If you want to have a pet, learn to take care of it as your child. Yes, there are problems but technology is not always a solution.
If you want to have cats and dogs..go and live in a rural area.
If you want to have a pet in city/apartment dwelling...get a Tamagotchi toy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi
Yes, I had 16 cats and 12 dogs. knew how to take care of them. Some of them die (my 8 year old cat died)...it was an emotional loss. I got others.
I don't know how competitive / tough/expensive is farming in the USA. I've been planning for this i.e., the IT schit to hit the fan. For me, farming means away from city. Healthy & no nonsense life. Not much money tho. People still eat right?
I am an Indian and never wanted to visit the US for the mighty dollar. Never visited the US.
Here is another shocker. Most of the students came purely for economic reasons.
My worry is, this reverse brain-drain is also likely to bring filth in India...aka MBA shit and Wall Street greed.
As per tradition I have not read the fine article. This appears to another hollow attempt with fancy sounding name. If you are looking for substance and original thought, google Ivan Illich or deschooling society.
I get ~6 hours on Ubuntu 9.04.
Beauty is, the battery remembers (I don't know how) to start charging when below
60% and stop charging at 98%. This is the setting I did on Thinkvantage Power Manager
under Vista.
Whatever technological solution we may have, unless we reduce breeding, nothing will help. There is limited room on this planet.
Whoever says "entire world population can be accommodated in state of Texas", let him/her stay for 3 months in slums of Mumbai.
You appear to work in a nice company. Ask your company if you can be in management for few months with an option to go back into tech in case you don't like it. I am 44 and been exactly in same situation. Tried management, didn't like, went back to tech. Management is not so easy as it sounds. You will be dealing with most complex variables...namely humans.
Peace
BT
"That erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all, it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the pretensions of politicians, pedagogues and other such mountebanks, and that is its aim everywhere else."
I understanding SSD has finite write capability and having paging/swap on SSD would eat away its life. How does one overcome this? Page/swap to a regular spinning disk?
A Thinkpad T40, T42, T43 and now currently T60 user here. For some, they may appear ugly. Once you get used them, you will appreciate their ergonomics and build quality. You will not be sorry for making investment in Thinkpad T Series.
I am a SAP Integrator (not on the functional side, but on technology - SAP Basis).
1. There is nothing wrong with the software or architecture design. 2. SAP is highly customizable to customer's requirements. 3. Projects are normally rushed thru without proper planning. 4. Lack of quality SAP specialists. These days, SAP consultants are commodotized. It is difficult to identify a good consultant. It appears consultants without relevant industry experience were deployed (SAP+Government+Education+HR background) 5. Testing, testing and testing !! I think corners were cut here.
If you have spare funds, consider investing in a farmland. It can be as small as 10 to 15 acres. This is what I have planned for my exit from IT. Guess another 3-4 years to pull in IT.
Cheers BT
Re:And like feng shui, IT'S BULLSHIT!
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Permit me to support this arguement with real life example. Yes, I'm an Indian where this Vaastu seems to have originated.
Way back in 1990's...I took over as General Manager in an IT firm. Business was not doing well and I was racking my brains as to why things are not working. There lands a self-appointed Vaastu expert in my office. He takes a tour of our facility comes with a conclusion that North-East area (where our library was located) is unbalanced and suggested something heavy placed in that room. His fee? Rupees 100,000 (approx US$ 2000 at current rates). I kicked him out of office. Later found a disgruntled Regional Manager had recruited 24 employees just to get even with Chairman of the organization. In one day, the Regional Manager and 19 employees (I feel sorry for them) got shafting. Business started growing.
To me, Vaastu is ergnomics at workplace and home. Be it proper ventilation, lighting, temperature etc.
Vaastu is a mind game. Those vulnerable, where things are not working for them fall for this. Be vary of self appointed Vaastu and Feng Shui experts.
Oh by the way,./ games section seems to have bad ergnomics...errr...bad vaastu:)
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If you want to have a pet, learn to take care of it as your child. Yes, there are problems but technology is not always a solution. If you want to have cats and dogs..go and live in a rural area. If you want to have a pet in city/apartment dwelling...get a Tamagotchi toy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi Yes, I had 16 cats and 12 dogs. knew how to take care of them. Some of them die (my 8 year old cat died)...it was an emotional loss. I got others.
I don't know how competitive / tough /expensive is farming in the USA. I've been planning for this i.e., the IT schit to hit the fan. For me, farming means away from city. Healthy & no nonsense life. Not much money tho. People still eat right?
For better understanding on Dan Ariely's point, see this video http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html
Current day Education is industry and business. Do a search on Ivan Illich and you'll understand what I mean.
I am an Indian and never wanted to visit the US for the mighty dollar. Never visited the US. Here is another shocker. Most of the students came purely for economic reasons. My worry is, this reverse brain-drain is also likely to bring filth in India...aka MBA shit and Wall Street greed.
As per tradition I have not read the fine article. This appears to another hollow attempt with fancy sounding name. If you are looking for substance and original thought, google Ivan Illich or deschooling society.
I get ~6 hours on Ubuntu 9.04. Beauty is, the battery remembers (I don't know how) to start charging when below 60% and stop charging at 98%. This is the setting I did on Thinkvantage Power Manager under Vista.
Whatever technological solution we may have, unless we reduce breeding, nothing will help. There is limited room on this planet. Whoever says "entire world population can be accommodated in state of Texas", let him/her stay for 3 months in slums of Mumbai.
Stop watching TV and get off your ass. You don't know what you are missing (both physical and mental health).
You appear to work in a nice company. Ask your company if you can be in management for few months with an option to go back into tech in case you don't like it. I am 44 and been exactly in same situation. Tried management, didn't like, went back to tech. Management is not so easy as it sounds. You will be dealing with most complex variables...namely humans. Peace BT
Do you mean Customer Relationship Management - CRM?
That was by H L Mencken
"That erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all, it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the pretensions of politicians, pedagogues and other such mountebanks, and that is its aim everywhere else."
God will not give happy ending
I understanding SSD has finite write capability and having paging/swap on SSD would eat away its life. How does one overcome this? Page/swap to a regular spinning disk?
Thanks
blue_teeth
"He who controls the past, controls the future" - the Party slogan - 1984 - George Orwell
Not to nitpick... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda
I remember reading very insightful commentary on concept of "time"
in GNU info or manpages.
Thanks
BT
Don't know why is this news. Ada is used in High Integrity System
for long long time.
http://www.praxis-his.com/sparkada/index.asp/
Cheers
BT
A Thinkpad T40, T42, T43 and now currently T60 user here. For some, they may appear ugly. Once you get used them, you will appreciate their ergonomics and build quality. You will not be sorry for making investment in Thinkpad T Series.
Cheers
BT
Read this for knowing butterfly effect http://www.bleeding-obvious.co.uk/butterfly/butterfly.htm Cheers
A well known Indian philosopher (whose name alludes me now) once said
The perceiver perceives the perception as an extension of perceiver
thereby corrupting the perception.
Sorry to be off topic, I thought world's oldest profession was hunting?
Cheers
BT
I am a SAP Integrator (not on the functional side, but on technology - SAP Basis).
1. There is nothing wrong with the software or architecture design.
2. SAP is highly customizable to customer's requirements.
3. Projects are normally rushed thru without proper planning.
4. Lack of quality SAP specialists. These days, SAP consultants are commodotized.
It is difficult to identify a good consultant. It appears consultants without relevant
industry experience were deployed (SAP+Government+Education+HR background)
5. Testing, testing and testing !! I think corners were cut here.
Go identify the culprits.
If you have spare funds, consider investing in a farmland. It can be as small
as 10 to 15 acres. This is what I have planned for my exit from IT. Guess another
3-4 years to pull in IT.
Cheers
BT
Permit me to support this arguement with real life example. Yes, I'm an Indian where this Vaastu seems to have originated.
./ games section seems to have bad ergnomics...errr...bad vaastu :)
Way back in 1990's...I took over as General Manager in an IT firm. Business was not doing well and I was racking my brains as to why things are not working. There lands a self-appointed Vaastu expert in my office. He takes a tour of our facility comes with a conclusion that North-East area (where our library was located) is unbalanced and suggested something heavy placed in that room. His fee? Rupees 100,000 (approx US$ 2000 at current rates). I kicked him out of office. Later found a disgruntled Regional Manager had recruited 24 employees just to get even with Chairman of the organization. In one day, the Regional Manager and 19 employees (I feel sorry for them) got shafting. Business started growing.
To me, Vaastu is ergnomics at workplace and home. Be it proper ventilation, lighting, temperature etc.
Vaastu is a mind game. Those vulnerable, where things are not working for them fall for this. Be vary of self appointed Vaastu and Feng Shui experts.
Oh by the way,
Cheers
BT