This probably won't happen. Yet another pie in the sky proposal that'll lead nowhere, such as the British Skylon project.
The reality is that Concorde required considerable national investment from the Great Britain and France. With the advent of high speed internet, the need to shift an actual human at high speed from A to B is lessened - this is why we now have two double decker models of passenger jet (747-400 and A380) and no supersonic airliners (either TU-144 or Concorde). Shifting materiel is done at a leisurely 23 knots on a cargo ship.
I'm not necessarily happy with the way things have panned out, but that's nevertheless how they have.:(
My employer also invests considerably in training. An organisation that doesn't invest in training only has itself to blame for its inevitable failure.
I'm glad these sort of tactics weren't so extensively employed in war as they are in disputes of this nature.
To explain; this guy holds/held an opinion, donated to a campaign that supported his beliefs, but was not actually executive in discrimination (has this been proven of him?). He then goes on to a job at the top of Mozilla, something that takes a considerable degree of skill to do, and promises - and has kept - the maintainence of same sex benefits. He has effectively maintained the status quo put in place through the use of laws of equality. He fought a battle, lost, capitulated and worked within the new system respecting the beliefs held by that system. How is that bad? Should we be angry that we were able to work with Germany and Japan following World War 2 instead of conquering them and ruling over them with an iron fist? We'd have nuked all of Germany and Japan despite their surrender if we followed this philosophy on display here.
Recognise the dude for his accomplishments in the field in which he is employed, not make churlish, inane gestures about a cause to stir some controversy.
From a laypersons perspective (by that, I mean not a programmer) this strikes me as reasonable.They are creating a sophisticated tool (is anyone going to dispute that it is, in fact, somewhat sophisticated?) for what appears to me an eminently reasonable figure, and a small haircut at the end of the process.
You don't really want an EA hegemony forever surely?
It's interesting that they somehow took this spot for their behaviour. I believe it's symptomatic of a mindset we have developed culturally in the West of using sophistry to justify actions where actually, the underlying motive is as ever the acquisition of wealth.
The firm I work for is constantly changing the way bonuses are calculated within my area of business. They provide complex, but nebulous explanations, however it is never "an attempt to save money". However in every other aspect of how the business operates, "saving money" is central to decision making. They do not release aggregate bonus payment for comparison year on year.
I'm not sure why these everyday deceptions are necessary, they are confusing to me, surely better to be direct with people. It's a bit of a malaise actually, not sure how to break out of it though.
Maybe we actively reward deception and so when a deception is so poorly transparent we get angry?
While it is probably appropriate to ticket texters, if you are allowed to use a navigation system, and the app was a navigation system to point to GPS only devices as being acceptable is enforcing the letter of the law without looking at the spirit.
Then again, that woman could very well have been lying.
Glad I don't drive, such a spiteful environment from all accounts by all parties.
As the whole "perspectives on the new UI" argument has been done to death, I'll only add my personal feelings - no demands on Microsoft, it's their product.
But I really despise the jarring change of perspective using the Start Screen, I like the overall image of the desktop to remain static - which this new version will apparently provide (to be clear, I watch movies/game etc, but when working with a document and the web side by side, I don't want to visually have to reacquire every time I hit the winkey).
I installed a 3rd party addon - problem solved.
However, I think that the criticisms have been overly harsh on an element that is relatively unimportant with aforementioned fix; what is nice about Windows 8 is the improved Windows Explorer, the snappier boot times, the decent multi-monitor support (hey, look - I don't have extensive requirements, it does everything I need in a straightforward manner), the ridiculous ease of home networking/NAS media storage etc, the fact I can install the vast majority of software and expect it to work etc.
Despite all that, I haven't upgraded the beta because the changes appear to affect components I no longer see or deal with (Smartglass aside - useful for Netflix control to the TV). I haven't looked at the Windows Store in months, and nor it seems, do I need to.
I pity anyone who genuinely believes that scantily clad women will make me more amenable to buying their product. However I will not deny that I find it pleasurable to see them, and why should it be otherwise?
In the genre of music called "hip-hop" there are girls that are apparently known as "hip-hop honeys" and apparently it is a very desirable lifestyle to many of them. Why not the same for the girls at the stands - they are getting paid, they might enjoy the dress style, they might enjoy the games.
What I don't like about this is the ill-concealed contempt for men finding young women attractive - as if this fact of nature is "bad". When the girls are working at a convention, it is like a carnival - it is about ostentation, it is about exciting the senses. You, as an individual, can still act responsibly and respectfully toward people in those situations.
Like many projects in the UK, such as Private Finance Initiatives, I suspect it is ill-informed or under informed individuals not grasping the nature of the items they are procuring a contract to maintain. This can occur because IT procurement takes place at a local level where technical expertise may be scant so leading to poor decision making. Another factor is they are likely factoring labour costs, which could include the salaries of senior personnel in the operating costs.
This is obviously somewhat speculative; the article does not give any insight into how they concluded the £6000 figure.
Back to bit-torrent then for many I should imagine, if they tighten the screws people will slip through the gaps. There I was thinking we had just reached a happy equilibrium.
I agree that he may have been incorrect. The iPad (version 1, 3G, 32gb) is the only (and will be the only, judging by the current lot) Apple product I own. I bought it because I was taken by the idea, and I have enjoyed it. However, having seen a lot of my colleagues reading their Kindle's on Fire's and Google Nexuses' I admit to being somewhat taken by the smaller form factor (7 or 7.9). However since if I wish to carry a tablet out and about I will still require a rucksack of some kind, so 7.9 or 9.7 or 10.1 or whatever, I can carry either.
However I am fairly old fashioned in my media consumption habits when mobile; websites and books, maybe the odd show I have transferred a across. In the UK, hilarious "fair usage" (whereby it's apparently unfair to stream a single episode of House of Cards et cetera on Netflix as this depletes your allowance entirely, good job building that 4G superhighway and then only letting mopeds use it!) prevents me from doing "heavy media" whilst out and about, so I stick to reading. For me, I believe the smaller 7" tablets are better for this activity; they are lighter, cause less stress on the wrist and are consequently more comfortable to use for extended periods. When the iPad eventually dies, I will replace, most likely, with a Google Nexus (depending on the iteration they are on at that stage).
I am a great fan of coffee table books - the big, well produced ones (I especially enjoy my one's about Transatlantic Liners and Concorde, as well as my classical music encyclopaedia) still haven't been threatened (I saw that 20" thing, but the price is absurd); larger screens are naturally more conducive to a more pleasurable experience with this type of material.
I think my point here is that it's entirely subjective, but what is clear is this: iPad is the most successful tablet by a long way, the centre of gravity revolves around 9.7", and will do so for the next few years. I will probably go smaller on account of my usage, but as 4G gets opened up with meaningful usage caps (ideally from moped to articulated lorry, but I'd be happy with a small van) the larger tablets.
For the record: in suburban/rural England, we don't have a perpetual bubble of wifi in an urbanised area; cellular networks are all we have outside the home. I'd like rural England to remain just that too; thank you very much!
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So it will be largely ignored as we do like a good drink.
This probably won't happen. Yet another pie in the sky proposal that'll lead nowhere, such as the British Skylon project. The reality is that Concorde required considerable national investment from the Great Britain and France. With the advent of high speed internet, the need to shift an actual human at high speed from A to B is lessened - this is why we now have two double decker models of passenger jet (747-400 and A380) and no supersonic airliners (either TU-144 or Concorde). Shifting materiel is done at a leisurely 23 knots on a cargo ship. I'm not necessarily happy with the way things have panned out, but that's nevertheless how they have. :(
My employer also invests considerably in training. An organisation that doesn't invest in training only has itself to blame for its inevitable failure.
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I'm glad these sort of tactics weren't so extensively employed in war as they are in disputes of this nature. To explain; this guy holds/held an opinion, donated to a campaign that supported his beliefs, but was not actually executive in discrimination (has this been proven of him?). He then goes on to a job at the top of Mozilla, something that takes a considerable degree of skill to do, and promises - and has kept - the maintainence of same sex benefits. He has effectively maintained the status quo put in place through the use of laws of equality. He fought a battle, lost, capitulated and worked within the new system respecting the beliefs held by that system. How is that bad? Should we be angry that we were able to work with Germany and Japan following World War 2 instead of conquering them and ruling over them with an iron fist? We'd have nuked all of Germany and Japan despite their surrender if we followed this philosophy on display here. Recognise the dude for his accomplishments in the field in which he is employed, not make churlish, inane gestures about a cause to stir some controversy.
From a laypersons perspective (by that, I mean not a programmer) this strikes me as reasonable.They are creating a sophisticated tool (is anyone going to dispute that it is, in fact, somewhat sophisticated?) for what appears to me an eminently reasonable figure, and a small haircut at the end of the process. You don't really want an EA hegemony forever surely?
It's interesting that they somehow took this spot for their behaviour. I believe it's symptomatic of a mindset we have developed culturally in the West of using sophistry to justify actions where actually, the underlying motive is as ever the acquisition of wealth. The firm I work for is constantly changing the way bonuses are calculated within my area of business. They provide complex, but nebulous explanations, however it is never "an attempt to save money". However in every other aspect of how the business operates, "saving money" is central to decision making. They do not release aggregate bonus payment for comparison year on year. I'm not sure why these everyday deceptions are necessary, they are confusing to me, surely better to be direct with people. It's a bit of a malaise actually, not sure how to break out of it though. Maybe we actively reward deception and so when a deception is so poorly transparent we get angry?
Think yours is closer to the mark, but for clarity ICD can also refer to International Classification of Diseases. http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/
While it is probably appropriate to ticket texters, if you are allowed to use a navigation system, and the app was a navigation system to point to GPS only devices as being acceptable is enforcing the letter of the law without looking at the spirit. Then again, that woman could very well have been lying. Glad I don't drive, such a spiteful environment from all accounts by all parties.
As the whole "perspectives on the new UI" argument has been done to death, I'll only add my personal feelings - no demands on Microsoft, it's their product. But I really despise the jarring change of perspective using the Start Screen, I like the overall image of the desktop to remain static - which this new version will apparently provide (to be clear, I watch movies/game etc, but when working with a document and the web side by side, I don't want to visually have to reacquire every time I hit the winkey). I installed a 3rd party addon - problem solved. However, I think that the criticisms have been overly harsh on an element that is relatively unimportant with aforementioned fix; what is nice about Windows 8 is the improved Windows Explorer, the snappier boot times, the decent multi-monitor support (hey, look - I don't have extensive requirements, it does everything I need in a straightforward manner), the ridiculous ease of home networking/NAS media storage etc, the fact I can install the vast majority of software and expect it to work etc. Despite all that, I haven't upgraded the beta because the changes appear to affect components I no longer see or deal with (Smartglass aside - useful for Netflix control to the TV). I haven't looked at the Windows Store in months, and nor it seems, do I need to.
I expect that it was being used in the sense that I am now going to make up my bed.
I pity anyone who genuinely believes that scantily clad women will make me more amenable to buying their product. However I will not deny that I find it pleasurable to see them, and why should it be otherwise? In the genre of music called "hip-hop" there are girls that are apparently known as "hip-hop honeys" and apparently it is a very desirable lifestyle to many of them. Why not the same for the girls at the stands - they are getting paid, they might enjoy the dress style, they might enjoy the games. What I don't like about this is the ill-concealed contempt for men finding young women attractive - as if this fact of nature is "bad". When the girls are working at a convention, it is like a carnival - it is about ostentation, it is about exciting the senses. You, as an individual, can still act responsibly and respectfully toward people in those situations.
Like many projects in the UK, such as Private Finance Initiatives, I suspect it is ill-informed or under informed individuals not grasping the nature of the items they are procuring a contract to maintain. This can occur because IT procurement takes place at a local level where technical expertise may be scant so leading to poor decision making. Another factor is they are likely factoring labour costs, which could include the salaries of senior personnel in the operating costs. This is obviously somewhat speculative; the article does not give any insight into how they concluded the £6000 figure.
Back to bit-torrent then for many I should imagine, if they tighten the screws people will slip through the gaps. There I was thinking we had just reached a happy equilibrium.
I agree that he may have been incorrect. The iPad (version 1, 3G, 32gb) is the only (and will be the only, judging by the current lot) Apple product I own. I bought it because I was taken by the idea, and I have enjoyed it. However, having seen a lot of my colleagues reading their Kindle's on Fire's and Google Nexuses' I admit to being somewhat taken by the smaller form factor (7 or 7.9). However since if I wish to carry a tablet out and about I will still require a rucksack of some kind, so 7.9 or 9.7 or 10.1 or whatever, I can carry either. However I am fairly old fashioned in my media consumption habits when mobile; websites and books, maybe the odd show I have transferred a across. In the UK, hilarious "fair usage" (whereby it's apparently unfair to stream a single episode of House of Cards et cetera on Netflix as this depletes your allowance entirely, good job building that 4G superhighway and then only letting mopeds use it!) prevents me from doing "heavy media" whilst out and about, so I stick to reading. For me, I believe the smaller 7" tablets are better for this activity; they are lighter, cause less stress on the wrist and are consequently more comfortable to use for extended periods. When the iPad eventually dies, I will replace, most likely, with a Google Nexus (depending on the iteration they are on at that stage). I am a great fan of coffee table books - the big, well produced ones (I especially enjoy my one's about Transatlantic Liners and Concorde, as well as my classical music encyclopaedia) still haven't been threatened (I saw that 20" thing, but the price is absurd); larger screens are naturally more conducive to a more pleasurable experience with this type of material. I think my point here is that it's entirely subjective, but what is clear is this: iPad is the most successful tablet by a long way, the centre of gravity revolves around 9.7", and will do so for the next few years. I will probably go smaller on account of my usage, but as 4G gets opened up with meaningful usage caps (ideally from moped to articulated lorry, but I'd be happy with a small van) the larger tablets. For the record: in suburban/rural England, we don't have a perpetual bubble of wifi in an urbanised area; cellular networks are all we have outside the home. I'd like rural England to remain just that too; thank you very much!