"Pick of the litter" means best of the best, so the flagship would have the best officers and enlisted. I understand that (for dramatic reasons) you may only portray the officers, but my postwas a response to the idea that a ship would be crewed by only officers.
Put in simple terms: if there are no enlisted crewmen, who is going clean the toilets? Or is this fictional ship so automated that there are no "dirty" jobs?
And if there are no enlisted, that means many officers will have nobody to supervise (and not much leadership opportunity). Yes, that sounds like an Air Force fighter squadron, but even that kind of unit is colocated with the maintenance and support organizations (which are full of enlisted people).
If everybody who served on a starship is an officer, how the heck do you get promoted? Does everybody start with a red shirt and the survivors get promoted to LT?
The bottom line is that the Trek rank structure is absurd. The majority of people on a vessel are enlisted and the enlisted do the majority of the work.
Try to imagine Trek policies used in the real world: (Bridge of an aircraft carrier) "Captain, the freighter doesn't respond to hails and we can't observe any activity." "Very well, tell Commander Smith and Lt Commander Jones to join me, I'm going over to investigate..."
If the auto companies got together and made an open API, that would be great. Mind you, this would be for non-critical functions (entertainment, climate control) but would provide visibility into the operations.
I've got a decent nav/entertainment system in my car, but I often wish I could replace it with something nicer. It should be as easy as replacing the radio.
Developers should be able to make equipment that can see what's going on in the car. My hands-free bluetooth interface can't use the nav touch screen, so I when I pair a device I have use the voice menu, which sucks. An open interface would prevent this kind of thing.
When I drive I can see the map in the car, but I have to pull up the traffic on my phone (which is paired). I'd like better!
Perhaps we should build a solar tower and put a parking lot in the space under it. The cars would contribute their waste heat and increase the energy output of the tower.
Heck, they could even build a shopping mall under it for the triple-whammy. A solar tower that captures solar energy, recycles waste heat from cars and collects rent from retail space.
Any electronic device that cost several thousand dollars will be expected to be wireless and have GPS. You'll be able to login and check to see that your air conditioner, refrigerator and water heater are still at your house.
Instead of being caught with incriminating lock picks and bolt cutters, crooks will have their anti-GPS and anti-wireless equipment trip them up.
Make a GUI that does nothing but run a browser and a shell window. Put webmin on the system for people would rather click than type. Make a bunch of web apps to replace the stuff people expect on a computer.
So Accenture did a survey and we should trust their results because they used to be part of Andersen Worldwide and (when they were known as Andersen Consulting) they were sister companies with Authur Andersen--the beloved and well-trusted accounting company with a bullet-proof reputation.
I think the key to that kind of martial arts game would be to give up the idea of controlling the hands and feet directly (step-by-step). The player assumes a "higher level" of control, and the physics engine calculates all the movement. All the environmental factors would be taken into account.
Current fighting games use mostly preanimated characters. It's noticeable when you watch their feet slide on the ground, like their standing on ice.
The key to this is to make a simulation that can stand and react on it's own and then create an interface the provides a meaningful gaming experience.
Injury and fatigue would be just more input, resulting in a hobbled or gassed fighter on the screen.
That's a bad attitude, but it develops as a defense to crappy user attitudes. "You NEED to fix this!" is the cry of the user who did something stupid/inappropriate and broke his computer.
Employees also tend to blame IT when they got caught browsing porn or running their home business at work.
User: "My computer is broken." IT: "What's wrong?" User: "I can't access Myspace" IT: "That's because we block it." User: "You suck!"
I worked for Andersen Consulting, and the OT depended on the project. Sometimes they'd send you out of town (with weekend flybacks) for the express purpose of separating you from distractions at home. So you could bill the most hours, get the most overtime, and (most importantly) bill the client as much as possible.
If the contract supported it, paying your hourly wage (a 2 digit dollar amount) was no problem when your billing rate was $200 or more.
Alzheimer's is not the nice, pleasant daily amnesia you think it is. Three times a week a take my mom to visit my step-dad at an Alzheimer's care facility. Many of the residents don't speak, some speak in non-nonsensical sentences and some mutter gibberish. A few of them seem "normal" for a minute or two until you realize they aren't "all there."
For some the effect isn't memory so much as panic and anxiety. Some get aggressive. These are kept in a medicated stupor. While it seems unfair to use drugs this way, I think it's better than the alternative.
TFA gives me a little hope because my mom is already on drugs to treat her dementia. She's OK now, but I'm always watching her closely and wondering when I'll be visiting her instead of taking her to visit.
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If there's a way for the user to hear the song (or otherwise use the content) there's a way for the DRM to get cracked.
Intuit offers QuickBooks as a web application. It's a great idea (although it relies on ActiveX + IE) and worth paying the monthly fee. We could access it from anywhere and the accountant could get into the data without coming to our office. For us, it was much better than the normal locally installed software.
Lots of apps (SalesForce.com, TaxCut, etc.) will benefit from this model.
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"Pick of the litter" means best of the best, so the flagship would have the best officers and enlisted. I understand that (for dramatic reasons) you may only portray the officers, but my postwas a response to the idea that a ship would be crewed by only officers.
Put in simple terms: if there are no enlisted crewmen, who is going clean the toilets? Or is this fictional ship so automated that there are no "dirty" jobs?
And if there are no enlisted, that means many officers will have nobody to supervise (and not much leadership opportunity). Yes, that sounds like an Air Force fighter squadron, but even that kind of unit is colocated with the maintenance and support organizations (which are full of enlisted people).
If everybody who served on a starship is an officer, how the heck do you get promoted? Does everybody start with a red shirt and the survivors get promoted to LT?
The bottom line is that the Trek rank structure is absurd. The majority of people on a vessel are enlisted and the enlisted do the majority of the work.
Try to imagine Trek policies used in the real world: (Bridge of an aircraft carrier) "Captain, the freighter doesn't respond to hails and we can't observe any activity." "Very well, tell Commander Smith and Lt Commander Jones to join me, I'm going over to investigate..."
I don't think this has ever happened, but the idea makes me laugh.
I bet the pilots can get their counseling remotely, as well.
After Enron, losing the "Andersen" brand didn't seem like such a bad deal (but I still think Accenture is a stupid name).
If the auto companies got together and made an open API, that would be great. Mind you, this would be for non-critical functions (entertainment, climate control) but would provide visibility into the operations.
I've got a decent nav/entertainment system in my car, but I often wish I could replace it with something nicer. It should be as easy as replacing the radio.
Developers should be able to make equipment that can see what's going on in the car. My hands-free bluetooth interface can't use the nav touch screen, so I when I pair a device I have use the voice menu, which sucks. An open interface would prevent this kind of thing.
When I drive I can see the map in the car, but I have to pull up the traffic on my phone (which is paired). I'd like better!
(Yes, I'm rambling: sorry...)
Perhaps we should build a solar tower and put a parking lot in the space under it. The cars would contribute their waste heat and increase the energy output of the tower.
Heck, they could even build a shopping mall under it for the triple-whammy. A solar tower that captures solar energy, recycles waste heat from cars and collects rent from retail space.
Any electronic device that cost several thousand dollars will be expected to be wireless and have GPS. You'll be able to login and check to see that your air conditioner, refrigerator and water heater are still at your house.
Instead of being caught with incriminating lock picks and bolt cutters, crooks will have their anti-GPS and anti-wireless equipment trip them up.
Make a GUI that does nothing but run a browser and a shell window. Put webmin on the system for people would rather click than type. Make a bunch of web apps to replace the stuff people expect on a computer.
So Accenture did a survey and we should trust their results because they used to be part of Andersen Worldwide and (when they were known as Andersen Consulting) they were sister companies with Authur Andersen--the beloved and well-trusted accounting company with a bullet-proof reputation.
I think the key to that kind of martial arts game would be to give up the idea of controlling the hands and feet directly (step-by-step). The player assumes a "higher level" of control, and the physics engine calculates all the movement. All the environmental factors would be taken into account.
Current fighting games use mostly preanimated characters. It's noticeable when you watch their feet slide on the ground, like their standing on ice.
The key to this is to make a simulation that can stand and react on it's own and then create an interface the provides a meaningful gaming experience.
Injury and fatigue would be just more input, resulting in a hobbled or gassed fighter on the screen.
Even Microsoft admits that sometimes an infection simply can't be removed.
OK, the Cyberspace Academy isn't real, but it's a good Tron/D&D, "Series of Tubes" reference...
But of course, that's nothing compared to the terrible censorship we endure in America!!
(I'm just tired of people complaining about this place becoming a police state)
Every cable box has a camera, and each user can browse the camera feeds. If your box ends up on the Popular list, you get a share of the ad revenue.
Combine this with an opt-out and you get a real "The Truman Show" -- it would replace YouTube with live video
That's a bad attitude, but it develops as a defense to crappy user attitudes. "You NEED to fix this!" is the cry of the user who did something stupid/inappropriate and broke his computer.
Employees also tend to blame IT when they got caught browsing porn or running their home business at work.
User: "My computer is broken."
IT: "What's wrong?"
User: "I can't access Myspace"
IT: "That's because we block it."
User: "You suck!"
I worked for Andersen Consulting, and the OT depended on the project. Sometimes they'd send you out of town (with weekend flybacks) for the express purpose of separating you from distractions at home. So you could bill the most hours, get the most overtime, and (most importantly) bill the client as much as possible.
If the contract supported it, paying your hourly wage (a 2 digit dollar amount) was no problem when your billing rate was $200 or more.
Why not make a cheap computer that can be plugged into a TV? I'm sure there's a large population of children in the world who have TV but no computer.
We're at the point where we only pick up the phone if we recognize the caller ID. Otherwise, they can talk to the answering machine.
Seems like this might apply to our current president: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z12lrlNsjgQ
I want to, but I haven't been able to get anybody to steal my MacBook yet.
I have this product as well. I think I'm very satisfied with it, but I won't really know for sure until my MacBook is stolen.
So hopefully I'll never be sure...
Alzheimer's is not the nice, pleasant daily amnesia you think it is. Three times a week a take my mom to visit my step-dad at an Alzheimer's care facility. Many of the residents don't speak, some speak in non-nonsensical sentences and some mutter gibberish. A few of them seem "normal" for a minute or two until you realize they aren't "all there."
For some the effect isn't memory so much as panic and anxiety. Some get aggressive. These are kept in a medicated stupor. While it seems unfair to use drugs this way, I think it's better than the alternative.
TFA gives me a little hope because my mom is already on drugs to treat her dementia. She's OK now, but I'm always watching her closely and wondering when I'll be visiting her instead of taking her to visit.
If there's a way for the user to hear the song (or otherwise use the content) there's a way for the DRM to get cracked.
Intuit offers QuickBooks as a web application. It's a great idea (although it relies on ActiveX + IE) and worth paying the monthly fee. We could access it from anywhere and the accountant could get into the data without coming to our office. For us, it was much better than the normal locally installed software.
Lots of apps (SalesForce.com, TaxCut, etc.) will benefit from this model.
Setup webcams in pet shops and stream live puppy/kitten pictures to the world