Actually, now they are locked into a cycle of debt that precludes using an old tractor in favor of buying new ones before the old ones wear out. Those who run old tractors fix them themselves. Besides, there is often no time to hire a mechanic, when the tractor breaks it needs to be back in production ASAP. Your analogy sucks.
Our best developers (I'm an Application Engineer/Application Support....read dev babysitter) create some of the most dangerous code. The less skilled devs create code that obviously doesn't work from zero point. Their lack of knowledge about the database, network, operating system, application server, threading, failure to properly handle exceptions all contribute to dangerous bugs and failures. Senior developers routinely take it upon themselves to make decisions in vacuum that they press on junior developers who get blamed for fucking up. The worst possible thing you can do these days is grant a title of architect or senior developer--people stop questioning their decisions and they feel like they can make design decisions without a team review of their choices. Automation and abstraction are the key ingredients in making this situation a reality. These things are good, but they allow us to construct systems without the necessary knowledge of the inner workings. Colleges cannot handle teaching the inner workings...especially if we require them to turn out x-number of new programmers every year.
I think he is talking about this because we are starting to build quantum computers. As soon as we can rectify and combine a deterministic machine and a non-deterministic one we will have created the foundation for a new being. It is un-nerving to some, hell most, because they realize that the progress from that point will be very fast with the market being the proponent of spreading these new beings. What we are really asking is if we should be using the market to propagate self-aware entities or should we have some type of control over the spread--regulation.
The business district (Loveland Madeira Road) in one of the wealthiest suburbs in Cincinnati (Loveland) only has access to 5MbDown 500kUp DSL and no cable. WTF?
What is wrong with trendnet? Reviews are good and I have been using the hell out of a trendnet switch which has proven reliable. Many gigs traverse it each day with multiple users--not one single hiccup in three years, never rebooted.
Yes, but they were cramming the damn transformer/ballast into the lamp/bulb at the cheapest rate humanly possible. Those used in industrial applications have always had discrete ballasts that efficiently regulated the power. Furthermore, if you wanted longevity you had to, and still do, have to pay a steep price.
I was looking at LED replacement bulbs at the hardware store the other day ($20 each). I am suspect as to their efficiency. They have large heat sinks on the which get very hot. That is wasted energy. There is no way to pack an efficient transformer into such a small space. There is no easy fix. Houses need wired seperately with a lower voltage appropriate for powering LED lights. You can install a high efficiency transformer to step down the 120V into a clean, lower voltage signal but that transformer is not going to be cheap....and you need additional wiring dedicated to lighting.
The case is plastic?! I couldn't wait to behold an iPhone 6+ because I assumed it would be aluminum or magnesium. What a joke. Apple is turning out to be cheap shite.
The evolution of social media will probably be fb-like sites with a targeted audience or topic as most websites integrate social media into their fabric. Facebook is the hub for this now but the any of these websites could swap URLs for another that implements the same interface.
Why do we need sneaky, agile robots? It seems we are mindlessly building our overlords. How long before we are trying to stuff brain/brain stem into a robot?
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Actually, now they are locked into a cycle of debt that precludes using an old tractor in favor of buying new ones before the old ones wear out. Those who run old tractors fix them themselves. Besides, there is often no time to hire a mechanic, when the tractor breaks it needs to be back in production ASAP. Your analogy sucks.
The author was not talking about you.
Our best developers (I'm an Application Engineer/Application Support....read dev babysitter) create some of the most dangerous code. The less skilled devs create code that obviously doesn't work from zero point. Their lack of knowledge about the database, network, operating system, application server, threading, failure to properly handle exceptions all contribute to dangerous bugs and failures. Senior developers routinely take it upon themselves to make decisions in vacuum that they press on junior developers who get blamed for fucking up. The worst possible thing you can do these days is grant a title of architect or senior developer--people stop questioning their decisions and they feel like they can make design decisions without a team review of their choices. Automation and abstraction are the key ingredients in making this situation a reality. These things are good, but they allow us to construct systems without the necessary knowledge of the inner workings. Colleges cannot handle teaching the inner workings...especially if we require them to turn out x-number of new programmers every year.
I think he is talking about this because we are starting to build quantum computers. As soon as we can rectify and combine a deterministic machine and a non-deterministic one we will have created the foundation for a new being. It is un-nerving to some, hell most, because they realize that the progress from that point will be very fast with the market being the proponent of spreading these new beings. What we are really asking is if we should be using the market to propagate self-aware entities or should we have some type of control over the spread--regulation.
I think we need to look harder at why women are put off by busts.
The business district (Loveland Madeira Road) in one of the wealthiest suburbs in Cincinnati (Loveland) only has access to 5MbDown 500kUp DSL and no cable. WTF?
Why did you skip the bathroom?
Certainly do not need a 20AMP circuit to support a home networking closet.
Let us know when you move out of your mom's house.
Seriously, I wouldn't show up for less than $200.
What is wrong with trendnet? Reviews are good and I have been using the hell out of a trendnet switch which has proven reliable. Many gigs traverse it each day with multiple users--not one single hiccup in three years, never rebooted.
Did you factor in time value of money?
Yes, but they were cramming the damn transformer/ballast into the lamp/bulb at the cheapest rate humanly possible. Those used in industrial applications have always had discrete ballasts that efficiently regulated the power. Furthermore, if you wanted longevity you had to, and still do, have to pay a steep price.
I was at the returns desk in Home Depot and witnessed someone returning about 15 of those LED bulbs with the soft rubber coating.
Yeah...grab the base and see if you can hold on to it.
I was looking at LED replacement bulbs at the hardware store the other day ($20 each). I am suspect as to their efficiency. They have large heat sinks on the which get very hot. That is wasted energy. There is no way to pack an efficient transformer into such a small space. There is no easy fix. Houses need wired seperately with a lower voltage appropriate for powering LED lights. You can install a high efficiency transformer to step down the 120V into a clean, lower voltage signal but that transformer is not going to be cheap....and you need additional wiring dedicated to lighting.
"Tough as the smaller previous generations of iPhone" WTF? You familiar with the shitty, brittle, buggy iPhone 4??
The case is plastic?! I couldn't wait to behold an iPhone 6+ because I assumed it would be aluminum or magnesium. What a joke. Apple is turning out to be cheap shite.
It is a social gathering place/forum for men and their wives who have no familial responsibilities/chores.
The government will latch onto it like a starving walker then.
The evolution of social media will probably be fb-like sites with a targeted audience or topic as most websites integrate social media into their fabric. Facebook is the hub for this now but the any of these websites could swap URLs for another that implements the same interface.
Yeah I agree...4Mbps is great for EACH PERSON! I have three or four in my house gobbling up the bits. A paltry 4Mbps is not going to cut it.
10Mbps is not enough...that will be garbage in ten years.
Why do we need sneaky, agile robots? It seems we are mindlessly building our overlords. How long before we are trying to stuff brain/brain stem into a robot?
Full screen?