I would say parents company is about in line with industry standards. If you NEED a training specifically for the company, they will pay for classes and travel. If you want the training for advancement, usually they want you to get the training and pass the exams on your own, and they will chip in the test fees. Most companies have a similar college course plan in that you have to have an approved plan, then PASS the class before they pay back.
Given the cost of some training, or need to GO to classes out-of-town, I can see how employees might want help at times.
For many positions, that's the difference between "doing" the work and climbing the ladder. I think companies are happy to have people that "know" the work without the cert. because then you can't get the NEXT cert for that hardware/software that makes you a specialist... And paid accordingly. But you can limp along "doing the work" for 5-6 years.
There's no legal power/ frequency bands that RC hobbyists can use to view cameras and steer that far away. There are plenty of items you CAN use, but not without modification. As soon as you boost the power on a 2.4ghz antenna you are outside FCC specs... Which means its automatically outside FAA specs using "illegal" controls.
The other direction is that somebody who DOES have licensed FCC equipment to send audio/video at that distance (like a TV station) cannot mount that equipment in a non-licensed (toy) aircraft because its commercially licensed by the FCC.
THAT is what makes it a Drone in the FAA/FCC rules. Somebody has modified equipment to break at least one set of rules just to put the craft in that spot.
I don't think somthing that's a "toy" like an AR.Drone even has enough wireless range for that height. Standard RC equipment might let you fly that far, but bectoo small to see.... Clearly this is somebody that knows where they were flying to cause trouble.
BeOS was forked to Haiku perfectly fine because it was never owned by Microsoft.
I don't see Google shutting down Kindle or Nook that use Android, but are not part of the handset alliance.
Most phone OEMS are members of Google's Android Alliance, as part of that Google works with them for updates, and they promise to keep their Android versions "on the straight and narrow path" for maximum software compatibility. Those are the only times Google throws a fit, when somebody IN the alliance breaks something to get ahead of other OEMS.
So interesting question.... Unlike the masses this campaign is aimed at, if I actually TURN ON PGP for my Gmail, does Google still read it? Because that's really the equivelant to using an "envelope" in the real world.
ALL email is just POSTCARDS that anybody in the middle can read plainly. I wouldn't be surprised if the big ISPs were all doing it too. After all, it's not "private" until it passes through their servers into your assigned mailbox.
They will just move across "town" to Luxembourg open a new "world headquarters" in an apartment and get paid from there. The Swiss operation will hold all the money but be managed elsewhere. Like how many US companies run from Bermuda now.
With the US pushing so hard against Terrorism and Drugs, even Switzerland is losing its ability to play all sides against each other... They are simply not big enough to defend themselves in size or amount of gold hoarded versus the Swiss plebs.
It's about 48 cents a gallon... Plus sales tax. And that was when gas was selling for $1 a gallon. Now sales tax is more than the fuel tax in many states.
We have these other things that store carbon compounds in 100' tall columns!!! Imagine how much carbon per acre they could store... Everybody's gonna want on on this tech!!!
We need to fix that. It's obviously too confusing to Americans to have two "Virginia's" on a map. We need an extra star for Puerto Rico that wants to be a state... That will save millions buying new flags.
When you have to sit at the Capital and pick a box that will work for every one-room library 100 miles away with many different installed networks.. And it all has to be drop shipped, configured and ready to install. Mistakes like over-spec are easy.
It's not Cisco's fault... That West Virginia IT didn't know how to do their jobs! Somebody in the state installed that and signed the Purchase Order.
I work in IT and even 75% of IT people don't pay attention to what they NEED when they sign these big orders. My boss has "forgot" to transfer product licenses we own to new systems he last three upgrades. And that's FREE stuff we keep missing... And the vendor routinely is in such a hurry they pass it right along... Again, free upgrade money for them when that product needed a minor processor size bump.
I can't imagine the level of idiocy at a State level.
More important, you could start with a bigger, more expensive device and make it smaller and cheaper if customers demand. It's very hard to start with an underpowered device first and then say here's the more expensive one we should have lead with. (And after typing that I immediately thought MS Surface)
So what you mean is Lord of the Rings VS Game of Thrones.
LotR could have easily been stretched into a short series (ok, with extended cuts its actually longer than GoT season 1) but at the same time the Hobbit didn't work trying to make 3 movies... But the motivation is about funding and investors as much as audience. If LotR didn't make money nobody would Try GoT...
Part of the origins of downloadable content were that it kept sales of expensive to make games like Quake 3 or Half Life going... Knowing the company was going to support patches and the occasional map or two kept people buying up those games 2-4 years later while the original group of coders worked on the Next Big Thing.
I think part of what's happened is that companies are trying to put single player, and 3 types of multiplayer, plus other stuff in the game all up front... Then scrap the team and meter the work out. MOST older games didn't get much content... It was really only a handful of titles that were really good or allowed good communities.
The bigger problem, particularly with EA, OS that they want to manipulate a WHOLE COMMUNITY around their game. And actively PUSHED AWAY the community builders that worked for "fame and ponies" if it didn't fit their plan. On the consoles, it's almost all "company content" with very few ways to even access PC style player created content.
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I would say parents company is about in line with industry standards. If you NEED a training specifically for the company, they will pay for classes and travel. If you want the training for advancement, usually they want you to get the training and pass the exams on your own, and they will chip in the test fees. Most companies have a similar college course plan in that you have to have an approved plan, then PASS the class before they pay back.
Given the cost of some training, or need to GO to classes out-of-town, I can see how employees might want help at times.
For many positions, that's the difference between "doing" the work and climbing the ladder. I think companies are happy to have people that "know" the work without the cert. because then you can't get the NEXT cert for that hardware/software that makes you a specialist... And paid accordingly. But you can limp along "doing the work" for 5-6 years.
Does he have a pilot's license?
Let alone safety features, warning lights, registration numbers... He's indestructible so that makes him an extra hazard.
He needs to stick to Clark Kent, super cubical paper shuffler!!
There's no legal power/ frequency bands that RC hobbyists can use to view cameras and steer that far away. There are plenty of items you CAN use, but not without modification. As soon as you boost the power on a 2.4ghz antenna you are outside FCC specs... Which means its automatically outside FAA specs using "illegal" controls.
The other direction is that somebody who DOES have licensed FCC equipment to send audio/video at that distance (like a TV station) cannot mount that equipment in a non-licensed (toy) aircraft because its commercially licensed by the FCC.
THAT is what makes it a Drone in the FAA/FCC rules. Somebody has modified equipment to break at least one set of rules just to put the craft in that spot.
I don't think somthing that's a "toy" like an AR.Drone even has enough wireless range for that height. Standard RC equipment might let you fly that far, but bectoo small to see.... Clearly this is somebody that knows where they were flying to cause trouble.
BeOS was forked to Haiku perfectly fine because it was never owned by Microsoft.
I don't see Google shutting down Kindle or Nook that use Android, but are not part of the handset alliance.
Most phone OEMS are members of Google's Android Alliance, as part of that Google works with them for updates, and they promise to keep their Android versions "on the straight and narrow path" for maximum software compatibility. Those are the only times Google throws a fit, when somebody IN the alliance breaks something to get ahead of other OEMS.
So interesting question.... Unlike the masses this campaign is aimed at, if I actually TURN ON PGP for my Gmail, does Google still read it? Because that's really the equivelant to using an "envelope" in the real world.
ALL email is just POSTCARDS that anybody in the middle can read plainly. I wouldn't be surprised if the big ISPs were all doing it too. After all, it's not "private" until it passes through their servers into your assigned mailbox.
They will just move across "town" to Luxembourg open a new "world headquarters" in an apartment and get paid from there. The Swiss operation will hold all the money but be managed elsewhere. Like how many US companies run from Bermuda now.
With the US pushing so hard against Terrorism and Drugs, even Switzerland is losing its ability to play all sides against each other... They are simply not big enough to defend themselves in size or amount of gold hoarded versus the Swiss plebs.
I'd be careful... They might hire Agent Paper to come after you.... What library DOESN'T need a cadet of super-spies!!!
For starts he has no authority.... It's the Library of CONGRESS, so who is he to tell them what to do???
But if you get fat, think of all the carbon you're storing!!! And you don't live as long as healthy people so you won't be watching TV forever.
It's about 48 cents a gallon... Plus sales tax. And that was when gas was selling for $1 a gallon. Now sales tax is more than the fuel tax in many states.
Did you know Congresscritters expel CO2? LOTS of it.
What about oil??? What did the dinosaurs eat???
We have these other things that store carbon compounds in 100' tall columns!!! Imagine how much carbon per acre they could store... Everybody's gonna want on on this tech!!!
You know what else is sequestered in the soil?
Dinosaur bodies and prehistoric forests.... All turned to thick black carbon compounds. But we keep DIGGING THEM UP by giant truck fills every hour.
Cisco was selling to Verizon, they are a phone company, selling to the State.... That has got to be some kind of record for waste.
You'd have to be a DoD contractor selling to Haliburton during the Bush Administration to get more wasteful!
We need to fix that. It's obviously too confusing to Americans to have two "Virginia's" on a map. We need an extra star for Puerto Rico that wants to be a state... That will save millions buying new flags.
When you have to sit at the Capital and pick a box that will work for every one-room library 100 miles away with many different installed networks.. And it all has to be drop shipped, configured and ready to install. Mistakes like over-spec are easy.
Have you tried to do ANYTHING at a remote site based on waiting for the PHONE company???
Remember Business School and MBA is not the same as Project Management.
The WTF question of the day is WHY??
It's not Cisco's fault... That West Virginia IT didn't know how to do their jobs! Somebody in the state installed that and signed the Purchase Order.
I work in IT and even 75% of IT people don't pay attention to what they NEED when they sign these big orders. My boss has "forgot" to transfer product licenses we own to new systems he last three upgrades. And that's FREE stuff we keep missing... And the vendor routinely is in such a hurry they pass it right along... Again, free upgrade money for them when that product needed a minor processor size bump.
I can't imagine the level of idiocy at a State level.
More important, you could start with a bigger, more expensive device and make it smaller and cheaper if customers demand. It's very hard to start with an underpowered device first and then say here's the more expensive one we should have lead with. (And after typing that I immediately thought MS Surface)
So what you mean is Lord of the Rings VS Game of Thrones.
LotR could have easily been stretched into a short series (ok, with extended cuts its actually longer than GoT season 1) but at the same time the Hobbit didn't work trying to make 3 movies... But the motivation is about funding and investors as much as audience. If LotR didn't make money nobody would Try GoT...
Part of the origins of downloadable content were that it kept sales of expensive to make games like Quake 3 or Half Life going... Knowing the company was going to support patches and the occasional map or two kept people buying up those games 2-4 years later while the original group of coders worked on the Next Big Thing.
I think part of what's happened is that companies are trying to put single player, and 3 types of multiplayer, plus other stuff in the game all up front ... Then scrap the team and meter the work out. MOST older games didn't get much content... It was really only a handful of titles that were really good or allowed good communities.
The bigger problem, particularly with EA, OS that they want to manipulate a WHOLE COMMUNITY around their game. And actively PUSHED AWAY the community builders that worked for "fame and ponies" if it didn't fit their plan. On the consoles, it's almost all "company content" with very few ways to even access PC style player created content.