I agree. On top of that, if you have an idea about how something should work, but you need something on the other side of the map, you have to spend 5 minutes getting there just to find out you're wrong.
This type of development actually works quite well in some cases. My group is contracting for a large company, and are developing/maintaining an internal website for different parts of the company. We often go to the customers themselves and see what they want. We develop something, have them test it, and request changes, upon which we implement right away.
The whole system works quite well. The major hurdle usually comes around when management gets involved. They want to see change requests and hold pointless meetings and shift people around, etc. Because we are contractors, we can usually bypass management and the system works rather well.
Finally! Something is being done about all the highjacking going on in airplanes. It seems like every other day there's another plane with an unruly passenger or highjacker of some sort with large volumes of dangerous weapons. It's about time they put in some provisions to make sure people feel safe on airplanes again.
Also, I'm selling some rocks that can keep cougars away, if anyone is interested.
* developed an increased sexual callousness toward women If you do anything too much, you'll become callous to it. When I was young, I had pizza almost every day for a week and by the end, I didn't want to even look at pizza for a while.
* began to trivialize rape as a criminal offense or no longer considered it a crime at all Two things: First, I myself wonder if rape is really all that bad. Now, don't get me wrong, it's a horrible thing, but people seem to think of rape as being far worse than murder or other heinous acts. In this day and age it seems like everything is rape. If you look at a woman the wrong way, OMG it's rape! off to prison you go! But I digress.
Second, it's funny that rape is the number one female fantasy. This opens a whole new bad of chips I won't go into right now.
* developed distorted perceptions about sexuality Distorted by who's perception? Maybe you're the one with the distorted perceptions about sexuality. Our society seems to be so caught up in sexual taboos that what used to be normal is now considered horribly despicable. (e.g. marriage at the age of 15, etc)
* developed an appetite for more deviant, bizarre, or violent types of pornography (normal sex no longer seemed to do the job) You know, most women have an appetite for more deviant, bizarre, or violent types of sex. Maybe "normal" sex is really abnormal.
* devalued the importance of monogamy and lacked confidence in marriage as either a viable or lasting institution
* viewed nonmonogamous relationships as normal and natural behaviorxi Is monogamy really all that important or natural? Most cultures today do not practice monogamy. Perhaps people who are exposed to more than what their church tells them will come to different conclusions about sexuality. You know, even monogamous pairs of animals are not always sexually exclusive. Perhaps you mean to say civilized cultures are monogamous. Does that mean civilization is natural? Hrmmm...
Over 50 data centers have given into government demands for private data. There is wide speculation on why so many data centers have willfully fallen under the sway of the government. There are rumors about bribes involving lowering energy costs. How many more data centers will cave? Is your data safe?!
Then they have to start deleting spam accounts quickly before the spammers adapt to inviting themselves.
One of the great things about the invitation only registration is google can delete an entire block of accounts and follow the chain up to the offender.
The down side is, people who live alone with no friends on or off line will be unable to get a gmail account. At first glance this may seem fine since they would have no one to email anyway, however, some porn sites require email registration.
Crime is best prevented by the fear of getting caught and punished. Actually, an even better way to prevent crime is to make sure everyone has a good job and a nice place to live and is content with life. People tend not to commit as many crimes when things are going well and they have too much to loose.
two presidential candidates survived in space for a few moments after they were jettison from an alien space craft in a Halloween episode. I think. My memory is a bit fuzzy on this one.
Far harder than chess. In chess, every permutation has a low number of values (every turn has few possible moves). In poker, every turn has a large number of possible moves/choices, such as how much to bet. Also, in chess, you can see the other players hand, in poker you cannot. This adds to the complication of poker. If this weren't bad enough, bluffing adds a whole new set of problems.
Also, in chess, given enough computing power, you can process all the moves up until the end of the game. This is not possible in poker.
I never liked firefox's save password ability. It stores the password in plane text (at least it used to) for anyone with physical access to see if they know where to look (and it's not hard to figure out where to look). I have stolen many a passwords this way. It is worse than writing your password down and putting it in your desk.
how random it truly is. That is, I wonder if it maybe favors 1's more than 0's. When dealing with the physical world, even on a quantum level, it is often hard to get a perfectly even probability split between two (or more) values.
Because the government gets to define what's wrong, and they keep changing the definition. I think this is a very good argument. You might not have something to hide now, but in the future you might. The government changes and one day you might not like the change. By then it may be too late. Suppose they raise taxes to 90%. What can you do? Protest? Suppose they declare protesting to be a terrorist act? You might argue they cannot do that due to the constitution, but terrorists are not protected by the constitution. Etc.
I admit, I was being a bit sarcastic in the beginning of my previous post. I would say life was simpler, but not necessarily easier. It has gotten way more complicated. To stay afloat these days you have to study nearly half your life. In fact, I do not attribute the fact we must work 8+ hours a day to technology, but instead to population. If we have todays technology but only 100th of the population, we would have large areas of open land to hunt and fish and live for free, all while having the technology to gather food, etc. Life would be a whole lot easier (imho).
I guess what I'm trying to say is, quit having so many babies. But I'm starting to get off topic here.
All of this technology is suppose to make our lives easier. It used to be all one had to do was go out and hunt for some food a couple ours a day (if even that). Nowadays, we work 8+ hours a day just to make ends meet.
It is my theory that new technology will not make life easier, but instead will increase our demands. It's the same way computer games will always be limited by hardware. Whenever we increase the hardware of a computer, we add more to the game to increase the demand for better hardware. It becomes (has always been) a vicious cycle.
Firstly, people in hand cuffs can still be feisty. Put me in a pair and try to fight me. I guarantee you will win, but I also guarantee you will loose a good chunk of flesh. The point is, if this man was still struggling while in hand cuffs they may have had to use physical force to keep him from causing problems. Now physical force could mean a lot of things, as could "beating the crap out of me." I am not saying he is right or wrong, I am simply saying people have a tendency to reword stories to make them look like the victim. I have seen it done many times, heck, I have done it myself.
Secondly, perhaps whoever modded me up was modding me up for other reasons. My post did have multiple parts.
Thirdly, I did not say a shady demeanor justified physical force. I said it made them suspicious (weary was the word I used). The fact that he would not cooperate justified the physical force. But I do not know the real story, so I cannot say who was really just.
I think that's what I said anyway. I can't remember, it was a while ago. I suppose with just a few clicks I could read what I wrote. Why bother? No one is going to be reading this anyway. No one of any significance anyway. HAH! suck it blue. Just kidding.
I wonder what else is going on... eh, I think I'm starting to ramble. Eh, whatever.. good night.
Seriously? They beat the crap our of you because you have long hair? Or were they weary of you because of your long hair and shady demeanor? Did they really beat the crap our of you, or were they trying to subdue you using physical force when you failed to cooperate with them?
Stopping police brutality is a good thing, but we have to be sure it is REAL brutality. Now, I do not know your situation, but I have heard so many stories similar to yours. Many backed up by video evidence. When digging further into the stories, I often find either the police did nothing wrong, or they were antagonized to the point where even a saint would have problems.
I do belive the easiest way to stop police brutality is to be polite and cooperative. I have long hair and have a very suspicious demeanor, but when I get pulled over, I get treated with nothing but respect. I attribute this to me being polite and cooperate. Either that or I just happened to run into the only nice cops in my area.
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Putting a sign saying "Free" on the item doesn't always work in some areas. If you're giving it away for free, it's probably crap.
The real solution is to put a sign on it saying "$10". It'll be snatched up before the hour is through.
with If They Mated (tm) technology
I agree. On top of that, if you have an idea about how something should work, but you need something on the other side of the map, you have to spend 5 minutes getting there just to find out you're wrong.
I think what AC was saying is if policies are such that you must write your passwords down, then the policies themselves are not very secure.
Passwords and policies should be as strong and secure as possible. Depending on what you mean by strong and secure.
and priests
This type of development actually works quite well in some cases. My group is contracting for a large company, and are developing/maintaining an internal website for different parts of the company. We often go to the customers themselves and see what they want. We develop something, have them test it, and request changes, upon which we implement right away.
The whole system works quite well. The major hurdle usually comes around when management gets involved. They want to see change requests and hold pointless meetings and shift people around, etc. Because we are contractors, we can usually bypass management and the system works rather well.
Finally! Something is being done about all the highjacking going on in airplanes. It seems like every other day there's another plane with an unruly passenger or highjacker of some sort with large volumes of dangerous weapons. It's about time they put in some provisions to make sure people feel safe on airplanes again.
Also, I'm selling some rocks that can keep cougars away, if anyone is interested.
* began to trivialize rape as a criminal offense or no longer considered it a crime at all Two things: First, I myself wonder if rape is really all that bad. Now, don't get me wrong, it's a horrible thing, but people seem to think of rape as being far worse than murder or other heinous acts. In this day and age it seems like everything is rape. If you look at a woman the wrong way, OMG it's rape! off to prison you go! But I digress.
Second, it's funny that rape is the number one female fantasy. This opens a whole new bad of chips I won't go into right now. * developed distorted perceptions about sexuality Distorted by who's perception? Maybe you're the one with the distorted perceptions about sexuality. Our society seems to be so caught up in sexual taboos that what used to be normal is now considered horribly despicable. (e.g. marriage at the age of 15, etc) * developed an appetite for more deviant, bizarre, or violent types of pornography (normal sex no longer seemed to do the job) You know, most women have an appetite for more deviant, bizarre, or violent types of sex. Maybe "normal" sex is really abnormal. * devalued the importance of monogamy and lacked confidence in marriage as either a viable or lasting institution * viewed nonmonogamous relationships as normal and natural behaviorxi Is monogamy really all that important or natural? Most cultures today do not practice monogamy. Perhaps people who are exposed to more than what their church tells them will come to different conclusions about sexuality. You know, even monogamous pairs of animals are not always sexually exclusive. Perhaps you mean to say civilized cultures are monogamous. Does that mean civilization is natural? Hrmmm...
I think this study might be a bit biased.
Over 50 data centers have given into government demands for private data. There is wide speculation on why so many data centers have willfully fallen under the sway of the government. There are rumors about bribes involving lowering energy costs. How many more data centers will cave? Is your data safe?!
Ask 'Who cares?'
Then ask 'why?'
Then ask 'so?'
Then keep asking 'so?' until you realize it's not that big of a deal.
Problem solved.
imho
two presidential candidates survived in space for a few moments after they were jettison from an alien space craft in a Halloween episode. I think. My memory is a bit fuzzy on this one.
Far harder than chess. In chess, every permutation has a low number of values (every turn has few possible moves). In poker, every turn has a large number of possible moves/choices, such as how much to bet. Also, in chess, you can see the other players hand, in poker you cannot. This adds to the complication of poker. If this weren't bad enough, bluffing adds a whole new set of problems. Also, in chess, given enough computing power, you can process all the moves up until the end of the game. This is not possible in poker.
I have thought of this idea before. I also think it could double nicely as a weapon.
I never liked firefox's save password ability. It stores the password in plane text (at least it used to) for anyone with physical access to see if they know where to look (and it's not hard to figure out where to look). I have stolen many a passwords this way. It is worse than writing your password down and putting it in your desk.
how random it truly is. That is, I wonder if it maybe favors 1's more than 0's. When dealing with the physical world, even on a quantum level, it is often hard to get a perfectly even probability split between two (or more) values.
for the day when we will have a QRBG in every computer.
I win!
I admit, I was being a bit sarcastic in the beginning of my previous post. I would say life was simpler, but not necessarily easier. It has gotten way more complicated. To stay afloat these days you have to study nearly half your life. In fact, I do not attribute the fact we must work 8+ hours a day to technology, but instead to population. If we have todays technology but only 100th of the population, we would have large areas of open land to hunt and fish and live for free, all while having the technology to gather food, etc. Life would be a whole lot easier (imho).
I guess what I'm trying to say is, quit having so many babies. But I'm starting to get off topic here.
All of this technology is suppose to make our lives easier. It used to be all one had to do was go out and hunt for some food a couple ours a day (if even that). Nowadays, we work 8+ hours a day just to make ends meet.
It is my theory that new technology will not make life easier, but instead will increase our demands. It's the same way computer games will always be limited by hardware. Whenever we increase the hardware of a computer, we add more to the game to increase the demand for better hardware. It becomes (has always been) a vicious cycle.
Why would you think that?
Firstly, people in hand cuffs can still be feisty. Put me in a pair and try to fight me. I guarantee you will win, but I also guarantee you will loose a good chunk of flesh. The point is, if this man was still struggling while in hand cuffs they may have had to use physical force to keep him from causing problems. Now physical force could mean a lot of things, as could "beating the crap out of me." I am not saying he is right or wrong, I am simply saying people have a tendency to reword stories to make them look like the victim. I have seen it done many times, heck, I have done it myself.
Secondly, perhaps whoever modded me up was modding me up for other reasons. My post did have multiple parts.
Thirdly, I did not say a shady demeanor justified physical force. I said it made them suspicious (weary was the word I used). The fact that he would not cooperate justified the physical force. But I do not know the real story, so I cannot say who was really just.
I think that's what I said anyway. I can't remember, it was a while ago. I suppose with just a few clicks I could read what I wrote. Why bother? No one is going to be reading this anyway. No one of any significance anyway. HAH! suck it blue. Just kidding.
I wonder what else is going on... eh, I think I'm starting to ramble. Eh, whatever.. good night.
Seriously? They beat the crap our of you because you have long hair? Or were they weary of you because of your long hair and shady demeanor? Did they really beat the crap our of you, or were they trying to subdue you using physical force when you failed to cooperate with them?
Stopping police brutality is a good thing, but we have to be sure it is REAL brutality. Now, I do not know your situation, but I have heard so many stories similar to yours. Many backed up by video evidence. When digging further into the stories, I often find either the police did nothing wrong, or they were antagonized to the point where even a saint would have problems.
I do belive the easiest way to stop police brutality is to be polite and cooperative. I have long hair and have a very suspicious demeanor, but when I get pulled over, I get treated with nothing but respect. I attribute this to me being polite and cooperate. Either that or I just happened to run into the only nice cops in my area.