Not necessarily - There are a number of Dell laptops whose wireless hw does not have drivers available for Ubuntu. Broadcomm BC43xx? Ugh! Been there. There are fixes documented out there, but it requires some effort at the console (pkg installs + some config changes) to pull it off. Not guru-level effort, but certainly enough to scare off or irritate most newbs. Consider also that this person may already have a significant collection of Windows SW that they wish to continue using.
Exactly - that's where the AI comes in. It looks at numerous attempts of various tricks, notes the differences in the environmental variables and adjusts the controls wrt to the current conditions for the optimal execution. If anything it's more like, record 100 attempts, analyze and define a "good" routine, but also define good "exception handlers". I must say, I was pretty confused about what, if any, "watching" was involved - i.e. reflected-light-based vision. Pretty bad explanation, bordering on fail.
The conspiracy theorist in me says that once non-centralized groups (read "not the MSM") start leveraging this and reach a critical level of audience, the guv will step in to moderate/filter/etc. If they haven't already. Or outsource it to Blackwater.
This sounds an awful lot like what grids do (and have been doing for a while). I did rtfa and I didn't see much defining "cloud computing" other than "large data centers that students can tap into over the Internet to program and research remotely". Is "Cloud" the new "Grid"?
I think, on the other hand, that this type of zooming interface would be very useful for photos that haven't been named/organized via text attributes (which I believe is part of Macslow's ideas here). Think of non-text (visual-based) attribute searches... color/shape/subject/etc.
I think an interesting experiment would be to measure the amount of time it takes to find a unique photo from various size groups of photos 10/100/500/1000/etc to find out where the sweet spot is for lowFat versus any other file sorting/mgmt system.
It would be like having a music mgmt system that could find/organize music files by humming a melody or riff.
My home installation (and response) is a hybrid of others here - I use Squeezebox with wireless RCA speakers from RShack (hold chuckles - rationale to follow). This works great, with the exception of the different rooms/different songs model. Since this really wasn't a requirement for me, I don't lose sleep over it. As for the Radio Shack/RCA speakers, I chose these (again, requirements, folks) because I wanted to be able to move from room-to-room and hear the music continuously. Audiophile(!) grade sound was not a realistic requirement, as you usually need to be (relatively) stationary to realize the benefit of a high-end system and it's accompanying sounds....And... it wasn't that expensive.;-)
I'll give you an answer if you answer mine - I'm am IT prof. w/over 14 years of experience, who is contemplating a medical/Doctoral degree. Anyway,
I am currently managing a Healthcare project, and one of my analysts is a Doctor. His contribution has been huge as the language/procedures used within a medical facility are far more complicated than your basic web commerce application, and I can't imagine how our project would be evolving without his expertise and input. To boot, he understands Java, UML and related tools. Thus, his knowledge spans both the problem and solution domains which makes him a valuable resource.
Assuming you don't want to get out of Healthcare, I'd say, figure out where your interests lie and go for it! If you want to get completely out of Healthcare, heed the negative-toned replies. My $0.02
If I told you about the new big thing I'm working on, you would take my idea and copy it, taking food out of my mouth, my kids mouths, you bastard!! (just kidding). You get the idea.
Understand, too, that one of the reasons (that many people have pointed out) for the rapid dissemination of IT work was the fact that so much of this stuff is just bits and bytes - perfect for that internet thingy! Whatever the next big "thing" is (and maybe that's my point - the USofA will probably need to create many small to medium sized "things") it (they) should probably not be primarily bit-based, eh? The whole face-to-face, social thing that others are talking about.
And, "cost center" is the loathed opposite of the "profit center". These are both figurative examples of line items on a corporate budget that are either negative or postive, respectively.
While visiting Memphis recently (Memorial Day weekend) I took the Graceland tour through the former home of Elvis Presley. When you get to the section of the house where his awards are, you see row after row of gold albums for record/album sales of 500k and greater (this section is mind-boggling - once you see this, you realize why he was/is "The King"). Anyway, I noticed that many of the awards had the lovely RIAA logo on them. Interestingly, this was a graphic of the association's acronym, embedded in a tonearm/needle object above the simulated grooves of a record. What does this have to do with the price of tea in China? It reminded me that the RIAA has, and will always (try) to be about controlling the media which the songs are distributed on.
Some day, they might get it right (in their minds) in the digital domain. It will be interesting to see what this "context" is... in the worst case, think "Minority Report" meets the Music Industry(TM)... "You are being arrested for the future action of rendering audio..."
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I think you've (closely) described the OLPC laptop: http://laptop.org/en/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml.
With some minor design changes, these guys could probably become a major player in the quickly-heating-up tablet/slate market.
Not necessarily - There are a number of Dell laptops whose wireless hw does not have drivers available for Ubuntu. Broadcomm BC43xx? Ugh! Been there. There are fixes documented out there, but it requires some effort at the console (pkg installs + some config changes) to pull it off. Not guru-level effort, but certainly enough to scare off or irritate most newbs. Consider also that this person may already have a significant collection of Windows SW that they wish to continue using.
Exactly - that's where the AI comes in. It looks at numerous attempts of various tricks, notes the differences in the environmental variables and adjusts the controls wrt to the current conditions for the optimal execution. If anything it's more like, record 100 attempts, analyze and define a "good" routine, but also define good "exception handlers". I must say, I was pretty confused about what, if any, "watching" was involved - i.e. reflected-light-based vision. Pretty bad explanation, bordering on fail.
SaaSaaa? This is getting ridiculous. Really.
The conspiracy theorist in me says that once non-centralized groups (read "not the MSM") start leveraging this and reach a critical level of audience, the guv will step in to moderate/filter/etc. If they haven't already. Or outsource it to Blackwater.
;-)
You can't think too small...
This sounds an awful lot like what grids do (and have been doing for a while). I did rtfa and I didn't see much defining "cloud computing" other than "large data centers that students can tap into over the Internet to program and research remotely". Is "Cloud" the new "Grid"?
Transpose.
Done.
Profit.
42.
You get the idea.
This was sounding reasonable until the last line...
"By the way, the combined cash flow of Spot Runner, LinkedIn and Facebook is less than that of one Costco store."
Different markets, products, etc. Not even close for comparison. IMHO.
Maybe Glassheart could help on the prior art/patent search before we get too carried away...
I. Couldn't. Resist.
Key word is "having". 11 years later... and?
It's the grok factor. Demo videos? High grok. Autocorrelation & Cepstrum Analysis? Low grok.
Personally, I like Macslow's approach. Build it (webify/create videos w/links) and they will come (feedback/donations).
You can't deny he's got a great demo.
I think, on the other hand, that this type of zooming interface would be very useful for photos that haven't been named/organized via text attributes (which I believe is part of Macslow's ideas here). Think of non-text (visual-based) attribute searches... color/shape/subject/etc.
I think an interesting experiment would be to measure the amount of time it takes to find a unique photo from various size groups of photos 10/100/500/1000/etc to find out where the sweet spot is for lowFat versus any other file sorting/mgmt system.
It would be like having a music mgmt system that could find/organize music files by humming a melody or riff.
Whoa.
Off topic - Still have any of that code? I'm currently doing some medical systems integration - love the M!!! Anything you can point me to or send me?
Thanks!!
Minimum wage & you don't believe in healthcare? So what happens when your "family & friends" have significant medical issues?
A book I find quite useful making the switch from PM to Site Mgr was the following:
"The Practice of System and Network Administration"
by Limoncelli & Hogan
Excellent book. It will answer questions that you aren't even thinking about.
Steganalytical results: 909850949850480984098409589408545 hides the phrase "Hot Grits"
My home installation (and response) is a hybrid of others here - I use Squeezebox with wireless RCA speakers from RShack (hold chuckles - rationale to follow). This works great, with the exception of the different rooms/different songs model. Since this really wasn't a requirement for me, I don't lose sleep over it. As for the Radio Shack/RCA speakers, I chose these (again, requirements, folks) because I wanted to be able to move from room-to-room and hear the music continuously. Audiophile(!) grade sound was not a realistic requirement, as you usually need to be (relatively) stationary to realize the benefit of a high-end system and it's accompanying sounds. ...And... it wasn't that expensive. ;-)
With all due respect - you're no geek. Even the basic Linksys/DLink AP's cover this stuff in their user manuals and online docs. Come ON!
From SNL - Jeopardy parody...
Alex Trebek (Will Ferrell)- Ok, that's it, you idiots - here's the Final Jeopardy Question: "Pick a number... any number!?!"
French Stewart (JImmy Fallon)- "Threeve!"
"They receive a RNA string and based on this information, they contruct all sorts of macromolecules. They don't have any computational power..."
Sounds like logic to me... or am I missing something?
FoxPro!! (ducks for cover...)
I'll give you an answer if you answer mine - I'm am IT prof. w/over 14 years of experience, who is contemplating a medical/Doctoral degree. Anyway,
I am currently managing a Healthcare project, and one of my analysts is a Doctor. His contribution has been huge as the language/procedures used within a medical facility are far more complicated than your basic web commerce application, and I can't imagine how our project would be evolving without his expertise and input. To boot, he understands Java, UML and related tools. Thus, his knowledge spans both the problem and solution domains which makes him a valuable resource.
Assuming you don't want to get out of Healthcare, I'd say, figure out where your interests lie and go for it! If you want to get completely out of Healthcare, heed the negative-toned replies.
My $0.02
If I told you about the new big thing I'm working on, you would take my idea and copy it, taking food out of my mouth, my kids mouths, you bastard!! (just kidding). You get the idea.
Understand, too, that one of the reasons (that many people have pointed out) for the rapid dissemination of IT work was the fact that so much of this stuff is just bits and bytes - perfect for that internet thingy! Whatever the next big "thing" is (and maybe that's my point - the USofA will probably need to create many small to medium sized "things") it (they) should probably not be primarily bit-based, eh? The whole face-to-face, social thing that others are talking about.
"If you upgrade each of your current servers to the quad-processor GigaFLex, you'll have no problems."
"Do you have any perfomance metrics for that? How about a customer we could reference on that?"
"Ummm, no... those results are from our research lab."
(you get the idea)
And, "cost center" is the loathed opposite of the "profit center". These are both figurative examples of line items on a corporate budget that are either negative or postive, respectively.
While visiting Memphis recently (Memorial Day weekend) I took the Graceland tour through the former home of Elvis Presley. When you get to the section of the house where his awards are, you see row after row of gold albums for record/album sales of 500k and greater (this section is mind-boggling - once you see this, you realize why he was/is "The King"). Anyway, I noticed that many of the awards had the lovely RIAA logo on them. Interestingly, this was a graphic of the association's acronym, embedded in a tonearm/needle object above the simulated grooves of a record. What does this have to do with the price of tea in China? It reminded me that the RIAA has, and will always (try) to be about controlling the media which the songs are distributed on .
Some day, they might get it right (in their minds) in the digital domain. It will be interesting to see what this "context" is... in the worst case, think "Minority Report" meets the Music Industry(TM)... "You are being arrested for the future action of rendering audio..."
Damn pre-cogs.