So let's see the website operators, portals, etc., start coming up with services offer value above and beyond the free Internet, just like HBO, MTV, and other pioneering cable channels.
Providing advisors to the NVA to man SAM sites and fly fighter planes is one thing; using strategic nuclear weapons in response to a US invasion of the North would have been something entirely different.
You'll note that the Chinese and Soviet response to the mining of NV harbors and the Linebacker II bombing campaign in 1972/3 (I may have my dates wrong) was nothing more than diplomatic protests, falling far short of a more active military intervention.
I wonder how long uncle ho and the NVA would have lasted if the US politicians had gotten their heads out of their butts and had prosecuted the war to the utmost of our capabilities.
I don't know how big your organization is, but a formal requirements definition/RFP development process may be the way to go. Gather all of the stakeholders in a room, and begin to think about what functions you want the system to have.
During the course of our work, I found a number of sample RFPs and other such info from the net. Email me at balletto@sprintmail.com if you'd like me to send them to you.
My client ended up choosing an Intergraph (NT based) solution. The CAD and RMS functionality seemed to be right on target for our requirements, we were extremely impressed by the Intergraph personnel, and management (not me) had decided that NT/2000 was the right technological direction to go in.
Unfortunately they didn't end up moving forward on the implementation until over a year after I stopped working for them. I still don't know if the system has gone live yet.
If the debate has been raging for many years, then it hasn't been very loud. Otherwise 250,000 hosts wouldn't have gotten infected by Code Red, et. al.
I worked on a CAD software selection project a few years back for a large metropolitan police dept. in the US. From what I remember, there were a few vendors that offer Unix solutions include:
Printrak-based on a Tandem platform
Geac-AIX platform, if I remember correctly
Tiburon-various Unix platforms supported
Here's a list of CAD vendors
http://www.ilj.org/CADCOPS/CADVendorsOnWeb.htm
The 3 types of people in a company:
1. commandoes=people that come up with new ideas, and are good at getting the ball rolling. they however get bored after the need for brilliance is over, so then you need the...
2. infantry=people that enjoy steady work refining what the commandoes have started
if the company becomes successful, they may start hiring...
3. REMFs=worthless sobs, that work only to enhance their own power, at the expense of everything else
Attacking xxx country will make our enemies want to attack us again
Does anyone think that the people in the world that want to kill Americans are suddenly satisified with the WTC attack? That the WTC attack was the ultimate and final act of these thugs, and they will take no further action?
How many American embassies need to be bombed, ships need to be nearly sunk, and civilian targets destroyed before America gets to take preemptive measures?
European leaders that attempted to appease Hitler thought that by giving him Austria and Czechoslovakia, he would suddenly become peace-loving ("peace in our time"). Boy were they wrong, and 50+ million people paid the price over the next 7 years.
Afghanistan can't be conquered, and therefore military action is stupid.
People seem to not realize what the objective of military (overt or covert) will hopefully be: Kill the terrorists, or otherwise prevent them from orchestrating/conducting further attacks. Killing them would be best, but if the bad guys are holed up in the mountains, digging in to avoid the next air strike, then they aren't going to have a lot of time to plan the next attack on America. Problem solved.
Military action will cost American lives.
That may be true, but that's what we have a military for: to sacrifice their lives if necessary to defend the Constitution, and Americans.
1. the responsible parties in FL think that this is a remotely good idea, and
2. the responsible parties in FL think that "electronic" voting is feasible.
Don't these people consult experts that know about such things, and have informed opinions? Or do they just listen to brain-dead consultants.
Check out a Crypto-Gram article for a better explanation than I can provide:
http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0012.html
And you thought the last few years have been fun..
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...we may go through it all again if some baby bells are broken up.
Rest assured that your government is working on it (shudder).
I've used a thinkpad for a few years now...
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...first a 600-series, and now a T20. The T20 has a great screen, and lots of nifty features (memory space, processor, ports, ultrabay, etc.) stuffed into its 5 lb package. I do miss, however, the keyboard and slightly smaller size of the 600E. The 600E also seemed to be a bit more solidly constructed.
If you don't absolutely need the latest and greatest, try to find a 600E or 600X.
...is that they can never seem to figure out what to focus on. They now have their fingers in:
1. Wintel pc/server/laptop production and sales, 2. Mainframe/HA class machines through the Stratus and DEC acquisitions
3. IT Services through the DEC acquisition,
4. Internet appliances/portable clients (IPaq)
5. Consumer pc's and laptops
Given their history of getting their lunch eaten by more focused competitors over the past few years (Dell, IBM, Sun, Gateway, etc.), is it any wonder that Compaq management still doesn't know what/how to run their business?
The pelicans, unfortunately were able to get close enough (40 miles, or so) to you to pop an anti-radar missile at you, which is kind of the point of the stealth fighter.
Think real hard about how many more companies you want the trial lawyers to destroy, and then think about which one will be next. It might be one that you actually like.
...that our military is thinking about these things. Any future enemy of the US with 1/2 a brain would do well to try and take our space-based systems away from us, through any means available, eg) attack of ground stations, jamming of GPS signals, etc.
And people thought the world was getting safer...muwhaaaaaa!!
This is what could be considered MS's first major fight since they took out Netscape. It'll be interesting to see if MS's continuing legal problems hamper it in any way.
Historically speaking, Linux/Unix has the best chance of not getting crushed, IMHO. Borland, Netscape, Work Perfect, IBM all really didn't have a prayer.
Sounds like someone in that data center needed to do some cable management to prevent little oopsies like that.
On a quasi-related note, my boss recently took down a data center with 40+ W2K servers, Cisco stuff, and an EMC boxen, by pressing the emergency power-off button. Granted the EPO wasn't protected by a cover, but do you think that it's a good idea to go around pressing large red buttons?
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Can't sink much lower
So let's see the website operators, portals, etc., start coming up with services offer value above and beyond the free Internet, just like HBO, MTV, and other pioneering cable channels.
I think people used that arguement when cable TV was in its infancy.
Offer people a good product, at the price the market is willing to bear, and they will buy it.
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Providing advisors to the NVA to man SAM sites and fly fighter planes is one thing; using strategic nuclear weapons in response to a US invasion of the North would have been something entirely different.
You'll note that the Chinese and Soviet response to the mining of NV harbors and the Linebacker II bombing campaign in 1972/3 (I may have my dates wrong) was nothing more than diplomatic protests, falling far short of a more active military intervention.
I wonder how long uncle ho and the NVA would have lasted if the US politicians had gotten their heads out of their butts and had prosecuted the war to the utmost of our capabilities.
I don't know how big your organization is, but a formal requirements definition/RFP development process may be the way to go. Gather all of the stakeholders in a room, and begin to think about what functions you want the system to have.
During the course of our work, I found a number of sample RFPs and other such info from the net. Email me at balletto@sprintmail.com if you'd like me to send them to you.
My client ended up choosing an Intergraph (NT based) solution. The CAD and RMS functionality seemed to be right on target for our requirements, we were extremely impressed by the Intergraph personnel, and management (not me) had decided that NT/2000 was the right technological direction to go in.
Unfortunately they didn't end up moving forward on the implementation until over a year after I stopped working for them. I still don't know if the system has gone live yet.
If the debate has been raging for many years, then it hasn't been very loud. Otherwise 250,000 hosts wouldn't have gotten infected by Code Red, et. al.
re: Police/911 dispatching on a Unix platform
I worked on a CAD software selection project a few years back for a large metropolitan police dept. in the US. From what I remember, there were a few vendors that offer Unix solutions include:
Printrak-based on a Tandem platform
Geac-AIX platform, if I remember correctly
Tiburon-various Unix platforms supported
Here's a list of CAD vendors
http://www.ilj.org/CADCOPS/CADVendorsOnWeb.htm
...is starting the widespread debate on issues that many people need to consider.
Computer/network/internet security issues have been around a long time; perhaps now it will be more of a factor in management decision making.
...of Nintendo, in the attempt to get a jump on the xbox.
Of course, they might have been planning this all along.
I wonder what other interesting marketing tricks msft and nintendo have in store for each other.
...in his book Accidental Empires.
The 3 types of people in a company:
1. commandoes=people that come up with new ideas, and are good at getting the ball rolling. they however get bored after the need for brilliance is over, so then you need the...
2. infantry=people that enjoy steady work refining what the commandoes have started
if the company becomes successful, they may start hiring...
3. REMFs=worthless sobs, that work only to enhance their own power, at the expense of everything else
This sounds so similar to my experience, except I wasn't in as good of shape going into my surgery.
Attacking xxx country will make our enemies want to attack us again
Does anyone think that the people in the world that want to kill Americans are suddenly satisified with the WTC attack? That the WTC attack was the ultimate and final act of these thugs, and they will take no further action?
How many American embassies need to be bombed, ships need to be nearly sunk, and civilian targets destroyed before America gets to take preemptive measures?
European leaders that attempted to appease Hitler thought that by giving him Austria and Czechoslovakia, he would suddenly become peace-loving ("peace in our time"). Boy were they wrong, and 50+ million people paid the price over the next 7 years.
Afghanistan can't be conquered, and therefore military action is stupid.
People seem to not realize what the objective of military (overt or covert) will hopefully be: Kill the terrorists, or otherwise prevent them from orchestrating/conducting further attacks. Killing them would be best, but if the bad guys are holed up in the mountains, digging in to avoid the next air strike, then they aren't going to have a lot of time to plan the next attack on America. Problem solved.
Military action will cost American lives.
That may be true, but that's what we have a military for: to sacrifice their lives if necessary to defend the Constitution, and Americans.
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1. the responsible parties in FL think that this is a remotely good idea, and
2. the responsible parties in FL think that "electronic" voting is feasible.
Don't these people consult experts that know about such things, and have informed opinions? Or do they just listen to brain-dead consultants.
Check out a Crypto-Gram article for a better explanation than I can provide:
http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0012.htm
...we may go through it all again if some baby bells are broken up.
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http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6818658.ht
Rest assured that your government is working on it (shudder).
...first a 600-series, and now a T20. The T20 has a great screen, and lots of nifty features (memory space, processor, ports, ultrabay, etc.) stuffed into its 5 lb package. I do miss, however, the keyboard and slightly smaller size of the 600E. The 600E also seemed to be a bit more solidly constructed.
If you don't absolutely need the latest and greatest, try to find a 600E or 600X.
...is that they can never seem to figure out what to focus on. They now have their fingers in:
1. Wintel pc/server/laptop production and sales, 2. Mainframe/HA class machines through the Stratus and DEC acquisitions
3. IT Services through the DEC acquisition,
4. Internet appliances/portable clients (IPaq)
5. Consumer pc's and laptops
Given their history of getting their lunch eaten by more focused competitors over the past few years (Dell, IBM, Sun, Gateway, etc.), is it any wonder that Compaq management still doesn't know what/how to run their business?
The pelicans, unfortunately were able to get close enough (40 miles, or so) to you to pop an anti-radar missile at you, which is kind of the point of the stealth fighter.
Dell has a policy that if you see your PC for a lower price within 30 days of purchase, you can call them and get a refund for the difference.
A: The lawyers.
Think real hard about how many more companies you want the trial lawyers to destroy, and then think about which one will be next. It might be one that you actually like.
...that our military is thinking about these things. Any future enemy of the US with 1/2 a brain would do well to try and take our space-based systems away from us, through any means available, eg) attack of ground stations, jamming of GPS signals, etc.
And people thought the world was getting safer...muwhaaaaaa!!
This is what could be considered MS's first major fight since they took out Netscape. It'll be interesting to see if MS's continuing legal problems hamper it in any way.
Historically speaking, Linux/Unix has the best chance of not getting crushed, IMHO. Borland, Netscape, Work Perfect, IBM all really didn't have a prayer.
Sounds like someone in that data center needed to do some cable management to prevent little oopsies like that.
On a quasi-related note, my boss recently took down a data center with 40+ W2K servers, Cisco stuff, and an EMC boxen, by pressing the emergency power-off button. Granted the EPO wasn't protected by a cover, but do you think that it's a good idea to go around pressing large red buttons?