I'm in the same boat. I love the car, also feel deceived and worried that performance will suffer if I "get an update". I dug through some links, but I didn't see any actual numbers on the difference besides the "40X" more. 40X more what? NOx? Where's my before and after, and a market comparison?
I doubt they will get the per-vehicle max fine. There's no way they can pay $37k on a $22K car, but I am sure there will be some shake up of VW holdings. Perhaps the Porsche dudes take over (there's been an internal VW power struggle recently)? Or perhaps Bentley or Lambo is sold off to cover some fines?
Yes, there's a big jump. But this release is significant because it brings two popular forks back together.
In one sense, this is the magic of the open source community and work: differences erupt, forks are drawn and then things cool down and a single code base emerges. The creation of the Node Foundation and uniting into a single code base means that we can torture Slashdot with stories of server-side Javascript for years to come.
Speaking as a 40 year old man, I compromise at work by setting the thermostat at 24C. At home my wife and I prefer it at 27C, but we're used to the heat down here in Texas.
I have a doctor friend who, before becoming a doctor, was a CS grad. He's in his 50's now. When I told him we hired someone from Epic Systems that knew MUMPS, he exclaimed, "They still use that?! MUMPS was going out of style back when I was an undergrad!"
I believe it is also still used in older banking/financial tools.
I'm in my early 40's, and I'm starting to run into a variety of back problems from poor posture / poor back muscle tone, as well as carpal tunnel...
Me as well, but I've found regular exercise does more to help the back issues than the sit-stand desk. At work I have an Uplift Desk and I usually start the day standing, but usually sit for 30 minutes for every hour of standing. I have my computer call out the time every half hour so I remember to switch positions.
We've had a few on-site training sessions at my office, and I've given up my chair for the day because it has been crowded. The desk is comfortable enough to stand (changing heights from low-stand to high-stand-and-lean-on) all day, but I think I'd have to work up to standing full-time.
I'm still waiting for a Leonard Nimoy Futurama head-in-a-jar with Real Torgo Eating action. Maybe they already sold it.
Like all other cool things on ThinkGeek, it is sold out and will never return, no matter how many addresses you sign up for the "Notify me when in stock" list.
This is why I got my department to buy me a GeekDesk a couple of years ago.
We've been using Kangaroo desks. We went to them after trying out a few Ergotron sit-stand desks that were just too flimsy.
We've got about a dozen now and there have been nothing but positive reports including a few that have lost weight (not a controlled study). The best tool we've found for making sure the desk gets used is to have your PC read off the time every half-hour as a reminder to switch. I don't have one of the desks, but I use the half our reminder to get up and move around if I haven't recently.
My wife and I and our kids were just talking about TFA this morning. The reaction that I got from my kids (8 and 10) was something like "huh?". We live just a few doors from a park where all the neighborhood kids play together, unsupervised, when the weather is nice.
I was raised in Montgomery County, back in the 80's. I remember it was quite a change from where I had lived in California because none of the yards in Maryland had fences. During summer, we'd walk or bike to friend's houses or to the junior high to play basketball. We probably had a range of 5 miles, with the only direction "Be back by dinner."
I can't believe this is the same place I used to live.
We have several new Mac laptops at work. They don't have an Ethernet port, so all of them are connected via Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapters. All the time. It seems like Ethernet or DVI adapters would be a great vector for this attack.
Non-obligatory car analogy: Nitrous Boost would have been a more analogous name. It's used for seconds, like nitrous oxide, not all day, like a turbo can be.
It is mind boggling to me that everyone seems to have gotten hoodwinked into thinking a "Like" button provides more benefit to the company than the things which keep corporate data intact.
Maybe I'm lucky but I've only seen that where I work after all the basics are taken care of. With all of the tools and services available these days, I'd assume that the basics like data integrity, telephones are *locked down*. If your basics are causing trouble, you are definitely doing it wrong.
I think more and more IT is becoming a manager of services, instead of a manager of servers. When there are companies out there making the basics easy to manage, then you can afford the time to get the Like buttons running.
McDonalds' was in China in the 90's. There are dozens of other M companies in the Fortune 500. I'm surprised only one fits the profile. Merck, MorganStanley, McKesson, Monsanto, Marriott, Manpower, MGM Resorts, Micron, etc. That was the time to setup in China, I wouldn't be surprised if it was something like MRC Global, Inc and the MS hint was dropped just for headlines.
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Why didn't anyone tell him they already make the Mac Pro in Austin?
Me as well, I call it the "dramatically slow rolling" die and only use it for such rolls.
With mobile VR, you only need a great mobile game device and a smartphone
So a mobile game device and a high-end smartphone and the headset? Sure, piece of cake!
I'm in the same boat. I love the car, also feel deceived and worried that performance will suffer if I "get an update". I dug through some links, but I didn't see any actual numbers on the difference besides the "40X" more. 40X more what? NOx? Where's my before and after, and a market comparison?
I doubt they will get the per-vehicle max fine. There's no way they can pay $37k on a $22K car, but I am sure there will be some shake up of VW holdings. Perhaps the Porsche dudes take over (there's been an internal VW power struggle recently)? Or perhaps Bentley or Lambo is sold off to cover some fines?
Yes, there's a big jump. But this release is significant because it brings two popular forks back together.
In one sense, this is the magic of the open source community and work: differences erupt, forks are drawn and then things cool down and a single code base emerges. The creation of the Node Foundation and uniting into a single code base means that we can torture Slashdot with stories of server-side Javascript for years to come.
He's probably doing this thing called "sarcasm".
I'm on the wrong side of 60, yet I've not decided when I'm going to retire...if I retire.
There's no wrong side of 60!
One side let's you yell, "Get off my damn lawn!" and the other allows "Get off my damn lawn, you punk kids!"
No, their new website is https://abc.xyz/
Obviously those internet-type guys get the domain before announcing the product.
Speaking as a 40 year old man, I compromise at work by setting the thermostat at 24C. At home my wife and I prefer it at 27C, but we're used to the heat down here in Texas.
Hmm. That sounds almost like you're tracking relationships. Maybe you should use... (wait for it) A RELATIONAL DATABASE.
Keep in mind that MUMPS first appeared in 1966, so it isn't exactly new.
I have a doctor friend who, before becoming a doctor, was a CS grad. He's in his 50's now. When I told him we hired someone from Epic Systems that knew MUMPS, he exclaimed, "They still use that?! MUMPS was going out of style back when I was an undergrad!"
I believe it is also still used in older banking/financial tools.
A Kasdan penned Han Solo movie? Yes, please!
I'm in my early 40's, and I'm starting to run into a variety of back problems from poor posture / poor back muscle tone, as well as carpal tunnel ...
Me as well, but I've found regular exercise does more to help the back issues than the sit-stand desk. At work I have an Uplift Desk and I usually start the day standing, but usually sit for 30 minutes for every hour of standing. I have my computer call out the time every half hour so I remember to switch positions.
We've had a few on-site training sessions at my office, and I've given up my chair for the day because it has been crowded. The desk is comfortable enough to stand (changing heights from low-stand to high-stand-and-lean-on) all day, but I think I'd have to work up to standing full-time.
I'm still waiting for a Leonard Nimoy Futurama head-in-a-jar with Real Torgo Eating action. Maybe they already sold it.
Like all other cool things on ThinkGeek, it is sold out and will never return, no matter how many addresses you sign up for the "Notify me when in stock" list.
No, the story is from yesterday. The image at the top of the story is from 2013.
Kermit, TX, population of about 6000, according to Google.
Texas, population 26M.
I wish people would stop equating redneck west Texas towns with an entire state.
Gives a new meaning to the name.
Yes, in this case, I think we can say, "Literally booby-trapped".
Yeah, I would say that there IS NO NEED to wonder how they will behave. We know already.
This is why I got my department to buy me a GeekDesk a couple of years ago.
We've been using Kangaroo desks. We went to them after trying out a few Ergotron sit-stand desks that were just too flimsy.
We've got about a dozen now and there have been nothing but positive reports including a few that have lost weight (not a controlled study). The best tool we've found for making sure the desk gets used is to have your PC read off the time every half-hour as a reminder to switch. I don't have one of the desks, but I use the half our reminder to get up and move around if I haven't recently.
My wife and I and our kids were just talking about TFA this morning. The reaction that I got from my kids (8 and 10) was something like "huh?". We live just a few doors from a park where all the neighborhood kids play together, unsupervised, when the weather is nice.
I was raised in Montgomery County, back in the 80's. I remember it was quite a change from where I had lived in California because none of the yards in Maryland had fences. During summer, we'd walk or bike to friend's houses or to the junior high to play basketball. We probably had a range of 5 miles, with the only direction "Be back by dinner."
I can't believe this is the same place I used to live.
We have several new Mac laptops at work. They don't have an Ethernet port, so all of them are connected via Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapters. All the time. It seems like Ethernet or DVI adapters would be a great vector for this attack.
Non-obligatory car analogy: Nitrous Boost would have been a more analogous name. It's used for seconds, like nitrous oxide, not all day, like a turbo can be.
Best car analogy so far this year. Well done!
Seriously, do they even have an IT group?
Yes, they wear the red shirts of Engineering.
It is mind boggling to me that everyone seems to have gotten hoodwinked into thinking a "Like" button provides more benefit to the company than the things which keep corporate data intact.
Maybe I'm lucky but I've only seen that where I work after all the basics are taken care of. With all of the tools and services available these days, I'd assume that the basics like data integrity, telephones are *locked down*. If your basics are causing trouble, you are definitely doing it wrong.
I think more and more IT is becoming a manager of services, instead of a manager of servers. When there are companies out there making the basics easy to manage, then you can afford the time to get the Like buttons running.
McDonalds' was in China in the 90's. There are dozens of other M companies in the Fortune 500. I'm surprised only one fits the profile. Merck, MorganStanley, McKesson, Monsanto, Marriott, Manpower, MGM Resorts, Micron, etc. That was the time to setup in China, I wouldn't be surprised if it was something like MRC Global, Inc and the MS hint was dropped just for headlines.