I'll agree to being confused. Thanks for being more useful than the other commenter and providing some helpful information.
Here's the definition I'm using, from dictionary.com:
"adj. of or pertaining to a mechanism that represents data by measurement of a continuous physical variable, as voltage or pressure."
It's easy for me to see how a video cassette fit this definition, as it is a record of voltage. I can believe that film also fits the definition but I'm not a chemist. What's the continuous physical variable recorded on film?
Not "analog," but optical. Film is storing the actual picture, not an electromagnetic representation on magnetic tape. It should be noted that all that is not digital is not necessarily "analog."
Are you kidding me? Even if you're a hardcore gamer, games should be the LAST thing you consider as you vote for someone for public office. This article is ridiculous.
Video podcasts are better than audio-only, which is what Penn State is currently doing - but transcripts would be better than either of these. Audio/video lecture seems useful ONLY to students who did not attend the class. For those who attended, it'd be far more useful to have a scannable transcript where the major and difficult points could be focused on. Podcasts are just like taking your own tape recorder to class. Marginally useful, but usually just a waste of time.
If you implement a system according to the specifications, it will not suck. If you try to cut corners and use cheap hardware, older infrastructure, etc., it will perform poorly. This says nothing of VoIP except that it needs decent-quality gear. It does say that your network designers are doing a poor job.
Americans don't know geography, but British don't know simple editing. Ugh. Come on, now. Even Office 97, that great replacement of Windows 95 (???) has a spelling and grammar checker.
From the article...
"The company has now launched geography classes for its staff to avoid further bloomers which have caused embarrassment..." -- perhaps they mean bloopers?
"It is therefore no surprise that some of our employees, however bright they may, have only a hazy idea..." -- don't you mean they may be?
"Uruguay is a republic and proud if it but..." -- proud of it, right?
Typos and junk grammar really discredit any article.
47 MHz phones (you remember them, right? -- the *original* cordless) may be your best option yet! They're on such a low frequency that they don't have a chance of interfering with anything in your house, except maybe your neighbor kid's walkie-talkies or the garage door opener, and those are both very unlikely. Get a set with voice scrambling and you've got some privacy too. And lastly it has a terrific range and because it's analog, sounds good even when the reception is getting poor (you will get a little static, but that's better than drop-outs).
There's still a significant market out there for people who don't want the do-everything phone. I bought a Clie TJ-25 because it is a great book reader, calendar, and electronic notepad. And it was cheap--I bought just the features I wanted (no MP3 player, camera, etc.)
It is a mistake to assume that everyone wants a phone-pda-camera-mp3 player-fm radio-refrigerator. (Well, not refrigerator.) Too much integration leads to unused features (==bloat) and wasted money. How many people buy Microsoft Office just to use Word? You'd be surprised.
USB memory keychains (any size 64MB or greater) with common tools (soft firewall, SSH client, etc.) are really useful to get the system up to a "usable" state before exposing it to the network.
"Desparate enough to hire a computer engineer instead" ? Say what?
I hate to break it to you but the only thing that would keep a company from hiring cmpE over cmpSci is that they'll have to pay the cmpE person more. CmpEngrs are worth more in the market today, and will be for a while, I'm sure.
In my experience, the computer engineering program at most schools is more rigorous. You'll get most of the stuff that comp sci gets, plus a solid foundation in EE as well. Downside? It'll probably be more difficult. It might even require more credits to graduate. So what. At least you wouldn't end up as a software weenie in the end.
Could it be that someone at MS has a sense of humor? Naw, we'd rather say that someone "mysteriously" inserted a backdoor four years ago so we can find another straw bug to attack. Linux nerds, find a new hobby.
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I'll agree to being confused. Thanks for being more useful than the other commenter and providing some helpful information.
Here's the definition I'm using, from dictionary.com:
"adj. of or pertaining to a mechanism that represents data by measurement of a continuous physical variable, as voltage or pressure."
It's easy for me to see how a video cassette fit this definition, as it is a record of voltage. I can believe that film also fits the definition but I'm not a chemist. What's the continuous physical variable recorded on film?
OK, anonymous coward. In fact I am in school and am quite open to learning. Take the opportunity to educate rather than insult.
Not "analog," but optical. Film is storing the actual picture, not an electromagnetic representation on magnetic tape. It should be noted that all that is not digital is not necessarily "analog."
Are you kidding me? Even if you're a hardcore gamer, games should be the LAST thing you consider as you vote for someone for public office. This article is ridiculous.
Video podcasts are better than audio-only, which is what Penn State is currently doing - but transcripts would be better than either of these. Audio/video lecture seems useful ONLY to students who did not attend the class. For those who attended, it'd be far more useful to have a scannable transcript where the major and difficult points could be focused on. Podcasts are just like taking your own tape recorder to class. Marginally useful, but usually just a waste of time.
That's "S-Words," Mr. Connery. S-words.
If you implement a system according to the specifications, it will not suck. If you try to cut corners and use cheap hardware, older infrastructure, etc., it will perform poorly. This says nothing of VoIP except that it needs decent-quality gear. It does say that your network designers are doing a poor job.
Americans don't know geography, but British don't know simple editing. Ugh. Come on, now. Even Office 97, that great replacement of Windows 95 (???) has a spelling and grammar checker.
..." -- perhaps they mean bloopers?
..." -- don't you mean they may be?
From the article...
"The company has now launched geography classes for its staff to avoid further bloomers which have caused embarrassment
"It is therefore no surprise that some of our employees, however bright they may, have only a hazy idea
"Uruguay is a republic and proud if it but..." -- proud of it, right?
Typos and junk grammar really discredit any article.
47 MHz phones (you remember them, right? -- the *original* cordless) may be your best option yet! They're on such a low frequency that they don't have a chance of interfering with anything in your house, except maybe your neighbor kid's walkie-talkies or the garage door opener, and those are both very unlikely. Get a set with voice scrambling and you've got some privacy too. And lastly it has a terrific range and because it's analog, sounds good even when the reception is getting poor (you will get a little static, but that's better than drop-outs).
Actually, I get paid not only to support users, but also to teach them how to use the system.
If they choose to be ignorant even when the opportunity to learn is readily available, that's rather frustrating.
Also, I support other IT people. So it's not like computers are foreign to them.
Generations (#7) wasn't half bad, especially compared to Insurrection and Nemesis.
It was originally "Digital Video Disc". Some folks decided to reconsider the name when they saw how "versatile" the medium could be.
Microsoft is going to die? *BSD has supposedly been on that road for years! Maybe MS could learn a thing or two from the resilience of *BSD.
There's still a significant market out there for people who don't want the do-everything phone. I bought a Clie TJ-25 because it is a great book reader, calendar, and electronic notepad. And it was cheap--I bought just the features I wanted (no MP3 player, camera, etc.)
It is a mistake to assume that everyone wants a phone-pda-camera-mp3 player-fm radio-refrigerator. (Well, not refrigerator.) Too much integration leads to unused features (==bloat) and wasted money. How many people buy Microsoft Office just to use Word? You'd be surprised.
USB memory keychains (any size 64MB or greater) with common tools (soft firewall, SSH client, etc.) are really useful to get the system up to a "usable" state before exposing it to the network.
What are you talking about? At 9:13 AM EST, it looks the same as it always has...
"Desparate enough to hire a computer engineer instead" ? Say what? I hate to break it to you but the only thing that would keep a company from hiring cmpE over cmpSci is that they'll have to pay the cmpE person more. CmpEngrs are worth more in the market today, and will be for a while, I'm sure. In my experience, the computer engineering program at most schools is more rigorous. You'll get most of the stuff that comp sci gets, plus a solid foundation in EE as well. Downside? It'll probably be more difficult. It might even require more credits to graduate. So what. At least you wouldn't end up as a software weenie in the end.
Could it be that someone at MS has a sense of humor? Naw, we'd rather say that someone "mysteriously" inserted a backdoor four years ago so we can find another straw bug to attack. Linux nerds, find a new hobby.