These machines are not designed to do the type of work that multiple people can benifit from at the same time. They are, generically, personal super computers. My degree is in BioChem, and a room full of these vs 1 or 2 supercomputers would have been a godsend. I can't imagine what I could have gotten done if I didn't have to schedule SC time. Being able to just walk into a room of these and sit down would have been amazing.
Really, it would only take days to write a new file system in Linux? Or maybe you meant that it would take only days to integrate it into the OS? I think some/.'ers are speculating an awful lot about what part of the process is causing the delay.
The problem is that the way trademark law in the US is, a trademark holder MUST persue enforcement of its trademark rights or else face loosing those rights. It creates an unfortunate situation where a company may not want to be asshats about their trademarks, but they are afraid that they will loose their rights to it if they don't.
The US Navy introduced new WiFi seeking torpedo's. The torpedos will also be equiped with hemp-sensing technology to assist in correct target assignment.
If you are applying to a consulting/services company, certs are important. Not for the technical manager though. They are import to the sales managers.
I'm in this boat. I've been a consultant for a little over 5 years with the same company. I know my field cold. Yet this year I am looking at completing no fewer than 23 certification exams for an updated MCSE (useless) vendor certs (semi-useless) and a few "industry" certs like the CISSP (sorta usefull on a resume). Why? Because our vendors require them and our sales staff uses them to sell our services to our customers. My boss (12+ years same industry, same company) is in the same boat.
In consulting, they are unfortunately a necessary evil.
Yea, it's really bizarre. You would think there was some kind of draconian regulations on cryptography in the US that encourages companies that develop crypto to not reside here. hrm....
Because TI continues to give teachers freebies and kickbacks for their students using the damned things (teachers used to be able to turn in UPCs for freebies, believe they still can). It helps if you bribe the market I guess.
My calc 1 teacher was actually a TI beta tester and was ablsolutly devoted to them. I was the only student with a HP calc (a 48G that I still love). I used to love rubbing it in too:-)
Not true. My calc teacher used to always encourage us to use calculators on tests. His thought was that we needed to learn the calculus, not worry about addition and subtraction. That said, he always made sure that the calculus on the test would kill a TI-92 or HP48/49, but would be easy if you learned the calculus.
Actually, most scientist, engineers (like my father), and students of such (like myself) much prefer using the calculator over a laptop for the down and dirty everyday grunt work. It's just so much faster. And HP has a hardcore following. They are just rock solid. RPN, when you get used to it, is so much faster and intuitive than algebraic you feel cheated for all the years you didn't use it.
That drop in crude oil prices will translate to about 30 cents at the pumps, but it takes 4+ months for that to happen. Unlike kneejerk price changes at the pump due to world events, crude price changes take time to kick in for fuel prices. The problem right now, though, is not crude prices so much as refining capacity. Changes in EPA requirements and that pesky strike are causing a shortage of refining capacity, leading to higher costs for gas.
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These machines are not designed to do the type of work that multiple people can benifit from at the same time. They are, generically, personal super computers. My degree is in BioChem, and a room full of these vs 1 or 2 supercomputers would have been a godsend. I can't imagine what I could have gotten done if I didn't have to schedule SC time. Being able to just walk into a room of these and sit down would have been amazing.
Really, it would only take days to write a new file system in Linux? Or maybe you meant that it would take only days to integrate it into the OS? I think some /.'ers are speculating an awful lot about what part of the process is causing the delay.
Man, don't democrats have a sense of humor anymore?
What about Turkey? Serious question.
Uh, then maybe you have an allergy to ... pollen? I mean, unless these are some beyond-the-norm evil cats who really really just hate you...
The problem is that the way trademark law in the US is, a trademark holder MUST persue enforcement of its trademark rights or else face loosing those rights. It creates an unfortunate situation where a company may not want to be asshats about their trademarks, but they are afraid that they will loose their rights to it if they don't.
The US Navy introduced new WiFi seeking torpedo's. The torpedos will also be equiped with hemp-sensing technology to assist in correct target assignment.
One caveat with this advice:
If you are applying to a consulting/services company, certs are important. Not for the technical manager though. They are import to the sales managers.
I'm in this boat. I've been a consultant for a little over 5 years with the same company. I know my field cold. Yet this year I am looking at completing no fewer than 23 certification exams for an updated MCSE (useless) vendor certs (semi-useless) and a few "industry" certs like the CISSP (sorta usefull on a resume). Why? Because our vendors require them and our sales staff uses them to sell our services to our customers. My boss (12+ years same industry, same company) is in the same boat.
In consulting, they are unfortunately a necessary evil.
Yea, but the IBM can simulate nuclear reactions while at the same time providing more heat than one.
Actually, Yes.
Yea, it's really bizarre. You would think there was some kind of draconian regulations on cryptography in the US that encourages companies that develop crypto to not reside here. hrm....
No, if you join a domain, that option is removed and you are expected to use the DC's or a local time server.
Because TI continues to give teachers freebies and kickbacks for their students using the damned things (teachers used to be able to turn in UPCs for freebies, believe they still can). It helps if you bribe the market I guess.
:-)
My calc 1 teacher was actually a TI beta tester and was ablsolutly devoted to them. I was the only student with a HP calc (a 48G that I still love). I used to love rubbing it in too
Not true. My calc teacher used to always encourage us to use calculators on tests. His thought was that we needed to learn the calculus, not worry about addition and subtraction. That said, he always made sure that the calculus on the test would kill a TI-92 or HP48/49, but would be easy if you learned the calculus.
Actually, most scientist, engineers (like my father), and students of such (like myself) much prefer using the calculator over a laptop for the down and dirty everyday grunt work. It's just so much faster. And HP has a hardcore following. They are just rock solid. RPN, when you get used to it, is so much faster and intuitive than algebraic you feel cheated for all the years you didn't use it.
My company (About 3 years ago) actually deployed WordStar (for dos, forgot what version) for a customer via NT4 Terminal Services/Citrix Metaframe.
That drop in crude oil prices will translate to about 30 cents at the pumps, but it takes 4+ months for that to happen. Unlike kneejerk price changes at the pump due to world events, crude price changes take time to kick in for fuel prices. The problem right now, though, is not crude prices so much as refining capacity. Changes in EPA requirements and that pesky strike are causing a shortage of refining capacity, leading to higher costs for gas.