From the second fine article: "It's the nature of employees to want to do the things outsiders might do for you. And it's not just money it's costing you. People coming from outside your organization are free to think without the encumbrances of insiders."
No, it's not. It's the nature of consultants to want to separate you as a company from your money. It is the nature of consultants to attempt to sell their services by any means possible, including questioning the work ethic and intelligence of employees.
"People coming from outside your organization are free to think without the encumbrances of insiders."
Yup. Instead, they are completely shackled by the encumbrances of outsiders: Not being truly invested in a company's well-being at the top.
I've been at this awhile now. I've been a consultant (and liked it) and an employee (and liked that, too). I've seen organizations go through the outsource-insource-outsource cycle enough to know it makes little difference.
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You do know this is a True Holy Grail that people have been trying to build for a long, long time, right? Object orientation was, at least partially, supposed to be a step in this direction.
I think Smalltalk had promise (and still does), but it seems I'm the only person who actually likes it.:)
I think LOGO kinda sparks people's imaginations. I remember a product called "Object Center" on our Sparcs in the 80s or 90s that was really just a class browser. Then I saw Interface Builder on a NeXT and thought that was gonna be it. But it has turned out to be really, really hard.
You would be a hero if you developed a working, practical, usable graphical (which I think you mean by "symbolic") programming language.
I think the fact that it has Windows (and not RT/iOS/Android) makes it different. If it ran OS-X, I'd be just as interested. There is software I (and, I believe, others) use that only runs on OS-X and Windows. That would be a reason for some to get this. I've wanted a tablet. There isn't an OS-X one and the other ones that run Windows (again, RT is not Windows) are much more expensive than this. Of course, if Apple ever comes out with an OS-X tablet, it's probably going to cost at least $1,500.
And yes, it WOULD make a great movie plot. The protagonist really is a spy. And he really is a herpetologist, And he's pretty good at both. His character flaws could easily be written to develop from his time in secrecy and from the unfair disqualification of his research. Brown is just an epilogue: 35 years after his death, it turns out his research was right. They don't even need good writers if they stick to what actually happened.
I looked for and couldn't find anything about my religion (since the author says they had his wrong.)
If you think you're giving something away by giving them the initial information, you're sadly naive.
I do hope the site is truthful because the data they have on me was way wrong. Since it says we're hopelessly in hock up to our eyeballs and upside down on our mortgage (we're neither), I left it alone hoping that misinformation might get a few marketers to look elsewhere for someone with some spare money to throw their way on their stuff.
Sadly (and really only generally speaking - there are exceptions), private schools' quality is driven by market forces whereas public school policies are driven by politics. School officials obtain and maintain decision making positions and power by there connections. There is little to nothing even a group of parents can do to address this. When they do, it gets taken away.
For example, in my city, parents organize "booster clubs" to raise money for their local schools and improve the quality. But parents in poorer sections of the city are often genuinely unable to do this. For example, they have a disproportionate number of families with a single parent who barely makes ends meet and works too many hours to have time to invest in a booster club. Since this is unfair, the school system is working to take money from the booster clubs to distribute to the poorer areas. So, the parents have the incentive removed and, disheartened, give up. The school system has decided, essentially, "If those schools are going to fail, it's only fair that all schools fail."
The parents can't do anything to fix their public school, so the ones who can afford it take their kids out and put them in private schools. Ms. Benedikt is correct that there are Bad Persons at play. She is dead wrong about who those Bad Persons are.
As TWiTfan implied, this is one of those extremely rare examples where trickle-down economics actually works. Someone has figured out a way besides "Art" to get wealthy people to trickle some of their money out.
I agree. My wife remembers all kinds of things (including phone numbers) with no effort at all. Me? I'd forget the sub groups, too. I was so grateful to learn the "writing with my finger" trick. Then again, I remember places and directions even years later quite naturally.
A memory trick I once learned (for remember names or phone numbers, for example) is to write the item with your finger on a roughish surface like your pants 3 times. This often works for me.
There have been studies (like this one) that seem to show that writing something down by hand reinforces learning. I'm surprised the author didn't think this might be relevant.
This is true. Microsoft creating such a UI and putting it on computers with a mouse and keyboard (and no touchscreen) is the cause of most Windows 8 angst that I've personally observed. You do eventually figure your way around, and 8.1 looks like it will address this.
I have a co-worker who's happy with his Windows 8 tablet. It seems intuitive and powerful. But it's also expensive.
There are a couple of applications I'd like on a tablet that are only available for Windows (non-RT) and OS X. They are not available for iOS, Android, or Windows RT. Hence my pondering about OS X on a tablet.
I'd gladly purchase a Surface Pro (with Real Windows) for a little more than the price they're now charging for the ones with RT. But $900? No, thank you.
I'd rather have Android or iOS than Windows RT, if I'm buying a tablet that can't run Windows apps.
On a related note: 'Wonder why Apple doesn't try a tablet with OS X for a bit more than an iPad?
Ok, yes they are. But they certainly are not scantily clad. The one on the right might be attempting a provocative stance. Or she just stands that way.
'Wonder what the funky eye makeup is supposed to mean?
I may as well fess up: I've never really liked trade shows. I don't "get" them. I haven't been to one in several years. Maybe it's because my Live-In Booth Babe for the last 22 years is also my best friend and I'd rather go for a hike with her.
My first "real" job as a software developer was writing PDP-8 assembler. We had a set of assembler macros that did a lot of the repetitive stuff. Originally, it all ran on actual PDP-8s, then we migrated to a microprocessor that ran the same instruction set.
Ah for the days when you could actually remember all of the instructions (and not just the mnemonics, either) your processor knew.:)
I've taken classes in Basic, C++, Java, other languages. I've read "exceptional" and "effective" and other books to improve my craft over the years.
But building from the ground up in an introduction to digital logic class way back in 1978 still had the most profound impact on my ability to know what's happening in a computer and on my ability to understand what's really going on "under the hood", even 35 years later.
It literally started with diodes and transistors. Building 'and' and 'or' and 'nor' (and...) gates. Hooking them together to make a flip flop. Then taking pre-built gates and making a counter. On to a simple cpu (that only knew a couple of 'instructions', IIRC). When I built an 8080 based computer, I actually knew how it worked. There has always been something comforting knowing that, deep down inside even the most powerful processors, it's still just a bunch (ok, a WHOLE LOT) of gates.
Unless this whole quantum thing gets properly defined and implemented and catches on. Maybe I'll get to start over.
Just curious - since the continental drift we acknowledge is about a cm per year, and we're all floating anyway, could this also be seen as a drift of the whole surface? I.e.: Could it be that the poles are actually stationary and the surface as a whole (as opposed to continents drifting relative to each other) moves?
I stopped reading reddit, so maybe they linked to it, too. I guess I was a little surprised that this would happen, given that we Linux people remain somewhat of a niche.
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While it seems to have died out a bit (and Oracle certainly showed little concern), there were cries from some people to remove Java from everyone's computer because of the (legitimate) exploits in applets. Am I missing something, or shouldn't the same people be calling on everyone to remove I.E. from their computers, given Microsoft's record with browser exploits?
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From the second fine article: "It's the nature of employees to want to do the things outsiders might do for you. And it's not just money it's costing you. People coming from outside your organization are free to think without the encumbrances of insiders."
No, it's not. It's the nature of consultants to want to separate you as a company from your money. It is the nature of consultants to attempt to sell their services by any means possible, including questioning the work ethic and intelligence of employees.
"People coming from outside your organization are free to think without the encumbrances of insiders."
Yup. Instead, they are completely shackled by the encumbrances of outsiders: Not being truly invested in a company's well-being at the top.
I've been at this awhile now. I've been a consultant (and liked it) and an employee (and liked that, too). I've seen organizations go through the outsource-insource-outsource cycle enough to know it makes little difference.
BREAKING NEWS: Consultant Thinks You Should Hire Consultants.
You do know this is a True Holy Grail that people have been trying to build for a long, long time, right? Object orientation was, at least partially, supposed to be a step in this direction.
I think Smalltalk had promise (and still does), but it seems I'm the only person who actually likes it. :)
I think LOGO kinda sparks people's imaginations. I remember a product called "Object Center" on our Sparcs in the 80s or 90s that was really just a class browser. Then I saw Interface Builder on a NeXT and thought that was gonna be it. But it has turned out to be really, really hard.
You would be a hero if you developed a working, practical, usable graphical (which I think you mean by "symbolic") programming language.
Mark
I think the fact that it has Windows (and not RT/iOS/Android) makes it different. If it ran OS-X, I'd be just as interested. There is software I (and, I believe, others) use that only runs on OS-X and Windows. That would be a reason for some to get this. I've wanted a tablet. There isn't an OS-X one and the other ones that run Windows (again, RT is not Windows) are much more expensive than this. Of course, if Apple ever comes out with an OS-X tablet, it's probably going to cost at least $1,500.
Ok, I don't get the "meh" posts. Touchscreen. Keyboard. $400 for 64 gb version. Real Windows (i.e.: Windows 8.1, not RT).
This is a pretty nice computer at a very nice price.
And yes, it WOULD make a great movie plot. The protagonist really is a spy. And he really is a herpetologist, And he's pretty good at both. His character flaws could easily be written to develop from his time in secrecy and from the unfair disqualification of his research. Brown is just an epilogue: 35 years after his death, it turns out his research was right. They don't even need good writers if they stick to what actually happened.
Today's Dilbert is somewhat relevant.
I looked for and couldn't find anything about my religion (since the author says they had his wrong.)
If you think you're giving something away by giving them the initial information, you're sadly naive.
I do hope the site is truthful because the data they have on me was way wrong. Since it says we're hopelessly in hock up to our eyeballs and upside down on our mortgage (we're neither), I left it alone hoping that misinformation might get a few marketers to look elsewhere for someone with some spare money to throw their way on their stuff.
Mark
Sadly (and really only generally speaking - there are exceptions), private schools' quality is driven by market forces whereas public school policies are driven by politics. School officials obtain and maintain decision making positions and power by there connections. There is little to nothing even a group of parents can do to address this. When they do, it gets taken away.
For example, in my city, parents organize "booster clubs" to raise money for their local schools and improve the quality. But parents in poorer sections of the city are often genuinely unable to do this. For example, they have a disproportionate number of families with a single parent who barely makes ends meet and works too many hours to have time to invest in a booster club. Since this is unfair, the school system is working to take money from the booster clubs to distribute to the poorer areas. So, the parents have the incentive removed and, disheartened, give up. The school system has decided, essentially, "If those schools are going to fail, it's only fair that all schools fail."
The parents can't do anything to fix their public school, so the ones who can afford it take their kids out and put them in private schools. Ms. Benedikt is correct that there are Bad Persons at play. She is dead wrong about who those Bad Persons are.
As TWiTfan implied, this is one of those extremely rare examples where trickle-down economics actually works. Someone has figured out a way besides "Art" to get wealthy people to trickle some of their money out.
memory is a funny thing
I agree. My wife remembers all kinds of things (including phone numbers) with no effort at all. Me? I'd forget the sub groups, too. I was so grateful to learn the "writing with my finger" trick. Then again, I remember places and directions even years later quite naturally.
A memory trick I once learned (for remember names or phone numbers, for example) is to write the item with your finger on a roughish surface like your pants 3 times. This often works for me.
There have been studies (like this one) that seem to show that writing something down by hand reinforces learning. I'm surprised the author didn't think this might be relevant.
This is true. Microsoft creating such a UI and putting it on computers with a mouse and keyboard (and no touchscreen) is the cause of most Windows 8 angst that I've personally observed. You do eventually figure your way around, and 8.1 looks like it will address this.
I have a co-worker who's happy with his Windows 8 tablet. It seems intuitive and powerful. But it's also expensive.
There are a couple of applications I'd like on a tablet that are only available for Windows (non-RT) and OS X. They are not available for iOS, Android, or Windows RT. Hence my pondering about OS X on a tablet.
Yes.
I'd gladly purchase a Surface Pro (with Real Windows) for a little more than the price they're now charging for the ones with RT. But $900? No, thank you.
I'd rather have Android or iOS than Windows RT, if I'm buying a tablet that can't run Windows apps.
On a related note: 'Wonder why Apple doesn't try a tablet with OS X for a bit more than an iPad?
BWAHAHA! Keystone Cops outsourcing their "job" to high school students.
Come to think of it, the valets might be *more* qualified...
They can do that already. Without giving you notice. Without the TSA telling them to do anything.
The news isn't that valets have access to your car. The news is that the TSA is having them search it.
Ok, yes they are. But they certainly are not scantily clad. The one on the right might be attempting a provocative stance. Or she just stands that way.
'Wonder what the funky eye makeup is supposed to mean?
I may as well fess up: I've never really liked trade shows. I don't "get" them. I haven't been to one in several years. Maybe it's because my Live-In Booth Babe for the last 22 years is also my best friend and I'd rather go for a hike with her.
So, any takers on the eye makeup?
Ok, Off-Topic, and I feel awful for that.
Julia Gillard looks a lot like Jodie Foster in the picture on her Wikipedia page, IMHO.
That really is all I had to say.
My first "real" job as a software developer was writing PDP-8 assembler. We had a set of assembler macros that did a lot of the repetitive stuff. Originally, it all ran on actual PDP-8s, then we migrated to a microprocessor that ran the same instruction set.
Ah for the days when you could actually remember all of the instructions (and not just the mnemonics, either) your processor knew. :)
I've taken classes in Basic, C++, Java, other languages. I've read "exceptional" and "effective" and other books to improve my craft over the years.
But building from the ground up in an introduction to digital logic class way back in 1978 still had the most profound impact on my ability to know what's happening in a computer and on my ability to understand what's really going on "under the hood", even 35 years later.
It literally started with diodes and transistors. Building 'and' and 'or' and 'nor' (and...) gates. Hooking them together to make a flip flop. Then taking pre-built gates and making a counter. On to a simple cpu (that only knew a couple of 'instructions', IIRC). When I built an 8080 based computer, I actually knew how it worked. There has always been something comforting knowing that, deep down inside even the most powerful processors, it's still just a bunch (ok, a WHOLE LOT) of gates.
Unless this whole quantum thing gets properly defined and implemented and catches on. Maybe I'll get to start over.
Just curious - since the continental drift we acknowledge is about a cm per year, and we're all floating anyway, could this also be seen as a drift of the whole surface? I.e.: Could it be that the poles are actually stationary and the surface as a whole (as opposed to continents drifting relative to each other) moves?
I stopped reading reddit, so maybe they linked to it, too. I guess I was a little surprised that this would happen, given that we Linux people remain somewhat of a niche.
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While it seems to have died out a bit (and Oracle certainly showed little concern), there were cries from some people to remove Java from everyone's computer because of the (legitimate) exploits in applets. Am I missing something, or shouldn't the same people be calling on everyone to remove I.E. from their computers, given Microsoft's record with browser exploits?
Well, for starters, they can't even spell "wrestling" right...
Around our house, we call SyFy "The Wrestling Channel". :)
Heh - I sure like that quote.