Re: [Dorset] Skills and technologies

2011-12-14 Thread Dan Dart
I wouldn't buy from someone who tried to sell me new technology technology - either they're a child or illiterate. And not to name the out-house name from the in-house name?... Err -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, second Tuesday 2012-01-10 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://do

Re: [Dorset] Skills and technologies

2011-12-14 Thread Peter Merchant
On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 11:36 +, Dan Dart wrote: > > Windows 2000 start-up screen proclaims "Based on NT Technology", > > What's that? New Technology Technology? :P > > -- Yup! -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, second Tuesday 2012-01-10 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dors

Re: [Dorset] Skills and technologies

2011-12-14 Thread Victor Churchill
> > > > Oracle > Sybase > WebSphere > Apache Tomcat > > I misinterpreted your post as a need to define what techonology is and how > it is used. That'll teach me to try and be smart, huh? > > :-) s/technologies/buzzwords/ s/skills/consultant gobbledegook/ "Technologies" does seem to be used as

Re: [Dorset] Skills and technologies

2011-12-14 Thread Dan Dart
> Windows 2000 start-up screen proclaims "Based on NT Technology", What's that? New Technology Technology? :P -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, second Tuesday 2012-01-10 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.or

Re: [Dorset] Skills and technologies

2011-12-14 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 14/12/11 11:16, Peter Merchant wrote: and how would you fit "the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure sc

Re: [Dorset] Skills and technologies

2011-12-14 Thread Peter Merchant
On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 09:58 +, Sean Gibbins wrote: > On 14/12/11 09:26, Peter Merchant wrote: > > I got this from SkillsUK this morning, and as I started to fill it in I > > came up quickly with two questions. > > > > What is a 'technology' and how do we define the 'use' of it? > > > > https://

Re: [Dorset] Skills and technologies

2011-12-14 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 14/12/11 09:26, Peter Merchant wrote: I got this from SkillsUK this morning, and as I started to fill it in I came up quickly with two questions. What is a 'technology' and how do we define the 'use' of it? https://www.itskillsacademy.ac.uk/it-professional-profile/?tab=skills At which point

[Dorset] Skills and technologies

2011-12-14 Thread Peter Merchant
I got this from SkillsUK this morning, and as I started to fill it in I came up quickly with two questions. What is a 'technology' and how do we define the 'use' of it? https://www.itskillsacademy.ac.uk/it-professional-profile/?tab=skills At which point I gave up. Peter -- Next meeting: Bou