Comment Re:Not easily recyclable? Seriously? (Score 5, Informative) 44
Not with metal in it. Worked in a CD factory, we tried.
Comment Re:Nor surprised. Intuit has been sketch for years (Score 1) 189
And....that's why I run Quickbooks 99 under Wine. Works just fine.
Comment Re:Environment Variables (Score 1) 347
You know what kills me? IIS STILL has the list of your sites initially sorted by the date/time installed versus oh, I don't know alphabetical? What kind of basic UI design are they smoking anyway? Been that way since 2000 at least.
Comment Re:I want (Score 2) 209
KDE has that. Also the rotating cube.
Comment It's right there! (Score 2) 211
I was 5 watching the landing on TV and I remember being kind of annoyed that they preempted the cartoons that morning. I mean what's the big deal? The moon is RIGHT THERE (pointing up)!
Comment The Book (Score 3, Interesting) 271
So I read the book that guy wrote and while it was entertaining and probably accurate, it still came off as advocating giving billions to defense contractors for some unspecified fix. The forward by Newt Gingrich kinda tipped me off.
Comment Yeah.... (Score 4, Interesting) 336
Just saw this today. Guess SourceForge has gone to the dark side. Sad Really.
Roku Finally Gets a 2D Menu System 80
DeviceGuru writes "Many of us have griped for years about Roku's retro one-dimensional user interface. Finally, in conjunction with the release of the new Roku 3 model, the Linux-based media streaming player is getting a two-dimensional facelift, making it quicker and easier to access favorite channels and find new ones. Current Roku users, who will now begin suffering from UI-envy, will be glad to learn that Roku plans to push out a firmware update next month to many earlier models, including the Roku LT, Roku HD (model 2500R), Roku 2 HD, Roku 2 XD, Roku 2 XS, and Roku Streaming Stick. A short demo of the new 2D Roku menu system is available in this YouTube video."
Comment Typing (Score 1) 449
Why does everyone think I want to type to find something in the menu?
Comment America (Score 1) 1303
You are a chartered corporation in the US, so you do have some obligations to benefit the US for what you get for that. Oh wait, I guess not.
Comment Like ISO 9000 (Score 1) 84
Yeah, I paid the bribe. Now I am certified!
Comment Long Term (Score 1) 735
Speaking as someone who was fired from every job I ever held (self employed now- 14 years), you need to think long term. You have developed relationships with your current employer and the people who work there and you never know where those people will turn up in the future. I have customers that I used to work for that I never thought I would see again in a million years because of how I left. But you do have to put yourself first. Removing 90 minutes of commute time a day and more money is a great step up. Just treat the current employer with respect, maybe really try to help with the transition.
Comment Maine (Score 1) 614
Felt in here in Maine. My house was moving with the beat on the radio and I was like WTF??? Then I realized.
Comment Re:Mortgage Backed Securites (Score 1) 1040
Mortgage backed securities were fine when the borrowers were vetted like they used to be. That's when they were rated AAA because everyone paid their mortgage for the most part. The problem was when that stopped and people on minimum wage were being given $350,000 loans as a common practice. This American Life/Planet Money have some great episodes about this.
Comment Mortgage Backed Securites (Score 5, Interesting) 1040
Yeah, these are the same people that gave mortgage backed securities a AAA rating right up until it was blindingly obvious that they were wrong.
