If Star Trek's vision is our future, there is no currency. By implication people will have their needs met through automation and the state. People are kept busy improving themselves through personal achievement....
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I'm not sure how I feel about the term "human middleware" -- at some point in the progression of robotics and AI, that will describe almost every job. Soylent green is ... OK, that might be overdramatizing...
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Red Hat is playing catch up here. Uhuru Software provided the same capability to Cloud Foundry in December 2011 and Tier3's Jared Wray (now part of CenturyLink) provided it through Iron Foundry before that. Both of these...
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Who would you put in charge of security if not the CIO?
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Many issues with drones start to pop up as we begin to explore some of the issues including: - Noise from overhead (a constant issue for many in Afganastan where it affects health), - Air rights (where will I loose my...
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msmith,that is an interesting example. Thanks for bringing it up. the next question is what else do the fire-watching drones get to scan for -- and what is off limits.
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Can you share what industries you and your wife are in? It's frustrating to think that companies may be promoting not on merit but to fill some "quota," and that the firm then ends up with ineffective leaders. As to cliques...
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A key metric for the new system is "time to live" (TTL -- as in the time the data has left to live -- not "live" as in, on air). As I understand it, they don't need all that detail forever. The fine-grained detail is for...
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It appears that only OEMs are locked in; users can select whatever search engine they want.
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At the very least, it does seem that NoSQL is putting some pressure put on the Big 3 database vendors to keep innovating and not raise prices quite as much. Competition is competition.
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Yes, JREY146's post is the article that Information Week should have written. Target decided as a matter of business strategy to run the risk of customers' data loss rather than incur the cost of duely diligent security. OK,...
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I'm sure that closing half its data centers will make the cloud vs. in-house TCO balance sheet look pretty darn good for a few years. However, at that data volume, has Koehler done any projections out five or 10 years? 20...
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Here's the issue, women have been neglected in the wokplace for a long time because in past times they werent career oriented but rather the traditional path of homemaker and mother......but thats changed. Because the world...
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This is true, but also, these people have a LOT of time on their hands.
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It's always fun watching Libertarians learn why governments and regulations exist.
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Its okay to operate a police chopper to chase a suspect at a cost of who knows what but a drone, no way? This does not make sense.
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There has to be a way to utilize drones in lifesaving and crime fighting applications without trampling the 4th Amendment. Putting a machine a place where human lives are routinely lost or, at least, very much risked, is...
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In 2012, the High Park Fire in Northern Colorado smoldered as a small fire for a day and a half before erupting into a firestorm that consumed 87k acres of forest. Could it have been detected by a drone when it was...
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Facebook did the same thing when it acquired Instagram, and that service is still going strong. I get the impression that this complaint may be more for consumer awareness than to elicit actual action. As you mentioned,...
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Bglynn, I know there is frustration in some circles about schools being more geared for female learning styles vs. male. I assume that's what you're referring to when saying the world is "more women oriented." It's true...
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