South Africa makes most of its liquid petroleum from coal. The same process is also used to convert tar from the Canadian tar sands into liquids.
Uh, no. The "sand-soaked" heavy oil comes either from a traditional mining process (huge shovels and trucks) or a newer solution called SAGD and is then sent to an upgrader after upstream conditioning (I work in the industry in Alberta as a process plant designer).
You are likely confusing syngas with synthetic crude.
One objective of a "spy agency" in a cold war environment is to destabilize the enemy. This usually includes funding groups that slowly eat away at the bad guys. Is it tinfoil-hattish to suggest that the KGB was doing something similar to the western word? Why do we never hear about recently de-classified Soviet espionage techniques other than the headline-makers?
Al Franken's book was researched by a team of students at Harvard.
This is supposed to be a positive thing? I'd trust students from a well-known engineering school before I'd place trust in MBA-seeking business wannabees.
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I managed to get Vista business running pretty much like 2K, I don't really feel the need to have all the shiny, bloated stuff.
But isn't being forced (by management) to use the shiny, bloated stuff a form of worker revolt, or at least slowdown tactics?
The employees like it because they can legitimately claim that it's taking time to learn the newest version, the managers like it because they've done their job "improving processes", IT likes it because there's more people needing help and the software vendor likes it because they've made a sale and know that there will be follow-on sales and "training" consultant work.
The only possible downside in this comfortable arrangement is that those who want to do much with little are now encumbered with more layers of "efficiency".
Yup. Even though we have time-saving devices now the so-called 8 hour per day "work ethic" remains. Because that means we can do more (my belief is that most 'productivity studies' are bullshit) in the same time period.
I'm not the exactly sharpest box of hammers in the drawer, but I have ways to speed work up. Usually bosses don't like that because it screws up their manpower projections.
Oh well, as long as they keep paying me $150/hour I guess I should dumb myself down and weep as I cash the cheques.
Yeah, I do tend to ramble-on randomly sometimes. You may think I'm joking, but I'm seriously considering buying suspenders; having to hike my pantaloons up to my nipples has gotten to be quite tiresome lately.
Machines don't get tired. They don't die. They don't need medical care or costly medical plans.
True. But I've seen very excellent software solutions just die because the people who were supposed to operate them fail. Why? Because people have an inherent dislike/aversion to functioning like machines, and a lot of software forces them to do so.
My examples are from the engineering world, so we're not talking about data entry-level work.
It also doesn't help that software changes ("improves") so frequently in order to maximize the monetization and further confuse the users.
Sometimes I think that computerization's real goal is employment creation and that that death phenomenon thing will eventually take care of those pesky individuals that claim to know how to do things more effectively and efficiently without software.
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Is this "Prince" guy that effeminate-looking singer that had all those hot babes accompanying him? And you over there, yes, you, Get Off My Lawn!
Typically, when highly-paid managers get to dictate business behaviour the first thing they'll look after is their own salary/perks.
The Canadian Navy might have something to say about that, eh?
So THAT's where all those billions of dollars "wasted" during the construction of Montreal's Olympic Stadium (ex-Expos home, AKA, "The Big Owe") went!
supporting firm control over our external borders, both to the north and south.
I, too, would like an impermeable wall between Canada and the US (well, OK, maybe just a big enough hole to pass trade goods through).
Is it true that North American natives' territories that span the border have unencumbered access to both countries?
Really Old Vehicle Extremely Resilient.
South Africa makes most of its liquid petroleum from coal. The same process is also used to convert tar from the Canadian tar sands into liquids.
Uh, no. The "sand-soaked" heavy oil comes either from a traditional mining process (huge shovels and trucks) or a newer solution called SAGD and is then sent to an upgrader after upstream conditioning (I work in the industry in Alberta as a process plant designer).
You are likely confusing syngas with synthetic crude.
Coated wire goes in, stripped wire comes out.
The way they do this is by turning the control knob on the wire-coating machine to reverse.
A chicken for a duck.
Is it true that a duck once ate a chicken and was subsequently eaten itself by a turkey? And that's how we got the Turducken?
From 1870 to 1910, at least 10,000 boiler explosions in North America were recorded. By 1910 the rate jumped to 1,300 to 1,400 a year. Some were spectacular accidents that aroused public outcries for remedial action. A Boiler Code Committee was formed in 1911 that led to the Boiler Code being published in 1914-15 and later incorporated in laws of most US states and territories and Canadian provinces.
One objective of a "spy agency" in a cold war environment is to destabilize the enemy. This usually includes funding groups that slowly eat away at the bad guys. Is it tinfoil-hattish to suggest that the KGB was doing something similar to the western word? Why do we never hear about recently de-classified Soviet espionage techniques other than the headline-makers?
Nice writing, I appreciate the time and effort you put into it.
Franken's research team were poly-sci majors?. The .sci extension can be added to any field of study.
Al Franken's book was researched by a team of students at Harvard.
This is supposed to be a positive thing? I'd trust students from a well-known engineering school before I'd place trust in MBA-seeking business wannabees.
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http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00015.htm
I managed to get Vista business running pretty much like 2K, I don't really feel the need to have all the shiny, bloated stuff.
But isn't being forced (by management) to use the shiny, bloated stuff a form of worker revolt, or at least slowdown tactics?
The employees like it because they can legitimately claim that it's taking time to learn the newest version, the managers like it because they've done their job "improving processes", IT likes it because there's more people needing help and the software vendor likes it because they've made a sale and know that there will be follow-on sales and "training" consultant work.
The only possible downside in this comfortable arrangement is that those who want to do much with little are now encumbered with more layers of "efficiency".
Bah.
Yup. Even though we have time-saving devices now the so-called 8 hour per day "work ethic" remains. Because that means we can do more (my belief is that most 'productivity studies' are bullshit) in the same time period.
I'm not the exactly sharpest box of hammers in the drawer, but I have ways to speed work up. Usually bosses don't like that because it screws up their manpower projections.
Oh well, as long as they keep paying me $150/hour I guess I should dumb myself down and weep as I cash the cheques.
Yeah, I do tend to ramble-on randomly sometimes. You may think I'm joking, but I'm seriously considering buying suspenders; having to hike my pantaloons up to my nipples has gotten to be quite tiresome lately.
Machines don't get tired. They don't die. They don't need medical care or costly medical plans.
True. But I've seen very excellent software solutions just die because the people who were supposed to operate them fail. Why? Because people have an inherent dislike/aversion to functioning like machines, and a lot of software forces them to do so.
My examples are from the engineering world, so we're not talking about data entry-level work.
It also doesn't help that software changes ("improves") so frequently in order to maximize the monetization and further confuse the users.
Sometimes I think that computerization's real goal is employment creation and that that death phenomenon thing will eventually take care of those pesky individuals that claim to know how to do things more effectively and efficiently without software.
http://www.marshallbrain.com/robotic-nation.htm
I'm pro-gun and pro-ACLU, just to name my own bias.
OMFG!! Why hasn't your brain already literally exploded yet from the dichotomy?!
I recommend a less-crumbly type of snack, like carrot sticks or celery. Dip is right out.
I highly recommend James Burke's writing. Then again, I could be a moron for all you know.
people often don't make the smartest purchasing decisions
I keep trying to get Taco to refund my Slashdot subscription dollars but I never get an answer...
"First Post!"
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