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Living Room / Re: Apple won't take cash for iPads

« on: May 20, 2010, 10:45 AM »

And Apple has reversed its stance.  And gave her one for free, even...

"We heard about this, you know... we all would love people like Diane [Campbell] to get an iPad, so I called her up and she was very excited and we're actually on our way to deliver an iPad to her house," said [Apple Sr. Vice President Ron] Johnson.

That's right. The folks at Apple wanted to thank Campbell for bringing this issue to their attention, so two employees from Apple visited her home Wednesday and brought her a brand new iPad for free.

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Living Room / Re: Sexual harassment taken too far...

« on: May 20, 2010, 10:44 AM »

Well, the disingenuous thing about the president's stance is the fact that all witnesses were not interviewed- even the person that he said that was in the room was not questioned.  It seems at this point he's riding the wave of internet created cause célèbre, but he could be brought down to earth quite quickly if he's linked to any of the leaks.  He could also be cited for the fact that he linked to the location of the leaked documents, even if he didn't actually link them.

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Living Room / Re: website maker?

« on: May 20, 2010, 07:49 AM »

There's a site that tracks a lot of CMSes. Try searching for it.

-Renegade (May 20, 2010, 07:40 AM)

This sounded interesting, and I tried to google it, but my google-fu failed.  Do you have any other information which might help me to find it?

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Living Room / Re: Sexual harassment taken too far...

« on: May 20, 2010, 07:40 AM »

I read a bit more about it- and this thing is becoming larger than is proportionate to the incident.

First, it does seem that this might relate to his field of study, though I'm not so sure.  He's a Lecturer in Behavioural Science, School of Medicine.  (from http://www.dylan.org.uk/).

Some other articles- including the complaints and responses.
http://www.huffingto...politi_b_576597.html
http://felidware.com/DylanEvans/
http://www.newscient...dal-in-academia.html
http://www.irishtime...9/1224270655043.html

And I'm not so sure that this public revelation will do him any good:
http://www.corkstude...t-abuse-scandal-6477
http://www.corkstude...of-fruitbatgate-6575

And in fact he's been censured for releasing confidential papers, even though he said he didn't:
http://www.corkstude...tation-to-press-6535
http://www.corkstude...st-bat-lecturer-6521

Like I said... it's being blown way out of proportion at this point, and I don't think anything good is going to come of it on either side.

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Living Room / Re: website maker?

« on: May 20, 2010, 07:21 AM »

Also, a lot of CMS have the name at the bottom of the page as a (c). Many people remove this, but it's also an easier first option.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: TBS Cover Editor - Create virtual boxes and covers for your software

« on: May 20, 2010, 07:13 AM »

I noticed it's on Bits du Jour today for $32.00.

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Living Room / Re: Sexual harassment taken too far...

« on: May 19, 2010, 06:29 PM »

Okay (seriously) ...Zoologists aside ... How many of the guys here would feel comfortable sharing the fruit bat BJ article with a female coworker?

Me no, because the content is way to easy to misinterpret, intent wise.

-Stoic Joker (May 19, 2010, 06:05 PM)

If it wasn't in my field- no.

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Living Room / Re: Apple acquires music service Lala

« on: May 19, 2010, 01:47 PM »

That's why most EULA's contain the line "We (the evil corp) reserve the right to update, modify, completely rewrite this agreement at any moment based entirely on our own whim.

-Stoic Joker (May 19, 2010, 01:43 PM)

But when they do it, don't they have to give you the chance to opt-out?

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Living Room / Re: Another wierd lawsuit...

« on: May 19, 2010, 01:44 PM »

I have personally been "awarded" $500 in court for stolen property, of which only $25 was collected. That's when I lost my faith in the American Court of Law.

-Deozaan (May 19, 2010, 01:24 PM)

At least you've been on that side.  I lost my faith in the American Court of Law the first time I stepped into it at 16.  I proved without a doubt that there was no way that I could have been speeding, but because the officer was an officer, the judge made it stick.  I even had the officer doubting himself in the end because I was determined not to get a ticket, by having him tell me when he clocked me and when I stopped... and proving that the distance was less than 100 feet and that a civic couldn't go from 65 to zero in 100 feet on wet pavement.  And it's only gotten worse, as I've been in court 5 times, and the other person has lied in each case- blatantly.  And won.

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Living Room / Re: Sexual harassment taken too far...

« on: May 19, 2010, 12:26 PM »

I agree completely that sexual harassment is a minefield that's too easily abused. And of course without more details it'd be impossible to ever know the truth, but something about the circumstances as they're being reported has me leaning towards him being a slime-ball rather than her crying wolf.

-Eóin (May 19, 2010, 12:22 PM)

That's funny- I'm leaning towards him having been interested in the past, but this being an innocent incident that made her think that he didn't get the hint.  Especially from (1) the part about her 'giving him the benefit of the doubt' before, (2) the fact that the university didn't truly cite him, and (3) the fact that they didn't say anything about colleagues speaking up that he didn't show them the same article.

I think the uni is in CYA mode.  He made a possible misstep before, and they see that.  They also see that this incident doesn't stand up as sexual harassment.  So they send him to some training class and put him under watch to satisfy her without censuring him so that neither side really has a foot to stand on.

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Living Room / Re: Sexual harassment taken too far...

« on: May 19, 2010, 12:16 PM »

I was reading about this, I suspect the scientific community is being too one-sided. The Daily Mail article sheds a little more on light on the back story

[Dr Rossana Salerno Kennedy] also says it was not the first time [Dr Dylan Evans] had raised sexual subjects with her and said he admired Casanova.

-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279338/Dr-Dylan-Evans-harassment-claim-showing-sex-life-bats-paper-female-colleague.html

Sounds to me like he's now hiding behind the screen of "academic debate". If anything is being diluted here it's the distinction between professional and personal interactions.

-Eóin (May 19, 2010, 11:31 AM)

Hmmm... so lets say that he did make advances previously, that she shunned.  Then he showed her the same article that he had shown other colleagues... she might have taken it the wrong way after his advances before.  But I'd think it would be easy enough to check- did he indeed show others?  And were there others present when he showed her?  If so, then this incident shouldn't be the one that gets him reprimanded.  And what was the nature of the other incidents? 

That's why I have always stayed away from workplace romances (and to a certain extent friendships).  If you make an advance, and the person isn't interested- is that sexual harassment?  At what point does it become sexual harassment?  That line is pretty gray on some subjects, and varies from environment to environment.  And whether the person will even take it that way varies from person to person.  Too much to deal with - especially when you're talking about your livelihood.

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Living Room / Re: Apple acquires music service Lala

« on: May 19, 2010, 12:06 PM »

What I don't get is if you gave your money for credits under the old EULA, would you be bound by the EULA of itunes now?  It would seem that they would have to give you an opt out option- thereby making them liable to you for the money that you have tied up in the service.

I smell a class action lawsuit here...

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Living Room / Re: Apple won't take cash for iPads

« on: May 19, 2010, 12:04 PM »

Yes, that I'd agree with- I think it's legal, if dodgy.

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Living Room / Another wierd lawsuit...

« on: May 19, 2010, 10:58 AM »

Woman sues phone company for revealing affair

http://www.tgdaily.c...revealing-her-affair

A Canadian woman is suing her local phone carrier for invasion of privacy and breach of contract - because her itemized bill let her husband find out she was having an affair.

The ability to bring suit against anyone for anything is waaay out of control...  as is the idea that "my actions are not my fault- let me find someone else to blame".

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Living Room / Re: Apple won't take cash for iPads

« on: May 19, 2010, 10:55 AM »

I asked Visa.  Here is their reply:                Note the second paragraph.

-ljbirns (May 19, 2010, 10:51 AM)

This is in reference to them accepting plastic, not cash.  Apple won't accept cash... the only governing body to go to for that would seem to be the government, i.e. can they refuse to accept legal tender.

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Living Room / Sexual harassment taken too far...

« on: May 19, 2010, 10:53 AM »

http://www.tgdaily.c...-fruit-bat-sex-story

When Dr Dylan Evans showed the article (Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time) to a female colleague, she promptly accused him of sexual harassment.

The president of UCC, Professor Michael Murphy, accepted that Evans had meant no harm, but ordered him to undergo a two-year period of monitoring and 'special training'. Evans fears his application for tenure may be turned down as a result.

I'm very glad that there are rules governing relations between sexes, races, etc., because there are quite a few @$$hats out there that need such things to keep them in line.  But cases like this dilute the effectiveness of such rules because they're just so ridiculous.

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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?

« on: May 18, 2010, 03:22 PM »

wraith, I posted this as MY annoyance; why are you soo annoyed by my annoyance that you find it necessary to post your own annoyance with my annoyance here in the Annoyance thread?  (Let's see someone diagram THAT sentence!)

I don’t see other folks counter-posting against other members' annoyances! This is my own personal, petty, seething annoyance! Let it be already!!  

Jim

-J-Mac (May 18, 2010, 02:11 PM)

Ok... my annoyance is with annoyances that are others annoyances that are not aimed at the root of the annoyance but actually another source that gets away with creating annoyances that no one really knows are they annoyance creator.

There!

(Really, I have the same annoyance, which causes me to re-arrange my program files to get around it or choose to change the default install directory.  And on that note- I'm also annoyed with people installing to the start menu in the same way!  And *both* are the root of installshield being the default windows installer!)

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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?

« on: May 18, 2010, 02:06 PM »

Soo... a software developer can create a program that we trust to run on our computers but he/she cannot figure out how to make the installer work? Hmm... Makes one wonder...  

Jim

-J-Mac (May 18, 2010, 01:12 PM)

My thoughts exactly.

-Josh (May 18, 2010, 01:23 PM)

I'm not talking about cannot figure out.  I'm talking about default settings.  If you are just cranking out an installer (especially with installshield), you simply take the default settings and put in the information you need to, and add the files.  But I suppose it's an area where we'll have to agree to disagree.  It used to be the new Microsoft standard to put company name/software name.  Over the years since Windows 95 first premiered, installations have gotten away from that standard- partially because customers didn't like it, especially for one product companies.  If one installer company still sticks to an outdated standard, it seems like they should be the one to take the brunt of the blame.  If you use the IS wizard, this setting will never come up.

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Living Room / Apple won't take cash for iPads

« on: May 18, 2010, 01:04 PM »

http://www.gottabemo...-take-cash-for-ipads

Note the coda at the end of the article:

Now one thing that wasn’t mentioned in the report is that Apple probably did Mrs. Campbell a big favor. She wanted to buy the iPad to surf the Internet and learn more songs to play on her guitar. In the report it’s pointed out that the iPad would be her first computer. The reporter says that the iPad is a perfect fit for Mrs. Campbell because “It’s small, mobile, perfect for her needs.” Of course she wouldn’t be able to actually fire up the iPad unless she had a PC or Mac to synch it to.

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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?

« on: May 18, 2010, 11:13 AM »

Blame installshield because a developer doesn't learn to use a tool they are choosing to use? What sense does that make? When I played with installshield some 3 years ago, as a very novice developer, I found that option in a matter of 15 minutes.

-Josh (May 18, 2010, 09:48 AM)

The thing is, it's a default option, so in general it stays that way.  Why does installshield make that the default?  If you're a developer trying to get something out, you'll use the default options.  It makes sense to me, as I've never understood why it defaults to company name\product name.  Other installers don't do it, so why does installshield feel the need to?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Compare It! and Synchronize It 25%OFF

« on: May 18, 2010, 08:36 AM »

I use CompareIt! and SynchronizeIt! quite a bit, and can recommend both as excellent software.

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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?

« on: May 18, 2010, 08:28 AM »

Developers which decide that:

A. think their application MUST launch at system startup, regardless of the option I choose during installation
B. choose to create a start menu folder which contains the VERSION number without deleting or detecting previous versions thus resulting in APP V1.0, APP V1.1, APP V1.110, APP V1.2, etc in the start menu.

-Josh (May 17, 2010, 08:33 PM)

No to mention developers who insist on naming their company something entirely unrelated to their - or any - software and then using that name in the installer pkg. Which ultimately results in you looking for APP V1.0 and finally finding it in C:\Program Files\Pepito's Pizza Factory and Software Inc\.

C'mon! Get off the high stinking horse and just use the software app's name!

Jim

-J-Mac (May 17, 2010, 09:24 PM)

Not really the developer's fault.  Unless they're very intimate with installshield, it will automagically make the path C:\Program Files\Company Name\Software Name.  Put blame where it's due- InstallShield.

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General Software Discussion / MojoPac

« on: May 17, 2010, 07:38 PM »

Anyone think this is more than a little dodgy?  Especially if you look at the demo video, and get to the gaming part...

http://www.mojopac.com/

Thoughts?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Discount on Microsoft Office 2007 (with Upgrade to 2010) - Expires 5/20/2010

« on: May 16, 2010, 11:01 AM »

Get the Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 for 3 PCs for $140 - $40 instant savings = $100 at Dell and get a free upgrade to Office Home and Student 2010.

http://www.dealhack....udent_2007_fo_2.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need recommended site for online data storage with ftp capability

« on: May 16, 2010, 10:59 AM »

I understand how it works. It would have a lot more functionality if the stuff was backed up.  For a free service I can see it.  But I know even though I back up my web site contents, I wouldn't hire out a web server company that didn't even back up their servers.  Seems like a half assed way to do things to me.

-MilesAhead (May 15, 2010, 10:35 PM)

I'm sure they back up their servers.  But it's a different thing between backing up servers and guaranteeing those backups to someone else.  My hosting company doesn't advertise that they back up their servers.  But when I've needed something, they do indeed have backups.  It's not part of the plans, and I'm sure if they couldn't find it they'd point to their policy.