"Cyberorganization"? What the hell does that even mean? You use computers and computer networks? Computers and computer networks are your primary focus?
It means nothing. Should make it that much easier to find their 1,000 experts don't you think?
We don't need photo ops to ignite taxpayer interest. We need China to announce a plan to land on Mars. Then the collective American ego will kick in and NASA will get what it needs to allow Americans to continue to wave those big foam fingers that say "We're #1."
In existing companies facing tough economic conditions, there's much less to lose when IT decision makers decide to accept the perceived risk of adopting open source instead of the politically safe "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" approach.
But doesn't it depend on what you're trying to accomplish?
Obviously sending data onto someone else's servers is a really bad idea in many cases, but is it always?
People send tapes off site all the time. Here's a case where people are already trusting in encryption to allow others to hold sensitive data, and that seems to make sense for many companies. Is using the "cloud" for off-site archiving (as Oracle is pushing) that much different? You could argue that it would be easier to rip off data that is stored on a spinning disk somewhere, but that assumes that the security measures taken behind the scenes at the Iron Mountains of the world are undefeatable.
The "cloud" certainly beats storing tapes in the trunk of your intern's car.
The startup is another great example where pay as you go disk/cpu seems to make a ton of sense.. Ya the marketing hype is a bit nauseating, but what else is new.
As a veteran of the Amazon SE circuit I can tell you that it's a fine job. You get exposed to interesting tech, work with really smart people, and get a nice stamp on your resume.
It's a blue-collar gig as far as tech jobs go, as you find yourself doing the graveyard monkey work that the developers/DBA's don't have time to automate. That lack of glamor inspires much bitching and moaning from green CSE's who think they should come in out of undergrad, get a straight 9-5, wear no pager, and be left alone to work on projects that they think are cool between foosball matches.
They're called dues, boys. Just shut up and pay them.
Your attitude sickens me. This whole "America is so superior, we can see right through obvious propaganda, but surely the simple-minded, backwards, uneducated masses in China cannot!" It reeks of the superiority complex that Western media has constantly demonstrated towards Asia.
Thanks for calling this out. I'm so sick of the anti-China kool-aid drinking that passes across/. every week.
Yes. The Chinese government is evil. Congratulations. You can haz opinion. Now go back to watching Anderson Cooper explain why it's a good idea to allow unelected party insiders to pick your next president.
I probably misunderstood, but I read the post to mean that the NASA brand could be used exclusively by the developer.
This would actually would be a pretty valuable marketing tool, so I don't think it's so crazy that some dev house would be into this deal.
I know that I would at least grab a crack such a game out of curiosity.
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"Cyberorganization"? What the hell does that even mean? You use computers and computer networks? Computers and computer networks are your primary focus?
It means nothing. Should make it that much easier to find their 1,000 experts don't you think?
Hey kind of like General Motors and their hunch that everyone wants an SUV. Well then the solution is obvious.
We don't need photo ops to ignite taxpayer interest. We need China to announce a plan to land on Mars. Then the collective American ego will kick in and NASA will get what it needs to allow Americans to continue to wave those big foam fingers that say "We're #1."
it's basically a stepping stone to a few specific careers: Investment Banking, Fund Management, Consulting and to some degree entrepreneurship.
You forgot Product Management, which in a technology company can be very rewarding.
Inbound-focused Product Managers can have a huge impact on what actually gets built.
.. the real and not real parts of America that one of the campaigns keeps talking about.
And just to piggy back on this..
In existing companies facing tough economic conditions, there's much less to lose when IT decision makers decide to accept the perceived risk of adopting open source instead of the politically safe "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" approach.
All due respect to RMS.
But doesn't it depend on what you're trying to accomplish?
Obviously sending data onto someone else's servers is a really bad idea in many cases, but is it always?
People send tapes off site all the time. Here's a case where people are already trusting in encryption to allow others to hold sensitive data, and that seems to make sense for many companies. Is using the "cloud" for off-site archiving (as Oracle is pushing) that much different? You could argue that it would be easier to rip off data that is stored on a spinning disk somewhere, but that assumes that the security measures taken behind the scenes at the Iron Mountains of the world are undefeatable.
The "cloud" certainly beats storing tapes in the trunk of your intern's car.
The startup is another great example where pay as you go disk/cpu seems to make a ton of sense.. Ya the marketing hype is a bit nauseating, but what else is new.
Yeah right.
As a veteran of the Amazon SE circuit I can tell you that it's a fine job. You get exposed to interesting tech, work with really smart people, and get a nice stamp on your resume.
It's a blue-collar gig as far as tech jobs go, as you find yourself doing the graveyard monkey work that the developers/DBA's don't have time to automate. That lack of glamor inspires much bitching and moaning from green CSE's who think they should come in out of undergrad, get a straight 9-5, wear no pager, and be left alone to work on projects that they think are cool between foosball matches.
They're called dues, boys. Just shut up and pay them.
BURN. Was wondering if another econ geek out there would point this out.
No supply? Never experienced login queues I guess.
Your attitude sickens me. This whole "America is so superior, we can see right through obvious propaganda, but surely the simple-minded, backwards, uneducated masses in China cannot!" It reeks of the superiority complex that Western media has constantly demonstrated towards Asia.
Thanks for calling this out. I'm so sick of the anti-China kool-aid drinking that passes acrossYes. The Chinese government is evil. Congratulations. You can haz opinion. Now go back to watching Anderson Cooper explain why it's a good idea to allow unelected party insiders to pick your next president.
Sydney is right.
Boiling Chinese public opinion down to a single number lends itself well to cultural ships passing in the night.
The moral of this story significantly more complicated than 'the Chinese government is evil.'
I probably misunderstood, but I read the post to mean that the NASA brand could be used exclusively by the developer. This would actually would be a pretty valuable marketing tool, so I don't think it's so crazy that some dev house would be into this deal. I know that I would at least grab a crack such a game out of curiosity.