Buy an inexpensive ARM single board computer, there are some good quad-cores out there. Use an external usb hard drive. Total power consumption will be 10-15 watts. Install it in an old school metal lunch box. Seal the holes for the cables. There will be enough surface area to cool the box by convection without any vent holes.
To refute: bricklayers and most construction contracts are lump sum. If it takes the mason 3 days or 5 days to complete the contract amount is the same. In the "contract" the terms were well understood. One wall, this size, etc. there is an implicit warranty as suitable for the intended purpose.
Unless you had a similar "contract" to deliver the software the analogy does not apply.
The bricklayer, unless he owns the company, by law, will get paid for correcting the brick work.
Someone should file a freedom of information act request for the code. Several years ago when I worked at NASA our branch chief speculated that someone could request, and get, the our in house developed data acquisition system and have potentially sellable product.
Head of Structures for WSP Middle East, Bart Leclercq, told Middle East Architect, “I don’t think it’s possible to build [an 838m tower] as quickly as they claim. If they manage to build this structure in three months then I will give up structural engineering. I will hang my hat and retire. I will be eating humble pie as well.” Leclercq likes the idea of prefabrication but says concrete poured onsite in tall buildings provides stiffness, and the time it takes concrete to cure is non-negotiable. He thinks the five-year mark set by the Burj Khalifa is about as good as it gets with current techniques and technologies.
Five years to build with current technology? The Empire State Building in New York was built in 14 months. Maybe they should look at using 1930's technology.
Good Question, In the US you cannot get a building permit without an engineer/architect signing and sealing the drawings. So you would need to hire an engineer. The engineer (allowed by the opensource license) could sell you the plans, the plans would be "his work", the engineer of record by state law would be responsible for checking everything and taking full responsibility.
So the answer would be you would sue your engineer that you hired.
I agree, Gaylord Perry got an advantage by making the opponent worry about his "cheating". It gave him a mental edge. A baseball coach once said the difference between AAA (minor league) and the majors is between the ears.
The original poster wrote- "My opinion is this is a dangerous trend that needs to be reversed. We're being fleeced while being put at risk."
The problem is government. Government and mismanagement have gone together for at least the last 50+ years. To think that government employees would perform better than contractors is pure fantasy.
I spend a lot of time in hotels. When I have problems getting WIFI was it always form interference. I have solved the problem by using external USB adapter (with a 12ft USB cable). Relocating the antenna (adapter) is usually all that is needed to solve the problem. In extreme cases I need to use the "foil sheet". I keep a sheet of aluminum foil in an 8.5x11 plastic sleeve in my laptop case. The sheet will block WIFI from one direction, and make a USB adapter that is directional.
Who put ISO in charge? They are one standards organization, there are several others? Question: What/who give a standards organization credibility? Answer: The community of users.
The ones with dissenting opinions need to embrace a different standards organization.
This is the same publication that gave the Zune 4 out of 5 stars, better than the Ipod. Reason was the Zune had great features that the Ipod did't have, like wireless syncing.
(the article stated wireless sync did not work on the model reveiwed but MS would have that working by the time we read the article).
The editors at PC mag are just lemmings for Micorsoft.
This is not a fee software. This is a national defense issue. Briton wants to buy a fighter plane. The US designed a plane that can be remotely disabled. (remember 911) Briton refuses (rightfully) to buy a plane that the US can shutoff at any time. Who can predict for certainty that there will never be any future hostilities between the two countries. I think I am as red white and blue as they come but Briton is 100% correct on this one.
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250KW per sq-ft. times a 1000 sq-ft building gives 250 megawatts. That is a NSA size data center.
Buy an inexpensive ARM single board computer, there are some good quad-cores out there. Use an external usb hard drive. Total power consumption will be 10-15 watts. Install it in an old school metal lunch box. Seal the holes for the cables. There will be enough surface area to cool the box by convection without any vent holes.
I have not read the article.
I know that an inverse relationship between brain size and breast size has been postulated for decades.
My mother or my kids Grandma (74) is a retired IBM programmer. She never asks for computer help.
To refute: bricklayers and most construction contracts are lump sum. If it takes the mason 3 days or 5 days to complete the contract amount is the same. In the "contract" the terms were well understood. One wall, this size, etc. there is an implicit warranty as suitable for the intended purpose.
Unless you had a similar "contract" to deliver the software the analogy does not apply.
The bricklayer, unless he owns the company, by law, will get paid for correcting the brick work.
Someone should file a freedom of information act request for the code.
Several years ago when I worked at NASA our branch chief speculated that someone could request, and get, the our in house developed data acquisition system and have potentially sellable product.
If the hole is deep enough it will go all the way to China - Brilliant!!
You're not the only one that thinks so. From TFA:
Head of Structures for WSP Middle East, Bart Leclercq, told Middle East Architect, “I don’t think it’s possible to build [an 838m tower] as quickly as they claim. If they manage to build this structure in three months then I will give up structural engineering. I will hang my hat and retire. I will be eating humble pie as well.”
Leclercq likes the idea of prefabrication but says concrete poured onsite in tall buildings provides stiffness, and the time it takes concrete to cure is non-negotiable. He thinks the five-year mark set by the Burj Khalifa is about as good as it gets with current techniques and technologies.
Five years to build with current technology?
The Empire State Building in New York was built in 14 months.
Maybe they should look at using 1930's technology.
Good Question,
In the US you cannot get a building permit without an engineer/architect signing and sealing the drawings.
So you would need to hire an engineer. The engineer (allowed by the opensource license) could sell you the plans, the plans would be "his work", the engineer of record by state law would be responsible for checking everything and taking full responsibility.
So the answer would be you would sue your engineer that you hired.
I agree, Gaylord Perry got an advantage by making the opponent worry about his "cheating".
It gave him a mental edge.
A baseball coach once said the difference between AAA (minor league) and the majors is between the ears.
Busted,
The fact that you know the OJ trial and the Kardashians are linked mean you follow those stories, therefore you cannot be highly intelligent.
The original poster wrote- "My opinion is this is a dangerous trend that needs to be reversed. We're being fleeced while being put at risk."
The problem is government. Government and mismanagement have gone together for at least the last 50+ years. To think that government employees would perform better than contractors is pure fantasy.
Please don't blame "Electricians".
Whoever did your cabling was unqualified to do the work he was hired to do. (Usually the the fault of whoever hired them.)
There are several electrical contractors who are qualified to do data work.
I spend a lot of time in hotels. When I have problems getting WIFI was it always form interference. I have solved the problem by using external USB adapter (with a 12ft USB cable). Relocating the antenna (adapter) is usually all that is needed to solve the problem. In extreme cases I need to use the "foil sheet". I keep a sheet of aluminum foil in an 8.5x11 plastic sleeve in my laptop case. The sheet will block WIFI from one direction, and make a USB adapter that is directional.
Who put ISO in charge?
They are one standards organization, there are several others?
Question: What/who give a standards organization credibility?
Answer: The community of users.
The ones with dissenting opinions need to embrace a different standards organization.
This is the same publication that gave the Zune 4 out of 5 stars, better than the Ipod. Reason was the Zune had great features that the Ipod did't have, like wireless syncing.
(the article stated wireless sync did not work on the model reveiwed but MS would have that working by the time we read the article).
The editors at PC mag are just lemmings for Micorsoft.
I used to work a NASA.
We threw the analog computers away in the mid 90's.
This is not a fee software. This is a national defense issue. Briton wants to buy a fighter plane. The US designed a plane that can be remotely disabled. (remember 911) Briton refuses (rightfully) to buy a plane that the US can shutoff at any time. Who can predict for certainty that there will never be any future hostilities between the two countries. I think I am as red white and blue as they come but Briton is 100% correct on this one.