I trashed my $600 "ergo chair" and went with a balance ball for $35. Promotes some movement, but be careful if you notice yourself slumping over-- get up and stretch. Take up yoga.
That might be the official press release... but...
I really hate the fucking fucks that gave these twits national audience or some semblance of credibility. They were annoying enough when they stormed into Lawrence KS 20 years ago. May they rot in hell.
Ok... I actually checked the population numbers... Canada total - 35MM. Northwestern Territories - 43,000. Nunavummiut - 33,000. Biggest cities in each are 20,000 and 6,000, respectively. So, that is a whole 0.2% without internet service if the whole territories are out.
Still doesn't solve many of the problems. You need a mechanism where an underserved area can fend for itself, even if it is in some other company's zone.
I was negotiating with AT&T for a company contract, and identified three areas that needed commitment for better service in order for us to agree. They could pull off one (our office, with a cludge of 5-6 of their MicroCells), but the other two were just too much effort. All they really need to do is license out mirco-cells (not the femtocells) on the street lights and the problem is solved. But, their focus is on full-size towers, which is spectrum inefficient.
In theory, Samsung has created (part of) a standard, so they make a little bit of money off of a lot of people... because it is a standard. Apple in this case has not tried to create a standard; they have actually tried to prevent their way of doing things from becoming a standard. They want to reap a lot of money on fewer units than they might if they made it a standard.
They learned a lesson a couple years back licensing their OS...
It all depends on if you understand the design assumptions of the equipment, and how you establish the point of trust. You can build a secure network of insecure components; it is just infinitely more complicated than making a network of secure components. We end up with a bunch of firewalls on RS-485 links that control device-level access, eliminate distributed password management, and need to set up complicated rules for data access. Once someone gets to the RS-485 layer, they are assumed to be trusted. As long as each link only connects the firewall and the device it isn't that bad.
Dealing with the control workstation on a system that is constantly changing is very difficult. At that point, it comes down to prioritizing maintainability and security.
For residential, a local power company is pretty easy to make work. For light commercial, you can pull it off. Very few utilities have been successful at balancing the residential/light commercial needs against industrial users. The utility companies become just like the government though; trying to enlarge fiefdoms to make it look like they are doing more. LADWP was once a very well run utility, but now they are worse than SCE. Not sure how Silicon Valley Power compares these days, but they used to favor large customers significantly.
I like the stock market as it is, because without that much work I can make 30-100% annual gains. Without that opportunity, there would be no opportunity for "safe" mutual funds to make a 5-10% return. Without a 5% return, why would you put money away in your 401k? Without money in your 401k... what do you do for retirement?
Oh yeah... Trotsky.
Without reasonable liquidity, stocks become the same kind of investment as a house... and a house is a miserable investment.
I used to think 1 made sense, but less and less so. All you need to do is add 2-30ms to fsck with competing HFT outfits. But, that still doesn't work as there isn't a single market any more. HFT doesn't really impact non-HFTs much. Sure, I end up paying an extra $20-100 on a $20,000 transaction to get it to execute within a 5-minute window that I can watch while working because of HFT, but ultimately that is the liquidity benefit.
For point 2, all trades are already taxed; what needs to happen is that the government imposes a 1% withholding on all sales transactions, which would erode profits very quickly. It would also encourage more of a long term strategy, as day-trading would be significantly less effective.
And... point 3... sounds nice in the abstract, but some things shouldn't be legal. It is more likely to help the small investor rolling back trades than the large investor. Most large institutions can easily write off losses from a glitch. But when one company's actions (or the interaction of several) causes market turmoil and a flash-crash, logic and sane strategies get hit. If you hold a stock, and are up 40%/$20, a stop-loss order is a common way to protect your gains. You set it below the normal trading bounds, and if every thing goes nuts... it will automatically sell and lock in a 20%/$10 profit.
Stop-loss orders are stupid, but require significantly less sophistication than using options for the same net effect.
Discounted water and sewer, maybe... but free electricity never. It's a Public Utilities Commission thing.
The discounts for large users don't really play a big factor until you have 10MW demand. I did some work for a foundry (rust belt style...) that paid $0.18/kWh-- more than the local residential rate-- and they only used power from 10pm to 7am!
I did a back-of-napkin calculation last night, and came up with about 30-33% of the energy consumption would be related to office operations, and the remainder data center operations. Their data center total came out to something like 170MW demand. Given that a 100,000 square foot data center would be expected to draw about 20MW all-in, the total was much lower than I would have expected. For some reason, I pictured their demand being much higher.
As for alternative energy, green energy, and efficiency, Google really is doing a good job. Comparing them to Bank of America, I would say Google does significantly more for the kWh.
Going to college and having student loans isn't the problem with engineering. The problem is that schools used to weed out marginal candidates more effectively. Now they graduate with a 3.something gpa despite having no critical thinking skills. The rough solution is to only focus on hiring from schools that do the hard work for you.
The next problem is people getting a masters in engineering before they have any skills or understanding about what they want to do for a job... and student loans are a big factor in that, but general immaturity is as well.
There is a shortage of qualified candidates for the engineering jobs out there. We posted an ad for junior mechanical engineers, and got 50-100 replies. We interviewed about 15-20 people. There were two people that we will hire out of that pool... but really not what we are looking for.
It's our own fault. We need exceptional people because we are a small business and don't have the kind of processes in place where you can work well with "average" engineers. We also need people that can grow with the company into project management and have a high level of client interaction. It's foolish to rely on the idea that you can hire Renaissance Engineers to fill every position, but I need at least 25% and haven't found any...
Without the top people, you are just hiring people in the hopes that you can keep your head above water and amplify your other staff's output. It makes it very hard to grow.
But how does this help expand Android? They can make Motorola a higher margin player, but they lose the market share that gives Android relevance by alienating their other suppliers.
I'd say the purchase was really not of much value to anyone. Google doesn't have it in their DNA to do consumer electronics; they are into advertising and SAAS. Motorola's net cost of $7B give or take gives them another lost company with poor direction and too many compromises.
My only hope is that all this nonsense ultimately leads to patent reform. I can dream...
My last flight on the outbound leg I was questioned for 10 minutes over USB cables and saline solution for my contacts. On the return flight no issues... despite some "contraband" that I went to no great lengths to conceal. They just had an issue with my necklace that I left on going through the rape-scanner. There are some pretty easy patterns you can discern with all of this if you wanted to exploit the system; the same weaknesses that made the 9/11 bombers pick Boston for security still exist in many other cities.
Now... my big issue is that the systems are a waste of money. If a plane can be brought down by some firecrackers, we are all doomed.
The logic behind the reverse merger is that the wildcatters are given multiples of 20-50, while the integrated companies only get 9-10. Refining has low margins, but the exploration side benefits on new discoveries. With all the shale plays, more oil is being discovered in the US every week.
One possible benefit to those who breathe is that the hydrocarbon resource is detached from traditional refining mechanisms. Maybe we will see more hydrogen solutions or cleaner natural gas pushed to the market if the refinery isn't holding back the resources.
DUNS tracks business finances. Banks, landlords, insurance companies, etc. all report data to them. Your profile generally looks weak (and ineligible for credit) if you don't pay them for the ability to edit your data.
I have a suspicion 25:9 will take over before 2160p. Not enough of a change and bigger screen heights cause all kinds of issues like the need to rent a truck to bring your TV home. Wider screen gives options on how to arrange content to make it more interactive, as well as giving a wider field of view without resorting to the 3d gimmic.
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I trashed my $600 "ergo chair" and went with a balance ball for $35. Promotes some movement, but be careful if you notice yourself slumping over-- get up and stretch. Take up yoga.
That might be the official press release... but...
I really hate the fucking fucks that gave these twits national audience or some semblance of credibility. They were annoying enough when they stormed into Lawrence KS 20 years ago. May they rot in hell.
Can't someone get the IRS involved...?
Ok... I actually checked the population numbers... Canada total - 35MM. Northwestern Territories - 43,000. Nunavummiut - 33,000. Biggest cities in each are 20,000 and 6,000, respectively. So, that is a whole 0.2% without internet service if the whole territories are out.
Still doesn't solve many of the problems. You need a mechanism where an underserved area can fend for itself, even if it is in some other company's zone.
I was negotiating with AT&T for a company contract, and identified three areas that needed commitment for better service in order for us to agree. They could pull off one (our office, with a cludge of 5-6 of their MicroCells), but the other two were just too much effort. All they really need to do is license out mirco-cells (not the femtocells) on the street lights and the problem is solved. But, their focus is on full-size towers, which is spectrum inefficient.
In theory, Samsung has created (part of) a standard, so they make a little bit of money off of a lot of people... because it is a standard. Apple in this case has not tried to create a standard; they have actually tried to prevent their way of doing things from becoming a standard. They want to reap a lot of money on fewer units than they might if they made it a standard.
They learned a lesson a couple years back licensing their OS...
It all depends on if you understand the design assumptions of the equipment, and how you establish the point of trust. You can build a secure network of insecure components; it is just infinitely more complicated than making a network of secure components. We end up with a bunch of firewalls on RS-485 links that control device-level access, eliminate distributed password management, and need to set up complicated rules for data access. Once someone gets to the RS-485 layer, they are assumed to be trusted. As long as each link only connects the firewall and the device it isn't that bad.
Dealing with the control workstation on a system that is constantly changing is very difficult. At that point, it comes down to prioritizing maintainability and security.
VFDs for fractional horsepower motors are cost-effective today. EC motors are another option with generally better efficiency.
For residential, a local power company is pretty easy to make work. For light commercial, you can pull it off. Very few utilities have been successful at balancing the residential/light commercial needs against industrial users. The utility companies become just like the government though; trying to enlarge fiefdoms to make it look like they are doing more. LADWP was once a very well run utility, but now they are worse than SCE. Not sure how Silicon Valley Power compares these days, but they used to favor large customers significantly.
I like the stock market as it is, because without that much work I can make 30-100% annual gains. Without that opportunity, there would be no opportunity for "safe" mutual funds to make a 5-10% return. Without a 5% return, why would you put money away in your 401k? Without money in your 401k... what do you do for retirement?
Oh yeah... Trotsky.
Without reasonable liquidity, stocks become the same kind of investment as a house... and a house is a miserable investment.
I used to think 1 made sense, but less and less so. All you need to do is add 2-30ms to fsck with competing HFT outfits. But, that still doesn't work as there isn't a single market any more. HFT doesn't really impact non-HFTs much. Sure, I end up paying an extra $20-100 on a $20,000 transaction to get it to execute within a 5-minute window that I can watch while working because of HFT, but ultimately that is the liquidity benefit.
For point 2, all trades are already taxed; what needs to happen is that the government imposes a 1% withholding on all sales transactions, which would erode profits very quickly. It would also encourage more of a long term strategy, as day-trading would be significantly less effective.
And... point 3... sounds nice in the abstract, but some things shouldn't be legal. It is more likely to help the small investor rolling back trades than the large investor. Most large institutions can easily write off losses from a glitch. But when one company's actions (or the interaction of several) causes market turmoil and a flash-crash, logic and sane strategies get hit. If you hold a stock, and are up 40%/$20, a stop-loss order is a common way to protect your gains. You set it below the normal trading bounds, and if every thing goes nuts... it will automatically sell and lock in a 20%/$10 profit.
Stop-loss orders are stupid, but require significantly less sophistication than using options for the same net effect.
Discounted water and sewer, maybe... but free electricity never. It's a Public Utilities Commission thing.
The discounts for large users don't really play a big factor until you have 10MW demand. I did some work for a foundry (rust belt style...) that paid $0.18/kWh-- more than the local residential rate-- and they only used power from 10pm to 7am!
I did a back-of-napkin calculation last night, and came up with about 30-33% of the energy consumption would be related to office operations, and the remainder data center operations. Their data center total came out to something like 170MW demand. Given that a 100,000 square foot data center would be expected to draw about 20MW all-in, the total was much lower than I would have expected. For some reason, I pictured their demand being much higher.
As for alternative energy, green energy, and efficiency, Google really is doing a good job. Comparing them to Bank of America, I would say Google does significantly more for the kWh.
Going to college and having student loans isn't the problem with engineering. The problem is that schools used to weed out marginal candidates more effectively. Now they graduate with a 3.something gpa despite having no critical thinking skills. The rough solution is to only focus on hiring from schools that do the hard work for you.
The next problem is people getting a masters in engineering before they have any skills or understanding about what they want to do for a job... and student loans are a big factor in that, but general immaturity is as well.
There is a shortage of qualified candidates for the engineering jobs out there. We posted an ad for junior mechanical engineers, and got 50-100 replies. We interviewed about 15-20 people. There were two people that we will hire out of that pool... but really not what we are looking for.
It's our own fault. We need exceptional people because we are a small business and don't have the kind of processes in place where you can work well with "average" engineers. We also need people that can grow with the company into project management and have a high level of client interaction. It's foolish to rely on the idea that you can hire Renaissance Engineers to fill every position, but I need at least 25% and haven't found any...
Without the top people, you are just hiring people in the hopes that you can keep your head above water and amplify your other staff's output. It makes it very hard to grow.
And good luck with your next adventure. I've really enjoyed the last 14 years, and al the things I learned about here on /.
A high school senior can still be a minor.
But how does this help expand Android? They can make Motorola a higher margin player, but they lose the market share that gives Android relevance by alienating their other suppliers.
The STB business has the cable companies as their sole clients. How does that help them sell to consumers to bypass the cable companies?
I'd say the purchase was really not of much value to anyone. Google doesn't have it in their DNA to do consumer electronics; they are into advertising and SAAS. Motorola's net cost of $7B give or take gives them another lost company with poor direction and too many compromises.
My only hope is that all this nonsense ultimately leads to patent reform. I can dream...
My last flight on the outbound leg I was questioned for 10 minutes over USB cables and saline solution for my contacts. On the return flight no issues... despite some "contraband" that I went to no great lengths to conceal. They just had an issue with my necklace that I left on going through the rape-scanner. There are some pretty easy patterns you can discern with all of this if you wanted to exploit the system; the same weaknesses that made the 9/11 bombers pick Boston for security still exist in many other cities.
Now... my big issue is that the systems are a waste of money. If a plane can be brought down by some firecrackers, we are all doomed.
Something you have plus something you know required. If both authentication mechanisms are integrated all you have is a more secure key.
The logic behind the reverse merger is that the wildcatters are given multiples of 20-50, while the integrated companies only get 9-10. Refining has low margins, but the exploration side benefits on new discoveries. With all the shale plays, more oil is being discovered in the US every week.
One possible benefit to those who breathe is that the hydrocarbon resource is detached from traditional refining mechanisms. Maybe we will see more hydrogen solutions or cleaner natural gas pushed to the market if the refinery isn't holding back the resources.
Dean of architecture at KU. Why do you ask? ;)
DUNS tracks business finances. Banks, landlords, insurance companies, etc. all report data to them. Your profile generally looks weak (and ineligible for credit) if you don't pay them for the ability to edit your data.
I have a suspicion 25:9 will take over before 2160p. Not enough of a change and bigger screen heights cause all kinds of issues like the need to rent a truck to bring your TV home. Wider screen gives options on how to arrange content to make it more interactive, as well as giving a wider field of view without resorting to the 3d gimmic.