No, I'd say most of the people who are in the group who know they are better off on their own are in the group because THEY KNOW they are better off on their own.
I would never join a tech union, period. I've worked with too many morons in the industry to willingly be brought down to their level of efficiency just to keep a job. My ability to make decent money for my skills would be taken away as well.
Unions make no sense in the tech industry. Let a person's abilities decide whether she/he can hack it or not, and what she's/he's worth.
It's not like that everywhere, though. Any time I've felt the company I work for wasn't paying me enough, or was treating me unfairly (overloaded with work), I would raise the issue with management. If things didn't go the way I would have liked, I found a new job.
The IT shops that treat people badly tend to be a great place to learn the trade (from my experiences, anyways), but not some place you would want to spend your entire career.
The only Trojan I've ever seen for Mac was in a Word document macro years ago. The payload was empty if you opened the file on a Windows system, but on a Mac system it would try to wipe the drive.
Maybe you didn't read the part where I manage an office of Macs. They most certainly get used for work in a professional environment, and in every aspect of a small business from design, development, accounting, and systems administration.
In the past, I have also managed corporate offices that used Windows 2000/XP and Active Directory. I'd much rather deal with the Macs than Windows systes.
But how many people are going to buy a Mac for games anyways?
Yes, I use a Mac every day. I also maintain an office of iMac and MacPro workstations as well as MacBook Pros. Yes, I even play Call of Duty 4 on a Mac sometimes.
No, I don't think they're gaming machines, no matter what anyone tells me. I also think running Windows on a Mac is just ignorant, and throwing away even more money.
LDAP. I used Fedora Directory Services for a while between Solaris, Windows AD (synchronized accounts/passwords/permissions), RedHat, CentOS, Slackware, Gentoo...
The point is the GP was ignorant to link to the W16 engine, and so far no one has managed to suggest a viable replacement for the Corvette's original engine using a Volkswagen engine.
The W12 isn't a high performance engine either (none of the vehicles listed in your Wikipedia article are even performance oriented, except for the Golf W12), so it's still not something you could use to replace an LSx engine from GM.
The original post made a decent comparison, I think. While you could shoehorn something (within reason, ie from another production vehicle) from VW into a Corvette, it would not be up to par with what came out of the Corvette. VW does not have an engine in their lineup that could exceed the LSx series of engines currently offered with Corvettes.
No one said VW was a crappy company. It's a valid comparison.
Also, from one of the external links in your Wikipedia article: "The only short-coming of W-engines is that they require very thin connecting rods, as the crankshaft is much shorter than V-engines. While VR6 uses con-rods with 20mm thickness, the W-engines run with 13mm ones. This prevent it from becoming racing engines. Tight cylinder heads may also limit its breathing and ventilation."
So, while a marvel of technology that Bugatti did manage to use in a very limited production vehicle, the W engine isn't quite in the same league as the LSx engines from GM that one would find in street cars and race cars alike.
I replaced Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac with OpenOffice 3.0 for Mac.
Frees up a license for someone who would prefer Microsoft Office 2008 at work, and we buy one less copy overall. This may enable us to drop MS Office for Mac entirely, which would solve a lot of headaches.
Same reason you were modded +4 at the time of this writing: Everyone has their own opinion of what is "right".
We need to stop the infighting and come to a common ground, and move forward as a nation. This stupid bickering is wasting time, and allowing the few who seek to gain advantage to erode our civil liberties.
I call BS. I've played 1080p and 720p video under Linux on an old ATI Radeon X700Pro with no issues (still have the card in a working system). I own a Canon HF100 HD camcorder, so I do view and edit HD video under Linux with ffmpeg and vlc, mplayer, etc.
I've had more problems with OpenGL locking up on nVidia hardware than ATI over the years.
ATI has performed as well as or better than nVidia for me over the years, they've been more affordable in the middle to low range of cards, and the drivers have worked for me under Linux and Windows. This is from experiences in scientific computing (OpenGL renderings using IDL under Linux), gaming under Linux and Windows, and playing video under Linux and Windows.
The only thing nVidia did over ATI was make it easier to install their drivers, which is why they had such a huge fanbase on the internet compared to ATI.
The second thing was, what if my server goes down (and it will). Who has more and better trained support staff, me or Google?
In my case, I do.
But that's just it... If you don't have a competent staff, you are hosed either way. Run stuff in-house and depend on a consultant and his hours/workload, or farm it out to Google.
People who can't maintain something in-house are screwed either way. Companies that have IT staff in-house need to make use of their resources better, and/or get rid of the dead weight in IT so you can maintain your critical services in-house.
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No, I'd say most of the people who are in the group who know they are better off on their own are in the group because THEY KNOW they are better off on their own.
I would never join a tech union, period. I've worked with too many morons in the industry to willingly be brought down to their level of efficiency just to keep a job. My ability to make decent money for my skills would be taken away as well.
Unions make no sense in the tech industry. Let a person's abilities decide whether she/he can hack it or not, and what she's/he's worth.
It's not like that everywhere, though. Any time I've felt the company I work for wasn't paying me enough, or was treating me unfairly (overloaded with work), I would raise the issue with management. If things didn't go the way I would have liked, I found a new job.
The IT shops that treat people badly tend to be a great place to learn the trade (from my experiences, anyways), but not some place you would want to spend your entire career.
Oh, I don't have to imagine it... Thanks for bringing back the memories.
*shivers*
CUDA has zero benefit for supercomputing projects that cannot be broken into tiny bits and spread across multiple cores.
It's not just about memory, or clock speed.
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
GSM based, so most certainly NOT Verizon, Sprint, or US Cellular.
The only Trojan I've ever seen for Mac was in a Word document macro years ago. The payload was empty if you opened the file on a Windows system, but on a Mac system it would try to wipe the drive.
Clearly they need harpoon guns in space.
OpenOffice 3.0 works very well under MacOS X, and I do use it where MS Office isn't required for whatever reason.
Maybe you didn't read the part where I manage an office of Macs. They most certainly get used for work in a professional environment, and in every aspect of a small business from design, development, accounting, and systems administration.
In the past, I have also managed corporate offices that used Windows 2000/XP and Active Directory. I'd much rather deal with the Macs than Windows systes.
I think the last time I had to use Slackware, I ended up setting up PAM for use with LDAP. I remember it sucked to set up.
I used Slackware with NIS back around Slackware 8.0, and that was much easier.
But how many people are going to buy a Mac for games anyways?
Yes, I use a Mac every day. I also maintain an office of iMac and MacPro workstations as well as MacBook Pros. Yes, I even play Call of Duty 4 on a Mac sometimes.
No, I don't think they're gaming machines, no matter what anyone tells me. I also think running Windows on a Mac is just ignorant, and throwing away even more money.
LDAP. I used Fedora Directory Services for a while between Solaris, Windows AD (synchronized accounts/passwords/permissions), RedHat, CentOS, Slackware, Gentoo...
The point is the GP was ignorant to link to the W16 engine, and so far no one has managed to suggest a viable replacement for the Corvette's original engine using a Volkswagen engine.
The W12 isn't a high performance engine either (none of the vehicles listed in your Wikipedia article are even performance oriented, except for the Golf W12), so it's still not something you could use to replace an LSx engine from GM.
The original post made a decent comparison, I think. While you could shoehorn something (within reason, ie from another production vehicle) from VW into a Corvette, it would not be up to par with what came out of the Corvette. VW does not have an engine in their lineup that could exceed the LSx series of engines currently offered with Corvettes.
No one said VW was a crappy company. It's a valid comparison.
Thanks for showing me the light. Which Volkswagen would you recommend I purchase so I can get rid of my Corvette?
Show me a Volkswagen that uses that engine.
Also, from one of the external links in your Wikipedia article: "The only short-coming of W-engines is that they require very thin connecting rods, as the crankshaft is much shorter than V-engines. While VR6 uses con-rods with 20mm thickness, the W-engines run with 13mm ones. This prevent it from becoming racing engines. Tight cylinder heads may also limit its breathing and ventilation."
So, while a marvel of technology that Bugatti did manage to use in a very limited production vehicle, the W engine isn't quite in the same league as the LSx engines from GM that one would find in street cars and race cars alike.
If you have ever had to deal with RF interference as a primary duty for your job, you'd feel even more hostile than the previous poster.
The company I work for redirects scrapers, or offers to sell the data in an easier to obtain format.
Looking around my basement, I think I'd qualify for having Weapons of Mass Computing.
Time to scale things back to a 486DX running Slackware 3.3... *sigh*
I replaced Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac with OpenOffice 3.0 for Mac.
Frees up a license for someone who would prefer Microsoft Office 2008 at work, and we buy one less copy overall. This may enable us to drop MS Office for Mac entirely, which would solve a lot of headaches.
Same reason you were modded +4 at the time of this writing: Everyone has their own opinion of what is "right".
We need to stop the infighting and come to a common ground, and move forward as a nation. This stupid bickering is wasting time, and allowing the few who seek to gain advantage to erode our civil liberties.
Wake up. You don't have to agree with everyone.
I call BS. I've played 1080p and 720p video under Linux on an old ATI Radeon X700Pro with no issues (still have the card in a working system). I own a Canon HF100 HD camcorder, so I do view and edit HD video under Linux with ffmpeg and vlc, mplayer, etc.
I've had more problems with OpenGL locking up on nVidia hardware than ATI over the years.
ATI has performed as well as or better than nVidia for me over the years, they've been more affordable in the middle to low range of cards, and the drivers have worked for me under Linux and Windows. This is from experiences in scientific computing (OpenGL renderings using IDL under Linux), gaming under Linux and Windows, and playing video under Linux and Windows.
The only thing nVidia did over ATI was make it easier to install their drivers, which is why they had such a huge fanbase on the internet compared to ATI.
Obviously, I don't run Exchange. I run Zimbra on a dedicated (stripped down OS) server, so updates are very minimal, and very quick to apply.
http://www.zimbra.com/
Look at the Open Source Edition to get started for $0.00 for unlimited users (pending hardware capabilities).
Enjoy.
In my case, I do.
But that's just it... If you don't have a competent staff, you are hosed either way. Run stuff in-house and depend on a consultant and his hours/workload, or farm it out to Google.
People who can't maintain something in-house are screwed either way. Companies that have IT staff in-house need to make use of their resources better, and/or get rid of the dead weight in IT so you can maintain your critical services in-house.
Those who can do. Those who can't outsource.