Although I've always thought of these things as terminals anyways. They're like dumb terminals or Sun workstations connecting to some other much bigger centralized machine (like the ship's main computer).
Although iPads aren't quite proper terminals either.
Ultimately, you need leadership that wants to take pride in the product. It has to be about more than just screwing the customer or the employees. That may require someone that's an engineer or not. It's not really the job skills that are important as much as it is their approach to the work. Someone who has no shame will be willing to shove crap out the door that may eventually destroy the reputation of the company or lead to crippling lawsuits.
You don't need to be an engineer to recognize crap. You might need to be an engineer in order to care.
There are still some basic principles that exist on all databases that don't really change despite whatever minor quirks in syntax you might encounter.
Things that are going to clobber you during a port from one RDBMS vendor to another are going to be a bit more subtle than that.
Being able to use standard syntax from the start is potentially quite useful. You also don't have to actively seek out and use the non-standard features that are present in whatever product you are using. This applies to more than just RDBMS servers.
A basic copy of Oracle really doesn't cost that much money really. Compared to other small business expenses, it's not that terrible. Being a cheap bast*rd and underfunded isn't really a very good excuse. It's even easy to get completely for free if you are just futzing around in your free time.
Yes. The goal is to sell hardware. So you don't want buggered machines doing god knows what and offending your customers.
It doesn't even have to be malicious. One of your machines may have just gotten used by someone with a knack for breaking things.
Seems like Apple was following the Ostrich theory of systems security and IT management here: just stick their heads in a hold and hope all it all just works out.
The idea of lawyers standing up to defend the rights of the despised is something that goes way back. It didn't just start with the ACLU or EFF. Patriots were doing it even when we still thought of ourselves as British subjects. It's part of the rule of law. Although this sort of thing has been disparaged as of late.
No. I'm looking at the world through a corporate mindset that has trust issues with other companies.
The GPL was created not because RMS had a political agenda but because some corporation chose to take advantage of the community. His contributors rightfully objected to the situation and held him responsible.
Any collaboration framework needs to work as intended even in the worst case scenario. You can't just engage in "wishful thinking" with business entities. You will just get taken advantage of.
This is simply a myth. Unless you are one of the lucky few that gets pushed to the front by your label, you will likely need to do your own marketing anyways. This also applies to other things like books. The gatekeeper system is not all that it is cracked up to be.
Also the bands that tend to make it are the ones that have some industry saavy and a bit of a clue. It takes a lot to stick out from the crowd and making your own opportunities can be of considerable benefit. You can't just wait for A&R men to beat a path to your door even under the old gatekeeper system.
The only reason I ever go to a cinema is the expectation that the movie will deliver a different experience in a real movie house.
Otherwise I just wait for the DVD. If I forget about that movie by the time it gets to DVD/Netflix, I might lose track of it until it pops up on my PVR.
Very few movies rate much attention. Most don't benefit from the "cinema experience".
There is some music that I have bought in multiple formats as those formats came along. CDs were introduced in the 80s and continued to become more predominant through out the 90s. Any sales statistics starting from the tail end of the 90s or 2000 include some of this artificial churn created by the transition between formats. There are a lot of recordings that I had on tape but never bothered with on CD and a lot of things I bought again.
Once those legacy purchases were done, the rest was a relative trickle.
I am sure that part of what the industry is suffering is the fact that a 30 year old recording on CD will last forever. New devices play files and files can stick around as long as you can copy them to new media. I have 15 year old e-books. Eventually, parts of my video library will be just as old and able to fit on a $50 thumb drive like my music collection can.
Sharing with the swarm is a natural and obvious consequence of preventing the individual from using their personal property in an easy and convenient manner.
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X did that whole "remote desktop" thing 20 years ago.
I dunno. Did you ever actually see that?
Although I've always thought of these things as terminals anyways. They're like dumb terminals or Sun workstations connecting to some other much bigger centralized machine (like the ship's main computer).
Although iPads aren't quite proper terminals either.
No. Engineering is critically important.
Honda cares about making the fastest engines in the world. GM cares about being better salesmen.
All of the latest fads from management school really don't matter if you're not interested in pleasing the customer to begin with.
Ultimately, you need leadership that wants to take pride in the product. It has to be about more than just screwing the customer or the employees. That may require someone that's an engineer or not. It's not really the job skills that are important as much as it is their approach to the work. Someone who has no shame will be willing to shove crap out the door that may eventually destroy the reputation of the company or lead to crippling lawsuits.
You don't need to be an engineer to recognize crap. You might need to be an engineer in order to care.
There are still some basic principles that exist on all databases that don't really change despite whatever minor quirks in syntax you might encounter.
Things that are going to clobber you during a port from one RDBMS vendor to another are going to be a bit more subtle than that.
Being able to use standard syntax from the start is potentially quite useful. You also don't have to actively seek out and use the non-standard features that are present in whatever product you are using. This applies to more than just RDBMS servers.
A basic copy of Oracle really doesn't cost that much money really. Compared to other small business expenses, it's not that terrible. Being a cheap bast*rd and underfunded isn't really a very good excuse. It's even easy to get completely for free if you are just futzing around in your free time.
Don't you kind of assume that you will be under survelliance when you are in the the Apple store or any other store for that matter?
The store is going to have cameras trained on you trying to prevent and catch shoplifting.
The only difference here is that the data is going to some guy that doesn't work for Apple.
Otherwise, the situation is pretty much normal. It's been like this for decades already. Merchant survelliance is nothing new by a long stretch.
Yes. The goal is to sell hardware. So you don't want buggered machines doing god knows what and offending your customers.
It doesn't even have to be malicious. One of your machines may have just gotten used by someone with a knack for breaking things.
Seems like Apple was following the Ostrich theory of systems security and IT management here: just stick their heads in a hold and hope all it all just works out.
The idea of lawyers standing up to defend the rights of the despised is something that goes way back. It didn't just start with the ACLU or EFF. Patriots were doing it even when we still thought of ourselves as British subjects. It's part of the rule of law. Although this sort of thing has been disparaged as of late.
No. I'm looking at the world through a corporate mindset that has trust issues with other companies.
The GPL was created not because RMS had a political agenda but because some corporation chose to take advantage of the community. His contributors rightfully objected to the situation and held him responsible.
Any collaboration framework needs to work as intended even in the worst case scenario. You can't just engage in "wishful thinking" with business entities. You will just get taken advantage of.
This is simply a myth. Unless you are one of the lucky few that gets pushed to the front by your label, you will likely need to do your own marketing anyways. This also applies to other things like books. The gatekeeper system is not all that it is cracked up to be.
Also the bands that tend to make it are the ones that have some industry saavy and a bit of a clue. It takes a lot to stick out from the crowd and making your own opportunities can be of considerable benefit. You can't just wait for A&R men to beat a path to your door even under the old gatekeeper system.
Yeah, great to replace an optical disk that is cheap enough to be disposable with something that isn't quite so dirt cheap anymore.
> but instead how to specifically do this for Lion, since Lion doesn't come on a disc like previous versions.
Write the disk image to an actual CD.
That's kind of like what Linux has been doing since pretty much forever.
You can create your own private "app store" with Linux too.
I expect the stumbling block here is creating some sort of normal looking install media for MacOS Lion.
Once you've got that, it's actually pretty simple to target any USB storage device. Just install it like you would a normal disk. Pretty simple stuff.
They are state supported public broadcasting. What "investment" did they ever need to pay off?
Disk sales should be entirely gravy. So should any licenses to their poor cousins in America.
Yeah, but I would replicate my own using a recipe from the web.
I have a number of these sorts of "knockoff" recipes.l
...yes, because stuff "being out there" works so well now.
Most people really can't be bothered.
Most people don't even bother with PVRs.
The industry is really paranoid over nothing. People are lazy and cheap. They are probably more lazy than they are cheap.
Anything that involves some sort of rube goldberg what-if scenario is badly divorced from reality.
I would write my senators but they are already in Hollywood's pocket.
It's sad really. You would think that our senators were Democrats from California rather than Republicans from the Deep South.
Buy your movies now before they put them back in the vault...
+...or not.
Right now, physical media offers a wider selection and lower prices. Electronic rentals still need to catch up in this area.
I can wait.
The only reason I ever go to a cinema is the expectation that the movie will deliver a different experience in a real movie house.
Otherwise I just wait for the DVD. If I forget about that movie by the time it gets to DVD/Netflix, I might lose track of it until it pops up on my PVR.
Very few movies rate much attention. Most don't benefit from the "cinema experience".
The Arab League gave us an ingraved invitation and by golly we took them up on it.
There is some music that I have bought in multiple formats as those formats came along. CDs were introduced in the 80s and continued to become more predominant through out the 90s. Any sales statistics starting from the tail end of the 90s or 2000 include some of this artificial churn created by the transition between formats. There are a lot of recordings that I had on tape but never bothered with on CD and a lot of things I bought again.
Once those legacy purchases were done, the rest was a relative trickle.
I am sure that part of what the industry is suffering is the fact that a 30 year old recording on CD will last forever. New devices play files and files can stick around as long as you can copy them to new media. I have 15 year old e-books. Eventually, parts of my video library will be just as old and able to fit on a $50 thumb drive like my music collection can.
Since DRM hasn't stopped anything in this regard then what does it matter really?
All DRM has done has made it impossible for the average Joe to fill his iTunes video collection with stuff he bought in the bargain bin at Walmart.
If I buy music on physical media, it is not a bother for me to pull it into iTunes or MCE or MythTV.
If I buy video that way, it is a considerable bother to do the same.
Sharing with the swarm is a natural and obvious consequence of preventing the individual from using their personal property in an easy and convenient manner.