Whenever I want to configure something in an OO dialog I wish there was an [Apply] button. The Apply button has been proposed at least since 2001 and I still don't understand why it is not implemented. I guess developers need not apply.
Many large companies and lawyers purchase trademarks for mere speculation. Some made the headlines recently... Brand protection attorneys use dedicated software to monitor all sorts of databases and the Internet so that they can leap at any time to try monetize trademarks that they keep semi-dormant. It's easy for them, it's just a little extra in their regular business.
p.217: "In the years since the Shuttle was designed,NASA has not updated its engineering drawings or converted to computer- aided drafting systems.The Board's review of these engineering drawings revealed numerous inaccuracies.In par- ticular,the drawings do not incorporate many engineering changes made in the last two decades."
p.219: "While ISO 9000/9001 expressed strong principles, they are more applicable to manufacturing and repetitive-procedure industries, such as running a major airline, than to a research-and-development, non-operational flight test environment like that of the Space Shuttle"
And it goes on with interesting points regarding maintenance documentation, procedures, design flaws, and managerial training.
PhD work requires you to develop the conciseness of
your writing skills. I found this to be an advantage
in the industry.
The disadvantage of having a PhD is that you may cost more with what is sometimes considered in the industry as near-zero experience. You will therefore not be a top candidate for some job offers. I recommend that you follow a management class during your PhD.
I would not recommend doing a PhD to have the title. Working for a PhD is often frustrating, requires great patience, is not 9-to-5, and you need the guts as you watch your non-PhD friends making bucks... and they'll even be making more bucks than you after you finish your BigD!
Do a PhD if you have a strong interest in Science and Technology and/or want to work on a specific project.
As long as they harass us with new law proposals they can be sure to keep us busy with trying to resist the move in their direction. Therefore, in the end they will have been able to move things in the direction they want.
A better answer is for us to propose some Freedom of Digital Data Exchange Act and THEY will be busy trying to fight back.
I agree with the previous comment: 1/ A fan generates nearly no flow at the hub so it
is not necessary to remove the motor 2/ Providing there is a bit of distance the air
vein _contracts_ behind the fan, hence reducing
the hub's footprint 3/ Most noise is generated at bearings and blade tip. 4/ Noise and cooling can be improved by improving
swirl and turbulence. 5/ Airflow behind such cooling fans is not axial 6/ Small blade chords mean low Reynolds numbers mean low efficiency
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on
Biking @ 80 MPH
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You can see many of these Twike in the streets of Zurich: www.twike.ch
A very important value in Middle East cultures is
pride. Any negotiation in this region can
succeed only if your opponent's pride is preserved
or enhanced. This takes much time and patience.
In this conflict it is important to recall what
the real pride of Middle Eastern cultures and religions are. The active voice and support of neighbouring countries is essential. It is also
essential that the Afghans (not the Talibans) are provided the means to hear that the World is on their side... but they must eat!
There are places, like the French Riviera, where
there are things you won't do because you know you
will get into serious trouble -- and I don't mean
legal trouble.
Now, there's many of us geeks who are "well built". Can't we organise ourselves as a network
to show the spammers that our muscles are not only
in our fingers but also what's above them?
With a bit of cooperation we can often determine where the physical spammers are located.
I'm sure we can do something to get spammers to
think a little bit more about what may happen to
them if they send spam. We can track them globally and act locally -- very locally.
If the driver is for a data acquisition board which may be used to digitize data of experiments which cost tens of thousands of $$$ then it would be helpful if provision be made to release the source to selected users (e.g. with NDA). Open Sourcing is not compulsory but it should be considered as soon as the product becomes outdated.
By Freeing SO, and hence easing its distribution, a large number of network-able plugins could be developed. I can imagine a sniffer that would pop a window with web links associated with the text you are typing. Sun would glean ideas and new employees from plug-in development and then be able to provide more solutions to web content providers. It could be beneficial to hail Sun both as a Solutions provider (IBM style) and a hub for web content.
Can you team up with a hardware manufacturer so as to offer your software pre-installed + support?
It would make the hardware better and provide an initial source of financing. Can your software be useful or expanded for slightly different applications (Arsdigita Community System is on my mind)?
Although many large companies have the talent to install and expand Open Source stuff the suits who work there are allergic to free stuff, especially if it comes from small companies.
So I would first find a BIG industrial partner to establish a strong backing and then go after customers by pretending to be a spin-off of your partner. A few months later, once you have decent credentials, make your stuff available on the web so as to promote your brand.
Even though there was a judgement the important fact is that the voice of disagreement was expressed loud enough. I agree that the judgment is futile, but at least there was a judgment.
When you grow up and happen to see pictures of all your family that were killed by the Nazis, hearing the stories of how your mother escaped the Warsaw ghetto, hearing how your father continued receiving anonymous antisemite phone calls after avoiding the Gestapo during the war, you cannot, you must not remain silent! Never!
To: info@amazon.com Subject: What my boycott costs you
Hello,
Since I am boycotting Amazon.com for its abusive patents policies I would like to let you know how much my boycott has cost you so far (I now make my purchases through other retailers on the web but I originally intended to purchase through Amazon):
It is important to supply open information regarding: 1/ Specification methods used 2/ How the software was validated and verified
Aircraft software is far more complex than medical software and many more lives depend on just a few computers. Sure it's incredibly expensive... But let's apply rigorous CS methods to life-depending software before releasing the code and all data as open source.
Australian-born and Paris-loving artist Liz Sterling created www.lizbekistan.com a while back. She officially blew it up on July 12 during a happening on the Seine river's bridge Pont des Arts. The experiment got a fair amount of feedback in major french newspapers.
Considering the amount of redundancy and lack of proof-reading in Hemos's headline there must be some embedded radioactivity up there! Hemos, what cell phone do you use?
The article mentions a Forrester report without mentioning it is available direct from Bill Gates's "Business at the speed of thought" server. That report is quite wrong regarding the European growth perspective because it neglects current (recent) government impetus, the advent of free ISPs, and very cheap computer + internet deals which have been extremely successful in the past 6 months (after the report was written).
It is important to show the user what has been done before and what will be done next. I.e., a few of the preceding and forthcoming steps should constantly be displayed. Also show how far you have proceded from the start of the installation and still how long (how many steps, how much time) to go till the installation is complete. The Troll/Caldera display as it is provides no Situational Awareness with respect to the installation process.
Some Flight Management Computer (FMC) manufacturers (in the US and in Europe) have successfully compiled their software on Linux. FMCs are the computers which take care of all navigation planning and trajectory computation. I have seen Linux PCs in the labs of avionics manufacturers. Some manufacturers stick to 68040 based computers, but those who are now using Intel chips in the FMC do their development and prototyping on Sun. This is why it was so easy for them to compile on Linux.
Also a major jet engine manufacturer in the US has successfully compiled FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) software on Linux.
I know of at least one Unmanned Air Vehicle project which uses RTLinux.
Linux is nowhere close to flight certification but it could turn out to be a very useful system for flight systems development.
I do not know whether this is related to what is happening to Dolly, but Seymour Benzer's lab at Caltech have found a gene (the Methuselah gene!) which increases the life-span of drosophila from 60 to 100 days.
We need a better parallel between the trademark naming system and domain names.
In some countries you must have a formal existence to obtain a domain name. This is good in that it prevents the same sort of ridiculous competition over the.com domains.
On the other hand this does not fit well with today's requisite for brand building. It would be catastrophic for a company to invest time and money to obtain a trademark to then find out the domain got snatched by a new (or overseas) company featuring a name very similar to the trademark. Should the Internet submit itself to the burden and slowness of feet-dragging administrations? No! Domain names are a good beacon to signal "I am here, this is my trade name, and I'm about to make this official".
Nevertheless I think it would be good if domain names were revoked after a two-year period if they did not materialize into anything official or productive. It should be possible to challenge domain names through a well defined protocol rather than through legal battles.
I could also imagine a not-for-profit organization which would take care of much demanded domain names. You would have a menu in your browser with a list of classes of products or services (something similar to the 42 trademark classes). You'd select a class of product and, depending on the requested URL, your browser would take you to a totally different server.
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Whenever I want to configure something in an OO dialog I wish there was an [Apply] button.
The Apply button has been proposed at least since 2001 and I still don't understand why it is not implemented.
I guess developers need not apply.
Many large companies and lawyers purchase trademarks for mere speculation. Some made the headlines recently...
Brand protection attorneys use dedicated software to monitor all sorts of databases and the Internet so that they can leap at any time to try monetize trademarks that they keep semi-dormant. It's easy for them, it's just a little extra in their regular business.
p.219: "While ISO 9000/9001 expressed strong principles, they are more applicable to manufacturing and repetitive-procedure industries, such as running a major airline, than to a research-and-development, non-operational flight test environment like that of the Space Shuttle"
And it goes on with interesting points regarding maintenance documentation, procedures, design flaws, and managerial training.
The disadvantage of having a PhD is that you may cost more with what is sometimes considered in the industry as near-zero experience. You will therefore not be a top candidate for some job offers. I recommend that you follow a management class during your PhD.
I would not recommend doing a PhD to have the title. Working for a PhD is often frustrating, requires great patience, is not 9-to-5, and you need the guts as you watch your non-PhD friends making bucks... and they'll even be making more bucks than you after you finish your BigD!
Do a PhD if you have a strong interest in Science and Technology and/or want to work on a specific project.
For date of birth I trust my motherboard more than
my fathersbeard.
As long as they harass us with new law proposals
they can be sure to keep us busy with trying to
resist the move in their direction. Therefore,
in the end they will have been able to move things
in the direction they want.
A better answer is for us to propose some
Freedom of Digital Data Exchange Act and THEY
will be busy trying to fight back.
I agree with the previous comment:
1/ A fan generates nearly no flow at the hub so it
is not necessary to remove the motor
2/ Providing there is a bit of distance the air
vein _contracts_ behind the fan, hence reducing
the hub's footprint
3/ Most noise is generated at bearings and blade tip.
4/ Noise and cooling can be improved by improving
swirl and turbulence.
5/ Airflow behind such cooling fans is not axial
6/ Small blade chords mean low Reynolds numbers mean low efficiency
You can see many of these Twike in the streets of Zurich:
www.twike.ch
A very important value in Middle East cultures is
pride. Any negotiation in this region can
succeed only if your opponent's pride is preserved
or enhanced. This takes much time and patience.
In this conflict it is important to recall what
the real pride of Middle Eastern cultures and religions are. The active voice and support of neighbouring countries is essential. It is also
essential that the Afghans (not the Talibans) are provided the means to hear that the World is on their side... but they must eat!
Today there is no risk associated with spamming.
There are places, like the French Riviera, where
there are things you won't do because you know you
will get into serious trouble -- and I don't mean
legal trouble.
Now, there's many of us geeks who are "well built". Can't we organise ourselves as a network
to show the spammers that our muscles are not only
in our fingers but also what's above them?
With a bit of cooperation we can often determine where the physical spammers are located.
I'm sure we can do something to get spammers to
think a little bit more about what may happen to
them if they send spam. We can track them globally and act locally -- very locally.
If the driver is for a data acquisition board which may be used to digitize data of experiments which cost tens of thousands of $$$ then it would be helpful if provision be made to release the source to selected users (e.g. with NDA). Open Sourcing is not compulsory but it should be considered as soon as the product becomes outdated.
By Freeing SO, and hence easing its distribution, a large number of network-able plugins could be developed. I can imagine a sniffer that would pop a window with web links associated with the text you are typing. Sun would glean ideas and new employees from plug-in development and then be able to provide more solutions to web content providers. It could be beneficial to hail Sun both as a Solutions provider (IBM style) and a hub for web content.
It would make the hardware better and provide an initial source of financing. Can your software be useful or expanded for slightly different applications (Arsdigita Community System is on my mind)?
Although many large companies have the talent to install and expand Open Source stuff the suits who work there are allergic to free stuff, especially if it comes from small companies.
So I would first find a BIG industrial partner to establish a strong backing and then go after customers by pretending to be a spin-off of your partner. A few months later, once you have decent credentials, make your stuff available on the web so as to promote your brand.
When you grow up and happen to see pictures of all your family that were killed by the Nazis, hearing the stories of how your mother escaped the Warsaw ghetto, hearing how your father continued receiving anonymous antisemite phone calls after avoiding the Gestapo during the war, you cannot, you must not remain silent! Never!
Subject: What my boycott costs you
Hello,
Since I am boycotting Amazon.com for its abusive patents policies I would like to let you know how much my boycott has cost you so far (I now make my purchases through other retailers on the web but I originally intended to purchase through Amazon):
$299.99 + $459.99 = $759.98
Regards,
TNN
It is important to supply open information regarding:
1/ Specification methods used
2/ How the software was validated and verified
Aircraft software is far more complex than medical software and many more lives depend on just a few computers. Sure it's incredibly expensive... But let's apply rigorous CS methods to life-depending software before releasing the code and all data as open source.
Get ready for www.lizvegas.com !
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Considering the amount of redundancy and lack of proof-reading in Hemos's headline there must be some embedded radioactivity up there!
Hemos, what cell phone do you use?
Reminisce on Art Blakey, Caravan it for the Duke, dance it home for Dennis Chambers and voilà, laptop is charged!
The article mentions a Forrester report without mentioning it is available
direct from Bill Gates's "Business at the speed of thought" server.
That report is quite wrong regarding the European growth perspective because it neglects current (recent) government impetus, the advent of free ISPs, and very cheap computer + internet deals which have been extremely successful in the past 6 months (after the report was written).
It is important to show the user what has been done before and what will be done next. I.e., a few of the preceding and forthcoming steps should constantly be displayed. Also show how far you have proceded from the start of the installation and still how long (how many steps, how much time) to go till the installation is complete. The Troll/Caldera display as it is provides no Situational Awareness with respect to the installation process.
Also a major jet engine manufacturer in the US has successfully compiled FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) software on Linux.
I know of at least one Unmanned Air Vehicle project which uses RTLinux.
Linux is nowhere close to flight certification but it could turn out to be a very useful system for flight systems development.
See also:
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/9 81107/nshorts.html for a short note about the paper published in Science (Search for Benzer, free registration needed to read the abstract).
There is also a fantastic article on Seymour Benzer in the April 5 issue of the New Yorker.
We need a better parallel between the trademark naming system and domain names.
In some countries you must have a formal existence to obtain a domain name. This is good in that it prevents the same sort of ridiculous competition over the .com domains.
On the other hand this does not fit well with today's requisite for brand building. It would be catastrophic for a company to invest time and money to obtain a trademark to then find out the domain got snatched by a new (or overseas) company featuring a name very similar to the trademark. Should the Internet submit itself to the burden and slowness of feet-dragging administrations? No! Domain names are a good beacon to signal "I am here, this is my trade name, and I'm about to make this official".
Nevertheless I think it would be good if domain names were revoked after a two-year period if they did not materialize into anything official or productive. It should be possible to challenge domain names through a well defined protocol rather than through legal battles.
I could also imagine a not-for-profit organization which would take care of much demanded domain names. You would have a menu in your browser with a list of classes of products or services (something similar to the 42 trademark classes). You'd select a class of product and, depending on the requested URL, your browser would take you to a totally different server.