If I were a COBOL programmer, I'd get all my buddies all over the world to quite on the same day. Then we'd form a Legion of Cobol clan, and demand 10 million dollars a day to fix mainframe code. We'd have a cool little pad up in the Himalayas and suck martinis all day(shaken, not stirred).
Yep, it's the google effect. People arn't trained to look at the person at all.. it's merely a matter of "matching."
The obvious problems with this are: 1. Take nothing into account of the actual knowledge, only that it's been "used"
2. Shows little to no advancement of skills. The quantity and length of time is really meaningless as no quality assesment is available of the work produced.
3. Shows no knowledge of advanced concepts. Some skills may indicate the presence of this knowledge (e.g. Mathmatica), but are unreliable in general as to the usage of said skills (e.g. just making pretty graphs)
Also to mention the fact that this may have a profound effect on the privacy of said DSL lines. Most of the laws concerning privacy were aimed at telecommunications. What laws protect an "information service" legally anyway, other than copyright and trademark?
Hey Tonto, ever heard of a supposition? It's just a trip down the yellow brick road here, not a "Bow before the Penguins, or we send in the Demons" threat.
I won't dispute than XP is a quality product. I still prefer Linux, mostly for the superior kernel , real software packaging, and server environment.
That said, I am a big fan of VC++. I do prefer OpenOffice 2.0 as of now.. stability and a few outlining bugs will have it cinched for me.
In the end, I don't see either Linux or Windows doing much but converging in market. Linux will take some desktop once a decent IDE gets COMPLETED, and Windows will take some server as stability and security have improved, and the visual studio toolset will simplify web application design and development.
I think Java server market share will slowly collapse unless tech like Struts gets easier to use in medium to big developments.(Yeah, been there, done that) Hell, it only took a couple of years to transition from Perl to Java. Who knows what comes next?
Anyway, the point is that we don't know jack about what's going to happen, and isn't it just fun to suppose anyway?
Actually, there's plenty of standards for 9 track. It was an open format. Everything from the modulation (NRZI, PE, GCR), the block gaps, the tape track widths, reel diameters, etc..
I worked in seismic oil services for a few years, I would assume that NASA used pretty standard stuff as far as physical formats are concerned. The data itself is probably something different.
It's interesting to compare the ANSI of yesteryear to the IETF today. I get the feeling humanity is fighting the same battles over and over again.
For one thing, there's three different modulations for 9 track. You'll need algorithms to decode them all. Secondly, the alignment on the tape heads is never 100% accurate. The mechanics of the recording tape drives often play a direct roll in the quality of the recording. (Suction drives, direct drives, portables, etc...)
In other words, I've seen it done. It worked fine for normal media, but older media failed much worse than on the old suction drives. The algorithms usued to analyze the recording often reject large parts of the data, whereas the analog drive electronics were far better at slugging through the bad chunks.
You usually only get one chance with these tapes. Unless they're all 3M Black Watch or the very early iron ferrite tapes, you're looking at a moderate to rough recovery. The media binding can scrape right off. A couple of days of baking can help but again, you usually only get one chance.
Someone else may feel free to chime in, but it does seem suspicious or, at the least, a conflict of interest that the fines go to the authorities in Europe, while they go to the competitors (treble damages) in the US?
As far as I know, the European laws are designed to protect the Public. Therefor, the "public" - through the form of its government, receives the damages. Correct me if I'm wrong here though.
Men are like transistors.. they turn on easily, and when they're done they turn off. Problem is, they can't handle much current or they overheat and blow out.
Women are like diodes.. they turn on, but only when things are going their way. Better yet, they can take the current and they run forever.
In Buddhism, there is reincarnation, but from my talks with many of them - there is also a potential for the perfection of the spirit. Upon perfection one may attain obtain the ultimate goal to escape the cycle of death and rebirth. To obtain nirvana is the final goal.
In Judiasm, it is believed that the afterlife does exist - however it is quite open to interpretation. What the Torah does say is that the righteous will be reunited with their loved ones after death, while the wicked will be excluded from this reunion.
I would disagree that only Christianity and Islam focus on the afterlife. In truth, the older religions focus on the immediacy of life and it's consequences, which the newer ones focus on the eventuality that one will die, and how one's life has figured into a judgement (whether by God or otherwise).
Perhaps these "attitudes" towards death are due to the life spans of people during the times they were revealed to mankind - but it doesn't really matter. They each contain Truth, and to say they don't focus on the afterlife is to ignore an important part of each.
All these religions have immaculate beauty to me, and I am fortunate to live in a place, day and age when we can discuss and contemplate their many facets.
I know someone who worked at Stratus (high availability servers) on a project for state lotteries.
They tested hard drives with 2 seperate servo arms + heads, thinking that if one head goes bad then they park it. The other advantage, was the increased write speed.
In the end however, it was determined that RAID was just as reliable for the same cost and didn't require custom manufacturing.
Yep.. I really wish that Intel will kill the suckage Itanic and pickup the Alpha chips.
The fact that itanic depends on the freakin compiler to reorder instructions is beyond dumb. Only the cpu can know the appropriate order that works best in a multi-threaded environment.
Eek! Not solaris... MIPS / PowerPC!!! Must been something funny in my corn flakes this morning. I heard someone did a SPARC port, but I never saw the techincal details of it.
Technically, Windows NT on Alpha (and Solaris I do believe) was merely running in 32bit "mode" (Still used 64bit pointers, however the top word was merely masked off.)
It wasn't until Windows 2000 for Alpha (the version that was literally cut right before shipment... some people managed to get a copy) that full 64bit apps were available!
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If I were a COBOL programmer, I'd get all my buddies all over the world to quite on the same day. Then we'd form a Legion of Cobol clan, and demand 10 million dollars a day to fix mainframe code. We'd have a cool little pad up in the Himalayas and suck martinis all day(shaken, not stirred).
Yeah, that's the ticket!
~pan
no one will look at my resume twice
Yep, it's the google effect. People arn't trained to look at the person at all.. it's merely a matter of "matching."
The obvious problems with this are:
1. Take nothing into account of the actual knowledge, only that it's been "used"
2. Shows little to no advancement of skills. The quantity and length of time is really meaningless as no quality assesment is available of the work produced.
3. Shows no knowledge of advanced concepts. Some skills may indicate the presence of this knowledge (e.g. Mathmatica), but are unreliable in general as to the usage of said skills (e.g. just making pretty graphs)
-Pan
Ohh yeah, it was just humor. I couldn't resist the temptation as many Americans have no idea what the law is anymore.
I do a bit of stuff on my Zaurus and it's amazing how much you can store on it.
Pan
He did say _public_ employee. They read, like, 8 different books.
:-)
For example, to work for the DOJ, you have to read:
"The Constitution: Dead white guys last rant"
"Law: Only for civilians"
"Amendments: You can count too!"
Okokok, so maybe this is just a little over the top
-pan
Also to mention the fact that this may have a profound effect on the privacy of said DSL lines. Most of the laws concerning privacy were aimed at telecommunications. What laws protect an "information service" legally anyway, other than copyright and trademark?
-Pan
Hey Tonto, ever heard of a supposition? It's just a trip down the yellow brick road here, not a "Bow before the Penguins, or we send in the Demons" threat.
I won't dispute than XP is a quality product. I still prefer Linux, mostly for the superior kernel , real software packaging, and server environment.
That said, I am a big fan of VC++. I do prefer OpenOffice 2.0 as of now.. stability and a few outlining bugs will have it cinched for me.
In the end, I don't see either Linux or Windows doing much but converging in market. Linux will take some desktop once a decent IDE gets COMPLETED, and Windows will take some server as stability and security have improved, and the visual studio toolset will simplify web application design and development.
I think Java server market share will slowly collapse unless tech like Struts gets easier to use in medium to big developments.(Yeah, been there, done that) Hell, it only took a couple of years to transition from Perl to Java. Who knows what comes next?
Anyway, the point is that we don't know jack about what's going to happen, and isn't it just fun to suppose anyway?
Have fun.
Actually, there's plenty of standards for 9 track. It was an open format. Everything from the modulation (NRZI, PE, GCR), the block gaps, the tape track widths, reel diameters, etc..
Here's some of them
and another here...
I worked in seismic oil services for a few years, I would assume that NASA used pretty standard stuff as far as physical formats are concerned. The data itself is probably something different.
It's interesting to compare the ANSI of yesteryear to the IETF today. I get the feeling humanity is fighting the same battles over and over again.
Pan
Egads! Why all the chummy arguing over a simple fact? Why not just look up some pictures of pizza hut in Moscow?
Here ya go
-Pan
BZZZT.. wrong
For one thing, there's three different modulations for 9 track. You'll need algorithms to decode them all. Secondly, the alignment on the tape heads is never 100% accurate. The mechanics of the recording tape drives often play a direct roll in the quality of the recording. (Suction drives, direct drives, portables, etc...)
In other words, I've seen it done. It worked fine for normal media, but older media failed much worse than on the old suction drives. The algorithms usued to analyze the recording often reject large parts of the data, whereas the analog drive electronics were far better at slugging through the bad chunks.
You usually only get one chance with these tapes. Unless they're all 3M Black Watch or the very early iron ferrite tapes, you're looking at a moderate to rough recovery. The media binding can scrape right off. A couple of days of baking can help but again, you usually only get one chance.
Pan
Someone else may feel free to chime in, but it does seem suspicious or, at the least, a conflict of interest that the fines go to the authorities in Europe, while they go to the competitors (treble damages) in the US?
As far as I know, the European laws are designed to protect the Public. Therefor, the "public" - through the form of its government, receives the damages. Correct me if I'm wrong here though.
Weelll NOW they tell us. We've gone through 50 Les Paul's and no WONDER it always fails. Durn!
-Pan
I'd have to disagree...
Men are like transistors.. they turn on easily, and when they're done they turn off. Problem is, they can't handle much current or they overheat and blow out.
Women are like diodes.. they turn on, but only when things are going their way. Better yet, they can take the current and they run forever.
-Pan
No, actually I don't get that idea.
In Buddhism, there is reincarnation, but from my talks with many of them - there is also a potential for the perfection of the spirit. Upon perfection one may attain obtain the ultimate goal to escape the cycle of death and rebirth. To obtain nirvana is the final goal.
In Judiasm, it is believed that the afterlife does exist - however it is quite open to interpretation. What the Torah does say is that the righteous will be reunited with their loved ones after death, while the wicked will be excluded from this reunion.
I would disagree that only Christianity and Islam focus on the afterlife. In truth, the older religions focus on the immediacy of life and it's consequences, which the newer ones focus on the eventuality that one will die, and how one's life has figured into a judgement (whether by God or otherwise).
Perhaps these "attitudes" towards death are due to the life spans of people during the times they were revealed to mankind - but it doesn't really matter. They each contain Truth, and to say they don't focus on the afterlife is to ignore an important part of each.
All these religions have immaculate beauty to me, and I am fortunate to live in a place, day and age when we can discuss and contemplate their many facets.
-Pan
The true point in religion isn't to explain the unknown. Its to give a sense of belonging and exclusion.
I'd disagree.. the true meaning of religion is to disipline one's self to be prepared to the hereafter.
Of course, the danger lies when people extrapolate this disipline into community and politics.
Pan
I wrote my own web server 5 years ago.. faster than Apache, cheaper than others. Doesn't have this problem.
-Pan
I know someone who worked at Stratus (high availability servers) on a project for state lotteries.
They tested hard drives with 2 seperate servo arms + heads, thinking that if one head goes bad then they park it. The other advantage, was the increased write speed.
In the end however, it was determined that RAID was just as reliable for the same cost and didn't require custom manufacturing.
-Pan
Dude, Gold Cup for you!
No Such thing.
I looked over the install, it's a "simple" transparent proxy.
The XPI watches for browser interaction events and communicates these to the Client. For instance, a mouse over preloads the anticipated URL.
There's two primary C++ programs, GoogleWebAccClient.exe, GoogleWebAccWarden.exe.
The firefox files are:
GoogleWebAccFirefox.dll (GUI controls, event forwarder)
GoogleWebAccFirefox.jar (look and feel elements)
GoogleWebAccFirefox.xpt (Event monitor)
The IE files are:
GoogleWebAccToolbar.dll
The controllers are:
GoogleWebAccClient.exe (Receives events, controls proxy to google)
GoogleWebAccWarden.exe (Manages cache and search)
Just a complete guess though...
Not in this case, however, as the US Government can not hold copyrights.
-Pan
** golf clap **
Because the Apple rule is to ignore the 'i' in a name.
For instance
iBook -> Book
iTunes -> Tunes
iMac -> Mac
iCon -> Con
Got it?
-Pan
Yep.. I really wish that Intel will kill the suckage Itanic and pickup the Alpha chips.
The fact that itanic depends on the freakin compiler to reorder instructions is beyond dumb. Only the cpu can know the appropriate order that works best in a multi-threaded environment.
HP and Intel, bring back the Alpha!
Pan
Eek! Not solaris... MIPS / PowerPC!!! Must been something funny in my corn flakes this morning. I heard someone did a SPARC port, but I never saw the techincal details of it.
-Panb
Technically, Windows NT on Alpha (and Solaris I do believe) was merely running in 32bit "mode" (Still used 64bit pointers, however the top word was merely masked off.)
It wasn't until Windows 2000 for Alpha (the version that was literally cut right before shipment... some people managed to get a copy) that full 64bit apps were available!
-Pan
Reverse engineering has played a key role in the advancement of technology. Numerous times.
There's tens of thousands of things that have been RE'ed.. think Xerox PARC, graphics adapater algorithms, printer cartridges, drivers of all flavors.
Just some of the biggies of the PC world...
AMD
Cyrix
Compaq
Phoenix
Award
Pan