Won't save a dime, as this is usually sprung on you, so they have already paid for the meal, and frankly, they folks my age are already married, so it would be their kids, and guess what, Fuck'm. If they are going to disrespect me enough to do this, I don't WANT to ever talk to them again
I actually had the gear to align 1541s - the big issue is the hammer when going to zero would misalign the unit. You could fake it by moving the stepper a bit till it worked again
Gee, let's go back to old tech, where the printed catalog was "the web" and the big catalogs opened stores to drive sales to their catalog - their names? Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Wards (extra credit for those who remember 'Monkey Wards")
I know very very few schools that even OFFER shop even as an elective (My son's school does - one section, and it is mostly an engineering design class - they spend a lot of time on FEA etc - more computer time than tool time). Offering Computers? Sure!! Mandating it? Nope. Seriously, I also know of no school that offers Home Ec, Cheerleading, Marching Band as CLASSES - After school activities? Yes. Gym ? Yeah NYC requires it, but you'll find more than 50% of the kids don't take the required amount the law requires
I agree it probably does not need to be part of schooling, but there are a lot of businesses that STILL treat IT like an unimportant part of the company, right up there with Janitorial Services etc, instead of what is really a mission critical part of the company
Now that it is happening to the public sector, the real power in this country other than big business (public sector unions) will sit up and notice, and maybe we'll finally get some rules against this
Back in the 70s (Before I was in the field professionally, but knew 'enough') I was brought by my dad to Bunker Remo, who did all the stock market data. (My dad worked on their HVAC) At the one site, they had TWO mainframes (yes, this was pre IBM PC era) with DRUM memory (Yes, I've seen operational drum memory!! - an I have one word of memory from the computer - discrete transistors!!!) Anyway, it was a cluster! One computer could take over for the other. Guy said "Oh, that's nothing, there are 2 more in Midtown (we were in the Wall St area), then 2 more in Chicago, London, Tokyo, Paris, and the last pair? Alice Springs - Just in case of Nuclear War" Yes folks, there are companies out there that DO invest in DR plans that include "Global Nuclear War"
I'm actually old enough (hint, old enough to be the average/. readers father if I remember the demographics correctly) that I can remember people complaining that the F-15 was a waste of money, because it was so expensive, and we should stick with the F-4 or at most the F-5
I see comments RE the FTC. There is a good chance the call centers are not in the US, and therefor NOT subject to US law. Ah the fun of the borderless internet
Of course, the US really could solve it, and 100 years ago, countries that had citizens of other countries violating their wars did regularly
"âoeUnfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in the wake of the creation or escalation of a government-mandated minimum wage, because they lose their jobs or fail to find jobs when they enter the labor force."
â Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Maybe this actual long time member might find the site relevant again. (Geez, what is it coming to when folks with 6 digit IDs are 'long time users - and this is my 2nd ID, because I lost access to the first via a job change and not having access to the email)
Unless (like my den) someone decided to save a few bucks (basically the price of the transformer and a relay) and installed a high voltage thermostat, and then you have 110 volts right on the stat. You'd think... Has caused me enough issues that I think come this spring, I'll do it (Dad would be laughing - he was an HVAC mechanic, and would do it 'whenever' - and of course, I don't have a spare relay...)
Ah, but it won't be the "Old"/. until we have CmdrTaco. Cowboy Neil, Hot Grits, First Posts, the Caveman, and "imagining a Beowulf cluster of these" BTW, that User ID is my second - Lost the ID and password to the first in a ISP change LONG ago
Sigh, back in the era when/. was THE site, and I used to show up first thing every day
USB-C is a way better connector - No schrodinger's cat problem where the ports direction isn't determined until you try it the first time, so it always takes 3 tries. Aupports higher power etc - just a way better standard than Micro B
I too had an original IBM PC (Model 5051) running in 1992. I wrote the code on it in the 1985 or so timeframe. It didn't do anything fancy, but did talk to a special board (a particular IEEE-488 card from CEC). It worked. It worked EVERY day. It did what it was supposed to do. We had a 386 doing the same exact thing one desk over, but why change it? The literally 10+ lbs of paperwork to make the change (did I mention it was doing stuff for the.MIL) wasn't worth it. If/when it died, we'd replace it with current hardware, and start the paperwork. I left in 1992, and from what I heard, when the company closed in 1993 or 1994 (owners retired) it was still working at the new company. Sometimes good enough is good enough
Of course there are us hams. Channels 7-12 actually belong to US, and if they start messing with those channels, the local ham can tell THEM to turn off the WiFi... That whole part 97 and part 15 deal. Licensed users get priority over unlicensed
Yes, totally. That's why the box changed the world. Break bulk, even on pallets was a bear to unload, and a ship would be in port a LONG time, and the ships were relatively small. Today, the 10000 TEU sip I quoted at 100 tons fuel/day is actually small. You are seeing ships up at 18000 TEU and 125 tons/day. These ship are the reason the Panama canal is being rebuilt, NY Harbor has been dredged deeper, the Bayone bridge in NJ is being raised (to get to the slips in NJ) One of the real ISSUES they don't bring up, with the trade imbalance, many more containers come INTO the US than go out. What do you do with the empties? In general, what happens is the best are reused to ship stuff out, Some are sold (there are a reason you see the ads for buying containers) and the rest? Cut up for scrap, and shipped back to China as scrap steel! BTW - this is the place I had applied and didn't get the gig back, oh 3-4 years ago - read about the automation http://www.nj.com/business/ind...
The container revolution is the next step in the pallet revolution. A friend of mine Master's paper is on the pallet. Interesting topic (single use vs reusable vs pool pallets - the 'Blue' painted ones you see are rented
Go on the shipping lines web sites and get the quotes on times and cost (automated tools) about $1200 to move one container from China to the US, with $950 of it is the Ocean rate, and a time estimate of 15 days. 18 Knots = 20MPH look at https://www.searates.com/refer... I looked at I believe it was Changzhou, China to Seatle Wa
which is a distance of 5900 miles - or 12.3 days at 18 knots BTW - did you do the math on shipping the shirts? less than 4 cents each (about 3.6 cents)
Actually, an amazing number of containers go from the west coast to east coast by rail, the issue is there STILL isn't enough rail. UPS and JB Hunt gather stuff up and ship it to NJ on unit stacks
In fact, there are a surprising number of contains (due to changes in Customs) that go from China to Europe vis the following: China to US west coast by ship (be it Oakland, SeaTac etc) and put right on waiting trains, which then run non stop to the US east coast, where they are offloaded from the train, right back onto a ship, and off to Europe. I interviewed at a place that was deeply involved in this. As I follow the shipping industry (both a railfan and ship fan) it was a gig I wish I had gotten - sigh. Anyway, they are to the point they are totally automating the cranes, and the Rail Mounted Gantries (RMG) and Rubber Tired Gantries (RTGs) in the port, with humans JUST acting as safety overrides. They want to cut the turn around on the ships from like 72 to 36 hours if I remember the numbers right. Incredibly efficient operations, and as big a deal as the invention of the cargo pallet was during WWII (Yep - think about moving stuff around without a pallet )
Oh yeah, flown goods, totally different, but as the article is on shipping containers.. You missed - that 3.75 gallons was to move all 34000 tee shirts, so the fuel useage was 3.75/34000 - or spread it with a shovel, slice it with an axe, 1/1000th of a gallon of gas...
Of course the local traffic issue happens no matter if the shirt is made in the USA, or anywhere else. Want to drive from the NJ Terminals to Say Long Island (shudder - NJ Turnpike, GWB and the Cross Bronx..) (NYC effectively has no rail service - you CAN get to Queens by shipping up north to Albany, and then down - doesn't happen) or to Staten Island...
BTW, when you work it out to 34000 teeshirts/container, that total use of fuel is.00011 gallons of fuel to move that shirt from China to the US - so say I'm off on my numbers by a factor of 10, so it took 1/1000 of a gallon of fuel to move that shirt trans pacific. Now if we figure 10 Kilos of CO2/Gallon (Per the US EIA), we are talking.01 Kilos of CO2. Assume you live a 20 minute round trip to the store, and weigh 160 lbs (adult male) - aka 10 minutes walk to the store, 10 mins back - the formula I saw said.00002lbs of CO2 emitted per minute walking per lb of person, so you emit.029 kilos of CO2 walking to and from the store, YES, nearly THREE times the CO2 as transporting the shirt from China. Interesting to put in in perspective, isn't it? And THAT is saying my numbers are off by 10x - my actual number shows you are emitting 30x the CO2 walking to the store and back
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Won't save a dime, as this is usually sprung on you, so they have already paid for the meal, and frankly, they folks my age are already married, so it would be their kids, and guess what, Fuck'm. If they are going to disrespect me enough to do this, I don't WANT to ever talk to them again
I get to a wedding, and the Bride/groom asks me to do this, I'll turn around, head home, and take my gift with me
Enjoy your wedding
I actually had the gear to align 1541s - the big issue is the hammer when going to zero would misalign the unit. You could fake it by moving the stepper a bit till it worked again
NO - not at all
Just saying they are following a well worn path, and they should watch out
Gee, let's go back to old tech, where the printed catalog was "the web" and the big catalogs opened stores to drive sales to their catalog - their names? Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Wards (extra credit for those who remember 'Monkey Wards")
I know very very few schools that even OFFER shop even as an elective (My son's school does - one section, and it is mostly an engineering design class - they spend a lot of time on FEA etc - more computer time than tool time). Offering Computers? Sure!! Mandating it? Nope.
Seriously, I also know of no school that offers Home Ec, Cheerleading, Marching Band as CLASSES - After school activities? Yes. Gym ? Yeah NYC requires it, but you'll find more than 50% of the kids don't take the required amount the law requires
I agree it probably does not need to be part of schooling, but there are a lot of businesses that STILL treat IT like an unimportant part of the company, right up there with Janitorial Services etc, instead of what is really a mission critical part of the company
Now that it is happening to the public sector, the real power in this country other than big business (public sector unions) will sit up and notice, and maybe we'll finally get some rules against this
Back in the 70s (Before I was in the field professionally, but knew 'enough') I was brought by my dad to Bunker Remo, who did all the stock market data. (My dad worked on their HVAC)
At the one site, they had TWO mainframes (yes, this was pre IBM PC era) with DRUM memory (Yes, I've seen operational drum memory!! - an I have one word of memory from the computer - discrete transistors!!!)
Anyway, it was a cluster! One computer could take over for the other. Guy said "Oh, that's nothing, there are 2 more in Midtown (we were in the Wall St area), then 2 more in Chicago, London, Tokyo, Paris, and the last pair? Alice Springs - Just in case of Nuclear War"
Yes folks, there are companies out there that DO invest in DR plans that include "Global Nuclear War"
I'm actually old enough (hint, old enough to be the average /. readers father if I remember the demographics correctly) that I can remember people complaining that the F-15 was a waste of money, because it was so expensive, and we should stick with the F-4 or at most the F-5
I mean, I saw last year articles that said they had done this from their news agency
I see comments RE the FTC. There is a good chance the call centers are not in the US, and therefor NOT subject to US law. Ah the fun of the borderless internet
Of course, the US really could solve it, and 100 years ago, countries that had citizens of other countries violating their wars did regularly
38 JDAMs would solve the problem, and send a warning at the same time
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys...
"âoeUnfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in the wake of the creation or escalation of a government-mandated minimum wage, because they lose their jobs or fail to find jobs when they enter the labor force."
â Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Maybe this actual long time member might find the site relevant again.
(Geez, what is it coming to when folks with 6 digit IDs are 'long time users - and this is my 2nd ID, because I lost access to the first via a job change and not having access to the email)
Unless (like my den) someone decided to save a few bucks (basically the price of the transformer and a relay) and installed a high voltage thermostat, and then you have 110 volts right on the stat. You'd think...
Has caused me enough issues that I think come this spring, I'll do it (Dad would be laughing - he was an HVAC mechanic, and would do it 'whenever' - and of course, I don't have a spare relay...)
Ah, but it won't be the "Old" /. until we have CmdrTaco. Cowboy Neil, Hot Grits, First Posts, the Caveman, and "imagining a Beowulf cluster of these" BTW, that User ID is my second - Lost the ID and password to the first in a ISP change LONG ago
Sigh, back in the era when /. was THE site, and I used to show up first thing every day
USB-C is a way better connector - No schrodinger's cat problem where the ports direction isn't determined until you try it the first time, so it always takes 3 tries. Aupports higher power etc - just a way better standard than Micro B
I too had an original IBM PC (Model 5051) running in 1992. I wrote the code on it in the 1985 or so timeframe. It didn't do anything fancy, but did talk to a special board (a particular IEEE-488 card from CEC). It worked. It worked EVERY day. It did what it was supposed to do. We had a 386 doing the same exact thing one desk over, but why change it? The literally 10+ lbs of paperwork to make the change (did I mention it was doing stuff for the .MIL) wasn't worth it. If/when it died, we'd replace it with current hardware, and start the paperwork. I left in 1992, and from what I heard, when the company closed in 1993 or 1994 (owners retired) it was still working at the new company. Sometimes good enough is good enough
Of course there are us hams. Channels 7-12 actually belong to US, and if they start messing with those channels, the local ham can tell THEM to turn off the WiFi...
That whole part 97 and part 15 deal. Licensed users get priority over unlicensed
Yes, totally. That's why the box changed the world. Break bulk, even on pallets was a bear to unload, and a ship would be in port a LONG time, and the ships were relatively small. Today, the 10000 TEU sip I quoted at 100 tons fuel/day is actually small. You are seeing ships up at 18000 TEU and 125 tons/day. These ship are the reason the Panama canal is being rebuilt, NY Harbor has been dredged deeper, the Bayone bridge in NJ is being raised (to get to the slips in NJ)
One of the real ISSUES they don't bring up, with the trade imbalance, many more containers come INTO the US than go out. What do you do with the empties? In general, what happens is the best are reused to ship stuff out, Some are sold (there are a reason you see the ads for buying containers) and the rest? Cut up for scrap, and shipped back to China as scrap steel!
BTW - this is the place I had applied and didn't get the gig back, oh 3-4 years ago - read about the automation
http://www.nj.com/business/ind...
The container revolution is the next step in the pallet revolution. A friend of mine Master's paper is on the pallet. Interesting topic (single use vs reusable vs pool pallets - the 'Blue' painted ones you see are rented
Go on the shipping lines web sites and get the quotes on times and cost (automated tools) about $1200 to move one container from China to the US, with $950 of it is the Ocean rate, and a time estimate of 15 days.
18 Knots = 20MPH
look at
https://www.searates.com/refer...
I looked at
I believe it was
Changzhou, China to
Seatle Wa
which is a distance of 5900 miles - or 12.3 days at 18 knots
BTW - did you do the math on shipping the shirts? less than 4 cents each (about 3.6 cents)
Actually, an amazing number of containers go from the west coast to east coast by rail, the issue is there STILL isn't enough rail. UPS and JB Hunt gather stuff up and ship it to NJ on unit stacks
In fact, there are a surprising number of contains (due to changes in Customs) that go from China to Europe vis the following:
China to US west coast by ship (be it Oakland, SeaTac etc) and put right on waiting trains, which then run non stop to the US east coast, where they are offloaded from the train, right back onto a ship, and off to Europe.
I interviewed at a place that was deeply involved in this. As I follow the shipping industry (both a railfan and ship fan) it was a gig I wish I had gotten - sigh. Anyway, they are to the point they are totally automating the cranes, and the Rail Mounted Gantries (RMG) and Rubber Tired Gantries (RTGs) in the port, with humans JUST acting as safety overrides. They want to cut the turn around on the ships from like 72 to 36 hours if I remember the numbers right. Incredibly efficient operations, and as big a deal as the invention of the cargo pallet was during WWII (Yep - think about moving stuff around without a pallet )
Oh yeah, flown goods, totally different, but as the article is on shipping containers..
You missed - that 3.75 gallons was to move all 34000 tee shirts, so the fuel useage was 3.75/34000 - or spread it with a shovel, slice it with an axe, 1/1000th of a gallon of gas...
Of course the local traffic issue happens no matter if the shirt is made in the USA, or anywhere else. Want to drive from the NJ Terminals to Say Long Island (shudder - NJ Turnpike, GWB and the Cross Bronx..)
(NYC effectively has no rail service - you CAN get to Queens by shipping up north to Albany, and then down - doesn't happen) or to Staten Island...
BTW, when you work it out to 34000 teeshirts/container, that total use of fuel is .00011 gallons of fuel to move that shirt from China to the US - so say I'm off on my numbers by a factor of 10, so it took 1/1000 of a gallon of fuel to move that shirt trans pacific. Now if we figure 10 Kilos of CO2/Gallon (Per the US EIA), we are talking .01 Kilos of CO2. Assume you live a 20 minute round trip to the store, and weigh 160 lbs (adult male) - aka 10 minutes walk to the store, 10 mins back - the formula I saw said .00002lbs of CO2 emitted per minute walking per lb of person, so you emit .029 kilos of CO2 walking to and from the store, YES, nearly THREE times the CO2 as transporting the shirt from China. Interesting to put in in perspective, isn't it? And THAT is saying my numbers are off by 10x - my actual number shows you are emitting 30x the CO2 walking to the store and back