I think its a pretty good analogy but that comparing it to biology leaves it a bit ambiguous as to what the metaphor is.
If you compare it to something like building a house or office building the analogy works. If you misplace one 2x4, its very unlikely that anything will ever happen. Even with something as serious as doors, if you place one 6 inches to the left or right of where its supposed to be, it usually works out ok. It always amazed me once I started working with construction at how un-scientific it was. I remember being told that the contractors don't need to know that space is 9 feet 10 1/2 inches. Just tell them its 10 feet and they'll cut it to fit.
One of the amazing things about AutoCad versus the typical inexpensive CAD program is that it deals with imperfections. You can build with things that have a +/- to them and it will take that into account.
Overall, he definitely seems to be on the right track from what I've seen. Most of the projects I've been working on (J2EE stuff) it seems to be taken as a fact that its possible to get all the requirements and implement them exactly. Like all of business can be boiled down to a simple set of rules.
People argue against legal solutions being used against spam because they simply won't work.
Probably half of the spam I receive qualifies as fraud. There are already laws against that, but the spam continues.
What happens when your email server isn't patched quick enough and you end up with a $2mil fine for the spam that is sent through it?
I also take issue with your claim that the technical solution is only being offered by those with a monetary incentive. So far I've used nothing but free solutions to save myself from spam and its over 98% effective (no false positives).
Do you propose hiring a lawyer and drafting a civil suit against an unknown group in Nigeria *after* I've already been spammed will be both more effective and cost less?
Is there any study on mentioning the development work that people get out of Unix Admins?
I don't mean direct development of the applications usually (although this is often true), rather the automation of systems, the munging of data and the vast array of other things from whence Perl was born.
Ever get a one-off VB script from an MS admin that corrects the last 24 hours submissions from the website that have been going in slightly wrong?
Unix admins have had time to directly contribute to development in a lot of places I've been. I've never seen that from an MS admin.
I'm really beginning to feel like the whole TCO is a -1 Troll. If you don't know how to use one system or you can't use one because of apps then your choice is already made for you. If you have the choice save the multiple thousands of dollars now, even a small development network could cost tens of thousands in license fees. This could easily pay for the marginal cost of a Unix admin until time for license renewal and more savings, and wouldn't we all rather pay an admin than pay MS?
What happens when HTML becomes obsolete is they have an extra pile of cash laying around because they had money coming in instead of going out for a couple years.
Nobody ever seems to count into the cost of college the 4 years of salary not coming in, the 4 years of job experience not earned (I don't care about your intern experience), and the 4 years of salary history.
The value of a degree as a predictor of success isn't so much that it shows you have learned something as it is that it shows you can apply your self for a couple years. This is why colleges recruit graduating seniors more heavily than they recruit people with degrees in general. The person that went to college and graduated in 4 years has shown they can apply themselves without being distracted. While this is not a perfect system, it does help in soliciting the more dependable (if not brilliant) worker. Employers want pliable employees, and anyone that gives up $200k (including opportunity cost) to get a degree certainly qualifies.
Of course some degrees really do reflect a specific learning or skill (engineering, accounting, etc...)
The answering machine should automatically pickup, play those tones, then play a ringing sound really loud that sounds just like your phone, then a message and finish with a beep.
You need to remove Apache from that list. Its IIS that has been playing catchup. Sure they've taken a few benchmarks at times for displaying static pages but that's it. Apache is the standard by which other web servers are judged.
A major difference here is who asked for what. In this guy's case, he was asked to do the work. He should have done it and submitted a bill. The company wouldn't have much choice but to pay it or end up in court where they would have to say (or perjure otherwise) that they never asked for a price, they only requested the work.
Its been my experience that most "gamers" are like audiophiles. They claim to observe details that just aren't their while claiming superiority of their particular technology.
Also, lumping all gamers together isn't quite right. First person shooters are the only genre that really suffers from moving to a slightly inferior monitor. A gamer that logs massive hours in something like Civilization, The Sims or Everquest may actually prefer the break on the eyes. Its funny to see so many people claim gamers will spend any amount on a CRT but never mention that the perfectd solution may in fact be one of each.
I really don't mean this as flamebait to the many technophiles here.
Yea, he could also pick up the damn phone and buy a ticket that way.
Your relative probably takes the elevator at work. This can make transportation upstairs possible for someone bound to a wheelchair. He probably doesn't complain that there is no lift on the stairs also.
Not every stall in the bathrooms will have handrails and not every shower on campus will be easy to use. Not every avenue is available to purchase tickets is available to the blind but there is at least one that works quite well.
There are proabably more people that speak unusual languages that have more difficult access to Southwest Airlines on a day to day basis.
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I'm not kidding.
I think its a pretty good analogy but that comparing it to biology leaves it a bit ambiguous as to what the metaphor is.
If you compare it to something like building a house or office building the analogy works. If you misplace one 2x4, its very unlikely that anything will ever happen. Even with something as serious as doors, if you place one 6 inches to the left or right of where its supposed to be, it usually works out ok. It always amazed me once I started working with construction at how un-scientific it was. I remember being told that the contractors don't need to know that space is 9 feet 10 1/2 inches. Just tell them its 10 feet and they'll cut it to fit.
One of the amazing things about AutoCad versus the typical inexpensive CAD program is that it deals with imperfections. You can build with things that have a +/- to them and it will take that into account.
Overall, he definitely seems to be on the right track from what I've seen. Most of the projects I've been working on (J2EE stuff) it seems to be taken as a fact that its possible to get all the requirements and implement them exactly. Like all of business can be boiled down to a simple set of rules.
People argue against legal solutions being used against spam because they simply won't work.
Probably half of the spam I receive qualifies as fraud. There are already laws against that, but the spam continues.
What happens when your email server isn't patched quick enough and you end up with a $2mil fine for the spam that is sent through it?
I also take issue with your claim that the technical solution is only being offered by those with a monetary incentive. So far I've used nothing but free solutions to save myself from spam and its over 98% effective (no false positives).
Do you propose hiring a lawyer and drafting a civil suit against an unknown group in Nigeria *after* I've already been spammed will be both more effective and cost less?
Can anyone from a non-DMCA country crack his ROT-13 and translate? I'd love to know what this guy said.
I use: /usr/bin/emacs
oops, nevermind. just read the second part of #12, which for some reason wasn't wrapping in my browser a minute ago.
How is your #12, of itself, a security flaw?
Turn this on its ear and start advertising "Use MS because you'll get paid less". I'm sure this will go over well in colleges.
Is there any study on mentioning the development work that people get out of Unix Admins?
I don't mean direct development of the applications usually (although this is often true), rather the automation of systems, the munging of data and the vast array of other things from whence Perl was born.
Ever get a one-off VB script from an MS admin that corrects the last 24 hours submissions from the website that have been going in slightly wrong?
Unix admins have had time to directly contribute to development in a lot of places I've been. I've never seen that from an MS admin.
I'm really beginning to feel like the whole TCO is a -1 Troll. If you don't know how to use one system or you can't use one because of apps then your choice is already made for you. If you have the choice save the multiple thousands of dollars now, even a small development network could cost tens of thousands in license fees. This could easily pay for the marginal cost of a Unix admin until time for license renewal and more savings, and wouldn't we all rather pay an admin than pay MS?
What happens when HTML becomes obsolete is they have an extra pile of cash laying around because they had money coming in instead of going out for a couple years.
Nobody ever seems to count into the cost of college the 4 years of salary not coming in, the 4 years of job experience not earned (I don't care about your intern experience), and the 4 years of salary history.
The value of a degree as a predictor of success isn't so much that it shows you have learned something as it is that it shows you can apply your self for a couple years. This is why colleges recruit graduating seniors more heavily than they recruit people with degrees in general. The person that went to college and graduated in 4 years has shown they can apply themselves without being distracted. While this is not a perfect system, it does help in soliciting the more dependable (if not brilliant) worker. Employers want pliable employees, and anyone that gives up $200k (including opportunity cost) to get a degree certainly qualifies.
Of course some degrees really do reflect a specific learning or skill (engineering, accounting, etc...)
Mr. President, we cannot allow a moon colony gap.
The answering machine should automatically pickup, play those tones, then play a ringing sound really loud that sounds just like your phone, then a message and finish with a beep.
Of course if you write to the lawyer with information pertaining to the case, I'm sure he'll consider it billable.
Emacs is my controller.
You need to remove Apache from that list. Its IIS that has been playing catchup. Sure they've taken a few benchmarks at times for displaying static pages but that's it. Apache is the standard by which other web servers are judged.
A major difference here is who asked for what. In this guy's case, he was asked to do the work. He should have done it and submitted a bill. The company wouldn't have much choice but to pay it or end up in court where they would have to say (or perjure otherwise) that they never asked for a price, they only requested the work.
I use 10 digit biometric security. Just try to take my PDA...
And if you open the tunnel on one side you could probably roll the car to a good stopping point.
If you were sufficiently handicapped, the bus would come straight to your door to pick you up whenever you want.
If building a tunnel underneath is not possible, may I suggest they build a frog-a-pult.
You just know you have to google to see if such a things exists...
Its been my experience that most "gamers" are like audiophiles. They claim to observe details that just aren't their while claiming superiority of their particular technology.
Also, lumping all gamers together isn't quite right. First person shooters are the only genre that really suffers from moving to a slightly inferior monitor. A gamer that logs massive hours in something like Civilization, The Sims or Everquest may actually prefer the break on the eyes. Its funny to see so many people claim gamers will spend any amount on a CRT but never mention that the perfectd solution may in fact be one of each.
I really don't mean this as flamebait to the many technophiles here.
Of course you've made no mention of the mysterious sticky substances applied to all carnival rides.
We distill Mountain Dew until its just caffeinated rock candy.
Yea, he could also pick up the damn phone and buy a ticket that way.
Your relative probably takes the elevator at work. This can make transportation upstairs possible for someone bound to a wheelchair. He probably doesn't complain that there is no lift on the stairs also.
Not every stall in the bathrooms will have handrails and not every shower on campus will be easy to use. Not every avenue is available to purchase tickets is available to the blind but there is at least one that works quite well.
There are proabably more people that speak unusual languages that have more difficult access to Southwest Airlines on a day to day basis.