Multitasking is not downloading a Program for 1 hour and doing something else while it is loading. (It is computer multitasking but not human multi-tasking). I remember when I installed Slackware My order for each module was well planned out I get the Core then Network first Install though then I boot into Slackware then Get the Games. Install the games module. Then I download the rest while I pay lasteroids.
Any large IT project I don't care what OS you use will cost a lot more then you expect. License Costs are the least of your problems. As they are the easiest to calculate Seats*License Cost per seat and is also the smallest part of the equation. The most expensive is human capital and Change Management to get them doing thing the right way.
This reminds me of the Apple ][ in school. Apple had a huge education discount back then. In hopes that kids will grow up with the Apple ][ and Macs and then will purchase them when they grow up. But the reverse effect happened. When they grew up they remembered all the problems they had when they were a kid and linked issues of the past with Apple (B&W screens (Most people I know still though well in the late 90's that all Macs were in Black and White), Incompatible floppy formats (Apple cant read IBM Disks, IBM Cant read Apple Disks), etc...) So using a PC seemed so much more modern, as the ones they used in schools as they were so budget conscious that they never updated their product line, still having Apple II well until the late 96 when they finally went with Windows 95 where the new PC's were so much better then the Apples.
This could have the same effect as well... Being a Virtual Desktop on a massive server over the Network it will seem slow and clunky to the kids especially once they are shown a modern Windows PC that their parents my have for work, or when they start to go to work. Also because Linux has much better security, when exposed to windows they will feel that it could do more.
So this could have the reverse effect on Linux Adoption.
Real Environmentalists take actions into a balance. Everything thing you do has a trade off. Should the president take Air Force 1 to North Dakota to sign an environmental bill. To fly to ND he probably used more Carbon then most of use do in a year. However by going there in a backdrop of wilderness his point to the public about the emphasis he put in the bill not just a daily signing that he does during the day. How much Wilderness will we use up for a new Public Transportation Infrastructure, Will Clean energy methods need mining of hazardous materials or making of non-recyclable or non-biodegradable materials. By consuming less will we hurt the economy more, and cause people the unability to afford more efficient methods. Will recycling programs use more energy and different pollution then what you get by not.
It is all about balance and choosing the right trade offs.
I think it goes back to the showing the DDT is a harmful chemical (other then the old commercial "DDT its good for you and good for me!") it was widely used and was considered safe and effective a marvel in scientific advancement. Then it was shown to have effect on the eagle population and perhaps humans as well. So we had to stop using the chemical, but that opened peoples minds to think other things will have such problems, and to question every advancement and study the effects of it. In general it is a positive thing but it has lead to fear mongering and a belief that we should stop advancements as every advancement has some cost to it (however in my opinion they usually forget to factor in the benefits). Such as the immunization and the possible link to autism, lets say it creates a 1% increase in autism how ever it saves 25% from death, the benefits out weigh the risks and the parents who avoid this are poor judges on risk assessment.
Well Christopher Lloyd actually played the Last Ruthless Klingon in my opinion. After Star Trek 3 the Klingons have gone all Political Correct. Less Empirical Ruthlessness, and more of a Asian/Native American Hybrid culture. After him in the movies The Klingons were more politicians (and once in a while a Rouge group not following orders) And TNG really made them into wimps.
All it does is encourage people to multi-task more. And that is not a good thing. Our brain isn't good at multi-tasking (in terms of focusing on different things), we end up doing each job half-assed. And have a big switch when we go from one to the other. It is like a drug though because we use so much extra brain power multi-tasking we feel like we are being more productive however you are better off doing job 1 then job 2 in order. With this happening more we are training our kids not to sit down and solve a problem but jump back and forth until until we fail at all of them.
Science isn't an exact science, people are involved and people make mistakes. Scientist need to remember that they are human too and they will make mistakes. Data can be off or altered, I remember a local weather channel use to use a point for the local temperature until they built a Dunin Donuts next to it, and heat escaping the building or cars or something (it was a long time ago) raised the temperature 5 or 6 degrees warmer then the actual weather.
Climate Scientists are trying to make very accurate predictions where they don't have the data to do so. We can probably say global warming is real, however that is a very broad statement. But to say The Polar caps will be gone in 2008 or by 2012 NYC will be flooded, is grossly misunderstanding the complexity of the earths environment.
Granted that most of the fear mongering worst case scenarios stuff isn't from the people doing the real science but from activists groups who pick and choose data to make people afraid so they do what they want. But still the Scientists don't like saying to people Hey I could be wrong, but thats OK because with the scientific process being wrong takes us the next step closer to the real answer. They want to in general portrait themselves like the Sci-Fi scientist who know what is going on and is always right.
Well the rule of thumb. If you are in trouble and start lying about it. It puts you in a heap of trouble. If she came clean and was honest about it. She may have just got detention or suspension. But because she continued lying she just dug herself into more trouble.
Rule 1 of engineering: Underestimate your estimates. The thing was designed to run for years. However they gave it a 90 Day limit to save their butts if it breaks in 85 days. as well the mission spec was for 90 days, so they made sure it would last that 90 days as much as possible. It is not like you going to put up a million dollar probe and skimp on parts. You are going to make it as robust as possible as estimating 90 days of operation in the unknown is quite hard.
Bad example. As "a car" you can choose another car to buy. Also $50 added to the price of the car is no big deal. Espectially as most car buyers bring the price down from the sticker.
I don't know.. Square Wheels I don't want square wheels I may buy it if you take $1,000 of the price and Ill gladly pay $50 for the Round wheel upgrade.
The most charismatic person, usually wins. While the best ideas that actually work are thrown to the dumps. So the Bad Ideas succeed and the good ideas fail, Unless the Charismatic person is right.
Oh come on haven't you been reading the news lately. Companies are not allowed to make profit. Its a bad thing. Because if you are making profit then you must be greedy, and exploiting people. Vs. Just good management and operation of your company.
Yes, but Windows use to be Microsoft Turkey that the Gravy just made better. Back in them olden days of the 1990's People wanted to get the latest and greatest versions of DOS/Windows. Now today people are not jumping threw hoops. I have been at Big companies who require Windows 2000 still.
Viruses were made back in the single user day. Linux and MacOS even Newer Version of windows don't need Virus to do its damage. Worms that hack into the system and run and install separate process then war dial different IP Address do the trick just as well. The reason people still make viruses for windows is the fact they most people run with Administrator access and they are simple to program (And they think they are Hot stuff if they do), programming worms is still less glory but is more willing to effect a Linux Majority network infrastructure.
Just because Linux or MacOS or your favorite Unix doesn't have viruses they can still get hacked into especially if you poorly administrator or neglect them. The fact they they can get hacked into allows for such worms to operate. Heck a well neglected Unix box running a worm can also have an Auto Update feature to adjust for newly found security.
Being smug about security is the worse thing you can do.
I though people stopped using Perl after they left college and the Drugs left their systems, and the current lower enrollment of CS students made sure this was under control.
Sorry Perl and Me never meshed. More of a Python Fan.
Commercial prisons, just like Military Contractors/Security consultants. Are a great Scapegoat for politicians. If the plan work and it is a success then they get the credit for the Success. If it failed and bombs or something horrible happens then they blame the evil corporation for the problems.
And why do they go back to the same companies when something goes wrong... Because for the most part the Companies did what they were told, and are willing to be the Evil Corporation just as long as the bills are paid. While Politicians need to look clean and flawless.
Well most don't kick you out if you actually Win. Even if you win big. But if they suspect you of cheating then they will. I would have issues if they kick you out and not give your winnings while you were allowed is one thing. But if you take your winnings then they can say don't come back again is another.
I guess the first thing you should do is study Just In Time Inventory so you wouldn't be in that situation.
However I would suggest that you use them to calculate business statistics for your company. Where are your costumers coming from and when are they leaving. What price ranges do they seem to like and dislike. BI is often better then intuition when solving business problems and some of that requires a lot of crunching.
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Multitasking is not downloading a Program for 1 hour and doing something else while it is loading. (It is computer multitasking but not human multi-tasking). I remember when I installed Slackware My order for each module was well planned out I get the Core then Network first Install though then I boot into Slackware then Get the Games. Install the games module. Then I download the rest while I pay lasteroids.
Any large IT project I don't care what OS you use will cost a lot more then you expect. License Costs are the least of your problems. As they are the easiest to calculate Seats*License Cost per seat and is also the smallest part of the equation. The most expensive is human capital and Change Management to get them doing thing the right way.
This reminds me of the Apple ][ in school. Apple had a huge education discount back then. In hopes that kids will grow up with the Apple ][ and Macs and then will purchase them when they grow up. But the reverse effect happened. When they grew up they remembered all the problems they had when they were a kid and linked issues of the past with Apple (B&W screens (Most people I know still though well in the late 90's that all Macs were in Black and White), Incompatible floppy formats (Apple cant read IBM Disks, IBM Cant read Apple Disks), etc...) So using a PC seemed so much more modern, as the ones they used in schools as they were so budget conscious that they never updated their product line, still having Apple II well until the late 96 when they finally went with Windows 95 where the new PC's were so much better then the Apples.
This could have the same effect as well... Being a Virtual Desktop on a massive server over the Network it will seem slow and clunky to the kids especially once they are shown a modern Windows PC that their parents my have for work, or when they start to go to work. Also because Linux has much better security, when exposed to windows they will feel that it could do more.
So this could have the reverse effect on Linux Adoption.
Real Environmentalists take actions into a balance. Everything thing you do has a trade off. Should the president take Air Force 1 to North Dakota to sign an environmental bill. To fly to ND he probably used more Carbon then most of use do in a year. However by going there in a backdrop of wilderness his point to the public about the emphasis he put in the bill not just a daily signing that he does during the day. How much Wilderness will we use up for a new Public Transportation Infrastructure, Will Clean energy methods need mining of hazardous materials or making of non-recyclable or non-biodegradable materials. By consuming less will we hurt the economy more, and cause people the unability to afford more efficient methods. Will recycling programs use more energy and different pollution then what you get by not.
It is all about balance and choosing the right trade offs.
I wasn't debating that. I was saying even if it was true. The benefits outweigh the costs.
Lookup and study UML.
Its MBA approved and actually useful for people who are slightly non technical and useful for the technical alike.
Or a great way to kill off the people. As the guy who can focus will rule the world while the rest die off from not being able to make a living.
I think it goes back to the showing the DDT is a harmful chemical (other then the old commercial "DDT its good for you and good for me!") it was widely used and was considered safe and effective a marvel in scientific advancement. Then it was shown to have effect on the eagle population and perhaps humans as well. So we had to stop using the chemical, but that opened peoples minds to think other things will have such problems, and to question every advancement and study the effects of it. In general it is a positive thing but it has lead to fear mongering and a belief that we should stop advancements as every advancement has some cost to it (however in my opinion they usually forget to factor in the benefits). Such as the immunization and the possible link to autism, lets say it creates a 1% increase in autism how ever it saves 25% from death, the benefits out weigh the risks and the parents who avoid this are poor judges on risk assessment.
Well Christopher Lloyd actually played the Last Ruthless Klingon in my opinion. After Star Trek 3 the Klingons have gone all Political Correct. Less Empirical Ruthlessness, and more of a Asian/Native American Hybrid culture. After him in the movies The Klingons were more politicians (and once in a while a Rouge group not following orders) And TNG really made them into wimps.
My prediction from my data states that Year {X+1} will be the year of the Linux Desktop.
All it does is encourage people to multi-task more. And that is not a good thing. Our brain isn't good at multi-tasking (in terms of focusing on different things), we end up doing each job half-assed. And have a big switch when we go from one to the other. It is like a drug though because we use so much extra brain power multi-tasking we feel like we are being more productive however you are better off doing job 1 then job 2 in order. With this happening more we are training our kids not to sit down and solve a problem but jump back and forth until until we fail at all of them.
Science isn't an exact science, people are involved and people make mistakes. Scientist need to remember that they are human too and they will make mistakes. Data can be off or altered, I remember a local weather channel use to use a point for the local temperature until they built a Dunin Donuts next to it, and heat escaping the building or cars or something (it was a long time ago) raised the temperature 5 or 6 degrees warmer then the actual weather.
Climate Scientists are trying to make very accurate predictions where they don't have the data to do so. We can probably say global warming is real, however that is a very broad statement. But to say The Polar caps will be gone in 2008 or by 2012 NYC will be flooded, is grossly misunderstanding the complexity of the earths environment.
Granted that most of the fear mongering worst case scenarios stuff isn't from the people doing the real science but from activists groups who pick and choose data to make people afraid so they do what they want. But still the Scientists don't like saying to people Hey I could be wrong, but thats OK because with the scientific process being wrong takes us the next step closer to the real answer. They want to in general portrait themselves like the Sci-Fi scientist who know what is going on and is always right.
Well the rule of thumb. If you are in trouble and start lying about it. It puts you in a heap of trouble. If she came clean and was honest about it. She may have just got detention or suspension. But because she continued lying she just dug herself into more trouble.
However it was mistaken as a bar of soap. You will either a black screen as the skin has blocked all the light. Or the shower stall.
Rule 1 of engineering: Underestimate your estimates.
The thing was designed to run for years. However they gave it a 90 Day limit to save their butts if it breaks in 85 days. as well the mission spec was for 90 days, so they made sure it would last that 90 days as much as possible. It is not like you going to put up a million dollar probe and skimp on parts. You are going to make it as robust as possible as estimating 90 days of operation in the unknown is quite hard.
Or a windshield washer for the solar panels.
Bad example. As "a car" you can choose another car to buy. Also $50 added to the price of the car is no big deal. Espectially as most car buyers bring the price down from the sticker.
I don't know.. Square Wheels I don't want square wheels I may buy it if you take $1,000 of the price and Ill gladly pay $50 for the Round wheel upgrade.
The most charismatic person, usually wins.
While the best ideas that actually work are thrown to the dumps.
So the Bad Ideas succeed and the good ideas fail, Unless the Charismatic person is right.
Oh come on haven't you been reading the news lately. Companies are not allowed to make profit. Its a bad thing. Because if you are making profit then you must be greedy, and exploiting people. Vs. Just good management and operation of your company.
Yes, but Windows use to be Microsoft Turkey that the Gravy just made better.
Back in them olden days of the 1990's People wanted to get the latest and greatest versions of DOS/Windows. Now today people are not jumping threw hoops. I have been at Big companies who require Windows 2000 still.
Viruses were made back in the single user day. Linux and MacOS even Newer Version of windows don't need Virus to do its damage. Worms that hack into the system and run and install separate process then war dial different IP Address do the trick just as well. The reason people still make viruses for windows is the fact they most people run with Administrator access and they are simple to program (And they think they are Hot stuff if they do), programming worms is still less glory but is more willing to effect a Linux Majority network infrastructure.
Just because Linux or MacOS or your favorite Unix doesn't have viruses they can still get hacked into especially if you poorly administrator or neglect them. The fact they they can get hacked into allows for such worms to operate. Heck a well neglected Unix box running a worm can also have an Auto Update feature to adjust for newly found security.
Being smug about security is the worse thing you can do.
I though people stopped using Perl after they left college and the Drugs left their systems, and the current lower enrollment of CS students made sure this was under control.
Sorry Perl and Me never meshed. More of a Python Fan.
Commercial prisons, just like Military Contractors/Security consultants. Are a great Scapegoat for politicians. If the plan work and it is a success then they get the credit for the Success. If it failed and bombs or something horrible happens then they blame the evil corporation for the problems.
And why do they go back to the same companies when something goes wrong... Because for the most part the Companies did what they were told, and are willing to be the Evil Corporation just as long as the bills are paid. While Politicians need to look clean and flawless.
Well most don't kick you out if you actually Win. Even if you win big.
But if they suspect you of cheating then they will.
I would have issues if they kick you out and not give your winnings while you were allowed is one thing. But if you take your winnings then they can say don't come back again is another.
I guess the first thing you should do is study Just In Time Inventory so you wouldn't be in that situation.
However I would suggest that you use them to calculate business statistics for your company. Where are your costumers coming from and when are they leaving. What price ranges do they seem to like and dislike. BI is often better then intuition when solving business problems and some of that requires a lot of crunching.