Without Microsoft's efforts to make computers and software a major part of (virtually) every business and popularizing the internet to the "great unwashed masses", where would the web be today?
I'm not trying to be an MS apologist for their proven software security problems or dubious business practises, but seriously, what would be the current state of the WWW? Unix and Linux were in no position to offer "easy computing" to the average Jack or Jill, and Apple's products were very expensive.
Without a competent stress engineer (they are expensive) and a good piping routing study guy working together on the original project for sensitive lines, everyone waffles and tends to dump responsibility downstream. I.E., to suppliers.
If the code is well architected, then my return past 40 hours does not diminish so quickly. But chances are if they are asking you to work past 48 hours, your management lacks management abilities, and are askin you to make up for their shortcomings.
Something similar happens with piping design at times. For example, a big rush from management ("look busy") to do detail engineering before certified vendor drawings and specifications are received.
I wrote a proposal to management (which was shot down) for CAD adoption about 25 years ago. At that time, the mid-sized company had a mainframe system and "minicomputers", PCs and AutoCAD were just starting. I may be mis-remembering, but I think Sun was a big player then.
These days, with really powerful computers available fairly inexpensively I wonder where the big boys dropped the ball.
Today, you can buy a $1500 CAD-dedicated card from 3D Labs but I really wonder if it is worth (performance-wise) triple the price of a consumer-level top of the line
gaming card.
Unless I'm mistaken, Sun used to have a great reputation in the CAD world. Am I imagining things again?
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Nice of you to have figured all this out for us dimwits. After all, the sky is falling. Well, OK, maybe not right away, but it will, eventually. Long after everyone's great, great grandkids are dead. Presumeably the pace of technology will slow to a crawl and the next generations will be drooling morons.
Am I correct in assuming that, to you, cool toys and the wow factor are the only things that make/keep you happy?
If so, you are a marketer's wet dream. There are enough shiny, worthless things already and excessive worrying about "the future of the human race" will prevent you from living a real life. Not that I have one myself of course.
[Personal observation follows] Many people remember drafting and woodworking as "shop" classes in high school. Probably most people disliked drafting the most, as the teachers tended to be anal about detail and often did not recognize native talent.
This tended to weed out the non-nerdly (you know, those not fascinated with pencil grades, mylar thickness, blueprinting technicalities, etc.)
You sound like an artist-type. I imagine that you might have been a great technical illustrator if your asstard had not discouraged you.
My point is (and always has been) that adoption of CAD distances people from their natural born talents. Eveything has to be done through an artificial interface.
I don't consider myself to be a Luddite as I use computers every day (and enjoy it). I just feel that a lot of tradition and knowledge was lost in the rush to computerize everything.
Isn't that the one where Campbell has a fight with his own possessed hand (possible 3 Stooges reference) and ends up spitefully cutting it off and then attaches a chainsaw to the stump to defeat demons that are attacking from outside and the basement?
I'd buy that, the humour was great. Even better than that other laugh-fest, The Exorcist.
At the 610/59 interection, people will not merge until the lane ends...
This is probably the scruyou approach to driving. I.E., it's better to screw everyone else up ("I'm more important than you, so get the fuck out of my way" - extrapolate sociologically as desired) than to make things work smoothly for everyone.
Doing otherwise would be tantamount to communistic behaviour for some people.
Are you saying that drivers behave differently depending on where they are on the freeway? Or maybe (more correctly) that certain onramps tend to seem to feed more aggressive, less polite drivers into the stream?
Have you ever been driving on an interstate highway when traffic suddenly slows to a crawl? You inch along for many minutes while waiting to see the accident which must have caused the jam. At the same time you also curse the "rubberneckers" who are causing the whole problem. But then all the cars ahead of you take off at high speed. The jam is over, but no accident, no police cars, nothing. WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT! A traffic jam with no cause? In the rear-view mirror you see all the poor saps behind you still stuck in the jam. But why? If all those people could just speed up at the same time, the whole traffic jam would evaporate. Why don't they ever do that? What caused the mysterious slowdown in the first place?
After experiencing many of these "invisible accidents", I came up with the following explanation. To best understand this, imagine that you look down on traffic from an aerial view point. Pretend you're in a Traffic Reporter's helicopter looking downwards.
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This is not a troll, just a question.
Without Microsoft's efforts to make computers and software a major part of (virtually) every business and popularizing the internet to the "great unwashed masses", where would the web be today?
I'm not trying to be an MS apologist for their proven software security problems or dubious business practises, but seriously, what would be the current state of the WWW? Unix and Linux were in no position to offer "easy computing" to the average Jack or Jill, and Apple's products were very expensive.
Is anyone working on a wrist-mounted launching device for this stuff?
Overuse of the word weakens its meaning, and dishonors those who actually deserve it.
I suppose the standard ignorant slashdot reply should be something like, "language changes, get used to it" or "if enough people do it, then it's OK".
The EOD guys are there for a reason, and this is one case where patience is a virtue.
[on back of T-shirt:]
"I am a bomb technician. if you see me running, try to keep up."
If there ever was an inappropriately-named car, this is it.
My company? I'm just a voice in the wilderness.
Without a competent stress engineer (they are expensive) and a good piping routing study guy working together on the original project for sensitive lines, everyone waffles and tends to dump responsibility downstream. I.E., to suppliers.
Hire me for some good insight.
...which means...she must be made of wood (or very small rocks)! Let's build a bridge out of her, just to check!
Maybe TechTV Canada can buy the rights and broadcast it in Canada, never to be seen by most Americans.
Heh, it's working for Call for Help V2 so far...
Then again, most Canadian-produced shows never get seen by Americans (except for maybe Due South - that one was a real stinker).
/Troll
This is only a pilot program for the UK, and it requires a proof of purchase (so they have someone to go after).
Crap. I thought I might be able to scam them into giving me a free upgrade to XP Pro even though I already have a paid-for W2K Pro license.
VI VI VI The editor of the beast.
Just as a reference for newbies, this "* of the beast" thing is most likely a result of this 1997 sci.chem usenet folly.
If the code is well architected, then my return past 40 hours does not diminish so quickly. But chances are if they are asking you to work past 48 hours, your management lacks management abilities, and are askin you to make up for their shortcomings.
Something similar happens with piping design at times. For example, a big rush from management ("look busy") to do detail engineering before certified vendor drawings and specifications are received.
I wrote a proposal to management (which was shot down) for CAD adoption about 25 years ago. At that time, the mid-sized company had a mainframe system and "minicomputers", PCs and AutoCAD were just starting. I may be mis-remembering, but I think Sun was a big player then.
These days, with really powerful computers available fairly inexpensively I wonder where the big boys dropped the ball.
Today, you can buy a $1500 CAD-dedicated card from 3D Labs but I really wonder if it is worth (performance-wise) triple the price of a consumer-level top of the line gaming card.
Sorry, just rambling.
Hey you kids, get off my lawn!
Unless I'm mistaken, Sun used to have a great reputation in the CAD world. Am I imagining things again?
Nice of you to have figured all this out for us dimwits. After all, the sky is falling. Well, OK, maybe not right away, but it will, eventually. Long after everyone's great, great grandkids are dead. Presumeably the pace of technology will slow to a crawl and the next generations will be drooling morons.
Am I correct in assuming that, to you, cool toys and the wow factor are the only things that make/keep you happy?
If so, you are a marketer's wet dream. There are enough shiny, worthless things already and excessive worrying about "the future of the human race" will prevent you from living a real life. Not that I have one myself of course.
likely to peak the interest
I think he meant, "pique".
Couldn't be much worse than this: http://www.pipingdesign.com/cj/halloween.jpg
Do you mean Evil Dead or Evil Dead 2? 2 is definitive of the brand and is better. Nyah, nyah.
[Personal observation follows] Many people remember drafting and woodworking as "shop" classes in high school. Probably most people disliked drafting the most, as the teachers tended to be anal about detail and often did not recognize native talent.
This tended to weed out the non-nerdly (you know, those not fascinated with pencil grades, mylar thickness, blueprinting technicalities, etc.)
You sound like an artist-type. I imagine that you might have been a great technical illustrator if your asstard had not discouraged you.
My point is (and always has been) that adoption of CAD distances people from their natural born talents. Eveything has to be done through an artificial interface.
I don't consider myself to be a Luddite as I use computers every day (and enjoy it). I just feel that a lot of tradition and knowledge was lost in the rush to computerize everything.
Isn't that the one where Campbell has a fight with his own possessed hand (possible 3 Stooges reference) and ends up spitefully cutting it off and then attaches a chainsaw to the stump to defeat demons that are attacking from outside and the basement?
I'd buy that, the humour was great. Even better than that other laugh-fest, The Exorcist.
I suppose I could have claimed to have written it myself or left out the fact that I found it somewhere else.
snopes traces it to 1995. Do you have any info to add? I'm sure they'd love to hear from you if you do.
How many Volkswagen Beetles would be needed to contain this?
Good post.
At the 610/59 interection, people will not merge until the lane ends...
This is probably the scruyou approach to driving. I.E., it's better to screw everyone else up ("I'm more important than you, so get the fuck out of my way" - extrapolate sociologically as desired) than to make things work smoothly for everyone.
Doing otherwise would be tantamount to communistic behaviour for some people.
Interesting.
Are you saying that drivers behave differently depending on where they are on the freeway? Or maybe (more correctly) that certain onramps tend to seem to feed more aggressive, less polite drivers into the stream?
I say all this as a Santa Cruz native who used to work at County Health there, first as a MIS employee and later as a security guard.
Were you downsized or what?
You had me with this part, "And it limits your cargo-carrying capacity, ignores your schedule..." and then it all went psycho after that.
You're right about service in smaller areas being bad/nonexistent though.
Cheers!
Excerpted from the link below:
Have you ever been driving on an interstate highway when traffic suddenly slows to a crawl? You inch along for many minutes while waiting to see the accident which must have caused the jam. At the same time you also curse the "rubberneckers" who are causing the whole problem. But then all the cars ahead of you take off at high speed. The jam is over, but no accident, no police cars, nothing. WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT! A traffic jam with no cause? In the rear-view mirror you see all the poor saps behind you still stuck in the jam. But why? If all those people could just speed up at the same time, the whole traffic jam would evaporate. Why don't they ever do that? What caused the mysterious slowdown in the first place?
After experiencing many of these "invisible accidents", I came up with the following explanation. To best understand this, imagine that you look down on traffic from an aerial view point. Pretend you're in a Traffic Reporter's helicopter looking downwards.
Traffic Waves