you are correct. when he was with VITA (Virginia Information Technology Agency) the rank and file considered him to be an egotistical idiot who took credit for the work of others. to quote an earlier/. post:
Virginia's IT outsourcing/consolidation project to Northrup Grumman happened on Kundra's watch. It is an unmitigated disaster.
Years into it, there's not even a complete inventory of the systems that NG is supposed to be managing for the Commonwealth, and at least as of a few months ago, NG couldn't even produce an invoice for the Commonwealth to pay that had more than six or eight line items on it.
The Virginia legislature is NOT happy about the situation. Privately, you will hear from them words like "gross negligence" to "I'm convinced it's corruption". The Delegates who engineered the legislation enabling the IT outsourcing are especially pissed.
Apple has nothing to lose with a carrier asking them to unlock an iPhone.
not true. if you switch carriers and can't take your phone because it's locked, your new carrier (in the US, in a theoretical place where more than one GSM carrier offers the iPhone) will sell you a new iPhone and subsidize the cost, paying the subsidy to Apple.
1. sell iPhone through carrier 'a' 2. annoy customer into switching carriers 3. sell another iPhone through carrier 'b' 4. Apple Profit!
the best way to do yourself in is to buy a tank of nitrogen and seal yourself in a small airtight room with it and turn the knob. 'air' is mostly nitrogen, so unlike putting a plastic bag over your head, a mostly nitrogen atmosphere will make you black out without warning or breathing discomfort. I don't know why 'they' don't use this instead of lethal injection for executions...
I asked the question: Will Comcast charge me extra when intruders hack their security and start monitoring my cameras 24/7, pushing me over my 2.5GB monthly data quota?
Apple could unbundle their server software and certify it for specific vendors' chipsets.
They would sell a fuxload of licenses and could use some of the profits to make their server software as universally compatible / scalable as it needs to be.
if you can pass that exam, you boss will know you understand how IT works as a business process, and you won't be clueless about what the business side expects of the technical side.
...the job market is still tough and getting caned because "I could not respect my employers desire for me not to have my IPad on their network" is kinda stupid.
Is your company based in Singapore? What is your policy regarding chewing gum?
is that you have to go to an Adobe URL to delete them. So, Adobe knows about all the pron flash cookies, etc, you're deleting from your computer. Why do they need to know this?
I've been (privileged?) to know and work for some very wealthy folks, and the rich really are different - they couldn't give a fuck about you or me. Remember when Meg Whitman was running for Governator and threw her illegal housekeeper under the bus? "She was like family, until she was a liability"...
The majority of people in this country are only two paychecks from homelessness. "Save 10%" - that's a laugh. @vivian is the one who needs to widen her circle of friends to include people who could teach her some basic human compassion...
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Run it in a VM that allows rollbacks. Parallels supports this - I bet VMWare does too...
Marketing: the world's second oldest profession...
you are correct. when he was with VITA (Virginia Information Technology Agency) the rank and file considered him to be an egotistical idiot who took credit for the work of others. to quote an earlier /. post:
Virginia's IT outsourcing/consolidation project to Northrup Grumman happened on Kundra's watch. It is an unmitigated disaster.
Years into it, there's not even a complete inventory of the systems that NG is supposed to be managing for the Commonwealth, and at least as of a few months ago, NG couldn't even produce an invoice for the Commonwealth to pay that had more than six or eight line items on it.
The Virginia legislature is NOT happy about the situation. Privately, you will hear from them words like "gross negligence" to "I'm convinced it's corruption". The Delegates who engineered the legislation enabling the IT outsourcing are especially pissed.
an app that maps the series of tubes that is the internet would be totally awesome...
Apple has nothing to lose with a carrier asking them to unlock an iPhone.
not true. if you switch carriers and can't take your phone because it's locked, your new carrier (in the US, in a theoretical place where more than one GSM carrier offers the iPhone) will sell you a new iPhone and subsidize the cost, paying the subsidy to Apple.
1. sell iPhone through carrier 'a'
2. annoy customer into switching carriers
3. sell another iPhone through carrier 'b'
4. Apple Profit!
the best way to do yourself in is to buy a tank of nitrogen and seal yourself in a small airtight room with it and turn the knob. 'air' is mostly nitrogen, so unlike putting a plastic bag over your head, a mostly nitrogen atmosphere will make you black out without warning or breathing discomfort. I don't know why 'they' don't use this instead of lethal injection for executions...
I asked the question: Will Comcast charge me extra when intruders hack their security and start monitoring my cameras 24/7, pushing me over my 2.5GB monthly data quota?
Apple could unbundle their server software and certify it for specific vendors' chipsets.
They would sell a fuxload of licenses and could use some of the profits to make their server software as universally compatible / scalable as it needs to be.
Where do I sign up to have her image removed from the internets?
android might "own" the smartphone market, but nobody except google is making much profit off of it.
apps drive demand, so: http://adtmag.com/articles/2011/06/02/android-apps-not-as-profitable.aspx
apple is still making 40% margins on their iPhone 4 hardware; the other manufacturers would love this kind of return.
as for single smartphone models, the iphone 4 is the best seller worldwide, beating any other single android smartphone.
Guy Kawasaki coined the term "killer app" to describe PageMaker in relation to desktop publishing, and he was an Apple employee at the time.
Maybe SJ sees that as prior use.
i'm really glad you cleared that up; my previous impression of Def Jam was negatively affected by seeing that same bum wearing that jacket.
now mr simmons can return to the former high regard I once held him in.
if you can pass that exam, you boss will know you understand how IT works as a business process, and you won't be clueless about what the business side expects of the technical side.
http://www.itilcertification.org/
It was a good ad too! I installed their free antivirus on my Mac ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-27/tepco-faces-massive-problem-containing-radioactive-water-at-fukushima.html
Well, "the industry" told us two days after the disaster that the fuel rods were intact and the containment was intact.
Then last week, "the industry" told us last week that the opposite was true.
The last director of TEPCO replaced the previous one when the previous one was caught lying and covering up problems.
"the industry" has a long history of covering up problems. Read "We Almost Lost Detroit" for an unvarnished view of "the industry"
Pardon me if I don't trust "the industry"...
...the job market is still tough and getting caned because "I could not respect my employers desire for me not to have my IPad on their network" is kinda stupid.
Is your company based in Singapore? What is your policy regarding chewing gum?
"Without deviation from the norm, 'progress' is not possible."
Perhaps the reason the rest of the corporate world is eating America's lunch...
(Green Acres was from the 1960s.)
Breaking up the Bell System destroyed the most customer focused and reliable communications system in the world. .
Destroying the USPS will eliminate the most customer focused and reliable delivery service in the world, the envy of other countries.
What did the old AT&T have in common with the USPS? The concept of universal service, which is rapidly being left behind in the pursuit of profits.
Don't quote economics to me, boy, that discipline has been completely discredited since the last three bubbles burst under their noses . . .
And just because something can be privatized doesn't mean you should do it.
And, if you really want to save money, stop fighting 3 wars and stop corporate welfare - you'll save enough to pay for a thousand USPSes.
is that you have to go to an Adobe URL to delete them. So, Adobe knows about all the pron flash cookies, etc, you're deleting from your computer. Why do they need to know this?
what's your IM handle...?
Hazel, I agree 100% with your post especially #5.
I've been (privileged?) to know and work for some very wealthy folks, and the rich really are different - they couldn't give a fuck about you or me. Remember when Meg Whitman was running for Governator and threw her illegal housekeeper under the bus? "She was like family, until she was a liability"...
The majority of people in this country are only two paychecks from homelessness. "Save 10%" - that's a laugh. @vivian is the one who needs to widen her circle of friends to include people who could teach her some basic human compassion...
Given what we know about cellphone GPS tracking, is this more or less obtrusive?
... isn't that the same thing as "cloudcloud.com"
It's also customer service. Satellite and cable customer support are consistently ranked at the bottom of satisfaction ratings.
Given this and the ubitiquity of Netflix's service, I don't see DirecTV eclipsing them any time soon.