Ethernet was based on AlohaNet developed at the University of Hawaii. It was built to provide network communications to data centers across the islands. They used shortwave radios to send packets across the ether to each other. When I was an undergrad we actually studied AlohaNet in my OS class.
The same reason we had languages such as Basic and Pascal as languages. Namely universities using them in intro classes because they are "easy". So people with no concept of the scale or complexity of commercial software think it is the be all and end all of programming. So you get MBAs mandating Python on their projects even though it is the wrong tool for the job.
The last programming I know of, other than the joke ones, that had significant white space was Fortran 77. That was due to punch cards. It was due to punch cards that you also could not use lower case letters. F90 discarded white space significance in 1990. Thee years later Guido reinvents it. What next, is he going to force us to use UPPERCASE CHARACTERS?
by free movement I meant free movement between employers. Perhaps I should have clarified it. And yes, I want to know if this will preserve the rights of the imported workers to choose the jobs they want at the wages they want. And yes I mean that if this is just another way to import cheap labor stripped of their rights to destroy indigenous workers wages and rights I am against it.
Indentured servitude is a crime. Workers should NEVER be in this position. If a worker is is a contract they should at least be able to by their way out. In the US, they do not have that option.
Yes, I think British workers would "take it in the ass" if this is some sort of H1B hell.
Which is exactly what they said, IT services are now provided globally by a range of suppliers and this is very common practice across all industries" see the Register for the qoute
I read the article but it didn't say if it would bind a worker to a specific employer, which is just indentured servitude. If the workers are free to switch jobs and free to collective bargain then I would generally agree with it. As long as it did not become the sort of dysfunctional H1B indentured servitude we have in the US.
Does anyone have more details or pointer to more details?
And limos, 5000 ft vacation "cabins", having your yatch transported from the east coast to the west, free medial care, country club memberships, free flights to vacation spots. Etc.
The other was the use of cheap laptop chips in rack servers. Why buy an expensive Itanium server when you can buy a boat load of cheap ones; allowing for more flexibility, more redundancy for fail over, and lower energy consumption?
If they're using the wikipedia model, I expect their volunteer contributors will dwindle once the government starts imprisoning authors of edits they don't like.
Volunteers will be selected and they will all be working willingly even if they aren't
I used Function Point Analysis weighted for web based applications. But this presupposes there will be no major increase in scope, or increase or decrease in staffing. It also worked well when I had close contact with customers and could understand their needs directly.
In fact as soon as I saw velocity in the Agile, or related, Scientific Software Management practice I immediately "got it". One number to calibrate on to embody a host of factors internal and external and measure complexity.
The problem comes in when you are not allowed to calibrate due to things such as scope creep. People also do not like to hear your answer either. For example I one predicted that it would take four months to complete some features, the naysayers said 3 to 4 weeks. I was looked upon as a "gloomy Gus". The actual time was 3.5 months.
People want it now and try to push for more. The only way to do so is to cut scope and the quickest way to do that is to cut corners on quality.
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Ethernet was based on AlohaNet developed at the University of Hawaii. It was built to provide network communications to data centers across the islands. They used shortwave radios to send packets across the ether to each other. When I was an undergrad we actually studied AlohaNet in my OS class.
Maybe he refined it but he didn't invent it.
The same reason we had languages such as Basic and Pascal as languages. Namely universities using them in intro classes because they are "easy". So people with no concept of the scale or complexity of commercial software think it is the be all and end all of programming. So you get MBAs mandating Python on their projects even though it is the wrong tool for the job.
Good compilers protect you too and you don't have to write boiler plate code.
The last programming I know of, other than the joke ones, that had significant white space was Fortran 77. That was due to punch cards. It was due to punch cards that you also could not use lower case letters. F90 discarded white space significance in 1990. Thee years later Guido reinvents it. What next, is he going to force us to use UPPERCASE CHARACTERS?
You Hillary supporters don't understand Godwin's law.
Helping create a great tech climate?
Lucent was yet another Carly legacy.
It sounds like Bangalor.
I've often said, "Trump is the Iron Fist, Hillary is the Iron Fist in a velvet glove."
by free movement I meant free movement between employers. Perhaps I should have clarified it. And yes, I want to know if this will preserve the rights of the imported workers to choose the jobs they want at the wages they want. And yes I mean that if this is just another way to import cheap labor stripped of their rights to destroy indigenous workers wages and rights I am against it.
Indentured servitude is a crime. Workers should NEVER be in this position. If a worker is is a contract they should at least be able to by their way out. In the US, they do not have that option.
Yes, I think British workers would "take it in the ass" if this is some sort of H1B hell.
Thank you this was the information I was looking for.
Which is exactly what they said, IT services are now provided globally by a range of suppliers and this is very common practice across all industries" see the Register for the qoute
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
As my parents replied when I used that excuse as a child, "If everyone was jumping off a 100 ft cliff would you jump off too?"
MBAs are herd animals
Never admit failure, always claim the victory.
I read the article but it didn't say if it would bind a worker to a specific employer, which is just indentured servitude. If the workers are free to switch jobs and free to collective bargain then I would generally agree with it. As long as it did not become the sort of dysfunctional H1B indentured servitude we have in the US.
Does anyone have more details or pointer to more details?
no
And limos, 5000 ft vacation "cabins", having your yatch transported from the east coast to the west, free medial care, country club memberships, free flights to vacation spots. Etc.
It is zero sum. There are winners and losers. Resources are always finite and in some cases shrinking (see real estate). Prove otherwise.
Ahh yes must keep those wages low so we can pass on the cost savings to you, the CEO.
Fixed that for you.
The other was the use of cheap laptop chips in rack servers. Why buy an expensive Itanium server when you can buy a boat load of cheap ones; allowing for more flexibility, more redundancy for fail over, and lower energy consumption?
That's a pretty low number for an Ivy league school.
Don't be silly. That's just Western revisionism. There was no Great Leap forward and no one ever starved.
If they're using the wikipedia model, I expect their volunteer contributors will dwindle once the government starts imprisoning authors of edits they don't like.
Volunteers will be selected and they will all be working willingly even if they aren't
No. Mao was counter-revolutionary.
I used Function Point Analysis weighted for web based applications. But this presupposes there will be no major increase in scope, or increase or decrease in staffing. It also worked well when I had close contact with customers and could understand their needs directly.
In fact as soon as I saw velocity in the Agile, or related, Scientific Software Management practice I immediately "got it". One number to calibrate on to embody a host of factors internal and external and measure complexity.
The problem comes in when you are not allowed to calibrate due to things such as scope creep. People also do not like to hear your answer either. For example I one predicted that it would take four months to complete some features, the naysayers said 3 to 4 weeks. I was looked upon as a "gloomy Gus". The actual time was 3.5 months.
People want it now and try to push for more. The only way to do so is to cut scope and the quickest way to do that is to cut corners on quality.
Typical shenanigans of a newly minted Admin who thinks he suddenly is the master of the universe. I doubt he is even the master of his own domain.