Good thing someone had the balls to come in here and say it.
Someone further up also made the comment comparing MS to Sony and said that Microsoft simply rushed the product to market to get it out there before the PS3. On Slashdot, when the other players bring products to market first (Apple, Sony, etc.), MS is accused of being 'behind the game', or just watching to feel out the market first.
To that I say, "well, duh!".
Whether the company launches quickly or slowly, it's called STRATEGY. Be assured that it's thoroughly calculated. In this particular case, the launch of Halo 3 is probably more heavily weighted than the launch of the 360 itself. Therefore, in order to time the Halo 3 launch to preempt the PS3 launch, MS probably measured how long the 360 would have to be available for it to saturate enough of the market for the Halo 3 launch to actually have maximum effect towards its goal of preempting the PS3 launch.
"The light is coupled to the photonic crystal waveguide through a polymer-based fibre coupler and single-mode access strip waveguide butt-coupled to the photonic crystal"
I could definitely do this at home. Thank god for butt-coupling.
Agreed.
You might be able to say you're not spending a dime on the front end... and that will put a smile on their faces....for now. But they will, eventually, figure out that their revenue stream is compromised by the lack of productivity on the part of everyday employees, who are too busy adjusting to an entire infrastructure overhaul than actually working.
So although they may be happy with you now, if they're able to directly relate profit dips to your ingenius overhaul plan later... is it really worth it?
Furthermore, the argument that it's "ok to make all the changes you want. they'll thank you for it later" is pure rubbish. You HAVE to put monetary value on every aspect of the changes you propose - including average Joe employee's adjustment to new technology time. Any decent project planner will require you to submit these values LONG before the plan is actually executed.
"Ask them [members of the younger generation] HOW the things work, and they have no idea."
Well, duh. They don't have to know how these things work, because they're busy knowing how the NEXT generation of things will work.
That's what progress is...someday, today's generation will be saying the same thing.
...is like turning on your TV, we will know that MS competitors free-but-advertisement-laiden services have transformed the web into a platform. Remember, the Google business model centers around advertisement, and so do the business models of most major television networks. That's not to say that software as a service isn't the new paradigm... but service as a platform is quite a ways off, and if it sucks because it's just like television, we should have seen it coming.
Oh please. Just because Linux may have a better handle on security related issues, doesn't mean it 'just works' any more than Windows. The 'most people' referred to in the parent have no clue what security is or isn't happening behind the scenes...they just want an interface that works.
Did the document open? Good. Now I edit it. Did the document save? Good.
Agreed, expecially because Macromedia is creating Flex. Flex is a Flash front end with Java servlets running it. Check out the demo of the online store in Flex at the Macromedia site. It really is the future of web applications.
A good example is the hiring tactics employed by Google. Just look where they're looking for talent... by posting that billboard recruitment ad, they are dipping into the general population. They aren't just limiting themselves to CS grads, and especially not CS grads from specific schools. It seems the trend is that companies hire similarly.
The problem is that she hadn't trademarked or copyrighted 'Katie.com'. That's the only reason that Penguin has any ground to stand on. If she had 'katie.com' copyrighted and/or trademarked, SHE could have sued THEM for using the title. Of course, how many of us think of trademarking our domain names on a regular basis? Especially a personal site?
Indeed. Reading the article was far more moving than watching the footage. I suppose it's because the footage was from considerable distance, while this explanation has an erie firstperson-ness to it.
Just finished watching the press briefing on NASATV. I gotta say it's pretty damn neat to see these engineers and scientists realize the fruit of their labors.
Congratulations to JPL, NASA, and anyone involved in landing both rovers on Mars.
And thanks, too, because it's rekindled the young, bewildered, excited curiosity in me.
There is a level in Thief 2...where you as Garrett are sneaking through an old mansion. If you sneak through the passage ways hidden behind all of the rooms, you can make your way to the haunted library.
Now, when you get to the library, it's silent. But when you walk past certain points, these ghosts come alive directly in front of you. In combination with that sound - the whispers being played backwards...... oh man, the very first time I played that level and reached that point, a ghost appeared in front of me and I screamed, fell off my chair and on the way down kicked my keyboard straight up in the air and broke it.
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Good thing someone had the balls to come in here and say it. Someone further up also made the comment comparing MS to Sony and said that Microsoft simply rushed the product to market to get it out there before the PS3. On Slashdot, when the other players bring products to market first (Apple, Sony, etc.), MS is accused of being 'behind the game', or just watching to feel out the market first. To that I say, "well, duh!". Whether the company launches quickly or slowly, it's called STRATEGY. Be assured that it's thoroughly calculated. In this particular case, the launch of Halo 3 is probably more heavily weighted than the launch of the 360 itself. Therefore, in order to time the Halo 3 launch to preempt the PS3 launch, MS probably measured how long the 360 would have to be available for it to saturate enough of the market for the Halo 3 launch to actually have maximum effect towards its goal of preempting the PS3 launch.
"The light is coupled to the photonic crystal waveguide through a polymer-based fibre coupler and single-mode access strip waveguide butt-coupled to the photonic crystal" I could definitely do this at home. Thank god for butt-coupling.
Agreed. You might be able to say you're not spending a dime on the front end... and that will put a smile on their faces....for now. But they will, eventually, figure out that their revenue stream is compromised by the lack of productivity on the part of everyday employees, who are too busy adjusting to an entire infrastructure overhaul than actually working. So although they may be happy with you now, if they're able to directly relate profit dips to your ingenius overhaul plan later... is it really worth it? Furthermore, the argument that it's "ok to make all the changes you want. they'll thank you for it later" is pure rubbish. You HAVE to put monetary value on every aspect of the changes you propose - including average Joe employee's adjustment to new technology time. Any decent project planner will require you to submit these values LONG before the plan is actually executed.
...is like turning on your TV, we will know that MS competitors free-but-advertisement-laiden services have transformed the web into a platform. Remember, the Google business model centers around advertisement, and so do the business models of most major television networks. That's not to say that software as a service isn't the new paradigm... but service as a platform is quite a ways off, and if it sucks because it's just like television, we should have seen it coming.
No. But, the Receptionist you replaced with it will now be your 'PBX Service Person'.
Oh please. Just because Linux may have a better handle on security related issues, doesn't mean it 'just works' any more than Windows. The 'most people' referred to in the parent have no clue what security is or isn't happening behind the scenes...they just want an interface that works.
Did the document open? Good. Now I edit it. Did the document save? Good.
End of story.
Agreed, expecially because Macromedia is creating Flex. Flex is a Flash front end with Java servlets running it. Check out the demo of the online store in Flex at the Macromedia site. It really is the future of web applications.
A good example is the hiring tactics employed by Google. Just look where they're looking for talent... by posting that billboard recruitment ad, they are dipping into the general population. They aren't just limiting themselves to CS grads, and especially not CS grads from specific schools.
It seems the trend is that companies hire similarly.
The problem is that she hadn't trademarked or copyrighted 'Katie.com'. That's the only reason that Penguin has any ground to stand on. If she had 'katie.com' copyrighted and/or trademarked, SHE could have sued THEM for using the title. Of course, how many of us think of trademarking our domain names on a regular basis? Especially a personal site?
They filmed 'Apollo 13' shots in the Vomit Comet, 28 seconds at a time. Some fancy editing, etc. That's how they did weightlessness in 'Apollo 13'.
"Let me just unbuckle your......computer?"
Indeed. Reading the article was far more moving than watching the footage. I suppose it's because the footage was from considerable distance, while this explanation has an erie firstperson-ness to it.
I saw that too. Thought they were going to announce some catostrophic event... like "we just realized that Opportunity landed on top of Spirit..."
Just finished watching the press briefing on NASATV. I gotta say it's pretty damn neat to see these engineers and scientists realize the fruit of their labors. Congratulations to JPL, NASA, and anyone involved in landing both rovers on Mars. And thanks, too, because it's rekindled the young, bewildered, excited curiosity in me.
There is a level in Thief 2...where you as Garrett are sneaking through an old mansion. If you sneak through the passage ways hidden behind all of the rooms, you can make your way to the haunted library. Now, when you get to the library, it's silent. But when you walk past certain points, these ghosts come alive directly in front of you. In combination with that sound - the whispers being played backwards...... oh man, the very first time I played that level and reached that point, a ghost appeared in front of me and I screamed, fell off my chair and on the way down kicked my keyboard straight up in the air and broke it.