Who would've thought, 30 years later, that it would be OK for a computer to respond based on what it *thinks* you mean. Or that the design paradigm for UI interaction would be based on users getting commands *close enough* to syntactically correct.
What has actually happened is that the "conference organizers" reached a ratio of gay and/or feminist leadership that had enough voting authority to change the rules of the conference.
Anyone who has attended a trade conference knows that outside if the task/product/skill focused breakout sessions, nobody really wants to toddle around in the vendor area without the opportunity to collect a lot of free swag and/or see the attractive women handing it out.
Ever heard of OTC? They actually fly/bus in prostitutes for that conference.
The vaping community is certainly full of the kind of people that would jump off a cliff if it meant getting the next iPhone milliseconds before anyone else. And I say that as a member of the "community".
Since all the programmers doing the software for this IoT stuff believe that 'coding' is dragging ready-made blocks around in a Visio-like interface, someone just has to make a "security" block for them. They don't need/care to know what goes on inside the block, as long as it's called security. Because code reuse is cool, or something.
A bunch of the software in the world of ham radio is pretty bad--for whatever reason it seems like everybody is stuck on developing software for Windows 95/98 with Visual Basic or FoxPro, and they typically shoot for "it gets the job done" and not much else. There is some great (and free) software out there, but HRD isn't one of them.
The real advances in amateur radio software are coming from the devs and hams who embrace open source, or at least believe in sharing the knowledge.
One of the first questions we ask in an interview for a technical position is "what kind of phone do you use". If the answer is iAnything, you're not the right person for the job. Most often, it's the people who would be considered millennials that think Apple has the answer to all their technology needs. Don't get me wrong, I've got plenty of friends that are iPhone users--but none in IT careers.
A iPhone toting millennial's idea of "making things happen" is finding the right consultant to do the job. Anybody else is more likely to make things happen by actually obtaining the skills and doing the work. They're project managers and not IT professionals.
I've never had problems with AMD processors--it's always been the supporting hardware. Basically, every AMD supporting motherboard/chipset I've tried to use--be it MSI, or Asus, Gigabyte, or ABIT has just been a steaming pile. My last "attempt" to use AMD was building a media center box, and it more or less ended in failure since the board didn't play nice with the 5770 I was trying to use. RMA'd the card, same problem when it came back. RMA'd the board, same problem. Switched to Intel chipset board and CPU, no more problems. Every time I've tried to give AMD a chance--it's ended in similar results and I can only conclude that board MFGs just don't give AMD hardware the same level of QA as their Intel lines. They're ok with "good enough".
On the Enterprise side, AMD ignored virtualization--they've never done well in the server market (or even tried very hard). Intel saw the trend and backed VMware and won big. AMD stuck it's head in the sand and decided it was OK to eek out an existence making emachines and QVC specials it's primary target audience.
I think you covered a small part of the problem--It's always dependent on the person--if they have other "high" points, they have a better chance, but a systemic problem I've observed with the tech school "grads" is a proclivity to work consulting gigs where their work experience is 6-12 months per "job". And most seem to lack a real direction to their career. A Job To Pay The Bills is what most seem to be looking for...
In the past 10 years, I've received much more "quality" out of my Community College grads, but I guess like everything there's a bit of YMMV in that.
Our hiring practices generally exclude anyone not coming from a "real" accredited college. I'd rather hire somebody from a community college than anyone that went and sold their soul to ITT Tech or Devry--it shows a profound lack of common sense and planning ability.
It's right up there with hiring somebody that lists "Geek Squad" on their resume. Pass...
Customer Experience Improvement Program == Now includes built-in tray notifications to let you know how much better off you'd be *purchasing* an upgrade to Windows XP Professional.
What's up with people having a Tech IQ of 0 posting on slashdot. If you're trying to read a book to figure out how to fix a Windows machine instead of going straight to google, you're better off going to Frys or calling GeekSquad.
You do not learn how to fix computers by reading books.
Guess the programmers' idea of using the buffer overflows built into the system to try to get some extra performance just didn't work out...
And I'll 2nd the whole 'bursting into flames and killing you' sentiment.
Who uses prepaid phones anyway? Unless something's changed drastically, they rape you on airtime. Sure you get to go without a contract, but they get you coming and going. Without vasoline.
Surely people aren't going completely wireless using these prepaid phones? I use 1000-2000 minutes a month. How much would that be on a prepaid service? I've also been with my carrier for years now, and haven't had a contract since the first year--
Looks as if it had a built-in self-destruct. Ever since an hour or so when the news was posted, it's been crashing. I know that it used to hit some website to get the 'Google Sightseeing' links.
Now it just crashes...strange.
I for one see this eventually evolving into something along the lines of wetwire interfaces and the jacking-in seen in the Gibson books.
Ono-sendai here we come...
Sun and Microsoft never did disclose the details of that deal that went down. I'd be willing to bet that Sun is now just another exotic car parked in Bill's garage (or at least a nice new lease)
I was loyal to Redhat for almost 5 years (of buying CD's, retail boxes, etc) but I jumped ship back when the announcement first came out about RHL "going away".
I replaced RHL on all but one of my servers with FreeBSD and never looked back. The other one is the firewall, which runs OpenBSD.
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I bet there is somebody, somewhere, that is actually surprised about this. And they're probably using a Mac.
I wonder many C-level executives can name their IT employees past the CIO/CTO or VP...
Who would've thought, 30 years later, that it would be OK for a computer to respond based on what it *thinks* you mean. Or that the design paradigm for UI interaction would be based on users getting commands *close enough* to syntactically correct.
What a BBS was. How to use Fidonet; Xmodem; Zmodem. That everything Apple "created" after the II series was for people with special needs.
What has actually happened is that the "conference organizers" reached a ratio of gay and/or feminist leadership that had enough voting authority to change the rules of the conference. Anyone who has attended a trade conference knows that outside if the task/product/skill focused breakout sessions, nobody really wants to toddle around in the vendor area without the opportunity to collect a lot of free swag and/or see the attractive women handing it out. Ever heard of OTC? They actually fly/bus in prostitutes for that conference.
The vaping community is certainly full of the kind of people that would jump off a cliff if it meant getting the next iPhone milliseconds before anyone else. And I say that as a member of the "community".
Since all the programmers doing the software for this IoT stuff believe that 'coding' is dragging ready-made blocks around in a Visio-like interface, someone just has to make a "security" block for them. They don't need/care to know what goes on inside the block, as long as it's called security. Because code reuse is cool, or something.
A bunch of the software in the world of ham radio is pretty bad--for whatever reason it seems like everybody is stuck on developing software for Windows 95/98 with Visual Basic or FoxPro, and they typically shoot for "it gets the job done" and not much else. There is some great (and free) software out there, but HRD isn't one of them. The real advances in amateur radio software are coming from the devs and hams who embrace open source, or at least believe in sharing the knowledge.
One of the first questions we ask in an interview for a technical position is "what kind of phone do you use". If the answer is iAnything, you're not the right person for the job. Most often, it's the people who would be considered millennials that think Apple has the answer to all their technology needs. Don't get me wrong, I've got plenty of friends that are iPhone users--but none in IT careers. A iPhone toting millennial's idea of "making things happen" is finding the right consultant to do the job. Anybody else is more likely to make things happen by actually obtaining the skills and doing the work. They're project managers and not IT professionals.
I've never had problems with AMD processors--it's always been the supporting hardware. Basically, every AMD supporting motherboard/chipset I've tried to use--be it MSI, or Asus, Gigabyte, or ABIT has just been a steaming pile. My last "attempt" to use AMD was building a media center box, and it more or less ended in failure since the board didn't play nice with the 5770 I was trying to use. RMA'd the card, same problem when it came back. RMA'd the board, same problem. Switched to Intel chipset board and CPU, no more problems. Every time I've tried to give AMD a chance--it's ended in similar results and I can only conclude that board MFGs just don't give AMD hardware the same level of QA as their Intel lines. They're ok with "good enough". On the Enterprise side, AMD ignored virtualization--they've never done well in the server market (or even tried very hard). Intel saw the trend and backed VMware and won big. AMD stuck it's head in the sand and decided it was OK to eek out an existence making emachines and QVC specials it's primary target audience.
I think you covered a small part of the problem--It's always dependent on the person--if they have other "high" points, they have a better chance, but a systemic problem I've observed with the tech school "grads" is a proclivity to work consulting gigs where their work experience is 6-12 months per "job". And most seem to lack a real direction to their career. A Job To Pay The Bills is what most seem to be looking for... In the past 10 years, I've received much more "quality" out of my Community College grads, but I guess like everything there's a bit of YMMV in that.
Our hiring practices generally exclude anyone not coming from a "real" accredited college. I'd rather hire somebody from a community college than anyone that went and sold their soul to ITT Tech or Devry--it shows a profound lack of common sense and planning ability. It's right up there with hiring somebody that lists "Geek Squad" on their resume. Pass...
Customer Experience Improvement Program == Now includes built-in tray notifications to let you know how much better off you'd be *purchasing* an upgrade to Windows XP Professional.
I don't know. I always just assumed my wife wanted a keyboard with more "tactile" feedback, you know, where the keys crunch when you press them.
And I bet he built it himself...
What's up with people having a Tech IQ of 0 posting on slashdot. If you're trying to read a book to figure out how to fix a Windows machine instead of going straight to google, you're better off going to Frys or calling GeekSquad.
You do not learn how to fix computers by reading books.
Guess the programmers' idea of using the buffer overflows built into the system to try to get some extra performance just didn't work out... And I'll 2nd the whole 'bursting into flames and killing you' sentiment.
Who uses prepaid phones anyway? Unless something's changed drastically, they rape you on airtime. Sure you get to go without a contract, but they get you coming and going. Without vasoline. Surely people aren't going completely wireless using these prepaid phones? I use 1000-2000 minutes a month. How much would that be on a prepaid service? I've also been with my carrier for years now, and haven't had a contract since the first year--
Looks as if it had a built-in self-destruct. Ever since an hour or so when the news was posted, it's been crashing. I know that it used to hit some website to get the 'Google Sightseeing' links. Now it just crashes...strange.
I for one see this eventually evolving into something along the lines of wetwire interfaces and the jacking-in seen in the Gibson books. Ono-sendai here we come...
Sun and Microsoft never did disclose the details of that deal that went down. I'd be willing to bet that Sun is now just another exotic car parked in Bill's garage (or at least a nice new lease)
I was loyal to Redhat for almost 5 years (of buying CD's, retail boxes, etc) but I jumped ship back when the announcement first came out about RHL "going away".
I replaced RHL on all but one of my servers with FreeBSD and never looked back. The other one is the firewall, which runs OpenBSD.
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you have to use (at least on FreeBSD) imwheel.