The APA way to format papers includes several ways to cite electronic references. There's a free guide for URLs here.
Now the validity of the work being cited is another story altogether, as you say. But the same could be true for 'traditional' media as well - would you take someone seriously who quoted the National Enquirer's latest fad diet tellall in a "professional" paper about nutrition?
Actually Cobalt stopped using MIPS on their own long before the Sun acquisition. Starting with RaQ 3, the AMD K6 CPUs were used. The XTR and 550 actually had genu-wine Intel CPUs.
FYI, the Qube 3 UI was released under a BSD license by Sun over the summer, and can be found at open.cobaltqube.org.
Actually Cobalt themselves gave up on MIPS long before Sun acquired them. Most 3rd party Linux stuff was being built for x86, so it was harder and harder to find add-on software that would work on the MIPS boxes.
Starting with the RaQ 3, Cobalt shifted to the AMD K6 series of CPUs. The most recent couple of boxes (XTR and 550) actually had Intel Inside.
I second everything the original poster said... when I was first hired at Cobalt, I thought I wanted to be in tech support. I was "talked into" being an SE, and it was definitely the right choice for me.
Make sure you end up selling a product you can believe in. It's hard to show the required enthusiasm pimping something you don't particularly care about...
There's a lot of repetition - makes you want to just email an FAQ to the customer before you even get there... but there are always the ones that will stump you, and you get to see new ways people will try to use products... many not as they were ever intended by the product development team!
Oh yeah, and some of the best (paid, that is) "sales guys" I've run into were SEs first. Most of them moved into pure sales because they wondered why they weren't getting the big $$ when they were doing all the work on the account.
However, when I worked at Sun, every day it was more like "Wow, look how much I was worth yesterday/last month, but because I'm still here today look how much less I'm worth..." (and we weren't always talking about the stock price)
Some great action and effects, but like with Reloaded, they gave away a lot in trailers and on the late-night show "clips"... so not a lot of surprises IMO.
The theater I went to was pretty full (6 am here in San Diego). One loser watching Reloaded on his laptop got a lot of laughs from people. Two dudes came in dressed as Neo and Agent Smith, but they were pretty cool about the whole thing.
The best part - they were only charging matinee pricing of 6.50 to see it!
I just let people ask me questions in the hallway on my way to the break room and stuff. Then I use my superior intellect to forget it all anyway.
If it's really that important, they'll keep bugging me about it until I do something. If it wasn't important, I didn't need to worry about it in the first place.
Very interesting comments. I just started at UoP -- my 2nd class started last night. I have been considering switching to the all-online version due to travel requirements for work, the slow pace of the classroom, etc.
One thing I'm [f|c]urious about is the Microsoft requirements/bias throughout the UoP classes and websites (have to use Powerpoint to do your presentations and interact with the SmartBoards, stuff distributed in.DOC format, etc.). For example, it appears to me that you *have* to use Outlook to participate in these online classes. Is that true -- some sort of custom Outlook plugin/extension? -- or will any mail/news reader work?
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2. Sun owns Cobalt that make great Linux boxes.
As a former Cobalt/Sun employee, this is gratifying to hear. But you should know that Sun has completely killed off the Cobalt product line except for the RaQ 550. And that's slated for EOL by the end of this year.
The good news is that the Cobalt-specific code that made up the Qube (UI, etc.) has been released under a BSD license. More info and downloads at http://open.cobaltqube.org/. Hopefully the RaQ stuff will be opened at some point as well...
The fact is, deregulation allowed the energy companies to put a gun to California's collective head.
Actually, if they had done "true" deregulation, it might have worked. State Senator Steve Peace, drafter of the deregulation plan, after receiving "input" from the power companies, left in place all kinds of partial rate caps, restrictions on new power producers entering the market, etc.
The flawed legislation, combined with the NIMBYism that has prevented new power plants from being built in the face of increased demand, did not allow the power generators to fairly and properly compete, which would have ultimately driven rates lower as intended.
If you're going to deregulate, you have to do it completely and let free-market forces take over. A great article about the whole process is here...
save your rage for the Republicans who set up the mugging
Don't forget it was Republican governor Pete Wilson who signed the deregulation legislation in 1996. Since there were no major problems until 2001, the proposed system wasn't all bad. If new power plants had been built as needed to keep up with skyrocketing demand caused by population increase and the dot-com boom, all the blackouts etc. probably never would have happened.
Nothing was mentioned in the original question about Linux support... be wary with some HP products as they don't support Linux, and some don't even allow you to copy ASCII text to them!
I got saddled with a LaserJet 3150 and it's totally useless from my Linux machines... I have to keep an old laptop with Windows on it hooked to the printer to route print jobs through, and even then it always bitches about improper codes etc.
And this is one of the prime targets for Sun's "Mad Hatter" Linux-on-"white box"-PC product due Any Day Now(tm) (or is it Real Soon Now(tm)?). All the goodness you need: RedHat 9, Gnome, StarOffice, Evolution, GAIM, etc.
Sun will maintain ownership of the hardware (5u|\| 0w|\|z J00 d00d!), and customers will pay a per-seat monthly/ quarterly/ whatever fee. Something breaks, field service will just yank the box and drop in a new one, run the kickstart script to build the machine to latest versions from a backend server. I think there was some talk of a "self sparing" option so that the company could keep a couple of "idle" boxes on the network to drop one in themselves if needed.
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Um, that's a Sawzall...
i was getting into it until that one... thanks dude.
The APA way to format papers includes several ways to cite electronic references. There's a free guide for URLs here.
Now the validity of the work being cited is another story altogether, as you say. But the same could be true for 'traditional' media as well - would you take someone seriously who quoted the National Enquirer's latest fad diet tellall in a "professional" paper about nutrition?
"Eat up Martha"
Actually Cobalt stopped using MIPS on their own long before the Sun acquisition. Starting with RaQ 3, the AMD K6 CPUs were used. The XTR and 550 actually had genu-wine Intel CPUs.
FYI, the Qube 3 UI was released under a BSD license by Sun over the summer, and can be found at open.cobaltqube.org.
Actually Cobalt themselves gave up on MIPS long before Sun acquired them. Most 3rd party Linux stuff was being built for x86, so it was harder and harder to find add-on software that would work on the MIPS boxes.
Starting with the RaQ 3, Cobalt shifted to the AMD K6 series of CPUs. The most recent couple of boxes (XTR and 550) actually had Intel Inside.
I second everything the original poster said... when I was first hired at Cobalt, I thought I wanted to be in tech support. I was "talked into" being an SE, and it was definitely the right choice for me.
Make sure you end up selling a product you can believe in. It's hard to show the required enthusiasm pimping something you don't particularly care about...
There's a lot of repetition - makes you want to just email an FAQ to the customer before you even get there... but there are always the ones that will stump you, and you get to see new ways people will try to use products... many not as they were ever intended by the product development team!
Oh yeah, and some of the best (paid, that is) "sales guys" I've run into were SEs first. Most of them moved into pure sales because they wondered why they weren't getting the big $$ when they were doing all the work on the account.
Nah, it's the same everyplace...
However, when I worked at Sun, every day it was more like "Wow, look how much I was worth yesterday/last month, but because I'm still here today look how much less I'm worth..." (and we weren't always talking about the stock price)
Finally -- my sig actually relates to a thread I'm replying to!
...but I still like the original the best.
Some great action and effects, but like with Reloaded, they gave away a lot in trailers and on the late-night show "clips"... so not a lot of surprises IMO.
The theater I went to was pretty full (6 am here in San Diego). One loser watching Reloaded on his laptop got a lot of laughs from people. Two dudes came in dressed as Neo and Agent Smith, but they were pretty cool about the whole thing.
The best part - they were only charging matinee pricing of 6.50 to see it!
Nobody has FreeBSD listed yet? 8^)
I just let people ask me questions in the hallway on my way to the break room and stuff. Then I use my superior intellect to forget it all anyway.
If it's really that important, they'll keep bugging me about it until I do something. If it wasn't important, I didn't need to worry about it in the first place.
Very interesting comments. I just started at UoP -- my 2nd class started last night. I have been considering switching to the all-online version due to travel requirements for work, the slow pace of the classroom, etc.
.DOC format, etc.). For example, it appears to me that you *have* to use Outlook to participate in these online classes. Is that true -- some sort of custom Outlook plugin/extension? -- or will any mail/news reader work?
One thing I'm [f|c]urious about is the Microsoft requirements/bias throughout the UoP classes and websites (have to use Powerpoint to do your presentations and interact with the SmartBoards, stuff distributed in
2. Sun owns Cobalt that make great Linux boxes.
:)
As a former Cobalt/Sun employee, this is gratifying to hear. But you should know that Sun has completely killed off the Cobalt product line except for the RaQ 550. And that's slated for EOL by the end of this year.
The good news is that the Cobalt-specific code that made up the Qube (UI, etc.) has been released under a BSD license. More info and downloads at http://open.cobaltqube.org/. Hopefully the RaQ stuff will be opened at some point as well...
Sun's Linux products are "general purpose" Linux servers now, not appliances. Oh yeah, and some new desktop thingie...
The "Java" part of the name is pure marketing. It's not actually a Java-powered system...
All software from Sun now falls either into the Java brand or the Sun ONE brand.
mice have balls
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There's a funny joke in there someplace, I'm sure. But since I'm not into rodent genitalia, I couldn't begin to tell you what it might be...
meaning the security would be just as good as any other Linux/Wireless system
Except that the article states *this* version is powered by Windows XP.
Probably wouldn't be long until a Linux version comes out, though, or is hacked in a la iPaq etc...
Comon, editors, let's use the proper grammar
Does speling count two? (intentional misuse in a lame attempt to be funny)
Too bad Sharp decided not to sell these devices here in the US. The only way to get them now is from Dynamism or The Kompany.
But I saw one my local Sharp rep had and they are nice!
Mozilla is tha shiznit, fo shizzle!
The fact is, deregulation allowed the energy companies to put a gun to California's collective head.
Actually, if they had done "true" deregulation, it might have worked. State Senator Steve Peace, drafter of the deregulation plan, after receiving "input" from the power companies, left in place all kinds of partial rate caps, restrictions on new power producers entering the market, etc.
The flawed legislation, combined with the NIMBYism that has prevented new power plants from being built in the face of increased demand, did not allow the power generators to fairly and properly compete, which would have ultimately driven rates lower as intended.
If you're going to deregulate, you have to do it completely and let free-market forces take over. A great article about the whole process is here...
save your rage for the Republicans who set up the mugging
Don't forget it was Republican governor Pete Wilson who signed the deregulation legislation in 1996. Since there were no major problems until 2001, the proposed system wasn't all bad. If new power plants had been built as needed to keep up with skyrocketing demand caused by population increase and the dot-com boom, all the blackouts etc. probably never would have happened.
Nothing was mentioned in the original question about Linux support... be wary with some HP products as they don't support Linux, and some don't even allow you to copy ASCII text to them!
I got saddled with a LaserJet 3150 and it's totally useless from my Linux machines... I have to keep an old laptop with Windows on it hooked to the printer to route print jobs through, and even then it always bitches about improper codes etc.
No wonder the Fortune 500 companies are caving in - check the name of SCO's PR firm on the press release!
by tieing a session id to an IP address effectively prevents users of AOL and other large ISPs from using a website.
:)
At least for the AOL part of that, is that such a bad thing?
And this is one of the prime targets for Sun's "Mad Hatter" Linux-on-"white box"-PC product due Any Day Now(tm) (or is it Real Soon Now(tm)?). All the goodness you need: RedHat 9, Gnome, StarOffice, Evolution, GAIM, etc.
Sun will maintain ownership of the hardware (5u|\| 0w|\|z J00 d00d!), and customers will pay a per-seat monthly/ quarterly/ whatever fee. Something breaks, field service will just yank the box and drop in a new one, run the kickstart script to build the machine to latest versions from a backend server. I think there was some talk of a "self sparing" option so that the company could keep a couple of "idle" boxes on the network to drop one in themselves if needed.