Apple's rich enough to duke it out with the other Big Boys over patents. But they don't want to dilute their high end hardware brand. It would be like BMW producing cheap Ford Locus copies. People buy Apple because they want "something special".
I suspect most Republicans are actually just anti-Democrats, and vice versa.
Now if only the laws of physics would apply here . . . then these particles would mutually annihilate each other when they meet in Congress, and we would all be much better off without the lot of them.
Abraham Lincoln said of someone he detested: "He's a first class, second class, man."
You could rephrase that to say of JavaScript: "It's a first class, second class, language."
My gripe with JavaScript is that it enables people who shouldn't be programming to produce code. And this leads to negative productivity. It takes one of your good programmers a long time to debug something written by one of your bad programmers.
With JavaScript, you can create pretty mock-ups and prototypes very fast. Then the sales executive screams, "Ship it!" And then it takes you a long time to convince the executive that this app would break, fall over and die in production. And that a robust version of the app will take some more serious work.
What about good old paper copies? I hope that one of the curators actually prints all the documents out, and squirrels them away in the closed archive stacks of an obscure library somewhere. The problem with storing all the documents on hard drives makes them easier to destroy . . . one hard drive in the shredder, and you're done. Having them as paper copies might make it more difficult for the spooks to trace and destroy.
Of course, the curators will probably have to go hardcore with this. Multiple folks will need to read and memorize individual documents, so copies will be on human data storage devices. However, this will be risky for the individuals involved. The spooks will upgrade from paper shredders to wood chippers . . . they are big enough to turn a human into garden mulch.
Actually, the most important he needs to do . . . is to toss out all the Ballmer "yes-men" executives. I have the feeling that Ballmer will still try to micromanage Microsoft from the outside . . . even though he will no longer be the CEO.
He still will be an influential voice on the Microsoft board of directors, or is he leaving the board . . . ?
Google is like Microsoft now. They can do whatever they want. Nobody wants Windows 8. But Microsoft sells a lot of Windows 8 licenses, because that's what PCs come with. People don't have any choice.
While it is an interesting technology with cool potential, a lot of folks don't want to be constantly filmed by Google Glass wearers for privacy issues. Like, the thought that all that Google Glass data will belong to the NSA on a whim of a secret court judge. Google doesn't give a rat's ass about people's privacy. They just want to sell their glasses, and they'll do it. And it's their right to do so, but don't expect people to love them for it.
In the case of the Google buses, Google has the money and the right to provide that privileged service to their employees. However, to the common folks, the Google folks seem to be flaunting and taunting their wealth. So don't expect the commoners to kneel and bow down when the Google buses go by.
I'm actually really surprised that Google hasn't hired any PR muscle to handle some of these issues. But again, like Microsoft, too much success leads to arrogance.
The Patriot Act was like the Doolittle Raid of World War II. The Doolittle Raid made no military sense, but was done to show the American public that the government could do at least something against the Japanese. The Patriot Act was the same sort of reaction to 9/11. The American public were frightened, and needed a reassuring government response.
Unfortunately, while the Doolittle Raid was a one-off deal, the Patriot Act has overstayed its welcome.
American culture just doesn't value "technically-trained employees"; engineers and CS folks. That's why kids aren't interested computer science careers. Doctors, lawyers, Wall Street bankers and MBA folks in the US are revered. Techies are, well, are car mechanics with university degrees, and don't deserve high salaries. And add to that, employers go to great lengths to scare kids out of techie careers: by outsourcing techies and colluding to cap their salaries. Ever hear of doctors, lawyers, bankers or MBAs being outsourced?
I say this is cultural, as I grew up and was educated in the US, but now work in Germany. When people in the US ask what I studied, and hear engineering, it like, "well, so what?" In Germany, it's like, "wow, that's interesting!" It's just a case where, the culture in Germany values to work of engineers, and in the US . . . less so. Albeit, this is just my personal experience. No amount of money thrown at schools is going to change that.
And in the US neither of the major political parties is a friend of techie careers. The Democrats are always big on immigration, because immigrants typically vote Democratic. And the Republicans are pals of big business, and want to import more foreign help to drive salaries down.
Have a thought about that, before thinking that any "Komputer for Kidz!" programs will do any help.
You have the filthy rich sitting next to the dirt poor in lectures. But the one thing they both have in common, desides the grim and grit, is that they are both smart and work hard.
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IBM stands for International Business Machines.
Actually, for the employees, IBM also stood for "I've Been Moved", as in, "transferred".
Now I guess they have changed that to "IBS", as in, "I've Been Sold".
Apple's rich enough to duke it out with the other Big Boys over patents. But they don't want to dilute their high end hardware brand. It would be like BMW producing cheap Ford Locus copies. People buy Apple because they want "something special".
I suspect most Republicans are actually just anti-Democrats, and vice versa.
Now if only the laws of physics would apply here . . . then these particles would mutually annihilate each other when they meet in Congress, and we would all be much better off without the lot of them.
Here you go, caffeine shampoo: http://www.alpecin.com/caffein...
It's not just for breakfast any more . . .
Abraham Lincoln said of someone he detested: "He's a first class, second class, man."
You could rephrase that to say of JavaScript: "It's a first class, second class, language."
My gripe with JavaScript is that it enables people who shouldn't be programming to produce code. And this leads to negative productivity. It takes one of your good programmers a long time to debug something written by one of your bad programmers.
With JavaScript, you can create pretty mock-ups and prototypes very fast. Then the sales executive screams, "Ship it!" And then it takes you a long time to convince the executive that this app would break, fall over and die in production. And that a robust version of the app will take some more serious work.
I've only run across 2 I've actively disliked.
. . . oh, then you need to meet IBM mainframe JCL . . . it's a hoot and a half . . . then you can ++ your count up to three . . .
What about good old paper copies? I hope that one of the curators actually prints all the documents out, and squirrels them away in the closed archive stacks of an obscure library somewhere. The problem with storing all the documents on hard drives makes them easier to destroy . . . one hard drive in the shredder, and you're done. Having them as paper copies might make it more difficult for the spooks to trace and destroy.
Of course, the curators will probably have to go hardcore with this. Multiple folks will need to read and memorize individual documents, so copies will be on human data storage devices. However, this will be risky for the individuals involved. The spooks will upgrade from paper shredders to wood chippers . . . they are big enough to turn a human into garden mulch.
Actually, the most important he needs to do . . . is to toss out all the Ballmer "yes-men" executives. I have the feeling that Ballmer will still try to micromanage Microsoft from the outside . . . even though he will no longer be the CEO.
He still will be an influential voice on the Microsoft board of directors, or is he leaving the board . . . ?
Probably L-Thyroxine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
Top Models pop the things Dr. House-style to stay thin. Which is extremely dangerous, but try to tell that to a Top Model . . .
In a country where the chief executive makes claims that the US invented the automobile....
To be fair to Obama, his actual statement was:
"I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it."
And Germany has heeded his advice, and not walked away from it. But Obama bugged the phone of Angela Merkel to find that out.
Now if Obama says:
"If you like your car, you can keep it."
. . . you will know that new government regulation to take your car off the road is underway . . .
I gotta get me some more patents.
If Thomas Edison were alive today, he wouldn't actually "invent" or "make" anything. He'd just write up and file patents.
A pile of patents worth $10 billion?
Yo.
Never mind your high score. I think we should petition the US government with the Freedom Of Information Act to release Obama's high score.
The citizens of the US have a right to know how much time he's been spending playing Angry Birds, when he was supposed to be running the country.
but if we can mine storm drains where the golf course runoff goes
I was thinking, if we can mine golf courses . . .
It would certainly make the game more exciting to watch on TV.
Actually, I prefer my Heckler & Koch Brothers MP7, which can penetrate the body armor of Big Oil enemies and also be used for fracking.
It was used by James Earl Ray Jones, who shot MLK and starred in "Conan, the Barbarian" with Lou Ferrigno.
Google is like Microsoft now. They can do whatever they want. Nobody wants Windows 8. But Microsoft sells a lot of Windows 8 licenses, because that's what PCs come with. People don't have any choice.
While it is an interesting technology with cool potential, a lot of folks don't want to be constantly filmed by Google Glass wearers for privacy issues. Like, the thought that all that Google Glass data will belong to the NSA on a whim of a secret court judge. Google doesn't give a rat's ass about people's privacy. They just want to sell their glasses, and they'll do it. And it's their right to do so, but don't expect people to love them for it.
In the case of the Google buses, Google has the money and the right to provide that privileged service to their employees. However, to the common folks, the Google folks seem to be flaunting and taunting their wealth. So don't expect the commoners to kneel and bow down when the Google buses go by.
I'm actually really surprised that Google hasn't hired any PR muscle to handle some of these issues. But again, like Microsoft, too much success leads to arrogance.
Taking more classes on programming/software development would have been much more useful.
I'm thinking that the teachers' unions will against this. They will be afraid of foreign language teachers losing their jobs.
It's a pity. Teachers and schools should be interested in teaching what the students want to learn.
the PATRIOT act.
The Patriot Act was like the Doolittle Raid of World War II. The Doolittle Raid made no military sense, but was done to show the American public that the government could do at least something against the Japanese. The Patriot Act was the same sort of reaction to 9/11. The American public were frightened, and needed a reassuring government response.
Unfortunately, while the Doolittle Raid was a one-off deal, the Patriot Act has overstayed its welcome.
... we want educated people at slave wages.
American culture just doesn't value "technically-trained employees"; engineers and CS folks. That's why kids aren't interested computer science careers. Doctors, lawyers, Wall Street bankers and MBA folks in the US are revered. Techies are, well, are car mechanics with university degrees, and don't deserve high salaries. And add to that, employers go to great lengths to scare kids out of techie careers: by outsourcing techies and colluding to cap their salaries. Ever hear of doctors, lawyers, bankers or MBAs being outsourced?
I say this is cultural, as I grew up and was educated in the US, but now work in Germany. When people in the US ask what I studied, and hear engineering, it like, "well, so what?" In Germany, it's like, "wow, that's interesting!" It's just a case where, the culture in Germany values to work of engineers, and in the US . . . less so. Albeit, this is just my personal experience. No amount of money thrown at schools is going to change that.
And in the US neither of the major political parties is a friend of techie careers. The Democrats are always big on immigration, because immigrants typically vote Democratic. And the Republicans are pals of big business, and want to import more foreign help to drive salaries down.
Have a thought about that, before thinking that any "Komputer for Kidz!" programs will do any help.
Princeton has "needs-blind" admission. They'll help you graduate loan free: https://www.princeton.edu/admi...
You have the filthy rich sitting next to the dirt poor in lectures. But the one thing they both have in common, desides the grim and grit, is that they are both smart and work hard.
They still make a lot of software: http://www-01.ibm.com/software...
And I guess $1 billion of that sale will be used to finance their new $1 billion Watson division.
Lots of software: http://www-03.ibm.com/software... . Click on W-Z to see all their WebSphere brand products:
WebSphere Application Server
WebSphere Business Compass
WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud integration
WebSphere Bigboote ("It's big-boo-TAY! TAY!")
WebSphere Small Berries
WebSphere Lord Whorfin
WebSphere Many Jars
WebSphere Littlejohn
WebSphere O'Connor
WebSphere Parker
WebSphere . . . .
Wow, Windows 8 must be a turd
. . . and it's a turd with a "touch" interface . . . so you have to "touch" that turd.to use it.
I understood it differently:
"If you like your privacy, you can eat me, period."
The US is now the world's leading exporter of bullshit in the world, and we love to be number one!
In the winter Olympics, we will definitely win the gold in the Downhill Giant Bullshit Slalom for men.
If they don't go back to Russia, what penalty can they suffer?
Polonium. Straight up, or on the rocks.
. . . not in mine! My laptop is wrapped in tinfoil, so they can't radio transmit a device into it!