Nowadays most people know how to download Chrome to their fresh copy of Windows. For those who don't, the YouTube video "How to download Chrome to your new Windows installation" is actually expected to work properly without a bug.
At the current rate that prices of solar power and other renewables are going down, I don't see anyone wanting to burn anything to produce electricity by the end of the next decade. Couple that with self driving electric taxis, trucks and other vehicles and you will see a much smaller carbon footprint per capita. It will not be international agreements but simple economics that will put an end to greenhouse gas emissions much faster than Trump and his Oil/Coal extracting buddies are prepared to deal with.
When you can't explain unusual gravitational attraction you write it off as DM (doesn't matter). When you can't explain unusual gravitational repulsion you conclude it's DE (downright evil).
Those are great examples. They don't really need a computer for their work, maybe except for accounting. For taking orders or placing orders with suppliers fax makes more sense, provided the supplier is small enough. Heck, snail-mail is still around, ain't it?
Why stop at 2 or 3 months? Kids should be allowed to BE KIDS all year round. It's the education system (mistakenly known as 'school') that should use 'being a child' as a major guideline rather than some idiotic grown-up ideal. Kids' natural curiosity, creativity and playfulness should lead them in exploring the subjects they are interested in. Teachers should facilitate access to resources and encourage them to overcome difficulties. In such a school, attendance should be year-round. Family vacations should be allowed at any time up to N days per year.
sooo, let's see if I got this right: - you "spent millions of dollars investing in an ERP system"*, - then you "discovered" that the system only does input/output - so for managing the data you use "systems of spreadsheets and access databases wrought with macros to turn them into functional applications"*** - on top of that you have empty data centers you can't really find any good use for**** - and you just learned some new buzz words related to cloud technologies but heard someone say cloud is counter productive+ - now your "CIO wants to dump everything" (as in throw the garbage) into the ERP but the accountants don't want to pay up - so you're asking for our advice +++
If I were you I'd tell the CIO I'm "on it" then go play golf or make myself seem busy. From time to time report that there was progress but you need more time and maybe an assistant. Prepare a nice looking excel for days when he actually wants to see what you've been up to. If he wants you to explain this to management, prepare a nice PowerPoint with colorful graphs and a few acronyms and buzzwords (use the cloud words you learned). Since I'm not you, I offer you my services as a contractor for a modest fee. I'm sure I can come up with a figure that your accountants will be willing to cough up and will enable me to retire comfortably. I have enough experience to make your boss believe he's getting his money's worth and can make nice presentations to upper management.
* you mean wasted millions, not spent or invested** ** "spent" or "invested" would be words used by Larry Ellison or your incompetent third-party implementer *** gasp. someone please help! This is like taping a cardboard on your overpriced Bentley to block out the sun and then using a piece of string to tie a shopping cart to it when you go to Walmart's. **** how about selling them or putting the place up for rent... + what (wtf) does cloud have to do with your ERP woes? Besides, why talk about cloud if your DC is idle? The whole irony here is that ERP is counter productive. ++ ++ I had too many stars to signify footnotes so I decided on using pluses instead. +++ I know you asked for our experience, but you're really looking for a way of making everyone happy.
"Suits"/PHBs (see one of the comments above) have a often-quoted phrase for these situations: "No one ever got fired for choosing Oracle (or IBM, etc.)"
While I agree with all 3 of you, THEY would truly believe they made the right choice.
Will they go back to sleep volenterily? It might be so boring to stay awake that they will. OTOH some might abuse their awakened advantage over the others. Hey, we're only human...
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"Now, this cow drawing here is not really a cow. It's a pictogram symbolizing an offering to appease the gods."
Ha! Poke-and-drool. Command lines rule!
... medicating the US population to calm their "commies are coming" anxiety.
Nowadays most people know how to download Chrome to their fresh copy of Windows. For those who don't, the YouTube video "How to download Chrome to your new Windows installation" is actually expected to work properly without a bug.
Two dirty words ('fuck', and 'nazis') are 2 negatives that make a positive. Seems legit to me.
Nobody cares if emails take another couple of milliseconds.
Reducing latency for transactions on financial markets is another story.
Ha, Tardigrades eat 6 of those before breakfast.
The post Xmas sales are actually tourists who come over specifically for these sale events.
LMAO.
The Jewish Hannukah craze is slightly different than "a big ball of matzo cruising around in a Mercedes", but your response is still funny.
... as self driving trucks, cargo ships, taxis, etc. will be introduced to the market in the coming years. Use other examples.
At the current rate that prices of solar power and other renewables are going down, I don't see anyone wanting to burn anything to produce electricity by the end of the next decade. Couple that with self driving electric taxis, trucks and other vehicles and you will see a much smaller carbon footprint per capita. It will not be international agreements but simple economics that will put an end to greenhouse gas emissions much faster than Trump and his Oil/Coal extracting buddies are prepared to deal with.
Yup. And 640K ought to be enough for anybody.
Overconfidence in unsubstantiated knowledge.
Hmmm, make me wonder: could the Dunning-Kruger effect explain this whole religion thing?
When you can't explain unusual gravitational attraction you write it off as DM (doesn't matter).
When you can't explain unusual gravitational repulsion you conclude it's DE (downright evil).
Those are great examples. They don't really need a computer for their work, maybe except for accounting.
For taking orders or placing orders with suppliers fax makes more sense, provided the supplier is small enough.
Heck, snail-mail is still around, ain't it?
... when email arrived on the scene.
Why stop at 2 or 3 months? Kids should be allowed to BE KIDS all year round. It's the education system (mistakenly known as 'school') that should use 'being a child' as a major guideline rather than some idiotic grown-up ideal.
Kids' natural curiosity, creativity and playfulness should lead them in exploring the subjects they are interested in. Teachers should facilitate access to resources and encourage them to overcome difficulties.
In such a school, attendance should be year-round. Family vacations should be allowed at any time up to N days per year.
sooo, let's see if I got this right:
- you "spent millions of dollars investing in an ERP system"*,
- then you "discovered" that the system only does input/output
- so for managing the data you use "systems of spreadsheets and access databases wrought with macros to turn them into functional applications"***
- on top of that you have empty data centers you can't really find any good use for****
- and you just learned some new buzz words related to cloud technologies but heard someone say cloud is counter productive+
- now your "CIO wants to dump everything" (as in throw the garbage) into the ERP but the accountants don't want to pay up
- so you're asking for our advice +++
If I were you I'd tell the CIO I'm "on it" then go play golf or make myself seem busy. From time to time report that there was progress but you need more time and maybe an assistant. Prepare a nice looking excel for days when he actually wants to see what you've been up to. If he wants you to explain this to management, prepare a nice PowerPoint with colorful graphs and a few acronyms and buzzwords (use the cloud words you learned).
Since I'm not you, I offer you my services as a contractor for a modest fee. I'm sure I can come up with a figure that your accountants will be willing to cough up and will enable me to retire comfortably. I have enough experience to make your boss believe he's getting his money's worth and can make nice presentations to upper management.
* you mean wasted millions, not spent or invested**
** "spent" or "invested" would be words used by Larry Ellison or your incompetent third-party implementer
*** gasp. someone please help! This is like taping a cardboard on your overpriced Bentley to block out the sun and then using a piece of string to tie a shopping cart to it when you go to Walmart's.
**** how about selling them or putting the place up for rent...
+ what (wtf) does cloud have to do with your ERP woes? Besides, why talk about cloud if your DC is idle? The whole irony here is that ERP is counter productive. ++
++ I had too many stars to signify footnotes so I decided on using pluses instead.
+++ I know you asked for our experience, but you're really looking for a way of making everyone happy.
"Suits"/PHBs (see one of the comments above) have a often-quoted phrase for these situations: "No one ever got fired for choosing Oracle (or IBM, etc.)"
While I agree with all 3 of you, THEY would truly believe they made the right choice.
It's based on scientific method - graphs of climate change vs. number of pirates. (See FSM for more info).
Remarkable language C#. Beautiful plumage, ain't it?
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Will they go back to sleep volenterily? It might be so boring to stay awake that they will. OTOH some might abuse their awakened advantage over the others. Hey, we're only human...
Who is this 'We' you speak of? Lets see... The Ukraine needs a US base in the Ukraine... no... /.ers need a US base in the Ukraine... help me out here.
'OR' would suffice.
Well, it certainly aint stuff that matters.