I know that it promises these things and that they sound wonderful. What I meant to say is that all that is left is watching what actually happens in this round of the console wars.
I must confess that I have been known to click on a banner ad simply because I really liked the site, but 1 billion dollars of clickfraud is a lot of people working to intentionally increase their own revenues substancially. It is nice to see the big three (combined with well over 90% of the market) takign this seriously.
"The old mentality and social contract between employer and employee is over.>/i>"
Of course things were so much worse when the Pinkertons were breaking heads because employees wanted a 50 hour work week.
Back on topic: former employees can easily disrupt company activities. The focus seems to be on preventing "disgruntled former employees" from injuring their former coworkers, while it should be on trying to keep them from wanting to harm their company. It is also expensive to fire someone, as a replacement must be located, interviewed, hired, and trained. Clearer rules a regulations also go a long way.
I am a reporter for my college paper with a penchant for investigative pieces. I already meet with sources in secret. Once I met with someone on a bridge over a highway for privacy's sake. Even where there are journalist shield laws, they do not protect the source. People who leak information (especially in law enforcement) can get in incredible trouble without the journalist having to reveal anything.
If you have read or watched All the President's Men, you will remember the secrecy that went into their meetings. Even though that is largely exagerated, it is not that far off the mark.
Better: Conan O'Brian. The top level must be trying to replicate his string dance.
I support the decision to first use this platform for gaming. They make money from it and the general public will take interest. They can produce more specialized gear in the future.
It is not just the technology guys who have access. There are departments of companies where even interns work with protected information. Rank and file employees have stolen credit card numbers to which they had access as parts of their jobs. This is a much bigger issue than just sysadmins.
I understand that that is the technology behind this, but can you imagine it being used in the field? Could soldiers run around and shoot while wearing these suits? Could tanks still fire their weapons if coated in this? What happens when they got dirty? It has been known to happen in wartime. Practically I think that the ghillie suit is superior in war when people do not want to be seen.
Read the Military.com article I cited. It talks about the possibilities and confirms that there historically has been research going on in this field. The conclusion is that it is not possible.
Old news! Wired ran this story three years ago. The technology isn't any more advanced now than it was then. Military.com published an extremely informative guide to invisibility last year. Much better than TFA.
The enhanced technology doesn't stop at the APC. See that barcode on all of yoru incoming mail? It is designed to speed up the service by reducing the amount of human handling that occurs. Technology has revolutionized the Postal Service.
Put a webcam in front of you and hold a laptop behind you. Impress your friends as you appear to be "invisible!" This technology has existed for a long time in one form or another, but I simply do not see it becoming practical. If you need to get some place without anyone seeing you, learn how to utilize camo and cover while moving carefully without making too much noise. Don't rely on some super vaporware to save you.
RTFA! If you read the comment in relation to TFA, it makes more sense. It establishes male avatars as the baseline of in-game treatment with women being treated better. By treating everybody as people you are completely ignoring gender, which goes against the whole point of the article!
First off, I am still waiting on some cites of this happening recently. I am not talking about a politician going to jail. Much more serious I am talking about him losing all of his political capital in a massive scandel. The two examples you reference, to the best of my knowledge, have nothing to do with lever fraud. I Googled it and I can only find a few stories from many years ago and theories like yours.
My shift at the polls started after the machines were closed(I'm not big on early mornings) so I did not have to help seal the machines. What I am saying is that the poll workers are not the enemy. I was occupied trying to keep unqualified people from voting, with which the election officials were quite competent and helpful.
I still think that the people would be able to see the stickers if they looked closely enough.
I personally think that Intel and AMD are missing out on a great marketing ploy. Considering how close the competition is right now, they could gain publicity through some special event for the days.
It must have fallen in the forest with no one to hear it.
Fitzpatrick is my representative in congress. I served an internship in another congressional office last semester, and I know that he has been heavily criticized for not doing enough since being elected. Rep. Jim Greenwood resigned during the runup to the last election and replaced himself with Fitzpatrick. People loved Greenwood so much that we elected his replacement. The people had forgotten what it is like to have a new congressman who does not wield the power that Greenwood once had.
"To those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost
liberty, my message is this: your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies and pause to America's friends. They encourage people of good will to remain silent in the face of evil." -- Attorney General Ashcroft 12/6/01
If you go back in American history and read period documents, you will find people who always thought that the world was ending and the USA was being taken over by a dictator. If it weren't for these people ranting about everything, the general population would be much more receptive to actual threats. TFA does not describe us becoming a totalitarian state, although most/. posts in the Politics section seem to hint that we are. Like the other response to your post says, this is just a case of police following their SOP (standard operating proceedure) because they have to. When detectives are on a case they carefully look for anything that is out of place or odd. From the actions of one overzealous manager in Vegas to "a CNN summary of a [biased] Time cover story",/. is not the right place for political news. For biased politics, give me National ReviewTownhall.com or the aforementioned The Nation.
But the current crop of boxes are quite boring. Aside from some of the pretty stainless steel designs, they often try to look flashy but end up looking tacky instead. Microsoft is presenting guidelines for stuff that doesn't suck. OEMs can choose if they want to adopt the standards based on what they think of them. I doubt that Alienware and Falcon Notherwest will be following suit.
There is a disconnect between the home user and the corporate user, regardless of what TFA asserts. Simply because someone happens to be a sysadmin who uses Ubuntu at home does not mean that he will make the transition to using it at work. There are very different needs in the two enviroments and sysadmins are the first people to recognize this.
The Postal Service only gets 20-30 cents on each piece of junk mail going into your inbox. Compare that to the $8.10 they get for every flat rate Priority Mail box a shipper sends. Without packages the Postal Service would have a really hard time
I live in Bucks County and I have learned that most services in downtown Philly are bad (cheesesteaks excepted). I don't blame the USPS for that.
Am I the only person who still writes real letters? I am only 20 years old but I think it makes things more personal. I e-mail an incredible amount but I still write my friends the old fashioned way.
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I know that it promises these things and that they sound wonderful. What I meant to say is that all that is left is watching what actually happens in this round of the console wars.
I wonder how many of these military scientists are Treckies.
So we have games for the system. Now the question comes down to price points, marketing, and, oh yeah, features!
I must confess that I have been known to click on a banner ad simply because I really liked the site, but 1 billion dollars of clickfraud is a lot of people working to intentionally increase their own revenues substancially. It is nice to see the big three (combined with well over 90% of the market) takign this seriously.
Of course things were so much worse when the Pinkertons were breaking heads because employees wanted a 50 hour work week.
Back on topic: former employees can easily disrupt company activities. The focus seems to be on preventing "disgruntled former employees" from injuring their former coworkers, while it should be on trying to keep them from wanting to harm their company. It is also expensive to fire someone, as a replacement must be located, interviewed, hired, and trained. Clearer rules a regulations also go a long way.
If you have read or watched All the President's Men, you will remember the secrecy that went into their meetings. Even though that is largely exagerated, it is not that far off the mark.
I support the decision to first use this platform for gaming. They make money from it and the general public will take interest. They can produce more specialized gear in the future.
Doesn't modern RAM (RADAR Absorbing Material, not the DDR2 kind) do a good enough job of disrupting radar? Just look at the specs for the F-22.
As far as keeping the IT people happy, try celebrating sysadmin appreciation day next year.
I understand that that is the technology behind this, but can you imagine it being used in the field? Could soldiers run around and shoot while wearing these suits? Could tanks still fire their weapons if coated in this? What happens when they got dirty? It has been known to happen in wartime. Practically I think that the ghillie suit is superior in war when people do not want to be seen.
Read the Military.com article I cited. It talks about the possibilities and confirms that there historically has been research going on in this field. The conclusion is that it is not possible.
Old news! Wired ran this story three years ago. The technology isn't any more advanced now than it was then. Military.com published an extremely informative guide to invisibility last year. Much better than TFA.
The enhanced technology doesn't stop at the APC. See that barcode on all of yoru incoming mail? It is designed to speed up the service by reducing the amount of human handling that occurs. Technology has revolutionized the Postal Service.
Put a webcam in front of you and hold a laptop behind you. Impress your friends as you appear to be "invisible!" This technology has existed for a long time in one form or another, but I simply do not see it becoming practical. If you need to get some place without anyone seeing you, learn how to utilize camo and cover while moving carefully without making too much noise. Don't rely on some super vaporware to save you.
RTFA! If you read the comment in relation to TFA, it makes more sense. It establishes male avatars as the baseline of in-game treatment with women being treated better. By treating everybody as people you are completely ignoring gender, which goes against the whole point of the article!
I was so sad to see what happened to Leo Laporte's program and the network as a whole.
My shift at the polls started after the machines were closed(I'm not big on early mornings) so I did not have to help seal the machines. What I am saying is that the poll workers are not the enemy. I was occupied trying to keep unqualified people from voting, with which the election officials were quite competent and helpful.
I still think that the people would be able to see the stickers if they looked closely enough.
I personally think that Intel and AMD are missing out on a great marketing ploy. Considering how close the competition is right now, they could gain publicity through some special event for the days.
Wow, another sane rational non tin foil hat wearing /.er? And you've been on /. longer than I have too. Good sir I salute thee!
If you notice there is no "+1 Integrity" or even "+1 True"
Fitzpatrick is my representative in congress. I served an internship in another congressional office last semester, and I know that he has been heavily criticized for not doing enough since being elected. Rep. Jim Greenwood resigned during the runup to the last election and replaced himself with Fitzpatrick. People loved Greenwood so much that we elected his replacement. The people had forgotten what it is like to have a new congressman who does not wield the power that Greenwood once had.
If you go back in American history and read period documents, you will find people who always thought that the world was ending and the USA was being taken over by a dictator. If it weren't for these people ranting about everything, the general population would be much more receptive to actual threats. TFA does not describe us becoming a totalitarian state, although most
But the current crop of boxes are quite boring. Aside from some of the pretty stainless steel designs, they often try to look flashy but end up looking tacky instead. Microsoft is presenting guidelines for stuff that doesn't suck. OEMs can choose if they want to adopt the standards based on what they think of them. I doubt that Alienware and Falcon Notherwest will be following suit.
There is a disconnect between the home user and the corporate user, regardless of what TFA asserts. Simply because someone happens to be a sysadmin who uses Ubuntu at home does not mean that he will make the transition to using it at work. There are very different needs in the two enviroments and sysadmins are the first people to recognize this.
I live in Bucks County and I have learned that most services in downtown Philly are bad (cheesesteaks excepted). I don't blame the USPS for that.
Am I the only person who still writes real letters? I am only 20 years old but I think it makes things more personal. I e-mail an incredible amount but I still write my friends the old fashioned way.