Most of the internal apps have been rewritten using Cocoa. This is why it will only be able to run on Intel processors and not PPC. The rewrite is saving nearly 7GB of space in the footprint or about half the size of the current 10.5.
Well considering the $170 million the government spent on FBI software that didn't work (The FBI Software Upgrade That Wasn't), $18 million is par for the course. I'll be surprised if this recovery.gov get completed for $18 million. The FBI fiasco is an example of how government tech contractors reap millions in overruns. The contractors let the government clients run amok with their requests allowing huge scope creep, and when the project doesn't get completed within budget or on time, the contractor points to the client and blames them--knowing all the while the project was headed for disaster. It's a good paying gig if you can get it. The contractor for the FBI, Science Applications International Corp., had $7 BILLION in annual gross revenues as of 2006 when the Washington Post article was published. And you thought AIG had a good racket;)
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you get your internet from the cable company. Then you are at least stuck with them partially. Which is my current problem in that I get my TV from space--AKA satellite/ErecTV. I would ditch Time Warner in a heartbeat only if my only other broadband choice wasn't ATT. Talk about frying pan and into the fire. Actually, more like frying pan straight into the depths of hell.
The problem with this is non-tech savvy CTOs invariably hires the wrong advisors, consultants, employees under him/her. So then the entire IT department is staffed by incompetent people. You need someone with current tech knowledge but with the ability to manage and make decisions. The ability to manage means that the person has the insight to know when to delegate and not get wrapped up in the details. To say that a non-technical person is better at making management decisions is patently false.
I was just laid off from a company just like this. The company had $400M in gross sales. I was hired as a senior web developer. My direct report had been with the company for 10 years, but had zero knowledge of web development. It was extremely frustrating to deal with someone that even after 3 years at the job still did not have rudimentary concepts of web development and architecture down. I had to lead every initiative to get anything done--like using a methodology in application development; separating the web and database servers; getting working backups of the SQL server that ran the company's intranet; version control using subversion; separating development, testing and production on to different servers; the list goes on.
She was put into this position by a CIO that was hired a year before I got there. He had been in the industry for some time, but his knowledge was a decade behind. Most of the IT department was MSCEs--actually they may not have even be certified. The company's DBA was terribly inadequate and useless. I usually tried to avoid having to contact this person. There were a couple guys that had some savvy, but for the most part they were clock punchers. The one thing that drove me crazy is that there was not one single programmer (ie someone that knew Java and C) on the IT staff. They would always hire a consultant. That person would come in and take a month to get up to speed and then spend another month undoing what the last person did and then another couple months of actual development that may or may not work right. That person would complete the contract and we would never hear from them again. So to fix or maintain the code they would have to hire someone else. Also the mantra around the IT department was to buy a piece of proprietary software, opposed to developing their own solution or looking at open source. I think that most of the people were intimidated by having to use the Linux command line. I lead another initiative to use MySQL and Subversion--the first use of open source. And when it was up and working with costing zero in budget for software, they were impressed with the bottom line but still skeptical because it didn't have a MS logo on it.
The problem lies, IMHO, in many cases the people with seniority have an education and knowledge that is decades old (LOL they know how to program in COBOL!). It's only in relatively new technology companies where they are hire because of a person's knowledge and not their seniority in the industry, do the CTOs and CIOs usually have current knowledge. As for most corporate IT departments, I do not think that the typical corporate hierarchy produces the best CTO or CIO.
Yeah, I picked up on that too in the white paper. LMAO when I read it. I've played with Windows 7, and while graphically slicker than Vista....it's still really Vista. Or is that Mohave? I get them confused;)
If it squawks like an albatross, walks like an albatross, it's still an albatross.
You are so dead on. This is a false premise. The difference in the ambient temp in a car that is black will most likely be higher than say one that is white, BUT the motor is not going to be working that much more to cool the temp inside the vehicle. The logic then would be this: black cars with AC get less gas mileage than white cars with AC. Which in theory may be true but on a very, very miniscule basis. So the more logical thing to do would be to outlaw AC all together......but we all know that won't happen. Actually if California wanted to truly reduce emissions they would make illegal to put an building or home AC unit that gets full exposure to the sun--ie AC units on the roof of buildings that are not multistoried or not shaded in some fashion. In this case it is true that the AC unit must work harder because its temperature is higher and drawing power directly--opposed to being a pulley wheel on an engine that is already running.
From MS Specs for Max CPUs and RAM on Vista Ultimate and 2008
Vista Ultimate
Maximum:
2 Physical CPUs (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
4 GB of system memory - RAM with 32-bit (x86) CPU
128 GB of system memory - RAM with 64-bit (x64) CPU
Windows 2008 Standard Edition
Maximum:
4 Physical CPUs (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
4 GB of system memory - RAM with 32-bit (x86) CPU
32 GB of system memory - RAM with 64-bit (x64) CPU
This also explains why only 32GBs of RAM. Standard only allows 32GBs. The Enterprise, Datacenter, Itanium versions of 2008 can take up to 2TB of RAM in 64-bit.
Yeah, which is fine from a personal info perspective and they may not have a way to hold on to that info. But the way the TOS now reads, every file that you have ever uploaded or every entry you ever posted on someone's wall is now facebook's to use as they please. Just because you delete a photo from your profile does not imply that it has been deleted for their system. Now personal information like web addresses, phone, email addresses, etc. probably do get over written in the database. But your uploaded files and your trail of posts are in their data warehouse somewhere still.
Who uses IE anymore? Seriously I haven't used IE, much less Windows, for personal browsing in two years. I mean I could care less if they force an update on XP. It actually may do some good in that the people that don't know any better and still use IE by default, usually don't know anything about secure browsing. It might make some people switch to FF, Chrome, or Opera....which is better for everyone.
Ha, ha, ha....AND this is the year of the Linux desktop. BTW, other than the search engine, maps, and gmail (maps and mail are popular because of the engine/brand), Google hasn't done really done shit. This will be another in a long line of Google missfires.
I happen to have a "bill" for roaming fees to the tune of $500 that I refuse to pay from 2003. I was told verbally that I had the same plan I had before I left the area that happened include the small corner of Colorado I was in. Well their redrawn region maps did not in fact include that small corner anymore. So techinically I was "roaming" although I was under the assumption that I wasn't.
The irony is that I'm now back with AT&T after being a Cingular customer. And yes I have an iPhone.
All I have to say is to make sure you get everything in writing from ATT. And ask how your bill will be effected beforehand. Actually you should do this with every telcom, because its these overages in billing that really make them profit not unlike the banks.
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Most of the internal apps have been rewritten using Cocoa. This is why it will only be able to run on Intel processors and not PPC. The rewrite is saving nearly 7GB of space in the footprint or about half the size of the current 10.5.
Well considering the $170 million the government spent on FBI software that didn't work (The FBI Software Upgrade That Wasn't), $18 million is par for the course. I'll be surprised if this recovery.gov get completed for $18 million. The FBI fiasco is an example of how government tech contractors reap millions in overruns. The contractors let the government clients run amok with their requests allowing huge scope creep, and when the project doesn't get completed within budget or on time, the contractor points to the client and blames them--knowing all the while the project was headed for disaster. It's a good paying gig if you can get it. The contractor for the FBI, Science Applications International Corp., had $7 BILLION in annual gross revenues as of 2006 when the Washington Post article was published. And you thought AIG had a good racket ;)
I can get the 0s torrent at The Pirate Bay.
you get your internet from the cable company. Then you are at least stuck with them partially. Which is my current problem in that I get my TV from space--AKA satellite/ErecTV. I would ditch Time Warner in a heartbeat only if my only other broadband choice wasn't ATT. Talk about frying pan and into the fire. Actually, more like frying pan straight into the depths of hell.
The problem with this is non-tech savvy CTOs invariably hires the wrong advisors, consultants, employees under him/her. So then the entire IT department is staffed by incompetent people. You need someone with current tech knowledge but with the ability to manage and make decisions. The ability to manage means that the person has the insight to know when to delegate and not get wrapped up in the details. To say that a non-technical person is better at making management decisions is patently false.
I was just laid off from a company just like this. The company had $400M in gross sales. I was hired as a senior web developer. My direct report had been with the company for 10 years, but had zero knowledge of web development. It was extremely frustrating to deal with someone that even after 3 years at the job still did not have rudimentary concepts of web development and architecture down. I had to lead every initiative to get anything done--like using a methodology in application development; separating the web and database servers; getting working backups of the SQL server that ran the company's intranet; version control using subversion; separating development, testing and production on to different servers; the list goes on.
She was put into this position by a CIO that was hired a year before I got there. He had been in the industry for some time, but his knowledge was a decade behind. Most of the IT department was MSCEs--actually they may not have even be certified. The company's DBA was terribly inadequate and useless. I usually tried to avoid having to contact this person. There were a couple guys that had some savvy, but for the most part they were clock punchers. The one thing that drove me crazy is that there was not one single programmer (ie someone that knew Java and C) on the IT staff. They would always hire a consultant. That person would come in and take a month to get up to speed and then spend another month undoing what the last person did and then another couple months of actual development that may or may not work right. That person would complete the contract and we would never hear from them again. So to fix or maintain the code they would have to hire someone else. Also the mantra around the IT department was to buy a piece of proprietary software, opposed to developing their own solution or looking at open source. I think that most of the people were intimidated by having to use the Linux command line. I lead another initiative to use MySQL and Subversion--the first use of open source. And when it was up and working with costing zero in budget for software, they were impressed with the bottom line but still skeptical because it didn't have a MS logo on it.
The problem lies, IMHO, in many cases the people with seniority have an education and knowledge that is decades old (LOL they know how to program in COBOL!). It's only in relatively new technology companies where they are hire because of a person's knowledge and not their seniority in the industry, do the CTOs and CIOs usually have current knowledge. As for most corporate IT departments, I do not think that the typical corporate hierarchy produces the best CTO or CIO.
Yeah, I picked up on that too in the white paper. LMAO when I read it. I've played with Windows 7, and while graphically slicker than Vista....it's still really Vista. Or is that Mohave? I get them confused ;)
If it squawks like an albatross, walks like an albatross, it's still an albatross.
Or it's a left wing plot hatched by Obama and Apple to sell more Macs and jump start the economy.
Please tell me exactly where is Silicon Valley again, I'm confused?
You are so dead on. This is a false premise. The difference in the ambient temp in a car that is black will most likely be higher than say one that is white, BUT the motor is not going to be working that much more to cool the temp inside the vehicle. The logic then would be this: black cars with AC get less gas mileage than white cars with AC. Which in theory may be true but on a very, very miniscule basis. So the more logical thing to do would be to outlaw AC all together......but we all know that won't happen. Actually if California wanted to truly reduce emissions they would make illegal to put an building or home AC unit that gets full exposure to the sun--ie AC units on the roof of buildings that are not multistoried or not shaded in some fashion. In this case it is true that the AC unit must work harder because its temperature is higher and drawing power directly--opposed to being a pulley wheel on an engine that is already running.
From MS Specs for Max CPUs and RAM on Vista Ultimate and 2008
Vista Ultimate
Maximum:
2 Physical CPUs (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
4 GB of system memory - RAM with 32-bit (x86) CPU
128 GB of system memory - RAM with 64-bit (x64) CPU
Windows 2008 Standard Edition
Maximum:
4 Physical CPUs (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
4 GB of system memory - RAM with 32-bit (x86) CPU
32 GB of system memory - RAM with 64-bit (x64) CPU
This also explains why only 32GBs of RAM. Standard only allows 32GBs. The Enterprise, Datacenter, Itanium versions of 2008 can take up to 2TB of RAM in 64-bit.
Yeah, which is fine from a personal info perspective and they may not have a way to hold on to that info. But the way the TOS now reads, every file that you have ever uploaded or every entry you ever posted on someone's wall is now facebook's to use as they please. Just because you delete a photo from your profile does not imply that it has been deleted for their system. Now personal information like web addresses, phone, email addresses, etc. probably do get over written in the database. But your uploaded files and your trail of posts are in their data warehouse somewhere still.
Who uses IE anymore? Seriously I haven't used IE, much less Windows, for personal browsing in two years. I mean I could care less if they force an update on XP. It actually may do some good in that the people that don't know any better and still use IE by default, usually don't know anything about secure browsing. It might make some people switch to FF, Chrome, or Opera....which is better for everyone.
Hours of fun for the whole family!!!!
Microsoft closes the quarter with less cash than Apple-10/28/2008
They don't have Microsoft's kind of money, they had MORE of it.
Sorry I had to ask.....
David Foster Wallace was one of the few great contempory American writers. His talent will be missed.
AMEN brother. It had to be said. Glad you were modded up.
Ha, ha, ha....AND this is the year of the Linux desktop. BTW, other than the search engine, maps, and gmail (maps and mail are popular because of the engine/brand), Google hasn't done really done shit. This will be another in a long line of Google missfires.
I happen to have a "bill" for roaming fees to the tune of $500 that I refuse to pay from 2003. I was told verbally that I had the same plan I had before I left the area that happened include the small corner of Colorado I was in. Well their redrawn region maps did not in fact include that small corner anymore. So techinically I was "roaming" although I was under the assumption that I wasn't. The irony is that I'm now back with AT&T after being a Cingular customer. And yes I have an iPhone. All I have to say is to make sure you get everything in writing from ATT. And ask how your bill will be effected beforehand. Actually you should do this with every telcom, because its these overages in billing that really make them profit not unlike the banks.
Dude they got you too. Watch this get modded Troll as well :)
OMG that was funny....
You haven't seen my wife....she is a Gorgon!
badah, bab, bah....
Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be playing here all week.......
Nasal douche on that one. I'm forever going to utter this sentence when someone refers to django.
Someone please mod this up as funny.