It has been somewhat of a running joke about how many forklift drivers who have applied. A common attitude. Very unfortunate also. One of the big differences between those who love to program and those who love money, is that the money hungry vastly outnumber the programmers. This is before you factor in some of the other more onerous Calvinisms that HR people subscribe to.
I don't think anyone is going to collect on the bounty, even if they do come forward.
or... Niro secretly paid the informant, and simply claimed that nobody came forward to collect (as part of a possible precondition).
Heck, the "threatening email" could have been a simple social engineering trick by someone who suspected Frenkel but wasn't 100% sure.
Actually, Godzilla wanted Frenkel out of the way so he could go ahead with an infringement suit against the Cloverfield Monster. "Use of Deep Ocean Originating Monsterous Rampage in Wreaking Havoc on Major Metropolitan Area while being attacked by military aircraft operated by idiots who love to fly close enough to be chomped out of mid-air".
Are you implying that this attorney, working for the RIAA and therefore presumably knowledgeable about copyright law, didn't know that claiming personal-copies-as-illegal was a lie? Sounds to me like an attorney stepped over the line, and then thought that her little "mis-statement" would slide by. In other words, told a major case distorting lie in an effort to win by "bending the truth slightly". Sound silly and stupid? Evil perhaps? Well I will go out on a limb (a nice thick, sturdy limb) and say that today in America, there is no shortage of assertive, goal oriented, full grown adult human professionals who are willing to go "that extra mile" to succeed. That is, ya gotta shoplift a few eggs in order to make an omelet. It's about winning. Even if it means winning at things that deteriorate society. The RIAA is gaming the legal system on a massive scale (duh). That they can do this without incurring severe retribution is a testament to their remaining power and influence. However, when you look at who they attack, and how hard they fight, you can tell they are near the end. That power and influence is diminishing, and they know it.
In answer to the question: it was a massive flaming jury manipulating lie. Even if that was not the intent of the liar, it's still a lie, and worthy of disciplinary action.
You are vaccinated by proxy fool.
Mod me anyway you like (oddly enough I don't seem to care that you have moderator status all the time). Veiled threats are the refuge of the frustrated.
Uh, no. We've shifted our focus towards a synergistic paradigmatic model better suited for the theoretical quasi-user experience. I have no idea what that means but the CEO loves it.
Its amazing how much of a difference reading the article makes!
Thankyou for your clear, informed reply. It stands in sharp contrast to all the glib, ancedotal, mal-informed remarks that a rather large subset of/.ers delight in posting these days.
Otherwise, it will get 230 replies complaining loudly about how irrelevant the story is, and moderators will spend countless mod points modding up every single pithy remark about how irrelevant the story was. This is all after the website in question gets slashdotted!
And much better stories were (and still are) only a few clicks away.
Everyone I've ever met that says they idolize Ayn Rand turns out to be a self-involved, spoiled whore. Alan Greenspan anyone? lol
I thought I was virtually alone in thinking that Ayn Rand was completely lame in the brain. The only other book I have read that fit into the same category as "Atlas Shrugged", would be "Dianetics" (by you know who... lol). I am not a very bright person and I credit Dianetics and others of it's ilk for the 27 point decrease in my IQ score.
God I hate her. But truly, do I hate her more than I hate myself? No, you actually hate her. It's true. Its a natural, reasonable reaction based on immutable fact; Ayn Rand was the absolute epitome of arrogance and hubris.
The whole problem seems to be the name itself. Games.
There is also the 'age group' angle at work here. The idea that 'video games are for kids' is still prevalent in many people's minds. Thus games are often seen as 'toys' not tools, and gaming is seen as an idle pastime (usually is) instead of a meaningful activity (almost never).
When someone tries to tell me that video games are just kid stuff I usually fire up FlightGear (or M$ Fight Sim). End of debate! Gaming is as much an 'experience medium' as it is a blithering waste of time. We simply need the right games.
(shameless plug: that's why we need a different voting method in the US; examples: Instant Runoff (IRV), Condorcet)
Amen to that. BTW: The lack of a runoff system is itself the very heart and soul of our current electorial college. You know... the one that dissuades multiple candidates and helps keep Green and Libertarian parties out of the loop.
I often wonder if our current two party monopoly encourages black and white thinking... or perhaps vica versa?
you just might be undermining efforts to promote political reform in Iraq (as defined by the Bush administration).
And that is the crux of the matter. He who decides what activity constitutes the undermining of efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq wields the power. Lots of broad language and if recent history is any indication, little or no oversight. No need to obtain a court order (that I am aware of). The power can be wielded from behind a veil of secrecy, by a political appointee (after he meets with a couple other political appointees).
This is raw power with very limited consequences for it's misuse.
Would you say the same thing about Hillary Clinton, who stands a very good chance of being elected in 2008? Because guess what. She's going to have the same powers when she takes office.
I have a terrible feeling that the current presidential administration does not plan on turning over the reins of this country's government. The bombing of Iran, combined with the deteriorating situations in Iraq and Afghanistan will necessitate a postponement of the presidential elections in 2008. Hence, the power-grab. I know it sounds bombastic, even paranoid, but it is the only sense I can make of it.
There are reformating tools (see indent(1), perltidy, and others) out there. Not all of them make me happy, but sometimes it has to happen.
I have noticed three main (non-style) factors to why mature code becomes messy...
1) The new functionality is added in by someone who is not fully aware of how the code base was orginally structured.
They commit encapsulation fouls, succumb to the temptation of adding "just one more field" in a class that is already
overstuffed, or add code to a method/function that is not in keeping with the logical intent of the method/function.
2) The code base is being maintained by an individual whose coding and design philosophies are radically different than that of the orginal author(s). This can be due to differences in experience levels, schools of thought, whatever. In many companies, the new hires start out in a maintenance coding position of some sort, yet changing existing code to fit changing requirements can be an extremely difficult task if the new reqs diverge far enough from the old ones. Its amazing how quickly you can find yourself in over your head.
3) Obsolete, depreciated, functionality is not removed. It languishes in the code base and aids an auditor in deciding
that that particular code base is a mess, when in fact 20% - 35% of the code in question is (or is almost) unreachable. At this point, and for obvious reasons, a full rewrite becomes more and more attractive (read productive). Late stage porting efforts to disparate platforms are a major source of dead code. While maturity = mess, so too does portability = longevity.
I would go on to mention that sometimes fundamental design flaws make it to implementation, but that is basically the same as having a project reach critical mess during testing. Some code is ugly at birth, should have never been born, and will probably won't live past the age of 3.
I suppose they would look like the creature from Alien, but along with bursting out of people's stomachs, they would not pay their taxes and read a lot of Ayn Rand.
By her late 40s, Ayn Rand herself looked like something that had burst out of some person's stomach.
Seriously, what the fuck were they thinking relying on a server to be always available? I've noticed the trend lately. Folks *want* some server to always be available. They want this so badly, they just go about their business as if the server in question would always be available. Even trained pros, who know better, sometimes think and/or act this way. Especially with regards to systems they can't see, and do not have to maintain. Thus, the Hard & Painful Lessons of Life(tm) still have their place in the world.;(
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Ruby has to be told that it is dealing in unicode.
$KCODE = 'UTF8'
but yeah.. UTF8 is all you get AFAIK.
I don't have to maintain the winner's code. =D
Wouldn't want to, even if it was possible. The gift of C does not smile on the dissolute.
I'd have to agree. Well written Ruby is *very* easy on the eyes.
I don't think anyone is going to collect on the bounty, even if they do come forward. or... Niro secretly paid the informant, and simply claimed that nobody came forward to collect (as part of a possible precondition). Heck, the "threatening email" could have been a simple social engineering trick by someone who suspected Frenkel but wasn't 100% sure. Actually, Godzilla wanted Frenkel out of the way so he could go ahead with an infringement suit against the Cloverfield Monster. "Use of Deep Ocean Originating Monsterous Rampage in Wreaking Havoc on Major Metropolitan Area while being attacked by military aircraft operated by idiots who love to fly close enough to be chomped out of mid-air".
In answer to the question: it was a massive flaming jury manipulating lie. Even if that was not the intent of the liar, it's still a lie, and worthy of disciplinary action.
You are vaccinated by proxy fool. Mod me anyway you like (oddly enough I don't seem to care that you have moderator status all the time). Veiled threats are the refuge of the frustrated.
Uh, no. We've shifted our focus towards a synergistic paradigmatic model better suited for the theoretical quasi-user experience. I have no idea what that means but the CEO loves it.
Your right. I know lots of people who earned their B.S. (in CS) without knowing where the term cut-and paste comes from.
Its amazing how much of a difference reading the article makes!
/.ers delight in posting these days.
Thankyou for your clear, informed reply. It stands in sharp contrast to all the glib, ancedotal, mal-informed remarks that a rather large subset of
Otherwise, it will get 230 replies complaining loudly about how irrelevant the story is, and moderators will spend countless mod points modding up every single pithy remark about how irrelevant the story was. This is all after the website in question gets slashdotted!
And much better stories were (and still are) only a few clicks away.
We do it to ourselves people!!!
It maxed out before I could get to it! :)
Its one of the best ideas I have heard in a loooong time!
I thought I was virtually alone in thinking that Ayn Rand was completely lame in the brain. The only other book I have read that fit into the same category as "Atlas Shrugged", would be "Dianetics" (by you know who... lol). I am not a very bright person and I credit Dianetics and others of it's ilk for the 27 point decrease in my IQ score. God I hate her. But truly, do I hate her more than I hate myself? No, you actually hate her. It's true. Its a natural, reasonable reaction based on immutable fact; Ayn Rand was the absolute epitome of arrogance and hubris.
Depends on who is getting shot. :(
I agree. Three people got their arms snapped. Possibly, by a chiuaua (or it's virtual equivalent)! And it happened in Japan, of all places!
There is also the 'age group' angle at work here. The idea that 'video games are for kids' is still prevalent in many people's minds. Thus games are often seen as 'toys' not tools, and gaming is seen as an idle pastime (usually is) instead of a meaningful activity (almost never).
When someone tries to tell me that video games are just kid stuff I usually fire up FlightGear (or M$ Fight Sim). End of debate! Gaming is as much an 'experience medium' as it is a blithering waste of time. We simply need the right games.
Posting that comment as an AC was a smart move on your part. I wouldn't want something that stupid to be traceable back to me either. :D
Amen to that. BTW: The lack of a runoff system is itself the very heart and soul of our current electorial college. You know... the one that dissuades multiple candidates and helps keep Green and Libertarian parties out of the loop.
I often wonder if our current two party monopoly encourages black and white thinking... or perhaps vica versa?
Damn! You type as fast as p0 stdout on my OpenBSD box! Serious MAD turfing Skillz D00d! B3g D4 Qu3s710n 0n 411 j00 n00bz!
And that is the crux of the matter. He who decides what activity constitutes the undermining of efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq wields the power. Lots of broad language and if recent history is any indication, little or no oversight. No need to obtain a court order (that I am aware of). The power can be wielded from behind a veil of secrecy, by a political appointee (after he meets with a couple other political appointees). This is raw power with very limited consequences for it's misuse.
Would you say the same thing about Hillary Clinton, who stands a very good chance of being elected in 2008? Because guess what. She's going to have the same powers when she takes office.I have a terrible feeling that the current presidential administration does not plan on turning over the reins of this country's government. The bombing of Iran, combined with the deteriorating situations in Iraq and Afghanistan will necessitate a postponement of the presidential elections in 2008. Hence, the power-grab. I know it sounds bombastic, even paranoid, but it is the only sense I can make of it.
I have noticed three main (non-style) factors to why mature code becomes messy...
1) The new functionality is added in by someone who is not fully aware of how the code base was orginally structured. They commit encapsulation fouls, succumb to the temptation of adding "just one more field" in a class that is already overstuffed, or add code to a method/function that is not in keeping with the logical intent of the method/function.
2) The code base is being maintained by an individual whose coding and design philosophies are radically different than that of the orginal author(s). This can be due to differences in experience levels, schools of thought, whatever. In many companies, the new hires start out in a maintenance coding position of some sort, yet changing existing code to fit changing requirements can be an extremely difficult task if the new reqs diverge far enough from the old ones. Its amazing how quickly you can find yourself in over your head.
3) Obsolete, depreciated, functionality is not removed. It languishes in the code base and aids an auditor in deciding that that particular code base is a mess, when in fact 20% - 35% of the code in question is (or is almost) unreachable. At this point, and for obvious reasons, a full rewrite becomes more and more attractive (read productive). Late stage porting efforts to disparate platforms are a major source of dead code. While maturity = mess, so too does portability = longevity.
I would go on to mention that sometimes fundamental design flaws make it to implementation, but that is basically the same as having a project reach critical mess during testing. Some code is ugly at birth, should have never been born, and will probably won't live past the age of 3.
Like "One Click Shopping".
By her late 40s, Ayn Rand herself looked like something that had burst out of some person's stomach.