I can program cubic spline interpolationz(ya, in fortran 77) for data regression on test results, but its difficult to agrue why they should teach that now when XL does it instantly. We make tools to make life easier, so why not use them.
reminds me of the story of the reited engineer. A company calls him after a year of retirement to repair a machine he designed and that the company relied on. He came back as a consultant and repaired it in a few minutes. Accounting dept freaked upon recieving a bill for $50,000.10 and said it must be itemized to justify such claims..
1 screw---0.10 knowing where to put it --- $50,000
" It is the corporate officer's duty to undertake whatever actions maximize stockholder benefit."
yes and this is why they should take a stand. The long term benefit of their company not being a serf to microsoft would greatly increase that stock price you seem to hold so dear. If they should recieve orders from their so called "partner" why dont they just fire the CEO? fire all the non-production management, obviously they can't make their own decisions and are a redundant component.
well that and me cashing all those $100.00 checks they'd pay me to switch my long distance service (i'm not kidding). Musta given me 3 of them before they stopped heh.
Databases are nothing new, the older forms are what we call "books". There is a reason medical students are required to do more than just memorize facts about the human body etc. They provide insight and experience in interpreting the facts/test results. I believe this could be a tool for them to use but very open to abuse. What if insurance companies and other type instituions opt for a cheaper alternative analysis simply because its plausable to reply on a computer?
I sure would. Tickets would be cheaper, or I would get to where I'm going faster. You might think its untested but its really not. They've been kicking this design around for a long long time (see future shuttle images). As for evacuation in a crash, think about what happens when a typical airliner today crashes, how it breaks apart at the wings dumping fuel all over to ignite. If i had to guess, as i am since i have no real data, this body style would be much much stronger. Stress would not be concentrated around the area where the wings meet the "tube" of the airframe, it would also lessen cyclic stress as the force is more distributed.
with my 20+(i've lost count, but easily more than 20) crowns in my noggin i should be able to become the leading mobile-bio-communitcation hub for the east coast.
After becoming an employee of a "microsoft shop" in jan, I've used nothing but m$ and its products for 99% of my development tools(officexp/winxp pro/messenger/vis studio etc) and day to day work.
So I took a chance on the posting yesterday and decided to give Mozilla a whirl. First impression wasn't that great due to the cheese splash screen on launch(which I replaced, and it actually listened to me!). However it didn't take long for me to be converted after that.
Right off the bat, I turned off 90% of pop up adds, imported my IE fav's and even gave it a new look using the themes. i was and still am truely impressed by Mozilla. I can search my bookmarks, a huge deal for me. I can tell Mozilla how to behave...and it seems to actually listen!
After realising how much I liked this new browser I suddenly became very aware of how far the 'net in general has gone down hill since IE's dominace. I realized how my work got further and further away from stds, focused on M$ and how they wanted things done. Most of all I was dissapointed how I had forgotten just how good the net as a whole used to be.
Either way, if the Moz. dev team is listening, thank you. I can once again surf in peace.
but no, i canceled by horid "broad band" cable service outright. Maybe these people were merely seeking those "lightning fast, always on" service they were promised in the first place. Unless you have the rare ubercable, just do yourself a favor and get dsl.
engineers seem to have laid down for the trendy marketing types.
I guess i should run out and buy a lifetime suppy of hp48's while there are still a few left. Ironicly they were built the "old" Hp way and the one i currently have is a lifetime supply.
Back in the days of 1996 you had two large communities. Quake and Mechwarrior. There were leagues for both, there were active online players of both.
One you could expand (Quake) and one you couldn't (Mechwarrior)
Quake community grew and grew and as the game changed and became more advanced so did those doing the mods, maps, and skins. They spawned Weapons Factory, Rocket Areana, Ubran Terror.. countless maps, and even more numerous skins. The code was open, the architectire was open(.pk3).We got statistical tracking, we got cross referencing those stats. Other game developers caught on and we got RTCW, MOH, DoD, and the one i'm hooked on..Kedi Knight 2: Outcast. Open game, active community.
Now take a look at the Mech community, that was around at the same time. Everyone was in a clan, a huge percent of players were involved in leagues. The game wasn't open but the mechs were(a text file). That spawned mech editors, NAIS(mercs), cheat detectors, and mech organizers( i have 500 varients). That was it tho..untill Microsoft stepped in. Mechwarrior today has had all the "sim" like features stripped out of it, skins are difficult to make(they provide no blanks). There are 0 mods, there are 0 apps, it keeps log files in some non standard format...but uploads stats IN BINARY! to microsoft tracking servers(hacking would be against DCMA).
so 2 genres, 2 communities starting at about the same time. Its pretty easy to see that its not "if you build it they will come" but rather "IF YOU LET THEM build it THEMSELVES, they'll come running!"
I remember the first wilco cd, because my buy-3 cd's-a-week friend had it. It wasn't bad but not my taste.
I'll probly check out their new offering in mp3 format to see if i like it and inform my friends that "that cd is great, you should pick it up" even if i dont like it.
Bands seem to only get cash from concerts so if wilco ever comes to town I'll buy a ticket wheater i have the time to go or not.
Slashdot Mirror
..because thats where the money was =)
better grab the patent on that while you still have time!
I can program cubic spline interpolationz(ya, in fortran 77) for data regression on test results, but its difficult to agrue why they should teach that now when XL does it instantly. We make tools to make life easier, so why not use them.
reminds me of the story of the reited engineer. A company calls him after a year of retirement to repair a machine he designed and that the company relied on. He came back as a consultant and repaired it in a few minutes. Accounting dept freaked upon recieving a bill for $50,000.10 and said it must be itemized to justify such claims..
1 screw---0.10
knowing where to put it --- $50,000
the first time this was ever talked about?
walk into your boss' office...."now this is gunna sound a lil weird"
" It is the corporate officer's duty to undertake whatever actions maximize stockholder benefit." yes and this is why they should take a stand. The long term benefit of their company not being a serf to microsoft would greatly increase that stock price you seem to hold so dear. If they should recieve orders from their so called "partner" why dont they just fire the CEO? fire all the non-production management, obviously they can't make their own decisions and are a redundant component.
agreed, its time for them to grow a sack. The major mfgs need to figure out that its just matter of time before microsoft turns their sights on them.
more accurate would be that 95% of..IE..users find them annoying =)
viva mozilla!
well that and me cashing all those $100.00 checks they'd pay me to switch my long distance service (i'm not kidding). Musta given me 3 of them before they stopped heh.
Databases are nothing new, the older forms are what we call "books". There is a reason medical students are required to do more than just memorize facts about the human body etc. They provide insight and experience in interpreting the facts/test results. I believe this could be a tool for them to use but very open to abuse. What if insurance companies and other type instituions opt for a cheaper alternative analysis simply because its plausable to reply on a computer?
I sure would. Tickets would be cheaper, or I would get to where I'm going faster. You might think its untested but its really not. They've been kicking this design around for a long long time (see future shuttle images). As for evacuation in a crash, think about what happens when a typical airliner today crashes, how it breaks apart at the wings dumping fuel all over to ignite. If i had to guess, as i am since i have no real data, this body style would be much much stronger. Stress would not be concentrated around the area where the wings meet the "tube" of the airframe, it would also lessen cyclic stress as the force is more distributed.
" Perhaps I'm too much of a purist, but I've always seen the internet as an ever-changing medium, not a permanent one."
If you dont have a record of what something was before, how do you know its changed?
Personally I love seeing older versions of previous work and watching the trends in web development as they progres.
with my 20+(i've lost count, but easily more than 20) crowns in my noggin i should be able to become the leading mobile-bio-communitcation hub for the east coast.
you forgot Never Winter NIghts being gold aswell.
I do value my job, but I also created it. The joys of having a contract =)
After becoming an employee of a "microsoft shop" in jan, I've used nothing but m$ and its products for 99% of my development tools(officexp/winxp pro/messenger/vis studio etc) and day to day work.
So I took a chance on the posting yesterday and decided to give Mozilla a whirl. First impression wasn't that great due to the cheese splash screen on launch(which I replaced, and it actually listened to me!). However it didn't take long for me to be converted after that.
Right off the bat, I turned off 90% of pop up adds, imported my IE fav's and even gave it a new look using the themes. i was and still am truely impressed by Mozilla. I can search my bookmarks, a huge deal for me. I can tell Mozilla how to behave...and it seems to actually listen!
After realising how much I liked this new browser I suddenly became very aware of how far the 'net in general has gone down hill since IE's dominace. I realized how my work got further and further away from stds, focused on M$ and how they wanted things done. Most of all I was dissapointed how I had forgotten just how good the net as a whole used to be.
Either way, if the Moz. dev team is listening, thank you. I can once again surf in peace.
thats really all you had to say ya know.
ya as an mech eng, I had to read it twice when i woke up. I thought i was sleepwalking/dreaming.
but no, i canceled by horid "broad band" cable service outright. Maybe these people were merely seeking those "lightning fast, always on" service they were promised in the first place. Unless you have the rare ubercable, just do yourself a favor and get dsl.
one word "marketing"
engineers seem to have laid down for the trendy marketing types.
I guess i should run out and buy a lifetime suppy of hp48's while there are still a few left. Ironicly they were built the "old" Hp way and the one i currently have is a lifetime supply.
I love the ipaq, very happy to see them stick with what works and not roll over the ipaq
i have 20/10 vision, its not all that its cracked up to be
just copied it from someone and "personalized" the code like most of the others do. No one would have said a word then.
2 games series, mechwarrior & quake.
Back in the days of 1996 you had two large communities. Quake and Mechwarrior. There were leagues for both, there were active online players of both.
One you could expand (Quake) and one you couldn't (Mechwarrior)
Quake community grew and grew and as the game changed and became more advanced so did those doing the mods, maps, and skins. They spawned Weapons Factory, Rocket Areana, Ubran Terror.. countless maps, and even more numerous skins. The code was open, the architectire was open(.pk3).We got statistical tracking, we got cross referencing those stats. Other game developers caught on and we got RTCW, MOH, DoD, and the one i'm hooked on..Kedi Knight 2: Outcast. Open game, active community.
Now take a look at the Mech community, that was around at the same time. Everyone was in a clan, a huge percent of players were involved in leagues. The game wasn't open but the mechs were(a text file). That spawned mech editors, NAIS(mercs), cheat detectors, and mech organizers( i have 500 varients). That was it tho..untill Microsoft stepped in. Mechwarrior today has had all the "sim" like features stripped out of it, skins are difficult to make(they provide no blanks). There are 0 mods, there are 0 apps, it keeps log files in some non standard format...but uploads stats IN BINARY! to microsoft tracking servers(hacking would be against DCMA).
so 2 genres, 2 communities starting at about the same time. Its pretty easy to see that its not "if you build it they will come" but rather "IF YOU LET THEM build it THEMSELVES, they'll come running!"
I remember the first wilco cd, because my buy-3 cd's-a-week friend had it. It wasn't bad but not my taste.
I'll probly check out their new offering in mp3 format to see if i like it and inform my friends that "that cd is great, you should pick it up" even if i dont like it.
Bands seem to only get cash from concerts so if wilco ever comes to town I'll buy a ticket wheater i have the time to go or not.