Voting out the politicians wont do a darn bit of good. (it'll help people's feelings though). You need to remove the back office staff - who keep the current quo going. "Sorry, Congressman that's not done here in DC". Also some constituents won't vote out of their safe zone.
I think that it's a fantastic accomplishment.
Making it and buying it are two very different things. Yes they've modified it and that takes expertise but if I buy a diesel submarine and modify it does that mean I can produce another one with out buying the platform ?
Oh, Grow up and get a real job. Obviously that daycare you're in isn't doing you any good. You're definitely smarter than the rest of the crew and even your boss.
If you have a problem with the team and your boss doesn't - YOU have the problem. Talk to the boss and stop wining on the internet.:P
emissions tests - what a joke. in Connecticut they used to have a system that was somewhat sane and measured actual tailpipe emissions. Guess what, the companies administering were a little corrupt. Now they "asked" the car's computer if it passes and if the check engine light is on - automatic failure. Not if your car falls outside of the range but a little light is on. (I've had the same failure under the old system - the emissions were still within range). On VWs there are 2 O2 sensors. THe 1st one is around $210, the second $177.
The insurance stale data loop hole is described further up thread.
There was a little township in Indiana that used the speeding loophole to fund the town.
Why it's bad?
Because it's always expanded for more revenue. Nothing ever goes down.
I've been fucking adults for a long time, actually, since I was an adult.:p
Guys, you are missing the point. Microsoft, a corporation, has repeatedly shown that they have their own interests in mind (i.e. 1st goal of the corp is to make a profit). Their altruistic side is severely lacking in most aspects.
I may "play nice" but I'll never trust them again.
#6 - hrm, 25 years ? Do you really know what those documents are supposed to do ?
Ass paper. It's just ass paper to cover your ass when the client says thats not what they wanted.
Actually, if you can get away with a small diagram / requirements spec to cover the high level stuff - you're doing good. It's just for planning what's going to happen.
Remember, it's WHY not HOW.
You still don't get it. Granted it sounds like you're a type A personality and running your own business, but when do you un-plug ? A lot of the old-timers been through the same crap year after year. It doesn't improve anything but it does encroach on "other" time. A lot of companies pay lip service to work-life balance and that's wrong. You're a consultant billing no matter what you're doing - that's your choice. Don't force your choice on others.
How the hell do you measure the success of teachers? They hold all the cards and there's no obvious objective measure that I can see....
I believe this was covered in "Freakonomics". The cheating teacher was caught because the "bump" of better results that year for the students. In this case the teacher was changing the answers of the toughest questions without bumping some of the earlier questions that tested the skills that supported the later questions.
who gives a crap what the name on the account is? There could be, and often is, VITALLY important stuff in there.
Well it isn't the best naming convention. Come on - anyone should be able to come up with a better user name for admin accounts for systems than the guy programming it.
I've seen account for people who have been gone for 3 years already - free the disk, clean up the user accounts - delete em.
think of all the places where that username exists, email, ldaps and all sorts of databases.
Follow the money. The ones with (power|control|money) want to stay on top and it's only the ones with better agility that corner the market and then become the top dog. So you're looking for a technical solution for the wrong problem.
What's the problem ? IMHO, it's the "last mile". Legislated limited monopoly controlling access with an interest in keeping that position. so there's a high barrier to access put in place.
Some of the other problems is what may work in a high density area will probably not work in a low density area. A wireless mesh may work in cities and towns but completely fails in rural. Another issue - making data retrieval a crime. "you're" responsible for someone else's actions and that kills any open public access. Some one has to pay to connect to the backbone.
If I had a solution that would work in all cases - I'd be rich:p
Here's a lynchpin that needs to be remove - the last mile monopoly and its bundling with "providers". Here in the Northeast (US) the power line is a separate charge on your power bill than the generation. Break that up. Internet access "line" charge $0.02 per month. ISP charge $x. Anyone should be able to send data over the lines without the big guys restricting access - for the same cost. NO AT&T ISP should be able to send data cheaper than another ISP.
It may be time for $TOWNs to own the lines, bid repair out to another party and anyone to sign up to an ISP.
hundreds of thousands of aid packages and just dropping them over every damn starving village A couple of scenarios -
1. The local thugs come in later and take it by gun point.
or 2. The local medicine man condemns it as poison.
Education is the key.
The other objective is to have them self-sufficient, which means cutting off "free" food which has been shown to collapse the local market for food and put the farmers out of business - deepening the poverty level.
yea right.
it's a luxury car....
Ok, Mr Ducks, your bimmer is ok just a minor surface repair. Please pay Jennifer on your way out and here's the bill.
fabric covering. $100
labour $5000
hazardous disposal fee $125
department fee $75
ordering & shipping fee $200
state & federal comp fee $50
total $5550
tax ???
3. profit:p
Do people have so much disposable time and so little else they could do with many extra hours a month that they still go shopping in an actual store?
$50 minimum & $5-$10 delivery charge. I drive right by - it's just as easy to stop in and get FRESH ingredients every day. Sometimes the broccoli is rubbery so I skip that - does your shopper do that ????
Hey, 7-Up Yours...
Ever been at an airport at 3am waiting for a connection ? With that damn "news" channel blaring every 10 feet, anything would be welcome to stop that drivel.
And of course those real costs are mostly made up. It is the inflated values of machines used for testing.
The companies who made that machine need to recover R&D costs over a small number of units.
Those machines are not in everyone's house, ya know.
If the damn ambulance chasers stop with the frivolous lawsuits and concentrated on the actual screwups - the costs should go down. The Dr's unions need to start kicking out the "bad" ones.
MRI machines are mega bucks. Most hospitals I know run those babies 24/7/52 to get the volumn of patients through it to actually pay for it.
I don't have the statistic in front of me but US doctors typically run a lot more tests to diagnose than non-US doctors.
Maybe they're trying to avoid the ambulance chasers that sue because the patient didn't get a full head to toe MRI for that broken leg.
Also the attitude of - it's available - run the test.
The patients attitude of it's got to be some sort of DISEASE, gimme pillllllssss.
Supplies that are horribly overpriced, medications that are priced 9000 percent higher than normal.
Hospitals are on the recieving end of ponzi scheme called insurance...
A couple of the reasons why everything is marked up are:
1. Hospitals legally have to treat everyone who comes into the ER. Whether they can pay or
not.
2. Insurance co.s need to make a profit - delaying payout and paying a percentage figure into that scheme.
3. Buildings, power and people - 24/7/52. No exceptions. That's not free.
Hospital administrator salaries are on par with any large corporation's CEO salary.
So YOU who CAN pay, pays for everyone else who CAN'T or won't.
Look at the reasons they're so expensive - plants are under enormous pressure to be "safe" and secure. When operators have to fund the teardown expenses the money has to come from somewhere and that is usually up front financing.
Nukes are very good baseline power source. Once running you get mega watts (MW not your puny KW) out of it 24/7/52, rain, snow or lack of wind.
Businesses are in business to make money. Double Period. Stop.
If the power companies didn't get those subsidies - they wouldn't build the nukes because of all the publicity problems and short term profit issues.
Then where would you be ? Petitioning your legistature to give money to X because you're on a power rationing scheme ?
Look at the testing that the waste containers get. The manufacturer broadsides the containers with a locomotive and the container doesn't rupture. Not your dad's Ford is it ?
By the way, terrorists are eating your oatmeal. Yarrr!
"Well, it's not. It's maxed out as far as its *average* power output, because of limits on available water supply to the reservoirs. But we can get a lot more out of it if we use it to fill in the gaps left by solar and wind. Shut off the hydro plants during the day when the solar plants are running, run them twice as hard at night, and you're good to go. Need more nighttime power? Use solar electricity to run a pump to pump water *up* the dam into the reservoir in the daytime, then run the plants even harder at night. The gap-filling potential is almost unlimited."
Ummm, NO.
Some of youse need to talk to the power people....
Green Mountain in Vermont or New Hampshire does the pumping and dumping. It works sort of. They use the cheap electricity at night from the base load stations to pump water up a mountain and release that water during peak times. You're making money off of the difference between prices at night and peak.
As far as I know - you can't run water twice as hard. Either pressure or pipe diameter must increase. There's some physics involved..... and they don't pressurize reservoirs. The path through the turbines is fixed and once at capacity - you can't make more water run through without increasing something.
And the people in Georgia will have a problem using their drinking water to sell electricity....
So at best unless you're on a major river with ample water supplies and stopping commerce - hydro is a weak baseline solution.
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Not in CT - anymore. Supervised (ie adult) driving and no groups till 18.
Teen Driving Rules
What do you call someone who graduated last in med school?
Doctor.
Voting out the politicians wont do a darn bit of good. (it'll help people's feelings though). You need to remove the back office staff - who keep the current quo going. "Sorry, Congressman that's not done here in DC". Also some constituents won't vote out of their safe zone.
I think that it's a fantastic accomplishment. Making it and buying it are two very different things. Yes they've modified it and that takes expertise but if I buy a diesel submarine and modify it does that mean I can produce another one with out buying the platform ?
Oh, Grow up and get a real job. Obviously that daycare you're in isn't doing you any good. You're definitely smarter than the rest of the crew and even your boss. If you have a problem with the team and your boss doesn't - YOU have the problem. Talk to the boss and stop wining on the internet. :P
here's .02 dollars to get a clue.
emissions tests - what a joke. in Connecticut they used to have a system that was somewhat sane and measured actual tailpipe emissions. Guess what, the companies administering were a little corrupt. Now they "asked" the car's computer if it passes and if the check engine light is on - automatic failure. Not if your car falls outside of the range but a little light is on. (I've had the same failure under the old system - the emissions were still within range). On VWs there are 2 O2 sensors. THe 1st one is around $210, the second $177.
The insurance stale data loop hole is described further up thread.
There was a little township in Indiana that used the speeding loophole to fund the town.
Why it's bad?
Because it's always expanded for more revenue. Nothing ever goes down.
EAT MY SHORTS.
Guys, you are missing the point. Microsoft, a corporation, has repeatedly shown that they have their own interests in mind (i.e. 1st goal of the corp is to make a profit). Their altruistic side is severely lacking in most aspects.
I may "play nice" but I'll never trust them again.
#6 - hrm, 25 years ? Do you really know what those documents are supposed to do ? Ass paper. It's just ass paper to cover your ass when the client says thats not what they wanted. Actually, if you can get away with a small diagram / requirements spec to cover the high level stuff - you're doing good. It's just for planning what's going to happen. Remember, it's WHY not HOW.
You still don't get it.
Granted it sounds like you're a type A personality and running your own business, but when do you un-plug ? A lot of the old-timers been through the same crap year after year. It doesn't improve anything but it does encroach on "other" time.
A lot of companies pay lip service to work-life balance and that's wrong.
You're a consultant billing no matter what you're doing - that's your choice. Don't force your choice on others.
I believe this was covered in "Freakonomics". The cheating teacher was caught because the "bump" of better results that year for the students. In this case the teacher was changing the answers of the toughest questions without bumping some of the earlier questions that tested the skills that supported the later questions.
Obviously you skipped on your history classes where they taught "those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it".
Different theories in politics do help to understand where the world is today.
your grade is an F.
HTH
Well it isn't the best naming convention. Come on - anyone should be able to come up with a better user name for admin accounts for systems than the guy programming it.
I've seen account for people who have been gone for 3 years already - free the disk, clean up the user accounts - delete em.
think of all the places where that username exists, email, ldaps and all sorts of databases.
Follow the money. The ones with (power|control|money) want to stay on top and it's only the ones with better agility that corner the market and then become the top dog. So you're looking for a technical solution for the wrong problem.
:p
What's the problem ?
IMHO, it's the "last mile". Legislated limited monopoly controlling access with an interest in keeping that position. so there's a high barrier to access put in place.
Some of the other problems is what may work in a high density area will probably not work in a low density area. A wireless mesh may work in cities and towns but completely fails in rural. Another issue - making data retrieval a crime. "you're" responsible for someone else's actions and that kills any open public access. Some one has to pay to connect to the backbone.
If I had a solution that would work in all cases - I'd be rich
Here's a lynchpin that needs to be remove - the last mile monopoly and its bundling with "providers". Here in the Northeast (US) the power line is a separate charge on your power bill than the generation. Break that up. Internet access "line" charge $0.02 per month. ISP charge $x. Anyone should be able to send data over the lines without the big guys restricting access - for the same cost. NO AT&T ISP should be able to send data cheaper than another ISP.
It may be time for $TOWNs to own the lines, bid repair out to another party and anyone to sign up to an ISP.
BUT it won't work. See any telcom endevor.
The Duck
yea right. it's a luxury car.... Ok, Mr Ducks, your bimmer is ok just a minor surface repair. Please pay Jennifer on your way out and here's the bill. fabric covering. $100 labour $5000 hazardous disposal fee $125 department fee $75 ordering & shipping fee $200 state & federal comp fee $50 total $5550 tax ??? 3. profit :p
Hey, 7-Up Yours... Ever been at an airport at 3am waiting for a connection ? With that damn "news" channel blaring every 10 feet, anything would be welcome to stop that drivel.
The companies who made that machine need to recover R&D costs over a small number of units.
Those machines are not in everyone's house, ya know.
If the damn ambulance chasers stop with the frivolous lawsuits and concentrated on the actual screwups - the costs should go down. The Dr's unions need to start kicking out the "bad" ones.
MRI machines are mega bucks. Most hospitals I know run those babies 24/7/52 to get the volumn of patients through it to actually pay for it.
I don't have the statistic in front of me but US doctors typically run a lot more tests to diagnose than non-US doctors.
Maybe they're trying to avoid the ambulance chasers that sue because the patient didn't get a full head to toe MRI for that broken leg.
Also the attitude of - it's available - run the test.
The patients attitude of it's got to be some sort of DISEASE, gimme pillllllssss.
Hospitals are on the recieving end of ponzi scheme called insurance...
A couple of the reasons why everything is marked up are:
1. Hospitals legally have to treat everyone who comes into the ER. Whether they can pay or not.
2. Insurance co.s need to make a profit - delaying payout and paying a percentage figure into that scheme.
3. Buildings, power and people - 24/7/52. No exceptions. That's not free.
Hospital administrator salaries are on par with any large corporation's CEO salary.
So YOU who CAN pay, pays for everyone else who CAN'T or won't.
Look at the reasons they're so expensive - plants are under enormous pressure to be "safe" and secure. When operators have to fund the teardown expenses the money has to come from somewhere and that is usually up front financing.
Nukes are very good baseline power source. Once running you get mega watts (MW not your puny KW) out of it 24/7/52, rain, snow or lack of wind.
Businesses are in business to make money. Double Period. Stop.
If the power companies didn't get those subsidies - they wouldn't build the nukes because of all the publicity problems and short term profit issues.
Then where would you be ? Petitioning your legistature to give money to X because you're on a power rationing scheme ?
Look at the testing that the waste containers get. The manufacturer broadsides the containers with a locomotive and the container doesn't rupture. Not your dad's Ford is it ?
By the way, terrorists are eating your oatmeal. Yarrr!
Ummm, NO.
Some of youse need to talk to the power people....
Green Mountain in Vermont or New Hampshire does the pumping and dumping. It works sort of. They use the cheap electricity at night from the base load stations to pump water up a mountain and release that water during peak times. You're making money off of the difference between prices at night and peak.
As far as I know - you can't run water twice as hard. Either pressure or pipe diameter must increase. There's some physics involved..... and they don't pressurize reservoirs. The path through the turbines is fixed and once at capacity - you can't make more water run through without increasing something.
And the people in Georgia will have a problem using their drinking water to sell electricity....
So at best unless you're on a major river with ample water supplies and stopping commerce - hydro is a weak baseline solution.