Do a search for "Taliban terrorists killed" and you will find hundreds of results of our boys doing a great job. I'm willing to bet 99% of these idiots who were killed had no degrees at all. It seams the real observation here is that there are more engineering terrorists who figure out a way to avoid being killed.
So, the real title of this should be:
How do so many terrorists with engineering degrees avoid our bullets?
What kind of data is it? What are you trying to figure out by looking at the data? What type of people will be looking at it?
Depending on these answers, I may recommend one of the leading BI tools on the market.
IBM Cognos
SAP Business Objects
Microstrategy
These COTS solutions are focused on visualizing masses of data, usually for some type of pattern discovery or decision making.
This is a great step in legitimizing Ubuntu as an alternative OS, however it is a give and take. If Ubuntu is going to suggest people pay for something, they had better get "Compatible with Ubuntu" stamped on every single piece of software they endorse.
The fact that the corporate world has forced the issue this far is a very good sign. I hope Canonical knows how to play the game to their benefit now.
And this is where electric cars really let us down. For, you see, that 'Transportation' cost carries with it a large portion of over-the-road trucks. And as far as I know, there are no plans of replacing those with battery-powered beauties any time soon.
So we'll all have electric cars, and will use less gas. We'll have less cost, individually, until 'the man' comes up with enough invisible costs to put us back down.
All the while, the trucker is still buying diesel fuel. Lots and lots of it.
Over time the lessened demand for oil used by cars will cause the cost of the trucker's oil to go up, and those extra costs will be passed onto us at the shelves of our local Walmart.
At the end of the loop we have extra taxes/fees/etc AND higher prices.
WOOT?
BobMcD - You make an excellent point here, and I hope more people read it.
The roads we drive on were designed for the transport of goods. This lead to us using large trucks to carry our goods to points across the US. It was much cheaper to transport it via truck than train (or other) at the time. In time that cost savings may no longer exist, and "the man" will pass down the extra changes in all of our goods/services.
I found an EXCELLENT article from the early 1900's which discusses this predicament and the reasoning behind the creation of these roads in the first place. (as described above).
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=980CE1DB143AEE32A25753C3A9639C946195D6CF
Your point is dead on.. The solution is not just figuring out how we get to work without oil, but the delivery of goods across the US without oil.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy (in 2003)...
Oil Demand by Sector:
Transportation 68%
Industrial 23%
Residential 4%
Electricity Generation 3%
Commercial 2%
The US does not depend on oil for electricity. The US creates 49% of its electricity from coal, 19.4% nuclear, 20% natural gas, and 7% hydroelectric. The left over is made in other ways, but only 1.6% of the power generated in the US is actually produced from OIL.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/figes1.html
Priority 1 here should be energy independence with transportation, based on the numbers. Our ability to create electricity has almost nothing to do with oil.
The Washington DC based "Video Game Voters" organization, is fighting this.
If everyone takes 2 seconds and 1 click , we can send MASSIVE amounts of a pre-formated letters to the NY Assemblymember.
http://www.videogamevoters.org/statelevel/nyassemb lyem/
"Accountability and money" will never let this happen. Banking online is a convenience and inherently has risks that you and the bank are accepting to take. The organization responsible for handing out domain names will never take on the HUGE risk of being the perceived cause of any future problems. Even if the domain name had nothing to do with a security issue, the banks will quickly involve everyone. Enter everyones blood sucking lawyers, and now its a money issue.
If there is no money to be made in fixing the problem, this will remain between the banks and the users.
I just attended a very popular IT industry event in San Diego, and finally saw Vista for the first time. I went in with an open mind, but quickly realized it does NOTHING that is original or interesting. However, the reps were very excited about some new features the "public has not seen yet". For example: New tabbed browsing (FireFox), A desktop side panel with e-mail, news, and tasks (Google desktop), new window management (XGL!), and some other lame stuff. In fact the rep actually admitted to using FireFox when all was said and done.
Don't waste your time even considering this OS. Linux is coming.
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right? History repeating itself with faster computers? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System
Do a search for "Taliban terrorists killed" and you will find hundreds of results of our boys doing a great job. I'm willing to bet 99% of these idiots who were killed had no degrees at all. It seams the real observation here is that there are more engineering terrorists who figure out a way to avoid being killed. So, the real title of this should be: How do so many terrorists with engineering degrees avoid our bullets?
What kind of data is it? What are you trying to figure out by looking at the data? What type of people will be looking at it? Depending on these answers, I may recommend one of the leading BI tools on the market. IBM Cognos SAP Business Objects Microstrategy These COTS solutions are focused on visualizing masses of data, usually for some type of pattern discovery or decision making.
Does this facial recognition come with x-ray vision? How will it help with this? http://www.imcworldwide.org/blog/afghanistan/uploaded_images/IMG_0056-705316.JPG
This is a great step in legitimizing Ubuntu as an alternative OS, however it is a give and take. If Ubuntu is going to suggest people pay for something, they had better get "Compatible with Ubuntu" stamped on every single piece of software they endorse. The fact that the corporate world has forced the issue this far is a very good sign. I hope Canonical knows how to play the game to their benefit now.
And this is where electric cars really let us down. For, you see, that 'Transportation' cost carries with it a large portion of over-the-road trucks. And as far as I know, there are no plans of replacing those with battery-powered beauties any time soon.
So we'll all have electric cars, and will use less gas. We'll have less cost, individually, until 'the man' comes up with enough invisible costs to put us back down.
All the while, the trucker is still buying diesel fuel. Lots and lots of it.
Over time the lessened demand for oil used by cars will cause the cost of the trucker's oil to go up, and those extra costs will be passed onto us at the shelves of our local Walmart.
At the end of the loop we have extra taxes/fees/etc AND higher prices.
WOOT?
BobMcD - You make an excellent point here, and I hope more people read it. The roads we drive on were designed for the transport of goods. This lead to us using large trucks to carry our goods to points across the US. It was much cheaper to transport it via truck than train (or other) at the time. In time that cost savings may no longer exist, and "the man" will pass down the extra changes in all of our goods/services. I found an EXCELLENT article from the early 1900's which discusses this predicament and the reasoning behind the creation of these roads in the first place. (as described above). http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=980CE1DB143AEE32A25753C3A9639C946195D6CF Your point is dead on.. The solution is not just figuring out how we get to work without oil, but the delivery of goods across the US without oil.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy (in 2003)... Oil Demand by Sector: Transportation 68% Industrial 23% Residential 4% Electricity Generation 3% Commercial 2% The US does not depend on oil for electricity. The US creates 49% of its electricity from coal, 19.4% nuclear, 20% natural gas, and 7% hydroelectric. The left over is made in other ways, but only 1.6% of the power generated in the US is actually produced from OIL. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/figes1.html Priority 1 here should be energy independence with transportation, based on the numbers. Our ability to create electricity has almost nothing to do with oil.
Lets unleash their nagging at Microsoft for DirectX support... now it is only a matter of time. Sit back and wait.
The Washington DC based "Video Game Voters" organization, is fighting this. If everyone takes 2 seconds and 1 click , we can send MASSIVE amounts of a pre-formated letters to the NY Assemblymember. http://www.videogamevoters.org/statelevel/nyassemb lyem/
"Accountability and money" will never let this happen. Banking online is a convenience and inherently has risks that you and the bank are accepting to take. The organization responsible for handing out domain names will never take on the HUGE risk of being the perceived cause of any future problems. Even if the domain name had nothing to do with a security issue, the banks will quickly involve everyone. Enter everyones blood sucking lawyers, and now its a money issue. If there is no money to be made in fixing the problem, this will remain between the banks and the users.
I just attended a very popular IT industry event in San Diego, and finally saw Vista for the first time. I went in with an open mind, but quickly realized it does NOTHING that is original or interesting. However, the reps were very excited about some new features the "public has not seen yet". For example: New tabbed browsing (FireFox), A desktop side panel with e-mail, news, and tasks (Google desktop), new window management (XGL!), and some other lame stuff. In fact the rep actually admitted to using FireFox when all was said and done. Don't waste your time even considering this OS. Linux is coming.