Combine this with the fact that IBM has a brand spankin' new 300mm fab plant in Fishkill, NY. Given the economic downturn, I imagine IBM would be able to give AMD a VERY good deal on manufacturing AMD's chips. This would take up the plant's capacity and give AMD a much better manufacturing partner than UMC. After all, a fab plant on the ground is better than 2 on the drawing board.
I've used Turbo Tax since 1993. I do the work at home and then come to work and install the software for 1 whole day just to print it out on a laser printer.
Why? I don't trust the water soluble inks in my inkjet at home, and I don't want my personal info on my work computer for any length of time.
And I bet there are lots of people who do the exact same thing as I do.
Talk to a real security company. NOT ADT "installation for free just pay the monthly fee" types. You want people who deal in commercial/industrial security. Datawatch and Simplex come to mind. These people deal with situations similar to yours and have equipment not normally available to home owners. Magnetic locks, electric strikes (fail open and fail closed), proximity sensor, glass break sensors - you name it.
Ferinstance, whatever system you have, it needs to open in case of fire, but stay closed in case of power failure. So you are looking at fail-closed electric strikes with a battery backup and a tie in to a fire alarm system for override. That's IF local officials can live w. battery backup for the case of fire AND power outage.
Basic point is don't try to do this half assed. It's going to cost real money, but it will be infinitely cheaper (in all ways) than the hospital bills or, God forbid, a funeral.
Also, a question - You intend to let your 9 and 5 year old outside at will and w/o your explicit permission?
So will I be able to get free Internet access if I connect to SWN?...the goal of SWN is not that of being an "ISP" to provide free InterNet access. The goal of SWN is to create a self-sufficient network that does not depend on the InterNet for content or connectivity. As for free InterNet access, it would be very easy for individuals to share their unused bandwidth with other users.
Why isn't free Internet access available 24/7 at the MeetingPlace or by certain other prominent members of SWN?
If you are employed by (or have as clients) an internet-related firm or ISP, then it can set up a conflict of interest scenario due to clauses in employment or sales contracts. This doesn't prevent those members without conflict of interest problems from being helpful and connecting to SWN to provide bandwidth to the internet. If people don't provide this type of bandwidth, then the utility of our SWN network will be quite limited to being a demonstration system. "
So, they want to be independent of the Internet and not be a free ISP, but if (wink, wink) people share their internet access, then it will keep this from being wholly useless exercise.
It must be all the rain...
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"The only valid application I can think of is for some commercial office space, where usually cheap extruded steel studs hold up sheetrock and the wall tops are open to the space above a drop ceiling."
Nope.
I'm a project manager for a construction company (full time) and this concept doesn't pass the laugh test.
Any space used to move air is considered a plenum space, and as such there are various code requirements involved - fire rated cabling, etc. Not to mention mold problems and totally screwing up the air balance.
Besides which, commercial spaces already have air returns, and the air flow is (supposed to be) calculated to compensate for all the office equipment.
I can say with a perfectly straight face that if a client offered to pay extra to have these installed, I'd refuse. If my hand was forced, I'd do it under written objection and refuse to warrant the installation.
As for home use, don't make me laugh. Not in my house.
Desctription: Wrap head and groinal area in tinfoil (extra wide food services stuff preferred). Run through party yelling. Endure dumb looks from patrons. Cognoscenti attempt to snatch foil from nether regions.
Effectiveness against mind control: N/A - no one was doing much thinking at the time, or we wouldn't have been running around in aluminum foil.
"BTW, I haven't the faintest clue what marshmallow peeps are..."
Confection wholly comprised of marshmallow coated with dyed sugar, formed in the shape of various animals. Manufactured by the Just Born company in Bethlehem, PA. Best served after preparing much like aged meat: leave exposed in a cool, dry place until the consistency toughens up to one's liking. (Personally, I age mine about 2-3 weeks before eating)
The brilliance wasn't in his plans for execution, but in the base concept - an object in orbit with a period of exactly 24 hours means the thing stays still in relative terms. Then immediately hooking it up with an application - communications.
Both of these base concepts were so far ahead of their time that the execution part is trivial. I'm glad AC Clarke got these ideas - an average person's head would have exploded.
Quick note - this keyboard is a continuation of the old Northgate Omnikey line. The used ALPS keyswitches and have a slightly lighter feel than the Model M. They are also made of metal and bulletproof.
"Calculators are everywhere. They come in keyrings, phones, PDAs, watches, computers, even rulers and filofaxes"
Until people embed them in their skin, there will be many times in one's life when one doesn't have a calculator - not to mention a scientific/graphing calc.
"If you could do the test and get the correct answers, then clearly you knew how to work them out."
Uh, no. My 15 year old TI-55III could do numerical integration, so I could easily come up with a numerical answer to a problem without knowing how to do the integration - just follow the instructions and punch a few buttons.
"Some intelligent people will never be able to do difficult calculations in their head."
Sorry - if one is incapable of doing simple arithmetic in one's head - double digit addition and subtraction, single digit multiplication and division - then NO, one is NOT intelligent, at least mathematically. Also, no one mentioned doing things in their head - ever heard of a pencil and paper?
"Would you ask a builder not to dig the foundations with tools, or should he use his bare hands?"
Funny, I'm in construction, and I often ask contractors to use more "primitive" tools than the latest and greatest. I can, and have, asked people to dig with a shovel instead of a backhoe, when the backhoe breaks down and I've got other trades waiting. Or told them to use a screwdriver instead of a screwgun on finish work. Those who can't or won't do things "the old fashioned way" when appropriate either get kicked off the project or not asked to bid my work again.
You stick to your calculator, friend, and I'll keep doing the simple stuff in my head or on paper. Let's see who gets screwed more often when getting change and giving tips. Don't those dark, romantic restaurants suck when you need to use your solar calculator?
"help those women who don't possess viable eggs for a variety of reasons"
Understood, but the questions arise - Who's egg? - Who's DNA?
If one assumes a donor egg, the nucleus must come from either the putative Mommy or Daddy, which throws the current legal and social concepts of parenthood into a cocked hat.
Scenario 1: Clone of "Daddy" with a donated egg. "Mommy" is now effectively a surrogate mother, with no genetic relationship to the child. Does she have a legal relationship? Does the egg donor? Does "Daddy" have exclusive rights?
Scenario 2: Clone of "Mommy" with donated egg. Now "Daddy" has no relationship with the child, nor probably a legal one.
None of this matters if all goes well, but if the shit hits the fan (divorce, the child has physical problems) then I think we'll wish we had thought about this stuff a little more.
BTW, Congrats on the twins. I have in-laws that were in the same boat as you, and it sounds like your story has a happy ending.
"Cloning has the potential to really help some couples with fertility issues"
How so?
I can't see ANY advantage cloning has over currently available techniques. It does not address any problems with carrying to term - more likely will introduce problems. As for "Child of their own" issues, cloning seems to rival surrogacy/egg donation/sperm donation with moral and legal questions.
If you are being paid a salary, I don't think you are a contractor, at least according to the Feds. Are they going to take taxes out? If they treat you like an employee and pay you like one, then you are an employee.
Fummy - I was picked for a jury by the defense BECAUSE I was an engineer. It was a "child abuse" case with some twists - age, who was doing what to whom, who was related to wo and how, who started throwing punches. I imagine the defense lawyer thought I could get over the "That poor child!) reaction.
Never got the chance - the prosecutor's star witness, sister of the victim, said the victim went into the accused's room and started giving him a hummer while he slept.
After the mistrial was declared, the jury consensus was that the sister was getting banged by the stepfather too, and was jealous that he was getting some from her sister on the side.
That's United Parcel Service. I worked there in college, and there operation revolves around 3-5 hour shifts - Day, evening, night, and twilight
Advantages:
- Best benefits of a part time job you will ever find - full health, savings plans, etc. - $8 to start, at least when I was there - No brainwork, and you definitely leave the job at the plant when you go home. - Good job security - It's the Teamsters, remember?
Disadvantages:
- Can require physical effort - not a classical Geek strong point - No brainwork - can be crushingly dull (I viewed it as soothingly monotonous) - May not be hiring now with slowdown in economy.
Informative? INFORMATIVE??? The only thing Less informative than this drivel is the moderation done to it!
"In America the powerful always abuse their power" and of course the powerful in Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, Africa, and the Rest of North America are paragons of virtue and NEVER abuse their position.
Democrats afraid of Republicans? HELLO - we just had an election here, and I don't think there's any more powerful way of saying "I disagree" than trying to take their job away.
Fascists? "when Al Capone ran everything"? For Chrissake!
"Why is there no Union for IT workers?" Because IT workers haven't goitten off their (collective) dead ass and organized one. C'mon - do you think trucking companized organized their own employees to form the teamsters?
"Why is the current practice of laying off your IT staff, then "re-employing" them as contractors (at a lower rate) not illegal?" Because the fact that so many workers are willing to go back to work as contractors has made it feasible. Oh, and IT workers aren't unionized - see above.
"Why is most of the programming work done overseas, where you have to ridiculously overspecify the project to get maintainable/extendable code?" Because its' cheaper?
"Why are our governments allowing Visas for people to do IT work, when there are IT people available for work in their own country? Because apparently it's more cost effective to spend the money to lobby congressmen and women than to pay the wages that the IT free market was demanding at the time.
"Why do employers/government wish to abuse our human rights read our email, and look at the websites we read?" Human rights? Not even going to bother...
"Why does this kind of article make me sick?" Weak constitution?
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"on the fear of being sent home to change (back to skool kids). "
"Sent back home" is entirely counterproductive. The trick is to stock 2-3 articles of clothing in varying sizes and surpassing ugliness, and request that Mr. or Ms Forgetful put it on.
A daily problem in construction is the craft "forgetting" their hard hats, because they know that they won't be sent home to get them. Finall a resourceful superintendant purchased 3-4 BRIGHT PINK (shouting 'cause that's what the color does)hardhats. 8+ hours of Mr. Big Burly Ironworker wearing that and everyone's hardhats started living in their cars/trucks.
Lets say he doesn't want to be observed by a stop light camera. Is he really proposing people should be trying to focus a $2 laser pointer out their car window while driving?
Getting cash from an ATM - how is one going to punch the keys while looking at the camera to make sure the laser is still on target?
This scheme would only seem to work as part of a team effort: Person #1 focuses the laser while person #2 does whatever it is he doen't want observed.
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Combine this with the fact that IBM has a brand spankin' new 300mm fab plant in Fishkill, NY. Given the economic downturn, I imagine IBM would be able to give AMD a VERY good deal on manufacturing AMD's chips. This would take up the plant's capacity and give AMD a much better manufacturing partner than UMC. After all, a fab plant on the ground is better than 2 on the drawing board.
Is this problem real or overhyped?"
I've used Turbo Tax since 1993. I do the work at home and then come to work and install the software for 1 whole day just to print it out on a laser printer.
Why? I don't trust the water soluble inks in my inkjet at home, and I don't want my personal info on my work computer for any length of time.
And I bet there are lots of people who do the exact same thing as I do.
Talk to a real security company. NOT ADT "installation for free just pay the monthly fee" types. You want people who deal in commercial/industrial security. Datawatch and Simplex come to mind. These people deal with situations similar to yours and have equipment not normally available to home owners. Magnetic locks, electric strikes (fail open and fail closed), proximity sensor, glass break sensors - you name it.
Ferinstance, whatever system you have, it needs to open in case of fire, but stay closed in case of power failure. So you are looking at fail-closed electric strikes with a battery backup and a tie in to a fire alarm system for override. That's IF local officials can live w. battery backup for the case of fire AND power outage.
Basic point is don't try to do this half assed. It's going to cost real money, but it will be infinitely cheaper (in all ways) than the hospital bills or, God forbid, a funeral.
Also, a question - You intend to let your 9 and 5 year old outside at will and w/o your explicit permission?
From the FAQ:
...the goal of SWN is not that of being an "ISP" to provide free InterNet access. The goal of SWN is to create a self-sufficient network that does not depend on the InterNet for content or connectivity. As for free InterNet access, it would be very easy for individuals to share their unused bandwidth with other users.
So will I be able to get free Internet access if I connect to SWN?
Why isn't free Internet access available 24/7 at the MeetingPlace or by certain other prominent members of SWN?
If you are employed by (or have as clients) an internet-related firm or ISP, then it can set up a conflict of interest scenario due to clauses in employment or sales contracts. This doesn't prevent those members without conflict of interest problems from being helpful and connecting to SWN to provide bandwidth to the internet. If people don't provide this type of bandwidth, then the utility of our SWN network will be quite limited to being a demonstration system. "
So, they want to be independent of the Internet and not be a free ISP, but if (wink, wink) people share their internet access, then it will keep this from being wholly useless exercise.
It must be all the rain...
"The only valid application I can think of is for some commercial office space, where usually cheap extruded steel studs hold up sheetrock and the wall tops are open to the space above a drop ceiling."
Nope.
I'm a project manager for a construction company (full time) and this concept doesn't pass the laugh test.
Any space used to move air is considered a plenum space, and as such there are various code requirements involved - fire rated cabling, etc. Not to mention mold problems and totally screwing up the air balance.
Besides which, commercial spaces already have air returns, and the air flow is (supposed to be) calculated to compensate for all the office equipment.
I can say with a perfectly straight face that if a client offered to pay extra to have these installed, I'd refuse. If my hand was forced, I'd do it under written objection and refuse to warrant the installation.
As for home use, don't make me laugh. Not in my house.
Occasion: Birthday
Time: Middle of a party at fraternity
Event: "10 Men in Tinfoil"
Desctription: Wrap head and groinal area in tinfoil (extra wide food services stuff preferred). Run through party yelling. Endure dumb looks from patrons. Cognoscenti attempt to snatch foil from nether regions.
Effectiveness against mind control: N/A - no one was doing much thinking at the time, or we wouldn't have been running around in aluminum foil.
Wrong article - the top 10 vaporware list was yesterday.
"BTW, I haven't the faintest clue what marshmallow peeps are..."
Confection wholly comprised of marshmallow coated with dyed sugar, formed in the shape of various animals. Manufactured by the Just Born company in Bethlehem, PA. Best served after preparing much like aged meat: leave exposed in a cool, dry place until the consistency toughens up to one's liking. (Personally, I age mine about 2-3 weeks before eating)
Sorry...must wipe drool from keyboard, now...
The brilliance wasn't in his plans for execution, but in the base concept - an object in orbit with a period of exactly 24 hours means the thing stays still in relative terms. Then immediately hooking it up with an application - communications.
Both of these base concepts were so far ahead of their time that the execution part is trivial. I'm glad AC Clarke got these ideas - an average person's head would have exploded.
"Or you can get snooty about it and pay $149 for a 104-key "programable" version.
h tm "
http://www.cvtinc.com/products/keyboards/prime.
Quick note - this keyboard is a continuation of the old Northgate Omnikey line. The used ALPS keyswitches and have a slightly lighter feel than the Model M. They are also made of metal and bulletproof.
"Calculators are everywhere. They come in keyrings, phones, PDAs, watches, computers, even rulers and filofaxes"
Until people embed them in their skin, there will be many times in one's life when one doesn't have a calculator - not to mention a scientific/graphing calc.
"If you could do the test and get the correct answers, then clearly you knew how to work them out."
Uh, no. My 15 year old TI-55III could do numerical integration, so I could easily come up with a numerical answer to a problem without knowing how to do the integration - just follow the instructions and punch a few buttons.
"Some intelligent people will never be able to do difficult calculations in their head."
Sorry - if one is incapable of doing simple arithmetic in one's head - double digit addition and subtraction, single digit multiplication and division - then NO, one is NOT intelligent, at least mathematically. Also, no one mentioned doing things in their head - ever heard of a pencil and paper?
"Would you ask a builder not to dig the foundations with tools, or should he use his bare hands?"
Funny, I'm in construction, and I often ask contractors to use more "primitive" tools than the latest and greatest. I can, and have, asked people to dig with a shovel instead of a backhoe, when the backhoe breaks down and I've got other trades waiting. Or told them to use a screwdriver instead of a screwgun on finish work. Those who can't or won't do things "the old fashioned way" when appropriate either get kicked off the project or not asked to bid my work again.
You stick to your calculator, friend, and I'll keep doing the simple stuff in my head or on paper. Let's see who gets screwed more often when getting change and giving tips. Don't those dark, romantic restaurants suck when you need to use your solar calculator?
"help those women who don't possess viable eggs for a variety of reasons"
Understood, but the questions arise
- Who's egg?
- Who's DNA?
If one assumes a donor egg, the nucleus must come from either the putative Mommy or Daddy, which throws the current legal and social concepts of parenthood into a cocked hat.
Scenario 1: Clone of "Daddy" with a donated egg. "Mommy" is now effectively a surrogate mother, with no genetic relationship to the child. Does she have a legal relationship? Does the egg donor? Does "Daddy" have exclusive rights?
Scenario 2: Clone of "Mommy" with donated egg. Now "Daddy" has no relationship with the child, nor probably a legal one.
None of this matters if all goes well, but if the shit hits the fan (divorce, the child has physical problems) then I think we'll wish we had thought about this stuff a little more.
BTW, Congrats on the twins. I have in-laws that were in the same boat as you, and it sounds like your story has a happy ending.
"Cloning has the potential to really help some couples with fertility issues"
How so?
I can't see ANY advantage cloning has over currently available techniques. It does not address any problems with carrying to term - more likely will introduce problems. As for "Child of their own" issues, cloning seems to rival surrogacy/egg donation/sperm donation with moral and legal questions.
If you are being paid a salary, I don't think you are a contractor, at least according to the Feds. Are they going to take taxes out? If they treat you like an employee and pay you like one, then you are an employee.
Fummy - I was picked for a jury by the defense BECAUSE I was an engineer. It was a "child abuse" case with some twists - age, who was doing what to whom, who was related to wo and how, who started throwing punches. I imagine the defense lawyer thought I could get over the "That poor child!) reaction.
Never got the chance - the prosecutor's star witness, sister of the victim, said the victim went into the accused's room and started giving him a hummer while he slept.
After the mistrial was declared, the jury consensus was that the sister was getting banged by the stepfather too, and was jealous that he was getting some from her sister on the side.
Actually, its not the hole so much as the hydrostatic shock from the bullet's passage.
Just call it "You know where" so that you won't have to speak its name and conjure up it's spirit.
That's United Parcel Service. I worked there in college, and there operation revolves around 3-5 hour shifts - Day, evening, night, and twilight
Advantages:
- Best benefits of a part time job you will ever find - full health, savings plans, etc.
- $8 to start, at least when I was there
- No brainwork, and you definitely leave the job at the plant when you go home.
- Good job security - It's the Teamsters, remember?
Disadvantages:
- Can require physical effort - not a classical Geek strong point
- No brainwork - can be crushingly dull (I viewed it as soothingly monotonous)
- May not be hiring now with slowdown in economy.
I see your schwartz is as big as mine...Lets see how well you "handle" it.
Informative? INFORMATIVE??? The only thing Less informative than this drivel is the moderation done to it!
"In America the powerful always abuse their power" and of course the powerful in Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, Africa, and the Rest of North America are paragons of virtue and NEVER abuse their position.
Democrats afraid of Republicans? HELLO - we just had an election here, and I don't think there's any more powerful way of saying "I disagree" than trying to take their job away.
Fascists? "when Al Capone ran everything"? For Chrissake!
Answers...
"Why is there no Union for IT workers?"
Because IT workers haven't goitten off their (collective) dead ass and organized one. C'mon - do you think trucking companized organized their own employees to form the teamsters?
"Why is the current practice of laying off your IT staff, then "re-employing" them as contractors (at a lower rate) not illegal?"
Because the fact that so many workers are willing to go back to work as contractors has made it feasible. Oh, and IT workers aren't unionized - see above.
"Why is most of the programming work done overseas, where you have to ridiculously overspecify the project to get maintainable/extendable code?"
Because its' cheaper?
"Why are our governments allowing Visas for people to do IT work, when there are IT people available for work in their own country?
Because apparently it's more cost effective to spend the money to lobby congressmen and women than to pay the wages that the IT free market was demanding at the time.
"Why do employers/government wish to abuse our human rights read our email, and look at the websites we read?"
Human rights? Not even going to bother...
"Why does this kind of article make me sick?"
Weak constitution?
"on the fear of being sent home to change (back to skool kids). "
"Sent back home" is entirely counterproductive. The trick is to stock 2-3 articles of clothing in varying sizes and surpassing ugliness, and request that Mr. or Ms Forgetful put it on.
A daily problem in construction is the craft "forgetting" their hard hats, because they know that they won't be sent home to get them. Finall a resourceful superintendant purchased 3-4 BRIGHT PINK (shouting 'cause that's what the color does)hardhats. 8+ hours of Mr. Big Burly Ironworker wearing that and everyone's hardhats started living in their cars/trucks.
"Would it be possible to build a license plate frame that contains an array of ID laser diodes that would obscure the plate from the camera?"
And another must-have riceboy accessory is born...
"ultraviolet ones like the US Army is using to permanently blind people "
Care to provide the reference?
Also think of the practicality.
Lets say he doesn't want to be observed by a stop light camera. Is he really proposing people should be trying to focus a $2 laser pointer out their car window while driving?
Getting cash from an ATM - how is one going to punch the keys while looking at the camera to make sure the laser is still on target?
This scheme would only seem to work as part of a team effort: Person #1 focuses the laser while person #2 does whatever it is he doen't want observed.
Sounds like ATM muggers now have a new MO.