Time no longer functions normally. Maybe it's the sleep deprivation, maybe it's the way that I forget everything outside of the moment as soon as I get home and my girl smiles and reaches out to me. At any rate, I was working around the home yesterday when I suddenly realized that 10 months has gone by and I didn't even notice; none of the projects that I started 11 months ago have moved any farther.
I guess I'm saying forget your priorities, and forget your life as you know it. Learn to enjoy that new bundle of life and don't sweat the little stuff (i.e.; everything else!).
What surprises me is that when I googled Brian Walski, he turns up as having one severalawards for his photo-journalism. This suggests two things to me: 1) He knew what he was doing, and 2) the Times knew what he was doing too and are punishing him for being too obvious.
As for the morality of what he did, I'm uncertain. If we think of his photo as being editorial, then all they would have to do is say that it had been altered. I'm not sure that the morality of his action is really as simple as black-and-white.
According to their faq, it delivers speeds 'up to 5 times faster' than standard service. Unless they're retarding the standard service, I'm not sure how they're going to further compress a graphic.
They sounds like they are eliminating some TCP/IP negotiation by maintaining connections, but then I sped up my TCP/IP negotiations by switching off of IE.
I got the impression that this bill is about establishing an infrastructure that supports Open Source, rather than mandating any specific change. No specific product stood out to me, either OS or application.
If Apple OS X is 'lickable,' what does it taste like?
Re:The shear balls of this man is staggering.
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And while we're on the topic, what other industry has more than 50% of its products returned to the manufacturer? This seems to suggest something wrong with the whole deal. I'd think that this suggests that publishers over-publish (relative to demand). Apparently market reasearch isn't a strong point of authors or publishers.
I believe this happens because publisher's have a limited window to pitch a book to the general public ('popular' media books anyway). If there aren't enough books in stock, then the window closes quickly, so publishers usually err on the side of over-printing.
Not saying this is a good thing, merely that it is a reality of the publishing business.
Goes in the 'Well-Rounded-Life' category...
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Musings outside of the technology arena, by someone familiar with the tehnology arena provide depth, and I welcome them.
Relevance can be a tricky thing. Here is someone who understands the technology that I live with day by day. At the same time, he is growing and developing through a stage of life that I am (all too quickly) approaching myself. I'm happy to get a fore-taste of what's to come.
I don't mind this article as long as such things are presented in moderation.
My manager was told 'we currently have some projects that are CMM level three!' As my manager pointed out, such ratings are for an organization, not a project!
I keep thinking; this whole case started with the last President, and it seems to be soaking into the ground with the current President. Is this a business friendly cabinet?
Yes, there have always been weak-minded people, and they will always find something to tip them over the edge. Once it was D&D, now it's entertainment. It's still the responsibility of their support system (parents, other relatives) to spot problems.
I've worked for/with three companies that implemented Citrix, and although I wasn't involved with the actual figures, I did notice some significant issues.
First, we notice performance problems with Citrix. Granted each time it was a graphic intensive program that was being hosted, but then that could also be an issue in your lab.
Second, Security maintenance was actually much more complicated than with standard PCs.
Third, unless the clients where at a great distance (across the US in some cases), there was no actual gain in version maintenance. When we had 40 PCs in the same building as the server, we quickly discovered it was easier to install updates from a network share rather than get all of the DLLs on the Citrix server configured, and it took a lot less experience to accomplish the workstation updates.
In all three cases I worked with, they are still trying to realize a cost savings and its been greater then five years for each!
For many people, the value of a product has more to do with the price than what the product can actaully do. By inflating the OS price, Microsoft marketing is trying to make consumers think it's worth more than it is. In the past they would inflate a price to increase desire, then slash the price to make the product ubiquitous, then slowly raise the price again. Why should they change a strategy that has worked so well thus far?
As PC hardware becomes cheaper, the OS will become cheaper, especially whenever a competing product comes on the scene. Microsoft is big and can afford to forgo profits much longer than potential competitors, thereby forcing them out of buisiness. Kind of like OS2.
Based on my current experience, I'd say that a manager who trusts you to make the right technology decisions is key. It's really about delegating. This is especially difficult for a person going from coding to management. For me management is about HR and resource management, not 'architecture reviews.'
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Didn't Apple have some QuickCard thingy for a while. I recall them touting it as programming for the everyman...
Sorry, that's Piers Anthony's Macroscope...
I'm 2/3s of the way through Macroscope right now, and this sounds kind of similar...
Time no longer functions normally. Maybe it's the sleep deprivation, maybe it's the way that I forget everything outside of the moment as soon as I get home and my girl smiles and reaches out to me. At any rate, I was working around the home yesterday when I suddenly realized that 10 months has gone by and I didn't even notice; none of the projects that I started 11 months ago have moved any farther.
I guess I'm saying forget your priorities, and forget your life as you know it. Learn to enjoy that new bundle of life and don't sweat the little stuff (i.e.; everything else!).
What surprises me is that when I googled Brian Walski, he turns up as having one several awards for his photo-journalism. This suggests two things to me: 1) He knew what he was doing, and 2) the Times knew what he was doing too and are punishing him for being too obvious.
As for the morality of what he did, I'm uncertain. If we think of his photo as being editorial, then all they would have to do is say that it had been altered. I'm not sure that the morality of his action is really as simple as black-and-white.
According to their faq, it delivers speeds 'up to 5 times faster' than standard service. Unless they're retarding the standard service, I'm not sure how they're going to further compress a graphic. They sounds like they are eliminating some TCP/IP negotiation by maintaining connections, but then I sped up my TCP/IP negotiations by switching off of IE.
I thought we already had laws about misleading advertising. Isn't a domain name essentially and advertisement?
Gene Wolf, yes he is amazing. Mind opening stuff...
Absolutely amazing. Simple style, clear and direct plots, creative worlds. This guy doesn't get as much attention as he deserves.
Also, I'm very fond of Jerry Pournelle. Best military SF I've read, because he focuses on the people, not the military.
Debuggers are always doing what I say, not what I meant!
You have four fathers? Ewww!
I got the impression that this bill is about establishing an infrastructure that supports Open Source, rather than mandating any specific change. No specific product stood out to me, either OS or application.
If Apple OS X is 'lickable,' what does it taste like?
Have you tried?
And while we're on the topic, what other industry has more than 50% of its products returned to the manufacturer? This seems to suggest something wrong with the whole deal. I'd think that this suggests that publishers over-publish (relative to demand). Apparently market reasearch isn't a strong point of authors or publishers.
I believe this happens because publisher's have a limited window to pitch a book to the general public ('popular' media books anyway). If there aren't enough books in stock, then the window closes quickly, so publishers usually err on the side of over-printing.
Not saying this is a good thing, merely that it is a reality of the publishing business.
Musings outside of the technology arena, by someone familiar with the tehnology arena provide depth, and I welcome them.
Relevance can be a tricky thing. Here is someone who understands the technology that I live with day by day. At the same time, he is growing and developing through a stage of life that I am (all too quickly) approaching myself. I'm happy to get a fore-taste of what's to come.
I don't mind this article as long as such things are presented in moderation.
My manager was told 'we currently have some projects that are CMM level three!' As my manager pointed out, such ratings are for an organization, not a project!
I keep thinking; this whole case started with the last President, and it seems to be soaking into the ground with the current President. Is this a business friendly cabinet?
You mean D&D isn't a way of life? What about Mazes and Monsters? ;)
Yes, there have always been weak-minded people, and they will always find something to tip them over the edge. Once it was D&D, now it's entertainment. It's still the responsibility of their support system (parents, other relatives) to spot problems.
I've worked for/with three companies that implemented Citrix, and although I wasn't involved with the actual figures, I did notice some significant issues.
First, we notice performance problems with Citrix. Granted each time it was a graphic intensive program that was being hosted, but then that could also be an issue in your lab.
Second, Security maintenance was actually much more complicated than with standard PCs.
Third, unless the clients where at a great distance (across the US in some cases), there was no actual gain in version maintenance. When we had 40 PCs in the same building as the server, we quickly discovered it was easier to install updates from a network share rather than get all of the DLLs on the Citrix server configured, and it took a lot less experience to accomplish the workstation updates.
In all three cases I worked with, they are still trying to realize a cost savings and its been greater then five years for each!
For many people, the value of a product has more to do with the price than what the product can actaully do. By inflating the OS price, Microsoft marketing is trying to make consumers think it's worth more than it is. In the past they would inflate a price to increase desire, then slash the price to make the product ubiquitous, then slowly raise the price again. Why should they change a strategy that has worked so well thus far?
As PC hardware becomes cheaper, the OS will become cheaper, especially whenever a competing product comes on the scene. Microsoft is big and can afford to forgo profits much longer than potential competitors, thereby forcing them out of buisiness. Kind of like OS2.
I agree that Star Blazers is better (and earlier), but Robotech really brought Anime to America!
Based on my current experience, I'd say that a manager who trusts you to make the right technology decisions is key. It's really about delegating. This is especially difficult for a person going from coding to management. For me management is about HR and resource management, not 'architecture reviews.'
I wonder if this would have happened if the election results had been different...