The re-imaged BSG was largely unique in the quality it portrayed. The acting was good, the characters were good, and the story was complex and interwoven.
No offence intended towards the quality of BSG, but I think it should be pointed out that making a quality ongoing television series starting in 2003 is a lot less impressive than doing the same thing starting in 1993. It's easy to forget just how enormously standards have risen in the last couple of decades - personally, I start measuring that rise with "Twin Peaks".
According to the article, "more than 37,000 people died in car accidents in the United States in 2008."
I bet you that if you replaced all cars with AI-driven cars, and 37 people died in car accidents due to software errors, it would cause a great deal more outrage than 1000x that many people dying due to human error.
Currently the only browser that deals with the corporate intranet AND the internet without needing 2 browsers is IE.
Actually, the most infamous corporate intranet crap isn't IE-only - it's specific-version-of-IE-only. And if that specific version is IE6, then you're screwed, there is literally no one browser that will deal with your corporate intranet and the real internet.
In that case, you are pretty much forced to use IE6 and Firefox, since there is no easy way to run multiple versions of IE side by side.
What are you using your tablet for?
I don't have one, but (working in a web development agency) both my managers have work-supplied iPads, and they are fantastic for client meetings. A small, light device that can be taken to whichever meeting room we might end up in, connect to the office wireless network, and be used as a web browser that can be passed around the table, as well as quick access to emails - that's very valuable.
If you have Microsoft Access, start with that.
No, don't. If you want to use a free Microsoft database, use a proper free Microsoft database: SQL Server Express Edition, or check out the even simpler file-based SQL Server Compact.
we get employee training (CBT) once a year to refresh our knowledge of various procedures
I'm actually surprised how easily security has been compromised, if employees are subjected to cock & ball torture to "refresh" their knowledge of proper procedures. I wouldn't forget in a hurry.
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