I'd tend to agree when it comes to novices and people who want a fast daily driver. But, personally, I'd rather become an expert myself and turn every bolt. That's why I built my own project car from the ground up for rally and ice racing.
But, by your logic, most computer users of high end systems should only trust installing software to the experts at Best Buy.;)
First we had mobile phones that suck for calling people but are great for taking photos. Pretty soon we'll have digital cameras that suck for taking photos but are great for calling people.
This reminds me of an article that was pinned up in the copy room at Lucent in Allentown a while ago about rats that had been trained to run telecom and network cables through existing ductwork in schools. It was quite a few years ago so I forget the specifics, but it looked rather cool. Google has been unhelpful for the moment, but I'm still searching for more information.
I used the poor-man's version of the above after my apartment in Mission Hill burned down back in 1994. Between all of the roommates, around 10 machines were melted, hit with fire hoses, or enveloped with smoke damage.
THIS WILL PROBABLY DAMAGE MODERN EQUIPMENT!
Each machine was completely disassembled down to the empty case. The tub was filled with a warm solution of water and dish soap and everything was tossed in. Each board was agitated to get all the chunks off. The tub was drained and all the chunks were rinsed down the drain.
The tub was filled again with the same warm solution of water and dish soap, except now soft scrub brushes were used to clean off smoke and dirt deposits. Rinse, repeat multiple times.
Once all the boards were clean enough for government work, each piece was agitated in a denatured alcohol bath to extract any water that hadn't been shaken out. Everything was left to dry overnight and every single board (except for the blatently melted ones) powered right up the next day.
Power supplies were blown out with compressed air and we just took a chance, keeping tabs on the systems to make sure they didn't short out or overheat. Ditto for monitors. Every single one except the case and monitor in the room the fire came in on worked fine.
Hard drives were scrubbed down with wet scrub brushes and every single one of them was usable for data recovery. The most notable was a Conner 240 MB IDE drive that was in the room the fire came in on, sat in the fire until the fire department showed up, the case literally melted around the hard drive, the system was blown out the third story window by a fire hose, then sat in the rain for three days. One of my roommates used that hard drive for another three years after the fire after I cleaned it.
What's worse, the "I personally can't wait to get a hold of one of these" makes it look suspiciously like astroturfing.
Or perhaps it was a genuine display of excitement about the product my employer is producing. Yes, I'm a Pepper employee, but that doesn't mean I get my own Pad to take home, hack, and play with in my spare time. So, quite literally, I can't wait to get a hold of one because one is not in my possession.
Except it's the truth that I can't wait to get one myself. I don't have one of my own, and I certainly won't have one for quite some time since they're not in full-scale production yet. Ask any of my co-workers here at Pepper and they'll tell you that just about all I can talk about is hacking a Pepper Pad 2 into a motorsports toy.
Was my article submission astroturfing? Perhaps. Was it intentional? No. Was my underlying agenda an attempt to get photos of my rally car on Slashdot? You betcha.
"When people start feeling that what they're doing is not meaningful, then they take more sick days, begin looking for another job, and complain of health problems."
Yup. I've noticed this a lot, especially with previous contract gigs I had where I was surrounded by younger more inexperienced guys. And this article really hits home since I just put in a 100+ hour work week. Now, if you don't mind, I'll go crawl under my desk and die.:)
Yes, the Idea Man! What're his hopes and dreams, his desires
and aspirations? Does he think all the time or does he set aside a certain
portion of the day? How tall is he and what's his shoe size? Where does he
sleep and what does he eat for breakfast? Does he put jam on his toast or
doesn't he put jam on his toast, and if not why not and since
when?
Slashdot Mirror
OMGHI2U! :disco:
Rephrase: novices getting in over their heads and people with no interest in mechanics who want a fast daily driver.
I'd tend to agree when it comes to novices and people who want a fast daily driver. But, personally, I'd rather become an expert myself and turn every bolt. That's why I built my own project car from the ground up for rally and ice racing.
But, by your logic, most computer users of high end systems should only trust installing software to the experts at Best Buy. ;)
Ha: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6 55091
This reminds me of an article that was pinned up in the copy room at Lucent in Allentown a while ago about rats that had been trained to run telecom and network cables through existing ductwork in schools. It was quite a few years ago so I forget the specifics, but it looked rather cool. Google has been unhelpful for the moment, but I'm still searching for more information.
I used the poor-man's version of the above after my apartment in Mission Hill burned down back in 1994. Between all of the roommates, around 10 machines were melted, hit with fire hoses, or enveloped with smoke damage.
THIS WILL PROBABLY DAMAGE MODERN EQUIPMENT!
Each machine was completely disassembled down to the empty case. The tub was filled with a warm solution of water and dish soap and everything was tossed in. Each board was agitated to get all the chunks off. The tub was drained and all the chunks were rinsed down the drain.
The tub was filled again with the same warm solution of water and dish soap, except now soft scrub brushes were used to clean off smoke and dirt deposits. Rinse, repeat multiple times.
Once all the boards were clean enough for government work, each piece was agitated in a denatured alcohol bath to extract any water that hadn't been shaken out. Everything was left to dry overnight and every single board (except for the blatently melted ones) powered right up the next day.
Power supplies were blown out with compressed air and we just took a chance, keeping tabs on the systems to make sure they didn't short out or overheat. Ditto for monitors. Every single one except the case and monitor in the room the fire came in on worked fine.
Hard drives were scrubbed down with wet scrub brushes and every single one of them was usable for data recovery. The most notable was a Conner 240 MB IDE drive that was in the room the fire came in on, sat in the fire until the fire department showed up, the case literally melted around the hard drive, the system was blown out the third story window by a fire hose, then sat in the rain for three days. One of my roommates used that hard drive for another three years after the fire after I cleaned it.
Except it would only be 13 inches for 6 to 12 hours at a time.
Why is this moderated as Funny? We put high-power IR emitters on the Pad for a reason...
Or perhaps it was a genuine display of excitement about the product my employer is producing. Yes, I'm a Pepper employee, but that doesn't mean I get my own Pad to take home, hack, and play with in my spare time. So, quite literally, I can't wait to get a hold of one because one is not in my possession.
There will be a full updates system in place for both the Pepper Keeper software and the underlying operating system.
Except it's the truth that I can't wait to get one myself. I don't have one of my own, and I certainly won't have one for quite some time since they're not in full-scale production yet. Ask any of my co-workers here at Pepper and they'll tell you that just about all I can talk about is hacking a Pepper Pad 2 into a motorsports toy.
Was my article submission astroturfing? Perhaps. Was it intentional? No. Was my underlying agenda an attempt to get photos of my rally car on Slashdot? You betcha.
Ha...thanks. Yeah, I haven't been sleeping much the past few weeks. I'm just really glad there's a gym and shower at work. :)
Yup. I've noticed this a lot, especially with previous contract gigs I had where I was surrounded by younger more inexperienced guys. And this article really hits home since I just put in a 100+ hour work week. Now, if you don't mind, I'll go crawl under my desk and die. :)
Before or after you run away?
Or who pissed in your Cheerios? ;)
+++ATH0 NO CARRIER
Yeah, because paying $15 to $50 per image for drum scans is economically feasible for crappy wedding photos.
Ha. That was quick! ;)
You'll win a Gmail account? Heck. I'll give one away right now! Have fun fighting over it...
Your mom.
So, what, it deinstalls Windows for you?
So you really can take it with you when you die?
So, what did Larry have for breakfast?