It's not at all unlikely they took a "broken" computer into Best Buy. Best Buy told them it was the hard drive (meaning it almost surely wasn't the hard drive), and replaced it for them. They asked about the old one, and were assured it would be destroyed. Would you have asked to take it home before reading this story?
Except that the Pentagon Papers case was about PRIOR restraint. IIRC, it said nothing about going after the Times after the fact. There has previously been a real reluctance to do that (at least with the "mainstream press"), that Gonzales appears to say no longer exists. Haven't these guys heard, "Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel"?
Sort all your books by height. Then you just have to remember about how tall it was to find it again. This is much better than the old "sort them by color", cause what if you're color blind?
Actually, I just got all three of my Cingular phones unlocked. It took a call to customer service (in which I mentioned that I might go to a different provider), emailing the serial number to a tech support address, and then 24-48 hours later the codes came back. For what it's worth, I had finished my 2 year commitment with Cingular, and wanted to use MY PHONES as I wished.
Managers set the tone of an organization. Either you like your job enough to stay, or you don't. One of the benefits of a not-too-sucky-job is that you can look for something better, and be picky about what you choose.
It's simple. There are resources they use and control, and they can do whatever they like, to the limits of company policy. There are resources you control, and they can use them in ways you allow, to the limits of company policy. In other words, if you break your server, you get to keep the broken bits. If you break my server, I'll sweep up your broken bits:-).
Everyone talks about the increase in communications from shared space, but no one seems to factor in the productivity hit that comes from having to listen to other people's meetings on speakerphone, or time spent in a corner of the hallway making personal calls. I don't spend a lot of time on personal business, but there's times I need to call a doctor to get a prescription written or talk to a child's teacher. My coworkers don't need to hear that any more than I need to hear them discussing their divorce with their attorney. If you're designing a cube hell, for heaven's sake, add a few phone booths!
I dunno, almost all the hardware on our EMC storage arrays is commodity, but we pay an astounding amount per GB to get the capability the software offers. Same on the server side - if you just need storage, or dhcp, or nfs, there are cheaper alternatives. If you want it to just work, and work well, you might pay extra.
Because MS had a monopoly position with desktop operating systems, and was using that position to attempt to monopolize the web browser market. It's not illegal in the US to have a monopoly. However, if you do, there are actions you cannot undertake, such as using that monopoly to gain advantage in other areas.
If you're big enough, you just require your outsourced labor to work the hours you do... Yes, I understand Bangalore is 10 1/2 hours ahead of us. Do you want this 300 headcount help desk / call center or not? Sad, but true.
I used to write RFP's, both in a Very Large Corporation and the Department of Defense. The magic words are "and other tasks as assigned". Weasel words exist for a reason, put them to work for you! If the respondent is leery of the (potentially unlimited) amount of work you're asking for, you still have good options. First, include a bound in terms of man hours - "the current workload is approximately 40 man hours per calendar week, and will not exceed 45 man hours per calendar week". Second, include a "time and materials" option - "Additional projects in this area, but outside the scope of this contract, may be assigned on a time and materials basis. Bidder will provide a 'per labor hour' cost for such projects".
Scilab is free as in beer, but not free as in libre. It runs on Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and Windows. It's pretty similar to Matlab, as best I recall. It also includes links to Maple and PVM.
Another possibility (again, not libre, but free) is LyME for the Palm Pilot. LyME is a matlab-like environment good enough for simple what-if scenarios.
Doesn't it make more sense to have the company
go green, instead of the workers?
At the same time, GE promised to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of its factory operations 1 percent by 2012. Without the initiative, those emissions were expected to increase 40 percent, the company said.
Sorry, as a parent, I think this letter is wholly appropriate. Instead of substituting his judgement for a parent's, he is asking parents to use their judgement about what is right for their kids. He's also putting parents and students on notice that those who might represent the school can be held accountable for their actions. That, in and of itself, is not unreasonable. If some kid gets bumped from the cheerleading squad for calling a teacher a doodyhead, then you can complain.
No cubicles? Lemme guess, I bet they told you all new hires get a window seat! What they didn't tell you was that they're all window seats - except the loo.
My lazy ass coworkers hold half their meetings on speaker phone. In cubicles. Since we're scattered all over the world, a telecon makes sense, but every damn phone on this floor has a headset. And even when the louts use it, they talk louder than average, since there's always someone on the call you can barely hear. And we all know, talking louder makes THEM louder too, right?
You can't post facts and reasoned analysis here! This is Slashdot, for heaven's sake! PS - Congrats on writing a "definitive guide" that lives up to the claim!
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He said he's written drivers. He didn't say they compiled or worked.
So he was just puttering around?
Hmm. What would the ancestor of all domestic cattle taste like. Hmm.
Chicken?
It's not at all unlikely they took a "broken" computer into Best Buy. Best Buy told them it was the hard drive (meaning it almost surely wasn't the hard drive), and replaced it for them. They asked about the old one, and were assured it would be destroyed. Would you have asked to take it home before reading this story?
Except that the Pentagon Papers case was about PRIOR restraint. IIRC, it said nothing about going after the Times after the fact. There has previously been a real reluctance to do that (at least with the "mainstream press"), that Gonzales appears to say no longer exists. Haven't these guys heard, "Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel"?
Sort all your books by height. Then you just have to remember about how tall it was to find it again. This is much better than the old "sort them by color", cause what if you're color blind?
Actually, I just got all three of my Cingular phones unlocked. It took a call to customer service (in which I mentioned that I might go to a different provider), emailing the serial number to a tech support address, and then 24-48 hours later the codes came back. For what it's worth, I had finished my 2 year commitment with Cingular, and wanted to use MY PHONES as I wished.
Managers set the tone of an organization. Either you like your job enough to stay, or you don't. One of the benefits of a not-too-sucky-job is that you can look for something better, and be picky about what you choose.
It's simple. There are resources they use and control, and they can do whatever they like, to the limits of company policy. There are resources you control, and they can use them in ways you allow, to the limits of company policy. :-).
In other words, if you break your server, you get to keep the broken bits. If you break my server, I'll sweep up your broken bits
Everyone talks about the increase in communications from shared space, but no one seems to factor in the productivity hit that comes from having to listen to other people's meetings on speakerphone, or time spent in a corner of the hallway making personal calls. I don't spend a lot of time on personal business, but there's times I need to call a doctor to get a prescription written or talk to a child's teacher. My coworkers don't need to hear that any more than I need to hear them discussing their divorce with their attorney. If you're designing a cube hell, for heaven's sake, add a few phone booths!
I dunno, almost all the hardware on our EMC storage arrays is commodity, but we pay an astounding amount per GB to get the capability the software offers. Same on the server side - if you just need storage, or dhcp, or nfs, there are cheaper alternatives. If you want it to just work, and work well, you might pay extra.
Just add "political speech" to the categories of items censored. Sauce for the goose is fit for the gander.
Because MS had a monopoly position with desktop operating systems, and was using that position to attempt to monopolize the web browser market. It's not illegal in the US to have a monopoly. However, if you do, there are actions you cannot undertake, such as using that monopoly to gain advantage in other areas.
If you're big enough, you just require your outsourced labor to work the hours you do...
Yes, I understand Bangalore is 10 1/2 hours ahead of us. Do you want this 300 headcount help desk / call center or not?
Sad, but true.
I used to write RFP's, both in a Very Large Corporation and the Department of Defense. The magic words are "and other tasks as assigned". Weasel words exist for a reason, put them to work for you!
If the respondent is leery of the (potentially unlimited) amount of work you're asking for, you still have good options. First, include a bound in terms of man hours - "the current workload is approximately 40 man hours per calendar week, and will not exceed 45 man hours per calendar week". Second, include a "time and materials" option - "Additional projects in this area, but outside the scope of this contract, may be assigned on a time and materials basis. Bidder will provide a 'per labor hour' cost for such projects".
Scilab is free as in beer, but not free as in libre. It runs on Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and Windows. It's pretty similar to Matlab, as best I recall. It also includes links to Maple and PVM.
Another possibility (again, not libre, but free) is LyME for the Palm Pilot. LyME is a matlab-like environment good enough for simple what-if scenarios.
No, YOU won't be able to find them. An update to the rootkit will do this for you automatically.
Hey! That's a really good idea!
Sorry, as a parent, I think this letter is wholly appropriate. Instead of substituting his judgement for a parent's, he is asking parents to use their judgement about what is right for their kids. He's also putting parents and students on notice that those who might represent the school can be held accountable for their actions. That, in and of itself, is not unreasonable. If some kid gets bumped from the cheerleading squad for calling a teacher a doodyhead, then you can complain.
A fundamental rule of business is that you are never, ever hired to make your boss look bad. Disregard this at your peril.
No cubicles? Lemme guess, I bet they told you all new hires get a window seat! What they didn't tell you was that they're all window seats - except the loo.
My lazy ass coworkers hold half their meetings on speaker phone. In cubicles. Since we're scattered all over the world, a telecon makes sense, but every damn phone on this floor has a headset. And even when the louts use it, they talk louder than average, since there's always someone on the call you can barely hear. And we all know, talking louder makes THEM louder too, right?
It's a loss leader only if you have something to lead them to. Yahoo pulls people to its' portal; Apple sells hardware; what's in it for MS?
You can't post facts and reasoned analysis here! This is Slashdot, for heaven's sake!
PS - Congrats on writing a "definitive guide" that lives up to the claim!
Welding on a lathe - how eighties!