Does the bird which flew into the craft immediately after launch count as debris?
The news media has said over & over how NASA is scanning the material collected from 100+ cameras, looking for problems.
If they want to make their jobs easy|ier, post everything online, let the world scan every frame. If there's anything to be found, someone will find it...for free.
Now if that Calculis (Calculus) teacher could spell (and teach spelling), we'd only need one teacher instead of two and could pay that one teacher twice as much.
After seeing public schools though my own experiance...
maybe they charge too much for tutition and can't afford spelling lessons or dictionaries?
When it comes to China taking the crown, it's sad we'll be teaching multiple generations of those who will go|return to China to educate those who will supplant us. IOW, our open society is sending the information to a closed society.
How open would they be to us sending students regularly and bringing as much back to the US as they currently take away? (that's a rhetorical question)
Were we to discriminate - to stop the brain drain, we'd be accused worldwide of being racists or culturally biased. We have, however, seen how an oppressive society with an obscene emphasis upon scientific growth while scraping away any semblance of respect for the citizenry. (see: Cold War)
I have yet to figure out why anyone outside of the states of Indiana, Arizona, and Hawaii actually give a rat's posterior about DST (because it's a part of life and takes place seemingly without effort). Those are the only three states which do not observe DST. Indiana has several clusters of counties near Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville which do so on their own. Indiana's legislature also enacted a law to observe it, but now it requires Federal action to finish it, including which time zone(s) are observed. So there's a "fact finding" tour underway where people can sound off regarding which time zone they want to "belong to".
One state legislator voted against it because it would mess up his constituents' schedules when they had to take their kids over the state line (to Illinois) and the time difference would force them to restructure their days. No one took the time to point out to this moron that part of Indiana was on "New York time" (an hour ahead of that area of Illinois) six months a year and on "Chicago time" (the same time as that area) six months a year. So being at the same time or a difference of one hour constantly is less confusing than switching every six months?
That's no worse than years ago when those in the rural areas I grew up in complained it would mess up the cows' milking schedules. No one pointed out to them cows' don't look at the clocks. What they meant to say is it would mess up their schedules but using the cows as an excuse seemed to make it sound like it was somehow more critical? You wouldn't have believed it this year. Parents whined it would screw up kids going to bed: "How can you tell kids it's time to go to bed at 8:30pm when it's still light out?" Drive-In theatre owners whined it would cause shows to start later (although the number of drive-ins around the country, including Indiana, is a pittance of what it used to be), restaurants bellyached it would screw up supper hours because people would go out to eat based upon how light it was, not the time on the clock. You'd think no one else in the world had ever dealt with DST before.
I think the only people who would have whined more are those who would have had a million dollars bestowed upon them - but in pennies and they'd have to count and lug them to the bank.
(To be honest, it was always good sport to watch the political turmoil. I find it no different than the current Supreme Court nomination. In spite of the long-term importance, and regardless of one's personal political perspective, I find watching political friction to be one of America's great indoor sports. The higher the level, the more interesting it becomes. All of the others (sports) have been ruined by tweaking the rules.
On a more humorous note, I actually had something cooked up to take advantage of the annual turmoil in Indiana's legislature. I planned to circulate a story to the effect:
Microsoft was behind the lobbying effort to stop the observance of DST because of all of the Windows machines which list Indiana as its own timezone. Microsoft was afraid they would find themselves responsible for creating and supporting patches for all of those PCs, even for OSes which are no longer under active support.
My intent had been to start on March 29-30 so there would be a couple of days to circulate and work toward passing it along to a couple of friends in the local media - hopefully, using some forged email as additional proof. I thought of it as an interesting birthday experiment (my birthday is April Fool's Day). Alas, the missus never permitted it. She was afraid there would be some legal repercussions, despite the opportunity for humor.
This is why you have to account for this in your business plan|setup - some form of escrow with a law or accounting firm. It's no different than if you are developing software and the customer hasn't purchased the source. Should you get hit by a bus, your office burn, you go out of business, etc. Your clients shouldn't be left clawing at the porcelein as the water swirls around them for things which are out of their control. Making arrangements in advanceandmaking potential and existing clientele aware of this should not only make them aware of something they may not have considered, but reassure them you are watching out for them in the long run and it does improve the relationship when you are in the pre-contract stage.
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The mystery becomes clearer. Hover your mouse over Doggie Fizzle's name above and see what resources Doggie is affiliated with. Then look at the uri of the "story".
See any connections?
(unfortunately, temojen didn't)
Curiosity question: When did/. begin running an eyeballs++ service for those who want to increase the traffic to their web sites by submitting stories about their web sites?
If it is an organized program, can someone get me the pricing for it?
No kidding. Is it too much to ask the Editorial|Approval Board to make a simple check for it's and its before they post it to the public system?
They almost need to have a c/it's/its/ macro run by default and they'd be 100% correct. It seems practically every time it's appears in article text it's supposed to be its
You know, if programmers had feedback from compilers which merely said "Sorry, there are errors" and didn't tell them where they were or what they were, they'd be far more meticulous about their coding and would likely be more careful about their use of the English language as well. I think the only reason they're able to deal with the structure of code and not the written word is because they receive pretty explicit feedback regarding their errors from compilers.
It's why I said a long, long, long time ago: In this business, you don't have to be good, just good enough. It's why most software sucks and why a lot of things questionable programmers write (prose-wise) is of the same [dubious] quality.
No, you were right. She does turn them around. She turns them around so they're flying arsewise straight into the wind, waiting to see what will happen at random.
It's doubtful he'd work for WHG III [1]. I wonder if he'd embarass himself by making a play for Kay (and risk being refused)?
There's no doubt Mr. Kay doesn't have to work - so he's doing so because he likes to do what he does. This means there's a 50%-50% [2] proposition: start his own little lab of test tubes or see what could happen by applying his intelligence, creativity, and experience and plugging it into the younger resources of Google. That's as close to pure research as anyone's getting these days.
(Although, if you were to listen to Ballmer, Google is a one-trick pony. He refuses to refer to them in any terms but a search engine. And don't think that's anything but intentional. He wants everyone to see them as a search engine and to overlook anything else they've been doing. Remember, one of Microsoft's best strengths is marketing - making the people who hold the money believe what they want them to believe. The longer everyone things Google == Search Engine and nothing else matters, even to the point of "search engine" means "text", not the pictures, video, etc. which Google is putting together, the stronger Microsoft looks, relatively speaking. Ballmer dares not look anything less than a cocksure bastard. Otherwise, the slow slide most of us can see will speed up considerably and they will not be able to put the brakes on or reverse the skid.)
_____________________ [1] If you still are wondering, WGH III = William Henry Gates, III.
[2] I truly believe it is 50%-50%, not just a one of two things will happen.
In my undergrad days (early 80s), one of the systems analysis profs asked the class, "How many of you are in here because there will likely be a job for you when you graduate?" Of course, no hands went up. This is when I had my own client list during school breaks, could work any weekend I chose to, etc. And was constantly inundated with offers to drop out of school. It was a 50-50 proposition: job vs. degree. I had a lot of friends drop out of whereever they were going to school because the money was so good they figured they could go back and get the paperwork later.
"Seriously, I will hold nothing against you. I really want to know: how many of you are here because there will likely be a job for you?" And people got honest. And that's when he said, "Do you realize a sizeable percentage of the workforce is in their mid- to late-40s, waiting for the next 20-25 years to pass so they can retire? They aren't qualified to move up, not talented enough to make lateral moves in a different career, and certainly won't step down to do something more interesting because they are too proud? 20-25 years. That's longer than any of you have even been alive. You're doing this because it will mean a job. You've taken other courses, so you know what you're getting into[1]. You know whether you like this type of work. And you're in it because there will be a job? (that caused a lot of soul-searching.
[1] I went to a small, private school who found a way to give us real-world experience: we took on jobs from local religious and non-profit groups who couldn't afford to pay for big $$$$ contractors. So we did it. They got their work done and we got experience. So those who hadn't done any of that type of work before college found out pretty fast what they were in for and could make a choice based upon those experiences.
...to provide a grammar error to demonstrate they understand most IT people: less applications (fewer applications). I'm somewhat surprised they didn't throw in it's|its, peaking someone's interest (piquing, root word = pique) to make the standard IT person comfortable with the article.
More importantly, IT != CS. There are a lot of people who may have CS on their degree and have taken nothing but programming courses. (perhaps a little more) On top of that, they likely have seen a single platform and no more than a couple of languages. (there's nothing like painting yourself into a corner before your first interview, let alone your first job)
If someone's walking into an interview with Computer Science on their diploma, I'm expecting them to have taken some math - not just calculus or differential equations. Something like abstract algebra with some group theory. Have they even heard of Evariste Galois or Paul Erdos? Have they written a compiler? A device driver? At least [written] some semblance of an operating system? (even if it's a tiny os) Have they taken any hardware courses? Even an introductory electronics or interfacing course. How about learning assembly language | assembler? Have they learned a couple of languages which are on different branches of the "family tree"? Even though the underlying philosophy is different, c and c++ are cousins, but what about adding LISP, COBOL, FORTH, APL? They don't have to have a black belt in them, but at least enough exposure that they aren't going to fall into the mode of "when you give a little boy a hammer, everything in the world looks like a nail".
And while we're at it, what courses have they taken which aren't CS or even science in general? History? Literature? Can they write? Not just documentation. If I need a paper written which will provide a client with what we consider to be the right direction to go, can I rely upon them to actually communicate with someone who isn't a bit twiddler (or what some call a bithead - although this term is generally a pejorative). Can they get up in front of even a small group (although sometimes that's tougher) and make a presentation in the same fashion?
I could go on & on, but even if the job doesn't call for all of those skills, if a CS degree walks in the door, I'm going to expect CS skills to walk in with the diploma.
And for the naysayers who think one doesn't need all of that, perhaps you don't needeverything. But it'll never hurt you...except to be overqualified. And when you have to deal with the current issue of offshore outsourcing (it's not all that long ago but outsourcing meant someone not on the payroll doing the work - usually someone local; e.g. contractors, consultants, software whores), such as what's going on now, you'll be much better off when it comes to self-sufficiency. Starting out on your own and creating your own startup. There's still pressure, but it's a lot different. And for the most part, a lot more fun.
p.s. I graduated with all of the things I listed and a few more over twenty years ago. There's no reason it shouldn't work for someone else now. It's better to be prepared while you have the time. And whilst you're paying for it, you might as well get your money's worth.
Go back to the top and read what Zazzle offers - then you'll see why Amazon and eBay can't fill that niche. Amazon and eBay are working to snag the big boys. That's where the big profits are. They started by grabbing everyone, but as time goes along, the ones who provide the most return for the effort are going to be those who turn the most volume.
With Zazzle creating the one-offs of the standard product(s), it's now a vertical market Amazon & eBay won't really worry about until it becomes a nine (or more) figure market. Anyone in such a market which would generate eight or nine figures of annual sales won't complain.
In terms of Google's engine vs. others, I don't think we'll see Google stick to what they have - permanently. They're going to continue to evolve, just as they have as a business.
But...you wouldn't know that to listen to Microsoft's Ballmer. Any references he makes to Google (in public) makes it sound as though they are a one-trick pony: a search engine. And that's very deliberate. If he can keep the mindset "Google == Search Engine" and nothing else -- whenever he's got a microphone in front of him, there will be a persistent dodge away from their other products.
One area where search engines will have to help in searching or data mining is to deal with poor spelling. Things such as "it's" instead of "its" is annoying, but not likely to screw up a search one is making. But when keywords which are germane to a search are not spelled correctly, it doesn't matter which engine you use in today's market - you're hosed. And that's one of the things which detracts a bit from usenet's archives (groups.google) from being an even better research tool for problems. I'm willing to bet, however, most people who post problems to email-based lists don't even think about looking there, and probably don't even know about it.
Do the statistics allow for overlap; i.e.people who use multiple browsers? I realize that may be a small percentage, but if the published numbers are going to be to the second decimal point, it's got to weigh in there somewhere.
Those of us who use three (or more), either in regular use or for the purposes of testing - and just get accustomed to using multiples - should factor somewhere.
My only question is, what's up with the Friday slots? Aren't those slots where shows usually die?
It's not necessarily where shows go to die - it's also where shows go because the show has such a niche following the fans will follow it - witness JAG - it was popular amoungst older ladies and CBS knew that although the show was on its last legs, the fans would follow it, no matter when it was on. Saturday is another hospice show although things such as Walker: Texas Ranger survived as a top-20 for some time.
Sci-Fi Channel also has a survivor mentality by broadcasting on Friday night: they are relatively safe from most of the killer timeslots during the remainder of the week. What do you think would happen to the ratings during the Thursday block during first-run episodes of Survivor, CSI, and Without a Trace? Die-hard fans may tune in, but the commercial sponsors want some solid eyeball counts and they won't get it during that three-hour juggernaut (relatively speaking). Nevertheless, The Night Stalker (ABC) is going to try it this Fall.
One of the more interesting phenomenons about show scheduling is the networks generally have an idea which shows will fly or fail. There are two notable mistakes in the previous years: CSI and Monk. CSI was predicted to be a short-season crash-and-burn. It did burn - a conflagration! CBS scrambled to throw a lot of assets at it - to the point of p%ssing off the cast members when CSI Miami was fast-tracked to capitalize as much as possible. They felt like they took the risk(s) and someone else would capitalize on it.
ABC passed on Monk and NBC's USA Channel picked it up. After some time, ABC decided to buy second-run rights. This is why Monk stopped airing several times/week. ABC wanted USA to show it once, then be able to show it semi-fresh on their own schedule although it didn't do as well there because they pushed it onto the Summer Thursday rerun schedule. True Monk fans had already watched it during the first airing and the ratings for the three-hour CBS reruns beat Monk reruns.
Oh, which night did X-Files debut? And what type of audience did it have? Those are rhetorical questions. If you don't know the answer to the former, go to epguides.com and look at the airing dates.
p.s.
In '78, a lot my friends & I used the title Battlesoap Gallactica as it made a nice "sequel" quality-wise (that's a figurative statement - so don't jump on the meaning of sequel) to Space: 1999.
The appropriate phrase at that time of Valley Speak would have been: "Gag me with a chainsaw."
There are also hand-helds, attachments for PDAs, and practically anything else you can imagine.
GPS is one of the more common things used at the DARPA Grand Challenge last year and I have no doubts but what it'll be standard equipment this year as well.
...there isn't really anything to transport crew to (or from) except the ISS and that only has a capacity of three...
But at least the ISS has supplies should they screw the pooch.
One of the contingency plans mentioned in the news was that if the shuttle is detected to have irreparable damage; i.e. it cannot return to Earth safely, the crew would have to dock with the ISS but it would alter the rations such that there were be at most forty-three days of supplies for all parties involved. They also stated NASA said it would take a minimum of thirty-five days to get another craft prepared, on the pad, launched, and to the ISS.
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Does the bird which flew into the craft immediately after launch count as debris?
The news media has said over & over how NASA is scanning the material collected from 100+ cameras, looking for problems.
If they want to make their jobs easy|ier, post everything online, let the world scan every frame. If there's anything to be found, someone will find it...for free.
Maybe I'm just brain numb from tonight's DARPA Grand Challenge meeting Go IRV! , but can you explain this?
The text has been updated to reflect Perl 5.8, although this book doesn't introduce any 5.8 specific concepts
This almost sounds like Twin Sons of Different Mothers
Now if that Calculis (Calculus) teacher could spell (and teach spelling), we'd only need one teacher instead of two and could pay that one teacher twice as much.
After seeing public schools though my own experiance...
maybe they charge too much for tutition and can't afford spelling lessons or dictionaries?
When it comes to China taking the crown, it's sad we'll be teaching multiple generations of those who will go|return to China to educate those who will supplant us. IOW, our open society is sending the information to a closed society.
How open would they be to us sending students regularly and bringing as much back to the US as they currently take away? (that's a rhetorical question)
Were we to discriminate - to stop the brain drain, we'd be accused worldwide of being racists or culturally biased. We have, however, seen how an oppressive society with an obscene emphasis upon scientific growth while scraping away any semblance of respect for the citizenry. (see: Cold War)
And once again, someone posting the parent story doesn't know it's from its.
Anyone keeping count? (how many in a row is this?)
I think if its were used in every parent story, they'd have a 98% chance of being correct. Rarely is it's actually used|needed.
Look! Down the hall! It's Pedantic Man!
He knows it's Daylight Saving Time
(not Daylight SavingS Time)
I have yet to figure out why anyone outside of the states of Indiana, Arizona, and Hawaii actually give a rat's posterior about DST (because it's a part of life and takes place seemingly without effort). Those are the only three states which do not observe DST. Indiana has several clusters of counties near Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville which do so on their own. Indiana's legislature also enacted a law to observe it, but now it requires Federal action to finish it, including which time zone(s) are observed. So there's a "fact finding" tour underway where people can sound off regarding which time zone they want to "belong to".
One state legislator voted against it because it would mess up his constituents' schedules when they had to take their kids over the state line (to Illinois) and the time difference would force them to restructure their days. No one took the time to point out to this moron that part of Indiana was on "New York time" (an hour ahead of that area of Illinois) six months a year and on "Chicago time" (the same time as that area) six months a year. So being at the same time or a difference of one hour constantly is less confusing than switching every six months?
That's no worse than years ago when those in the rural areas I grew up in complained it would mess up the cows' milking schedules. No one pointed out to them cows' don't look at the clocks. What they meant to say is it would mess up their schedules but using the cows as an excuse seemed to make it sound like it was somehow more critical? You wouldn't have believed it this year. Parents whined it would screw up kids going to bed: "How can you tell kids it's time to go to bed at 8:30pm when it's still light out?" Drive-In theatre owners whined it would cause shows to start later (although the number of drive-ins around the country, including Indiana, is a pittance of what it used to be), restaurants bellyached it would screw up supper hours because people would go out to eat based upon how light it was, not the time on the clock. You'd think no one else in the world had ever dealt with DST before.
I think the only people who would have whined more are those who would have had a million dollars bestowed upon them - but in pennies and they'd have to count and lug them to the bank.
(To be honest, it was always good sport to watch the political turmoil. I find it no different than the current Supreme Court nomination. In spite of the long-term importance, and regardless of one's personal political perspective, I find watching political friction to be one of America's great indoor sports. The higher the level, the more interesting it becomes. All of the others (sports) have been ruined by tweaking the rules.
On a more humorous note, I actually had something cooked up to take advantage of the annual turmoil in Indiana's legislature. I planned to circulate a story to the effect:
Microsoft was behind the lobbying effort to stop the observance of DST because of all of the Windows machines which list Indiana as its own timezone. Microsoft was afraid they would find themselves responsible for creating and supporting patches for all of those PCs, even for OSes which are no longer under active support.
My intent had been to start on March 29-30 so there would be a couple of days to circulate and work toward passing it along to a couple of friends in the local media - hopefully, using some forged email as additional proof. I thought of it as an interesting birthday experiment (my birthday is April Fool's Day). Alas, the missus never permitted it. She was afraid there would be some legal repercussions, despite the opportunity for humor.
oh well.
This is why you have to account for this in your business plan|setup - some form of escrow with a law or accounting firm. It's no different than if you are developing software and the customer hasn't purchased the source. Should you get hit by a bus, your office burn, you go out of business, etc. Your clients shouldn't be left clawing at the porcelein as the water swirls around them for things which are out of their control. Making arrangements in advance and making potential and existing clientele aware of this should not only make them aware of something they may not have considered, but reassure them you are watching out for them in the long run and it does improve the relationship when you are in the pre-contract stage.
The mystery becomes clearer. Hover your mouse over Doggie Fizzle's name above and see what resources Doggie is affiliated with. Then look at the uri of the "story".
See any connections?
(unfortunately, temojen didn't)
Curiosity question: When did
If it is an organized program, can someone get me the pricing for it?
No kidding. Is it too much to ask the Editorial|Approval Board to make a simple check for it's and its before they post it to the public system?
They almost need to have a c/it's/its/ macro run by default and they'd be 100% correct. It seems practically every time it's appears in article text it's supposed to be its
You know, if programmers had feedback from compilers which merely said "Sorry, there are errors" and didn't tell them where they were or what they were, they'd be far more meticulous about their coding and would likely be more careful about their use of the English language as well. I think the only reason they're able to deal with the structure of code and not the written word is because they receive pretty explicit feedback regarding their errors from compilers.
It's why I said a long, long, long time ago: In this business, you don't have to be good, just good enough. It's why most software sucks and why a lot of things questionable programmers write (prose-wise) is of the same [dubious] quality.
They still have openings: Careers @ HP Labs: 2005 recruiting for interns, post docs and general researchers"
No, you were right. She does turn them around. She turns them around so they're flying arsewise straight into the wind, waiting to see what will happen at random.
It's doubtful he'd work for WHG III [1]. I wonder if he'd embarass himself by making a play for Kay (and risk being refused)?
There's no doubt Mr. Kay doesn't have to work - so he's doing so because he likes to do what he does. This means there's a 50%-50% [2] proposition: start his own little lab of test tubes or see what could happen by applying his intelligence, creativity, and experience and plugging it into the younger resources of Google. That's as close to pure research as anyone's getting these days.
(Although, if you were to listen to Ballmer, Google is a one-trick pony. He refuses to refer to them in any terms but a search engine. And don't think that's anything but intentional. He wants everyone to see them as a search engine and to overlook anything else they've been doing. Remember, one of Microsoft's best strengths is marketing - making the people who hold the money believe what they want them to believe. The longer everyone things Google == Search Engine and nothing else matters, even to the point of "search engine" means "text", not the pictures, video, etc. which Google is putting together, the stronger Microsoft looks, relatively speaking. Ballmer dares not look anything less than a cocksure bastard. Otherwise, the slow slide most of us can see will speed up considerably and they will not be able to put the brakes on or reverse the skid.)
_____________________
[1] If you still are wondering, WGH III = William Henry Gates, III.
[2] I truly believe it is 50%-50%, not just a one of two things will happen.
well, they certainly weren't inocent of bad spelling!!!!!!
And if you've been to the South, you can appreciate this one:
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To show the armadillo it could be done.
In my undergrad days (early 80s), one of the systems analysis profs asked the class, "How many of you are in here because there will likely be a job for you when you graduate?" Of course, no hands went up. This is when I had my own client list during school breaks, could work any weekend I chose to, etc. And was constantly inundated with offers to drop out of school. It was a 50-50 proposition: job vs. degree. I had a lot of friends drop out of whereever they were going to school because the money was so good they figured they could go back and get the paperwork later.
"Seriously, I will hold nothing against you. I really want to know: how many of you are here because there will likely be a job for you?" And people got honest. And that's when he said, "Do you realize a sizeable percentage of the workforce is in their mid- to late-40s, waiting for the next 20-25 years to pass so they can retire? They aren't qualified to move up, not talented enough to make lateral moves in a different career, and certainly won't step down to do something more interesting because they are too proud? 20-25 years. That's longer than any of you have even been alive. You're doing this because it will mean a job. You've taken other courses, so you know what you're getting into[1]. You know whether you like this type of work. And you're in it because there will be a job? (that caused a lot of soul-searching.
[1] I went to a small, private school who found a way to give us real-world experience: we took on jobs from local religious and non-profit groups who couldn't afford to pay for big $$$$ contractors. So we did it. They got their work done and we got experience. So those who hadn't done any of that type of work before college found out pretty fast what they were in for and could make a choice based upon those experiences.
More importantly, IT != CS. There are a lot of people who may have CS on their degree and have taken nothing but programming courses. (perhaps a little more) On top of that, they likely have seen a single platform and no more than a couple of languages. (there's nothing like painting yourself into a corner before your first interview, let alone your first job)
If someone's walking into an interview with Computer Science on their diploma, I'm expecting them to have taken some math - not just calculus or differential equations. Something like abstract algebra with some group theory. Have they even heard of Evariste Galois or Paul Erdos? Have they written a compiler? A device driver? At least [written] some semblance of an operating system? (even if it's a tiny os) Have they taken any hardware courses? Even an introductory electronics or interfacing course. How about learning assembly language | assembler? Have they learned a couple of languages which are on different branches of the "family tree"? Even though the underlying philosophy is different, c and c++ are cousins, but what about adding LISP, COBOL, FORTH, APL? They don't have to have a black belt in them, but at least enough exposure that they aren't going to fall into the mode of "when you give a little boy a hammer, everything in the world looks like a nail".
And while we're at it, what courses have they taken which aren't CS or even science in general? History? Literature? Can they write? Not just documentation. If I need a paper written which will provide a client with what we consider to be the right direction to go, can I rely upon them to actually communicate with someone who isn't a bit twiddler (or what some call a bithead - although this term is generally a pejorative). Can they get up in front of even a small group (although sometimes that's tougher) and make a presentation in the same fashion?
I could go on & on, but even if the job doesn't call for all of those skills, if a CS degree walks in the door, I'm going to expect CS skills to walk in with the diploma.
And for the naysayers who think one doesn't need all of that, perhaps you don't need everything. But it'll never hurt you...except to be overqualified. And when you have to deal with the current issue of offshore outsourcing (it's not all that long ago but outsourcing meant someone not on the payroll doing the work - usually someone local; e.g. contractors, consultants, software whores), such as what's going on now, you'll be much better off when it comes to self-sufficiency. Starting out on your own and creating your own startup. There's still pressure, but it's a lot different. And for the most part, a lot more fun.
p.s. I graduated with all of the things I listed and a few more over twenty years ago. There's no reason it shouldn't work for someone else now. It's better to be prepared while you have the time. And whilst you're paying for it, you might as well get your money's worth.
If you had enough to invest, I'm certain they would permit you to do so.
As far as being a common investor, you'll likely have to wait a bit - unless you want to become an employee.
Go back to the top and read what Zazzle offers - then you'll see why Amazon and eBay can't fill that niche. Amazon and eBay are working to snag the big boys. That's where the big profits are. They started by grabbing everyone, but as time goes along, the ones who provide the most return for the effort are going to be those who turn the most volume.
With Zazzle creating the one-offs of the standard product(s), it's now a vertical market Amazon & eBay won't really worry about until it becomes a nine (or more) figure market. Anyone in such a market which would generate eight or nine figures of annual sales won't complain.
In terms of Google's engine vs. others, I don't think we'll see Google stick to what they have - permanently. They're going to continue to evolve, just as they have as a business.
But...you wouldn't know that to listen to Microsoft's Ballmer. Any references he makes to Google (in public) makes it sound as though they are a one-trick pony: a search engine. And that's very deliberate. If he can keep the mindset "Google == Search Engine" and nothing else -- whenever he's got a microphone in front of him, there will be a persistent dodge away from their other products.
One area where search engines will have to help in searching or data mining is to deal with poor spelling. Things such as "it's" instead of "its" is annoying, but not likely to screw up a search one is making. But when keywords which are germane to a search are not spelled correctly, it doesn't matter which engine you use in today's market - you're hosed. And that's one of the things which detracts a bit from usenet's archives (groups.google) from being an even better research tool for problems. I'm willing to bet, however, most people who post problems to email-based lists don't even think about looking there, and probably don't even know about it.
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Do the statistics allow for overlap; i.e.people who use multiple browsers? I realize that may be a small percentage, but if the published numbers are going to be to the second decimal point, it's got to weigh in there somewhere.
Those of us who use three (or more), either in regular use or for the purposes of testing - and just get accustomed to using multiples - should factor somewhere.
My only question is, what's up with the Friday slots? Aren't those slots where shows usually die?
It's not necessarily where shows go to die - it's also where shows go because the show has such a niche following the fans will follow it - witness JAG - it was popular amoungst older ladies and CBS knew that although the show was on its last legs, the fans would follow it, no matter when it was on. Saturday is another hospice show although things such as Walker: Texas Ranger survived as a top-20 for some time.
Sci-Fi Channel also has a survivor mentality by broadcasting on Friday night: they are relatively safe from most of the killer timeslots during the remainder of the week. What do you think would happen to the ratings during the Thursday block during first-run episodes of Survivor, CSI, and Without a Trace? Die-hard fans may tune in, but the commercial sponsors want some solid eyeball counts and they won't get it during that three-hour juggernaut (relatively speaking). Nevertheless, The Night Stalker (ABC) is going to try it this Fall.
One of the more interesting phenomenons about show scheduling is the networks generally have an idea which shows will fly or fail. There are two notable mistakes in the previous years: CSI and Monk. CSI was predicted to be a short-season crash-and-burn. It did burn - a conflagration! CBS scrambled to throw a lot of assets at it - to the point of p%ssing off the cast members when CSI Miami was fast-tracked to capitalize as much as possible. They felt like they took the risk(s) and someone else would capitalize on it.
ABC passed on Monk and NBC's USA Channel picked it up. After some time, ABC decided to buy second-run rights. This is why Monk stopped airing several times/week. ABC wanted USA to show it once, then be able to show it semi-fresh on their own schedule although it didn't do as well there because they pushed it onto the Summer Thursday rerun schedule. True Monk fans had already watched it during the first airing and the ratings for the three-hour CBS reruns beat Monk reruns.
Oh, which night did X-Files debut? And what type of audience did it have? Those are rhetorical questions. If you don't know the answer to the former, go to epguides.com and look at the airing dates.
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In '78, a lot my friends & I used the title Battlesoap Gallactica as it made a nice "sequel" quality-wise (that's a figurative statement - so don't jump on the meaning of sequel) to Space: 1999.
The appropriate phrase at that time of Valley Speak would have been: "Gag me with a chainsaw."
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and married as well. approaching nineteen years.
There are also hand-helds, attachments for PDAs, and practically anything else you can imagine.
GPS is one of the more common things used at the DARPA Grand Challenge last year and I have no doubts but what it'll be standard equipment this year as well.
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The launch page (cited in the story) shows nothing different. "Today's countdown", however, continues.
But at least the ISS has supplies should they screw the pooch.
One of the contingency plans mentioned in the news was that if the shuttle is detected to have irreparable damage; i.e. it cannot return to Earth safely, the crew would have to dock with the ISS but it would alter the rations such that there were be at most forty-three days of supplies for all parties involved. They also stated NASA said it would take a minimum of thirty-five days to get another craft prepared, on the pad, launched, and to the ISS.