Sounds reasonable to me. Since the sale of energy is
usually measured in kilowatt-hours, how many kwh of
energy is transmitted across the average optical fibre
before it reaches the powered amplifier in the destination
switch/router?
What I have learned from working in IT for 15 years:
In the PHYSICAL world, you get what you pay for, i.e. he MORE you pay, the better quality you get.
In the SOFTWARE world, this is reversed, i.e. the LESS you pay, the better quality you get.
Unfortunately, too many clueless old managers just can't grasp this.
The worst applications I've ever had to deal with were commercial garbage on which clueless management blew hundreds of thousands of dollars all based on attending dog & pony shows put on by sales reps, (and to which IT staff were not invited).
MacIntels are horribly overpriced*. I mean I appreciate OSX and stuff, but every single Mac is overpriced by at least 20-30% compared to similar pile of MSRP PC hardware.
Is your time worth anything to you? Mine is worth a lot to me. So I buy that PC with windows; Now I have to burn up time dealing with M$ bugs and viruses. Any probably spend more money for 3rd-party virus remedies. And I get to deal with possibility of Windows Genuine Disadvantage maybe deciding that my OS isn't properly licensed. Sorry, but the cost in time and money dealing this crap can't come close to compensating for a paltry few hundred dollars savings up front.
OK, so I decide to run Linux/{Net,Free,Open}BSD instead. Now you get to deal with the intricacies of administering them and driver issues because the vendors of 3rd-party h/w rarely give a damn about Open Source OS's. Been there; Done that; Burned hours dealing with application library interdependencies, library/kernel incompatibilities, and other upgrade headaches. I've run Linux/*BSD since the early '90's and the novelty of burning up huge amounts of time on them wore off long ago. I still keep them on lab machines for experimentation, but not on the machines I use daily. I want a machine I can just *use* and not spend time administering. So this option stikes out on time wasted.
Then there is the Mac; Turn it on, use it, and perhaps once a week click the button labeled "Software Update". That's it. As long as I value my time, the Mac remains the most carefree economical option.
Incidently, I have spent the last 15 years in Unix adminstration and networking. My workstation during the day is Solaris/SPARC which is second only to the Mac in ease of adminstration.
Get rid of the whole thing where someone spends half an hour shopping on your site, filling their cart, thinking that they are getting a good deal, but when they get to the checkout they find that each item was from a different seller and all the shipping and handling is separate, so it adds like $60 to the bill....
That happened to me once. I needed three different rare batteries for some electronic devices. After a lot of googling, I finally found that Amazon had all three. Then at checkout I discovered the were coming from three different sources, and the shipping was more than the batteries. I searched elsewhere and finally found a company the had prices 50% higher than Amazon, but the shipping was 1/10 as much, so they were actually cheaper.
That's all well and good until the mine shows up back at the manufacturers door asking: "Can the maker repair what he makes? "
Re:And this is indeed a serious problem with EBay.
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Proxy bidding is supposed to allow easy auctions with fairness. The problem is the sniping phenomenon. And there is an easy fix: A bid will extend the auction by ~10 minutes if received in the last 10 minutes. Voila, no more sniping.
Or randomize the time the auction ends. i.e. eBay will tell you what *hour* the auction will end, but the auction will end on some random *minute* after that hour.
Meanwhile, they continue to delay it and the project clearly has no well-defined sense of direction. They've basically scrapped it and started over from scratch I don't know how many times, and feature creep is not so much a problem as it is a religion for them.
Do you realize you have just described a typical IT project at any large corporation? I know because I am suffering through one right now.
22 years in systems engineering, but he hasn't got a clue as to how web sites operate. This guy epitomizes problems we all see every day: Incompetents who don't recognize their own incompetence.
I just bought a new Jeep two months ago with the RB-1 (made by Alpine) GPS navigation radio. My experience is that I am more attentive when driving! I no longer need to worry about navigating or reading maps because the GPS is handling the navigation, so I can focus totally on driving. There is no need to be looking at the GPS because it always gives you verbal warnings well in advance of the next turn.
My in-laws have a Chevrolet Trailblazer with the nav system. You cannot access any of the menus or buttons while the car is moving. Even the passenger cannot override the system. Since auto manufacturers typically reuse systems like this through out all their cars, presumably all Chevyrolet models are in the same...er...boat
I have a new Jeep with the RB-1 (made by Alpine). It has the same limitation.
PayPal didn't do squat for me. I paid $150 for a networked power controller that turned out be a useless paperweight. The seller wouldn't respond, and a few days after the auction, his account was suspended. I thought "No problem, I'll notify PayPal"! PayPal made it perfectly clear that as long as the seller sent me something, ANYTHING, then as far as they were concerned, everything was just perfect.
6) Systems will be able to do more things at once - imagine being able to check email while typing at 2000 wpm AND be composing replies to messages you haven't even received yet while printing tomorrow's news.
And will that news arrive outside my door with a meowing cat?
When I upgraded from 4.x to 5.0, the OS ran fine, but 2/3 of the apps I built from/usr/ports either wouldn't compile, or wouldn't run properly. In exasperation, I finally gave up and downgraded back to 4.x. I didn't try to upgrade again until 5.3 came out. At that point the ports I needed were fine. I am hesitant to upgrade to 6.0, only to go through this miserable experience all over again.
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Unfortunately, too many clueless old managers just can't grasp this.
The worst applications I've ever had to deal with were commercial garbage on which clueless management blew hundreds of thousands of dollars all based on attending dog & pony shows put on by sales reps, (and to which IT staff were not invited).
Is your time worth anything to you? Mine is worth a lot to me. So I buy that PC with windows; Now I have to burn up time dealing with M$ bugs and viruses. Any probably spend more money for 3rd-party virus remedies. And I get to deal with possibility of Windows Genuine Disadvantage maybe deciding that my OS isn't properly licensed. Sorry, but the cost in time and money dealing this crap can't come close to compensating for a paltry few hundred dollars savings up front.
OK, so I decide to run Linux/{Net,Free,Open}BSD instead. Now you get to deal with the intricacies of administering them and driver issues because the vendors of 3rd-party h/w rarely give a damn about Open Source OS's. Been there; Done that; Burned hours dealing with application library interdependencies, library/kernel incompatibilities, and other upgrade headaches. I've run Linux/*BSD since the early '90's and the novelty of burning up huge amounts of time on them wore off long ago. I still keep them on lab machines for experimentation, but not on the machines I use daily. I want a machine I can just *use* and not spend time administering. So this option stikes out on time wasted.
Then there is the Mac; Turn it on, use it, and perhaps once a week click the button labeled "Software Update". That's it. As long as I value my time, the Mac remains the most carefree economical option.
Incidently, I have spent the last 15 years in Unix adminstration and networking. My workstation during the day is Solaris/SPARC which is second only to the Mac in ease of adminstration.
That's all well and good until the mine shows up back at the manufacturers door asking: "Can the maker repair what he makes? "
"What's good for M & M Enterprises will be good for the country." -- 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder:
"40,000 monkeys at keybo...err...MICROPHONES, led by a chair-throwing gorilla."
I just bought a new Jeep two months ago with the RB-1 (made by Alpine) GPS navigation radio. My experience is that I am more attentive when driving! I no longer need to worry about navigating or reading maps because the GPS is handling the navigation, so I can focus totally on driving. There is no need to be looking at the GPS because it always gives you verbal warnings well in advance of the next turn.
...that women are smarter than men!
PayPal didn't do squat for me. I paid $150 for a networked power controller that turned out be a useless paperweight. The seller wouldn't respond, and a few days after the auction, his account was suspended. I thought "No problem, I'll notify PayPal"! PayPal made it perfectly clear that as long as the seller sent me something, ANYTHING, then as far as they were concerned, everything was just perfect.
...will it run Linux???
When I upgraded from 4.x to 5.0, the OS ran fine, but 2/3 of the apps I built from /usr/ports either wouldn't compile, or wouldn't run properly. In exasperation, I finally gave up and downgraded back to 4.x. I didn't try to upgrade again until 5.3 came out. At that point the ports I needed were fine. I am hesitant to upgrade to 6.0, only to go through this miserable experience all over again.
...it will be Netscape 3.0.
We get the hurricane controller and we hold the world ransomed for.....One MILLION DOLLARS!!