They're faster, more efficient and more accurate. Yes, they require learning yet there's a valid reason and a payoff to doing so. Do we really want to dumb things down any further? If you can't figure out Google, perhaps you should get off the Net.
I honestly believe that it's only a matter of time until Apple decides to try their hand at the SMB market once again. To some extent they've simply come in the back door in terms of popularizing certain aspects of their product line to the point that it's ubiquitous with computing in general (iPod). While having a iPod/iPhone doesn't translate directly to buying their schtuff for the front/back-office, it does have an affect on general acceptance. If Jobs puts his mind to it, he can improve XServe and associated management/server services to the extent necessary to be a major player. Apple has enormous cash reserves and they understand the power that yields in terms of RDT&E success. Maybe I'm dead wrong and Jobs has no intention of entering the market. I can't imagine him leaving that kind of money on the table, though.
So since a handful of people do something stupid with a laser pointer, AUS outlaws them. I've got to think that far more deaths are caused by car accidents as a result of people being 'brighted'. Will they outlaw high-beams. They should probably outlaw really bright directionally focused light sources altogether. Better outlaw water while they're at it. I mean, look how many people drown every year.
Sorry my friend, but the biggest reason people 'fear losing their job' and not being able to support their family is due to personal irresponsibility. I promised myself a looooong time ago that I would do my best not to get into a situation where my job could bend my ethics due to need for the check every two weeks. Show me a person with little to no debt, a stout (not huge mind you) savings that knows how to live within or below their means and I'll show you someone who won't hesitate to 'blow the whistle', call a spade a spade, insert cliche here. Sadly, employers know as well as retailers and lenders that debt equals power over the indebted. This is not 100% of the problem, but in my opinion it is a very big part of it.
Wow! Google sells search/mapping appliances to the IC. The indignity! And Google has a Federal sales team!!!! Why, only those who read Google's job postings would know that. This is stupid. How in the heck is this news worthy?
This is a highly polarized topic. I must say, I'm a little surprised that anyone here is downplaying the importance of MIT vs. a less prestigious school (or even no college at all). I'll give you my two cents. I'm 15+ years in the industry (INFOSEC mostly), deep into 6 figures now, was making $80k at 26 years of age. I dropped out of school after a year and a half. I'm slowly finishing my degree, but on my terms and someone else's dime. If someone wants to see the 'piece of paper', they'll foot the bill. Period. My year and a half in school (a prestigious private institution) was a farce. I didn't leave due to too much partying or lack of funds. On the contrary, I had a decent job outside of school that allowed me to pay the exorbitant tuition. I left because the cost/benefit analysis said to. Sorry, but in the end it really is just a piece of paper. The meat of what you'll do for a living is going to be learned in the classroom of experience. Would I be regarded more highly if I had a degree from MIT? Of course! I'm not going to kid you; MIT would have never accepted me. On the flip side, would I be making any more than I am now if I had graduated from MIT, Yale, etc? No way. I work with folks who did in fact graduate from such institutions and where there is a difference in salary, they have some catching up to do. You will be happy if you make a living doing what you love. If you're intelligent and good (very good) at what you love and that 'thing' you do is valuable in the marketplace...then you'll make a very good living; MIT diploma or no. Save your money. If you're really as good as you think you are (so good that a company like Google should want to invest six figures into you for the promise that your awesomeness will come work for them (uhhhhh...yeah)) then you'll have no problems. Get the quickest degree you can from an accredited institution then get to the real learning. The exception to all this would be if your goal is to go into research...in which case you can ignore all of my advice. Just my two cents...many others will disagree whole heartedly.
I posted the following info on a previous thread a few days ago, but it was long enough after the story had been posted that it got buried. Anyway, because I believe that it's significant, I will again point out that Google would seem to be coalescing to the wishes of governments such as China. Google's automated the process of blocking particular videos in particular countries via new country blocking XML tags ([media:restriction type="country" relationship="deny">CN]") that they've added in YouTube/Google Video. If you're not familiar with Google's latest (Do no evil???) addition to YouTube, see the write-up that YouTomb did on the matter. Anyway, I can think of no other reason that Google would add in such capability, but I've admittedly not devoted much time to pondering it.
They're no match for the "the world's most formidable hacker posse"!!! Round 'em up ya'll! Oh bother, I'm so disenchanted with all this that I can't even make jokes any more. Just what we friggin' need, yet another l33t cyber-whatever group to keep us safe.
Google's made it easy for them to block only the videos that make them look bad with their new country blocking XML tabs. Just add a "[media:restriction type="country" relationship="deny">CN]" and voi la! If you're not familiar with Google's latest (Do no evil???) addition to YouTube, do a little Googling to see the write-up that YouTomb did on the matter. China can either request it of Google or do a little in-session HTML mangling with their "Great Firewall". Bah! China can suck an egg...
If they want to win the market, they'll make sure that Android is super easy to port to existing phones. They'll immediately have market saturation at no expense to the end user. Doing this will require a really close relationship with the FOSS community with all the necessary tools and code available. I'd put Android on my crap Q9c in a heartbeat. Once this is done, it becomes a defacto standard and people naturally lean toward buying new phones with Android installed.
Ahem. I was a CIO at 26 (not of my own company, either) and a CEO by 30. What's this over 40 nonsense? As for a suit? I would venture a guess that at least a fourth of current CEOs go for the business casual look (I'm a suit/tie guy myself).
From Wikipedia's entry on Google Sky (which sites two articles on the matter): Google Sky is believed to be less expansive than its competitor WorldWide Telescope from Microsoft, which is regarded as significantly better.
I hate class action suits. They do next to no good for the consumer save for putting a couple (literally) bucks in the pocket, benefit lawyers almost exclusively and in the end make products cost more. I hate Vista, and I don't care for (and therefor do not use the products produced by) Microsoft but this is going to do little good in the long run.
If you bide your time a bit, the N810 is rumored to be coming out with WiMax and 3/3.5G built in. I haven't heard if it's going to include carrier branding/lock-in, but I'd venture to guess it will be available unlocked regardless.
Okay: Nokia N810. Done. Hear me out. I have an n810 (does EVERYTHING you ask for save for the built in unlimited cellular data plan) and a cheap-o Cingular phone with data service (MediaNet Unlimited for $15/mo) which lets me run everything via a Bluetooth connection to my Cingular phone over the data service. I have a VoIP carrier I'm very happy with that I use at home with a second line for my n810. Works fine over HSDP and works 'okay' over EDGE. Even the VTC over SIP works over HSDP. When I'm some place with WiFi, the n810 'prefers' that. Pidgin for chat. Full IMAP client. Bazillions of Linux apps. Sweet new interface with OS2008. I'm happy as a clam. Also worth noting that Nokia released OS2008 for the n800 which you can pick up brand new for only $250ish. I like the slide out keyboard on the 810 though...worth the price diff. Note that the GPS in the 810 is not the most accurate I've seen, but gets the job done.
...having carried a laptop around the world (literally) for 16 months, I can tell you that a Panasonic Toughbook is worth every penny. Granted, mine was for expeditionary military purposes, but it (along with numerous other laptops we had ranging from Mac Books, Think Pads, Dells, etc.) was probably no more or less abusive than what yours will see. Toughbook's are very expensive, but they're purpose built (get one with a touch screen...you'll thank yourself). If your purpose is met by that, then cough up the bucks. Also, for the record, the Dell's are junk (including the ruggedized version they've started producing). My two cents, but two cents based on experience.
Bzzzt...wrong. All IM in Gov/DoD is IRC based but moving to Jabber. This is public knowledge (not even U/FOUO). Lot's of commercial development going on around this if you Google around a bit. Some really cool stuff in the pipeline, especially where XMPP is concerned.
Who cares! Apple missed an entire demographic by bringing out a product that was essentially obsolete on day one. First, it max's its data throughput at EDGE. For a phone that is heavily dependent on data services, this was idiotic. Unless Apple has a nifty trick up their sleeve to 'enable' HSDP at some later date, the iPhone usefulness is limited by this. Shoot, if it had HSDPA they could've integrated a camera and real-time VTC a la iChat (I've used iChat over my tethered V3XX via an HSDPA connection). Second, it has very limited Web 2.0 capabilities. Want to run the Google apps (or similar) you've come to depend upon like Documents, Reader, Talk, etc.? Too bad. Want to write your own? Too bad. The iPhone has some cool stuff, but for the money give me a Blackberry. Yeah, it's EDGE only too, but at least it's useful and can run all my Java apps. Just my two cents, having just come home from the Apple store where I was thoroughly disgusted.
The conspiracy theorists are coming out of the woodwork on this one. It's an anchor drag folks. The last thing any 'conspirator' wants is comms to be cut off. Quite the opposite in fact.
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My plan specifically says "Unlimited Phone as Modem" right there in the details.
I just signed up a couple weeks ago. $30. Unlimited everything but voice (500min).
They're faster, more efficient and more accurate. Yes, they require learning yet there's a valid reason and a payoff to doing so. Do we really want to dumb things down any further? If you can't figure out Google, perhaps you should get off the Net.
I honestly believe that it's only a matter of time until Apple decides to try their hand at the SMB market once again. To some extent they've simply come in the back door in terms of popularizing certain aspects of their product line to the point that it's ubiquitous with computing in general (iPod). While having a iPod/iPhone doesn't translate directly to buying their schtuff for the front/back-office, it does have an affect on general acceptance. If Jobs puts his mind to it, he can improve XServe and associated management/server services to the extent necessary to be a major player. Apple has enormous cash reserves and they understand the power that yields in terms of RDT&E success. Maybe I'm dead wrong and Jobs has no intention of entering the market. I can't imagine him leaving that kind of money on the table, though.
So since a handful of people do something stupid with a laser pointer, AUS outlaws them. I've got to think that far more deaths are caused by car accidents as a result of people being 'brighted'. Will they outlaw high-beams. They should probably outlaw really bright directionally focused light sources altogether. Better outlaw water while they're at it. I mean, look how many people drown every year.
Sorry my friend, but the biggest reason people 'fear losing their job' and not being able to support their family is due to personal irresponsibility. I promised myself a looooong time ago that I would do my best not to get into a situation where my job could bend my ethics due to need for the check every two weeks. Show me a person with little to no debt, a stout (not huge mind you) savings that knows how to live within or below their means and I'll show you someone who won't hesitate to 'blow the whistle', call a spade a spade, insert cliche here. Sadly, employers know as well as retailers and lenders that debt equals power over the indebted. This is not 100% of the problem, but in my opinion it is a very big part of it.
This is a rehash of a rehash of a rehash of what Business Week posted a week and a half ago. Way to stay on the cutting edge.
Wow! Google sells search/mapping appliances to the IC. The indignity! And Google has a Federal sales team!!!! Why, only those who read Google's job postings would know that. This is stupid. How in the heck is this news worthy?
I recommend a tuxedo made entirely of office supplies (post-it notes, tape, copier paper, etc.) seeing as public nudity's illegal and all.
I recommend Nessman-esque masking tape walls and door. Simply enforce pretend knocking and 'lock' it at night. Problem solved.
This is a highly polarized topic. I must say, I'm a little surprised that anyone here is downplaying the importance of MIT vs. a less prestigious school (or even no college at all). I'll give you my two cents. I'm 15+ years in the industry (INFOSEC mostly), deep into 6 figures now, was making $80k at 26 years of age. I dropped out of school after a year and a half. I'm slowly finishing my degree, but on my terms and someone else's dime. If someone wants to see the 'piece of paper', they'll foot the bill. Period. My year and a half in school (a prestigious private institution) was a farce. I didn't leave due to too much partying or lack of funds. On the contrary, I had a decent job outside of school that allowed me to pay the exorbitant tuition. I left because the cost/benefit analysis said to. Sorry, but in the end it really is just a piece of paper. The meat of what you'll do for a living is going to be learned in the classroom of experience. Would I be regarded more highly if I had a degree from MIT? Of course! I'm not going to kid you; MIT would have never accepted me. On the flip side, would I be making any more than I am now if I had graduated from MIT, Yale, etc? No way. I work with folks who did in fact graduate from such institutions and where there is a difference in salary, they have some catching up to do. You will be happy if you make a living doing what you love. If you're intelligent and good (very good) at what you love and that 'thing' you do is valuable in the marketplace...then you'll make a very good living; MIT diploma or no. Save your money. If you're really as good as you think you are (so good that a company like Google should want to invest six figures into you for the promise that your awesomeness will come work for them (uhhhhh...yeah)) then you'll have no problems. Get the quickest degree you can from an accredited institution then get to the real learning. The exception to all this would be if your goal is to go into research...in which case you can ignore all of my advice. Just my two cents...many others will disagree whole heartedly.
I posted the following info on a previous thread a few days ago, but it was long enough after the story had been posted that it got buried. Anyway, because I believe that it's significant, I will again point out that Google would seem to be coalescing to the wishes of governments such as China. Google's automated the process of blocking particular videos in particular countries via new country blocking XML tags ([media :restriction type="country" relationship="deny">CN]") that they've added in YouTube/Google Video. If you're not familiar with Google's latest (Do no evil???) addition to YouTube, see the write-up that YouTomb did on the matter. Anyway, I can think of no other reason that Google would add in such capability, but I've admittedly not devoted much time to pondering it.
They're no match for the "the world's most formidable hacker posse"!!! Round 'em up ya'll! Oh bother, I'm so disenchanted with all this that I can't even make jokes any more. Just what we friggin' need, yet another l33t cyber-whatever group to keep us safe.
Google's made it easy for them to block only the videos that make them look bad with their new country blocking XML tabs. Just add a "[media :restriction type="country" relationship="deny">CN]" and voi la! If you're not familiar with Google's latest (Do no evil???) addition to YouTube, do a little Googling to see the write-up that YouTomb did on the matter. China can either request it of Google or do a little in-session HTML mangling with their "Great Firewall". Bah! China can suck an egg...
If they want to win the market, they'll make sure that Android is super easy to port to existing phones. They'll immediately have market saturation at no expense to the end user. Doing this will require a really close relationship with the FOSS community with all the necessary tools and code available. I'd put Android on my crap Q9c in a heartbeat. Once this is done, it becomes a defacto standard and people naturally lean toward buying new phones with Android installed.
Ahem. I was a CIO at 26 (not of my own company, either) and a CEO by 30. What's this over 40 nonsense? As for a suit? I would venture a guess that at least a fourth of current CEOs go for the business casual look (I'm a suit/tie guy myself).
From Wikipedia's entry on Google Sky (which sites two articles on the matter): Google Sky is believed to be less expansive than its competitor WorldWide Telescope from Microsoft, which is regarded as significantly better.
Okay: http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/TiltNRoll.jpg (too lazy to do a proper link)
I hate class action suits. They do next to no good for the consumer save for putting a couple (literally) bucks in the pocket, benefit lawyers almost exclusively and in the end make products cost more. I hate Vista, and I don't care for (and therefor do not use the products produced by) Microsoft but this is going to do little good in the long run.
If you bide your time a bit, the N810 is rumored to be coming out with WiMax and 3/3.5G built in. I haven't heard if it's going to include carrier branding/lock-in, but I'd venture to guess it will be available unlocked regardless.
Okay: Nokia N810. Done. Hear me out. I have an n810 (does EVERYTHING you ask for save for the built in unlimited cellular data plan) and a cheap-o Cingular phone with data service (MediaNet Unlimited for $15/mo) which lets me run everything via a Bluetooth connection to my Cingular phone over the data service. I have a VoIP carrier I'm very happy with that I use at home with a second line for my n810. Works fine over HSDP and works 'okay' over EDGE. Even the VTC over SIP works over HSDP. When I'm some place with WiFi, the n810 'prefers' that. Pidgin for chat. Full IMAP client. Bazillions of Linux apps. Sweet new interface with OS2008. I'm happy as a clam. Also worth noting that Nokia released OS2008 for the n800 which you can pick up brand new for only $250ish. I like the slide out keyboard on the 810 though...worth the price diff. Note that the GPS in the 810 is not the most accurate I've seen, but gets the job done.
...having carried a laptop around the world (literally) for 16 months, I can tell you that a Panasonic Toughbook is worth every penny. Granted, mine was for expeditionary military purposes, but it (along with numerous other laptops we had ranging from Mac Books, Think Pads, Dells, etc.) was probably no more or less abusive than what yours will see. Toughbook's are very expensive, but they're purpose built (get one with a touch screen...you'll thank yourself). If your purpose is met by that, then cough up the bucks. Also, for the record, the Dell's are junk (including the ruggedized version they've started producing). My two cents, but two cents based on experience.
Bzzzt...wrong. All IM in Gov/DoD is IRC based but moving to Jabber. This is public knowledge (not even U/FOUO). Lot's of commercial development going on around this if you Google around a bit. Some really cool stuff in the pipeline, especially where XMPP is concerned.
Who cares! Apple missed an entire demographic by bringing out a product that was essentially obsolete on day one. First, it max's its data throughput at EDGE. For a phone that is heavily dependent on data services, this was idiotic. Unless Apple has a nifty trick up their sleeve to 'enable' HSDP at some later date, the iPhone usefulness is limited by this. Shoot, if it had HSDPA they could've integrated a camera and real-time VTC a la iChat (I've used iChat over my tethered V3XX via an HSDPA connection). Second, it has very limited Web 2.0 capabilities. Want to run the Google apps (or similar) you've come to depend upon like Documents, Reader, Talk, etc.? Too bad. Want to write your own? Too bad. The iPhone has some cool stuff, but for the money give me a Blackberry. Yeah, it's EDGE only too, but at least it's useful and can run all my Java apps. Just my two cents, having just come home from the Apple store where I was thoroughly disgusted.
The conspiracy theorists are coming out of the woodwork on this one. It's an anchor drag folks. The last thing any 'conspirator' wants is comms to be cut off. Quite the opposite in fact.