Its about corporations influencing policy (both by legit and illegitimate means). Tthe minority shareholders have no real executive rights. Post facto, after the event if they don't agree, they =- the minority share holders - have the right to sell their share. Thats all.
I believe that lobbyist act for the executive branch of the corporation - where a few persons on the board take decisions. So they will always reflect the views of the distinct number of people purportedly acting for a "majority:" of the share holders - by share count and not head cont.
And then there is cronyism..
OK
I agree. Most people indulge in a sort of minorityism. ie. it's wrong to criticize the minorities. further in the case of Islam there is as you say the very real threat murder, mutiliation etc.
A example. In the Southern Indian state of Kerala a college teacher had his hands chopped off because he published an article with some obscure crticism of muslim dogma.
OK
The idea of having "ideal"ly shaped models modelling outfits that can't be worn everyday is not new. It is in fact the basis of how fashion houses are built.
Now whats new here is that the computer generates better store dummies in a virtual environment.
Whats new and so whats to object? How exactly does it lead to further exploitation of the female body.
OK
While you should make the programmers write code and analyse code snippets, it is also necessary to ask them a few tough questions - riddles and procedures - based on standard curriculum. These would test their understanding of concepts, preparation and presence of mind.
Also, while you may marginally improve your performance using brain dumps posted on the net, you cannot significantly improve your standing in an interview by just rote learning.
OK
recently spec'd out a large project for our company that included software from Red Hat
... IO is convinced that technical support for any product is worthless. He's willing to spend money on 'one-time' software purchases, but nothing that is an annual..
This CIO is clear enough in his views. If he doesn't really need technical support for this installation which is part of a larger project, then just go with it.
OK
You must have noted that OpenOffice doesn't figure in the list. I believe that the old buggy implementation was in Open Office.
I think i'll change to gNumeric.
OK
The biggest transgression was, in my view, the creation of Anakin Skywalker. I remember in Star Wars, Alec Guinness calls out to Darth Vader as "No Daaaa..rth" in his quaking old man's voice.
See, a fax machine has only one purpose unlike "superior" alternatives that are built round general purpose digital computers that are not "always on" and ready to xmit.
Also, even in US (or for that matter any advanced country), I dont think knowledge of how to use a PC is really ubiquitous as compared to phones, or fax machines for the office help.
I once had a tough time getting my old aunt to understand why she had to press the CALL key on a mobile phone when in her old land line the connection would establish automatically.
OK
Given that older people by virtue of more service generally get more pay, it makes sense for companies to hire younger people. (retire 2 oldies and get 3 young hands) As to the supposed quality that comes with experience, it is redundant in today's world given the nature of software tools, ability to throw more hardware at the same price, knowledge base (internet for everything)etc.
An example from programming.
When I missed a comma in my early programming days, (Autocoder in IBM 1401T), I had to wait one whole day for the compile results to be turned around to me for correction. So I developed a certain precision and table debugging skills. But who cares? Today you can compile a progam 100 times a day if you want to.
An example from support.
Recently one of our vendor's programmes gave an error saying that the transaction needed to be serialised. My knowledge of serialisation, ACID test etc mattered not a whit to their programming team. I finally got them to accept to change their programmes by pulling some examples from the DBMS provider's knowlwdge base.
Fact is, the world has changed. Oldies are competing with younger people in an environment where their old skills dont matter a dman.
This is not new.
OK
I am from India and not a blackberry user.
The perception here in India is as below.
(1) The Indian government is worried that RIM will be used by terrorists. RIM tried to explain that the specific encryption keys aren't under their control. So it is on hold.
(2) Given the compulsions of the market, it could also be other players pressurising the government to ban RIM so that they can step into the space.
Sure recipes for controversy.
(1) The default depending on the language I mean and not on any standard.
(2) If the interface is not simple and precise, then a stressed out or exited voter may commit without selecting any candidate (thus forcing a default). Will this then reflect the voter's view?
(3) Its not clear how the machine prevents a voter from voting more than once.
OK
In their race to get bonded labour, IBM will ensure that the dumbing down of educational standards is intitutionalised. The same thing is happening in my country (India). In order to get engineers and science graduates ready for the market or "customer facing" as these companies (and their Indian subsidaries) call it, these companies pay money to the schools to teach their subjects only. Thus they turn out hacks and not computer science graduates who understand general principles and theories. Remember that earlier the same thing happened with the advent of Java.
Cops always enjoyed the privilege of taping these conversations. Given this fact, it should be the basic right of every person to have their own version of a recorded conversation with policemen.
When sales persons sell computers and electronics, they tout the usability, standardisation, ruggedness, longivety etc. but when it comes to selling upgrades, its entirely different.
Good to see that NASA is still able to use the old hardware (with the old systems).
Even linux is bloated nowadays.
Bhutan - which after WWII was declared a protectorate of their big neighbour. The ruler voluntarily abdicated in place of a civilian rule.
Here are a few more protectorates.
TIBET,
PEUTRO RICO (Did I get the spelling right),
SIKKIM,
BHUTAN,
BOTSWANA?
The future may well be internet based education as opposed to universities. This would allow us to choose specific courses for specific skill sets.
But what it would not give us is the basic background appropriate for a discipline. Eg. Science, math for engineers and scientists, language skills for journos etc.
Further, we will not get a standard evaluation method (which may still vary from school to school) and readiness for the job market. After all, everyone cannot be an enterpreneur.
I live in India and keep upto date on current affairs - particularly about IT related stuff. I haven't heard or read about this. It seems like an isolated incident and there must be some other vested interest behind it. Possibly inflated enumeration to claim benefits or parochial politics.
It certainly comes from British era officalese IN India). In an office relationship, I would use it when I wasn't sure about exactly what all I need. In this case, "please do the needful" means, please do all that's necessary to achieve what is to be done.
OK
In India (where I come from), large network and infrastructure deals are being lost by nokia, cisco etc to huawei and other chinese low cost products and solutions. So who is behind the ban?. If Chinese companies must be banned for anything, they should be for running sweat shops.
It seems that IBM is not maintaining malware defintions upto date on the server from which the infected (old) malware was distributed.
It is not clear from the writeup "http://www.itnews.com.au/News/175451,ibm-unleashes-virus-on-auscert-delegates.aspx" whether IBM finally reminds the users to re-enable the system restore feature.
OK
If you dont mix higher grades or suits with them, I think any way is all right. I had a team of 35 younger programmers of mixed gender and multiple projects in one room with a conference room that could hold less than half the number. They tended to group around specialities and skills and not projects. For project meetings including with end users, the conference room was used.
If you are not on a budget, get good modular furniture so that you can change it around (with a little work on network cabling).
End
I thought that a man should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. What I mean is that just because we - the general public - know of no means to acquire and publish without stealing it, that doesn't mean that there are no other ways. Could be something straight forward. Many countries have wonderful laws regarding information (that exist in theory) and are easy to exploit if you know the right persons.
Slashdot Mirror
South Waziristan (where these talibs seized and burnt cell phones and PCs) is actually in Pakistan. The cancer is spreading. OK
Its about corporations influencing policy (both by legit and illegitimate means). Tthe minority shareholders have no real executive rights. Post facto, after the event if they don't agree, they =- the minority share holders - have the right to sell their share. Thats all. I believe that lobbyist act for the executive branch of the corporation - where a few persons on the board take decisions. So they will always reflect the views of the distinct number of people purportedly acting for a "majority:" of the share holders - by share count and not head cont. And then there is cronyism ..
OK
I agree. Most people indulge in a sort of minorityism. ie. it's wrong to criticize the minorities. further in the case of Islam there is as you say the very real threat murder, mutiliation etc. A example. In the Southern Indian state of Kerala a college teacher had his hands chopped off because he published an article with some obscure crticism of muslim dogma. OK
The idea of having "ideal"ly shaped models modelling outfits that can't be worn everyday is not new. It is in fact the basis of how fashion houses are built. Now whats new here is that the computer generates better store dummies in a virtual environment. Whats new and so whats to object? How exactly does it lead to further exploitation of the female body. OK
While you should make the programmers write code and analyse code snippets, it is also necessary to ask them a few tough questions - riddles and procedures - based on standard curriculum. These would test their understanding of concepts, preparation and presence of mind. Also, while you may marginally improve your performance using brain dumps posted on the net, you cannot significantly improve your standing in an interview by just rote learning. OK
recently spec'd out a large project for our company that included software from Red Hat
... IO is convinced that technical support for any product is worthless. He's willing to spend money on 'one-time' software purchases, but nothing that is an annual ..
This CIO is clear enough in his views. If he doesn't really need technical support for this installation which is part of a larger project, then just go with it.
OK
You must have noted that OpenOffice doesn't figure in the list. I believe that the old buggy implementation was in Open Office. I think i'll change to gNumeric. OK
The biggest transgression was, in my view, the creation of Anakin Skywalker. I remember in Star Wars, Alec Guinness calls out to Darth Vader as "No Daaaa..rth" in his quaking old man's voice.
See, a fax machine has only one purpose unlike "superior" alternatives that are built round general purpose digital computers that are not "always on" and ready to xmit. Also, even in US (or for that matter any advanced country), I dont think knowledge of how to use a PC is really ubiquitous as compared to phones, or fax machines for the office help. I once had a tough time getting my old aunt to understand why she had to press the CALL key on a mobile phone when in her old land line the connection would establish automatically. OK
Given that older people by virtue of more service generally get more pay, it makes sense for companies to hire younger people. (retire 2 oldies and get 3 young hands) As to the supposed quality that comes with experience, it is redundant in today's world given the nature of software tools, ability to throw more hardware at the same price, knowledge base (internet for everything)etc. An example from programming. When I missed a comma in my early programming days, (Autocoder in IBM 1401T), I had to wait one whole day for the compile results to be turned around to me for correction. So I developed a certain precision and table debugging skills. But who cares? Today you can compile a progam 100 times a day if you want to. An example from support. Recently one of our vendor's programmes gave an error saying that the transaction needed to be serialised. My knowledge of serialisation, ACID test etc mattered not a whit to their programming team. I finally got them to accept to change their programmes by pulling some examples from the DBMS provider's knowlwdge base. Fact is, the world has changed. Oldies are competing with younger people in an environment where their old skills dont matter a dman. This is not new. OK
I am from India and not a blackberry user. The perception here in India is as below. (1) The Indian government is worried that RIM will be used by terrorists. RIM tried to explain that the specific encryption keys aren't under their control. So it is on hold. (2) Given the compulsions of the market, it could also be other players pressurising the government to ban RIM so that they can step into the space.
Sure recipes for controversy. (1) The default depending on the language I mean and not on any standard. (2) If the interface is not simple and precise, then a stressed out or exited voter may commit without selecting any candidate (thus forcing a default). Will this then reflect the voter's view? (3) Its not clear how the machine prevents a voter from voting more than once. OK
In their race to get bonded labour, IBM will ensure that the dumbing down of educational standards is intitutionalised. The same thing is happening in my country (India). In order to get engineers and science graduates ready for the market or "customer facing" as these companies (and their Indian subsidaries) call it, these companies pay money to the schools to teach their subjects only. Thus they turn out hacks and not computer science graduates who understand general principles and theories. Remember that earlier the same thing happened with the advent of Java.
Cops always enjoyed the privilege of taping these conversations. Given this fact, it should be the basic right of every person to have their own version of a recorded conversation with policemen.
When sales persons sell computers and electronics, they tout the usability, standardisation, ruggedness, longivety etc. but when it comes to selling upgrades, its entirely different. Good to see that NASA is still able to use the old hardware (with the old systems). Even linux is bloated nowadays.
Bhutan - which after WWII was declared a protectorate of their big neighbour. The ruler voluntarily abdicated in place of a civilian rule. Here are a few more protectorates. TIBET, PEUTRO RICO (Did I get the spelling right), SIKKIM, BHUTAN, BOTSWANA?
The future may well be internet based education as opposed to universities. This would allow us to choose specific courses for specific skill sets. But what it would not give us is the basic background appropriate for a discipline. Eg. Science, math for engineers and scientists, language skills for journos etc. Further, we will not get a standard evaluation method (which may still vary from school to school) and readiness for the job market. After all, everyone cannot be an enterpreneur.
I live in India and keep upto date on current affairs - particularly about IT related stuff. I haven't heard or read about this. It seems like an isolated incident and there must be some other vested interest behind it. Possibly inflated enumeration to claim benefits or parochial politics.
It certainly comes from British era officalese IN India). In an office relationship, I would use it when I wasn't sure about exactly what all I need. In this case, "please do the needful" means, please do all that's necessary to achieve what is to be done. OK
I saw a statistic ..
In India (where I come from), large network and infrastructure deals are being lost by nokia, cisco etc to huawei and other chinese low cost products and solutions. So who is behind the ban?. If Chinese companies must be banned for anything, they should be for running sweat shops.
It seems that IBM is not maintaining malware defintions upto date on the server from which the infected (old) malware was distributed. It is not clear from the writeup "http://www.itnews.com.au/News/175451,ibm-unleashes-virus-on-auscert-delegates.aspx" whether IBM finally reminds the users to re-enable the system restore feature. OK
If you dont mix higher grades or suits with them, I think any way is all right. I had a team of 35 younger programmers of mixed gender and multiple projects in one room with a conference room that could hold less than half the number. They tended to group around specialities and skills and not projects. For project meetings including with end users, the conference room was used. If you are not on a budget, get good modular furniture so that you can change it around (with a little work on network cabling). End
Dont forget plundering the local economy, setting up he natives for slavery, disease etc.
I thought that a man should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. What I mean is that just because we - the general public - know of no means to acquire and publish without stealing it, that doesn't mean that there are no other ways. Could be something straight forward. Many countries have wonderful laws regarding information (that exist in theory) and are easy to exploit if you know the right persons.