remember, we are talking about it being an issue with POLITICIANS... the truth has very little to do with anything; in fact, the truth can be detrimental (in their view, anyway).
There are alegedly three resting places of Billy, all of them being in different cities, and being tourist attractions. Obviously, at least two of them are going to be disproved (provided all of them arent).
This means that, as far as tourist sites, they are going to lose out; they would rather be a possible resting place of The Kid than the resting place of some guy who was pretending to be The Kid (not very exciting, is it?).
The issue, however, is that MS can be reliable enough, and at a much lower cost than 'big iron'.
Highly debatable, but let's not nip your argument in the bud.
I dont know man, your post didnt mention anything regarding a cost comparison between big iron and a wintel server/cluster. Your opinion is that this is highly debatable, but I think the costs speak for themselves.
I'm not sure what exactly this is supposed to mean--if a company doesn't have a full staff on the floor at all hours, it is not "24/7"? In this era of rampant globalization I would suggest more businesses have gone 24/7, not less.
Im seeing a coherent point being made in this statement... What Im saying is that the majority of businesses arent set up for 24/7 usage of their servers and equipment, nor are their support departments set up to even provide 24/7 tech support for their equipment. The majority of companies have people there between a 10-12 hour window. If you dont get ahold of somebody during that time, you are S.O.L.
Again, if you have some kind of facts which invalidate my statement, and show that a majority of companies do, indeed, operate 24/7, I would be more than willing to look at it. I dont believe any such facts exist, however, because its simply not true.
I think it's safe to say you are not accustomed to the cost scales in your average Fortune 500 company if you think saving $100,000 is a "big win". A single average employee with five-ten years experience can cost as much as that for such a company, if not more.
First, a majority of companies arent IN the Fortune 500 (unless there has been far more consolidation than I have heard...). Second, I think that no matter what the project is, saving $100,000 is a big win (unless you think wiping your ass with money is a good use of the bills...) My point, which you have totally missed, is that a majority of projects do not REQUIRE big iron. Just because selling over-priced, under-utilized, and consultant supported equipment suits your adgenda, doesnt make it the truth.
This is not a real issue. Companies with a need will hire the qualified, and train new people in-house. Remember, most COBOL development is not new development, simply maintenance work.
Um, arent we TALKING about MS focusing on a companies new projects? I dont think a company is going to be supporting a 15-yr old app written for.NET, do you?
And if consultants were an issue, well, what about that outsourcing I've heard so much about?
You are apparently buying into the hype. Outsourcing is one of the hugest wastes of money, ever. It is selling your long term position out, and buying something which you have no control over. But, many stupid management people seem to like it. Obviously, they are not great thinkers, they are just basing their decisions on magazine articles.
But you make a good point--many young guns or lame brains will think exactly like you did, only they will have the power to put action behind their words.
I really dont know what to make of this sentence... did I change my mind (you said they think as I *did*, implying that I now think something different...)
As for the rest, Im just missing exactly what you are trying to say.
Just to make my point: every large financial institution I have worked in has a hodge-podge of client-server solutions which were devised/developed in those halcyon days of the mid to late 90s, and yet, all of these companies still have people using their mainframe programs in tandem. The moral? Replacing these titans whom were built by real experts with a seriously intelligent methodology that melded business thinking with technology thinking, has proven to be that modern Holy Grail, and, as elusive.
And guess how many of these client-server "replacements" are built with MS technologies?
I dont know, nor does it matter. When a company spen
This is a highly stupid move on GameSpy's part. This guy wasnt posting his findings on the internet, or seeking publicity for himself; he was just using his skills to help out and try to improve GameSpy's product (and it needs all the help it can get, IMO).
This sounds more like a complaint about the potential for human error, rather than a complaint about the idea or technology itself.
Rather silly, Slashdot. I suppose next we will have an article saying how security is evil, because some LUser gave his password to a hacker who phoned in posing as tech support. Or even that DNS is evil, because someone can hijack your listing (which was posted a few days ago...)
I had a PowerVR KyroII, which was supposed to be a contender for the GeForce2. It was good, but... there is always a 'but'. The problem was once the card aged a bit. The drivers really didnt stay current, and support for the card was flakey in many games.
Considering the company is dedicated to this chip, however, and not just licensing it (Hercules made the card, the chip was made by PowerVR), they may actually be a serious contender. Having been a previous owner of a Trident card (which was very good at the time; this was way back before 3dfx), and since they had historically focused on OEM sales, we *could* have a third option thrown into the fray.
I doubt any Microsoft solution could honestly compete with the scalability and reliability of a true mainframe, and it doesn't state anywhere within the article that these.NET solutions will be deployed on big iron; rather, my assumption is that we are dealing with standard x86 server farms running Windows Server.
The issue, however, is that MS can be reliable enough, and at a much lower cost than 'big iron'.
Honestly, how many companies really need 24/7 and 99.999% uptime? Frankly, most companies arent even set up for 24/7 anymore! So if MS can give equivalent services on systems costing at least $100k less, they win. Add that to the fact it will be easier to find people to program new things in.NET than COBOL (how many college graduates *really* want to program in COBOL for the rest of their career?), and its easier to find experienced people to admin WIntel boxes than big iron; companies can also afford to have their expertise 'in-house' rather than rely on consultants- another huge savings.
This is just going to be a rehash of the "Network PC" project that IBM was trying to push thru a few years ago.
At that time, they contended that you were better off paying for a term server with 8-12 thin clients connected to it; instead of paying ~$1200-2000 per desktop, you would pay ~$5-10k for the server, and ~$200 per thin client.
However, since there really wasnt a significant savings in hardware (most of your savings were due to lower admin costs), hardly anyone jumped on board. Also, around this time the first sub-$1000 computers started coming out.
Linux on the desktop? Hardly. IBM is just recycling the Network PC.
I dunno. My friends son is about 10, and he prefers the OT, so personally I dont buy the 'kid' cop-out.
Also, I watched the OT and Ep 1-2 a few months ago. I find it hard for anybody who understands the story structure, pacing, and just plain 'fun' of a movie to say that Ep. 1 or 2 come anywhere close to the quality of the OT. In order, I rank the episodes for quality at - 5, 4&6 (cant decide, so its a tie), 2, and finally 1. Making Ep 1 the worst overal, right behind Ep 2.
This whole experience has taught me one thing: the only reason the OT was any good was because of Spielberg, who is sadly absent this time.
Im not really worried. You can apply the same logic to nuclear reactors- all some terrorist needs to do is go in there and make it critical mass. Fortunatley, there are failsafes, guards, etc.
Also, how exactly are these supposed terrorists going to get to the moon, undetected no less? Are the Romulans going to take them there?
I want iTunes to succeed. It's opened a new world to me. And if it doesn't make money, I wonder if it will stay around.
Dont worry. Apple is good at losing money on 'thinking differently'. When they run out of ca$h, they can just go get another hand-out from Uncle Bill (Gates, that is).
The project will replace approximately 900 PBXs around the world with regional IP installations. IBM's server-based IP telephony platform is going to run on Linux.
IBM makes its money from selling server equipment. They arent taking sides in the holy war, they are just using Linux as a vehicle to drive their hardware sales. Why not use a vehicle in which other people are doing most of the work for you?
So that means that they can charge 5c for an incoming email if they wanted to? They BETTER outlaw spam... or people will have bills going like $20 more!
By the warped logic of lawmakers, they are more likely to outlaw spam if they tax it than if they dont. The reasoning being that, when you have a service under the government 'protection' of being taxed, they then have in incentive to keep their 'taxpayers' happy. Thus, once they tax each email, they are more likely to legislate spam.
By another twist of logic, if people are looking for VoIP, movie/music services, etc, to be free from taxation, then it means eventaully ISP services WILL be taxed. Why? Because the above services are already being taxed in their non-internet forms (phone, cable, radio, etc), making it HIGHLY unlikely that the government will exempt the service from taxation just because they have changed transmission medium.
Face it, the internet will be taxed. The government needs to have its hands in every pot.
Im curious about something. I can see how energy gathering would be easier on the moon, but how would that help us on earth? What means would be used to transfer that energy over here, where it can be used?
Im not saying they wont be interesting, but how much of a real story can be told in five minutes? These are going to be more 'bite sized' action sequences than story driven, I think we can be sure.
Even having over an hour of material doesnt change the fact that each separate bite doesnt probably cant (or wont) make an overall story.
I guess we will have to wait and see, but my rant was more that I wish this kind of thing had been included in the movie, rather than needed to be a supplimental 'advertisment' sort of thing. Bottom line is that Episodes 1-3 are highly disappointing to fans of the OT.
One can say those two events, while not directly influenced by bloodshed, had quite a bit of it leading up to them.
While there are quite a bit of things which are noteworth which are not violent (Intel creating the first microprocessor, landing on the moon, etc), people tend to resonate with strife. History is more of an action film.
This uber-political correctness is highly annoying. The Trojan War, which inspired The Illiad, an EPIC by the poet Homer, was no doubt an event in which people were killed and/or wounded.
In all of human history, the key events where those involving the loss of human life (and generally the more killed the higher the importance). So if you have a problem with my statements, you should take it up with historians, and not with me.
Some of the fine print: the money will be doled out as vouchers based on what qualifying MS software you or your company obtained between 1995 and 2001 (nothing for 'server computers' or Macs). Two-thirds of all unclaimed money will be given to low-income California schools for computer purchases, and vouchers may also be donated to charity.
Such arrangements are extremely common in class action suits. For example, the one recently settled with some music company (last year, reported here, dont remember when or who) would give something like $5 credit for a CD purchase, with the unclaimed balance going to schools and libraries.
with all due respect to the talents they have creating the shorts, I find it really sad that one of the cornerstones events in the Star Wars world is going to be portrayed, not in the films, but in short, five minute cartoons.
Can anyone really say that when they heard about the Clone Wars in "A New Hope" they didnt have visions of some epic battle? Since most of the dogfights, etc were modelled after WWII film footage, I had always thought we would be in for something as grand and epic as WWII itself.
Instead, we get some whiney brat (who cant act), a love story which both doesnt seem likely and isnt interesting, and a completely cliched movie which only appeals to five-year-olds.
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There are alegedly three resting places of Billy, all of them being in different cities, and being tourist attractions. Obviously, at least two of them are going to be disproved (provided all of them arent).
This means that, as far as tourist sites, they are going to lose out; they would rather be a possible resting place of The Kid than the resting place of some guy who was pretending to be The Kid (not very exciting, is it?).
I dont know man, your post didnt mention anything regarding a cost comparison between big iron and a wintel server/cluster. Your opinion is that this is highly debatable, but I think the costs speak for themselves.
I'm not sure what exactly this is supposed to mean--if a company doesn't have a full staff on the floor at all hours, it is not "24/7"? In this era of rampant globalization I would suggest more businesses have gone 24/7, not less.
Im seeing a coherent point being made in this statement... What Im saying is that the majority of businesses arent set up for 24/7 usage of their servers and equipment, nor are their support departments set up to even provide 24/7 tech support for their equipment. The majority of companies have people there between a 10-12 hour window. If you dont get ahold of somebody during that time, you are S.O.L.
Again, if you have some kind of facts which invalidate my statement, and show that a majority of companies do, indeed, operate 24/7, I would be more than willing to look at it. I dont believe any such facts exist, however, because its simply not true.
I think it's safe to say you are not accustomed to the cost scales in your average Fortune 500 company if you think saving $100,000 is a "big win". A single average employee with five-ten years experience can cost as much as that for such a company, if not more.
First, a majority of companies arent IN the Fortune 500 (unless there has been far more consolidation than I have heard...). Second, I think that no matter what the project is, saving $100,000 is a big win (unless you think wiping your ass with money is a good use of the bills...) My point, which you have totally missed, is that a majority of projects do not REQUIRE big iron. Just because selling over-priced, under-utilized, and consultant supported equipment suits your adgenda, doesnt make it the truth.
This is not a real issue. Companies with a need will hire the qualified, and train new people in-house. Remember, most COBOL development is not new development, simply maintenance work.
Um, arent we TALKING about MS focusing on a companies new projects? I dont think a company is going to be supporting a 15-yr old app written for .NET, do you?
And if consultants were an issue, well, what about that outsourcing I've heard so much about?
You are apparently buying into the hype. Outsourcing is one of the hugest wastes of money, ever. It is selling your long term position out, and buying something which you have no control over. But, many stupid management people seem to like it. Obviously, they are not great thinkers, they are just basing their decisions on magazine articles.
But you make a good point--many young guns or lame brains will think exactly like you did, only they will have the power to put action behind their words.
I really dont know what to make of this sentence... did I change my mind (you said they think as I *did*, implying that I now think something different...)
As for the rest, Im just missing exactly what you are trying to say.
Just to make my point: every large financial institution I have worked in has a hodge-podge of client-server solutions which were devised/developed in those halcyon days of the mid to late 90s, and yet, all of these companies still have people using their mainframe programs in tandem. The moral? Replacing these titans whom were built by real experts with a seriously intelligent methodology that melded business thinking with technology thinking, has proven to be that modern Holy Grail, and, as elusive. And guess how many of these client-server "replacements" are built with MS technologies?
I dont know, nor does it matter. When a company spen
Closed source, open source, whatever, I still wont trust electronic voting that doesnt leave a verifyable paper train.
Its funny how every article posted here needs to mention the open/closed source holy war. Get a grip, people!
BTW, maybe someone just hijacked the contol signals in order to take the helicopter. Taking electronic warfare to the next level...
2) something else...
3) Profit!
This is a highly stupid move on GameSpy's part.
This guy wasnt posting his findings on the internet, or seeking publicity for himself; he was just using his skills to help out and try to improve GameSpy's product (and it needs all the help it can get, IMO).
If you ignore security, it will go away...
Rather silly, Slashdot. I suppose next we will have an article saying how security is evil, because some LUser gave his password to a hacker who phoned in posing as tech support. Or even that DNS is evil, because someone can hijack your listing (which was posted a few days ago...)
Considering the company is dedicated to this chip, however, and not just licensing it (Hercules made the card, the chip was made by PowerVR), they may actually be a serious contender. Having been a previous owner of a Trident card (which was very good at the time; this was way back before 3dfx), and since they had historically focused on OEM sales, we *could* have a third option thrown into the fray.
The issue, however, is that MS can be reliable enough, and at a much lower cost than 'big iron'.
Honestly, how many companies really need 24/7 and 99.999% uptime? Frankly, most companies arent even set up for 24/7 anymore! So if MS can give equivalent services on systems costing at least $100k less, they win. Add that to the fact it will be easier to find people to program new things in .NET than COBOL (how many college graduates *really* want to program in COBOL for the rest of their career?), and its easier to find experienced people to admin WIntel boxes than big iron; companies can also afford to have their expertise 'in-house' rather than rely on consultants- another huge savings.
At that time, they contended that you were better off paying for a term server with 8-12 thin clients connected to it; instead of paying ~$1200-2000 per desktop, you would pay ~$5-10k for the server, and ~$200 per thin client.
However, since there really wasnt a significant savings in hardware (most of your savings were due to lower admin costs), hardly anyone jumped on board. Also, around this time the first sub-$1000 computers started coming out.
Linux on the desktop? Hardly. IBM is just recycling the Network PC.
Also, I watched the OT and Ep 1-2 a few months ago. I find it hard for anybody who understands the story structure, pacing, and just plain 'fun' of a movie to say that Ep. 1 or 2 come anywhere close to the quality of the OT. In order, I rank the episodes for quality at - 5, 4&6 (cant decide, so its a tie), 2, and finally 1. Making Ep 1 the worst overal, right behind Ep 2.
This whole experience has taught me one thing: the only reason the OT was any good was because of Spielberg, who is sadly absent this time.
What is the Helix?
Also, how exactly are these supposed terrorists going to get to the moon, undetected no less? Are the Romulans going to take them there?
Dont worry. Apple is good at losing money on 'thinking differently'. When they run out of ca$h, they can just go get another hand-out from Uncle Bill (Gates, that is).
"This will stimulate growth in the auto industry," a Ford executive was quoted as saying, "except for our company, of course."
IBM makes its money from selling server equipment. They arent taking sides in the holy war, they are just using Linux as a vehicle to drive their hardware sales. Why not use a vehicle in which other people are doing most of the work for you?
IBM and Linux - its just a business decision.
By the warped logic of lawmakers, they are more likely to outlaw spam if they tax it than if they dont. The reasoning being that, when you have a service under the government 'protection' of being taxed, they then have in incentive to keep their 'taxpayers' happy. Thus, once they tax each email, they are more likely to legislate spam.
By another twist of logic, if people are looking for VoIP, movie/music services, etc, to be free from taxation, then it means eventaully ISP services WILL be taxed. Why? Because the above services are already being taxed in their non-internet forms (phone, cable, radio, etc), making it HIGHLY unlikely that the government will exempt the service from taxation just because they have changed transmission medium.
Face it, the internet will be taxed. The government needs to have its hands in every pot.
Im curious about something. I can see how energy gathering would be easier on the moon, but how would that help us on earth? What means would be used to transfer that energy over here, where it can be used?
The are afraid of the big monolith there...
Even having over an hour of material doesnt change the fact that each separate bite doesnt probably cant (or wont) make an overall story.
I guess we will have to wait and see, but my rant was more that I wish this kind of thing had been included in the movie, rather than needed to be a supplimental 'advertisment' sort of thing. Bottom line is that Episodes 1-3 are highly disappointing to fans of the OT.
One can say those two events, while not directly influenced by bloodshed, had quite a bit of it leading up to them.
While there are quite a bit of things which are noteworth which are not violent (Intel creating the first microprocessor, landing on the moon, etc), people tend to resonate with strife. History is more of an action film.
commenting on people's sigs (and anonymously, no less) is quite gay.
In all of human history, the key events where those involving the loss of human life (and generally the more killed the higher the importance). So if you have a problem with my statements, you should take it up with historians, and not with me.
Such arrangements are extremely common in class action suits. For example, the one recently settled with some music company (last year, reported here, dont remember when or who) would give something like $5 credit for a CD purchase, with the unclaimed balance going to schools and libraries.
Can anyone really say that when they heard about the Clone Wars in "A New Hope" they didnt have visions of some epic battle? Since most of the dogfights, etc were modelled after WWII film footage, I had always thought we would be in for something as grand and epic as WWII itself.
Instead, we get some whiney brat (who cant act), a love story which both doesnt seem likely and isnt interesting, and a completely cliched movie which only appeals to five-year-olds.
Anyway, [/rant] and [/preaching to chior].