no, it'll be an expensive extra option on a new car, much as satnav is now. seems a no-brainer: buy a low-quality, feature-poor built in satnav in a new car for a couple of thousand dollars, or drop a couple of hundred dollars on a better, more portable and upgradable suction-cup device.
I run TomTom Navigator 6 on my Windows Mobile HTC P3300 mobile phone - it performs identically to the dedicated TomTom units. I've also run it on a Palm Treo device with success. Great software and (in the UK) probably the best maps. I believe version 7 switches to the lower-quality Navtek maps though.
or the excellent and free batterystatus app will show you live current drain, as well as giving you the option to overclock your OMAP-based WM devices safely.
...that's kind of my point. Laptop = flexibility, including ability to work from home. This doesn't have to mean unpaid overtime: I appreciate being able to WFH when I want and having the flexibility to work where and when I want to. My point is that suggesting a work laptop never comes home isn't ideal for most people.
TUPE isn't all that long term. If an employer is outsourcing, chances are the outsourcing company that they're using wants to send a quantity of that work to an area of the world where labour costs are much lower: such as india.
I've been through this a few times from both sides of the fence.
Basically, the job market's not all that secure. In order to reduce your personal level of mither you want to take control of your level of risk: this means having your CV up to date, your skills current, and having a good idea of how to make yourself employable.
"Also, note that the fire extinguishers placed in well marked, easily accessible locations, make excellent bludgeons and the spray is good for a short term blinding as well."
Any good? No, but they'll be just about acceptable and they're cheap: which as any Finance Director knows, will be good enough for a couple of years, whilst he writes on his CV that he's saved X million USD and the company turns to crap around him.
You mean there are companies that *don't* do this?
you know you're enormously in the minority, right? I mean, I'm in there with you, as are a lot of/. readers, but compared to the general public, we're really a very small minority. desktop email/web/photos/mp3s/minor document editing - that's *it* for most people. And who's to say that's wrong?
Yes. What we all really want is to get rid of.mac and have full contacts and calendar synch with Google, I guess. Apple Mail and GMail IMAP rocks, and it'd be very cool to add to this with calendar and address book.
if the phone is ON but UNUSED, it can be tracked. If the phone is OFF, it cannot be tracked. There is no evidence I'm aware of that any consumer phone transmits *anything* when the phone is turned off.
Boot It Next Generation from Terabyte does the same thing - great bootmanager that also makes it trivial to hide a partition from an OS. You can also set a password to boot a partition. Would defeat most simple searches...
I had a 1990 VW Corrado with a small active spoiler on the rear that activated at around 65mph.
At 70, from memory, VW claimed 80lbs downforce. Sure, it's not *massive*, but it's there. It's not only useful if it delivers 1000's of lbs of downforce - a little, over the rear wheels, can make a difference. See http://forums.mwerks.com/zerothread?id=3792800&page=2 for a short technical summary specific to the Corrado. On mine, I noticed the car felt a lot more planted at triple-figure speeds with the wing up.
For another example, consider the small lip spoiler fitted to Audi TTs after the first cars were implicated in high-speed lane changing accidents.
Say my manufacturing plant is "in beta". Does that excuse it belching out toxic smoke and polluting the atmosphere? No. Gmail being in beta doesn't give them a licence to belch out spam, either.
You must work in a very backward company - IT can and should be actively adding business value left, right and center. Putting in systems that make business processes more efficient, saving money and time and freeing you up to spend more time on areas where you can add more value. Working strategically with the company to suggest ways that technology can help the way the company functions. IT as a utility is a *very* dated worldview.
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no, it'll be an expensive extra option on a new car, much as satnav is now. seems a no-brainer: buy a low-quality, feature-poor built in satnav in a new car for a couple of thousand dollars, or drop a couple of hundred dollars on a better, more portable and upgradable suction-cup device.
I run TomTom Navigator 6 on my Windows Mobile HTC P3300 mobile phone - it performs identically to the dedicated TomTom units. I've also run it on a Palm Treo device with success. Great software and (in the UK) probably the best maps. I believe version 7 switches to the lower-quality Navtek maps though.
or the excellent and free batterystatus app will show you live current drain, as well as giving you the option to overclock your OMAP-based WM devices safely.
The problem is that this tech leads to this: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148370/cctv_camera_identifies_people_by_race.html - a proof of concept art piece that identifies people's race via CCTV images. The creator's done this precisely to point out to people the logical end point of this tech.
...that's kind of my point. Laptop = flexibility, including ability to work from home. This doesn't have to mean unpaid overtime: I appreciate being able to WFH when I want and having the flexibility to work where and when I want to. My point is that suggesting a work laptop never comes home isn't ideal for most people.
So why have a work laptop? Have a cheaper desktop instead.
+1 Obvious-but-brilliant for the bag across the door idea!
These days if I leave my laptop at home I tend to just turn round and work from home.
Basically, the job market's not all that secure. In order to reduce your personal level of mither you want to take control of your level of risk: this means having your CV up to date, your skills current, and having a good idea of how to make yourself employable.
Terrorist!
You mean there are companies that *don't* do this?
you know you're enormously in the minority, right? I mean, I'm in there with you, as are a lot of /. readers, but compared to the general public, we're really a very small minority. desktop email/web/photos/mp3s/minor document editing - that's *it* for most people. And who's to say that's wrong?
wooosh!
As an aside, anyone else find "Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay" very, very offensive as a concept?
Haven't I heard this before?
Yes. What we all really want is to get rid of .mac and have full contacts and calendar synch with Google, I guess. Apple Mail and GMail IMAP rocks, and it'd be very cool to add to this with calendar and address book.
there's a plist hack that turns it on without one, but it doesn't actually do the sync until you sync an iphone or possibly a recent ipod. bastards.
...if you have an iphone. If you don't, you can't. Bastards.
do you have her email address? Just askin'...
Unless you're marrying a Weatherman.
if the phone is ON but UNUSED, it can be tracked. If the phone is OFF, it cannot be tracked. There is no evidence I'm aware of that any consumer phone transmits *anything* when the phone is turned off.
So in 2004 it sold to a limited, corporate market for $900. How much do you think a 2nd hand one would cost now? Clue: not very much
Boot It Next Generation from Terabyte does the same thing - great bootmanager that also makes it trivial to hide a partition from an OS. You can also set a password to boot a partition. Would defeat most simple searches...
I had a 1990 VW Corrado with a small active spoiler on the rear that activated at around 65mph. At 70, from memory, VW claimed 80lbs downforce. Sure, it's not *massive*, but it's there. It's not only useful if it delivers 1000's of lbs of downforce - a little, over the rear wheels, can make a difference. See http://forums.mwerks.com/zerothread?id=3792800&page=2 for a short technical summary specific to the Corrado. On mine, I noticed the car felt a lot more planted at triple-figure speeds with the wing up.
For another example, consider the small lip spoiler fitted to Audi TTs after the first cars were implicated in high-speed lane changing accidents.
Say my manufacturing plant is "in beta". Does that excuse it belching out toxic smoke and polluting the atmosphere? No. Gmail being in beta doesn't give them a licence to belch out spam, either.
You must work in a very backward company - IT can and should be actively adding business value left, right and center. Putting in systems that make business processes more efficient, saving money and time and freeing you up to spend more time on areas where you can add more value. Working strategically with the company to suggest ways that technology can help the way the company functions. IT as a utility is a *very* dated worldview.