yeah -the soldier of Arete, Llatro in the Mist series made my head hurt because the guy literally knew nothing of his world each time he awoke, and I couldn't be bothered to remember which people were supposed to be the athenians, spartans, etc
However, uncertainty of identity, unreliable narrators and transformation really helped make the story in 'the third head of cerebus' and was also central to the book of the Short Sun.
Over the past 20 years I have read the Book of the New Sun complete 3 times -I can't say that for ANY other non-technical book. It moves me every time with the grand scope and the universal humanity.
there are gut strings still being made for those who prefer that tone -however, they do not last as long, or hold tune as well as the various synthetic-core and metal strings now available:
Actually, the bigger problem is with disenfranchising voters, and is (mostly) done by the Rethuglicans
From actively discouraging registered voters by only allowing college students to vote in their home town, threatening to check voters for anything from immigration status (how could they vote w/o being citizens?) to outstanding warrants
to invalidating registrations or votes for various reasons:
btw it's light under a bushel -not life (I didn't read the article, but I am assuming that the mistake is by the/. editor and not the doc)
it's from the Bible and it is a metaphor for letting one's talents shine rather than covering them up
and yes -IT managers should be evangelizing the work their department does and explaining what the real benefits of their various initiatives will be for their users OR the organization.
yeah -but they will have paid for themselves when they become armed and are used to put down pro-democracy, erm terrorist protests that rent-a-cops are too squeamish or outnumbered to do in order to save the corporate republic...with liberty and justice for some...corporations
if one reads further through Leviticus one finds that eating shellfish and failing to obey your parents are also abominable acts along with many, many other things -including allowing pagans to live I believe...
clearly abominable meant something a little less serious than it means in our day if failing to obey dietary strictures results in mortal sin?
I think this dates back to the time when the Hebrews were just one of many small tribes fighting for supremacy and trying to hold on to their group identity with rules like this.
so, when it comes time to take out escalating OWS protesters -will it be done via security contractors in India or Pakistan? that would be too ironic...
only problem is -they might decide to take out the police -as the members of the Afghan military have done so often against the Alliance
In ancient Rome towards the end they would only allow foreign troops inside Rome to prevent coups and popular uprisings from having a sympathetic or communicative military...
What if there are security or protocol requirements for accessing my network or my apps that your phone does not support or are easily bypassed on it? How can I support that?
What if your phone requires some hotspot technology that I do not have?
Blackberry was able to get away with this by having enterprise level security and good outlook integration -Android and iPhone -probably not.
IT depts sign off on things that they know will work with existing infrastructure or with the expectation that there will be budget to add the necessary pieces -this bypasses that process and puts IT in a difficult position -esp when some exec decides they want to use their latest toy....
Supporting iPhone (or iPad for that matter) for corporate email might be difficult -I do not believe that there are Notes or Outlook mail apps for these devices (although the new outlook webmail is pretty decent)
The other problem I have heard in the past is the lack of ability to provision the phones and apps in bulk instead of having to setup 100 different iTunes account for 100 devices -this is one of the things that probably gives IT departments (and procurement) nightmares.
Due to the locked down nature of the devices, customization such as a corporate device image with custom apps such as proprietary reporting tools is also probably not easy in this scenario. Security on consumer devices may also often be suspect. My company requires that laptops that travel have encrypted HDDs.
all you can do in this life is to try to set a good example
we would not set a good example by deciding to let our workers and citizens die due by ignoring safety and health just so we can join the 'race to the bottom'
I'm not saying that US corporations are not complicit in offshoring pollution and slave labor, but the US people have a greater sense of justice and morality than our corporations I think....I hope -and maybe someday that will make a difference
maybe the pirate activity will follow the ships -except they will be Inuit Ice Pirates instead of Somalis.....reminds me of a sci fi book I read once -Icerigger?
Some brave(r) HW manufacturer or service provider needs to act as an indemnifier and take up the fight on behalf of their customers...
Of course this would only fight off the current troll and would then make them a stalking horse for whatever crocodiles hold more potent submarine patents...possibly large competitors of theirs..
We'd rather get back to feeling up 5 year olds and people's Afros rather than address an infrastructure and industries that are highly vulnerable to malicious hacking that could affect the safety and well being of thousands.
They're so paranoid about 3 oz of liquid -what about industrial controls at a petrochemical or other large chemical plants in which thousands of gallons of chemicals could be blown up or caused to release hazardous materials?
see Halting State by Charles Stross and Spook Country by William Gibson for examples of how this overlay technology might work/look/feel like
both books are pretty good reads and the VR overlay is central to the Stross book and a fairly big plot point in the Gibson book. Also recommend Stross's 'The Laundry Files' series -where IT and Necromancy collide....
Uhh -nice try, but these are not equivalent at all:
In the case of the SEC they have destroyed data which probably would have shown that there were a lot more people they should have gone after -much as the Bush White House 'lost' several years of email which would have shown that White House staffers were illegally doing Republican Party business while on the job.
In the case of Mann he was found NOT to have falsified, improperly manipulated or destroyed data -SEVEN TIMES http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/08/22/300821/nsf-inspector-general-investigation-michael-mann/
So you have someone who was found to have done something they should not have (SEC) and someone who was found NOT to have done what he was accused of (Mann) -those are not even close to being the same thing, but why pass on a chance to add to the shrill chorus of the Conservative Climate deniers?
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yeah -the soldier of Arete, Llatro in the Mist series made my head hurt because the guy literally knew nothing of his world each time he awoke, and I couldn't be bothered to remember which people were supposed to be the athenians, spartans, etc
However, uncertainty of identity, unreliable narrators and transformation really helped make the story in 'the third head of cerebus' and was also central to the book of the Short Sun.
Over the past 20 years I have read the Book of the New Sun complete 3 times -I can't say that for ANY other non-technical book. It moves me every time with the grand scope and the universal humanity.
I'm just sayin'
c j cherryh -Downbelow Series, Chanur's Pride, etc
I liked the lensman series back in the day, but in retrospect they seem a little fascist
I'm just sayin'
there are gut strings still being made for those who prefer that tone -however, they do not last as long, or hold tune as well as the various synthetic-core and metal strings now available:
http://www.sharmusic.com/shop.axd/Search?keywords=gut+strings&fq=ATR_CoreMaterial%3aGut&page_no=2
that said, many of the above are for Viola da Gamba, which is not a widely played instrument.
I'm just sayin'
You think that's something?
Wait until they breed them big enough to play the violin!
I'm just sayin'
Actually, the bigger problem is with disenfranchising voters, and is (mostly) done by the Rethuglicans
From actively discouraging registered voters by only allowing college students to vote in their home town, threatening to check voters for anything from immigration status (how could they vote w/o being citizens?) to outstanding warrants
to invalidating registrations or votes for various reasons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drak3NcRpJc
-I'm just sayin'
Oxymoronic -Government AND Agile? pick one
I'm just sayin'
btw it's light under a bushel -not life (I didn't read the article, but I am assuming that the mistake is by the /. editor and not the doc)
it's from the Bible and it is a metaphor for letting one's talents shine rather than covering them up
and yes -IT managers should be evangelizing the work their department does and explaining what the real benefits of their various initiatives will be for their users OR the organization.
-I'm just sayin'
yeah -but they will have paid for themselves when they become armed and are used to put down pro-democracy, erm terrorist protests that rent-a-cops are too squeamish or outnumbered to do in order to save the corporate republic...with liberty and justice for some...corporations
-I'm just sayin'
if one reads further through Leviticus one finds that eating shellfish and failing to obey your parents are also abominable acts along with many, many other things -including allowing pagans to live I believe...
clearly abominable meant something a little less serious than it means in our day if failing to obey dietary strictures results in mortal sin?
I think this dates back to the time when the Hebrews were just one of many small tribes fighting for supremacy and trying to hold on to their group identity with rules like this.
-I'm just sayin'
That's OK -I first read it as NASA's Gypsies. Gypsies on Mars.
-I'm just sayin'
Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow was a decent 50s-ish SCiFi film that was made relatively cheaply BECAUSE of all the CGI
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/
although $40m is not exactly low budget, they were able to afford better stars and didn't have to build any sets
It had a pretty nice sepiatoned Art Deco look to it
-I'm just sayin'
so, when it comes time to take out escalating OWS protesters -will it be done via security contractors in India or Pakistan? that would be too ironic...
only problem is -they might decide to take out the police -as the members of the Afghan military have done so often against the Alliance
In ancient Rome towards the end they would only allow foreign troops inside Rome to prevent coups and popular uprisings from having a sympathetic or communicative military...
-I'm just sayin'
but, but...we own the world...Jesus said so... and we have the debts and the enemies to prove it!
I'm just sayin
now if only they would start giving free degrees... then people couldn't complain when they ended up w/McJobs
-I'm just sayin'
not exactly...
What if there are security or protocol requirements for accessing my network or my apps that your phone does not support or are easily bypassed on it? How can I support that?
What if your phone requires some hotspot technology that I do not have?
Blackberry was able to get away with this by having enterprise level security and good outlook integration -Android and iPhone -probably not.
IT depts sign off on things that they know will work with existing infrastructure or with the expectation that there will be budget to add the necessary pieces -this bypasses that process and puts IT in a difficult position -esp when some exec decides they want to use their latest toy....
I'm just sayin'
Supporting iPhone (or iPad for that matter) for corporate email might be difficult -I do not believe that there are Notes or Outlook mail apps for these devices (although the new outlook webmail is pretty decent)
The other problem I have heard in the past is the lack of ability to provision the phones and apps in bulk instead of having to setup 100 different iTunes account for 100 devices -this is one of the things that probably gives IT departments (and procurement) nightmares.
Due to the locked down nature of the devices, customization such as a corporate device image with custom apps such as proprietary reporting tools is also probably not easy in this scenario. Security on consumer devices may also often be suspect. My company requires that laptops that travel have encrypted HDDs.
-I'm just sayin'
all you can do in this life is to try to set a good example
we would not set a good example by deciding to let our workers and citizens die due by ignoring safety and health just so we can join the 'race to the bottom'
I'm not saying that US corporations are not complicit in offshoring pollution and slave labor, but the US people have a greater sense of justice and morality than our corporations I think....I hope -and maybe someday that will make a difference
-I'm just sayin'
Hopefully they are not being given a pass on any Environmental impact or mitigation in the rush to access this resource.
(see Drill, Baby Drill, ANWAR, XL pipeline, etc)
although, in the long term, Rare Earths may end up being more important and irreplaceable to new tech than oil or natgas.....
-I'm just sayin'
although I dig moorcock -I'm not sure I read that one -it was actually the Icerigger by Alan Dean Foster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icerigger
-I'm just sayin'
maybe the pirate activity will follow the ships -except they will be Inuit Ice Pirates instead of Somalis.....reminds me of a sci fi book I read once -Icerigger?
-I'm just sayin'
at least they were doing God's will and the Enlightenment was such a cool time
-I'm just sayin'
Some brave(r) HW manufacturer or service provider needs to act as an indemnifier and take up the fight on behalf of their customers...
Of course this would only fight off the current troll and would then make them a stalking horse for whatever crocodiles hold more potent submarine patents...possibly large competitors of theirs..
-I'm just sayin'
We'd rather get back to feeling up 5 year olds and people's Afros rather than address an infrastructure and industries that are highly vulnerable to malicious hacking that could affect the safety and well being of thousands.
They're so paranoid about 3 oz of liquid -what about industrial controls at a petrochemical or other large chemical plants in which thousands of gallons of chemicals could be blown up or caused to release hazardous materials?
I'm just sayin'
see Halting State by Charles Stross and Spook Country by William Gibson for examples of how this overlay technology might work/look/feel like
both books are pretty good reads and the VR overlay is central to the Stross book and a fairly big plot point in the Gibson book. Also recommend Stross's 'The Laundry Files' series -where IT and Necromancy collide....
-I'm just sayin
Uhh -nice try, but these are not equivalent at all:
In the case of the SEC they have destroyed data which probably would have shown that there were a lot more people they should have gone after -much as the Bush White House 'lost' several years of email which would have shown that White House staffers were illegally doing Republican Party business while on the job.
In the case of Mann he was found NOT to have falsified, improperly manipulated or destroyed data -SEVEN TIMES
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/08/22/300821/nsf-inspector-general-investigation-michael-mann/
So you have someone who was found to have done something they should not have (SEC) and someone who was found NOT to have done what he was accused of (Mann) -those are not even close to being the same thing, but why pass on a chance to add to the shrill chorus of the Conservative Climate deniers?
-I'm just sayin'