let see, 20 million migrants. $20 per chip. $400 Million in taxpayer money. Maybe if we make things so unbearable for people in this country, there won't be a reason to sneak in.
But don't you see, Venus is just like Earth... The only difference is they have more greenhouse gases, the same ones that we put into the atmosphere. If were not careful, someday we might even end up like Mercury.
Of course, evolution might give Monkeys wings, but we need to find life on IO to prove that.
While I agree that our reliance on fossil fuels is akin to the relationship between tweakers and dealers, studying Venus gives us little to no insight on what is happening here. It will be a shame if they waste this opportunity on eco-friendly science instead of actual discovery.
Does global warming exist, yes. It's happened before humans existed, its happening now, and it will happen again once we kill ourselves off and supply oil for the next iteration of life on earth.
Is it just me, or did the article and the submission vary greatly in mission. According to the article, the only thing Oracle is doing is contributing a new file system to the Linux community. According to the write up, it would seem Oracle is porting its database to Linux, which I believe it did like 5 or 6 years ago. Now the article seems to make some wand waving to this being a competitive move by Oracle, but nothing in the article points to that.
There was a PBS show on this, I think the show name was bionic body http://www.pbs.org/saf/1107/index.html. Basically, the rig is a 16x16 grid of electrodes that when stimulated give the sensation of seeing a white dot. The idea is that some software / hardware mix basically estimates the edges of things and fires off a dot.
There are many limitations to this. 0 Depth perception (actually, I think anything farther than 5 feet was a wash). The interface is a direct connection to the brain, so the damage of an infection would be catastrophic. Also, there was some hand waving at the fact that they need to boost the voltage used to create the white points of light. Basically, too much voltage and you burn out the entire image processing area of the brain (IANA Nuero Surgeon).
Personally, I think that this was highly overrated, and I don't think the patients profiled had a very succesful outcome.
Is it just me, or does this sound like a power grab by some obscure wanna be organization? While I agree that some review should be put in place when purchasing equipment for sensitive missions, I would imagine that there are other agencies in place to do this.
So what? Lotsa money donated... that took them all of 10 - 20 mins to call the accountants. At a minimum, Michael "The F in FEMA stands for" Brown made a much greater impact.
1) The main job of IS is connectivity. Connectivity is the core of why we have IS. Anything else is extraneous, and I shouldn't be dealing with it.
If this is your view of the world, become a CCIE and forget about IS management.
2) IS involvement in other divisions isn't necessary.
Why your management hasn't fired you yet, I don't know. It would seem that you have a "my way is the better way" attitude, and really are not looking at the big picture. While limiting your exposure to the "other divisions" will limit the workload, it will end up alienating the people who you support (and probably generate the cashflow that helps pay your salary). Eventually, they will begin to implement systems without your support, because it is too difficult / time consuming to involve you. This will in effect reduce your value, making any change you want to implement even more difficult.
If you want to play MIS, I recommend you go out and get some ITIL training, or at least get some work experience going on. You use the term Information Systems, but it really seems you are focusing on Systems Administration. Maybe your employer should hire someone to manage you and your resources, and hopefully you can learn a thing or two.
Also, not involving yourself in the development of applications, or in some terms Information Systems, is a really bad idea. Basically, you will have crap dumped on you, and it will by nature become your problem.
3)I'm too overloaded. With 93 permanent users and 110 workstations (some are floaters), I can't do both systems work and admin work (my title is Systems Administrator, but I carry no management authority) on my own. My proposal stated the need for the creation of staff (a tech and a clerk). Management thinks because things are running, I have no issues, but I'm falling apart from all I have to do to keep things running. I need to offset the load so I can do more of the 'bigger picture' things to help guide this company out of the IS dark ages. (We have no CTO or CIO; Management is made up of engineers from different disciplines)
Probably about the only valid point you have, but you are going around it the wrong way. You need another peer to help carry your load. Present two scenarios to your manager. First, discuss the workload you have, and also throw in that you cannot concentrate on connectivity and implementing new systems at the same time. Second, throw in the whole "hit by a bus" angle. How many people understand the system?
Once you have a peer, eventually the company will realize you need a manager, and will either promote or hire someone into the slot.
So the only people who made an impact was a mediocre business man, the leader of an overhyped band, and some other person no one knows... I guess they chose "pop-culture" over actual deeds / actions.
I agree that right now, linux on the 650 makes no sense. But with Palm selling out to MSFT (winCE palm), I doubt the future is going to hold much for my phone. For example, the browser has issues, and I doubt that palm / sprint / anyone will fix it. At least with it running an embedded linux, I can get support from the community... Which is the linux way, right?
The problem with location identification is that we are focusing at the wrong location. ISPs should be the ones responsible for giving general locations to the VOIP provider. The VOIP provider doesn't know where the ISPs networks are, and making the VOIP provider responsible for this is going to fail miserably.
Again, yet another wonderful ideal from the morons in charge.
I was wondering, why did the application installs use levels of code known to cause issues with the distribution you chose? It just seems that in a real world scenario, if a Project Manager was told the app was incompatible with the chosen os, then they would make a decision to either use a compatible OS, or pre-test the rollout in an appropriate manner.
The other thing that seemed off about the report is that the three linux administrators did some pretty nasty things to RPM, and they took seperate paths. While I know that consistency is not possible in the real world, one would of thought that a workaround of this magnitude would have been pre-documented before the install.
I emailed them mentioning that the original article was an opinion piece, and really didn't seem to follow the we report, you decide motto.
They actually emailed a non-automated response, and mentioned that the article was in the Views section, which indicated it was like reading an opinion column in the newspaper.
While I'll let Fox slide on that, they really do not do a good job of indicating that the article is an opinion, or that you are in the views section, unless you look at the banner add looking header of the page. I was thinking of emailing them back and mentioning a site design update to further differentiate opinion articles of this type from the usual news propoganda.
I think that the "two weeks" for installation was actually spent researching obscure linux configurations that SAP needed to be a "certified" installation. Still, even with that in mind, two weeks sounds like the consultant padding their billing. It would be interesting to read more on what the actual errors were, wether they were kernel panics/ooops's or segfaults in the application.
The other thing that sticks out, is why does windows not have such a stringent configuration list? The only thing I can think of is that there isn't much you can configure in windows, so there is no need to spend time configuring it.
I saw a presentation online that discussed the design goals for Civ4. In it there was a discussion of losing "hardcore" civ fans in favor of a more "modern" RTS game style. How hard is it to determine which improvements will enhance the game while maintaining the same "look and feel" of the franchise.
Also, why weren't many of the features from Alpha Centauri included in Civ3? Things like configurable governments and unit design.
The problem is that all the good laws are taken, and now we have people legislating "common sense." This is where I start having a problem with this kind of thing. My common sense is radically different from my wifes, which is probably different from others.
What I don't get about hybrids is why anyone thinks that they solve a problem. Your still using the same fuel, at moderately similar rates of comparable standard engines (VW TDI, Honda Civic, etc..). It seems that it would make more sense to use the engine for power generation only, and rely on the electric motor for all movement. Running like this would allow the fuel engine be tweaked for optimal conditions, and possibly moved over to something LPG, or similar "clean" fuel. Till then, buy more Hummers and SUVs, because nothing is going to change until it has to.
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let see, 20 million migrants. $20 per chip. $400 Million in taxpayer money. Maybe if we make things so unbearable for people in this country, there won't be a reason to sneak in.
Shouldn't someone call the FBI? It seems that the AG has violated child porn laws.
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But don't you see, Venus is just like Earth... The only difference is they have more greenhouse gases, the same ones that we put into the atmosphere. If were not careful, someday we might even end up like Mercury.
Of course, evolution might give Monkeys wings, but we need to find life on IO to prove that.
While I agree that our reliance on fossil fuels is akin to the relationship between tweakers and dealers, studying Venus gives us little to no insight on what is happening here. It will be a shame if they waste this opportunity on eco-friendly science instead of actual discovery.
Does global warming exist, yes. It's happened before humans existed, its happening now, and it will happen again once we kill ourselves off and supply oil for the next iteration of life on earth.
Is it just me, or did the article and the submission vary greatly in mission. According to the article, the only thing Oracle is doing is contributing a new file system to the Linux community. According to the write up, it would seem Oracle is porting its database to Linux, which I believe it did like 5 or 6 years ago. Now the article seems to make some wand waving to this being a competitive move by Oracle, but nothing in the article points to that.
There was a PBS show on this, I think the show name was bionic body http://www.pbs.org/saf/1107/index.html. Basically, the rig is a 16x16 grid of electrodes that when stimulated give the sensation of seeing a white dot. The idea is that some software / hardware mix basically estimates the edges of things and fires off a dot.
There are many limitations to this. 0 Depth perception (actually, I think anything farther than 5 feet was a wash). The interface is a direct connection to the brain, so the damage of an infection would be catastrophic. Also, there was some hand waving at the fact that they need to boost the voltage used to create the white points of light. Basically, too much voltage and you burn out the entire image processing area of the brain (IANA Nuero Surgeon).
Personally, I think that this was highly overrated, and I don't think the patients profiled had a very succesful outcome.
Is it just me, or does this sound like a power grab by some obscure wanna be organization? While I agree that some review should be put in place when purchasing equipment for sensitive missions, I would imagine that there are other agencies in place to do this.
Wait, your talking about a channel that is on SUBSCRIPTION based cable... Why are there commercials again?
So what? Lotsa money donated... that took them all of 10 - 20 mins to call the accountants. At a minimum, Michael "The F in FEMA stands for" Brown made a much greater impact.
If this is your view of the world, become a CCIE and forget about IS management.
Why your management hasn't fired you yet, I don't know. It would seem that you have a "my way is the better way" attitude, and really are not looking at the big picture. While limiting your exposure to the "other divisions" will limit the workload, it will end up alienating the people who you support (and probably generate the cashflow that helps pay your salary). Eventually, they will begin to implement systems without your support, because it is too difficult / time consuming to involve you. This will in effect reduce your value, making any change you want to implement even more difficult.
If you want to play MIS, I recommend you go out and get some ITIL training, or at least get some work experience going on. You use the term Information Systems, but it really seems you are focusing on Systems Administration. Maybe your employer should hire someone to manage you and your resources, and hopefully you can learn a thing or two.
Also, not involving yourself in the development of applications, or in some terms Information Systems, is a really bad idea. Basically, you will have crap dumped on you, and it will by nature become your problem.
Probably about the only valid point you have, but you are going around it the wrong way. You need another peer to help carry your load. Present two scenarios to your manager. First, discuss the workload you have, and also throw in that you cannot concentrate on connectivity and implementing new systems at the same time. Second, throw in the whole "hit by a bus" angle. How many people understand the system?
Once you have a peer, eventually the company will realize you need a manager, and will either promote or hire someone into the slot.
So the only people who made an impact was a mediocre business man, the leader of an overhyped band, and some other person no one knows... I guess they chose "pop-culture" over actual deeds / actions.
I agree that right now, linux on the 650 makes no sense. But with Palm selling out to MSFT (winCE palm), I doubt the future is going to hold much for my phone. For example, the browser has issues, and I doubt that palm / sprint / anyone will fix it. At least with it running an embedded linux, I can get support from the community... Which is the linux way, right?
One could argue that Sony violated the DMCA when they circumvented the normal function of Windows.
I had to dig a little, but I remember it was RIM who really started the whole patent issue...
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-958550.html
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/21/114325 7&tid=98&tid=217&tid=1
The problem with location identification is that we are focusing at the wrong location. ISPs should be the ones responsible for giving general locations to the VOIP provider. The VOIP provider doesn't know where the ISPs networks are, and making the VOIP provider responsible for this is going to fail miserably.
Again, yet another wonderful ideal from the morons in charge.
Sad part is, most people on the net would say that they couldn't open that site in their browser....
I was wondering, why did the application installs use levels of code known to cause issues with the distribution you chose? It just seems that in a real world scenario, if a Project Manager was told the app was incompatible with the chosen os, then they would make a decision to either use a compatible OS, or pre-test the rollout in an appropriate manner.
The other thing that seemed off about the report is that the three linux administrators did some pretty nasty things to RPM, and they took seperate paths. While I know that consistency is not possible in the real world, one would of thought that a workaround of this magnitude would have been pre-documented before the install.
Is this a preview of the new antivirus features in windows?
I emailed them mentioning that the original article was an opinion piece, and really didn't seem to follow the we report, you decide motto.
They actually emailed a non-automated response, and mentioned that the article was in the Views section, which indicated it was like reading an opinion column in the newspaper.
While I'll let Fox slide on that, they really do not do a good job of indicating that the article is an opinion, or that you are in the views section, unless you look at the banner add looking header of the page. I was thinking of emailing them back and mentioning a site design update to further differentiate opinion articles of this type from the usual news propoganda.
I think that the "two weeks" for installation was actually spent researching obscure linux configurations that SAP needed to be a "certified" installation. Still, even with that in mind, two weeks sounds like the consultant padding their billing. It would be interesting to read more on what the actual errors were, wether they were kernel panics/ooops's or segfaults in the application.
The other thing that sticks out, is why does windows not have such a stringent configuration list? The only thing I can think of is that there isn't much you can configure in windows, so there is no need to spend time configuring it.
I saw a presentation online that discussed the design goals for Civ4. In it there was a discussion of losing "hardcore" civ fans in favor of a more "modern" RTS game style. How hard is it to determine which improvements will enhance the game while maintaining the same "look and feel" of the franchise.
Also, why weren't many of the features from Alpha Centauri included in Civ3? Things like configurable governments and unit design.
I was gonna mention that, but there wasn't even enough information to call it an ad.
The problem is that all the good laws are taken, and now we have people legislating "common sense." This is where I start having a problem with this kind of thing. My common sense is radically different from my wifes, which is probably different from others.
What I don't get about hybrids is why anyone thinks that they solve a problem. Your still using the same fuel, at moderately similar rates of comparable standard engines (VW TDI, Honda Civic, etc..). It seems that it would make more sense to use the engine for power generation only, and rely on the electric motor for all movement. Running like this would allow the fuel engine be tweaked for optimal conditions, and possibly moved over to something LPG, or similar "clean" fuel. Till then, buy more Hummers and SUVs, because nothing is going to change until it has to.