Great points. I have never understood the Vista marketing scheme. But by limiting home versions (no domain joining) you can jack businesses for some extra green.
One thing I do know, Apple does it right.
Well, when I initially started with HDTV, I could get 5 channels over sat and had to erect a high-gain 110-inch antenna in my attic (not roof thankfully). I live in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area where our local channels are broadcast from towers approximately 20 miles away. Furthermore, the towers are located on three different azimuths. If I wanted to get all the local channels I would have had to somehow install three antennas and commingle their singles (not sure how or if possible). What you COULD see are people attempting to install large antenna in areas with marginal signal strength. Remember, with analog, a weak signal was OK, but with digital that same strength signal may not be sufficient.
And how long have we know this was coming?
The only argument I can agree with is that by moving the date we will not have people trying to climb on their roofs in the Winter. Steep pitch + snow/ice = bad things.
Developing new drugs costs LOTS of money. I work for a group of Eye docs (Retina specialists) who take part in a lot of new drug trials. Just on our end alone we employ three full time staff to administer these programs (1 RN, 1 Tech, 1 sec). Beyond that we also have reviewers from the drug companies coming on site to review our charts and records. AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE END STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS at one small doctor's office.
I can't fathom how much money gets spent before this.
Note: I am an Apple user.
If the EU required MS to bundle other browsers, then should they force Apple to do the same? And yes, I know Safari is not tied into the OS like IE is.
I have no experience with Ghost so my comments may seem stupid. How does Ghost handle SIDs, IPs, Naming, etc? This can be an issue although post install tools could handle this.
One of the reasons I LOVE ZENworks is that when imaging it reads information about the previous install (ip, sid, computer name) stored in the MBR (not overwritten). Once the imaging process is complete and machine is essentially identical to the system before the image.
I have also found that by using sysprep and setting up driver directories properly one image can be used across multiple hardware platforms, as long as they share the same HAL.
When I looked at Vista, ease of deployment was a big turn off. We are mostly a Novell shop and I use imaging to push out software / os. Someone mucks up their system, two clicks, a reboot, and 30 minutes later they have a shiny new system. Sysprep allowed this with NO USER INTERACTION (Corp license key). Vista was not so nice about this and 7 will probably be the same way.
remembering back to Driver's Ed (1979) I think it was said that the human body metabolizes about 1 drink per hour. So if it takes an hour to get a blood sample, a suspect could fail a breath test but pass a blood test just by metabolism.
Would a court factor in the time between inital arrest and blood sample collection?
I have never been in this situation (where is the wood) but I have to wonder: If an officer administers a breath test and it is positive (above legal limit) why don't they get a quick blood sample for lab analysis?
But then again, given this ruling, could the defense then ask for the source-code for the laboratory equipment used to test the blood?
I work for a group of Eye Docs (retinal specialists). The practice is slowly moving to medical records. One of the issues we foresee is a reduction in doctor productivity when they have to begin interfacing with the EMR system.
Our three docs ARE THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME TO THE PRACTICE. Everyone else is drag. If they loss productivity we loss income. It is that simple. Sure, EMR vendors will argue all day long that other efficiencies will offset this loss but none will guarantee such statements.
And one last thing, don't bitch about doc salaries - I'm sure retinal surgery is easy to learn.
Good points. The previous "Stimulus" package was a bad idea too. Lets give money to people who don't pay tax to begin with and who are in debt up to their asses. They can spend it on digital converter boxes made in China. Worked so well.
I have no idea how much has been spent on NASA to date, but any figure would have to be inflation adjusted.
We seem to be really good at wasting money on Wallstreet and Auto bailouts (700 Bl). Why can't we invest a fraction of this in NASA? At least we get to see big rockets roar off of the pad.
Just wait until Obama and congress start blowing their wads on domestic spending (buying votes). NASA's budget will look like a piggy bank.
Unfortunately, yes, people will buy it, especially businesses which have held off the Vista upgrade cycle. That is why XP is still around.
Just think what would happen if MS just dumped XP and FORCE-FED Vista on Business. Lots of work (evaluation for business usage) would go into alternatives, something MS does not want to see happen.
>>But they still can't let go of the backwards compatibility
This will always be a problem at MS. Start over and run a VM for backwards compatibility similar to how Apple did it.
It is a fallacy that you need computers in schools. Teach the kids reading, writing and math skills, the rest can come later. Computers are a drain on schools with already tight budgets.
We went to moon with engineers and scientists who did not have computers.
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I hope their service has more head room than the server linked in the summary. /.'ed already.
Great points. I have never understood the Vista marketing scheme. But by limiting home versions (no domain joining) you can jack businesses for some extra green. One thing I do know, Apple does it right.
A toast to Jimmy Carter on a job well done. Go ahead, mod me down - sigh -
It's high time for a public flogging.
Well, when I initially started with HDTV, I could get 5 channels over sat and had to erect a high-gain 110-inch antenna in my attic (not roof thankfully). I live in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area where our local channels are broadcast from towers approximately 20 miles away. Furthermore, the towers are located on three different azimuths. If I wanted to get all the local channels I would have had to somehow install three antennas and commingle their singles (not sure how or if possible). What you COULD see are people attempting to install large antenna in areas with marginal signal strength. Remember, with analog, a weak signal was OK, but with digital that same strength signal may not be sufficient.
And how long have we know this was coming? The only argument I can agree with is that by moving the date we will not have people trying to climb on their roofs in the Winter. Steep pitch + snow/ice = bad things.
Developing new drugs costs LOTS of money. I work for a group of Eye docs (Retina specialists) who take part in a lot of new drug trials. Just on our end alone we employ three full time staff to administer these programs (1 RN, 1 Tech, 1 sec). Beyond that we also have reviewers from the drug companies coming on site to review our charts and records. AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE END STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS at one small doctor's office. I can't fathom how much money gets spent before this.
Note: I am an Apple user. If the EU required MS to bundle other browsers, then should they force Apple to do the same? And yes, I know Safari is not tied into the OS like IE is.
I have no experience with Ghost so my comments may seem stupid. How does Ghost handle SIDs, IPs, Naming, etc? This can be an issue although post install tools could handle this. One of the reasons I LOVE ZENworks is that when imaging it reads information about the previous install (ip, sid, computer name) stored in the MBR (not overwritten). Once the imaging process is complete and machine is essentially identical to the system before the image. I have also found that by using sysprep and setting up driver directories properly one image can be used across multiple hardware platforms, as long as they share the same HAL.
When I looked at Vista, ease of deployment was a big turn off. We are mostly a Novell shop and I use imaging to push out software / os. Someone mucks up their system, two clicks, a reboot, and 30 minutes later they have a shiny new system. Sysprep allowed this with NO USER INTERACTION (Corp license key). Vista was not so nice about this and 7 will probably be the same way.
remembering back to Driver's Ed (1979) I think it was said that the human body metabolizes about 1 drink per hour. So if it takes an hour to get a blood sample, a suspect could fail a breath test but pass a blood test just by metabolism. Would a court factor in the time between inital arrest and blood sample collection?
You beat me to it. EXACTLY. I guess a reasonable compromise would be to have an independent review of the code under NDA.
I have never been in this situation (where is the wood) but I have to wonder: If an officer administers a breath test and it is positive (above legal limit) why don't they get a quick blood sample for lab analysis? But then again, given this ruling, could the defense then ask for the source-code for the laboratory equipment used to test the blood?
Yuri, I'm cold, can you go crap me out a nice sweater?
Excellent point. I thought childhood tantrums stopped around age 4.
I work for a group of Eye Docs (retinal specialists). The practice is slowly moving to medical records. One of the issues we foresee is a reduction in doctor productivity when they have to begin interfacing with the EMR system. Our three docs ARE THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME TO THE PRACTICE. Everyone else is drag. If they loss productivity we loss income. It is that simple. Sure, EMR vendors will argue all day long that other efficiencies will offset this loss but none will guarantee such statements. And one last thing, don't bitch about doc salaries - I'm sure retinal surgery is easy to learn.
PS: Out buying up last remaining AR-15's. ;)
Good points. The previous "Stimulus" package was a bad idea too. Lets give money to people who don't pay tax to begin with and who are in debt up to their asses. They can spend it on digital converter boxes made in China. Worked so well. I have no idea how much has been spent on NASA to date, but any figure would have to be inflation adjusted.
My god you have an anger problem. ROFL
We seem to be really good at wasting money on Wallstreet and Auto bailouts (700 Bl). Why can't we invest a fraction of this in NASA? At least we get to see big rockets roar off of the pad. Just wait until Obama and congress start blowing their wads on domestic spending (buying votes). NASA's budget will look like a piggy bank.
Unfortunately, yes, people will buy it, especially businesses which have held off the Vista upgrade cycle. That is why XP is still around. Just think what would happen if MS just dumped XP and FORCE-FED Vista on Business. Lots of work (evaluation for business usage) would go into alternatives, something MS does not want to see happen.
>>But they still can't let go of the backwards compatibility This will always be a problem at MS. Start over and run a VM for backwards compatibility similar to how Apple did it.
It is called Novell ZENWorks :)
Edit: We went to moon with engineers and scientists who did not have computers - when they were in school.
It is a fallacy that you need computers in schools. Teach the kids reading, writing and math skills, the rest can come later. Computers are a drain on schools with already tight budgets. We went to moon with engineers and scientists who did not have computers.