...they better be limiting the throughput to 300baud. Good old days when you could read "in real time" ie. you could read as fast as the data came through the modem - no need for this scroll bar bullshit.
C'mon I can't see how immersion in water can be an improvement over other magnification processes involved in lithography. Surely a glass or whatever lens is far more stable and less likely to be impacted by distortion due to convection currents etc.
If IBM had said this straight off, then everyone would have said "Well of course they're going to say this" and they would not get taken seriously. By waiting until SCO's case and credibility are significantly erodes, everyone will just want to agree: "Yeah there's nothing in SCOs bullshit, lets just close this unpleasant episode".
Waiting this long might have also helped to consolidate IBMs position in Linux land. A lot of Linux companies got badly hurt, but IBM has the reserves to wait it out. By delaying things a lot of IBMs competition gets wiped out or at least roughed up somewhat.
e, it would be grown on islands which have no current production of rice.
Most/many pollen grains are very small and can travel very far. I don't know of any pollen-specific studies offhand, but I guess they are out there. What I do know is that dust and ash travel is well documented. Ash from fires in Australia falls in New Zealand; dust from volcanoes encircles the world. Pollen will easily move from one island to another.
As for viability, there are many documented cases of seeds over 1000 years old being germinated.
I've ever come in contact with can hardly read or write (some can't do either) and are not computer savvy and don't have computers. It seems to me that internet-based "society" will be as boring, and as socially stimulating as being a white anglosaxon protestant male and attending a white anglosaxon protestant male boarding school. ie. Lotsa self and group masturbation but no clue what the real planet is about.
The biggest concern I have with GE/GM is that too many people think that genetic material can be contained and controlled. Pollen carries genetic material and can easily be blown around the world (let alone over the road into the neighbours crops). Furthermore, viable pollen has been found that is hundreds of years old. So folks, do we really want to let these kinds of things out of the lab?
Whether XP home is better/worse than XP Pro I don't know or care. I find it interesting though that there is always an attempt at an upsell. eg: PC's priced with XP Home as the standard software with a banner saying "We strongly recommend you select XP Pro for only another $199.99 (ow ehatever).
Microsoft is always frightened of people finding that their current software is good enough and not upgrading. That's why the they always say, as part of a new OS release, that their old stuff is a POS.
There is an element of truth in this. Microsoft don't make money out of their trimmed down offerings (WinME, 98, XP Home, Outlook Express,...) but they do/have on their professional stuff (Win2000/WinXP, Office). So while they want people to get sucked in to their lower end stuff, they'd like it to be nasty enough to prompt people to upgrade.
scientists had predicted that buckyballs would not linger in water but would quickly form clumps and sink.
I'm tired of "expert scientists", I'd rather the scientists formed a clump and sank.
A long, long time ago scientists were out to discover the truth (whatever that might be). Now they're lying and covering up to keep hold of their funding.
By definition an effective PR person cannot be embarassed by the stuff that comes out of his/her mouth. The bastards lie -- err -- "manage the truth" with no shame at all.
According to free market theory, if there is a perceived value for a service, then it will come into existence and people will pay for it.
If people perceive the offshoring to give some privacy risk then they will perhaps be prepared to pay an extra $5 or $10 or whatever each month to a service that guarantees your case will be handled by an American. Alternatively, a company that advertises that they guarantee American processing will get a competitive advantage over their offshoring competition.
It seems hypocracy to me that those that bitch about losing their jobs to India don't seem to mind wearing Nikes made in Philipines and having Korean RAM in their PCs.
Free market means paying for things you value, not just bitching about things.
One of the biggest problems, security wise, with any trust is that it encourages complacency. This is particularly worrysome when the trust is not earned.
Conspiracy theory: Considering the small % of jobs that have been offshored, perhaps this is a way for the industry to get control of programmers again. When people are frightened about their jobs and don't feel secure they don't kick up a fuss and ask for big money etc. They're just happy for their job. Offshoring has been going on for decades. Why is such a fuss being made about it now?
For the corporations that had to pay through their noses, and were generally abused by their technical staff, during dotcom this must be a far more pleasant situation to be in.
Unfortunately there has historically been a problem getting the youth motivated to join into high tech. The exception to this was during dotcom when high tech looked like a dreamland of guaranteed employment at obscene starting salaries. The offshoring threat will likely make things worse (ie. less kids go into tech). If the industry bosses play to hard-ball, then they won't have anyone to employ at all.
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I work at a place that has a policy of doing auto updates. It's a bit scary thinking that someone else is deciding what shit to load on your box, but hey you just shut your eyes.
The problems come about when you have a bunch of software set up together that works. Then MS goes change something in IE and Acroreader stops working forcing you to go upgrade or reinstall acroreader. Things seem OK for a while, then something else stops working...
This is fire-fighting of an out of control software platform. It is not exactly a great user experience. MS stuff was never really designed to be hooked to the internet.
Of course I'm sure you are not a hypocrit. You do of course buy only American made products and services. Those Nikes on your feet were not made in the Philipines. Nope, that beef in your burger didn't come form Mexico or Brazil. That guy over there sweeping the street is an American citizen on full benefits, as is that Fedex guy who just dropped off that parcel from ???. All these products and services outsource in some way or another to bring you lower costs which you don't bitch about. What is so special about the software sector?
Protectionism does nothing to improve the health of an economy, all it does is rewards inefficiency. It must come as a sharp smack in the face to be faced with such a change in so few years; in 1999 you'd get a sign on bonus and a huge salary and now it is you that are spreading 'em for a job.
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...they better be limiting the throughput to 300baud. Good old days when you could read "in real time" ie. you could read as fast as the data came through the modem - no need for this scroll bar bullshit.
Of course I have not RTFA, that's cheating!
Important science is only of important to scientists and is less real to people on planet earth than important fashion statements etc.
What problem?
One place where PPC does seem to be doing OK is in video processing/DTV set top box.
In mobile space everyone is just going with ARM and PPC lower poser devices don't seem to be going anywhere useful.
Waiting this long might have also helped to consolidate IBMs position in Linux land. A lot of Linux companies got badly hurt, but IBM has the reserves to wait it out. By delaying things a lot of IBMs competition gets wiped out or at least roughed up somewhat.
Perhaps Darl managed to dump his options and just doesn't care any more.
Most/many pollen grains are very small and can travel very far. I don't know of any pollen-specific studies offhand, but I guess they are out there. What I do know is that dust and ash travel is well documented. Ash from fires in Australia falls in New Zealand; dust from volcanoes encircles the world. Pollen will easily move from one island to another.
As for viability, there are many documented cases of seeds over 1000 years old being germinated.
I've ever come in contact with can hardly read or write (some can't do either) and are not computer savvy and don't have computers. It seems to me that internet-based "society" will be as boring, and as socially stimulating as being a white anglosaxon protestant male and attending a white anglosaxon protestant male boarding school. ie. Lotsa self and group masturbation but no clue what the real planet is about.
is Next Season's must have :-).
The biggest concern I have with GE/GM is that too many people think that genetic material can be contained and controlled. Pollen carries genetic material and can easily be blown around the world (let alone over the road into the neighbours crops). Furthermore, viable pollen has been found that is hundreds of years old. So folks, do we really want to let these kinds of things out of the lab?
Microsoft is always frightened of people finding that their current software is good enough and not upgrading. That's why the they always say, as part of a new OS release, that their old stuff is a POS.
There is an element of truth in this. Microsoft don't make money out of their trimmed down offerings (WinME, 98, XP Home, Outlook Express,...) but they do/have on their professional stuff (Win2000/WinXP, Office). So while they want people to get sucked in to their lower end stuff, they'd like it to be nasty enough to prompt people to upgrade.
I'm tired of "expert scientists", I'd rather the scientists formed a clump and sank.
A long, long time ago scientists were out to discover the truth (whatever that might be). Now they're lying and covering up to keep hold of their funding.
By definition an effective PR person cannot be embarassed by the stuff that comes out of his/her mouth. The bastards lie -- err -- "manage the truth" with no shame at all.
...with a Finnish OS.
You're using the www, invented in Switzerland ;-)
If people perceive the offshoring to give some privacy risk then they will perhaps be prepared to pay an extra $5 or $10 or whatever each month to a service that guarantees your case will be handled by an American. Alternatively, a company that advertises that they guarantee American processing will get a competitive advantage over their offshoring competition.
It seems hypocracy to me that those that bitch about losing their jobs to India don't seem to mind wearing Nikes made in Philipines and having Korean RAM in their PCs.
Free market means paying for things you value, not just bitching about things.
I'd rather have some person in India or where ever know I've got some embarrassing disease than the gossippy old cow that lives over the road.
Broadband in every home.... with a little govt owned camera on the end for Homeland Security.
One of the biggest problems, security wise, with any trust is that it encourages complacency. This is particularly worrysome when the trust is not earned.
For the corporations that had to pay through their noses, and were generally abused by their technical staff, during dotcom this must be a far more pleasant situation to be in.
Unfortunately there has historically been a problem getting the youth motivated to join into high tech. The exception to this was during dotcom when high tech looked like a dreamland of guaranteed employment at obscene starting salaries. The offshoring threat will likely make things worse (ie. less kids go into tech). If the industry bosses play to hard-ball, then they won't have anyone to employ at all.
The problems come about when you have a bunch of software set up together that works. Then MS goes change something in IE and Acroreader stops working forcing you to go upgrade or reinstall acroreader. Things seem OK for a while, then something else stops working...
This is fire-fighting of an out of control software platform. It is not exactly a great user experience. MS stuff was never really designed to be hooked to the internet.
Protectionism does nothing to improve the health of an economy, all it does is rewards inefficiency. It must come as a sharp smack in the face to be faced with such a change in so few years; in 1999 you'd get a sign on bonus and a huge salary and now it is you that are spreading 'em for a job.