Disaster Recovery Plan. Make sure you formulate one, and have it in place as corporate policy for next time.
I worked for a 1000 seat facility with an AS-400 system. There were two of them (second one was for backup), and not only that, we had an off-site service that had a third one in-house just in case the worst happened. Backup tapes were delivered to the off-site location every night. There was a guy who worked in the department whose sole job was to ensure that we had a continually-improved disaster recovery plan - he even ran worst-case scenario simulations. Everyon was aware of what they were supposed to do in the event of our server room blowing to kingdom come or whatever.
IBM and Sungard both have great disaster recovery programs - we used them both in case one of THEM had a disaster to recover from, in the midst of our disaster.
It's Micro$oft's way of forcing the games developer community into DirectX. Also, it's a way of indirectly controlling hardware companies like ATI and nVidia and what graphics platforms they develop for.
Micro$oft probably figures that if they can make us more dependent on their technology, they'll increase profits because it'll force gamers to buy their latest version of Window$ in order to play the latest games, which forces them to also buy into Micro$oft's OTHER technologies they're trying to push.
Star Trek II Wrath of Khan had it right - there was a retina scan AND a voiceprint identification.
Hell, if my hand is off, or my eye is out, I'm not exactly going to be speaking in my normal, everyday "ho hum, another day of work" voice.
As a graphic designer, I've seen this a lot in my field too: web designer with the following skills - Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash. Ability to hand-code in PHP, ASP, CGI, MySQL and Java also required...
What is boils down to is the fact that companies have two entirely seperate positions that they want to use one person to fill, so HR can say they SAVED THE COMPANY MONEY. The problem is, they'll most likely get someone who excels in one discipline and is weak in another, or worse, someone who is mediocre at both.
They're WAITING for Longhorn to arrive. With all the fanfare Microsoft's been drumming up about it, not to mention their huge marketing budget for the product, Longhorn is going to be hard to ignore.
...But then again, I know of some businesses who still use Windows NT 4...
*hic*...But Officer, sorry I was driving like a drunk, I just upgraded to the latest version of Windows Vehicles Edition 2005! My car's supposed to run faster!
Somewhere, an old white man with an unimaginitive suit and tie and a leathery face, smokes a cigarrette and smugly tells the RIAA "It's been taken care of."
So based on what you're saying, I should NEVER buy a computer?;)
I've always looked for the "sweet spot" in the market - the system that's built out of parts that will retain their value for quite some time, and won't break the bank. While I'm a PC guy who builds my own boxes, but I'm sure that the same "sweet spot" exists for Macs, too.
An aside note - I'm surprised that Apple didn't use a better graphics card - Radeon 9xxx is a two-year old standard that started showing its age a while ago.
He just won an Emmy for his role ABC's the Practice, to give you one example... Then there's TJ Hooker from the 80's, his numerous movie roles as both Kirk and other characters...
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Disaster Recovery Plan. Make sure you formulate one, and have it in place as corporate policy for next time. I worked for a 1000 seat facility with an AS-400 system. There were two of them (second one was for backup), and not only that, we had an off-site service that had a third one in-house just in case the worst happened. Backup tapes were delivered to the off-site location every night. There was a guy who worked in the department whose sole job was to ensure that we had a continually-improved disaster recovery plan - he even ran worst-case scenario simulations. Everyon was aware of what they were supposed to do in the event of our server room blowing to kingdom come or whatever. IBM and Sungard both have great disaster recovery programs - we used them both in case one of THEM had a disaster to recover from, in the midst of our disaster.
Hackers and the user community are always one step ahead of the RIAA and MPAA.
It's Micro$oft's way of forcing the games developer community into DirectX. Also, it's a way of indirectly controlling hardware companies like ATI and nVidia and what graphics platforms they develop for.
Micro$oft probably figures that if they can make us more dependent on their technology, they'll increase profits because it'll force gamers to buy their latest version of Window$ in order to play the latest games, which forces them to also buy into Micro$oft's OTHER technologies they're trying to push.
It renders 3d models and artwork to SVG in versions 4 and newer.
Dude I really hope you're being sarcastic with the above comment - Intel hasn't made a decent graphics chipset yet.
UNFROZEN CAVEMAN LAWYER!!!
"...Don't be so sentimental, things explode every day."
Star Trek II Wrath of Khan had it right - there was a retina scan AND a voiceprint identification. Hell, if my hand is off, or my eye is out, I'm not exactly going to be speaking in my normal, everyday "ho hum, another day of work" voice.
As a graphic designer, I've seen this a lot in my field too: web designer with the following skills - Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash. Ability to hand-code in PHP, ASP, CGI, MySQL and Java also required...
What is boils down to is the fact that companies have two entirely seperate positions that they want to use one person to fill, so HR can say they SAVED THE COMPANY MONEY. The problem is, they'll most likely get someone who excels in one discipline and is weak in another, or worse, someone who is mediocre at both.
Great way for Micro$oft to give the Linux/Unix community the finger. Then again, I'm not surprised.
Ya but the problem with that is that if you dump water on the prints, POOF, they're done.
They're WAITING for Longhorn to arrive. With all the fanfare Microsoft's been drumming up about it, not to mention their huge marketing budget for the product, Longhorn is going to be hard to ignore.
...But then again, I know of some businesses who still use Windows NT 4...
*hic* ...But Officer, sorry I was driving like a drunk, I just upgraded to the latest version of Windows Vehicles Edition 2005! My car's supposed to run faster!
Too late.
"Please have your pets, er, I mean robots spayed or neutered".
Some clever Linux programmers will have ported their favorite distro over to the Cell processor within a few minutes of its release.
Somewhere, an old white man with an unimaginitive suit and tie and a leathery face, smokes a cigarrette and smugly tells the RIAA "It's been taken care of."
So based on what you're saying, I should NEVER buy a computer? ;)
I've always looked for the "sweet spot" in the market - the system that's built out of parts that will retain their value for quite some time, and won't break the bank. While I'm a PC guy who builds my own boxes, but I'm sure that the same "sweet spot" exists for Macs, too.
An aside note - I'm surprised that Apple didn't use a better graphics card - Radeon 9xxx is a two-year old standard that started showing its age a while ago.
Nice April Fools Joke, gents!
Welcome our new amateur computer repairman overlords.
He just won an Emmy for his role ABC's the Practice, to give you one example... Then there's TJ Hooker from the 80's, his numerous movie roles as both Kirk and other characters...
This statement coming from the guy whose main bread and butter came from the PC industry, and will be firmly cemented there for quite some time.
If this ever developed into something serious, the lighting divisions of GE and Sylvania would be up a creek.
Move along. -Microsoft. How convenient.
Please move along. -Google