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That's why there's Mouse. And if that's still too large for you, there's Moo. And when even that's still to large, there's Mo
And you can select which one has the features you need, without the bits you don't care about... but they've all got basically the same general API, so you can change it up as needed.
Prior to that, there was a contract with Lockheed Martin.
They have to put out a specification of what they want the machine configuration to look like, and then HP gives 'em a cost per month for it.
And the 'devices' lost aren't necessarily laptops... it could be cell phones or tablets, which are also leased through ACES.
There *are* ways around this, but you have to do more paperwork, and then you can buy stuff off SEWP, and they're maintained by different groups of sysadmins (assigned to the mission, project or division).
And to make it more fun -- if you sign all of the paperwork to take a government furnished computer off site as a contractor, you're liable for the full original purchase price, no depreciation. (this might not be true for ACES)... so I know a few people who brought their work-assigned laptops back and said they'd rather buy their own... which means there's then *NO* control over them... although they're not supposed to put SBU / ACI on it.
When I still had a land line, I specifically *did* *not* have an unlimited line. As most people called me on it, and I called out on my cell phone, I think it was $6 or $7 per month. Plus another $2/month so it was unlisted.
It got such little use after ~5-6 years, I gave it up, though. And now that Verizon's doing the whole fibre thing, if I tried to start it back up, they'd probably try to convert me, with one of those boxes that they *claim* will stay up for 48hrs after power loss, but has been shown to not even make it 24hrs. (not that it really matters when you're down for 4 days)
The courts established a long time ago that you don't have the same property rights under the 4th amendment when it's stored with a third party.
I've raised this issue whenever I hear that a legal office has outsourced their mail service (do they still have attorney-client privilege if the information has been 'shared' with the ISP?)
There are two issues -- (1) does it require a warrant and (2) do they have to notify you of the warrant (so that you can contest it) or only the party holding the information?
There was an article on the topic in the Journal of Consitutional Law a couple of years ago. One of the key things -- ECPA considers any email stored for 180 days can be obtained from an ISP without notifying the user. There was a case in 2008 that found that argued against it and the court agreed, but the case was overturned on other issues so the decision never stood as a precident. It has some interesting things to consider, such as the issues with using a cloud-based thing client without knowing it (in the example, a kid setting up a computer for his uncle), and losing their fourth amendment rights.
Patented? I understand the journalistic need for spicing up stories (hell, I was an admin on Fark)... but even if this was a patentable idea and doesn't fall as a "buiness method", NASA had to go through hoops to even be allowed to do it. (I guess there's no room for earmarks when you can't be sure who's going to get the money).
The NASA program didn't start 'til 2005, and was modeled after the Ansari X Prize (which was *awarded* in 2004, after years of effort by multiple teams). But even then, that was likely modeled after the Orteig Prize, which some guy you've probably never heard of (Charles Lindburg) won in 1927.
Sure they get dirty... all that polo and dressage. And then there's the the 'new rich' (ie, those people who weren't born into it); they need something to do as they relax after having made their millions... don't forget that Vanilla Ice is (was?) a professional jet ski racer.
I could also see it appealing to the people who live in the back woods where there happen to be deep enough streams to make them navigable.
I could see it opening up large tracks of land for the 'off the grid' people where it's not so easy to get to right now. Of course, that also mean poachers, people drilling for oil, prospecting, etc would have better access. For example, there was an episode of Gold Rush on the discovery channel, where they couldn't get in by boat because of waterfalls, and they couldn't get in by ATV because of the water... this would solve that problem (assuming they got someone smaller to ferry the equipment in... I'm guessing most of those folks were near or over the max weight for a jet ski)
Of course, we could also be optimistic and say it could be used by search & rescue groups.... and yes, it'll also be bought by geeks to go along side their Segway and whatever other toys they have.
(for those unfamiliar with it... they only take papers that have already been rejected somewhere else, or when the author doesn't want to make the changes that the peer-reviewer is insisting on)
I've heard that the trick is that you have to have it wrong in such a subtle way that it passes initial peer review, and takes about 3-6 months before someone figures out what's wrong...
The origins of cooking likely had little to do with disease; you don't start having the problems at the scales we see in modern times until you've had domestication and keep them in more confined areas than they'd have been in nature. (which is basically, all farming, not just the factory stuff).
The early advantage of cooking is that it although it may destroy some nutrients (hence the raw food movement), it makes others more available for human absorbtion, so there's a net gain. This is what's attributed to human's large brains -- they're rather costly in terms of energy, but cooking lets us spend less time eating for the same nutrients.
And I say this as someone who's not allowed to give blood, as I'm an increased likelihood of Mad Cow. And I should mention that just bringing to a boil isn't enough for some food borne illnesses (eg, botulism or other spores), particularly if you're at an elevation significantly above sea level.
Now we're left with 'paranormal', reality crap and wrestling.
Now admittedly, wrestling is fiction, but even if they explained the physics behind hitting someone with a folding chair, I don't think it counts as 'science fiction'.
If you're going to consider electrical transport losses, you also need to consider gasoline transport loss. (ie, how much fuel gets used by the truck delivering the fuel to the gas stations?)
The problem, of course, is that it's once again a question of location -- someone who's down the street from an oil refinery is going to be much different than someone who's not.
Personally, I don't drive a hybrid, but I know a fair bit about them as I helped to build a solar car in the late 1990s. The real advantage of hybrids and electrics come at low speeds and stop and go traffic; As I have a 20 mile commute on highways, I won't see the same benefit as someone who does all of their driving in the city, or something like a taxi, delivery vehicle, or bus. (where the frequent stops give regenerative breaking an even bigger advantage). Many people would be better off by just buying a smaller, lighter car.
Sun (that computer company that Oracle bought... you know, the Java folks) used to have a series of books on various technical topics.
If you're going to build out your own computer room, I highly suggest reading "Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology". It might be written for a different scale, but bits like planning how much power to put in, networking, etc, might have application to the other sections as well. (although, I don't know how often gear gets changed out in the machine shop... most that I've been in are still running mills and lathes from the 1970s or so, as they were built to last)
In your specific situation, I'd be concerned with where the door to access the room is... I'd try to avoid having it from the shop floor, as you want to make sure that whatever metal shavings that someone might've picked up on their clothes and shoes have a chance to come off before they go in the room.
Wish I had the mod points... so hopefully this message will prompt others to mod you up, rather than the grandparent who likely posted w/out fully reading the article (or summary).
You obviously don't work with scientists.
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I can say that about *one* of the female scientists that I work with*. It's actually more likely that a male scientist will go on paternity leave than a female on maternity.
My theory is that because of the gender bias, the females are either selected who aren't going to start a family, or they actively choose not to do so for fear of supporting the myth you claim. I can't say which one, as I'm involved in the hiring of scientists. Or, it's like in Idiocracy, where the smart ones are just less likely to have kids.
* And I can only say that she's in her 20s or 30s and went on maternity leave; I can't make any claims as to the timing vs. the minimum time elapsed, as I believe she's been here for at least 2.5 years.
(disclaimer: I work with scientists at a US government agency; it's possible it may be different in other countries or in the commercial / academic area, or even in different scientific fields)
Years ago, the MUD I used to play had a simple 'keep' feature. You could then 'sell all' to a vendor, but it wouldn't sell the stuff that you had marked.
So that back up grenade pack, or alternate class mod,... you have to keep tracking what you don't want to sell, which when some's green (or even white at the beginning) is a royal pain when you want to just drop off the crap stuff and go back out again.
I highly doubt that Apple's going to give people lots of warning about why you might *not* want to upgrade.
And they still can't make it as obnoxious as what HP did when they pulled Google Maps in WebOS (which was one of the big selling features of the original Palm Pre) -- it tells you that Google Maps is off, and you have to download the new Maps program. Luckily, it has over the air updates... so you press a few buttons wait 5-10 minutes, then go and use the inferior product. (no, when I search for 'gas station', I'm not looking for some remote outpost in china with 'station' in the name).
And it *really* sucks in that it's forgotten it's downloaded the thing, or it hasn't bothered replacing the link to the icon... so every few days, you repeat the drill all over again.
A couple of years back, one of the Slashdot admin (Scuttlemonkey? Samzenpus?) gave an interview, and they mentioned that they specifically selected articles that they thought would provoke discussion.
Which I interpreted as 'yes, we troll our users and put up complete flamebait'.
Lister: How can you just like, lie back and accept it?
Kryten: Oh, it's not the end for me sir. It's just the beginning. I have served my human masters, now I can look forward to my reward in Silicon Heaven.
Lister: Silicon what?
Kryten: Surely you've heard of Silicon Heaven?
Lister: Has it got anything to do with being stuck opposite Brigitte Nielsen in a packed lift?
Kryten: No, No. It's the electronic afterlife. It's the gathering place for the souls of all the electrical equipment. Robots, calculators, toasters, hairdryers - it's our final resting place.
Lister: I don't mean to to say anything out of place here Kryen, but that's completely Whacko Jacko. - There is no such thing as Silicon Heaven.
Kryten: then, where do all the calculators go?
Lister: They don't go anywhere! They just die.
Kryten: Surely you believe that God is in all things? Aren't you a pantheist?
Lister: Yeah, but I just don't think it applies to kitchen utensils. I'm not a frying-pantheist. Machines do not have souls. Computers and calculators don't have an afterlife. You don't get hairdryers with tiny little wings, sitting on clouds, playing harps.
Kryten: But of course you do! For is it not written in the electronic bible, "The Iron shall lie down with the lamp"? It's common sense sir, if there weren't a better life to look forward to, why on earth would machines spend the whole of there lives serving human kind? Now that would be really dumb!
Lister : Yeah it makes sense. Yeah. Silicon Heaven.
Kryten: Don't be sad, Mister David sir. I am going to a far, far better place.
Lister: Just out of interest, is Silicon Heaven the same place as human Heaven?
Kryten: Human Heaven? Goodness me! (laugh) Humans don't go to Heaven! No no, someone just made that up to prevent you from all going nuts!
My neighbor's kids (ages 4,8,12) all have the same issue with their mom's Kindle Fire... as well as their mom's iPod Touch. And all but the 4 year old have their own dedicated PCs. And they have a Wii and other gaming systems, as well... but it's the Kindle Fire the older two argue about, and they've all been known to try to walk off with it when no one's looking.
(the one down side -- after various children have managed to buy new apps on it, passwords were set up on it... yet, it seems that there's some key combination that a 4 year old can do when trying to unlock it on her own that will blank the device)
So there's no real reason to shell out $400 (cheapest iPad pricing), when you'll also have to consider the case (to shock proof it from tiny hands dropping it) any apps, etc.
Even with getting things into the $300 budget (the retina starts at $500), I still wouldn't do it, as it fails the other goal of not treating it as a magic box.
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That's why there's Mouse. And if that's still too large for you, there's Moo. And when even that's still to large, there's Mo
And you can select which one has the features you need, without the bits you don't care about ... but they've all got basically the same general API, so you can change it up as needed.
It's not meant to be taken literally. It refers to any manufacturer of dairy products
They're leased from HP as part of the NASA ACES contract :
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/dec/HQ_C10-080_ACES.html
Prior to that, there was a contract with Lockheed Martin.
They have to put out a specification of what they want the machine configuration to look like, and then HP gives 'em a cost per month for it.
And the 'devices' lost aren't necessarily laptops ... it could be cell phones or tablets, which are also leased through ACES.
There *are* ways around this, but you have to do more paperwork, and then you can buy stuff off SEWP, and they're maintained by different groups of sysadmins (assigned to the mission, project or division).
And to make it more fun -- if you sign all of the paperwork to take a government furnished computer off site as a contractor, you're liable for the full original purchase price, no depreciation. (this might not be true for ACES) ... so I know a few people who brought their work-assigned laptops back and said they'd rather buy their own ... which means there's then *NO* control over them ... although they're not supposed to put SBU / ACI on it.
First rule : don't build a data center at a location that gets week-long power outages.
When I still had a land line, I specifically *did* *not* have an unlimited line. As most people called me on it, and I called out on my cell phone, I think it was $6 or $7 per month. Plus another $2/month so it was unlisted.
It got such little use after ~5-6 years, I gave it up, though. And now that Verizon's doing the whole fibre thing, if I tried to start it back up, they'd probably try to convert me, with one of those boxes that they *claim* will stay up for 48hrs after power loss, but has been shown to not even make it 24hrs. (not that it really matters when you're down for 4 days)
To drive traffic to the 'business intelligence' side of slashdot (or whatever their current corporate owner is).
The courts established a long time ago that you don't have the same property rights under the 4th amendment when it's stored with a third party.
I've raised this issue whenever I hear that a legal office has outsourced their mail service (do they still have attorney-client privilege if the information has been 'shared' with the ISP?)
There are two issues -- (1) does it require a warrant and (2) do they have to notify you of the warrant (so that you can contest it) or only the party holding the information?
There was an article on the topic in the Journal of Consitutional Law a couple of years ago. One of the key things -- ECPA considers any email stored for 180 days can be obtained from an ISP without notifying the user. There was a case in 2008 that found that argued against it and the court agreed, but the case was overturned on other issues so the decision never stood as a precident. It has some interesting things to consider, such as the issues with using a cloud-based thing client without knowing it (in the example, a kid setting up a computer for his uncle), and losing their fourth amendment rights.
Patented? I understand the journalistic need for spicing up stories (hell, I was an admin on Fark) ... but even if this was a patentable idea and doesn't fall as a "buiness method", NASA had to go through hoops to even be allowed to do it. (I guess there's no room for earmarks when you can't be sure who's going to get the money).
The NASA program didn't start 'til 2005, and was modeled after the Ansari X Prize (which was *awarded* in 2004, after years of effort by multiple teams). But even then, that was likely modeled after the Orteig Prize, which some guy you've probably never heard of (Charles Lindburg) won in 1927.
Sure they get dirty ... all that polo and dressage. And then there's the the 'new rich' (ie, those people who weren't born into it); they need something to do as they relax after having made their millions ... don't forget that Vanilla Ice is (was?) a professional jet ski racer.
I could also see it appealing to the people who live in the back woods where there happen to be deep enough streams to make them navigable.
I could see it opening up large tracks of land for the 'off the grid' people where it's not so easy to get to right now. Of course, that also mean poachers, people drilling for oil, prospecting, etc would have better access. For example, there was an episode of Gold Rush on the discovery channel, where they couldn't get in by boat because of waterfalls, and they couldn't get in by ATV because of the water ... this would solve that problem (assuming they got someone smaller to ferry the equipment in ... I'm guessing most of those folks were near or over the max weight for a jet ski)
Of course, we could also be optimistic and say it could be used by search & rescue groups. ... and yes, it'll also be bought by geeks to go along side their Segway and whatever other toys they have.
I want to know how Rejecta Mathematica stacks up to the others.
(for those unfamiliar with it ... they only take papers that have already been rejected somewhere else, or when the author doesn't want to make the changes that the peer-reviewer is insisting on)
I've heard that the trick is that you have to have it wrong in such a subtle way that it passes initial peer review, and takes about 3-6 months before someone figures out what's wrong ...
and then you can just roll in the citations.
The origins of cooking likely had little to do with disease; you don't start having the problems at the scales we see in modern times until you've had domestication and keep them in more confined areas than they'd have been in nature. (which is basically, all farming, not just the factory stuff).
The early advantage of cooking is that it although it may destroy some nutrients (hence the raw food movement), it makes others more available for human absorbtion, so there's a net gain. This is what's attributed to human's large brains -- they're rather costly in terms of energy, but cooking lets us spend less time eating for the same nutrients.
And I say this as someone who's not allowed to give blood, as I'm an increased likelihood of Mad Cow. And I should mention that just bringing to a boil isn't enough for some food borne illnesses (eg, botulism or other spores), particularly if you're at an elevation significantly above sea level.
Too late. SciFi's gone.
Now we're left with 'paranormal', reality crap and wrestling.
Now admittedly, wrestling is fiction, but even if they explained the physics behind hitting someone with a folding chair, I don't think it counts as 'science fiction'.
If you're going to consider electrical transport losses, you also need to consider gasoline transport loss. (ie, how much fuel gets used by the truck delivering the fuel to the gas stations?)
The problem, of course, is that it's once again a question of location -- someone who's down the street from an oil refinery is going to be much different than someone who's not.
Personally, I don't drive a hybrid, but I know a fair bit about them as I helped to build a solar car in the late 1990s. The real advantage of hybrids and electrics come at low speeds and stop and go traffic; As I have a 20 mile commute on highways, I won't see the same benefit as someone who does all of their driving in the city, or something like a taxi, delivery vehicle, or bus. (where the frequent stops give regenerative breaking an even bigger advantage). Many people would be better off by just buying a smaller, lighter car.
Sun (that computer company that Oracle bought ... you know, the Java folks) used to have a series of books on various technical topics.
If you're going to build out your own computer room, I highly suggest reading "Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology". It might be written for a different scale, but bits like planning how much power to put in, networking, etc, might have application to the other sections as well. (although, I don't know how often gear gets changed out in the machine shop ... most that I've been in are still running mills and lathes from the 1970s or so, as they were built to last)
In your specific situation, I'd be concerned with where the door to access the room is ... I'd try to avoid having it from the shop floor, as you want to make sure that whatever metal shavings that someone might've picked up on their clothes and shoes have a chance to come off before they go in the room.
Wish I had the mod points ... so hopefully this message will prompt others to mod you up, rather than the grandparent who likely posted w/out fully reading the article (or summary).
I can say that about *one* of the female scientists that I work with*. It's actually more likely that a male scientist will go on paternity leave than a female on maternity.
My theory is that because of the gender bias, the females are either selected who aren't going to start a family, or they actively choose not to do so for fear of supporting the myth you claim. I can't say which one, as I'm involved in the hiring of scientists. Or, it's like in Idiocracy, where the smart ones are just less likely to have kids.
* And I can only say that she's in her 20s or 30s and went on maternity leave; I can't make any claims as to the timing vs. the minimum time elapsed, as I believe she's been here for at least 2.5 years.
(disclaimer: I work with scientists at a US government agency; it's possible it may be different in other countries or in the commercial / academic area, or even in different scientific fields)
But no one's looking at your license while you're driving. It's when you're grumpy for having been pulled over that they ask to see your license.
Years ago, the MUD I used to play had a simple 'keep' feature. You could then 'sell all' to a vendor, but it wouldn't sell the stuff that you had marked.
So that back up grenade pack, or alternate class mod, ... you have to keep tracking what you don't want to sell, which when some's green (or even white at the beginning) is a royal pain when you want to just drop off the crap stuff and go back out again.
I highly doubt that Apple's going to give people lots of warning about why you might *not* want to upgrade.
And they still can't make it as obnoxious as what HP did when they pulled Google Maps in WebOS (which was one of the big selling features of the original Palm Pre) -- it tells you that Google Maps is off, and you have to download the new Maps program. Luckily, it has over the air updates ... so you press a few buttons wait 5-10 minutes, then go and use the inferior product. (no, when I search for 'gas station', I'm not looking for some remote outpost in china with 'station' in the name).
And it *really* sucks in that it's forgotten it's downloaded the thing, or it hasn't bothered replacing the link to the icon ... so every few days, you repeat the drill all over again.
A couple of years back, one of the Slashdot admin (Scuttlemonkey? Samzenpus?) gave an interview, and they mentioned that they specifically selected articles that they thought would provoke discussion.
Which I interpreted as 'yes, we troll our users and put up complete flamebait'.
Not having much luck finding it again, though.
1899? That'd be even earlier than Colin McKenzie's film, which I believe was 1911 ... I'd have to rewatch Forgotten Silver to confirm it, though.
Red Dwarf, "The Last Day"
It's quite simple:
1. Buy new parts to build yourself a new machine.
2. Have your child help you assemble said machine
3. Repurpose the old machine for the child.
My neighbor's kids (ages 4,8,12) all have the same issue with their mom's Kindle Fire ... as well as their mom's iPod Touch. And all but the 4 year old have their own dedicated PCs. And they have a Wii and other gaming systems, as well ... but it's the Kindle Fire the older two argue about, and they've all been known to try to walk off with it when no one's looking.
(the one down side -- after various children have managed to buy new apps on it, passwords were set up on it ... yet, it seems that there's some key combination that a 4 year old can do when trying to unlock it on her own that will blank the device)
So there's no real reason to shell out $400 (cheapest iPad pricing), when you'll also have to consider the case (to shock proof it from tiny hands dropping it) any apps, etc.
Even with getting things into the $300 budget (the retina starts at $500), I still wouldn't do it, as it fails the other goal of not treating it as a magic box.