The NASA Space shuttle project is generally described as being at CMM Level 5 (Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon). The CMM is basically a system to ensure software quality. The software fits the budget; is what the client actually requested etc... Many major companies/consultancies try to aim for CMM Level 3, and most defence contracts require it. It makes the acheivements of the NASA Shuttle program seem all the more impressive.
It doesn't necessarilly fullfill the Hackers development model, however, it does try to ensure Software Quality.
It isn't necessarily a case of what Qwest is going to use it for since technically Qwest doesn't own it! KPNQwest N.V. is a separate company from KPN and Qwest. KPN and Qwest just happen to be equal major shareholders in the company KPNQwest. The decisions of what they plan to do with the band width is decided by KPNQwest - not the two parent companies.
Anyway, since I work for KPNQwest, I think I'll shut up now...
Every bastion of free speech seems to be getting attacked these days. In the UK, freedom of speech died years ago. We go out of our way to host our own sites in the US, and now those are being gagged also. Big Brother, Corporatism, Police States. Whatever you wanna call it, it frankly makes me sick. I think countries like China/Libya/Iraq/Afghanistan (choose any name on the state departments lists) et.al. could make big dollars by hosting contraversial websites. /. should take this all the way. If this kind of gagging succeeds, then Freedom of Speech is truely dead on the internet as we know it. It is the main reason I came to love the Internet in the firstplace. Whether or not you agree with it, like or hate it, people had the right to say what the wanted, and people could read what the wanted. They could choose their teachers as oppossed to being forced to listen to whatever CNN told them. So much for Utopian ideals! Keep the Internet Free!
I just got a big shipment of DVDs delivered today; From USA (region 1) to here in the Netherlands. DHL slapped the import duty and VAT on the items! That blew the price up by another USD$98!!!
They don't seem to catch everything, but once upon a time, they would let such items pass through unscathed.
Bargain basement US prices are beginning to lose their appeal.
Stepping aside the issue of content (you can't please everyone) I just like reading a paper on my way into work in the morning. I find it more practical and convenient than carrying a laptop with a crappy resolution that needs to have the screen adjusted because of the way light gets reflected off it.
Content is a separate issue that should be left to supply and demand...
32.9hrs!!! On a good week I'll do 55hrs(paid), otherwise, closer to 80! On top of that, myself and other included find themselves learning new technology (reading journals etc) on the train into work! If we don't put in those "extra" hours, you'll just find yourself slipping behind the technology - and hence out of a job. I work (on average) 10hrs a day + weekends. And I'm certainly not the only one in the department that does this. I'll admit that some of the married guys go home early, they've got laptops with modems, and hence work from home (unpaid).
With the hours that I work, I'm glad I'm contracting now, but I used to work the same hours at my previous job where I was permanent (as do most ppl).
I can't complain about our own Y2K roll-over situation. Everything was cool and chilled out. We knew that all our systems were going to work. Our CIO was only present to keep the Lawyers happy in-case the s*** hit the fan. At 12:01, we were all on the the 8th floor watching the Fireworks displays! I'm not going to bitch about other departments behaviour during Y2K, since they p*** us off all year round anyway!!! It was nice to have them out of our hair for the night! We've got a great team here,and we all work hard. And it is good to work at a company where the CIO and other managers appreciate the work that we plebs put in.
Hi, This (http://2.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?x=dYAKKYAg AwEhYKuE) article on Cnet explains at least one reason for not shutting down servers for the weekend. It is also a lot easier to monitor a live site, than it is to switch on a machine on Monday morning with a simple prayer! A friend of a friend who works at AT&T Unisource in Holland, is in the former situation and none too pleased about it. Partly 'cos it shows managements lack of faith in the developers networks staff, and also due to the lack of understanding toward the problem itself. Suffice to say that he is not looking forward to Monday morning!
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The NASA Space shuttle project is generally described as being at CMM Level 5 (Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon). The CMM is basically a system to ensure software quality.
The software fits the budget; is what the client actually requested etc...
Many major companies/consultancies try to aim for CMM Level 3, and most defence contracts require it.
It makes the acheivements of the NASA Shuttle program seem all the more impressive.
It doesn't necessarilly fullfill the Hackers development model, however, it does try to ensure Software Quality.
Anyway, since I work for KPNQwest, I think I'll shut up now...
Every bastion of free speech seems to be getting attacked these days. In the UK, freedom of speech died years ago. We go out of our way to host our own sites in the US, and now those are being gagged also. Big Brother, Corporatism, Police States. Whatever you wanna call it, it frankly makes me sick. I think countries like China/Libya/Iraq/Afghanistan (choose any name on the state departments lists) et.al. could make big dollars by hosting contraversial websites.
/. should take this all the way. If this kind of gagging succeeds, then Freedom of Speech is truely dead on the internet as we know it.
It is the main reason I came to love the Internet in the firstplace. Whether or not you agree with it, like or hate it, people had the right to say what the wanted, and people could read what the wanted. They could choose their teachers as oppossed to being forced to listen to whatever CNN told them.
So much for Utopian ideals!
Keep the Internet Free!
Everybody needs to have their cut - that's what the whole corporate culture is built on.
I just got a big shipment of DVDs delivered today; From USA (region 1) to here in the Netherlands.
DHL slapped the import duty and VAT on the items!
That blew the price up by another USD$98!!!
They don't seem to catch everything, but once upon a time, they would let such items pass through unscathed.
Bargain basement US prices are beginning to lose their appeal.
Yousef
I guess it gives a whole new meaning to the term "Free Market"! ;-)
Stepping aside the issue of content (you can't please everyone) I just like reading a paper on my way into work in the morning.
I find it more practical and convenient than carrying a laptop with a crappy resolution that needs to have the screen adjusted because of the way light gets reflected off it.
Content is a separate issue that should be left to supply and demand...
32.9hrs!!! On a good week I'll do 55hrs(paid), otherwise, closer to 80!
On top of that, myself and other included find themselves learning new technology (reading journals etc) on the train into work! If we don't put in those "extra" hours, you'll just find yourself slipping behind the technology - and hence out of a job.
I work (on average) 10hrs a day + weekends. And I'm certainly not the only one in the department that does this. I'll admit that some of the married guys go home early, they've got laptops with modems, and hence work from home (unpaid).
With the hours that I work, I'm glad I'm contracting now, but I used to work the same hours at my previous job where I was permanent (as do most ppl).
My 2 cents...
If they'd Open Sourced TPM, then we could edit out all the scenes with Jar-Jar Binks! ;-)
I can't complain about our own Y2K roll-over situation. Everything was cool and chilled out. We knew that all our systems were going to work. Our CIO was only present to keep the Lawyers happy in-case the s*** hit the fan.
At 12:01, we were all on the the 8th floor watching the Fireworks displays!
I'm not going to bitch about other departments behaviour during Y2K, since they p*** us off all year round anyway!!! It was nice to have them out of our hair for the night!
We've got a great team here,and we all work hard. And it is good to work at a company where the CIO and other managers appreciate the work that we plebs put in.
ys.
Hi,g AwEhYKuE) article on Cnet explains at least one reason for not shutting down servers for the weekend.
This (http://2.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?x=dYAKKYA
It is also a lot easier to monitor a live site, than it is to switch on a machine on Monday morning with a simple prayer!
A friend of a friend who works at AT&T Unisource in Holland, is in the former situation and none too pleased about it. Partly 'cos it shows managements lack of faith in the developers networks staff, and also due to the lack of understanding toward the problem itself. Suffice to say that he is not looking forward to Monday morning!
--
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his
enemies; for the hardest victory is over self." -- Aristotle
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