But one of the best and most recent scenes is when Gibbs (Mark Harmon character) is going through a maze and the geek (nicknamed "probie" - forget his name) is walking him through a map to find a "mainframe" to shut down a bomb or something and says something like - "it's like a video game". Then Gibbs discovers the mainframe room and probie is going to talk him through the shutdown sequence for a Unix system. Cut to probie and he is calling out "Gibbs?!?, Gibbs?!?" because all he heard is gunfire.
Cut back to Gibbs and they show the results of him emptying his pistol into the multiple displays and machines.
Umm.. this is the same way that large corporations work. I think it is just a fact of life working in a large bureaucratic organization.
Coincidentally, if you are in a large bureaucratic organization that is also an IT company, then you see a large uptick in sales in 4Q (Oct-Dec) pretty much because of this fact.
I have never understood it, but the way to embrace it is to plan the budget to be *over* what you received and for valuable work. I'm not talking about spending it for the sake of spending - but planning your actual work (and spend) out and on purpose overspend it (go in the red) to get more done because there is bound to be some other schlump that didn't spend it - and that will cover your overage.
Lots of other information in there as well regarding the build up of arms after WWII in SE Asia, Helicopter companies (Bell) about to go under, etc. It may all be circumstantial, but it is worth a good read.
So maybe if had stayed in office - we wouldn't have had the Vietnam black eye on our history.
Some of the European posters have commented about options such as walking, bicycle, or public transportation. If you live in a metropolis here in USA, then those are viable options.
I live in one suburb of a small city and work in a different suburb of the small city. My commute is about 25 miles one way, 95% highway, which burns about 1 gallon of fuel.
Walking or cycling are not options, neither is public transportation (doesn't go where I go).
The only other option is car pooling, which is nearly impossible with a variable schedule including meetings at other locations that require a drive, picking up kids at day care, etc.
There's also a growing trend here in the states of people moving further away from cities into rural farming areas.
So keep in mind that some Americans have vastly different circumstances. That isn't an excuse to drive some monstrosity that gets 10 MPG though.
Try DocuShare from Xerox. More lightweight and still a big vendor product. If you can convince the government "manglement" to change to a different product.
... that is why it won't air on TV. Can you imagine trying to line up any advertisers? Either they will be begging for spots, or running away from it because they don't want their product affiliated with political propaganda.
Maybe a better approach would be something like one of those tests that adapts to your previous answers, except the user would have to rate sections of the story and it would serve up alternate paths based on what the reader likes (more action, suspense, plot twists, romance, *action*, etc.)
They could read the story hundreds of times and have hundreds of possible path's and endings.
When working with companies in the EU, do you have to get "certified" or trained on Safe Harbor rules (people having to opt-in for data to be exchanged)?
Xerox has a suite of printers that range in price and keep getting very good ratings. They range from small office printers, copier/printers, to full digital production printers.
The Phaser 6250 prints 26ppm (bw or color) and has a resolution of 2400dpi.
I would almost bet that the marketing dept. came up with the idea of extra footage, commentary, etc. and the people involved are just required to fill the 'tape' with something.
Think about it as if your marketing dept wanted to include extra code and commentary about the process you used to make software. Who cares, and we would end up filling the 'tape' with a lot of self-involved BS.
I would much rather have the out-takes, and maybe some behind the scenes stuff if they did something new like Matrix did with bullet dodging.
... Maine saves $1 million dollars on removal of all trash cans from their classrooms.
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Another good read would be Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It certainly doesn't have anything to do with geek/nerd topics, but does delve deeply into the effects of committing a murder on the psyche.
One thing that may have inflated the GTA Vice City sales is that CompUSA was advertising that you could get a PS2 for $150USD with purchase of GTA Vice City (or maybe other games).
I would have to agree here. The Linux vs. Windows religious war will continue, but it just comes down to the bottom line.
If we could think objectively (little penguin on shoulder crys) they are both probably the same cost when you account for training, salary of sysadmin/support personnel, maintenance costs, etc.
If the government wants Universities to start cracking down on Copyright infringement, or ISP's for that matter. They should either give them money/grants to fund the resources necessary to do this or send them a couple of people trained on how to do this.
I always thought it was the governments job to enforce the laws - not public/private organizations.
Link to US PTO site for this patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser ?Sect1=PT O2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r =35&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1=Interwoven&OS=Inter woven&RS=Interwoven
As much flak as he gets here and elsewhere, Gates is not at fault for a lot of the claimed problems with Microsoft. He is just a figure-head for the corporation - at his level he is more directing and high-level project managing. To quote him from article: "I mean, I haven't written a line of code in a shipping product since -- what was it? -- 1983."
As with most other things, the media makes a bigger deal out of him. He is just an employee of the company like all the others, his job description just invloves more leadership.
Today's classes, as a result, suffer from high absenteeism and a low level of student participation. In the absence of fair grading, our success in providing this country with a truly educated public is diminished. The implications of such failure for a free society are tremendous.
Schools are just increasing the amount of cry-babies that are out there in the world. It pisses me off about how many people don't want any responsibility for their actions and just want to be told what they want to hear.
I already work with enough slackers as is, this is just producing more.
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But one of the best and most recent scenes is when Gibbs (Mark Harmon character) is going through a maze and the geek (nicknamed "probie" - forget his name) is walking him through a map to find a "mainframe" to shut down a bomb or something and says something like - "it's like a video game". Then Gibbs discovers the mainframe room and probie is going to talk him through the shutdown sequence for a Unix system. Cut to probie and he is calling out "Gibbs?!?, Gibbs?!?" because all he heard is gunfire.
Cut back to Gibbs and they show the results of him emptying his pistol into the multiple displays and machines.
Umm.. this is the same way that large corporations work. I think it is just a fact of life working in a large bureaucratic organization.
Coincidentally, if you are in a large bureaucratic organization that is also an IT company, then you see a large uptick in sales in 4Q (Oct-Dec) pretty much because of this fact.
I have never understood it, but the way to embrace it is to plan the budget to be *over* what you received and for valuable work. I'm not talking about spending it for the sake of spending - but planning your actual work (and spend) out and on purpose overspend it (go in the red) to get more done because there is bound to be some other schlump that didn't spend it - and that will cover your overage.
Then just get Google Desktop or something similar to index those.
There is a decent book out there http://www.amazon.com/JFK-Vietnam-Plot-Assassinate -Kennedy/dp/0806517727/ref=sr_1_19/002-3552579-977 6027?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179492508&sr=1-19 that has some compelling information - like a week before the assassination a National Security Memo from President Kennedy was issued regarding pulling American forces out of Vietnam. This was quickly rescinded shortly after his assassination.
Lots of other information in there as well regarding the build up of arms after WWII in SE Asia, Helicopter companies (Bell) about to go under, etc. It may all be circumstantial, but it is worth a good read.
So maybe if had stayed in office - we wouldn't have had the Vietnam black eye on our history.
Some of the European posters have commented about options such as walking, bicycle, or public transportation. If you live in a metropolis here in USA, then those are viable options.
I live in one suburb of a small city and work in a different suburb of the small city. My commute is about 25 miles one way, 95% highway, which burns about 1 gallon of fuel.
Walking or cycling are not options, neither is public transportation (doesn't go where I go).
The only other option is car pooling, which is nearly impossible with a variable schedule including meetings at other locations that require a drive, picking up kids at day care, etc.
There's also a growing trend here in the states of people moving further away from cities into rural farming areas.
So keep in mind that some Americans have vastly different circumstances. That isn't an excuse to drive some monstrosity that gets 10 MPG though.
Try DocuShare from Xerox. More lightweight and still a big vendor product. If you can convince the government "manglement" to change to a different product.
If you played an average of 30 hours a week for 18 months, then you made about $0.96 dollars!
Yeah for you!
... that is why it won't air on TV. Can you imagine trying to line up any advertisers? Either they will be begging for spots, or running away from it because they don't want their product affiliated with political propaganda.
The best station for this to air would be PBS.
Do carpenters think a Stanley hammer is cool vs. a Craftsman hammer?
I agree with parent, it's just a tool.
Maybe a better approach would be something like one of those tests that adapts to your previous answers, except the user would have to rate sections of the story and it would serve up alternate paths based on what the reader likes (more action, suspense, plot twists, romance, *action*, etc.)
They could read the story hundreds of times and have hundreds of possible path's and endings.
Funny thing that they aren't going after large corporations that may have thousands of unlicensed versions of software.
Probably because it is the large corporations and agencies that are lobbyists or back lobbyists.
It's all about the almighty buck!
On a similar note:
When working with companies in the EU, do you have to get "certified" or trained on Safe Harbor rules (people having to opt-in for data to be exchanged)?
How much do you want to spend?
Xerox has a suite of printers that range in price and keep getting very good ratings. They range from small office printers, copier/printers, to full digital production printers.
The Phaser 6250 prints 26ppm (bw or color) and has a resolution of 2400dpi.
I would almost bet that the marketing dept. came up with the idea of extra footage, commentary, etc. and the people involved are just required to fill the 'tape' with something.
Think about it as if your marketing dept wanted to include extra code and commentary about the process you used to make software. Who cares, and we would end up filling the 'tape' with a lot of self-involved BS.
I would much rather have the out-takes, and maybe some behind the scenes stuff if they did something new like Matrix did with bullet dodging.
If Administrative Assistant is secretary, then wouldn't you be called a System Secretary then?
... Maine saves $1 million dollars on removal of all trash cans from their classrooms.
Another good read would be Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It certainly doesn't have anything to do with geek/nerd topics, but does delve deeply into the effects of committing a murder on the psyche.
One thing that may have inflated the GTA Vice City sales is that CompUSA was advertising that you could get a PS2 for $150USD with purchase of GTA Vice City (or maybe other games).
Like a 26% reduction in price is going to stop people from pirating it. They are just going to buy more blanks with the extra cash!
If we could think objectively (little penguin on shoulder crys) they are both probably the same cost when you account for training, salary of sysadmin/support personnel, maintenance costs, etc.
If the government wants Universities to start cracking down on Copyright infringement, or ISP's for that matter. They should either give them money/grants to fund the resources necessary to do this or send them a couple of people trained on how to do this.
I always thought it was the governments job to enforce the laws - not public/private organizations.
Link to US PTO site for this patent:r ?Sect1=PT O2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r =35&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1=Interwoven&OS=Inter woven&RS=Interwoven
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parse
As with most other things, the media makes a bigger deal out of him. He is just an employee of the company like all the others, his job description just invloves more leadership.
This sounds more like a book report than a review.
Schools are just increasing the amount of cry-babies that are out there in the world. It pisses me off about how many people don't want any responsibility for their actions and just want to be told what they want to hear.
I already work with enough slackers as is, this is just producing more.