There is more to this than number of people killed. How about number of lives ruined by a terrorist attacked. After 9/11 we had a lot of businesses go under, thousands of people in many travel industries lost jobs. The economic consequences were quite high.
Back when you had a group of terrorist blow things up, the markets were not really affected. Today any attack on western countries cause huge issues. Part of it is the futures markets. I am not sure what the solution may be, but it has to be addressed.
I refused to lock down internet access. This has played out well. If you expect someone to work long hours, expect for him or her to buy things online, check message boards and just play around. Everyone knows what they need to do, and productivity is high.
I think Dvorak is very good. He may not be good at predicting technology, but he knows how to use the media to get himself very well known. His controversies are such that they attract a vertical of media outlets, from the Wall Street Journal to the lowly local paper in Bum F*ck Egypt.
I agree. German cars have been getting worse ratings than American cars. Look at JD Powers reports. I own two toyotas as daily drivers. I also own a C6 Corvette. None of my cars ever saw the dealer for repairs. American cars have come around.
...because of corporate liability. If a company officer were to take pictures that were edgy, the corporation may be liable. This is exactly why we received a memo that we can't purchase any phones or devices with cameras on them. Q is on that list. RIM is smart about it.
But I will rip a movie to my NAS and watch it later. This way I get about 12 movies a month. I delete them after I watch them. This is just one way to queue up some stuff. A lot of the movies I dont watch, even though I ripped them, so I even have a script to delete anything older than 3 months. By having them ripped, I sometimes can watch them on my ipod or laptop while commuting.
There is not enough land in the U.S. to grow saw grass, corn or other ethanol friendly plants to remove 100% dependance. Biodiesel has more future because you get more yield from soy beans per acre than ethanol from saw grass.
On the flip side, even 20% decrease in dependance is great.
And if anyone says ethanol is energy negative to produce, so is gasoline.
I was not involved in the purchasing of hardware, but they are HP boxes, and each one cost close to $20k. Less than 1 year old. Dual processors ( I think a few were quads, but not sure). They actually replaced Compaq servers that cost about that much 5 years ago. I will try to get the exact specs tomorrow.
1 app per server is not only done because the OS can't handle it. It is done when hardware fails on a server and then you are hosed - because instead of one app being down, you have 8 of them. Virtualization allows you to load up VM sessions on another server - as long as you use some NAS (or SAN). I ran 20 Linux Servers and each one had one app. It's all about the actual server failing/being stolen (happened once) or being taken by the feds for investigative purposes (sexual harrasment suit lawyers managed to take our exchange server for a week). Now everything is in VM sessions - on multiple SANs.
We consolidated 180 physical servers onto 10 physical servers, each running 10-20 VM sessions of Windows 2000 and 2003 server (Linux being the host OS). Amazing performance, and its really easy to restore things. No more outages, down times, etc. It's also easy to put up a new server, should we need to. No more requests for hardware allowances - and since we have extra Windows Server licenses, we just do it. Productivity is through the roof. Using V-motion, we can move sessions between servers - something that takes no time and no down time.
I will be the first to admit that I could not keep up with the math programs in Poland. When I moved to the U.S., it was very easy for me to get straight A's. What I did in 6th grade in Poland, I was doing in advanced high school algebra in the U.S.
However, what this article fails to address is that a LOT of people in Poland drop out of science oriented schools and opt for more technical(masonry, farming, etc) schooling, where math is not as prevalent. The ones remaining are usually the best. When you have only really good students that 'get it' in class, its much easier to advance to more complex math problems. You get rid of the anchors.
In the U.S., there is more compassion in schools for the bad (slower) students. Teachers will only go as fast as the worst student. The advanced programs are not any better. You always have 2-3 students in advanced programs that should not be there.
Also, it is important to note that when you are in a math program in a university, you do not do anything but study math. In the U.S. you have to take various classes and then maybe 4-5 that are actually related to your program. In Poland, all classes are related. When you study math, you do not study Russian, or theater or anything else. This has its draw backs too.
I now have a small company where I employ a lot of Polish programmers to do various tasks. However, the tasks that my clients ask for are very simple, and actually bore some of my Polish programmers, which in turn sometimes creates product that is sub-par. These programmers also have no idea how to treat customers, what marketing is, or how a business is ran. They know math and programming very well, but thats it.
Not everything is as it seems.
I just bought a new Intel Imac, loaded it with 2 gigs of RAM. This is the 2 gigahertz version. Here are some of the things that I noticed:
1. When browsing my MP3 collection on my buffalo 1 terrabyte NAS (using SMB I guess), it would take 20 seconds for the window to show all the file names. This takes about 3 seconds on my 2.8 Gigahertz Intel HP Computer running Windows XP. Both computers were wired to a 1 gig netgear switch.
2. When opening firefox for the first time, it takes the mac 8 seconds to load. The PC loads it in 3 seconds. Not from cache, this is first load.
3. Trying to view CNN.com videos still doesnt work, no matter which browser I use. I have the correct plug-ins. It just says connecting (this is on the same LAN where my Windows XP machine loads the videos without any problems).
4. Spooling to my printer takes twice as long for the same PDF on the Mac as compared to my PC.
5. When I bought Microsoft Office for Mac, it came with Virtual PC. I was excited that I could get a VM session of windows in my mac, however I was quickly disapointed when I read it would not work on an Intel Mac. Money down the drain since MS doesnt have a roadmap on releasing this software, and once opened it was not returnable.
6. The system kept losing its blue tooth mouse. I eventually replaced it with a wired mouse since I like the scroll thingy better.
7. The Mac went to sleep many times, and would not wake up when I pressed the keyboard or moved the mouse. When I changed the mouse to a wired one, I could then wake the system up.
8. There is a new security update at least once every 2-3 days. Each update requires a reboot. Each major software install requires a reboot as well. I thought we were moving away from this?
9. Entourage email client would crash the mac all the time. I blame that on Microsoft, however, I am not impressed how one app can cause the entire system to freeze. When I called Apple, they said it was a connectivity issue.
10. When you insert a DVD into the MAC it takes 21 seconds for anything to happen (system to recognize there is something in the DVD drive). It takes 9 seconds using my Windows XP and Pioneer DVD recorder (this recorder is maybe 1 year old)
Overall I find myself doing more on my Windows XP machine. I go to the Mac to manage my pictures and music on Itunes, however, daily operations, like newsgroups reading, writing up papers, browsing, I go back to the PC.
The blackberry, or crackberry as my co-workers call it, is not just a scroll bar and nice keyboard. It's speed, efficiency, and ease of use. You can take the most high end treo with Microsoft OS and put it against a 2 year old blackberry, and I can write and receive emails much easier and faster. Things like scrolling through text and clicking on a phone number than you can call, search functionality that rivals MAC OSX, and over all form factor is just great. On top of that, throw GSM/GPRS service where this works around the world and executives are hooked. Another thing people forget is the ability to synch with contacts, calendar and to do lists wirelessly. So your secretary can enter an appointment for you and it shows up. Blackberry is so much more than email.
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I have been dealing with them for a long time. I also have security systems that my company installed in many downtown offices. One installation has 500+ cameras. Some IP, some Analog with the axis video servers. We have Buffalo 1 terrabyte NAS units where the video is uploaded to via FTP.
I think they pushed him out and used education as an excuse to void his contract. I mean the quarter was bad, and Radio Shack has a tendancy of knee jerk reaction to almost anything. There are many CEOs who barely finished high school, and are performing very well.
I am a CTO of a Chicago based VC firm. I hire contractors and full time employees. I don't even look at the color of their skin. Rather, I ask potential candidates specific questions, and it becomes apparent within minutes if the person is BSing or if this person is serious. The second step is attitude. Most of the issues I have stem from people not really caring. Folks leaving at 5PM. Some schedule 'cowboy' upgrades at 3PM hoping systems come up and no one notices. There are also those that want to prove themselves and screw things up. Most of these issues come from younger crowd, or the self taught hackers - come to think of it, I hired a top notch Linux guy that was so confident in himself, he would just do the craziest stuff. He figured out how to make all clients think they are still connected to a Windows Exchange server by spoofing and looping some code (on a linux box) - then he would reboot the exchange server and no one would even know it was down. He is a black kid from South Africa (20 ish) and probably the best contractor I have right now.
Race never plays a part in my hiring practices.
Yes - but market cap can actually have a lot to do with extensive media coverage. Is Apple stock over valued? And Dell stock priced right? Market cap is really no gauge. You need to look at P/E - for example Apple stock is 84 a share. Dell is 30. Yet their Earnings per share is very close to each other. That right there tells you that Apple could be overvalued.
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When I talk to my boss about moving over to Linux for some of the servers, this is the type of article that he will throw in my face. As a matter of fact, before I saw this on slashdot, this article was already printed and sitting on my chair - with a smiley face drawn by my boss.
It's hard to argue the obvious when crap like this circulates in the media. There is a reason open source is called open. When 10,000+ coders look at open source code, you find many more security holes that you plug up than if 1000 Microsoft programmers look at their own code. Microsoft programmers also face political issues. Imagine my friend, who works for MS. His partner wrote and released a piece of code. 2 days after it went into production, he discovered a bug. This was right before bonuses were handed out. Of course he held back on the info until after the bonus, and then he submitted the fix.
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There is more to this than number of people killed. How about number of lives ruined by a terrorist attacked. After 9/11 we had a lot of businesses go under, thousands of people in many travel industries lost jobs. The economic consequences were quite high. Back when you had a group of terrorist blow things up, the markets were not really affected. Today any attack on western countries cause huge issues. Part of it is the futures markets. I am not sure what the solution may be, but it has to be addressed.
I refused to lock down internet access. This has played out well. If you expect someone to work long hours, expect for him or her to buy things online, check message boards and just play around. Everyone knows what they need to do, and productivity is high.
I am one of those Americans that believes some things could have evolved, but I do not believe we came from apes. Where is the missing link?
I think Dvorak is very good. He may not be good at predicting technology, but he knows how to use the media to get himself very well known. His controversies are such that they attract a vertical of media outlets, from the Wall Street Journal to the lowly local paper in Bum F*ck Egypt.
I agree. German cars have been getting worse ratings than American cars. Look at JD Powers reports. I own two toyotas as daily drivers. I also own a C6 Corvette. None of my cars ever saw the dealer for repairs. American cars have come around.
...because of corporate liability. If a company officer were to take pictures that were edgy, the corporation may be liable. This is exactly why we received a memo that we can't purchase any phones or devices with cameras on them. Q is on that list. RIM is smart about it.
But I will rip a movie to my NAS and watch it later. This way I get about 12 movies a month. I delete them after I watch them. This is just one way to queue up some stuff. A lot of the movies I dont watch, even though I ripped them, so I even have a script to delete anything older than 3 months. By having them ripped, I sometimes can watch them on my ipod or laptop while commuting.
There is not enough land in the U.S. to grow saw grass, corn or other ethanol friendly plants to remove 100% dependance. Biodiesel has more future because you get more yield from soy beans per acre than ethanol from saw grass. On the flip side, even 20% decrease in dependance is great. And if anyone says ethanol is energy negative to produce, so is gasoline.
I was not involved in the purchasing of hardware, but they are HP boxes, and each one cost close to $20k. Less than 1 year old. Dual processors ( I think a few were quads, but not sure). They actually replaced Compaq servers that cost about that much 5 years ago. I will try to get the exact specs tomorrow.
1 app per server is not only done because the OS can't handle it. It is done when hardware fails on a server and then you are hosed - because instead of one app being down, you have 8 of them. Virtualization allows you to load up VM sessions on another server - as long as you use some NAS (or SAN). I ran 20 Linux Servers and each one had one app. It's all about the actual server failing/being stolen (happened once) or being taken by the feds for investigative purposes (sexual harrasment suit lawyers managed to take our exchange server for a week). Now everything is in VM sessions - on multiple SANs.
We consolidated 180 physical servers onto 10 physical servers, each running 10-20 VM sessions of Windows 2000 and 2003 server (Linux being the host OS). Amazing performance, and its really easy to restore things. No more outages, down times, etc. It's also easy to put up a new server, should we need to. No more requests for hardware allowances - and since we have extra Windows Server licenses, we just do it. Productivity is through the roof. Using V-motion, we can move sessions between servers - something that takes no time and no down time.
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I will be the first to admit that I could not keep up with the math programs in Poland. When I moved to the U.S., it was very easy for me to get straight A's. What I did in 6th grade in Poland, I was doing in advanced high school algebra in the U.S. However, what this article fails to address is that a LOT of people in Poland drop out of science oriented schools and opt for more technical(masonry, farming, etc) schooling, where math is not as prevalent. The ones remaining are usually the best. When you have only really good students that 'get it' in class, its much easier to advance to more complex math problems. You get rid of the anchors. In the U.S., there is more compassion in schools for the bad (slower) students. Teachers will only go as fast as the worst student. The advanced programs are not any better. You always have 2-3 students in advanced programs that should not be there. Also, it is important to note that when you are in a math program in a university, you do not do anything but study math. In the U.S. you have to take various classes and then maybe 4-5 that are actually related to your program. In Poland, all classes are related. When you study math, you do not study Russian, or theater or anything else. This has its draw backs too. I now have a small company where I employ a lot of Polish programmers to do various tasks. However, the tasks that my clients ask for are very simple, and actually bore some of my Polish programmers, which in turn sometimes creates product that is sub-par. These programmers also have no idea how to treat customers, what marketing is, or how a business is ran. They know math and programming very well, but thats it. Not everything is as it seems.
I just bought a new Intel Imac, loaded it with 2 gigs of RAM. This is the 2 gigahertz version. Here are some of the things that I noticed: 1. When browsing my MP3 collection on my buffalo 1 terrabyte NAS (using SMB I guess), it would take 20 seconds for the window to show all the file names. This takes about 3 seconds on my 2.8 Gigahertz Intel HP Computer running Windows XP. Both computers were wired to a 1 gig netgear switch. 2. When opening firefox for the first time, it takes the mac 8 seconds to load. The PC loads it in 3 seconds. Not from cache, this is first load. 3. Trying to view CNN.com videos still doesnt work, no matter which browser I use. I have the correct plug-ins. It just says connecting (this is on the same LAN where my Windows XP machine loads the videos without any problems). 4. Spooling to my printer takes twice as long for the same PDF on the Mac as compared to my PC. 5. When I bought Microsoft Office for Mac, it came with Virtual PC. I was excited that I could get a VM session of windows in my mac, however I was quickly disapointed when I read it would not work on an Intel Mac. Money down the drain since MS doesnt have a roadmap on releasing this software, and once opened it was not returnable. 6. The system kept losing its blue tooth mouse. I eventually replaced it with a wired mouse since I like the scroll thingy better. 7. The Mac went to sleep many times, and would not wake up when I pressed the keyboard or moved the mouse. When I changed the mouse to a wired one, I could then wake the system up. 8. There is a new security update at least once every 2-3 days. Each update requires a reboot. Each major software install requires a reboot as well. I thought we were moving away from this? 9. Entourage email client would crash the mac all the time. I blame that on Microsoft, however, I am not impressed how one app can cause the entire system to freeze. When I called Apple, they said it was a connectivity issue. 10. When you insert a DVD into the MAC it takes 21 seconds for anything to happen (system to recognize there is something in the DVD drive). It takes 9 seconds using my Windows XP and Pioneer DVD recorder (this recorder is maybe 1 year old) Overall I find myself doing more on my Windows XP machine. I go to the Mac to manage my pictures and music on Itunes, however, daily operations, like newsgroups reading, writing up papers, browsing, I go back to the PC.
Anyone notice they have MAC screen shots on this IBM web site? What is this world coming to?
The blackberry, or crackberry as my co-workers call it, is not just a scroll bar and nice keyboard. It's speed, efficiency, and ease of use. You can take the most high end treo with Microsoft OS and put it against a 2 year old blackberry, and I can write and receive emails much easier and faster. Things like scrolling through text and clicking on a phone number than you can call, search functionality that rivals MAC OSX, and over all form factor is just great. On top of that, throw GSM/GPRS service where this works around the world and executives are hooked. Another thing people forget is the ability to synch with contacts, calendar and to do lists wirelessly. So your secretary can enter an appointment for you and it shows up. Blackberry is so much more than email.
axis.com I have been dealing with them for a long time. I also have security systems that my company installed in many downtown offices. One installation has 500+ cameras. Some IP, some Analog with the axis video servers. We have Buffalo 1 terrabyte NAS units where the video is uploaded to via FTP.
I think they pushed him out and used education as an excuse to void his contract. I mean the quarter was bad, and Radio Shack has a tendancy of knee jerk reaction to almost anything. There are many CEOs who barely finished high school, and are performing very well.
I don't understand your comment. 50,000 rednecks? So what does it make the millions watching the superbowl on TV? Also rednecks?
I am a CTO of a Chicago based VC firm. I hire contractors and full time employees. I don't even look at the color of their skin. Rather, I ask potential candidates specific questions, and it becomes apparent within minutes if the person is BSing or if this person is serious. The second step is attitude. Most of the issues I have stem from people not really caring. Folks leaving at 5PM. Some schedule 'cowboy' upgrades at 3PM hoping systems come up and no one notices. There are also those that want to prove themselves and screw things up. Most of these issues come from younger crowd, or the self taught hackers - come to think of it, I hired a top notch Linux guy that was so confident in himself, he would just do the craziest stuff. He figured out how to make all clients think they are still connected to a Windows Exchange server by spoofing and looping some code (on a linux box) - then he would reboot the exchange server and no one would even know it was down. He is a black kid from South Africa (20 ish) and probably the best contractor I have right now. Race never plays a part in my hiring practices.
Yes - but market cap can actually have a lot to do with extensive media coverage. Is Apple stock over valued? And Dell stock priced right? Market cap is really no gauge. You need to look at P/E - for example Apple stock is 84 a share. Dell is 30. Yet their Earnings per share is very close to each other. That right there tells you that Apple could be overvalued.
Once I installed my barracuda networks spam appliance, I don't get any spam.
When I talk to my boss about moving over to Linux for some of the servers, this is the type of article that he will throw in my face. As a matter of fact, before I saw this on slashdot, this article was already printed and sitting on my chair - with a smiley face drawn by my boss. It's hard to argue the obvious when crap like this circulates in the media. There is a reason open source is called open. When 10,000+ coders look at open source code, you find many more security holes that you plug up than if 1000 Microsoft programmers look at their own code. Microsoft programmers also face political issues. Imagine my friend, who works for MS. His partner wrote and released a piece of code. 2 days after it went into production, he discovered a bug. This was right before bonuses were handed out. Of course he held back on the info until after the bonus, and then he submitted the fix.
Who needs CES when AVN is just a few minutes away? And I will be there!!