No. I make great money coding things that aren't hard, using the right tool for the job, producing elegant solutions that improve productivity for people who don't care how it's coded.
It would seem that Google's search data is valuable to them for different reasons than it is valuable to the government. Tracking search terms to actual click-throughs is valuable data for ranking purposes. Google **IS** search ranking. It seems a little extreme to ask them to delete data valuable to their primary mission. There has to be other moral choices.
Couldn't they just selectively delete sensitive searches, or at least any data that could be used to connect a user to a sensitive search.
As a matter of fact, the simple remote works so well that Apple is considering making it the primary input device for the iMac, thereby rendering all keyboards and mice obsolete.
They understand typing rates to go down a bit, but expect the increase in cool factor to make up for the loss of productivity.
From the cited article: 'He said the real message in Genesis was that "the universe didn't make itself and had a creator".' To say there is a creator is to say there is Intelligent Design.
It seems like many people who are participating (including the author of the original post) in this discussion are unfamiliar with the correct use of the term.
I'd recommend reading the Wikimedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design
The article would be better titled:
"The Vatican Rejects the Young Earth Theory"
"The Vatican Rejects literal Genesis account"
"The Vatican Rejectc Fundamentalism"
1) Even the smallest private schools have heterogeneous network environments. You can get a job at the help desk/computer services and have better "toys" to play with then if you got a good MCSE-type job at a company with a small handful of NT servers.
2) Don't forget that college puts you along side other talented techies. In the real world of sysadmins... you're often amongst people who don't care.
3) It's actually quite ironic... if you're good enough now to get a good paying job without college... I'd be MORE inclined to tell you to go to college!!! Many valuable people have degrees outside of computers, and yet have great technical aptitude as well. These people make more money than sysadmins. Besides, college will pass quickly, and you will be making good money soon enough. College can only improve your perspective and long term options.
Try a good liberal arts college in a decent city.
P.S. Try to find your main motivation for work. Is it problem solving, designing, organizing or working within organization, etc. Don't get hung up in a certifications and the narrow views on your talents they create.
Granted, I'm a fan of comic books and comic book movies.
This movie is better than X-men or any of the recent Batman movies. It could be the best superhero movie to date.
I'm wondering if some of the commercials don't have the final CG renderings from the movie. I also had the feeling from the commercials that some of the CG was lifeless. I didn't have that feeling in the movie. Either they improved the CG before the movie's release, or the movie is good enough for me to forget about the CG.
You will want to see this movie this weekend. It will have a huge opening. Unfortunately (for Spiderman, not us) there are many HUGE movies lined up this summer and this may get pushed back when Star Wars comes out.
Make no mistake about it. This movie is stellar. I will own it DVD.
DSL is still alive and well despite recent shakeups. People's access to broadband is increasing dramatically.
Not only is broadband at home spreading rapidly, but even more people have fast connections at work or school and can surf recreationally during certain times.
The average connection speed is in fact increasing and you should have a conversation with whoever is running your upscale housing development.
Web developers and marketers will continue to use Flash-y web designs because they target tech-friendly 19-40 year old people with disposable income. The kind of people who buy faster connections.
They don't download the plugin. They have it.
Holding people's attention requires talent on the part of the designer.
I just had an idea: designers should put in a "skip intro" button for people who want to skip the intro.
Your comparison is just plain wrong. Flash cannot be compared to animated gifs, 1MB images and BLINK tags.
Flash does not require the shockwave plugin, just the flash player, and it is in use by >90% of the web surfers today. These same people have hi-color, 800x600 or better displays and decent >= 56K Internet connections.
Design is no longer about proper indentation in your HTML, it's about grabbing the attention of the MTV generation. And (un)fortunately style can have as much to do with that as substance.
Style should never hurt the message... but clearly that has more to do with the designer than the tool.
DLL's installed from applications should work fine so long as Windows is emulated properly.
Application providers should be licensing DLL's from Microsoft if they need them for their software.
I think Lindows can use the federal government to keep Microsoft's application DLL's separate from the Windows DLL's.
I think given Microsoft's current position with the federal government, a Lindows/Windex alternative is ripe for some governmental backing to improve competition.
I think it's interesting that WIMP in many ways uses a virtual document paradigm. Our use of documents has been around for milleniums. The idea that we'd get away from that any time soon seems a bit weird.
I think speech recognition and A.I. are the next breakthroughs... along with ultra high definition displays.
Even after some large advances in technology and supposed paradigm shifts, I think we'll be surprised at how often we'll be looking at some sort of virtual document.
After all, aren't menus just TOC's?
Visual organization hasn't changed much. What we need to do is change humans to allow them to have a larger data pipe.
Genetics, anyone?
Wow... are you serious?
Besides being off topic, your judgement sounds a bit suspect.
Good consultants create solutions with the right tools for the problem at hand. Fortune 500 status or number of employees have little to do with solving a problem for the client.
The fact that you quote kernel revision numbers as opposed to a favorite distribution hardly qualifies you to implement a good Linux solution. Apache is good for some solutions, how about AOLserver or Tux? Your best solution might not come on one CD, and might require more added value from the consultant (you) as opposed to the operating system or software vendor.
One thing to remember is that IBM (who has many more large clients than you) is betting heavily on Linux.
That's not to say that you didn't implement the right solution for your client. Or that Linux is the best solution all the time.
Just that you're unqualified in your accessment of Linux.
Your post reminds me of the song lyric by Kansas: "If I claim to be a wiseman, it surely means that I don't know."
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No. I make great money coding things that aren't hard, using the right tool for the job, producing elegant solutions that improve productivity for people who don't care how it's coded.
It would seem that Google's search data is valuable to them for different reasons than it is valuable to the government. Tracking search terms to actual click-throughs is valuable data for ranking purposes. Google **IS** search ranking. It seems a little extreme to ask them to delete data valuable to their primary mission. There has to be other moral choices.
Couldn't they just selectively delete sensitive searches, or at least any data that could be used to connect a user to a sensitive search.
Just my $.02
As a matter of fact, the simple remote works so well that Apple is considering making it the primary input device for the iMac, thereby rendering all keyboards and mice obsolete. They understand typing rates to go down a bit, but expect the increase in cool factor to make up for the loss of productivity.
From the cited article: 'He said the real message in Genesis was that "the universe didn't make itself and had a creator".' To say there is a creator is to say there is Intelligent Design. It seems like many people who are participating (including the author of the original post) in this discussion are unfamiliar with the correct use of the term. I'd recommend reading the Wikimedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design The article would be better titled: "The Vatican Rejects the Young Earth Theory" "The Vatican Rejects literal Genesis account" "The Vatican Rejectc Fundamentalism"
1) Even the smallest private schools have heterogeneous network environments. You can get a job at the help desk/computer services and have better "toys" to play with then if you got a good MCSE-type job at a company with a small handful of NT servers. 2) Don't forget that college puts you along side other talented techies. In the real world of sysadmins... you're often amongst people who don't care. 3) It's actually quite ironic... if you're good enough now to get a good paying job without college... I'd be MORE inclined to tell you to go to college!!! Many valuable people have degrees outside of computers, and yet have great technical aptitude as well. These people make more money than sysadmins. Besides, college will pass quickly, and you will be making good money soon enough. College can only improve your perspective and long term options. Try a good liberal arts college in a decent city. P.S. Try to find your main motivation for work. Is it problem solving, designing, organizing or working within organization, etc. Don't get hung up in a certifications and the narrow views on your talents they create.
Granted, I'm a fan of comic books and comic book movies. This movie is better than X-men or any of the recent Batman movies. It could be the best superhero movie to date. I'm wondering if some of the commercials don't have the final CG renderings from the movie. I also had the feeling from the commercials that some of the CG was lifeless. I didn't have that feeling in the movie. Either they improved the CG before the movie's release, or the movie is good enough for me to forget about the CG. You will want to see this movie this weekend. It will have a huge opening. Unfortunately (for Spiderman, not us) there are many HUGE movies lined up this summer and this may get pushed back when Star Wars comes out. Make no mistake about it. This movie is stellar. I will own it DVD.
DSL is still alive and well despite recent shakeups. People's access to broadband is increasing dramatically. Not only is broadband at home spreading rapidly, but even more people have fast connections at work or school and can surf recreationally during certain times. The average connection speed is in fact increasing and you should have a conversation with whoever is running your upscale housing development. Web developers and marketers will continue to use Flash-y web designs because they target tech-friendly 19-40 year old people with disposable income. The kind of people who buy faster connections.
They don't download the plugin. They have it. Holding people's attention requires talent on the part of the designer. I just had an idea: designers should put in a "skip intro" button for people who want to skip the intro.
Your comparison is just plain wrong. Flash cannot be compared to animated gifs, 1MB images and BLINK tags. Flash does not require the shockwave plugin, just the flash player, and it is in use by >90% of the web surfers today. These same people have hi-color, 800x600 or better displays and decent >= 56K Internet connections. Design is no longer about proper indentation in your HTML, it's about grabbing the attention of the MTV generation. And (un)fortunately style can have as much to do with that as substance. Style should never hurt the message... but clearly that has more to do with the designer than the tool.
DLL's installed from applications should work fine so long as Windows is emulated properly.
Application providers should be licensing DLL's from Microsoft if they need them for their software.
I think Lindows can use the federal government to keep Microsoft's application DLL's separate from the Windows DLL's.
I think given Microsoft's current position with the federal government, a Lindows/Windex alternative is ripe for some governmental backing to improve competition.
I think it's interesting that WIMP in many ways uses a virtual document paradigm. Our use of documents has been around for milleniums. The idea that we'd get away from that any time soon seems a bit weird. I think speech recognition and A.I. are the next breakthroughs... along with ultra high definition displays. Even after some large advances in technology and supposed paradigm shifts, I think we'll be surprised at how often we'll be looking at some sort of virtual document. After all, aren't menus just TOC's? Visual organization hasn't changed much. What we need to do is change humans to allow them to have a larger data pipe. Genetics, anyone?
Wow... are you serious? Besides being off topic, your judgement sounds a bit suspect. Good consultants create solutions with the right tools for the problem at hand. Fortune 500 status or number of employees have little to do with solving a problem for the client. The fact that you quote kernel revision numbers as opposed to a favorite distribution hardly qualifies you to implement a good Linux solution. Apache is good for some solutions, how about AOLserver or Tux? Your best solution might not come on one CD, and might require more added value from the consultant (you) as opposed to the operating system or software vendor. One thing to remember is that IBM (who has many more large clients than you) is betting heavily on Linux. That's not to say that you didn't implement the right solution for your client. Or that Linux is the best solution all the time. Just that you're unqualified in your accessment of Linux. Your post reminds me of the song lyric by Kansas: "If I claim to be a wiseman, it surely means that I don't know."