And you guys thought Julian had a big ego before - honestly, the only way I'd ever waste a dime on this movie would be if Jim Carey played the lead role, and they did it as a comedy
that does prove to be true in a Dilbert sort of way, I know where I am at they turn over at a ferocious rate, if they are no good they go into oblivion - if they are good it is probably because they make more good decisions than bad ones - Most of us work for businesses that have stockholders, and engineers sometimes have no acumen in that area so I won't begrudge them the control as long as I get good, interesting, and stimulating work to do !
And they're still idiots and wash-outs today - possibly they make more money but I wouldn't trade my job for theirs any day of the week, I love going to work everyday, I love creating things and technology, and I love the mental stimulation - all those business majors will end up with Alzheimer's from their atrophied gray matter !
well I guess that means all that land in Alaska, Canada and Siberia will be habitable when it warms so it looks like we will have room for the coastal folks !
the argument that will be used is that the software engineer or programmer didn't do the use cases to foresee the potential for misuse and abuse of the product by criminals - and that they were therefore negligent - I don't buy this argument but lawyers are a slimy lot !
This in my opinion is a major reason our society is so screwed up - why should we even consider it reasonable that lawyers can go after software engineers and programmers to "make someone pay" because the real criminals have no assets. Product liability insurance is a major reason why some things cost so much and until we break the cycle and get the lawyers out of control (most of them run our governments)these frivolous lawsuits will continue - in the end the only people that really win are the lawyers. This is the same argument as going after a Glock handgun designer because one of their weapons was used to shoot someone - its absurdity to the max
that is true but they are so limited in range and hard to build that they are of little concern to weapons systems designers - there are still some EMP hardened designs but they are only uses on the most high end and expensive systems
its going to be a long time before it is cost effective for your everyday UAV's and fighters - right now the technology is quite complex and costly, someday maybe - it is hard to beat the low cost of wire and the weight savings is less than you think - fiber is pretty fragile and has to be protected quite well (meaning heavy jacketing and such)
the network cables might be but none of the other stuff is - EMP hardening is a long gone requirement left over from the cold war - EMP requirements are rarely seen anymore !
I don't even want to know how much tax payer money was pissed away for that "key verdict" - having worked with quite a few monitoring and alarm systems for years I can tell you that most of the time "automatic alarms" get ignored and in fact can cause worse problems when an actual real alarm does occur because of how the operators tune them out - seems like they completely missed the mark on this - the real problem is most likely where you would expect it, the people running the system - human error I am sure !
I love how a document marked "Limited Official Use" makes it onto the internet and then here, I guess the biggest problem with our government is apparently nobody can read....
I guess you'll be more polite next time - honestly, police officers have a hard enough time dealing with the crap they have to and risking their lives for people like you, I'll bet if you had just cooperated you'd have been back in your safe warm bed in no time and probably not even remembered the incident the next day.
I would say it is a fighter with stealth features - but it is NOT a stealth aircraft - the B2 and the F-117 are stealth aircraft - the F-22 is multi-role aircraft with stealth features as well - the article is pretty poorly written - obviosuely by someone with little experience writing about aircraft
For the record I disliked Al Gore (and his annoying wife) before he picked Global Warming as his crusade, But there are plenty of scientist and engineers that have shown the liberties taken with the statistics - Some of the data might have merit but that has been tarnished for the sake of sensationalism and votes - I don't find the skepticism of global warming to be intellectually lazy or dishonest, One of the best reasoned papers on this was penned by Burt Rutan, If you are only a casual follower of AGW I challenge you to read this and see things from one of the disbelievers points of view http://rps3.com/Files/AGW/EngrCritique.AGW-Science.v4.pdf
My 1995 Porsche 911 gets about 28 MPG on the highway if I keep it at under 80 MPH - yeah I know its not 80 MPG but its better than 15 MPG and its a heck of a lot more fun than a Prius or a some other econobox
yes - I think they are something like 2 degrees apart (it might be 4) but the close separation is why you need such large antennas for high data rates (narrow beam widths) to avoid "spamming" the adjacent satellites
what a fitting end to an election where a stunt like that was pulled, if they where actually able to pull of a such a stupendously stupid stunt I'd be happy that poetic justice was properly served - even if we had to deal with Palin's BS for 4 years - it can't be any worse than the last 2
it was still funny! OK - so yeah maybe its an unfair stereotype but it is so rare that any phone call I make to any kind of call center isn't met by someone who is obviously Indian - it is inevitable that the joke was coming.....
The LEMV is way more impressive - it must stay up for a minimum of 21 days and carry a minimum of 2500 lbs and generate at least 16 KW of power - the Zephyr is a nice technology demonstration but has a long way to go to be actually useful - and BTW the LEMV airship is also built by a British company
so lets see. Thuraya phones usually have a cell phone mode as well, the are small and reliable - Iridium phones also are small and some have integrated GSM phones as well - in my experience they work well, they could be cheaper but they do work.
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And you guys thought Julian had a big ego before - honestly, the only way I'd ever waste a dime on this movie would be if Jim Carey played the lead role, and they did it as a comedy
that does prove to be true in a Dilbert sort of way, I know where I am at they turn over at a ferocious rate, if they are no good they go into oblivion - if they are good it is probably because they make more good decisions than bad ones - Most of us work for businesses that have stockholders, and engineers sometimes have no acumen in that area so I won't begrudge them the control as long as I get good, interesting, and stimulating work to do !
And they're still idiots and wash-outs today - possibly they make more money but I wouldn't trade my job for theirs any day of the week, I love going to work everyday, I love creating things and technology, and I love the mental stimulation - all those business majors will end up with Alzheimer's from their atrophied gray matter !
well I guess that means all that land in Alaska, Canada and Siberia will be habitable when it warms so it looks like we will have room for the coastal folks !
the argument that will be used is that the software engineer or programmer didn't do the use cases to foresee the potential for misuse and abuse of the product by criminals - and that they were therefore negligent - I don't buy this argument but lawyers are a slimy lot !
This in my opinion is a major reason our society is so screwed up - why should we even consider it reasonable that lawyers can go after software engineers and programmers to "make someone pay" because the real criminals have no assets. Product liability insurance is a major reason why some things cost so much and until we break the cycle and get the lawyers out of control (most of them run our governments)these frivolous lawsuits will continue - in the end the only people that really win are the lawyers. This is the same argument as going after a Glock handgun designer because one of their weapons was used to shoot someone - its absurdity to the max
that is true but they are so limited in range and hard to build that they are of little concern to weapons systems designers - there are still some EMP hardened designs but they are only uses on the most high end and expensive systems
its going to be a long time before it is cost effective for your everyday UAV's and fighters - right now the technology is quite complex and costly, someday maybe - it is hard to beat the low cost of wire and the weight savings is less than you think - fiber is pretty fragile and has to be protected quite well (meaning heavy jacketing and such)
the network cables might be but none of the other stuff is - EMP hardening is a long gone requirement left over from the cold war - EMP requirements are rarely seen anymore !
I use the FSH4 at work - nice little SA - interesting use for it.
I was thinking the same thing - and it would be funny if I wasn't one of the ones left holding the bag of crap
I don't even want to know how much tax payer money was pissed away for that "key verdict" - having worked with quite a few monitoring and alarm systems for years I can tell you that most of the time "automatic alarms" get ignored and in fact can cause worse problems when an actual real alarm does occur because of how the operators tune them out - seems like they completely missed the mark on this - the real problem is most likely where you would expect it, the people running the system - human error I am sure !
I love how a document marked "Limited Official Use" makes it onto the internet and then here, I guess the biggest problem with our government is apparently nobody can read....
I wish I'd hung onto those mod points !
funny if I had mod points I'd give them to you !
I guess you'll be more polite next time - honestly, police officers have a hard enough time dealing with the crap they have to and risking their lives for people like you, I'll bet if you had just cooperated you'd have been back in your safe warm bed in no time and probably not even remembered the incident the next day.
I would say it is a fighter with stealth features - but it is NOT a stealth aircraft - the B2 and the F-117 are stealth aircraft - the F-22 is multi-role aircraft with stealth features as well - the article is pretty poorly written - obviosuely by someone with little experience writing about aircraft
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For the record I disliked Al Gore (and his annoying wife) before he picked Global Warming as his crusade, But there are plenty of scientist and engineers that have shown the liberties taken with the statistics - Some of the data might have merit but that has been tarnished for the sake of sensationalism and votes - I don't find the skepticism of global warming to be intellectually lazy or dishonest, One of the best reasoned papers on this was penned by Burt Rutan, If you are only a casual follower of AGW I challenge you to read this and see things from one of the disbelievers points of view http://rps3.com/Files/AGW/EngrCritique.AGW-Science.v4.pdf
My 1995 Porsche 911 gets about 28 MPG on the highway if I keep it at under 80 MPH - yeah I know its not 80 MPG but its better than 15 MPG and its a heck of a lot more fun than a Prius or a some other econobox
yes - I think they are something like 2 degrees apart (it might be 4) but the close separation is why you need such large antennas for high data rates (narrow beam widths) to avoid "spamming" the adjacent satellites
what a fitting end to an election where a stunt like that was pulled, if they where actually able to pull of a such a stupendously stupid stunt I'd be happy that poetic justice was properly served - even if we had to deal with Palin's BS for 4 years - it can't be any worse than the last 2
it was still funny! OK - so yeah maybe its an unfair stereotype but it is so rare that any phone call I make to any kind of call center isn't met by someone who is obviously Indian - it is inevitable that the joke was coming.....
The LEMV is way more impressive - it must stay up for a minimum of 21 days and carry a minimum of 2500 lbs and generate at least 16 KW of power - the Zephyr is a nice technology demonstration but has a long way to go to be actually useful - and BTW the LEMV airship is also built by a British company
so lets see. Thuraya phones usually have a cell phone mode as well, the are small and reliable - Iridium phones also are small and some have integrated GSM phones as well - in my experience they work well, they could be cheaper but they do work.