Rather than asking "Is it a good idea to use an open file format not supported by our current software (Microsoft)?" they should be asking "Why don't Microsoft programs support an open file format?"
During the technical part of the interview, you ask very specific questions. Granted, not everyone who's going to qualify will know the "right" answer to everything, but it's often telling by what questions they ask when clarifying your quesiton.
Trivial / non-real-world example, applying for a Perl position. Who would claim to have a Perl cert? Anyway:
Q: "How do you create an hash reference in Perl?"
Good Answer: "Anonymous or from an existing variable?"
Bad Answer: "What's Perl?"
Or do you trust non-tech people to assess tech position candidates?
Certs only exist so that interviewers / HR people who are otherwise not capable of judging a candidate's competence can look and see that they at least passed some sort of test.
At companies where technical interviews are handled by competent technical people, the value of a cert is low. They'd rather determine your competence themselves.
At companies where your resume' is checked by a PHB, certs have a higher value.
IMHO, Interviews should be handled by some one who knows about the skills necessary for the job being applied for. This is not always the case.
Where I work, we could give a shit about certs, or college degrees, or even HS. If you know your stuff, you know it, be ready to prove it. Period.
I was under the impression that Europe uses the Système International d'Unités (AKA "SI" or "The Metric System", the latter being rather generic, considering what Americans use is also a metric system). SI defines 'm' to mean 10^-3, or 0.001 (one one-thousandth). As such, $100mm would be $100-milli-milli dollars, or $0.0001 -- 1/100th of a cent.
It would appear that the use of 'mm' to be a holdover from olden times. In any case, it's unusual to see the notation in any sort of news article, at least in the states.
I'm glad the industry is being pushed forward by movers and shakers like that nice little group of kids in Redmond. Good to see the sleeping giants (Google) woken from their laurel-resting slumber.
There will also be visual changes, thanks to Avalon, ranging from shiny translucent windows to icons that are tiny representations of a document itself.
The phone company (the one that powers traditional phones) certainly isn't going to provide POE lines, which means you need a POE capable switch... that plugs into the wall. D'oh! Not much good in a (power loss type) emergency.
Cheaper (deep cycle lead-acid) batteries are heavy, charge relatively slowly, and don't store anywhere near as much energy-per-pound as gasoline. They have to be changed out after about 500 - 700 charge cycles.
Moderately priced (flooded NiCads) are somewhat lighter, and last forever (life of vehicle). They have moderately better range for their weight, but still charge slowly.
Expensive (Lithium Ion, Nickel metal, other "exotics") can be used to give range because of their higher density and lighter weight, but at a cost that is often 3X the price of a new Honda.
Fuel cells take a long time to "warm up," and are expensive.
Hybrids -- well, they're not really electric nor non-polluting, are they?
When you consider that as little as 10%-20% of the energy in gasoline is applied to the tires, and electric vehicles can be as high as 70%, you realize that batteries are a very poor way of storing energy.
One more thing: Neither the DC nor AC motors presently used in electric vehicles has permanent magnets. The DC motors are series wound motors capable of 6000 RPM. The AC models often can go over 10000, allowing them to be used with only one ratio to the wheels. Neither can be considered bulky; a "large" dc motor is 18 inches long with a 9 inch diameter. The AC motors are often about the size of a coffee can.
Countries with the highest piracy rates were Vietnam, Ukraine, China, Zimbabwe and Indonesia
If copy protection were perfect (i.e. impossible to pirate software), the software would simply NOT BE USED in these countries. The main reason for the piracy in the first place is that software is really expensive.
You think somebody in China is going to scrape up $200 to buy Windows if the copy protection was suddenly made perfect? Not a chance. To say the industry "lost" $33B is ridiculous.
Me: My car keeps dying for no reason! Dealer: That's because your motor is being clogged with dust that's in the air! Me: How do I fix that? Dealer: You subscribe to our air filter service.
The article claims to deliver 120W per square inch, which is about 186KW per square meter. Considering insolation is less than 10KW per meter, where does all the "extra" power come from?
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Rather than asking "Is it a good idea to use an open file format not supported by our current software (Microsoft)?" they should be asking "Why don't Microsoft programs support an open file format?"
During the technical part of the interview, you ask very specific questions. Granted, not everyone who's going to qualify will know the "right" answer to everything, but it's often telling by what questions they ask when clarifying your quesiton.
Trivial / non-real-world example, applying for a Perl position. Who would claim to have a Perl cert? Anyway:
Q: "How do you create an hash reference in Perl?"
Good Answer: "Anonymous or from an existing variable?"
Bad Answer: "What's Perl?"
Or do you trust non-tech people to assess tech position candidates?
Certs only exist so that interviewers / HR people who are otherwise not capable of judging a candidate's competence can look and see that they at least passed some sort of test.
At companies where technical interviews are handled by competent technical people, the value of a cert is low. They'd rather determine your competence themselves.
At companies where your resume' is checked by a PHB, certs have a higher value.
IMHO, Interviews should be handled by some one who knows about the skills necessary for the job being applied for. This is not always the case.
Where I work, we could give a shit about certs, or college degrees, or even HS. If you know your stuff, you know it, be ready to prove it. Period.
... because in the future, sneaker-nets will be all the rage again.
I don't think I mentioned this, but it was astonishing.
I was under the impression that Europe uses the Système International d'Unités (AKA "SI" or "The Metric System", the latter being rather generic, considering what Americans use is also a metric system). SI defines 'm' to mean 10^-3, or 0.001 (one one-thousandth). As such, $100mm would be $100-milli-milli dollars, or $0.0001 -- 1/100th of a cent.
It would appear that the use of 'mm' to be a holdover from olden times. In any case, it's unusual to see the notation in any sort of news article, at least in the states.
Aaaaah, okay. Milli-Millions, I suppose?
I'm glad the industry is being pushed forward by movers and shakers like that nice little group of kids in Redmond. Good to see the sleeping giants (Google) woken from their laurel-resting slumber.
What the hell is $100mm? Is it supposed to be $100M?
Are the stories posted by monkeys trained to look for keywords like "Google," and press the big red "Post" button, bypassing any sort proofreading?
There will also be visual changes, thanks to Avalon, ranging from shiny translucent windows to icons that are tiny representations of a document itself.
Nice of them to get with the program.
How about the slightest inkling (ha!) of what the hell "Inkscape" is, and what it does, rather than the "OMFG!!!121 New version roxorz!!!" crap?
Gov't sez "You must convince a 3rd party to do something. If you do not succeed, you might be punished."
WTF?
The phone company (the one that powers traditional phones) certainly isn't going to provide POE lines, which means you need a POE capable switch ... that plugs into the wall. D'oh! Not much good in a (power loss type) emergency.
I'm going to set it up to send info to "Joe Dumbass," with my neighbor's street address.
... that it never says something like
"...planning to layoff 15000 employees. Management, Human Resources and Marketing will be among the areas particularly hit..."
Or is it just me?
"Cute girl in IT department ... " LOL, you guys crack me up.
Even home-built models can be fast. The problem is range. Battery technology essentially sucks.
Cheaper (deep cycle lead-acid) batteries are heavy, charge relatively slowly, and don't store anywhere near as much energy-per-pound as gasoline. They have to be changed out after about 500 - 700 charge cycles.
Moderately priced (flooded NiCads) are somewhat lighter, and last forever (life of vehicle). They have moderately better range for their weight, but still charge slowly.
Expensive (Lithium Ion, Nickel metal, other "exotics") can be used to give range because of their higher density and lighter weight, but at a cost that is often 3X the price of a new Honda.
Fuel cells take a long time to "warm up," and are expensive.
Hybrids -- well, they're not really electric nor non-polluting, are they?
When you consider that as little as 10%-20% of the energy in gasoline is applied to the tires, and electric vehicles can be as high as 70%, you realize that batteries are a very poor way of storing energy.
One more thing: Neither the DC nor AC motors presently used in electric vehicles has permanent magnets. The DC motors are series wound motors capable of 6000 RPM. The AC models often can go over 10000, allowing them to be used with only one ratio to the wheels. Neither can be considered bulky; a "large" dc motor is 18 inches long with a 9 inch diameter. The AC motors are often about the size of a coffee can.
Also, check out the tzero.
First person who mentions putting generators on the wheels, or a windmill on the roof shall be shot.
Countries with the highest piracy rates were Vietnam, Ukraine, China, Zimbabwe and Indonesia
If copy protection were perfect (i.e. impossible to pirate software), the software would simply NOT BE USED in these countries. The main reason for the piracy in the first place is that software is really expensive.
You think somebody in China is going to scrape up $200 to buy Windows if the copy protection was suddenly made perfect? Not a chance. To say the industry "lost" $33B is ridiculous.
Me: My car keeps dying for no reason!
Dealer: That's because your motor is being clogged with dust that's in the air!
Me: How do I fix that?
Dealer: You subscribe to our air filter service.
At least not from the point of view of the patient. If you had your brain moved to another body, to you, it would be a body transplant.
... "Triton" should read "Gaim"
... it's running Ubuntu.
Flawless installation:
Sound
3d graphics
usb camera
usb scanner
usb mouse
802.11 wireless (only had to enter encryption key)
usb printer
All of them worked the first time with no drivers to install. My experience with XP was somewhat lacking in comparison.
=) I know -- I was being generous.
The article claims to deliver 120W per square inch, which is about 186KW per square meter. Considering insolation is less than 10KW per meter, where does all the "extra" power come from?
(NT)