Many thanks for pointing out that when the environment wins, so does everyone else.
While it might not be the cheapest technology out there, even the article that allegedly "debunk" the cost effectiveness of hybrid technology goes a long way to show that environmental options are not the money-draining nightmare they have been presented to be.
thanks for the attagirl. i have to confess that i love that 'revisioned' has become a verb. it certainly *feels* that way when it happens. thanks for bringing it to my attention. you can count on my using it in the (revisioned) future.
and here i thought the canonical books were the fan-fiction version, you know, the ones people liked enough, or the ones that king james thought were supportive of his positions, to be included in that version.
you know, sort of like the way the NSRV practically makes the ten commandments the ten suggestions.
i don't know if it was pulled out of the DVD. my friend and i were watching a VHS version with our children and nearly choked when it didn't happen. it's our favorite part of the movie.
umm, i LOVE the Prius, i run a linux apache server, and i am lots of things, but trendy so isn't among them. until you posted, i had no inkling that the Prious might be trendy. [typical geek: totally out of the trendy loop.] do you drive an SUV and drop $4and change on your latte at starbucks while you pay (and pay and pay) at the pump?
i like DIY and things that run in a more sustainable way. i really like the hack that allows the battery to be charged for 8 hours at a time, letting it be run entirely without using any petrol. but perhaps taking new, emergent technology and hacking it, overclocking it, and putting it to my own use makes me trendy.
and if you don't like the prius, i respect that, but let's not swear at each other, eh?
Ok, so you say the suits are winning out by trying to adopt the 'geek factor,' but let me tell you, girlfriends know the difference. And yes, I read the slashdot article that nerds (not nerdas) make better lovers, but honey, if you'd read craigslist, you'd have been nearly two months ahead, you'd not only know that http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/66795671. html ">geeks are preferred, but you would know why geeks are such a hot item on the market, which The Suits can never imitate. The truth is, I love to date geeks. I am one, and am raising two, and wouldn't consider going to bed with someone who couldn't truly push me around the chess board all while discussing the implications of Stephenson's Snowcrash on libraries while wondering what the heck went wrong with the Patriot Act.
And yes: I am a hottie.
Excellent personal and professional references provided upon request.
Even geeks such as Bill Joy and Ray Kurzweil have been decrying the scary nature of nanotechnology, especially where it dovetails with artificial intellenge and genetic engineering, for over five years. But the interesting part here is, how many geeks are going to be the ones to buy these pants? I mean, we're the ones who bought a prius, not just because it was envionmentally friendly, but because it was a gadget and a Good Idea. For those of us who live at (or at least are not afraid of) the command line, a pair of khakis that sheds coffee stains sounds like a dream come true.
it's not that i don't know how to use the shift key; it's that i reserve it for Very Important Matters.
big on the jitterbug, as well as its perfume, from one old hippie to another.
don't be ridiculous. of course standards are necessary, but it really is [athetic to let some wholly unrelated certifaction (and often self-serving) group determine what is important and what the standard ought to be.
I'm comfortable arguing that, on average, the costs associated with credential-driven IT decision making consistently outweigh the benefits.
here here! by the time you have gone through the hoops and mastered their little quizzes, much has become irrelevant and you are out of touch with the issues in your particular workplace. what ever happened to being able to give a decent discussion to determine what is important in an employee? have management become so out of touch that they no longer know what questions to ask?
this sounds like a fantastic set of papers. at any point is there a discussion on the mechanism by which culture is transmitted? how is cognition meansured.
many thanks for taking the time to review this and to bring it to my attention.
i would contribute. hell. i even subscribe to slashdot. but perhaps that only serves to prove that i am a dolt. how many programmers would it take to donate $50 (less than one billable hour) to create a foundation? and how much would it cost to take linux to the schools? but then, perhaps i miss the point yet again.
Bill Gates can build all the schools he wants to and Linux can't for one reason and one reason only: Windows makes an offer. Bill and Melinda have built a foundation with grants galore for the implementation of the Windows system. Whether you see it as gifting technology to the masses or corrupting the youth to the product, the point remains that public schools would gladly take the technology no matter who offers it. And these days, it's not as though anyone in the non-Windows world is giving the schools a whole lot of alternatives.
The solution: quit complaining about the philathropic efforts of Windows and start an Open Source Foundation. Have an endowed fund and accept grant applications. Built it. They will come.
"When users want one, they pay a royalty fee. If they want to share files, the system forces the next person who wants to get it to also pay the fee. '
so this is really where KaZaa 'comes to the table' and joins the establishment.
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one of the things i find so interesting about PlanetLab is the way employing standards has actually increased the flexibility of the whole product. too often, standards are a primary ossifying force in technological development, especially when created after the fact; by coming up with a common platform and software package at the outset, and by having flexibility as one of the primary goals considered in development, standards will actally help ensure PlanetLab works as it was intended.
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Many thanks for pointing out that when the environment wins, so does everyone else.
While it might not be the cheapest technology out there, even the article that allegedly "debunk" the cost effectiveness of hybrid technology goes a long way to show that environmental options are not the money-draining nightmare they have been presented to be.
thanks for the attagirl. i have to confess that i love that 'revisioned' has become a verb. it certainly *feels* that way when it happens. thanks for bringing it to my attention. you can count on my using it in the (revisioned) future.
and here i thought the canonical books were the fan-fiction version, you know, the ones people liked enough, or the ones that king james thought were supportive of his positions, to be included in that version.
you know, sort of like the way the NSRV practically makes the ten commandments the ten suggestions.
i don't know if it was pulled out of the DVD. my friend and i were watching a VHS version with our children and nearly choked when it didn't happen. it's our favorite part of the movie.
mod parent up. this is great.
how about the Apocrypha?
i know. amazing wasn't it? read it quickly before they take it down for having too much content.
and what will all this re-editing and revision do to games like Star Wars Trivial Pursuit? man, there goes my one offline game :)
umm, i LOVE the Prius, i run a linux apache server, and i am lots of things, but trendy so isn't among them. until you posted, i had no inkling that the Prious might be trendy. [typical geek: totally out of the trendy loop.] do you drive an SUV and drop $4and change on your latte at starbucks while you pay (and pay and pay) at the pump?
i like DIY and things that run in a more sustainable way. i really like the hack that allows the battery to be charged for 8 hours at a time, letting it be run entirely without using any petrol. but perhaps taking new, emergent technology and hacking it, overclocking it, and putting it to my own use makes me trendy.
and if you don't like the prius, i respect that, but let's not swear at each other, eh?
w00+! we will make 733+ babies!
And yes: I am a hottie.
Excellent personal and professional references provided upon request.
Even geeks such as Bill Joy and Ray Kurzweil have been decrying the scary nature of nanotechnology, especially where it dovetails with artificial intellenge and genetic engineering, for over five years. But the interesting part here is, how many geeks are going to be the ones to buy these pants? I mean, we're the ones who bought a prius, not just because it was envionmentally friendly, but because it was a gadget and a Good Idea. For those of us who live at (or at least are not afraid of) the command line, a pair of khakis that sheds coffee stains sounds like a dream come true.
in fact, the copyright governing library information costs all libraries, public and private, many thousands of dollars every year in subscription fees. The problems inherent in current copyright laws are well summarized in a piece written by Duane Webster, Executive Director of the Association of Research Libraries. Though it is written from a librarian's point of view, the analysis of the impact of the extension of copyright by the Sonny Bono Act is applicable to anyone interested in fair use and matters of public domain and privacy.
your sig file has made it into my collection. very nice indeed!
you mean it has nothing to do with iambic?
which of the pair is the charming one, again?
i had to list an occupation on a form recently. after much puzzling: Beat Poet.
it's not that i don't know how to use the shift key; it's that i reserve it for Very Important Matters. big on the jitterbug, as well as its perfume, from one old hippie to another.
don't be ridiculous. of course standards are necessary, but it really is [athetic to let some wholly unrelated certifaction (and often self-serving) group determine what is important and what the standard ought to be.
here here! by the time you have gone through the hoops and mastered their little quizzes, much has become irrelevant and you are out of touch with the issues in your particular workplace. what ever happened to being able to give a decent discussion to determine what is important in an employee? have management become so out of touch that they no longer know what questions to ask?
this sounds like a fantastic set of papers. at any point is there a discussion on the mechanism by which culture is transmitted? how is cognition meansured.
many thanks for taking the time to review this and to bring it to my attention.
i would contribute. hell. i even subscribe to slashdot. but perhaps that only serves to prove that i am a dolt. how many programmers would it take to donate $50 (less than one billable hour) to create a foundation? and how much would it cost to take linux to the schools? but then, perhaps i miss the point yet again.
Bill Gates can build all the schools he wants to and Linux can't for one reason and one reason only: Windows makes an offer. Bill and Melinda have built a foundation with grants galore for the implementation of the Windows system. Whether you see it as gifting technology to the masses or corrupting the youth to the product, the point remains that public schools would gladly take the technology no matter who offers it. And these days, it's not as though anyone in the non-Windows world is giving the schools a whole lot of alternatives.
The solution: quit complaining about the philathropic efforts of Windows and start an Open Source Foundation. Have an endowed fund and accept grant applications. Built it. They will come.
"When users want one, they pay a royalty fee. If they want to share files, the system forces the next person who wants to get it to also pay the fee. '
so this is really where KaZaa 'comes to the table' and joins the establishment.
one of the things i find so interesting about PlanetLab is the way employing standards has actually increased the flexibility of the whole product. too often, standards are a primary ossifying force in technological development, especially when created after the fact; by coming up with a common platform and software package at the outset, and by having flexibility as one of the primary goals considered in development, standards will actally help ensure PlanetLab works as it was intended.