Then you need glasses. Seriously. Larger companies tend to have Many Many specialized systems, some of which require full time dedicated staff, or TEAMS. They probably have a mainframe (or 20 of them) too.
Keep in mind that a fortune 100 company is likely to have facilities all over the country / world, some facilities probably staffed 24/7.
While 1/7 seems quite high, 25/15000 would be just insane.
In order to COMPETE with flash, you need to do more. Like stupid simple multimedia. Flash is not just a language - it is a rich media application framework.
And lets not forget that you would need to make javascript fast on IE. Good luck with that...
And while dimmable CFL's are available at 4-10 times the cost of the non-dimmable ones, they are generally NOT available in most retail outlets such as Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, Target, your local grocery store, etc. In fact, I can only find them at specialty lighting stores (meaning 8x normal retail price) and mailorder. Since 90% of my lighting is on dimming circuits, this is a major problem for me.
I also wanted to use CFL's in an outdoor security floodlight application, but with the 7 foot diameter base, they don't fit in my fixture. I wanted to use them in a few other places, but they don't fit with the huge bases or extra length. The bulbs available to me all have cold weather problems, and slow startups (taking as much as a minute to get to full brightness for some of them) - I've tried all the brands available to me locally.
I looked for a light sensor to automatically turn on lights at dusk, and every single one specifically said not to use them with CFL's.
I want to use CFL's. I really really do, and I use them where I can (such as the bathrooms.) BUT, I can't use them in many cases where it makes the most sense to use them. You may be fortunate - your local stores may carry the modern bulbs. Mine do not as of this afternoon when I was shopping.
Maybe it's because I don't have an A class Home Depot, or the 700 acre super Walmart isn't quite super enough, but I KNOW I am not alone in my frustration.
I'm very happy you found a bulb that works for you. I have not been so fortunate.
Here is the thing. Generic "hosting" is not worth your time. Offer fully managed web services - that's the application and everything. That is where the money is. "Hosting", allowing people to host their own content / site on your machine will cost you more than it's worth. Even the big guys have trouble. The fact is, unless you are huge, you can't provide services anywhere close to the prices they charge. It will cost you more in bandwidth alone than you can charge for an entire hosting package.
Comparing the performance of a bunch of SATA drives on a FC loop, and a bunch of FC drives on an FC loop, (on the same EMC box) I can tell you that in no uncertain terms, FC drives win HANDS DOWN in performance. So it depends on what you use them for. We use SATA for archival / occasional (mostly read) data. Our core data is all on FC drives as SATA just doesn't give us the performance we need. With storage usage on our SAN being well over 100T, we do push a lot of bits. Performance matters. A lot.
Considering that Corporate America is not embracing Vista, and neither are savvy gamers (due to lower performance), I predict that your prediction will not become reality.
I can boot off a virtual CD a thousand miles away if I want. Remote console is like being there. Hell it's even useful to use it in the same building so you don't have to stand up in front of a KVM in a cold, loud room. IP KVM's are similar, but a poor second to the RILO that is in HP servers for example. They do a LOT.
It must be a very happy place you live in - oblivious to all the changes going on around you.
I don't think you understand the fear. It's not me being in fear of a terrorist attack, it's fear of the government invading my personal life and destroying the few freedoms we have left. It's the fear that my child will grow up not being free because a few hundred idiots in DC don't understand what freedom is anymore.
Well, if you are running machines that are designed to be enterprise class, it isn't a problem. Remote console is standard on enterprise class hardware.
In my state, there IS a requirement under the "Freedom of Access" laws that any and all public information requested must be provided (with a very few exceptions for confidential data.) If the request is beyond a simple dump, the office is allowed to recover the costs of preparing the data. Under this law, I was able to get a database dump of the entire GIS system data on a DVD for $25. And I like that. It allowed me access to tax information and comps to prove that I was being over assessed and get my property tax bill lowered by $1000 / year. Just pointing me at the website would not give me the information I need. Refusing the dump would be illegal under our FOA law.
If you have a solid work experience history, the degree has no impact. You are getting the job by being recruited away from your old job, right? Brought in by someone you know or a friend of someone you know? Seriously, that is 1000 times more important / effective than anything on paper. The "old boy network" is still key and remain key for senior jobs. Get to know senior management at companies all over. As long as you are not totally incompetent, you will never have an issue with getting a good job - they will come to you.
Actually, I'll get back to the topic of discussion.
The industry standards for residential structured cabling currently recommend two cat-5e, two RG6U-QS, and optionally two fiber at each standard location (more drops for "media centers." I wired my house for this.
The "bastard of a spec" HDMI came out well AFTER this standard. That's right, these ****tards came up with a HORRIBLE cable spec that is INCOMPATIBLE with industry standard residential structured cabling. I was all ready with a home-run cable system, but the HDMI a-holes decided that nobody should have ever want their display more than 6 feet from the receiver, and certainly wouldn't want the cable hidden in a wall. HDMI must die and be replaced by a structured cable compatible alternative.
The discussion was physical wire versus optical. Obviously nothing is forever, but optical has proven that it can handle MANY generations of upgrades of speed without replacing the cable. Even over the standard optical cable, lab transceivers are running in the multi-terabit level via optical multiplexing / etc. It as close to future proof as you can get compared to anything else out there. You are arguing for the sake of arguing.
I suggest you learn about attenuation, crosstalk, and noise. Physical wire will NEVER surpass optical. 20 year old optical can be upgraded by using different transceivers. In contrast, look at network cable. Twinax, cat3, cat5, cat5e, cat6, shielded and unshielded, etc. etc. Each time there is a speed / technology upgrade, they usually need to upgrade the wire spec. Why do you think cable companies and telco companies are upgrading all their systems to optical? Oh yeah - it's because they are actually downgrading, right???
I have a 50' HDMI cable too. My components are in a cabinet in the front corner, and the TV is mounted on the back wall. Cable has to go down through the basement.
Here's the problem. When you go long, the cable diameter increases as the wire size increases. My cable is 1/2" in diameter. It doesn't bend well, and you can't do much of a bend by the connector due to stresses. This makes it a bitch to plug in to the set.
HDMI sucks. Pro gear doesn't use it, it uses a HD version of SDI which only uses coax cables and has a MUCH longer distance capability without repeaters. Love your HDMI all you want. I hate it with a passion.
I want optical. Optical is future proof and doesn't have a distance issue (within reason.) It uses standard connectors which are MUCH easier to terminate than they used to be. It isn't reasonable to terminate your own HDMI cables in any case, so concerns about termination are moot. Prebuilt optical cables over a certain length are less expensive than HDMI too. Thinner, better capacity, etc.
The HDMI folks can take their spec and shove it. Idiots.
It's actually because congress in it's infinite wisdom, still allows analog-only sets to be sold. Well placed manufacturer dollars ensured this. Meanwhile, the consumer gets screwed.
The problem is that retailers are still allowed to sell analog sets. Only sets over a certain size are now mandated, but you can still walk into a KMart and buy an analog set. Sales of analog "only" sets should have been banned 4 or 5 years ago, but FCC / congress bent to the whining of manufacturers. Disgraceful.
Of course no sane person is sill using office 95. This isn't about office 95, it's about old DOCUMENTS. MS has a duty to their customers to provide a way to continue to read older documents. Office is one of their most popular and profitable products. They have billions in cash - certainly they could throw a few hundred K on a sandbox system to read old documents safely. That's the least they can do for customers who are PAYING to do just that.
while it is perfectly possible to lock you into 10 mins of trailers, when was the last time you saw a DVD do that?
Most Disney films, such as the latest Pirates for one. That's why I rip to my media server to avoid that shit. If I can't rip, I don't buy. The MPAA can go screw themselves, and take their HD DRM with them.
With digital, it is all or nothing, BUT that all or nothing can toggle every few seconds resulting in screen freeze, black screen, etc. If you are watching the superbowl, I would rather take some snow over a bad digital signal any day. And I have had that problem. At least the audio is always clear and doesn't cut out with analog!
All our local stations are digital with network HD content (local is never HD) EXCEPT the local FOX station which is waiting until the LAST DAY before they switch. Obnoxious.
I have a nice 1080p set, but the compression artifacts on every HD station are aweful.
We have Time Warner cable and there is NO WAY IN HELL I would ever use them. So it's the lesser evil, DirecTV. I won't bother with HD on them until they support the HD Tivo for all their content however (Which means that Tivo needs to come out with an MPEG4 version.) Not sure how bad the compression artifact problem is with sat HD...
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Then you need glasses. Seriously. Larger companies tend to have Many Many specialized systems, some of which require full time dedicated staff, or TEAMS. They probably have a mainframe (or 20 of them) too.
Keep in mind that a fortune 100 company is likely to have facilities all over the country / world, some facilities probably staffed 24/7.
While 1/7 seems quite high, 25/15000 would be just insane.
In order to COMPETE with flash, you need to do more. Like stupid simple multimedia.
Flash is not just a language - it is a rich media application framework.
And lets not forget that you would need to make javascript fast on IE. Good luck with that...
I think you overestimate Vista market penetration
This is true - I feel penetrated every time I'm even NEAR a computer running Vista. Lucky it's not often...
And while dimmable CFL's are available at 4-10 times the cost of the non-dimmable ones, they are generally NOT available in most retail outlets such as Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, Target, your local grocery store, etc. In fact, I can only find them at specialty lighting stores (meaning 8x normal retail price) and mailorder. Since 90% of my lighting is on dimming circuits, this is a major problem for me.
I also wanted to use CFL's in an outdoor security floodlight application, but with the 7 foot diameter base, they don't fit in my fixture. I wanted to use them in a few other places, but they don't fit with the huge bases or extra length. The bulbs available to me all have cold weather problems, and slow startups (taking as much as a minute to get to full brightness for some of them) - I've tried all the brands available to me locally.
I looked for a light sensor to automatically turn on lights at dusk, and every single one specifically said not to use them with CFL's.
I want to use CFL's. I really really do, and I use them where I can (such as the bathrooms.) BUT, I can't use them in many cases where it makes the most sense to use them. You may be fortunate - your local stores may carry the modern bulbs. Mine do not as of this afternoon when I was shopping.
Maybe it's because I don't have an A class Home Depot, or the 700 acre super Walmart isn't quite super enough, but I KNOW I am not alone in my frustration.
I'm very happy you found a bulb that works for you. I have not been so fortunate.
They probably get them free, so I doubt it.
Here is the thing. Generic "hosting" is not worth your time. Offer fully managed web services - that's the application and everything. That is where the money is. "Hosting", allowing people to host their own content / site on your machine will cost you more than it's worth. Even the big guys have trouble. The fact is, unless you are huge, you can't provide services anywhere close to the prices they charge. It will cost you more in bandwidth alone than you can charge for an entire hosting package.
Bah - who needs sharks... They will just install them in military jets for when they need a LOT of popcorn...
"Kent, this is Jesus.... And stop playing with yourself..."
Comparing the performance of a bunch of SATA drives on a FC loop, and a bunch of FC drives on an FC loop, (on the same EMC box) I can tell you that in no uncertain terms, FC drives win HANDS DOWN in performance. So it depends on what you use them for. We use SATA for archival / occasional (mostly read) data. Our core data is all on FC drives as SATA just doesn't give us the performance we need. With storage usage on our SAN being well over 100T, we do push a lot of bits. Performance matters. A lot.
Considering that Corporate America is not embracing Vista, and neither are savvy gamers (due to lower performance), I predict that your prediction will not become reality.
What are you talking about? Of course it does.
I can boot off a virtual CD a thousand miles away if I want. Remote console is like being there. Hell it's even useful to use it in the same building so you don't have to stand up in front of a KVM in a cold, loud room. IP KVM's are similar, but a poor second to the RILO that is in HP servers for example. They do a LOT.
It must be a very happy place you live in - oblivious to all the changes going on around you.
I don't think you understand the fear. It's not me being in fear of a terrorist attack, it's fear of the government invading my personal life and destroying the few freedoms we have left. It's the fear that my child will grow up not being free because a few hundred idiots in DC don't understand what freedom is anymore.
Well, if you are running machines that are designed to be enterprise class, it isn't a problem. Remote console is standard on enterprise class hardware.
What the terrorists want is to disrupt our lives, and cause fear. They have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. We have already lost the "war."
In my state, there IS a requirement under the "Freedom of Access" laws that any and all public information requested must be provided (with a very few exceptions for confidential data.) If the request is beyond a simple dump, the office is allowed to recover the costs of preparing the data. Under this law, I was able to get a database dump of the entire GIS system data on a DVD for $25. And I like that. It allowed me access to tax information and comps to prove that I was being over assessed and get my property tax bill lowered by $1000 / year. Just pointing me at the website would not give me the information I need. Refusing the dump would be illegal under our FOA law.
If you have a solid work experience history, the degree has no impact. You are getting the job by being recruited away from your old job, right? Brought in by someone you know or a friend of someone you know? Seriously, that is 1000 times more important / effective than anything on paper. The "old boy network" is still key and remain key for senior jobs. Get to know senior management at companies all over. As long as you are not totally incompetent, you will never have an issue with getting a good job - they will come to you.
Actually, I'll get back to the topic of discussion.
The industry standards for residential structured cabling currently recommend two cat-5e, two RG6U-QS, and optionally two fiber at each standard location (more drops for "media centers." I wired my house for this.
The "bastard of a spec" HDMI came out well AFTER this standard. That's right, these ****tards came up with a HORRIBLE cable spec that is INCOMPATIBLE with industry standard residential structured cabling. I was all ready with a home-run cable system, but the HDMI a-holes decided that nobody should have ever want their display more than 6 feet from the receiver, and certainly wouldn't want the cable hidden in a wall. HDMI must die and be replaced by a structured cable compatible alternative.
The discussion was physical wire versus optical. Obviously nothing is forever, but optical has proven that it can handle MANY generations of upgrades of speed without replacing the cable. Even over the standard optical cable, lab transceivers are running in the multi-terabit level via optical multiplexing / etc. It as close to future proof as you can get compared to anything else out there. You are arguing for the sake of arguing.
I suggest you learn about attenuation, crosstalk, and noise. Physical wire will NEVER surpass optical. 20 year old optical can be upgraded by using different transceivers.
In contrast, look at network cable. Twinax, cat3, cat5, cat5e, cat6, shielded and unshielded, etc. etc. Each time there is a speed / technology upgrade, they usually need to upgrade the wire spec. Why do you think cable companies and telco companies are upgrading all their systems to optical? Oh yeah - it's because they are actually downgrading, right???
Sheesh.
I have a 50' HDMI cable too. My components are in a cabinet in the front corner, and the TV is mounted on the back wall. Cable has to go down through the basement.
Here's the problem. When you go long, the cable diameter increases as the wire size increases. My cable is 1/2" in diameter. It doesn't bend well, and you can't do much of a bend by the connector due to stresses. This makes it a bitch to plug in to the set.
HDMI sucks. Pro gear doesn't use it, it uses a HD version of SDI which only uses coax cables and has a MUCH longer distance capability without repeaters. Love your HDMI all you want. I hate it with a passion.
I want optical. Optical is future proof and doesn't have a distance issue (within reason.) It uses standard connectors which are MUCH easier to terminate than they used to be. It isn't reasonable to terminate your own HDMI cables in any case, so concerns about termination are moot. Prebuilt optical cables over a certain length are less expensive than HDMI too. Thinner, better capacity, etc.
The HDMI folks can take their spec and shove it. Idiots.
It's actually because congress in it's infinite wisdom, still allows analog-only sets to be sold. Well placed manufacturer dollars ensured this. Meanwhile, the consumer gets screwed.
Don't worry - Comcrap will encrypt all their digital channels so you will be screwed anyway.
The problem is that retailers are still allowed to sell analog sets. Only sets over a certain size are now mandated, but you can still walk into a KMart and buy an analog set. Sales of analog "only" sets should have been banned 4 or 5 years ago, but FCC / congress bent to the whining of manufacturers. Disgraceful.
Of course no sane person is sill using office 95. This isn't about office 95, it's about old DOCUMENTS. MS has a duty to their customers to provide a way to continue to read older documents. Office is one of their most popular and profitable products. They have billions in cash - certainly they could throw a few hundred K on a sandbox system to read old documents safely. That's the least they can do for customers who are PAYING to do just that.
while it is perfectly possible to lock you into 10 mins of trailers, when was the last time you saw a DVD do that?
Most Disney films, such as the latest Pirates for one. That's why I rip to my media server to avoid that shit. If I can't rip, I don't buy. The MPAA can go screw themselves, and take their HD DRM with them.
With digital, it is all or nothing, BUT that all or nothing can toggle every few seconds resulting in screen freeze, black screen, etc. If you are watching the superbowl, I would rather take some snow over a bad digital signal any day. And I have had that problem. At least the audio is always clear and doesn't cut out with analog!
All our local stations are digital with network HD content (local is never HD) EXCEPT the local FOX station which is waiting until the LAST DAY before they switch. Obnoxious.
I have a nice 1080p set, but the compression artifacts on every HD station are aweful.
We have Time Warner cable and there is NO WAY IN HELL I would ever use them. So it's the lesser evil, DirecTV. I won't bother with HD on them until they support the HD Tivo for all their content however (Which means that Tivo needs to come out with an MPEG4 version.) Not sure how bad the compression artifact problem is with sat HD...