I had a university as a client last year and they had at least one Windows 3.1 system still in operation in a research capacity. XP is still all over the place.
Research data usually needs to be kept for 7-10 years after the conclusion of the grant, then usually stored much later after since the people involved have left and nobody knows what to do with it. In our research of a 2PB file server, over 1/2 of the data hadn't been touched in over a year. The desire there is to move the data to cheaper tape backup and free up spinning disk. The problem with that is it's cheaper to buy more spinning disk than it is to buy a brand new tape array that will last for 10-15 years and be able to store a few PB of data. Think of it as initial vs. incremental cost.
But the part about employees leaving and not knowing what to do with their data is a big one. I'm sure there's leftover data from when I parted ways with my previous employer - I was there for 11 years and did a lot of work for them during that time, with data scattered all over the place. But since I'm gone there's no way they can ask me to come back and help, so all they have is what's left and if they delete any of that they have no idea what they're going to lose.
Not much more to be said about it. The staff will know how to react when there's real problems rather than searching for passwords and documentation for some system they haven't touched in 6 months..
Google doesn't need to fix it. There's Android developers at Samsung, LG, etc. that can fix it as well. There's no interest at any level to fix an old bug like that.
Google doesn't make the version of Android that goes out on e.g. Samsung phones. Google can patch 4.3 ll they want, but it's up to Samsung to take the patch, implement it, test it on all their devices, then get blessing from the various carriers to send it out. Given there's still people out there with S3s (and probably S2s) there's no chance they're going to put the effort into it and instead tell people to get the shiny new S5.
There's whole shipping stores that FedEX and UPS run that would do that for you. Staples has a lot of shipping material too. USPS has it because it's convenient, but that's not their goal.
We had to go to the post office to get our daughter her passport. While there was a line behind us the person helping us did a real good job at it, even retaking the picture for free since she thought the one we got at CVS wasn't cropped properly. She must have been right because the passport showed up a few weeks later.
The Dems haven't had a majority in the House for the past 4 years. This wasn't a bit enough deal for others to rise to the level of legislation until the past..maybe 18 months.
As for the Senate, well, requiring 60 votes to get anything done put a damper on that.
It's not open source, it's public domain. When you run it in a hospital, you need to have support for the software you're using. You also need to have the same hardware and software configurations that are supported. For a small hospital that can be pretty expensive to do. I know that my local hospital is using VISTA at least in phlebotomy, maybe other areas.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has had EMRs for close to 50 years. AFAIK, there have been no major incidents with this. So, not only can the government do something well,they can also do with with a reasonable level of security.
With my Printrbot, I have three steps to start printing. First I design what I want using something like OpenSCAD or download the design from somewhere online. Then I have to run it through software like Cura to turn it into something that the printer can actually use. After that I can send it to the printer for printing. Remember that the printer is really just a slightly beefed-up Arduino - it's a pretty simple device. If you were to integrate the anti-gun code into Cura the same way that anti-counterfeiting is in copiers you might have something.
And you think proof reading is the only difference between a amazon digital book and a traditionally published book?
Don't put words in my mouth. I handled the cover design for my books, though the publisher did offer to do it and did convert it into a format that was better suited for a book cover. I wrote technical books, so the publisher also paid for technical assessments to make sure I wasn't wrong along with the editing. Those are very valuable services.
Simply hosting a few MB file (the book) and processing a credit card payment is not enough to justify charging 30%.
But hosting a few dead trees in a warehouse is worth 50% of a book? Amazon is the 300lb gorilla in book sales, so they'll charge what they think they can get away with. If another vendor comes along and gets the name recognition that Amazon has and only takes 20%, then Amazon may change their ways.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that authors have lots of options to get their work out. But the choice is they either get about 5% and have a huge infrastructure behind them to help get their work out, promoted, and looking nice, or doing most of it themselves and getting 70% and hope they have an underground hit that lots of people buy.
In traditional book publishing, the author gets about 5% of the list. The publisher sells the book to a retailer for 50% of the list price and the author typically get about 10% of what the publisher sells it for. At least that's what it was in my case. So getting 70% on a self-published book isn't a bad deal. Though editors are still important.
At the time I was in a support role for the client. That buzz could be my wife calling (which I could ignore), could be server a up and died and needed my attention.
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I had a university as a client last year and they had at least one Windows 3.1 system still in operation in a research capacity. XP is still all over the place.
Research data usually needs to be kept for 7-10 years after the conclusion of the grant, then usually stored much later after since the people involved have left and nobody knows what to do with it. In our research of a 2PB file server, over 1/2 of the data hadn't been touched in over a year. The desire there is to move the data to cheaper tape backup and free up spinning disk. The problem with that is it's cheaper to buy more spinning disk than it is to buy a brand new tape array that will last for 10-15 years and be able to store a few PB of data. Think of it as initial vs. incremental cost.
But the part about employees leaving and not knowing what to do with their data is a big one. I'm sure there's leftover data from when I parted ways with my previous employer - I was there for 11 years and did a lot of work for them during that time, with data scattered all over the place. But since I'm gone there's no way they can ask me to come back and help, so all they have is what's left and if they delete any of that they have no idea what they're going to lose.
Not much more to be said about it. The staff will know how to react when there's real problems rather than searching for passwords and documentation for some system they haven't touched in 6 months..
I have some, had some sales last year too. Doesn't need to be much, there's only a few thousand dollars in it.
That's what changed in 4.4. In 4.3 it was part of the OS is my understanding and required a new OS install.
For cell phones that have an average life of 2-3 years?
Google wants market share. And they have it.
Google doesn't need to fix it. There's Android developers at Samsung, LG, etc. that can fix it as well. There's no interest at any level to fix an old bug like that.
Google doesn't make the version of Android that goes out on e.g. Samsung phones. Google can patch 4.3 ll they want, but it's up to Samsung to take the patch, implement it, test it on all their devices, then get blessing from the various carriers to send it out. Given there's still people out there with S3s (and probably S2s) there's no chance they're going to put the effort into it and instead tell people to get the shiny new S5.
I moderated your comment incorrectly, so I'm going to fix that now. You're completely correct.
There's whole shipping stores that FedEX and UPS run that would do that for you. Staples has a lot of shipping material too. USPS has it because it's convenient, but that's not their goal.
We had to go to the post office to get our daughter her passport. While there was a line behind us the person helping us did a real good job at it, even retaking the picture for free since she thought the one we got at CVS wasn't cropped properly. She must have been right because the passport showed up a few weeks later.
The Dems haven't had a majority in the House for the past 4 years. This wasn't a bit enough deal for others to rise to the level of legislation until the past..maybe 18 months.
As for the Senate, well, requiring 60 votes to get anything done put a damper on that.
At least Mythbusters hasn't devolved to "God did it! Confirmed!"
Can you hammer a nail with it, or is it just for show?
Maybe they should talk to their friends in Sony Music about the Loudness War first before going on about music purity.
Try and find the web site that has the tagline "News for managers of nerds".
How is Kindle Unlimited any different from Spotify or any of the other online streaming music services in terms of how royalties are paid?
It's not open source, it's public domain. When you run it in a hospital, you need to have support for the software you're using. You also need to have the same hardware and software configurations that are supported. For a small hospital that can be pretty expensive to do. I know that my local hospital is using VISTA at least in phlebotomy, maybe other areas.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has had EMRs for close to 50 years. AFAIK, there have been no major incidents with this. So, not only can the government do something well,they can also do with with a reasonable level of security.
With my Printrbot, I have three steps to start printing. First I design what I want using something like OpenSCAD or download the design from somewhere online. Then I have to run it through software like Cura to turn it into something that the printer can actually use. After that I can send it to the printer for printing. Remember that the printer is really just a slightly beefed-up Arduino - it's a pretty simple device. If you were to integrate the anti-gun code into Cura the same way that anti-counterfeiting is in copiers you might have something.
And you think proof reading is the only difference between a amazon digital book and a traditionally published book?
Don't put words in my mouth. I handled the cover design for my books, though the publisher did offer to do it and did convert it into a format that was better suited for a book cover. I wrote technical books, so the publisher also paid for technical assessments to make sure I wasn't wrong along with the editing. Those are very valuable services.
Simply hosting a few MB file (the book) and processing a credit card payment is not enough to justify charging 30%.
But hosting a few dead trees in a warehouse is worth 50% of a book? Amazon is the 300lb gorilla in book sales, so they'll charge what they think they can get away with. If another vendor comes along and gets the name recognition that Amazon has and only takes 20%, then Amazon may change their ways.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that authors have lots of options to get their work out. But the choice is they either get about 5% and have a huge infrastructure behind them to help get their work out, promoted, and looking nice, or doing most of it themselves and getting 70% and hope they have an underground hit that lots of people buy.
In traditional book publishing, the author gets about 5% of the list. The publisher sells the book to a retailer for 50% of the list price and the author typically get about 10% of what the publisher sells it for. At least that's what it was in my case. So getting 70% on a self-published book isn't a bad deal. Though editors are still important.
What are those? I know about chromebooks and I know about Android tablets.
All the trademarks. Middle of the day, thick Indian accent, said he was from Microsoft support, said there was a problem.
He really was. He was calling me about a ticket I had opened with Azure support. Go figure.
At the time I was in a support role for the client. That buzz could be my wife calling (which I could ignore), could be server a up and died and needed my attention.