How it works is that ultraviolet light below a specific wavelength causes electrons to excite and this gives the effects of oxidation. This oxidation disinfects better than commercial bleach.
I'm not sure if I want to have that. I think "germs" and my cells aren't all that different in their ability to resist being killed. In fact, I think some germs can outlast my cells so intuitively, I don't think this idea is very safe. Maybe the right solution isn't to kill every thing but learn to live with bacterias, etc. Plus, it's not so much the micro-organisms that worry me but just rather bits of dust and hair that start to collect in some areas that bothers me and this idea doesn't really provide a solution to that.
On the other hand, I've always wanted a titanium (not titanium oxide) clad bathroom that I can just torch or something to clean it the same way my oven does. When I first read the title, I thought someone figured out a smart and economical way of doing this.
I'm in a very similar position right now. My company is great and just about everything is excellent except for the work. I got my degree in CS as well because I love to program. To me programming is kind of like playing with clay or legos. It's extremely liberating to have an open-ended question and being able to imagine and then implement the idea. My job right now is mostly IT-related. I have some programming projects but they're low priority compared to my IT tasks. So to get my fix, I would stay late and pull 10-11 hours days sometimes. It's starting to hurt other areas of my life. More and more of what I do now revolves around computing and my job. As much as I love programming and computing, I like to have balance. So right now, I'm re-examining what I'm doing and deciding what's really important to me. It seems that money is not of the utmost importance. It's being able to make the most of my time that really matters to me. Doing something interesting and important is very satisfying. Whatever the outcome, though, I'm sure the answer I arrive at eventually will be a road map for the next few years of my life.
Because the summary mentioned the word "sex". Even though it means the same as gender given the context; but, there it is, "sex" and suddenly it's definitely "news for nerds".
I'm 99% in agreement with you actually. I'm not saying making 6 digits is the end goal we all should shoot for. I too have learned that after a certain point, increasing amounts of money brings less and less happiness. What I was trying to get at is that Stephens seems to think that being able to meet a star would somehow make the lives of ALL the geeks complete, despite the relatively low salary and the low chances of that happening. He even say it himself. They're at the bottom of the food chain, and yet somehow being able to see a celeb would make it all worthwhile!? All geeks? No. Not even close.
The 1% where I disagree with you is that I do think it's kind of sad that playing video games with Bono is the coolest thing in the world for someone, but that's just my opinion and one that I don't put too much weight on. In retrospect you're probably right. Why should I feel sad for someone who's himself happy?
Geek Squad, which was sold to Best Buy in 2002, now has nearly 12,000 employees. Technicians like Mr. Kapellen are paid about $32,000 a year, the industry average for computer technicians, according to the Association of Support Professionals.
"Let's face it, computer repairmen are at the bottom of the food chain," Mr. Stephens says, but these glamorous job opportunities "give hope to every geek out there."
Right... Any geek with an ounce of brain would realize that the slim chance of "glamor" does not justify the low pay. Let's pretend that 100 celebs go to the Geek Squad. The chances of being one of those servicing a celeb is still less than 1%. And how much is the chance of playing the XBox with Bono worth? No thanks. I'll take a 6 figure salary and no chance of working for a celeb. It's kind of sad when the coolest thing to happen to Kapellen is playing XBox with Bono. Are geeks that desperate for recognition and popularity?!? Sorry Mr. Stephens "these glamorous job opportunities" does not give this geek any hope. Working for a cool tech company or doing cool research might.
I've seen on the same channel a show on Imhotep (they did it to feed off of the publicity of the Mummy movies). They mentioned on the showed that he discovered the use of honey as an antiseptic. So if that's true then the Egyptians had antiseptics, what is the likelihood of Tut dying from an infection like that? Maybe the ancient medicine wasn't powerful enough for a wound like that. If the researchers can see that the gold fragment were decorations of birds, then it must have been noticable. Why did the Egyptian doctors not remove it?
This is not a troll comment but can it run on a cluster? Will it detect that it's running on a Linux cluster and refuse to run? Here's what I'm thinking, a bunch of older computers clustered using one of those Live CDs that make them part a cluster just by popping the CDs in. I believe the software, can't remember the name, also does single system image or something like that where the cluster appears as a single system to the applications. Then run VMWare on top and run any OS you want! In my scenario, I'll be running Windows because our software is written for Windows but takes forever to run. I've considered building a cluster but couldn't think of an easy way to make it run on Linux. I was going to try Xen but VMWare is super easy to use, if my experience using it on Windows carries over to Linux.
And finally come to the obvious conclusion that upper level management needs to be motivated more with a bigger paycheck. Once sufficiently motivated, all problems will be solved.
It's been available for some time now legally. I believe you have to be a member of MSDN. I'm using it right now on my work PC. It's like IE 6 with tabs and with some rough edges. The build I'm using doesn't add "http://" for you, which is a bit annoying but might not be a bad security precaution. Tabs pretty much work like FF.
The link between the subpena[sp?] and the drop in Google's price is pretty weak. A better answer might be the decline in LiveDoor over in Japan because of securities fraud. Major financial organizations don't buy just a few stocks. They tend to buy quite a few and some do so with heavy leveraging. The collapse of LiveDoor probably jeapardize the liquidity of some of those organizations. To stay afloat they sold off a bunch of other stocks, including Google with its previous $400 valuation. If anyone's interested, read "When Genius Failed" to see a similar scenario like this that happened when Russia defaulted.
Combine that with the Nikkei's drop and higher oil prices, you can see why. Let's not forget people's knee jerk reaction. Also, some people got it on Google not because they believe in its financials or ideas but because they see the price go up and think that more people will pile on -- other people like themselves. They planned on selling as soon as the price start on a major move down. So perhaps the LiveDoor collapse triggered the move. Seeing this, they all tried to sell and thus magnified the change. This kind of thing is very common. Read "The Devil Takes the Hindmost" for some good examples. The phrase means that stock speculators all know that an overpriced stock will come down eventually but they all plan on selling out and handing it off to the next idiot and hopefully the last idiot is the devil. I'm not saying Google is pure speculation but I'm sure some of its buyers were speculators who only looked at the price and nothing else.
In any case, there are much better explanations or theories for the drop than just a little subpena. Anaylsts are not all geniuses, especially the ones that speak to the news media. I mean, if I was a genius and knew what's going on, why would I let other people know? You make money trading because you know or think you know more than the other party.
Wow, Google Talk's value would go up immensely if one of the biggest IM networks supported this and Google Talk users could talk to them. A big IM network like... AOL...
We've had great service with Dell until our accout rep got promoted and we got a rookie. We used to get our orders in 2-3 days. Now it could take up to 2 weeks. The world's best supply chain is no good if your rep doesn't process your order in time or is unwilling to go the extra mile to rush an important order through the system. It's important to have a good rep and build a relationship with him or her. The rep needs to understand your business needs. Does your business do frequent but small orders or one large batch? That's an important question. If it's the first case, the rep might need to stock up on the stuff you order most. A smart rep will do just that. We bitch about our CDW rep for a while because compared to our first Dell rep, he wasn't as good. But now it's the new Dell rep we complain about. The CDW rep has learned to work with us and vice versa.
As someone else have said, it's not a bad idea to just stock up, depending how your business works. We usually keep a small supply of components around just in case. Even with "next day" service, it could still take a few days if someone screws up and don't have the parts. You can yell at them all you want after but that won't help the situation at hand.
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Sure told them!
I'm not sure if I want to have that. I think "germs" and my cells aren't all that different in their ability to resist being killed. In fact, I think some germs can outlast my cells so intuitively, I don't think this idea is very safe. Maybe the right solution isn't to kill every thing but learn to live with bacterias, etc. Plus, it's not so much the micro-organisms that worry me but just rather bits of dust and hair that start to collect in some areas that bothers me and this idea doesn't really provide a solution to that.
On the other hand, I've always wanted a titanium (not titanium oxide) clad bathroom that I can just torch or something to clean it the same way my oven does. When I first read the title, I thought someone figured out a smart and economical way of doing this.
Best of luck to both of us.
Because the summary mentioned the word "sex". Even though it means the same as gender given the context; but, there it is, "sex" and suddenly it's definitely "news for nerds".
The 1% where I disagree with you is that I do think it's kind of sad that playing video games with Bono is the coolest thing in the world for someone, but that's just my opinion and one that I don't put too much weight on. In retrospect you're probably right. Why should I feel sad for someone who's himself happy?
I will laugh so hard when one of these celebs have to call the Geek Squad because he/she gets locked out by the DRM on his/her own songs, movies, etc.
"Let's face it, computer repairmen are at the bottom of the food chain," Mr. Stephens says, but these glamorous job opportunities "give hope to every geek out there."
Right... Any geek with an ounce of brain would realize that the slim chance of "glamor" does not justify the low pay. Let's pretend that 100 celebs go to the Geek Squad. The chances of being one of those servicing a celeb is still less than 1%. And how much is the chance of playing the XBox with Bono worth? No thanks. I'll take a 6 figure salary and no chance of working for a celeb. It's kind of sad when the coolest thing to happen to Kapellen is playing XBox with Bono. Are geeks that desperate for recognition and popularity?!? Sorry Mr. Stephens "these glamorous job opportunities" does not give this geek any hope. Working for a cool tech company or doing cool research might.
I've seen on the same channel a show on Imhotep (they did it to feed off of the publicity of the Mummy movies). They mentioned on the showed that he discovered the use of honey as an antiseptic. So if that's true then the Egyptians had antiseptics, what is the likelihood of Tut dying from an infection like that? Maybe the ancient medicine wasn't powerful enough for a wound like that. If the researchers can see that the gold fragment were decorations of birds, then it must have been noticable. Why did the Egyptian doctors not remove it?
Yeah but just wait til the Tantra worm hits... wait for it... wait for it....
So for what I want to do, is Xen still the best way to go? I'm really uninformed about all this and want to experiment in the future. Thanks.
Very exciting indeed.
And finally come to the obvious conclusion that upper level management needs to be motivated more with a bigger paycheck. Once sufficiently motivated, all problems will be solved.
Has Slashdot found Darl's good twin???
Why do you have to destroy my dreams?
You mean an impending doom is coming? Maybe Slashdotters will finally get laid.
Still the same. IE7 feels a lot like IE6 with tabs... but then again tabs is also why I use FF.
Weird. Exact same build. I just tried it again and it still doesn't work. Try like "google.com" and then hit enter.
It's been available for some time now legally. I believe you have to be a member of MSDN. I'm using it right now on my work PC. It's like IE 6 with tabs and with some rough edges. The build I'm using doesn't add "http://" for you, which is a bit annoying but might not be a bad security precaution. Tabs pretty much work like FF.
Half of the article was about the DoJ investigation and Kessler's sell rating. Did you click on "Continued..."?
The link between the subpena[sp?] and the drop in Google's price is pretty weak. A better answer might be the decline in LiveDoor over in Japan because of securities fraud. Major financial organizations don't buy just a few stocks. They tend to buy quite a few and some do so with heavy leveraging. The collapse of LiveDoor probably jeapardize the liquidity of some of those organizations. To stay afloat they sold off a bunch of other stocks, including Google with its previous $400 valuation. If anyone's interested, read "When Genius Failed" to see a similar scenario like this that happened when Russia defaulted.
Combine that with the Nikkei's drop and higher oil prices, you can see why. Let's not forget people's knee jerk reaction. Also, some people got it on Google not because they believe in its financials or ideas but because they see the price go up and think that more people will pile on -- other people like themselves. They planned on selling as soon as the price start on a major move down. So perhaps the LiveDoor collapse triggered the move. Seeing this, they all tried to sell and thus magnified the change. This kind of thing is very common. Read "The Devil Takes the Hindmost" for some good examples. The phrase means that stock speculators all know that an overpriced stock will come down eventually but they all plan on selling out and handing it off to the next idiot and hopefully the last idiot is the devil. I'm not saying Google is pure speculation but I'm sure some of its buyers were speculators who only looked at the price and nothing else.
In any case, there are much better explanations or theories for the drop than just a little subpena. Anaylsts are not all geniuses, especially the ones that speak to the news media. I mean, if I was a genius and knew what's going on, why would I let other people know? You make money trading because you know or think you know more than the other party.
Wow, Google Talk's value would go up immensely if one of the biggest IM networks supported this and Google Talk users could talk to them. A big IM network like... AOL...
As someone else have said, it's not a bad idea to just stock up, depending how your business works. We usually keep a small supply of components around just in case. Even with "next day" service, it could still take a few days if someone screws up and don't have the parts. You can yell at them all you want after but that won't help the situation at hand.
Through Dell Premier you can get this new 30" for $1500-1600. They seriously overcharge their retail customers.
Let me know when they can get WinXP to install and run on one of these. That's truly legacy hardware.
Does this "bridge" contract involve the sale of a bridge somewhere in New York City to someone?