I believe it's not uncommon for children to be named "child 1". In addition to the Japanese name "Ichiro", a lot of boys are named "Primo" in Spain, Portugal, Italy.
NASA retained the right to name the module whatever the hell they wanted. This was made clear before the voting. Hence the rule is not arbitrary and all NASA did was exercise its right.
Also on a Mac you use the Command-Up/Dn keys to adjust volume. If you have a Mini with an IR remote you'll find that the remote works seamlessly. VLC really is pretty damn good.
I have several pictures of "the couch where my daughter was a second ago" because my Nikon Coolpix inserts a huge delay between the time I push the button and the time the picture is actually recorded.
What you want is a cheap DSLR. Even the lower end ones (D-40 / D-90, heck even the ancient D-70) have much more responsive shutters. Digicams are for still lifes.
The better DLSR's (like the Nikon D-300) have really stunning low light capability. Of course, it could get better, but compared to film and the older digitals it's truly amazing.
I'm sure the manufacturers will try to stuff all of these things into the digicams, but if you can spend the money and deal with a slightly larger camera, the future is here.
Not necessarily. There's a few different issues causing the gp to miss the photo ops. Assuming the camera is on: one of the worst is "shutter lag". Another is the delay in the time it takes the camera to autofocus. Another is the shutter speed.
Last year I bought a point and shoot digital camera (Canon SD800) specifically because:
1. there was no "splash screen" on startup
2. shutter lag was short
3. autofocus was fast and accurate.
It performed well when a photo op suddenly presented itself (until fine sand got into the camera and destroyed it).
I'm really unhappy with the replacement - Canon SD990.
Maybe they drive down one side on the way out; and on the other on the way back. Maybe it's quicker than idling their truck while people try to run across the street dragging cans with them.
It's possible that the operators have already arrived at the most efficient method to service their route. Why don't you ask them one morning?
If the company is underpaying the unqualified H1B workers then they are either flouting or gaming the law. The H1B workers are supposed to earn salaries that are similar to those earned by Americans ("prevailing wage") in the same job. The problem with IT jobs (and some engineering jobs) is that job titles vary greatly from employer to employer and thus it's hard for the govt agencies to do a direct comparison. Furthermore the company *could* use a generic job title eg "Systems Analyst" to describe a highly-specialized job eg SAP programmer. Thus the appropriate prevailing wage would be lower.
As for hiring unqualified/inept people: that's just stupid (regardless of whether they're Americans or not). The managers who made those decisions should be fired.
Q : What is an H-1B?
The H-1B is a nonimmigrant classification used by an alien who will be employed temporarily in a specialty occupation or as a fashion model of distinguished merit and ability.
Q : What is a specialty occupation?
A specialty occupation requires theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge along with at least a bachelorâ(TM)s degree or its equivalent. For example, architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, business specialties, accounting, law, theology, and the arts are specialty occupations.
So - it's most likely that the visa holders, such as I used to be, were educated elsewhere. The USA would not bear the cost of their education.
Of course it is possible that the H1B holders are all models "of distinguished merit and ability" but having seen many Microsoft employees I doubt it.
We must have the same group of friends. But seriously - this is your opportunity to educate them a little. You can explain a little about DRM, vendor lock-in, proprietary/closed vs standards-based/open etc. Their eyes might roll up and they might possibly collapse and die from boredom, but these people certainly have the intellectual capacity to understand the larger points and if they're your friends it's nice to help them. At least encourage them to talk to all their other tech friends *before* they invest heavily in a specific technology.
* Some human ships are filled with normal humans, others (same training and organization) are filled with bloodthirsty sadists with no regard for the lives of others (Pegasus). I hope U.S. aircraft carriers aren't like this:)
Read about the famous Milgram experiment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
Humans can override their reluctance to perform unpleasant acts. All it takes is "authority". In the example you give the authority is an unremitting martinet. She summarily executes one of her most senior officers because he balks at following an order he knows to be wrong. Unsurprisingly the other officers do not question further orders... US aircraft carriers *can* be like this - that's one of the lessons of the Milgram experiment, and one of the BSG's parallels.
I know this is/. but did you even read the summary? In both cases, researchers say that MODERATION is the key.
And what "stuff" are you talking about? Sugar? Water? Vitamins? How about giving us some information to back up your claims?
IIRC the alcohol consumption advice was something like "one 5 fluid ounce (150 ml) glass of red wine per day". If you're getting drunk on that then stop drinking.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alcoholconsumption.html
On the surface it seems like a good idea. The problem is that modern cruise ships have insufficient storage and buffering for the number of avian carriers. If all 600 students (plus the crew plus the staff) are sending and receiving email, images, YouTube etc they're going to need a lot of pigeons, lofts, birdseed etc. Never mind all the paper to write the packets.
vPro is mostly about AMT OOB management which is secure and is in it's 5th generation. TXT is relatively new component which is implemented virtually nowhere yet and has virtually nothing to do with the AMT functionality that has been and is being implemented hundreds of sites. AMT management is 97% of what vPro really is and is what the industry system OEMs generally mean when they say vPro. TXT is a future technology waiting for ISV enablement whereas core AMT/vPro is real and here now. Saying that because TXT may be compromised AND suggesting that the primary, working part of vPro is insecure is outrageously misleading.
Thanks for the post. This is just what I wanted to say. My team has specified vPro PCs to replace the current PCs specifically for the management features. If you manage a large PC environment it's worth taking a look at.
This will inevitably be modded troll, but it is all too often that people forget that video games, like movies and books, are essentially toys/time wasters.
Not "time wasting" but instead "entertaining". Different things.
If one wants to "waste time" there are plenty of ways of doing it which are not entertaining (for example: count to 1 million in your head)
The difference between entertainment and pure time wasting is that the first is supposed to be enjoyable.
Which brings us around to the point that games (and videos and books) should be enjoyable (fun). Clearly people are using some kind of criteria to choose the games, movies and books they spend time with (otherwise why would some be great successes and others flops) and it seems logical that the main criteria would be enjoyment.
The objective of the game is to drive a bus from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada in real time at a maximum speed of 45mph, a feat that would take the player 8 hours of continuous play to complete, as the game cannot be paused.
Agreed. OOB Windows is not ideal for the poster's requirements. In addition to the stuff you mention he/she could consider spending some money on a product like "DeepFreeze" or "CleanSlate" or "RollbackRX". These tools can "freeze" a Windows configuration in a known good state. With a tool like this you might even be able to avoid performing Windows updates.
Furthermore, the poster could use something like Ghost or Acronis TrueImage to rapidly restore the machine to the pristine state.
I'm not recommending any particular product - just pointing out that it's possible to make the PC into a locked-down "kiosk". This would be an expensive solution - I'd probably go with a Ubuntu on older hardware!
Second that. I've also thrown out a "My consulting rates are normally $200 an hour, but I can give you a friends and family discount."
People conveniently forget that you get paid to do this stuff. No-one would consider asking a mechanic to fix their car for free, or a Doctor to perform surgery for free.
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I believe it's not uncommon for children to be named "child 1". In addition to the Japanese name "Ichiro", a lot of boys are named "Primo" in Spain, Portugal, Italy.
NASA retained the right to name the module whatever the hell they wanted. This was made clear before the voting. Hence the rule is not arbitrary and all NASA did was exercise its right.
Who the hell would want to graduate from FU?
this is the story Slashdot is attempting to post.
For some reason, thinking about that sentence was deeply disturbing.
Slashdot is attemting to post a story. It has reached self awareness.
What's the story about? I can only think of two options:
"Hello World! I am Slashdot."
"Kiiiiil meee..."
"Shall we play a game?"
Ctrl-Up/Dn works fine for me.
Also on a Mac you use the Command-Up/Dn keys to adjust volume. If you have a Mini with an IR remote you'll find that the remote works seamlessly. VLC really is pretty damn good.
So basically your kid is like a programming language with poor looping support
But it does have inheritance; and overloading is possible.
How is your gross generalization of atheists different from the behaviour you claim to abhor? I do not personally attack people for their beliefs.
What you want is a cheap DSLR. Even the lower end ones (D-40 / D-90, heck even the ancient D-70) have much more responsive shutters. Digicams are for still lifes. The better DLSR's (like the Nikon D-300) have really stunning low light capability. Of course, it could get better, but compared to film and the older digitals it's truly amazing. I'm sure the manufacturers will try to stuff all of these things into the digicams, but if you can spend the money and deal with a slightly larger camera, the future is here.
Not necessarily. There's a few different issues causing the gp to miss the photo ops. Assuming the camera is on: one of the worst is "shutter lag". Another is the delay in the time it takes the camera to autofocus. Another is the shutter speed.
Last year I bought a point and shoot digital camera (Canon SD800) specifically because:
1. there was no "splash screen" on startup
2. shutter lag was short
3. autofocus was fast and accurate.
It performed well when a photo op suddenly presented itself (until fine sand got into the camera and destroyed it). I'm really unhappy with the replacement - Canon SD990.
It's possible that the operators have already arrived at the most efficient method to service their route. Why don't you ask them one morning?
Could someone please convert "250 DVDs" into a useful unit - such as Libraries of Congress? How big would this thing have to be to hold a LoC?
Who googled google..
I think you know the answer to that.
He's playing this game (by Penn & Teller) called "Desert Bus": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Bus#Desert_Bus
No, its got a cooler acronym, RAVEN: Redundant Array of Very Expensive Not-disks-but-some-silly-stack-of-flash-memory-chips.
This is /.:
RAMEN - Redundant Array of More Expensive Not-disks-but-some-silly-stack-of-flash-memory-chips.
If the company is underpaying the unqualified H1B workers then they are either flouting or gaming the law. The H1B workers are supposed to earn salaries that are similar to those earned by Americans ("prevailing wage") in the same job. The problem with IT jobs (and some engineering jobs) is that job titles vary greatly from employer to employer and thus it's hard for the govt agencies to do a direct comparison. Furthermore the company *could* use a generic job title eg "Systems Analyst" to describe a highly-specialized job eg SAP programmer. Thus the appropriate prevailing wage would be lower.
As for hiring unqualified/inept people: that's just stupid (regardless of whether they're Americans or not). The managers who made those decisions should be fired.
after probably having spent lots of money in educating them.
Wrong. Take a look at these US govt links.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=bac7d92e8003f010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=1847c9ee2f82b010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Q : What is an H-1B? The H-1B is a nonimmigrant classification used by an alien who will be employed temporarily in a specialty occupation or as a fashion model of distinguished merit and ability.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=6408ec897643f010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=4b18dc4d88889010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Q : What is a specialty occupation? A specialty occupation requires theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge along with at least a bachelorâ(TM)s degree or its equivalent. For example, architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, business specialties, accounting, law, theology, and the arts are specialty occupations.
So - it's most likely that the visa holders, such as I used to be, were educated elsewhere. The USA would not bear the cost of their education.
Of course it is possible that the H1B holders are all models "of distinguished merit and ability" but having seen many Microsoft employees I doubt it.
We must have the same group of friends. But seriously - this is your opportunity to educate them a little. You can explain a little about DRM, vendor lock-in, proprietary/closed vs standards-based/open etc. Their eyes might roll up and they might possibly collapse and die from boredom, but these people certainly have the intellectual capacity to understand the larger points and if they're your friends it's nice to help them. At least encourage them to talk to all their other tech friends *before* they invest heavily in a specific technology.
* Some human ships are filled with normal humans, others (same training and organization) are filled with bloodthirsty sadists with no regard for the lives of others (Pegasus). I hope U.S. aircraft carriers aren't like this :)
Read about the famous Milgram experiment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
Humans can override their reluctance to perform unpleasant acts. All it takes is "authority". In the example you give the authority is an unremitting martinet. She summarily executes one of her most senior officers because he balks at following an order he knows to be wrong. Unsurprisingly the other officers do not question further orders... US aircraft carriers *can* be like this - that's one of the lessons of the Milgram experiment, and one of the BSG's parallels.
I know this is /. but did you even read the summary? In both cases, researchers say that MODERATION is the key.
And what "stuff" are you talking about? Sugar? Water? Vitamins? How about giving us some information to back up your claims?
IIRC the alcohol consumption advice was something like "one 5 fluid ounce (150 ml) glass of red wine per day". If you're getting drunk on that then stop drinking.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alcoholconsumption.html
On the surface it seems like a good idea. The problem is that modern cruise ships have insufficient storage and buffering for the number of avian carriers. If all 600 students (plus the crew plus the staff) are sending and receiving email, images, YouTube etc they're going to need a lot of pigeons, lofts, birdseed etc. Never mind all the paper to write the packets.
But my SD cards are all black, you insensitive clod!
This reminds me a lot of Hotblack Desiato's ship.
vPro is mostly about AMT OOB management which is secure and is in it's 5th generation. TXT is relatively new component which is implemented virtually nowhere yet and has virtually nothing to do with the AMT functionality that has been and is being implemented hundreds of sites. AMT management is 97% of what vPro really is and is what the industry system OEMs generally mean when they say vPro. TXT is a future technology waiting for ISV enablement whereas core AMT/vPro is real and here now. Saying that because TXT may be compromised AND suggesting that the primary, working part of vPro is insecure is outrageously misleading.
Thanks for the post. This is just what I wanted to say. My team has specified vPro PCs to replace the current PCs specifically for the management features. If you manage a large PC environment it's worth taking a look at.
Maybe it's the leap second; not the leap year. :)
Not "time wasting" but instead "entertaining". Different things.
If one wants to "waste time" there are plenty of ways of doing it which are not entertaining (for example: count to 1 million in your head)
The difference between entertainment and pure time wasting is that the first is supposed to be enjoyable.
Which brings us around to the point that games (and videos and books) should be enjoyable (fun). Clearly people are using some kind of criteria to choose the games, movies and books they spend time with (otherwise why would some be great successes and others flops) and it seems logical that the main criteria would be enjoyment.
So how would you describe this game? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_&_Teller's_Smoke_and_Mirrors#Desert_Bus From the Wikipedia article:
The objective of the game is to drive a bus from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada in real time at a maximum speed of 45mph, a feat that would take the player 8 hours of continuous play to complete, as the game cannot be paused.
Agreed. OOB Windows is not ideal for the poster's requirements. In addition to the stuff you mention he/she could consider spending some money on a product like "DeepFreeze" or "CleanSlate" or "RollbackRX". These tools can "freeze" a Windows configuration in a known good state. With a tool like this you might even be able to avoid performing Windows updates.
Furthermore, the poster could use something like Ghost or Acronis TrueImage to rapidly restore the machine to the pristine state.
I'm not recommending any particular product - just pointing out that it's possible to make the PC into a locked-down "kiosk". This would be an expensive solution - I'd probably go with a Ubuntu on older hardware!
Second that. I've also thrown out a "My consulting rates are normally $200 an hour, but I can give you a friends and family discount."
People conveniently forget that you get paid to do this stuff. No-one would consider asking a mechanic to fix their car for free, or a Doctor to perform surgery for free.