I want a series of tubes, damnit! The internet is nice and all, but what I really want is an infrastructure to send and receive physical objects from my home at a moment's notice.
But not anymore.. Well, I take that back. I'm proud of some of my code, mainly the libraries and such. But most of my code for work is in C# using ASP.NET, writing random pages for people to get various reports, change database settings, etc. I tried to keep things clean for a while, but I came to realize that:
1.) Users want quick changes to things, and don't want to listen to why it's going to take longer to do it *right* 2.) Most of the stuff I do does not need to be repeated, or if it does its rare enough that its much more convenient to simply copy code than to create 5-6 new classes to do something that's only going to get used on 2 pages 3.) ASP.NET does everything it can to discourage you from creating your own web controls 4.) I just don't care enough about *this* kind of programming to put any more effort into it than I have to
Now the stuff I write for fun.. That's a completely different story.
I searched for it locally, and when I couldn't find it, I downloaded with the full intention of purchasing it ASAP. Then I watched it, and it was a huge disappointment. Instead of coming up with new jokes and humorous scenarios, it just makes references to old episodes and beats a dead horse with the theme on spam/phishing.
Oh well, maybe the next DVD release movie will be worth buying.
Okay, first of all, it would be easier for him to obtain it because EVERYONE would be armed and would be trained in firing a weapon. That includes criminals. To this you'll likely respond something to the extent of "but we would only train non-criminals in the use of guns", to which I would respond "nobody is a criminal until they commit a crime. Of course, that previously non-criminal individual who just because a criminal would already have advance training in the use of firearms."
And as for my assumptions.. Okay, lets see a couple of examples of what would happen if I was wrong. So for the sake of argument:
1.) People are rational. This means that wars are only fought in self defense, people believe in God because they have irrefutable proof, and television commercials only bring awareness to the best products, and this is why people buy them (rather than being bombarded by them and merely picking these items out of familiarity).
2.) People do not screw up. Ever. Crimes are never committed because police always arrive just in time (of course, the criminal also gets away with the loot because he can't screw up either), every student gets a 4.0 GPA, and there are no security flaws in Windows (or Linux, or FreeBSD, or OSX, etc.)
Seriously, a large portion of people are not rational, and I doubt there's a person alive who has never screwed up on something.
The last part is a straw man, painting me as one who wishes for only criminals to be armed. Nice.
Look, I used to subscribe to the same viewpoint on the subject. It seems great, until you remember that the general populace is composed primarily of dumbasses who do not act responsibly. It's the same reason that communism fails when attempted on any large scale. Much like a chain being only as strong as its weakest link, a completely armed society is only as safe as its stupidest members decide to make it (and a communist society is only as fair as its greediest members). Not to mention all of the people who would kill someone and then claim they were attacked. After all, the other guy ALWAYS has a gun, so the claim of self-defense becomes ubiquitously reliable when there's no witnesses around.
Oh, and having a gun doesn't necessarily protect you from a criminal with a gun. Just ask Dick Chaney's hunting partner.
Here's the problem... Would I try to rob a gas station if I knew the clerk was armed? No. But I wouldn't try to rob the gas station anyway.
Would a strung out tweaker who's been up for 12 days try to rob a gas station, knowing the clerk was armed? Quite possibly, and would've just made it easier for him to obtain a weapon, and know how to use it.
Furthermore, what if you THOUGHT someone was about to rob the gas station, when they were only pulling out their gun-shaped novelty lighter? Would you shoot that person?
It's a nice argument in theory.. But it assumes that people 1.) are rational, and 2.) don't mistake others' intentions.
How did he find it? I mean, if I was designing an emergency response system, I would have it directly connected to the 911 call center and the dispatch center, with no internet connection..
...if you're using Linux you should just read the code and figure it out, right? It's right there on the site, is it not?
If you don't like it, fork it!
Yes, they should know it's being documented.. Because it is. Whether it be by schools, peers, google, marketers, Homeland Security, etc., it will be monitored, and it's best they know that.
Well.. Yeah. Or at least customers who DEMAND CDs at a decent price. And since they can't get it, they turn to piracy.
I see nothing wrong with saying that music piracy leads to cheaper CDs. It's just another factor when considering supply and demand (and price, and convenience, and lots of other factors that make up the market system).
I keep seeing posts about this game on slashdot, usually pointing to articles stating what a great achievement this game is, regardless of the fact that it has yet to be released or reviewed. On top of that, there doesn't seem to be anything about it that's all that new or interesting. It sounds just like the the description, 'another f-ing FPS'.
So please tell me, why does this game get so much attention?
Maybe smarter than you'd think...
If I were going to try this stunt, I'd throw in a few decoys like her to keep the spotlight away from the real infiltrator.
But still, all you're going to get doing that is a few script kiddies admitting to outrageous hacks that never really happened.
On a side note, does anyone actually use the term 'script kiddie' anymore? I haven't heard it in years..
No. The bills were just that high. My parents had a 2500 sq. ft house, and the electricity bills were about $700/month during the summer. Their house, and all of the appliances (including the air conditioner) were new.
Oklahoma already has a privatized system, and it costs about $250/month to get electricity in a studio apartment during the summer. The prices soared after the privatized it, because the reigning power company has no viable local competitors, and thus gave OG&E an economically enforced (rather than government enforced) monopoly. Remember, corporations are out to ream you for whatever they can. A competitive market can mitigate, and a government monopoly can keep up minimum requirements. When you have neither, as is the case in Oklahoma, then you merely give the only power company in town free reign to charge whatever it feels like. And what are you going to do then, just not have electricity?
Oklahoma is the whipping boy of corporate America. I should know, I lived there for 22 years.
haha sorry, i meant the profit is about $5 per 1/8 oz.. the price here is usually $40-45. but yeah, the point is the same.. drug dealers make no money, except at the top level. or crack dealers, like you said. that $157k/year for installing adware sounds more and more appealing though when i reflect on my day of programming crappy business apps while i work in a cube in a call center, with a dude behind me translating something over the phone, the people across from me having loud conversations about very stupid things, and a buzzer overhead that goes off every time the call center agents are behind on picking up the phones..
how many programmers do you know that make $157k/year?
this dude gets both my disdain for being a complete jackass and infecting thousands (hundreds of thousands? millions?) of computers, but at the same time a small amount of admiration for the level of ingenuity that would be involved.. i'm not saying it's something i'd do, but i can definately admit it would be tempting.
oh, and the standard for a "dope dealer" is usually about $5 per 1/8 oz. of marijuana... higher profit margins for hard drugs, and higher volume for larger dealers... but really, there's no serious money to be made unless you're the at the top of the drug dealing ladder.
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I want a series of tubes, damnit! The internet is nice and all, but what I really want is an infrastructure to send and receive physical objects from my home at a moment's notice.
Now I'll be able to open and close people's garage doors while accessing their wifi, all with one device!
But not anymore.. Well, I take that back. I'm proud of some of my code, mainly the libraries and such. But most of my code for work is in C# using ASP.NET, writing random pages for people to get various reports, change database settings, etc. I tried to keep things clean for a while, but I came to realize that:
1.) Users want quick changes to things, and don't want to listen to why it's going to take longer to do it *right*
2.) Most of the stuff I do does not need to be repeated, or if it does its rare enough that its much more convenient to simply copy code than to create 5-6 new classes to do something that's only going to get used on 2 pages
3.) ASP.NET does everything it can to discourage you from creating your own web controls
4.) I just don't care enough about *this* kind of programming to put any more effort into it than I have to
Now the stuff I write for fun.. That's a completely different story.
I searched for it locally, and when I couldn't find it, I downloaded with the full intention of purchasing it ASAP. Then I watched it, and it was a huge disappointment. Instead of coming up with new jokes and humorous scenarios, it just makes references to old episodes and beats a dead horse with the theme on spam/phishing.
Oh well, maybe the next DVD release movie will be worth buying.
Okay, first of all, it would be easier for him to obtain it because EVERYONE would be armed and would be trained in firing a weapon. That includes criminals. To this you'll likely respond something to the extent of "but we would only train non-criminals in the use of guns", to which I would respond "nobody is a criminal until they commit a crime. Of course, that previously non-criminal individual who just because a criminal would already have advance training in the use of firearms."
And as for my assumptions.. Okay, lets see a couple of examples of what would happen if I was wrong. So for the sake of argument:
1.) People are rational. This means that wars are only fought in self defense, people believe in God because they have irrefutable proof, and television commercials only bring awareness to the best products, and this is why people buy them (rather than being bombarded by them and merely picking these items out of familiarity).
2.) People do not screw up. Ever. Crimes are never committed because police always arrive just in time (of course, the criminal also gets away with the loot because he can't screw up either), every student gets a 4.0 GPA, and there are no security flaws in Windows (or Linux, or FreeBSD, or OSX, etc.)
Seriously, a large portion of people are not rational, and I doubt there's a person alive who has never screwed up on something.
The last part is a straw man, painting me as one who wishes for only criminals to be armed. Nice.
Look, I used to subscribe to the same viewpoint on the subject. It seems great, until you remember that the general populace is composed primarily of dumbasses who do not act responsibly. It's the same reason that communism fails when attempted on any large scale. Much like a chain being only as strong as its weakest link, a completely armed society is only as safe as its stupidest members decide to make it (and a communist society is only as fair as its greediest members). Not to mention all of the people who would kill someone and then claim they were attacked. After all, the other guy ALWAYS has a gun, so the claim of self-defense becomes ubiquitously reliable when there's no witnesses around.
Oh, and having a gun doesn't necessarily protect you from a criminal with a gun. Just ask Dick Chaney's hunting partner.
Here's the problem... Would I try to rob a gas station if I knew the clerk was armed? No. But I wouldn't try to rob the gas station anyway.
Would a strung out tweaker who's been up for 12 days try to rob a gas station, knowing the clerk was armed? Quite possibly, and would've just made it easier for him to obtain a weapon, and know how to use it.
Furthermore, what if you THOUGHT someone was about to rob the gas station, when they were only pulling out their gun-shaped novelty lighter? Would you shoot that person?
It's a nice argument in theory.. But it assumes that people 1.) are rational, and 2.) don't mistake others' intentions.
How did he find it? I mean, if I was designing an emergency response system, I would have it directly connected to the 911 call center and the dispatch center, with no internet connection..
...if you're using Linux you should just read the code and figure it out, right? It's right there on the site, is it not? If you don't like it, fork it!
Yes, they should know it's being documented.. Because it is. Whether it be by schools, peers, google, marketers, Homeland Security, etc., it will be monitored, and it's best they know that.
Well.. Yeah. Or at least customers who DEMAND CDs at a decent price. And since they can't get it, they turn to piracy.
I see nothing wrong with saying that music piracy leads to cheaper CDs. It's just another factor when considering supply and demand (and price, and convenience, and lots of other factors that make up the market system).
I keep seeing posts about this game on slashdot, usually pointing to articles stating what a great achievement this game is, regardless of the fact that it has yet to be released or reviewed. On top of that, there doesn't seem to be anything about it that's all that new or interesting. It sounds just like the the description, 'another f-ing FPS'.
So please tell me, why does this game get so much attention?
Maybe smarter than you'd think... If I were going to try this stunt, I'd throw in a few decoys like her to keep the spotlight away from the real infiltrator. But still, all you're going to get doing that is a few script kiddies admitting to outrageous hacks that never really happened. On a side note, does anyone actually use the term 'script kiddie' anymore? I haven't heard it in years..
..with 8 spider-like legs instead of the biped legs..
By 'real' UNIX, are you talking about System V or SCO? Neither of those sound like very attractive options.
No. The bills were just that high. My parents had a 2500 sq. ft house, and the electricity bills were about $700/month during the summer. Their house, and all of the appliances (including the air conditioner) were new.
Oklahoma already has a privatized system, and it costs about $250/month to get electricity in a studio apartment during the summer. The prices soared after the privatized it, because the reigning power company has no viable local competitors, and thus gave OG&E an economically enforced (rather than government enforced) monopoly. Remember, corporations are out to ream you for whatever they can. A competitive market can mitigate, and a government monopoly can keep up minimum requirements. When you have neither, as is the case in Oklahoma, then you merely give the only power company in town free reign to charge whatever it feels like. And what are you going to do then, just not have electricity? Oklahoma is the whipping boy of corporate America. I should know, I lived there for 22 years.
haha sorry, i meant the profit is about $5 per 1/8 oz.. the price here is usually $40-45. but yeah, the point is the same.. drug dealers make no money, except at the top level. or crack dealers, like you said. that $157k/year for installing adware sounds more and more appealing though when i reflect on my day of programming crappy business apps while i work in a cube in a call center, with a dude behind me translating something over the phone, the people across from me having loud conversations about very stupid things, and a buzzer overhead that goes off every time the call center agents are behind on picking up the phones..
how many programmers do you know that make $157k/year?
this dude gets both my disdain for being a complete jackass and infecting thousands (hundreds of thousands? millions?) of computers, but at the same time a small amount of admiration for the level of ingenuity that would be involved.. i'm not saying it's something i'd do, but i can definately admit it would be tempting.
oh, and the standard for a "dope dealer" is usually about $5 per 1/8 oz. of marijuana... higher profit margins for hard drugs, and higher volume for larger dealers... but really, there's no serious money to be made unless you're the at the top of the drug dealing ladder.