February 13, 2004

Blog Jones gets its own domain!

Exciting News: I haven't really been lurking for the past week.

Even better: Blog Jones has its own new domain, BlogJones.com, and it's now a Movable Type site. That's what was taking me so long; figuring out the templates and perfecting them. Come and see! And update your links!

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February 07, 2004

More stupid textbooks

My Investment Portfolio Management book, Fundamentals of Investment Management claims to have a copyright date of 2003. Why then does it contain this paragraph (my emphasis)?

More computer-accessible databases have become available in the last several years as home computer usage has increased and database storage management has improved. The new craze is the use of compact discs (CD-ROMs) to store information that would take up several hundred floppy discs. Several major sources of data are still available for use in large mainframe computers on magnetic tapes, but this medium is losing its competitive edge as computer networks linking personal computers (PCs) together are replacing mainframes.

*sigh*

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February 02, 2004

And while we're on the subject of stupid textbooks...

I'm taking an accounting class this semester that requires me to complete a "Practice Set" called Wheels Equisite over the semester on a computer. In fact, I was required to purchase a separate softcover book and CD-ROM for $50 to satisfy the license agreements.

This I wouldn't mind if I could actually use the software in question. But, because it was written by a textbook manufacturer, it wasn't designed for computers made after 1998. It requires that you have your own 3 1/2" disc in the A: drive when you start the program, and it will do nothing until that requirement is satisfied. You can't save your files to the hard drive, or to a handy key-chain drive. So, it won't work on my laptop, which doesn't even have a floppy drive.

Idiots.

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