I believe this problem would largely go away if the media just stopped covering North Korea's every temper tantrum. An exception would be The Onion and maybe Colbert, but even that might be enough to reinforce their "Terrible Twos" sort of behavior. I do give some credit to the administration for ceasing to play the stupid game that has been going on since the early 90s:
1. Provocation 2. Talk 3. Cough up food aid or the like 4. Promise to be nice 5. Lather, rinse, repeat
Write performance is awesome. I suppose I'd better check read performance again.......... Hmm, that disk array doesn't seem to help much here. I want a refund!!
1.5 million / global population of about 400 million at the time of the Crusades is about 0.4%. For our favorite monstrous dictators of the 20 century, 20 million / 2.5 billion circa 1940 is about 0.8%.
Does "SCO" ring any bells? Assertion of patents on FAT? Pressuring OEMs not to offer Linux preloaded? Munging Internet Explorer to make open source browsers look bad?
I could go on, but I have better things to do this evening and very little interest in pursuing some pointless argument. Feel free to hate Apple, indulge amnesia or whatever turns your crank. All these companies can be expected to do what they think will help their bottom line.
For the record, I'm glad MS is showing signs of playing nicer with the other kids and hope they continue to do so.
No reason to treat nuclear like the "Second Coming," but the clueless denouncements are not helpful either. Energy policy needs clear thinking, hard choices and willingness to debate honestly. However, the public is horribly ill-informed and there probably isn't much hope of that improving anytime soon. Given that, we all need some leadership. That is also in very short supply when one man's "leadership" is another's "demagoguery" and immediately and permanently used to mobilize opposition to him in all future campaigns.
Given the above, nuclear power is almost certainly heading for slow extinction in any country where the government can't simply run roughshod over any opposition and send in troops and tanks to impose their will. This is a problem because baseload power needs to stay in place for the foreseeable future to buffer the variable and unpredictable supply from wind, solar, etc., and the alternatives to fission have significant issues of their own. I'm an "all of the above" guy, with the exception that I'd like to see coal mostly phased out, for well-catalogued reasons. I see that as a more pressing need than getting rid of fission plants.
Fukushima could have been avoided by, you know, actually retiring really old plants past their operating life and replacing them in situ with something new. In that case, anything designed and built after about 1970 would have sufficed. Government should mandate old plants replacement as a public safety issue. Since here in the US they don't seem to be serious about building a waste repository (and the idea is really pretty dumb anyway, reprocessing would probably be a better move), that money could be used to seed the process.
This. A disparity this size suggests there is more to the story. Cisco is expensive, yes, but Lucent isn't free. Hard to see how they intend to make money on the project.
What Cisco brings to the table is their support organization. If you spend as much time with networking as I do, responsible for upwards of fifty switches, multiple firewalls, IPS, wireless, etc., you learn to appreciate being able to open a case and get a knowledgeable person on the line inside of 15 minutes, and replacement hardware next day without jumping through hoops.
I've tried HP and Dell network hardware at various times, and came away unimpressed. Servers sure, but they should stick with that IMO. Haven't dealt with any Lucent gear since 2000 (some modem aggregator IIRC), so can't speak to them directly.
Had it all: impenetrable plot, end-of-world drama, quintuple agents, and the ability to climax in the mouth of a skilled prostitute in a few minutes. Plus the game spawned by it consumed untold nights and following days when I was a younger man. A good friend of mine tells me it destroyed his life.
The Micro USB connector sucks. Every phone I've ever seen using it starts having problems with loose connections causing intermittent charging after 9-12 months. Meanwhile the iPhones I have had have all charged fine for as long as I've owned them. I have a now ancient 3G iPhone, still charges fine after having been used by three members of my family over 4 years. Even disregarding the variety of features available on the Lightning connector, I'll pass on the Micro USB "standard", thanks.
If people start buying the phones with huge battery life in droves, it won't take long for the handset makers to take notice. Meanwhile, numerous cases are available with auxiliary batteries if one needs more electrons than supplied by default.
Have a source for that late date? My recollection is that the Soviets began attacking Japanese occupied Manchuria on August 8, the day before the Nagasaki bombing.
In any case, multiple reasons can be found for the decision, and waiting on Stalin's "help" wouldn't have been a great idea.
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I believe this problem would largely go away if the media just stopped covering North Korea's every temper tantrum. An exception would be The Onion and maybe Colbert, but even that might be enough to reinforce their "Terrible Twos" sort of behavior. I do give some credit to the administration for ceasing to play the stupid game that has been going on since the early 90s:
1. Provocation
2. Talk
3. Cough up food aid or the like
4. Promise to be nice
5. Lather, rinse, repeat
Bastards. They stole my idea again. Maybe I should just take the hint and send them my CV. Or run off to the patent office and file so I can sue.
By "joy" you mean "dollars", which means "speech", right? And people say money can't buy happiness.
Write performance is awesome. I suppose I'd better check read performance again. ... ... ...
Hmm, that disk array doesn't seem to help much here. I want a refund!!
Made vs. common sense. It must have been a natural 20.
So now when I roll my eyes at the latest insult to my intelligence and workflow, Windows 8 will implement something better? Where do I sign up?
1.5 million / global population of about 400 million at the time of the Crusades is about 0.4%. For our favorite monstrous dictators of the 20 century, 20 million / 2.5 billion circa 1940 is about 0.8%.
Proportionally it isn't all that far off.
Nay, Congress has quite diligently supported their big campaign contributors^W^W^Wconstituents who apparently require such draconian protection.
Yum. Where can I find this cheeseburger? This gives new meaning to the term, "slider."
That first quote would be from the Who, "My Generation."
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There are no data points to refer to here.
Really?
Does "SCO" ring any bells? Assertion of patents on FAT? Pressuring OEMs not to offer Linux preloaded? Munging Internet Explorer to make open source browsers look bad?
I could go on, but I have better things to do this evening and very little interest in pursuing some pointless argument. Feel free to hate Apple, indulge amnesia or whatever turns your crank. All these companies can be expected to do what they think will help their bottom line.
For the record, I'm glad MS is showing signs of playing nicer with the other kids and hope they continue to do so.
And they've done more TO open source than Apple ever has. What's your point?
No reason to treat nuclear like the "Second Coming," but the clueless denouncements are not helpful either. Energy policy needs clear thinking, hard choices and willingness to debate honestly. However, the public is horribly ill-informed and there probably isn't much hope of that improving anytime soon. Given that, we all need some leadership. That is also in very short supply when one man's "leadership" is another's "demagoguery" and immediately and permanently used to mobilize opposition to him in all future campaigns.
Given the above, nuclear power is almost certainly heading for slow extinction in any country where the government can't simply run roughshod over any opposition and send in troops and tanks to impose their will. This is a problem because baseload power needs to stay in place for the foreseeable future to buffer the variable and unpredictable supply from wind, solar, etc., and the alternatives to fission have significant issues of their own. I'm an "all of the above" guy, with the exception that I'd like to see coal mostly phased out, for well-catalogued reasons. I see that as a more pressing need than getting rid of fission plants.
Fukushima could have been avoided by, you know, actually retiring really old plants past their operating life and replacing them in situ with something new. In that case, anything designed and built after about 1970 would have sufficed. Government should mandate old plants replacement as a public safety issue. Since here in the US they don't seem to be serious about building a waste repository (and the idea is really pretty dumb anyway, reprocessing would probably be a better move), that money could be used to seed the process.
We'll have to nuke them both from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
A support tech didn't notice that an interface got set half duplex? Doing a "show interface" seems about the first thing to check. WTF?
This. A disparity this size suggests there is more to the story. Cisco is expensive, yes, but Lucent isn't free. Hard to see how they intend to make money on the project.
What Cisco brings to the table is their support organization. If you spend as much time with networking as I do, responsible for upwards of fifty switches, multiple firewalls, IPS, wireless, etc., you learn to appreciate being able to open a case and get a knowledgeable person on the line inside of 15 minutes, and replacement hardware next day without jumping through hoops.
I've tried HP and Dell network hardware at various times, and came away unimpressed. Servers sure, but they should stick with that IMO. Haven't dealt with any Lucent gear since 2000 (some modem aggregator IIRC), so can't speak to them directly.
Had it all: impenetrable plot, end-of-world drama, quintuple agents, and the ability to climax in the mouth of a skilled prostitute in a few minutes. Plus the game spawned by it consumed untold nights and following days when I was a younger man. A good friend of mine tells me it destroyed his life.
I hereby cordially invite you and all like minded folk to go fuck yourselves.
As opposed to the far more desirable conditions of corporations using/being used by/run as organized crime and political parties.
The Micro USB connector sucks. Every phone I've ever seen using it starts having problems with loose connections causing intermittent charging after 9-12 months. Meanwhile the iPhones I have had have all charged fine for as long as I've owned them. I have a now ancient 3G iPhone, still charges fine after having been used by three members of my family over 4 years. Even disregarding the variety of features available on the Lightning connector, I'll pass on the Micro USB "standard", thanks.
If people start buying the phones with huge battery life in droves, it won't take long for the handset makers to take notice. Meanwhile, numerous cases are available with auxiliary batteries if one needs more electrons than supplied by default.
Is it "legitimate" molesting?
Have a source for that late date? My recollection is that the Soviets began attacking Japanese occupied Manchuria on August 8, the day before the Nagasaki bombing.
In any case, multiple reasons can be found for the decision, and waiting on Stalin's "help" wouldn't have been a great idea.