No, China is not in a cold war with anyone. They are simply leveraging economic growth through exports and foreign investments. What really troubles China is not the West at all. In fact, it's the entire Pacific region. Specifically India and Russia. Mean while, they feel they need to re-acquire lost territory they've neglected to protect as a result of their civil war and Cultural Revolution. They now see themselves getting back to their rightful place in world influence and play a game of catching up. This whole island spat with Japan; it's just the beginning. Lucky for the US, the "New World" has historically been off its map. Quite literally.
Doubt there would be a new Mao. That populist card was played once already, and the nation is far from unified in terms of ideology. If anything, the nation would fracture into separate states if not entire individual sovereign nations. Because of its vast geographical size, population, and diverse culture, China as we know it today would best be served under a democratic/republic system much like we have in the USA in which you have local, state, and federal laws with corresponding elected officials. The question is, do the Chinese want such as system let alone maintain it for generations to come? More over, do the average Chinese citizen even understand the concept of a democratic/republic system? It's truly a catch 22. How can you educate people if your own government fails you. And how can you reform your own government if you're not educated? If you go back in history, the founding of America is truly unique in this regard.
I wouldn't say gaming consoles are obsolete. Rather, gaming has branched out to other markets where previously there was none. So while consoles will no longer hold market dominance for gaming, it's a long stretch to call them obsolete too. Everyone seems so fixated on the physical device and platform paradigm all while completely ignoring the social locality aspect. It comes down to where and when you want to play games. Are you a mobile gamer (handheld), perhaps solo control freak (PC gamer), or maybe you're just the social type where everyone can gather around a single venue (console setup).
What I find so interesting is that while Wired proclaims the obsolescence of consoles, Apple is looking for a stealthy move back into the industry. They already tried (and failed) with the original Apple Pippin, but I think they will make a comeback leveraging their Apple TV platform which is already running iOS. All they have to do is release a more powerful version of AppleTV, throw in some console gamepad accessories, and now you have an instant "Apple Pippin-X". I'll mention that Apple AirPlay doesn't really count IMHO (as that's just a media extension from one device to another). In this cut-throat industry, Apple would be best to not capture the attention of Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. My money is on Apple entering the console market in a hardware generation or two with Sonic the Hedgehog being just one of many titles and launch.
I tried paying for a new car with one phat check paid in full. The sale guy said my cost would go up by a few grand unless I financed through their loan department. Toyota Financial. Basically, they want to bank on the interest rate.
I don't care how you justify it. Corruption overseas shouldn't be allowed to feed our corruption in America. Corruption feeding corruption is not acceptable at any level.
You're right, but that's only half the truth I'm afraid. Of all the H1Bs that I've met in corporate America (and I've met with a lot in my lifetime), almost all of them have have come from a middle to extremely wealthy background. That is to say, it was their parents that fronted the money in sending their child to a western university prior to landing a job in the states. That's nothing new. What *is* interesting is how their parents got their wealth. Generally in nations such as China and India, a good portion of that wealth is illegitimate. That is to say, much of it was either obtained via politics or corruption (paid for by the tax payer of course) vs say...an honest salary based on a free market competitive wage.
WSUS = local cached update server. It isn't very practical for one-off personal OS rebuilds. But extremely usefull in a Windows Domain environment in which you have 20+ Windows computers in an office.
Depends. Are the 'stupid' a direct threat to your life? Put it another way, where do you feel safe? A bunch of annoying bible thumpers that irk you to no end with their belief in Christianity, or Muslims that are rampaging on the streets yelling "God is great" all while burning and blowing shit up?!
I would still like an offline executable of Win7 SP2 for the simple matter that I don't want to download all those extra updates after a clean installation of Win7 with SP1. It saves both time and money. If the machine is part of the domain, it wouldn't matter much because you can always pull what you need from a WSUS server at LAN speeds
If you work in IT, chances are you have a Microsoft licensing account in which you can download an ISO of Win7 with SP1 already slipstreamed for you. If you often by Dell machines, the newer units come with disks that also have SP1. You can re-use these Windows 7 SP1 disks on older machines designed for Win 7 too.
I always keep a 32bit and 64bit Win7 Pro SP1 disk in my bag in the event I have to re-image a machine on-site at a client location.
Hyper-inflation will happen regardless who's the next POTUS. But it will only occur after the economy starts to improve and not before. Otherwise, will will remain in stagflation or default at worst.
Point is, move your cash out of savings and into something that will float. Its value is about to get shredded!!!
Businesses require an OS with applications that allow for interactivity including ease of multi-tasking. The idea of an OS geared toward uni-tasked pipelined user consumption is only a one-way street. I knew it was bad, but having Bill Gates endorsement this paradigm is the final nail in the coffin.
From my POV, Microsoft Office 365 and VM'ed instances of Server 2012 is the only thing they have worth offering. The client side OS and computing platform paradigm is the antithesis of corporate productivity. Clearly they're abandoning this market segment. Either intentionally or not is irrelevant at this point.
Been working IT for almost 15 years now. The respect is the same then as it is now. You wade through shit to solve a problem, only later to get bitched at for not finding it sooner when in fact you were originally trying to make a case of how pro-active you've been. Oh, and because I've been wading in shit, I smell bad.
There is no respect in IT and the pay sucks. I'm looking to find another career patch that isn't already tainted with disdain. Fuck this, life is too sort. I'm tired of falling on the sword and not getting any recognition for it...for 15 years.
If Obama is so "knowledgeable" about foreign relations, how is it that our foreign relations are in such dire straights?
Knowledge and what you do with that knowledge are two entirely separate things. Obama was just talking to win the debate. He I would expect anyone to do. I agree, he's been a failure on acting on that knowledge. Quite frankly, I don't think he gives a shit. Golfing is more important.
So yes, he won the debate, but he hasn't won my vote.
I've been at fortune 500s in which I was tasked to provide some system administration/helpdesk for a branch office of about 50 employees. It wasn't every day, just a few times a month I would be onsite. The hilarity ensues when I have to call the main office to speak with the IT dept. In one recent example, I had some trouble with Exchange connectivity inside the office. He tested the cluster of servers and ran mail flow diagnostics. Looked fine. He said it was the network guys job. So I called the network admin, he said traffic and routing looked good on his end, it must be an Exchange problem. Back and forth we went. The problem was a combinations of undocumented server and DNS changes. Nothing got resolved until I got at least five people in conference call. It was only then that people started to fess up as to what was going on and when.
In short, it was a breakdown in communication. I only got things working because I took it upon myself to wear the managers hat and get shit done. Way above my pay grade, and I'm sure I get paid half as much as those fucking monkeys behind the phone!
This debate was horrible. Romney was seen as agreeing with Obama in the middle part of the "debate", but only because Obama got to answer the leading question first. However, Obama kept dodging Romney's criticisms (justified) about our global response with our allies. In the end, Obama won this debate because it showed how knowledgeable he was on foreign policy. But then again, he has been POTUS for four years now. Nothing unprecedented here. Although I still question Obama's wisdom and honesty with all the decisions he has made during term.
Over all, I'm voting for Romney. Not just because I want Obama out of office, but rather I want to flush as much corruption out of Washington DC as possible.
Tried the VM approach with a materials stress testing machine. Didn't work out too well. It's software that can only run on XP with an RS232 port to access test results. To say this specific vertical hardware/software solution is expensive would be an understatement.
I haven't priced one out in awhile, but I'm guessing the newer versions will just run some form of Linux with an SMB connection back to a Windows file server.
I do have a question about ESR. I know that some electronics require a low rating (such as the ones mounted next to the CPU socket) and they're often more expensive. So naturally manufactures only use a capacitor with minimum requirements to keep the costs down. But my question is simply this; can low ESR capacitors be used for any device? Or are you supposed to match low ESR and high ESR with whatever was originally used (some devices need higher resistance by design??)?
Huh?! How is that even possible. I'm sorry, but I'm going to call BS on this theory. All routers (it's a computer, just more specialized) have both flash memory and RAM. Once data is loaded into RAM, it gets fragmented in real time anyways. Sounds like the firmware issue has more to do with a logic bug (memory leaks) than anything physical.
Don't know about stacking routers specifically, but I often seen cable modems, switches, and WiFi routers crammed together in enclosed spaces; often stacked on top of each other. These devices by themselves are already warm. But together they generate a significant amount of heat that now makes them all run hot. This will shorten their rated life span.
This! I actually had an old SonicWALL fail and become stuck in a reboot loop. It was out of warranty and not worth renewing support on anyways. So once it was officially decommissioned, the insides showed one or two bulging cans. That's a first for us because we are an official SonicWALL reseller and installer. Out of say 100 units we've sold, none of them had a hardware failure with a running time of at least 3 years.
Could have been a bad batch, AC line noise harming the AC/DC adapter thus over volting the DC side, or excessive heat from where it was located. But yes, a lot of consumer devices can be fixed with simple a recapping job. Most of the slashdotters reading this should be able to perform this operation. The hard part will be in picking out caps you need. I would recommend asking someone at the badcaps.net forum for further advice. They tend to know what they're talking about. At the very least they have been extremely helpful to me.
Better start packing and look for a new neighborhood to live in. Of course that new location my not grandfather you into a new contract they offer there too.
You may in fact already be behind the curve in your quest. Soon, everyone in five years could be chasing waterfalls too.
He didn't choose his parents. But because he was randomly chosen with the ones he has, he's fucked from ever using lethal force. Talk about living in a tainted well. One man's action of violence will either kill or land you in jail. Nice!
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No, China is not in a cold war with anyone. They are simply leveraging economic growth through exports and foreign investments. What really troubles China is not the West at all. In fact, it's the entire Pacific region. Specifically India and Russia. Mean while, they feel they need to re-acquire lost territory they've neglected to protect as a result of their civil war and Cultural Revolution. They now see themselves getting back to their rightful place in world influence and play a game of catching up. This whole island spat with Japan; it's just the beginning. Lucky for the US, the "New World" has historically been off its map. Quite literally.
Doubt there would be a new Mao. That populist card was played once already, and the nation is far from unified in terms of ideology. If anything, the nation would fracture into separate states if not entire individual sovereign nations. Because of its vast geographical size, population, and diverse culture, China as we know it today would best be served under a democratic/republic system much like we have in the USA in which you have local, state, and federal laws with corresponding elected officials. The question is, do the Chinese want such as system let alone maintain it for generations to come? More over, do the average Chinese citizen even understand the concept of a democratic/republic system? It's truly a catch 22. How can you educate people if your own government fails you. And how can you reform your own government if you're not educated? If you go back in history, the founding of America is truly unique in this regard.
I wouldn't say gaming consoles are obsolete. Rather, gaming has branched out to other markets where previously there was none. So while consoles will no longer hold market dominance for gaming, it's a long stretch to call them obsolete too. Everyone seems so fixated on the physical device and platform paradigm all while completely ignoring the social locality aspect. It comes down to where and when you want to play games. Are you a mobile gamer (handheld), perhaps solo control freak (PC gamer), or maybe you're just the social type where everyone can gather around a single venue (console setup).
What I find so interesting is that while Wired proclaims the obsolescence of consoles, Apple is looking for a stealthy move back into the industry. They already tried (and failed) with the original Apple Pippin, but I think they will make a comeback leveraging their Apple TV platform which is already running iOS. All they have to do is release a more powerful version of AppleTV, throw in some console gamepad accessories, and now you have an instant "Apple Pippin-X". I'll mention that Apple AirPlay doesn't really count IMHO (as that's just a media extension from one device to another). In this cut-throat industry, Apple would be best to not capture the attention of Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. My money is on Apple entering the console market in a hardware generation or two with Sonic the Hedgehog being just one of many titles and launch.
I tried paying for a new car with one phat check paid in full. The sale guy said my cost would go up by a few grand unless I financed through their loan department. Toyota Financial. Basically, they want to bank on the interest rate.
I don't care how you justify it. Corruption overseas shouldn't be allowed to feed our corruption in America. Corruption feeding corruption is not acceptable at any level.
You're right, but that's only half the truth I'm afraid. Of all the H1Bs that I've met in corporate America (and I've met with a lot in my lifetime), almost all of them have have come from a middle to extremely wealthy background. That is to say, it was their parents that fronted the money in sending their child to a western university prior to landing a job in the states. That's nothing new. What *is* interesting is how their parents got their wealth. Generally in nations such as China and India, a good portion of that wealth is illegitimate. That is to say, much of it was either obtained via politics or corruption (paid for by the tax payer of course) vs say...an honest salary based on a free market competitive wage.
WSUS = local cached update server. It isn't very practical for one-off personal OS rebuilds. But extremely usefull in a Windows Domain environment in which you have 20+ Windows computers in an office.
Depends. Are the 'stupid' a direct threat to your life? Put it another way, where do you feel safe? A bunch of annoying bible thumpers that irk you to no end with their belief in Christianity, or Muslims that are rampaging on the streets yelling "God is great" all while burning and blowing shit up?!
I would still like an offline executable of Win7 SP2 for the simple matter that I don't want to download all those extra updates after a clean installation of Win7 with SP1. It saves both time and money. If the machine is part of the domain, it wouldn't matter much because you can always pull what you need from a WSUS server at LAN speeds
If you work in IT, chances are you have a Microsoft licensing account in which you can download an ISO of Win7 with SP1 already slipstreamed for you. If you often by Dell machines, the newer units come with disks that also have SP1. You can re-use these Windows 7 SP1 disks on older machines designed for Win 7 too.
I always keep a 32bit and 64bit Win7 Pro SP1 disk in my bag in the event I have to re-image a machine on-site at a client location.
Hyper-inflation will happen regardless who's the next POTUS. But it will only occur after the economy starts to improve and not before. Otherwise, will will remain in stagflation or default at worst.
Point is, move your cash out of savings and into something that will float. Its value is about to get shredded!!!
Businesses require an OS with applications that allow for interactivity including ease of multi-tasking. The idea of an OS geared toward uni-tasked pipelined user consumption is only a one-way street. I knew it was bad, but having Bill Gates endorsement this paradigm is the final nail in the coffin.
From my POV, Microsoft Office 365 and VM'ed instances of Server 2012 is the only thing they have worth offering. The client side OS and computing platform paradigm is the antithesis of corporate productivity. Clearly they're abandoning this market segment. Either intentionally or not is irrelevant at this point.
Been working IT for almost 15 years now. The respect is the same then as it is now. You wade through shit to solve a problem, only later to get bitched at for not finding it sooner when in fact you were originally trying to make a case of how pro-active you've been. Oh, and because I've been wading in shit, I smell bad.
There is no respect in IT and the pay sucks. I'm looking to find another career patch that isn't already tainted with disdain. Fuck this, life is too sort. I'm tired of falling on the sword and not getting any recognition for it...for 15 years.
If Obama is so "knowledgeable" about foreign relations, how is it that our foreign relations are in such dire straights?
Knowledge and what you do with that knowledge are two entirely separate things. Obama was just talking to win the debate. He I would expect anyone to do. I agree, he's been a failure on acting on that knowledge. Quite frankly, I don't think he gives a shit. Golfing is more important.
So yes, he won the debate, but he hasn't won my vote.
I've been at fortune 500s in which I was tasked to provide some system administration/helpdesk for a branch office of about 50 employees. It wasn't every day, just a few times a month I would be onsite. The hilarity ensues when I have to call the main office to speak with the IT dept. In one recent example, I had some trouble with Exchange connectivity inside the office. He tested the cluster of servers and ran mail flow diagnostics. Looked fine. He said it was the network guys job. So I called the network admin, he said traffic and routing looked good on his end, it must be an Exchange problem. Back and forth we went. The problem was a combinations of undocumented server and DNS changes. Nothing got resolved until I got at least five people in conference call. It was only then that people started to fess up as to what was going on and when.
In short, it was a breakdown in communication. I only got things working because I took it upon myself to wear the managers hat and get shit done. Way above my pay grade, and I'm sure I get paid half as much as those fucking monkeys behind the phone!
Ya, I'm bitter.
This debate was horrible. Romney was seen as agreeing with Obama in the middle part of the "debate", but only because Obama got to answer the leading question first. However, Obama kept dodging Romney's criticisms (justified) about our global response with our allies. In the end, Obama won this debate because it showed how knowledgeable he was on foreign policy. But then again, he has been POTUS for four years now. Nothing unprecedented here. Although I still question Obama's wisdom and honesty with all the decisions he has made during term.
Over all, I'm voting for Romney. Not just because I want Obama out of office, but rather I want to flush as much corruption out of Washington DC as possible.
Tried the VM approach with a materials stress testing machine. Didn't work out too well. It's software that can only run on XP with an RS232 port to access test results. To say this specific vertical hardware/software solution is expensive would be an understatement.
I haven't priced one out in awhile, but I'm guessing the newer versions will just run some form of Linux with an SMB connection back to a Windows file server.
The proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.
I do have a question about ESR. I know that some electronics require a low rating (such as the ones mounted next to the CPU socket) and they're often more expensive. So naturally manufactures only use a capacitor with minimum requirements to keep the costs down. But my question is simply this; can low ESR capacitors be used for any device? Or are you supposed to match low ESR and high ESR with whatever was originally used (some devices need higher resistance by design??)?
Huh?! How is that even possible. I'm sorry, but I'm going to call BS on this theory. All routers (it's a computer, just more specialized) have both flash memory and RAM. Once data is loaded into RAM, it gets fragmented in real time anyways. Sounds like the firmware issue has more to do with a logic bug (memory leaks) than anything physical.
Don't know about stacking routers specifically, but I often seen cable modems, switches, and WiFi routers crammed together in enclosed spaces; often stacked on top of each other. These devices by themselves are already warm. But together they generate a significant amount of heat that now makes them all run hot. This will shorten their rated life span.
This! I actually had an old SonicWALL fail and become stuck in a reboot loop. It was out of warranty and not worth renewing support on anyways. So once it was officially decommissioned, the insides showed one or two bulging cans. That's a first for us because we are an official SonicWALL reseller and installer. Out of say 100 units we've sold, none of them had a hardware failure with a running time of at least 3 years.
Could have been a bad batch, AC line noise harming the AC/DC adapter thus over volting the DC side, or excessive heat from where it was located. But yes, a lot of consumer devices can be fixed with simple a recapping job. Most of the slashdotters reading this should be able to perform this operation. The hard part will be in picking out caps you need. I would recommend asking someone at the badcaps.net forum for further advice. They tend to know what they're talking about. At the very least they have been extremely helpful to me.
Better start packing and look for a new neighborhood to live in. Of course that new location my not grandfather you into a new contract they offer there too.
You may in fact already be behind the curve in your quest. Soon, everyone in five years could be chasing waterfalls too.
Good luck!
You want to fill the LoC with yet more useless crap. At that point, LoC as a metric would have to be measured in fractions!
He didn't choose his parents. But because he was randomly chosen with the ones he has, he's fucked from ever using lethal force. Talk about living in a tainted well. One man's action of violence will either kill or land you in jail. Nice!