I fail to see the problem here. A well-prepared consultant who is on the road at client sites, can find easy ways to transfer data.
1) dialup is quite sufficient for email.
2) if a large file transfer is the problem, it is generally no problem for a customer to retrieve a file for you from a remote FTP site or receive data on their email, then pass it to you either via burned CD, or even a null-ethernet cable PC to PC (should one not be allowed a network connection).
As a traveller, you simply MUST have the right tools with you to get the job done: crimping stuff, ethernet cables, phone cables, electric adapters, serial cables - you do own a phone line crimping tool, right? You know, for those hotels without a detachable phone jack...
The bare essentials don't take up much space at all, and provide quite a good impression at some customers.
The remake could hardly suck as bad as the original. How much cheaper could it have been done with the same fighting sequence being played over and over again?
In a process-oriented company, there are typically meetings that determine the time needed to release some feature, product, or what not. If the need outweighs the time for proper development, any corner-cutting or release-delay decision would be well documented, and reported up the chain. There should be no hot water for this process. It does work. Let the managers take the heat for marketing decisions.
However, it can happen that a developer makes unrealistic time predictions (could even have happened to you - yes, and you over there too!). Perhaps the lack of documentation, specifications, or such, was kept secret, or even lied about. Well, in such case, the developer deserves all the scalding, roiling, frothing water the company can give, since this undermines their very trust relationship.
Not saying you were one of those jokers, but I do want to iterate that company-critical decisions are often made by more than one person. This should be well documented, and as such, you really should have no problem.
Personally, I think NASA should use their cash to speed up the possibility of manned flights to Mars, or such.
SETI is indeed a nice idea, but realistically, we wouldn't be able to speak to converse with the ETs within a reasonable time. There wouldn't be much benefit from picking up some remote signal other than perhaps shaking up our oft narrow-minded belief systems.
Concentrating funds on realizable goals rather than lofty 'ifs' makes more sense.
With all the years of cell phone radiation around the hip area, monitors beaming through the desk, and microwaves located on convenient waist-high counters, many won't have to worry about something like that anymore.
Now, why would you want to have even more hair on your palms?;P
But seriously, being a happy member of the elite with extended facial surface, I have found that there are several quite distinct genetic behaviors in the follicles on my head. My beard has a strong red color with a fairly wiry (sp?) quality, but the side hair is rather lightcolored, almost a red-tinted blond. The big surprise is the back side of my head which has taken on a vary dark red coloring, almost black, and very dense.
Any form of hair restoration methods would have the challenge of matching the existing behavior, or completely replacing them. The stem cell method could probably solve that.
Sadly, no matter which way one chooses, it would be very expensive. And, let's face it, the whole issue is really only one of a psychological boost to self-esteem, which can be gotten much cheaper elsewhere.
For those worried that baldness keeps the woman away, sure some, but there are plenty that are not inhibited by such. One does not have to have one's life dominated by those who judge soley on visual standards.
...now if someone could come up with a solution to those mysterious forests in my nose and ears...
As has already been said, it was '89 in Loma Prieta.
Interestingly, the shock wave hardly affected San Jose, but hit SF much harder. Some descriptions at the time mentioned things like the wave bouncing off some geo layer underneath SJ and combining with the surface wave when they both reached SF. Seems far fetched, but it was a bit scary nonetheless.
I had Giants season tickets and was prepping for game 3 of the World Series. Sitting on the upper deck, near 1st plate, 3" Casio LCD TV in lap for the pre-game show (and replays).
Suddenly, a sound started rising, much like the engine sound of a Cessna plane, and a piece of plaster appeared on my lap where the TV used to be. Needless to say, I looked up (thinking I'm under open sky). I saw I was under the edge of the stadium wall which was built with an inward bend, and a loud speaker moving back and forth about a foot in each direction.
Once I quickly discerned it would not be easy to catch if the speaker if it fell, I jumped a few benches toward the middle. After the trembling was over, the crowd yelled, as if it was a sign the A's would get their's for whipping the Giants 2 games in a row (sadly, the Giants were swept the next 2 games once the postponed games restarted).
There was no electricity, no news casts, a cloud of smoke was visible toward the City over the far edge of the stadium, rumors started circulating about the Bay Bridge having collapsed (partially true), the City being on fire (also partially true).
I still have that little TV and the piece of plaster - interesting relics with a story.
Actually, I could imagine us spending more money on getting to another Earth-like planet, before exploring all of this system, due to our history of not even knowing our own backyard before criticizing our neighbors habits.
What do we know about the deep oceans so far? We always find new nifty things at home (e.g. organisms that live in zones that would be toxic to us), haven't even figured out how to keep the planet's population happy, but still spend megabucks to fly into space.
So, yes, of course we're going to another planet - the grass may be greener there...
Slashdot Mirror
Sorry, that was supposed to be:
The letters A O L undergo a shift of +12 +4 +2.
Must...drink...more...coffee! [sigh]
The letters A O L undergo a shift of +12 -1 +2.
followed by: 99 Kriegsminister...
...probably from the Bush administration.
Maybe its just trying to deliver stuff to another office.
Just embed Windows CE into the poor sucker.
My 8-year old machine with cutting edge Windows OS (for the time) feels like a robotic snail.
I fail to see the problem here. A well-prepared consultant who is on the road at client sites, can find easy ways to transfer data.
1) dialup is quite sufficient for email.
2) if a large file transfer is the problem, it is generally no problem for a customer to retrieve a file for you from a remote FTP site or receive data on their email, then pass it to you either via burned CD, or even a null-ethernet cable PC to PC (should one not be allowed a network connection). As a traveller, you simply MUST have the right tools with you to get the job done: crimping stuff, ethernet cables, phone cables, electric adapters, serial cables - you do own a phone line crimping tool, right? You know, for those hotels without a detachable phone jack...
The bare essentials don't take up much space at all, and provide quite a good impression at some customers.
What if *she* is HIV+, and thus doesn't care?
:/
Yikes, what a mess
The remake could hardly suck as bad as the original. How much cheaper could it have been done with the same fighting sequence being played over and over again?
Send in the EU troops?
I guess, since they themselves have a lot of the troops, it would mean military law.
In a process-oriented company, there are typically meetings that determine the time needed to release some feature, product, or what not. If the need outweighs the time for proper development, any corner-cutting or release-delay decision would be well documented, and reported up the chain. There should be no hot water for this process. It does work. Let the managers take the heat for marketing decisions.
However, it can happen that a developer makes unrealistic time predictions (could even have happened to you - yes, and you over there too!). Perhaps the lack of documentation, specifications, or such, was kept secret, or even lied about. Well, in such case, the developer deserves all the scalding, roiling, frothing water the company can give, since this undermines their very trust relationship.
Not saying you were one of those jokers, but I do want to iterate that company-critical decisions are often made by more than one person. This should be well documented, and as such, you really should have no problem.
Personally, I think NASA should use their cash to speed up the possibility of manned flights to Mars, or such.
SETI is indeed a nice idea, but realistically, we wouldn't be able to speak to converse with the ETs within a reasonable time. There wouldn't be much benefit from picking up some remote signal other than perhaps shaking up our oft narrow-minded belief systems.
Concentrating funds on realizable goals rather than lofty 'ifs' makes more sense.
Tribute to Nebo
Gosh, and here I thought I'd finally be able to get by that Act of God clause in the darned contract.
I guess I'll start buying up cartons of cigarettes. That ought to be more valuable than cash in any extinction level event.
With all the years of cell phone radiation around the hip area, monitors beaming through the desk, and microwaves located on convenient waist-high counters, many won't have to worry about something like that anymore.
But do we know if the "small electrical shock" was from the laptop, or from the therapy the fellow was undergoing?
I must have happened at least once, or they never would have done the recall.
;P
Aha! It was YOUR fault, as your very existence proves that you have happened at least once!
But seriously, being a happy member of the elite with extended facial surface, I have found that there are several quite distinct genetic behaviors in the follicles on my head. My beard has a strong red color with a fairly wiry (sp?) quality, but the side hair is rather lightcolored, almost a red-tinted blond. The big surprise is the back side of my head which has taken on a vary dark red coloring, almost black, and very dense.
Any form of hair restoration methods would have the challenge of matching the existing behavior, or completely replacing them. The stem cell method could probably solve that.
Sadly, no matter which way one chooses, it would be very expensive. And, let's face it, the whole issue is really only one of a psychological boost to self-esteem, which can be gotten much cheaper elsewhere.
For those worried that baldness keeps the woman away, sure some, but there are plenty that are not inhibited by such. One does not have to have one's life dominated by those who judge soley on visual standards.
...yet another hardcore Amazon dead due to lag, this time because SHE couldn't keep up with THE SERVER.
Interestingly, the shock wave hardly affected San Jose, but hit SF much harder. Some descriptions at the time mentioned things like the wave bouncing off some geo layer underneath SJ and combining with the surface wave when they both reached SF. Seems far fetched, but it was a bit scary nonetheless.
I had Giants season tickets and was prepping for game 3 of the World Series. Sitting on the upper deck, near 1st plate, 3" Casio LCD TV in lap for the pre-game show (and replays).
Suddenly, a sound started rising, much like the engine sound of a Cessna plane, and a piece of plaster appeared on my lap where the TV used to be. Needless to say, I looked up (thinking I'm under open sky). I saw I was under the edge of the stadium wall which was built with an inward bend, and a loud speaker moving back and forth about a foot in each direction.
Once I quickly discerned it would not be easy to catch if the speaker if it fell, I jumped a few benches toward the middle. After the trembling was over, the crowd yelled, as if it was a sign the A's would get their's for whipping the Giants 2 games in a row (sadly, the Giants were swept the next 2 games once the postponed games restarted).
There was no electricity, no news casts, a cloud of smoke was visible toward the City over the far edge of the stadium, rumors started circulating about the Bay Bridge having collapsed (partially true), the City being on fire (also partially true).
I still have that little TV and the piece of plaster - interesting relics with a story.
...Enlarge your P****
"Rice-a-clony"tm: the new San Francisco treat...
...and we men thought the idea of dating twins was the ultimate dream...
What do we know about the deep oceans so far? We always find new nifty things at home (e.g. organisms that live in zones that would be toxic to us), haven't even figured out how to keep the planet's population happy, but still spend megabucks to fly into space.
So, yes, of course we're going to another planet - the grass may be greener there...