The need to run it in X11 (at least in the Mac OS environment) makes it very hard to use in Elementary education. While there are many things that can be done to make it easier the fact that the users needed a second "program" running to make it work was hard to wrap their heads around. Look at NeoOfficeJ. YMMV.
Each year during winter I migrate from a PPC chip system to an Intel based system for greater warmth. In summer, I return to the cooler PPC. Just like whales.
Seriously, you probably should investigate a natural gas generator, talk to a good electrician, and be prepared to combat a plethora of zoning (or similar in the UK) restrictions. Alternativly you could reinforce the floors of your house and consider lead-acid batteries but many of these solutions are solar oriented and not ideal for the UK in winter.
One of the things that does not come out clearly is that NIH's main pitch for this (at least to members of Congress) is consoldating the in in the National Library of Medicine and making it avaialbe through PubMed. This allows for single source, full text searching for info by researcher and taxpayer alike. As long as the journal holds copyright, this is not possible.
While I understand the cost of the peer review process and publication, it is a poor excuse for limiting the flow of information and this could be the wedge that opens reform of this process.
Hmmmm.... so they saw an increase in revenues. Last time I checked that is not the same as profit, despite what the post says. BMI built its revenu by adding artists to its catalog, not through retail sales or any direct consumer interaction. If anything this gives record companies more to cry about since they are allegedly being squeezed harder at both ends (BMI on one side, pirates on the other).
This is the cycle I have seen. Mac school needs PCs in business office. Eventually hires PC type person to serve them and a few other administrators. PC person is far more knowledgable about network stuff and appears to be doing more work. Less technically literate Mac person is pushed out when they tell everyone they have to buy all new software and hardware for OS X. Windows network lives happily for a year...... Virus, patch managment, and other strains dramatically elevate cost and make everyone frustrated. Four new tech staff are brought in to manage the situation. Linux leaning tech staff member aquires Powerbook to run some OSS. Avocates and gets macs back in the school. Macs slowly claw their way back in.
In my limited experience devices and services provided by employers (DSL, pager, cell, car) are used a minimum of 80% for non-work related purposes (see recent Wash Post article on social use of Blackberrys by Capitol Hill staff. Your tax dollars at work. No link due to Posts dreadful archive policy).
It is a significant expense for an employer to take on when the direct value they receive is so low and they are items that employees would probably take on themselves. And that is the key, any item that it is easier for an employee to take on themselves not only saves you the direct cost, but indirect administrative costs. Sure it is good for morale, but at what cost.
Obviously the posters company is not very employee savvy. I used to include summaries of company expenses with employee raises and salary changes and show them the total cost that the company was taking on for them beyond their salary (Health care, car, phone, life insurance, etc.) It really helped them understand the total cost of an employee to an employer. If I could put up with the down-time, I would frame it as, "You can buy your own broadband and VPN in or you can drive in, your choice".
NASA's explination for the changes and need for image processing. I am still not sure the get it exactly right, but that's OK, neither is any one else.
1. If it is a Fed Government contract it is probably illegal under the procurement rules (FAR).
2. If the if the client is paying the same amount of money (big IF), then you should be paid for all the work you do. Otherwise, the company is directly profiting from the reduced timeline. This was standard practice at my last compay for comercial contracts. It is not the traditional overtime (time-and-a-half) but at least you are compenstated for the BILLABLE work you do. If they are not willing to do that (i.e. pay for the billiable work you do) then get the hell out.
3. In situations where I had to "rescue" a poorly negotiated contract I always sought (and occasionally received) comp time as additional vacation. While I never used it because I was afraid of not geting on the next contract, I was able to cash it out when I left.
OK but what if the Prior Art was not patented, or further, that it was cover under on of the many open source licenses or similar
The reason I ask is that I was part of a development group that had a functional eCommerce website produced for the government under a cooperative research and development agreement in Jan of 1997. As such it is has special provisions under patentablity and copyright. If so, who would want to know about this?
Very cool thread. This is all I can add. In the private sector, decisions/action can _always_ be boiled down to/forced by money. Public sector (esp. acedemia) is much more murky and all decisions have their own internal dynamic. Choose the paridigm that suits you.
Saw clerck in local Apple shop today putting price tags on Jaguar boxes. Would not let me buy one. Bastard..... but I respect his integrity. I love the OS but the "Jaguar" skin every where is a little too Austin Powers for me.
Titanium worked for me and represented all the facets of my relationship that I wanted incorporated the presentation of a ring. Choose your metal, chose your stone. Make it meaningful and that is all you need (but $$$$ spent don't hurt your case either). Sorry for the sappiness but after 7 years its all I have.
After reading the review I almost returned the game un-opened....Fortunatly I installed it on my Macintosh and from only about 5 minutes of play, I had to post.
On the macintosh it plays wonderfully. The 360 degree play is a welcome change as is the directional sound. I can't vouch for the puzzles or game play but it looks like they have take some great environment elements from the FPS games and included them.
So, while many points in the review are valid.... if the review had been done on a different platform we might have had a different result and that would not be entierly fair either.
But he will probably kick-you. No one, especially after telling their managment they just went with the "best" contractor is going to risk getting fired over what you are telling them.
You have obviously invested some time in getting up to speed on security analysis. Wait a few months and then notifiy the company (CIO, or someone higher up the food-chain) of you "new" security practice/business, and that a you will give them a two hour consultative session free.
In other words, take your talents, build a business and NEVER attack the winner in a bid process unless it is something that you can go to a court with (i.e. violation of process, etc.), otherwise you will be turning the client off. Do, request a de-brief where you ask them how you could have meet their needs better and they can explain deficiences in your proposal.(This is often done on government contracts but is only worth it if you want them as a client).
I would be interested if you could provide a direct link since I could not find the story.
You are probably being required by the DoD to conform to 504 which requires general accessibility and many agencies have been conforming to the proposed, and now final, 508 regs as part of 504 compliance.
In any event, call the access board yourself and they will tell you the same thing. 508 compliance IS NOT retro. Or call your agency coordinator. Or see the FAQ at access-board.gov which clearly states "on or after".
I am pretty sure I have this right since I am helping coordiante the preperation for compliance for 70 web sites covering 5 agencies and have spent a good deal of time hashing this out with lawyers and agency coordinators.
You are correct but since there is no enforcement provision for 504, no standard to conform to, and there is nothing in the FAR... it is effectivly the same as the ADA where it has to be challenged first even though the intent of the reg was different.
When in doubt though, call the access-board, they are very helpful.
Call the people at the access-board.gov. The regulation only applies to things created/contracted for after June 22, 2001. You do not have to retroactivly alter your entires site. Also note that,
1. Most of the regs, refered to as Section 508 are really just good coding practice (like using alt tags on web sites.)
2. Any disabled person could have sue you since 197X under the ADA and force you to be accessible, you should have been thinking about this all along.
3. This regulation appliies to everything IT related, not just web pages.
I have developed several web sites for government clients and accessibility is a big issue for them. I am not aware of any current regulation or directive but it is definitely on it's way for Government sites. And if they have to do it, you can bet that commercial sites will have to make "reasonable accommodation" under the a new attachment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Attitudes like those exhibited by this company are a guarantee of regulation. We solved it by implementing new coding standards that required ALT tags, set new templates with the graphic designers, and made a Bobby scan part of the QA process. Not every one is going to be this structured in their approach but to deny the problem will bring pain for us all. So go to CAST and get going.
We solved it by implimenting new coding standards that required ALT tags, set new templates with the graphic designers, and made a Bobby scan part of the QA process. Not every one is going to be this structured in thier approach but to deny the problem will bring pain for us all.
Lucas has always been a film purist. He is one of the primary reasons you see the warning on films that are not letter boxed or have been "edited for time and content". He even has a whole company (THX) devoted to certifying the purity of sound in a viewing environment.
Piracy drives him insane because movies are almost always presented in a degraded manner as anyone who has bought bootleg can attest. He resents that some one is deliberately spoiling the experience he is attempting to create.
Lucas is distrustful of new video related technology based on his bad experience with Laser disks and has spent the past few years saying the format was not proven or mature enough. Now I think he just wants to wait and take the extra time to produce good DVD, that take advantage of ALL the features DVD can offer to enhance the viewing experience, and not just be satisfied with the enhancement that digital format makes possible .
I may be naive but I think its about the experience not the money.
It has been mentioned that large vehicles must have a speed limiter but many commercial production cars have one too, including mine. It cuts the fuel to the engine at 114mph and is usually called a govenor. Many cars have this "feature" so do most mopeds and motorcycles.
Just read your owners manual for the details on the negative effects of depriving an engine of gas at 114mph to see why this is a bad idea, and why involve a satalite?
I run oracle on SGI IRIX for an internet application. I have only one caution. We have suffered being low on the Oracle port list. We are last to get updates, bug fixes, etc. We have waited 4 months to a year for things Solaris and NT users get immediately. Also, testing is less rigorous.
Make sure Oracle is committed to Linux as a priority (they are trying to get rid of the OS completely as a long term goal).
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The need to run it in X11 (at least in the Mac OS environment) makes it very hard to use in Elementary education. While there are many things that can be done to make it easier the fact that the users needed a second "program" running to make it work was hard to wrap their heads around. Look at NeoOfficeJ. YMMV.
Each year during winter I migrate from a PPC chip system to an Intel based system for greater warmth. In summer, I return to the cooler PPC. Just like whales.
Seriously, you probably should investigate a natural gas generator, talk to a good electrician, and be prepared to combat a plethora of zoning (or similar in the UK) restrictions. Alternativly you could reinforce the floors of your house and consider lead-acid batteries but many of these solutions are solar oriented and not ideal for the UK in winter.
It's not easy being green.
One of the things that does not come out clearly is that NIH's main pitch for this (at least to members of Congress) is consoldating the in in the National Library of Medicine and making it avaialbe through PubMed. This allows for single source, full text searching for info by researcher and taxpayer alike. As long as the journal holds copyright, this is not possible.
While I understand the cost of the peer review process and publication, it is a poor excuse for limiting the flow of information and this could be the wedge that opens reform of this process.
Hmmmm .... so they saw an increase in revenues. Last time I checked that is not the same as profit, despite what the post says. BMI built its revenu by adding artists to its catalog, not through retail sales or any direct consumer interaction. If anything this gives record companies more to cry about since they are allegedly being squeezed harder at both ends (BMI on one side, pirates on the other).
This is the cycle I have seen. Mac school needs PCs in business office. Eventually hires PC type person to serve them and a few other administrators. PC person is far more knowledgable about network stuff and appears to be doing more work. Less technically literate Mac person is pushed out when they tell everyone they have to buy all new software and hardware for OS X. Windows network lives happily for a year...... Virus, patch managment, and other strains dramatically elevate cost and make everyone frustrated. Four new tech staff are brought in to manage the situation. Linux leaning tech staff member aquires Powerbook to run some OSS. Avocates and gets macs back in the school. Macs slowly claw their way back in.
In my limited experience devices and services provided by employers (DSL, pager, cell, car) are used a minimum of 80% for non-work related purposes (see recent Wash Post article on social use of Blackberrys by Capitol Hill staff. Your tax dollars at work. No link due to Posts dreadful archive policy) .
It is a significant expense for an employer to take on when the direct value they receive is so low and they are items that employees would probably take on themselves. And that is the key, any item that it is easier for an employee to take on themselves not only saves you the direct cost, but indirect administrative costs. Sure it is good for morale, but at what cost.
Obviously the posters company is not very employee savvy. I used to include summaries of company expenses with employee raises and salary changes and show them the total cost that the company was taking on for them beyond their salary (Health care, car, phone, life insurance, etc.) It really helped them understand the total cost of an employee to an employer. If I could put up with the down-time, I would frame it as, "You can buy your own broadband and VPN in or you can drive in, your choice".
NASA's explination for the changes and need for image processing. I am still not sure the get it exactly right, but that's OK, neither is any one else.
I skipped breakfast and only had a Venti Latte (apx 400 calories with 3 sugars). That's good, right?
I had a McD Double Quarter Pounder but I did not eat the fries (760 calories). I got a soda but did not get a re-fill (apx 250 calories). I was good.
When I got home and only had one beer (Heineken 166 calories) and a home made Tuna Melt (apx 450 calories). I was really good.
I don't see how I can be gaining weight if I skipped breakfast!?!
Based on an actual conversation with a similarly deluded co-worker.
1. If it is a Fed Government contract it is probably illegal under the procurement rules (FAR).
2. If the if the client is paying the same amount of money (big IF), then you should be paid for all the work you do. Otherwise, the company is directly profiting from the reduced timeline. This was standard practice at my last compay for comercial contracts. It is not the traditional overtime (time-and-a-half) but at least you are compenstated for the BILLABLE work you do. If they are not willing to do that (i.e. pay for the billiable work you do) then get the hell out.
3. In situations where I had to "rescue" a poorly negotiated contract I always sought (and occasionally received) comp time as additional vacation. While I never used it because I was afraid of not geting on the next contract, I was able to cash it out when I left.
Is it morally right to work for a professor when a grad student could be getting a stipend for it?
OK but what if the Prior Art was not patented, or further, that it was cover under on of the many open source licenses or similar
The reason I ask is that I was part of a development group that had a functional eCommerce website produced for the government under a cooperative research and development agreement in Jan of 1997. As such it is has special provisions under patentablity and copyright. If so, who would want to know about this?
Very cool thread. This is all I can add. In the private sector, decisions/action can _always_ be boiled down to/forced by money. Public sector (esp. acedemia) is much more murky and all decisions have their own internal dynamic. Choose the paridigm that suits you.
Saw clerck in local Apple shop today putting price tags on Jaguar boxes. Would not let me buy one. Bastard ..... but I respect his integrity. I love the OS but the "Jaguar" skin every where is a little too Austin Powers for me.
Titanium worked for me and represented all the facets of my relationship that I wanted incorporated the presentation of a ring. Choose your metal, chose your stone. Make it meaningful and that is all you need (but $$$$ spent don't hurt your case either). Sorry for the sappiness but after 7 years its all I have.
After reading the review I almost returned the game un-opened....Fortunatly I installed it on my Macintosh and from only about 5 minutes of play, I had to post.
On the macintosh it plays wonderfully. The 360 degree play is a welcome change as is the directional sound. I can't vouch for the puzzles or game play but it looks like they have take some great environment elements from the FPS games and included them.
So, while many points in the review are valid.... if the review had been done on a different platform we might have had a different result and that would not be entierly fair either.
But he will probably kick-you. No one, especially after telling their managment they just went with the "best" contractor is going to risk getting fired over what you are telling them.
You have obviously invested some time in getting up to speed on security analysis. Wait a few months and then notifiy the company (CIO, or someone higher up the food-chain) of you "new" security practice/business, and that a you will give them a two hour consultative session free.
In other words, take your talents, build a business and NEVER attack the winner in a bid process unless it is something that you can go to a court with (i.e. violation of process, etc.), otherwise you will be turning the client off. Do, request a de-brief where you ask them how you could have meet their needs better and they can explain deficiences in your proposal.(This is often done on government contracts but is only worth it if you want them as a client).
I would be interested if you could provide a direct link since I could not find the story.
You are probably being required by the DoD to conform to 504 which requires general accessibility and many agencies have been conforming to the proposed, and now final, 508 regs as part of 504 compliance.
In any event, call the access board yourself and they will tell you the same thing. 508 compliance IS NOT retro. Or call your agency coordinator. Or see the FAQ at access-board.gov which clearly states "on or after".
I am pretty sure I have this right since I am helping coordiante the preperation for compliance for 70 web sites covering 5 agencies and have spent a good deal of time hashing this out with lawyers and agency coordinators.
You are correct but since there is no enforcement provision for 504, no standard to conform to, and there is nothing in the FAR... it is effectivly the same as the ADA where it has to be challenged first even though the intent of the reg was different.
When in doubt though, call the access-board, they are very helpful.
Call the people at the access-board.gov. The regulation only applies to things created/contracted for after June 22, 2001. You do not have to retroactivly alter your entires site. Also note that,
1. Most of the regs, refered to as Section 508 are really just good coding practice (like using alt tags on web sites.)
2. Any disabled person could have sue you since 197X under the ADA and force you to be accessible, you should have been thinking about this all along.
3. This regulation appliies to everything IT related, not just web pages.
I have developed several web sites for government clients and accessibility is a big issue for them. I am not aware of any current regulation or directive but it is definitely on it's way for Government sites. And if they have to do it, you can bet that commercial sites will have to make "reasonable accommodation" under the a new attachment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Attitudes like those exhibited by this company are a guarantee of regulation. We solved it by implementing new coding standards that required ALT tags, set new templates with the graphic designers, and made a Bobby scan part of the QA process. Not every one is going to be this structured in their approach but to deny the problem will bring pain for us all. So go to CAST and get going.
We solved it by implimenting new coding standards that required ALT tags, set new templates with the graphic designers, and made a Bobby scan part of the QA process. Not every one is going to be this structured in thier approach but to deny the problem will bring pain for us all.Lucas has always been a film purist. He is one of the primary reasons you see the warning on films that are not letter boxed or have been "edited for time and content". He even has a whole company (THX) devoted to certifying the purity of sound in a viewing environment.
Piracy drives him insane because movies are almost always presented in a degraded manner as anyone who has bought bootleg can attest. He resents that some one is deliberately spoiling the experience he is attempting to create.
Lucas is distrustful of new video related technology based on his bad experience with Laser disks and has spent the past few years saying the format was not proven or mature enough. Now I think he just wants to wait and take the extra time to produce good DVD, that take advantage of ALL the features DVD can offer to enhance the viewing experience, and not just be satisfied with the enhancement that digital format makes possible .
I may be naive but I think its about the experience not the money.
It has been mentioned that large vehicles must have a speed limiter but many commercial production cars have one too, including mine. It cuts the fuel to the engine at 114mph and is usually called a govenor. Many cars have this "feature" so do most mopeds and motorcycles.
Just read your owners manual for the details on the negative effects of depriving an engine of gas at 114mph to see why this is a bad idea, and why involve a satalite?
I run oracle on SGI IRIX for an internet application. I have only one caution. We have suffered being low on the Oracle port list. We are last to get updates, bug fixes, etc. We have waited 4 months to a year for things Solaris and NT users get immediately. Also, testing is less rigorous.
Make sure Oracle is committed to Linux as a priority (they are trying to get rid of the OS completely as a long term goal).