No where does it say they are making laws to keep telstra out. they did however reject telstra's non compliant bid, and i didn't suprise me in the slightest they are sick of Trujillo's bullshit. he keeps trying to claim telstra are the only company that can build a national network. seriously who does he think he is fooling. there is a dozen companies in oz that could build a better network than telstra. this along with constant hollow threats of not building the new network, when no one wants them to be involved to begin with are enough to make anyone sick to death of them.
IMHO Trujillo needs to get it through his thick head that 15 billion in tax payers money is going to come with strings attached, like it or not.
Does this mean it's going to happen this year? not really, not ever in fact. the problem with linux isn't so much techology anymore.... hence why it'll never be the dominate desktop.
no kidding - i've found fan subbed versions of things are generally superior to commercial subs and done the day after it airs not years after. in fact i've found the delievery of everything on bit torrent to be better that commercial, which really says something considering it's done by guys in their spare time.
please enlighten me with all your understanding then. i know exactly how the preferences game works, it's why you get accosted at the polling boths because all the parties want you to just tick their box and let them deciede how to cast the rest of your vote. The greens have always sucked up to labour for them, hence the support.
howard was on the recieving end of the most concerted ad campgain ever, labour trotted out Mccue like a celebratie, and it was still down to the wire inspite of it.
yes, but they knew the greens have no chance at winning government. they supported them for the senate. they hated howard with a passion even though they've never had it so good as they did under him.
omg where do i start with this one. for a start, what the hell does the green left weekly mag have that's informative on isp filtering? I'm sorry i missed it though, it'd be nice to attend just to see them eating their words because they are the type that rabidly supported rudd during the election.
I know there are serious access control requirements hence i said you'd need some serious backend processing handling all the data requests. granted its stupid to think you could just roll it all out at once - a project like this would have a 5 year roll out plan.
I can see them demanding impossible radio coverage and battery life - i manage my work places radio equipment, i get drivel like "i can hear my AM radio fine at 20km (from no where), whats wrong with you why can't you make my cell phone work as well" all the time so i know where you are coming from. but any firm bidding on this -should- have the sales savy to manage such expectations.
I think the issue of leaving the pda's behind should be obvious enough - automatic logout, and built in gps to pin point the location of excess invalid attempts so you can send men with shotguns.
so in short, it sounds like as much the company's failure to be realistic in their own promises than any failure of technology to deliever.
why was it impossible? the sending of images, phone, push to talk and data has been around for years - it's called cell technology and i hear it's already in use....
This sounds like a classic case of reinventing the wheel - if they didn't want to use the existing cell phone network they could just use P25 radio kit that does voice/data and have someone build them a radio handset with built in camera (not easy but certainly possible). P25 is already in use by police fire and ambo's in many states so you could build on existing infrastructure.
granted doing this nation wide would require some beefy data and voice routing along with some impressive backend processing power, but for 10 billion using existing technology it would be achievable. of course i'm assuming they were willing to listen to reasonable technical limitations, such as not being able to get signal 50miles out of a city and some data having to be newtered due to it being impracitcle to display on such a small screen.
it's not in anyones backyard. it's in secure facilities deep underground or reprocessed to make more energy. nuclear and molten salt solar are cleanest and more reliable sources, TFA doesn't let facts get in the way of a good story. totally worthless.
most of the time you don't have the luxury of setting your own schedule. other parts of the project might need you done by a certain time. how does this approch manage their expectations if they can just pick a time frame THEY would like?
+1 for the priority list though. it's how we work and we get a -lot- of work done (i also work 12 hours a day 8 days at a time, probably helps)
99% of the comments you'll get will be technical. This shows/. er's lack of undrstanding about the business world, and your programmers are likely to suffer the same blindness. I would say in general let these guys work unhindered and give them all the support you can, but in the event there is something drastic you need to change about the product explain the business case to them. When you can show that X > Y means $$$ most people will understand right away. This works both ways, in the event you get given directives that won't work on a technical level.
introduce them to binary and hex, process control concepts and problem solving strategy. introducing them to a language at this stage will only produce more stuck in their ways programmers.
... some teacher is about to get their arse handed to them.
i might not be the pin up boy for linux, but even i have to respect the right of others to give away their software. i have to say this kind of moronic prepackaged response is what i expect from teachers, both when i was at school and now when i deal with them outside of it. for people who are meant to teach our kids to think, they don't do much of it them selfs.
do you know what your asking for there? some crack addict who raped and murder children in a "drug related" crime would get off. please try thinking about the victims. no, criminals are not victims.
if you could have a meth habit and hurt no one but yourself id say go for it. that however, is impossible, narcotics hurt you and everyone about you. comparing that to air is ridiculous.
what you people don't realize, is that drugs like meth, and heron are TERRIBLE for you. even if they were legal you shouldn't be taking them. they are also insanely addictive, so you'll just end up with more junkies than when you started. no i'm not one of these "gateway drug" retards, and for what it's worth i think tobacco should be illegal to (not alcohol though, you CAN consume alcohol responsibly)
tell you what, lets legalize all the drugs you want in one neigbourhood and YOU move into it and see how you like it?
that's not the point. it's the super clean environment we are making that's a breeding ground for germs like golden saf. the fading effectiveness of antibiotics and antibacterial cleaners are 2 separate issues.
"Apple isn't the kind of company that wants every person on the planet to buy it's stuff"
are you fucking serious? having your sole service provider making moves to replace you isn't something apple won't care about. i suspect this is maneuvering by at&t to squeeze jobs for a better cut on the iphone.
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IMHO Trujillo needs to get it through his thick head that 15 billion in tax payers money is going to come with strings attached, like it or not.
Does this mean it's going to happen this year? not really, not ever in fact. the problem with linux isn't so much techology anymore.... hence why it'll never be the dominate desktop.
no kidding - i've found fan subbed versions of things are generally superior to commercial subs and done the day after it airs not years after. in fact i've found the delievery of everything on bit torrent to be better that commercial, which really says something considering it's done by guys in their spare time.
your rebuttal stills fails to point out the supposed flaw in my original post. i'm interested in where exactly you think i've got it wrong.
howard was on the recieving end of the most concerted ad campgain ever, labour trotted out Mccue like a celebratie, and it was still down to the wire inspite of it.
yes, but they knew the greens have no chance at winning government. they supported them for the senate. they hated howard with a passion even though they've never had it so good as they did under him.
say it isn't so! he'll bake them some organic cookies and light some scented peace candles, that should sort everything out.
omg where do i start with this one. for a start, what the hell does the green left weekly mag have that's informative on isp filtering? I'm sorry i missed it though, it'd be nice to attend just to see them eating their words because they are the type that rabidly supported rudd during the election.
I can see them demanding impossible radio coverage and battery life - i manage my work places radio equipment, i get drivel like "i can hear my AM radio fine at 20km (from no where), whats wrong with you why can't you make my cell phone work as well" all the time so i know where you are coming from. but any firm bidding on this -should- have the sales savy to manage such expectations.
I think the issue of leaving the pda's behind should be obvious enough - automatic logout, and built in gps to pin point the location of excess invalid attempts so you can send men with shotguns.
so in short, it sounds like as much the company's failure to be realistic in their own promises than any failure of technology to deliever.
This sounds like a classic case of reinventing the wheel - if they didn't want to use the existing cell phone network they could just use P25 radio kit that does voice/data and have someone build them a radio handset with built in camera (not easy but certainly possible). P25 is already in use by police fire and ambo's in many states so you could build on existing infrastructure.
granted doing this nation wide would require some beefy data and voice routing along with some impressive backend processing power, but for 10 billion using existing technology it would be achievable. of course i'm assuming they were willing to listen to reasonable technical limitations, such as not being able to get signal 50miles out of a city and some data having to be newtered due to it being impracitcle to display on such a small screen.
it's not in anyones backyard. it's in secure facilities deep underground or reprocessed to make more energy. nuclear and molten salt solar are cleanest and more reliable sources, TFA doesn't let facts get in the way of a good story. totally worthless.
+1 for the priority list though. it's how we work and we get a -lot- of work done (i also work 12 hours a day 8 days at a time, probably helps)
99% of the comments you'll get will be technical. This shows /. er's lack of undrstanding about the business world, and your programmers are likely to suffer the same blindness. I would say in general let these guys work unhindered and give them all the support you can, but in the event there is something drastic you need to change about the product explain the business case to them. When you can show that X > Y means $$$ most people will understand right away. This works both ways, in the event you get given directives that won't work on a technical level.
since when? lead me to this land of highly paid developer positions
introduce them to binary and hex, process control concepts and problem solving strategy. introducing them to a language at this stage will only produce more stuck in their ways programmers.
i might not be the pin up boy for linux, but even i have to respect the right of others to give away their software. i have to say this kind of moronic prepackaged response is what i expect from teachers, both when i was at school and now when i deal with them outside of it. for people who are meant to teach our kids to think, they don't do much of it them selfs.
do you know what your asking for there? some crack addict who raped and murder children in a "drug related" crime would get off. please try thinking about the victims. no, criminals are not victims.
if you could have a meth habit and hurt no one but yourself id say go for it. that however, is impossible, narcotics hurt you and everyone about you. comparing that to air is ridiculous.
tell you what, lets legalize all the drugs you want in one neigbourhood and YOU move into it and see how you like it?
actually it does. dieing of organ failure > than RIAA's music
that's not the point. it's the super clean environment we are making that's a breeding ground for germs like golden saf. the fading effectiveness of antibiotics and antibacterial cleaners are 2 separate issues.
i hate the break it to you but win32 still dominates the landscape, the cpu being 64bit is irrelevant. sounds like you've been duped by the marketing.
are you fucking serious? having your sole service provider making moves to replace you isn't something apple won't care about. i suspect this is maneuvering by at&t to squeeze jobs for a better cut on the iphone.
it means what ever marketing want it to mean you peon!
exactly, yuo can still stop it if everyone kicks up a stink. which sadly they won't.