Yet another example of the rest of the world surpassing the US in a key engineering endeavor. We reward all the wrong things in America (think about reality TV, political correctness, the religous right, and so on) and then wonder why the rest of the world is churning out better engineers and scientists and why our technical jobs are being off-shored.
Even companies we think of as technology leaders may not be anymore. This quote:
A breakthrough in supersonic flight could help Japan leapfrog ahead in the aerospace field. The country, which does much of parts manufacturing for U.S.-based Boeing Co...
says just as much about what's going on as anything else in the article.
Reminds me of Dennis Miller's quote about virtual reality... "If some unemployed punk in New Jersey, can get a cassette to make love to Elle McPherson for $19.95, this virtual reality stuff is going to make crack look like Sanka."
I have two teenage daughters, one middle school and one high school. They get my second hand desktop. Every time I upgrade, they get my old box. I have plenty of technical controls in place and lecture them on proper use of the internet. But just to be sure, the "family" computer is in the living room where my wife and I can monitor them at any moment's notice.
As far as making them better students? That's a load of crap. Both are honors students and primarily use the computer for instant messaging, surfing clothes or shoe stores on line, and playing the Sims. Actual homework time probably accounts for less than 20% of the system usage. And most of that is just looking stuff up. Nothing that couldn't be done with a visit to a library.
If Microsoft deleted Apple, it's an evil conspiracy. If someone else deleted Microsoft (C'mon Google! DOOOOO EEEEEET!) it'd be funny.
Just 'cause Billy is a Borg doesn't mean that everyone at Microsoft is humorless.
I was at an ATM in a convenience store last summer during a thunderstorm. The power went out and when it came back on, I watched the ATM boot. Guess what? OS/2. There is no way that IBM's lawyers are going to let that code loose so that people can pick it apart. Just the suggestion probably gives them visions of a pony-tailed hacker going from ATM to ATM and filling his Volkwagon mini-bus with cash.
Tivo? Bah. You don't need any sort of video quality for Monk, just pull out the VCR.
These are my two favorites as well. Monk re-runs Saturday morning as well.
The only way to ensure a valid result is a blowout. Then no matter how much fraud there is (and there is always some on both sides) you can be pretty sure that the right guy (or girl) won.
I highly recommend "Stealing Elections" by John Fund for those who want to read more about the depths to which politicians will sink.
Mitnick is a criminal. He has demonstrated again and again his complete disdain for the law, for the welfare of corporations, and for the lvliehood of IT professionals who've been damaged by his antics or had to clean up after his messes.
The best thing to do with a loser like Mitnick is to ignore him completely.
If you dance with the devil, you don't change the devil, the devil changes you.
I guess you can tell by my ID what I think of VMS. Yes, VMS may not have a slick interface but companies are in business to make money, not to provide their employees with a platform for playing Doom. And if your business needs a back end system that is always up, regardless of load, VMS systems are just the ticket.
I manage VMS systems that process diagnostic tests. Nearly every company in the diagnostic testing industry uses VMS platforms. It's an honest-to-gosh 7x24x365 business. I'm pretty sure that if you needed a blood test for a critical health emergency at 3 AM on a Sunday or Christmas day or at some other odd time, you wouldn't want to take a chance on some toy system that may or may not be functional. We process hundreds of thousands of tests every night and every single one of those tests have someone waiting, and not to be over-dramatic, sometimes with their life hanging in the balance. This is the space where VMS is, by far, the best solution.
Have people use a credit card for access and you can bet they'll protect it with their lives. Card swipe at your keyboard to log in and youhave instant secruity.
Seriously, I visited a company that used badges for data center access. People were constantly losing them, loaning them, or leaving them laying around. They switch to credit cards and all those problems went away.
Back at my alma mater we were experimenting with reverse Darwinism. We'd have cockroach races in the dorms. Catch two roaches (a paper cup and a piece of cardboard was the hunting weapons of choice) and put them into the middle of a chalked circle. Our twist was to kill the first one to the edge then let the slower/stupider one live to return to the wild and breed.
I swear our dorm roaches got dumber and slower every year.
I did some contract work at a Children's Hospital. It had the usual downsides... boss was a butthead, etc. Then you hear your first "Code Blue" over the PA system and you realize that somewhere in that hospital a little kid is dying. You go to eat in the cafeteria and all around you are kids sicker than you ever imagined.
My oldest was two at the time and my wife was pregnant with #2. I have NEVER dreaded going to work so much or flown out of the buidling so fast at the end of the day. When they called me six months later for more work I told them that there was just no way I could go back. When my second was born I was never so happy to see all ten fingers and toes.
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Microsoft is clearly worried. A lot of people live in Massachusetts and that is a big thumbs up for open sauce.
The Inquirer needs a proof reader. Or at least an in-house chef.
Yet another example of the rest of the world surpassing the US in a key engineering endeavor. We reward all the wrong things in America (think about reality TV, political correctness, the religous right, and so on) and then wonder why the rest of the world is churning out better engineers and scientists and why our technical jobs are being off-shored.
Even companies we think of as technology leaders may not be anymore. This quote:
A breakthrough in supersonic flight could help Japan leapfrog ahead in the aerospace field. The country, which does much of parts manufacturing for U.S.-based Boeing Co...
says just as much about what's going on as anything else in the article.
And, yes, I'm an American engineer.
Reminds me of Dennis Miller's quote about virtual reality... "If some unemployed punk in New Jersey, can get a cassette to make love to Elle McPherson for $19.95, this virtual reality stuff is going to make crack look like Sanka."
I have two teenage daughters, one middle school and one high school. They get my second hand desktop. Every time I upgrade, they get my old box. I have plenty of technical controls in place and lecture them on proper use of the internet. But just to be sure, the "family" computer is in the living room where my wife and I can monitor them at any moment's notice. As far as making them better students? That's a load of crap. Both are honors students and primarily use the computer for instant messaging, surfing clothes or shoe stores on line, and playing the Sims. Actual homework time probably accounts for less than 20% of the system usage. And most of that is just looking stuff up. Nothing that couldn't be done with a visit to a library.
If Microsoft deleted Apple, it's an evil conspiracy. If someone else deleted Microsoft (C'mon Google! DOOOOO EEEEEET!) it'd be funny. Just 'cause Billy is a Borg doesn't mean that everyone at Microsoft is humorless.
I was at an ATM in a convenience store last summer during a thunderstorm. The power went out and when it came back on, I watched the ATM boot. Guess what? OS/2. There is no way that IBM's lawyers are going to let that code loose so that people can pick it apart. Just the suggestion probably gives them visions of a pony-tailed hacker going from ATM to ATM and filling his Volkwagon mini-bus with cash.
Tivo? Bah. You don't need any sort of video quality for Monk, just pull out the VCR. These are my two favorites as well. Monk re-runs Saturday morning as well.
I thought it said "Calamari"....
Over-hyped? Garntner makes their living on hype generation. This is just another attempt at getting more people to subscribe to Gartner reports.
For those of you keeping score in the grand game... http://www.bio.aps.anl.gov/~dgore/fun/PSL/index.ht ml
The only way to ensure a valid result is a blowout. Then no matter how much fraud there is (and there is always some on both sides) you can be pretty sure that the right guy (or girl) won. I highly recommend "Stealing Elections" by John Fund for those who want to read more about the depths to which politicians will sink.
Mitnick is a criminal. He has demonstrated again and again his complete disdain for the law, for the welfare of corporations, and for the lvliehood of IT professionals who've been damaged by his antics or had to clean up after his messes. The best thing to do with a loser like Mitnick is to ignore him completely. If you dance with the devil, you don't change the devil, the devil changes you.
I guess you can tell by my ID what I think of VMS. Yes, VMS may not have a slick interface but companies are in business to make money, not to provide their employees with a platform for playing Doom. And if your business needs a back end system that is always up, regardless of load, VMS systems are just the ticket.
I manage VMS systems that process diagnostic tests. Nearly every company in the diagnostic testing industry uses VMS platforms. It's an honest-to-gosh 7x24x365 business. I'm pretty sure that if you needed a blood test for a critical health emergency at 3 AM on a Sunday or Christmas day or at some other odd time, you wouldn't want to take a chance on some toy system that may or may not be functional. We process hundreds of thousands of tests every night and every single one of those tests have someone waiting, and not to be over-dramatic, sometimes with their life hanging in the balance. This is the space where VMS is, by far, the best solution.
Gah.... excuse the crappy spelling. I used to be a farmer. Now I are a engineer.
Have people use a credit card for access and you can bet they'll protect it with their lives. Card swipe at your keyboard to log in and youhave instant secruity. Seriously, I visited a company that used badges for data center access. People were constantly losing them, loaning them, or leaving them laying around. They switch to credit cards and all those problems went away.
Back at my alma mater we were experimenting with reverse Darwinism. We'd have cockroach races in the dorms. Catch two roaches (a paper cup and a piece of cardboard was the hunting weapons of choice) and put them into the middle of a chalked circle. Our twist was to kill the first one to the edge then let the slower/stupider one live to return to the wild and breed. I swear our dorm roaches got dumber and slower every year.
"Um, where did I get this 2 billion Ghz machine? Well, um...." "The Internet?"
I did some contract work at a Children's Hospital. It had the usual downsides... boss was a butthead, etc. Then you hear your first "Code Blue" over the PA system and you realize that somewhere in that hospital a little kid is dying. You go to eat in the cafeteria and all around you are kids sicker than you ever imagined. My oldest was two at the time and my wife was pregnant with #2. I have NEVER dreaded going to work so much or flown out of the buidling so fast at the end of the day. When they called me six months later for more work I told them that there was just no way I could go back. When my second was born I was never so happy to see all ten fingers and toes.