I'm sure that there are other similar companies out there, but much of the language and all of the circumstances seem very familiar. Just curious, but how many other companies use the term "deliverables"? IBM, after purchasing Rational Software, decided that it was a good idea to move all projects to this process. About 2003, there was a huge stir within the company to document everything into a "process" and wasted months (nay, years?) in fluff process documentation that yielded no benefit. It is very interesting that their stock is doing so well at the moment. Lots of folks are jumping ship like mad right now . . .
This is the one question that I would like Mr. Badnarik to answer. Especially since he is only on the ballot in about 40 states (as of last week). At the moment, I feel as if our democrat and republican candidates are both very poor. The libertarians seem to have some good things to offer, but I don't want to "throw my vote away" . . . .
Yep, the standards do mandate XHTML, but I'm speaking of having to *push* ITs just to move forward to the very basic standards the company has implemented. Innovation beyond that is next to impossible, which makes it difficult to move forward. Perhaps that was not an ideal example, but it was simply meant to illustrate that innovation is impossible when you are held back to the basic standards. XML DITA saw approval before last week, but convincing any ITs that we should move forward does not happen around my neck of the woods. They prefer to wait until it is MANDATED. Political environments are very different even within the same complex, and I'm simply in an unfortunate environment. My efforts to make other changes driven by the customer sat data were squashed too. I guess the customer takes a back seat to politics and BS bureuacracy. Thanks for your reply.
It is unfortunate that Mr. Watson's views, perspectives, and ideals will be lost forever if the company continues on its current path of behavior. The company is not operated as it once was during the thriving 50's, 60's and 70's. Some portions of the company *are* innovative and forward looking, but much of the company is reigned by dinosaurs that prefer politics to innovation and change. Working here sounds like a wonderful opportunity, but it is not an opportunity, it is merely a job. We are pushing for new innovation, for example, for help systems on the web to be based on the Eclipse platform and XML. We are told by the dinosaurs that HTML 4.0 is good enough, and that we don't really understand that XML stuff anyways. They wonder why the attrition rate is so high among the younger crowd. My two cents: look for a younger company with younger management with open minds.
I wonder what exactly the "right" conditions might be? The market seems to be picking up, so does someone have insight into what we should be waiting for? Someone out there must have their finger on the pulse of good information . . . .
I like how you think my friend. It's too bad more folks don't see that the inability of people (read that Americans) to accept responsibility for their own actions is killing this country. It also seems as if the ones that are breeding are exactly the ones that should not.
It seems that the utility of such a release would be limited at best. Perhaps the publicizing of this simply serves as more proverbial "egg on the face" of Microsoft than any other purpose.
I have used this software for many years and have been very satisfied. I generally have an additional hard drive specifically for holding a full size image. Kind of like a manual RAID system, if you will. If the primary HD goes down, I simply unplug it, rearrange cable and the jumper on the back-up so it is the master, run an FDISK/mbr, and it boots as if nothing happened. In a short period of time I am back up and running. I have also used the backup to CD-ROM feature before, but that is fast becoming too much labor. I have also restored a compressed image to save a system with great results. In my opinion, the software is worth the money. It will recognize EXT3 file systems too.
I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to post the only helpful comment so far. I am still investigating the links, thank you very much for the time you spent including them. This migration is not in a web development context, but shares the very same challenges. It's amazing how many trolls there seem to be these days. Cheers, -Liam
Thanks for the reply. I had heard of the scam avenue before, but everything looks legitimate about the e-mail, URL, etc. I believe that you're right - they're simply trying to hijack the registrar business. Thanks.
Pardon my ignorance, but does anyone know what exactly they are trying to pull when I regularly receive spam from these guys asking me to "Please, when I have some time, update my website information" or they will no longer be able to "list" my site? I *never* respond to these messages because I always assumed they were complete bunk, but I'd like to know what kind of wool they are trying to pull over my eyes. Thanks in advance to any patient souls who deliver enlightenment . . .
I assume nothing. There may be multiple higher powers for all we know. It's quite possible that there is NO higher power of any kind as well. I never stated that anything runs our lives. No one should be forced to say anything. Actually, I don't believe in creationism either. I choose simply to believe that there *is* a greater sentient mind than ours in the universe. This is practically a fact when one considers the number of stars in the universe. One in each million of those stars will have a habitable planet orbiting around it. Anything is possible, no? We are all entitled to our beliefs . . . . Thanks for the reply.
I see your point. I agree that the fact the pledge is sanctioned by the government, and might be viewed as "forced patriotism," gives one an unpleasant taste when one arrives at "under God." I *would* prefer that it stated "one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all?". Thanks for the reply.
Your point is well taken. My statement was, in this case, written from the standpoint that there probably is a God, and that the pledge addresses potentially important issues. It is equally possible that there *may not* be a God. I don't particularly care for the pledge, but I think that it scratches the surface of some bigger issues. The flag, and the republic for which it stands, took a lot of struggling and suffering to come to fruition. I may think that the pledge is an example of unnecessary "forced patriotism" (for lack of a better way to describe it), but I have to admit that it has some important (in my opinion) underlying ideals. Thanks for the reply.
It is unfortunate that zealots (on any side) have made such an issue out of what should be a non-issue. I recited the Pledge daily as a child and recall no misgivings. I am not an especially patriotic fellow nor anti-government. I am not an especially religious fellow nor anti-religion. It seems that it might be a good thing to give schoolchildren a few moments to think about potentially more important things for a few moments a day. In reality, it becomes routine, and virtually no thought is probably given by a child. But in retrospect, I rather miss those days. Be it God, Allah, or whatever name one chooses to use, it is ALL under a greater mind than ours.
The time I spent learning how to code on the C64 is still paying off (big) today. Remember Peek and Poke? We used to go on Poke fishing expeditions . . . hmmm, I wonder what poke 64735 will do? You could get some really interesting reactions. The PET at school REALLY freaked out sometimes when you found a good poke command.
Aaaah, the good ole days of simplicity . ...
It seems that the general computing public has yet to learn that a firewall is every bit as important (if not more important?) than good virus software. With excellent free firewalls available, it seems that the word must be slow to get out to masses. I get probed about once every ten minutes or so when I'm online at home. Examination of the logs reveals that (judging from the ports) most of them are malicious probes looking for zomby bait. How can we educate the public about this so we don't keep suffering these casualties of war (now spammers have divisions of zombies too!).
I couldn't agree more. It's incredibly frustrating though. Until we have some tort reform in this country, it's going to get worse, not better. Tort reform is about as likely to happen as pro wrestling is about to become remotely interesting. Lobbyists and lawyers rule the world, and you're right, there's not a damn thing we can do about it except blow off steam right here. Was it Douglas Adams that said something about " . . . and the lawyers will be the first ones up against the wall when the revolution comes around . .."? AMEN!
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I'm inclined to agree with that sort of penalty. If you're going to have laws, damnit, ENFORCE THEM!
Exactly. And the juries feel sorry for the poor bastard because he's got burns over 20% of his body . . . . so they award him some of MY money (that I don't have). If I shake my head anymore at that thought I'll get dizzy.
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I'm sure that there are other similar companies out there, but much of the language and all of the circumstances seem very familiar. Just curious, but how many other companies use the term "deliverables"? IBM, after purchasing Rational Software, decided that it was a good idea to move all projects to this process. About 2003, there was a huge stir within the company to document everything into a "process" and wasted months (nay, years?) in fluff process documentation that yielded no benefit. It is very interesting that their stock is doing so well at the moment. Lots of folks are jumping ship like mad right now . . .
This is the one question that I would like Mr. Badnarik to answer. Especially since he is only on the ballot in about 40 states (as of last week). At the moment, I feel as if our democrat and republican candidates are both very poor. The libertarians seem to have some good things to offer, but I don't want to "throw my vote away" . . . .
Out of the gene pool and unable to breed! Yea! It's not cold and heartless, it's the way the world should be.
Yep, the standards do mandate XHTML, but I'm speaking of having to *push* ITs just to move forward to the very basic standards the company has implemented. Innovation beyond that is next to impossible, which makes it difficult to move forward. Perhaps that was not an ideal example, but it was simply meant to illustrate that innovation is impossible when you are held back to the basic standards. XML DITA saw approval before last week, but convincing any ITs that we should move forward does not happen around my neck of the woods. They prefer to wait until it is MANDATED. Political environments are very different even within the same complex, and I'm simply in an unfortunate environment. My efforts to make other changes driven by the customer sat data were squashed too. I guess the customer takes a back seat to politics and BS bureuacracy. Thanks for your reply.
It is unfortunate that Mr. Watson's views, perspectives, and ideals will be lost forever if the company continues on its current path of behavior. The company is not operated as it once was during the thriving 50's, 60's and 70's. Some portions of the company *are* innovative and forward looking, but much of the company is reigned by dinosaurs that prefer politics to innovation and change. Working here sounds like a wonderful opportunity, but it is not an opportunity, it is merely a job. We are pushing for new innovation, for example, for help systems on the web to be based on the Eclipse platform and XML. We are told by the dinosaurs that HTML 4.0 is good enough, and that we don't really understand that XML stuff anyways.
They wonder why the attrition rate is so high among the younger crowd.
My two cents: look for a younger company with younger management with open minds.
Excellent remark. Thanks.
Good info. Thanks.
I wonder what exactly the "right" conditions might be? The market seems to be picking up, so does someone have insight into what we should be waiting for? Someone out there must have their finger on the pulse of good information . . . .
I like how you think my friend. It's too bad more folks don't see that the inability of people (read that Americans) to accept responsibility for their own actions is killing this country. It also seems as if the ones that are breeding are exactly the ones that should not.
It seems that the utility of such a release would be limited at best. Perhaps the publicizing of this simply serves as more proverbial "egg on the face" of Microsoft than any other purpose.
I have used this software for many years and have been very satisfied. I generally have an additional hard drive specifically for holding a full size image. Kind of like a manual RAID system, if you will. If the primary HD goes down, I simply unplug it, rearrange cable and the jumper on the back-up so it is the master, run an FDISK /mbr, and it boots as if nothing happened. In a short period of time I am back up and running. I have also used the backup to CD-ROM feature before, but that is fast becoming too much labor. I have also restored a compressed image to save a system with great results. In my opinion, the software is worth the money. It will recognize EXT3 file systems too.
I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to post the only helpful comment so far. I am still investigating the links, thank you very much for the time you spent including them. This migration is not in a web development context, but shares the very same challenges. It's amazing how many trolls there seem to be these days. Cheers, -Liam
Thanks for the reply. I had heard of the scam avenue before, but everything looks legitimate about the e-mail, URL, etc. I believe that you're right - they're simply trying to hijack the registrar business. Thanks.
Pardon my ignorance, but does anyone know what exactly they are trying to pull when I regularly receive spam from these guys asking me to "Please, when I have some time, update my website information" or they will no longer be able to "list" my site? I *never* respond to these messages because I always assumed they were complete bunk, but I'd like to know what kind of wool they are trying to pull over my eyes. Thanks in advance to any patient souls who deliver enlightenment . . .
I assume nothing. There may be multiple higher powers for all we know. It's quite possible that there is NO higher power of any kind as well. I never stated that anything runs our lives. No one should be forced to say anything. Actually, I don't believe in creationism either. I choose simply to believe that there *is* a greater sentient mind than ours in the universe. This is practically a fact when one considers the number of stars in the universe. One in each million of those stars will have a habitable planet orbiting around it. Anything is possible, no? We are all entitled to our beliefs . . . . Thanks for the reply.
I see your point. I agree that the fact the pledge is sanctioned by the government, and might be viewed as "forced patriotism," gives one an unpleasant taste when one arrives at "under God." I *would* prefer that it stated "one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all?". Thanks for the reply.
Your point is well taken. My statement was, in this case, written from the standpoint that there probably is a God, and that the pledge addresses potentially important issues. It is equally possible that there *may not* be a God. I don't particularly care for the pledge, but I think that it scratches the surface of some bigger issues. The flag, and the republic for which it stands, took a lot of struggling and suffering to come to fruition. I may think that the pledge is an example of unnecessary "forced patriotism" (for lack of a better way to describe it), but I have to admit that it has some important (in my opinion) underlying ideals. Thanks for the reply.
It is unfortunate that zealots (on any side) have made such an issue out of what should be a non-issue. I recited the Pledge daily as a child and recall no misgivings. I am not an especially patriotic fellow nor anti-government. I am not an especially religious fellow nor anti-religion. It seems that it might be a good thing to give schoolchildren a few moments to think about potentially more important things for a few moments a day. In reality, it becomes routine, and virtually no thought is probably given by a child. But in retrospect, I rather miss those days. Be it God, Allah, or whatever name one chooses to use, it is ALL under a greater mind than ours.
The time I spent learning how to code on the C64 is still paying off (big) today. Remember Peek and Poke? We used to go on Poke fishing expeditions . . . hmmm, I wonder what poke 64735 will do? You could get some really interesting reactions. The PET at school REALLY freaked out sometimes when you found a good poke command. Aaaah, the good ole days of simplicity . . ..
It seems that the general computing public has yet to learn that a firewall is every bit as important (if not more important?) than good virus software. With excellent free firewalls available, it seems that the word must be slow to get out to masses. I get probed about once every ten minutes or so when I'm online at home. Examination of the logs reveals that (judging from the ports) most of them are malicious probes looking for zomby bait.
How can we educate the public about this so we don't keep suffering these casualties of war (now spammers have divisions of zombies too!).
I couldn't agree more. It's incredibly frustrating though. Until we have some tort reform in this country, it's going to get worse, not better. Tort reform is about as likely to happen as pro wrestling is about to become remotely interesting. Lobbyists and lawyers rule the world, and you're right, there's not a damn thing we can do about it except blow off steam right here. Was it Douglas Adams that said something about " . . . and the lawyers will be the first ones up against the wall when the revolution comes around . . ."? AMEN!
I'm inclined to agree with that sort of penalty. If you're going to have laws, damnit, ENFORCE THEM!
Thanks for the link. I've always been curious about that cult.
Exactly. And the juries feel sorry for the poor bastard because he's got burns over 20% of his body . . . . so they award him some of MY money (that I don't have). If I shake my head anymore at that thought I'll get dizzy.
That's a good observation. Then the IPOs started cooling down with the market and low and behold . . . new ways were sought.