I've been an IT professional since '98. Network admin, deployment, project management, etc. The only thing I haven't done is compile an application (dev work not my bag of tea). I *used* to love technology until I've gotten burned out working 65+ hours a week. Even before my first child was born, The last thing I wanted to do was start working on my laptop or PC at home. I just wanted to drink and veg out in front of my TV. My brain is too tired and shreaded to think let alone be exited by anything else. Which BTW is a coming-home-to-Jesus moment for me. If I'm not exited to be around my own son after work, I need to GTFO and choose an entirely different industry. IT work is for the young. I'm burned out and have no shame throwing in the towel. Fuck this shit!
Serious question. How much of a performance impact does running a game on Steam have vs running the application natively on MacOS. Same question could be said of Windows in fact. Or is it all the same just rolled up and packaged differently but executed the same regardless?
LCARS was the coolest looking shitty UI anyways. Honestly. It only looked awesome because there was limitations on how detailed you could get a picture broadcasted in 480i. That and pastel colors on black made them stand out. When you get right down to it, TV is artful entertainment first and foremost. I seriously doubt LCARS was based on any recommendations by those in UI design. But then again, this was before the.COM rise in 1997.
Words mean things. From Merriam-Webster.com 3 a: the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright
Just don't pirate. The best thing you can do is use free open sourced knowledge. Don't feed the machine if you don't want too. But also don't take from it either or else you're playing by their rules.
IT apprenticeship is an oxymoron. At best, what you've leaned is already obsolete in 10 years. Plumbing, electrical, forging, mechanical repair, and landscaping; those you can start an apprenticeship program as the knowledge builds on the shoulders of giants before them. In IT, the ground is too fluid to make anything you've leaned worthwhile to pass down.
I provide lvl 3 desktop/sever support a Windows environment. Even though I work for a MSP as outsourced IT, the owner of the company I work for still looks down on us. Never mind the companies we service at a fraction of the cost of a dedicated "IT dude" on their backs. But the moment I'm tasked to scoping out and selling a $300 printer or some such, I'm a fucking hero. Err, relative to my current status of earned respect. Which BTW borderline between very little to none.
It's a brilliant idea - in theory. Just remember that this sort of thing doesn't happen in the wild. They're also not intelligent. Who know what will happen. In fact, you may make matters worse by attracting more ant colonies near your home to stage the next future invasion. After all, that pheromone bomb is enticing even if worthless to them.
My point is that this theory should be tried and tested elsewhere first and not use your own home as a test subject. Otherwise, you could be taking a step forwarded while taking two steps back in the process.
The danger of diatomaceous earth is in how it's applied. Because it contains silica, you don't want to be breathing that stuff in while puffing it into walls, cracks, and floorboards without a breathing mask. Once settled, it's more or less harmless. Just be sure none of it's in plain site or in the carpet as it may cause respiratory irritation for pets and crawling babies.
No, the Super aEgis II (sentry gun) is the ultimate "Aimbot". I wouldn't fucking go near one of those in a time of war. Hell, I wouldn't walk in front one even if someone told me it was in shutdown mode.
Nobody; and I mean nobody can explain to me why Quicktime 720p or 1080p content (encoded h.264) playback sucks absolute royal balls under the following specifications. Win7 64bit, i7-3770k, nVidia GTX 275. No fucking problem using Windows Media Player or VLC. Butter smooth.
For the record, the machine runs solid and not a single problem with any other apps. It's Quicktime and ONLY Quicktime that's slow. I can verify this same issue with other PC built similar or better than mine. Perhaps the AppleTV2 HandBrake profile is fucking with it? *shrug*
They will squawk very little. You have to understand that the "media" is predominately progressive. It's sort of like when the Vatican is caught raping little boys. Catholics made little fuss over it (even though individually they abhor this act of evil) for the greater good of preserving the faith. The media is going through a similar process. They will not attack and institution that upholds their social beliefs.
And before anyone screams Fox News is conservative bla bla bla. Yes, they're popular precisely because they're the only dissenting voice in town with a large enough audience. They're the exception, not the rule. Other then that, they're nothing special from a quality of content perspective.
The US Tax code is the way it is precisely because it's used as an instrument to social engineer votes in their favor (power) and dependency on government (control). As for the Fairtax.org idea: rightly or wrongly, such as system or anything close to simplifying the system relinquishes political power. Never mind the fact it might increase tax revenue and boosts GDP. That's so not the point from their vantage point.
I have a theory about why AI will never replace coders.
I have a theory that AI will just bootstrap themselves to nature and their intelligence will take on a form of its own. Essentially, it will change and evolve so radically that its complexity will be far beyond our understanding and comprehension.
A few things will happen at this point.
1. We just dictate our desires for the machines to work for us mere meat bags. 2. The machines will dictate to us how to live and we reciprocate by treating them like demigods under a new nation of Dumbfuckistan. Why think hard when you don't have too? 3. They exterminate us for being just annoying.
Ammo is the problem. But I can imagine them being created and distributed among gangs. You think urban crime is bad now? You haven't seen nothing yet once the basement dwelling production starts.
In rare circumstances, some companies will actually profit from internal development work by re-selling the same solution to another company. So there's always that.
Here's the business case for upgrading. EOLed products and support. That, and the momentum of change. Pay now or pay dearly later. This is why all companies should have an IT budget each year and sock away any funds ahead of time for any planned upgrades that need to occur. More or less.
If businesses are going to rely on technology to compete in the market, it behooves them to take Information Technology seriously. If they don't, well...face the consequences of inaction.
While you can't account for every minor detail, what you described is precisely why scoping and project management is extremely important. It's one thing to send boots on the ground to perform the physical migration/upgrade; it's quite another to properly ascertain the business, current workflow, and interdependencies prior to making any changes. And yes, most of the time can sunk into the planning phase vs actual implementation. IT shops and clients seem to have an adverse effect to this "waste". They need to STFU and get over it. Planning is important shit that can't be overlooked.
It not uncommon for a simple server upgrade be chained back to upgrading all other programs, data, and peripherals due to said dependencies and post-sales support of existing assets. I call it the "rug effect". You pull on one tiny string, and the whole fucking rug unravels and falls apart.
Crashing? Sounds like a hardware issue most likely being faulty RAM. I'm not excusing the UI in Windows 8 by any means. It's a content consumption OS, not one built for multi-tasking!!! But regardless, installing Windows 8 on a clean drive is pretty damn straight forward and fast along with the final OOBE user profile setup.
*Waves hand* I've installed Windows 8 on at least six computers and as a virtual machine to play around with. Honestly, I've never experience the kind of technical problems you've described. Take that POS machine back to the store.
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I've been an IT professional since '98. Network admin, deployment, project management, etc. The only thing I haven't done is compile an application (dev work not my bag of tea). I *used* to love technology until I've gotten burned out working 65+ hours a week. Even before my first child was born, The last thing I wanted to do was start working on my laptop or PC at home. I just wanted to drink and veg out in front of my TV. My brain is too tired and shreaded to think let alone be exited by anything else. Which BTW is a coming-home-to-Jesus moment for me. If I'm not exited to be around my own son after work, I need to GTFO and choose an entirely different industry. IT work is for the young. I'm burned out and have no shame throwing in the towel. Fuck this shit!
Isn't Microsoft's legal department all salary based anyways? If so, their services are already bought and paid for.
From orbit; it's the only way to be sure. Do it TWICE (double tap) just to make damn sure.
Serious question. How much of a performance impact does running a game on Steam have vs running the application natively on MacOS. Same question could be said of Windows in fact. Or is it all the same just rolled up and packaged differently but executed the same regardless?
LCARS was the coolest looking shitty UI anyways. Honestly. It only looked awesome because there was limitations on how detailed you could get a picture broadcasted in 480i. That and pastel colors on black made them stand out. When you get right down to it, TV is artful entertainment first and foremost. I seriously doubt LCARS was based on any recommendations by those in UI design. But then again, this was before the .COM rise in 1997.
Words mean things. From Merriam-Webster.com
3 a: the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright
Just don't pirate. The best thing you can do is use free open sourced knowledge. Don't feed the machine if you don't want too. But also don't take from it either or else you're playing by their rules.
IT apprenticeship is an oxymoron. At best, what you've leaned is already obsolete in 10 years. Plumbing, electrical, forging, mechanical repair, and landscaping; those you can start an apprenticeship program as the knowledge builds on the shoulders of giants before them. In IT, the ground is too fluid to make anything you've leaned worthwhile to pass down.
I provide lvl 3 desktop/sever support a Windows environment. Even though I work for a MSP as outsourced IT, the owner of the company I work for still looks down on us. Never mind the companies we service at a fraction of the cost of a dedicated "IT dude" on their backs. But the moment I'm tasked to scoping out and selling a $300 printer or some such, I'm a fucking hero. Err, relative to my current status of earned respect. Which BTW borderline between very little to none.
It's a brilliant idea - in theory. Just remember that this sort of thing doesn't happen in the wild. They're also not intelligent. Who know what will happen. In fact, you may make matters worse by attracting more ant colonies near your home to stage the next future invasion. After all, that pheromone bomb is enticing even if worthless to them.
My point is that this theory should be tried and tested elsewhere first and not use your own home as a test subject. Otherwise, you could be taking a step forwarded while taking two steps back in the process.
The danger of diatomaceous earth is in how it's applied. Because it contains silica, you don't want to be breathing that stuff in while puffing it into walls, cracks, and floorboards without a breathing mask. Once settled, it's more or less harmless. Just be sure none of it's in plain site or in the carpet as it may cause respiratory irritation for pets and crawling babies.
So what's eating the main load of 1,750? That a lot for home electronics in a single room.
If you're going to make meth, it's advised to not use the "shake-n-bake" process as It's been known to burn down buildings. Just sayin.
No, the Super aEgis II (sentry gun) is the ultimate "Aimbot". I wouldn't fucking go near one of those in a time of war. Hell, I wouldn't walk in front one even if someone told me it was in shutdown mode.
Nobody; and I mean nobody can explain to me why Quicktime 720p or 1080p content (encoded h.264) playback sucks absolute royal balls under the following specifications. Win7 64bit, i7-3770k, nVidia GTX 275. No fucking problem using Windows Media Player or VLC. Butter smooth.
For the record, the machine runs solid and not a single problem with any other apps. It's Quicktime and ONLY Quicktime that's slow. I can verify this same issue with other PC built similar or better than mine. Perhaps the AppleTV2 HandBrake profile is fucking with it? *shrug*
They will squawk very little. You have to understand that the "media" is predominately progressive. It's sort of like when the Vatican is caught raping little boys. Catholics made little fuss over it (even though individually they abhor this act of evil) for the greater good of preserving the faith. The media is going through a similar process. They will not attack and institution that upholds their social beliefs.
And before anyone screams Fox News is conservative bla bla bla. Yes, they're popular precisely because they're the only dissenting voice in town with a large enough audience. They're the exception, not the rule. Other then that, they're nothing special from a quality of content perspective.
What does a Japanese man need with CS6 when he can create beautiful art with Microsoft Excel .
The US Tax code is the way it is precisely because it's used as an instrument to social engineer votes in their favor (power) and dependency on government (control). As for the Fairtax.org idea: rightly or wrongly, such as system or anything close to simplifying the system relinquishes political power. Never mind the fact it might increase tax revenue and boosts GDP. That's so not the point from their vantage point.
I have a theory about why AI will never replace coders.
I have a theory that AI will just bootstrap themselves to nature and their intelligence will take on a form of its own. Essentially, it will change and evolve so radically that its complexity will be far beyond our understanding and comprehension.
A few things will happen at this point.
1. We just dictate our desires for the machines to work for us mere meat bags.
2. The machines will dictate to us how to live and we reciprocate by treating them like demigods under a new nation of Dumbfuckistan. Why think hard when you don't have too?
3. They exterminate us for being just annoying.
Ammo is the problem. But I can imagine them being created and distributed among gangs. You think urban crime is bad now? You haven't seen nothing yet once the basement dwelling production starts.
Clap on *clap clap*! Clap off *clap clap*! Clap on clap off; the Clapper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfgN5tUgjb8
The ultimate in 80s cheese.
Wargames? I was thinking T2 (Skynet).
In rare circumstances, some companies will actually profit from internal development work by re-selling the same solution to another company. So there's always that.
Here's the business case for upgrading. EOLed products and support. That, and the momentum of change. Pay now or pay dearly later. This is why all companies should have an IT budget each year and sock away any funds ahead of time for any planned upgrades that need to occur. More or less.
If businesses are going to rely on technology to compete in the market, it behooves them to take Information Technology seriously. If they don't, well...face the consequences of inaction.
While you can't account for every minor detail, what you described is precisely why scoping and project management is extremely important. It's one thing to send boots on the ground to perform the physical migration/upgrade; it's quite another to properly ascertain the business, current workflow, and interdependencies prior to making any changes. And yes, most of the time can sunk into the planning phase vs actual implementation. IT shops and clients seem to have an adverse effect to this "waste". They need to STFU and get over it. Planning is important shit that can't be overlooked.
It not uncommon for a simple server upgrade be chained back to upgrading all other programs, data, and peripherals due to said dependencies and post-sales support of existing assets. I call it the "rug effect". You pull on one tiny string, and the whole fucking rug unravels and falls apart.
Crashing? Sounds like a hardware issue most likely being faulty RAM. I'm not excusing the UI in Windows 8 by any means. It's a content consumption OS, not one built for multi-tasking!!! But regardless, installing Windows 8 on a clean drive is pretty damn straight forward and fast along with the final OOBE user profile setup.
*Waves hand* I've installed Windows 8 on at least six computers and as a virtual machine to play around with. Honestly, I've never experience the kind of technical problems you've described. Take that POS machine back to the store.