Considering that about a year ago the tables were turned ($1 = â1.17), we've seen about a 30% swing in a very short timeframe. It will be interesting to see if the US Dollar depreciation slows down the outsourcing trend at all.
Quite possibly my favorite thing about those books is that there are several tales with definitely unhappy endings. While most of Tolkein's work is based on ancient myth, several of these stories seem remarkably original and unpredictable compared to other work done before or since...
a small detail to be sure, but this would be a major plus in my book. It's hard enough getting a good night's sleep on the road, let alone trying to ignore a cranky fridge...
When are these clowns going to figure out what their story is? Coming out of a back room filing cabinet with an amendment that Novell doesn't even have on file sounds like a pretty bizarre circumstance. If this is the piece of evidence upon which their claim stands, then why didn't they roll this out in the first place?
I can't recall a company performing such exquisite hara-kiri in public view before...
Hmmm... so what you're saying is you'd like to see more free trade, to reduce anti-competitive pressures and further lubricate the labor market? Sounds like a good idea...
"The biggest problem with a global economy is that it caters to the lowest common denominator. "
Or put another way, one of the great things about the global economy is that jobs can migrate to those that want them most. This is an interesting phenomenon to see, really - after decades of IT/IS endeavors increasing efficiency and achieving headcount reductions across a variety of fields, American IS professionals are now facing the same pressures themselves (myself included). While the recent currency weakening might slow the tide, this appears to be a permanent shift.
For those who wish to remain in IS, the high ground appears to be in the analyst realm, or heading towards smaller companies that haven't achieved the scale whereby outsourcing makes sense...
I'm no big fan of W, but that is about the most idiotic anti-US screed I've seen around here. I don't recall Jews slaughtering thousands of people during Hitler's time, unlike the terrorists of today that pose a genuine threat that requires strong action. To back those actions, and support the leaders that direct them, is hardly "mindless" or "senseless." Pull your head out of the sand...
Now that MS has the patent, the burden is on others to take on the legal fight to overturn it. Screw systems work, the real gravy has got to be in IP law...
Frankly, I'm amazed the guy stayed under the AOL umbrella this long. When you read a quote like that, it's clearly coming from someone who doesn't fit within a corporate environment. His talents would be better served in a smaller outfit within which he has greater control...
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Given the writing style, perhaps this would be something to recommend to PHB's, to put security issues into an understandable framework?
This could the small end of the wedge that actually has a chance of sneaking in. By initially focusing on material that isn't comercially valued, this aims to get the maximum material entered into the public domain with the minimum resistance from the copyright holders. I, for one, am signing right up.
This is a pretty disturbing point, in that it makes it even more difficult for independent game developers to make headway. Basically, the videocard manufacturers offer to assist in optimizing games to work with their hardware. But of course that assistance will vary with the size and clout of the developer, leaving smaller outfits with the task of trying to optimize for various cards on their own, or suboptimizing the features in their products... either way it's a mess.
Sounds like most consulting firms, really. Or the variant: "give us money, we'll put everything your staff already recommends into a 4-color presentation and stamp our logo on it."
Dell makes plenty of $$$ on the corporate side, but still sticks to hardware. IBM, on the other hand, has a software division and IBM Global Services, which I believe is the biggest IS consulting outfit in the world. They've really turned things around from 10 years ago, when they were heading towards extinction...
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Considering that about a year ago the tables were turned ($1 = â1.17), we've seen about a 30% swing in a very short timeframe. It will be interesting to see if the US Dollar depreciation slows down the outsourcing trend at all.
I meant waiting to read Tolkein to them - for twin 15 month-olds, there are more interesting books.
Yeah, and the best part is that by the time you're finished, they're old enough to drive!
j/k - I've got 3 kids under 15 months, and can't wait to read to them....
Quite possibly my favorite thing about those books is that there are several tales with definitely unhappy endings. While most of Tolkein's work is based on ancient myth, several of these stories seem remarkably original and unpredictable compared to other work done before or since...
He's better known as Tim Benzedrine.
a small detail to be sure, but this would be a major plus in my book. It's hard enough getting a good night's sleep on the road, let alone trying to ignore a cranky fridge...
When are these clowns going to figure out what their story is? Coming out of a back room filing cabinet with an amendment that Novell doesn't even have on file sounds like a pretty bizarre circumstance. If this is the piece of evidence upon which their claim stands, then why didn't they roll this out in the first place?
I can't recall a company performing such exquisite hara-kiri in public view before...
Hmmm... so what you're saying is you'd like to see more free trade, to reduce anti-competitive pressures and further lubricate the labor market? Sounds like a good idea...
"The biggest problem with a global economy is that it caters to the lowest common denominator. "
Or put another way, one of the great things about the global economy is that jobs can migrate to those that want them most. This is an interesting phenomenon to see, really - after decades of IT/IS endeavors increasing efficiency and achieving headcount reductions across a variety of fields, American IS professionals are now facing the same pressures themselves (myself included). While the recent currency weakening might slow the tide, this appears to be a permanent shift.
For those who wish to remain in IS, the high ground appears to be in the analyst realm, or heading towards smaller companies that haven't achieved the scale whereby outsourcing makes sense...
It's amazing how many successful people are dropouts - VP Cheney flunked out of Yale twice, as I recall...
If anything, this article would hopefully make people aware of how easy this is, prompting them to demand greater security in their applications...
and the logo image could be a broken window from the projects...
Plus consider the fact that dial-up users are more likely to be technically challenged, so they make easy marks...
"because there isn't much of a back page"
Just turn your monitor around...
They really should roll that into the marketing: Now With Extra-Large Pixels!
I'm no big fan of W, but that is about the most idiotic anti-US screed I've seen around here. I don't recall Jews slaughtering thousands of people during Hitler's time, unlike the terrorists of today that pose a genuine threat that requires strong action. To back those actions, and support the leaders that direct them, is hardly "mindless" or "senseless." Pull your head out of the sand...
And don't forget the other two words:
"Bloodsucking Lawyers"
Now that MS has the patent, the burden is on others to take on the legal fight to overturn it. Screw systems work, the real gravy has got to be in IP law...
Frankly, I'm amazed the guy stayed under the AOL umbrella this long. When you read a quote like that, it's clearly coming from someone who doesn't fit within a corporate environment. His talents would be better served in a smaller outfit within which he has greater control...
Given the writing style, perhaps this would be something to recommend to PHB's, to put security issues into an understandable framework?
And any statistic accompanied by "such-and-such business entity commissioned a study," is not just worthless, but deliberately misleading!
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This could the small end of the wedge that actually has a chance of sneaking in. By initially focusing on material that isn't comercially valued, this aims to get the maximum material entered into the public domain with the minimum resistance from the copyright holders. I, for one, am signing right up.
This is a pretty disturbing point, in that it makes it even more difficult for independent game developers to make headway. Basically, the videocard manufacturers offer to assist in optimizing games to work with their hardware. But of course that assistance will vary with the size and clout of the developer, leaving smaller outfits with the task of trying to optimize for various cards on their own, or suboptimizing the features in their products... either way it's a mess.
Sounds like most consulting firms, really. Or the variant: "give us money, we'll put everything your staff already recommends into a 4-color presentation and stamp our logo on it."
Dell makes plenty of $$$ on the corporate side, but still sticks to hardware. IBM, on the other hand, has a software division and IBM Global Services, which I believe is the biggest IS consulting outfit in the world. They've really turned things around from 10 years ago, when they were heading towards extinction...