Somehow, though, in our society --- and this has persisted for centuries, it seems --- there is the idea that getting up early is somehow meritorious and more "moral" than getting up later. Maybe it started with the needs of an agricultural society, but today is seems really misplaced. I get up at 5 am and you get up at 9 so I'm a better person than you are? I hardly think so.
When I was managing multiple groups and couldn't possibly understand everything about everything that everyone did, I handled the "grapevine" problem in a very simple way. When I had a meeting with my bosses, I brought along the person on staff who knew the topic. Sometimes I had to do a little coaching, reminding them that the next level up really had no background in his or her area, but it nearly always worked out and we avoided the delays and miscommunications otherwise encountered.
Generally, the staffer liked the idea of being trusted and getting positive exposure with executive management. And in giving a voice and giving credit to the people who actually knew the topic, I definitely looked good in front of my bosses. It was almost always a win-win.
I wonder what it means to have "detected the AGW signal." Was there a repeated electromagnetic pulse in some high frequency band that, properly decoded, represented pi to ten thousand decimal places? Was it engraved on two tablets taken down from the mountain? Or sung by a chorus of angels floating on cumulus clouds? Remember, this was pre Al Gore, so it couldn't have come from the Oracle himself.
Come on, really. Provide some detail and make this credible. It's offhand stuff like this--- "the science is settled" --- "the signal was detected" --- "the scientists have voted" --- that doesn't help anything and just gives ammunition to those who want to ignore the issue.
What I've found interesting is that neural nets are getting better at deterministic games. It's no news that neural nets play backgammon at and beyond world championship level, but if I understand the literature correctly, neural nets are now playing Go better than programs based on just calculating move trees. I also understand that there have been inroads into chess (even though chess already is played beyond world championship level by computers).
So no, Google has not found something at all new here, but they seem to be generalizing and extending the approach.
Thank you, yes. We must leverage innovative solutions in order to increase mindshare and achieve increasingly challenging objectives in today's ever-shifting geopolitical climate.
I think what's missing here is that in "protecting" their "rights" the game companies don't care if they destroy the fun. It's true in this case, it 's true with always-on and other intrusive DRM, it's true in numerous other ways.
It's almost as if they think we just owe them money in return for whatever crumbs they care to drop off the table. I understand that producing games costs money, I understand being in business to make a profit, and I don't support piracy. But there are two sides to the equation, and killing the fun changes the equation into an inequality... the very thing that promotes piracy: "If you don't care, I don't care either."
All my text games run on Linux. What more can anyone ask? Text mode Tetris, boggle, minesweeper, space invaders.... a rich environment. And that's not even mentioning my Infocom games.
Or, maybe you could realize that older people have developed the wisdom and maturity that only comes with time, and, heaven forbid, you might actually learn something from them.
I should have been more clear. When I said "marketing" I meant to include Machiavellian meanings. Perhaps saying "Microsoft is good at selling" would have been better --- selling, whether through persuasion, coercion, etc..... or, heaven forbid, offering value if there's no other way.
I thought I would post something, you know, on topic.... as strange and possibly inappropriate as that concept might sound.
It appears that when something like this happens, Microsoft picks its moment, finds the moment of maximum chaos (all radical transitions have such moments) and offers a "deal" like cheap Office 365 (or is it 360, or 666, or some other number?) licenses, and some panic-stricken execs go for it rather than wait until the chaos dies down and a stable operating state is achieved.
I'm as anti-Microsoft as it gets, but no denying that marketing is something they are good at. This is not the same thing as pleasing the customer --- witness the forced Windows 10 downloads --- but they sure can sell things despite everything. They wouldn't be where they are if they weren't such a powerful marketing force.
I hope this works out for the Italian military but I'm not overly optimistic.
Thank you for your willingness to present actual information and have a civilized discussion, something not so common on/.
Given your focus, obviously you've made an OS choice that best meets your needs. I am definitely a Linux bigot, but I recognize that other people have other requirements that may best be met in other ways.
As to the poster who used this as an opportunity to criticize your research efforts, I think we can both agree to just ignore ignorance when we see it. There may be issues with the "big pharma" business model, but there's no doubt that critical life-saving research takes place.
This kind of stuff is why I use Windows as my primary OS now. I have a laptop and I have to be mobile right now. With Linux on my laptop I lose about 25% of the battery life and it also runs slower compared to Windows. Even worse it does not hibernate correctly and even sleep sometimes screws up. Sometimes when it wakes up from sleep under Linux the USB ports don't work.
I have just gotten tired of dealing with these issues and after all this time it is pretty clear that it is not a priority for developers of Linux. It is just easier to have virtualbox with Linux installed under Windows and use that.
I'll readily admit that it's more work and tinkering with Linux, but --- given the willingness to take the time to get things done right up front, which is a one-time effort --- I have to disagree with your points. The following is based on my experience with the three laptops I've owned over the past few years.
1. I did some power optimization and battery life on Linux is about the same as on Windows. Not better, but not worse either. (It was definitely worse before optimization, I'll admit... but that's what optimizing is all about.)
2. Runs slower? I've never seen that in any noticeable way. Neither can I say it's faster... except that I can control the amount of strange stuff running in the background and I'm not phoning home to Microsoft.
3. Hibernation / sleep were indeed an issue on 2 of the 3 laptops. But they work fine after somewhat substantial effort. The key thing seemed to have been finding out which hardware drivers to restart on resume. In one case I put in alternative hibernation software. It was all a pain but the point is that it can be done.
A day or two of work up front and I run Linux problem free for months and years. Not everyone is willing to do the work, and/or feel that such work shouldn't be necessary. Fine --- then run Windows if it does everything you need. For me, Linux is about productivity and being able to get things done without the major annoyances of Windows (I'm being polite and understating things here). I find Linux is worth the extra effort.
As an MIT alum, I'm gratified that the postings here didn't turn into a giant attack on MIT. Heaven knows the place is far from perfect, but I did get an outstanding education that stood me well in the course of a long career.
Although this is purely anecdotal, some people I talked to tell me this. There's a lot of freedom at MIT (and there always has been), and the emphasis is on breakthrough creativity. So for the most part security issues, strict rules, locking things down, etc., all take a back seat.
But there are a few systems--- just a few--- that are highly protected and known in the culture to be strictly off-limits. Have we heard of major data breaches and MIT student data being stolen on a large scale? I haven't. I suspect it's because the emphasis is on security in those few places where it really matters.
Can someone who is currently at MIT comment on this? As I said, this is anecdotal and could be dated and/or inaccurate.
I know this has been a problem with Linux on some laptops. I've experienced it, too. But I've been able to get it working on three different laptops (the number of laptops I've owned in my lifetime) with some effort. Yes, you may say, it should "just work" --- and that's right.
(Does it "just work" on Windows? I honestly don't know, I haven't tried.)
But it is not a fatal failing and can be made to work. Linux offers more than one method of hibernation, and actually, the biggest problem for me has been difficulty recovering the wireless networking after hibernation. But I've been able to work around that, too.
There was a time when people thought Linux would become a contender on the desktop. That basically hasn't happened, and it's not going to happen in a big way. Thus linux users are starved for good native apps
We are? I have everything I need to do actual work. Maybe I don't have the latest 3D first person shooter or what have you, or a word processor with a ribbon interface that packs in 1,000 superfluous features, but I can easily get done what I need to get done to be productive.
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Somehow, though, in our society --- and this has persisted for centuries, it seems --- there is the idea that getting up early is somehow meritorious and more "moral" than getting up later. Maybe it started with the needs of an agricultural society, but today is seems really misplaced. I get up at 5 am and you get up at 9 so I'm a better person than you are? I hardly think so.
When I was managing multiple groups and couldn't possibly understand everything about everything that everyone did, I handled the "grapevine" problem in a very simple way. When I had a meeting with my bosses, I brought along the person on staff who knew the topic. Sometimes I had to do a little coaching, reminding them that the next level up really had no background in his or her area, but it nearly always worked out and we avoided the delays and miscommunications otherwise encountered.
Generally, the staffer liked the idea of being trusted and getting positive exposure with executive management. And in giving a voice and giving credit to the people who actually knew the topic, I definitely looked good in front of my bosses. It was almost always a win-win.
I wonder what it means to have "detected the AGW signal." Was there a repeated electromagnetic pulse in some high frequency band that, properly decoded, represented pi to ten thousand decimal places? Was it engraved on two tablets taken down from the mountain? Or sung by a chorus of angels floating on cumulus clouds? Remember, this was pre Al Gore, so it couldn't have come from the Oracle himself.
Come on, really. Provide some detail and make this credible. It's offhand stuff like this--- "the science is settled" --- "the signal was detected" --- "the scientists have voted" --- that doesn't help anything and just gives ammunition to those who want to ignore the issue.
Kerry will wave his little finger[1] and say "Naughty, naughty!" and the Chinese will run screaming with fear from such a tough-minded diplomat.
[1] Just the one on his left hand, as anything more would be politically incorrect.
Please kill yourself. Your family can blame your suicide on Obama.
I thought we were supposed to blame everything on Bush.
We plan on trusting Iran. Why not China too? And maybe North Korea, ISIS ....
What I've found interesting is that neural nets are getting better at deterministic games. It's no news that neural nets play backgammon at and beyond world championship level, but if I understand the literature correctly, neural nets are now playing Go better than programs based on just calculating move trees. I also understand that there have been inroads into chess (even though chess already is played beyond world championship level by computers).
So no, Google has not found something at all new here, but they seem to be generalizing and extending the approach.
Thank you, yes. We must leverage innovative solutions in order to increase mindshare and achieve increasingly challenging objectives in today's ever-shifting geopolitical climate.
"sustainable governance ecology" .... wow ... don't forget to add synergy, proactivity, breakthrough innovation, client goal convergence, resource utility maximization, etc.
"guidance when procedure, process and policy fail" ... a little too late at that point, my friend.
I think what's missing here is that in "protecting" their "rights" the game companies don't care if they destroy the fun. It's true in this case, it 's true with always-on and other intrusive DRM, it's true in numerous other ways.
It's almost as if they think we just owe them money in return for whatever crumbs they care to drop off the table. I understand that producing games costs money, I understand being in business to make a profit, and I don't support piracy. But there are two sides to the equation, and killing the fun changes the equation into an inequality ... the very thing that promotes piracy: "If you don't care, I don't care either."
You make Al Gore look like an intellectual.
If you don't agree with me I'm going to make it illegal and lock you up!
What does THAT sound like?
North Korea, move over, you've got a new partner.
All my text games run on Linux. What more can anyone ask? Text mode Tetris, boggle, minesweeper, space invaders .... a rich environment. And that's not even mentioning my Infocom games.
Or, maybe you could realize that older people have developed the wisdom and maturity that only comes with time, and, heaven forbid, you might actually learn something from them.
If your going to college:
1) Find a collage that is cheap
(etc.)
9) Before you go, develop some grammar and spelling skills.
I should have been more clear. When I said "marketing" I meant to include Machiavellian meanings. Perhaps saying "Microsoft is good at selling" would have been better --- selling, whether through persuasion, coercion, etc. .... or, heaven forbid, offering value if there's no other way.
I thought I would post something, you know, on topic .... as strange and possibly inappropriate as that concept might sound.
It appears that when something like this happens, Microsoft picks its moment, finds the moment of maximum chaos (all radical transitions have such moments) and offers a "deal" like cheap Office 365 (or is it 360, or 666, or some other number?) licenses, and some panic-stricken execs go for it rather than wait until the chaos dies down and a stable operating state is achieved.
I'm as anti-Microsoft as it gets, but no denying that marketing is something they are good at. This is not the same thing as pleasing the customer --- witness the forced Windows 10 downloads --- but they sure can sell things despite everything. They wouldn't be where they are if they weren't such a powerful marketing force.
I hope this works out for the Italian military but I'm not overly optimistic.
Thank you for your willingness to present actual information and have a civilized discussion, something not so common on /.
Given your focus, obviously you've made an OS choice that best meets your needs. I am definitely a Linux bigot, but I recognize that other people have other requirements that may best be met in other ways.
As to the poster who used this as an opportunity to criticize your research efforts, I think we can both agree to just ignore ignorance when we see it. There may be issues with the "big pharma" business model, but there's no doubt that critical life-saving research takes place.
Are songs now secret?
Yes, they are. You are to pay for them but you may not listen to them.
This kind of stuff is why I use Windows as my primary OS now. I have a laptop and I have to be mobile right now. With Linux on my laptop I lose about 25% of the battery life and it also runs slower compared to Windows. Even worse it does not hibernate correctly and even sleep sometimes screws up. Sometimes when it wakes up from sleep under Linux the USB ports don't work.
I have just gotten tired of dealing with these issues and after all this time it is pretty clear that it is not a priority for developers of Linux. It is just easier to have virtualbox with Linux installed under Windows and use that.
I'll readily admit that it's more work and tinkering with Linux, but --- given the willingness to take the time to get things done right up front, which is a one-time effort --- I have to disagree with your points. The following is based on my experience with the three laptops I've owned over the past few years.
1. I did some power optimization and battery life on Linux is about the same as on Windows. Not better, but not worse either. (It was definitely worse before optimization, I'll admit ... but that's what optimizing is all about.)
2. Runs slower? I've never seen that in any noticeable way. Neither can I say it's faster ... except that I can control the amount of strange stuff running in the background and I'm not phoning home to Microsoft.
3. Hibernation / sleep were indeed an issue on 2 of the 3 laptops. But they work fine after somewhat substantial effort. The key thing seemed to have been finding out which hardware drivers to restart on resume. In one case I put in alternative hibernation software. It was all a pain but the point is that it can be done.
A day or two of work up front and I run Linux problem free for months and years. Not everyone is willing to do the work, and/or feel that such work shouldn't be necessary. Fine --- then run Windows if it does everything you need. For me, Linux is about productivity and being able to get things done without the major annoyances of Windows (I'm being polite and understating things here). I find Linux is worth the extra effort.
Maybe so, but I've read studies that say a large dog is the single most effective protection factor.
As an MIT alum, I'm gratified that the postings here didn't turn into a giant attack on MIT. Heaven knows the place is far from perfect, but I did get an outstanding education that stood me well in the course of a long career.
Although this is purely anecdotal, some people I talked to tell me this. There's a lot of freedom at MIT (and there always has been), and the emphasis is on breakthrough creativity. So for the most part security issues, strict rules, locking things down, etc., all take a back seat.
But there are a few systems--- just a few--- that are highly protected and known in the culture to be strictly off-limits. Have we heard of major data breaches and MIT student data being stolen on a large scale? I haven't. I suspect it's because the emphasis is on security in those few places where it really matters.
Can someone who is currently at MIT comment on this? As I said, this is anecdotal and could be dated and/or inaccurate.
I know this has been a problem with Linux on some laptops. I've experienced it, too. But I've been able to get it working on three different laptops (the number of laptops I've owned in my lifetime) with some effort. Yes, you may say, it should "just work" --- and that's right.
(Does it "just work" on Windows? I honestly don't know, I haven't tried.)
But it is not a fatal failing and can be made to work. Linux offers more than one method of hibernation, and actually, the biggest problem for me has been difficulty recovering the wireless networking after hibernation. But I've been able to work around that, too.
Linux needs constant tweaking to keep it running properly
Really? Could have fooled me. It works out of the box to do everything most people need.
There was a time when people thought Linux would become a contender on the desktop. That basically hasn't happened, and it's not going to happen in a big way. Thus linux users are starved for good native apps
We are? I have everything I need to do actual work. Maybe I don't have the latest 3D first person shooter or what have you, or a word processor with a ribbon interface that packs in 1,000 superfluous features, but I can easily get done what I need to get done to be productive.