Finally keep in mind a large user of GWT Apps is finiancial services / corporate internal applications, so there are many non-public GWT apps out there..
So the word is both longer and shorter, at the same time? Sounds like it's in some sort of quantum state! Well then the reason for the omission of the word from the article is obvious: looking at it would have changed its value;)
Yes, the rest of the world is pretty much on your back door step thanks to globilisation and the media. The US creates world news and world history when it makes foreign policy decisions.
This may sounds lame but thanks from New Zealand too! All the radio stations / media here were buzzing about it the whole day. Everyone is happy Bush is out and Americans have shown they really want to head in a different direction. Truly a momentous occasion. Good luck!
Yes you make a good point - people living in real poverty would probably laugh at what Westerns consider hardship. It just seems that the US could be heading for serious issues with supply of basic necessities and it's the kind of thing that will sting people if they are not prepared. It's the "it couldn't happen to me" attitude.
And I didn't mean to be (too) insulting with the Fox news comment. It was more of a dig at corporate owned media in general. Coverage of the crisis is never very insightful. FWIW it's pretty much the same everywhere though. They just want you to think everything's ok when it's not.
One of the variables of this economic 'event' is time. Right now the event is not a matter of survival. It's possible -- not likely but possible -- that the event will result in a collapse of the US currency, widespread economic contraction, job loss and complete unavailability of credit. If this was the case I think you would find the word "survival" very appropriate as meeting basic physiological needs (food, water, warmth) becomes difficult under these conditions.
Right now that sounds crazy. However 1 year ago, everything that has happened so far sounds even crazier. The banks here (NZ) have had bailout insurance from the government... if anyone here had, 1 year ago, said the banks might collapse they would have been laughed at.
I know the nice people on Fox news don't point this out much, but the crisis has gone from bad to worse at every point. I hope you are correct and it does not become a matter of survival for any of you there, but I wouldn't rule it out.
Why do you find it so hard to believe that the chain of power in the USA goes beyond the politicians you see on TV? The truth is that you probably have no idea what is actually going on in the world beyond what you get told by large news corporations. That's a whole lot of trust to put in people you don't know.
There are some extremely wealthy, powerful people in the world that you simply never hear about. By virtue of their wealth, power and influence they have complete and total control of politicians and the media, and you don't even know it. Wake up. It sounds so far fetched - but do you personally know where news stories come from, or see what stories dont get reported? Do you personally know what influences the decisions of politicans? You are being told what to think. You laugh at this, but then how did the Iraq war get so much support? Hmm?
You also laugh at the idea of a world government. Have you heard of the North American Union, or the Amero? If not, ask yourself why. Or just laugh it off as not being real and go back to not thinking for youself.
What this guy has done isn't new, but it's important. If you are a software or electronic engineer there is a huge point to this sort of thing. Anyone who can write even a hello world app in a desktop or web programming language should read the following:
A micro controller is a great device. In the right hands and with the right hardware attached it can accomplish complicated and powerful tasks using small amounts of space and energy. On the downside, just using them requires specalist knowledge which takes many years and many $$ to obtain. In addition, you are stuck with C to write software.
Now imagine that you can open a network socket to that micro controller, and use TCP/IP to communicate with it over the internet. You have, basically, API access to your embedded micro controller using ANY programming language you like - including the web scripting languages. You can build a desktop or web application that is capable of communicating directly with a micro controller in any physical location that you can reach with a network cable.
Embedded networking bridges the gap between software and electronic engineering. It is providing language neutral remote access to a micro controller and all its functions, and all you need is an IDE and an internet connection! Imagine the possibilities of the utility of an
embedded system, with the power and flexibility of php/mySQL or.NET, Java etc.
Try not to think about the specific "point" of embedded networking. It's too new for most people to get their heads around; imagine asking people what the internet would be useful for in the 80's. You could ask a very intelligent person but I doubt even they would predict Quake, Slashdot and Ebay/Paypal, and so on.
Here are some random examples if you really need some spoonfed imagination:
1. Toys. Give little Bobby a train set, or give little Bobby a train set with an RJ45 plug that can interface with his PC to control train speeds, LEDs on the train etc? Now remember it doesn't have to be restricted to trains, or LEDs.
2. Remote monitoring for your green house, meth lab, manufacturing plant etc. Wondering how many ppm of CO2 is hanging around your plants down the road? Roll over and open your web browser.
3. Remote control of mechanical devices / Robotics applications. OK use your imagination here. Robots, networking, desktop development platforms... do you play video games?
I could go on. Basically this stuff has been around for years, but has been extremely expensive, complex, and generally out of reach of most people - even commercial product development teams. Very, very recently (in relative terms), two important things have happened: it got cheap and it got easy. The project in the article is an example of this. The next 10 years are going to be very exciting for EE's and SE's. I guess you comp sci weirdos can come too:P
Social networking sites are big business, and there is an established market. All industries need innovation but doing "something new" isn't always the answer. Did Google do something new? No, it just did it much better. Did Apple's iPod do anything new? No, it just did it much better. I could go on.
A popular tool for analysis of a market's attractive is Porter's 5 forces analysis. Following this analysis generally supports what you are saying. The social networking market is highly competitive, with many subtitute products and a high threat of new competitors entering the market.
However, if you shift the frame a little bit from "social networking sites" to "niche social networking sites" then things get a little different. This makes the market more attractive since there are not as many existing products. The threat of entry is also lower, since there are many niche markets so competition will be spread out over all of them.
One last point is that the social networking market is highly fragmented. This means there are many small players, and any one player could have a large effect on the others. In this type of market the larger players tend to try to seek consolidation in the market by aquisitions or partnerships. Look at all the companies Google purchased - the owners are laughing all the way to the bank. Small social networking sites, especially niche ones like this, could experience the same thing with Facebook very soon.
People don't always want something new, they want something familiar but better!
Slashdot Mirror
Lombari BluePrint - purchased by IBM I think so they changed the name. http://blueworkslive.com/
Also: http://gwtgallery.appspot.com/
Finally keep in mind a large user of GWT Apps is finiancial services / corporate internal applications, so there are many non-public GWT apps out there..
So the word is both longer and shorter, at the same time? Sounds like it's in some sort of quantum state! Well then the reason for the omission of the word from the article is obvious: looking at it would have changed its value ;)
Yes, the rest of the world is pretty much on your back door step thanks to globilisation and the media. The US creates world news and world history when it makes foreign policy decisions.
This may sounds lame but thanks from New Zealand too! All the radio stations / media here were buzzing about it the whole day. Everyone is happy Bush is out and Americans have shown they really want to head in a different direction. Truly a momentous occasion. Good luck!
Yes you make a good point - people living in real poverty would probably laugh at what Westerns consider hardship. It just seems that the US could be heading for serious issues with supply of basic necessities and it's the kind of thing that will sting people if they are not prepared. It's the "it couldn't happen to me" attitude.
And I didn't mean to be (too) insulting with the Fox news comment. It was more of a dig at corporate owned media in general. Coverage of the crisis is never very insightful. FWIW it's pretty much the same everywhere though. They just want you to think everything's ok when it's not.
One of the variables of this economic 'event' is time. Right now the event is not a matter of survival. It's possible -- not likely but possible -- that the event will result in a collapse of the US currency, widespread economic contraction, job loss and complete unavailability of credit. If this was the case I think you would find the word "survival" very appropriate as meeting basic physiological needs (food, water, warmth) becomes difficult under these conditions.
Right now that sounds crazy. However 1 year ago, everything that has happened so far sounds even crazier. The banks here (NZ) have had bailout insurance from the government... if anyone here had, 1 year ago, said the banks might collapse they would have been laughed at.
I know the nice people on Fox news don't point this out much, but the crisis has gone from bad to worse at every point. I hope you are correct and it does not become a matter of survival for any of you there, but I wouldn't rule it out.
Yeah, the sub prime mortage issue was "just" a small problem. Turned out it wasn't.
Then the resulting credit crunch was "just" a small problem. Turned out it wasn't.
Then the resulting bank and financial institution failures were "just" a small problem. Turns out it wasn't.
Now the resulting global economic contraction is "just" a downturn? Do you see the pattern emerging here?
Why do you find it so hard to believe that the chain of power in the USA goes beyond the politicians you see on TV? The truth is that you probably have no idea what is actually going on in the world beyond what you get told by large news corporations. That's a whole lot of trust to put in people you don't know.
There are some extremely wealthy, powerful people in the world that you simply never hear about. By virtue of their wealth, power and influence they have complete and total control of politicians and the media, and you don't even know it. Wake up. It sounds so far fetched - but do you personally know where news stories come from, or see what stories dont get reported? Do you personally know what influences the decisions of politicans? You are being told what to think. You laugh at this, but then how did the Iraq war get so much support? Hmm?
You also laugh at the idea of a world government. Have you heard of the North American Union, or the Amero? If not, ask yourself why. Or just laugh it off as not being real and go back to not thinking for youself.
What this guy has done isn't new, but it's important. If you are a software or electronic engineer there is a huge point to this sort of thing. Anyone who can write even a hello world app in a desktop or web programming language should read the following:
A micro controller is a great device. In the right hands and with the right hardware attached it can accomplish complicated and powerful tasks using small amounts of space and energy. On the downside, just using them requires specalist knowledge which takes many years and many $$ to obtain. In addition, you are stuck with C to write software.
Now imagine that you can open a network socket to that micro controller, and use TCP/IP to communicate with it over the internet. You have, basically, API access to your embedded micro controller using ANY programming language you like - including the web scripting languages. You can build a desktop or web application that is capable of communicating directly with a micro controller in any physical location that you can reach with a network cable.
Embedded networking bridges the gap between software and electronic engineering. It is providing language neutral remote access to a micro controller and all its functions, and all you need is an IDE and an internet connection! Imagine the possibilities of the utility of an embedded system, with the power and flexibility of php/mySQL or .NET, Java etc.
Try not to think about the specific "point" of embedded networking. It's too new for most people to get their heads around; imagine asking people what the internet would be useful for in the 80's. You could ask a very intelligent person but I doubt even they would predict Quake, Slashdot and Ebay/Paypal, and so on.
Here are some random examples if you really need some spoonfed imagination:
I could go on. Basically this stuff has been around for years, but has been extremely expensive, complex, and generally out of reach of most people - even commercial product development teams. Very, very recently (in relative terms), two important things have happened: it got cheap and it got easy. The project in the article is an example of this. The next 10 years are going to be very exciting for EE's and SE's. I guess you comp sci weirdos can come too :P
Social networking sites are big business, and there is an established market. All industries need innovation but doing "something new" isn't always the answer. Did Google do something new? No, it just did it much better. Did Apple's iPod do anything new? No, it just did it much better. I could go on.
A popular tool for analysis of a market's attractive is Porter's 5 forces analysis. Following this analysis generally supports what you are saying. The social networking market is highly competitive, with many subtitute products and a high threat of new competitors entering the market.
However, if you shift the frame a little bit from "social networking sites" to "niche social networking sites" then things get a little different. This makes the market more attractive since there are not as many existing products. The threat of entry is also lower, since there are many niche markets so competition will be spread out over all of them.
One last point is that the social networking market is highly fragmented. This means there are many small players, and any one player could have a large effect on the others. In this type of market the larger players tend to try to seek consolidation in the market by aquisitions or partnerships. Look at all the companies Google purchased - the owners are laughing all the way to the bank. Small social networking sites, especially niche ones like this, could experience the same thing with Facebook very soon.
People don't always want something new, they want something familiar but better!
If the ITER is going to take upwards of USD$10B and 40 years to acheive a fusion reaction with net energy gain, I say glhf to these guys :P