The innovation we look for is the sincere kind. A discovery applied to solve a problem without adding more problems.
Unfortunately we see too much of "sales driven innovation", which follows this path: - An idea thought up while looking for ways to make money - Promises too much without delivering it or adding alternative purposes (spyware) - Locking up the concept in patents and suing anyone who tries to do it right
It would be bad though if the laid off foreign Engineering teams start their own firms and outsource to some Himilayan village that has a bicycle powered net connection.
I read somewhere that if we averaged the world's food production among the world's population it would equal about a hamburger a day. Can anyone prove or disprove this?
It's more likely they hire offshore workers because they can't vote in the US.
Everyone knows Microsoft donated $400M to India but didn't hear them publicly say, "pick something to move offshore today... quality work at 50% to 60% of the cost. That's two heads for the price of one."
Hopefully someday we'll figure out how to provide food, shelter, and some spending money to everyone for an honest day's work instead of stepping on people on the way to the top.
Unfortunately, David Pridie, aka. Martial Artist, the programmer that wrote the first message, "passed away very suddenly on the morning of Friday, January 12, 2001. He died in his home, listening to music and playing a computer game. An attack of bronchial asthma was established as the cause, something which he had complained of the past week or so before. "
"At the time he got himself and H2O in quite a bit of hot water with Nintendo. He figured it was his small piece of immortality" He was right
So the offshore tech workers employed by US companies can buy US software at an offshore price, while the US tech workers lose their job and still have to pay the US price.
"We're not hiring but since you're here, would you like to buy something?"
All they'll require is for everyone to be fitted with a tiny ear implant which bills a simple rate for all kilosounds per hour heard.
The following billing schedule is applicable for single-channel and stereophonic royalty service from single-eardrum consumers to double-eardrum consumers as metered by RIAA.
Sound Charge: BASELINE (TIER I) QUANTITIES per kiloSoundhour per Month
Radio/XM Satellite Transmission $0.00403 Internet Distribution $0.03485 Rock Star Drug Rehab Programs $0.00231 Power Ballad Generation $0.04542 Glam Rock Decommissioning $0.00045 PFRA (Price Fixing Record Amounts) $0.00962 CD Copy-Protection Reliability Services $0.00384 Total Rate $0.10052
MINIMUM CHARGE (per eardrum per sound per day) $0.12345
In the summer of 2XXX, wholesale spot prices for sounds began to escalate to levels unanticipated by the RIAA. The rising prices translated into dramatically increased sound royalty costs and revenue undercollections for the recording studios. The royalty costs of the sounds heard during the crisis, along with the costs of forward purchase obligations incurred by RIAA, must now be recovered.
It means they want to be able to prove the computer is counting the ballots correctly. Hopefully none of the machines will be found in the San Francisco Bay like the ballot containers were.
A man was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn back into a beautiful princess." He picked the frog up and put it in his pocket.
The frog spoke again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will be your loving companion for a week!" The man took the frog out of his pocket and smiled at it and returned it to his pocket.
The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I'll stay with you for a year and do ANYTHING you want!" Again the man took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to his pocket.
Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter!!??" I've told you that if you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I'll stay with you for a year and do ANYTHING you want! Why won't you kiss me!!??
The man said, "Look, I'm a software engineer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog is cool!"
One would think that keyword searching and product categorization, along with many other concepts, were already demonstrated in 1968 by Douglas Engelbart.
Harcourt Fenton Mudd, what have you been up to? Nothing good, I'm sure. Well, let me tell you, you lazy, good-for-nothing -- Shut up. nothing... thing... thing... Marvelous, isn't it?
Everyone considers the internet an incredible invention connecting people in far lands, but one of the side effects in connecting people is that the cost-savers can employ people on the other side of the globe. In good times i've heard companies say they can't find any employees and in bad times i've heard them say they they can't afford to hire local employees.
Globalization is only going to increase, and is that not what we intended? One world united? I wouldn't be worried about those offshore, for they are just workers, like you and me. Think more about those seeking to maximize profits, and how to compete with them. History has shown how the dependents fare.
The Linux kernel was written using gcc extensions.
I'm not going to say that gcc and the kernel sources are bug free, but writing a kernel requires making use of things that the standards have not specified or will not allow.
For example, No C standard defines that a pointer should fit in some integer type, but the kernel needs to assume that on several places. In such cases, it's safe to expect that it fits in unsigned long and it does hold on all current Linux ports.
Under my guidance, Love Media has emerged as the fastest growing US-run media conglomerate of the past five years. With newspapers, television stations and radio stations across the US and the free world, alongside a wide array of industrial and technological interests, we at Love Media ensure you get the truth behind the story every time. From films to dog food, from news radio to pop music, you can be sure of independent, quality-led broadcasting every time you tune in. That's why we're the fastest growing cable supplier and health insurance provider in the northeast, and why our new satellite in China is something all Americans can be proud of. Here at Love Media we are proud of what we have done to help America and to help hard-working Americans relax.
The Apollo program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth.
President John F. Kennedy gave his historic speech to congress on May 25th, 1961. "...I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
Starting in October 27, 1961 there were 5 Saturn Rocket Test Launches, 5 Saturn Apollo Boilerplate Test Launches, and 3 Saturn/Apollo Vehicle Test Launches ending on July 5, 1966.
Remember the first attempt: Apollo 1. On January 27, 1967 one of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred when the crew were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral. The changes made to the Apollo Command Module as a result of the tragedy resulted in a highly reliable craft which, with the exception of Apollo 13, helped make the complex and dangerous trip to the Moon almost commonplace. The eventual success of the Apollo program is a tribute to Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chafee, three fine astronauts whose tragic loss was not in vain.
Unfortunately the latest LOTR DVD has very important uncut scenes not shown in the theater. The fight scenes were twice as long.
A review on Amazon says it all: In every aspect, the extended-edition DVD of Peter Jackson's epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring blows away the theatrical-version DVD. No one who cares at all about the film should ever need to watch the original version again. Well, maybe the impatient and the squeamish will still prefer the theatrical version, because the extended edition makes a long film 30 minutes longer and there's a bit more violence (though both versions are rated PG-13). But the changes--sometimes whole scenes, sometimes merely a few seconds--make for a richer film. There's more of the spirit of J.R.R. Tolkien, embodied in more songs and a longer opening focusing on Hobbiton. There's more character development, and more background into what is to come in the two subsequent films, such as Galadriel's gifts to the Fellowship and Aragorn's burden of lineage. And some additions make more sense to the plot, or are merely worth seeing, such as the wood elves leaving Middle-earth or the view of Caras Galadhon (but sorry, there's still no Tom Bombadil).
When I was in grade school, I got good at computers because I had a lot of free time and it was more fun than anything else around the house. I would spend hours upon hours of trying out every command or menu option and seeing what new tricks I could get the computer to do. That's how I got good at the Apple, the Mac and later the PC. It payed off well when I got a job in computers.
With Linux out, many of us are already adults and find it hard to spend this time "exploring". We've got 12 hour workdays with commutes and family. On top of that we can escape the house and pursue an infinite number of hobbies. There's also more of a desire to make life meaningful before you die: the middle age crisis.
So we reach a dilemma: How to find time to learn Linux to find out if it's worth learning. I'm sure if you devoted some time to learning it for fun you would see it's advantages. However i'm sure if you were in an empty cell with nothing to do you would find a way to be happy and productive with something.
The point i'm trying to make is that if you're happy then no one has to convince you or give you any incentive that Linux is better. It might even take more time than you planned to get things configured properly. You might even affect your career options if you reject Windows. Linux is not better or worse than Windows for the general public. If you're daring people to make you switch then maybe you should stick with Windows.
I like Linux more than any other OS i've seen. It lets me see and adjust levels of the computer that most companies wouldn't entrust me to see because they think i'll just screw it up and sue them for support. Sometimes i'll break something, and then i'll learn how to fix it. I think that's great, and that's how I am.
While some of the more gymnastic martial arts can wear out the body,
Tai Chi is a good way to excercise and meditate at any age. I know some who still train/teach it well through their 80's.
Couple of pointers: - Learn one of the traditional Chinese ones, not some new age junk - Keep the knee aligned above the toes unless you have a good reason. Any good instructor will know that putting pressure on a knee bent inwards can cause damage.
Phase 1: Leave for a vacation
You need to break the mental cycle. Everything in your mind and around you can draw you back in. Go somewhere interesting and different for a week and a half, and make sure it takes at least 8 hours to get there. You may bring a laptop, but have no games installed and avoid web browsing. Leave music at home, and avoid anything that will remind you of home.
Phase 2: Enjoy your vacation
While on vacation, treat yourself to something nice. Remember what it's like to feel alive. Take a tour. Start up some conversations (Especially if you're single). If you're shy, force yourself to talk to some people. Your brain is outside of your normal cycle. Thoughts will take new paths and flow more freely. Take some photos.
Phase 3: Examine your life
At the end of your vacation, spend some time thinking about your situation. Are you happy with your job/career? Do you feel secure at home? Have you accomplished or are working towards your dreams/life plans? Think about your age, how much time you expect to have left, and how you'd like to spend that time.
Phase 4: Getting home
Put a vacation photo on your desktop to help empower your mind. At this point you won't have a desire to play games. You can do one of two things: a) Hard approach - Treat the games as mental parasitic poison. Uninstall all of them. Get out some scissors and destroy the CDs. b) Moderate approach - Games are ok in small amounts but keep an eye on yourself. Spend a certain time each day evaluating yourself and how you want to seriously live life.
Either way, you will suddenly have an abundance of free time. Do not turn on the TV! Avoid too much music! Feels boring, doesn't it? That's the true nature of reality. Spend this time wisely. Avoid receiving the negative influences and criticism that got you in trouble before.
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The innovation we look for is the sincere kind. A discovery applied to solve a problem without adding more problems.
Unfortunately we see too much of "sales driven innovation", which follows this path:
- An idea thought up while looking for ways to make money
- Promises too much without delivering it or adding alternative purposes (spyware)
- Locking up the concept in patents and suing anyone who tries to do it right
It would be bad though if the laid off foreign Engineering teams start their own firms and outsource to some Himilayan village that has a bicycle powered net connection.
I read somewhere that if we averaged the world's food production among the world's population it would equal about a hamburger a day. Can anyone prove or disprove this?
It's more likely they hire offshore workers because they can't vote in the US.
Everyone knows Microsoft donated $400M to India but didn't hear them publicly say, "pick something to move offshore today... quality work at 50% to 60% of the cost. That's two heads for the price of one."
Hopefully someday we'll figure out how to provide food, shelter, and some spending money to everyone for an honest day's work instead of stepping on people on the way to the top.
Unfortunately, David Pridie, aka. Martial Artist, the programmer that wrote the first message, "passed away very suddenly on the morning of Friday, January 12, 2001. He died in his home, listening to music and playing a computer game. An attack of bronchial asthma was established as the cause, something which he had complained of the past week or so before. "
"At the time he got himself and H2O in quite a bit of hot water with Nintendo. He figured it was his small piece of immortality"
He was right
http://www.pridie.org
So the offshore tech workers employed by US companies can buy US software at an offshore price, while the US tech workers lose their job and still have to pay the US price.
"We're not hiring but since you're here, would you like to buy something?"
To tie up snooping reporters.
All your human rights are belong to us!
All they'll require is for everyone to be fitted with a tiny ear implant which bills a simple rate for all kilosounds per hour heard.
The following billing schedule is applicable for single-channel and stereophonic royalty service from single-eardrum consumers to double-eardrum consumers as metered by RIAA.
Sound Charge:
BASELINE (TIER I) QUANTITIES
per kiloSoundhour per Month
Radio/XM Satellite Transmission $0.00403
Internet Distribution $0.03485
Rock Star Drug Rehab Programs $0.00231
Power Ballad Generation $0.04542
Glam Rock Decommissioning $0.00045
PFRA (Price Fixing Record Amounts) $0.00962
CD Copy-Protection Reliability Services $0.00384
Total Rate $0.10052
MINIMUM CHARGE (per eardrum per sound per day) $0.12345
In the summer of 2XXX, wholesale spot prices for sounds began to escalate to levels unanticipated by the RIAA. The rising prices translated into dramatically increased sound royalty costs and revenue undercollections for the recording studios. The royalty costs of the sounds heard during the crisis, along with the costs of forward purchase obligations incurred by RIAA, must now be recovered.
It means they want to be able to prove the computer is counting the ballots correctly. Hopefully none of the machines will be found in the San Francisco Bay like the ballot containers were.
A man was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and
said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn back into a beautiful princess." He
picked the frog up and put it in his pocket.
The frog spoke again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into
a beautiful princess, I will be your loving companion for a week!" The
man took the frog out of his pocket and smiled at it and returned it to
his pocket.
The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a
beautiful princess, I'll stay with you for a year and do ANYTHING you
want!" Again the man took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and
returned it to his pocket.
Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter!!??" I've told you
that if you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I'll
stay with you for a year and do ANYTHING you want! Why won't you kiss
me!!??
The man said, "Look, I'm a software engineer. I don't have time for
a girlfriend, but a talking frog is cool!"
One would think that keyword searching and product categorization, along with many other concepts, were already demonstrated in 1968 by Douglas Engelbart.
http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html
Most Definitely.. Collisions of men and women produce people all the time.
Harcourt Fenton Mudd, what have you been up to? ... thing ... thing ...
Nothing good, I'm sure.
Well, let me tell you,
you lazy, good-for-nothing --
Shut up.
nothing
Marvelous, isn't it?
Which word pair is most like the following:
VeriSign::DNS
a) Rambus::JEDEC
b) Qualcomm::CDMA
c) Enron::PUC
d) SBC::HTML
e) SCO::UNIX
f) Microsoft::GNU
g) Unisys::GIF
h) Forgent Networks:JPEG
i) MPAA::DVD
j) RIAA::MP3
k) Corporate Greed::Standards
Times up, turn your test over, put your pencils down. There will be an essay...
Merlin: He who draws the sword from the lego block, he shall be king. Arthur, you're the one!
Everyone considers the internet an incredible invention connecting people in far lands, but one of the side effects in connecting people is that the cost-savers can employ people on the other side of the globe. In good times i've heard companies say they can't find any employees and in bad times i've heard them say they they can't afford to hire local employees.
Globalization is only going to increase, and is that not what we intended? One world united? I wouldn't be worried about those offshore, for they are just workers, like you and me. Think more about those seeking to maximize profits, and how to compete with them. History has shown how the dependents fare.
The Linux kernel was written using gcc extensions.
I'm not going to say that gcc and the kernel sources are bug free, but writing a kernel requires making use of things that the standards have not specified or will not allow.
For example, No C standard defines that a pointer should fit in some integer type, but the kernel needs to assume that on several places. In such cases, it's safe to expect that it fits in unsigned long and it does hold on all current Linux ports.
Linux Kernel: [PATCH] fixes for building kernel using Intel compiler
Under my guidance, Love Media has emerged as the fastest growing US-run media conglomerate of the past five years. With newspapers, television stations and radio stations across the US and the free world, alongside a wide array of industrial and technological interests, we at Love Media ensure you get the truth behind the story every time. From films to dog food, from news radio to pop music, you can be sure of independent, quality-led broadcasting every time you tune in. That's why we're the fastest growing cable supplier and health insurance provider in the northeast, and why our new satellite in China is something all Americans can be proud of. Here at Love Media we are proud of what we have done to help America and to help hard-working Americans relax.
http://www.lovemedia.tv/
"When we get up alongside sperm whales or giant squid it will get really exciting"
Sounds like what Captain Nemo of the Nautilus was thinking.
Quoted from NASA:
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The Apollo program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth.
President John F. Kennedy gave his historic speech to congress on May 25th, 1961. "...I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
Starting in October 27, 1961 there were 5 Saturn Rocket Test Launches, 5 Saturn Apollo Boilerplate Test Launches, and 3 Saturn/Apollo Vehicle Test Launches ending on July 5, 1966.
Remember the first attempt: Apollo 1. On January 27, 1967 one of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred when the crew were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral. The changes made to the Apollo Command Module as a result of the tragedy resulted in a highly reliable craft which, with the exception of Apollo 13, helped make the complex and dangerous trip to the Moon almost commonplace. The eventual success of the Apollo program is a tribute to Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chafee, three fine astronauts whose tragic loss was not in vain.
No missions were ever designated Apollo 2 or 3.
Apollos 4, 5, and 6 were uncrewed.
Apollos 7 and 9 were crewed in Earth Orbit.
Apollo 9
Apollos 8, 10, and 13 were Lunar Flybys.
Apollo 10 Command/Service Modules seen from Lunar Module after separation
View of damaged Apollo 13 Service Module
Telescopic Picture of Apollo 13
Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 landed on the Moon.
No amount of message threads is going to convince anyone. Take a look at NASA's images and decide for yourself:
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/apollo_landings.
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/Appendix.html
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_
A picture of DSS 62: The dish that picked up Pioneer 10d ss62.htm
p ioneer/PNStat.html
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http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/vlbicor/pic_htm/
PIONEER 10 AT ARECIBO
http://www.seti.org/science/ao-p10.html
Pioneer Home page
http://spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/
Earth (the dot in the middle) as seen from 3.7 billion miles away by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, on 6/6/1990:
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.
A Ride Under the Arecibo Radio Telescope
http://www.seti-inst.edu/science/under_the_mesh.h
Unfortunately the latest LOTR DVD has very important uncut scenes not shown in the theater. The fight scenes were twice as long.
A review on Amazon says it all:
In every aspect, the extended-edition DVD of Peter Jackson's epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring blows away the theatrical-version DVD. No one who cares at all about the film should ever need to watch the original version again. Well, maybe the impatient and the squeamish will still prefer the theatrical version, because the extended edition makes a long film 30 minutes longer and there's a bit more violence (though both versions are rated PG-13). But the changes--sometimes whole scenes, sometimes merely a few seconds--make for a richer film. There's more of the spirit of J.R.R. Tolkien, embodied in more songs and a longer opening focusing on Hobbiton. There's more character development, and more background into what is to come in the two subsequent films, such as Galadriel's gifts to the Fellowship and Aragorn's burden of lineage. And some additions make more sense to the plot, or are merely worth seeing, such as the wood elves leaving Middle-earth or the view of Caras Galadhon (but sorry, there's still no Tom Bombadil).
When I was in grade school, I got good at computers because I had a lot of free time and it was more fun than anything else around the house. I would spend hours upon hours of trying out every command or menu option and seeing what new tricks I could get the computer to do. That's how I got good at the Apple, the Mac and later the PC. It payed off well when I got a job in computers.
With Linux out, many of us are already adults and find it hard to spend this time "exploring". We've got 12 hour workdays with commutes and family. On top of that we can escape the house and pursue an infinite number of hobbies. There's also more of a desire to make life meaningful before you die: the middle age crisis.
So we reach a dilemma: How to find time to learn Linux to find out if it's worth learning. I'm sure if you devoted some time to learning it for fun you would see it's advantages. However i'm sure if you were in an empty cell with nothing to do you would find a way to be happy and productive with something.
The point i'm trying to make is that if you're happy then no one has to convince you or give you any incentive that Linux is better. It might even take more time than you planned to get things configured properly. You might even affect your career options if you reject Windows. Linux is not better or worse than Windows for the general public. If you're daring people to make you switch then maybe you should stick with Windows.
I like Linux more than any other OS i've seen. It lets me see and adjust levels of the computer that most companies wouldn't entrust me to see because they think i'll just screw it up and sue them for support. Sometimes i'll break something, and then i'll learn how to fix it. I think that's great, and that's how I am.
While some of the more gymnastic martial arts can wear out the body,
Tai Chi is a good way to excercise and meditate at any age. I know some who still train/teach it well through their 80's.
Couple of pointers:
- Learn one of the traditional Chinese ones, not some new age junk
- Keep the knee aligned above the toes unless you have a good reason. Any good instructor will know that putting pressure on a knee bent inwards can cause damage.
Phase 1: Leave for a vacation
You need to break the mental cycle. Everything in your mind and around you can draw you back in. Go somewhere interesting and different for a week and a half, and make sure it takes at least 8 hours to get there. You may bring a laptop, but have no games installed and avoid web browsing. Leave music at home, and avoid anything that will remind you of home.
Phase 2: Enjoy your vacation
While on vacation, treat yourself to something nice. Remember what it's like to feel alive. Take a tour. Start up some conversations (Especially if you're single). If you're shy, force yourself to talk to some people. Your brain is outside of your normal cycle. Thoughts will take new paths and flow more freely. Take some photos.
Phase 3: Examine your life
At the end of your vacation, spend some time thinking about your situation. Are you happy with your job/career? Do you feel secure at home? Have you accomplished or are working towards your dreams/life plans? Think about your age, how much time you expect to have left, and how you'd like to spend that time.
Phase 4: Getting home
Put a vacation photo on your desktop to help empower your mind. At this point you won't have a desire to play games. You can do one of two things:
a) Hard approach - Treat the games as mental parasitic poison. Uninstall all of them. Get out some scissors and destroy the CDs.
b) Moderate approach - Games are ok in small amounts but keep an eye on yourself. Spend a certain time each day evaluating yourself and how you want to seriously live life.
Either way, you will suddenly have an abundance of free time. Do not turn on the TV! Avoid too much music! Feels boring, doesn't it? That's the true nature of reality. Spend this time wisely. Avoid receiving the negative influences and criticism that got you in trouble before.
Congratulations! You are a new person.