There are quite a few problems with the remote-PC option. For one, latency is a killer...
How true. With a 1.5 Mb/s DSL connection I find it takes longer for most servers to respond than it does to load webpages (even for relatively heavy pages with lots of images). Adservers can also be a major bottleneck.
When a shuttle is launched or is to return to earth, there is a lot of fanfare...as if to suggest that there was a sizable chance that things could go all wrong.
NASA launches and re-entries are media events, so there are always hundreds of millions of critical eyes watching. When Russia launches, it's just a normal event unencumbered by commercial interests and they don't really care about who is watching.
Boo-ya! My go-to guy said I was good to go with this, party on, dude!
Main Entry: soluble
Pronunciation: 'säl-y&-b&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, capable of being loosened or dissolved, from Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere to loosen, dissolve -- more at SOLVE
1 : susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
2 : subject to being solved or explained
Video might be a tougher nut to crack but I would guess some flavor of mpg.
No kidding. I can take.avi video with my Canon SD300 but people I give it to can't view it without the proper CODEC. This is a major problem that nobody ever talks about for some reason.
Don't forget that some somewhat IT-savvy people can always blame fuckups on IT (whether hardware, software or the actual IT department). The higher-ups generally have no clue and a full forensic analysis is always too expensive to perform.
This is dishonest and I've never done it, but I've been on the receiving end of some smug IT "specialist's" attitude where the assumption is made. Nevermind that I know more about computers than he does...
And that's the fundamental problem. Most people these days not only don't think they have to learn, they don't think they should have to learn.
There is a problem with this attitude. It promotes the concept that average skilled workers (or even highly-trained workers) have to learn a new software concept every few years. It's called "make work".
I call bullshit. Most new software deployment is done at the whim of senior management couched by MBAs so that the accountants can have a better and firmer grip (some might say, "stranglehold") on everything that a company does.
People have been operating automobiles for about, what, 90 years, so there is a lot of passed-down knowledge from generations. Your possibly now-dead great grandfather could jump into a new car today and understand how it works within seconds.
Just give up. It's cool to be stoopid and some intentionally mispell just as a form of trolling - then they can always claim "I knew it was wrong, and did it just to make you reply! Hahahahaha, moron!"
Television is advertising-supported, do you deny this? As an alternative, should advertisers pay for TV programming with five minutes of pre-show promotional stuff like PBS?
So if a product is "shit", that's bad. But if a product is "the shit", that's good. People whine about 1984-speak all the time but then go ahead and fuck with the language anyway because it's trendy to do so. Losers.
If I may be a bit cheeky here, could I ask if anyone knows of any good books or films dealing with disasters that have decent character and behavioural insight?
It has started, it looks weird. Actually, not "weird", it just resolves as if I was running an ancient browser. It still seems to work.
OK, now I've got the familiar Slashdot comment submission page, looks OK so far. When I started typing everything was ordered down the page with no formatting - all the content was still there, though. That's how CSS is supposed to degrade.
I'm not an RIAA/MPAA apologist, but most of the white-collar workers in these entertainment industries are, in fact, "middle men" (or beneficiaries of the current system).
If you are an attentive driver and pay attention to what the engine is doing, you'll find that the engine is "more willing" after a rain shower or in cool, humid conditions.
Most people won't notice this, but it's because colder and moister air is denser.
Now back to your regular 350 HP family sedans and tank-like SUVs, they're safer and more statusly.
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That's why "robots" and "remotely-controlled devices" are different (contrary to what others have posted here).
It looks like John Deere has bought this Finnish company (Plustech Oy). Finding information about it at the JD site seems to be impossible.
There are quite a few problems with the remote-PC option. For one, latency is a killer...
How true. With a 1.5 Mb/s DSL connection I find it takes longer for most servers to respond than it does to load webpages (even for relatively heavy pages with lots of images). Adservers can also be a major bottleneck.
Calling Russia a third-world economy is insulting and arrogant, and shows your ignorance/youth.
The US is like an adolescent - full of piss and vinegar, invincible, wants to conquer the world.
I clicked and went below +5 only to find that you are trolling for something other than real engineers.
When a shuttle is launched or is to return to earth, there is a lot of fanfare...as if to suggest that there was a sizable chance that things could go all wrong.
NASA launches and re-entries are media events, so there are always hundreds of millions of critical eyes watching. When Russia launches, it's just a normal event unencumbered by commercial interests and they don't really care about who is watching.
Boo-ya! My go-to guy said I was good to go with this, party on, dude!
Main Entry: soluble
Pronunciation: 'säl-y&-b&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, capable of being loosened or dissolved, from Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere to loosen, dissolve -- more at SOLVE
1 : susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
2 : subject to being solved or explained
Video might be a tougher nut to crack but I would guess some flavor of mpg.
No kidding. I can take
Don't forget that some somewhat IT-savvy people can always blame fuckups on IT (whether hardware, software or the actual IT department). The higher-ups generally have no clue and a full forensic analysis is always too expensive to perform.
This is dishonest and I've never done it, but I've been on the receiving end of some smug IT "specialist's" attitude where the assumption is made. Nevermind that I know more about computers than he does...
And that's the fundamental problem. Most people these days not only don't think they have to learn, they don't think they should have to learn.
There is a problem with this attitude. It promotes the concept that average skilled workers (or even highly-trained workers) have to learn a new software concept every few years. It's called "make work".
I call bullshit. Most new software deployment is done at the whim of senior management couched by MBAs so that the accountants can have a better and firmer grip (some might say, "stranglehold") on everything that a company does.
A lot of people get angry or embarassed when they have to ask for IT support.
What pisses me off most is asking IT for support and they just don't know the answer. Then again, I work in a fairly specialized industry.
People have been operating automobiles for about, what, 90 years, so there is a lot of passed-down knowledge from generations. Your possibly now-dead great grandfather could jump into a new car today and understand how it works within seconds.
The car-to-computer analogy is inappropriate.
I am about a billion times more likely...
In the words of my Mom: "Haven't I've told you 500 gazillion times not to exagerrate?"
I've always liked UFO although it hasn't been broadcast recently.
It'd probably suck if I were to watch it today (much like Get Smart and Quark.
Those of you who are less than 30 years old have been spoiled.
Just give up. It's cool to be stoopid and some intentionally mispell just as a form of trolling - then they can always claim "I knew it was wrong, and did it just to make you reply! Hahahahaha, moron!"
Television is advertising-supported, do you deny this? As an alternative, should advertisers pay for TV programming with five minutes of pre-show promotional stuff like PBS?
Sony Trinitron was the $hit for many years.
So if a product is "shit", that's bad. But if a product is "the shit", that's good. People whine about 1984-speak all the time but then go ahead and fuck with the language anyway because it's trendy to do so. Losers.
You bastard! You've ruined my memories of the Eye of the Beholder games!
Oh crap, there goes my last chance to spread my genes.
If I may be a bit cheeky here, could I ask if anyone knows of any good books or films dealing with disasters that have decent character and behavioural insight?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092781/
This film is hard to find at IMDB because it is listed under "Giorno prima, Il", not its English title of "Control"/"Mind Control".
It's pretty much TV-movie fare, don't expect much.
It has started, it looks weird. Actually, not "weird", it just resolves as if I was running an ancient browser. It still seems to work.
OK, now I've got the familiar Slashdot comment submission page, looks OK so far. When I started typing everything was ordered down the page with no formatting - all the content was still there, though. That's how CSS is supposed to degrade.
The RIAA is a bunch of middlemen...
I'm not an RIAA/MPAA apologist, but most of the white-collar workers in these entertainment industries are, in fact, "middle men" (or beneficiaries of the current system).
Think of all the lost, high-paying jobs.
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things..."
I've always wondered; what are the "other things" he mentioned?
Sorry, 5.5% CO2 as a percentage of the atmosphere is way off.
If you are an attentive driver and pay attention to what the engine is doing, you'll find that the engine is "more willing" after a rain shower or in cool, humid conditions.
Most people won't notice this, but it's because colder and moister air is denser.
Now back to your regular 350 HP family sedans and tank-like SUVs, they're safer and more statusly.