The old boy network is in effect at most defense jobs. Folks gain their position based on their rank in the military. Look at most defense companies org chart and you'll almost never find a major in a position above a general.
Having spent the past 16 years at a defense contractor, I feel qualified to comment here.
I haven't seen that seniority thing. I do know that most of the higher brass are higher up in the org chart because it makes it easier to get contracts!
In my experience, the ex-military who are hired for their military experience that don't go into management generally are hired as systems engineering. They define requirements. Remember, they're the ones who used this stuff recently, so they know what the customer wants or doesn't want. They know doctrine, and what portions of it the Army is willing to change for the advantages of digitization and decentralizaton.
And, to be honest, the (currently serving) military officers have been some of the most clueful customers I have ever dealt with. Much more clueful than the typical customer I hear about here.
Happened to me in College... (Hi Wash. U!). Introductory statistics was 50% homework. My fault, the prof told us this up front, and I blew off the homework anyways...
Q. Why is my telephone company offering Prodigy Internet?
A. Ameritech, Nevada Bell Telephone, Pacific Bell Telephone, SNET, Southwestern Bell Telephone, and Prodigy Internet are affiliates of SBC Corporation Inc. SBC is proud to offer Prodigy Internet as the exclusive Internet provider for SBC's affiliates.
Seems to me that BT may be picking someone bigger than they thought...
At those speeds, interconnect latency is a major problem. A photon can only travel 40 microns during a single clock cycle of that puppy. So chip layout becomes extremely important.
I believe that was Apollo 7, in 1968. It effectively ended the careers of the three astronauts on board. No big deal for Wally Schirra, he was going to retire anyways, but it really screwed over the other two: Don Eisele and Walt Cunningham.
My vote for the worst FX goes to the (twice shown) kangaroo mouse ("muad'dib").
Shown once with Paul & Jessica during their escape, and once with Alia. That thing looked incredibly fake. How hard would it have been to get a real trained rat?
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For example, they said professionals wouldn't need colour, colour computers are for games and therefore are not meant to be used in the office
As fun as it is to bash billg@microsoft.com, that wasn't Bill. That was IBM.
So... That's... whatShatnerDid... Before... Priceline...
Can anyone imagine this... "The VIC-20. It's big... Really Big."
The old boy network is in effect at most defense jobs. Folks gain their position based on their rank in the military. Look at most defense companies org chart and you'll almost never find a major in a position above a general.
Having spent the past 16 years at a defense contractor, I feel qualified to comment here.
I haven't seen that seniority thing. I do know that most of the higher brass are higher up in the org chart because it makes it easier to get contracts!
In my experience, the ex-military who are hired for their military experience that don't go into management generally are hired as systems engineering. They define requirements. Remember, they're the ones who used this stuff recently, so they know what the customer wants or doesn't want. They know doctrine, and what portions of it the Army is willing to change for the advantages of digitization and decentralizaton.
And, to be honest, the (currently serving) military officers have been some of the most clueful customers I have ever dealt with. Much more clueful than the typical customer I hear about here.
... go out and buy that stack of 60 and 70 Gig drives now...
Was the last page of Pro/Con Napster arguments a joke, or serious? It's hard to tell...
Happened to me in College... (Hi Wash. U!). Introductory statistics was 50% homework. My fault, the prof told us this up front, and I blew off the homework anyways...
Hebrew too, except for Saturday...
Sunday = Yom Rishon (first day)
Monday = Yom Sheini (Second day)
...
Friday = Yom Shishi (sixth day)
Saturday = Yom Shabbat (Shabbat or Sabbath day).
From SBC's FAQ's page
Seems to me that BT may be picking someone bigger than they thought...
Prodigy may not have deep pockets, but Southwest Bell does, and (according to their DSL home page) they are acquiring Prodigy.
Prodigy is in a partnership with SouthwestBell (SBC). I know, I'm a PacBell/SBC customer.
Maybe BT wants part of SBC?
They used Fluorinert. The -100C overclockers were playing with that.
I also think one of the Crays used artificial blood plasma as the coolant.
Shit. I'm off by a factor of 10. I meant 400 microns.
(1 ns = ~30cm)
(1 ps = ~300um)
750 GHz => 1.3ps/cycle = ~400um
At those speeds, interconnect latency is a major problem. A photon can only travel 40 microns during a single clock cycle of that puppy. So chip layout becomes extremely important.
Get a fscking clue, troll. You have to be under 6 feet or you won't fit into the Soyuz.
The original MS Olympic Decathalon for MS-DOS 1.0.
Ran on the original IBM PC back in '82 or so.
This regarding the fact that you don't actually own the software that you purchase, you merely rent a license of it.
But if I'm renting the licence, why did I have to pay sales tax on it? Wouldn't that imply a purchase of some sort?
Actually, Ada does have run-time errors, but that's what exceptions are for. If you get one, and it ain't caught, you terminate.
C++'s exception handling model essentially came from Ada.
I believe that was Apollo 7, in 1968. It effectively ended the careers of the three astronauts on board. No big deal for Wally Schirra, he was going to retire anyways, but it really screwed over the other two: Don Eisele and Walt Cunningham.
Yes, MS does have a security mailing list. I get email bulletins from them all the time.
If you want the mailed bulletins try MS Product Security Notification Services.
I claim no preference one way or the other as to MS stuff.
Feyd-Rautha was the best character in the miniseries.
My vote for the worst FX goes to the (twice shown) kangaroo mouse ("muad'dib").
Shown once with Paul & Jessica during their escape, and once with Alia. That thing looked incredibly fake. How hard would it have been to get a real trained rat?
\i{How is C/C++ going to be patched *cough hacked cough* to support 128-bit integers? "long long long"?}
maybe "really long long"?
There goes my karma!
Baron de Coubertin (sp?) is spinning in his grave.
... I first heard about it when they spammed me. I refuse to give spammers any business.
Pioneer 6 is in solar orbit at 0.74 AU
Pioneer 10 has left the solar system, and is 7 billion miles away