I don't think WIKI's are the answer. They're good for groups interested in specific things. I'm in a guitar amplifier Yahoo! (email) group and for all the info that gets exchanged, it's cumbersome to track down old info. If there was a clean wiki that each user could to contribute to, then the info is more useable.(perhaps) I hate Lotus Notes. I have to use it everyday at work which consistently reminds me of how not to make a GUI.
I think the real trick is for contributed information to be intelligently stored in a knowledgebase-type of app that has extensive search capabilities and a simple, uncluttered, intuitive interface.
Yeah... Back in the late 1800's, early 1900's the company was in cahoots with the fire insurance companies and the fire department (can you say monopoly?;-)
Those days are long gone... now it's just another US company shrinking over here and growing overseas.
As an employee of the company, I can say with reasonable confidence that It's not a consortium of anything; nor is it a government-backed initiative.
It's a privately held, not-for-profit corporation that performs 3rd-party safety testing. Very much like Consumer Reports, with the exception that we do not do performance testing (unless a customer wants it.)
This topic came up with a co-worker of mine. He feels that the Star Wars world is not science fiction, but fantasy. The reasoning here is that nothing in the Star Wars technology world follows what we on earth have coming up in the future. SInce there is no relation to earth in the Star Wars world, there is nothing to determine what is 'fictional science.' therefore, he considers it fantasy.
I'm still not completely convinced of his viewpoint, but it has caused me to think about it some more... It would seem that for anything to be considered truly 'Science Fiction' there must be a relation to Earth somewhere in it's world.
As a CS grad, I have to say that I love LabVIEW. It's certainly not perfect, but it allows me to create true parallel looping faster than any text-based language can do.
I have done my share of C/C++ programming and it has it's merits, but I prefer LabVIEW. The last couple of projects I used it for at work didn't even involve hardware. I just used it like VB.
I think it would be a good learning tool for beginning programmers to learn about different data structures. You can run a VI in "highlight execution" mode which uses animation on the wiring diagram side to show the order of execution. Great for troubleshooting.
the debate textual and graphical programming will rage on, but I don't think it will really matter in the future - as long as it all compiles down to machine code.
NI has a great article about how the compiler works.
The US could require that a certain amount of the work stay within America. While this can be seen as limiting the performance of a company, it could also be seen as a preventative measure against the economy going to total shit. To keep it fair, put tariff's on imported items to keep everyone at the same competitive level.
The other approach is to bring India's economy and infrastructure level up to Americas (including costs.) Of course that will just mean that company's will look for other countries with cheap labor to handle the outsourced jobs. Maybe India and other countries will realize they could make big bucks on their own in America and cut out the middle man.
Although I think he's far from crying. A lot of growing takes place between 19 and 24. What he wanted then, he probably doesn't want now.
Either way, I don't think anyone here at age 19 would turn down getting bought out for millions.
Even if it was in stock options that vested in 4 years. You would think to yourself: I only have to put up with this shit for 4 years. 4 years is a LONG time to get your ideas squashed and have 'big brother' looking over your shoulder.
The kicker is: He's has the talent and the imagination to create more things that companies will want to buy. This time he has the experience... not to mention the money to hire good consul for the contract writing.
I bought a Fujitsu Lifebook P-2000 Series and I love it. I'm not the terminal, Anti-Windows guy, so I got it with XP. In the customization part of their website, you can get rid of Windows, but your savings will only be what they pay for a copy of Windows; not what you would pay.
My Lifebook has 2 USBs, 1 Firewire, 1 RJ-45, 1 RJ-11, and built-in 802.11b (not PCMCIA). It uses a Transmeta Crusoe Processor, 256Mb, 40Gb HD, It weighs 3.4 pounds and the battery life is ~3 hours. Other battery options allow up to 14 hours (I'm told). This thing cost me $1299 and it's awesome (except for the Win XP:-)
Also check out Laptops Inc. They have a good selection of used ones.
Good Luck!
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The movie may have stunk but I still have fond memories of Don Adams driving his desk down the road...
;-)
One of those moments that still makes me laugh when I think about it..
I don't think WIKI's are the answer. They're good for groups interested in specific things. I'm in a guitar amplifier Yahoo! (email) group and for all the info that gets exchanged, it's cumbersome to track down old info. If there was a clean wiki that each user could to contribute to, then the info is more useable.(perhaps) I hate Lotus Notes. I have to use it everyday at work which consistently reminds me of how not to make a GUI.
I think the real trick is for contributed information to be intelligently stored in a knowledgebase-type of app that has extensive search capabilities and a simple, uncluttered, intuitive interface.
Does anything like this exist?
Yeah... Back in the late 1800's, early 1900's the company was in cahoots with the fire insurance companies and the fire department (can you say monopoly?
Those days are long gone... now it's just another US company shrinking over here and growing overseas.
Later...
Just a comment about Underwriters Laboratories...
As an employee of the company, I can say with reasonable confidence that It's not a consortium of anything; nor is it a government-backed initiative.
It's a privately held, not-for-profit corporation that performs 3rd-party safety testing. Very much like Consumer Reports, with the exception that we do not do performance testing (unless a customer wants it.)
Later...
This topic came up with a co-worker of mine. He feels that the Star Wars world is not science fiction, but fantasy. The reasoning here is that nothing in the Star Wars technology world follows what we on earth have coming up in the future. SInce there is no relation to earth in the Star Wars world, there is nothing to determine what is 'fictional science.' therefore, he considers it fantasy. I'm still not completely convinced of his viewpoint, but it has caused me to think about it some more... It would seem that for anything to be considered truly 'Science Fiction' there must be a relation to Earth somewhere in it's world.
As a CS grad, I have to say that I love LabVIEW. It's certainly not perfect, but it allows me to create true parallel looping faster than any text-based language can do.
I have done my share of C/C++ programming and it has it's merits, but I prefer LabVIEW. The last couple of projects I used it for at work didn't even involve hardware. I just used it like VB.
I think it would be a good learning tool for beginning programmers to learn about different data structures. You can run a VI in "highlight execution" mode which uses animation on the wiring diagram side to show the order of execution. Great for troubleshooting.
the debate textual and graphical programming will rage on, but I don't think it will really matter in the future - as long as it all compiles down to machine code.
NI has a great article about how the compiler works.
The US could require that a certain amount of the work stay within America. While this can be seen as limiting the performance of a company, it could also be seen as a preventative measure against the economy going to total shit. To keep it fair, put tariff's on imported items to keep everyone at the same competitive level.
The other approach is to bring India's economy and infrastructure level up to Americas (including costs.) Of course that will just mean that company's will look for other countries with cheap labor to handle the outsourced jobs. Maybe India and other countries will realize they could make big bucks on their own in America and cut out the middle man.
that's one way of looking at it.
Although I think he's far from crying. A lot of growing takes place between 19 and 24. What he wanted then, he probably doesn't want now.
Either way, I don't think anyone here at age 19 would turn down getting bought out for millions.
Even if it was in stock options that vested in 4 years. You would think to yourself: I only have to put up with this shit for 4 years. 4 years is a LONG time to get your ideas squashed and have 'big brother' looking over your shoulder.
The kicker is: He's has the talent and the imagination to create more things that companies will want to buy. This time he has the experience... not to mention the money to hire good consul for the contract writing.
Where is this utility? I have a P-2046 and cannot find it. Thanks!
I bought a Fujitsu Lifebook P-2000 Series and I love it. I'm not the terminal, Anti-Windows guy, so I got it with XP. In the customization part of their website, you can get rid of Windows, but your savings will only be what they pay for a copy of Windows; not what you would pay. My Lifebook has 2 USBs, 1 Firewire, 1 RJ-45, 1 RJ-11, and built-in 802.11b (not PCMCIA). It uses a Transmeta Crusoe Processor, 256Mb, 40Gb HD, It weighs 3.4 pounds and the battery life is ~3 hours. Other battery options allow up to 14 hours (I'm told). This thing cost me $1299 and it's awesome (except for the Win XP :-)
Also check out Laptops Inc. They have a good selection of used ones.
Good Luck!