Everyone always talks about RFID as it is used by the end user, i.e. Wal-Mart, toll-ways, credit cards etc. However, where better improvements are really needed is on the factory floor for all the suppliers that Wal-Mart mandates must use the technology. If a vendor wants to be a supplier to Wal-Mart, they face mandates that they must tag at some level of pallet, box, item. Suppliers can do this, but it offers no value except that Wal-Mart will buy their stuff. So how do they add value? The idea is to implement the RFID tagging higher up the line into the manufacturing process so that each supplier can track their inventory as it rolls off the line, into storage, and out the dock doors onto the truck. However, current UHF RFID technology is pretty poor at integrating in the manufacturing environment. With all the metal, hot air, dust, etc. etc., the limitation of RFID is really shown. Plus, depending on your material (hmmm beverage makers? Sorry liquid is a pain to work with), the application may be near impossible to implement. Read rates are generally good, but encoding is very very difficult. Reliability is perhaps in the 90% range if you are lucky which is very bad for processes that generally require quality results in the 99% ranges. I'd like to see RFID developed so it can be used on the shop floor with high reliability and easier implementation.
I'm confused by the concept of plagiarism on wikipedia. For example, the article describes a biography copied from a government website. Isn't the point of Wikipedia to catalog and assemble information? How is copying an openly published biography from a government website considered plagiarism? Wikipedia is not being sold. No one is taking credit for the articles. Most cases, the original info is cited anyway. Anyway, please let me know what I'm missing here (which is probably a lot).
"For New York lawyers who write frequently updated blogs, this could force them to make multiple (and potentially expensive) reports to the New York Bar every single day."
Yes that and the mounting server costs as he is slashdotted to oblivion.
It's a floating platform that does oil exploration. In other words, it's a combination between an oil tanker and an offshore drilling platform in that it's shaped similar to a ship, but does not have propulsion and contains all the process equipment necessary for oil exploration.
Oh and because it's a ship, it needs lots of redundancy/backup so therefore, the 4 smaller gens are pure backup and the normal running case will only be 1-2 main gens (30-60MW).
I didn't see any delays on a project I am working on. We have 4 Gens in the 2MW range plus 3 gas/diesel gens in the 30MW range. Of course, this isn't for a datacenter, but I wonder if the generators would be the same.
So WOW can ruin lives? Oh well, I want to hear about how Slashdot ruins lives. How many people actually get reprimanded or fired for reading Slashdot all day at work?
Writing this post may not be ruining my life, but perhaps it's ruining the life of my customer who I'm supposed to be writing code for that's due in 2 weeks.
Hey what a great idea! Let's strap a kid that suffers from epileptic seizures in front of a video game. Let's hope he's not suffering from Photosensitive Epilepsy
No, you aren't the only person. I also dislike GoldenEye. However, I agree with the ranking in the review. Just because I hate the game doesn't mean it is a bad game. Part of the reason I agree with the review is that I had to constantly fight my friends to play somethiner OTHER than GoldenEye. That's all I heard: "Let's play Bond! Let's play Bond!" I've played others with my friends such as timesplitters and perfect dark, but GoldenEye was the first and definately the most popular. It wasn't until Halo that I saw a console shooter more popular with my friends.
I think if you just lighten up a little you would do much better. It seems that "thinking" about how to fit in is a surefire way to not fit in. If you find a common ground with someone, i.e. you both like to go to the bar, you both like to play a sport, you both like a show, you both like etc. etc. all you have to do is ask that person/group to join you in that activity. I've had great success at integrating not only gender but racial groups in common activites such as recreational sports leagues, weekend happy hours/parties, sporting events, trips, etc. All I have to do is send out an e-mail with an invite. As nike says.. just do it.
I guess we can trust them to run a ferry in the same way that you can trust me to accurately post to a slashdot article yet I have no clue on how to operate a high speed ferry that runs across lake michigan.
I think that Sony's trying to cater to the publishers
You can probably count on this. Sony has known from the start that the best way to get ahead in the market is to ensure a wide selection of good games. This means the focus must be on attracting publishers to create these games. This focus is the main reason the Playstation was as successful as it was. If it is true that developers prefer the Sony method of "do it the way you want to" then they can look forward to more success.
It is a very useful tool. I recommend looking into it further. It has especially helped me map out routes for trips on the motorcycle:) That and passing time in a training program at work flying through the grand canyon and downtown San Fran.
This is not true everywhere. Currently I am sitting in a training class for a position where the company invests hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop each candidate to be a good engineer when finished. Of course, our training does not take years to complete, but it is pure dissemination of knowledge to us. We are currently offering zero return to the company while we are training. That's a difficult thing for some companies to swallow, but apparently it is worth it.
I agree. My folks were still on 95 until about a week ago. The system basically fell apart with viruses etc. But it is what I learned on at home before moving out and it worked for me at the time.
I've read a few articles (Time is one that I can remember) that described sleep not as a physical need, but a mental need. The basics of the articles say that we need to sleep to convert the days memories and thoughts into long term storage and to reinforce the connections between neurons for things that were learned. Apparently the body doesn't mind so much going without sleep, but it's pretty apparent what happens to the mind if you stay awake for too long.
Of course, it's probably a combination of mind and body, but I like the explanation of recharging the mind.
Heh thanks for this info. I was trying to be a bit sarcastic, but I forgot to tag my comment with the proper sarcasm notes. I realize google was not the first search engine and that's why it reinforces my original point that google may not necessarily come up with brand new concepts, but makes common concepts easy and fun to use.
Just because one of their "proposed" services is based on already existing applications does not mean there is no innovation. Google provides many cool new services that are arguably not quite new. Google maps was beat by mapquest, yet it is better in my opinion (google earth is new and very very cool). Gmail as a mail client is not a new innovation, yet the interface is better than most free e-mail providers out there. A IM client may not be new, but it all depends on how google implements it. They are good at putting a new spin on existing concepts(was google the first to do web search?) so I'd like to see what happens.
I've always been near outdoors. I've been hunting since I was old enough, and before that I would spend most of my day outside building forts and playing games etc.
My outdoors settings range from farmland to suburban housing developments with lots of woods areas still undeveloped to the more recent downtown living. I guess I've seen a pretty full range.
Was yours a geek family, with tech spinning up all around? I guess there's the difference. We didn't have all the toy gadgets that some geeks may have had(computers, large entertainment systems) although we did have the typical houshold appliances.(washer, dryer, fridge, microwave, etc.)
All it needs now is for the Queens of the Stone Age song "Go with the Flow" to repeat in the background.
Excellent choice. I love that song, and the graphics are a pretty good match. However, the demo doesn't have the same sexual overtones that the video has. Hot coffee mod anyone?
True, the outdoors do have a different feel from indoor noisy environments. However, nature is anything but quiet. The sound of an occasional bird(my outdoor excursions have way more than occasional birds), ground underfoot(snow, leaves, and sticks make huge noises), and rustle of the wind(seems like a roar at times) are not subtle stimuli to me. In addition to these things mentioned, there's squirrels and other animals that make a racket, limbs falling and trees cracking, water rustling and roaring, etc.
Of course, this perspective on the noise of nature could be distorted by an increased sensitivity to sounds when placed in a quiet environment. I wonder what results a sound test would produce when comparing a natural setting to a well insulated room with various appliances.
How do you mean faster? Is the swallow unladen, or is it carrying a coconut under its dorsal guiding feathers. In which case, how does it overcome the weight ratio? Are two swallows together faster than one?
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Everyone always talks about RFID as it is used by the end user, i.e. Wal-Mart, toll-ways, credit cards etc. However, where better improvements are really needed is on the factory floor for all the suppliers that Wal-Mart mandates must use the technology. If a vendor wants to be a supplier to Wal-Mart, they face mandates that they must tag at some level of pallet, box, item. Suppliers can do this, but it offers no value except that Wal-Mart will buy their stuff. So how do they add value? The idea is to implement the RFID tagging higher up the line into the manufacturing process so that each supplier can track their inventory as it rolls off the line, into storage, and out the dock doors onto the truck. However, current UHF RFID technology is pretty poor at integrating in the manufacturing environment. With all the metal, hot air, dust, etc. etc., the limitation of RFID is really shown. Plus, depending on your material (hmmm beverage makers? Sorry liquid is a pain to work with), the application may be near impossible to implement. Read rates are generally good, but encoding is very very difficult. Reliability is perhaps in the 90% range if you are lucky which is very bad for processes that generally require quality results in the 99% ranges. I'd like to see RFID developed so it can be used on the shop floor with high reliability and easier implementation.
I'm confused by the concept of plagiarism on wikipedia. For example, the article describes a biography copied from a government website. Isn't the point of Wikipedia to catalog and assemble information? How is copying an openly published biography from a government website considered plagiarism? Wikipedia is not being sold. No one is taking credit for the articles. Most cases, the original info is cited anyway. Anyway, please let me know what I'm missing here (which is probably a lot).
Yes that and the mounting server costs as he is slashdotted to oblivion.
Oh and because it's a ship, it needs lots of redundancy/backup so therefore, the 4 smaller gens are pure backup and the normal running case will only be 1-2 main gens (30-60MW).
The smaller gens are diesel. Only the big boys run on gas.
I didn't see any delays on a project I am working on. We have 4 Gens in the 2MW range plus 3 gas/diesel gens in the 30MW range. Of course, this isn't for a datacenter, but I wonder if the generators would be the same.
Writing this post may not be ruining my life, but perhaps it's ruining the life of my customer who I'm supposed to be writing code for that's due in 2 weeks.
Hey what a great idea! Let's strap a kid that suffers from epileptic seizures in front of a video game. Let's hope he's not suffering from Photosensitive Epilepsy
No, you aren't the only person. I also dislike GoldenEye. However, I agree with the ranking in the review. Just because I hate the game doesn't mean it is a bad game. Part of the reason I agree with the review is that I had to constantly fight my friends to play somethiner OTHER than GoldenEye. That's all I heard: "Let's play Bond! Let's play Bond!" I've played others with my friends such as timesplitters and perfect dark, but GoldenEye was the first and definately the most popular. It wasn't until Halo that I saw a console shooter more popular with my friends.
I think if you just lighten up a little you would do much better. It seems that "thinking" about how to fit in is a surefire way to not fit in. If you find a common ground with someone, i.e. you both like to go to the bar, you both like to play a sport, you both like a show, you both like etc. etc. all you have to do is ask that person/group to join you in that activity. I've had great success at integrating not only gender but racial groups in common activites such as recreational sports leagues, weekend happy hours/parties, sporting events, trips, etc. All I have to do is send out an e-mail with an invite. As nike says.. just do it.
I guess we can trust them to run a ferry in the same way that you can trust me to accurately post to a slashdot article yet I have no clue on how to operate a high speed ferry that runs across lake michigan.
You can probably count on this. Sony has known from the start that the best way to get ahead in the market is to ensure a wide selection of good games. This means the focus must be on attracting publishers to create these games. This focus is the main reason the Playstation was as successful as it was. If it is true that developers prefer the Sony method of "do it the way you want to" then they can look forward to more success.
It is a very useful tool. I recommend looking into it further. It has especially helped me map out routes for trips on the motorcycle :) That and passing time in a training program at work flying through the grand canyon and downtown San Fran.
You mean their slaves worked hard so they could afford MORE slaves.
This is not true everywhere. Currently I am sitting in a training class for a position where the company invests hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop each candidate to be a good engineer when finished. Of course, our training does not take years to complete, but it is pure dissemination of knowledge to us. We are currently offering zero return to the company while we are training. That's a difficult thing for some companies to swallow, but apparently it is worth it.
I agree. My folks were still on 95 until about a week ago. The system basically fell apart with viruses etc. But it is what I learned on at home before moving out and it worked for me at the time.
Of course, it's probably a combination of mind and body, but I like the explanation of recharging the mind.
Heh thanks for this info. I was trying to be a bit sarcastic, but I forgot to tag my comment with the proper sarcasm notes. I realize google was not the first search engine and that's why it reinforces my original point that google may not necessarily come up with brand new concepts, but makes common concepts easy and fun to use.
Just because one of their "proposed" services is based on already existing applications does not mean there is no innovation. Google provides many cool new services that are arguably not quite new. Google maps was beat by mapquest, yet it is better in my opinion (google earth is new and very very cool). Gmail as a mail client is not a new innovation, yet the interface is better than most free e-mail providers out there. A IM client may not be new, but it all depends on how google implements it. They are good at putting a new spin on existing concepts(was google the first to do web search?) so I'd like to see what happens.
My outdoors settings range from farmland to suburban housing developments with lots of woods areas still undeveloped to the more recent downtown living. I guess I've seen a pretty full range.
Was yours a geek family, with tech spinning up all around? I guess there's the difference. We didn't have all the toy gadgets that some geeks may have had(computers, large entertainment systems) although we did have the typical houshold appliances.(washer, dryer, fridge, microwave, etc.)
Excellent choice. I love that song, and the graphics are a pretty good match. However, the demo doesn't have the same sexual overtones that the video has. Hot coffee mod anyone?
Of course, this perspective on the noise of nature could be distorted by an increased sensitivity to sounds when placed in a quiet environment. I wonder what results a sound test would produce when comparing a natural setting to a well insulated room with various appliances.
How do you mean faster? Is the swallow unladen, or is it carrying a coconut under its dorsal guiding feathers. In which case, how does it overcome the weight ratio? Are two swallows together faster than one?
Wing commander Prophecy. I just broke that game out of the closet about a month ago and played it through. Still somewhat enjoyable.
Anyone notice how the hero looks suspiciously like Michael Jackson with white hair?