In this country, and as I understand it - in many others, women are not treated equally and are still considered by many to be less of a person than men. In that environment I think it is completely appropriate to point out that people who hold such opinions are completely in the wrong.
I can see where you are coming from - but I think that in America (she is an American astronaut) there is some value to emphasizing the possibilities to certain groups in the past that were told that they were incapable of certain things, be they intellectual or physical limitations. If you think that isn't so, just take a look at the number of jokes in this thread that are born out of a disregard for women as capable. I don't want to be all pc about this but I think it is a real issue - I guess as a father with daughters I'm more sensitive to it.
my initial reaction was that they shouldn't make a big deal over it based purely on sex - but the more I think about it, I hope that this is something that inspires more women to be involved in engineering and other male dominated fields. I think it would be beneficial to all of us.
sorry to answer my own question but i decided to go against the grain and rtfa. i guess they probably didn't let it go after they cut it up in pieces with a chain saws.
although - if the information i garnered from Finding Nemo is correct, I guess it will eventually be finding its way back to the sea.
do people catch whales a lot? and then they did neck surgery on it before they let it go? or maybe - instead of 'catching' a whale, it should read - killed a whale? I'm just wondering.
it may seem that way to you but there is ample evidence that you're assumption is completely wrong. take a look at crime rates in nations where they kill people willy-nilly. you have plenty to chose from - china, islamic states, etc.
armed service? works? you have seen the c.g. enlistment oath - right?
U.S. COAST GUARD ENLISTMENT OATH "I, (State your name), swear to sign away 4 years of my life to the UNITED STATES COAST GUARD because I know being in the real military scares me. However, I swear to defend our position as the fifth branch of the Armed Services, although at one point we were under the Department of Homeland Security. I understand that atleast twice a day, someone will refer to me a member of the Air Force or Navy, and when I correct them, they will question my military status. I will work on boats the size of kayaks and small yachts during the worst of natures storms, and recieve no thanks or notice form the public. I will fly in helos into the eye of the storm to rescue people dumber then rocks, and then be heckled by the same people when I bust them for transporting drugs two months later.! I will prevent thousands of gallons of pollution, but be accused of impeding the economy when I won't allow vessels to pour oil into the ocean. I will be the red-headed step child to all of the other services, although I know I got the better deal. All of my equipment will be discarded Navy property. I will use most of my time in the Coast Guard to take college classes, and perfect my web surfing abilities, then complain that I work too much. I will perfect avoiding PT at all costs, and do my best to attend training that will give me a great competitive edge in the career field of my choice, making retention efforts of the Coast Guard pointless. I will come in contact with so many pollutants during my tenure, I will glow in the dark for the rest of my natural life and refer to myself as "salty" because of it. I will do my best to work 8 to 3, with a two hour lunch, on normal days, and have my pager and cell phone surgically attached, SO HELP ME GOD.
I figured, but I would love to see it in print to be sure. I think I saw somewhere in this thread that the other umd mentioned is like $900 or something. I can't find a price for the via nanobook that they announced. But I'm willing to bet it is more than $300.
Here is the most substantial list I've seen of specs on it. I agree with you that calling it a notebook is a stretch. At the same time, I haven't seen anything with that kind of capability at this price point, smaller or larger. I think I could easily go for the $199 model. They don't specifically mention usb in the list of features - but I would think that it would be necessary to augment the storage.
Connecticut and Oregon lean democrat. The post before yours is more accurate. Both parties will sell out for money. It's not a dem/rep issue - it is a problem with the core of our political system.
There is a little confusion on both your parts. It doesn't matter how many people visit the grocery store a day right now. Because right now that number has nothing to do with how much gas they use.
The question is - how many gas stations are there and how many grocery stores are there. Then find out how many people go to the gas stations and fill up every day - then look at what kind of traffic that means for the grocery store. I'm willing to bet that the gp is right in that the number is large.
What do people normally buy at the grocery store in 12 or 13 gallon quantities right now?
And when you say do those people drive 300 miles a day - that's not accurate either. I don't think too many people go to the grocery store every day. I go 1 or 2 times a week. We fill our car about once a week. So in my case, the number of trips to a gas station and grocery store are similar now. But when I buy gas - there are 3 or 4 gas stations near where I live - and one grocery store.
The numbers are all guesses, but like I said, the intent of the gp is probably pretty much right. The current distribution system for groceries (in the US anyway) is not sufficient to handle also providing fuel needs for the public on top of the food.
My honda, and I think many others - have a security feature for the entertainment system. If the power is ever out to the unit, the owner must punch in a 4 digit code to turn it back on, after power is restored. If you forget the code, and don't have it written down somewhere - you can get it. You just need to remove the unit from the dash and call a dealer with a number written on the outside of it. This is not an easy process - and dealers will do it for you but it costs around $200 last time I checked. In other words - the only person who can easily get at the information necessary to the code is someone who already has the stereo out- like say a thief.
Well - I don't think the classes are a joke. I think a lot of companies send their employees to the classes because they want them to have the training, not the certification. Though I could be wrong. The OCA and OCP only require that you take one class and pass one exam each.
A lot of people I've talked to in the classes are not seeking certification though- they just want to learn what is in the class. My boss wants me certified, but to be honest - I think it is only because he thinks it is important for making our team look better to leadership outside of our IT group. I would want to take the classes whether I was getting certified or not - and the exams are not very expensive. The class is the only part that really costs a lot, except for the OCM - which I have no intention of ever going after.
Oracle has three levels of database admin certs - the first two are attainable without knowing what you are doing. There is a lot of griping in the Oracle community (that I have seen anyway) about the fact that the first two, Oracle Certified Associate and Oracle Certified Professional, are not worth a whole lot. The top level - Oracle Certified Master is extremely difficult and expensive to attain - but there are just a handful of people world wide that hold it.
The thing with the labs that I think would be difficult to do on your own would be the recovery stuff. In fact, I think there is a good opportunity out there for someone if they could write up materials that spelled out how to cause various types of problems and then walked through correcting them.
But I think the thing that needs to be considered in the cost equation is that for the people buying Oracle's enterprise software and running it on high end systems - the classes are a small cost to get the most out of that investment. I doubt there was anyone in those classes I took that was paying for it out of their own pocket. A company that is already buying that kind of stuff, has already indicated a willingness to pay a high premium for what they view as an essential product.
You know - I had a book and a couple weeks and there were some things that I really struggled to grasp. Having a teacher who knew the software extremely well right in front of me was very helpful. I could ask him questions and discuss the areas I didn't understand as well.
Along with that, for example in the RAC class, I wasn't just paying for the lecture. In the labs we installed the software, built a cluster, messed around with the cluster and a number of other things that I don't think would be trivial to set up. A person could do this on their own, with the help of the web and books but I don't think they could put it all together in 5 days.
The class was also packed. I think there were over 20 people there. It is the most popular Oracle database class they offer at that facility. So the money must not be a problem for a lot of their customers. They would be foolish to charge less as they are operating at capacity with the current price. That leads me to think they could probably even charge more without hurting enrollment too much.
When I took my last Oracle class, the instructor told me they were finalizing a new set of Linux classes. I just hopped over to their web site and did a search on linux and it came up with a few classes they offer.
All the classes I have taken from them have been for the database, or Peoplesoft. They all were built around hands on labs with instruction. They are not cheap. My last RAC class cost $3700 for 5 days.
I can't recommend the Linux classes, as I have never taken them, but just thought I would mention that they are out there. I don't know about availability location wise either, but I would assume that eventually they will be available wherever Oracle training is available - which should mean choices in many countries.
hopefully all this will be sorted out by the time i buy a hi-def tv. then again, i'm constantly teetering on the edge of ditching my tv anyway - maybe if this kind of nonsense is going on when my current tv dies, i'll just junk it and not replace it.
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In this country, and as I understand it - in many others, women are not treated equally and are still considered by many to be less of a person than men. In that environment I think it is completely appropriate to point out that people who hold such opinions are completely in the wrong.
I can see where you are coming from - but I think that in America (she is an American astronaut) there is some value to emphasizing the possibilities to certain groups in the past that were told that they were incapable of certain things, be they intellectual or physical limitations. If you think that isn't so, just take a look at the number of jokes in this thread that are born out of a disregard for women as capable. I don't want to be all pc about this but I think it is a real issue - I guess as a father with daughters I'm more sensitive to it.
my initial reaction was that they shouldn't make a big deal over it based purely on sex - but the more I think about it, I hope that this is something that inspires more women to be involved in engineering and other male dominated fields. I think it would be beneficial to all of us.
sorry to answer my own question but i decided to go against the grain and rtfa. i guess they probably didn't let it go after they cut it up in pieces with a chain saws.
although - if the information i garnered from Finding Nemo is correct, I guess it will eventually be finding its way back to the sea.
do people catch whales a lot? and then they did neck surgery on it before they let it go? or maybe - instead of 'catching' a whale, it should read - killed a whale? I'm just wondering.
it may seem that way to you but there is ample evidence that you're assumption is completely wrong. take a look at crime rates in nations where they kill people willy-nilly. you have plenty to chose from - china, islamic states, etc.
Manned missions are launched from Kennedy - this is being launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. They are different facilities.
armed service? works? you have seen the c.g. enlistment oath - right?
U.S. COAST GUARD ENLISTMENT OATH
"I, (State your name), swear to sign away 4 years of my life to the UNITED STATES COAST GUARD because I know being in the real military scares me. However, I swear to defend our position as the fifth branch of the Armed Services, although at one point we were under the Department of Homeland Security. I understand that atleast twice a day, someone will refer to me a member of the Air Force or Navy, and when I correct them, they will question my military status. I will work on boats the size of kayaks and small yachts during the worst of natures storms, and recieve no thanks or notice form the public. I will fly in helos into the eye of the storm to rescue people dumber then rocks, and then be heckled by the same people when I bust them for transporting drugs two months later.! I will prevent thousands of gallons of pollution, but be accused of impeding the economy when I won't allow vessels to pour oil into the ocean. I will be the red-headed step child to all of the other services, although I know I got the better deal. All of my equipment will be discarded Navy property. I will use most of my time in the Coast Guard to take college classes, and perfect my web surfing abilities, then complain that I work too much. I will perfect avoiding PT at all costs, and do my best to attend training that will give me a great competitive edge in the career field of my choice, making retention efforts of the Coast Guard pointless. I will come in contact with so many pollutants during my tenure, I will glow in the dark for the rest of my natural life and refer to myself as "salty" because of it. I will do my best to work 8 to 3, with a two hour lunch, on normal days, and have my pager and cell phone surgically attached, SO HELP ME GOD.
you can see the USB ports in the picture
I figured, but I would love to see it in print to be sure. I think I saw somewhere in this thread that the other umd mentioned is like $900 or something. I can't find a price for the via nanobook that they announced. But I'm willing to bet it is more than $300.
i guess the 'you fail it' is flame bait - but 2 of those 3 devices run linux - not just one. that's just a fact - not being provocative.
Interesting Guardian article explaining that the asus eee is the Intel Classmate - Intel's response to the OLPC.
You fail it.
Here is the most substantial list I've seen of specs on it. I agree with you that calling it a notebook is a stretch. At the same time, I haven't seen anything with that kind of capability at this price point, smaller or larger. I think I could easily go for the $199 model. They don't specifically mention usb in the list of features - but I would think that it would be necessary to augment the storage.
Connecticut and Oregon lean democrat. The post before yours is more accurate. Both parties will sell out for money. It's not a dem/rep issue - it is a problem with the core of our political system.
If McCain wins and puts Ballmer in his cabinet, I'm sure all this will get straightened out.
There is a little confusion on both your parts. It doesn't matter how many people visit the grocery store a day right now. Because right now that number has nothing to do with how much gas they use.
The question is - how many gas stations are there and how many grocery stores are there. Then find out how many people go to the gas stations and fill up every day - then look at what kind of traffic that means for the grocery store. I'm willing to bet that the gp is right in that the number is large.
What do people normally buy at the grocery store in 12 or 13 gallon quantities right now?
And when you say do those people drive 300 miles a day - that's not accurate either. I don't think too many people go to the grocery store every day. I go 1 or 2 times a week. We fill our car about once a week. So in my case, the number of trips to a gas station and grocery store are similar now. But when I buy gas - there are 3 or 4 gas stations near where I live - and one grocery store.
The numbers are all guesses, but like I said, the intent of the gp is probably pretty much right. The current distribution system for groceries (in the US anyway) is not sufficient to handle also providing fuel needs for the public on top of the food.
that was pretty funny - but i'm having trouble believing that he not only hasn't seen the film but was so clueless about plot, characters, etc.
doesn't really match up with my experience. and putting it next to powerbuilder? that's just not right.
I did this after the last episode of no code. I've also written it on various pieces of paper, written it to cd and emailed it to my gmail account.
My honda, and I think many others - have a security feature for the entertainment system. If the power is ever out to the unit, the owner must punch in a 4 digit code to turn it back on, after power is restored. If you forget the code, and don't have it written down somewhere - you can get it. You just need to remove the unit from the dash and call a dealer with a number written on the outside of it. This is not an easy process - and dealers will do it for you but it costs around $200 last time I checked. In other words - the only person who can easily get at the information necessary to the code is someone who already has the stereo out- like say a thief.
Well - I don't think the classes are a joke. I think a lot of companies send their employees to the classes because they want them to have the training, not the certification. Though I could be wrong. The OCA and OCP only require that you take one class and pass one exam each.
A lot of people I've talked to in the classes are not seeking certification though- they just want to learn what is in the class. My boss wants me certified, but to be honest - I think it is only because he thinks it is important for making our team look better to leadership outside of our IT group. I would want to take the classes whether I was getting certified or not - and the exams are not very expensive. The class is the only part that really costs a lot, except for the OCM - which I have no intention of ever going after.
Oracle has three levels of database admin certs - the first two are attainable without knowing what you are doing. There is a lot of griping in the Oracle community (that I have seen anyway) about the fact that the first two, Oracle Certified Associate and Oracle Certified Professional, are not worth a whole lot. The top level - Oracle Certified Master is extremely difficult and expensive to attain - but there are just a handful of people world wide that hold it.
The thing with the labs that I think would be difficult to do on your own would be the recovery stuff. In fact, I think there is a good opportunity out there for someone if they could write up materials that spelled out how to cause various types of problems and then walked through correcting them.
But I think the thing that needs to be considered in the cost equation is that for the people buying Oracle's enterprise software and running it on high end systems - the classes are a small cost to get the most out of that investment. I doubt there was anyone in those classes I took that was paying for it out of their own pocket. A company that is already buying that kind of stuff, has already indicated a willingness to pay a high premium for what they view as an essential product.
You know - I had a book and a couple weeks and there were some things that I really struggled to grasp. Having a teacher who knew the software extremely well right in front of me was very helpful. I could ask him questions and discuss the areas I didn't understand as well.
Along with that, for example in the RAC class, I wasn't just paying for the lecture. In the labs we installed the software, built a cluster, messed around with the cluster and a number of other things that I don't think would be trivial to set up. A person could do this on their own, with the help of the web and books but I don't think they could put it all together in 5 days.
The class was also packed. I think there were over 20 people there. It is the most popular Oracle database class they offer at that facility. So the money must not be a problem for a lot of their customers. They would be foolish to charge less as they are operating at capacity with the current price. That leads me to think they could probably even charge more without hurting enrollment too much.
When I took my last Oracle class, the instructor told me they were finalizing a new set of Linux classes. I just hopped over to their web site and did a search on linux and it came up with a few classes they offer.
All the classes I have taken from them have been for the database, or Peoplesoft. They all were built around hands on labs with instruction. They are not cheap. My last RAC class cost $3700 for 5 days.
I can't recommend the Linux classes, as I have never taken them, but just thought I would mention that they are out there. I don't know about availability location wise either, but I would assume that eventually they will be available wherever Oracle training is available - which should mean choices in many countries.
hopefully all this will be sorted out by the time i buy a hi-def tv. then again, i'm constantly teetering on the edge of ditching my tv anyway - maybe if this kind of nonsense is going on when my current tv dies, i'll just junk it and not replace it.