With about 15km of atmosphere from surface to top, it's difficult to imagine that a hundred or so meters of windmill will have much of an effect on the overall weather pattern. Weather patterns around large cities like Chicago or New York are shifted more by the heat properties of asphault, concrete and metal than by the wind obstructions created by masses of tall buildings.
The REAL problem is corporations with huge capital investments in energy production from fossil fuels can see the looming threat that renewable energy sources present to their projected earnings streams. As corporations, they are duty-bound to INCREASE shareholder value. This means using all resources at their disposal to mitigate or eliminate all threats to future earnings growth. They are highly motivated to maintain the status quo -- even if that means doing harmful things like buying and suppressing new technologies. There are enough instances of this to choke a google (try: oil companies alternative patent). Unless citizens and politicians suddenly evolve spines and overthrow corporate rule, don't expect major changes in the energy supply until the last well runs dry.
Development and installation of carbon-based life forms: 8.698163E11 Fleet of ships to clandestinely monitor their progress: 1.92323E14 Watching the hilarity and hijinx as they try to figure out where they came from and "the meaning of it all": priceless
Could it be that Sun is attempting to position themselves for a buyout? By acquiring Novell and SUSE, they could be forcing IBM to ask themselves the question "which would cost less: switching to another distribution, or buying Sun?" IBM is already likely to be interested in controling Java eliminating competition from sparcs. Regaining control of SUSE may be the additional push that IBM needs to make a Sun buyout a cost-effective move.
The key to understanding the comment as given is that it is the exact same people, over and over again...
Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't user incompetence create the demand for IT guys? If suddenly everyone "got it", maybe a lot of the IT guys could be pink slipped. IT guys should be happy when there skills are required. Instead, they're "emotionally exhausted" by their "stupidity sensitivities". Sure, outsourced IT is cheaper, but maybe Indian IT support is *also* becoming more popular these days because Indians are more likely to be helpful and skip the drama of blaming their emotional problems on "lusers".
Why have an emblem at all? What Eric says about community is true, but hackers recogize each other by their hacks (and posers, by the lack of). Not as easy as a logo, but authenticity is guaranteed.
Why this emblem? A glider isn't appropriate. A glider is "startling and unexpected" for about ten seconds. But nothing new spontaneously emerges from a glider. It just monotonously churns along - no change in speed or direction - until it vanishes over the edge of the screen. Hell, why not use lemmings!? At least *sometimes* they don't jump.
"Social engineering?" "mugs or t-shirts?" 3.Profit! anyone? I don't need a logo - I'm not being marketing. I don't need a "resident historian" - I don't care who used to live here.
If the last 25 years have shown us anything, it's that overzealous followers of the Cult of Corporate Greed have made it more difficult for the more reasonable robber barons to make their killings. Boesky, Milken, Keating, Microsoft, Enron, RIAA, SCO, etc. Government restrictions and public suspicion are making it gradually more difficult to take the public to the cleaners. Damn these zealots!
Tuesday afternoon Deutche Bank "initiated coverage" of SCOX with a Buy rating. They said SCOX is basically a call option on the legal proceedings. If SCOX loses, they expire worthless. If they win, the leverage will be tremendous. In the minds of investors who understand options but not software, this sounds like a pretty good deal. At least until they find out how slim SCO's chances of beating IBM really are. Then SCOX's price will seem a high call premium by any valuation model.
Today, another ringing endorsement from the financial world. Again, implying that this company is a safe and legit investment. But the press release is pretty thin: Baystar knows SCO is doing something with Unix, and they're suing people. The rest is Corporatese.
I think this is the new pump & dump plan: 1. whip out high profile financial hired guns to tout the stock and suck in the herds, 2. give 'em the signal when it's time to jump ship (judgement imminent), 3. profit!
The Beatles have it backwards. They're mostly a non-issue to the teen and early-20s gang these days. Meanwhile, Apple computer is a household name with these folks - due in large part to the popularity of iTunes and iPod. If the younger crowd makes any associative connection from Apple to the Beatles, then Apple will have done the band a favor. Beatles shouldn't be suing, they should be paying a fee.
I admit, I'm biased: "innovation" has become a code word for "riping off Steve Jobs and his crew."
I have a Nokia 6310i with a Jabra BT200 and I love it. I think the practial limit for me is about 20 feet from the phone, which definitely beats the limit of about 2 inches without the Jabra. Hey, if someone will produce a cellphone/headset combo that uses 802.11, sell it to me. Meanwhile, I'm using Bluetooth and my neck and ear feel pretty good.
The more cruel truth is many companies value programming experience at or near 0. New cut-rate college grads appear to be represent pure cost savings. Accurate valuation of a extensive engineering skills is poorly understood outside the engineering profession (and sometimes inside). Veterans should distinguish themselves and their skills from those of an entry-level worker. That means working like hell to overcome the undervaluation. Engineers who fail to realize or accomplish this are doomed to become managers or... something else. Some careers end, deal with it.
I've noticed something like this with
Nextel i1000s. I'm not sure if the power is actually cutting out, but just before a call arrives, the speakers issue a signature pop-pop-pop-pop.
What you want to do is apply a thin bead of grease to one end of the CPU die, and spread it thinly across using a credit card or other device (driver's license, heavy piece of paper, etc). I used my AMD warranty registration card before I sent it in.
I don't know what the lifespan of wookies are supposed to be, but I know Peter Mayhew is almost 30 years older now and we will be playing a character who is 20 years younger. Chewbacca is an action character - his lines are pretty limited, even by Lucas standards. He's a 7ft monkeyboy (hmm, that gives me a casting idea) so I expect him to jump around (no not like Yoda) and be even more physical than he was in Episode 4. Is Mayhew going to be able to pull that off? Maybe he'll be in the fur suit just for closeups so he can do the articulation we're all know while a body double will do the broad action shots (as we saw with Christopher Lee in Episode 2).
He was a major player in the development of the mouse, cut-and-paste, multi-window GUI, teleconferencing and hyperdocuments. That makes him a major player in the development of unilateral repetitive stress injuries, copied-and-pasted spaghetti code monoliths, popup ad windows, the demise of the airline industry, and time-burning blogs (ahem).
Why is Mundie listed as "Chief Technical Officer" and Ballmer as "Chief Executive [Officer]", but Ellison is listed as "Boss"?
How is Sun the main loser if Linux hasn't replaced many system in the the "highest echelon"? Are telecom billing systems and airline reservation systems running on Windows? I doubt it. E-mail, web servers, file and print sharing. Applications for which Solaris is overkill. Hmm, that sounds like Windows territory to me.
Ownership cost is mentioned, and again Micosoft gets the spin due to lack of full description.
Mundie's collapse predictions are left completely unchallenged. Why does Ellison need a grain of salt, but Mundie does not?
Button-pushers like "cancer" and "nightmare" in the closing paragraph definitely set a tone for the reader's afterthoughts.
Trying to discredit Ellison's prediction by assuming the demise of Oracle on the basis of Mundie's questionable prediction is just wrong on many levels. There is more than one business model - I'll leave it at that.
Overall, this is less obvious than something that comes out of Microsoft-funded "independent analyses", but more it's more insidious too. Did Microsoft influence this author? Are Economist executives invested in Microsoft? Why the divide-and-conquer routine against Sun? Why start with such an optimistic view of Linux only to end on such a sour note?
Unfortunate for you, perhaps, for you already have a namespace defined for this collection of products. But no doubt effective as a marketing tool for Red Hat. For an IT manager looking to make Red Hat products part of his own solution namespace, a cohesively branded lineup makes it easier and faster to get familar, comfortable and confident. Buying decisions come from positions of comfort and confidence (when possible). The faster Red Hat raise a buyer to the "let's do this" level, the more money Red Hat brings in, the more work they line up fro RHCEs, the more business they take away from Microsoft, etc. etc.
I bet you'll get over the pollution. Baffled potential customers won't get over their confusion nearly quickly enough. Red Hat is trying to simplify the bazaar so that less-dedicated afficiandos can still shop here.
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The REAL problem is corporations with huge capital investments in energy production from fossil fuels can see the looming threat that renewable energy sources present to their projected earnings streams. As corporations, they are duty-bound to INCREASE shareholder value. This means using all resources at their disposal to mitigate or eliminate all threats to future earnings growth. They are highly motivated to maintain the status quo -- even if that means doing harmful things like buying and suppressing new technologies. There are enough instances of this to choke a google (try: oil companies alternative patent). Unless citizens and politicians suddenly evolve spines and overthrow corporate rule, don't expect major changes in the energy supply until the last well runs dry.
Development and installation of carbon-based life forms: 8.698163E11
Fleet of ships to clandestinely monitor their progress: 1.92323E14
Watching the hilarity and hijinx as they try to figure out where they came from and "the meaning of it all": priceless
(all figures in US dollars)
Someday I get tired of this joke - but not today!
I'm glad it wasn't a link to goatse.cx!
should read "...controlling java AND eliminating..."
Could it be that Sun is attempting to position themselves for a buyout? By acquiring Novell and SUSE, they could be forcing IBM to ask themselves the question "which would cost less: switching to another distribution, or buying Sun?" IBM is already likely to be interested in controling Java eliminating competition from sparcs. Regaining control of SUSE may be the additional push that IBM needs to make a Sun buyout a cost-effective move.
That ed rant never gets old. Really.
Yeah right. Set for stun.
sun hardware: $0
solaris: $0
java: $0
watching the Sun go down: priceless
Any thoughts on why they chose to use Dell 2650s?
I'm reminded of a quote: "It's steady work being a plumber. Rain or shine, boom or bust, war or peace - people always got to go to da can."
The key to understanding the comment as given is that it is the exact same people, over and over again...
Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't user incompetence create the demand for IT guys? If suddenly everyone "got it", maybe a lot of the IT guys could be pink slipped. IT guys should be happy when there skills are required. Instead, they're "emotionally exhausted" by their "stupidity sensitivities". Sure, outsourced IT is cheaper, but maybe Indian IT support is *also* becoming more popular these days because Indians are more likely to be helpful and skip the drama of blaming their emotional problems on "lusers".
What is the emblem? A glider. Duh.
Why have an emblem at all? What Eric says about community is true, but hackers recogize each other by their hacks (and posers, by the lack of). Not as easy as a logo, but authenticity is guaranteed.
Why this emblem? A glider isn't appropriate. A glider is "startling and unexpected" for about ten seconds. But nothing new spontaneously emerges from a glider. It just monotonously churns along - no change in speed or direction - until it vanishes over the edge of the screen. Hell, why not use lemmings!? At least *sometimes* they don't jump.
"Social engineering?" "mugs or t-shirts?" 3.Profit! anyone? I don't need a logo - I'm not being marketing. I don't need a "resident historian" - I don't care who used to live here.
If the last 25 years have shown us anything, it's that overzealous followers of the Cult of Corporate Greed have made it more difficult for the more reasonable robber barons to make their killings. Boesky, Milken, Keating, Microsoft, Enron, RIAA, SCO, etc. Government restrictions and public suspicion are making it gradually more difficult to take the public to the cleaners. Damn these zealots!
Tuesday afternoon Deutche Bank "initiated coverage" of SCOX with a Buy rating. They said SCOX is basically a call option on the legal proceedings. If SCOX loses, they expire worthless. If they win, the leverage will be tremendous. In the minds of investors who understand options but not software, this sounds like a pretty good deal. At least until they find out how slim SCO's chances of beating IBM really are. Then SCOX's price will seem a high call premium by any valuation model.
Today, another ringing endorsement from the financial world. Again, implying that this company is a safe and legit investment. But the press release is pretty thin: Baystar knows SCO is doing something with Unix, and they're suing people. The rest is Corporatese.
I think this is the new pump & dump plan: 1. whip out high profile financial hired guns to tout the stock and suck in the herds, 2. give 'em the signal when it's time to jump ship (judgement imminent), 3. profit!
no sig-r
The Beatles have it backwards. They're mostly a non-issue to the teen and early-20s gang these days. Meanwhile, Apple computer is a household name with these folks - due in large part to the popularity of iTunes and iPod. If the younger crowd makes any associative connection from Apple to the Beatles, then Apple will have done the band a favor. Beatles shouldn't be suing, they should be paying a fee.
I admit, I'm biased: "innovation" has become a code word for "riping off Steve Jobs and his crew."
No, but the world would be a much be a much better place if people paid less attention to marketing and advertising.
I have a Nokia 6310i with a Jabra BT200 and I love it. I think the practial limit for me is about 20 feet from the phone, which definitely beats the limit of about 2 inches without the Jabra. Hey, if someone will produce a cellphone/headset combo that uses 802.11, sell it to me. Meanwhile, I'm using Bluetooth and my neck and ear feel pretty good.
The more cruel truth is many companies value programming experience at or near 0. New cut-rate college grads appear to be represent pure cost savings. Accurate valuation of a extensive engineering skills is poorly understood outside the engineering profession (and sometimes inside). Veterans should distinguish themselves and their skills from those of an entry-level worker. That means working like hell to overcome the undervaluation. Engineers who fail to realize or accomplish this are doomed to become managers or... something else. Some careers end, deal with it.
I've noticed something like this with Nextel i1000s. I'm not sure if the power is actually cutting out, but just before a call arrives, the speakers issue a signature pop-pop-pop-pop.
What you want to do is apply a thin bead of grease to one end of the CPU die, and spread it thinly across using a credit card or other device (driver's license, heavy piece of paper, etc).
I used my AMD warranty registration card before I sent it in.
Best of luck to the ILM team that has to make the CG fur look right.
I don't know what the lifespan of wookies are supposed to be, but I know Peter Mayhew is almost 30 years older now and we will be playing a character who is 20 years younger. Chewbacca is an action character - his lines are pretty limited, even by Lucas standards. He's a 7ft monkeyboy (hmm, that gives me a casting idea) so I expect him to jump around (no not like Yoda) and be even more physical than he was in Episode 4. Is Mayhew going to be able to pull that off? Maybe he'll be in the fur suit just for closeups so he can do the articulation we're all know while a body double will do the broad action shots (as we saw with Christopher Lee in Episode 2).
He was a major player in the development of the mouse, cut-and-paste, multi-window GUI, teleconferencing and hyperdocuments.
That makes him a major player in the development of unilateral repetitive stress injuries, copied-and-pasted spaghetti code monoliths, popup ad windows, the demise of the airline industry, and time-burning blogs (ahem).
How is Sun the main loser if Linux hasn't replaced many system in the the "highest echelon"? Are telecom billing systems and airline reservation systems running on Windows? I doubt it. E-mail, web servers, file and print sharing. Applications for which Solaris is overkill. Hmm, that sounds like Windows territory to me.
Ownership cost is mentioned, and again Micosoft gets the spin due to lack of full description.
Mundie's collapse predictions are left completely unchallenged. Why does Ellison need a grain of salt, but Mundie does not?
Button-pushers like "cancer" and "nightmare" in the closing paragraph definitely set a tone for the reader's afterthoughts.
Trying to discredit Ellison's prediction by assuming the demise of Oracle on the basis of Mundie's questionable prediction is just wrong on many levels. There is more than one business model - I'll leave it at that.
Overall, this is less obvious than something that comes out of Microsoft-funded "independent analyses", but more it's more insidious too. Did Microsoft influence this author? Are Economist executives invested in Microsoft? Why the divide-and-conquer routine against Sun? Why start with such an optimistic view of Linux only to end on such a sour note?
Unfortunate for you, perhaps, for you already have a namespace defined for this collection of products. But no doubt effective as a marketing tool for Red Hat. For an IT manager looking to make Red Hat products part of his own solution namespace, a cohesively branded lineup makes it easier and faster to get familar, comfortable and confident. Buying decisions come from positions of comfort and confidence (when possible). The faster Red Hat raise a buyer to the "let's do this" level, the more money Red Hat brings in, the more work they line up fro RHCEs, the more business they take away from Microsoft, etc. etc.
I bet you'll get over the pollution. Baffled potential customers won't get over their confusion nearly quickly enough. Red Hat is trying to simplify the bazaar so that less-dedicated afficiandos can still shop here.