United States spend around $250 billion on software development... Only 16 percent of these projects finish on schedule and within budget. Another 31 percent are cancelled, mainly due to quality problems, for losses of about $81 billion. Another 53 percent exceed their budgets by an average of 189 percent, for losses of about $59 billion.
I bet if you
1.change billion to million
2.change "software development" to "industry"
3.roll back the calender about 100 years
Wow, that PROVES HIS POINT
except, we aren't trying to make 1,000,000 boot hooks a year, as cheaply as possible. It's more like building a bridge. Can't build a bridge in a factory.
My point, I guess I din't make very well, was that the black is for catching liers. If he had said "The gas pedal stuck" thereby pointing to product liability (like my friend's grandfather did in a similar case, no fatilities) then the black box would, in effect, be a kind of witness. But in this case he more or less admits he is to blame.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators concluded the 86-year-old driver had stepped on the gas instead of the brake and plowed into a farmers market in Santa Monica, Calif., on July 16, 2003.
They came to that determination without testimony from the driver, George Weller, who refused on his lawyer's advice to talk with the investigators.
OK, so he says I push on the gas and ploughed over people BY MISTAKE. Since the BLACK BOX could not READ HIS MIND I fail to understand how such data would straighten this case out.
There are, however, many cases where a black box could help. In fact as we understand it, much of this data is recorded allready by airbag circuitry.
It seems (on a very high level) the Lawyer has just found a new market. Look at the small effort he puts forth and all the income it generates for his firm. And he admits, the patents can be fought over later in the courts...more legal fees for him!! If I were your CEO I would feel a lot like the "SUCKER" in the old Bugs Bunny cartoons. I'm sure there is *some* truth to his position, but I find it bad business to go for the "monopoly" brass ring. Its sad when our CEOs go for these get rich quick schemes. just shows you Lawyers and CEOs are greedy SOBs.
Way back in 1986 I got my first lappy (a Toshiba T1000, I wish I still had) It arrived in the mail on a Friday. Saturday morning, all alone with a cup of coffee, I fired it up and started playing. After no more than 10 minutes I went to drink some coffee, and I bumped the coffee cup against the top of the unfolded lappy, spilling coffee on the keyboard. The T1000 instantly died.
I was crushed.
I called customer service on Monday, and got a nice oriental gentleman.
me: My computer is broken.
him: just send it in.
me: but I spilled coffee on it!
him: wipe coffee off, send computer in.
All I paid was shipping to them, the fix was free and fast.
My parents are in one of these (a very nice one) but I think putting the sensor on the toilet is better than the fridge. After all a lot of these facilities have 3 meals a day in the cafeteria so..
In addition this could help monitor everyones bowel movements (!)
my cousin is a stupid criminal. He was arrested as the driver in a get away car [armed robery, Las Vegas] He tried to tell the Judge, "Hey, I was just hitchhiking and these guys picked me up."
I am consouled by the fact we were both adopted, from different families.
he gets out in Spring of 2006 and wants to move near me
>but you're just supposed to toss it in the glove box?
Well, if all the controls are integrated into the existing steering wheel controls, you really don't need the iPod in view; so best keep it in the glovebox for those 0.8+ g corners.
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I instantly visualized two ugly, fat girls, fighting over the last piece of cake.
Tonight I'm adding "Quantum Network Engineer" to my resume...
Zhang Benyu looks like he's busy posting to /. to me.
And here I thought cassettes were about replacing 8-Tracks; remember 8-tracks were the 1960's MP3 equiv..kind of.. sort of.
Little Tree Air Freshners.
I read Playboy writes and thought oh wow, is Miss October a Network Engineer..?
In North Carolina the Jury Duty list is gotten from the list of registered automobile owners.
Stephen Toulouse also admitted he is retiring in 2010...
oh make the pain stop .. it's like theonion.com
I for one welcome our new Mutant Coral Overlord Masters ..
It looks like .. yes .. I left the back porch light on, again.
uh uh uh dang, uh uh
I started a contract job @ IBM just last week, Linux cluster work. In RTP btw.
Then install tictac box in Mom's Buick.
Then wait for deep discount.
I bet if you
1.change billion to million
2.change "software development" to "industry"
3.roll back the calender about 100 years
Wow, that PROVES HIS POINT
except, we aren't trying to make 1,000,000 boot hooks a year, as cheaply as possible. It's more like building a bridge. Can't build a bridge in a factory.
Time to move again, sounds like.
My point, I guess I din't make very well, was that the black is for catching liers. If he had said "The gas pedal stuck" thereby pointing to product liability (like my friend's grandfather did in a similar case, no fatilities) then the black box would, in effect, be a kind of witness. But in this case he more or less admits he is to blame.
They came to that determination without testimony from the driver, George Weller, who refused on his lawyer's advice to talk with the investigators.
OK, so he says I push on the gas and ploughed over people BY MISTAKE. Since the BLACK BOX could not READ HIS MIND I fail to understand how such data would straighten this case out.
There are, however, many cases where a black box could help. In fact as we understand it, much of this data is recorded allready by airbag circuitry.
It seems (on a very high level) the Lawyer has just found a new market. Look at the small effort he puts forth and all the income it generates for his firm. And he admits, the patents can be fought over later in the courts...more legal fees for him!! If I were your CEO I would feel a lot like the "SUCKER" in the old Bugs Bunny cartoons. I'm sure there is *some* truth to his position, but I find it bad business to go for the "monopoly" brass ring. Its sad when our CEOs go for these get rich quick schemes. just shows you Lawyers and CEOs are greedy SOBs.
Way back in 1986 I got my first lappy (a Toshiba T1000, I wish I still had) It arrived in the mail on a Friday. Saturday morning, all alone with a cup of coffee, I fired it up and started playing. After no more than 10 minutes I went to drink some coffee, and I bumped the coffee cup against the top of the unfolded lappy, spilling coffee on the keyboard. The T1000 instantly died.
I was crushed.
I called customer service on Monday, and got a nice oriental gentleman.
me: My computer is broken.
him: just send it in.
me: but I spilled coffee on it!
him: wipe coffee off, send computer in.
All I paid was shipping to them, the fix was free and fast.
Ahh, I loved the 80's.
My dad was a dentist in the US and just had an FM tuner; even cheaper than CDs and free for over 30 years.
But if I were a lawyer I'd have a woody the size of a Buick just thinking of the lawsuits ...
My parents are in one of these (a very nice one) but I think putting the sensor on the toilet is better than the fridge. After all a lot of these facilities have 3 meals a day in the cafeteria so ..
In addition this could help monitor everyones bowel movements (!)
my cousin is a stupid criminal. He was arrested as the driver in a get away car [armed robery, Las Vegas] He tried to tell the Judge, "Hey, I was just hitchhiking and these guys picked me up."
I am consouled by the fact we were both adopted, from different families.
he gets out in Spring of 2006 and wants to move near me
>but you're just supposed to toss it in the glove box?
Well, if all the controls are integrated into the existing steering wheel controls, you really don't need the iPod in view; so best keep it in the glovebox for those 0.8+ g corners.