I just went over costs with a local RFID vendor, and the costs are not as cheap as I was led to believe. Couple this with proxity challenged systems, and it's another solution looking for a problem the way I see it. Maybe later, but not now, thanks.
I moved to China less than 6 months ago - like any move, it is a combination of good news and bad, but the good news, like this, makes me happy I'm here:)
Add in the free HDTV set top boxes, all new subways in this province and living like a king for pennies a day, and the US won't see me back any time soon.
In Japan, the same companies that produce and sell cigarettes also produce and sell the cancer drugs used to fight the maladies brought on by smoking.
MS can now control the spam, yes, meaning they can charge the spammers to learn how to avoid the barriers (you paid? ok, here's the key...next in line! keep it moving!), while also charging the users - similar to how the phone compnay sells your number to marketers, while charging you a fee for a device that will block them - nice work if you can get it.
Remember, investing in MS is risking having your own money used against you in the marketplace.
1. The idea isn't so rudimentary as to replace a human soldier on the ground, as it is to have the intel to stop a war from getting to the point where ground troops are needed.
2/3. Investigative tools and autonomous drilling entities will again negate the need for bodies.
4/5. AI can keep faulty equipment from ever going into service in the first place...no need for an iRobot to show up with a box of tools. Again, no expectation that a walking bundle of smart wires will need to troubleshoot a tripped breaker like your Uncle Rusty.
6. DNA mapping via AI can predict propensities and remove the need to test at all....or you can build an AI flower that changes color when breathed on and use it instead.
All the limitations you paint are in your mind only.
Why not spend the monies on a robotic mission to build a new 'scope.
C'mon people...we don't always have to choose between lowering the water or raising the bridge.
That said, I'm puzzled why the Hubble guy is pushing robotics. That's like a popsicle sales manager suggesting the company start selling hotdogs, instead of finding a way to improve sales of raspberry 'sicles.
CRT alignment is still adjusted by a human.
Must be why Samsung makes CRTs with onboard magnetic alignment systems (rudimentary GPS aqs it were) that don't require realignment based on hemisphere...
Injection molding does not require human intervention.
I've got 30 injection mold machines lined up and working just outside my office, and the amount of human intervention required to keep them producing error free products keeps several staff busy making adjustements, to everything from the pvc recipe to contamination control.
Seems like being in possession of stolen goods and claiming ignorance of the law as an excuse has been overlooked? I don't think so...
Using/possessing stolen goods is and will continue to be a violation of the law - note I point this out only to illustrate my opinion of how MS may react, and not as a smack on those who pirate.
The story was about Lee Iaccoca, who had an automotive Engineer cost the company $17 million - When asked if he intended to fire the Engineer, Lee said "Hell, no - I just paid $17mil for his education!"
Which is a bit different with this case, in my opinion. Someone will take the fall, of course, but that's all we will ever know...the details will be buried in someone's memory, I'm sure.
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Let me get this straight.... I post this snippet an hour before someone else, and I'm tagged ' 1 redundant' while the actual redundant post is given a '+5 interesting' - you guys need to buy better crack:)
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At the end of the launch event Jonathan Schwartz made an impromptu speech; I didn't hear most of it, as I was too far away, but he did end his comments with something about Slashdotters. I ambled over to Schwartz and said, "If anyone here is going to get an article onto Slashdot, it's probably going to be me (since NewsForge and Slashdot are both part of OSTG). Tell me what you'd like Slashdot readers to know."
"Tell them that we're returning to our roots," Schwartz said, referring to the company's renewed focus on the Solaris operating environment.
"And we want developers back on our side. If there's more for us to do, we'll go do it," McNealy added. It was the first time all day that I felt that the two had broken character and simply told me what was on their minds.
...I'll see your display of fear and raise you 5 one-line slams about someone using 'asshole' to gain attention via a logon.
- Your penchant for truth is only exceeded by your lack of pants
- Anyone can have a nick-name...it takes a real man to garner a reputation
- 'NTA' - you must have gotten so used to hearing that from your friends, you decided it fit.
- Those that can...do - those that can't....swear in public.
- What? 'Shut_Up_Shithead' was already taken?
Right, I know I could have done better, but I didn't run out of Guinness until 1am, and what with warring over blankets, and getting up to come to work at 6am, I only shelved 3 hours last night, so I apologize up front:)
I just spoke to your Mother, and she says to take your sister clothes off like she told you and to come down out of the tree.
She sounded a bit dissapointed, so you might want to comply if you're still counting on that plaid and chrome SpongeBob briefcase you wanted from Santa.
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So is it that you don't know any married women, or you just decided to exclude them from your test samples?
Please point out where I said they were the only ones....you're just another paid MS troll, trying to defend the monster...have some balls to admit it.
When they're bragging, MS counts all those 'temp' workers as solid staff, artifically bloating capabilities for investors.
When something like this happens (and it happens quite a bit) they say the individuals involved are not part of the full-time staff, and thus are off the responsibility-radar as far as the corporation's reputation w/investors is concerned, so forget about them and move on.
Quite normal to see another example of MS corporate double-standards at work.
Unfortunately, it appears that you insist on thinking markets are driven by wishing and whining. Markets are driven by people who spend money, not the ones who say what it would take to make them buy things.
BS alert... the airlines lower prices because people don't spend. Car dealers lower prices when people don't spend. Hookers lower prices when people bitch and moan and keep their money in their pocket - go back to school....
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I just went over costs with a local RFID vendor, and the costs are not as cheap as I was led to believe. Couple this with proxity challenged systems, and it's another solution looking for a problem the way I see it. Maybe later, but not now, thanks.
I moved to China less than 6 months ago - like any move, it is a combination of good news and bad, but the good news, like this, makes me happy I'm here :)
Add in the free HDTV set top boxes, all new subways in this province and living like a king for pennies a day, and the US won't see me back any time soon.
Why do you heat your hot water?
Do you have any idea how long it takes to heat cold water?
how DID THE DAMN DUST get ONTO THE panels in the first PLACE!?!?!?!
The same way the damn terrain gets dusty...ya' think?
The displays use metallic films featuring various shape memory alloys which are produced layer by layer on silicon wafers using thin film technology.
Which, when placed under the skin, can be used to mirror the image back out for those with vision.
Hey, Dan - sorry if I missed it...where do we go to sign up? :)
Ken/Shenzhen
In Japan, the same companies that produce and sell cigarettes also produce and sell the cancer drugs used to fight the maladies brought on by smoking.
MS can now control the spam, yes, meaning they can charge the spammers to learn how to avoid the barriers (you paid? ok, here's the key...next in line! keep it moving!), while also charging the users - similar to how the phone compnay sells your number to marketers, while charging you a fee for a device that will block them - nice work if you can get it.
Remember, investing in MS is risking having your own money used against you in the marketplace.
I thought I was the only person who got into sports through games rather than the other way around.
You've never discussed dating motives over a Cherry Coke with a Senior Cheerleader, I take it...
The 'internet' existed long before Gore created what we now know as the 'Internet' - capitalization at it's finest :)
1. The idea isn't so rudimentary as to replace a human soldier on the ground, as it is to have the intel to stop a war from getting to the point where ground troops are needed.
2/3. Investigative tools and autonomous drilling entities will again negate the need for bodies.
4/5. AI can keep faulty equipment from ever going into service in the first place...no need for an iRobot to show up with a box of tools. Again, no expectation that a walking bundle of smart wires will need to troubleshoot a tripped breaker like your Uncle Rusty.
6. DNA mapping via AI can predict propensities and remove the need to test at all....or you can build an AI flower that changes color when breathed on and use it instead.
All the limitations you paint are in your mind only.
I'm sitting in Southern China, about an hour north of HongKong, in Shenzhen, and I can surf Google news all I want...
Why not spend the monies on a robotic mission to build a new 'scope.
C'mon people...we don't always have to choose between lowering the water or raising the bridge.
That said, I'm puzzled why the Hubble guy is pushing robotics. That's like a popsicle sales manager suggesting the company start selling hotdogs, instead of finding a way to improve sales of raspberry 'sicles.
CRT alignment is still adjusted by a human.
Must be why Samsung makes CRTs with onboard magnetic alignment systems (rudimentary GPS aqs it were) that don't require realignment based on hemisphere...
Injection molding does not require human intervention.
I've got 30 injection mold machines lined up and working just outside my office, and the amount of human intervention required to keep them producing error free products keeps several staff busy making adjustements, to everything from the pvc recipe to contamination control.
Sort of kicks the technological crap out of the old-fashioned battery powered Segway, eh?
Seems like being in possession of stolen goods and claiming ignorance of the law as an excuse has been overlooked? I don't think so...
Using/possessing stolen goods is and will continue to be a violation of the law - note I point this out only to illustrate my opinion of how MS may react, and not as a smack on those who pirate.
No more than 40, but who's counting... :)
The story was about Lee Iaccoca, who had an automotive Engineer cost the company $17 million - When asked if he intended to fire the Engineer, Lee said "Hell, no - I just paid $17mil for his education!"
Which is a bit different with this case, in my opinion. Someone will take the fall, of course, but that's all we will ever know...the details will be buried in someone's memory, I'm sure.
Let me get this straight.... I post this snippet an hour before someone else, and I'm tagged ' 1 redundant' while the actual redundant post is given a '+5 interesting' - you guys need to buy better crack :)
At the end of the launch event Jonathan Schwartz made an impromptu speech; I didn't hear most of it, as I was too far away, but he did end his comments with something about Slashdotters. I ambled over to Schwartz and said, "If anyone here is going to get an article onto Slashdot, it's probably going to be me (since NewsForge and Slashdot are both part of OSTG). Tell me what you'd like Slashdot readers to know."
"Tell them that we're returning to our roots," Schwartz said, referring to the company's renewed focus on the Solaris operating environment.
"And we want developers back on our side. If there's more for us to do, we'll go do it," McNealy added. It was the first time all day that I felt that the two had broken character and simply told me what was on their minds.
...I'll see your display of fear and raise you 5 one-line slams about someone using 'asshole' to gain attention via a logon.
:)
- Your penchant for truth is only exceeded by your lack of pants
- Anyone can have a nick-name...it takes a real man to garner a reputation
- 'NTA' - you must have gotten so used to hearing that from your friends, you decided it fit.
- Those that can...do - those that can't....swear in public.
- What? 'Shut_Up_Shithead' was already taken?
Right, I know I could have done better, but I didn't run out of Guinness until 1am, and what with warring over blankets, and getting up to come to work at 6am, I only shelved 3 hours last night, so I apologize up front
I just spoke to your Mother, and she says to take your sister clothes off like she told you and to come down out of the tree.
She sounded a bit dissapointed, so you might want to comply if you're still counting on that plaid and chrome SpongeBob briefcase you wanted from Santa.
So is it that you don't know any married women, or you just decided to exclude them from your test samples?
Please point out where I said they were the only ones....you're just another paid MS troll, trying to defend the monster...have some balls to admit it.
When they're bragging, MS counts all those 'temp' workers as solid staff, artifically bloating capabilities for investors.
When something like this happens (and it happens quite a bit) they say the individuals involved are not part of the full-time staff, and thus are off the responsibility-radar as far as the corporation's reputation w/investors is concerned, so forget about them and move on.
Quite normal to see another example of MS corporate double-standards at work.
Unfortunately, it appears that you insist on thinking markets are driven by wishing and whining. Markets are driven by people who spend money, not the ones who say what it would take to make them buy things.
BS alert... the airlines lower prices because people don't spend. Car dealers lower prices when people don't spend. Hookers lower prices when people bitch and moan and keep their money in their pocket - go back to school....