In reading the article I find it ironic that some of Ballmer's statements are similar to practices M$ employed in the mid 90's. I believe it was M$ that provided Internet Explorer free in order to displace Netscape's market share. As for the Microsoft community goes, I would rather use an OS that has been reviewed by many eyes than one that seems to have only been reviewed by the elite M$ few!
Sounds to me like M$ is getting a taste of their own medicine.
In my research on the evolution of the Internet during my college years I have never read nor heard Kleinrocks name mentioned anywhere! I'm sure Vinton Cerf, the person most consider to be the "Father of the Internet" (next of course to DARPA) would be amused to hear that Kleinrock was the founder!
I ran a family business for 18 years; I went back to school (DeVry) 7 years ago and received my Bachelors degree. It is difficult and time consuming, (don't plan on having any sort of life outside of work and school) but if you are persistent, and gut it out, the reward of the diploma will be worth the effort. Even though I had been in the business world for that long I still learned some new things that experience alone would not have taught me, and besides you can use your professors as a sort of free consultant to bounce your business ideas off.
There is an interesting Wired magazine article which provides some idea as to how much M$ is losing on it's XBox. The problem is that according to the article the goal was to bring production cost down to $100 per box. Since this article was published in September 2001 it would seem reasonable that most of the loss could have been the result of retooling the manufacturing plant to produce the Xbox instead of joysticks, and that in fact Microsoft's losses have been greatly reduced since then. It would be hard to believe that any company, even Microsoft would continue absorbing huge losses without pulling the plug.
I went to college right out of High School, and managed to flunk out within a year and a half, then I realized larger companies with good benefits look for employees that have a college degree. Think of it as a test of self-discipline, the employer feels that if you had the perseverance to complete college you would be better prepared to deal with situations on a job. If you want to make good money and have a good benefits package working as a Network Admin in a large system like a Hospital or Retail outfit then college is the way you want to go. I was able to expand my choices to include companies that would only interview college graduates and as a result, I am now an IT Director for a Non-Profit Assoc.
Certifications are good and useful, but if the other guy has a degree, you are probably less likely to be called back for a second interview.
The company I work for will be converting the entire backend to Sun Microsystems machines. While working with the Sun engineers I asked about alternatives to M$ as well, and it turns out that moving off M$ to a Sun thin client was easier than I had expected. We have 110 users and may look at using the Sun iplanet app server to administer our in house apps through an intranet portal to the desktop.
It seems the movie studio's are more interested in packing more special effects into a movie rather than to trust the story. This is a sad excuse to bastardize a comic legend that would still be a movie chart buster with half the effects! Sometimes staying true to the character is more appealing than blowing it out of proportion with a lot of over done special effects.
Ok, granted it does seem to be a cheap way for the folks at Google to get some really interesting stuff. But think of the mileage you get from being THE winner, that alone would open a lot of doors for you.
I didn't even know who doubleclick was until I began cleaning out my cookies file. That's when I realized that most of the unwanted cookies were from doubleclick!
With all those doubleclick cookies on my system, it leaves me to wonder if the 100 million unique profiles are really all that unique.
Racial profiling is wrong, however I would take face recognition devices over just relying on airport metal detectors or the memory of a police officer that only knows the person their looking for is of a specific ethnic origin. At least with face recognition the computer is trying to match more than just, where I was born.
AOL attempted to charge subscribers for the right to access the Internet and did turn a marginal profit. At that time people didn't understand you didn't need an intermediary to surf the Net.
I agree, but in my view it's still the PhD's word against the undergrad. And the burden of proof would most certainly fall upon the student. I don't think we'll see the PhD suing the student for theft of an idea anytime soon.
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Now if I could only get my laptop to set the table.
To quote the Great and Wonderful OZ.
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"
One man's info babble becomes another man's reality?
Just think of what H.G. Wells could have done with the Net!
Happy birthday /. !
Now cut the cake!!!!!!!
In reading the article I find it ironic that some of Ballmer's statements are similar to practices M$ employed in the mid 90's. I believe it was M$ that provided Internet Explorer free in order to displace Netscape's market share. As for the Microsoft community goes, I would rather use an OS that has been reviewed by many eyes than one that seems to have only been reviewed by the elite M$ few!
Sounds to me like M$ is getting a taste of their own medicine.
In my research on the evolution of the Internet during my college years I have never read nor heard Kleinrocks name mentioned anywhere!
I'm sure Vinton Cerf, the person most consider to be the "Father of the Internet" (next of course to DARPA) would be amused to hear that Kleinrock was the founder!
I ran a family business for 18 years; I went back to school (DeVry) 7 years ago and received my Bachelors degree. It is difficult and time consuming, (don't plan on having any sort of life outside of work and school) but if you are persistent, and gut it out, the reward of the diploma will be worth the effort. Even though I had been in the business world for that long I still learned some new things that experience alone would not have taught me, and besides you can use your professors as a sort of free consultant to bounce your business ideas off.
They should create another version of this robot to serve as a roving wedding jukebox!
There is an interesting Wired magazine article which provides some idea as to how much M$ is losing on it's XBox. The problem is that according to the article the goal was to bring production cost down to $100 per box. Since this article was published in September 2001 it would seem reasonable that most of the loss could have been the result of retooling the manufacturing plant to produce the Xbox instead of joysticks, and that in fact Microsoft's losses have been greatly reduced since then. It would be hard to believe that any company, even Microsoft would continue absorbing huge losses without pulling the plug.
I went to college right out of High School, and managed to flunk out within a year and a half, then I realized larger companies with good benefits look for employees that have a college degree. Think of it as a test of self-discipline, the employer feels that if you had the perseverance to complete college you would be better prepared to deal with situations on a job. If you want to make good money and have a good benefits package working as a Network Admin in a large system like a Hospital or Retail outfit then college is the way you want to go. I was able to expand my choices to include companies that would only interview college graduates and as a result, I am now an IT Director for a Non-Profit Assoc.
Certifications are good and useful, but if the other guy has a degree, you are probably less likely to be called back for a second interview.
The company I work for will be converting the entire backend to Sun Microsystems machines. While working with the Sun engineers I asked about alternatives to M$ as well, and it turns out that moving off M$ to a Sun thin client was easier than I had expected. We have 110 users and may look at using the Sun iplanet app server to administer our in house apps through an intranet portal to the desktop.
It seems the movie studio's are more interested in packing more special effects into a movie rather than to trust the story. This is a sad excuse to bastardize a comic legend that would still be a movie chart buster with half the effects! Sometimes staying true to the character is more appealing than blowing it out of proportion with a lot of over done special effects.
Ok, granted it does seem to be a cheap way for the folks at Google to get some really interesting stuff. But think of the mileage you get from being THE winner, that alone would open a lot of doors for you.
I didn't even know who doubleclick was until I began cleaning out my cookies file. That's when I realized that most of the unwanted cookies were from doubleclick!
With all those doubleclick cookies on my system, it leaves me to wonder if the 100 million unique profiles are really all that unique.
Racial profiling is wrong, however I would take face recognition devices over just relying on airport metal detectors or the memory of a police officer that only knows the person their looking for is of a specific ethnic origin. At least with face recognition the computer is trying to match more than just, where I was born.
AOL attempted to charge subscribers for the right to access the Internet and did turn a marginal profit. At that time people didn't understand you didn't need an intermediary to surf the Net.
I appears that history is repeating itself.
I agree, but in my view it's still the PhD's word against the undergrad. And the burden of proof would most certainly fall upon the student. I don't think we'll see the PhD suing the student for theft of an idea anytime soon.