I'm also trying to remember who won the World Series last year. The Yankees, right, cause they have the biggest payroll? Ooops, no, it was the Florida Marlins with a payroll at the other end of the spectrum
Yeah, check out the book "MoneyBall" by Michael Lewis. Sabermetrics comes out of the Rotisserie and into the general manager's office at the Oakland A's. Excellent read.
Yeah, you are right. I think they experimented with compressed air at one time. I think the hydraulics are easier to balance on weight, but are just as heavy as a compressed air system.
One of the wonderful things about the Giro this year is that Damiano Cunego won it and was not even his team's man to do it (Gilberto Simoni was the leader). How did he do it? Old Skool. Riding with flair and bravery. With poetry! I like Lance Armstrong as much as the next USian (he's a great story and a stand-up guy, but not my favorite rider), but the guy is a machine. He knows to the gram of carbs he has ingested and that he needs X more carbs to go at 44.3456 kph which will put him in the lead with 100 meters to go on a stage that averages 3.3% gradient.
Back in the day, cats like Eddy Merckx would just check out on the peloton. He would ride with one hand on the back shifter, daring any punk to try to ride with him. No nutrition experts. Nothing. Uphill. Downhill. Flats. It didn't matter. And he was the greatest ever on steel frame bikes built in a barn by a friend, not 11000USD 6.8kg space machines like you have today.
Watch and learn on the Tour this year. Tyler Hamilton or some other 'hard' man will win it.
On a F1 car a car's front-to-rear brake balance can only be adjusted with an analog lever or knob. If you watch Michael Schumacher go down a long straight, you will see him reach with his right hand to adjust the brake balance. Interestingly, the Ferrari has a shifter interface on the left hand that allows both up and down shifts but only downs on the right (I think). When he adjusts the brakes he can continue to shift with his left hand. Also, because the cars use compressed air to shift and are always in gear (essentially) there is a lockout button (N) for stewards to put the machine in neutral on top of the bonnet. So an F1 car is not all high-tech, but a mix. I wish it were more like the the 60s though. Rolling death rides. Those guys had to be brave, talented AND FUCKING NUTS.
I quit doing Perl and MySQL after I tried, after coaxing, running PHP on the command line. Now I script all of my DB maintenance stuff in PHP. Way fucking easier. Yeah, I know that DBI is awesome, but the DB PHP support is so much easier to write quick and dirty.
Which is not very altruistic. I don't mean to sound like Kant here, but public relations promotion or tax breaks are both fickle reasons. Doing it because it helps should be primary. The other stuff is merely gravy.
There is a difference though. Average computer users consider their computer a "Magic Box." They don't consider their car as such. Because it is a "Magic Box" they don't think it should ever have a problem or that any problem that occurs is something that only a magician/technician can handle.
They just can't pay a return on the money they make. They can disburse it charitably, reinvest it, etc. There is such a tough regimen of oversight in the American non/not-for profit. If only Enron and those evil fucks had to live by a 503's rules.
I used to run a non-profit environmental journal. We made money on occasion and when we had excess we had this nifty idea called: giving it to the poor. Problem is: that makes you a hell-bound commie in Merika.
I do not have to understand how an internal combustion engine works nor do I have to know how to fix it in order to use it, so why does an average user have to be able to maintain an operating system they don't know how to fix or how it works?
The VP told me he didn't hire MBAs because they weren't detail-oriented. Right, because a higher degree means you couldn't possible look at details. You couldn't possible have stayed up till 4 am while trying to build a random walk or research the number of stethoscopes sold in Georgia each year.
And that is JUST an MBA.;-) Imagine getting your head handed to you by a world-famous expert in your chosen field over what seems to be a minor detail. You become detail-oriented very fucking quickly. For example, I was, IMHO and/. posts aside, a very good writer -- I worked as a journalist -- before I went to get my doctorate. I have had to ramp up my writing skills so much -- most of it centered around clarity and syntax details -- because, in the academy, you don't just sound stupid.
Should you have inserted a qualifier about possibly needing 7 years to complete it?
I will finish my PhD in 3.5 years at a major land-grant research institution. It all depends on the scale and scope of your project. Some science PhDs wait YEARS for their data sets to finalize -- astronomy and ecology come to mind here. Then there is waiting around on grant money, teaching, etc. It is much more than writing a dissertation, which is a misconception that many people who haven't taken the leap have. It isn't just another X more years of school. It is a long process with many, many steps and many. many frustrations. Essentially, you have earned your PhD when you are accepted into the program. Surviving the program is the trick to actually being called 'Doctor SuchandSuch.'
My friend has a little coffee shop near our campus. I installed a wifi hotspot for him with a Comcast business connection and an access point. His cost for the first year was about 1200USD. His business tripled. So, anecdotally, giving wifi away as a loss-leader works.
If you can finish original research and a dissertation, then most likely you can finish any project handed to you if you have acheived a PhD. Most likely! All of the "high-end degrees are unnecessary" whiners never had to teach, research, write, suffer an advisor, AND find time to sleep all for 12000USD a year and a tuition waver. My advisor makes every boss I have ever had look like Caspar Fucking Milquetoast. Science PhDs tend to be particularly motivated, but don't discount us social science types, just because we want our summers off and tenure someday.;-)
Well, this is good to see, but I can't help but think that there is some marketing angle for MS behind it. Bumfuzzling. But then again, why would they offer pop-up blocking, but be so adamant against tabbed browsing? One is imitative of a supposed rival (Google not Mozilla/Safari/Firefox) so why not the other? I hate to ape/. canon, but tabbed browsing is the shiznit.
Automatic? 1. Microsoft does not always push out the latest fixes. If they did then this automatic system would prevent OS level problems like Sasser. 2. What if the average user doesn't have a dedicated broadband connection? It is worthless as tits on a snake. Correct me if I am wrong, but most home users ARE NOT online with broadband connections 24/7.
I assume you apply this same standard to Linux installations as well?
The discussion is about Windows and their gross inability to provide a mechanism that reliably updates an average users computer. If average users are hit regularly by Microsoft bugs and holes, then the problem is with the provider of a product targeted at average users, not the average users themselves. My e-mailing/recipe-databasing mom is an average user. If Toyota sold cars with the problems that Windows has there would be hell to pay.
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I'm also trying to remember who won the World Series last year. The Yankees, right, cause they have the biggest payroll? Ooops, no, it was the Florida Marlins with a payroll at the other end of the spectrum
Yeah, check out the book "MoneyBall" by Michael Lewis. Sabermetrics comes out of the Rotisserie and into the general manager's office at the Oakland A's. Excellent read.
Yeah, you are right. I think they experimented with compressed air at one time. I think the hydraulics are easier to balance on weight, but are just as heavy as a compressed air system.
One of the wonderful things about the Giro this year is that Damiano Cunego won it and was not even his team's man to do it (Gilberto Simoni was the leader). How did he do it? Old Skool. Riding with flair and bravery. With poetry! I like Lance Armstrong as much as the next USian (he's a great story and a stand-up guy, but not my favorite rider), but the guy is a machine. He knows to the gram of carbs he has ingested and that he needs X more carbs to go at 44.3456 kph which will put him in the lead with 100 meters to go on a stage that averages 3.3% gradient.
Back in the day, cats like Eddy Merckx would just check out on the peloton. He would ride with one hand on the back shifter, daring any punk to try to ride with him. No nutrition experts. Nothing. Uphill. Downhill. Flats. It didn't matter. And he was the greatest ever on steel frame bikes built in a barn by a friend, not 11000USD 6.8kg space machines like you have today.
Watch and learn on the Tour this year. Tyler Hamilton or some other 'hard' man will win it.
On a F1 car a car's front-to-rear brake balance can only be adjusted with an analog lever or knob. If you watch Michael Schumacher go down a long straight, you will see him reach with his right hand to adjust the brake balance. Interestingly, the Ferrari has a shifter interface on the left hand that allows both up and down shifts but only downs on the right (I think). When he adjusts the brakes he can continue to shift with his left hand. Also, because the cars use compressed air to shift and are always in gear (essentially) there is a lockout button (N) for stewards to put the machine in neutral on top of the bonnet. So an F1 car is not all high-tech, but a mix. I wish it were more like the the 60s though. Rolling death rides. Those guys had to be brave, talented AND FUCKING NUTS.
Here's the two word problem: stateless protocol. HTTP was not meant to do what we are trying to do with it.
Whatever happened to my decentralized net with no single point of failure?
You didn't pay the rent.
Cigani! Juris!
I quit doing Perl and MySQL after I tried, after coaxing, running PHP on the command line. Now I script all of my DB maintenance stuff in PHP. Way fucking easier. Yeah, I know that DBI is awesome, but the DB PHP support is so much easier to write quick and dirty.
automated upgrade tools and self-updating software
Yes, that wonderful all-knowing all-seeing demiurge that M$ fanboys claim is the fault of the user!
an illusion of caring
Which is not very altruistic. I don't mean to sound like Kant here, but public relations promotion or tax breaks are both fickle reasons. Doing it because it helps should be primary. The other stuff is merely gravy.
For tax-breaks and tax-breaks alone. Take away the incentive and the money dries up. We'll just settle on "hell-bound," MmmKay?
You are on.
There is a difference though. Average computer users consider their computer a "Magic Box." They don't consider their car as such. Because it is a "Magic Box" they don't think it should ever have a problem or that any problem that occurs is something that only a magician/technician can handle.
Orthogonally, some non/nots are more efficient
They just can't pay a return on the money they make. They can disburse it charitably, reinvest it, etc. There is such a tough regimen of oversight in the American non/not-for profit. If only Enron and those evil fucks had to live by a 503's rules.
I used to run a non-profit environmental journal. We made money on occasion and when we had excess we had this nifty idea called: giving it to the poor. Problem is: that makes you a hell-bound commie in Merika.
I do not have to understand how an internal combustion engine works nor do I have to know how to fix it in order to use it, so why does an average user have to be able to maintain an operating system they don't know how to fix or how it works?
The VP told me he didn't hire MBAs because they weren't detail-oriented. Right, because a higher degree means you couldn't possible look at details. You couldn't possible have stayed up till 4 am while trying to build a random walk or research the number of stethoscopes sold in Georgia each year.
;-) Imagine getting your head handed to you by a world-famous expert in your chosen field over what seems to be a minor detail. You become detail-oriented very fucking quickly. For example, I was, IMHO and /. posts aside, a very good writer -- I worked as a journalist -- before I went to get my doctorate. I have had to ramp up my writing skills so much -- most of it centered around clarity and syntax details -- because, in the academy, you don't just sound stupid.
And that is JUST an MBA.
Should you have inserted a qualifier about possibly needing 7 years to complete it?
I will finish my PhD in 3.5 years at a major land-grant research institution. It all depends on the scale and scope of your project. Some science PhDs wait YEARS for their data sets to finalize -- astronomy and ecology come to mind here. Then there is waiting around on grant money, teaching, etc. It is much more than writing a dissertation, which is a misconception that many people who haven't taken the leap have. It isn't just another X more years of school. It is a long process with many, many steps and many. many frustrations. Essentially, you have earned your PhD when you are accepted into the program. Surviving the program is the trick to actually being called 'Doctor SuchandSuch.'
So basically PhD are better since you lived a poor life at the hands of a PHB?
And produced a monster original project on your own.
How is this different from the rest of us?
More work. Less pay. Future reward.
My friend has a little coffee shop near our campus. I installed a wifi hotspot for him with a Comcast business connection and an access point. His cost for the first year was about 1200USD. His business tripled. So, anecdotally, giving wifi away as a loss-leader works.
--toby
If you can finish original research and a dissertation, then most likely you can finish any project handed to you if you have acheived a PhD. Most likely! All of the "high-end degrees are unnecessary" whiners never had to teach, research, write, suffer an advisor, AND find time to sleep all for 12000USD a year and a tuition waver. My advisor makes every boss I have ever had look like Caspar Fucking Milquetoast. Science PhDs tend to be particularly motivated, but don't discount us social science types, just because we want our summers off and tenure someday. ;-)
Well, this is good to see, but I can't help but think that there is some marketing angle for MS behind it. Bumfuzzling. But then again, why would they offer pop-up blocking, but be so adamant against tabbed browsing? One is imitative of a supposed rival (Google not Mozilla/Safari/Firefox) so why not the other? I hate to ape /. canon, but tabbed browsing is the shiznit.
How much more intuitive can it get?
I suggest you consult a dictionary for the definition of 'intuitive.' You are equivocating 'intuitive' with 'obvious.'
Automatic? 1. Microsoft does not always push out the latest fixes. If they did then this automatic system would prevent OS level problems like Sasser. 2. What if the average user doesn't have a dedicated broadband connection? It is worthless as tits on a snake. Correct me if I am wrong, but most home users ARE NOT online with broadband connections 24/7.
I assume you apply this same standard to Linux installations as well?
The discussion is about Windows and their gross inability to provide a mechanism that reliably updates an average users computer. If average users are hit regularly by Microsoft bugs and holes, then the problem is with the provider of a product targeted at average users, not the average users themselves. My e-mailing/recipe-databasing mom is an average user. If Toyota sold cars with the problems that Windows has there would be hell to pay.
As for Linux, I don't use it.