Steve Martin used to have a standup routine like that (sadly, I can't find any transcripts of his stuff online): get a shopping cart, fill it with garbage and push it down the sidewalk will singing loudly. Keeps muggers away.
Can you truly come up with an example of one business that cannot benefit from the use of computers? Is there any business that does not need to manage its money?
I'm pretty sure that there are many examples of businesses not requiring IT in order to exist and function. Your example (money management) is a good one, but payroll and related accounting functions have been computerized for a long time. That's not to say that it's not valuable; my point is that traditional businesses will still function with or without IT.
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Imagine a new startup that didn't have email and web access resorting to faxes, snail mail
There was way too much focus on Velvet Revolver and Sarah Hudson, at times it seemed like an adumentary. Sad part is that I actually remember the Hudson Brothers TV show.
The design of this building came from the cutting up of several Fender Stratocaster guitars. Although I don't see the resemblance much in the finished product.
I think we can agree that computers - or technology in general replaces workers.
I think this should be a discussion topic itself. It always annoys me when the buggy whip analogy is used because now, knowledge and information processing is mostly being done by machines.
Where do humans work (and get paid to support themselves/family) when that which was once unique to the species is farmed out to computers? Will we all become burger flippers, garbage men and rock stars?
To reconstruct the 3D scene generating the 2D images is effectively to solve vision, in its entirety. In real time, no less. So I would guess that they're doing something quite simple.
They're putting drop-shadows on objects in the foreground.
Sure, management is ultimately responsible for everything. But often, IT can also be blamed for not being informative enough.
Let's face reality, people: PHB cluelessness combined with IT uncertainties (SPAM, obligatory Windows crashes, viruses) have given businesses the ultimate "the dog ate my homework" excuse.
I killed IE, which, of course, closed all my windows
AvantBrowser (a free IE add-on - I'm betting that IE 7 will be like this) has tabs and remembers what was open last session in case of the inevitable Windows reboot. It also has a lot of other useful features. Googl, err... I mean search for it and test it out.
A graduate student of mathematics who used to come to the university on foot every day arrives one day on a fancy new bicycle.
"Where did you get the bike from?" his friends want to know.
"It's a `thank you' present", he explains, "from that freshman girl I've been tutoring. But the story is kind of weird..."
"Tell us!"
"Well", he starts, "yesterday she called me on the phone and told me that she had passed her math final and that she wanted to drop by to thank me in person. As usual, she arrived at my place riding her bicycle. But when I had let her in, she suddenly took all her clothes off, lay down on my bed, smiled at me, and said: `You can get from me whatever you desire!'"
One of his friends remarks: "You made a really smart choice when you took the bicycle."
"Yeah", another friend adds, "just imagine how silly you would have looked in a girl's clothes - and they wouldn't have fit you anyway!"
Milkman delivering milk to a suburban house. As he puts the milk down, the front door opens and a seductively dressed young lady beckons him inside. Glancing round he follows her into the house and up the stairs. She leads him to the bedroom door, opens it, and ushers him inside, closing the door behind him. Inside, he is bewildered to see several elderly milkmen, who have obviously been there for a very long time.
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Steve Martin used to have a standup routine like that (sadly, I can't find any transcripts of his stuff online): get a shopping cart, fill it with garbage and push it down the sidewalk will singing loudly. Keeps muggers away.
Can you truly come up with an example of one business that cannot benefit from the use of computers? Is there any business that does not need to manage its money?
I'm pretty sure that there are many examples of businesses not requiring IT in order to exist and function. Your example (money management) is a good one, but payroll and related accounting functions have been computerized for a long time. That's not to say that it's not valuable; my point is that traditional businesses will still function with or without IT.
Imagine a new startup that didn't have email and web access resorting to faxes, snail mail
Please define "startup".
Not all business are IT-dependant.
Does it run Linux?
Apparently it looks like a donut. Maybe Homer was right! Mmmmm, donuts.
This is known as peak shaving.
A relative few independent souls (on the west coast) listened to Wolfman Jack after midnight on XERB, a 50,000 watt station out of Tijuana.
The Big 8
There was way too much focus on Velvet Revolver and Sarah Hudson, at times it seemed like an adumentary. Sad part is that I actually remember the Hudson Brothers TV show.
The design of this building came from the cutting up of several Fender Stratocaster guitars. Although I don't see the resemblance much in the finished product.
Reminds me of the Guggenheim in Bilbao.
You get to meet singles in non-pressure group activities. The people will tend to be smart, off-beat, and can afford the membership.
Sort of like Slashdot Personals?
I think we can agree that computers - or technology in general replaces workers.
I think this should be a discussion topic itself. It always annoys me when the buggy whip analogy is used because now, knowledge and information processing is mostly being done by machines.
Where do humans work (and get paid to support themselves/family) when that which was once unique to the species is farmed out to computers? Will we all become burger flippers, garbage men and rock stars?
Having people get a hold of the "official" Shrek models and textures for example would be a bad thing.
Yeah, just look at what happened with the dancing baby from Ally McBeal...
There are planes that take off everyday from McCarran Airport in Las Vegas bringing employees to Groom Lake
Maybe it's the other way around, and the planes are flying to Las Vegas (LGMs with gambling problems).
To reconstruct the 3D scene generating the 2D images is effectively to solve vision, in its entirety. In real time, no less. So I would guess that they're doing something quite simple.
They're putting drop-shadows on objects in the foreground.
My mental keyword extraction from the parent post goes like this:
-"appear"
-"appeal"
-"appearance"
-"safe place"
-"indicator"
Words to live by, I guess.
Whoah, baby! Stand by for the marriage (or just plain anonymous-sex-with-ubergeek) proposals!
[Nice work, though]
Sure, management is ultimately responsible for everything. But often, IT can also be blamed for not being informative enough.
Let's face reality, people: PHB cluelessness combined with IT uncertainties (SPAM, obligatory Windows crashes, viruses) have given businesses the ultimate "the dog ate my homework" excuse.
*In a place I worked someone used 'secret' as a password and shouted it across the room. And yes, it was a 40 year old woman. ;)
Please stop dissing 40 year-old women. I went to an Aerosmith concert recently with one and she was really hot!
The only thing that has not been worked out cleanly with keys is revocation. Any ideas here?
Each employee is assigned a personalized 512MB USB key that boots their computer?
I killed IE, which, of course, closed all my windows
AvantBrowser (a free IE add-on - I'm betting that IE 7 will be like this) has tabs and remembers what was open last session in case of the inevitable Windows reboot. It also has a lot of other useful features. Googl, err... I mean search for it and test it out.
A classic:
A graduate student of mathematics who used to come to the university on foot every day arrives one day on a fancy new bicycle.
"Where did you get the bike from?" his friends want to know.
"It's a `thank you' present", he explains, "from that freshman girl I've been tutoring. But the story is kind of weird..."
"Tell us!"
"Well", he starts, "yesterday she called me on the phone and told me that she had passed her math final and that she wanted to drop by to thank me in person. As usual, she arrived at my place riding her bicycle. But when I had let her in, she suddenly took all her clothes off, lay down on my bed, smiled at me, and said: `You can get from me whatever you desire!'"
One of his friends remarks: "You made a really smart choice when you took the bicycle."
"Yeah", another friend adds, "just imagine how silly you would have looked in a girl's clothes - and they wouldn't have fit you anyway!"
Did everything come out OK in the end though?
[woman in nightie]:
Reminded me of the Seduced Milkmen sketch:
Milkman delivering milk to a suburban house. As he puts the milk down, the front door opens and a seductively dressed young lady beckons him inside. Glancing round he follows her into the house and up the stairs. She leads him to the bedroom door, opens it, and ushers him inside, closing the door behind him. Inside, he is bewildered to see several elderly milkmen, who have obviously been there for a very long time.
then in smaller text, lower down:
Make the text really small and as far down on the shirt as possible. On the front.
Dell-ify it with their own R&D
Badge engineering?