I was mostly making reference to companies that deal with insurance processing - many of which are publicly traded. Companies that do web hosting, call-centers, data processing will often find themselves having to contend with multiple sets of laws whose intent is to protect data, that when trying to comply with one set, makes the company non-compliant with the other set.
HiPPA, SOX - each with their own regulations, some of which contradict the other - hard to comply with 2 contradictory regulations, where each have stiff penalties.
Being a specialist can have it's benefits - mostly to the person who is the specialist.
However, being a specialist also has drawbacks.
Let's see....
#1 That's not my specialty, I don't know anything about it. This is used for 99.9% of any discussion that is outside the scope of their specialty. #2 How could I know that my application would do that? I don't know (xyz operating system), I only know (xyz language). #3 What do you mean I can't use all the resources on the box, I'm the only one using it right? (as you try to explain to the specialist that they are logged into a UNIX box with 40 other programmers) #4 Why can't I load up xyz app server and abc web server, that's what I'm used to using? (as you try to explain corporate standards)
The list could go on and on...
This is where generalists, or at least broader experience bases work the best. Specialists have their places, usually in an isolated system / network where they can do no damage.
The Mafi-AAs want to get to a point where we pay for each time we hear / watch / talk / think about their products.
If they had their way, if we were outside, and a car drove past, and we could hear their music, we'd be charged a listening fee. The owner of the car would be charged a performance fee. They'd like radios to be tied to the internet so we could be charged a listening fee every time a song was played, and we tuned in.
I'm really shocked that they haven't tried to sue car stereo manufacturers for enabling illegal public performances of their products.
Why would I want to overpay a cable provider for my service?
As to the TiVo interface, I was never fond of it to begin with. Rather klunky in my opinion.
It makes a difference in that it won't work with anyone's satellite service, unless you're connecting after the fact.
The other neat thing about the 622, is that if I'm watching a show, and decide that someone else might like to see it, I can hit record, and it can record the entire show, even if I'm 90% of the way through it. It automatically records whatever channel each tuner is on, just in case you might want to do this. The only place this doesn't work, is on an HD channel, where you are limited to the previous 15 minutes of the show.
The 622 is a very nice piece of equipment - I've only had 1 show that didn't record and that was due to a cable repair guy who didn't like that I had dish, cutting my satellite coaxial cable. Since I had security cameras placed around my house, I was recording his actions. I walked outside and told him he could put a new piece of coax in, and that I'd already called the cable company to report his actions. It was kind of funny to see the video of him cutting the cable on the local news channel, and yes, the guy lost his job.
Oh - you meant MS Word right? When you spoke of clunky copycat? That would be MS Word. A clunky copycat of Wordperfect - they even tried to borrow the name.
This was before Windows mmkay.. Before it got even clunkier by adding a GUI to try and make things harder^H^H^H^H^H^Heasier.
Today's openoffice, based in part off of Sun's Star Office works very well, even for advanced documents.
You also appear to have come out of hibernation 30 centuries too early. You're still a sub-single celled organism - with only half the chromosomes you need to reproduce.
Keep waiting... some millienia you may actually reach amoeba state.
No you blithering dolt. That would be someone else making a choice, overriding your choice.
See - there's that personal responsibility thing.
If someone pulls the trigger, your choice was taken away by the other person's choice.
Gaining weight, continuing to smoke, continuing to drink - are all a single person's choice - the person who chooses to do or not to do these activities.
The ones who believe that they have to convert everyone to the muslim religion would fall under the fanatic category. Especially since from what I've read and heard, that's not what the muslim religion practices.
personal choice - aside from the above stated thyroid issue - which yes, I forgot about - or others like that - where your body rebels, is the key.
You choose to eat that 3rd (or 13th) slice of pizza. You choose to have that extra plate of spaghetti. You choose to have the double shot mocha latte with whipped cream.
If your friends smoke, do you smoke? If your friends drink, do you drink?
It's all about choices, and personal responsibility.
Every time we turn around there's some new study, probably government funded, to show how the people have no control over their lives, or actions, so new government programs can be developed to guide (control) the populace. Education programs? (brainwashing, possibly)
If you're told something enough times, you tend to believe it, regardless of how ridiculous it sounds.
So yes, I am fed-up. I am somewhat hostile. I am not a troll. I am not flame-baiting. I was speaking from personal experience.
Choices could be equated to a simple physical law. For every choice you make, there is a result. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
for smokers, skinny people and depressed people... it is about choices - for the most part.
if there's brain damage, that would be an exception..
but yes - smokers - hell yes.
and skinny folks - if they really wanted to... they could eat the wrong foods, kill their metabolism and become diabetic... - I should know... this one matches me.
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I was mostly making reference to companies that deal with insurance processing - many of which are publicly traded. Companies that do web hosting, call-centers, data processing will often find themselves having to contend with multiple sets of laws whose intent is to protect data, that when trying to comply with one set, makes the company non-compliant with the other set.
Don't forget about SOX.
HiPPA, SOX - each with their own regulations, some of which contradict the other - hard to comply with 2 contradictory regulations, where each have stiff penalties.
Impacts Security - Who cares, wait til there's at least 5 exploits before reviewing it.
Whoa there... completely off target...
Solaris has had more innovation in the last 5 years than Linux I'd say.
D-Trace, ZFS, Containers - 3 HUGE items - all developed by Sun, then converted to opensource.
Trust me, Sun's got no plans of going anywhere. Solaris will not be abandoned any time soon.
I certainly wouldn't have modded that post as flamebait.
Funny - hell yes.
Sounds like something that would have been repeated as a mantra in the Apple board room.
I was going to go into a rant about drinking and driving, but decided against it at this time.
So I'll leave it at..
If you drink and drive, you deserve whatever you happens to you!
From the little I read, it reads as though they took Solaris's container idea and monkeyed with Windows until it worked as close to it as possible.
Being a specialist can have it's benefits - mostly to the person who is the specialist.
However, being a specialist also has drawbacks.
Let's see....
#1 That's not my specialty, I don't know anything about it. This is used for 99.9% of any discussion that is outside the scope of their specialty.
#2 How could I know that my application would do that? I don't know (xyz operating system), I only know (xyz language).
#3 What do you mean I can't use all the resources on the box, I'm the only one using it right? (as you try to explain to the specialist that they are logged into a UNIX box with 40 other programmers)
#4 Why can't I load up xyz app server and abc web server, that's what I'm used to using? (as you try to explain corporate standards)
The list could go on and on...
This is where generalists, or at least broader experience bases work the best. Specialists have their places, usually in an isolated system / network where they can do no damage.
The Mafi-AAs want to get to a point where we pay for each time we hear / watch / talk / think about their products.
If they had their way, if we were outside, and a car drove past, and we could hear their music, we'd be charged a listening fee. The owner of the car would be charged a performance fee. They'd like radios to be tied to the internet so we could be charged a listening fee every time a song was played, and we tuned in.
I'm really shocked that they haven't tried to sue car stereo manufacturers for enabling illegal public performances of their products.
Why would I want to overpay a cable provider for my service?
As to the TiVo interface, I was never fond of it to begin with. Rather klunky in my opinion.
It makes a difference in that it won't work with anyone's satellite service, unless you're connecting after the fact.
The other neat thing about the 622, is that if I'm watching a show, and decide that someone else might like to see it, I can hit record, and it can record the entire show, even if I'm 90% of the way through it. It automatically records whatever channel each tuner is on, just in case you might want to do this. The only place this doesn't work, is on an HD channel, where you are limited to the previous 15 minutes of the show.
The 622 is a very nice piece of equipment - I've only had 1 show that didn't record and that was due to a cable repair guy who didn't like that I had dish, cutting my satellite coaxial cable. Since I had security cameras placed around my house, I was recording his actions. I walked outside and told him he could put a new piece of coax in, and that I'd already called the cable company to report his actions. It was kind of funny to see the video of him cutting the cable on the local news channel, and yes, the guy lost his job.
Yes - although it can be remapped for other functions.
click it, release - move the ball around, click again.
first few times I accidentally hit it, I was like wtf?
Okay - it's no longer in production, however you can still find it in places..
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Although I'm laughing because people are selling used ones for over $300.00
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00000JBUI
Not sure if it's still in production, but uses an oversized ball which can be manipulated by index finger or thumb.
Fantastic trackball - still using my original now for over 5 years.
I'm sorry Mr. Smith, we can't insure you. Your DNA did not complete the William Tell Overture correctly.
yes, but how many bills were never sent to the stevens?
sheesh - even my simple minded AC ghost could figure that one out.
Oh - you meant MS Word right? When you spoke of clunky copycat? That would be MS Word. A clunky copycat of Wordperfect - they even tried to borrow the name.
This was before Windows mmkay.. Before it got even clunkier by adding a GUI to try and make things harder^H^H^H^H^H^Heasier.
Today's openoffice, based in part off of Sun's Star Office works very well, even for advanced documents.
I had read the whole comment (made me wish I hadn't).
But I couldn't get past your comment that had no contextual tie in to the discussion.
oh - and there you go thinking again. Why not leave that to those who actually have a brain, okay?
There, there - you'll get into the 2nd grade someday.
Wow - the anonymous chicken has struck again.
I also see you haven't learned any new words yet.
You also appear to have come out of hibernation 30 centuries too early. You're still a sub-single celled organism - with only half the chromosomes you need to reproduce.
Keep waiting... some millienia you may actually reach amoeba state.
Yet - somewhere down the line, this study will be used as an excuse.
Jimmy! why are so fat?
Well gee mom, my other 2 brother-cousins Jimy and Jimmie are fat, so I am too.
No you blithering dolt. That would be someone else making a choice, overriding your choice.
See - there's that personal responsibility thing.
If someone pulls the trigger, your choice was taken away by the other person's choice.
Gaining weight, continuing to smoke, continuing to drink - are all a single person's choice - the person who chooses to do or not to do these activities.
The above is NOT flame bait. It's expression of real life experience.
Moderators - get over yourselves, you don't have a clue.
You could say that.
The ones who believe that they have to convert everyone to the muslim religion would fall under the fanatic category.
Especially since from what I've read and heard, that's not what the muslim religion practices.
I stand corrected. I'd forgotten about hypothyroidism. Even have 2 aunts who have it, and are on medication for it.
my bad.
Outside of extreme conditions like that however, choices are still the #1 reason for weight issues.
again - choices..
lemmings die enmasse....
people follow people, if they choose to...
personal choice - aside from the above stated thyroid issue - which yes, I forgot about - or others like that - where your body rebels, is the key.
You choose to eat that 3rd (or 13th) slice of pizza. You choose to have that extra plate of spaghetti. You choose to have the double shot mocha latte with whipped cream.
If your friends smoke, do you smoke? If your friends drink, do you drink?
It's all about choices, and personal responsibility.
Every time we turn around there's some new study, probably government funded, to show how the people have no control over their lives, or actions, so new government programs can be developed to guide (control) the populace. Education programs? (brainwashing, possibly)
If you're told something enough times, you tend to believe it, regardless of how ridiculous it sounds.
So yes, I am fed-up. I am somewhat hostile. I am not a troll. I am not flame-baiting. I was speaking from personal experience.
Choices could be equated to a simple physical law. For every choice you make, there is a result. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
actually...
for smokers, skinny people and depressed people... it is about choices - for the most part.
if there's brain damage, that would be an exception..
but yes - smokers - hell yes.
and skinny folks - if they really wanted to... they could eat the wrong foods, kill their metabolism and become diabetic... - I should know... this one matches me.