Not that the question above suggested Video Cameras, in my experience, Video would be a bad Idea.
Once upon a time, I used to be a volunteer hiking guide in a local State Park/Gameland. I'd take city dwellers out to hike, and get a breath of fresh air; and I'd give them tips and tricks on orienteering, map reading, etc...
Anyways, I took this one group out, and while they were taking a break, I scouted ahead to make sure the way was safe for this particular group. When lo and behold I discover a couple "getting-back-to-nature" if-you-know-what-I-mean, and-I-think-you-do.
I imagine this kind of thing goes on more often then people realize. So no, lets not turn the woods into another source of Live "Steaming" Video.
Of course, I doubt that video survelance would not be an economical solution to this issue.
In my realm of IT, our technical support is outsourced to India. While we still provide limited support here in the states, our technical support unit is wary that their jobs may disappear.
My advice to them has been to establish yourself as indispensable. If that means bucking for the "promotion" to 2nd tier, or product contact, or product development, then do it.
Strategicly, the BEST place to be is the domestic Handler, or the technical liason of those outsorced partners. (It has the best job security, for now.) Organization will need someone to make sure that their oversea workers are remaining up-to-par, so they will need to: A) Know what the right answer is. B) Make sure that the outsourced workers are providing that answer. C) Hold the outsourcer (and the geniuses who decided to save money with these outsources) are held accountable to their decisions.
Granted, this is a fraction of the jobs that can remain after being outsourced. However, in my personal example, we are now using our original technical support staff as a 2nd tier unit for our global outsource call centers. (Not because we can, but because we NEED to, as our outsourcers are not as adept in supporting our product as our veteran staffers here.)
I think the jist of the article is that the Astronomy Community has invested a lot of resources into the theory of Dark Matter. The ramifications of this theory have spawned other theories which have shaped our view of the large scale structure of the universe, the Age of the Universe, the Theory of Gravity, and pretty much most of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
(When I was studying to be an Astronomer, it seemed that "Dark Matter" was appearing in even the smallest details of theory. Granted, the things that an Astrophysics Student studies is far from mainstream, but if Dark Matter was wrong (which I think it is) it would be a devestating blow to the community. Things would have to be rethought and reanalized and most-importantly re-funded. (And I do not think the people who fund these scientific discoveries would be too happy to learn that their money was wasted on bad theory.))
Probably one of my favorite Astronomy Professors at the University of Arizona. He's never satisfied with the status quo. I know of other projects he's spearheaded, and he is always pushing the envelope of Astronomical Engineering.
Ideas like "faster" mirrors for sky surveys (and asteroid watching) - where the limitation is that the mirror would gather so much information at once, its too fast for modern computers to process, and modern busses to transport.
This is just one more example of ideas he's been dotting over.
Carlos often partook of this in his Physics classes, as the Department had enough Liquid N2 to go around.
They even sold it for a $1.00 a liter, and Carlos' Geek House would even make "Geek Ice Cream" for parties.
When Carlos worked at a sorority, the cook scoffed at the idea of making Ice Cream in a BOWL, and in less then 10 minutes. Then he saw Carlos do it, and his jaw dropped.
Carlos has hundreds of these kind of stories.
Best thing is, it tastes GREAT, and much better then the store bought brands.
I currently use an 17 inch widescreen LCD iLamp iMac at work.
I installed YDL 2.3 and it horked on the VideoCard. All my hacks were useless (I even delved into the XFree section to torque some of the code around there.)
Does the new YDL kernel support the 17" widescreen? Or has there been no advances on that front?
Ever since I dropped Mandrake 9 and Debian 3.0 on my two boxes, I've been without the Ximian interface. (After numerous visits to Ximian.com, I was about to give up hope.)
In my experience, the only success I have seen in climbing the corporate ladder in IT is through a select few vectors:
Consulting: You work for a consulting firm and merc yourself out to the highest bidder. (Benefits: Lots of money, though little in corporate benefits (Stock, Options, etc.))
Management: The top of the IT ladder is CTO. Most companies have them now. (That puts you on the Board of Directors, and a VP after your name). (Disadvantage: You are now a technical manager, not a technician.)
Company Leap Frog: Work for Company A, beef up your resume and jump to Company B (higher up the corporate food chain). Work for Company B for awhile and do the same and jump to Company C (again with an increase in Title and Wage) and so on and so forth. (I have worked longer in my company the Every Director/VP in my building. Most have not worked here longer then 2 years.)
Conclusion: It is possible, even using tactics found in other departments. But is the end result really worth it? (Even if it is what you want to do for the rest of your life?)
I know that IE has made some major advances in XML and xsl, and many e-software packages are using these features to integrate their products with the Web. (My current organization is one of them).
However, I get comments from non-IE users who complain that these features bar them from using our services.
I think this is just the European Union attempting to flex their intellectual muscle.
Pluto is unique in the fact that it was the only planet not discovered and/or named by a European.
The Greeks named the first 5 extraterrestrial planets, and Europeans named Uranus and Neptune. But Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1930. *Carlos: Exit Stage Right*
This is actually related to a project that I have been working on here at Kitt Peak National Observatory on the Large Scale Structure of the Universe.
The ramifications of this study and the study that my group is doing is challanging what we understand of Gravitational Theory, Age of the Universe Theory, and current red-shift theory, since all of these models come short of explaining the observations that we, and this article are gathering.
What we are finding are galactic clusters that are so large, that there is not enough time in the age-of-the-universe model to form. So either the Universe is SUPER old, or our concept of gravitational theory is incorrect. (Currently the age of the Universe is slated between 13-18 billion years, and these objects are so huge that 18 billion years is a drop in the bucket in the ammount of time required.)
So this is the quandry and now this study has found MORE of them.
Some astronomers have tried to explain these descrpencies with Dark Matter, but I'm skeptical.
And this is just Carlosian opinion, and should be taken as such. *Carlos: Exit Stage Right*
Inside the walls of the QuickBooks Technical Support Network, I know of VeriSign (formerly Signio) which is the outsource for the merchant account servies for Quickbooks, and Quicken I believe. They are already building a reputation for service, and reliability AND they take American Express.
But, in my experience, it is not going to be the organizations themselves that will be the deciding factor, but rather the software. (At least in the public sector). If you are a developer, or designing your own, it definatly is the company. *Carlos: Exit Stage Right*
I don't know, to me, the atmosphere of the article sounded like the author was "Whining".
Perhaps this is a remenant of being a Tech-Support Geek and hearing, constantly, "Your Program should do this, and this feature is worthless."
I am, of course, referring to the critisism of the Windows/Mac GUI and the use of Icons on Pages 3 and 4 of the Web Article.
It seemed to me that the entire article was critiquing the fact that computers cannot read the minds of the users. (Which it cannot, and SHOULD not, in my opinion, since the USER should be giving the orders, and not letting the computer make the decidions.)
Or perhaps that is more residual rant from my critical thinking of Windows 95.
Regardless, It was an interesting article, but the feel of it left me with an annoying headache, which I usually get from people who feel the need to whine, or debate for the sake of debate.
Slashdot Mirror
(And you know that we got it!)
That was the only thing running though Carlos' head when he was reading this article.
(Reference: StarWarz Gansta Rap)
Not that the question above suggested Video Cameras, in my experience, Video would be a bad Idea.
Once upon a time, I used to be a volunteer hiking guide in a local State Park/Gameland. I'd take city dwellers out to hike, and get a breath of fresh air; and I'd give them tips and tricks on orienteering, map reading, etc...
Anyways, I took this one group out, and while they were taking a break, I scouted ahead to make sure the way was safe for this particular group. When lo and behold I discover a couple "getting-back-to-nature" if-you-know-what-I-mean, and-I-think-you-do.
I imagine this kind of thing goes on more often then people realize. So no, lets not turn the woods into another source of Live "Steaming" Video.
Of course, I doubt that video survelance would not be an economical solution to this issue.
In my realm of IT, our technical support is outsourced to India. While we still provide limited support here in the states, our technical support unit is wary that their jobs may disappear.
My advice to them has been to establish yourself as indispensable. If that means bucking for the "promotion" to 2nd tier, or product contact, or product development, then do it.
Strategicly, the BEST place to be is the domestic Handler, or the technical liason of those outsorced partners. (It has the best job security, for now.) Organization will need someone to make sure that their oversea workers are remaining up-to-par, so they will need to:
A) Know what the right answer is.
B) Make sure that the outsourced workers are providing that answer.
C) Hold the outsourcer (and the geniuses who decided to save money with these outsources) are held accountable to their decisions.
Granted, this is a fraction of the jobs that can remain after being outsourced. However, in my personal example, we are now using our original technical support staff as a 2nd tier unit for our global outsource call centers. (Not because we can, but because we NEED to, as our outsourcers are not as adept in supporting our product as our veteran staffers here.)
I think the jist of the article is that the Astronomy Community has invested a lot of resources into the theory of Dark Matter. The ramifications of this theory have spawned other theories which have shaped our view of the large scale structure of the universe, the Age of the Universe, the Theory of Gravity, and pretty much most of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
(When I was studying to be an Astronomer, it seemed that "Dark Matter" was appearing in even the smallest details of theory. Granted, the things that an Astrophysics Student studies is far from mainstream, but if Dark Matter was wrong (which I think it is) it would be a devestating blow to the community. Things would have to be rethought and reanalized and most-importantly re-funded. (And I do not think the people who fund these scientific discoveries would be too happy to learn that their money was wasted on bad theory.))
I thought we beat this subject to death.
The EARTH is NOT the Center of the Universe? Why do we keep drawing our maps that way?
Copernicus and Gallileo are rolling in their graves right now.
Next you will be telling me that the Earth is flat!
*looks at the map again*
Oh wait, you are!
Probably one of my favorite Astronomy Professors at the University of Arizona. He's never satisfied with the status quo. I know of other projects he's spearheaded, and he is always pushing the envelope of Astronomical Engineering.
Ideas like "faster" mirrors for sky surveys (and asteroid watching) - where the limitation is that the mirror would gather so much information at once, its too fast for modern computers to process, and modern busses to transport.
This is just one more example of ideas he's been dotting over.
Carlos often partook of this in his Physics classes, as the Department had enough Liquid N2 to go around.
They even sold it for a $1.00 a liter, and Carlos' Geek House would even make "Geek Ice Cream" for parties.
When Carlos worked at a sorority, the cook scoffed at the idea of making Ice Cream in a BOWL, and in less then 10 minutes. Then he saw Carlos do it, and his jaw dropped.
Carlos has hundreds of these kind of stories.
Best thing is, it tastes GREAT, and much better then the store bought brands.
Looking at the Wal-Mart distro centers, I'm 2 days away from each of the closest ones. So I'm losing out if I switch.
Though I wonder if WallyWorld will do the same Bait and Switch that NetFlix does.
Carlos heard it was called VI.
Emacs users started flaming the producers to rename it.
JPL's Official Site
and
Current Location.
FYI: Cassini launched on Oct. 15 1997.
As an Avid Mozilla user, I'm happy about the anti-popup device.
However, eventually, when these advertizers realize that more people are not using IE, they'll start coding ways to avert that security blanket.
My confusion around this issue is:
Why do these advertizers think we (the population who blocks this garbage) want to see their trash on our screen?
I'm sure this has been answered before, but the answers have not been satisfactory to me.
You are absolutely right, OSX Standalone is a very capable OS for the average user.
However, OSX itself is a very unsecure OS. While it flaunts the power of UNIX, it is a crippled UNIX, with a few gaping holes in the security login.
While most users will not have an issue with this, power users will.
Hense a very stable Linux OS is a desirable workaround. Ontop of that, YDL supports running OSX ontop of the Linux OS.
I currently use an 17 inch widescreen LCD iLamp iMac at work.
I installed YDL 2.3 and it horked on the VideoCard.
All my hacks were useless (I even delved into the XFree section to torque some of the code around there.)
Does the new YDL kernel support the 17" widescreen? Or has there been no advances on that front?
Count me as an "I do".
Ever since I dropped Mandrake 9 and Debian 3.0 on my two boxes, I've been without the Ximian interface. (After numerous visits to Ximian.com, I was about to give up hope.)
Consider that hope rekindled.
Consulting: You work for a consulting firm and merc yourself out to the highest bidder. (Benefits: Lots of money, though little in corporate benefits (Stock, Options, etc.))
Management: The top of the IT ladder is CTO. Most companies have them now. (That puts you on the Board of Directors, and a VP after your name). (Disadvantage: You are now a technical manager, not a technician.)
Company Leap Frog: Work for Company A, beef up your resume and jump to Company B (higher up the corporate food chain). Work for Company B for awhile and do the same and jump to Company C (again with an increase in Title and Wage) and so on and so forth. (I have worked longer in my company the Every Director/VP in my building. Most have not worked here longer then 2 years.)
Conclusion: It is possible, even using tactics found in other departments. But is the end result really worth it? (Even if it is what you want to do for the rest of your life?)
Now, they are taking all this server overload as a mandate.
Wow, Carlos can see the motto now:
As seen on Slashdot.org!
To be more accurate, over 1000 companies applied, and Fortune first chopped that list to 269.
p anies/artic les/0,15114,403820,00.html
This Top 100 is the final cut.
But don't take Carlos' word for it, see for yourself:
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/bestcom
Try these comparisons:
Minbari: A Conservative race, sceptical of the Humans expanding into the galaxy
Humans: An overly optomistic, shoot from the hip race, who tends to walk right into a trap in every episode.
A secret race wanting to incur chaos, lead by an equally dark, even mytical SHADOW.
Hey, it worked for one 5 year series, maybe it could work for two?
I know that IE has made some major advances in XML and xsl, and many e-software packages are using these features to integrate their products with the Web. (My current organization is one of them).
However, I get comments from non-IE users who complain that these features bar them from using our services.
What browsers out there can compete with this?
Pluto is unique in the fact that it was the only planet not discovered and/or named by a European.
The Greeks named the first 5 extraterrestrial planets, and Europeans named Uranus and Neptune. But Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1930.
*Carlos: Exit Stage Right*
"Geeks, Where would you be without them?"
The ramifications of this study and the study that my group is doing is challanging what we understand of Gravitational Theory, Age of the Universe Theory, and current red-shift theory, since all of these models come short of explaining the observations that we, and this article are gathering.
What we are finding are galactic clusters that are so large, that there is not enough time in the age-of-the-universe model to form. So either the Universe is SUPER old, or our concept of gravitational theory is incorrect. (Currently the age of the Universe is slated between 13-18 billion years, and these objects are so huge that 18 billion years is a drop in the bucket in the ammount of time required.)
So this is the quandry and now this study has found MORE of them.
Some astronomers have tried to explain these descrpencies with Dark Matter, but I'm skeptical.
And this is just Carlosian opinion, and should be taken as such.
*Carlos: Exit Stage Right*
"Geeks, Where would you be without them?"
But, in my experience, it is not going to be the organizations themselves that will be the deciding factor, but rather the software. (At least in the public sector). If you are a developer, or designing your own, it definatly is the company.
*Carlos: Exit Stage Right*
"Geeks, Where would you be without them?"
Perhaps this is a remenant of being a Tech-Support Geek and hearing, constantly, "Your Program should do this, and this feature is worthless."
I am, of course, referring to the critisism of the Windows/Mac GUI and the use of Icons on Pages 3 and 4 of the Web Article.
It seemed to me that the entire article was critiquing the fact that computers cannot read the minds of the users. (Which it cannot, and SHOULD not, in my opinion, since the USER should be giving the orders, and not letting the computer make the decidions.)
Or perhaps that is more residual rant from my critical thinking of Windows 95.
Regardless, It was an interesting article, but the feel of it left me with an annoying headache, which I usually get from people who feel the need to whine, or debate for the sake of debate.
That is all.
*Carlos: Exit Stage Right*
"Geeks, Where would you be without them?"
*Carlos: Exit Stage Right*
"Geeks, Where would you be without them?"
Of course, this could mean an arrest in 24 hours.
*Carlos: Exit Stage Right*
"Geeks, Where would you be without them?"