"Until we can make it affordable to live here we'll never be able to hold on to the jobs."
Bzzzz. Potentially Wrong answer. It's about double-digit quarterly gains on Wall Street. The companies answer only to the share holders who are living in the past. Wall Street is as much to blame as anyone. During the tech boom of the 90's, Wall Street sold _everyone_ that stocks were the way to go for income. Then that failed with the dot bomb, yet Wall Street/share holders still demands double-digit quarterly gains.
And according to that small, loud, bald coke-head on TV, "Buy, buy, buy." (and employees are 'overhead')
"Did you get that formula yourself or did somebody thought you?"
Yeah, ok. Let's clear this up a little for you.
"torturing = two subjective terms: one of the interrogator, one of the victim."
There was only one term in my original post: Touturing. The use of the term 'subjective' means just that. It is subjective based upon perspective, be it the interviewer, interviewee, or witness. It was implied.
By stating that there is a 'victim' you are placing bias in your tone. Who's to say that there are not multiple 'victims' in an interrogation. The interrogator can be affected as much as the "source" (interviewee) from the process of interrogation. Or a witness for that matter. Not physically, but psychologically.
"To me, that sounds a *hell* of a lot better than doing someone else's ideas, but poorly, but having enough money and tenacity to wait out your failing competition.
"Apparently it is hundreds of years overdue for its regular eruption. Would wipe out America apparently."
A) Hundreds of years overdue isn't really accurate. The same can be said for the "Killer Asteroid" that is going to hit the Earth someday.
B) Wipe out America, and a few others, although after reading posts from some/.ers out there, they would probably be happy about that. (shooting for flamebait)
Yes folks there are a lot of things out there that will alter Earth's life forms in many ways. Huge Earth quakes that could alter the Earth orbit causing massive environmental changes, the Sun heating up and someday _really_ heat up, then burn out, Texas Sized asteroids, and here we are worrying about Global Warming. When in reality, it is about our sense of control. All the above items are well beyond our control and we (generalization of human nature) don't like that, 'cause we's so smrt.
Offices will always want something that the COTS does not do. I think thrid party vendors should worry about becoming obsolite because Operating Systems begin to incorporate their functionality within the OS itself. M$ is trying with Virus scan and the like. Not perfect yet, but I think the code is on the wall, so to speak.
I don't think they want to necessarily _be_ him, but what they do want to have happen is M$ come in and fork out some cash to help build 'better' schools in their districts. (and provide kickbacks, extra cash flow, visibility, etc...etc...etc..)
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"We spend 410 Billion on an unwinnable war where the "liberated", by a majority, hate our guts and now on the real important things it comes down to an either this or that."
Try not to take it so personally. Those folks do not hate you. Hell, I bet they don't even give two shits to what you think. There are always two sides to every decision, those who like it and those who are pissed by it. Just like many leading nations/empires of the past, the US will fall at some point and then you can be pissed at China for having to much control.....if you are allowed to be pissed.
"Tivoli is an over priced piece of shit. The database is constantly corrupted, rollbacks rarely work, and oserv dumps core all the time (the object dispatcher)."
I have a feeling the carbon based unit was the problem. Too many folks do not have these issues. It's a product that folks have to actually think about before using. If you don't want to think and plan your infrastructure support mechanics, then why would you be in Enterprise Management anyway?
It's not so much as the product complexity, as to the environmental complexity. (I Love/Hate Tivoli FWIW, cause it _can_ do anything).
As complex as networks are now (for example, I support EL3/4,Sol 2.5.1 -> 10, NT4,W2k,2003), any product you deploy will be difficult for folks to deal with. Obviously many a product will function fine if everything on your networks were identical. But where's the fun in that?
Not to poo-poo OpenNMS, and I've never used it personally so I guess I really don't have a right to speak on it, but what kind of AI engine lies behind it? (Prolog for one). If you want to monitor the little things, I'm sure it's fine, but if you want to have complex rulesets and have the system function as an extention to the SAs/Service Desk, the AI behind it really does help with multiple event sources to correlate the data.
"The vast majority of sea life is VERY sensitive to the salinity of the water they live in. The sudden addition of fresh water would dilute the salt water to about 1/7 or 1/8 and would have either directly or indirectly killed all sea-life, completely destroying the only ecosystem left."
You should have said "potentially killed an unknown percetage of current sea-life." There are 'sea' creatures that live quite well in the fresh waters of the Amazon for example. Granted, the water would be more brackish then fresh, however, the salinity levels would once again force nature to change. And change/adapt it would. There would be new creatures showing up everyday to replace those that are lost.
"It says some people don't wait for the investigation or the science to start before they pronounce a verdict. The idea is more or less "Behind every bad thing happening in the world, the US must be responsible for it, and if not the US, then surely humanity." I'm not sure this says anything about our current lifestyle, considering the research and investigation has barely begun. But don't let that stop you from rushing out to make a conclusion."
That's because we have a very narcissistic view of ourselves. At one point the Earth was the center of the Universe and the Sun rotated around us. For some reason, we (collectively, that is) think that we are still the center of the Universe and either the cause of, or solution to, every problem. We think we are so smart, and the rest of Nature is so dumb. It's almost more philosophical, then psychological. Change is always 'bad' for some reason. The changing cycles of Earth never stop, and unless we get off this dirtball, humans will be replaced at some point as well.
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"Someone actually bothered to put up a fan site for it?"
Yep, for both fans.
So will Al Gore come out with a corn-oil version?
I bet the fact that if it's true that he's headed there, I wonder if M$ stocks take a hit.
You can place cargo, cameras, bombs, etc.. within the 'hold.'
I knew two wrongs make a right. (obviously if it benefits certain organizations only)
"Until we can make it affordable to live here we'll never be able to hold on to the jobs." Bzzzz. Potentially Wrong answer. It's about double-digit quarterly gains on Wall Street. The companies answer only to the share holders who are living in the past. Wall Street is as much to blame as anyone. During the tech boom of the 90's, Wall Street sold _everyone_ that stocks were the way to go for income. Then that failed with the dot bomb, yet Wall Street/share holders still demands double-digit quarterly gains. And according to that small, loud, bald coke-head on TV, "Buy, buy, buy." (and employees are 'overhead')
Trent Rules!
If KARR will buy it.
It's movies! High quality pr0n movies can be quite large. (no pun intended)
"What kind of worker are you -- segmentor or integrator?"
I'm the ass-imilator.
I smell a trademark lawsuit coming from Detriot..
"Did you get that formula yourself or did somebody thought you?"
Yeah, ok. Let's clear this up a little for you.
"torturing = two subjective terms: one of the interrogator, one of the victim."
There was only one term in my original post: Touturing. The use of the term 'subjective' means just that.
It is subjective based upon perspective, be it the interviewer, interviewee, or witness. It was implied.
By stating that there is a 'victim' you are placing bias in your tone. Who's to
say that there are not multiple 'victims' in an interrogation. The interrogator can be affected
as much as the "source" (interviewee) from the process of interrogation. Or a witness for that
matter. Not physically, but psychologically.
torturing = a subjective term.
"To me, that sounds a *hell* of a lot better than doing someone else's ideas, but poorly, but having enough money and tenacity to wait out your failing competition.
Maybe that's just me, though."
No, that also Microsoft.
"Apparently it is hundreds of years overdue for its regular eruption. Would wipe out America apparently."
/.ers out there, they would probably be happy about that. (shooting for flamebait)
A) Hundreds of years overdue isn't really accurate. The same can be said for the "Killer Asteroid" that is going to hit the Earth someday.
B) Wipe out America, and a few others, although after reading posts from some
Yes folks there are a lot of things out there that will alter Earth's life forms in many ways. Huge Earth quakes that could alter the Earth orbit causing massive environmental changes, the Sun heating up and someday _really_ heat up, then burn out, Texas Sized asteroids, and here we are worrying about Global Warming. When in reality, it is about our sense of control. All the above items are well beyond our control and we (generalization of human nature) don't like that, 'cause we's so smrt.
Offices will always want something that the COTS does not do. I think thrid party vendors should worry about becoming obsolite because Operating Systems begin to incorporate their functionality within the OS itself. M$ is trying with Virus scan and the like. Not perfect yet, but I think the code is on the wall, so to speak.
I don't think they want to necessarily _be_ him, but what they do want to have happen is M$ come in and fork out some cash to help build 'better' schools in their districts. (and provide kickbacks, extra cash flow, visibility, etc...etc...etc..)
"what does it matter what OS you run?"
Two words: Licencing Fee
"We spend 410 Billion on an unwinnable war where the "liberated", by a majority, hate our guts and now on the real important things it comes down to an either this or that."
Try not to take it so personally. Those folks do not hate you. Hell, I bet they don't even give two shits to what you think. There are always two sides to every decision, those who like it and those who are pissed by it. Just like many leading nations/empires of the past, the US will fall at some point and then you can be pissed at China for having to much control.....if you are allowed to be pissed.
"Tivoli is an over priced piece of shit. The database is constantly corrupted, rollbacks rarely work, and oserv dumps core all the time (the object dispatcher)."
I have a feeling the carbon based unit was the problem. Too many folks do not have these issues. It's a product that folks have to actually think about before using. If you don't want to think and plan your infrastructure support mechanics, then why would you be in Enterprise Management anyway?
It's not so much as the product complexity, as to the environmental complexity. (I Love/Hate Tivoli FWIW, cause it _can_ do anything).
As complex as networks are now (for example, I support EL3/4,Sol 2.5.1 -> 10, NT4,W2k,2003), any product you deploy will be difficult for folks to deal with. Obviously many a product will function fine if everything on your networks were identical. But where's the fun in that?
Not to poo-poo OpenNMS, and I've never used it personally so I guess I really don't have a right to speak on it, but what kind of AI engine lies behind it? (Prolog for one). If you want to monitor the little things, I'm sure it's fine, but if you want to have complex rulesets and have the system function as an extention to the SAs/Service Desk, the AI behind it really does help with multiple event sources to correlate the data.
"Of course, some just go after oil."
Karma Whore! You missed some biggies in the past. How about spices? Or when Spain crushed anyone who were rumored to have gold.
"The vast majority of sea life is VERY sensitive to the salinity of the water they live in. The sudden addition of fresh water would dilute the salt water to about 1/7 or 1/8 and would have either directly or indirectly killed all sea-life, completely destroying the only ecosystem left."
You should have said "potentially killed an unknown percetage of current sea-life." There are 'sea' creatures that live quite well in the fresh waters of the Amazon for example. Granted, the water would be more brackish then fresh, however, the salinity levels would once again force nature to change. And change/adapt it would. There would be new creatures showing up everyday to replace those that are lost.
"Is this because there's nothing in the article for us to all argue about, or because everyone thinks this is funny?"
/. community is not all about arguing you insensitive clod!
The
"It says some people don't wait for the investigation or the science to start before they pronounce a verdict. The idea is more or less "Behind every bad thing happening in the world, the US must be responsible for it, and if not the US, then surely humanity." I'm not sure this says anything about our current lifestyle, considering the research and investigation has barely begun. But don't let that stop you from rushing out to make a conclusion."
That's because we have a very narcissistic view of ourselves. At one point the Earth was the center of the Universe and the Sun rotated around us. For some reason, we (collectively, that is) think that we are still the center of the Universe and either the cause of, or solution to, every problem. We think we are so smart, and the rest of Nature is so dumb. It's almost more philosophical, then psychological. Change is always 'bad' for some reason. The changing cycles of Earth never stop, and unless we get off this dirtball, humans will be replaced at some point as well.