Thinking doesn't sell, apparently. Look at the new Sherlock Holmes movie -- I suspect that I will be disappointed in it because they seem to have made him into an action hero.
I guess that if they made a Columbo movie it would be the same thing....
Speaking of Robert Downey Jr, what about Iron Man? Huge action film, but the lead character/protagonist is a brilliant inventory.
I thought my argument was that the boss *wasn't* always right. I highlighted my situation because I *am* and open-minded boss. A good example would be (funny enough) an open source product we were using (RT), and while we didn't need support for it my employee made the case why we should support them when previously I thought we might be too small of an organization to contribute a meaningful amount. Now, we contribute financially to any open source project whose product/code we use sufficiently. Hence, why I was on slashdot pushing against girlintraining. I don't want my employees to ever not come to me either with an idea or a better way of doing things. And if you don't agree with me, let's argue the merits of both decisions. I've seen the "better" (I think) way of managing, and hence why I posted my opinion that people *should* dissent and not blindly trudge on.
I agree very much with both of your points (my debate with girlintraining and your answer to OP's question). As a fan of like-minded individual's, next time you're in Chicago or San Francisco, let me know if you want to grab a beer (I've got offices in both locations).
You'd do it to if you got to work there;) Besides, I was trying to prove a point. It's not like I've worked at easy going places my entire career. The DOE lab was extremely stuffy and bureaucratic, but I was able to make a lot of great changes by getting to the right people.
I guess I jumped into running my own consulting firm (and out of working for a manager) fast enough that I'm not cynical to the point that it's just a job if it's something you care about. I wish your 10 years in the industry had been better than my 10 =( I seem to have had the opposite experience, but I've worked at Pixar, a DOE lab, and Google, so YMMV.
But you have a job to do -- don't risk it by challenging your boss.
Maybe it's just the person you are, but I think you're flat out wrong. Putting your head down and just doing your job instead of making a persuasive argument and showing the benefits is simply pathetic (especially at a government job, where it's typically much more difficult to get fired/laid off). Before working for myself, I've challenged bosses before when I thought a decision was grossly incorrect (don't quibble over little stuff), and have even gone above them before with less than horrible results (once got a raise, once got my boss' job). Not to go too far off-topic though, going through life never challenging those above you is.....no way to go through life.
In order for EC2 capacity to be highly available (I haven't yet heard of people waiting in a queue for hours for an instance), it seems obvious that Amazon must have a large amount of computing power in standby.
They do, since they have to be able to handle peak loads around Christmas and so forth. It just makes good financial sense to make some money off of all that infrastructure when it's not in use.
The Nook was unusually fast to market *because* they took advantage of Android instead of having to write their own OS/platform. It was probably cheaper/faster/more convenient for the ODM (hardware builder) to just stick the OS on the SD card instead of ROM/PROM. Remember, the Nook also supports auto-updates, and SD media is rewritable and fairly inexpensive.
We could only be so lucky for it to be an LTE phone. Bonus points if it can use it's WiFi to tunnel back to Google Voice to provide voice services (similar to T-Mobile's UMA/WiFi capability).
My bill does. I call the carrier and haggle them down on the price after the contract is up, since I can leave and it's cheaper for them to discount the service than to acquire a customer from scratch.
Can you explain the massive deforestation evident from satellite imagery in South America? Huge swaths of land that used to be rainforest are now used for grazing cattle and soybean/palm oil farms.
My whole house is N, because my T-Mobile blackberry uses UMA to tunnel GSM over IP, and the access points need to be G. I also use a wireless PS3 for streaming HD content to my TV, and a Roku box for the same. Have never had any problems with G, although if you need something to transfer FAST, N may be a requirement. For the vast majority of folks, G is sufficient, especially since their internet connection isn't going to be anywhere near 54Mb/s (theoretical G limitation), except for FTTH folks.
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Thinking doesn't sell, apparently. Look at the new Sherlock Holmes movie -- I suspect that I will be disappointed in it because they seem to have made him into an action hero. I guess that if they made a Columbo movie it would be the same thing....
Speaking of Robert Downey Jr, what about Iron Man? Huge action film, but the lead character/protagonist is a brilliant inventory.
"How'd you handle the icing problem?
I thought my argument was that the boss *wasn't* always right. I highlighted my situation because I *am* and open-minded boss. A good example would be (funny enough) an open source product we were using (RT), and while we didn't need support for it my employee made the case why we should support them when previously I thought we might be too small of an organization to contribute a meaningful amount. Now, we contribute financially to any open source project whose product/code we use sufficiently. Hence, why I was on slashdot pushing against girlintraining. I don't want my employees to ever not come to me either with an idea or a better way of doing things. And if you don't agree with me, let's argue the merits of both decisions. I've seen the "better" (I think) way of managing, and hence why I posted my opinion that people *should* dissent and not blindly trudge on.
I agree very much with both of your points (my debate with girlintraining and your answer to OP's question). As a fan of like-minded individual's, next time you're in Chicago or San Francisco, let me know if you want to grab a beer (I've got offices in both locations).
You'd do it to if you got to work there ;) Besides, I was trying to prove a point. It's not like I've worked at easy going places my entire career. The DOE lab was extremely stuffy and bureaucratic, but I was able to make a lot of great changes by getting to the right people.
I guess I jumped into running my own consulting firm (and out of working for a manager) fast enough that I'm not cynical to the point that it's just a job if it's something you care about. I wish your 10 years in the industry had been better than my 10 =( I seem to have had the opposite experience, but I've worked at Pixar, a DOE lab, and Google, so YMMV.
But you have a job to do -- don't risk it by challenging your boss.
Maybe it's just the person you are, but I think you're flat out wrong. Putting your head down and just doing your job instead of making a persuasive argument and showing the benefits is simply pathetic (especially at a government job, where it's typically much more difficult to get fired/laid off). Before working for myself, I've challenged bosses before when I thought a decision was grossly incorrect (don't quibble over little stuff), and have even gone above them before with less than horrible results (once got a raise, once got my boss' job). Not to go too far off-topic though, going through life never challenging those above you is.....no way to go through life.
There's a map for that? =)
Panera wifi is free. I just used it the other day.
I fly GA, and I've used my cellphone numerous times while in flight with no problems.
That $10/month discount is $240 over a 2-year contract (which is what most new equipment contracts require). Whiners chap my ass.
If it runs busybox, *you* can turn on that HTTP server yourself! =)
In order for EC2 capacity to be highly available (I haven't yet heard of people waiting in a queue for hours for an instance), it seems obvious that Amazon must have a large amount of computing power in standby.
They do, since they have to be able to handle peak loads around Christmas and so forth. It just makes good financial sense to make some money off of all that infrastructure when it's not in use.
I think everyone agrees with your first statement, the fight comes up with drawing the line at what basic necessities are.
By use, I mean incorporate into your product or create a derivative work.
Big fucking deal. Follow the license or don't use the code.
The Nook was unusually fast to market *because* they took advantage of Android instead of having to write their own OS/platform. It was probably cheaper/faster/more convenient for the ODM (hardware builder) to just stick the OS on the SD card instead of ROM/PROM. Remember, the Nook also supports auto-updates, and SD media is rewritable and fairly inexpensive.
This post has made it into my epic posts lists. If you're ever in Chicago, you're welcome to a beer or $drink_of_your_choice.
We could only be so lucky for it to be an LTE phone. Bonus points if it can use it's WiFi to tunnel back to Google Voice to provide voice services (similar to T-Mobile's UMA/WiFi capability).
Google may just decide to pay the extra couple bucks per unit and put a proper radio onboard that lets you do CDMA and GSM (all-bands).
My bill does. I call the carrier and haggle them down on the price after the contract is up, since I can leave and it's cheaper for them to discount the service than to acquire a customer from scratch.
On the tubes, sarcasm is difficult to detect minus the sarcasm tag.
http://www.google.com/search?q=south+america+deforestation
Can you explain the massive deforestation evident from satellite imagery in South America? Huge swaths of land that used to be rainforest are now used for grazing cattle and soybean/palm oil farms.
Typo: "My whole house is N" should read "My whole house is G"
My whole house is N, because my T-Mobile blackberry uses UMA to tunnel GSM over IP, and the access points need to be G. I also use a wireless PS3 for streaming HD content to my TV, and a Roku box for the same. Have never had any problems with G, although if you need something to transfer FAST, N may be a requirement. For the vast majority of folks, G is sufficient, especially since their internet connection isn't going to be anywhere near 54Mb/s (theoretical G limitation), except for FTTH folks.