*shrug* I dunno, myself and one of my friends have killed many a hours on multiple outings doing it. We always fall into the "Just X more signals"-trap. I guess its better with a friend, as I can see doing it by myself would be rather boring.
Of course, I'm a 'spark' (one who likes to go to fires) so I'm used to the whole cruising around waiting for a call to come over the fire radio.
At my school we have the School of Engineering Technology which is a more well rounded CS and CE learning experience. There is some coding, but there is also hardware, and theory with a dash of EE and networking. I left CS and went to it (Not because I didn't like coding, Calc kicked my tushie Frosh year), and it was quite an enjoyable experience. Some of my friends were also CS refugees and there were a few in the same boat as you, and they also did quite well in the environment, albeit with a little difficulty in the coding classes.
It probably says "I'm responsible for all traffic that comes out of my connection", and your ISP is usually involved, as they need to clear their hands of wrongdoing. So, the easiest way of doing that is to pin it on you.
You are in charge of your Internet connection, you signed the EULA, you pay the bills, you answer the lawsuit. It doesn't need to be beyond a reasonable doubt, it merely needs to be proved.
Yes and No. Yes, IBM has a very strict culture inside of it, (which may have changed since the early 1990s, when salesment started wearing *gasp* polo shirts to conventions, when previously they/always/ wore suits), but for geeks who are put into management positions, IBM management sk1llz rock and can teach you a lot. Watson was a hard *ss but he actually cared about what happened in his plants and with his salesmen, whatever their position in his company. A lot of their policies and be adapted to team leadership skills. So while a lot of people see IBM as a stuffy suit organization (which I will not disagree with) there are a lot of good things that can be learned from them.
... you might want to read Father Son and Company by Tom Watson Jr., who took over IBM after his father. Great book, managers could learn a thing or fifteen from Father and Son alike.
Indeed. Right now I have a p3-550 running the front and back, works fine for recoding and playback, just not at the same time, and Live TV is out of the question. But if I bought a XBox, the 550 would be doing backend encoding (bigger HDD) and the XBox would be doing the display, it might even handle Live TV.
*wavy dream sequence* Ahhh yes....
But, speaking of encoding video Doesn't the XBox have USB? I think there is support for a USB adapter for video caputre in Linux, no?
$99? For a hackable XBox? Oh my. I'd seriously go against my better judgement and consider getting one if it dropped that low. MythTV would be so nice on one.
I read the write up, saw that there was no actual story submitted, knew that WBZ is not owned by ClearChannel (I live in the Boston area) and said to myself "Self, I think Micheal posed this..." I look to the author and sure enough, it's him. If it wasn't for the fact that he is almost the only one that posts on weekends, he would have never made it off my killfile.
Wow, you're basicly accusing me of being a windows drone. First time for everything I guess...
Wake up buddy, Linux isn't perfect for everything. For a long time, we couldn't consider Linux, and lo, I implemented stuff for days on Windows NT/IIS that could take me a couple of hours to get under Apache. Then, Linux approached a Don't ask/Don't tell type policy, and I quietly implemented some projects on a couple of Linux boxes I installed in the shadows of the server room. Now, Linux is approaching a viable alternative in the eyes of the bigwigs, and life is good.
Don't think people don't think about cost effectiveness and saving money every time we do a project. We ARE moving to open standards for our web projects. We ARE starting to look at implementing certain things on Linux. We ARE doing this stuff, it's just you apparently don't notice (which is how I like it thankyouverymuch)
It's just that you can't say '*poof* we are going to move to Linux NOW' and expect to save money when you already have $BIGNUM dollars invested in lots of projects. There is no magic migration wand, you need to plan plan plan for a migration of this magnitude.
God, can't all operating systems get along?
(Again, I am not speaking for the Commonwealth, I am merely a peon, and also, I have been using Linux since 2.0.23, but yes, I also use Windows [and OpenBSD, and FreeBSD, and MacOS Jaguar, and BeOS])
Why is this a good thing? Because/lots/ of software projects were put on hold since this opensource intitiative started. Everyone had to drop everything and start reviewing whether or not they could reimplement their projects on Linux. EVERYONE. Including projects that were ready to go out the door.
Plus, the 2nd problem is the person who suggested this is the head beancounter, who has no idea how stuff worked in the trenches. He was asking why people could implement a Multi-Terabye Oracle DB (which was already purchased and filled with data) onto MySQL. It just grates me.
Instead, they came to their senses and are now wanting to use the best tool for the job. *phew*
(FYI: I work for Commonwealth. I am not speaking for the Commonwealth, and all the things said above are purely scuttlebutt that I overheard.)
Eh, on the macroeconomic scale, offshoring is a little blip on the radar. If anything it's the 'US economy' starting to shift and integrate into the 'World Economy'.
One could probably think of a couple of agruments for offshoring using macroeconomics. But I'm tired and I want to go to bed.
Oooh! Oooh! I get to use my macroeconomics course! My professor would be so proud.
There is always a finite amount of money in the system, not everyone has it at one time. NASA give out a $1e9 contract. Company A wins it. Company A subcontracts certain aspects of the contract to companies B and C. Now, companies B + C buy frobs and gizmos from company D, E, and F. Now, what happens here? Companies A-F all prosper as they have people needing their goods and services, and the employees of said companies prosper, as they have jobs. Life is good. *waves little flag*
If you ever have a chance, take a course in macroeconomics, take it, really interesting stuff.
Yeah but it will suck when no matter how much ammo you unload into the boss-character and he will never die. Explosions will take place, cars will flip, but he'll keep coming out of them dirtied but relatively OK.
(For those of you who haven't seen the series, I don't think one 'bad guy' died. EVER. Just injured)
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For those of you who, like me, are fascinated by these things, check out The UAV forum lotsa neat discussion, information, and links.
*shrug*
I dunno, myself and one of my friends have killed many a hours on multiple outings doing it. We always fall into the "Just X more signals"-trap. I guess its better with a friend, as I can see doing it by myself would be rather boring.
Of course, I'm a 'spark' (one who likes to go to fires) so I'm used to the whole cruising around waiting for a call to come over the fire radio.
At my school we have the School of Engineering Technology which is a more well rounded CS and CE learning experience. There is some coding, but there is also hardware, and theory with a dash of EE and networking. I left CS and went to it (Not because I didn't like coding, Calc kicked my tushie Frosh year), and it was quite an enjoyable experience. Some of my friends were also CS refugees and there were a few in the same boat as you, and they also did quite well in the environment, albeit with a little difficulty in the coding classes.
... isn't that the web browser I keep hearing about?
Erm, no.
The radio stations get media for free. You have to maintain a list of what you play and submit it to either ASCAP or BMI.
Never worked at a radio station, eh?
But you are right, you can't resell those CDs legally. (Not thats a major deterrent)
...these scientists haven't watched enough horror movies.
It probably says "I'm responsible for all traffic that comes out of my connection", and your ISP is usually involved, as they need to clear their hands of wrongdoing. So, the easiest way of doing that is to pin it on you.
Possibly mgith work, but highly unlikely. Once again, check your EULA/TOS.
no no No No NO!!!
You are in charge of your Internet connection, you signed the EULA, you pay the bills, you answer the lawsuit. It doesn't need to be beyond a reasonable doubt, it merely needs to be proved.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
...until the RIAA somehow finds a way to get access to their user records...
Yes and No. Yes, IBM has a very strict culture inside of it, (which may have changed since the early 1990s, when salesment started wearing *gasp* polo shirts to conventions, when previously they /always/ wore suits), but for geeks who are put into management positions, IBM management sk1llz rock and can teach you a lot. Watson was a hard *ss but he actually cared about what happened in his plants and with his salesmen, whatever their position in his company. A lot of their policies and be adapted to team leadership skills. So while a lot of people see IBM as a stuffy suit organization (which I will not disagree with) there are a lot of good things that can be learned from them.
... you might want to read Father Son and Company by Tom Watson Jr., who took over IBM after his father. Great book, managers could learn a thing or fifteen from Father and Son alike.
Just be thankful it isn't a core dump
Microsoft replied... "Cash or Check?"
and, if you feel like it you can play Xbox games too
Holy #$@#!! It plays games too?! Wow, is there anything that this thing won't do?
Indeed. Right now I have a p3-550 running the front and back, works fine for recoding and playback, just not at the same time, and Live TV is out of the question. But if I bought a XBox, the 550 would be doing backend encoding (bigger HDD) and the XBox would be doing the display, it might even handle Live TV.
*wavy dream sequence* Ahhh yes....
But, speaking of encoding video Doesn't the XBox have USB? I think there is support for a USB adapter for video caputre in Linux, no?
$99? For a hackable XBox? Oh my. I'd seriously go against my better judgement and consider getting one if it dropped that low. MythTV would be so nice on one.
*lights up some Karma*
I read the write up, saw that there was no actual story submitted, knew that WBZ is not owned by ClearChannel (I live in the Boston area) and said to myself "Self, I think Micheal posed this..." I look to the author and sure enough, it's him. If it wasn't for the fact that he is almost the only one that posts on weekends, he would have never made it off my killfile.
Wow, you're basicly accusing me of being a windows drone. First time for everything I guess...
Wake up buddy, Linux isn't perfect for everything. For a long time, we couldn't consider Linux, and lo, I implemented stuff for days on Windows NT/IIS that could take me a couple of hours to get under Apache. Then, Linux approached a Don't ask/Don't tell type policy, and I quietly implemented some projects on a couple of Linux boxes I installed in the shadows of the server room. Now, Linux is approaching a viable alternative in the eyes of the bigwigs, and life is good.
Don't think people don't think about cost effectiveness and saving money every time we do a project. We ARE moving to open standards for our web projects. We ARE starting to look at implementing certain things on Linux. We ARE doing this stuff, it's just you apparently don't notice (which is how I like it thankyouverymuch)
It's just that you can't say '*poof* we are going to move to Linux NOW' and expect to save money when you already have $BIGNUM dollars invested in lots of projects. There is no magic migration wand, you need to plan plan plan for a migration of this magnitude.
God, can't all operating systems get along?
(Again, I am not speaking for the Commonwealth, I am merely a peon, and also, I have been using Linux since 2.0.23, but yes, I also use Windows [and OpenBSD, and FreeBSD, and MacOS Jaguar, and BeOS])
This is a good thing. Yes. I said /GOOD/ thing
/lots/ of software projects were put on hold since this opensource intitiative started. Everyone had to drop everything and start reviewing whether or not they could reimplement their projects on Linux. EVERYONE. Including projects that were ready to go out the door.
Why is this a good thing? Because
Plus, the 2nd problem is the person who suggested this is the head beancounter, who has no idea how stuff worked in the trenches. He was asking why people could implement a Multi-Terabye Oracle DB (which was already purchased and filled with data) onto MySQL. It just grates me.
Instead, they came to their senses and are now wanting to use the best tool for the job. *phew*
(FYI: I work for Commonwealth. I am not speaking for the Commonwealth, and all the things said above are purely scuttlebutt that I overheard.)
But the economy prospers as the employees of companies A-F buy plasma TVs, vibrating sheep, and various other gizmos from companies G-L. Right?
Of course, the real-life situation is enormously more complex than what we're discussing here.
Indeed.
Eh, on the macroeconomic scale, offshoring is a little blip on the radar. If anything it's the 'US economy' starting to shift and integrate into the 'World Economy'.
One could probably think of a couple of agruments for offshoring using macroeconomics. But I'm tired and I want to go to bed.
Oooh! Oooh! I get to use my macroeconomics course! My professor would be so proud.
There is always a finite amount of money in the system, not everyone has it at one time. NASA give out a $1e9 contract. Company A wins it. Company A subcontracts certain aspects of the contract to companies B and C. Now, companies B + C buy frobs and gizmos from company D, E, and F. Now, what happens here? Companies A-F all prosper as they have people needing their goods and services, and the employees of said companies prosper, as they have jobs. Life is good. *waves little flag*
If you ever have a chance, take a course in macroeconomics, take it, really interesting stuff.
Yeah but it will suck when no matter how much ammo you unload into the boss-character and he will never die. Explosions will take place, cars will flip, but he'll keep coming out of them dirtied but relatively OK.
(For those of you who haven't seen the series, I don't think one 'bad guy' died. EVER. Just injured)
Thank goodness.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had that first pop to mind when I read this.