So what? That's Nissans choice to make, isn't it? That doesn't make it dumb, it means they don't want to have their admins deal with yet another vendor, who's product works different than someone experience in MS software would expect. Oh, and it wasn't vapor-wear promises, they features were ALREADY being built.
Do you think it'd be cheaper in the long run to maintain a fleet of Nissan cars, or a mixture? Remember, YOU have mechanics in house that know Nissan very well.
Usually I don't bother to read anonymous replies to me, but I'm glad I did this time.
You're presupposing that IT is always right and management is always wrong though, that they were "duped." But believe it or not, technical reasons are never the ONLY reasons to implement something. The admin will give you technical reasons... and then if management disagrees, the admin is all huffy because he wasn't listened to. But there are other reasons too, such as cost. Cost is something an admin doesn't usually worry about, nor should they. That's not their expertise.
I wasn't saying anything specific to anything, just that it can just as easily be a bad or brainwashed admin (who won't admit they don't know it all... because less face it, THEY DON'T, because nobody does).
In the case of Nissan, the technology from MS may have been behind the competitors, but clearly they could wait, and likely in the process 1) got a big cost savings 2) got to have direct input on the new features. That's smart in the long run, regardless of what some lowly admin thinks (and in Nissans case, the admin says it WAS a good move).
An interesting and amusing story to be sure, but that doesn't invalidate what I said. It can just as easily be the admin that isn't up to snuff or can't figure out how to use the new technology.
Of course, the literal transation (if accurate), doesn't really convience me Iran wouldn't invade Israel.
"Imam (Khomeini) ghoft (said) een (this) rezhim-e (regime) ishghalgar-e (occupying) qods (Jerusalem) bayad (must) az safheh-ye ruzgar (from page of time) mahv shavad (vanish from). "
So what exactly is he proposing if not to remove the Jewish government currently there, presumably forcing the Jews to leave? He claims that the Jewish people there have "no root" in the area, which is absurd on the face of it. Jews, Christians, and Muslims are ALL rooted there.
Please, spar me the "poor Palistians" crap; they're in the position they are in because they couldn't share.
Personally, I'm sick of the whole nonsense with fighting about who's religion the place is more important to; I'd rather nuke the entire "holy land" so that it is uninhabitable by all. Stupid retards fighting over who's mythology is "right."
Indeed... which is funny, because no where in the actual article does Nissan say they regretted the decision.
And that guys opinion misses the point; when people say they are an MS shop, they're talking servers / workstations.. nobody cares AT ALL what OS the switch or router is running..
The only non-computer device where I wish there was a different OS is my cable box, which runs linux. The reason I wish it ran something else? It locks up quite a bit, and takes forever to reboot.
Well there's the flip side of the coin too. Perhaps there's nothing at all wrong with the technology, but the admin isn't as good as he thinks he is, and fails to understand how to use it to its fullest, or worse, because of dogma in THEIR head, refuse to.
I know those cases.. and then at the same time our government is trying to eliminate the second amendment, in most states won't allow you to shoot on sight an intruder in your own home, and people have been sued for hurting someone that was mugging them.
I'd LOVE if all the police did was enforce the law after it was broken... but that doesn't mean they won't be sitting on the sides of the interstate tonight on my way home looking for people to pull over.
The post to which you replied was intended as sarcasm... probably should have made it more clear.
I am talking MODERN history? You know, since 1800 or so?
Again, the MODERN state of Iran didn't exist until 1906. Of course you can say the same thing about many other nations as well, so your arbitrary cutoff point is rather meaningless, don't you think? Once the Persian empire collapsed, it wasn't really a world power anymore, was it?
So you can nitpick all you want, but don't pretend Iranians are somehow adverse to war. What the US government fears (and Israel too, BTW), is that given the chance Iran WOULD attack another nation, specifically Israel in this case..
Without the West backing Israel, you don't think Iran WOULDN'T invade Israel?
Well, ignore that karate is crap for actually defending yourself.. there ARE classes which can teach this. Your statement about mass is silly. Women are taught self defense courses all the time.
Size isn't everything, knowing the RIGHT spot to hit is crucial, oh and the attacker is likely unprepared for the fact that you ARE TRAINED to defend yourself... its unlikely the attacker is trained at all.
Of course, there's also the great equializer... a gun. But to go that route realistically we need to get people over their irrational fear of gun owners.
Tell me why you think they have less right to stay and live anywhere they so desire than you?
Because they are here in violation of the law, and thus are criminals? Because they then take jobs paid under the table, thus forcing down wages and losing other benefits that earlier generations FOUGHT to get? Because being an immigrant doesn't mean you get to distrupt the life of already established citizens?
Austin still has the one of the lowest police budgets and number of police per capita of any major US city, and some of the lowest crime statistics. So claiming that Austin is becoming a police state is silly.
Oh the irony..
Crime is NEVER really a problem in any police state..
Compare that to my PSP which spontaneously just stopped reading umd disks.
I thought I had this too... it turns out its a problem with the UMD casing itself. The clear plastic can easily be dislocated such that one side of it is pressing on the disk, which is enough to prevent it from spinning. Its happened with three of my UMDs now, and it REALLY doesn't take much. Fortunately, it seems you can order replacement cases from 3rd parties, and move the UMD into your replacement case. Seems cheap, I'll be ordering some soon. If you're careful, you can try to bend things back into place... I've had some success with this. Oh, and a fingerprint on the UMD is bad too... you can try cleaning with iso alcohol mixed with water and a qtip... again being VERY careful.
That said, I'm glad they're moving to a download delivery system..
Not entirely sure what you're trying to get at, but all the things you listed are FAR more likely to have affected you then a terrorist attack. As far as "slowing down" goes, speed really isn't really ever the cause of accidents.. so that one is at least correct.
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So what? That's Nissans choice to make, isn't it? That doesn't make it dumb, it means they don't want to have their admins deal with yet another vendor, who's product works different than someone experience in MS software would expect. Oh, and it wasn't vapor-wear promises, they features were ALREADY being built.
Do you think it'd be cheaper in the long run to maintain a fleet of Nissan cars, or a mixture? Remember, YOU have mechanics in house that know Nissan very well.
Usually I don't bother to read anonymous replies to me, but I'm glad I did this time.
You're presupposing that IT is always right and management is always wrong though, that they were "duped." But believe it or not, technical reasons are never the ONLY reasons to implement something. The admin will give you technical reasons... and then if management disagrees, the admin is all huffy because he wasn't listened to. But there are other reasons too, such as cost. Cost is something an admin doesn't usually worry about, nor should they. That's not their expertise.
I wasn't saying anything specific to anything, just that it can just as easily be a bad or brainwashed admin (who won't admit they don't know it all... because less face it, THEY DON'T, because nobody does).
In the case of Nissan, the technology from MS may have been behind the competitors, but clearly they could wait, and likely in the process 1) got a big cost savings 2) got to have direct input on the new features. That's smart in the long run, regardless of what some lowly admin thinks (and in Nissans case, the admin says it WAS a good move).
An interesting and amusing story to be sure, but that doesn't invalidate what I said. It can just as easily be the admin that isn't up to snuff or can't figure out how to use the new technology.
Well, others have posted more detailed replies to you "and others," so I'll simply point you to the IRS and leave it at that.
This is the first I've heard this claim, so I googled and found this, which on the surface backs you up: http://www.antiwar.com/orig/norouzi.php?articleid=11025
Of course, the literal transation (if accurate), doesn't really convience me Iran wouldn't invade Israel.
"Imam (Khomeini) ghoft (said) een (this) rezhim-e (regime) ishghalgar-e (occupying) qods (Jerusalem) bayad (must) az safheh-ye ruzgar (from page of time) mahv shavad (vanish from). "
So what exactly is he proposing if not to remove the Jewish government currently there, presumably forcing the Jews to leave? He claims that the Jewish people there have "no root" in the area, which is absurd on the face of it. Jews, Christians, and Muslims are ALL rooted there.
Please, spar me the "poor Palistians" crap; they're in the position they are in because they couldn't share.
Personally, I'm sick of the whole nonsense with fighting about who's religion the place is more important to; I'd rather nuke the entire "holy land" so that it is uninhabitable by all. Stupid retards fighting over who's mythology is "right."
Indeed... which is funny, because no where in the actual article does Nissan say they regretted the decision.
And that guys opinion misses the point; when people say they are an MS shop, they're talking servers / workstations.. nobody cares AT ALL what OS the switch or router is running..
The only non-computer device where I wish there was a different OS is my cable box, which runs linux. The reason I wish it ran something else? It locks up quite a bit, and takes forever to reboot.
Well there's the flip side of the coin too. Perhaps there's nothing at all wrong with the technology, but the admin isn't as good as he thinks he is, and fails to understand how to use it to its fullest, or worse, because of dogma in THEIR head, refuse to.
Congress makes laws. The FCC, within the area of regulatory authority granted by Congress, makes regulations.
Ignoring the sementics, what exactly is the difference?
I know those cases.. and then at the same time our government is trying to eliminate the second amendment, in most states won't allow you to shoot on sight an intruder in your own home, and people have been sued for hurting someone that was mugging them.
I'd LOVE if all the police did was enforce the law after it was broken... but that doesn't mean they won't be sitting on the sides of the interstate tonight on my way home looking for people to pull over.
The post to which you replied was intended as sarcasm... probably should have made it more clear.
Well, sarcasm... but that seems to be the attitude of our government.
Then you're exteremly dishonest. Take a look at what Irans leader has been saying: http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1062452.html
I am talking MODERN history? You know, since 1800 or so?
Again, the MODERN state of Iran didn't exist until 1906. Of course you can say the same thing about many other nations as well, so your arbitrary cutoff point is rather meaningless, don't you think? Once the Persian empire collapsed, it wasn't really a world power anymore, was it?
So you can nitpick all you want, but don't pretend Iranians are somehow adverse to war. What the US government fears (and Israel too, BTW), is that given the chance Iran WOULD attack another nation, specifically Israel in this case..
Without the West backing Israel, you don't think Iran WOULDN'T invade Israel?
Ah, revisionist history, gotta love it. Perhaps you need to read your history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Persian_Wars
Iran as it is today wasn't even around until 1906. Prior to that it was part of the Persian Empire, which fought quite a few wars itself.
Opps, I replied to the wrong thread. Sorry about that.
Well, ignore that karate is crap for actually defending yourself.. there ARE classes which can teach this. Your statement about mass is silly. Women are taught self defense courses all the time.
Size isn't everything, knowing the RIGHT spot to hit is crucial, oh and the attacker is likely unprepared for the fact that you ARE TRAINED to defend yourself... its unlikely the attacker is trained at all.
Of course, there's also the great equializer... a gun. But to go that route realistically we need to get people over their irrational fear of gun owners.
The answer is obvious. Its not YOUR job to protect yourself, that's why we have a police force. I mean, why have police if not to protect us, right?
Tell me why you think they have less right to stay and live anywhere they so desire than you?
Because they are here in violation of the law, and thus are criminals? Because they then take jobs paid under the table, thus forcing down wages and losing other benefits that earlier generations FOUGHT to get? Because being an immigrant doesn't mean you get to distrupt the life of already established citizens?
Austin still has the one of the lowest police budgets and number of police per capita of any major US city, and some of the lowest crime statistics. So claiming that Austin is becoming a police state is silly.
Oh the irony..
Crime is NEVER really a problem in any police state..
Ya, well, thanks for your opinion.
Because they are mostly collecting dust now, due to lack of decent games?
Compare that to my PSP which spontaneously just stopped reading umd disks.
I thought I had this too... it turns out its a problem with the UMD casing itself. The clear plastic can easily be dislocated such that one side of it is pressing on the disk, which is enough to prevent it from spinning. Its happened with three of my UMDs now, and it REALLY doesn't take much. Fortunately, it seems you can order replacement cases from 3rd parties, and move the UMD into your replacement case. Seems cheap, I'll be ordering some soon. If you're careful, you can try to bend things back into place... I've had some success with this. Oh, and a fingerprint on the UMD is bad too... you can try cleaning with iso alcohol mixed with water and a qtip... again being VERY careful.
That said, I'm glad they're moving to a download delivery system..
You're makig the mistake in assuming that what the FBI or NSA or whatever is actually effective, as if they do know of every cell in the country.
Not entirely sure what you're trying to get at, but all the things you listed are FAR more likely to have affected you then a terrorist attack. As far as "slowing down" goes, speed really isn't really ever the cause of accidents.. so that one is at least correct.
Clearly they outsourced their programming.