The problem was that for a long time the people in control did not care. Senior manglement often works on 2 year contracts. Why would some suit wearer care about something 10 years away?
There was never any real argument that it was a real problem, The reason it cost so much to fix is that it was left so late and then we had a load of consultants sticking their expensive noses in.
You have just identified yourself as either from North America (Doubtless USA) or having severe ADD and ESN.
Statistically on/. you are likely to be part of that 2.5% of the human race that comes from the USA and follows "sports" that 95% of us have no interest in.
If you don't like TV sport, fair enough - me too. If you have never seen a decent match go and see one. Europe, South Americe or plenty other places are good. If you don't like any sport STFU please.
I don't tend to read it much as it is hugely US centric and I am part of the 96% of humans not in the USA.
When I do follow links to it, I can see why the far right may not like it. It is too politically middle of the road. To many people, moderate opinions are actually a good sign.
The small stuff may be quite hard to predict. I can however make some make some more general predictions.
It will rain in England more this month than it did in august.
It will be colder in Moscow in February than it is now.
There will be forest fires in California next year.
I am not a meteorologist. I work in IT. The causes of these predictions are simple. I know that It rains more in the south UK at certain times than others. Anyone who did history should know that invaders do badly in Russian winters. Finally as far as I can see from the news, California has fires every summer.
Climatologists have a lot better information than that about their field and they are a lot cleverer than me. One of the big problems in our world is that so many people think their opinions are valid in all circumstances. Just as I would want PHBs to take my advice in IT, I tend to believe the majority of climate scientists know more about their field than those who are not from that field.
Do I need to regularly run some sort of secure wipe of all unused space on the possibility that I, or someone else in my house, has accidentaly downloaded something illegal?
Or would this be evidence that I had and was just covering it up?
Your use of the law of inverse squares indicates you have some scientific education that you remember and still use.
Perhaps the people who are behind this myth (because I believe it is one) may not be so keen to use such concepts.
The people I have heard spouting such ideas took offence when I tried to bring logic, science or rationality into the discussion. Apparently, these are the concepts that got us into these problems in the first place...
I am in an on call rota. For that I get an additional 9.5% added to my salary. During my weeks, I carry a bleep 24/7. If I get called and can solve it over the phone in under 15 minutes all done. If it takes longer or I cannot solve it remotely I go in and am paid time + 1/3, time and 1/2 for unsociable hours or double time for public holidays.
Working in the public sector is not as highly paid as private industry but I am one of those strange people who feels that job satisfaction is worth a little money.
We think it might be the multiple of a groat, furlong and an acre foot.
I wonder whether there is correlation between those who still use Fahrenheit exclusively and those who pretend that there is no such thing as man made climate change...
We should expect different styles and standards of communication from those whose first language is not our own brand of english.
As a Brit, I find Indian & Pakistani english sometimes uses surprising analogies & similes. The ones from the far side of the Atlantic are less surprising, but that could be because of TV and films.
Rather than criticise someone from say Poland for poor grammatical style, I just consider that their english is better than my polish. If I can understand what they have said, then it has fulfilled its purpose. Someone from the same place as me has less excuse for ignorane of the language we both grew up with.
All new TLDs are immediately filled by the same old names.
If they created a new TLD of.whateveryoulike then you can be sure that all the corporate big names would fill in their names - Microsoft, Sears, Exxon or whoever. After them would come all the domain grabbers who would sit on anything of interest and offer it for "only $499".
It needs to be ensured that this does not just become another land-grab by multiple registrars, like last times...
They list it at £199. According to Google, this is $324.569 and some zeroes. A more realistic comparison is $400 if the exchange rate was actually set at the true relative value of £ and $.
For this, we get a "cut down" version and a much smaller choice of books.
If the application is free (unlikely), I might consider it for my laptop. For now, the Nook sounds interesting but the Sony one is actually here and a lot cheaper than the Kindle. I just have to ask myself "Do I actually want one?" We'll see...
Completely wrong. You will find such cables with any old external drive for a laptop floppy drive, digital camera, blackberry, small external mass storage devices, Blackberry and even nerf gun/rocket launchers.
Not sure where you have been for the last 5 years...
We supply docking stations to users whose work or status means they need a laptop.
So when you get to your desk, you plug in screen, keyboard, power supply and speakers. As you like your trackpad, you can save on that connector. Hopefully you have WiFi.
That would be a pain for me. I go to my computer and start using it. I also have a better system for my money. If I am at a meeting, an underpowered small device will do.
Laptops, notebooks, netbooks etc all have their uses. (I am using one now while I watch TV). They seem to suffer from a couple of problems though...
They are generally underpowered or expensive.
They have cramped keyboards
small screens
You use them in un-ergonomic positions
Most of these problems are irrespective of the OS or make. These things are designed for specific uses, portability etc. If you want something to do your regular work on, get something with a full sized keyboard, mouse & screen. Laptops are good for meetings, travel and lounging in front of the idiot box.
Get a netbook or something for when you are away from your system and open a terminal session off it if necessary.
They manage well in the Sydey Opera House. They keep the salt water out of their system and heat exchange to fresh water which they circulate.
To keep the corrosion low, they use sacricicial anodes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrificial_anode . These are also used on ships, oil rigs and pipelines - probably more things too. This is nothing new. I believe the opera house was finished in 1974 so they are using well tested technology here.
I always tell our new starters not to share or write down passwords. Of course some of them will - generally the higher paid ones. At least this way we have tried and they can't claim that they didn't know because nobody ever reads the policy documents!
3G perhaps - other than the price of it. Smartphones maybe, but the iPhone will only kill the alternatives when it is technically superior and sensibly priced (competition). Until then it will be used by apple enthusiasts and those who are prepared to pay a premium for the "right" device.
The only other thing that will make the iPhone the leader is when the USA becomes the world leader on mobile telephony and smartphones. The gap is significant and growing. Way to go Apple!
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Nope. It is a picture of a keyboard, not a keyboard.
People saw it coming all right. Look it up.
The problem was that for a long time the people in control did not care. Senior manglement often works on 2 year contracts. Why would some suit wearer care about something 10 years away?
There was never any real argument that it was a real problem, The reason it cost so much to fix is that it was left so late and then we had a load of consultants sticking their expensive noses in.
Websites control a lot. Intranet/extranet/internet - what's the difference?
In the UK, an Insurance company says that it won't make "a drama out of a crisis".
How's that?
No, that is a touchscreen. If it had a KB a lot more business/work users would consider it.
Until someone shows me something with a keyboard, I am sticking with my BlackBerry.
The G1 was a good first attempt but everything since has been an iPhone wannabe, all shiny and pretty but missing that important item.
forced to watch 45 uninterrupted minutes
You have just identified yourself as either from North America (Doubtless USA) or having severe ADD and ESN.
Statistically on /. you are likely to be part of that 2.5% of the human race that comes from the USA and follows "sports" that 95% of us have no interest in.
If you don't like TV sport, fair enough - me too. If you have never seen a decent match go and see one. Europe, South Americe or plenty other places are good. If you don't like any sport STFU please.
Why not?
I don't tend to read it much as it is hugely US centric and I am part of the 96% of humans not in the USA.
When I do follow links to it, I can see why the far right may not like it. It is too politically middle of the road. To many people, moderate opinions are actually a good sign.
The small stuff may be quite hard to predict. I can however make some make some more general predictions.
It will rain in England more this month than it did in august.
It will be colder in Moscow in February than it is now.
There will be forest fires in California next year.
I am not a meteorologist. I work in IT. The causes of these predictions are simple. I know that It rains more in the south UK at certain times than others. Anyone who did history should know that invaders do badly in Russian winters. Finally as far as I can see from the news, California has fires every summer.
Climatologists have a lot better information than that about their field and they are a lot cleverer than me. One of the big problems in our world is that so many people think their opinions are valid in all circumstances. Just as I would want PHBs to take my advice in IT, I tend to believe the majority of climate scientists know more about their field than those who are not from that field.
Do I need to regularly run some sort of secure wipe of all unused space on the possibility that I, or someone else in my house, has accidentaly downloaded something illegal?
Or would this be evidence that I had and was just covering it up?
Your use of the law of inverse squares indicates you have some scientific education that you remember and still use.
Perhaps the people who are behind this myth (because I believe it is one) may not be so keen to use such concepts.
The people I have heard spouting such ideas took offence when I tried to bring logic, science or rationality into the discussion. Apparently, these are the concepts that got us into these problems in the first place...
I am in an on call rota. For that I get an additional 9.5% added to my salary. During my weeks, I carry a bleep 24/7. If I get called and can solve it over the phone in under 15 minutes all done. If it takes longer or I cannot solve it remotely I go in and am paid time + 1/3, time and 1/2 for unsociable hours or double time for public holidays.
Working in the public sector is not as highly paid as private industry but I am one of those strange people who feels that job satisfaction is worth a little money.
You have the legal right to it in many places. The more weapons are around, the more likely it is to be infringed though.
Which do I value more - the right to life or the right to privacy? Hmmm...
We think it might be the multiple of a groat, furlong and an acre foot.
I wonder whether there is correlation between those who still use Fahrenheit exclusively and those who pretend that there is no such thing as man made climate change...
We should expect different styles and standards of communication from those whose first language is not our own brand of english.
As a Brit, I find Indian & Pakistani english sometimes uses surprising analogies & similes. The ones from the far side of the Atlantic are less surprising, but that could be because of TV and films.
Rather than criticise someone from say Poland for poor grammatical style, I just consider that their english is better than my polish. If I can understand what they have said, then it has fulfilled its purpose. Someone from the same place as me has less excuse for ignorane of the language we both grew up with.
All new TLDs are immediately filled by the same old names.
If they created a new TLD of .whateveryoulike then you can be sure that all the corporate big names would fill in their names - Microsoft, Sears, Exxon or whoever. After them would come all the domain grabbers who would sit on anything of interest and offer it for "only $499".
It needs to be ensured that this does not just become another land-grab by multiple registrars, like last times...
I just looked at the UK Amazon site.
They list it at £199. According to Google, this is $324.569 and some zeroes. A more realistic comparison is $400 if the exchange rate was actually set at the true relative value of £ and $.
For this, we get a "cut down" version and a much smaller choice of books.
If the application is free (unlikely), I might consider it for my laptop. For now, the Nook sounds interesting but the Sony one is actually here and a lot cheaper than the Kindle. I just have to ask myself "Do I actually want one?" We'll see...
Completely wrong. You will find such cables with any old external drive for a laptop floppy drive, digital camera, blackberry, small external mass storage devices, Blackberry and even nerf gun/rocket launchers.
Not sure where you have been for the last 5 years...
I guess that I just don't usually consider laptops convenient.
We supply docking stations to users whose work or status means they need a laptop.
So when you get to your desk, you plug in screen, keyboard, power supply and speakers. As you like your trackpad, you can save on that connector. Hopefully you have WiFi.
That would be a pain for me. I go to my computer and start using it. I also have a better system for my money. If I am at a meeting, an underpowered small device will do.
Laptops, notebooks, netbooks etc all have their uses. (I am using one now while I watch TV). They seem to suffer from a couple of problems though...
Most of these problems are irrespective of the OS or make. These things are designed for specific uses, portability etc. If you want something to do your regular work on, get something with a full sized keyboard, mouse & screen. Laptops are good for meetings, travel and lounging in front of the idiot box.
Get a netbook or something for when you are away from your system and open a terminal session off it if necessary.
That will be the full BCS then?
They manage well in the Sydey Opera House. They keep the salt water out of their system and heat exchange to fresh water which they circulate.
To keep the corrosion low, they use sacricicial anodes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrificial_anode . These are also used on ships, oil rigs and pipelines - probably more things too. This is nothing new. I believe the opera house was finished in 1974 so they are using well tested technology here.
I always tell our new starters not to share or write down passwords. Of course some of them will - generally the higher paid ones. At least this way we have tried and they can't claim that they didn't know because nobody ever reads the policy documents!
3G perhaps - other than the price of it. Smartphones maybe, but the iPhone will only kill the alternatives when it is technically superior and sensibly priced (competition). Until then it will be used by apple enthusiasts and those who are prepared to pay a premium for the "right" device.
The only other thing that will make the iPhone the leader is when the USA becomes the world leader on mobile telephony and smartphones. The gap is significant and growing. Way to go Apple!