Given their their insignificance since surrenduring surrendered, this is obviously a ploy to maximize awareness of France through 2 of the busiest sites on the internet -/. and Fark.
(The last time they tried something like this, it was the Jerry Lewis gambit).
Given their insignificance since surrendering, this is obviously a ploy to maximize awareness of France on 2 of the busiest sites on the internet -/. and Fark.
AMD could badmouth Dell, but they won't, because they want to keep the door open as much as possible.
Unfortunately for AMD, Dell has always been very much in bed with Intel (Michael Dell once claimed that Dell customers expected to see the Intel product inside - yeah right), and have always been about margin, expense control and turnover and never been about quality, performance, reliability or customer (or corporate service).
Having observed the pricing in a corporate Dell shop, I would like to ask any readers involved in corporate oversight or audit to pay close attention to any procurement deal your company may have with Dell. Dell does not seem particularly cheap the retail level, so it seems strange to pay retail at the corporate level - yet that's the deal some large companies appear to have.
I'm SURE that large scale businesses don't do any better than the governement.
The projects that I have seen succeed (completed and see long term use) are those with relatively small, focused, qualified teams with experienced leadership and a clear mandate (sponsor) in senior management. This describes any small company, but also exists in large organizations.
However, in the latter, although said groups initially succeed and are on time and on budget, they are often later identified as not being team players by more mainstream groups, who follow the more standard methodology of forming committees and study groups, scheduling meetings and conference calls, running everything by Gantt charts, and outsourcing 80 pct of the work at very high rates to consultants and contractors who might as well be full time employees because there is so much work that they can go from one (failed) project to the next.
Remember, the last few steps of major project management are:
Analyze the failure Seek the guilty Punish the innocent Promote the uninvolved Move onto project n+1 (so that everyone forgets about project n).
I hope you're right. I lost all hope of it being picked up by another network since it didn't happen right away, and the cast and creators were bound to move on to other work. However, since they will be together again for the movie, "Hope Lives Again" (sorry, wrong show).
At least I can watch reruns on DVD (although FOX did their standard substandard authoring of the set - pathetically slow menus, but at least it's widescreen).
Actually, graduation from high school used to indicate basic literacy, but that no longer seems to be true.
College degrees still show someone has an exposure to a variety of subjects, teaching styles, non-multiple choice testing, deadlines, and a willingness to commit to a goal for 4 years. The major, if computer or engineering related, indicates a real interest in that field. This is useful when considering long term employees.
Certs are limited, but show familiarity with products and terminology or a particular technology.
Really though, manufacturers invented certs to cover up their lack of accessible documentation, get more entrenched in their customers' infrastructure, expand their market presence, and make more money on courses, publications and exam fees. I see a lot of ads for cert factories proclaiming "guaranteed pass" (which sounds a lot like high school).
Actually (but sadly not always), graduation from high school can be used to indicate basic literacy, and college degrees, an exposure to a variety of subjects, teaching styles, non-multiple choice testing, deadlines, and a willingness to commit to a goal for 4 years. The major, if computer or engineering related, indicates a real interest in that field.
Manufacturers invented certs to cover up their lack of accessible documentation, get more entrenched in this customers' infrastructure, expand their market presence, and make more money on courses, publications and exam fees.
The blog should last about as long as it takes Michael Dell to take his tongue out of Bill Gate's bunghole.
His position on AMD processors way back when was, "... we don't use them because our customers want to know/see that there is an Intel CPU inside..." (At the time, he was servicing Andrew Grove).
Don't forget about the "looks like a standard ATX power supply, but it's not - HA HA - joke's on you DUDE - pay up!!"
Does this mean that Computer Science in universities no longer teach microprocessor design and machine language, or computer language theory and models?
I suppose this was inevitable. Each new generation of software "technology" builds on the last, adding another layer of abstraction and taking the programmer that much further from the engine that runs his work. Anything more than a layer where you started to learn is pretty much taken for granted.
India also has huge and institutionalized lower class that is largely illiterate, and a very corrupt (also institutionalized) government and business infrastructure. There have been improvments in both areas over the years, but there is a long long way to go before they catch up with "here".
The engineers they produce enjoy life at the high end of the upper middle class. The "emphasis" you refer to is based on societal preference for an education that leads to a recognized profession (doctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer...) or a career that pays well (programming and systems design, which btw, are not engineering disciplines).
What lesson do you suggest "we" take from them - making call centre and telemarketing operator a respected and highly rewarding career choice?
He doesn't seem to have a real problem with headaches if they will go away as soon as he gets his caffiene fix.
If he drinks just enough to stop the headache, and not drink any more for the rest of the day (or until the headache comes back), he should be able to taper off quite quickly (given sufficient mental discipline).
(My caffiene withdrawal headaches do NOT get relieved by any amount of caffiene intake, and generally last an entire weekend, but don't come back if I've laid off or cut back to an average of 3 cups a day.)
Web developers can be pretty bad about overdoing fancy features and not realizing that they add to CPU, memory, disk, and bandwidth requirements at a per desktop and server level until rollout time.
If the system or network admins are allowed to question the value of resource intensive features up front, apps would roll out a lot smoother.
I've stopped using many "customer service" web sites (banks, utilities, airlines) because even after logging in, there are still all kinds of animated marketing oriented features slowing everything down.
Global Crossing got themselves into this mess by making accounting fraud their main business over configuring and reselling bandwidth and network services.
I've spent 12 weeks waiting for them to allocate a VPN access point in NJ. It's bee unbearable - they seem to have laid out all the identifiable milestones sequentially. Wait for line allocation, wait for router delivery, wait for port allocation, wait for router config, wait for tech to show up to load router config (he never showed up, we did it ourselves), wait for intermediate route tuning... It's still not done.
New owners/management and maybe a new name would help them a lot more than it hurts them.
You could live like a King anywhere for 20K. The issue is for how long. In Singapore, 20K goes a long way towards family living, but not very far for living like a King. Your aquaintence was probably reporting from the fog of executive expense account and work days that consisted of having people doing nothing but kiss his ass.
That's exactly right, and with a storage system you would think or hope that you might be able to pressure them into helping you with used equipment now by declaring that they won't be given an incumbent advantage when upgrade time comes around. You could probably work your way through EMC, IBM and one or 2 others before coming back to Netapp in 15 years or so.
(I for one, am always willing to do a lot of extra work to be able to tell a vendor go fuck himself).
The entire Cisco supply and maintenance situation has come about because clueless and inexperienced network "managers" made them a defacto standard when the dotcom money was flowing fast and furious.
For what you get, they already charge a pretty big premium.
Depending on hardware type, their lead times can be 4-8 weeks and more depending on what part of the world you are in. This is in developed countries where Cisco has offices too; not third world "gotta grease the wheels" places.
Their product documentation leave a lot to be desired. All the better to sell training, certification, and consultancy services.
The hardware and software are supposed to be pretty much bulletproof, but smartnet charges don't reflect it.
And in an industry slump, somehow they manage to hold the line on prices!
(Ah - Mary, call my broker on line one and tell him to buy more Cisco...)
Given that we used to laugh at the rumors that "you can get infected just by READING an email", Microsoft should be blamed for making it a reality with the defaults in Outlook Express and IE.
For SCO/Caldera's icon on/., I'd like to suggest Mr Hanky the Christmas Pooh, or if Southpark IP agreement can't be worked out, a picture of a piece of shit.
Yes, DeBeers are an evil monopoly controlling the gem quality diamond supply and artificially setting prices. Their marketing is also brilliant. I used to work for a mining consulting company and even the HINT of a major diamond find outside of South Africa caused waves of exploration and investment activity, and apparently also quiet negotiation, buyout/partnership and control of said potential supply by DB. Kind of like another monopoly mentioned a lot around here. Resistance to the tradition is certainly understandable.
Look at it this way - In Retail, womens' money is considered easy money (maybe easier than geeks' money) - clothing, shoes, cosmetics, skin care, hair care, jewelry - and all that is to look good for men (you). The eventual diamond symbolizes the payoff (commitment ).
Bite the bullet do like the man says and just buy it.
(I've been told (I'm not married) that blowjobs generally stop soon after marriage. I imagine that not putting out for the rock will end them that much sooner).
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Given their their insignificance since surrenduring surrendered, this is obviously a ploy to maximize awareness of France through 2 of the busiest sites on the internet -
(The last time they tried something like this, it was the Jerry Lewis gambit).
Given their insignificance since surrendering, this is obviously a ploy to maximize awareness of France on 2 of the busiest sites on the internet -
AMD could badmouth Dell, but they won't, because they want to keep the door open as much as possible.
Unfortunately for AMD, Dell has always been very much in bed with Intel (Michael Dell once claimed that Dell customers expected to see the Intel product inside - yeah right), and have always been about margin, expense control and turnover and never been about quality, performance, reliability or customer (or corporate service).
Having observed the pricing in a corporate Dell shop, I would like to ask any readers involved in corporate oversight or audit to pay close attention to any procurement deal your company may have with Dell. Dell does not seem particularly cheap the retail level, so it seems strange to pay retail at the corporate level - yet that's the deal some large companies appear to have.
I'm SURE that large scale businesses don't do any better than the governement.
The projects that I have seen succeed (completed and see long term use) are those with relatively small, focused, qualified teams with experienced leadership and a clear mandate (sponsor) in senior management. This describes any small company, but also exists in large organizations.
However, in the latter, although said groups initially succeed and are on time and on budget, they are often later identified as not being team players by more mainstream groups, who follow the more standard methodology of forming committees and study groups, scheduling meetings and conference calls, running everything by Gantt charts, and outsourcing 80 pct of the work at very high rates to consultants and contractors who might as well be full time employees because there is so much work that they can go from one (failed) project to the next.
Remember, the last few steps of major project management are:
Analyze the failure
Seek the guilty
Punish the innocent
Promote the uninvolved
Move onto project n+1 (so that everyone forgets about project n).
I hope you're right. I lost all hope of it being picked up by another network since it didn't happen right away, and the cast and creators were bound to move on to other work. However, since they will be together again for the movie, "Hope Lives Again" (sorry, wrong show).
At least I can watch reruns on DVD (although FOX did their standard substandard authoring of the set - pathetically slow menus, but at least it's widescreen).
Actually, graduation from high school used to indicate basic literacy, but that no longer seems to be true.
College degrees still show someone has an exposure to a variety of subjects, teaching styles, non-multiple choice testing, deadlines, and a willingness to commit to a goal for 4 years. The major, if computer or engineering related, indicates a real interest in that field. This is useful when considering long term employees.
Certs are limited, but show familiarity with products and terminology or a particular technology.
Really though, manufacturers invented certs to cover up their lack of accessible documentation, get more entrenched in their customers' infrastructure, expand their market presence, and make more money on courses, publications and exam fees. I see a lot of ads for cert factories proclaiming "guaranteed pass" (which sounds a lot like high school).
Actually (but sadly not always), graduation from high school can be used to indicate basic literacy, and college degrees, an exposure to a variety of subjects, teaching styles, non-multiple choice testing, deadlines, and a willingness to commit to a goal for 4 years. The major, if computer or engineering related, indicates a real interest in that field.
Manufacturers invented certs to cover up their lack of accessible documentation, get more entrenched in this customers' infrastructure, expand their market presence, and make more money on courses, publications and exam fees.
Coming soon - the software options/upgrades needed to make this commercially viable:
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Still no cure for cancer...
The blog should last about as long as it takes Michael Dell to take his tongue out of Bill Gate's bunghole.
His position on AMD processors way back when was, "... we don't use them because our customers want to know/see that there is an Intel CPU inside..." (At the time, he was servicing Andrew Grove).
Don't forget about the "looks like a standard ATX power supply, but it's not - HA HA - joke's on you DUDE - pay up!!"
I could go on and on, but I won't.
Does this mean that Computer Science in universities no longer teach microprocessor design and machine language, or computer language theory and models?
I suppose this was inevitable. Each new generation of software "technology" builds on the last, adding another layer of abstraction and taking the programmer that much further from the engine that runs his work. Anything more than a layer where you started to learn is pretty much taken for granted.
India also has huge and institutionalized lower class that is largely illiterate, and a very corrupt (also institutionalized) government and business infrastructure. There have been improvments in both areas over the years, but there is a long long way to go before they catch up with "here".
The engineers they produce enjoy life at the high end of the upper middle class. The "emphasis" you refer to is based on societal preference for an education that leads to a recognized profession (doctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer...) or a career that pays well (programming and systems design, which btw, are not engineering disciplines).
What lesson do you suggest "we" take from them - making call centre and telemarketing operator a respected and highly rewarding career choice?
He doesn't seem to have a real problem with headaches if they will go away as soon as he gets his caffiene fix.
If he drinks just enough to stop the headache, and not drink any more for the rest of the day (or until the headache comes back), he should be able to taper off quite quickly (given sufficient mental discipline).
(My caffiene withdrawal headaches do NOT get relieved by any amount of caffiene intake, and generally last an entire weekend, but don't come back if I've laid off or cut back to an average of 3 cups a day.)
Unfortunately, Darl has already defiled his sister.
Web developers can be pretty bad about overdoing fancy features and not realizing that they add to CPU, memory, disk, and bandwidth requirements at a per desktop and server level until rollout time.
If the system or network admins are allowed to question the value of resource intensive features up front, apps would roll out a lot smoother.
I've stopped using many "customer service" web sites (banks, utilities, airlines) because even after logging in, there are still all kinds of animated marketing oriented features slowing everything down.
Hey Dude,
You're getting a Dell!
Bend over though 'cause Mike likes to take customers from behind.
Global Crossing got themselves into this mess by making accounting fraud their main business over configuring and reselling bandwidth and network services.
I've spent 12 weeks waiting for them to allocate a VPN access point in NJ. It's bee unbearable - they seem to have laid out all the identifiable milestones sequentially. Wait for line allocation, wait for router delivery, wait for port allocation, wait for router config, wait for tech to show up to load router config (he never showed up, we did it ourselves), wait for intermediate route tuning... It's still not done.
New owners/management and maybe a new name would help them a lot more than it hurts them.
You could live like a King anywhere for 20K. The issue is for how long. In Singapore, 20K goes a long way towards family living, but not very far for living like a King. Your aquaintence was probably reporting from the fog of executive expense account and work days that consisted of having people doing nothing but kiss his ass.
That's exactly right, and with a storage system you would think or hope that you might be able to pressure them into helping you with used equipment now by declaring that they won't be given an incumbent advantage when upgrade time comes around. You could probably work your way through EMC, IBM and one or 2 others before coming back to Netapp in 15 years or so.
(I for one, am always willing to do a lot of extra work to be able to tell a vendor go fuck himself).
The entire Cisco supply and maintenance situation has come about because clueless and inexperienced network "managers" made them a defacto standard when the dotcom money was flowing fast and furious.
For what you get, they already charge a pretty big premium.
Depending on hardware type, their lead times can be 4-8 weeks and more depending on what part of the world you are in. This is in developed countries where Cisco has offices too; not third world "gotta grease the wheels" places.
Their product documentation leave a lot to be desired. All the better to sell training, certification, and consultancy services.
The hardware and software are supposed to be pretty much bulletproof, but smartnet charges don't reflect it.
And in an industry slump, somehow they manage to hold the line on prices!
(Ah - Mary, call my broker on line one and tell him to buy more Cisco...)
Wrong, wrong, you are wrong. Both were invented by Al Gore.
Given that we used to laugh at the rumors that "you can get infected just by READING an email", Microsoft should be blamed for making it a reality with the defaults in Outlook Express and IE.
For SCO/Caldera's icon on /., I'd like to suggest Mr Hanky the Christmas Pooh, or if Southpark IP agreement can't be worked out, a picture of a piece of shit.
Ditto Ditto Ditto...
I have 1 40 Gig IBM deathstar that developes new bad sectors every few weeks, and 1 80 gig deathstar that runs very very hot (but relatively silent).
Even in the presence of click of death, IBM so-called "drive fitness" does not detect the bad areas.
I have also found IBM drives to get significantly noisier over time. Never again IBM for me (and I advise others to heed this warning).
I wonder what this review would look like if they ran the drives 24x7 for a few months and included measurements for new and broken in drives.
Yes, DeBeers are an evil monopoly controlling the gem quality diamond supply and artificially setting prices. Their marketing is also brilliant. I used to work for a mining consulting company and even the HINT of a major diamond find outside of South Africa caused waves of exploration and investment activity, and apparently also quiet negotiation, buyout/partnership and control of said potential supply by DB. Kind of like another monopoly mentioned a lot around here. Resistance to the tradition is certainly understandable.
Look at it this way - In Retail, womens' money is considered easy money (maybe easier than geeks' money) - clothing, shoes, cosmetics, skin care, hair care, jewelry - and all that is to look good for men (you). The eventual diamond symbolizes the payoff (commitment ).
Bite the bullet do like the man says and just buy it.
(I've been told (I'm not married) that blowjobs generally stop soon after marriage. I imagine that not putting out for the rock will end them that much sooner).
By Homogeneous society, does that refer to the fact that we all look alike?