I had a chance to go through a lot of resumes recently, and the few with a community college degree did stand out. Better than ITT, and a CC with a University is better to me than University alone. If only because most of them have been working in the field part time while at a University...
Or, will it see the empty shopping bag blowing down the road and swerve into oncoming traffic just out of range of the sensor? Or better yet, swerve off a cliff? And Toyota thought the carpet under the gas peddle was bad...
As someone who makes a living installing and supporting wireless data communications, and has done so since 97, this is totally laughable. Not to mention insecure as hell. And did I mention unpredictable performance? And how did they measure latency on a draft spec that is still a horse race between 4 draft specs? Looks like someone has a new buzzword for when "cloud" starts to wain.
Call me ignorant, but since when is Amazon a company that develops hardware?
I know Amazon has a big catalog, but customized / re-branded products aside, aren't they basically a box-moving company? What the *** are they doing in the chip development business? More specifically: what do they expect to do, that a specialist like TI can't do for them?
The last time I heard something like this was when a book store started selling computer time. Amazon is VERY good at finding new markets.
What's going to happen to all these devices when Amazon decides it doesn't make open source hobby boards or cell phones and condenses these SoCs down to just Kindle-related focus? I guess it'd be stupid to throw away all that business but anybody know what would happen to these?
Amazon NEVER throws away business. Hell, they were a book store that started selling computer time. Also, where do you think most people buy those hobby boards? I found a bunch of them on Amazon... If anything Amazon will make the stuff MORE available, since anything made from those parts will probably end up being sold by them.
The vehicle itself produces no emissions. "Zero emissions" is actually a legal definition. I seriously doubt any EV owners, much less EV advocates is there are any non-advocate owners, are under any delusion that their vehicle has zero cradle-to-grave environmental impact. Owners of gasoline powered vehicles, however, seem completely unaware - sometimes deliberately so - of the true environmental costs of their chosen mode of transport.
=Smidge=
Completely aware and reminded constantly. Just sick and tired of being compared against free. Sick and tired of people calculating only part of the cost in the comparison. And sick and tired of the huge government spending on something that is just half a solution. The range problem is STILL not addressed.
Gasoline powered cars may not be perfect, but they are still the best we have at this time.
While I do agree with most of your assessment, you are leaving out the production of the car, and specifically the batteries that use some very nasty chemicals, and toxic elements. And they have to be replaced. Not saying this is still not better, but it is not "free" or "zero" which is the popular claim. Everyone calls them "zero emission vehicles" when a better name might be "deferred emission vehicles" or "transfered emission vehicles."
Yes, but most renewable power sources run at capacity all the time. When demand goes up, that power comes from the ones who can most easily adjust to demand, which is usually natural gas or coal. So the marginal cost of the additional power from converting to electric uses the dirtiest power available.
Yes, but most renewable power sources run at capacity all the time. When demand goes up, where does that power come from? The ones who can most easily adjust to demand, which is usually natural gas or coal. So going from a gasoline car to an electric car uses the dirtiest power available.
You are aware that there are power plants which are not powered by coal or oil, yes?
Yes, but most renewable power sources run at capacity all the time. When demand goes up, where does that power come from? The ones who can most easily adjust to demand, which is usually natural gas or coal. So going from a gasoline car to an electric car uses the dirtiest power available.
'Tesla has the unique distinction of being the only automaker to actually ask us to increase our targets under zero emission rules,' said Ryan McCarthy, the science and technology policy advisor to the chair of the California Air Resources Board
Gee, maybe because it gives Tesla competitive advantage? California is paying this company to exist and then manipulating the market so consumers will buy their vehicles.
Hmm... I have seen this somewhere before... Change California to Federal Government, and Their Vehicles to Chevy Volt. That worked out so well for everyone...
This is because by some magical logic, pollution from power plants is not pollution. In California, they get their power from magical electricity fairies.
Think of somebody with a house. Say they spend a lot of money on heating because their house isn't well-insulted. Now they could just cut down their heating, but that has the cost of making the person uncomfortable, and less able to work. Wouldn't it be feasible for said person to go into debt in order to improve their house's ability to retain heat?
We are way beyond "going into debt." We are spending like a drunken frat boy at a bachelor party with a new Amex Gold card. (New card because all the old ones are full.)
Having managed both Cisco Unified Communications and Elastix, I would say the babysitting is about equal, and the ability to respond to change is hands down in the Linux side. Cisco works well is everything is Cisco, and you are under a support contract. Get some version mismatches, and old VPN clients, and the Mac in the mix, and you better get a bottle of Tequila as well! What, you want to upgrade the Exchange server? Well, you will have to upgrade all the Cisco software for that...
Askozia used to be. If you can find some old 2.1 images still around, you can use the, Also, pfSense with the freeswitch plugin is fairly lightweight. And for the full deal, you don't get leaner than this. http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?page_id=440
It actually is not that demanding of the hardware.
If you do it at no cost, the boss doesn't view that as a win for the company. He views it as suspicious, because where he comes from, spending is the key to getting somewhere, and everything costs something.
This is why you never bill FOSS as no cost. It isn't no cost, it is no licensing cost. It still costs time, hardware, training, and support. (Yes, you can buy support for FOSS. I have only found two times when I could not.) When you present the two options, you list System A with theses features, and this cost, implemented over this time verses System B with those features, and that cost, implemented over that time. It is not free, but it will give more function for less money. Business majors can understand that. They do not understand "Free."
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Yep... The entire article I was thinking "Now where have I heard that before?" I am looking forward to watching this unfold.
Netflix may have better old movies, but I think Prime has the edge on older TV shows. Either way, but have more content that I have time.
The free books and streaming media collection suck, they are worthless.
Huh... I guess all of those TV series we have been watching for half a year have just been a waste of time. So glad you told me...
I had a chance to go through a lot of resumes recently, and the few with a community college degree did stand out. Better than ITT, and a CC with a University is better to me than University alone. If only because most of them have been working in the field part time while at a University...
Wonder how long that would last if you stole a politicians phone?
Or, will it see the empty shopping bag blowing down the road and swerve into oncoming traffic just out of range of the sensor? Or better yet, swerve off a cliff? And Toyota thought the carpet under the gas peddle was bad...
Perhaps, and perhaps not. But they do have a larger sample of the failures...
As someone who makes a living installing and supporting wireless data communications, and has done so since 97, this is totally laughable. Not to mention insecure as hell. And did I mention unpredictable performance? And how did they measure latency on a draft spec that is still a horse race between 4 draft specs? Looks like someone has a new buzzword for when "cloud" starts to wain.
Call me ignorant, but since when is Amazon a company that develops hardware?
I know Amazon has a big catalog, but customized / re-branded products aside, aren't they basically a box-moving company? What the *** are they doing in the chip development business? More specifically: what do they expect to do, that a specialist like TI can't do for them?
The last time I heard something like this was when a book store started selling computer time. Amazon is VERY good at finding new markets.
What's going to happen to all these devices when Amazon decides it doesn't make open source hobby boards or cell phones and condenses these SoCs down to just Kindle-related focus? I guess it'd be stupid to throw away all that business but anybody know what would happen to these?
Amazon NEVER throws away business. Hell, they were a book store that started selling computer time. Also, where do you think most people buy those hobby boards? I found a bunch of them on Amazon... If anything Amazon will make the stuff MORE available, since anything made from those parts will probably end up being sold by them.
The vehicle itself produces no emissions. "Zero emissions" is actually a legal definition. I seriously doubt any EV owners, much less EV advocates is there are any non-advocate owners, are under any delusion that their vehicle has zero cradle-to-grave environmental impact. Owners of gasoline powered vehicles, however, seem completely unaware - sometimes deliberately so - of the true environmental costs of their chosen mode of transport. =Smidge=
Completely aware and reminded constantly. Just sick and tired of being compared against free. Sick and tired of people calculating only part of the cost in the comparison. And sick and tired of the huge government spending on something that is just half a solution. The range problem is STILL not addressed.
Gasoline powered cars may not be perfect, but they are still the best we have at this time.
While I do agree with most of your assessment, you are leaving out the production of the car, and specifically the batteries that use some very nasty chemicals, and toxic elements. And they have to be replaced. Not saying this is still not better, but it is not "free" or "zero" which is the popular claim. Everyone calls them "zero emission vehicles" when a better name might be "deferred emission vehicles" or "transfered emission vehicles."
Less, but not zero, which is what EV fans like to claim.
Yes, but most renewable power sources run at capacity all the time. When demand goes up, that power comes from the ones who can most easily adjust to demand, which is usually natural gas or coal. So the marginal cost of the additional power from converting to electric uses the dirtiest power available.
Yes, but most renewable power sources run at capacity all the time. When demand goes up, where does that power come from? The ones who can most easily adjust to demand, which is usually natural gas or coal. So going from a gasoline car to an electric car uses the dirtiest power available.
Not to mention the benefits of less emissions for the state in terms of reduced healthcare costs.
That electricity comes from somewhere...
You are aware that there are power plants which are not powered by coal or oil, yes?
Yes, but most renewable power sources run at capacity all the time. When demand goes up, where does that power come from? The ones who can most easily adjust to demand, which is usually natural gas or coal. So going from a gasoline car to an electric car uses the dirtiest power available.
'Tesla has the unique distinction of being the only automaker to actually ask us to increase our targets under zero emission rules,' said Ryan McCarthy, the science and technology policy advisor to the chair of the California Air Resources Board
Gee, maybe because it gives Tesla competitive advantage? California is paying this company to exist and then manipulating the market so consumers will buy their vehicles.
Hmm... I have seen this somewhere before... Change California to Federal Government, and Their Vehicles to Chevy Volt. That worked out so well for everyone...
This is because by some magical logic, pollution from power plants is not pollution. In California, they get their power from magical electricity fairies.
Think of somebody with a house. Say they spend a lot of money on heating because their house isn't well-insulted. Now they could just cut down their heating, but that has the cost of making the person uncomfortable, and less able to work. Wouldn't it be feasible for said person to go into debt in order to improve their house's ability to retain heat?
We are way beyond "going into debt." We are spending like a drunken frat boy at a bachelor party with a new Amex Gold card. (New card because all the old ones are full.)
are you suggesting that by relaxing standards a new breed of mom and pop crappy automakers will spring up?
realistically it just means lowering a protectionist barrier against china
We do not import any cars from china.
As far as fuel economy is concerned, the US "Big Three" are well behind the Asian auto-makers.
As far as experience with EVs and hybrids in the major auto-makers, Toyota is in the lead.
So, yeah, this is both expansive, and bad for US companies, that are not Tesla.
Having managed both Cisco Unified Communications and Elastix, I would say the babysitting is about equal, and the ability to respond to change is hands down in the Linux side. Cisco works well is everything is Cisco, and you are under a support contract. Get some version mismatches, and old VPN clients, and the Mac in the mix, and you better get a bottle of Tequila as well! What, you want to upgrade the Exchange server? Well, you will have to upgrade all the Cisco software for that...
Askozia used to be. If you can find some old 2.1 images still around, you can use the, Also, pfSense with the freeswitch plugin is fairly lightweight. And for the full deal, you don't get leaner than this. http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?page_id=440
It actually is not that demanding of the hardware.
If you do it at no cost, the boss doesn't view that as a win for the company. He views it as suspicious, because where he comes from, spending is the key to getting somewhere, and everything costs something.
This is why you never bill FOSS as no cost. It isn't no cost, it is no licensing cost. It still costs time, hardware, training, and support. (Yes, you can buy support for FOSS. I have only found two times when I could not.) When you present the two options, you list System A with theses features, and this cost, implemented over this time verses System B with those features, and that cost, implemented over that time. It is not free, but it will give more function for less money. Business majors can understand that. They do not understand "Free."
And the many Asterisk distributions, like Elastix. It also integrates a fax server, and e-mail. And has nube friendly support forums.