--The power to make laws is not the only power a goverment wields.--
And big corporations have a lot grease too.
If only it really worked that way with government contracts. I agree that's the way it should work, but yet the government already has propietary formats as their standard, for instance most state department of transportation requires all of their CAD files to be in *.dgn Microstation format. Why should you and/or government not be able to choose software a, b, or c and have it write an open and compatable file?
--On a side note, keep in mind the average linux user (who might potentially buy a machine without an OS). Chances are, if they buy from Dell, they're buying large quantities for a company that will run Linux. The minor difference in cost isn't always worth the extra trouble...so it doesn't impact a corporation nearly as much to buy a machine, rip the OS and start over. They practically do that anyhow.--
Hmmm...lets see XP Pro = $199 * 1000units = $199,000. OK maybe there would be a 30% discount then you have $59,700 vs. 0$ for linux. We'll maybe minor, maybe not. Companies count every cent now at least the good ones.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but the article seems to imply that the book was unsolicited. If this is the case, I thought there was a law that said you could keep it and not pay them back. Hanson Publications is bad to send you books you didn't order and then bill an unsuspecting office manager a huge fee. I think it's a scam.
The funny thing is, for some types of software, there is no open format to choose from. For instance in CAD most people want *.dwg's. This format is propietary and owned by AutoDesk (i.e. another monopoly). *.doc is owned by M$ etc. They can be reverse engineered, but another company usually stays behind the curve.
Used would be cool too. The price is almost as high but sometimes you can find cool older designs. Be careful when getting used diamonds. They are hard but also brittle too.
Why am I even chiming in, I'm not getting maried, HAHAHA???
-- I'm not naive enough to believe that this will result in a permanent manned lunar base, or any long-term exploration of the lunar surface and subsurface, but I'm at least optimistic that we [humanity] will be able to piggyback a few scientists along for the ride, and learn a few things that we couldn't easily learn with robotic missions. --
Yes it will. On Moonbase Alpha, nuclear waste will be dumped resulting in an explosion that will throw the moon out of orbit. Of course there will be lots of chicks in spandex there too and don't forget the lasers. Lot's of lasers. Yea, that's what's going to happen in 1999.
What about the wind load? Oscillation? Also, wouldn't this thing act as a giant lightning rod? That cable would have to be very very strong for it's weight.
--So going back to the point i'm trying to make. Most of these companies that are ditching the full time IT staff and doubling the load on their engineers will feel the burn in about 6 months. They will realize that an engineer pestered by idiots who can't change a font all day isn't a happy engineer.--
I know where you are commng from. I 'm a designer, yet have seven other machines plus peripherals, and a file an mail server to keep up. I can do it but it is wearing thin. This takes a lot of hand holding. I's hard to be an aggressive engineer and/or designer and be the kind computer help person too. This is hapeening more and more and it sux. The power level is high, though the money is not. Strange indeed.
I can understand where you are comming from. You just have to make a game of it. Face to face dealings are just as bad. "I can't pay my bill's online because XP won't accept cookies, what's a cookie." Wah!
Why did the FCC cave to pressure? We should have had these years ago. Didn't the powers that be, say that closed captioning would add thousands of dollars to the price of a TV when in fact it added about $1?
They should decide on one standard. Stick by it for the next 20 years, change it if needed then. Wah!
--I have such difficulty imagining what the high-ups at RIAA are thinking. Crushing diversity and turning broadcasters against them isn't going to help even them one single bit.--
One word, "monopoly", ove all IP, that's what they are thinking.
Because it doesn't work. It's unenforcable. We still get plenty of junk faxes. By the time someone get's on their trail, they move to a different location.
>>That said, I HATE fortran with a passion, mostly because it's ugly. 6 character variable names are impossible to deal with. Couple this with capitalization and indentation rules left over from the punch card era and you have code which is literally painful to read.
Yea, I had FORTRAN 77 back in the day and it blows. We used terminals on a time sharing system. Rulz sux. It was almost as bad as punch cards. Plus we had to code on paper and get permission to run the program. If the prof. didn't understand it, you were fskd. He only had a semester of FORTAN himself. That class blew. That being said, it is very robust with math. Ugly, very ugly.
Where I'm at gas wells are on a grid. Most of the time one company owns all of the mineral rights, but still any property that crosses that grid is given a percentage. Sometimes this can be a nightmare. One persons property might be on 5% of the grid another at 25% and so on. If one company doesn't own all of the mineral rights in a given area, it might not be worth going there no matter how much gas is there. That's why gas well companies are mostly lawyers to deal with this. They subcontract almost all of the real work. They are mainly deal makers. It is not unheard of for surveyors to be run off at gun point just because the map data is so bad.
If only you could attach it to plexiglass somehow. I wonder if there are any faradays cage case mods of some type out there? Also I wonder if case modding violates FCC rules?
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--The power to make laws is not the only power a goverment wields.--
And big corporations have a lot grease too.
If only it really worked that way with government contracts. I agree that's the way it should work, but yet the government already has propietary formats as their standard, for instance most state department of transportation requires all of their CAD files to be in *.dgn Microstation format. Why should you and/or government not be able to choose software a, b, or c and have it write an open and compatable file?
--On a side note, keep in mind the average linux user (who might potentially buy a machine without an OS). Chances are, if they buy from Dell, they're buying large quantities for a company that will run Linux. The minor difference in cost isn't always worth the extra trouble...so it doesn't impact a corporation nearly as much to buy a machine, rip the OS and start over. They practically do that anyhow.--
Hmmm...lets see XP Pro = $199 * 1000units = $199,000. OK maybe there would be a 30% discount then you have $59,700 vs. 0$ for linux. We'll maybe minor, maybe not. Companies count every cent now at least the good ones.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but the article seems to imply that the book was unsolicited. If this is the case, I thought there was a law that said you could keep it and not pay them back. Hanson Publications is bad to send you books you didn't order and then bill an unsuspecting office manager a huge fee. I think it's a scam.
The funny thing is, for some types of software, there is no open format to choose from. For instance in CAD most people want *.dwg's. This format is propietary and owned by AutoDesk (i.e. another monopoly). *.doc is owned by M$ etc. They can be reverse engineered, but another company usually stays behind the curve.
Used would be cool too. The price is almost as high but sometimes you can find cool older designs. Be careful when getting used diamonds. They are hard but also brittle too.
Why am I even chiming in, I'm not getting maried, HAHAHA???
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An Indian private company plans to send a boy to the moon climbing a magic carbon fiber rope. The unmentioned company says magic ropes are cool.
-- I'm not naive enough to believe that this will result in a permanent manned lunar base, or any long-term exploration of the lunar surface and subsurface, but I'm at least optimistic that we [humanity] will be able to piggyback a few scientists along for the ride, and learn a few things that we couldn't easily learn with robotic missions. --
Yes it will. On Moonbase Alpha, nuclear waste will be dumped resulting in an explosion that will throw the moon out of orbit. Of course there will be lots of chicks in spandex there too and don't forget the lasers. Lot's of lasers. Yea, that's what's going to happen in 1999.
What about the wind load? Oscillation? Also, wouldn't this thing act as a giant lightning rod? That cable would have to be very very strong for it's weight.
--So going back to the point i'm trying to make. Most of these companies that are ditching the full time IT staff and doubling the load on their engineers will feel the burn in about 6 months. They will realize that an engineer pestered by idiots who can't change a font all day isn't a happy engineer.--
I know where you are commng from. I 'm a designer, yet have seven other machines plus peripherals, and a file an mail server to keep up. I can do it but it is wearing thin. This takes a lot of hand holding. I's hard to be an aggressive engineer and/or designer and be the kind computer help person too. This is hapeening more and more and it sux. The power level is high, though the money is not. Strange indeed.
I can understand where you are comming from. You just have to make a game of it. Face to face dealings are just as bad. "I can't pay my bill's online because XP won't accept cookies, what's a cookie." Wah!
It's because Dell is in too much of a hurry. At Apple, the tech sup is more laid back.
Maybe freezer burn would be a better term.
I wonder how much it will cost to refill this thing? I guess HP will charge about $50 for a water cartridge.
I wanna see HEAVY METAL!!
Just curious? but isn't the FCC tryin to free up some UHF banwidth?
Why did the FCC cave to pressure? We should have had these years ago. Didn't the powers that be, say that closed captioning would add thousands of dollars to the price of a TV when in fact it added about $1?
They should decide on one standard. Stick by it for the next 20 years, change it if needed then. Wah!
--I have such difficulty imagining what the high-ups at RIAA are thinking. Crushing diversity and turning broadcasters against them isn't going to help even them one single bit.--
One word, "monopoly", ove all IP, that's what they are thinking.
--Email while annoying doesn't neccessarily impede you from downloading the rest of your email in a timely manner--
Wrong! Oh, yes it can when you get enough of it.
Damn, I've won a lot of vacations.
Because it doesn't work. It's unenforcable. We still get plenty of junk faxes. By the time someone get's on their trail, they move to a different location.
>>That said, I HATE fortran with a passion, mostly because it's ugly. 6 character variable names are impossible to deal with. Couple this with capitalization and indentation rules left over from the punch card era and you have code which is literally painful to read.
Yea, I had FORTRAN 77 back in the day and it blows. We used terminals on a time sharing system. Rulz sux. It was almost as bad as punch cards. Plus we had to code on paper and get permission to run the program. If the prof. didn't understand it, you were fskd. He only had a semester of FORTAN himself. That class blew. That being said, it is very robust with math. Ugly, very ugly.
Pretty soon someone will get a law passed that will remove the off button on a TV and make it the death penality to have one put on.
Where I'm at gas wells are on a grid. Most of the time one company owns all of the mineral rights, but still any property that crosses that grid is given a percentage. Sometimes this can be a nightmare. One persons property might be on 5% of the grid another at 25% and so on. If one company doesn't own all of the mineral rights in a given area, it might not be worth going there no matter how much gas is there. That's why gas well companies are mostly lawyers to deal with this. They subcontract almost all of the real work. They are mainly deal makers. It is not unheard of for surveyors to be run off at gun point just because the map data is so bad.
Cool,
If only you could attach it to plexiglass somehow. I wonder if there are any faradays cage case mods of some type out there? Also I wonder if case modding violates FCC rules?
I wonder if you can purchase some metal grateing like the stuff used on microwaves that will let you see in but not let the EMI out? Just a thought?