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re: Windows 7, now the ball is rolling…

Charlie Bess — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:51:57 GMT

There is going to be a webinar that may interest folks on Windows 7 migration:

h30406.www3.hp.com/.../index.php”true”/>&dimid=<DI_MEMBER_ID/>&dicid=<DI_TRACKING_CODE/>&jumpid=em_edm/us/nov09/ent/across-psg/event/1-7SANR/mcc|eyca/registerlink/rbu_category/win7webinar

The intro states:

"As the technology refresh cycle for 2010 begins to gain momentum, at the core is the new Windows® 7 operating system. On November 4th at 10am CST, join HP Distinguished Technologist Bruce Michelson as he discusses the key features, advantages and benefits from a Closed Loop Lifecycle Planning perspective. Discover the premise that this technology refresh cycle is one of the most intriguing in recent times."

re: Windows 7, now the ball is rolling…

Charlie Bess — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:51:53 GMT

There is going to be a webinar that may interest folks on Windows 7 migration:

h30406.www3.hp.com/.../index.php”true”/>&dimid=<DI_MEMBER_ID/>&dicid=<DI_TRACKING_CODE/>&jumpid=em_edm/us/nov09/ent/across-psg/event/1-7SANR/mcc|eyca/registerlink/rbu_category/win7webinar

The intro states:

re: Multi-touch embedded in Windows 7

Charlie Bess — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:52:24 GMT

Here is a video about the value of multi-touch and some of its issues:

www.upsidelearning.com/.../multi-touch-is-it-the-future-of-human-computer-interaction

re: Multi-touch embedded in Windows 7

Charlie Bess — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:50:54 GMT

Here is a good article on the future of multi-touch

www.upsidelearning.com/.../multi-touch-is-it-the-future-of-human-computer-interaction

re: Windows 7, now the ball is rolling…

Charlie Bess — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:40:31 GMT

So far every program I've tried that was working under Vista works under Windows 7. Even some of the more unusual ones like DirecTV2PC that allows me to watch my recorded TV shows on my PC.

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Darwin and the Cloud

cloudshake.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:43:14 GMT

Consider the key role of adaptability for the survival of living systems ("Survival of a species is determined by their ability to adapt to a changing environment," a quote by Charles Darwin). This sounds familiar when it comes to IT solutions struggling

re: The fourth element of electrical engineering

Charlie Bess — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:04:02 GMT

www.newscientist.com/.../mg20327151.600-memristor-minds-the-future-of-artificial-intelligence.html

re: Sept 20th 1954 – birth of Fortran

Charlie Bess — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:15:41 GMT

Yes, I understand Fortran 2003 added:

"* Derived type enhancements: parameterized derived types, improved control of accessibility, improved structure constructors, and finalizers.

* Object-oriented programming support: type extension and inheritance, polymorphism, dynamic type allocation, and type-bound procedures.

* Data manipulation enhancements: allocatable components (incorporating TR 15581), deferred type parameters, VOLATILE attribute, explicit type specification in array constructors and allocate statements, pointer enhancements, extended initialization expressions, and enhanced intrinsic procedures.

* Input/output enhancements: asynchronous transfer, stream access, user specified transfer operations for derived types, user specified control of rounding during format conversions, named constants for preconnected units, the FLUSH statement, regularization of keywords, and access to error messages.

* Procedure pointers.

* Support for IEEE floating-point arithmetic and floating point exception handling (incorporating TR 15580).

* Interoperability with the C programming language.

* Support for international usage: access to ISO 10646 4-byte characters and choice of decimal or comma in numeric formatted input/output.

* Enhanced integration with the host operating system: access to command line arguments, environment variables, and processor error messages."

and there is 2008 version in the wings.

re: Sept 20th 1954 – birth of Fortran

Ian Miller — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:41:47 GMT

and now FORTRAN 90 compilers are available and there is talk of the next standard so the language is not only still in use but still evolving.

re: HP's Personal Video Mailbox - Gabble

Alex Vorbau — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:34:52 GMT

Hi Charlie,

I was just cruising links on Watercooler and ran across your post here. Thanks for the Gabble mention (back in June).

-Alex, HP Labs

re: Charting how the Internet views you

Stewart McKenna — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:05:13 GMT

This is the amazing thing about Google. 'Context' or whatever they want to call it.

If I search for 'SED' in Google it brings up Unix Streaming Editor on probably the whole first page because they track my searches and know thats what I want. If I was a Humanities studnet/professor they would probably 'know' to bring if a Latin doctionary, or copies of the Vulgate Bible.

"Sic transit Gloria Mundi"

re: Knowledge-Driven Processes for Healthcare

Fred Cummins — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:11:19 GMT

Ernie,

I agree that innovation and economies of scale do not account for the cost differential between the US and other countries. I think there are a number of factors that contribute to the higher cost of US health care. I also noted, "Both of the above books describe barriers to change and a failure of competition to drive change." In the near term, healthcare reforms may reduce total costs by removing barriers to change and improving competition. In the long term, innovation and economies of scale will provide continuous improvement to make health care more efficient and avoid cost increases.

re: Knowledge-Driven Processes for Healthcare

Ernie Bornheimer — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:05:21 GMT

"The long-term remedies for rising health care costs in the US are innovation and economies of scale. "

Does that mean that other countries have lower health care costs because they have more innovation and larger economies of scale? I would be surprised if that were the case.

Thank you!

Ernie Bornheimer

re: 4G…The Killer Technology?

Christopher L Gilmore Sr — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:53:53 GMT

I think that the LTE technology is a promising one considering the new NTT DoCoMo tests (www.nttdocomo.com/.../index.html) and the carrier willingness to battle for the best service. Even if they drop the maximum speed down to that of Fios b is out there would far outdo anything else that is out there. That would bring it comparable to HSDMA overseas. The problem lies with which of the carriers wants to pony up and extend the limit of data throughput but with speeds that fast the throughput limit is going to become forefront to the debate. Even at 1 cent per megabyte, running at 20 Gb will cost you a lot of pennies per minute. I don’t think that it will be so much an idea of if but when and who will do it first. . I am guessing AT&T due to their later launch date and the need to come out swinging to play catch up to Verizon.

This takes a lot of work on the back end and is the general reason that they did not want the FCC to OK a lot of the better technology in the past. But this is here, it’s public and it is going to be big. Something has got to give…