tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673747533541391425.post4270531353571778353..comments2009-01-03T01:55:15.896+02:00Mark Jacobsenhttps://profiles.google.com/107999162787819355839noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673747533541391425.post-68678305498925591342009-01-02T23:53:00.000+02:002009-01-02T23:53:00.000+02:00I predicted 10 years ago that thin-clients, netbooks, or whatever Sun was pushing would revolutionize personal computing and displace the normal PC desktop and/or laptop from their lofty perch. I was way off due to bandwidth issues, but I think now it is definitely something that is primed to happen. That is of course for personal (non-professional) computing. <BR/><BR/>Whether or not any sort of happy division/compromise between institutional requirements for security and stability and wiki-type solutions - which are adaptive and efficient - can take place in an entrenched military bureaucracy is hard to say. Of course, I think that's the point you are making.da kinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291006601316234458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673747533541391425.post-39477246470633207412009-01-02T22:29:00.000+02:002009-01-02T22:29:00.000+02:00One more thing, I love how IE is incompatible with various and assorted .mil sites, especially on USG networks. I have been a FF user since Beta 0.8. Certificate downloading is as easy as it comes. Not so much with IE.Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12375091638322866286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673747533541391425.post-50427920032067987732009-01-02T22:27:00.000+02:002009-01-02T22:27:00.000+02:00"When one of my classmates approached the IT office about installing the most recent version of our Arabic flashcard software (which is vital!), he was told that wasn't possible."<BR/><BR/>This is one of many areas where rank has its benefits. As a senior field grade, I routinely get told things similar to the above by my staff, meaning, "Sir, I've run out of rank. I need your intervention with the bureaucracy."<BR/><BR/>A few phone calls and you'd be astonished at what becomes "possible" when people with a little bit of horsepower get involved. The guy in the DOIM has his standard answer of "No." Unless told to do it by his higher, he has no incentive to do the extra work it would require. I frequently rail at the fact that I can't even defrag my own harddrive at work (in CONUS), despite having owned a personal computer in some way since 1985, without getting one of my Signal guys to come in and log in as an administrator.Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12375091638322866286noreply@blogger.com