Since it was Kiplinger, I automatically equated "bad" with "no future income
prospects."
There's still a whole universe of "bad = hard, demanding, uncomfortable
low-paying" jobs out there. Those jobs will still be around in the future.
On 3/25/2018 13:15, P. J. Alling wrote:
They equate
They equate jobs with limited future with bad jobs. A bad job is one
you don't want, the jobs they describe are jobs you might want but are
not available. There's a big difference. I gave up after reading
three. A job I would consider much worse than any of those is
recyclable sorter. A
As it happens, I've held four of those jobs already.
On 3/23/2018 09:14, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Check out number 2:
https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/business/T012-S001-worst-jobs-for-the-future-2017/index.html?cid=32_0010207ecdf4c62cfba32bfaf33a3ec5a4
Dan Matyola
By coincidence SBS TV here broadcast 'Codebreaker' just a couple of
weeks ago to mark the 58th anniversary of his suicide. It's a great
insight into Turing's life. I'm not sure if the film has had much of
a distribution outside of the UK (and now Australia) but it's well
worth
On Jun 23, 2012, at 7:24 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
wrote:
Y'all are arguing about who did the
On Jun 22, 2012, at 18:42 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Y'all are arguing about who did the best job of stealing ideas from Xerox.
It's worth reading the Steve Jobs bio just to get the straight goods
on that somewhat
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
wrote:
Y'all are arguing about who did the best job of stealing ideas from
Xerox.
It's worth reading the Steve Jobs bio just to
Quoting Bob W p...@web-options.com:
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yup. SJ weaseled it out of Xerox legitimately, Microsoft stole the
ideas from Apple.
It's the hundredth anniversary of Turing's birth today. Everybody stole
everything
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Brian Walters
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf
Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Yup. SJ weaseled it out of Xerox legitimately,
Microsoft stole the ideas from Apple.
It's the hundredth
I hadn't realised the significance of the Google Doodle (Goodle?)...
By coincidence SBS TV here broadcast 'Codebreaker' just a couple of
weeks ago to mark the 58th anniversary of his suicide. It's a great
insight into Turing's life. I'm not sure if the film has had much of
a
On Jun 23, 2012, at 7:40 PM, Bob W wrote:
Ironically he killed himself by eating a cyanide-laced apple after being
prosecuted and persecuted for being gay and forced to take drugs which made
him grow breasts. I wonder if Jobs had that in mind when he chose the symbol
of a rainbow-striped
I read the associated article. It's a puzzle and a clever one at that.
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
What a great Doodle. I wonder if it's an actual Turing machine or just a
collection of animations. The Apple with a bite out as a tribute to
From: Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
wrote:
Y'all are arguing about who did the best job of stealing ideas from
Xerox.
It's worth reading the Steve Jobs bio
IIRC, tablet PCs had about the same On 22 June 2012 12:49, Daniel J.
Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
Microsoft's first tablet was just as worthless. There were no apps,
and that is what produces the utility of the iPad and its knock-offs.
Dan Matyola
I've got the same set up as Steve. I see lots of similarities, but I do like
using Mac hardware--very elegant. Cheers, Christine
On Jun 21, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
I use Win7 at work and have a Mac at home and I have no strong
preference. I'd like to
On Jun 21, 2012, at 19:07, Jeffery Smith wrote:
The best PIMs for Windows went belly up as they could not compete with *free*.
I continued to use my beloved Ecco for several more years with no upgrades.
Holy crap, I'd forgotten about Ecco.
-Charles
--
Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com
Let me weigh in on the original Windows Tablet as I bought one and still
use it almost every day. It was functional and the handwriting worked as
well or better than the Pilot but you could use natural letter structure
unlike the Palms.
I would say the drawback was the 2 hr battery and the
And here is what's in the pipeline:
TaiChi from ASUS - hybrid vehi... err.. tablet.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/asus-taichi-notebook-tablet/
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On Jun 21, 2012, at 06:02 , William Robb wrote:
On 21/06/2012 12:58 AM, Bob W wrote:
part of Apple's appeal seems to have come from Steve Jobs and the cool way
he managed product announcements. Somehow Steve Ballmer was never quite as
effective on stage, so it's no surprise to see someone
On Jun 21, 2012, at 17:00 , J.C. O'Connell wrote:
MS isn't dominant already? Something like 90% of computers run windows OS.
See? Micro¢oft fanboys are fanatical too!
Apple aimed at a different demographic. Good people with kind dispositions and
deep pockets.
MS offered Melba toast.
On Jun 22, 2012, at 07:07 , Charles Robinson wrote:
On Jun 21, 2012, at 19:07, Jeffery Smith wrote:
The best PIMs for Windows went belly up as they could not compete with
*free*. I continued to use my beloved Ecco for several more years with no
upgrades.
Holy crap, I'd forgotten about
Quoting Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
On Jun 21, 2012, at 17:00 , J.C. O'Connell wrote:
MS isn't dominant already? Something like 90% of computers run windows OS.
See? Micro¢oft fanboys are fanatical too!
Apple aimed at a different demographic. Good people with kind
From: Joseph McAllister
On Jun 21, 2012, at 17:00 , J.C. O'Connell wrote:
MS isn't dominant already? Something like 90% of computers run windows OS.
See? Micro?oft fanboys are fanatical too!
Apple aimed at a different demographic. Good people with kind dispositions and
deep pockets.
MS
I think Ecco still has a following, and can be downloaded from a site. When I
was in administration and practicing GTD, I used it constantly. Now that I'm
back in teaching, I don't Get Things Done nearly as much.
Regards,
Jeffery
_
Jeffery Smith
Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:33 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: Joseph McAllister
On Jun 21, 2012, at 17:00 , J.C. O'Connell wrote:
MS isn't dominant already? Something like 90% of computers run windows
OS.
See? Micro?oft fanboys are fanatical too!
Apple aimed at a
On 22/06/2012 3:02 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
On Jun 21, 2012, at 17:00 , J.C. O'Connell wrote:
MS isn't dominant already? Something like 90% of computers run windows OS.
See? Micro¢oft fanboys are fanatical too!
When did stating the truth become fanboyism.
Apple aimed at a
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Y'all are arguing about who did the best job of stealing ideas from Xerox.
It's worth reading the Steve Jobs bio just to get the straight goods
on that somewhat apocryphal story. Xerox were being really stupid with
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
part of Apple's appeal seems to have come from Steve Jobs and the cool way
he managed product announcements. Somehow Steve Ballmer was never quite as
effective on stage, so it's no surprise to see someone else announcing
Windows? Tested in Advance?
Two incompatible terms.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
part of Apple's appeal seems to
Silly me. ;-)
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
Windows? Tested in Advance?
Two incompatible terms.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
On
On 21/06/2012 12:58 AM, Bob W wrote:
part of Apple's appeal seems to have come from Steve Jobs and the cool way
he managed product announcements. Somehow Steve Ballmer was never quite as
effective on stage, so it's no surprise to see someone else announcing
Windows Phone 8.
Funny thing is if
I use Win7 at work and have a Mac at home and I have no strong
preference. I'd like to see MS challenge Apple simple because I
don't' like to see any company become too dominant.
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:02 AM, William Robb
anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
On 21/06/2012 12:58 AM, Bob W
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Bob W pdml at web-options.com wrote:
part of Apple's appeal seems to have come from Steve Jobs and the cool way
he managed product announcements. Somehow Steve Ballmer was never quite as
effective on stage, so it's no surprise to see someone else announcing
on 2012-06-21 7:02 William Robb wrote
Funny thing is if it weren't for Jobs pretending he was the Second Coming every
time he had something to say to his public I might actually have considered a
Mac product.
that's what turned me off to religion …
So far I'm hearing very good things about
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
part of Apple's appeal seems to have come from Steve Jobs and the cool way
he managed product announcements. Somehow Steve Ballmer was never quite as
effective on stage, so it's no surprise to see someone else announcing
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:02 AM, William Robb
anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
Funny thing is if it weren't for Jobs pretending he was the Second Coming
every time he had something to say to his public I might actually have
considered a Mac product.
Your loss.
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On 6/21/2012 12:11 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
part of Apple's appeal seems to have come from Steve Jobs and the cool way
he managed product announcements. Somehow Steve Ballmer was never quite as
effective on stage, so it's no
On Jun 21, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Bob W pdml at web-options.com wrote:
part of Apple's appeal seems to have come from Steve Jobs and the cool way
he managed product announcements. Somehow Steve Ballmer was never quite as
effective on
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
In Star Trek TNG, back in the late 80's something that looks basically like
an iPad was the standard data display, computer interface device.
Granted, they only existed as fiction, just like Uhura's bluetooth headset.
Thu Jun 21 13:21:21 EDT 2012
Larry Colen wrote:
On Jun 21, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/apple?before=1340251077
(And I meant to provide the direct link to the image
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5y878Y9fj1rsi9gfo1_1280.jpg )
(I am not
To: PDML@pdml.net
Subject: Re: OT: no Jobs...
Thu Jun 21 13:21:21 EDT 2012
Larry Colen wrote:
On Jun 21, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/apple?before=1340251077
(And I meant to provide the direct link to the image
http://24.media.tumblr.com
On Jun 21, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Thu Jun 21 13:21:21 EDT 2012
Larry Colen wrote:
On Jun 21, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/apple?before=1340251077
(And I meant to provide the direct link to the image
The Apple Newton pedated Microsoft's crappy attempt at a tablet by
several years. Both were simply ahead of their time. Timing is quite
important in marketing success.
What Jobs achieved was real and substantial, despite what his many
critics like to believe. Among other great things, Apple
And on the subject of bitches
http://xkcd.com/54/
also
http://store.xkcd.com/xkcd/#Science
On Jun 21, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Thu Jun 21 13:21:21 EDT 2012
Larry Colen wrote:
On Jun 21, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
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Subject: Re: OT: no Jobs...
I use Win7 at work and have a Mac at home and I have no strong
preference. I'd like to see MS challenge Apple simple because I
don't' like to see any company become too dominant.
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:02 AM, William Robb
anotherdrunken
Desjardins
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:33 AM
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Subject: Re: OT: no Jobs...
I use Win7 at work and have a Mac at home and I have no strong
preference. I'd like to see MS challenge Apple simple because I
don't' like to see any company become too dominant
On 22 June 2012 07:07, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
The Apple Newton pedated Microsoft's crappy attempt at a tablet by
several years. Both were simply ahead of their time. Timing is quite
important in marketing success.
The Newton was a PDA rather than a computer. It was
Microsoft's first tablet was just as worthless. There were no apps,
and that is what produces the utility of the iPad and its knock-offs.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote:
On 22 June 2012
On 5/10/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
Steve Jobs, finishing up his Commencement Speech at Stanford, 2005:
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've
ever encountered to help me make the big choices in lifebecause
almost everything - all external
My favorite Steve Jobs story is somewhat indirect.
I ran into a friend that I hadn't seen in a while at a party (I think it
was the party at DNA lounge when Mozilla went open source), and found
out that he was at the time working as a system administrator at Pixar.
As a result of that, he had
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-apple-ceo-dies/story?id=14383813
Steve Jobs, finishing up his Commencement Speech at Stanford, 2005:
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've
ever
Interesting that Apple has changed their home page, but Pixar has not.
A belated thank you Steve. You were one of the Crazy Ones.
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/redlightrunner/thinkdifferent.mov
I found Rome built of sun-dried bricks; I leave her clothed in marble.
- Augustus Caesar
Darren Addy
On 10/6/2011 03:12, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've
ever encountered to help me make the big choices in lifebecause
almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of
embarrassment or failure - these things just
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