Very succinct post. The so-called sophistication is just a smoke screen for FRAUD.
I remember a a couple of years ago the president of HSBC's sub-prime mortgage division bragged that the had 100 PhDs in Risk Management on board. Ask yourself, how can 100 PhDs in risk management actually be put to work? Maybe one or two, but 100? Furthermore, based on their results, I guess all these PhDs missed the mark big time.
The point of all this seeming sophistication is to create unfathomable complexity and a cover story for a very simple objective: theft.
OK, this chip can execute interconnected logic in hardware. It's obvious how this could also be performed in software, albeit not in a massively parallel fashion. I don't mean to imply this is a trivial task. But the fact is that brain operation depends hugely on memory. And as far as I know, we don not have even a glimmer as to how memory actually works. Maybe some vague ideas, but certainly not a comprehensive understanding. So this thing that has been developed is really, at best, more like a simple brain stem, able to execute relatively simple logic. It's probably just a overgrown industrial process controller.
I will always remember Mr Wizard's mild style. His gentlemanly, quiet and reflective demeanor. His non-threatening intensity. And then, of course, his very, very interesting demonstrations. Don Herbert represents the best of America.
Reliability is a big requirement too. And by reliability, I don't just mean it turns on. I had a cheapo power supply fry my motherboard, hard disk and cd drive. It was a very costly experience which I will never forget.
One of my clients uses Avaya Conversant Voice Response Units. The underlying engine is a Unix box running SCO. Avaya announced more than a year ago that they were de-supporting the platform. New platform runs SunOS. Coincidence? I think not.
Starter Edition? This is some advertising hack's idea of a great name. I guess the implication is that the user "graduates" to the full edition somehow. Maybe MS thinks that by calling it a starter edition, users of the full edition will beam with pride that they are "real" users.
Somehow I have the feeling all this has nothing to do with protecting a development investment. It probably has to do with their "management's" slick plan to kite an IPO. Much easier if they can show lots of asset value. Next step - float the notion of yearly license renewals! Then the asset value will get really huge.
I also work for a high-tech company. Our execs use their PDAs for the really important stuff too: wine lists, schedules for after work drinks at local fern bars, keeping ratings of bed partners. How else can a fast-track executive keep tabs on day-trading transactions? Oh well, strike that last use - the Nadsaq meltdown has taken care of that. I had one once too, but it fell down somewhere inside the seat of my bimmer when I was scratching my ass. Guess I'm just not cut out for life up there where the air is thin.
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Very succinct post. The so-called sophistication is just a smoke screen for FRAUD. I remember a a couple of years ago the president of HSBC's sub-prime mortgage division bragged that the had 100 PhDs in Risk Management on board. Ask yourself, how can 100 PhDs in risk management actually be put to work? Maybe one or two, but 100? Furthermore, based on their results, I guess all these PhDs missed the mark big time. The point of all this seeming sophistication is to create unfathomable complexity and a cover story for a very simple objective: theft.
OK, this chip can execute interconnected logic in hardware. It's obvious how this could also be performed in software, albeit not in a massively parallel fashion. I don't mean to imply this is a trivial task. But the fact is that brain operation depends hugely on memory. And as far as I know, we don not have even a glimmer as to how memory actually works. Maybe some vague ideas, but certainly not a comprehensive understanding. So this thing that has been developed is really, at best, more like a simple brain stem, able to execute relatively simple logic. It's probably just a overgrown industrial process controller.
I will always remember Mr Wizard's mild style. His gentlemanly, quiet and reflective demeanor. His non-threatening intensity. And then, of course, his very, very interesting demonstrations. Don Herbert represents the best of America.
Reliability is a big requirement too. And by reliability, I don't just mean it turns on. I had a cheapo power supply fry my motherboard, hard disk and cd drive. It was a very costly experience which I will never forget.
One of my clients uses Avaya Conversant Voice Response Units. The underlying engine is a Unix box running SCO. Avaya announced more than a year ago that they were de-supporting the platform. New platform runs SunOS. Coincidence? I think not.
Starter Edition? This is some advertising hack's idea of a great name. I guess the implication is that the user "graduates" to the full edition somehow. Maybe MS thinks that by calling it a starter edition, users of the full edition will beam with pride that they are "real" users.
Somehow I have the feeling all this has nothing to do with protecting a development investment. It probably has to do with their "management's" slick plan to kite an IPO. Much easier if they can show lots of asset value. Next step - float the notion of yearly license renewals! Then the asset value will get really huge.
I also work for a high-tech company. Our execs use their PDAs for the really important stuff too: wine lists, schedules for after work drinks at local fern bars, keeping ratings of bed partners. How else can a fast-track executive keep tabs on day-trading transactions? Oh well, strike that last use - the Nadsaq meltdown has taken care of that. I had one once too, but it fell down somewhere inside the seat of my bimmer when I was scratching my ass. Guess I'm just not cut out for life up there where the air is thin.