Going to a new lightening system is seldom as simple as unscrewing one and screwing in another. Many trade-offs exist. Not really. You're screwed either way.
Left to themselves Congresspeople generally aren't too bad... it's the undue influence that's causing most of the problems.
The real problem is that law makers think it is their job to... well, make laws. They become consumed by the process and can only think in terms of "more laws, more laws, more laws", never "let's sit back and do nothing for a while". I think we all need more Ron Pauls.
p.s. that was a joke about all Americans sucking of course
Unless I am REALLY missing something, it is next to impossible to go from a blurry distorted image to pin-sharp. Really close to impossible. It is a matter of data. If you start from blurry, you cannot actually obtain the information required to unblur it. It does not exist. But if you take another image of the same scene, you just captured some more information. An algorithm can attempt to combine this added information from two or more frames into a single image of the scene which has more information in it than a single frame.
I think the part you are missing is that this is about enhancing a scene using multiple images of the same scene.
GP is not insightful but way off. Recovery Partition != Recovery Disk. Even on systems that ship without recovery CDs, a utility is always provided to allow you to make your own. (BTW recovery from partition is WAY quicker when it works).
By the time you remove the bloat-ware, you're still better off. The vast majority of customers will have a better experience using recovery disks. If it really bothers you, then you already know how to do it yourself using your own media.
He did not call for a ban, he instead asked for the media to exercise some self-restraint on these matters. The main point he was making is that if an innocent person's name is dragged through the mud, then it is the media's fault for doing it.
I happen to disagree with him though. If you detain someone without reasonable grounds and continue to interrogate and harass for days, then you're pretty much responsible for the ill treatment.
Rather than trying to document processes, set up an information repository that staff can draw on to do their jobs.
In our organisation we run a wiki on the intranet. Initially I thought we would document processes and I tried to kick start things and encouraged others to contribute. Things turned out a bit differently to what I thought we wanted in the beginning. The Wiki is now a general purpose, knowledge and information repository rather than some procedure manual. IMO, it is much more valuable than any procedure manual could be. Combined with good search functionality, if your looking to get something done, that has been done before, chances are there'll be some articles in the wiki about it.
What I'm getting at I guess is get a Wiki up and running and get the ball rolling with some useful information in there, e.g. letter templates, supplier contacts, whatever is relevant to your organisation. Staff will naturally use it if it means they need to remember less or explain things less often to their colleagues.
How can Microsoft justify the high-cost of vista premium when all you get is a DVD that cost less than $0.25 to produce? Cost of developing the software. Cost of continuing to develop and bug fix the software. Heck, the amount of data coming off MS servers due to updates and the such would cost a fair bit in bandwidth over the life of a single install.
How can phone companies charge more for international telephone calls than they do for international data transmission, like Skype, which transmits the same audio? Q.O.S. Quality of Service. Over-priced though probably. Similar situation to what the SAME TELCOs are doing with SMS.
How can Apple justify factory macbook upgrades which cost more than doing the same upgrades yourself? Hello! It's a MAC! Seriously though, people that pay it DESERVE to pay it. Non-suckers don't.
How can air lines and train companies justify changing ticket prices for the same service closer to departure, when the cost of providing the service remains the same? Because they can. How often do you book a last minute airline ticket? 5-10 times a day?
How can Intel make a bunch of Core 2 chips then justify charging a premium for the ones that remain stable at higher clock rates, when both fast and slow chips cost the same amount to make? Would you pay the same price for a slow chip?
The answer is: The companies can charge what they like for products, the cost of production doesn't have to factor into the price at all. Companies like to maximise profits, therefore they set their prices at a point where they will make the most profit - which usually means high enough to make a good profit per item, but low enough not to drive customers to competitors. Yeah but it still sucks and IMO is unethical in the case of SMS. Unfortunately the in many places there are only two or three companies running the networks. The providers naturally stick with monopoly-like pricing for the SMS service. Maybe because the big selling point for most plans is voice rates.
What are the privacy implications? Would the data feed be anonymous or not? If not, then the government will effectively have a log of the whereabouts of everyone carrying one of these things. Will people be comfortable with that?
If it is anonymous, then it can easily be rendered useless by being flooded with false alarms and fake data.
The impression I got was relatively small branch offices. With a 100 devices or more you'd certainly want either local servers or a big fat (expensive) link to your data centre. Can't see how that would be avoidable.
As for Sun Ray, Linux is supported for running the server software, and proxying RDP seamlessly is straightforward AND supported.
I second that. You don't need a really fat link to your branch offices either. Just factor about 1.5 Mbps as a base plus add an extra 512 kbps per Sun Ray and that should do.
We use Sun Rays. When there is no card in there, the unit puts the monitor into standby after 10 minutes or so. The Sun Ray itself has a 100 MHz RISC processor and not much else, so power consumption is tiny. Powering up in the morning is as simple as inserting the card and entering your password and you're right where you left off.
There are other thin-client solutions out there to which most of these advantages would apply. I know it is a tired old topic, but is anyone else surprised that "thin" is the exception and not the norm?
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All Americans suck because they think:
Left to themselves Congresspeople generally aren't too badThe real problem is that law makers think it is their job to... well, make laws. They become consumed by the process and can only think in terms of "more laws, more laws, more laws", never "let's sit back and do nothing for a while". I think we all need more Ron Pauls.
p.s. that was a joke about all Americans sucking of course
I think the part you are missing is that this is about enhancing a scene using multiple images of the same scene.
Mod parent up.
GP is not insightful but way off. Recovery Partition != Recovery Disk. Even on systems that ship without recovery CDs, a utility is always provided to allow you to make your own. (BTW recovery from partition is WAY quicker when it works).
What do you people have against recovery disks? The way I see it:
Pros:
Cons:
By the time you remove the bloat-ware, you're still better off. The vast majority of customers will have a better experience using recovery disks. If it really bothers you, then you already know how to do it yourself using your own media.
That's tracert for you Windows folks.
He did not call for a ban, he instead asked for the media to exercise some self-restraint on these matters. The main point he was making is that if an innocent person's name is dragged through the mud, then it is the media's fault for doing it.
I happen to disagree with him though. If you detain someone without reasonable grounds and continue to interrogate and harass for days, then you're pretty much responsible for the ill treatment.
Rather than trying to document processes, set up an information repository that staff can draw on to do their jobs.
In our organisation we run a wiki on the intranet. Initially I thought we would document processes and I tried to kick start things and encouraged others to contribute. Things turned out a bit differently to what I thought we wanted in the beginning. The Wiki is now a general purpose, knowledge and information repository rather than some procedure manual. IMO, it is much more valuable than any procedure manual could be. Combined with good search functionality, if your looking to get something done, that has been done before, chances are there'll be some articles in the wiki about it.
What I'm getting at I guess is get a Wiki up and running and get the ball rolling with some useful information in there, e.g. letter templates, supplier contacts, whatever is relevant to your organisation. Staff will naturally use it if it means they need to remember less or explain things less often to their colleagues.
Cost of developing the software. Cost of continuing to develop and bug fix the software. Heck, the amount of data coming off MS servers due to updates and the such would cost a fair bit in bandwidth over the life of a single install. How can phone companies charge more for international telephone calls than they do for international data transmission, like Skype, which transmits the same audio?
Q.O.S. Quality of Service. Over-priced though probably. Similar situation to what the SAME TELCOs are doing with SMS. How can Apple justify factory macbook upgrades which cost more than doing the same upgrades yourself?
Hello! It's a MAC! Seriously though, people that pay it DESERVE to pay it. Non-suckers don't. How can air lines and train companies justify changing ticket prices for the same service closer to departure, when the cost of providing the service remains the same?
Because they can. How often do you book a last minute airline ticket? 5-10 times a day? How can Intel make a bunch of Core 2 chips then justify charging a premium for the ones that remain stable at higher clock rates, when both fast and slow chips cost the same amount to make? Would you pay the same price for a slow chip? The answer is: The companies can charge what they like for products, the cost of production doesn't have to factor into the price at all. Companies like to maximise profits, therefore they set their prices at a point where they will make the most profit - which usually means high enough to make a good profit per item, but low enough not to drive customers to competitors. Yeah but it still sucks and IMO is unethical in the case of SMS. Unfortunately the in many places there are only two or three companies running the networks. The providers naturally stick with monopoly-like pricing for the SMS service. Maybe because the big selling point for most plans is voice rates.
Is the iPhone sleek and sexy? Of course, but so are a host of supermodels that I would not want to get into a 2 hour conversation with...
I feel the same way about the status of voice recognition in today's phones. I wouldn't exactly call them "super" models though.
Training != Education
Unfortunately schools and most higher education institutions are all about training work-bots and getting them deployed ASAP.
You still managed to make a post. It must be defective.
No need to worry. Bricks burn up pretty quickly when they drop out of orbit.
What are the privacy implications? Would the data feed be anonymous or not? If not, then the government will effectively have a log of the whereabouts of everyone carrying one of these things. Will people be comfortable with that?
If it is anonymous, then it can easily be rendered useless by being flooded with false alarms and fake data.
In Soviet Russia denial services you!
The impression I got was relatively small branch offices. With a 100 devices or more you'd certainly want either local servers or a big fat (expensive) link to your data centre. Can't see how that would be avoidable.
As for Sun Ray, Linux is supported for running the server software, and proxying RDP seamlessly is straightforward AND supported.
I second that. You don't need a really fat link to your branch offices either. Just factor about 1.5 Mbps as a base plus add an extra 512 kbps per Sun Ray and that should do.
We use Sun Rays. When there is no card in there, the unit puts the monitor into standby after 10 minutes or so. The Sun Ray itself has a 100 MHz RISC processor and not much else, so power consumption is tiny. Powering up in the morning is as simple as inserting the card and entering your password and you're right where you left off.
There are other thin-client solutions out there to which most of these advantages would apply. I know it is a tired old topic, but is anyone else surprised that "thin" is the exception and not the norm?
Put your tongue between the terminals of a 9V battery. Do you experience:
( ) A tingle?
( ) Tongue lock?
(*) Oooh yeah!
this really is The New Black.
I think, therefore I beg to differ.
That's how I posted this comment. The hard part was remembering those darn cookies to send back. ^D