http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stonebraker
Have a look at what he's done with Postgres, Vertica, VoltDB, and the other systems he's working on. You may find that contributing to this project aligns you with some great, very intelligent people -- that's opportunity for learning, opportunity for contributing, and opportunity for good networking.
Also, while you're on the pubmed site, you might be interested in searching for other papers about the benefits of "delayed cord clamping" vs "early cord clamping." There are only a few cases where early cord clamping is beneficial, apparently. I was able to find many more articles on why delayed cord clamping is beneficial than I was on why early cord clamping is beneficial.
For those who like evolution: It's also interesting to think that for millions of years, man did not clamp immediately after birth. Unattended women wouldn't bother. And yet, here we are!
If you think that for every evolutionary tale there must be a creationary (whoah, what?) tale: do you think that $deity really made humans in such a way as to be entirely dependent on doctors to clamp as soon as a baby is born? Surely he would have taken care of that piece of awesomeness by introducing some new aspect of nature to handle it without our human intervention!
I first saw a video of Hans Rosling, who had some very unique ways of visualizing data that would otherwise be useless to a simple mind such as mine.
After I watched that, I found a piece of software called Tableau. I downloaded the trial version, and really liked how easy it made visualizing data for me. I can take the data I have, and Tableau will see how it's connected and allow you to generate visual reports of the data.
I'm not saying that it'll work for everything, but it certainly does what I need it to extremely well, especially for my business intelligence initiatives.
Wait eight years. Add a mortgage and a couple of kids. Get used to the independence. Suddenly a stable job that pays the bills sounds a lot better.
I don't get how being tied down makes a person more independent.
Also, I've never seen a Windows Server 2003 production server have any problems with any of Microsoft's updates.
I work on hundreds of problematic servers in a month in a server support call center, and I've seen plenty of Microsoft updates mess with things. Take the Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack which is present in SP2. Its interaction with Broadcom Gigabit ethernet adapters can break things in very interesting ways. While I always recommend updating production servers during maintenance windows, it's best if you can get those updates in a testing environment first to see how they interact with everything.
From TFA it sounds as if the Frenchman ( a typesetter ) had no intention of his "phono graph" being played back. He wanted to document his speech visually. Edison, on the other hand, intended to be able to play his speech back.
Edison still gets the credit for playing back sound, but it seems as if our typesetter friend gets the credit for the first recorded sound.
Most cars that I've seen with this feature allow you to change how it's configured. I can configure my car to lock/unlock in several different combinations, including unlocking driver first, passengers second, as well as all at once the first time.
Should be in the owners manual somewhere. If it doesn't have that option, it'd be an interesting hack!
Be prepared to sell your integrity? If you're only in it for the money, there are too many ways for an unethical manager to get it.
If you're in it because you like growing business, economy, adding positive value to what would be a much worse experience otherwise, then they should make room for you. I've been a people manager and a business manager, and I have had several unethical peers - I fired them when I could. The true test of a good manager is whether you can see past the shortsightedness of those peers, and remain ethical when there are so many opportunities to do otherwise.
If you're in it only for the money, look for it to be a short term endeavor.
IANAL, but I do know a bit about patents. I know enough to be able to say that there's theory and reality.
Theory: He who invented it first can still get the patent issued to him, so long as he has concrete evidence of having invented it first. This is the way it is supposed to work.
Reality: The ten million pound gorilla that patented it first can (and will) fight you tooth and nail, tie up all your resources, and slow down the process so much that chasing that patent isn't even near worth it.
Even Stronger Reality: Patent's aren't brick walls. The thirty million pound gorilla that is using someone else's patent, while clearly breaking the law, can ensure that the ten million pound gorilla pays dearly while in the process of trying to protect his patent.
That reality thing sounds about right to me.
Brad
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*twitch* My eyes!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stonebraker Have a look at what he's done with Postgres, Vertica, VoltDB, and the other systems he's working on. You may find that contributing to this project aligns you with some great, very intelligent people -- that's opportunity for learning, opportunity for contributing, and opportunity for good networking.
Also, while you're on the pubmed site, you might be interested in searching for other papers about the benefits of "delayed cord clamping" vs "early cord clamping." There are only a few cases where early cord clamping is beneficial, apparently. I was able to find many more articles on why delayed cord clamping is beneficial than I was on why early cord clamping is beneficial.
For those who like evolution: It's also interesting to think that for millions of years, man did not clamp immediately after birth. Unattended women wouldn't bother. And yet, here we are!
If you think that for every evolutionary tale there must be a creationary (whoah, what?) tale: do you think that $deity really made humans in such a way as to be entirely dependent on doctors to clamp as soon as a baby is born? Surely he would have taken care of that piece of awesomeness by introducing some new aspect of nature to handle it without our human intervention!
I first saw a video of Hans Rosling, who had some very unique ways of visualizing data that would otherwise be useless to a simple mind such as mine.
After I watched that, I found a piece of software called Tableau. I downloaded the trial version, and really liked how easy it made visualizing data for me. I can take the data I have, and Tableau will see how it's connected and allow you to generate visual reports of the data. I'm not saying that it'll work for everything, but it certainly does what I need it to extremely well, especially for my business intelligence initiatives.
I don't get how being tied down makes a person more independent.
I work on hundreds of problematic servers in a month in a server support call center, and I've seen plenty of Microsoft updates mess with things. Take the Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack which is present in SP2. Its interaction with Broadcom Gigabit ethernet adapters can break things in very interesting ways. While I always recommend updating production servers during maintenance windows, it's best if you can get those updates in a testing environment first to see how they interact with everything.
From TFA it sounds as if the Frenchman ( a typesetter ) had no intention of his "phono graph" being played back. He wanted to document his speech visually. Edison, on the other hand, intended to be able to play his speech back.
Edison still gets the credit for playing back sound, but it seems as if our typesetter friend gets the credit for the first recorded sound.
Yeah, but what if you're rilly rilly good at spelling? I guess the dictionary couldn't hurt.
Most cars that I've seen with this feature allow you to change how it's configured. I can configure my car to lock/unlock in several different combinations, including unlocking driver first, passengers second, as well as all at once the first time. Should be in the owners manual somewhere. If it doesn't have that option, it'd be an interesting hack!
Be prepared to sell your integrity? If you're only in it for the money, there are too many ways for an unethical manager to get it.
If you're in it because you like growing business, economy, adding positive value to what would be a much worse experience otherwise, then they should make room for you. I've been a people manager and a business manager, and I have had several unethical peers - I fired them when I could. The true test of a good manager is whether you can see past the shortsightedness of those peers, and remain ethical when there are so many opportunities to do otherwise.
If you're in it only for the money, look for it to be a short term endeavor.
If Microsoft = Hell, Bill Gates = Satan, then wouldn't Steve Ballmer be a chair throwing Saddam Hussein?
Wow, whoever modded this "insightful" must really know this business well!
How about that! The first slashdot poster to have a chance at a woman...
IANAL, but I do know a bit about patents. I know enough to be able to say that there's theory and reality. Theory: He who invented it first can still get the patent issued to him, so long as he has concrete evidence of having invented it first. This is the way it is supposed to work. Reality: The ten million pound gorilla that patented it first can (and will) fight you tooth and nail, tie up all your resources, and slow down the process so much that chasing that patent isn't even near worth it. Even Stronger Reality: Patent's aren't brick walls. The thirty million pound gorilla that is using someone else's patent, while clearly breaking the law, can ensure that the ten million pound gorilla pays dearly while in the process of trying to protect his patent. That reality thing sounds about right to me. Brad
Well I, for one, welcome our spoon-bending overlord.