As long as video games are not considered a culturally communicative benefit to society (see Roger Eberts article regarding how video games are lacking http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html ) then video games, no matter how breathtaking as Mass Effect et al well continue to be given short term billing by Hollywood.
Lets face it, as far as Hollywood is concerned the video game industry is a threat to their own creative ability, they are not going to give a level playing field.
Technologically speaking Spring is well behind the times in their actual communication equipment. Touted as "CDMA 2001" most of Sprint systems are old Ericcson/Qualcom BTS systems that have not been in production in over. Unfortunately that's the cost of doing business when you outsource your entire network to a supplier. They have expanded a few BTS sites in the major city areas to the Nokia CMDA system, but other upgrades to my knowledge have not taken place. Not to say they haven't, I just don't know about them.
GSM, CDMA, UMTS upgrades are what I do for a living. I've been working in Tennessee for the last year installing new UMTS sites for AT&T meanwhile we have not seen a job for Sprint since late 2003. Which by the way, the UMTS systems used by AT&T? Made by Ericcson.
Sprints largest problem came is after the Nextel merger they were blindsided by the cost to upgrade Nextels network as well as their own. Thus what happens is when a upgrade takes place for them, 8 times out of 10 its on a old Nextel site to bring it half way to where the sprint locations were at the merger or it's upgrading a pre-existing Sprint location to generate revenue to do the former.
Coverage wise, they still are not competitive. While they do cover most metropolitan areas and cities, their rural coverage puts them in to much lower end of the spectrum in the "big dog" carrier competition.
I don't know about IT as much as I know about Telecom, and as many people lump the two together I can say that in Telecom (specifically my area, Cellular) the divorce rate is extremely high.
Mostly because we are on the road 10 months out of the year, and occasionally even out of the country.
Cellular Installers, Commissoners, and Optimizers can be on a Project anywhere from 3 weeks to a year anywhere from Ireland to California, making it not unlike the Military with long deployments, long hours and last minute deployments.
Having been working IT Rollouts for the last year, I can say that division of IT isn't much different than the above and can also cause a severe strain.
But it being the root cause of divorce? I disagree with that particular segment, as it takes 2 to tango, and as mature and responsible adult you have to take in to account your own reaction to change, job demands, and family responsibilities.
Even my old Tech school (North Metro Tech) in the late 1990's blocked site content for various reasons ranging from adult listed content (even if it wasn't an adult site) to MP3's and movies.
The US Military currently blocks certain web servers and services, which is something many MilBloggers have ran in to as they discover that for some reason their web hoster is blocked from remote access.
Many corporations block various outside sources (Wal Mart Information Systems Division for instance, allows access only to CNN, Fed Ex, USPS, and even those are restricted via outside links, unless you have a specific password past the fire fiewall)
Several college's in the Northwest Arkansas area also have restricted use web.
I think it really comes down to what a CIO feels they can do.
Looking at it from the security perspective, would you really want to be personally responsible for data integrity and security on a Network where everyone had unrestricted Internet access?
I think the latter question has more to do with the situation than any conspiracy theories of a "distrubing trend" hinting towards rights infringement, etc.
..someone dies by commiting suicide?
What do you do?
Fine their estate?
Fine their relatives?
Perform CPR and ask him for his ATM PIN Number?
Send collection notices to his graveyard plot?
Threaten to take everything he owns?
Actually, yes it does. If it doesn't, then each and every nation that has ever existed has had absolute freedom of speech
Sorry, that doesn't wash
Freedom of speech is an American garunteed right not a world right subject to another countries interpretation.
The day the rest of the world agrees to free speech your arguement will have merit, but by your arguement the Jewish had freedom of speech under the Nazi's you cite.
I'd say the statement "Freedom of speech, as the saying goes, does not mean freedom from consequences" stands based on this.
However, I don't see that anyone at Microsoft has much room to complain as what Grimes wrote is essentially true!
Is it perhaps the harbringer of yet another great Microsoft cover-up that they don't wanmt anyone to know just how much of their systems are held together with duct tape and paste? (kidding)
Agreed Pi.
At Will Employment is just that.
At will.
They can fire you. Or you can quit. Take your pick.
Furthermore the employee was fired for being in The Company Uniform, on a company airplane on company time on company grounds taking pictures that the company did not deem appropriate to their image.
I don't really see where she has any room to complain.
The arguement of what a employee does on their own time is basically moot in this case, because she was not on her own time, in civilian clothes, or in her home etc.
She chose to do it, its her own fault and anything else is just whining.
Give'em a year.
Then someone will sue them saying they violated trust rights for something Ma-Bell uses for telephones and was developed by them
And *everyone* knows that since computers need telephone lines, that they must be using Ma-Bells system.
-1 for on topic +1 for just plain silliness:-)
Sounds very original and is a unique use of technology.
But did it tell them that humourous commercials don't make up for Bad Beer?
If not then it must be made to work with Windows.
That means multiple countries with multiple forms of legislation, laws, and policies. Whod ecides who "rules" the internet? The US? China? The EU? The UN? United Nations aren't even close to viable option as to the complete ignoring of their policies both here and abroad.
Smees like the UK has done the only "simple and viable" option available. Let the countries govern themselves. China has taken sites off line for years now.
I guess it depends on your governments point of view.
Here it depends on who is in office (IE When Clinton was President oral sex was suddenly not considered a sexual act. Men everywhere breathed a sigh of releief because legally we have a precedence for that not being adultery)
However in Europe, where theings are already a bit more loose than here, it brings up the question of "How far is too far?"
I'm not sure how Necrophillia can lead to murder *unless* the victim was actually raped afterwards, however if not then I think its stretching the point to prove that they are linked.
But Hey? Since when has any government ever done anything that made sense?
Put a amplifier in your car. Now get one of those good old fashion Jason Masks. You know, the ones that glow?
We got bored and hooked a 40 Watt light socket on the dash of my buddies Blazer a few years back and put the Jason Mask in front of it. Ran the wires through the Amplifier so it would flash with the beat of the music.
Turn off the head lights and watch people spazz as we pull behind them
Because while we may not like his music, or may not agree with his views, It is appealing to hundreds of thousands of people nation wide, and his name associated with countless groups, stigma's and other wise.
Want to get attention for your product? Hire a celebrity.
And wether you listen to rap country or otherwise, you know his name.
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As long as video games are not considered a culturally communicative benefit to society (see Roger Eberts article regarding how video games are lacking http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html ) then video games, no matter how breathtaking as Mass Effect et al well continue to be given short term billing by Hollywood. Lets face it, as far as Hollywood is concerned the video game industry is a threat to their own creative ability, they are not going to give a level playing field.
Technologically speaking Spring is well behind the times in their actual communication equipment. Touted as "CDMA 2001" most of Sprint systems are old Ericcson/Qualcom BTS systems that have not been in production in over. Unfortunately that's the cost of doing business when you outsource your entire network to a supplier. They have expanded a few BTS sites in the major city areas to the Nokia CMDA system, but other upgrades to my knowledge have not taken place. Not to say they haven't, I just don't know about them. GSM, CDMA, UMTS upgrades are what I do for a living. I've been working in Tennessee for the last year installing new UMTS sites for AT&T meanwhile we have not seen a job for Sprint since late 2003. Which by the way, the UMTS systems used by AT&T? Made by Ericcson. Sprints largest problem came is after the Nextel merger they were blindsided by the cost to upgrade Nextels network as well as their own. Thus what happens is when a upgrade takes place for them, 8 times out of 10 its on a old Nextel site to bring it half way to where the sprint locations were at the merger or it's upgrading a pre-existing Sprint location to generate revenue to do the former. Coverage wise, they still are not competitive. While they do cover most metropolitan areas and cities, their rural coverage puts them in to much lower end of the spectrum in the "big dog" carrier competition.
I don't know about IT as much as I know about Telecom, and as many people lump the two together I can say that in Telecom (specifically my area, Cellular) the divorce rate is extremely high. Mostly because we are on the road 10 months out of the year, and occasionally even out of the country. Cellular Installers, Commissoners, and Optimizers can be on a Project anywhere from 3 weeks to a year anywhere from Ireland to California, making it not unlike the Military with long deployments, long hours and last minute deployments. Having been working IT Rollouts for the last year, I can say that division of IT isn't much different than the above and can also cause a severe strain. But it being the root cause of divorce? I disagree with that particular segment, as it takes 2 to tango, and as mature and responsible adult you have to take in to account your own reaction to change, job demands, and family responsibilities.
Even my old Tech school (North Metro Tech) in the late 1990's blocked site content for various reasons ranging from adult listed content (even if it wasn't an adult site) to MP3's and movies. The US Military currently blocks certain web servers and services, which is something many MilBloggers have ran in to as they discover that for some reason their web hoster is blocked from remote access. Many corporations block various outside sources (Wal Mart Information Systems Division for instance, allows access only to CNN, Fed Ex, USPS, and even those are restricted via outside links, unless you have a specific password past the fire fiewall) Several college's in the Northwest Arkansas area also have restricted use web. I think it really comes down to what a CIO feels they can do. Looking at it from the security perspective, would you really want to be personally responsible for data integrity and security on a Network where everyone had unrestricted Internet access? I think the latter question has more to do with the situation than any conspiracy theories of a "distrubing trend" hinting towards rights infringement, etc.
We're looking at this from a US perspective, not a global Many Foriegn countries don't have the telecommunications infrastructure that we have here in the US such as the http://www.cs.georgetown.edu/~denning/cosc450/pape rs/acker.htmlSoviet Union, former http://www.american.edu/carmel/BS2787A/infrast.htm #IndustryCzech Republic
Only if you can afford the hefty price tag that accompanies those systems
....while former DM's and now Techno geeks everywhere have a collective sigh of: "DAMN! Why didn't I think of that!?"
..someone dies by commiting suicide? What do you do? Fine their estate? Fine their relatives? Perform CPR and ask him for his ATM PIN Number? Send collection notices to his graveyard plot? Threaten to take everything he owns?
Add to it that the White House is now recognizing bloggers by granting press passes and you have to wonder who carries more weight. The courts, or the white house http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-03-08-white house-blogger_x.htm
Actually, yes it does. If it doesn't, then each and every nation that has ever existed has had absolute freedom of speech
Sorry, that doesn't wash Freedom of speech is an American garunteed right not a world right subject to another countries interpretation.
The day the rest of the world agrees to free speech your arguement will have merit, but by your arguement the Jewish had freedom of speech under the Nazi's you cite. I'd say the statement "Freedom of speech, as the saying goes, does not mean freedom from consequences" stands based on this.
I dunno. Thats a good question.
However, I don't see that anyone at Microsoft has much room to complain as what Grimes wrote is essentially true!
Is it perhaps the harbringer of yet another great Microsoft cover-up that they don't wanmt anyone to know just how much of their systems are held together with duct tape and paste? (kidding)
Agreed Pi. At Will Employment is just that. At will. They can fire you. Or you can quit. Take your pick. Furthermore the employee was fired for being in The Company Uniform, on a company airplane on company time on company grounds taking pictures that the company did not deem appropriate to their image. I don't really see where she has any room to complain. The arguement of what a employee does on their own time is basically moot in this case, because she was not on her own time, in civilian clothes, or in her home etc. She chose to do it, its her own fault and anything else is just whining.
Give'em a year. Then someone will sue them saying they violated trust rights for something Ma-Bell uses for telephones and was developed by them And *everyone* knows that since computers need telephone lines, that they must be using Ma-Bells system. -1 for on topic +1 for just plain silliness :-)
I can respect that. Liber De Opressa
Kerry didn't broadcast speaches designed to harm soldier's moral .."It is a distortion because we in no way consider ourselves the best men of this country"
You must be too young to remember the speech he made when he returned stating
Or the fact he threw a "Medal Throwing" against the capital building with the VVAW.
"Napalm sticks to Kids" is not a motivational phrase.
Anyone who has *ever* served knows about hanoi jane and Backstabbing Kerry.
See Kerrys' campaign material dated 1984
And by sending random people to look for homeless bums in the ditch close to the store sucking down the stuff.......
Sounds very original and is a unique use of technology. But did it tell them that humourous commercials don't make up for Bad Beer? If not then it must be made to work with Windows.
If I meet a victim of necrophillia, then I already have a serious problem. I'm Dead.
Again, as already has been stated here:
the Internet is a *global* medium.
That means multiple countries with multiple forms of legislation, laws, and policies. Whod ecides who "rules" the internet?
The US?
China?
The EU?
The UN?
United Nations aren't even close to viable option as to the complete ignoring of their policies both here and abroad.
Smees like the UK has done the only "simple and viable" option available.
Let the countries govern themselves. China has taken sites off line for years now.
I think Haiti might disagree with you.... :-)
Or Cypress
Or China
Or Korea
Or France
Or Germany
Or....
I guess it depends on your governments point of view.
Here it depends on who is in office (IE When Clinton was President oral sex was suddenly not considered a sexual act. Men everywhere breathed a sigh of releief because legally we have a precedence for that not being adultery)
However in Europe, where theings are already a bit more loose than here, it brings up the question of "How far is too far?"
I'm not sure how Necrophillia can lead to murder *unless* the victim was actually raped afterwards, however if not then I think its stretching the point to prove that they are linked.
But Hey? Since when has any government ever done anything that made sense?
Put a amplifier in your car.
Now get one of those good old fashion Jason Masks. You know, the ones that glow?
We got bored and hooked a 40 Watt light socket on the dash of my buddies Blazer a few years back and put the Jason Mask in front of it.
Ran the wires through the Amplifier so it would flash with the beat of the music.
Turn off the head lights and watch people spazz as we pull behind them
Because while we may not like his music, or may not agree with his views, It is appealing to hundreds of thousands of people nation wide, and his name associated with countless groups, stigma's and other wise.
Want to get attention for your product? Hire a celebrity.
And wether you listen to rap country or otherwise, you know his name.
Dude,
Your getting a Cross!