I hope that's not true... in most cases creative types are hard to manage. Then again, what good does it do to even TRY to micromanage someone like that? Creative problem solvers don't need it. As my boss told me, "I want to be able to point you at a problem and have it fixed. I don't want to have to tell you how to do it, and I don't want you asking for direction 10 times a day. At that point I could do it myself. I'll step in if I think you're off on a tangent, though". Which works well for both of us. And yeah, we have a dress code (not supposed to wear jeans unless it's Friday, etc) but it's not enforced. You would really have to push it to get called on a dress code violation.
Yeah, but now we have showers, and running hot water, which do help. I used to buzz my hair, because combing it was a pain. Now I'm letting it grow, because keeping it cut was a pain. And I have a beard because shaving is a pain. I'll bet a lot of other long-haired, bearded professionals have a similar reason: the less you have to do to be ready for work when you wake up in the morning, the better.
Actually, I built a CO2 laser from scratch. The (estimated) power output is 100 watts. Of course, that is coherent and focused, so it burns 1/4 holes in things quick:) I don't know what the efficiency is, since it runs on my general electric bill, but I'd be surprised if it was much over 5 %. Once you factor in the water cooling pumps, losses in the power supply, the amount the semitransparent front lense actually lets through, heat loss, etc. lasers (homebuilt, anyway) aren't real efficient. Fun project, just be real careful with used neon sign power supplies... they aren't always in the best of shape, and you don't usually get a second chance if you get zapped by one. Also, I had my lens holders cut by a waterjet shop... VERY nice. Self cooling; that rocks.
Given a big enough mirror or lens, and another mirror or prism flipping fast enough, it might work. Flashbulbs would probably still be cheaper though... light is light, the trick with pumping a solid laser like a ruby or yag is pumping it in at the right rate. Solar powered Q-switch? Sure, but why? Hey wait a minute... you want to mount these onto SHARKS, don't you?
Naw, I'm not going out... I'm going to go out back and grill me some bratwurst on my yuppie-style gas grill. Bratwurst and pepper jack, that rocks. Anyway, no offense intended and none taken. Sometimes I think people their views on America from Baywatch or something... yet another reason the big media companies suck.
The real problem is that with the difference in labor and other costs between the US and China, any recycler is going to ship the dead monitors to China. Which would perpetuate the current problem the Chinese have with heavy metals and whatnot. It's still getting dumped, but not in your backyard. The Chinese government knows the deal, I'm sure. They were willing to put the trash in THEIR backyard, and western businesses dumped it there. This stuff comes in by the container full; it isn't being smuggled across the Chinese border on the backs of donkeys.
The proper way to dispose of a dead monitor is to put it out of it's misery with high velocity bullets, which allows you to get entertainment value even after it goes black and still. I have done this. The results weren't what expected; monitor implosions just aren't as dramatic as you're led to believe by the safety warnings. They also do a pretty good job of stopping bullets, which was also not expected. Although, if you live in the US and your monitor accidentally stops a bullet you will probably have a hard time finding a "green" way to dispose of it. Better to practice muzzle control:)
In a small company (limited number of users), the sysadmin IS the CIO. Otherwise, you'd have to hire someone to have meetings with the sysadmin and exchange buzzwords. This is not very productive, especially for a company with less than 50 users. Admins like it much more when meetings are with the owner, after work, over a beer, and on the owners tab. Of course, that also means that the single IT guy has a lot more responsibilty, but so it goes. There are a lot more small companies than large ones, and they don't have a need or a good reason to add a management layer to IT if one or two guys can get the job done.
Everything has changed, and not always for the better. On the other hand,/. is open to the public, isn't it? Yeah, you get goatse trolls and whatnot, but they're easy to ignore, and they're entertaining each other (not sure if that low of a role is really needed in a web "food chain, but whatever. Maybe they'll grow up). Pick what you want to see, then do what you need to do. I know that the analogy is kind of weak for the web in general, but how often do you visit aol.com, msn.com, yahoo.com, etc? To me, large commercial sites are like watching a half hour tv show and seeing 5 minutes of content with the rest commercial. So I don't. I don't browse/. at -1, either. Ignorant users aren't a threat to the web as we know it, really. Politicians (and the companies that pay them) are.
That is true. Still, some things haven't changed. How many private FTP servers that your friends run do you know about? If you have a small personal site, how many "random" people actually hit it? Most people have only a few sites they visit regularly, and if you exclude the big commercial sites the smaller ones are probably run by people that they know in some way to begin with, or they were reccomended by a friend. The original small, close-knit user base is being replaced by thousands and thousands of other small groups of user who have common interest... but those sites almost never make CNN and don't buy pop-up ads on AOL. There isn't ONE web community anymore, granted. There are lots of small splinter groups. If you try to include everyone in your circle of friends and give anyone and everyone access, congratulations! You just created another web (the way it is now).
Well, not random strangers for sure. I had a free shell at a local ISP for a while... but they knew me and I helped hook up the servers so it's a little different. People you know, fine... people you don't, no way. Most places that offer free shells do it that way (you have to know them or be referred).
These machines are standalone too... they are going to collect the votes on memory cards. My real problem with this is that it has been a rush job... what the arcticle leaves out is that they just started hiring for this project (at least for those "roving techs" and at the county level) two, maybe three months ago. Every county did their own hiring for this. That's not long for a rollout of this scale. And yes, I know what I'm talking about. I heard about the jobs opening up the day they did it (from a professor friend), and my best friend from college interviewed the next day. The hired in a hurry, rolled it out in a hurry, and they're having problems. I can't say that I'm surprised.
Actually, I've seen a BSOD on an ATM... It's been a while, but I think it was at a Wachovia bank. I don't know how common it is, but some ATMs apparantly use (or used) Windows.
Good one:) Yeah, that's about when my friend loaded it onto the Mac he uses at work. The point was that even Mac has made usability errors... at least for the way I use a computer.
Yeah, but have you ever tried to play unreal tournament with one of those ignorant hockey puck macintosh mice? That was a dumbass design. It was a dumbass design with one button, and it would have been a dumbass design with three. Tiny round mice SUCK.
No, we can't go metric. That would deprive American engineers of the masochist joys of using dual measurement systems. Then, without that mental exercise, we would lose our technological edge... leaving innovation to the unwashed masses in the EU.
Yeah, but it used a Russian engine... Never mind, I don't understand what you're whining about anyway. What does a launch have to do with anything? Yes, the DOD funds a lot of research. So what?
No, you probably have enough carbon in you... you'll just need to stand in front of a blowtorch for a few hours to get all the water out. Anybody know what the impurity is that makes diamonds blue?
Can do.
Just post your name, social security number (US residents only please), address, next of kin, and your lawyer's name and we'll send a Vinnie right over with a branch chipper. Oh, you want to WAIT a while... Want the installment plan?
You hit the nail on the head. "No, we can't be expected to minimize costs to improve profits! You should pay us more!" Telling statement on their part.
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I hope that's not true... in most cases creative types are hard to manage. Then again, what good does it do to even TRY to micromanage someone like that? Creative problem solvers don't need it. As my boss told me, "I want to be able to point you at a problem and have it fixed. I don't want to have to tell you how to do it, and I don't want you asking for direction 10 times a day. At that point I could do it myself. I'll step in if I think you're off on a tangent, though". Which works well for both of us. And yeah, we have a dress code (not supposed to wear jeans unless it's Friday, etc) but it's not enforced. You would really have to push it to get called on a dress code violation.
Yeah, but now we have showers, and running hot water, which do help. I used to buzz my hair, because combing it was a pain. Now I'm letting it grow, because keeping it cut was a pain. And I have a beard because shaving is a pain. I'll bet a lot of other long-haired, bearded professionals have a similar reason: the less you have to do to be ready for work when you wake up in the morning, the better.
Actually, I built a CO2 laser from scratch. The (estimated) power output is 100 watts. Of course, that is coherent and focused, so it burns 1/4 holes in things quick :) I don't know what the efficiency is, since it runs on my general electric bill, but I'd be surprised if it was much over 5 %. Once you factor in the water cooling pumps, losses in the power supply, the amount the semitransparent front lense actually lets through, heat loss, etc. lasers (homebuilt, anyway) aren't real efficient. Fun project, just be real careful with used neon sign power supplies... they aren't always in the best of shape, and you don't usually get a second chance if you get zapped by one. Also, I had my lens holders cut by a waterjet shop... VERY nice. Self cooling; that rocks.
No, no, no... a real anthill WMD is a REAL M80 duct taped to a can of Aquanet hairspray, and a long fuse :)
Given a big enough mirror or lens, and another mirror or prism flipping fast enough, it might work. Flashbulbs would probably still be cheaper though... light is light, the trick with pumping a solid laser like a ruby or yag is pumping it in at the right rate. Solar powered Q-switch? Sure, but why? Hey wait a minute... you want to mount these onto SHARKS, don't you?
Ants are cheaper :)
But, one question is unanswered: what happens when you put the ants, the rig, and an AOL cd in the microwave on high for a couple of minutes?
Naw, I'm not going out... I'm going to go out back and grill me some bratwurst on my yuppie-style gas grill. Bratwurst and pepper jack, that rocks. Anyway, no offense intended and none taken. Sometimes I think people their views on America from Baywatch or something... yet another reason the big media companies suck.
The real problem is that with the difference in labor and other costs between the US and China, any recycler is going to ship the dead monitors to China. Which would perpetuate the current problem the Chinese have with heavy metals and whatnot. It's still getting dumped, but not in your backyard. The Chinese government knows the deal, I'm sure. They were willing to put the trash in THEIR backyard, and western businesses dumped it there. This stuff comes in by the container full; it isn't being smuggled across the Chinese border on the backs of donkeys.
The proper way to dispose of a dead monitor is to put it out of it's misery with high velocity bullets, which allows you to get entertainment value even after it goes black and still. I have done this. The results weren't what expected; monitor implosions just aren't as dramatic as you're led to believe by the safety warnings. They also do a pretty good job of stopping bullets, which was also not expected. Although, if you live in the US and your monitor accidentally stops a bullet you will probably have a hard time finding a "green" way to dispose of it. Better to practice muzzle control :)
In a small company (limited number of users), the sysadmin IS the CIO. Otherwise, you'd have to hire someone to have meetings with the sysadmin and exchange buzzwords. This is not very productive, especially for a company with less than 50 users. Admins like it much more when meetings are with the owner, after work, over a beer, and on the owners tab. Of course, that also means that the single IT guy has a lot more responsibilty, but so it goes. There are a lot more small companies than large ones, and they don't have a need or a good reason to add a management layer to IT if one or two guys can get the job done.
Everything has changed, and not always for the better. On the other hand, /. is open to the public, isn't it? Yeah, you get goatse trolls and whatnot, but they're easy to ignore, and they're entertaining each other (not sure if that low of a role is really needed in a web "food chain, but whatever. Maybe they'll grow up). Pick what you want to see, then do what you need to do. I know that the analogy is kind of weak for the web in general, but how often do you visit aol.com, msn.com, yahoo.com, etc? To me, large commercial sites are like watching a half hour tv show and seeing 5 minutes of content with the rest commercial. So I don't. I don't browse /. at -1, either. Ignorant users aren't a threat to the web as we know it, really. Politicians (and the companies that pay them) are.
That is true. Still, some things haven't changed. How many private FTP servers that your friends run do you know about? If you have a small personal site, how many "random" people actually hit it? Most people have only a few sites they visit regularly, and if you exclude the big commercial sites the smaller ones are probably run by people that they know in some way to begin with, or they were reccomended by a friend. The original small, close-knit user base is being replaced by thousands and thousands of other small groups of user who have common interest... but those sites almost never make CNN and don't buy pop-up ads on AOL. There isn't ONE web community anymore, granted. There are lots of small splinter groups. If you try to include everyone in your circle of friends and give anyone and everyone access, congratulations! You just created another web (the way it is now).
Yeah, but I don't miss Compuserve, and I don't miss having to make a long distance call to connect. And your sig is a troll.
Well, not random strangers for sure. I had a free shell at a local ISP for a while... but they knew me and I helped hook up the servers so it's a little different. People you know, fine... people you don't, no way. Most places that offer free shells do it that way (you have to know them or be referred).
And you're underestimating the stupidity of the voters. Someone will find a screw it up. Hopefully it will be rare, but it will happen.
These machines are standalone too... they are going to collect the votes on memory cards. My real problem with this is that it has been a rush job... what the arcticle leaves out is that they just started hiring for this project (at least for those "roving techs" and at the county level) two, maybe three months ago. Every county did their own hiring for this. That's not long for a rollout of this scale. And yes, I know what I'm talking about. I heard about the jobs opening up the day they did it (from a professor friend), and my best friend from college interviewed the next day. The hired in a hurry, rolled it out in a hurry, and they're having problems. I can't say that I'm surprised.
Actually, I've seen a BSOD on an ATM... It's been a while, but I think it was at a Wachovia bank. I don't know how common it is, but some ATMs apparantly use (or used) Windows.
Good one :) Yeah, that's about when my friend loaded it onto the Mac he uses at work. The point was that even Mac has made usability errors... at least for the way I use a computer.
Yeah, but have you ever tried to play unreal tournament with one of those ignorant hockey puck macintosh mice? That was a dumbass design. It was a dumbass design with one button, and it would have been a dumbass design with three. Tiny round mice SUCK.
No, we can't go metric. That would deprive American engineers of the masochist joys of using dual measurement systems. Then, without that mental exercise, we would lose our technological edge... leaving innovation to the unwashed masses in the EU.
Yeah, but it used a Russian engine... Never mind, I don't understand what you're whining about anyway. What does a launch have to do with anything? Yes, the DOD funds a lot of research. So what?
No, you probably have enough carbon in you... you'll just need to stand in front of a blowtorch for a few hours to get all the water out. Anybody know what the impurity is that makes diamonds blue?
Can do. Just post your name, social security number (US residents only please), address, next of kin, and your lawyer's name and we'll send a Vinnie right over with a branch chipper. Oh, you want to WAIT a while... Want the installment plan?
You hit the nail on the head. "No, we can't be expected to minimize costs to improve profits! You should pay us more!" Telling statement on their part.