The whole point of outsourcing information and jobs like this to the private sector is to get the job done better and more efficiently.
Bzzzz. Next. The whole point of outsourcing is to drive down salaries while providing a windfall for former, current, or future campaign contributors. Otherwise, why would be the VA be able to buy cheaper meds than Kaiser Permanente?
Actually, pretty much everyone pitched in on the destruction:
-Julius Ceasar burned it down in 48BCE (pagan) -Emperor Aurelian destroyed the remains in 274 CE (pagan) -Emperor Theophilus ordered it destroyed in 391 CE (Christian) -Amr ibn al 'Aas burned what was left of it in 642 CE (Muslim)
But by all accounts, most of the damage was done in 48.
Two of the books I kept after graduating in nuclear physics might help to get a quick rough overview in about 10% of the pages of the Feynman lectures. None of them replace the other suggestions, but they might work well as a kick start and quick reference.
-From Newton to Mandelbrot. The fractals section is probably completely out of fashion now, but the first 2/3rds of the book are a lightning fast course through most of theoretical mechanics, electrodynamics, relativity and quantum physics
-Princeton Guide to Advanced Physics--a 400 page almost pure math romp through all kinds of physics. It's ok for getting a quick overview. Be a bit careful with this one, all the content is sound, but the editing is fairly sloppy. But it's the only place I know where you can get, for example, the basic equations for fluid dynamics in 15 pages, rather than 150.
That's where HCI design comes into play. I've been out of the military for over a decade, but a HUD with useful, non-invasive information would have been great for the things I did back there (air assault engineer).
-map or satellite image of the area I'm in -location of my squad members, overlay of fire arches. Even better, an indicator on my HUD that tell me if I'm aiming in the direction of a friendly. -IR overlay of body heat or engines -ammo left in the magazine -Corner-shot -compass, GPS coordinates, and laser distance measurements for calling in fire support -and, as a special AAE wish: map with blast radius of the charges I just set. Guesstimating how far back to take cover sucks under time pressure.
Now IM from the commanding general would suck, but that's what small slivers of duct tape are for.
For instance, a dog is intelligent too. A piece of software with the intelligence of a dog could be very useful. Hell one with the decision making abilities of a bird would be a nice start. And on and on.. I prefer living in a world where my laptop doesn't chase cats. Or a world where my laptop doesn't try to fly away when it sees a cat.
I think you really should wait. There will be a better iPhone coming out it 2009--unless you want to wait for the really great 2010 model with 50 hours of talk time and 3.5G. Technology moves on.
Seriously, I bought an iPhone last September for 299 and it is my favorite tech purchase in the last 5 years or so. So ~$2 (one for the hardware, one for the $20 my contract is over my old one) a day for something I use and enjoy every day is fine with me. Actually, it paid for itself the first day I didn't feel the mobile phone interface rage my previous LG, Motorolas and Blackberries gave me.
Aren't you glad we're supporting small, disadvantaged, minority, woman-owned businesses at the cost of your (and my) tax dollars? I wasn't aware that Lockheed Martin was a minority owned business.
To quote from their PR materials: Lockheed Martin is the largest provider of IT services, systems integration, and training to the U.S. Government. [...] with approximately $21.4 billion in 2007 sales.
The reason that many of these laptops are listed as worth ~$3,000 is probably that some of them are 10+ years old (when laptops were really really expensive). If the government uses generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) like almost any other organization in the US, ten year old laptops should be listed as worth next to nothing. The depreciation schedule is about 3 years, I think.
That's not even a decent troll. How is freedom of speech not part of "freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication"? Section 2b of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
"And whether Mr. Obama becomes president, or Mrs. Clinton or Mr. McCain do, these new tools have the potential to transform how a government of the People, by the People and for the People communicates and operates." Am I the only one who read this as Obama, Clinton, and McCain being tools?
I know a number of fans, but quite frankly, I haven't really watched it since the end of season 2. Yes, the beginning of season 3 got more into the moral issues of occupation and resistance, but it did it at the expense of storyline, internal consistency, and even believability. I mean for crying out loud, who brought 20th century trucks from Old Caprica to New Caprica?
But the main reason I started to first TiVo instead of watching, then not watching the episodes on my TiVo, and finally not taping them at all, is that in my opinion, the quality of the writing went way down. Season 1 and 2 had terrific, well timed dialog, Season 3 and later descended to shouting, ranting, and screaming.
I RTFA (so what, take away my geek card). According to the NYT, these phones are not being diverted by the manufacturing plants, but just bought in the US and shipped or carried back. Given that everyone I know who traveled outside the US has been asked to bring at least two iPhones to their destination by friends or acquaintances, I this this can easily account for millions. I could have brought 20 on my last trip to Europe and sold them at the first conference I went to in minutes.
About 10% of the Germans at the tech conferences I went to had iPhones. IIRC think none of them came from T-Mobile, the only authorized reseller in Germany.
[I shouldn't write without proofreading late in the afternoon] According to the meeting minutes, they are actually EXPANDING the theory of evolution into the realm of cosmology and quantum physics instead of rejecting it.
"[we] are requesting that the State Board of Education direct the Florida Department of Education to revise/edit the new Sunshine State Standards for Science so that evolution is presented as one of several theories as to how the universe was formed."
I have a graduate degree in physics, but I wasn't aware that the universe was formed by evolution. Although I have to admit that the thought of mating galaxies has a certain appeal.
--------------------- People who don't understand sarcasm are bound to be an irresistible target for it.
"[we] are requesting that the State Board of Education direct the Florida Department of Education to revise/edit the new Sunshine State Standards for Science so that evolution is presented as one of several theories as to how the universe was formed."
I have a graduate degree in physics, but I wasn't aware that the universe was formed by evolution. Although I have to admit that the thought of mating galaxies has a certain appeal.
--------------------- People who don't understand sarcasm are bound to be an irresistible target for it.
Ditto on the writing. I've probably interviewed about 80 programmers over the last year and a half and it's been striking how many of them can neither write well, nor explain even simple concepts verbally without getting hopelessly lost. We do have three fairly small programming teams with 10-20 people each, so being able to talk things over with colleagues; or explain things to managers or QA is an absolutely essential skill. Before someone blames this on non-native speakers, I've seen good verbal skills and bad verbal skills from Americans, Indians, Chinese, Filipino, you name it. It's really less of a matter of fluency than a matter of having a way of organizing thoughts.
Another thing that I like to see in applicants is a general grasp of concepts or computing in general. This doesn't necessarily mean that they need to know the in and outs of TCP/IP or IPv6, but it would be useful if they could at least describe how a network works and have some idea what a router does. The same goes for basic things like "How does a web server work?" or "How does a document get printed?". It's mind boggling that many Java/JSP applicants with CS degrees are reduced to stuttering when asked to explain the difference between GET and POST.
Obviously, programming skills are very useful, but I rather have a OK general purpose programmer who knows a bit about the bigger picture, than a STL genius who can't look past his (obsessively prematurely optimized) lines of code.
Slashdot Mirror
Anyone who has used a derivative of Unix over the past 20 years has used Bash
Wow, we could have avoided the entire SCO since AIX is not a derivative of UNIX.
The whole point of outsourcing information and jobs like this to the private sector is to get the job done better and more efficiently.
Bzzzz. Next. The whole point of outsourcing is to drive down salaries while providing a windfall for former, current, or future campaign contributors. Otherwise, why would be the VA be able to buy cheaper meds than Kaiser Permanente?
Actually, pretty much everyone pitched in on the destruction:
-Julius Ceasar burned it down in 48BCE (pagan)
-Emperor Aurelian destroyed the remains in 274 CE (pagan)
-Emperor Theophilus ordered it destroyed in 391 CE (Christian)
-Amr ibn al 'Aas burned what was left of it in 642 CE (Muslim)
But by all accounts, most of the damage was done in 48.
Motoko Kusanagi is going to kick Midori's ass.
Adding lime to water, sugar, and Cachaça may stop you from worrying about global warning.
Two of the books I kept after graduating in nuclear physics might help to get a quick rough overview in about 10% of the pages of the Feynman lectures. None of them replace the other suggestions, but they might work well as a kick start and quick reference.
-From Newton to Mandelbrot. The fractals section is probably completely out of fashion now, but the first 2/3rds of the book are a lightning fast course through most of theoretical mechanics, electrodynamics, relativity and quantum physics
-Princeton Guide to Advanced Physics--a 400 page almost pure math romp through all kinds of physics. It's ok for getting a quick overview. Be a bit careful with this one, all the content is sound, but the editing is fairly sloppy. But it's the only place I know where you can get, for example, the basic equations for fluid dynamics in 15 pages, rather than 150.
That's where HCI design comes into play. I've been out of the military for over a decade, but a HUD with useful, non-invasive information would have been great for the things I did back there (air assault engineer).
-map or satellite image of the area I'm in
-location of my squad members, overlay of fire arches. Even better, an indicator on my HUD that tell me if I'm aiming in the direction of a friendly.
-IR overlay of body heat or engines
-ammo left in the magazine
-Corner-shot
-compass, GPS coordinates, and laser distance measurements for calling in fire support
-and, as a special AAE wish: map with blast radius of the charges I just set. Guesstimating how far back to take cover sucks under time pressure.
Now IM from the commanding general would suck, but that's what small slivers of duct tape are for.
I think you really should wait. There will be a better iPhone coming out it 2009--unless you want to wait for the really great 2010 model with 50 hours of talk time and 3.5G. Technology moves on.
Seriously, I bought an iPhone last September for 299 and it is my favorite tech purchase in the last 5 years or so. So ~$2 (one for the hardware, one for the $20 my contract is over my old one) a day for something I use and enjoy every day is fine with me. Actually, it paid for itself the first day I didn't feel the mobile phone interface rage my previous LG, Motorolas and Blackberries gave me.
...like a Claymore trigger?
I really have to pay more attention when reading Slashdot headlines.
To quote from their PR materials: Lockheed Martin is the largest provider of IT services, systems integration, and training to the U.S. Government. [...] with approximately $21.4 billion in 2007 sales.
I thought Australia voted John Howard out of office last year?
That's not even a decent troll. How is freedom of speech not part of "freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication"? Section 2b of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Maybe you should consider switching jobs to a company that isn't populated by thieves or situated in a crack alley?
No, 640GB should be enough for everybody.
I know a number of fans, but quite frankly, I haven't really watched it since the end of season 2. Yes, the beginning of season 3 got more into the moral issues of occupation and resistance, but it did it at the expense of storyline, internal consistency, and even believability. I mean for crying out loud, who brought 20th century trucks from Old Caprica to New Caprica?
But the main reason I started to first TiVo instead of watching, then not watching the episodes on my TiVo, and finally not taping them at all, is that in my opinion, the quality of the writing went way down. Season 1 and 2 had terrific, well timed dialog, Season 3 and later descended to shouting, ranting, and screaming.
Thank you Microsoft, for setting your people back 1000 years.
I RTFA (so what, take away my geek card). According to the NYT, these phones are not being diverted by the manufacturing plants, but just bought in the US and shipped or carried back. Given that everyone I know who traveled outside the US has been asked to bring at least two iPhones to their destination by friends or acquaintances, I this this can easily account for millions. I could have brought 20 on my last trip to Europe and sold them at the first conference I went to in minutes.
About 10% of the Germans at the tech conferences I went to had iPhones. IIRC think none of them came from T-Mobile, the only authorized reseller in Germany.
[I shouldn't write without proofreading late in the afternoon]
According to the meeting minutes, they are actually EXPANDING the theory of evolution into the realm of cosmology and quantum physics instead of rejecting it.
"[we] are requesting that the State Board of Education direct the Florida Department of
Education to revise/edit the new Sunshine State Standards for Science so that evolution is
presented as one of several theories as to how the universe was formed."
I have a graduate degree in physics, but I wasn't aware that the universe was formed by evolution. Although I have to admit that the thought of mating galaxies has a certain appeal.
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People who don't understand sarcasm are bound to be an irresistible target for it.
If you actually read the http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/shared.content/board.meetings/minutes/11-20-07.pdf>meeting minutesyou would see that they are actually EXPANDING on the theory of evolution into the real of cosmology and quantum physics.
"[we] are requesting that the State Board of Education direct the Florida Department of
Education to revise/edit the new Sunshine State Standards for Science so that evolution is
presented as one of several theories as to how the universe was formed."
I have a graduate degree in physics, but I wasn't aware that the universe was formed by evolution. Although I have to admit that the thought of mating galaxies has a certain appeal.
---------------------
People who don't understand sarcasm are bound to be an irresistible target for it.
Ditto on the writing. I've probably interviewed about 80 programmers over the last year and a half and it's been striking how many of them can neither write well, nor explain even simple concepts verbally without getting hopelessly lost. We do have three fairly small programming teams with 10-20 people each, so being able to talk things over with colleagues; or explain things to managers or QA is an absolutely essential skill. Before someone blames this on non-native speakers, I've seen good verbal skills and bad verbal skills from Americans, Indians, Chinese, Filipino, you name it. It's really less of a matter of fluency than a matter of having a way of organizing thoughts.
Another thing that I like to see in applicants is a general grasp of concepts or computing in general. This doesn't necessarily mean that they need to know the in and outs of TCP/IP or IPv6, but it would be useful if they could at least describe how a network works and have some idea what a router does. The same goes for basic things like "How does a web server work?" or "How does a document get printed?". It's mind boggling that many Java/JSP applicants with CS degrees are reduced to stuttering when asked to explain the difference between GET and POST.
Obviously, programming skills are very useful, but I rather have a OK general purpose programmer who knows a bit about the bigger picture, than a STL genius who can't look past his (obsessively prematurely optimized) lines of code.