The question is - how do you build an open-access infrastructure without having to completely rip and replace all the last mile infrastructure in the United States and Canada?
Not that I doubt its possible, but from a business standpoint, they like the current infrastructure. They make money no matter what - either by charging competitors to allow them access to the system or by charging customers. And they don't have to invest capital in updating the network (which everyone but Verizon seems to be avoiding).
Now...I'd love to see more municipal networks that lease access to the telcos, but I don't see that happening.
Google still had a small victory in that loss. Part of the spectrum required completely open access to all third parties. Now whether that is done voluntarily or through a lawsuit or two remains to be seen.
Dude, i think we have the beginnings of an awesome new foreign policy. Hookers and Booze for everyone! and Blackjack! In fact, forget the foreign policy!
It really is much simpler. It goes something like this -
1. File - Open - Select File and double click or click open.
2. Select Cropping tool from Palette.
2a. Enter pixel or inch size and resolution. (Optional Step)
3. Click and drag to select desired area.
4. Double click or hit enter to crop.
It's one step simpler if you're doing a free-form crop (ie, not setting an image size or resolution), or the same number of steps if you're going for a specific image size and resolution.
What? You think they don't do this already? Have you seen what in-house programs Apple includes with the Mac? Have you seen one of those "I'm a Mac" commercials lately? They're nothing but false advertising and FUD.
Except most VMware products don't cost "a shitload" of money. A VMware Infrastructure license for a two-processor machine can be had for between $1500 and $3000 depending on the level of support you want. Server 2008 licenses are $999 for standard (w/ five cals) or $3999 for Enterprise (w/ 25 cals). Both of these prices include Hyper-V, which Microsoft's pricing page says is included in the cost and offers reduced price CALs for customers who do not wish to purchase that technology. These are also retail prices and do not reflect license agreement pricing.
If you're running a Windows-only shop and have x64 hardware, then Hyper-V might be the lower-cost option if you want a dedicated server for virtualization. If you're a mixed shop and want official support from Microsoft, then Hyper-V isn't going to be considered because many businesses won't just uproot their infrastructure over $1500 worth of software.
You have to remember that these answers have been sanitized by security and PR types at the Pentagon. I'm sure the General wanted to say "No, we won't make the cyber command do PT unless they want to," but I'm certain the military wouldn't allow that.
I think you answered your own question before you even asked it. There is software out there that was designed to work with IE5.5 and IE6 that hasn't been updated to work with IE7 yet. I can see in-house projects as being one of those areas, but there are also large commercial systems that have been customized to meet the customer's needs that may not be able to apply IE7 compatibility patches without some sort of patch customization.
Just because Microsoft pushes an update doesn't mean that the update has been tested with end-user systems. That is IT's job, and if IT finds that the update breaks critical systems that the business depends on, they won't push the update out until it is fixed.
I was hoping Obama would have been able to further his lead last night and put another nail in the campaign coffin of the Clintons, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Thankfully, Democratic primaries are proportional instead of winner take all, so even with these wins, Clinton won't be able to catch up to Obama.
That sounds like my gaming group...almost to a T. The only problem is that we never got far enough into the universe to actually see anything more than hack-and-slash type adventures because the entire group couldn't get together on the DM's schedule. We had an interesting game going, but the group I played with didn't like my character because I tried to roleplay instead of just being a meat-shield.
I had this experience recently. My company was looking to implement a computer-based training system for the employees at my plant. The HR department checked with other plants and found that they all used the same vendor as part of one giant training system. This system was decent, but the company charged an arm and a leg for everything. As the IT guy, I looked into some alternatives, and I found a couple of SCORM-compliant open source LMS packages. The only drawback to those is that we would have to put together our own content.
I put together one of these systems in a virtual machine, created a test course, and wrote up the expected project cost including an intern or two to create the training materials. I presented this to the project manager thinking that the management would appreciate something that could lower the expected project costs by $10,000 or more.
Instead...the idea was turned down because "I was the only one there to support it." I brought up cross-training someone in our plant or at a higher level of the company, and that was turned down because everyone was too busy.
What I don't get is why management doesn't trust their own staff. They hire us as computing professionals, so why don't they trust us to maintain systems that they want to lower costs or improve business.
Lots of bands and artists that rely on heavy studio production....
That is part of the problem right there. Almost every form of music can be taken on the road - techno dj's have live concerts fer christ-sakes, and that is almost entirely electronic music.
If you sound so bad you need a studio to make you look good, you shouldn't be performing in the first place.
Or if you didn't work for Boeing or some other defense contractor, you could bluff your way out of it by taking your cell phone and pretending to call a General. If they call your bluff, your screwed, but how many rent-a-TSA-cops will actually call that bluff if they're worried about some high ranking officer coming down on them?
Then there's the legal ambiguity about whether Microsoft can even use their patents to attack Free Software now, since they may be party to GPLv3.
And then there was the Doctrine of Laches and US Patent Law. Microsoft may not be able to file suit because they've announced that they know about the infringement but haven't revealed what it is. IIRC, patent law requires the party that knows about the infringement to disclose it in good faith so the infringing party can attempt to work around it.
Cutting internet links as a prelude to invasion doesn't make sense, though. It doesn't gain any strategic or tactical value because the systems that will matter in an invasion are internally controlled, and if properly designed, don't touch the global Internet.
There is also a possibility that this is an operation by some Islamic group that is looking to make a statement to the middle east or try to stop the spread of western culture and values.
What doesn't make sense about American involvement in this is that it seems to lack subtlety. We build or design most of the networking equipment that is used on the Internet backbone, and the NSA probably knows all of the backdoors to that equipment (and if it isn't American built, the NSA still probably has backdoors into it). So why would we go around damaging the communications infrastructure that is also used by our "allies" in the region to lock out Iran when we could just hack some routing tables and knock them offline>
Or if we were installing fiber taps, why would the US Navy continue with that operation when more than one operation was botched? One cable could be explained away, but multiple cable breaks over the course of a week would arouse suspicion, and the last thing an intel operation would want is suspicion that it is actually occurring.
There has got to be some other factor at play here. Perhaps Iran is about to undertake an internal purge and doesn't want the word leaking out over the web. Maybe some militants are trying to stop the spread of western ideas into the Middle East. Perhaps China is pulling a false-flag to raise suspicion of the US. These are just as likely as some attempt by Americans to forestall a switch from the dollar to the Euro.
I realize this is Slashdot, and everything runs with an anti-American bent around here these days, but you're ignoring several other possibilities that are just as likely as a botched attempt at installing fiber taps or the prelude to a war.
You're right that Microsoft needs to refocus itself as a company and align itself with the primary customer - the businessman. That is where their primary source of income is.
But that will never actually happen. Microsoft has two major problems - the desire to be all things computing to everyone and a management staff that won't accept anything but the first point. Until they get their act together and focus on some core businesses, they will continue to over-extend themselves.
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The question is - how do you build an open-access infrastructure without having to completely rip and replace all the last mile infrastructure in the United States and Canada? Not that I doubt its possible, but from a business standpoint, they like the current infrastructure. They make money no matter what - either by charging competitors to allow them access to the system or by charging customers. And they don't have to invest capital in updating the network (which everyone but Verizon seems to be avoiding). Now...I'd love to see more municipal networks that lease access to the telcos, but I don't see that happening.
Google still had a small victory in that loss. Part of the spectrum required completely open access to all third parties. Now whether that is done voluntarily or through a lawsuit or two remains to be seen.
It really is much simpler. It goes something like this - 1. File - Open - Select File and double click or click open. 2. Select Cropping tool from Palette. 2a. Enter pixel or inch size and resolution. (Optional Step) 3. Click and drag to select desired area. 4. Double click or hit enter to crop. It's one step simpler if you're doing a free-form crop (ie, not setting an image size or resolution), or the same number of steps if you're going for a specific image size and resolution.
You probably can do that...it just requires some scripting knowledge to accomplish it.
I know its bad form to do this, but I didn't read the whole post before I replied. Damn that lack of morning coffee.
What? You think they don't do this already? Have you seen what in-house programs Apple includes with the Mac? Have you seen one of those "I'm a Mac" commercials lately? They're nothing but false advertising and FUD.
If you're running a Windows-only shop and have x64 hardware, then Hyper-V might be the lower-cost option if you want a dedicated server for virtualization. If you're a mixed shop and want official support from Microsoft, then Hyper-V isn't going to be considered because many businesses won't just uproot their infrastructure over $1500 worth of software.
It's the fucking millennial types that are the problem, Um...Gen Y and the Millenials are the same.
You have to remember that these answers have been sanitized by security and PR types at the Pentagon. I'm sure the General wanted to say "No, we won't make the cyber command do PT unless they want to," but I'm certain the military wouldn't allow that.
...Newtonian physics is a model that has been proven wrong.When was Newtonian physics proven "wrong?"
Damn those crazy space-bat aliens and their science that can move large areas through time.
I think you answered your own question before you even asked it. There is software out there that was designed to work with IE5.5 and IE6 that hasn't been updated to work with IE7 yet. I can see in-house projects as being one of those areas, but there are also large commercial systems that have been customized to meet the customer's needs that may not be able to apply IE7 compatibility patches without some sort of patch customization.
Just because Microsoft pushes an update doesn't mean that the update has been tested with end-user systems. That is IT's job, and if IT finds that the update breaks critical systems that the business depends on, they won't push the update out until it is fixed.
I was hoping Obama would have been able to further his lead last night and put another nail in the campaign coffin of the Clintons, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Thankfully, Democratic primaries are proportional instead of winner take all, so even with these wins, Clinton won't be able to catch up to Obama.
What sort of "massive plot holes" are you talking about?
That sounds like my gaming group...almost to a T. The only problem is that we never got far enough into the universe to actually see anything more than hack-and-slash type adventures because the entire group couldn't get together on the DM's schedule. We had an interesting game going, but the group I played with didn't like my character because I tried to roleplay instead of just being a meat-shield.
Wait? Star Trek has canon?
I had this experience recently. My company was looking to implement a computer-based training system for the employees at my plant. The HR department checked with other plants and found that they all used the same vendor as part of one giant training system. This system was decent, but the company charged an arm and a leg for everything. As the IT guy, I looked into some alternatives, and I found a couple of SCORM-compliant open source LMS packages. The only drawback to those is that we would have to put together our own content.
I put together one of these systems in a virtual machine, created a test course, and wrote up the expected project cost including an intern or two to create the training materials. I presented this to the project manager thinking that the management would appreciate something that could lower the expected project costs by $10,000 or more.
Instead...the idea was turned down because "I was the only one there to support it." I brought up cross-training someone in our plant or at a higher level of the company, and that was turned down because everyone was too busy.
What I don't get is why management doesn't trust their own staff. They hire us as computing professionals, so why don't they trust us to maintain systems that they want to lower costs or improve business.
That is part of the problem right there. Almost every form of music can be taken on the road - techno dj's have live concerts fer christ-sakes, and that is almost entirely electronic music.
If you sound so bad you need a studio to make you look good, you shouldn't be performing in the first place.Or if you didn't work for Boeing or some other defense contractor, you could bluff your way out of it by taking your cell phone and pretending to call a General. If they call your bluff, your screwed, but how many rent-a-TSA-cops will actually call that bluff if they're worried about some high ranking officer coming down on them?
And then there was the Doctrine of Laches and US Patent Law. Microsoft may not be able to file suit because they've announced that they know about the infringement but haven't revealed what it is. IIRC, patent law requires the party that knows about the infringement to disclose it in good faith so the infringing party can attempt to work around it.
Cutting internet links as a prelude to invasion doesn't make sense, though. It doesn't gain any strategic or tactical value because the systems that will matter in an invasion are internally controlled, and if properly designed, don't touch the global Internet.
There is also a possibility that this is an operation by some Islamic group that is looking to make a statement to the middle east or try to stop the spread of western culture and values.
What doesn't make sense about American involvement in this is that it seems to lack subtlety. We build or design most of the networking equipment that is used on the Internet backbone, and the NSA probably knows all of the backdoors to that equipment (and if it isn't American built, the NSA still probably has backdoors into it). So why would we go around damaging the communications infrastructure that is also used by our "allies" in the region to lock out Iran when we could just hack some routing tables and knock them offline>
Or if we were installing fiber taps, why would the US Navy continue with that operation when more than one operation was botched? One cable could be explained away, but multiple cable breaks over the course of a week would arouse suspicion, and the last thing an intel operation would want is suspicion that it is actually occurring.
There has got to be some other factor at play here. Perhaps Iran is about to undertake an internal purge and doesn't want the word leaking out over the web. Maybe some militants are trying to stop the spread of western ideas into the Middle East. Perhaps China is pulling a false-flag to raise suspicion of the US. These are just as likely as some attempt by Americans to forestall a switch from the dollar to the Euro.
I realize this is Slashdot, and everything runs with an anti-American bent around here these days, but you're ignoring several other possibilities that are just as likely as a botched attempt at installing fiber taps or the prelude to a war.
You're right that Microsoft needs to refocus itself as a company and align itself with the primary customer - the businessman. That is where their primary source of income is.
But that will never actually happen. Microsoft has two major problems - the desire to be all things computing to everyone and a management staff that won't accept anything but the first point. Until they get their act together and focus on some core businesses, they will continue to over-extend themselves.