yes you heard about the PA-RISC design team, they were let go (actually they all went to Intel, ostensibly to help design IA-64 chips, I guess) but HP-UX dev is humming right along:))
2) Solaris is no longer competing with HP-UX, since HP-UX is no more.
umm.... think you might be confused between PA-RISC and HP-UX. PA-RISC is being phased out in favor of IA-64. But HP-UX is alive and well, thank you very much:P, and being ported to IA-64.
HP isn't competing with Sun anymore because IBM is the logical target now, with their services business.
GTA3 -- ebgames.com lists the release date as 04/16/2002, only a couple more months (hopefully)..
had my copy pre-ordered in January:P
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/products/pro duct.asp?pf_id=215166&mscssid=GE0KEWXHNVL28P2AG6G5 DES1F359DGG9&ref=1&PromoCode=&site=&siteID=
I agree that this statement by the judge seems anything BUT impartial...
I also balk at the idea that the whole community or "movement" feel that information should be available to those who are "clever" enough to break in to systems. I believe that the attitude of most members of this community are more that of favoring free and equal information SHARING.. not breaking into and stealing.
and I LOVED Cryptonomicon.. gotta love the three plus pages he spends on describing the Cap'n-Crunch-eating-algorithm that the main character uses when he's in the Phillipines... plus a great storyline linking WWII with the post-modern drama surrounding the data haven Avi and Co. are constructing..
I'm looking forward to getting Snow Crash and Diamond Age... and also The Cuckoo's Egg by Stoll.. my first boss recommended it to me some years ago, but I have yet to go out and grab it..
first of all.. i am not a contractor, nor do i pretend to have any detailed knowledge of HP's/or MS's compensation poilicies towards contractors..
However... if they ARE contractors... how does HP hire them without a contract.. I'm curious.. as to supervising them with HP management, I see nothing wrong with this. IF the contractors are going to be effective workers in HP, I would think they need to have supervision by managers who are involved with HP's projects.. Also including contractors in a benefits program seems to be contrary to the idea of contractors.. aren't they hired to be solid workers who earn salary but don't receive benefits? It seems a good way to reduce payroll costs, while maintaining productivity...
I happen to work with a contractor in our group and his equipment has been provided by HP.. (PC, phone, test machines) perhaps your examples are just isolated in some sectors of HP?
As far as compensation for a CEO.. that is up to the board of directors of HP.. if they deemed it worthwhile to pay her 93 million for 4 months work,then so be it.. the savings they hope to gain from her leadership is probably many times that sum..
I don't use Exchange or Outlook Express (though some do) I use Netscape as my mail agent.. i coul d use anything i wanted as long as I point it at the right SMTP/POP server..
i don't think the company's rotten. granted I've been here less than a year.. but I don't think things are as bad as your melodramatic comment may indicate..
It's ironic, I think, here I am sitting at HP, makers of some of the best calculators in the world.. and what did I use in college? a TI-85.. lol.. but i see what you mean about everyone wanting one.. and on the Barnes/Starbucks front i'm torn, because I don't mind shopping at Barnes and Noble, but I detest Starbucks.. i don't know why.. but i do...
Since I've been here I've come to realize that Hewlett-Packard does a lot for the community. In particular, there is a very close alliance with United Way and conducting a donation drive annually. Also HP focuses its efforts locally. For instance, our site's contributions directly benefits the surrounding area.
I think companies and ESPECIALLY ones with earnings in the 10^9 $US should contribute to the surrounding community of its offices. If for NOTHING else, than to the betterment of the educational resources for the families of the community in which the company resides..
i'm happy to work for a company that shares this viewpoint.
heh heh.. yeah i still get a little weirded out thinking about just what it was that Max "encountered" down there..
hmm.. just a thought.. i wonder how difficult it would be, considering galileo's present position to use Juptier to slingshot itself out of the plane of the ecliptic... (shrug)
love the sig... black hole was one of my FAVES growing up.. what DID V.I.N.C.E.N.T stand for again.. i remember reading a kids book based on the flim and it said what it was..
:)
Not *TOO* bad but not the best I've seen..
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I was very intrigued when I read about the episode in the paper, it was co-written by William Gibson. I thought the comments it made on gender issues both in high-tech and in gaming, in particular, were thought-provoking but have to admit the resolution of the episode was less than stellar... (Scully did kick some a$$ though)..
Pros ----
the lone gunmen.. they rule jade blue afterglow.. (biting my fist..) scully/mulder got to run around like a marine in Quake blasting stuff up
Cons ----
raising for the n-th time the idea that gaming is the cause of societal violence
the idea that they HAD to delete the whole game to get rid of the ninja chick.. no CVS depot?
That dork in charge of the game.. just didn't like him..
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so... what you're saying is?
:P
There really IS no spoon?
yes you heard about the PA-RISC design team, they were let go (actually they all went to Intel, ostensibly to help design IA-64 chips, I guess) but HP-UX dev is humming right along :))
2) Solaris is no longer competing with HP-UX, since HP-UX is no more.
:P, and being ported to IA-64.
HP isn't competing with Sun anymore because IBM is the logical target now, with their services business.
umm.... think you might be confused between PA-RISC and HP-UX. PA-RISC is being phased out in favor of IA-64. But HP-UX is alive and well, thank you very much
GTA3 -- ebgames.com lists the release date as 04/16/2002, only a couple more months (hopefully).. had my copy pre-ordered in January :P
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/products/pro duct.asp?pf_id=215166&mscssid=GE0KEWXHNVL28P2AG6G5 DES1F359DGG9&ref=1&PromoCode=&site=&siteID=
but uhhh... i liked the Enterprise pilot last night..
don't forget about My Enemy, My Ally :))
btw. I LOVED all 3 of those you mentioned.. haven't read those in about 10 years.. heh hehe
hmmm.. not quite..
'libre' means free as in "the bathroom is free"
'gratis' means free as in "this beer is free"
i suspect the 'libra' used here is more closely
tied to it's latin (?) roots..
:)
I agree that this statement by the judge seems anything BUT impartial...
I also balk at the idea that the whole community or "movement" feel that information should be available to those who are "clever" enough to break in to systems. I believe that the attitude of most members of this community are more that of favoring free and equal information SHARING.. not breaking into and stealing.
but a bias is quite clear in the judge's case...
Forrest Rump?
'nuff said
and I LOVED Cryptonomicon.. gotta love the
three plus pages he spends on describing the
Cap'n-Crunch-eating-algorithm that the main character uses when he's in the Phillipines... plus a great storyline linking WWII with the post-modern drama surrounding the data haven Avi and Co. are constructing..
I'm looking forward to getting Snow Crash and Diamond Age... and also The Cuckoo's Egg by Stoll.. my first boss recommended it to me some years ago, but I have yet to go out and grab it..
That has to be the funniest thing I've seen in a while.. do check it out.. it's worth running Windoze just to see it!
good call, goingware...
Just a minor clarification:
Tux is the Linux Penguin
Beastie is the BSD Daemon
enough with "the bsd devil" or
"freaking penguin"...
okay.. that was sad.. yes it's a reference to The Matrix.. and i have 2 dots trailing it..
you can't see the third dot.. because.. "there is not third dot"
sheesh..
:P
Another good book to read about this type of thing is Blood Music by Greg Bear...
pretty cool stuff..
where do you live..
here in Silicon Valley.. even earning 70K/yr
means you'll be renting for 5-7 years until you
get enough for a down payment on a decent size house..
("decent sized" -- 2 bdrm, 2bath, ~2000 sqft in
a neighborhood you don't have to worry about
walking thru at night)
sad but true
as for living "comfortably".. that's a vague
term...
:P
first of all.. i am not a contractor, nor do i pretend to have any detailed knowledge of HP's/or MS's compensation poilicies towards contractors..
However... if they ARE contractors... how does HP hire them without a contract.. I'm curious.. as to supervising them with HP management, I see nothing wrong with this. IF the contractors are going to be effective workers in HP, I would think they need to have supervision by managers who are involved with HP's projects.. Also including contractors in a benefits program seems to be contrary to the idea of contractors.. aren't they hired to be solid workers who earn salary but don't receive benefits? It seems a good way to reduce payroll costs, while maintaining productivity...
I happen to work with a contractor in our group and his equipment has been provided by HP.. (PC, phone, test machines) perhaps your examples are just isolated in some sectors of HP?
As far as compensation for a CEO.. that is up to the board of directors of HP.. if they deemed it worthwhile to pay her 93 million for 4 months work,then so be it.. the savings they hope to gain from her leadership is probably many times that sum..
I don't use Exchange or Outlook Express (though some do) I use Netscape as my mail agent.. i coul d use anything i wanted as long as I point it at the right SMTP/POP server..
i don't think the company's rotten. granted I've been here less than a year.. but I don't think things are as bad as your melodramatic comment may indicate..
Wow..
It's ironic, I think, here I am sitting at HP, makers of some of the best calculators in the world.. and what did I use in college? a TI-85..
lol.. but i see what you mean about everyone wanting one.. and on the Barnes/Starbucks front i'm torn, because I don't mind shopping at Barnes and Noble, but I detest Starbucks.. i don't know why.. but i do...
heh heh.. I couldn't be farther from PR if I wanted to!
Actually I'm an engineer.. but i am nonetheless impressed with HP's commitment to community involvement..
Sorry to hear TI are such bastards.. I loved the
TI-99/4A.. (my first computer)..
that I know of is the one I work for.. HP..
Since I've been here I've come to realize that Hewlett-Packard does a lot for the community.
In particular, there is a very close alliance with United Way and conducting a donation drive annually.
Also HP focuses its efforts locally. For instance, our site's contributions directly benefits the surrounding area.
I think companies and ESPECIALLY ones with earnings in the 10^9 $US should contribute to the surrounding community of its offices. If for NOTHING else, than to the betterment of the educational resources for the families of the community in which the company resides..
i'm happy to work for a company that shares this viewpoint.
:)
duuuude.. boxer briefs rule...
'course a nice pair of flannel boxers is great for
lounging around the house....
it's funny.. that's the only book out of the series that i haven't read.. 2001/2061/3001 i did.. hmmm guess i'll just have to go back and read it..
heh heh.. yeah i still get a little weirded out
thinking about just what it was that Max
"encountered" down there..
hmm.. just a thought.. i wonder how difficult it would be, considering galileo's present position
to use Juptier to slingshot itself out of the
plane of the ecliptic... (shrug)
"my god it's full of stars.."
love the sig... black hole was one of my FAVES
growing up.. what DID V.I.N.C.E.N.T stand for again.. i remember reading a kids book based on
the flim and it said what it was..
:)
I was very intrigued when I read about the
episode in the paper, it was co-written by
William Gibson.
I thought the comments it made on gender issues
both in high-tech and in gaming, in particular,
were thought-provoking but have to admit the
resolution of the episode was less than
stellar... (Scully did kick some a$$ though)..
Pros
----
the lone gunmen.. they rule
jade blue afterglow.. (biting my fist..)
scully/mulder got to run around like a
marine in Quake blasting stuff up
Cons
----
raising for the n-th time the idea that
gaming is the cause of societal violence
the idea that they HAD to delete the
whole game to get rid of the ninja chick..
no CVS depot?
That dork in charge of the game.. just
didn't like him..