"We don't let people drive cars on public roads that risk the safety of the other drivers."
Is that really true? I'm having difficulty believing that.
Why is it hard to believe? In the US, at least, it's completely true; you can be ticketed for driving an unsafe car. Most states also have a regular safety inspection requirement. Here in Virginia, a car must get a safety inspection yearly and a car that does not have a valid inspection sticker (which displays the expiration date in big bold numbers) is not legal to drive on public roads.
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You can still pop in your ancient copies of earlier Diablos and play. Will the same be true 10 or 15 years from now when the Diablo 3 servers no longer work
Blizzard's track record on this is pretty good. The servers for *original Diablo* (a game that is sixteen years old) are still online. In fact, Blizzard has *never* taken down servers for any of its games.
1) Email and file services, for a research university with a computer science program, is a core function.
No, it's not. We are a research university with a computer science program. CS has nothing to do with our administrative email (which we have also contracted out to Google, BTW) and file services. Nor should they. They have their own systems to do research on and should not be touching ours.
2) Data and communications storage, retention, and management, for a research university doing anything at all, is a core function.
You seem to be confusing administrative computing with research computing. The two are, and must be (if you are to have any sanity at all in your computing resources) completely separate. The second is a core function, but the first is not.
3) The assumption that outsourcing non-core functionality is always and automatically the answer to inefficiency is a mistaken premise.
No argument there. Each instance has to be judged on its own merits, and a lot of times it doesn't work. But sometimes it does. Having Google take email off our hands (it was always a nightmare) has been a pretty good deal for us; it's actually more reliable and saved us a boatload of money.
Speed! When the polls close, you know your vote tally. There is no time needed for counting the ballots. You know who won the election the night of the election.
The winner will not be taking office for a month or more. Why do we need results the night of the election?
Once again, slowly, because some people seem to be slow picking up the point.
The problem is not that he does not have a CS degree. The problem is that he wilfully and knowingly lied to the board and to the company. You may have no problem with a CEO you cannot trust. If I was on that board, I most certainly would.
It's like a gun. You always assume a gun is loaded but you unload it before working on it. In both cases, it's dangerous enough that if you don't want *both* precautions, you're a fool.
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And the answer would be "both", unless you believe Apple's lawyers would allow a third party to set up rival iCloud servers.
Or the sound you make when somebody kicks you in the solar plexus.
Let me know too, I'll want to short Apple stock. Woz is a pretty good tech head but as a businessman he's a disaster.
Why is it hard to believe? In the US, at least, it's completely true; you can be ticketed for driving an unsafe car. Most states also have a regular safety inspection requirement. Here in Virginia, a car must get a safety inspection yearly and a car that does not have a valid inspection sticker (which displays the expiration date in big bold numbers) is not legal to drive on public roads.
That imposter? Hell no! Jim Phelps or nothing.
Blizzard's track record on this is pretty good. The servers for *original Diablo* (a game that is sixteen years old) are still online. In fact, Blizzard has *never* taken down servers for any of its games.
No, it's not. We are a research university with a computer science program. CS has nothing to do with our administrative email (which we have also contracted out to Google, BTW) and file services. Nor should they. They have their own systems to do research on and should not be touching ours.
You seem to be confusing administrative computing with research computing. The two are, and must be (if you are to have any sanity at all in your computing resources) completely separate. The second is a core function, but the first is not.
No argument there. Each instance has to be judged on its own merits, and a lot of times it doesn't work. But sometimes it does. Having Google take email off our hands (it was always a nightmare) has been a pretty good deal for us; it's actually more reliable and saved us a boatload of money.
The winner will not be taking office for a month or more. Why do we need results the night of the election?
"Just be thankful you're not getting all the government you're paying for." --Will Rogers
...a kick in the pants!
Because his "ends" are likely the enrichment of himself alone, and his "means" may involve knifing me in the back.
Once again, slowly, because some people seem to be slow picking up the point.
The problem is not that he does not have a CS degree. The problem is that he wilfully and knowingly lied to the board and to the company. You may have no problem with a CEO you cannot trust. If I was on that board, I most certainly would.
"Don't make me angry, Lord Ozai. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
But, fortunately, when he dies, he reincarnates.
And they don't go "Buzzzzzzzzzzz..."
Now we'll *never* see "Grand Theft Jihad III"!
For an IPhone, though, it seems much shorter.
...exactly what plans is the porn blocking?
It's like a gun. You always assume a gun is loaded but you unload it before working on it. In both cases, it's dangerous enough that if you don't want *both* precautions, you're a fool.
We could mount them on 747s!
Because we've learned all there is to be learned from it.
Because we don't want anybody learning what there is to be learned from it.
So, how much luck have you had playing Starcraft II on your PS3?
Is it anything like Batman's giant penny?
Exactly. It is the remit of almost any journal that it publishes *original* research. Your paper must be unpublished.