There are populations of particular groups that tend to be a certain race/gender even though there may be no gender or race bias. For example, a kinitting circle is likely to be a bunch of older women who, I'm sure, would love to include others. At some point we have to accept that certain things appeal to a particular group that have nothing to do with racism, sexism, or ageism. The "-isms" only come into play when people are being deliberately or systematically excluded, not when the makeup of a group isn't what some of us might want it to be.
If the organizers were concerned about the lack of diversity in the speaker lineup, then it would make more sense to include an open discussion session with attendees to discuss how to appeal to a wider audience. At least then they would be doing something constructive, instead of running away with their tails between their legs.
I'm an old-time PC player but have been using my PS3 console for gaming over the last couple of years.
I am currently playing Skyrim. I started playing on the PS3, but bought the Windows version when it became obvious that the DLCs either will not be coming for the PS3 or will be scaled down. I also bought a XBox controller and a USB receiver so that I could continue to use a gaming controller. I also output the sound and video to my TV/surround system. I was amazed at the better graphics, sound, etc. on the PC. I had forgotten that PC gaming was such a rich experience, in comparison to the consoles.
That being said, even if Skyrim was available for Linux, I would not switch. I also use Microsoft Outlook/Office, Video editing apps (i.e. TMPGenc), Photo Editing apps (Photoshop Elements), etc. which are not available on Linux. As the iPad/iPhone/iCrap users like to say, it's all about the Apps, man, it's all about the apps....
Computer Science is the overarching term for everything to do with computers. This includes computer science theory, hardware engineering, software engineering, networking, etc. A good Computer Science program covers the theory required to build a computer from scratch (circuitry, microchips, firmware, software, etc). A good Software Engineering program provides practical skills to develop applications, games, etc.
As far as independent garages go, why would they need to be certified?
Oh, right, otherwise they don't have access to the manufacturer's diagnostic codes and meanings!
One of the good things that came out of this election cycle in Massachusetts is that voters voted Yes for the "Right to Repair" ballot. This essentially forces car manufacturers to provide "proprietary" diagnostics information to independent garages.
I don't know how the parent can be rated Insightful. The Vista debacle, with the exception of the new user access controls, was caused by OEMs. They didn't believe in Microsoft's release dates and weren't even close to having Vista drivers ready. As a result, upgrades failed, users couldn't connect to their peripherals or functionality was missing, etc.
Under the covers, Windows 7 is essentially Vista SP1.
... and when they've done something important like Bin Ladin, let them brag about it. Sit down with them, figure out what can get released and what can't. Then let them hit good morning America.
And set up their friends and family for retaliation by other terrorists? Not a good idea....
The reason why many insurgents use the spray and pray tactics is because they do not have the equipment, training, and skills to act strategically. The seals are picked for their abilities and train in tight units for years. It has nothing to do with understanding techniques or tactics. For example, I may know how to play football and I many know the strategy, but there is no way that me and my buddies could beat a professional NFL team (or a college team, for that matter). It's the training and skills that makes the difference.
I know exactly what I'm talking about, in my experience the only people who blast Linux are really covering up the fact they don't understand it. Windows is capable because Microsoft slapped a over bloated GUI on. I've used many Windows and Linux servers and I have yet to see a case where Linux wasn't the better choice in 99% of all cases. That 1% is for the "special" software that some VP wants installed that only runs on Windows.
I'm curious as to how you define "better" in the 99% of cases where you would select UNIX/LINUX?
Do you mean more corporate support? or, perhaps, you were talking about the ratio of Windows system administrators vs LINUX administrators on the market? Or, maybe you meant the ability to manage and update all of those servers with centralized management tools? These are all benefits that Windows has always had over UNIX/LINUX. It's one of reasons why the majority of servers in data centers are still Windows. We do have a mix of UNIX servers in our environment, but they are largely used for specialized applications such as our science computing clusters.
I'm happy that s large majority of UNIX/LINUX servers works well in your environment. But, from my experience, it's relatively unique.
What a coincidence - Windows 8 just made its Alpha release too.
Funny, but misleading...
Windows 8 cannot be used as an AD server. You need Windows Server version 2000, 2003, 2008, or 2012 (Server version of Windows 8) to implement Active Directory services. AD has been around since Dec 1999, when Windows Server 2000 was released. Windows Server 2000 and AD wer in alpha/beta for almost 2 years before that.
SAMBA4 has been in beta since June and has just been updated to a release candidate.
Would I run AD on SAMBA4 in a production corporate IT environment. No! Not if I wanted to keep my job. There are too many critical corporate functions that rely on AD for authentication to trust it to a new and unproven technology. I might use it in a development environment until it is proven, but not production.
Don't get me wrong. I have used SAMBA3 in an NT environment and as an authentication mechanism in an AD environment for UNIX systems. But SAMBA4 is still too new.
In the context of the article, the word used to decelerate when coming into a corner should be "brake" not "break". The traditional use of the word "break" indicates that the car has become "broken" or is damaged in some way.
While it's true that the saying "make a break for it" indicates taking off in a different direction, there is no connotation of slowing down. In fact, it has the opposite connotation of picking up speed. In the case of cornering, you have to slow the vehicle down or centrifugal force will cause the vehicle to leave the road.
In this case you would BRAKE going into a corner and you then MAKE A BREAK out of the corner (i.e. quickly picking up speed to try to gain an advantage).
Gas stations bury their gas tanks underground with few problems of water seepage. Granted, they aren't surrounded by water and there is little water pressure (i.e. covered by water). However, you would think that they would have at least waterproofed the fuel tanks.
No, for PIXAR to have "bought" Disney, Jobs would have to have ended up with over 50% of Disney holdings. Instead, he received approximately 7% of Disney stock as part of the stock swap. While this did make him the single largest shareholder of Disney, he did not end up with enough stock to control the company. Two of the top institutional holders together (4% each) could easily outvote him (and now his estate).
Then again, why let facts get in the way of a good story...
The theory behind the cloud is that your data is available on multiple devices wherever you go. This is only a reality if you stay within your own connectivity area. Anyone who travels quickly understands that access to the cloud either becomes prohibitively expensive (data roaming) or limited. Streaming music on a beach in Mexico, and for example, if requires paying huge data roaming fees or requires the purchase of a local SIM card and an unlocked device. In my opinion the cloud will not become useful until worldwide data plans become inexpensive.
I'm curious how a strategy has failed when it's just starting to be implemented. Windows 8 has yet to be released, a handful of Windows 7 phones were released just before Windows 8 was announced, Nokia's market share is growing worldwide (US market being the exception), and Christmas is just around the corner. Nokia has enough on-hand cash and income to keep operating for another 2 years, even if nothing changes.
I'm anticipating that we start seeing signs of a turnaround by first quarter 2013.
The stock didn't "dive" after the 920 announcement (Sept 5th) and it didn't go down because of any disappointment. If that was the case, explain the bullish stock run from the 7th to the 16th. If investors were so disappointment with the announcement, why would people be buying the stock?
Most tech stock exhibit a similar pattern right after a product announcement. One of the sayings in the stock market today is "Buy the Rumor, Sell the News". Rumors and expectations create buzz that influences stock prices. In this case, the people selling Nokia after the announcement were the speculators who understand that they can make a quick buck from the buzz. It had nothing to do with the reception of the product itself.
While Windows phones have not been selling well in the US, they have been increasing market share in the rest of the world. Some people seem to forget that there are billions of people outside of the US who also buy cell phones.
My prediction is that Nokia will continue to plod along, gradually increasing their market share as they continue to introduce additional products to their line-up. They have the cash to ride out the storm and come back as a #3 or #4 phone maker. Unlike RIMM, they do know how to make phones with features that people want.
In case you didn't know, a lot of Pharma products, with the exception of "Orphan Drugs" have a relatively short patent life. What they do is come out with a drug, sell it until the patent is about to expire, tweak the formula, then come out with a new-and-improved version with a new patent life. Lather, rinse, repeat. So, while this is an example of a patent with a short life, the current system is susceptible to gaming. A short patent life by itself does not solve the problem.
I'm the same with a couple of differences. I have a 21/23 mpg SUV. I move a boat, jetskis, kayaks, to the family camp and back about once or twice a year. The big difference for me is that I have to drive 720 miles round trip, crossing the Canadian border, to the family camp and to go home for Christmas. I also have to deal with New England winter storms.
From a mileage and gas savings standpoint, it may make sense to rent. Although, I think that it is closer to a wash. But from a logistics, safety, and comfort point-of-view I'd rather spend the extra money. By safety I mean being able to see the road and react to traffic conditions further up the highway. I used to have a Mustang when I moved to New England and found it difficult seeing by all of the SUVs, trucks, vans, etc.
Believe it or not, BSODs can occur due to bad hardware/firmware, not just drivers. While you may have installed industry standard apps and signed drivers, did you also verify that the firmware of your CD-ROM, BIOS, etc. were up to date? Also, bad memory modules, incorrect timing settings, and over-clocking can cause BSODs. I'm assuming that you were not overclocking at the time, so it sounds like your CD ROM drive may need a firmware update.
The point is that BSODs are not random occurrences, there is usually an underlying cause.
I graduated from high school in 86. We had one computer, a commodore CBM in junior high, which I learned basic programming on. My Dad also bought a PET for home, which I also played with. High school had a lab with about 10 CBM computers whiich had floppy drives. They also had a phone coupler and a modem. I spent most of the time in high school playing video games. It wasn't until I bought my first PC for university (AT computer) that I started learning more about computers. I later took a Comp Sci degree which filled in a lot of blanks.
The floppy was invented and used in computers WAY before Apple though to include it. The floppy disk was invented in the late 60's. The original 8" disks were first used in IBM mainframes to upgrade microcode. 5 1/4" disks were created in 1976, around the same time that Apple started building computers. IBM used these in their CBM and, later, PET computers. As you can see, Apple was late to the floppy party as Apple didn't even exist when floppy drives were first in use. The floppy drive ecosystem developed outside of the sphere of Apple and would have been fine without them. Apple wasn't even a blip on the radar. IBM ruled.
It could be argued that Apple's primary usage of USB influenced the market to speed up the creation of USB peripherals, but this was happening anyway. The PC industry was alive and vibrant at this time with new features constantly being crammed into motherboards, CPU and memory speeds doubling, dedicated 3D and audio boards being created, etc. USB would have developed, possibly a bit slower, without Apple. While Apple had grown at this point, they were still considered a small player in the overall computer industry.
If Jobs MO was to develop for the masses, why didn't he include USB and memory ports on the iPad? Why do you need an accessory add-on just to import photos?
This is just one of the design choices that were made that makes it harder, not easier, for the masses. I don't doubt that his goal was a seamless user experience with a minimum of aggravation. However, his vision, which had no room for alternatives, got in the way of actually achieving this. Apple then had to either create, or allow the market to create, expensive add-ons to enable simple things like importing photos from external cameras.
Windows on the desktop may be declining from a Home user perspective, but this just isn't the case for the Enterprise. It'll take at least another 5 years before we start seeing enterprise desktops and laptops being disrupted by more powerful tablets with docks. However, it's quite possible that enterprises will choose to deploy some version of the Intel/Windows tablet.
The reason is that enterprises already have the infrastructure, knowledge, and personnel to manage and maintain Windows systems. Enterprise tools just aren't available or robust enough today to manage iOS or Android deployments. Why do you think most enterprises are still using Blackberrys? Because they have the ecosystem to support them and lock them down.
For such a key business tool as a phone system, I would not rely on open source. I would purchase a system that has a good support tack record and that was easy to manage.
One of the last projects that I worked on for my previous company was to deploy a new VOIP phone system to a 100 person office. The vendor equipment that we used was ShoreTel. They have fairly inexpensive systems and an app that integrates into Outlook that shows you any incoming calls, voice mail, etc. They have also developed a mobile tool for smart phones, etc. More importantly, once configured it is easy to manage and maintain.
My recommendation would be to look at ShoreTel or a similar small/medium size solution that can grow with the company.
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If their friends have a PS3, then get a PS3. If their friends have an XBox, get an XBox. Why? Because they can then share games...
...isn't this going a bit too far?
There are populations of particular groups that tend to be a certain race/gender even though there may be no gender or race bias. For example, a kinitting circle is likely to be a bunch of older women who, I'm sure, would love to include others. At some point we have to accept that certain things appeal to a particular group that have nothing to do with racism, sexism, or ageism. The "-isms" only come into play when people are being deliberately or systematically excluded, not when the makeup of a group isn't what some of us might want it to be.
If the organizers were concerned about the lack of diversity in the speaker lineup, then it would make more sense to include an open discussion session with attendees to discuss how to appeal to a wider audience. At least then they would be doing something constructive, instead of running away with their tails between their legs.
I'm an old-time PC player but have been using my PS3 console for gaming over the last couple of years.
I am currently playing Skyrim. I started playing on the PS3, but bought the Windows version when it became obvious that the DLCs either will not be coming for the PS3 or will be scaled down. I also bought a XBox controller and a USB receiver so that I could continue to use a gaming controller. I also output the sound and video to my TV/surround system. I was amazed at the better graphics, sound, etc. on the PC. I had forgotten that PC gaming was such a rich experience, in comparison to the consoles.
That being said, even if Skyrim was available for Linux, I would not switch. I also use Microsoft Outlook/Office, Video editing apps (i.e. TMPGenc), Photo Editing apps (Photoshop Elements), etc. which are not available on Linux. As the iPad/iPhone/iCrap users like to say, it's all about the Apps, man, it's all about the apps....
Computer Science is the overarching term for everything to do with computers. This includes computer science theory, hardware engineering, software engineering, networking, etc. A good Computer Science program covers the theory required to build a computer from scratch (circuitry, microchips, firmware, software, etc). A good Software Engineering program provides practical skills to develop applications, games, etc.
As far as independent garages go, why would they need to be certified?
Oh, right, otherwise they don't have access to the manufacturer's diagnostic codes and meanings!
One of the good things that came out of this election cycle in Massachusetts is that voters voted Yes for the "Right to Repair" ballot. This essentially forces car manufacturers to provide "proprietary" diagnostics information to independent garages.
I don't know how the parent can be rated Insightful. The Vista debacle, with the exception of the new user access controls, was caused by OEMs. They didn't believe in Microsoft's release dates and weren't even close to having Vista drivers ready. As a result, upgrades failed, users couldn't connect to their peripherals or functionality was missing, etc.
Under the covers, Windows 7 is essentially Vista SP1.
... and when they've done something important like Bin Ladin, let them brag about it. Sit down with them, figure out what can get released and what can't. Then let them hit good morning America.
And set up their friends and family for retaliation by other terrorists? Not a good idea....
The reason why many insurgents use the spray and pray tactics is because they do not have the equipment, training, and skills to act strategically. The seals are picked for their abilities and train in tight units for years. It has nothing to do with understanding techniques or tactics. For example, I may know how to play football and I many know the strategy, but there is no way that me and my buddies could beat a professional NFL team (or a college team, for that matter). It's the training and skills that makes the difference.
I know exactly what I'm talking about, in my experience the only people who blast Linux are really covering up the fact they don't understand it. Windows is capable because Microsoft slapped a over bloated GUI on. I've used many Windows and Linux servers and I have yet to see a case where Linux wasn't the better choice in 99% of all cases. That 1% is for the "special" software that some VP wants installed that only runs on Windows.
I'm curious as to how you define "better" in the 99% of cases where you would select UNIX/LINUX?
Do you mean more corporate support? or, perhaps, you were talking about the ratio of Windows system administrators vs LINUX administrators on the market? Or, maybe you meant the ability to manage and update all of those servers with centralized management tools? These are all benefits that Windows has always had over UNIX/LINUX. It's one of reasons why the majority of servers in data centers are still Windows. We do have a mix of UNIX servers in our environment, but they are largely used for specialized applications such as our science computing clusters.
I'm happy that s large majority of UNIX/LINUX servers works well in your environment. But, from my experience, it's relatively unique.
What a coincidence - Windows 8 just made its Alpha release too.
Funny, but misleading...
Windows 8 cannot be used as an AD server. You need Windows Server version 2000, 2003, 2008, or 2012 (Server version of Windows 8) to implement Active Directory services. AD has been around since Dec 1999, when Windows Server 2000 was released. Windows Server 2000 and AD wer in alpha/beta for almost 2 years before that.
SAMBA4 has been in beta since June and has just been updated to a release candidate.
Would I run AD on SAMBA4 in a production corporate IT environment. No! Not if I wanted to keep my job. There are too many critical corporate functions that rely on AD for authentication to trust it to a new and unproven technology. I might use it in a development environment until it is proven, but not production.
Don't get me wrong. I have used SAMBA3 in an NT environment and as an authentication mechanism in an AD environment for UNIX systems. But SAMBA4 is still too new.
In the context of the article, the word used to decelerate when coming into a corner should be "brake" not "break". The traditional use of the word "break" indicates that the car has become "broken" or is damaged in some way.
While it's true that the saying "make a break for it" indicates taking off in a different direction, there is no connotation of slowing down. In fact, it has the opposite connotation of picking up speed. In the case of cornering, you have to slow the vehicle down or centrifugal force will cause the vehicle to leave the road.
In this case you would BRAKE going into a corner and you then MAKE A BREAK out of the corner (i.e. quickly picking up speed to try to gain an advantage).
Gas stations bury their gas tanks underground with few problems of water seepage. Granted, they aren't surrounded by water and there is little water pressure (i.e. covered by water). However, you would think that they would have at least waterproofed the fuel tanks.
No, for PIXAR to have "bought" Disney, Jobs would have to have ended up with over 50% of Disney holdings. Instead, he received approximately 7% of Disney stock as part of the stock swap. While this did make him the single largest shareholder of Disney, he did not end up with enough stock to control the company. Two of the top institutional holders together (4% each) could easily outvote him (and now his estate).
Then again, why let facts get in the way of a good story...
The theory behind the cloud is that your data is available on multiple devices wherever you go. This is only a reality if you stay within your own connectivity area. Anyone who travels quickly understands that access to the cloud either becomes prohibitively expensive (data roaming) or limited. Streaming music on a beach in Mexico, and for example, if requires paying huge data roaming fees or requires the purchase of a local SIM card and an unlocked device. In my opinion the cloud will not become useful until worldwide data plans become inexpensive.
Wait... If you are running RAID-5 without a hot spare or two, you are just doing it wrong....
I'm curious how a strategy has failed when it's just starting to be implemented. Windows 8 has yet to be released, a handful of Windows 7 phones were released just before Windows 8 was announced, Nokia's market share is growing worldwide (US market being the exception), and Christmas is just around the corner. Nokia has enough on-hand cash and income to keep operating for another 2 years, even if nothing changes.
I'm anticipating that we start seeing signs of a turnaround by first quarter 2013.
The stock didn't "dive" after the 920 announcement (Sept 5th) and it didn't go down because of any disappointment. If that was the case, explain the bullish stock run from the 7th to the 16th. If investors were so disappointment with the announcement, why would people be buying the stock?
Most tech stock exhibit a similar pattern right after a product announcement. One of the sayings in the stock market today is "Buy the Rumor, Sell the News". Rumors and expectations create buzz that influences stock prices. In this case, the people selling Nokia after the announcement were the speculators who understand that they can make a quick buck from the buzz. It had nothing to do with the reception of the product itself.
While Windows phones have not been selling well in the US, they have been increasing market share in the rest of the world. Some people seem to forget that there are billions of people outside of the US who also buy cell phones.
My prediction is that Nokia will continue to plod along, gradually increasing their market share as they continue to introduce additional products to their line-up. They have the cash to ride out the storm and come back as a #3 or #4 phone maker. Unlike RIMM, they do know how to make phones with features that people want.
In case you didn't know, a lot of Pharma products, with the exception of "Orphan Drugs" have a relatively short patent life. What they do is come out with a drug, sell it until the patent is about to expire, tweak the formula, then come out with a new-and-improved version with a new patent life. Lather, rinse, repeat. So, while this is an example of a patent with a short life, the current system is susceptible to gaming. A short patent life by itself does not solve the problem.
I'm the same with a couple of differences. I have a 21/23 mpg SUV. I move a boat, jetskis, kayaks, to the family camp and back about once or twice a year. The big difference for me is that I have to drive 720 miles round trip, crossing the Canadian border, to the family camp and to go home for Christmas. I also have to deal with New England winter storms.
From a mileage and gas savings standpoint, it may make sense to rent. Although, I think that it is closer to a wash. But from a logistics, safety, and comfort point-of-view I'd rather spend the extra money. By safety I mean being able to see the road and react to traffic conditions further up the highway. I used to have a Mustang when I moved to New England and found it difficult seeing by all of the SUVs, trucks, vans, etc.
Believe it or not, BSODs can occur due to bad hardware/firmware, not just drivers. While you may have installed industry standard apps and signed drivers, did you also verify that the firmware of your CD-ROM, BIOS, etc. were up to date? Also, bad memory modules, incorrect timing settings, and over-clocking can cause BSODs. I'm assuming that you were not overclocking at the time, so it sounds like your CD ROM drive may need a firmware update.
The point is that BSODs are not random occurrences, there is usually an underlying cause.
I graduated from high school in 86. We had one computer, a commodore CBM in junior high, which I learned basic programming on. My Dad also bought a PET for home, which I also played with. High school had a lab with about 10 CBM computers whiich had floppy drives. They also had a phone coupler and a modem. I spent most of the time in high school playing video games. It wasn't until I bought my first PC for university (AT computer) that I started learning more about computers. I later took a Comp Sci degree which filled in a lot of blanks.
The floppy was invented and used in computers WAY before Apple though to include it. The floppy disk was invented in the late 60's. The original 8" disks were first used in IBM mainframes to upgrade microcode. 5 1/4" disks were created in 1976, around the same time that Apple started building computers. IBM used these in their CBM and, later, PET computers. As you can see, Apple was late to the floppy party as Apple didn't even exist when floppy drives were first in use. The floppy drive ecosystem developed outside of the sphere of Apple and would have been fine without them. Apple wasn't even a blip on the radar. IBM ruled.
It could be argued that Apple's primary usage of USB influenced the market to speed up the creation of USB peripherals, but this was happening anyway. The PC industry was alive and vibrant at this time with new features constantly being crammed into motherboards, CPU and memory speeds doubling, dedicated 3D and audio boards being created, etc. USB would have developed, possibly a bit slower, without Apple. While Apple had grown at this point, they were still considered a small player in the overall computer industry.
If Jobs MO was to develop for the masses, why didn't he include USB and memory ports on the iPad? Why do you need an accessory add-on just to import photos?
This is just one of the design choices that were made that makes it harder, not easier, for the masses. I don't doubt that his goal was a seamless user experience with a minimum of aggravation. However, his vision, which had no room for alternatives, got in the way of actually achieving this. Apple then had to either create, or allow the market to create, expensive add-ons to enable simple things like importing photos from external cameras.
Windows on the desktop may be declining from a Home user perspective, but this just isn't the case for the Enterprise. It'll take at least another 5 years before we start seeing enterprise desktops and laptops being disrupted by more powerful tablets with docks. However, it's quite possible that enterprises will choose to deploy some version of the Intel/Windows tablet.
The reason is that enterprises already have the infrastructure, knowledge, and personnel to manage and maintain Windows systems. Enterprise tools just aren't available or robust enough today to manage iOS or Android deployments. Why do you think most enterprises are still using Blackberrys? Because they have the ecosystem to support them and lock them down.
For such a key business tool as a phone system, I would not rely on open source. I would purchase a system that has a good support tack record and that was easy to manage.
One of the last projects that I worked on for my previous company was to deploy a new VOIP phone system to a 100 person office. The vendor equipment that we used was ShoreTel. They have fairly inexpensive systems and an app that integrates into Outlook that shows you any incoming calls, voice mail, etc. They have also developed a mobile tool for smart phones, etc. More importantly, once configured it is easy to manage and maintain.
My recommendation would be to look at ShoreTel or a similar small/medium size solution that can grow with the company.