I cobbled together a quickie in MySQL. I had a parts table that defined the parts, a category table to classify (E.g. resistor, capacitor, mylar-cap, etc.) and then an inventory table to capture on hand quantities.
Tied it up in an MS Access front end and it works for my needs.
I don't know about those broad assertions you make about women. I've been in IT management positions and in IT crews where I've run into some brilliant women who were put down because of their race, or others who were there because they knew or slept with somebody higher up.
You make some very good points. One of the prime reasons I didn't go into medicine was the cost. Chose the I.T. field instead.
The other thing that should be mentioned is that health care in the U.S. excels in one area and by relation another. Medicine excels at trauma medicine. It is at the point where even deaths from gunshot wounds are declining. The relation is in diagnostic technology.
Is rooted in the inception of cable systems back in the 1950's and 1960's. The FCC then classified them as content providers which later morphed to content/information providers.
Telecoms were always common carrier. It's what ultimately lead to the breakup of the Bell System. Mother Bell controlled hookups to other carriers with iron fist at the time.
The FCC regulatory environment for CI providers was mostly unregulated. So that's why there's the move today to shift them into common carrier status which I completely agree with. A broadband net connection is now used for more than just web and email, but VoIP and videoconferencing. In other words, services that used to be exclusive to common carriers.
So it makes sense to move broadband into the telecom/common carrier column. And contrary to the beliefs of the Repugs, it won't stifle innovation. Ma Bell did quite well under a fairly heavy regulatory burden back in the day and we got all sorts of features. Telecom is a far cry from the rotary dial days today. And all of it is rooted in Bell research.
This might be a good feature if say the porn aspects are hyped a bit. But seriously, didn't Bell try out video phones back in the 1960's and they learned a few things. First was not everybody wanted to be seen, second was they'd have had to build a completely different switching network for the video signals. Hideously expensive.
We've pretty much abolished the latter fact. Just did a job interview using a Tandberg system. Really nice. Clear sound, video, etc. As I noted to the interviewer it was a shame that there wasn't a tactile feedback unit we could shake hands.
I knew that eventually those making our high tech electronic gear would demand more money. Eventually though the economy in the U.S. will be attractive for manufacturing again.
Good advice. In every job I've had I've always been known as the Go-To guy for I.T. stuff.
Always did the team thing, out to lunches (We'd go at least once a month), went to events, etc.
And in the last steady job I had, I was known as the one who could tolerate what we affectionately called the Snake Pit. One division in our offices was all women hence the nickname. But I didn't care, I can slum with the rest of em' if I need to. The reason being, if you do they include you on all their birthday and holiday festivities.
That's the other thing - IT people know where the food is. Case in point, in another job the entire IT staff had radios. Standing orders (I was the director) was that we were to always radio back the location of good stuff.
I've been in IT for close to 20 years. Meetings are the most unproductive time wasters ever.
With email, instant messaging, intranets, web 2.0, dotProject and a zillion other like tools there really isn't much need for meetings.
Even when I've been an I.T. Director I rarely had formalized meetings. Information transfer happened in discrete gatherings maybe two or three times a quarter, and for less than 10 minutes each. Email and other networking technologies suffice.
More than likely the antenna. My laptop sees networks that my iPod Touch refuses to even see. Or it could be the Broadcom chip, or even the iPhone OS. Who knows.
There are a couple of social web sites I visit that go overboard with thread trackers etc. They haven't figured out RSS yet. I watch Java just hang my entire machine sometimes when I visit those sites.
And not just for the extremely rural areas. It can be used in a doctors office here in the U.S. And that the device doesn't cost a small fortune means you'll see it in widespread adoption in the first world too.
Ok,so now we can grow a trachea, an esophagus and bronchi. All tubular structures. Which means intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon) could be re-grown too.
The future is looking very bright indeed. Now we just have to work on the organs like the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas etc. And I don't think those are very far off, they've pretty much figured out how to vascularize large organs.
Setup our own MESH type networks? I was thinking about this. I know there are ports of OpenWRT that let you mod a Linksys WRT54G to do bridging. That would do the trick.
Yes we also had a failover site for our Central Voter Registration System. Never tested of course because nobody to be the one whose head would roll.
Apparently it did work though. When we had that DNS fail we were able to see that the hot standby site came up without a hiccup.
But you make a good point, unless you have someone high up that's going to shepherd your project through, you'd be better be prepared for some ugly times.
Luckily we had full buy-in on ours. Another thing happened though. I.T. moved before anyone else which involved getting data circuits up, ordering new switch level hardware, etc.
Now the reason we moved is because our space was 90% complete. So we put our new PIX firewalls into the rack, the new HP4180GL switch in the rack, etc.
Building contractor was stringing in coaxial for TV distribution (We home ran everything to the NOC) and manages to fry the power supply on the 4180GL!
Building owner was very good about it though, spent the $1,500 for the new power supply. I made arrangements with other state agencies and got us 96 ports worth of switches in the space of an hour. Our total downtime, 2 hours.
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If only the shrimp had the courtesy to jump into a pan with a little bit of butter and lightly fry themselves first.
I cobbled together a quickie in MySQL. I had a parts table that defined the parts, a category table to classify (E.g. resistor, capacitor, mylar-cap, etc.) and then an inventory table to capture on hand quantities. Tied it up in an MS Access front end and it works for my needs.
I don't know about those broad assertions you make about women. I've been in IT management positions and in IT crews where I've run into some brilliant women who were put down because of their race, or others who were there because they knew or slept with somebody higher up.
You make some very good points. One of the prime reasons I didn't go into medicine was the cost. Chose the I.T. field instead.
The other thing that should be mentioned is that health care in the U.S. excels in one area and by relation another. Medicine excels at trauma medicine. It is at the point where even deaths from gunshot wounds are declining. The relation is in diagnostic technology.
Is rooted in the inception of cable systems back in the 1950's and 1960's. The FCC then classified them as content providers which later morphed to content/information providers.
Telecoms were always common carrier. It's what ultimately lead to the breakup of the Bell System. Mother Bell controlled hookups to other carriers with iron fist at the time.
The FCC regulatory environment for CI providers was mostly unregulated. So that's why there's the move today to shift them into common carrier status which I completely agree with. A broadband net connection is now used for more than just web and email, but VoIP and videoconferencing. In other words, services that used to be exclusive to common carriers.
So it makes sense to move broadband into the telecom/common carrier column. And contrary to the beliefs of the Repugs, it won't stifle innovation. Ma Bell did quite well under a fairly heavy regulatory burden back in the day and we got all sorts of features. Telecom is a far cry from the rotary dial days today. And all of it is rooted in Bell research.
That's what popped up in the RSS feed item for the article.
This might be a good feature if say the porn aspects are hyped a bit. But seriously, didn't Bell try out video phones back in the 1960's and they learned a few things. First was not everybody wanted to be seen, second was they'd have had to build a completely different switching network for the video signals. Hideously expensive.
We've pretty much abolished the latter fact. Just did a job interview using a Tandberg system. Really nice. Clear sound, video, etc. As I noted to the interviewer it was a shame that there wasn't a tactile feedback unit we could shake hands.
I knew that eventually those making our high tech electronic gear would demand more money. Eventually though the economy in the U.S. will be attractive for manufacturing again.
Ok, you can watch demand and respond to it which means in most cases you just leave the generators online.
You do realize we're still dealing with a power system that has it's origins in the 19th century right?
The next big step is smaller, neighborhood power generation. The big players will fight this tooth and nail but ultimately I think they'll lose.
Derene is wrong, wrong, wrong.
You could do subscription based power distribution. After all the generators run whether people are using power or not.
Good advice. In every job I've had I've always been known as the Go-To guy for I.T. stuff.
Always did the team thing, out to lunches (We'd go at least once a month), went to events, etc.
And in the last steady job I had, I was known as the one who could tolerate what we affectionately called the Snake Pit. One division in our offices was all women hence the nickname. But I didn't care, I can slum with the rest of em' if I need to. The reason being, if you do they include you on all their birthday and holiday festivities.
That's the other thing - IT people know where the food is. Case in point, in another job the entire IT staff had radios. Standing orders (I was the director) was that we were to always radio back the location of good stuff.
I've been in IT for close to 20 years. Meetings are the most unproductive time wasters ever.
With email, instant messaging, intranets, web 2.0, dotProject and a zillion other like tools there really isn't much need for meetings.
Even when I've been an I.T. Director I rarely had formalized meetings. Information transfer happened in discrete gatherings maybe two or three times a quarter, and for less than 10 minutes each. Email and other networking technologies suffice.
Oh well. I've had it for ten years now.
More than likely the antenna. My laptop sees networks that my iPod Touch refuses to even see. Or it could be the Broadcom chip, or even the iPhone OS. Who knows.
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There are a couple of social web sites I visit that go overboard with thread trackers etc. They haven't figured out RSS yet. I watch Java just hang my entire machine sometimes when I visit those sites.
It is in its current incarnation a bloated pig.
1) Sorts the clothes and places dirty close in baskets.
2) Washes each load at correct temperature and water level based on load.
3) Transfers clothes from washer to dryer or rack depending on a care tag.
4) When clothes are dry it folds and places in drawers, on hangers, etc.
Is that so much to ask???
Why the Gov't couldn't just raise the standard to 40MPG RIGHT NOW. It's doable.
And not just for the extremely rural areas. It can be used in a doctors office here in the U.S. And that the device doesn't cost a small fortune means you'll see it in widespread adoption in the first world too.
If one could jack up the power bill, one could also ratchet it down too.
Ok,so now we can grow a trachea, an esophagus and bronchi. All tubular structures. Which means intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon) could be re-grown too.
The future is looking very bright indeed. Now we just have to work on the organs like the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas etc. And I don't think those are very far off, they've pretty much figured out how to vascularize large organs.
Just listen to "The Wall" or "Dark Side of the Moon". They're both stories told in song across multiple tracks.
Setup our own MESH type networks? I was thinking about this. I know there are ports of OpenWRT that let you mod a Linksys WRT54G to do bridging. That would do the trick.
Yes we also had a failover site for our Central Voter Registration System. Never tested of course because nobody to be the one whose head would roll.
Apparently it did work though. When we had that DNS fail we were able to see that the hot standby site came up without a hiccup.
But you make a good point, unless you have someone high up that's going to shepherd your project through, you'd be better be prepared for some ugly times.
Luckily we had full buy-in on ours. Another thing happened though. I.T. moved before anyone else which involved getting data circuits up, ordering new switch level hardware, etc.
Now the reason we moved is because our space was 90% complete. So we put our new PIX firewalls into the rack, the new HP4180GL switch in the rack, etc.
Building contractor was stringing in coaxial for TV distribution (We home ran everything to the NOC) and manages to fry the power supply on the 4180GL!
Building owner was very good about it though, spent the $1,500 for the new power supply. I made arrangements with other state agencies and got us 96 ports worth of switches in the space of an hour. Our total downtime, 2 hours.
Thanks for the response. I know HTML4, I just needed something that sort of tells you the differences and the link you provided seems to do that.