The 1st movie was good, but we all knew that Keanu is not good for much more than walking around in a daze. The 2nd and 3rd movies tapered off into crap because the actors couldn't do any better. In one sense it was nice; don't have to worry about the series being ressurected Star Wars style...
<quote>Before publishing the book on his own, Basham said he had contacted Cisco Press about publishing it, but it wasn't interested. After his free book appeared online last week, however, the company contacted him via e-mail requesting a meeting to discuss the program at St. Petersburg College.
Company spokeswoman Goodwin said that Cisco is always looking for ways to improve the program.
She said that although instructors are required to teach the Cisco Academy curriculum, they are welcome to supplement it as necessary. She also emphasized that none of the Cisco Academy students are required to buy any of the textbooks from Cisco.
"Cisco has a long-standing relationship with St. Petersburg College," she said. "And we have a process-oriented quality assurance program with the (Cisco) Academy where we work collaboratively with institutions to solicit feedback. We are continually making improvements based on customer needs."</quote>
Cisco obviously thinks this is as cool as most of us think it is.
I don't want to pay over the top for a PowerMac with dual processors and so on - CHECK
That is only met by the fact that it is a single processor machine. They would still be paying over the top for what they are getting. $799 for an eMac with same processor in it (RAM and hdd upgrades are cheap - don't buy from Apple). Tower form factor is not worth $500 to anybody, IMNSHO.
Brushed metal machinery and software interface... ick. And my guess in the iMac? Price of stainless steel (nickel specifically) has gone up massively in the past 6 months; if their vendors have increased the pricing and Apple is selling the machine for the same prices, their margins have tumbled as of late. Great idea making it worse with the new line of monitors too.
mine uses her Dell laptop with XP Home (her first computer) with no big problems. she can't do much with it... but she can check her golfing stuff online, weather reports and send or receive email. as a side note, her husband (my grandfather) doesn't even know how to turn it on. he is the average anti-change type retired person.
1980's Chevy Caprice Classics had a fuel mpg needle gauge. Pretty cool as a teenager to see that thing swing around as dad drove one way or another. Old BMW M3's had the electonic gizmos that did the same thing (digital of course). It is not a new concept...
yet you probably advocate that linux is so easy your (or my) grandmother could use it. who do you think falls for this stuff? certainly not the typical slashdotter...
the 2.x gen celerons were for people like me... sales drone working at a small office. i don't need high video playing capabilities... as long as i can use word, excel, mozilla firefox, setiathome, norton anti-virus and our accounting app, i am good to go. plus they were cheal dell bpxes with good warranties. if i wanted performance i would have gotten us P4's or AMD's nicer stuff.
most everything "in the middle" as you say is automated. if a new worm comes out i check that the machines are still being updated daily and scanning daily, and that is about it. no down machines in almost 2 years...
Fast internet, L-shaped desks and nice chairs go a long way. The L-shape desk allows for personal configurations yet keep everyone on the same page. That is what we have at my office and it is very nice.
Location in the room is by seniority, owners and bigwig sales people have windows (glass pane kind) to peer out of, support staff nearby (I am 10 feet from my boss, yet I can completely ignore him if needed) and tertiary crew near / at the inside wall over by the conference rooms (one big - one small). We are small, 12 employees.
If cubes are a must, go for the full floor to ceiling type that have glass (prolly clear plastic) tops so people can see if you are in without disturbing others. At least it feels like your own office, even if it is not.
Yeah, guy in the article whining about 10% business loss would have lost 10% due to more competition (store locations) regardless of who is running them. Business is like life; adapt or die. WBM is not taught in business school as a means to success.
anything after is not free. i value my time, and so does my employer. i wish i could have put mandrake or suse on the companies new boxes that every employee got... but winxp pro and ms office it was.
The article hints (slightly) at the wireless telemetry, but does not expand on how important it is. Each F1 car has hundreds of sensors, most of which are monitoring temperatures of various parts. At any givin time, Ferrari (by far the leader in F1 for both technology and strategy) knows the exact temperature of each tire, brake pad, rotor, exhaust header, oil, fuel, brake fluid, other hydraulic fluids, etc. Not to mention the custom EFI maps that vary based on fuel load (as weight drops, less power is required to maintain same lap time), aggressiveness of the driver (playing catch up versus safely out front), outside temp, fuel temp (as it relates to density), humidity, etc. The list just goes on and on. There are at least 100 seperate processors on any F1 car, all of which have physical back-ups (F1 car is a hot, violent, vibration filled environment).
There are new rules that do not allow for 2-way telemetry. Ferrari was working on (and others presumably) adjusting the car beyond the onboard capabilities of the car, on the fly! That's right, the engineers could see the data coming off the car, analyze, and then send "fixes" back to the car, without it ever coming in for a pit stop. Of course, that would be very pricey, and every tech nerd out there would have been scanning the airwaves trying to figure out how to pirate a signal and replace it with something less than optimal. Not that any team would ever do such a thing...;) Yes, encryption was part of it. Remember, these are probably _the_ smartest people running these teams (well, not Jordan or Minardi) that you could find.
The cars are just amazingly cool. They are works of art and science. Sadly, the racing on the track leaves a lot to desire (Michael Schumacher went from 6th to 1st without passing a single car for position on the track last week in Canada).
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The 1st movie was good, but we all knew that Keanu is not good for much more than walking around in a daze. The 2nd and 3rd movies tapered off into crap because the actors couldn't do any better. In one sense it was nice; don't have to worry about the series being ressurected Star Wars style...
RTFA:
<quote>Before publishing the book on his own, Basham said he had contacted Cisco Press about publishing it, but it wasn't interested. After his free book appeared online last week, however, the company contacted him via e-mail requesting a meeting to discuss the program at St. Petersburg College.
Company spokeswoman Goodwin said that Cisco is always looking for ways to improve the program.
She said that although instructors are required to teach the Cisco Academy curriculum, they are welcome to supplement it as necessary. She also emphasized that none of the Cisco Academy students are required to buy any of the textbooks from Cisco.
"Cisco has a long-standing relationship with St. Petersburg College," she said. "And we have a process-oriented quality assurance program with the (Cisco) Academy where we work collaboratively with institutions to solicit feedback. We are continually making improvements based on customer needs."</quote>
Cisco obviously thinks this is as cool as most of us think it is.
I don't want to pay over the top for a PowerMac with dual processors and so on - CHECK
That is only met by the fact that it is a single processor machine. They would still be paying over the top for what they are getting. $799 for an eMac with same processor in it (RAM and hdd upgrades are cheap - don't buy from Apple). Tower form factor is not worth $500 to anybody, IMNSHO.
scratch that stainless crap... Al-book. duh!
Brushed metal machinery and software interface... ick. And my guess in the iMac? Price of stainless steel (nickel specifically) has gone up massively in the past 6 months; if their vendors have increased the pricing and Apple is selling the machine for the same prices, their margins have tumbled as of late. Great idea making it worse with the new line of monitors too.
$1299 for something that was replaced over a year ago!?!? I am thinking that is a serious rip-off.
And it is going down again this morning ($0.74 last I saw).
SAE
society of
automotive
engineers
implemented in 1981.
supposed to last 30 years (2011 for the math impaired).
RTFA.
why do people expect apple's stuff to work with anything else? there is not exactly much of a history of that happening...
And I am thinking the people that worked on it were paid with monies earned from Apple products sold before the release as well.
mine uses her Dell laptop with XP Home (her first computer) with no big problems. she can't do much with it... but she can check her golfing stuff online, weather reports and send or receive email. as a side note, her husband (my grandfather) doesn't even know how to turn it on. he is the average anti-change type retired person.
conserve momentum
1980's Chevy Caprice Classics had a fuel mpg needle gauge. Pretty cool as a teenager to see that thing swing around as dad drove one way or another. Old BMW M3's had the electonic gizmos that did the same thing (digital of course). It is not a new concept...
the editors are morons... and they wonder why so few peopel pay for this shit.
*shrug*
yet you probably advocate that linux is so easy your (or my) grandmother could use it. who do you think falls for this stuff? certainly not the typical slashdotter...
Prett ulgy in this cg from apples site: here
the 2.x gen celerons were for people like me... sales drone working at a small office. i don't need high video playing capabilities... as long as i can use word, excel, mozilla firefox, setiathome, norton anti-virus and our accounting app, i am good to go. plus they were cheal dell bpxes with good warranties. if i wanted performance i would have gotten us P4's or AMD's nicer stuff.
There are many such places all over the USA. The best are the drive thru ones.
"I would like 2 boxes of Remington AA 12-gauge #8 shot, and... a case of Bud."
True story.
Oh yeah, linux and a car wash? Do you think the computers running the car wash side of the biz are using linux? If not...
most everything "in the middle" as you say is automated. if a new worm comes out i check that the machines are still being updated daily and scanning daily, and that is about it. no down machines in almost 2 years...
Fast internet, L-shaped desks and nice chairs go a long way. The L-shape desk allows for personal configurations yet keep everyone on the same page. That is what we have at my office and it is very nice.
Location in the room is by seniority, owners and bigwig sales people have windows (glass pane kind) to peer out of, support staff nearby (I am 10 feet from my boss, yet I can completely ignore him if needed) and tertiary crew near / at the inside wall over by the conference rooms (one big - one small). We are small, 12 employees.
If cubes are a must, go for the full floor to ceiling type that have glass (prolly clear plastic) tops so people can see if you are in without disturbing others. At least it feels like your own office, even if it is not.
IMO, YMMV.
Yeah, guy in the article whining about 10% business loss would have lost 10% due to more competition (store locations) regardless of who is running them. Business is like life; adapt or die. WBM is not taught in business school as a means to success.
anything after is not free. i value my time, and so does my employer. i wish i could have put mandrake or suse on the companies new boxes that every employee got... but winxp pro and ms office it was.
Nope.
Clutch control. The found a way to control the bite point exactly.
Rules dis-allowed launch control, which was combo of traction control and automotated clutch engagement, IIRC.
For those that don't follow F1 racing...
;) Yes, encryption was part of it. Remember, these are probably _the_ smartest people running these teams (well, not Jordan or Minardi) that you could find.
The article hints (slightly) at the wireless telemetry, but does not expand on how important it is. Each F1 car has hundreds of sensors, most of which are monitoring temperatures of various parts. At any givin time, Ferrari (by far the leader in F1 for both technology and strategy) knows the exact temperature of each tire, brake pad, rotor, exhaust header, oil, fuel, brake fluid, other hydraulic fluids, etc. Not to mention the custom EFI maps that vary based on fuel load (as weight drops, less power is required to maintain same lap time), aggressiveness of the driver (playing catch up versus safely out front), outside temp, fuel temp (as it relates to density), humidity, etc. The list just goes on and on. There are at least 100 seperate processors on any F1 car, all of which have physical back-ups (F1 car is a hot, violent, vibration filled environment).
There are new rules that do not allow for 2-way telemetry. Ferrari was working on (and others presumably) adjusting the car beyond the onboard capabilities of the car, on the fly! That's right, the engineers could see the data coming off the car, analyze, and then send "fixes" back to the car, without it ever coming in for a pit stop. Of course, that would be very pricey, and every tech nerd out there would have been scanning the airwaves trying to figure out how to pirate a signal and replace it with something less than optimal. Not that any team would ever do such a thing...
The cars are just amazingly cool. They are works of art and science. Sadly, the racing on the track leaves a lot to desire (Michael Schumacher went from 6th to 1st without passing a single car for position on the track last week in Canada).
Apparently there is not enough education about web designing at art schools even nowadays.
Should there be? It's art school after all...