Many of these people claim to be experts, and in some cases even "rockstars" and "coding ninjas".
I have yet to meet anyone who actually writes code for a living who refers to themselves in these terms. Usually, I hear it from body shop recruiters or dotcom promoters (e.g "we're looking for a rockstar")...
"Rock star" - someone who makes a lot of money by doing something brilliant in the limelight for two hours... and only every other day at that.
Civil disobedience sends a message to the leadership, and is often a messy business involving personal sacrifice. I don't think the folks of anonymous have the stomach for that sort of commitment.
Well said, sir/madam! Additionally, if they are anonymous to prevent retaliation, then they can be anonymous for receiving plaudits. They can't have it both ways.
I find that hard rock, which I love to listen to in the car, tends to distract me more in the office... I have to fight the tendency to sing along.
Then I discovered ambient music, and for those workplaces that have the bandwidth available for streaming music, I find that there are Shoutcast streams that work very nicely for me. And if not, I can always break out my Gregorian chant CD's.
I agree with this to a point. I consider it dirty politics and voter deception, but not necessarily fraud.
It does, however, smack of some of the more egregious examples of cybersquatting, which I dislike on general principles - politics or not.
The conclusion, though, follows - if this is your campaign's example of ethical behavior, then you've just given me an excellent example to vote for someone else.
I mean, the science on many of the stories in this universe is a little sketchy at times, but I can only paraphrase Napoleon from Time Bandits: "That's what I like... big robots blowing up!"
I have a laptop with Linux Mint, and I've been pretty happy with it. However, I did want to see what the shouting was about, so I downloaded the ISO for Ubuntu 11.10. I booted up with the Live CD, and I found myself dissatisfied with Unity, but I couldn't explicitly say why.
Your comment has put a name to my pain - which is to take a perfectly-functional computer screen and keyboard and turn it into an oversized smartphone/tablet screen. The changes that Ubuntu made to embrace the "just-like-a-smartphone" look and feel were what caused me to abandon vanilla Ubuntu, and look into Kubuntu instead.
Well, I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free Just as long as I toe the party line, and carry my ID So won't you kneel down next to me, so we can begin to pray? 'Cause there ain't no doubt we've lost this land - God help the USA!
... when a company happens to track who is the person responsible for a bug.
If there's no accountability, then a coder could generate bugs for a confederate on the outside to cash in on. Mind you, you'd need to make sure:
that the bugs weren't so easily found that the wrong person discovers them,
that the "bug bounty" was high enough to justify this kind of skullduggery,
and that there was nothing to track the bug back to the original developer, who would most likely become unemployed if enough bugs were laid at his/her feet.
Sorry for seeming pedantic on the school system. I was applying the "Slashdot reader is not necessarily American" rule for my posting.
And I submit that I asked fairly and was answered fairly. Your grandparents sound like remarkable people. The school curriculum is considerably different between their time and the current time, but that's a nitpick I raise solely for the purpose of disposing of it.
I guess my only disagreement was along the lines of "considered an adult," which doesn't have a firm set of definitions. I was looking at it as having an adult's rights, responsibilities, and privileges, like the ability to enter legally binding contracts and so forth.
Basically, what I heard might not have been what you said. I wasn't trying to ruffle feathers, and since I offered the challenge in a public venue, it's only fair that I admit that it was met in the same venue. Well struck!
... But not all that impressive for a 7th grader. That's about the age when people would be considered adults not too long ago, and I expect more.
I don't think you realize exactly what you're saying here. You might not be from America, where the school system is a bit different from elsewhere. Here, children start 1st grade at age 6 to 7, and continue through elementary school (grades 1 through 6), junior high or middle school (grades 7 and 8), and high school (grades 9 through 12).
So, this 7th grader is, in fact, aged at 13 or 14 years old, and so I would like to politely challenge you to point out a recent period at which he would have been considered an adult.
I, on the other hand, don't so much "expect" more as "hope to see" more. After all, many discoveries turn out to be "obvious" in retrospect, and regardless of whether or not he duplicated the work of nature, I submit that he did very well at taking his inspiration from it and running with it.
And regardless of whether we "expect" or "hope to see" more and even better work in the future, I don't think that Aidan Dwyer is going to disappoint us.
This trashing of the English language has got to stop! This verbing of nouns and these offenses against speling would of turned my grandpa's stomach. He'd have fired a shot across my bowels to warn me against going further, but, irregardless, other people don't seem to have that luxury.
Now, if you can read the above statement without your gorge rising, then nothing more can be said.
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Well said. There are many who believe that "moderation is an admirable virtue - in other people."
"Rock star" - someone who makes a lot of money by doing something brilliant in the limelight for two hours... and only every other day at that.
Now, now - I found it quite useful for balancing my washing machine.
Well said, sir/madam! Additionally, if they are anonymous to prevent retaliation, then they can be anonymous for receiving plaudits. They can't have it both ways.
I find that hard rock, which I love to listen to in the car, tends to distract me more in the office... I have to fight the tendency to sing along. Then I discovered ambient music, and for those workplaces that have the bandwidth available for streaming music, I find that there are Shoutcast streams that work very nicely for me. And if not, I can always break out my Gregorian chant CD's.
...Well, these things are cyclical I suppose...
Well, this was cyclic, but then it wasn't for a while....
... are just the thing for rabid technophiles!
I agree with this to a point. I consider it dirty politics and voter deception, but not necessarily fraud.
It does, however, smack of some of the more egregious examples of cybersquatting, which I dislike on general principles - politics or not.
The conclusion, though, follows - if this is your campaign's example of ethical behavior, then you've just given me an excellent example to vote for someone else.
I'm ashamed to admit it, but yes.
I mean, the science on many of the stories in this universe is a little sketchy at times, but I can only paraphrase Napoleon from Time Bandits: "That's what I like... big robots blowing up!"
You might want to watch Dr. Strangelove.
Or read "The Mouse That Roared" by Leonard Wibberley.
Q: Why does PETA get more upset about fur than about leather?
A: Because little old ladies make safer targets than biker gangs.
I have a laptop with Linux Mint, and I've been pretty happy with it. However, I did want to see what the shouting was about, so I downloaded the ISO for Ubuntu 11.10. I booted up with the Live CD, and I found myself dissatisfied with Unity, but I couldn't explicitly say why.
Your comment has put a name to my pain - which is to take a perfectly-functional computer screen and keyboard and turn it into an oversized smartphone/tablet screen. The changes that Ubuntu made to embrace the "just-like-a-smartphone" look and feel were what caused me to abandon vanilla Ubuntu, and look into Kubuntu instead.
Well, at least that's the polite term for it.
"We have met the enemy and he is us."
Well, I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free
Just as long as I toe the party line, and carry my ID
So won't you kneel down next to me, so we can begin to pray?
'Cause there ain't no doubt we've lost this land - God help the USA!
(With appropriate apologies to Mr. Greenwood)
... when a company happens to track who is the person responsible for a bug.
If there's no accountability, then a coder could generate bugs for a confederate on the outside to cash in on. Mind you, you'd need to make sure:
But, hey - who said scamsmanship was easy?
This! Is! Slashdot!
I read all of these horrible fish puns. Honestly, I thought they all smelt.
For the sense of humour impaired: I am just having fun with paranoia.
Or maybe you were told to say that... :)
Sorry for seeming pedantic on the school system. I was applying the "Slashdot reader is not necessarily American" rule for my posting.
And I submit that I asked fairly and was answered fairly. Your grandparents sound like remarkable people. The school curriculum is considerably different between their time and the current time, but that's a nitpick I raise solely for the purpose of disposing of it.
I guess my only disagreement was along the lines of "considered an adult," which doesn't have a firm set of definitions. I was looking at it as having an adult's rights, responsibilities, and privileges, like the ability to enter legally binding contracts and so forth.
Basically, what I heard might not have been what you said. I wasn't trying to ruffle feathers, and since I offered the challenge in a public venue, it's only fair that I admit that it was met in the same venue. Well struck!
That does it! I'm going to mash you to a pulp, because nobody axed you!
(Sorry for the sound of a personal threat. I'd have come up with better tree puns, but I was stumped.)
... But not all that impressive for a 7th grader. That's about the age when people would be considered adults not too long ago, and I expect more.
I don't think you realize exactly what you're saying here. You might not be from America, where the school system is a bit different from elsewhere. Here, children start 1st grade at age 6 to 7, and continue through elementary school (grades 1 through 6), junior high or middle school (grades 7 and 8), and high school (grades 9 through 12).
So, this 7th grader is, in fact, aged at 13 or 14 years old, and so I would like to politely challenge you to point out a recent period at which he would have been considered an adult.
I, on the other hand, don't so much "expect" more as "hope to see" more. After all, many discoveries turn out to be "obvious" in retrospect, and regardless of whether or not he duplicated the work of nature, I submit that he did very well at taking his inspiration from it and running with it.
And regardless of whether we "expect" or "hope to see" more and even better work in the future, I don't think that Aidan Dwyer is going to disappoint us.
This trashing of the English language has got to stop! This verbing of nouns and these offenses against speling would of turned my grandpa's stomach. He'd have fired a shot across my bowels to warn me against going further, but, irregardless, other people don't seem to have that luxury.
Now, if you can read the above statement without your gorge rising, then nothing more can be said.
Taco,
If you can't tell Moody's from S&P, you probably shouldn't be commenting on the issue.
Moody's still rates the US as AAA, as does Fitch.
Nitpick: Moody's doesn't have a "AAA" rating. There top rating is "Aaa".
So what you're saying is, the difference between Moody's and S&P is that one is case-sensitive and one is not?
I'm an economist, you case-insensitive clod!