Can anyone give me a precise reason why they think Star Wars I, II or III were horrible movies?
Simply speaking, the dialog was mindnumblingly, insultingly, stultifyingly daft and idiotic. Watch any TV show these days and you'll see better dialog - Lost and Battlestar Galactica immediately come to mind, among others. It's a sad day in entertainment when American primetime TV shows, which are not known for appealing to intelligence, are more well-written than movies with several hundred millions worth of production budget. Is that specific enough, or must I provide examples? A quick google search on Star Wars Dialog should provide enough complaints.
I second the recommendation for C.J.Date's book. After you finish reading that one, here are some more, from Date, Darwin, Pascal, and other standard bearers of the relational model.
One underlying assumption of the article is that blogs are highly influential in destroying companies' reputations b/c blog readers blindly trust the blogs they read. This is probably true in some cases, but untrue in many. However, I have to wonder if businesses would even face this problem if they had spent the past 50 years focusing their hiring efforts, training, and educational lobbying on critical thinkers instead of on worker drones. I can't help but think that this may be a symptom of a larger problem with America's education system, in which both businesses and their politicians are involved.
Interesting. One of the main reasons politicians are very guarded about what they say publicly is that they are often quoted out of context and soundbited by the MSM, and recalls and clarification are nearly impossible b/c those soundbited too.
However, by posting their full and complete thoughts to a blog, even if modified over time, politicians may finally have a way to clearly express themselves directly to the public. Blogs may actually allow politicians to open up and express themselves without having to worry about their message being skewed by idiot journalists with agendas.
Too bad that 50% roof coverage only generates 25% of the power they need.
Why too bad? Depending on the durability of the solar cells, it sounds like getting 25% of your energy needs for a fixed cost and no recurring costs would be quite efficient. Further, cover 100% of the roof (if possible) and get 50% of annual needs from solar? Sounds great. Add a fuel cell storage system to the mix and you've mitigated the risk of business stoppage from blackouts. Sounds like there's a lot of potential there.
It needs
the participations and support from all the people to protect Internet ethics and develop
Internet civilization. Only in this way, could the Internet information society serve human
being on economic, social, cultural and other aspects.
Hate to break it to you, but the Internet already does that, and without the guiding hand of government, thank you very much. So keep your grubby little, power-hungry, censoring, self-important, controlling mitts off our internet, thank you very much.
Kill competition by granting monopolies and you dont get more development, you get less.
On the other hand, why bother spending 10 years and million of dollars developing a brilliant new wonder drug when some two-bit company in a foreign country will simply reverse-engineer it for a fraction of the time and cost it took you to make it, and then sell it worldwide for a fraction of the price you must sell it at to recoup your investment expenses? Seems like a major disincentive to develop brilliant new drugs, doesn't it.
I know we all hate software patents around here, but coding techniques and business processes evolve and mutate at a much greater rate than new, successful drugs are created. Isn't it possible that the pharmaceutical industry is a significantly different case from the software industry, at least when it comes to IP?
No, Rubywillbemorepopular than either Java or PHP for building web-based applications. Take PHP's targeted purpose and framework simplicity, add the power of a better language, and you've got Ruby, and mindshare.
Howdy yall, now thet we knows whar they is hidin', we is a-gonna bomb th' muverfuckers. No mo'e 419 scams! Jest you remember this hyar in th' next eleckshun.
- George
SGML, HTML. Case closed. (Other than the sheer assholery of these people...)
Jebus, I just read the first paragraph of their home page:
We have numerous elemental patents issued and pending in the field of Enterprise Content Management with a revolutionary artificial intelligence we call Business Process Automation.
They consider 'Business Process Automation' to be 'revolutionary'. Bwahahahaha!
No, but JetBlue, Southwest, and Continental are pretty much the industry benchmarks for their use of technology, so it's nice to hear that even JetBlue has their issues!And you hit the nail on the head, everything you mentioned is what we're trying to figure out, thanks.
There are plenty of compensation programs in the industry to copy. Find one that looks the most like your organization and copy it
Thanks, that's exactly the response I was hoping for, though you wouldn't happen to know of any in particular, would you? Even Google isn't very helpful on this. We've found some general info on this on Salary.com, in terms of jobs and roles and salaries that we can use, but I'm hoping for more detailed suggestions from/.'ers.
The bottom line is you, as an individual, fend for yourself first and foremost. If IT is messed up, management doesn't seem to care, or know how to do their job(s) that's not something you can fix. Decide what you want and need, weigh those criteria against what you experience in your job and management. If it's bad, it's unlikely to improve (much).
Thanks for responding, I submitted this article, and I see I may need to clarify things a bit. First, I'm not complaining, I'm happy to be here, it's a great opportunity. This airline has the potential to become a regional JetBlue or Southwest in some respects, though not as big, and there's a lot of energy here. Five years ago, the marketing director and his IT counterpart made a brilliant move in the midst of bankruptcy, and moved all sales primarily to the company's website. It was a huge gamble that people would buy cheaper tickets from the airline's website than from the GDS's (Orbitz, Expedia, Travelocity), but it paid off in spades and the company is insanely profitable for the first time its 75 year history, even with the crazy oil prices.
Now everyone in the company recognizes the value of essentially turning the airline into an internet and electronic direct sales company, and the tiny little IT department that started it all has been ramped up quickly to support these endeavors. But during this process it was being led until recently by IT people who knew technology but not really the business organization side that we all take for granted in larger, more established companies.
I don't blame the management for any shortcomings, they did a phenomenal job with what they had, and now they've hired a rockstar CIO (prior CIO of two major global banks) and HR director, a few months ago to solve the organizational issues. That's what I"m helping with right now, and I'm happy to do it.
Most companies aren't interested in grooming, triggers, etc., they're interested in their bottom line.
The CIO of this one is, it's his initiative.
That you've been "tasked"
I haven't been "tasked", I said "I recently joined the new CIO's task force". Voluntarily.
But a company that doesn't "get it" isn't going to "get it" by organizing some CIO appointed task force.
The company 'gets it', they're just seeking advice on how to implement it.
Aside: Heads up, since you've joined an airline... make sure you keep the jackscrews lubed!)
lol, thanks for the advice, will do.
PS - is this really a dupe? I searched/. for similar articles before posting this, and didn't find any.
Hate to break it to ya Steve old boy, but Google is curing cancer. The Google Toolbar includes Google Compute, which contributes unused CPU cycles to Folding@home, the Stanford research project on protein folding. Potential payoffs of the research include curing some types of cancer.
Actually I rather prefer the Control Panel interface, it's basically the same as in all other Windows versions where you set your folders to Detail or List view instead of Icon view. Icon view sux, it takes up too much space and for those of us who don't remember our programs by their icon, it's a pita to find the program you're looking for. I much prefer List or Detail view.
But I agree with you that WM11 looks like shite, made me laugh when one of the reviewers claims it's better than iTunes, which though not perfect, is still much better than WMxx.
Now that PostgreSQL covers all major platforms (Windows with the 8.x version), is there any technical reason to use MySQL instead of PostgreSQL anymore? PostgreSQL has a better license, is free, is free, is more of a real database with transactions, triggers, stored procs, much better relational model adherence, and all the other great things about PostgreSQL mentioned in other threads. Any reason at all?
I tend to agree. The value of human judgement in space missions will probably increase the further away from Earth, or any other resource-producing human settlement, we venture, when we are less and less able to remote-control and real-time monitor our robots. It will probably also increase in proportion to mission complexity - eg exploration vs. large-scale prospecting and experimentation vs. permanent self-sustaining settlement. But for short trips to the moon and Mars it seems that the pre-programmed and remote-controlled robots have already proven that their capabilities are sufficient for the exploration-only missions we're currently capable of, and much more economically efficient. Once we have the financial, material, and technological resources to settle Mars, then it will be time for humans, but I roughly estimate that's about a century, plus or minus 50 years, off.
Honestly as much as I hate their companies I rather use Oracle *puke* or Microsoft SQL Server *vomit* than MySQL at this point, because i dont have to worry about being sued.
Honestly, how can you even consider that your only option is to go from MySQL to SQL Server or Oracle. Have you ever heard of PostgreSQL? It would make much more sense to replace MySQL with PostgreSQL, and then complain about having to move up to Oracle if PG doesn't work out for you. I won't bother to re-list the same features as jadavis did in another response to your comment. Try it, it's a real database and has been for a long time, unlike MySQL.
Thanks for weighing in, always nice to hear from someone with real experience in the topic.
Quick question - for those of us on the outside it appears that we get much more value out of our robotic missions than the manned ones, from various interplanetary probes to the Mars landers. They're relatively cheap, successful, can be done relatively quickly (compared to 20 years for Mars) and return a wealth of fascinating knowledge. What do people at JPL, and NASA in general think of manned Mars missions? Is there consensus that we should do it, even at the great expense, or is there internal debate about it? Sometimes I wonder if we shouldn't devote NASA's resources to producing more efficient propulsion systems for Mars and other manned interplanetary missions, instead of attempting such missions with with current propulsion technology.
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Can anyone give me a precise reason why they think Star Wars I, II or III were horrible movies?
Simply speaking, the dialog was mindnumblingly, insultingly, stultifyingly daft and idiotic. Watch any TV show these days and you'll see better dialog - Lost and Battlestar Galactica immediately come to mind, among others. It's a sad day in entertainment when American primetime TV shows, which are not known for appealing to intelligence, are more well-written than movies with several hundred millions worth of production budget. Is that specific enough, or must I provide examples? A quick google search on Star Wars Dialog should provide enough complaints.
I second the recommendation for C.J.Date's book. After you finish reading that one, here are some more, from Date, Darwin, Pascal, and other standard bearers of the relational model.
These guys.
One underlying assumption of the article is that blogs are highly influential in destroying companies' reputations b/c blog readers blindly trust the blogs they read. This is probably true in some cases, but untrue in many. However, I have to wonder if businesses would even face this problem if they had spent the past 50 years focusing their hiring efforts, training, and educational lobbying on critical thinkers instead of on worker drones. I can't help but think that this may be a symptom of a larger problem with America's education system, in which both businesses and their politicians are involved.
Interesting. One of the main reasons politicians are very guarded about what they say publicly is that they are often quoted out of context and soundbited by the MSM, and recalls and clarification are nearly impossible b/c those soundbited too.
However, by posting their full and complete thoughts to a blog, even if modified over time, politicians may finally have a way to clearly express themselves directly to the public. Blogs may actually allow politicians to open up and express themselves without having to worry about their message being skewed by idiot journalists with agendas.
Too bad that 50% roof coverage only generates 25% of the power they need.
Why too bad? Depending on the durability of the solar cells, it sounds like getting 25% of your energy needs for a fixed cost and no recurring costs would be quite efficient. Further, cover 100% of the roof (if possible) and get 50% of annual needs from solar? Sounds great. Add a fuel cell storage system to the mix and you've mitigated the risk of business stoppage from blackouts. Sounds like there's a lot of potential there.
It needs the participations and support from all the people to protect Internet ethics and develop Internet civilization. Only in this way, could the Internet information society serve human being on economic, social, cultural and other aspects.
Hate to break it to you, but the Internet already does that, and without the guiding hand of government, thank you very much. So keep your grubby little, power-hungry, censoring, self-important, controlling mitts off our internet, thank you very much.
Kill competition by granting monopolies and you dont get more development, you get less.
On the other hand, why bother spending 10 years and million of dollars developing a brilliant new wonder drug when some two-bit company in a foreign country will simply reverse-engineer it for a fraction of the time and cost it took you to make it, and then sell it worldwide for a fraction of the price you must sell it at to recoup your investment expenses? Seems like a major disincentive to develop brilliant new drugs, doesn't it.
I know we all hate software patents around here, but coding techniques and business processes evolve and mutate at a much greater rate than new, successful drugs are created. Isn't it possible that the pharmaceutical industry is a significantly different case from the software industry, at least when it comes to IP?
No, Ruby will be more popular than either Java or PHP for building web-based applications. Take PHP's targeted purpose and framework simplicity, add the power of a better language, and you've got Ruby, and mindshare.
Howdy yall, now thet we knows whar they is hidin', we is a-gonna bomb th' muverfuckers. No mo'e 419 scams! Jest you remember this hyar in th' next eleckshun. - George
SGML, HTML. Case closed. (Other than the sheer assholery of these people...)
Jebus, I just read the first paragraph of their home page:
We have numerous elemental patents issued and pending in the field of Enterprise Content Management with a revolutionary artificial intelligence we call Business Process Automation.
They consider 'Business Process Automation' to be 'revolutionary'. Bwahahahaha!
You don't happen to work for Jet Blue, do you?
No, but JetBlue, Southwest, and Continental are pretty much the industry benchmarks for their use of technology, so it's nice to hear that even JetBlue has their issues!And you hit the nail on the head, everything you mentioned is what we're trying to figure out, thanks.
There are plenty of compensation programs in the industry to copy. Find one that looks the most like your organization and copy it
/.'ers.
Thanks, that's exactly the response I was hoping for, though you wouldn't happen to know of any in particular, would you? Even Google isn't very helpful on this. We've found some general info on this on Salary.com, in terms of jobs and roles and salaries that we can use, but I'm hoping for more detailed suggestions from
The bottom line is you, as an individual, fend for yourself first and foremost. If IT is messed up, management doesn't seem to care, or know how to do their job(s) that's not something you can fix. Decide what you want and need, weigh those criteria against what you experience in your job and management. If it's bad, it's unlikely to improve (much).
/. for similar articles before posting this, and didn't find any.
Thanks for responding, I submitted this article, and I see I may need to clarify things a bit. First, I'm not complaining, I'm happy to be here, it's a great opportunity. This airline has the potential to become a regional JetBlue or Southwest in some respects, though not as big, and there's a lot of energy here. Five years ago, the marketing director and his IT counterpart made a brilliant move in the midst of bankruptcy, and moved all sales primarily to the company's website. It was a huge gamble that people would buy cheaper tickets from the airline's website than from the GDS's (Orbitz, Expedia, Travelocity), but it paid off in spades and the company is insanely profitable for the first time its 75 year history, even with the crazy oil prices.
Now everyone in the company recognizes the value of essentially turning the airline into an internet and electronic direct sales company, and the tiny little IT department that started it all has been ramped up quickly to support these endeavors. But during this process it was being led until recently by IT people who knew technology but not really the business organization side that we all take for granted in larger, more established companies.
I don't blame the management for any shortcomings, they did a phenomenal job with what they had, and now they've hired a rockstar CIO (prior CIO of two major global banks) and HR director, a few months ago to solve the organizational issues. That's what I"m helping with right now, and I'm happy to do it.
Most companies aren't interested in grooming, triggers, etc., they're interested in their bottom line.
The CIO of this one is, it's his initiative.
That you've been "tasked"
I haven't been "tasked", I said "I recently joined the new CIO's task force". Voluntarily.
But a company that doesn't "get it" isn't going to "get it" by organizing some CIO appointed task force.
The company 'gets it', they're just seeking advice on how to implement it.
Aside: Heads up, since you've joined an airline... make sure you keep the jackscrews lubed!)
lol, thanks for the advice, will do.
PS - is this really a dupe? I searched
Hate to break it to ya Steve old boy, but Google is curing cancer. The Google Toolbar includes Google Compute, which contributes unused CPU cycles to Folding@home, the Stanford research project on protein folding. Potential payoffs of the research include curing some types of cancer.
Actually I rather prefer the Control Panel interface, it's basically the same as in all other Windows versions where you set your folders to Detail or List view instead of Icon view. Icon view sux, it takes up too much space and for those of us who don't remember our programs by their icon, it's a pita to find the program you're looking for. I much prefer List or Detail view.
But I agree with you that WM11 looks like shite, made me laugh when one of the reviewers claims it's better than iTunes, which though not perfect, is still much better than WMxx.
Rear in-wheel motors. Each of the rear wheels contains a thin, eccentric 25-kW motor.
I applaud Honda's work on this technology and everything, but I don't know if I want to be driving around in a nearly-insane vehicle...
The Skylab is falling! The Skylab is falling!
Or from Hitchhiker's guide:
"What is this great task for which I, Deep Thought, the second greatest computer in the Universe of Space and Time, have been called into existence?"
Now that PostgreSQL covers all major platforms (Windows with the 8.x version), is there any technical reason to use MySQL instead of PostgreSQL anymore? PostgreSQL has a better license, is free, is free, is more of a real database with transactions, triggers, stored procs, much better relational model adherence, and all the other great things about PostgreSQL mentioned in other threads. Any reason at all?
Heh, nice. And to any mods who don't know, don't mod it a troll, those are just lyrics: Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side.
That's impossible to imagine in today's culture.
Not quite...
I tend to agree. The value of human judgement in space missions will probably increase the further away from Earth, or any other resource-producing human settlement, we venture, when we are less and less able to remote-control and real-time monitor our robots. It will probably also increase in proportion to mission complexity - eg exploration vs. large-scale prospecting and experimentation vs. permanent self-sustaining settlement. But for short trips to the moon and Mars it seems that the pre-programmed and remote-controlled robots have already proven that their capabilities are sufficient for the exploration-only missions we're currently capable of, and much more economically efficient. Once we have the financial, material, and technological resources to settle Mars, then it will be time for humans, but I roughly estimate that's about a century, plus or minus 50 years, off.
Honestly as much as I hate their companies I rather use Oracle *puke* or Microsoft SQL Server *vomit* than MySQL at this point, because i dont have to worry about being sued.
Honestly, how can you even consider that your only option is to go from MySQL to SQL Server or Oracle. Have you ever heard of PostgreSQL? It would make much more sense to replace MySQL with PostgreSQL, and then complain about having to move up to Oracle if PG doesn't work out for you. I won't bother to re-list the same features as jadavis did in another response to your comment. Try it, it's a real database and has been for a long time, unlike MySQL.
Thanks for weighing in, always nice to hear from someone with real experience in the topic.
Quick question - for those of us on the outside it appears that we get much more value out of our robotic missions than the manned ones, from various interplanetary probes to the Mars landers. They're relatively cheap, successful, can be done relatively quickly (compared to 20 years for Mars) and return a wealth of fascinating knowledge. What do people at JPL, and NASA in general think of manned Mars missions? Is there consensus that we should do it, even at the great expense, or is there internal debate about it? Sometimes I wonder if we shouldn't devote NASA's resources to producing more efficient propulsion systems for Mars and other manned interplanetary missions, instead of attempting such missions with with current propulsion technology.