Ahhh America, Rome 2.0. Now I just wonder who will be our Marius to kickstart our whole no limitations on terms, and Augustus to finally rule on us as princeps and make the transition from republic to empire official...
More importantly, what actually allows them to change position in the first place. I'm not talking force here... But the actual physical change in position. Teleportation is a waste of time, Translocation however is more useful. Why move matter from point A to B when you can just redefine it at position B?
1) WinRT apps are blocked via MS Store: i.e., you need MS' permission to distro... or do you?
2) WinRT apps can be created via Visual Studio 2012 Express...
3) WinRT apps created locally can be run locally without using the MS Store.
Solution) Create Open Source distribution channel powered by Visual Studio 2012 Express to deliver WinRT apps to anyone. Since apps are compiled locally, they dont need to be on the MS store to run
Catch) must be open source, funding will have to be donation-based or similar, no assurances of quality, security, or safety.
*shrug* That actually sounds appropriate for a large city center. My basic rule of thumb is if the employer doesnt start offering reasonable pay at least within the standard rates specified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, I walk out; because then I know i'm being low-balled and they don't understand the value of what they want. When you get right down to it, software makes business run today. Without it, they are nothing in today's world. If that isnt worth something to them, then why work for them?
He may be referring to the Windows Foundation series of capability in.Net (e.g., Presentation Foundation, Workflow Foundation, Communication Foundation).
Its not directly referred to much, but it is a great set of capability.
What you say is absolutely true if contracts are never involved. However, almost any procurement ends with a contract between the service or commodity supplier and the government, which really becomes the main barrier to entry to OSS and makes those questions from before more sticklers than commercial flavors of doing business. In the commercial world, everything is fine and rosy with contracts, they are flexible and can be redefined easily. In the government world, not so much. USC Title 10, the FAR, among other regulations, policies, and laws define how the government may do business, and they don't always easily align with the answers to those above questions. When they do, GREAT! When they don't, well, its back to closed source whether it wants to or not, because it may pass those wickets easier.
Don't get me wrong, the government can benefit greatly from the OSS community, and i also personally believe it should consider more OSS when looking for solutions to its problems. It is just many of the public policies, laws, and regulations make it much harder to do that than John Q. Public.
Who said this has anything to do with microsoft? These are common questions when dealing with anything open source. If you dont ask them, you are an idiot, plain and simple.
Ownership: who the hell do i talk to if there is an issue?
Security: who contributed to this project? Are they friendly? can i trust them? If there is a security issue, who fixes it? (me or them)
Responsibility: who is responsible for maintaining and updating this software? Do they care about my business? Do they care about the project to keep it up to date?
Reaction Time: if i find an issue, how long does it take for it to be fixed? will they fix it, or expect me to?
Governments can and do go open source; when they can and it makes sense. Governments cannot always go open source due to ownership, security, responsibility, reaction time, etc.
Additionally, It is very hard to push the onus of an issue onto a foundation, it is much easier however, to push it onto a controlling company.
While that may be true in the short term, it doenst always work out that way. Check out the horrible stories surrounding the commercializationof the Marine's Intranet
Also, when you would create one of these datacenters, you're essentially just consolidating all your datacenters anyway, so it appears they realized they wont need all the other junk anyway, and just did this instead.
Correct, the concepts of cloud computing are about removing the need to maintain personal infrastructure, platforms, or software locally, and using what has already been built. If an organization builds a "cloud" datacenter (a.k.a. private cloud [which is a horrible term]), they get none of the long term infrastructure / platform benefits and only gain some of the software benefits due to still having to maintain a workable platform on an internal infrastructure. Sure, software may be easier to build, to a degree. However, they will still need to maintain the software that makes the new infrastructure work, therefore obviating some of the benefit.
I'm no trademark weenie, but how can they trade mark something they don't even own? Thats kinda like Disney trying to trademark United States Air Force... I just don't see how they could do that...
You do realize that the USAF would likely enter into contract with Sony for the PS3s right? It isnt like they're going to go down to the local tech store and say "gimmie all your PS3s heres a couple thousand dollars". They can easily add a clause that states, "All PS3s delivered shall have the OtherOS option enabled". Sure, they may pay a few extra bucks from Sony, but it will still be cheaper to buy those in bulk from Sony than from a normal store.
this is actually the reason why ye olde time programmers keep away from women and are in such scarce supply. Any erection causes irreversible instant death as all blood is suddenly evacuated from their body into their bulbous appendage. A few die off every year or so, but never as bad as when the internet first caught on, there was a relative extinction event when that occured due to the prevalence of adult entertainment...
no, there is a third type C: George R. R. Martin style. Which is less of a fantasy novel and more of a political medievel story set in a fantasy-like universe. It is honestly the only fantasy novel type worth investing time in, from a sci-fi lover's point of view.
If all else fails... Hyperion works;)
Actually, watson's answer was logically correct, Jeopardy's phrasing was logically wrong, but socially correct. The anitomical oddity was the athlete's leg, because it was missing. If it were asked something like "what oddity did the athlete possess" then "missing leg" would be correct and "leg" would be wrong.
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Ahhh America, Rome 2.0. Now I just wonder who will be our Marius to kickstart our whole no limitations on terms, and Augustus to finally rule on us as princeps and make the transition from republic to empire official...
More importantly, what actually allows them to change position in the first place. I'm not talking force here... But the actual physical change in position. Teleportation is a waste of time, Translocation however is more useful. Why move matter from point A to B when you can just redefine it at position B?
1) WinRT apps are blocked via MS Store: i.e., you need MS' permission to distro... or do you? 2) WinRT apps can be created via Visual Studio 2012 Express... 3) WinRT apps created locally can be run locally without using the MS Store. Solution) Create Open Source distribution channel powered by Visual Studio 2012 Express to deliver WinRT apps to anyone. Since apps are compiled locally, they dont need to be on the MS store to run Catch) must be open source, funding will have to be donation-based or similar, no assurances of quality, security, or safety.
Give us back our winter weather damnit!
When you get down to it... "Proper" Sci-Fi is a thought experiment (philosophical or otherwise) made manifest through media.
*shrug* That actually sounds appropriate for a large city center. My basic rule of thumb is if the employer doesnt start offering reasonable pay at least within the standard rates specified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, I walk out; because then I know i'm being low-balled and they don't understand the value of what they want. When you get right down to it, software makes business run today. Without it, they are nothing in today's world. If that isnt worth something to them, then why work for them?
If TV props count as "prior art" then Star Trek beats most everyone to the punch.
one engages in crime (cyber criminals), the other is a generic term for a very skillful technology enthusiast. They are completely different.
He may be referring to the Windows Foundation series of capability in .Net (e.g., Presentation Foundation, Workflow Foundation, Communication Foundation).
Its not directly referred to much, but it is a great set of capability.
Its an evolution, but only time will tell if it is a revolution... I'm not particularly betting on it being one.
What you say is absolutely true if contracts are never involved. However, almost any procurement ends with a contract between the service or commodity supplier and the government, which really becomes the main barrier to entry to OSS and makes those questions from before more sticklers than commercial flavors of doing business. In the commercial world, everything is fine and rosy with contracts, they are flexible and can be redefined easily. In the government world, not so much. USC Title 10, the FAR, among other regulations, policies, and laws define how the government may do business, and they don't always easily align with the answers to those above questions. When they do, GREAT! When they don't, well, its back to closed source whether it wants to or not, because it may pass those wickets easier.
Don't get me wrong, the government can benefit greatly from the OSS community, and i also personally believe it should consider more OSS when looking for solutions to its problems. It is just many of the public policies, laws, and regulations make it much harder to do that than John Q. Public.
Who said this has anything to do with microsoft? These are common questions when dealing with anything open source. If you dont ask them, you are an idiot, plain and simple.
Ownership: who the hell do i talk to if there is an issue?
Security: who contributed to this project? Are they friendly? can i trust them? If there is a security issue, who fixes it? (me or them)
Responsibility: who is responsible for maintaining and updating this software? Do they care about my business? Do they care about the project to keep it up to date?
Reaction Time: if i find an issue, how long does it take for it to be fixed? will they fix it, or expect me to?
Governments can and do go open source; when they can and it makes sense. Governments cannot always go open source due to ownership, security, responsibility, reaction time, etc.
Additionally, It is very hard to push the onus of an issue onto a foundation, it is much easier however, to push it onto a controlling company.
While that may be true in the short term, it doenst always work out that way. Check out the horrible stories surrounding the commercializationof the Marine's Intranet
Also, when you would create one of these datacenters, you're essentially just consolidating all your datacenters anyway, so it appears they realized they wont need all the other junk anyway, and just did this instead.
Correct, the concepts of cloud computing are about removing the need to maintain personal infrastructure, platforms, or software locally, and using what has already been built. If an organization builds a "cloud" datacenter (a.k.a. private cloud [which is a horrible term]), they get none of the long term infrastructure / platform benefits and only gain some of the software benefits due to still having to maintain a workable platform on an internal infrastructure. Sure, software may be easier to build, to a degree. However, they will still need to maintain the software that makes the new infrastructure work, therefore obviating some of the benefit.
I'm no trademark weenie, but how can they trade mark something they don't even own? Thats kinda like Disney trying to trademark United States Air Force... I just don't see how they could do that...
All we need now is Franz Wangdoodle to invent an engine and the hilarity will be complete...
Man1: "Sir what is that?"
Man2: "Oh, that is the new Wangdoodlemobile"
Man1: *snorts* "BWAAA AHAHA AHHAAHAH!"
He's probably coming from the context of entry being the point you tell the OS "i want to execute ".
You do realize that the USAF would likely enter into contract with Sony for the PS3s right? It isnt like they're going to go down to the local tech store and say "gimmie all your PS3s heres a couple thousand dollars". They can easily add a clause that states, "All PS3s delivered shall have the OtherOS option enabled". Sure, they may pay a few extra bucks from Sony, but it will still be cheaper to buy those in bulk from Sony than from a normal store.
this is actually the reason why ye olde time programmers keep away from women and are in such scarce supply. Any erection causes irreversible instant death as all blood is suddenly evacuated from their body into their bulbous appendage. A few die off every year or so, but never as bad as when the internet first caught on, there was a relative extinction event when that occured due to the prevalence of adult entertainment...
How is that different than -any- other hacker? You need knowledge of the underlying mechanics in order to hack something, its what makes it possible.
no, there is a third type C: George R. R. Martin style. Which is less of a fantasy novel and more of a political medievel story set in a fantasy-like universe. It is honestly the only fantasy novel type worth investing time in, from a sci-fi lover's point of view. If all else fails... Hyperion works ;)
So do we clear that up with a Cybperhysteriaectomy? *shudders*
Actually, watson's answer was logically correct, Jeopardy's phrasing was logically wrong, but socially correct. The anitomical oddity was the athlete's leg, because it was missing. If it were asked something like "what oddity did the athlete possess" then "missing leg" would be correct and "leg" would be wrong.