In all the replies, I don't see even one that says, "Why did Microsoft allow this problem in the beginning?"
When there is a news story that says, "Abuser says it will stop abuse." People debate how wonderful it is rather than show skepticism or ask why they were abused.
It would be better if we had more efficient social mechanisms for recognizing and stopping abuse.
The above post seems technically correct to me. Three problems: Cranking voltage and voltage variation caused by the alternator and mistakes during car maintenance. So, some intermediary regulator would be required.
In general, people who are not interested in you want a short resume.
Someone who is actually interested, who is thinking of spending $80,000 per year in salary and expenses to hire you, will want to know as much as possible about you.
The DC directly from the car's battery terminals is almost completely clean. This is because of the low internal resistance of a charged car battery. There are IC regulators that output the other voltages, using a +12 Volt input.
The angry, disrespectful Bill Gates is the real Bill Gates. He once threw a
tantrum in front of several Time Magazine editors, who reported it in the next
issue of the magazine. There were stories in many publications giving examples
of VERY immature behavior.
However, Mr. Gates was persuaded to hire Waggener Edstrom, a public relations
company. Pam
Edstrom helped him create a new image. Pam somehow got Mr. Gates to take
showers, wear good clothes, and stop having public tantrums. She arranged
carefully scripted interviews, so that Mr. Gates' real self is never seen now.
Waggener Edstrom is in Portland, Oregon, USA, and a local newspaper, Willamette Week, reported the Gates-Edstrom
connection. However, the article is available as a paper copy only.
Public relations firms are extremely successful at influencing media
companies. There is a reference to this in a Willamette Week story in
which someone suggested that Pam Edstrom heavily influenced the Oregonian
newspaper not to print stories that Microsoft pays no taxes. (Search for
"Edstrom".)
Technically knowledgeable people are usually terrible at marketing. The Peppercoin web site is one of those "Click here to get the plug-in" web sites. (Last time there was a big security vulnerability in Flash, I uninstalled it from Mozilla.)
A play on words like "Peppercoin" is rarely successful marketing. People want to be able to trust a company. They don't want a small joke.
Ganglions are caused by inner conflict.
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· Score: 2, Funny
"The cause of ganglions is not always clear."
Ganglions are caused by inner conflict. There is no direct connection with computer use.
I did some research about this and came to the conclusion that the secret agencies of the U.S. government are completely out of control: What
should be the Response to Violence?
MOD THE PARENT POST UP! Corporate security depends on making the intruder do something he or she is unlikely to be able to do. It can be made very unattractive to open a computer case.
Taking advantage of this vulnerability looks a lot like normal computer use. It is possible to change the administrator password from DOS, for example, but most people don't have the software to do so. (See Windows XP may provide no local security.) This is simpler and quicker, and involves having only an easily available CD.
The problems at Sun are very common.
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· Score: 4, Interesting
Quotes from the Cringely column:
"Scott McNealy will have to stumble on a new business just as he stumbled on servers and Java. This means getting new
and energetic technical leadership for the company, which desperately needs another Bill Joy."
"McNealy has to... take enormous risks and do it with élan. Only then will Sun return to greatness."
I've been studying issues of this nature for more than 30 years. What has happened to Sun has happened to Microsoft and
Intel and other companies. The leaders become tired. The human brain cannot do essentially the same thing for many years
without a serious rest. The human brain cannot operate in a healthy fashion if it is always being told what to do; the
brain needs plenty of time to connect everything with everything else.
Cringely is not a deep thinker. He once set a goal for himself to design and build a new kind of aircraft in a month. He
wasn't successful, or course.
Basically Cringely says that Scott McNealy should put a huge amount of new brainpower into Sun. On the surface this is a
good idea. But it is an idea that is always true, like saying that if starving people have more money, they will eat. It is
always true that a company can use more brainpower.
Effectively, all Cringely is saying is "If the problem goes away, the problem won't be there." Or, "If Sun has more
brainpower, Sun won't have problems with lack of brainpower."
The real problem is that Scott McNealy and other executives don't understand the limits of the human brain. They believe
they can do more with their brains than is actually possible.
The brain is subject to the limits described by Gestalt psychology. If a person stares at something long enough, it
disappears from consciousness. Basically, Scott McNealy cannot hold the issues of growing a computer company in his
consciousness for many years without periodic serious rest.
Gestalt is a German word for the phenomenon of how events or ideas connect in the human brain. Since wisdom is
connectedness in the brain, the phenomenon is extremely important.
There is apparently some sense inside Intel that Andy Grove got cancer because he overworked himself; at least Intel
employees readily accept this idea. Intel has serious problems now with marketing. The lack of good marketing is limiting
the company's understanding of how to find the necessary new technical directions. There is no one at Intel now with the
brainpower to see the problems or resolve them.
Microsoft has the same problem. Microsoft executives are slowly destroying the company by being adversarial toward their
customers. But Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer are tired. They have been doing the same thing day and night since they were
young adults. They simply don't have the brainpower to recognize the problems and fix them, particularly since fixing the
problems in this case would require that they resolve inner conflict that they've had since childhood. (I wrote an article
that discusses some of Microsoft's adversarial behavior: Windows XP
Shows the Direction Microsoft is Going.)
The problems at Sun are very common. Fairchild Semiconductor and Novell, for example, destroyed themselves in the same way.
The executives reached a point where no amount of pressuring themselves could result in more useful brain activity.
LOL! At one time, the Swedish chef was my favorite TV character. Although I
was an adult, and didn't often watch TV, I watched the Muppets more than the
children in the neighborhood.
Be sure to give credit to whomever wrote the original Swedish chef software. I
don't see that now on your web pages. Also, notice that the press release about
the Bork edition says, "Pal A. Hvistendahl, Marcom Director". Shouldn't
this be "Marketing Director"? If you mean MARketing COMmunications, that isn't
an advisable word because it communicates only to people who think about
marketing all the time.
The whole point of a lottery, for the lottery organization, is to get money without earning it. You can be sure that they are doing so. That kind of people will lie if necessary.
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In all the replies, I don't see even one that says, "Why did Microsoft allow this problem in the beginning?"
When there is a news story that says, "Abuser says it will stop abuse." People debate how wonderful it is rather than show skepticism or ask why they were abused.
It would be better if we had more efficient social mechanisms for recognizing and stopping abuse.
Why do hippies come to Oregon?
Because there are no jobs.
Need non-toxic hydraulic fluid? Try Raging Cow!
Okay, where is my free stuff?
Advertisers should be aware that astro-turfing can get out of control very easily.
Interesting.
I should have said long resumes that are packed with useful information are better than short resumes that are difficult to decode.
The above post seems technically correct to me. Three problems: Cranking voltage and voltage variation caused by the alternator and mistakes during car maintenance. So, some intermediary regulator would be required.
In general, people who are not interested in you want a short resume.
Someone who is actually interested, who is thinking of spending $80,000 per year in salary and expenses to hire you, will want to know as much as possible about you.
For sure, you need a fuse.
The DC directly from the car's battery terminals is almost completely clean. This is because of the low internal resistance of a charged car battery. There are IC regulators that output the other voltages, using a +12 Volt input.
Thank you. Excellent explanation.
MOD THIS UP. Good Info!
See The angry Bill Gates is the real Bill Gates.
See also Has Gates' combativeness hurt Microsoft in court case?
See Is Bill Gates a Genius?
The angry, disrespectful Bill Gates is the real Bill Gates. He once threw a tantrum in front of several Time Magazine editors, who reported it in the next issue of the magazine. There were stories in many publications giving examples of VERY immature behavior.
However, Mr. Gates was persuaded to hire Waggener Edstrom, a public relations company. Pam Edstrom helped him create a new image. Pam somehow got Mr. Gates to take showers, wear good clothes, and stop having public tantrums. She arranged carefully scripted interviews, so that Mr. Gates' real self is never seen now.
Waggener Edstrom is in Portland, Oregon, USA, and a local newspaper, Willamette Week, reported the Gates-Edstrom connection. However, the article is available as a paper copy only.
Public relations firms are extremely successful at influencing media companies. There is a reference to this in a Willamette Week story in which someone suggested that Pam Edstrom heavily influenced the Oregonian newspaper not to print stories that Microsoft pays no taxes. (Search for "Edstrom".)
I certainly understand why you say this. However, the symptoms co-exist. One is not the direct cause of the other.
To avoid knowledge of inner conflict, people push themselves to be aware of something else. It is the pushiness that causes the bumps.
Technically knowledgeable people are usually terrible at marketing. The Peppercoin web site is one of those "Click here to get the plug-in" web sites. (Last time there was a big security vulnerability in Flash, I uninstalled it from Mozilla.)
A play on words like "Peppercoin" is rarely successful marketing. People want to be able to trust a company. They don't want a small joke.
"The cause of ganglions is not always clear."
Ganglions are caused by inner conflict. There is no direct connection with computer use.
I did some research about this and came to the conclusion that the secret agencies of the U.S. government are completely out of control: What should be the Response to Violence?
MOD THE PARENT POST UP! Corporate security depends on making the intruder do something he or she is unlikely to be able to do. It can be made very unattractive to open a computer case.
Taking advantage of this vulnerability looks a lot like normal computer use. It is possible to change the administrator password from DOS, for example, but most people don't have the software to do so. (See Windows XP may provide no local security.) This is simpler and quicker, and involves having only an easily available CD.
The answer appears to be that there is no write capability to NTFS in Linux: Linux-NTFS Project
YES!!! I'd like to have that question answered, also. Please provide a link on how to make the linux boot disk with the NTFS driver.
Facts about Sun's finances:
Sun Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement
Quotes from the Cringely column:
"Scott McNealy will have to stumble on a new business just as he stumbled on servers and Java. This means getting new and energetic technical leadership for the company, which desperately needs another Bill Joy."
"McNealy has to
I've been studying issues of this nature for more than 30 years. What has happened to Sun has happened to Microsoft and Intel and other companies. The leaders become tired. The human brain cannot do essentially the same thing for many years without a serious rest. The human brain cannot operate in a healthy fashion if it is always being told what to do; the brain needs plenty of time to connect everything with everything else.
Cringely is not a deep thinker. He once set a goal for himself to design and build a new kind of aircraft in a month. He wasn't successful, or course.
Basically Cringely says that Scott McNealy should put a huge amount of new brainpower into Sun. On the surface this is a good idea. But it is an idea that is always true, like saying that if starving people have more money, they will eat. It is always true that a company can use more brainpower.
Effectively, all Cringely is saying is "If the problem goes away, the problem won't be there." Or, "If Sun has more brainpower, Sun won't have problems with lack of brainpower."
The real problem is that Scott McNealy and other executives don't understand the limits of the human brain. They believe they can do more with their brains than is actually possible.
The brain is subject to the limits described by Gestalt psychology. If a person stares at something long enough, it disappears from consciousness. Basically, Scott McNealy cannot hold the issues of growing a computer company in his consciousness for many years without periodic serious rest.
Gestalt is a German word for the phenomenon of how events or ideas connect in the human brain. Since wisdom is connectedness in the brain, the phenomenon is extremely important.
The phenomenon of perception is described in the book, Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality ,
by Frederick S. (Fritz) Perls, Ralph Hefferline and, Paul Goodman. This is the only book of which I am aware that describes the ideas of Gestalt psychology clearly.
There is apparently some sense inside Intel that Andy Grove got cancer because he overworked himself; at least Intel employees readily accept this idea. Intel has serious problems now with marketing. The lack of good marketing is limiting the company's understanding of how to find the necessary new technical directions. There is no one at Intel now with the brainpower to see the problems or resolve them.
Microsoft has the same problem. Microsoft executives are slowly destroying the company by being adversarial toward their customers. But Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer are tired. They have been doing the same thing day and night since they were young adults. They simply don't have the brainpower to recognize the problems and fix them, particularly since fixing the problems in this case would require that they resolve inner conflict that they've had since childhood. (I wrote an article that discusses some of Microsoft's adversarial behavior: Windows XP Shows the Direction Microsoft is Going.)
The problems at Sun are very common. Fairchild Semiconductor and Novell, for example, destroyed themselves in the same way. The executives reached a point where no amount of pressuring themselves could result in more useful brain activity.
Håkon,
This is very smart marketing in an industry in which marketing is usually very primitive.
As others have said, you are making your point without going to court. That's admirable.
Microsoft is so abusive that I wrote an article about the abuse so that I would have some way of explaining it to my customers: Windows XP Shows the Direction Microsoft is Going.
LOL! At one time, the Swedish chef was my favorite TV character. Although I was an adult, and didn't often watch TV, I watched the Muppets more than the children in the neighborhood.
Be sure to give credit to whomever wrote the original Swedish chef software. I don't see that now on your web pages. Also, notice that the press release about the Bork edition says, "Pal A. Hvistendahl, Marcom Director". Shouldn't this be "Marketing Director"? If you mean MARketing COMmunications, that isn't an advisable word because it communicates only to people who think about marketing all the time.
I agree, but also, when there are problems, there is often not sufficient will to fix them.
This article tells about some problems in Oregon:
Airplanes are safe, but laws often crash.
The whole point of a lottery, for the lottery organization, is to get money without earning it. You can be sure that they are doing so. That kind of people will lie if necessary.