Yes Wimpy.....
What sound does an electric drag car make? Screeching tires? BORING!....Most motorheads, (like myself) find the sound of a grumbling V8 exciting....Electric cars are eerie...
PS, notice the drag results were for the 1/8 mile, not 1/4...Simple physics there...Also, that car (with NiMH) batts are more expensive than a 2000 'Vette! - W/ less range!
I had over 700 games for the C-64....I missed it so much, I found an out C-64 executive (heavy portable version w/ a 3" color screen) and still run some of my original 5 1/4"s! (most went bad tho:( But seriously, games today have as much variety, but it only seems like the FPS/Drving/Karate-type games get good press. I love the original Civ, Myst, 7th Guest, and Multiplayer Duke Nukem. But the C-64 had so many other fun things: MULE, Space Taxi, Archon, Seven Cities of Gold, heck, I even had Break Dancing.... Ahh well, nostalgia is good
Being burned out sucks. Makes you loose your self confidence, doubt your abilities. On really bad blocks I take a mental health day or two, sleep in really late, (gotta rest that overworked mind), and do non-computing things as much as possible (bike, see a movie, go to the art musuem). Something to see the world, but yet not have to critically think. Recreational hallucinogenics sometimes help too. Just don't think about the problem. Coming back with a fresh mind works wonders for most people I know...
Just beacuse someone cannot program, does not make him or her unintelligent. I know many doctors, lawyers, and professional musicians, all of who I would call "smart" but none of them can program nor do they care....
I am surprised how so many/.'ers loose sight of the larger picture. I'm not saying I completely agree with Katz, it will take years until the genome is fully mapped (see http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/27/gen e_future/index.html) and the errors fixed. We still have a way to go yet until we as humans fully comprehend our makeup.
Think about the early 1900's when quantum physics was discovered and it's underlying principles understood. It still took us 20+ years to make the atom bomb. And now we live in the shadow of that powerful creation. I believe the HGP is opening a similar door. I don't think we'll see common practical applications for another 10-12 years...Or at least to the point where a routine that can be performed will be affordable by the top 15% of the world....
I don't share Katz's vision, but more of Neil Stephenson's vision a la Snowcrash with some Gattica thrown in for good measure. The rich will be able to afford this technology first, thus ensuring their kids will be "perfect" - stronger, more attractive, etc....But they will lock themselves away in private surburban enclaves....And giving them even more of a leg-up upon the less fortunate. If you don't think is true, you need to study suburbia building and housing trends...The poor will be pushed down into further menial jobs, and the good, well-paying jobs will belong to a bunch of "similar" good looking people that have as much variety as GAP khakis.... Continuing along this trend, I really don't see a "Gattica-like" state of being for the U.S. as being that far off - perhaps 50+ years from now. Unless an interesting chain of events happens (large world-wide depression, the ancesion of China as a world force, collapse of US corpratism), the U.S. on its current path (the rich ARE gettting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and the poor are getting poorer.) Hopefully I will be wrong as I'd hate to these visions become reality. But observing current trends, I don't have much hope....
Please bear in mind that this is a very American-centric view, and is mot likely not applicable outside the U.S. I go with what I know.
Another A1000 easter egg was to hold some keys down while turning it on. There was a lo-res (320x200) B&W image of the original development team burned in the ROMs
Q:What event or events will have to occur and of what magnitude (in your collective opinion), to make people realize that security is not an "afterthought" but also needs time and money to be done correctly? Do you think security will ever get its due by commercial firms doing transactions on the Interent, or will it always be the firefight that it seems today?
I work for consulting company, so I asked my recruiters what the ranges are today. Here's what they gave me:
NT Admin : $55 - 70K
UNIX Admin $65 - 85K
Oracle DBA : $65 - 120K
HTML Developer $40 - 65K
C/C++ Programmer $50 - 110K
Java Programmer $65 - 120K (very much in demand)
Network Admin : $55 - 80K
Network Design : $70 - 100K
VB Programmer $45 - 80K
PERL Programmer $45 - 75K
Project Manager $60 - 120K
Again, the range compensates for experience, and combination of skills (ie, Unix Admin with some Oracle and C knowledge would be at the 80K level) This is for full-time salaried employees. Independents or hourly types can expect anywhere from a 15-35% premium over those. These salaries are fairly valid for the Boston,DC,Phila. NYC command about 15%-30% more due to cost of living for North Jersey and NYC.
I love hearing how OSS and free software is great. I agree a lot of it is. But one thing I have not seen is ANYONE from the OSS/free software camp inform a corporation that is trying (with whatever grain of salt you want ot take it) to move in that area while still making money on the product.
Sun is a public coporation. Therefore Scott & co have a fiscal and legal responsibility to shareholders. Solaris and Java licensing contribute to Sun's profit margin. I have yet to see anyone propose how to minimalize the impact to Sun's bottom line. If RMS or ESR can I'm sure Sun would love to listen, because they win a lot of fans. However, until that is done, the board at Sun's hands are tied, because if they decrease their bottom line without justification (ie loss now for future revenues) then the board can be sued by the shareholders for fiscal damage. Not a position I'd want to be in.
Every time the radicals (I'm not saying all OSS/Free software advocates) yell at public companies that normally make money on a product to replace it, consider what I've mentioned above.
Where the hell did you learn to do uptime calcs? NO system has 99.9999% uptime other than embedded microcontrollers, surely not any box that runs an OS!
Uptime (including the fabled 5 nines) is measured over the course of a year 24*365 = 8,760 hrs/year * 60 mins/hr = 525,600 mins/yr 1 reboot a month @ 10 mins per = 120 mins dowtime/year = 525,480/525600 -.99977 or 99.977% uptime.
99.9999% = less than 6 minutes of downtime a year, an impressive feat for ANY box and OS.
This assumes your box reboots in ten minutes (including all services) I have a few large AIX boxes (8 way, 4 GB ram, SSA) that run multiple instances of Oracle that can take up to 15-17 minutes to boot. Fortunately they only need rebooted but once or twice a year for maintenance issues mostly.
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PS, notice the drag results were for the 1/8 mile, not 1/4...Simple physics there...Also, that car (with NiMH) batts are more expensive than a 2000 'Vette! - W/ less range!
I had over 700 games for the C-64....I missed it so much, I found an out C-64 executive (heavy portable version w/ a 3" color screen) and still run some of my original 5 1/4"s! (most went bad tho :( But seriously, games today have as much variety, but it only seems like the FPS/Drving/Karate-type games get good press. I love the original Civ, Myst, 7th Guest, and Multiplayer Duke Nukem.
But the C-64 had so many other fun things: MULE, Space Taxi, Archon, Seven Cities of Gold, heck, I even had Break Dancing....
Ahh well, nostalgia is good
Being burned out sucks. Makes you loose your self confidence, doubt your abilities. On really bad blocks I take a mental health day or two, sleep in really late, (gotta rest that overworked mind), and do non-computing things as much as possible (bike, see a movie, go to the art musuem). Something to see the world, but yet not have to critically think. Recreational hallucinogenics sometimes help too. Just don't think about the problem. Coming back with a fresh mind works wonders for most people I know...
Just beacuse someone cannot program, does not make him or her unintelligent. I know many doctors, lawyers, and professional musicians, all of who I would call "smart" but none of them can program nor do they care....
Think about the early 1900's when quantum physics was discovered and it's underlying principles understood. It still took us 20+ years to make the atom bomb. And now we live in the shadow of that powerful creation. I believe the HGP is opening a similar door. I don't think we'll see common practical applications for another 10-12 years...Or at least to the point where a routine that can be performed will be affordable by the top 15% of the world....
I don't share Katz's vision, but more of Neil Stephenson's vision a la Snowcrash with some Gattica thrown in for good measure. The rich will be able to afford this technology first, thus ensuring their kids will be "perfect" - stronger, more attractive, etc....But they will lock themselves away in private surburban enclaves....And giving them even more of a leg-up upon the less fortunate. If you don't think is true, you need to study suburbia building and housing trends...The poor will be pushed down into further menial jobs, and the good, well-paying jobs will belong to a bunch of "similar" good looking people that have as much variety as GAP khakis.... Continuing along this trend, I really don't see a "Gattica-like" state of being for the U.S. as being that far off - perhaps 50+ years from now. Unless an interesting chain of events happens (large world-wide depression, the ancesion of China as a world force, collapse of US corpratism), the U.S. on its current path (the rich ARE gettting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and the poor are getting poorer.) Hopefully I will be wrong as I'd hate to these visions become reality. But observing current trends, I don't have much hope....
Please bear in mind that this is a very American-centric view, and is mot likely not applicable outside the U.S. I go with what I know.
-lostproc
Another A1000 easter egg was to hold some keys down while turning it on. There was a lo-res (320x200) B&W image of the original development team burned in the ROMs
Okay, well two Q's.
NT Admin : $55 - 70K
UNIX Admin $65 - 85K
Oracle DBA : $65 - 120K
HTML Developer $40 - 65K
C/C++ Programmer $50 - 110K
Java Programmer $65 - 120K (very much in demand)
Network Admin : $55 - 80K
Network Design : $70 - 100K
VB Programmer $45 - 80K
PERL Programmer $45 - 75K
Project Manager $60 - 120K
Again, the range compensates for experience, and combination of skills (ie, Unix Admin with some Oracle and C knowledge would be at the 80K level) This is for full-time salaried employees. Independents or hourly types can expect anywhere from a 15-35% premium over those. These salaries are fairly valid for the Boston,DC,Phila. NYC command about 15%-30% more due to cost of living for North Jersey and NYC.
Hope this helps...
Capone (DNS)
Gotti (intranet server)
Luciano
Siegel
Soprano (love the tv show)
Gambino
Corleone
and postions: godfather (datawarehouse server - sounds great when we have problems with it, - "the godfather isn't happy today"
lieutenant (PDC server)
capo (BDC server)
solider
Sun is a public coporation. Therefore Scott & co have a fiscal and legal responsibility to shareholders. Solaris and Java licensing contribute to Sun's profit margin. I have yet to see anyone propose how to minimalize the impact to Sun's bottom line. If RMS or ESR can I'm sure Sun would love to listen, because they win a lot of fans. However, until that is done, the board at Sun's hands are tied, because if they decrease their bottom line without justification (ie loss now for future revenues) then the board can be sued by the shareholders for fiscal damage. Not a position I'd want to be in.
Every time the radicals (I'm not saying all OSS/Free software advocates) yell at public companies that normally make money on a product to replace it, consider what I've mentioned above.
Uptime (including the fabled 5 nines) is measured over the course of a year 24*365 = 8,760 hrs/year * 60 mins/hr = 525,600 mins/yr 1 reboot a month @ 10 mins per = 120 mins dowtime/year = 525,480/525600 - .99977 or 99.977% uptime.
99.9999% = less than 6 minutes of downtime a year, an impressive feat for ANY box and OS.
This assumes your box reboots in ten minutes (including all services) I have a few large AIX boxes (8 way, 4 GB ram, SSA) that run multiple instances of Oracle that can take up to 15-17 minutes to boot. Fortunately they only need rebooted but once or twice a year for maintenance issues mostly.