If you go full MS stack you get very good discounts, per someone I work with (we used to use other BI products a lot). And the stack isn't bad with SQL Server, SSIS, Analysis Services, and MSDN Ultimate subscriptions for developers, where I work.
I don't know the discount level, but I know the costs are nothing like the Oracle licenses at my prior job.
If hell is full of fire then Arizona is a suburb (this works well given the attempted legislation of Hate, the wool is thick over their eyes - when I was religious, briefly as a child, I was taught tolerance and acceptance were the true message of Jesus, these folks are working for the dark side and don't even realize it - the deception of the dark one has them entranced by hatred, almost enough to make me believe again... - UCC as a child for the record, baptized by Sledgehammer's father, Reverend Rashe, in my grandmother's home - name drop...).
I've lived in Arizona (2001-2005), it is a terrible place to live (referring to Phoenix/Scottsdale - a bland suburb as far as the eye can see, to their credit, Williams and Flagstaff were very nice to visit). Good for vacations though, and the Grand Canyon is just that.
Are there specific use cases or patterns where reactive programming may excel, and be integrated into a more traditionally developed system (to minimize reactive complexity through human written code complexity - no way around the complexity...)?
I have no reactive application experience, just wondering if it is possible and if it could be beneficial.
Didn't read the article or any comments, this is Slashdot afterall... Consider a couple of situations.
Bugs Due to Lack of Knowledge or Incompetence
This should lead to the person in question leaving the company. I've seen it at the C level and have successfully recommended it at the developer levels (so and so isn't working out, then they are out).
Accidental Bugs
I may write a bug everyday. Seems like I do after UX/QA/UAT testing. Fixing them is part of the job, not my personal life.
Call a bug a mistake then executives (and managers) make mistakes all of the time. At the C-level, strategies are altered and hopefully the new course is better. No guarantee (see Incompetence above). We all deal with our own mistakes (and it is up to the individual where to spend extra time and effort).
The same mistake (or an unknown, very common in my experience) by regular employees (BA, IA, QA, UAT, etc.) is essentially the same. Missing something, or letting a bad situation through, is similar in spirit to a bug. People should accepts their mistakes, correct them, and continue on. If not, see Incompetence above.
Reality
Give me a complete set of perfect requirements (UI included) and I can deliver using the best architecture approaches possible, every time.
If not, see the Incompetence above.
But perfect documentation/design isn't possible in reality, so bugs (coded or designed) will occur.
Fixing them is just part of the job until Incompetence is identified, see the Incompetence above.
Thank you for the reply, ended up resulting in the funniest thing I encountered today.
The reply caused an email to my inbox with the subject: [Slashdot] Reply to "Re:What a gang of assholes" by drinkypoo
After telling several people a writer friend of mine wants to write a book titled "What a Gang of Assholes" and use the fake name "Drinkpoo" as the author.
And the meta-comedy is that drinkypoo referred to a gang of assholes...
He was impeached for it, and it related to his social life (and of no bearing on his job, other than giving the other side a reasonable blackmail setup).
Clapper lied to Congress about national security, which matters considerably more than sexual favors.
I doubt Congress could jail the President for lying to them, impeachment is their option (and possibly jail after leaving office I would imagine, but I am not familiar with those rules).
There should be several goals to K-12 education, including: 1. Love of learning, as you mentioned 2. A basic understanding of the world around us and how it came about (history) 3. At least a certain minimum level of language (verbal and written), and math (at least algebra, but I know a few people that didn't get that far or that couldn't handle it). 4. Offer a variety of electives including science, music, art, drama, and creative writing. Let the kids find their paths, the part of this I can't explain would be how to expose them to it to expose them and identify individual interests (maybe K-6 for art and music, science and creative writing at higher levels mostly due to advanced nature). 5. There should be some practical courses required as well such as personal finance and nutrition. 6. Computer education and classroom use is also important, but kids these days are already surrounded by and experts at certain technologies. 7. Provide the tools for kids to make informed decisions about their path after K-12.
I like Daniel Quinn's ideas about alternative approaches to education. He's very insightful.
I don't have a sterile view of education, I was only posing the question of why there would be a foreign language requirement. To that question, I can't say one way or the other if there should be such a requirement.
I sucked at Spanish in high school, harder than calculus. I got around language requirements in college via some comparative religion courses (which worked out great as one teacher turned me onto Hermann Hesse, changed my life).
The only problem I see with this change is called it a Foreign Language. If it was Alternative Language I wouldn't see anything wrong with it.
I see learning a programming language, which I assume mean learning some programming, as highly valuable to anyone. If taught properly (I've never seen this), it can provide a solid logic base (and, or, not) and a deeper understanding of decision making (conditionals).
My wife had a total of 8 years of French and spent a semester in Paris. She hasn't used it yet and is no longer very fluent. As for applied knowledge, her spreadsheet skills are good, but she trips up on logic and conditionals.
Why is there a foreign language requirement anyway?
Facebook is weird this way. I joined a while back and within 24 hours a Turkish college dorm roommate of mine (for a single semester, saw him at a U2 concert a couple of years later) friended me. He was back in Turkey, but he found me instantly. We never sent email between us, but I provided Facebook with details of my college location and when I attended.
I only use the site for birthday notifications, anyone that knows me (parents, etc.) expect me to forget their birthdays, but now I don't... Except for my grandparents, who are not on Facebook.
I update my "status" maybe one time every couple of years.
Sol's euthanasia scene is a classic in cinema (the visuals and the music - awesome and chilling - to see the beauty of what once was, to realize what now is, and to realize that all experience is now ending (as a conscious act); and the music was incredible). The rest is standard 1970s film making, but also a decent if not good environmental film, for its time.
Keep in mind when it was made.
I haven't read the book, didn't even know what it was based on (obviously a loose adaptation if Soylent Green was not people). I will have to check that out.
Did you like Logan's Run? Similar time (1976 vs Soylent's 1973) and message, both awesome in my opinion to this day.
Some movies I have nostalgia for are terrible, an example is True Genius. Terrible 1980s filming and some of the worst acting I've ever seen.
I'm still not convinced about the name, but it is interesting to consider (more below). Awesome screenshot by the way.
I read the Wikipedia page on the Lindows case, it seems the judge invalidated the trademark to Windows. And MS is certainly allowed to purchase trademarks they feel they need to ($20 million in this case).
As for the name. Microsoft is a company name trademark, and Windows is a Microsoft trademark on a software application. The two trademarks are inherently different with respects to usage and trademark applicability. I would have problems starting a software company called Microsoft, iMicrosoft (the Apple tradition),maybe even Microsoftware (not sure on that, I wouldn't chance it...), But I could create a company with Windows in the name, in fact there are thousands of such companies in the housing industry.
MS refers to Windows as Windows across its website, I can't find an instance of Microsoft and Windows combined. Google searches return "Microsoft Windows", but that is clarifying the company name (in case one is searching for house windows). My operating system is "Windows 7 Home Premium" with a Microsoft copyright notice below the name.
Here's what I see: The company name is Microsoft. The product name is Windows, and the trademark itself has basically been invalidated (I'm trying to think of ways to take advantage of this, looking for some settlement money, maybe a porn site called Sindows or something - Sin Windows, there is a Minecraft server called Sindows...).
I liked your historical screenshot a lot, here's another one (I don't know your age though, the next question may not apply). Did you use 123, Lotus 123, or just Lotus? I used the 2nd and 3rd commonly while in college, but never the first. But the software was simply called 123: http://www.guidebookgallery.or...
I've always seen our relationship with fossil fuels as a duel edged sword. First edge, they are the only reason we live in the advanced world we currently do. No oil or coal, no modern living as we now know.
But, they are a finite resource. Oil is what I worry about the most (if you buy into abiotic oil I've got quite a few bridges you may be interested in, on sale this week).
The other edge of the sword is the fact that we are fully dependent on fossil fuels. If alternative energy resources are not developed before fossil fuel resources decrease/"get really expensive" then we are screwed.
If alternatives can be developed to allow a smooth (where smooth can include a 3-day shadow, it cannot be easy given our current dependence) transition off of fossil fuel dependence then we can continue on our merry way (with less energy I guarantee, but if alternatives are mature enough before problems occur things will be much smoother).
Can the market pull it off? Maybe. I'm not too optimistic, I figure the banks would have to be involved in alternative energy development since they can't fail...
Great analogy, it could be extended such that code faults leading to things like buffer overflows or SQL injection are "loopholes", basically unexpected consequences.
And patching the law is far more difficult than patching software.
I was waiting for someone to mention Windows, which is both the COMPLETE product name and trademark name.
"Candy" isn't the COMPLETE product/trademarkable name of anything that I know of. "Candy Crush" is, and that is certainly worthy of a trademark in my opinion (not a bad game if you like color matching games).
This will fall, but should never have been stood up in the first place.
I'm with you, I value stability. At my last job, I left a team as a senior developer and moved to a special project where I learned Informatica and ERWin to expand my knowledge base. But after a while they wanted all of my time, mandatory Saturdays were already in effect, they were considering Sundays. I was told my attitude wasn't working as I wasn't putting in 12 hour days. Eventually I left with a negotiated settlement (14 years with the company or its parent, talk about stability...).
Getting a new job took a couple of days (I had weeks to figure things out due to the settlement), and I've been there for over two years now. And I'm now working for the Architect, and mostly designing, prototyping, and developing special projects. The job switch ended up being hugely beneficial.
I know I could get more money. But I'm happy being highly respected and working on interesting things (no longer stuck in the support role). I also learn the business wherever I am, and this results in a lot of exposure to C-level folks. My ultimate goal is an architecture position, which I should qualify for in a couple of years.
I valued stability even before I had kids (those 14 years). Now it is a requirement because kids are creators of instability and the complete loss of free time.
The average number of texts per phone is higher than 10, I'm guessing it's somewhere in the 20-30 range based on:
Per this Business Insider article (by age group, and why no overall average!!!): * 18-24 year olds send 67 texts a day * 25-34, 37 texts a day * 34-44, 28 texts a day * 45-54, 17 texts a day * 55+, 8 texts a day
Here are some stats (StatisticBrain.com) on daily text message numbers, for June 2012 the count was 14,100,000,000 per day (that's right, 14.1 billion).
200 million text messages captured per day would be around 1.4%.
Given this I figure they are using one or more filtering methods such as: 1. Exclusion: Ignore "non-data" phrases such as "OMW". 2. Inclusion: Include specific keywords, terrorist stuff and such. 2. Geographically: potentially based on leads or evidence or "chatter". 3. Person Of Interest: Person's of interest and 2-3 Bacons (communication links from target)
The real question, in my opinion, is what do they do with them? No one is reading 200 million texts every day. I'm assuming they have applications that look for associations and patterns of specific keywords, probably with Person of Interest as a driver.
That's what I would do... Probably should have posted Anon...
Any database equivalent syntax was also acceptable (as long as we could interpret it or the candidate could explain it), but we also said plain English is fine (tell me the concept, Google can provide the syntax).
The situation involved a four question basic SQL test involving two tables with a diagram and text describing the relationship (diagram = 2 tables and a single line denoting the foreign key).
The test was easy, but apparently I was the first one in over 100 candidates to pass it... All claimed years of SQL experience. It was sort of comical on some level, but it was also a huge waste of time (I'm much more concerned about my time these days, back in the day it was actually funny to interview inept people just to see what they would do, one person even called their developer spouse to ask a question, right in front of us...).
I know and agree, but human nature trumps honor almost every time.
Not going Godwin I believe, but Nazi Germany is a terrible, but very valid, example of this. The need for self-preservation kept those against the atrocities from revolting, to their benefit (equation, keeping quiet or escaping to the US from Europe = LIFE, anything else = DEATH).
Realizing that this is rational, regardless of ethics or actual understanding, exposes a core fault in human evolution, if we expect everyone to act in the best interest of those around us (society).
We may know that something is wrong, but we would probably support it if it is to our benefit; shoot, we would support it even if there is just the perception of a benefit (this perception comment explains Republican/Democrat lifetime supporters, eyes closed, perceiving something better, but never tired of getting let down...).
Fact: Perception = Truth, unless one is doing a physics experiment.
I'm positive the judges in question didn't plan, early in their careers as lawyers, to eventually betray the ultimate law of the land. But years and decades of "this is how it works" twists one perception of how things should be, and then they were presented with a "fantastic opportunity to support National Security". Consider the Commerce Clause, one of the most abused sections of the Constitution (not relevant to current discussion, but the perfect example of where the Supreme Court fails consistently).
It comes down to: No one involved in the Status Quo wants it to change. They are used to it and/or enjoy the benefit so of it. It is their reality.
Again, it is human nature. But I also agree, those involved do not deserve the title of "Judge".
As you do, I find the mod point requirements a bit tedious (preventing mod points on any thread one is involved with would seem sufficient...).
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Your sig references my favorite song of all time, love to play it with my guitar and my hardly capable voice.
If you go full MS stack you get very good discounts, per someone I work with (we used to use other BI products a lot). And the stack isn't bad with SQL Server, SSIS, Analysis Services, and MSDN Ultimate subscriptions for developers, where I work.
I don't know the discount level, but I know the costs are nothing like the Oracle licenses at my prior job.
If hell is full of fire then Arizona is a suburb (this works well given the attempted legislation of Hate, the wool is thick over their eyes - when I was religious, briefly as a child, I was taught tolerance and acceptance were the true message of Jesus, these folks are working for the dark side and don't even realize it - the deception of the dark one has them entranced by hatred, almost enough to make me believe again... - UCC as a child for the record, baptized by Sledgehammer's father, Reverend Rashe, in my grandmother's home - name drop...).
I've lived in Arizona (2001-2005), it is a terrible place to live (referring to Phoenix/Scottsdale - a bland suburb as far as the eye can see, to their credit, Williams and Flagstaff were very nice to visit). Good for vacations though, and the Grand Canyon is just that.
Are there specific use cases or patterns where reactive programming may excel, and be integrated into a more traditionally developed system (to minimize reactive complexity through human written code complexity - no way around the complexity...)?
I have no reactive application experience, just wondering if it is possible and if it could be beneficial.
Didn't read the article or any comments, this is Slashdot afterall... Consider a couple of situations.
Bugs Due to Lack of Knowledge or Incompetence
This should lead to the person in question leaving the company. I've seen it at the C level and have successfully recommended it at the developer levels (so and so isn't working out, then they are out).
Accidental Bugs
I may write a bug everyday. Seems like I do after UX/QA/UAT testing. Fixing them is part of the job, not my personal life.
Call a bug a mistake then executives (and managers) make mistakes all of the time. At the C-level, strategies are altered and hopefully the new course is better. No guarantee (see Incompetence above). We all deal with our own mistakes (and it is up to the individual where to spend extra time and effort).
The same mistake (or an unknown, very common in my experience) by regular employees (BA, IA, QA, UAT, etc.) is essentially the same. Missing something, or letting a bad situation through, is similar in spirit to a bug. People should accepts their mistakes, correct them, and continue on. If not, see Incompetence above.
Reality
Give me a complete set of perfect requirements (UI included) and I can deliver using the best architecture approaches possible, every time.
If not, see the Incompetence above.
But perfect documentation/design isn't possible in reality, so bugs (coded or designed) will occur.
Fixing them is just part of the job until Incompetence is identified, see the Incompetence above.
Thank you for the reply, ended up resulting in the funniest thing I encountered today.
The reply caused an email to my inbox with the subject:
[Slashdot] Reply to "Re:What a gang of assholes" by drinkypoo
After telling several people a writer friend of mine wants to write a book titled "What a Gang of Assholes" and use the fake name "Drinkpoo" as the author.
And the meta-comedy is that drinkypoo referred to a gang of assholes...
Holy Shit, Batman!
It is clever when you reply to Big Hairy Ian, due to the sigs (and vise-versa):
Big Hairy Ian:
Build a Man a Fire, and He'll Be Warm for a Day. Set a Man on Fire, and He'll Be Warm for the Rest of His Life.
Greyfox:
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Use a screen capture utility, I recommend Greenshot (and and full featured).
I enjoy Medium articles, but don't like the "style" they bring to presenting information.
He was impeached for it, and it related to his social life (and of no bearing on his job, other than giving the other side a reasonable blackmail setup).
Clapper lied to Congress about national security, which matters considerably more than sexual favors.
I doubt Congress could jail the President for lying to them, impeachment is their option (and possibly jail after leaving office I would imagine, but I am not familiar with those rules).
There should be several goals to K-12 education, including:
1. Love of learning, as you mentioned
2. A basic understanding of the world around us and how it came about (history)
3. At least a certain minimum level of language (verbal and written), and math (at least algebra, but I know a few people that didn't get that far or that couldn't handle it).
4. Offer a variety of electives including science, music, art, drama, and creative writing. Let the kids find their paths, the part of this I can't explain would be how to expose them to it to expose them and identify individual interests (maybe K-6 for art and music, science and creative writing at higher levels mostly due to advanced nature).
5. There should be some practical courses required as well such as personal finance and nutrition.
6. Computer education and classroom use is also important, but kids these days are already surrounded by and experts at certain technologies.
7. Provide the tools for kids to make informed decisions about their path after K-12.
I like Daniel Quinn's ideas about alternative approaches to education. He's very insightful.
I don't have a sterile view of education, I was only posing the question of why there would be a foreign language requirement. To that question, I can't say one way or the other if there should be such a requirement.
I sucked at Spanish in high school, harder than calculus. I got around language requirements in college via some comparative religion courses (which worked out great as one teacher turned me onto Hermann Hesse, changed my life).
The only problem I see with this change is called it a Foreign Language. If it was Alternative Language I wouldn't see anything wrong with it.
I see learning a programming language, which I assume mean learning some programming, as highly valuable to anyone. If taught properly (I've never seen this), it can provide a solid logic base (and, or, not) and a deeper understanding of decision making (conditionals).
My wife had a total of 8 years of French and spent a semester in Paris. She hasn't used it yet and is no longer very fluent. As for applied knowledge, her spreadsheet skills are good, but she trips up on logic and conditionals.
Why is there a foreign language requirement anyway?
Just call it the Handegg Bowl.
http://www.augmentedplanet.com...
Facebook is weird this way. I joined a while back and within 24 hours a Turkish college dorm roommate of mine (for a single semester, saw him at a U2 concert a couple of years later) friended me. He was back in Turkey, but he found me instantly. We never sent email between us, but I provided Facebook with details of my college location and when I attended.
I only use the site for birthday notifications, anyone that knows me (parents, etc.) expect me to forget their birthdays, but now I don't... Except for my grandparents, who are not on Facebook.
I update my "status" maybe one time every couple of years.
Sol's euthanasia scene is a classic in cinema (the visuals and the music - awesome and chilling - to see the beauty of what once was, to realize what now is, and to realize that all experience is now ending (as a conscious act); and the music was incredible). The rest is standard 1970s film making, but also a decent if not good environmental film, for its time.
Keep in mind when it was made.
I haven't read the book, didn't even know what it was based on (obviously a loose adaptation if Soylent Green was not people). I will have to check that out.
Did you like Logan's Run? Similar time (1976 vs Soylent's 1973) and message, both awesome in my opinion to this day.
Some movies I have nostalgia for are terrible, an example is True Genius. Terrible 1980s filming and some of the worst acting I've ever seen.
I'm still not convinced about the name, but it is interesting to consider (more below). Awesome screenshot by the way.
I read the Wikipedia page on the Lindows case, it seems the judge invalidated the trademark to Windows. And MS is certainly allowed to purchase trademarks they feel they need to ($20 million in this case).
As for the name. Microsoft is a company name trademark, and Windows is a Microsoft trademark on a software application. The two trademarks are inherently different with respects to usage and trademark applicability. I would have problems starting a software company called Microsoft, iMicrosoft (the Apple tradition),maybe even Microsoftware (not sure on that, I wouldn't chance it...), But I could create a company with Windows in the name, in fact there are thousands of such companies in the housing industry.
MS refers to Windows as Windows across its website, I can't find an instance of Microsoft and Windows combined. Google searches return "Microsoft Windows", but that is clarifying the company name (in case one is searching for house windows). My operating system is "Windows 7 Home Premium" with a Microsoft copyright notice below the name.
Here's what I see: The company name is Microsoft. The product name is Windows, and the trademark itself has basically been invalidated (I'm trying to think of ways to take advantage of this, looking for some settlement money, maybe a porn site called Sindows or something - Sin Windows, there is a Minecraft server called Sindows...).
I liked your historical screenshot a lot, here's another one (I don't know your age though, the next question may not apply). Did you use 123, Lotus 123, or just Lotus? I used the 2nd and 3rd commonly while in college, but never the first. But the software was simply called 123:
http://www.guidebookgallery.or...
Fun conversation, later.
http://www.guidebookgallery.or...
I've always seen our relationship with fossil fuels as a duel edged sword. First edge, they are the only reason we live in the advanced world we currently do. No oil or coal, no modern living as we now know.
But, they are a finite resource. Oil is what I worry about the most (if you buy into abiotic oil I've got quite a few bridges you may be interested in, on sale this week).
The other edge of the sword is the fact that we are fully dependent on fossil fuels. If alternative energy resources are not developed before fossil fuel resources decrease/"get really expensive" then we are screwed.
If alternatives can be developed to allow a smooth (where smooth can include a 3-day shadow, it cannot be easy given our current dependence) transition off of fossil fuel dependence then we can continue on our merry way (with less energy I guarantee, but if alternatives are mature enough before problems occur things will be much smoother).
Can the market pull it off? Maybe. I'm not too optimistic, I figure the banks would have to be involved in alternative energy development since they can't fail...
Great analogy, it could be extended such that code faults leading to things like buffer overflows or SQL injection are "loopholes", basically unexpected consequences.
And patching the law is far more difficult than patching software.
So code is jazz?
I was waiting for someone to mention Windows, which is both the COMPLETE product name and trademark name.
"Candy" isn't the COMPLETE product/trademarkable name of anything that I know of. "Candy Crush" is, and that is certainly worthy of a trademark in my opinion (not a bad game if you like color matching games).
This will fall, but should never have been stood up in the first place.
I'm with you, I value stability. At my last job, I left a team as a senior developer and moved to a special project where I learned Informatica and ERWin to expand my knowledge base. But after a while they wanted all of my time, mandatory Saturdays were already in effect, they were considering Sundays. I was told my attitude wasn't working as I wasn't putting in 12 hour days. Eventually I left with a negotiated settlement (14 years with the company or its parent, talk about stability...).
Getting a new job took a couple of days (I had weeks to figure things out due to the settlement), and I've been there for over two years now. And I'm now working for the Architect, and mostly designing, prototyping, and developing special projects. The job switch ended up being hugely beneficial.
I know I could get more money. But I'm happy being highly respected and working on interesting things (no longer stuck in the support role). I also learn the business wherever I am, and this results in a lot of exposure to C-level folks. My ultimate goal is an architecture position, which I should qualify for in a couple of years.
I valued stability even before I had kids (those 14 years). Now it is a requirement because kids are creators of instability and the complete loss of free time.
Anyway, I have to make dinner...
Just FYI, but Boeing has decided not to leave Washington state and will be building the 777X near Seattle.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2014/01/14/incentives-not-enough-for-missouri-to-lure-boeing-plant/4470317/
The average number of texts per phone is higher than 10, I'm guessing it's somewhere in the 20-30 range based on:
Per this Business Insider article (by age group, and why no overall average!!!):
* 18-24 year olds send 67 texts a day
* 25-34, 37 texts a day
* 34-44, 28 texts a day
* 45-54, 17 texts a day
* 55+, 8 texts a day
Here are some stats (StatisticBrain.com) on daily text message numbers, for June 2012 the count was 14,100,000,000 per day (that's right, 14.1 billion).
200 million text messages captured per day would be around 1.4%.
Given this I figure they are using one or more filtering methods such as:
1. Exclusion: Ignore "non-data" phrases such as "OMW".
2. Inclusion: Include specific keywords, terrorist stuff and such.
2. Geographically: potentially based on leads or evidence or "chatter".
3. Person Of Interest: Person's of interest and 2-3 Bacons (communication links from target)
The real question, in my opinion, is what do they do with them? No one is reading 200 million texts every day. I'm assuming they have applications that look for associations and patterns of specific keywords, probably with Person of Interest as a driver.
That's what I would do... Probably should have posted Anon...
The press agencies (Guardian and New York Times are two I believe) have the documents.
Whether they are coordinating with Snowden is not known that I know of. The press agencies are probably coordinating I would imagine.
Any database equivalent syntax was also acceptable (as long as we could interpret it or the candidate could explain it), but we also said plain English is fine (tell me the concept, Google can provide the syntax).
The situation involved a four question basic SQL test involving two tables with a diagram and text describing the relationship (diagram = 2 tables and a single line denoting the foreign key).
The test was easy, but apparently I was the first one in over 100 candidates to pass it... All claimed years of SQL experience. It was sort of comical on some level, but it was also a huge waste of time (I'm much more concerned about my time these days, back in the day it was actually funny to interview inept people just to see what they would do, one person even called their developer spouse to ask a question, right in front of us...).
I know and agree, but human nature trumps honor almost every time.
Not going Godwin I believe, but Nazi Germany is a terrible, but very valid, example of this. The need for self-preservation kept those against the atrocities from revolting, to their benefit (equation, keeping quiet or escaping to the US from Europe = LIFE, anything else = DEATH).
Realizing that this is rational, regardless of ethics or actual understanding, exposes a core fault in human evolution, if we expect everyone to act in the best interest of those around us (society).
We may know that something is wrong, but we would probably support it if it is to our benefit; shoot, we would support it even if there is just the perception of a benefit (this perception comment explains Republican/Democrat lifetime supporters, eyes closed, perceiving something better, but never tired of getting let down...).
Fact: Perception = Truth, unless one is doing a physics experiment.
I'm positive the judges in question didn't plan, early in their careers as lawyers, to eventually betray the ultimate law of the land. But years and decades of "this is how it works" twists one perception of how things should be, and then they were presented with a "fantastic opportunity to support National Security". Consider the Commerce Clause, one of the most abused sections of the Constitution (not relevant to current discussion, but the perfect example of where the Supreme Court fails consistently).
It comes down to: No one involved in the Status Quo wants it to change. They are used to it and/or enjoy the benefit so of it. It is their reality.
Again, it is human nature. But I also agree, those involved do not deserve the title of "Judge".
As you do, I find the mod point requirements a bit tedious (preventing mod points on any thread one is involved with would seem sufficient...).