Anyone else getting tired off all this Web 2.0 (tm) terminology?... "Compute cloud", "Grid computing service", etc. Every time I see this, I think Gay-Related Immune Deficiency computing service. Guess I'm showing my age. Anyone else remember the diet candy called Ayds?... wow, bet the marketing guys at that company had coronaries after the CDC press release. It's not good when a government agency names a fatal syndrome after your product.
How do you punish a 16-year-old Spammer? Community service is too good for him and doesn't send a strong enough message to other pubescent male teens thinking of starting Spam businesses... I say string 'em up by his testicles!
Fry: Did you build the Smellescope? Farnsworth: No, I remembered that I'd built one last year. Go ahead, try it. You'll find that every heavenly body has its own particular scent. Here, I'll point it at Jupiter. [Fry sniffs.] Fry: Smells like strawberries. Farnsworth: Exactly! And now Saturn. [Fry sniffs.] Fry: Pine needles. Oh, man, this is great! Hey, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus. [Fry laughs.] Leela: I don't get it. Farnsworth: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all. Fry: Oh. What's it called now? Farnsworth: Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you.
Sigh, maybe in a perfect world, but that has not been the goal for ANY government organization I've worked for in the past 20 years. The last people gov't employees worry about serving are actual citizens and gov't managers seem to only worry about spending their budget (waste anywhere they can hide it) so that they don't lose any money in next year's budget. I'll take an organization that is profit driven over waste driven any day.
"This is the telecom industry you're talking about. It's like a school for inefficiency and bureaucracy. It's like a school for inefficiency and bureaucracy."
OK I agree, but ask yourself why the telecom industry is full of inefficiency and bureaucracy. It's the same reason that the insurance and pharmaceutical industries are full of inefficiency and bureaucracy here in the US. IMHO it is due to government/political involvement and the lack of consumer/voter action. We can't blame a "company" for problems... it's just a "company" filled with mostly descent people like OSTG;).
I believe that we need an outside (maybe international) non-profit and non-industry based organization to take care of rf regulation. The fees for licensing would go to developing new technology and supporting the new org instead of pouring back into the government FCC bureaucracy.
"Riiiiight. The phone companies are our good buddies. They are so consumer friendly and would never lie & cheat us."
Riiiight. Government entities are our good buddies. They are so citizen friendly and would never lie & cheat us.
Companies are nothing but a group of people (yes, real human beings like me and maybe you) that are all working towards comon goals that will hopefully produce a profit. These humans include stock holders, board members, directors/managers, and employees/volunteers. There is nothing *evil* about a company, so don't try and personify it.... this also goes for gov't entities. I've worked for numerous organizations in both the private (F500s to mom & pops) and public (local, state & fed) sectors and it is my strong opinion that there are many-MANY more bad practices/deals/etc in public sector organizations than private ones.
Now, do I agree with Sprint owning this spectrum? No... but I wouldn't agree to a gov't entity owning it either. Do you want your provider to have the efficiency of the USPO? I sure the hell don't.
"The mental habit of assuming the needs of the computer outweigh the needs of the user is distinctive. Sadly, many coders never outgrow it, as evidenced by most user interface design...People write dates the way they customarily do...But arguing the superiority of one date format over the other on the basis of the convenience to the computer is weak."
That is exactly the type of attitude that has kept the US away from the metric system. People get in their comfort circles and won't change even when there are more efficient/logical alternatives. Arguing the superiority of one format over the other on the basis of human laziness and ignorance is also weak.
I understand your complaints about UI design and creating applications that are user friendly (I use to write software for insurance agents for god sake), but we should search for the most efficient and logical routes when dealing with measurements.
?? I smell FUD. They may not have gotten around to using Linux in their cell phones (yet), but as a company Nokia has definitely adopted and supports Linux.
It is a reactionary party, despite recent efforts to call it something else -- and the Democratic party has better do its damndest to not fall into the same reactionary mold.
Unfortunately they already have. IMHO there is very little difference between the two major American political parties anymore.
When I was a young kid (in the shadow of the Apollo mission days), I'd hoped that manned space flights would have become so routine by the 21st century that they wouldn't even make the news. They would garner as much attention as a plane taking off at the local airport....plus, I'd be living on the moon by now with my female android wife. Strike 3.
"If we can isolate certain proteins, then perhaps we can address the issue of the physiology of the dinosaur," Schweitzer said.
Maybe it's a good thing I'm not on their team. It'd be awfully tempting to see what a T.Rex tastes like. Guess we watched too many Flintstones cartoons as kids. Never could find a Brontosaurus burger.
My dog has a very small RFID that I had the Vet intentional leave in him (name, address & phone number)... now my dog is suing me for violating his rights for privacy.
My 8th grade science teacher didn't study to be a science teacher. She was english/social studies, but they needed someone to teach science. Fortunately she wasn't threatened by a kid knowing more than she did about earth science.
My 8th grade sex-ed teacher didn't study to be a sex-ed teacher. She was english/social studies, but they needed someone to teach sex-ed. Fortunately she wasn't threatened by a kid knowing more than she did about fellatio.
Of course I went to a Catholic school taught by nuns.
"Even if you miss my point, atleast the mother won. Far more than her lawyer atleast."
No, the mother broke even (minus the time required and pain/suffering this case may have caused). Her lawyers are going to get paid for their time. The RIAA lawyers will also get paid for their services by the RIAA. It's a win-win situation for the shark community.
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Sarcasm? If not, you've got a serious case of "shit in one hand and wish in the other then tell me which one fills up first".
Anyone else getting tired off all this Web 2.0 (tm) terminology?... "Compute cloud", "Grid computing service", etc. Every time I see this, I think Gay-Related Immune Deficiency computing service. Guess I'm showing my age. Anyone else remember the diet candy called Ayds?... wow, bet the marketing guys at that company had coronaries after the CDC press release. It's not good when a government agency names a fatal syndrome after your product.
How do you punish a 16-year-old Spammer? Community service is too good for him and doesn't send a strong enough message to other pubescent male teens thinking of starting Spam businesses... I say string 'em up by his testicles!
"The media companies asked us to do this ..... so we had to do this."
..... so we had to do this."
"Hitler asked us to do this
Sorry, needed a fix. It's been a while since a Nazi reference on Slashdot.
IMHO the only thing O'Reilly is qualified to even attempt to trademark would be "Shitty Books" and/or "Crappy Conferences".
Maybe these guys are related to the scientists that lived in Ireland before Michael McCloud invented a new type of beverage in his basement.
....what do they smell like?
Fry: Did you build the Smellescope?
Farnsworth: No, I remembered that I'd built one last year. Go ahead, try it. You'll find that every heavenly body has its own particular scent. Here, I'll point it at Jupiter.
[Fry sniffs.]
Fry: Smells like strawberries.
Farnsworth: Exactly! And now Saturn.
[Fry sniffs.]
Fry: Pine needles. Oh, man, this is great! Hey, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus.
[Fry laughs.]
Leela: I don't get it.
Farnsworth: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.
Fry: Oh. What's it called now?
Farnsworth: Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you.
"Now in a gov the goal is to serve the people."
Sigh, maybe in a perfect world, but that has not been the goal for ANY government organization I've worked for in the past 20 years. The last people gov't employees worry about serving are actual citizens and gov't managers seem to only worry about spending their budget (waste anywhere they can hide it) so that they don't lose any money in next year's budget. I'll take an organization that is profit driven over waste driven any day.
"This is the telecom industry you're talking about. It's like a school for inefficiency and bureaucracy. It's like a school for inefficiency and bureaucracy."
;).
OK I agree, but ask yourself why the telecom industry is full of inefficiency and bureaucracy. It's the same reason that the insurance and pharmaceutical industries are full of inefficiency and bureaucracy here in the US. IMHO it is due to government/political involvement and the lack of consumer/voter action. We can't blame a "company" for problems... it's just a "company" filled with mostly descent people like OSTG
I believe that we need an outside (maybe international) non-profit and non-industry based organization to take care of rf regulation. The fees for licensing would go to developing new technology and supporting the new org instead of pouring back into the government FCC bureaucracy.
"Riiiiight. The phone companies are our good buddies. They are so consumer friendly and would never lie & cheat us."
Riiiight. Government entities are our good buddies. They are so citizen friendly and would never lie & cheat us.
Companies are nothing but a group of people (yes, real human beings like me and maybe you) that are all working towards comon goals that will hopefully produce a profit. These humans include stock holders, board members, directors/managers, and employees/volunteers. There is nothing *evil* about a company, so don't try and personify it.... this also goes for gov't entities. I've worked for numerous organizations in both the private (F500s to mom & pops) and public (local, state & fed) sectors and it is my strong opinion that there are many-MANY more bad practices/deals/etc in public sector organizations than private ones.
Now, do I agree with Sprint owning this spectrum? No... but I wouldn't agree to a gov't entity owning it either. Do you want your provider to have the efficiency of the USPO? I sure the hell don't.
"The keynote yesterday, author Leander Kahney says, was the most uninspiring he's yet seen out of the usually charismatic man."
The keynote could have just been, "I'm rich bitch!" for all Steve cares. What do you want him to do, entertain you?
"The mental habit of assuming the needs of the computer outweigh the needs of the user is distinctive. Sadly, many coders never outgrow it, as evidenced by most user interface design...People write dates the way they customarily do...But arguing the superiority of one date format over the other on the basis of the convenience to the computer is weak."
That is exactly the type of attitude that has kept the US away from the metric system. People get in their comfort circles and won't change even when there are more efficient/logical alternatives. Arguing the superiority of one format over the other on the basis of human laziness and ignorance is also weak.
I understand your complaints about UI design and creating applications that are user friendly (I use to write software for insurance agents for god sake), but we should search for the most efficient and logical routes when dealing with measurements.
"Ruling Makes Judges Look Like Fucking Idiots"
How do you successfully sort the dd/mm/yy format? yyyy-mm-dd is much more logical.
"However with Nokia refusing to adopt Linux..."
?? I smell FUD. They may not have gotten around to using Linux in their cell phones (yet), but as a company Nokia has definitely adopted and supports Linux.
It is a reactionary party, despite recent efforts to call it something else -- and the Democratic party has better do its damndest to not fall into the same reactionary mold.
Unfortunately they already have. IMHO there is very little difference between the two major American political parties anymore.
When I was a young kid (in the shadow of the Apollo mission days), I'd hoped that manned space flights would have become so routine by the 21st century that they wouldn't even make the news. They would garner as much attention as a plane taking off at the local airport. ...plus, I'd be living on the moon by now with my female android wife. Strike 3.
"If we can isolate certain proteins, then perhaps we can address the issue of the physiology of the dinosaur," Schweitzer said.
Maybe it's a good thing I'm not on their team. It'd be awfully tempting to see what a T.Rex tastes like. Guess we watched too many Flintstones cartoons as kids. Never could find a Brontosaurus burger.
The only thing stranger than the content of this article is the fact that it is being hosted on foxnews.com.
My dog has a very small RFID that I had the Vet intentional leave in him (name, address & phone number)... now my dog is suing me for violating his rights for privacy.
Well, better to light a candle rather than curse the darkness.
Here is an article for beginners about SQL injection hacks.
"...why do enterprises seem to most frequently use RHEL, or something like this SuSE LE 10?"
Because many decisions in enterprises (like mine) are relationship driven.
We have a strong relationship with Oce and Oce has a strong relationship with SuSE (both with German roots). So, our Oce print servers all run SuSE.
On the app hosting side, our IT department has always had good relationships with RTP companies, so they prefer RedHat.
My 8th grade science teacher didn't study to be a science teacher. She was english/social studies, but they needed someone to teach science. Fortunately she wasn't threatened by a kid knowing more than she did about earth science.
My 8th grade sex-ed teacher didn't study to be a sex-ed teacher. She was english/social studies, but they needed someone to teach sex-ed. Fortunately she wasn't threatened by a kid knowing more than she did about fellatio.
Of course I went to a Catholic school taught by nuns.
"There are huge differences between morality and legality. What is wrong is not always illegal, and what is illegal is not always wrong."
Just my opinion but I believe the only difference is that what is wrong is always grey and what is legal is (suppose to be) always black and white.
I think what infuriates many people is when others try to impose there morality shade of grey and/or when the legal system isn't clear cut.
Guess we don't live in a place called Perfect.
"Even if you miss my point, atleast the mother won. Far more than her lawyer atleast."
No, the mother broke even (minus the time required and pain/suffering this case may have caused). Her lawyers are going to get paid for their time. The RIAA lawyers will also get paid for their services by the RIAA. It's a win-win situation for the shark community.