You are probably right, but there is value to having static information on one area of the board and having the freedom to erase anything at will/change anything. You'd have to put a lot of work into PP slides to make that happen.
I homeschool and I use a whiteboard for my kids and they are absolutely loving it. They are not college-age, byt I can easily see how powerpoint would take away from the experience if done the wrong way.
Perhaps the kind of information being presented is important too. Poetry is different than organic chemistry, so presentation methods should be different too.
Pretty "executive" reports is what they like to see, bar graphs, pie charts, etc. Also, stick with "top x" reports rather than 50 page reports which mean little to executive level people.
The problem is that most free tools out there really lack in reporting so you may want to figure out ways to export your data and write some sort of custom reporting tool in whatever environment you are familiar with, ms excel, php, python...etc. The answer is not easy, sorry.
I've been a MARS admin/user for a few years and this is not a surprise at all. I have first generation hardware - right after the purchase, Cisco announced that they no longer provide software updates for 1st gen machines, trying to push new hardware down customers throats, so for about a year I was unable to patch or update my environment. Finally they gave in last year and started supporting both 1st and 2nd generation hardware again (I assume because customers were running away from their sinking MARS ship).
This announcement is not a surprise at all since they've been pushing netflow like crazy, however a true event management solution should not be vendor centric to begin with. It's a pain to get MARS to take in events from Windows machines for example, or accept and manage events from other sources, so the announcement that that will no longer continue the non-existent support they had before is a non-sequitur.
Apparently the mentality at Cisco now is that if they paint a box green and write Cisco on it, people will buy it.
See, again, I don't understand what solution you are proposing. There is something called "civil law" in this country, which protects consumers from illegalities, abuse, etc. Use civil law to straighten out these problems, don't go to the FCC hat in hand and ask them to run a market; it costs $250 to file a suit...it's not that laborious.
This net neutrality stuff will cause big problems and it will backfire on all of you guys advocating it. I hope I am wrong.
So they are not private networks; then why are you allowing these companies to pocket their profits? Your position is inconsistent and hypocritical, i.e. you are allowing a small group of wealthy individuals to profit on the backs of the taxpayers. Why are you not protesting that social injustice?
Wrong. You are confusing an economic system or methodology with a certain pseudo social order. There is overlapping, of course, but they are not the same thing. Pure capitalism IS free market, and a free exchange of goods, services and capital.
Libertarians are not necessarily against free software - what we are opposed to is the socialistic tendencies of free software foundations. It so happens that many of the free software proponents are also anti free market. So why the surprise to the opposition?
I see your point, but is an oligopoly ultimately "unconstitutional?" My answer would be no. Note that there is also a difference between crony capitalism (which we see plenty of today) and actual oligarchs/oligopoly in a market, so we should not be as quick to cross the civil/criminal line just to get things our way. True free markets would eventually deal with people like Time Warner, AT&T and whoever else is taking advantage of consumers.
Another point is that there is always a recourse in the civil courts; imho people would do better to just learn the basics about the legal system, writing up a court complaint, etc, instead of asking a government agency to regulate. Amazing things happen when you know how to sue a company/oligopoly in a civil court:)
Now hang on a second - how can you be a libertarian and be in favor of regulating private networks? That doesn't make any sense. The slippery slope is not something mythical; as you can see, they are trying to use net neutrality to move forward towards regulating actual CONTENT! There is a big difference between a government agency making comments about Drudge Report being an annoying or inaccurate website, and another to decide that it's "harmful content" and needs to be taken off-line.
This is what happens when you give them a finger...they take your entire arm. You guys all have been asking for them to tell telcos how to run their networks. Now that they are doing that, you are all bitching about it. WTF??
Social justice has little to do with energy - as long as people continue to be willing to take advantage of each other and do not have their hearts in the right place, social justice will continue to be an issue. Small thugs all over the world keep millions of people in poverty and dark...you can have all the free energy you want...if the political climate is not in place, it will not happen. FREEDOM is social justice, not energy. Energy might be one of the vehicles to achieving freedom.
Very good points - also, how do you "loan" a kindle book to a buddy that stopped by? You can't!
Paper books are not binding the reader into some technical box owned by a corporation; they are not trademarked, they can be loaned, gifted, signed by the author, marked on, underlined, etc.
The White House is in the "Technological Dark Ages" because the media put it there, with constant subpoenas and FOIA requests trying to dig up dirt on GWB and Cheney.
I am curious, is there a way to calculate the carbon emissions created by the manufacturing, transportation and installation of the panels or have you only done the financial cost/benefit analysis for the project? And if there is a way to calculate it, what are the benefits, if any?
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That's really cool - I wish more schools would adopt that method!
You are probably right, but there is value to having static information on one area of the board and having the freedom to erase anything at will/change anything. You'd have to put a lot of work into PP slides to make that happen.
I homeschool and I use a whiteboard for my kids and they are absolutely loving it. They are not college-age, byt I can easily see how powerpoint would take away from the experience if done the wrong way.
Perhaps the kind of information being presented is important too. Poetry is different than organic chemistry, so presentation methods should be different too.
Pretty "executive" reports is what they like to see, bar graphs, pie charts, etc. Also, stick with "top x" reports rather than 50 page reports which mean little to executive level people.
The problem is that most free tools out there really lack in reporting so you may want to figure out ways to export your data and write some sort of custom reporting tool in whatever environment you are familiar with, ms excel, php, python...etc. The answer is not easy, sorry.
I've been a MARS admin/user for a few years and this is not a surprise at all. I have first generation hardware - right after the purchase, Cisco announced that they no longer provide software updates for 1st gen machines, trying to push new hardware down customers throats, so for about a year I was unable to patch or update my environment. Finally they gave in last year and started supporting both 1st and 2nd generation hardware again (I assume because customers were running away from their sinking MARS ship).
This announcement is not a surprise at all since they've been pushing netflow like crazy, however a true event management solution should not be vendor centric to begin with. It's a pain to get MARS to take in events from Windows machines for example, or accept and manage events from other sources, so the announcement that that will no longer continue the non-existent support they had before is a non-sequitur.
Apparently the mentality at Cisco now is that if they paint a box green and write Cisco on it, people will buy it.
But Obama was to have the most open government in the history of humanity. WTF happened??
See, again, I don't understand what solution you are proposing. There is something called "civil law" in this country, which protects consumers from illegalities, abuse, etc. Use civil law to straighten out these problems, don't go to the FCC hat in hand and ask them to run a market; it costs $250 to file a suit...it's not that laborious.
This net neutrality stuff will cause big problems and it will backfire on all of you guys advocating it. I hope I am wrong.
So they are not private networks; then why are you allowing these companies to pocket their profits? Your position is inconsistent and hypocritical, i.e. you are allowing a small group of wealthy individuals to profit on the backs of the taxpayers. Why are you not protesting that social injustice?
Wrong. You are confusing an economic system or methodology with a certain pseudo social order. There is overlapping, of course, but they are not the same thing. Pure capitalism IS free market, and a free exchange of goods, services and capital.
Libertarians are not necessarily against free software - what we are opposed to is the socialistic tendencies of free software foundations. It so happens that many of the free software proponents are also anti free market. So why the surprise to the opposition?
I see your point, but is an oligopoly ultimately "unconstitutional?" My answer would be no. Note that there is also a difference between crony capitalism (which we see plenty of today) and actual oligarchs/oligopoly in a market, so we should not be as quick to cross the civil/criminal line just to get things our way. True free markets would eventually deal with people like Time Warner, AT&T and whoever else is taking advantage of consumers.
Another point is that there is always a recourse in the civil courts; imho people would do better to just learn the basics about the legal system, writing up a court complaint, etc, instead of asking a government agency to regulate. Amazing things happen when you know how to sue a company/oligopoly in a civil court :)
Now hang on a second - how can you be a libertarian and be in favor of regulating private networks? That doesn't make any sense. The slippery slope is not something mythical; as you can see, they are trying to use net neutrality to move forward towards regulating actual CONTENT! There is a big difference between a government agency making comments about Drudge Report being an annoying or inaccurate website, and another to decide that it's "harmful content" and needs to be taken off-line.
This is what happens when you give them a finger...they take your entire arm. You guys all have been asking for them to tell telcos how to run their networks. Now that they are doing that, you are all bitching about it. WTF??
Thanks, it makes sense.
How can a transaction between two U.S. companies be held up by some European commission? What am I missing?
Social justice has little to do with energy - as long as people continue to be willing to take advantage of each other and do not have their hearts in the right place, social justice will continue to be an issue. Small thugs all over the world keep millions of people in poverty and dark...you can have all the free energy you want...if the political climate is not in place, it will not happen. FREEDOM is social justice, not energy. Energy might be one of the vehicles to achieving freedom.
Very good points - also, how do you "loan" a kindle book to a buddy that stopped by? You can't!
Paper books are not binding the reader into some technical box owned by a corporation; they are not trademarked, they can be loaned, gifted, signed by the author, marked on, underlined, etc.
Hehe...dude, you rule. Can I be your friend? :)
The more important question really is: What killed the dinosaurs on Titan?
polit bureau processes get priority!!
The White House is in the "Technological Dark Ages" because the media put it there, with constant subpoenas and FOIA requests trying to dig up dirt on GWB and Cheney.
Don't worry...he doesn't need another job. He is probably set for life.
You must be the first geek to think that your geek talents do not trump husband/boyfriend.
I am curious, is there a way to calculate the carbon emissions created by the manufacturing, transportation and installation of the panels or have you only done the financial cost/benefit analysis for the project? And if there is a way to calculate it, what are the benefits, if any?
This is a serious question btw.
You sir are one funny cracker! :)
"That's where the 18-year old kid is at fault. He showed a lack of hacker ethics. Good hackers may discover an exploit, but they don't do harm."
Bah!
It's the blue pill and it's part of the initiation process.
Why not? This is an exploration of business opportunities, so more power to them!