Re:No one use GPS to navigate to local places. (Score 1) 519

What local knowledge? No one use GPS to navigate to local places. We use GPS to go places we have no knowledge of.

Or so one would think. But just because you use it that way doesn't mean that other people don't almost exclusively rely on their GPS units now, regardless of how well they (should) know their current location and destination. And sadly those people exist, as far as I could observe.

Comment Re:Real men don't use tools? (Score 1) 519

GPS is used for new routes. It's new knowledge. Nobody uses Sat-Nav repeatedly for the same destination.

Uh-huh. Meanwhile, here on earth, people happily use their nav units to drive around their little hometowns, traveling from well-known destination to well-known destination, because they got so used to it that they don't have a fucking clue how to drive without the damn thing switched on anymore.

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