Computers don't take imprecision well. Computers don't just "know what you mean." When someone claiming to be a computer professional is sloppy in his English, I'm forced to wonder if that sloppiness carries over to his computer work.
The answer to both of these questions was provided long ago by Wheeler: "Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection."
n marketing and some production groups, "implement" is a synonym for "roll-out" or "deploy". Near as I can tell, they don't have a word that makes a distinction between designing software and actually coding it up.
This would imply that they don't *see* a distinction between these two activities. This would explain an awful lot of (awful) software...
We run a number of web apps for our users. Last I heard, IE 7 was not supported for those apps. I expect we will not be allowing IE7 to update out to our machines.
Why do all thinkpads look like they are from 1995? I know they are targeting businesses, and are great laptop's, but seriously, that laptop looks the same as my 300mhz Pentium 2 thinkpad
Why does it need to look different? You need designs that change yearly for no particularly good reason, go to fashion shows. You need showy equipment to pump your image, go buy a Porsche. I'm more interested in how well the hardware works.
My IT employees carry around a tiny WiFi router to all clients.
And do your clients know you're installing little wireless backdoors into their networks whenever you come visit? I suspect their IT security would not be amused if they found out.
"We spent all these years making these complex, elegant algorithms--see how intricate this wonderful indexing algorithm is?--and then they solve things by simply throwing cheap hardware at it. It's not *fair!*"
Here's a hint: If you're doing something that you think is a monumental waste of time, something the computer could do far better, and make your life far easier, you're probably missing something. Reading the fine manual before blowing off steam in public saves making an ass of yourself.
But I thought the whole point of the Mac interface was that you never had to read a manual. Isn't the Mac philosophy supposed to be that any interface where you have to read the manual is made of fail?
When you look at summer theater fare, the cost of distributing the film often costs as much as making the film did. That business is expensive, it's not getting a lot cheaper, and unfortunately, the studios still have a lock on it.
[Looks at youtube video running in browser] Really? [Looks again] You SURE about that?
In a well-functioning market for a limited resource that a lot of people have access to, what is the result that pure capitalism creates? A race to the bottom competition in prices,
Whups! You fail Econ 101. A market in a resource that has no clear owner is not a "well-functioning market". In such cases, you do indeed get a race to the bottom as players race to claim the resource by extracting it. This is what is meant by "the tragedy of the commons". The answer is to actually provide a well-functioning market by having clear ownership of the resource while it is still unextracted. Owners then have an incentive to leave it in the ground if there is an expectation that it will become scarce and therefore its price will rise.
This is a negative externality,
Nope, it's not. An externality is a cost the supplier incurs but does not have to pay. That's not what this is.
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Computers don't take imprecision well. Computers don't just "know what you mean." When someone claiming to be a computer professional is sloppy in his English, I'm forced to wonder if that sloppiness carries over to his computer work.
"Except having too many layers of indirection."
This would imply that they don't *see* a distinction between these two activities. This would explain an awful lot of (awful) software...
We run a number of web apps for our users. Last I heard, IE 7 was not supported for those apps. I expect we will not be allowing IE7 to update out to our machines.
Why does it need to look different? You need designs that change yearly for no particularly good reason, go to fashion shows. You need showy equipment to pump your image, go buy a Porsche. I'm more interested in how well the hardware works.
And do your clients know you're installing little wireless backdoors into their networks whenever you come visit? I suspect their IT security would not be amused if they found out.
I'd argue that. IMHO, it's the heuristics used to evaluate the positions discovered by the search that's the AI part of it.
I can call you Pac-Man/And Pac-Man when you call me/You can call me Al...
Er...except that the Air costs *more* than the Pro, which kinda screws up your whole "the Armada is cheaper than the Infiniti" argument.
"We spent all these years making these complex, elegant algorithms--see how intricate this wonderful indexing algorithm is?--and then they solve things by simply throwing cheap hardware at it. It's not *fair!*"
It's his own fault, he didn't have a leg to stand on.
There aren't any such laws.
There aren't any such laws for movies, either.
But I thought the whole point of the Mac interface was that you never had to read a manual. Isn't the Mac philosophy supposed to be that any interface where you have to read the manual is made of fail?
Way to not even read the summary, which stated that those kind of slot loaders can be built to conform to the standards, but that Apple didn't do it.
My cell phone recharges via USB very well. That said, I have learned that on "power cord optional" USB hubs, the power cord really isn't optional.
I thought the tag "missingword" meant they had left out the specifications for Word formats...
Don't worry, there's no such thing as 2.
No wonder my drugstore is out of AAs!
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It's the only way to take care of that dratted productivity!
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I suspect that you are not aware that they've been doing this for some time now.
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[Looks at youtube video running in browser] Really? [Looks again] You SURE about that?
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...the Townswomen's Guild reenactment of the Battle of Pearl Harbor.
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Whups! You fail Econ 101. A market in a resource that has no clear owner is not a "well-functioning market". In such cases, you do indeed get a race to the bottom as players race to claim the resource by extracting it. This is what is meant by "the tragedy of the commons". The answer is to actually provide a well-functioning market by having clear ownership of the resource while it is still unextracted. Owners then have an incentive to leave it in the ground if there is an expectation that it will become scarce and therefore its price will rise.
Nope, it's not. An externality is a cost the supplier incurs but does not have to pay. That's not what this is.
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I just wanted to see the great Idaho scenery, maybe score some potatoes. You can ask my references in Atlanta if you don't believe me.
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...that this will enable them to defeat Dr. Robotnik by the end of the next level.
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