Considering that Freon is a wonderfully inert substance at ground level that gets changed into an ozone eating monster at altitude under high UV, one wonders whether hosing the atmosphere with highly charged particles is a good idea.
I have not RTFA, but I hopefully this is done over the US and not in in a far away place like was done by the nuclear testing bastards.
Always blasts off about anything. Always gives a 100% reaction whether it's a little pissy thing or a huge problem. Eventually people stop listening to him which is a shame because he has a lot of valuable insight. It just gets that most people don't see the worth in wading through the volume of lower-quality/non-constructive noise to get the pearls.
Being a good communicator is not just about being right. It is also being able to STFU about the little things to improve the SNR.
Since the beginning of time all committes etc have been used as a way to abuse power.
The FDA, who supposedly protects the US's food and health, will say a Mac and fries == two serves of vegetables (potatoes & tomatos used in the ketchup). EPA gets lobbied to hell by SUV vendors. Congress get fscked up by Christian campaigners.
Why be suprised when Microsoft or Intel or whatever contorts USB, networking specs,... to their advantage.
While Bluetooth's niche is in PDAs and phones etc, Zigbee's is in low power / low data rate applications. This really makes Zigbee most appropriate for control comms between embedded devices, building automation etc.
Zigbee should be way cheaper to implement than BT (say a buck vs five bucks), but that does not mean you'll see PDAs get Zigbee by default. Likely though your TV will get Zigbee and apart from being able to control its power intelligently it will allow you to control Zigbee devices via your TV/remote.
Wehn speaking publicly, CEOs are just part of a large company's politics. "Read my lips, no more Windows" has about as much credibility as "Read my lips, no more taxes".
If it does not run POSIX or Windows programs I can't see anyone ever getting sufficiently motivated to ever use this for anything other than niche applications (eg. firewalls, secutiry equipment,...).
Computer security is a low priority concern for most people. If you had a perfectly secure OS, but not the OS you want then people would not even turn the computers on and that would be secure, right?
Secutiry is mainly a people thing anyway. Give 'em Linux and they'd just run everything as root.
Why do we need these mechanical ways to make people when the current person-making technology works quite well and has a great user interface and IO device?
OK, maybe the new thing could make a person in a day, compared to the current 9 months, but that doesn't give you much time to buy pampers and paint the room.
This article was pitched at a "How do I plug in a mouse" level person. OK, I understand that to some Geeks (or self proclaimed Geeks)this is news, but to admit that is to anyone just lets down Geekdom in general.
As to helping newbies, that's now how Geeks do it. To be a true Geek you must spout a bunch of confusing sounding opinions. Correctness is less important than keeping up a good Geek image. Handing out links to soft articles like this really lets the side down.
If WiMax fails to gain market share then by implication there is a competing technology. This measn that no WiMax is probably not a big loss for users (we can just use the competing stuff), but ist is a bit of a blow for the people who've put their money into WiMax.
Where did the hobbiests get the money for all the $16,000 toilet seats and stuff that those NASA people have proven is needed to do useful space research?
The joy of big organisations: Of the thousands of people in NASA, only a few are actually doing any research, most are doing administration. I guess that's why they're called NAS Administration nd not NAS Research.
A hundred and fifty years back, life expectancy was a lot lower etc, but typically kids were getting married, moving out and having their own kids in their teens. Now teenage pregnancy is seen as a big problem. If we live to our hundreds having kids in your 30's will become the new social problem.
I don't know about scheme, but I've done a lot of Lisp. Lisp is very flexible, but it is not extensible per se, AFAIK. That is, you can add some new structures etc, but it remains Lisp.
Forth is different in that you can define both compile time and run-time "words" ("words" == functions, more or less). These allow you to actually change the compiler on the fly, including syntax etc. A frequent usage of this is to do things like define an assembler and use it as a way of cross compiling Forth.
C isn't extensible. C is still C. You can't chenge the structure of C. You can pull some tricks with macros, but it is still C.
Forth allows to to hack the **compiler** on the fly (ie during the compile). This makes it pretty damn powerful, but is also dangerous in the wrong hands.
First order of business for a CEO/CIO/board is to not make any decisions that will end up getting your ass fired.
Buying product that is dressed up with warm fuzzy sound-bites is appealing. Geek-talk sound very risky.
"Synergetic integration" sounds nice and sounds like a good decision.
"Client server system using a fibre optic backbone an V6 IP stacks" sounds pretty risky. When something goes wrong, the people that the decision makers report to (board/stock holders/...) will think the person took unnecessary risks, even if these descriptions are of exactly the same product/service.
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Considering that Freon is a wonderfully inert substance at ground level that gets changed into an ozone eating monster at altitude under high UV, one wonders whether hosing the atmosphere with highly charged particles is a good idea.
I have not RTFA, but I hopefully this is done over the US and not in in a far away place like was done by the nuclear testing bastards.
I'd like to see the derivation of this family tree. I wonder why BASIC claims Fortan parentage.
... and Bill Gates created God.
Anyone tried spark eroding?
There's carbon in steel.
Being a good communicator is not just about being right. It is also being able to STFU about the little things to improve the SNR.
The FDA, who supposedly protects the US's food and health, will say a Mac and fries == two serves of vegetables (potatoes & tomatos used in the ketchup). EPA gets lobbied to hell by SUV vendors. Congress get fscked up by Christian campaigners.
Why be suprised when Microsoft or Intel or whatever contorts USB, networking specs,... to their advantage.
Since probaly 90% of CD burning is disc duping, you really need a scanner to dupe the label too.
Yippee! I only got ripped off $100.
Zigbee should be way cheaper to implement than BT (say a buck vs five bucks), but that does not mean you'll see PDAs get Zigbee by default. Likely though your TV will get Zigbee and apart from being able to control its power intelligently it will allow you to control Zigbee devices via your TV/remote.
Wehn speaking publicly, CEOs are just part of a large company's politics. "Read my lips, no more Windows" has about as much credibility as "Read my lips, no more taxes".
Computer security is a low priority concern for most people. If you had a perfectly secure OS, but not the OS you want then people would not even turn the computers on and that would be secure, right?
Secutiry is mainly a people thing anyway. Give 'em Linux and they'd just run everything as root.
OK, maybe the new thing could make a person in a day, compared to the current 9 months, but that doesn't give you much time to buy pampers and paint the room.
As to helping newbies, that's now how Geeks do it. To be a true Geek you must spout a bunch of confusing sounding opinions. Correctness is less important than keeping up a good Geek image. Handing out links to soft articles like this really lets the side down.
If WiMax fails to gain market share then by implication there is a competing technology. This measn that no WiMax is probably not a big loss for users (we can just use the competing stuff), but ist is a bit of a blow for the people who've put their money into WiMax.
A slow day at the office huh?
... after having a full body search etc.
Your taxes paid for this, they hardly own the data.
The joy of big organisations: Of the thousands of people in NASA, only a few are actually doing any research, most are doing administration. I guess that's why they're called NAS Administration nd not NAS Research.
A hundred and fifty years back, life expectancy was a lot lower etc, but typically kids were getting married, moving out and having their own kids in their teens. Now teenage pregnancy is seen as a big problem. If we live to our hundreds having kids in your 30's will become the new social problem.
Forth is different in that you can define both compile time and run-time "words" ("words" == functions, more or less). These allow you to actually change the compiler on the fly, including syntax etc. A frequent usage of this is to do things like define an assembler and use it as a way of cross compiling Forth.
The kids would be in no rush to go to college and get a place on their own. Thy'd probably only move out when they get to fifty or so.
Sheesh! Did /. get cross linked with "Phylosophy Today"?
C isn't extensible. C is still C. You can't chenge the structure of C. You can pull some tricks with macros, but it is still C.
Forth allows to to hack the **compiler** on the fly (ie during the compile). This makes it pretty damn powerful, but is also dangerous in the wrong hands.
First order of business for a CEO/CIO/board is to not make any decisions that will end up getting your ass fired.
Buying product that is dressed up with warm fuzzy sound-bites is appealing. Geek-talk sound very risky.
"Synergetic integration" sounds nice and sounds like a good decision.
"Client server system using a fibre optic backbone an V6 IP stacks" sounds pretty risky. When something goes wrong, the people that the decision makers report to (board/stock holders/...) will think the person took unnecessary risks, even if these descriptions are of exactly the same product/service.