This will be more like the old Star Trek episode where war is so impersonal that no one bothers to resolve them (then Capt. Kirk destroys the war computers).
However, I doubt that automated killing machines will ever exceed the human capabilities for atrocities and the lack of common sense. War in general implies both anyway.
Of course, on the other hand, do you notice that the managers never get outsourced? Of all the jobs that could be easily outsourced you would figure that management, especially middle-management, would be at the top of the list. These people are just information conduits and list makers. Heck, many of the foreign students in the US were in MBA programs anyway.
If we outsource executive management, then we'd have enough money to pay for high-end engineers and scientists. People who are co-located with the people we try to sell our products to - and therefore understand the problems they are trying to solve.
Sales management would be the easiest to outsource. Just train some people to continually shout at the top of their lungs, "sell more this quarter than you did last quarter!"
Exactly right. A 'statement of direction'. In fact, the poster should have read the article. IBM states that they should know in 2 years whether lithium-air technology will work or not. They didn't state a battery would be ready at that time.
I was going to say that I'm really getting tired of the 'geek' and 'nerd' terms. But after reading several of these posts, never mind.:) Anyway, I don't understand why we still put up with those labels. The Palantir team is making a contribution. More than I can say for the WSJ geeks. Hell, they can't even make money off of advertising.
Many of the production data centers I've worked on have been using VMs for web servers for quite some time (e.g. ESX 2.x). That includes one of the companies that is on the list of unknowns in the article.
I'm surprised it wasn't addressed and that so many jumped to a physical server conclusion. However, even if the 50k servers are all VMs, that's a major management load. 50k of just about any configuration item takes some work.
When you look at the NYT graphic, the question becomes, "Why the Widening Human Gap in CS?" The percentage of males is down to 1980 or so levels.
The two maxima appear due to the dot-com era and, previously, to possibly the rise of micros (although it's also the golden era of minis). With all the cool technology available these days to flesh out innovative ideas, I would have thought the field would be getting stronger, irrespective of male or female.
But the car doesn't cost $30 - $40k. It's estimated to cost 20 - 30k euros. The dollar price is estimated using exchange rates. Who knows where the dollar will be in a couple of years. A couple of years ago, the car would have been in the $18k - $27k range.
It's a shame that Google chose to not identify the three AV vendors it tested. Their ability to protect against malware ranged from bad (~80%) to abysmal (~20%). To identify them would have been a public service for us and a motivation for them.
My, what an 'insightful' comment. I'm glad the moderator was impressed.
I wonder what Google policies you would support for North Korea? The law there says that dissent is illegal. What should Google do with a search that turns up dissenting documents? Turn the searcher in, as required by law?
People like you end up having their rights taken away. You're meek.
Let me get this staight, they're asking the guy who 'believes' that intelligent design should be given time in schools to improve our science curriculum?
Obviously, this committee has a deathwish.
Isn't all software custom, by definition? Carr has again demonstrated his stunning lack of perception by treating software as a product. I'm sure this forum, as well as FASB, recognize that software is better viewed as a service (recorded procedures) or as a knowledge system.
Adam Smith's vision of perfect capitalism with the associated low margins is prevented by adding value. Adding value adds margin. The struggle is to obtain competitive advantage. This is often done in mature industries via better systems and better market knowledge with quicker response to c hange.
Carr's vision would have us all running SAP/Oracle (after their merger) and driving those stupid Minority Report/tron-esque Lexus with only CxO's making any money.
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This will be more like the old Star Trek episode where war is so impersonal that no one bothers to resolve them (then Capt. Kirk destroys the war computers). However, I doubt that automated killing machines will ever exceed the human capabilities for atrocities and the lack of common sense. War in general implies both anyway.
Of course, on the other hand, do you notice that the managers never get outsourced? Of all the jobs that could be easily outsourced you would figure that management, especially middle-management, would be at the top of the list. These people are just information conduits and list makers. Heck, many of the foreign students in the US were in MBA programs anyway. If we outsource executive management, then we'd have enough money to pay for high-end engineers and scientists. People who are co-located with the people we try to sell our products to - and therefore understand the problems they are trying to solve. Sales management would be the easiest to outsource. Just train some people to continually shout at the top of their lungs, "sell more this quarter than you did last quarter!"
Exactly right. A 'statement of direction'. In fact, the poster should have read the article. IBM states that they should know in 2 years whether lithium-air technology will work or not. They didn't state a battery would be ready at that time.
I was going to say that I'm really getting tired of the 'geek' and 'nerd' terms. But after reading several of these posts, never mind. :) Anyway, I don't understand why we still put up with those labels. The Palantir team is making a contribution. More than I can say for the WSJ geeks. Hell, they can't even make money off of advertising.
Many of the production data centers I've worked on have been using VMs for web servers for quite some time (e.g. ESX 2.x). That includes one of the companies that is on the list of unknowns in the article. I'm surprised it wasn't addressed and that so many jumped to a physical server conclusion. However, even if the 50k servers are all VMs, that's a major management load. 50k of just about any configuration item takes some work.
When you look at the NYT graphic, the question becomes, "Why the Widening Human Gap in CS?" The percentage of males is down to 1980 or so levels. The two maxima appear due to the dot-com era and, previously, to possibly the rise of micros (although it's also the golden era of minis). With all the cool technology available these days to flesh out innovative ideas, I would have thought the field would be getting stronger, irrespective of male or female.
But the car doesn't cost $30 - $40k. It's estimated to cost 20 - 30k euros. The dollar price is estimated using exchange rates. Who knows where the dollar will be in a couple of years. A couple of years ago, the car would have been in the $18k - $27k range.
It's a shame that Google chose to not identify the three AV vendors it tested. Their ability to protect against malware ranged from bad (~80%) to abysmal (~20%). To identify them would have been a public service for us and a motivation for them.
If this interests you, MERI has additional information in the form of a movie about it.
My, what an 'insightful' comment. I'm glad the moderator was impressed.
I wonder what Google policies you would support for North Korea? The law there says that dissent is illegal. What should Google do with a search that turns up dissenting documents? Turn the searcher in, as required by law?
People like you end up having their rights taken away. You're meek.
Let me get this staight, they're asking the guy who 'believes' that intelligent design should be given time in schools to improve our science curriculum?
Obviously, this committee has a deathwish.
Isn't all software custom, by definition? Carr has again demonstrated his stunning lack of perception by treating software as a product. I'm sure this forum, as well as FASB, recognize that software is better viewed as a service (recorded procedures) or as a knowledge system. Adam Smith's vision of perfect capitalism with the associated low margins is prevented by adding value. Adding value adds margin. The struggle is to obtain competitive advantage. This is often done in mature industries via better systems and better market knowledge with quicker response to c hange. Carr's vision would have us all running SAP/Oracle (after their merger) and driving those stupid Minority Report/tron-esque Lexus with only CxO's making any money.