So Slashdot is turning into a blog site? Cmdr. Taco left because he wasn't happy with GeekNet's "ambitions" about the site? When do we get SlashHomo? There's so many questions to be asked...
Not only that, but BI is as related to Nerds than... say, knitting. Sure, it's related to CS at large, but there are no nerds interested in BI. Businesses are, not nerds. Thus, what does this have to do with slashdot?
automation, instrumentation, database engines, database design, very high speed transform / processing (ETL), information security, storage, etc.
BI, at least form the geek perspective uses just about every discipline in IT and CS; which is why lots and lots of professionals get into; its actually a fascinating world to work in. My only question is does it make sense to have BI topic on Slashdot as 80% of all stories covered here could be put into it reasonably.
Except the motivation for all of your examples is always self contained
What do we like about automation/etc. ? the science behind it (and of course the almost garanteed good laugh thanks to the occasional smart troll and the fact that you are frequently finding insightful posts that challenge or open your preconcieved views on whichever subject)
I won't claim I am anti-business, but I'm sure many just like me like to get here some news which have scientific value/material, and of course it is always good if it also happen to have business value
those subjects sort of garantee that whichever is interested in it enough to post about it has something to share that is worth reading (yeah, well, you know, to some extent, I know I won't see that in other places that is, and overall this is a good filter)
I wouldn't come however to seek business value driven articles for the sake of it, certainly not, I'd expect the few scientists that remain to flee, and therefore the value i'm after to disapear
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Not only that, but BI is as related to Nerds than ... say, knitting. Sure, it's related to CS at large, but there are no nerds interested in BI. Businesses are, not nerds. Thus, what does this have to do with slashdot?
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Right nobody reading Slashdot cares at all about:
automation,
instrumentation,
database engines,
database design,
very high speed transform / processing (ETL),
information security,
storage,
etc.
BI, at least form the geek perspective uses just about every discipline in IT and CS; which is why lots and lots of professionals get into; its actually a fascinating world to work in. My only question is does it make sense to have BI topic on Slashdot as 80% of all stories covered here could be put into it reasonably.
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What do we like about automation/etc. ? the science behind it (and of course the almost garanteed good laugh thanks to the occasional smart troll and the fact that you are frequently finding insightful posts that challenge or open your preconcieved views on whichever subject)
I won't claim I am anti-business, but I'm sure many just like me like to get here some news which have scientific value/material, and of course it is always good if it also happen to have business value
those subjects sort of garantee that whichever is interested in it enough to post about it has something to share that is worth reading (yeah, well, you know, to some extent, I know I won't see that in other places that is, and overall this is a good filter) I wouldn't come however to seek business value driven articles for the sake of it, certainly not, I'd expect the few scientists that remain to flee, and therefore the value i'm after to disapear