I'd like to agree in this specific case too. However, if IM = e-mail one could argue that it's a corporate record and therefore needs to be recorded and retained for X years.
I hope they do some actualized ROI analysis. It'd be really interesting to find out what percentage of the money they save in software licensing is offset by the paid-time of implementation, user training, and dealing with interoperability issues with other organizations/individuals/citizens.
I paid a lot less taxes in NH than I do in MA, and despite this development, I'm not optimistic that it will result in any significant changes from my perspective.
Someone could easily post an illegal picture as a 1-1 pixel image in a post on a site like this and it'd be in your cache. Are you sure you want to completely dismiss that defense?
Based on my experience, from several industries, it's not necessarily censored. In a lot of companies, particularly those with strong core values, they hire/promote CEOs that believe in their company. Don't immediately write it off as marketing fluff. It could actually be what he, the exec team, and BOD believe.
I've been using a tool called GuruNet (aka Atomica, and just recently Answers.com) for about 2 years. It's a subscription service, but worth every penny. You can alt-click on any word/phrase and it'll bring back categorized results from a dictionary, encyclopedia, Google, etc, and since they've linked in hundreds of validated sources you can have higher confidence that the information returned is accurate.
I'd argue that the term AI implies simulated intelligence and/or learning. There's lots of advanced algorithms, particularly in the biology/chemistry space, which involve complex processes or math that I wouldn't consider AI.
I'll admit, I'm lacking the vocabulary to succinctly label all non-AI algorithms.
It's easy to write an algorithm that can optimize timing of say construction, unit production, etc. when it has a well defined goal. It's obvious that programs are better than people at doing math quickly and consistently. It's remarkably difficult to construct an AI that can sense, react, prioritize, work consistently across various hardware speeds, etc., and not resort to what seems like "cheating" to scale difficultly level up & down.
AI's are remarkably difficult to write... and if you're looking for a playground to experiment, I'd recommend Microsoft's Terrarium app which they released as a way to demonstrate features in the.NET framework. With that app, developers all over the world write insect DLLs in various.NET languages which then execute in your system with limited code access security and compete to dominate a distributed ecosystem. Fun stuff.
Figured that's what you meant, but I'd rather not propel Slashdot's typical propensity for anti-company/anti-MS bias, especially in a technology thread.
Good point, because we're all better off if the world's biggest and most influential software vendor makes their own standards without any external input.
Not too bright.
It's easy to dismiss this right out, but for people who follow the intelligence industry this isn't new. Spooks can already listen to conversations through windows with lasers that measure vibration, and use filter technology to eliminate relatively constant background noise (e.g. a shower running). Combine that with some keyboard listening technology that's been in development for a long time: (see BBC 2001 reference) and suddenly IT security becomes a lot more interesting.
As IT pros, this should have a significant impact on how you think about your IT security policies. Strong password policies are still important, but this further exaggerates the need for strong physical security for all your terminals and surrounding areas.
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"Any company that has a hyperlink marked "Investor Information" above-the-fold"
The whole point of a homepage is to make it easy for ALL types of stakeholdres (customers, partners, vendors, investors, etc.) to find information. I wouldn't let you near my corporate website.
The problem with the global cooperation you're describing is that it neuters the benefits of competition. Competition is what creates the political motivation to allocate funds and the scientific motivation to rapidly convert them into progress.
My limited experience with open source is summed up with this article sentence:
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Not all open-source projects are alike, however. A small number of open-source projects have become well known, but the vast majority never get off the ground, according to Scacchi.
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Open source is obviously faster/better/cheaper when 1000's of people donate their time to a single project. The only open source project I've been involved in was a collaboration among several corporations, all of which wanted to leverage each other's resources, but none of which could really contribute their own.
There's nothing like money to motivate people to work on a project for which people aren't willing to donate their time.
Personally, I'm not convinced speed is related to developer quantity. There's too big a variation in productivity between experienced and amateur developers.
I'm also not convinced open-source is right for all types of software. How many open-source developers you know that conduct large-scale usability tests? How many open-source developers go around interviewing end users? When the developer and product consumer is the same, open-source makes much more sense to me.
I've never heard of major problems related to a Mozilly security fix, but after consulting at dozens of clients, I've never found a major corporation that's widely deployed it.
There is a difference between perpetually losing money and investing in a market - look at Microsoft's X-box division. Mac IE served its purpose in staving off the Netscape threat, and now that they have ~95% (?) market share for corporate web browsers they can reallocate resources.
I will certainly not be testing my web applications on multiple browsers/platforms, so this development will effectively kill Mac web support at my company of 2500 employees. Dealing with Mac IE's quirks was painful enough. Standardization is faster and cheaper - cheaper being most important lately.
Arguably I should test against W3C standard and browsers should be compliant, but standards frequently have ambiguity and perfect implementations (particularly for standards relating to complex UI generation) are few and far between.
Some of my coworkers' favorite movies & pictures are of their toddlers & babies. One in particular is quite happy showing his "favorite movies" on his iPaq.
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Perhaps he was referring to the Month of Apple Bugs:
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/#about
Anyone have a link to an equivalent Vista site?
Wow - after reading that headline it's clear that corporations are getting more powerful. This conviction brought to you by Google Court Beta.
I'd like to agree in this specific case too. However, if IM = e-mail one could argue that it's a corporate record and therefore needs to be recorded and retained for X years.
I paid a lot less taxes in NH than I do in MA, and despite this development, I'm not optimistic that it will result in any significant changes from my perspective.
Someone could easily post an illegal picture as a 1-1 pixel image in a post on a site like this and it'd be in your cache. Are you sure you want to completely dismiss that defense?
I wouldn't bet on that. With groupware, almost more than any other application, usability typically trumps prices as a user requirement.
Based on my experience, from several industries, it's not necessarily censored. In a lot of companies, particularly those with strong core values, they hire/promote CEOs that believe in their company. Don't immediately write it off as marketing fluff. It could actually be what he, the exec team, and BOD believe.
I've been using a tool called GuruNet (aka Atomica, and just recently Answers.com) for about 2 years. It's a subscription service, but worth every penny. You can alt-click on any word/phrase and it'll bring back categorized results from a dictionary, encyclopedia, Google, etc, and since they've linked in hundreds of validated sources you can have higher confidence that the information returned is accurate.
I'll admit, I'm lacking the vocabulary to succinctly label all non-AI algorithms.
AI's are remarkably difficult to write... and if you're looking for a playground to experiment, I'd recommend Microsoft's Terrarium app which they released as a way to demonstrate features in the .NET framework. With that app, developers all over the world write insect DLLs in various .NET languages which then execute in your system with limited code access security and compete to dominate a distributed ecosystem. Fun stuff.
Figured that's what you meant, but I'd rather not propel Slashdot's typical propensity for anti-company/anti-MS bias, especially in a technology thread.
Good point, because we're all better off if the world's biggest and most influential software vendor makes their own standards without any external input. Not too bright.
Yeah - they post this story like clockwork.
As IT pros, this should have a significant impact on how you think about your IT security policies. Strong password policies are still important, but this further exaggerates the need for strong physical security for all your terminals and surrounding areas.
The whole point of a homepage is to make it easy for ALL types of stakeholdres (customers, partners, vendors, investors, etc.) to find information. I wouldn't let you near my corporate website.
The problem with the global cooperation you're describing is that it neuters the benefits of competition. Competition is what creates the political motivation to allocate funds and the scientific motivation to rapidly convert them into progress.
Furthermore, you typically need only 25-30 samples to demonstrate a statistically valid correlation.
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Nice - steal my post.
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Not all open-source projects are alike, however. A small number of open-source projects have become well known, but the vast majority never get off the ground, according to Scacchi.
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Open source is obviously faster/better/cheaper when 1000's of people donate their time to a single project. The only open source project I've been involved in was a collaboration among several corporations, all of which wanted to leverage each other's resources, but none of which could really contribute their own.
There's nothing like money to motivate people to work on a project for which people aren't willing to donate their time.
Personally, I'm not convinced speed is related to developer quantity. There's too big a variation in productivity between experienced and amateur developers.
I'm also not convinced open-source is right for all types of software. How many open-source developers you know that conduct large-scale usability tests? How many open-source developers go around interviewing end users? When the developer and product consumer is the same, open-source makes much more sense to me.
If you want to talk about holes, I'd rather see them release Ms. FishNets. Think of the co-branding they could do with LongHorn...
I've never heard of major problems related to a Mozilly security fix, but after consulting at dozens of clients, I've never found a major corporation that's widely deployed it.
I will certainly not be testing my web applications on multiple browsers/platforms, so this development will effectively kill Mac web support at my company of 2500 employees. Dealing with Mac IE's quirks was painful enough. Standardization is faster and cheaper - cheaper being most important lately.
Arguably I should test against W3C standard and browsers should be compliant, but standards frequently have ambiguity and perfect implementations (particularly for standards relating to complex UI generation) are few and far between.
Some of my coworkers' favorite movies & pictures are of their toddlers & babies. One in particular is quite happy showing his "favorite movies" on his iPaq.
Don't try to patent that joke... Microsoft has prior art. In MS-speak, ROPE = Remote Object Proxy Engine.