I have to wonder how many movie people communicate via email for interviews. Generally they are done by print media by recording the questions and answers during a phone conversation or an in person meeting. Obiviously this would allow not only the questions to be answered but also immediate clarification of or follow up questions. I would imagine that is the norm for Bruce and since it was his dime, he gets to set the terms.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Someone screaming for help is probable cause, but if I tell my wife not to let ANYONE in unless they have a warrant, then she won't let them in. I would expect no less from a hired security officer.
Speaking of the Welsh... One or our side is a Welshman, but we call him "Frenchy" just to piss him off! What's even funnier is that our coach is French and HE calls him "Frenchy"!!!
If you can't make fun of the French and the Welsh, who can you make fun of?
Agreed. I was knocked out of bounds a good two meters by a 2nd row forward once. I way 175 lbs on a good day and get hit by guys who are 220 at a fairly regular pace during the match. It hurts, but it hurts the other guy too.
I saw a guy get his leg broken in a Rutgers soccer match (Go RU!) a couple of weeks ago by getting kicked by another player. It does not take a major collision or a helmet to break a bone.
The only thing the pads do is make you think that you are protected.
Take a look at the 2000 numbers for catastrophic football injuries. The important thing to note is that the most common injuries occur while TACKLING rather than while BEING TACKLED.
"Readability is an issue but using larger fonts works just fine."
I have heard people mention this before, and I still do not understand this. Is that much screen real estate lost to things other than fonts? What is the point of making more space for windows on the desktop if you are then going to crank up the font size to make the windows readable?
Good points all around. I think we are arguing semantics here, but I see it as a chicken and egg problem. If the code sucks, the programmer sucks. If the code is good, but the specs suck, then as you wrote, "it takes a good programmer to turn that poor architecture into something good." If the specs are written to give the users what they *need* then they meet the goal, but the users might still think the app sucks because it does not give them what they *want*.
In college we were assigned to write a program that simulated a 3D crystal structure based on input about the elements. The secondary goal was to write it in the fewest lines of code. When we brought the programs to class (on paper:D) I had written the shortest program by 10 lines. The guy with the next shortest program was the smartest guy in class (by far) and told me that my program would not work because the results were not repetable because I had not stored the results, just displayed them. I informed him that the assignment did not require the program to work a second time.
It seems a cop out, but thinking that good programmers make good apps is in the eye of the beholder.
Companies that have great divisions with product lines that are successful, but not in the "core competency" are spun off into wholly owned subsidiaries and are later kicked out of the nest altogether with an IPO. This is especially important if the division/company would do better if it were detached from the parent.
This happens with successful companies (that do not have monopolies) all the time. GE does it. ATT does it. Lucent does it. GM does it.
The important point is that if MS makes WebTV, and XBox, and UltimateTV, are they a software company or a consumer electronics company?
It's hard to imagine MSOffice selling any more copies than it already does if it were in a separate company, but a product like Visio would probably sell a ton of copies if there were a *nix version.
I used to think the same thing, but I started working from home with all my workstations in one place. Even with the stereo on, the noise was a little much.
Iomega used to have the worst support. I have not called them is several years so I don't know if they still suck. Does anyone remember 'the click of death'? There was a class action lawsuit because of it.
Caller: My drive makes this funny clicking noise when I put a disk in. None of my disks are readable anymore.
Support: Your disks must have gone bad. Buy new ones to replace them.
Repeat ad infinitum.
I called support for a bad Jaz drive once. After the tech asked the first question. I gave him the old, "I've tried this, that, the other variation, and everything in between. Send me a replcement." He put me on hold for a minute to talk to his manager and then gave me the RMA.
I once asked an Iomega rep at a trade show if they understood how bad a name the 'Clik drive' was for an Iomega product. They changed the name to HipZip several months later.
The laziest of admins don't even know what bugtraq is! I don't say this as an exaggeration either. I teach MS certification classes and also do consulting. In the beginning, I was amazed at how many students knew nothing about security. Even people with several years of experience knew nothing. I would mention l0pht, bugtraq, or 2600 and they would just stare.
Most of the admins that I have run across consulting just want to get paid and meet the status quo. I profit by being a consultant to companies that have very few admins that will take the time to learn anything outside of what they need to know in order to MAINTAIN the network. They have little or no interest in IMPROVING the network.
I have lost all faith in the average IT worker.
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1. I don't think Apple is such a good example. Although they make cool computers and they are on the cutting edge of hardware (other than processors), they have not been pushed to innovate in certain areas of OS design. OSX took 7? YEARS to develop.
2. I think Handspring, Sony, and TRG (HandEra) have shown that they can make their hardware work with PalmOS quite nicely.
3. I agree wholeheartedly. PalmOS is great at what it does, but I want more. I want proper networking. I want always on secure wireless access to email and other business apps. I want a higher res color screen (thank you Sony).
The NEEDS of the many, who just wanted an organizer were met by Frankin with their electronic Rolodex address book and calendar. The WANTS of the many are not yet addressed.
I have to say that Palm, Handspring, Kyocera/Qualcomm people can agree that this is one cool device. Even the Handera snobs will love the 'virtual' grafitti area.
It may not be a "world phone" but it works in NY/NJ and it has color. And when you come right down to it, that's all that really matters.;)
http://www.samsungusa.com/cgi-bin/nabc/home/b2c_ ho me_samsungusa.jsp
The last figures I saw about sending stuff INTO space was over US$10,000 per pound. This link from 1997 lists the cost at US$20,000 per pound.
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.News/NASA.News.Re le ases/Previous.News.Releases/97.News.Releases/97-06.News.Releases/97-06-09.Low-Cost.Launch.System.Pro posals
The fact that they about halved the amount in a four year period is amazing, so people that think NASA is a money pit need to recognize that they are changing the way they do business.
I also think this is a great idea. I am for creating a business plan for NASA that allows the trips to space to be funded by private industry but still has government funding for R&D. The reason for government R&D funding is simple: Ideas that would never make it in private industry, because they are too expensive initially, must be researched and developed extensively before they can be chosen over another idea.
Remember that if we only support work that is profitable, then GNU would have been dead a long time ago.
My first 75GB drive was DOA. I seem to remember it being manufactured in Hungary like some other posters. The one they sent me works like a charm though. I hope to get years of use out of it. I have only filled 15GB so far! I would have filled half of it by now if they had not shut down Napster.:ob
The NT4 to Win2k comparisons are very close to the Win2k to WinXP comparisons. The flaw in the logic is that the tests tend to take place with the Beta of the new OS or right after the release has gone gold. Either way, the apps tend to be optimized for the previous release. Once the new optimized versions of apps come out, performance starts to increase. Also, the bugginess of NT4 or Win2k without service packs is pretty well known (but then who uses the x.x.0 release of the linux kernel in production anyway?)
NT4 is the best OS MS ever made, but Win2k is a good update to NT4. USB support is uber useful: serial and parallel are too slow and scsi and firewire are too expensive.
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To sorta play devils advocate here...
I have to wonder how many movie people communicate via email for interviews. Generally they are done by print media by recording the questions and answers during a phone conversation or an in person meeting. Obiviously this would allow not only the questions to be answered but also immediate clarification of or follow up questions. I would imagine that is the norm for Bruce and since it was his dime, he gets to set the terms.
I'm sure you know this one already but,
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Someone screaming for help is probable cause, but if I tell my wife not to let ANYONE in unless they have a warrant, then she won't let them in. I would expect no less from a hired security officer.
Speaking of the Welsh... One or our side is a Welshman, but we call him "Frenchy" just to piss him off! What's even funnier is that our coach is French and HE calls him "Frenchy"!!!
If you can't make fun of the French and the Welsh, who can you make fun of?
Didn't Otago just get smacked around by Auckland a few weeks ago? 50-9? Ouch.
Agreed. I was knocked out of bounds a good two meters by a 2nd row forward once. I way 175 lbs on a good day and get hit by guys who are 220 at a fairly regular pace during the match. It hurts, but it hurts the other guy too.
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I saw a guy get his leg broken in a Rutgers soccer match (Go RU!) a couple of weeks ago by getting kicked by another player. It does not take a major collision or a helmet to break a bone.
The only thing the pads do is make you think that you are protected.
Take a look at the 2000 numbers for catastrophic football injuries. The important thing to note is that the most common injuries occur while TACKLING rather than while BEING TACKLED.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/CataFootballInju
Now here is a study of rugby
http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/CataFootballInju
Be carefull looking for Rugby statistics from Australia, because many also include australian rules football.
Our hooker is a PhD Chemist for a pharmaceutical company. We talk organic chemistry over beers after the games. ;)
Why did I see a show on this on the discovery channel a couple of months ago?
"Readability is an issue but using larger fonts works just fine."
I have heard people mention this before, and I still do not understand this. Is that much screen real estate lost to things other than fonts? What is the point of making more space for windows on the desktop if you are then going to crank up the font size to make the windows readable?
Good points all around. I think we are arguing semantics here, but I see it as a chicken and egg problem. If the code sucks, the programmer sucks. If the code is good, but the specs suck, then as you wrote, "it takes a good programmer to turn that poor architecture into something good." If the specs are written to give the users what they *need* then they meet the goal, but the users might still think the app sucks because it does not give them what they *want*.
:D) I had written the shortest program by 10 lines. The guy with the next shortest program was the smartest guy in class (by far) and told me that my program would not work because the results were not repetable because I had not stored the results, just displayed them. I informed him that the assignment did not require the program to work a second time.
In college we were assigned to write a program that simulated a 3D crystal structure based on input about the elements. The secondary goal was to write it in the fewest lines of code. When we brought the programs to class (on paper
It seems a cop out, but thinking that good programmers make good apps is in the eye of the beholder.
Not sure about this, but I think it is an either/or thing: 32bit with 66Mhz or 64bit with 33MHz. Therefore both have a maximum throughput of 264Mb/s.
Of course the older 32bit with 33MHz is also there.
"I own at least one CD on that list and it ripped just fine"
My guess is N'Sync!
:-b
danke
Just curious, how does one do that? I can't find any documentation on it on TechNet.
LOL! That was my second thought. My first was, "you let it expire? do you want it back or do you just want them to stop using it for pr0n?"
Totally agree with you this one.
Companies that have great divisions with product lines that are successful, but not in the "core competency" are spun off into wholly owned subsidiaries and are later kicked out of the nest altogether with an IPO. This is especially important if the division/company would do better if it were detached from the parent.
This happens with successful companies (that do not have monopolies) all the time. GE does it. ATT does it. Lucent does it. GM does it.
The important point is that if MS makes WebTV, and XBox, and UltimateTV, are they a software company or a consumer electronics company?
It's hard to imagine MSOffice selling any more copies than it already does if it were in a separate company, but a product like Visio would probably sell a ton of copies if there were a *nix version.
It it, but MS put in a bunch of 'safety features' that 'fix problems' caused by software that competes with MS products. ;)
I used to think the same thing, but I started working from home with all my workstations in one place. Even with the stereo on, the noise was a little much.
Iomega used to have the worst support. I have not called them is several years so I don't know if they still suck. Does anyone remember 'the click of death'? There was a class action lawsuit because of it.
Caller: My drive makes this funny clicking noise when I put a disk in. None of my disks are readable anymore.
Support: Your disks must have gone bad. Buy new ones to replace them.
Repeat ad infinitum.
I called support for a bad Jaz drive once. After the tech asked the first question. I gave him the old, "I've tried this, that, the other variation, and everything in between. Send me a replcement." He put me on hold for a minute to talk to his manager and then gave me the RMA.
I once asked an Iomega rep at a trade show if they understood how bad a name the 'Clik drive' was for an Iomega product. They changed the name to HipZip several months later.
If jokes in French were meant to be funny, then God would have given people in France a sense of humor.
;)
just kiddin
Je pense que je suis francais, donc je ne pense pas.
The laziest of admins don't even know what bugtraq is! I don't say this as an exaggeration either. I teach MS certification classes and also do consulting. In the beginning, I was amazed at how many students knew nothing about security. Even people with several years of experience knew nothing. I would mention l0pht, bugtraq, or 2600 and they would just stare.
Most of the admins that I have run across consulting just want to get paid and meet the status quo. I profit by being a consultant to companies that have very few admins that will take the time to learn anything outside of what they need to know in order to MAINTAIN the network. They have little or no interest in IMPROVING the network.
I have lost all faith in the average IT worker.
1. I don't think Apple is such a good example. Although they make cool computers and they are on the cutting edge of hardware (other than processors), they have not been pushed to innovate in certain areas of OS design. OSX took 7? YEARS to develop.
2. I think Handspring, Sony, and TRG (HandEra) have shown that they can make their hardware work with PalmOS quite nicely.
3. I agree wholeheartedly. PalmOS is great at what it does, but I want more. I want proper networking. I want always on secure wireless access to email and other business apps. I want a higher res color screen (thank you Sony).
The NEEDS of the many, who just wanted an organizer were met by Frankin with their electronic Rolodex address book and calendar. The WANTS of the many are not yet addressed.
I have to say that Palm, Handspring, Kyocera/Qualcomm people can agree that this is one cool device. Even the Handera snobs will love the 'virtual' grafitti area.
;)
_ ho me_samsungusa.jsp
It may not be a "world phone" but it works in NY/NJ and it has color. And when you come right down to it, that's all that really matters.
http://www.samsungusa.com/cgi-bin/nabc/home/b2c
About selling moon rocks...
e le ases/Previous.News.Releases/97.News.Releases/97-06 .News.Releases/97-06-09.Low-Cost.Launch.System.Pro posals
The last figures I saw about sending stuff INTO space was over US$10,000 per pound. This link from 1997 lists the cost at US$20,000 per pound.
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.News/NASA.News.R
The fact that they about halved the amount in a four year period is amazing, so people that think NASA is a money pit need to recognize that they are changing the way they do business.
I also think this is a great idea. I am for creating a business plan for NASA that allows the trips to space to be funded by private industry but still has government funding for R&D. The reason for government R&D funding is simple: Ideas that would never make it in private industry, because they are too expensive initially, must be researched and developed extensively before they can be chosen over another idea.
Remember that if we only support work that is profitable, then GNU would have been dead a long time ago.
My first 75GB drive was DOA. I seem to remember it being manufactured in Hungary like some other posters. The one they sent me works like a charm though. I hope to get years of use out of it. I have only filled 15GB so far! I would have filled half of it by now if they had not shut down Napster. :ob
The NT4 to Win2k comparisons are very close to the Win2k to WinXP comparisons. The flaw in the logic is that the tests tend to take place with the Beta of the new OS or right after the release has gone gold. Either way, the apps tend to be optimized for the previous release. Once the new optimized versions of apps come out, performance starts to increase. Also, the bugginess of NT4 or Win2k without service packs is pretty well known (but then who uses the x.x.0 release of the linux kernel in production anyway?)
NT4 is the best OS MS ever made, but Win2k is a good update to NT4. USB support is uber useful: serial and parallel are too slow and scsi and firewire are too expensive.