It actually appears in this latest study that they are using core sample from what they think is a large time period - so those dates are represented - the new study had nothing to do with make measurement equiptment or monitoring things - they were looking at the past. But in answer to your post, if you dont have enough data to meet the mathmatical requirements to make inferences - it does mean nothing, by mathmatical definition - not mine.
Every time i see this argument come up im amazed at how quickly people jump on board. Im all for not using fossil fuels and stopping deforestation - on principle alone - and for the health of the planet, but the statistics they use to say that global warming is happening wouldnt be accepted in a statistical context on any other occassion. Statements like "the surface temperature of the earth has increased 1 degree in the 20th century". What happened in the 19th, 18th and 17th century? What about the 10th? One point doesnt make a very convincing plot now does it. I understand that we are forced to use the information we have at hand to make decisions and theories but the arguments are full of these limited perspective inferences. Whos to say that the Earth is not naturally prone to taking long term turns that may not be friendly to the existance of humans - since there was already ice ages that we know of, this seems just as plausible as global warming and no scientist out there has data over a long enough period of time to prove that it isnt. Only time will tell.
Ive worked for a college IT department and attended programs at two other schools in my time and it was the same story in each instance. They teach IT courses on specific pieces of software like office, a couple of networking courses - usually really specific to what the teacher likes/feels proficient and usually lacking in time spent on fundamentals of things like TCP/UDP. The kids come out of school knowing some buzzword terminology and how to install windows and office. This just isnt going to cut it in most instances. Part 2 of the problem is the fact that employers really hire people to run specific systems, not an overall general purpose IT person.
With the lack of required skills, no experience and, as stated in many other posts, too much debt to accept realistic salaries its no surprise to see IT get a negative wrap in that context. I would advise avoiding the field if your are not prepared to study on your own time to punch up your experience and accept a realistic salary.
Most authors would probably like to get rid of all those pesky bad reviews but dont, perhaps in this case the lawyers should practice law and let the writers write the books because this guy obviously hasnt figured out theres a difference between the two.
At least now we have a good chance of getting some original storylines out of hollywood and anyways, did anyone read the storyline? - i personally am glad that this one is going out of circulation.
Writing the first implementation of software from a spec is stupid, period. Hes right - its doesnt work. But once you have a reference/initial working implementation, a spec can be a useful reference for other software vendors for the purpose of ensuring interoperability. I guess my point is that I see a spec as an output, _not and input_, of the original development process.
i would consider this a good sign for firefox; all the attempted exploits, in my mind, point to the fact that firefox is grabbing mindshare as well as marketshare - you know your close to the top when someone tries to knock you off..
A world without IP laws is a world of secrets, which stiffles innovation.
I dont know that IP laws really make these people share anything that they wouldnt have to share without the IP. Save a few exceptional cases, they still keep as much secret as they can; they are really using patents for the purpose of protecting things they need to make public in order to make money - such as a interface for a device they are about to sell to the public.
I guess my point is that the IP law itself doesnt appear to ever lead to a state in which a clear line could be drawn between fair protection and large corporations creating portfolios to use as fodder against their enemies. Whats required is a change in human nature - time to stop blaming laws and business plans and market dynamics for problems that are clearly rooted in ourselves. This opinion isnt popular though, being so much easier to pass the buck, and this change unfortunately doesnt seem to be on the horizon. Otherwise the current configuration will probably give about as many satisfactory results as any reformed system.
If we want to save species you have to change how we live, not artificially try to manipulate nature. Furthermore there isnt scientfic proof that these species would have died out regardless of human behavior - just because something in their habitat changed doesnt prove that its the cause of their downfall, even if it does add plausiblity to such a theory. IMHO manipulating nature ourselves is just as dangerous as doing nothing at all - we should attempt to be in balance in nature, not destroy or manipulate it.
You miss my point, Microsoft is probably as innovative as anyone else in the software industry. If you make that point that no one in the industry is innovative though, i might agree.
I like how he describes adding modules as being difficult.. Apache modules? Perl or PHP modules? Kernel modules? New software packages? If so which distribution/package system? Could he make his statements any more general? (The first clue that you should put too much stock in this.)
On the other hand im shocked to see him say you can do stuff with Linux successfully - isnt this a turn around from previous MS opinion? I thought we were all foolish for using OSS. Make up your mind MS.
It was no secret that bombs were going to drop. How much more do you want to do short of not going to war, go in and move the kids out? War is hell no matter how you slice it and i personally dont approve of it period - but to compare announced airbourne bombing with rules of engagement to unannounced attacks specifically targeting civilians is not a well thought out argument - its moronic.
Its against my best judgement to chime in on such a thread but there really is a difference between targeting your enemy and targeting his family, friends and loved ones. If you reduce it to a fist fight analogy, someone punched a guy in the eye and he came back and punched that guys sister in the eye. We do have to keep in mind that the perpetrators of such attacks are also victims of their own propaganda. Perhaps some governments make questionable decisions about where to put troops and about giving orders but on the whole i dont believe that the average "coalition" military personal in Iraq are out to hurt innocents. I say compare apples to apples and dont justify cowardice.
The real danger is that this very plausibly is just an excuse for them to make it "different" enough to patent the crap out of it. The patent office doesnt seem to be against letting people tweak good ideas and calling them their own.
Im trying to think of one operating system that has a database backed filesystem search... mmm nope. I guess everyone has their own definitions for revolutionary but this, if it doesnt end up being a big headache first, could be one of the most timesaving improvements to hit the desktop in years. I dont think your fully grasping what this feature would provide.
As far as the IM client, its not adding features - its integrating it into the operating system, i.e. email, the desktop, office applications. IM is really an underdeveloped resource that should and could take alot of load off of over-utilized services such as email.
First off, this is in context of desktop operating systems - and in that context many of these things are new. Lets not go overboard with bashing this list.
Search - its backed by a database, anyone who has searched for files with 'find' or windows file search knows what an improvment this could be.
Scripting - again, in the desktop OS this area was limited, pathetic to say the least - a much welcomed improvement (definately a wait and see)
RSS - good point, RSS is nothing new
Info display panel, im thinking they mean gkrellm style - again not revolutionary but as far as desktop operating systems on 99.9% of pcs it is
instant messaging - id say lets wait on this one and see how they integrate it, IM could certainly be improved and this might be a "good thing"
64 bit support, this is going to be on any list for OSs regardless of being revolutionary
In short, this list isnt so bad but back to the topic at hand, who is copying who - its perfectly plausible to say that neither party is copying each other; the changes are natural progressions in technology for the desktop and if anyone is being copied its the open source desktop community.
I found that the respect i get is a function of personal relationships with those individuals and not really a function of what i did. People who arent technical tend not to look at our craft as fondly as we tend to do, they dont see the things that we see in it, and therefore it often doesnt hold the same appeal or respect. Those who do show that respect often respect you as a person or have an affinity for technology and can appreciate what you do more than the norm. Either way, even if you sweep the floor, and you do it to the best of your ability and treat those around you with respect, youll tend to get it in return. And ask yourself, if you expect them to be in awe of you just for walking in the room, how much do you really respect them?
If they are coming here and taking our jobs and we are going there and taking theirs... why dont we just work in our own countries. Article doesnt make any sense or would more aptly be titled "Westerners who like to travel take temporary jobs while wandering." rather than reverse immigration.
Why does it seem that groups with "Industry" in them are bad news for the consumer/public? This group represents big business and their issues and to be surprised that they would take a payoff, if thats what they did, shouldnt surprise you. They support H1-B visas as well. Although emotions on these visas may be mixed, they certainly benefit the corporations first and the public second - anyone who thinks differently should perhaps read "The Grapes of Wrath". No big surprises here for me.
It might be off topic, but it seems you could buy SATA drives and say a 3ware card for just a little bit more and get hardware raid with hot swap (and yes there are linux drivers).
Well thats the exact problem im complaining about, a few really tight states have some influence while the rest of us, like NY where i live, is already decided before i vote - my opinion doesnt matter unless its for the democratic candidate. This is even less fair for the fact that i cant vote for most of the third party candidates here either. As far as a weighted popular vote, i believe they do something along those lines now, dont they? The electoral votes arent distributed equally, i know that much.
The real problem is that the electoral college, which is currently necessary to avoid popular vote take-over by densely populated areas which often have a political slant, needs an alternative. An alternative that doesn't disenfranchise the individual or favor the incumbent parties attempts to maintain power. The second part of that problem is that the people who can change it are the very incumbents that we need to be protected from.
Instead the two parties maintain the status quo by continually discounting the other candidates as too radical to be elected. They spend all their time socializing and intellectualizing their position of power into the minds and opinions of Americans, to the end that the other candidates really become unelectable and the actual issues don't really matter anymore. That's what these guys were getting press for, not their campaigns. They should be applauded because they are taking a hit for freedom, not because they think they can win - they want to give us choice.
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It actually appears in this latest study that they are using core sample from what they think is a large time period - so those dates are represented - the new study had nothing to do with make measurement equiptment or monitoring things - they were looking at the past. But in answer to your post, if you dont have enough data to meet the mathmatical requirements to make inferences - it does mean nothing, by mathmatical definition - not mine.
Every time i see this argument come up im amazed at how quickly people jump on board. Im all for not using fossil fuels and stopping deforestation - on principle alone - and for the health of the planet, but the statistics they use to say that global warming is happening wouldnt be accepted in a statistical context on any other occassion. Statements like "the surface temperature of the earth has increased 1 degree in the 20th century". What happened in the 19th, 18th and 17th century? What about the 10th? One point doesnt make a very convincing plot now does it. I understand that we are forced to use the information we have at hand to make decisions and theories but the arguments are full of these limited perspective inferences. Whos to say that the Earth is not naturally prone to taking long term turns that may not be friendly to the existance of humans - since there was already ice ages that we know of, this seems just as plausible as global warming and no scientist out there has data over a long enough period of time to prove that it isnt. Only time will tell.
Ive worked for a college IT department and attended programs at two other schools in my time and it was the same story in each instance. They teach IT courses on specific pieces of software like office, a couple of networking courses - usually really specific to what the teacher likes/feels proficient and usually lacking in time spent on fundamentals of things like TCP/UDP. The kids come out of school knowing some buzzword terminology and how to install windows and office. This just isnt going to cut it in most instances. Part 2 of the problem is the fact that employers really hire people to run specific systems, not an overall general purpose IT person.
With the lack of required skills, no experience and, as stated in many other posts, too much debt to accept realistic salaries its no surprise to see IT get a negative wrap in that context. I would advise avoiding the field if your are not prepared to study on your own time to punch up your experience and accept a realistic salary.
Most authors would probably like to get rid of all those pesky bad reviews but dont, perhaps in this case the lawyers should practice law and let the writers write the books because this guy obviously hasnt figured out theres a difference between the two.
At least now we have a good chance of getting some original storylines out of hollywood and anyways, did anyone read the storyline? - i personally am glad that this one is going out of circulation.
Writing the first implementation of software from a spec is stupid, period. Hes right - its doesnt work. But once you have a reference/initial working implementation, a spec can be a useful reference for other software vendors for the purpose of ensuring interoperability. I guess my point is that I see a spec as an output, _not and input_, of the original development process.
i would consider this a good sign for firefox; all the attempted exploits, in my mind, point to the fact that firefox is grabbing mindshare as well as marketshare - you know your close to the top when someone tries to knock you off..
A world without IP laws is a world of secrets, which stiffles innovation.
I dont know that IP laws really make these people share anything that they wouldnt have to share without the IP. Save a few exceptional cases, they still keep as much secret as they can; they are really using patents for the purpose of protecting things they need to make public in order to make money - such as a interface for a device they are about to sell to the public.
I guess my point is that the IP law itself doesnt appear to ever lead to a state in which a clear line could be drawn between fair protection and large corporations creating portfolios to use as fodder against their enemies. Whats required is a change in human nature - time to stop blaming laws and business plans and market dynamics for problems that are clearly rooted in ourselves. This opinion isnt popular though, being so much easier to pass the buck, and this change unfortunately doesnt seem to be on the horizon. Otherwise the current configuration will probably give about as many satisfactory results as any reformed system.
If we want to save species you have to change how we live, not artificially try to manipulate nature. Furthermore there isnt scientfic proof that these species would have died out regardless of human behavior - just because something in their habitat changed doesnt prove that its the cause of their downfall, even if it does add plausiblity to such a theory. IMHO manipulating nature ourselves is just as dangerous as doing nothing at all - we should attempt to be in balance in nature, not destroy or manipulate it.
You miss my point, Microsoft is probably as innovative as anyone else in the software industry. If you make that point that no one in the industry is innovative though, i might agree.
I guess the same holds for mac OS and Linux but we praise them just the same.
I like how he describes adding modules as being difficult.. Apache modules? Perl or PHP modules? Kernel modules? New software packages? If so which distribution/package system? Could he make his statements any more general? (The first clue that you should put too much stock in this.)
On the other hand im shocked to see him say you can do stuff with Linux successfully - isnt this a turn around from previous MS opinion? I thought we were all foolish for using OSS. Make up your mind MS.
It was no secret that bombs were going to drop. How much more do you want to do short of not going to war, go in and move the kids out? War is hell no matter how you slice it and i personally dont approve of it period - but to compare announced airbourne bombing with rules of engagement to unannounced attacks specifically targeting civilians is not a well thought out argument - its moronic.
Its against my best judgement to chime in on such a thread but there really is a difference between targeting your enemy and targeting his family, friends and loved ones. If you reduce it to a fist fight analogy, someone punched a guy in the eye and he came back and punched that guys sister in the eye. We do have to keep in mind that the perpetrators of such attacks are also victims of their own propaganda. Perhaps some governments make questionable decisions about where to put troops and about giving orders but on the whole i dont believe that the average "coalition" military personal in Iraq are out to hurt innocents. I say compare apples to apples and dont justify cowardice.
The real danger is that this very plausibly is just an excuse for them to make it "different" enough to patent the crap out of it. The patent office doesnt seem to be against letting people tweak good ideas and calling them their own.
Im trying to think of one operating system that has a database backed filesystem search... mmm nope. I guess everyone has their own definitions for revolutionary but this, if it doesnt end up being a big headache first, could be one of the most timesaving improvements to hit the desktop in years. I dont think your fully grasping what this feature would provide.
As far as the IM client, its not adding features - its integrating it into the operating system, i.e. email, the desktop, office applications. IM is really an underdeveloped resource that should and could take alot of load off of over-utilized services such as email.
In short, this list isnt so bad but back to the topic at hand, who is copying who - its perfectly plausible to say that neither party is copying each other; the changes are natural progressions in technology for the desktop and if anyone is being copied its the open source desktop community.
I found that the respect i get is a function of personal relationships with those individuals and not really a function of what i did. People who arent technical tend not to look at our craft as fondly as we tend to do, they dont see the things that we see in it, and therefore it often doesnt hold the same appeal or respect. Those who do show that respect often respect you as a person or have an affinity for technology and can appreciate what you do more than the norm. Either way, even if you sweep the floor, and you do it to the best of your ability and treat those around you with respect, youll tend to get it in return. And ask yourself, if you expect them to be in awe of you just for walking in the room, how much do you really respect them?
If they are coming here and taking our jobs and we are going there and taking theirs... why dont we just work in our own countries. Article doesnt make any sense or would more aptly be titled "Westerners who like to travel take temporary jobs while wandering." rather than reverse immigration.
Why does it seem that groups with "Industry" in them are bad news for the consumer/public? This group represents big business and their issues and to be surprised that they would take a payoff, if thats what they did, shouldnt surprise you. They support H1-B visas as well. Although emotions on these visas may be mixed, they certainly benefit the corporations first and the public second - anyone who thinks differently should perhaps read "The Grapes of Wrath". No big surprises here for me.
It might be off topic, but it seems you could buy SATA drives and say a 3ware card for just a little bit more and get hardware raid with hot swap (and yes there are linux drivers).
Well thats the exact problem im complaining about, a few really tight states have some influence while the rest of us, like NY where i live, is already decided before i vote - my opinion doesnt matter unless its for the democratic candidate. This is even less fair for the fact that i cant vote for most of the third party candidates here either. As far as a weighted popular vote, i believe they do something along those lines now, dont they? The electoral votes arent distributed equally, i know that much.
From the link:
...so much for that.
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Internet Explorer 5 or better
The real problem is that the electoral college, which is currently necessary to avoid popular vote take-over by densely populated areas which often have a political slant, needs an alternative. An alternative that doesn't disenfranchise the individual or favor the incumbent parties attempts to maintain power. The second part of that problem is that the people who can change it are the very incumbents that we need to be protected from.
Instead the two parties maintain the status quo by continually discounting the other candidates as too radical to be elected. They spend all their time socializing and intellectualizing their position of power into the minds and opinions of Americans, to the end that the other candidates really become unelectable and the actual issues don't really matter anymore. That's what these guys were getting press for, not their campaigns. They should be applauded because they are taking a hit for freedom, not because they think they can win - they want to give us choice.
The hardware compatability list is so limited that the chances of this operating system competing with Windows for the desktop market is near nil.