You do NOT want "Whistle Blower" or being fired on your resume. I don't give a shit abut the whistle blower laws - you WILL be FUCKED! (See "Economist" - sorry, you're on your own)
I don't know what else to say than... "do your best"... OK, get ALL the evidence in your favor...you have to black mail them.....I don't recommend it..but...this is corporate...horseshit....I'm insane...don't listen to me...son't sue me...pleeeeese....yah! I can't spell either....
Well some "scientists" will tell you that they are smarter than God. These same ones know that it takes man thousands of hours to build a computer (which is a joke compared to even the brain of something as simple as a bumblebee), but the human brain evolved from a rock. I wonder how they are going to explain a bunch of the population of the world disappearing all at once, scotty beamed them all up? LOL
Well some "scientists" will tell you that they are smarter than God. I'm sure a few may have implied that - I can't disagree with that - IMHO- as a Physics major.
These same ones know that it takes man thousands of hours to build a computer (which is a joke compared to even the brain of something as simple as a bumblebee), but the human brain evolved from a rock.
I don't understand. I think that god used Evolution as His tool. And He made all living creatures over Billions of Years. Using the timeline of God, we humans will ALWAYS be insignificant.
I wonder how they are going to explain a bunch of the population of the world disappearing all at once, scotty beamed them all up?
I am sorry. I do not understand.... unless, you are joking and making a reference to the Simpsons cartoon! Then, I understand!
No sir, If you are serious with your argument, God is greater than science. Meaning, science is one explanation of God's will. There is no conflict.
Trades executed on the floor of the NYSE are matched and sent by the mainframe to The Depository Trust and Clearing Corp., which clears and settles the trades. At night the mainframe handles batch processing and supports regulatory requirements.
I was once involved in a migration from mainframe to a distributed architecture for a billing and invoice system that would process 4 million transaction in an 8 hour period. It didn't work well; even with the hottest *NIX boxes available. The mainframe's performance was that superior. That was in 2000. I will be real curious if they get it to work and I hope someone posts an article here on the results when the time comes. (I'll forget all about this by the time it's implemented - I'm getting old.)
So when some redneck moron finds out he's staying with a gay guy because roommates.com had to change things to continue to be protected by Section 230 and he therefore didn't know, and inevitably kicks the everliving shit out of him, does that mean Roommates.com is also responsible for the shit-kicking?
You know there will be a lawsuit along that vein.
The other thing is, I know a few rednecks and a few gay guys. The gay guys, at least the ones I know, spend all their time in the gym, eating right, and living a healthy lifestyle. The rednecks, on the other hand, smoke, eat fatty salty crap, and the only exercise they get is curling 12oz cans of Bud.
Whenever you see ads in the paper for folks looking for roommates, you always see several things: Female looking for female.
Male looking for female or male roommate
Gay man looking for roommate,
etc...
What's wrong with entering that information so you can be matched up with someone that you'll be compatible with?
If you were unknowingly matched up with a gay man, and you're a devout Evangelical Christian, boy, there's going to be some rough patches! The same goes with women who would feel really uncomfortable with rooming with a guy.
If you can't sell the global warming argument, you aren't allowed to invent correlations and pretend they represent the whole picture.
The scientists who are studying global warming can't "sell" it, either. If they could, there wouldn't so much controversy - IMHO.
As far as my wife's argument goes, she was talking to someone who, as soon as he hears "global warming" automatically tunes out. It is impossible to "sell" it to folks who are not interested listening. Also, the reason was never meant to be used in a scientific debate. And there are quite a few folks out there that no matter how much data climatologists gather, they will not believe there's any climate problem for whatever their reasons may be.
As far as me, I have never claimed to understand the issue. I am not a climatologist and I am completely unqualified to "sell" global warming to anyone. And I personally think, for a layman, the "cleaning the air and if it slows global warming all the better" reason as being very valid one and it gets the point across to other layman that have no interest in listening to the real experts but would rather listen to a talk show host on radio that has no training in science.
and that is, There are many many variables to the causes of global warming and you cannot pin it on one variable.
I hear so many times from folks, especially in the media, that the planet is warming because of 'X'. They always want to blame it on one thing. My favorite is that "the Sun is getting hotter! It's not the human race!" Or others love to blame the SUVs or coal fired power plants exclusively.
What I'm getting at is the folks who reduce the argument to one variable, regardless of your point of view on the matter, are muddying matters even more and making is difficult to get folks on board to solve the problem. So by saying, "the Sun is getting hotter." tha just gives people the rational to throw their hands up and say "There's nothing I can do.
My wife had a great answer to a neighbor who believes that global warming is myth. She said to him, "By taking the steps to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming, we will be cleaning up the air. And I don't know about you, but I like clean air."
Here in Metro Atlanta, most of the Summer is "Smog Alert Day" and it's miserable. Everybody, pro or con, wants clean air - even the global warming naysayers.
As she did her editorial, she mentioned a few things the didn't like and/or had problems with. Unfortunately, some folks take feedback like that as "fighting words" - even if the overall opinion is excellent. I know I've done it and sometimes, when I'm not thinking, still do it. So, I'm speaking as someone who's a member of the choir - so to speak.
I just want to frame her opinion in a way that can help the F/OSS community. Yes, I agree, most of the F/OSS folks just focus on excellence and produce awesome software. But sometimes, and I'm speaking from experience here (I won't mention names), folks can get a little too, well; combative.
everything above applies to myself. There, I am progressing towards my own personal growth.
Keep in mind that she has done the Linux Community a great service by documenting her trials and tribulations.
For those of you in the F/OSS community who want to make their products more mainstream, here's a free user test and feedback.
I take it as a great compliment to you folks in the F/OSS community that someone like her is attempting to install and run your products! It means you are becoming a real alternative to Windows and this editorial is a wonderful way to continue and expand on your excellence.
Just my opinion.
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My Father bought us the Atari system and we would play the "Tennis" game. I would bet my allowance and I would win several games. Each time my Dad lost, he would say, "How about double or nothing?"
I would always respond with "Yes!"
All of a sudden, my Dad would become great at video tennis and win. I lost everything, but kept my original allowance. Eventually, I gave up gambling with him and to this day I don't like to gamble. Educated risks, yes, but no gambling.
If you did create a graphical representation of C++ it would be an overly complicated mess that was no easier to program in than textual C++.
That's true if you are making something that will attempt to produce production level code. But, I think what the OP was getting at is maybe a simplified version. For example, a graphical representation of output, let's say, a sprite of a screen or printer. Another for input: keyboard, file: disk drive...basically Apple'esque icons. And by dragging and dropping them you can create a program. Add functionality by "inheriting" other icons.
It's to produce "Hello World", Fibonacci, and other types of programs.
Actually, someone once told me that NExT computer systems has something like that - I don't know.
And downloading a song. Why you should die! Put to death! Because the law is the law and laws are just and true! Why, all of the lobbyists in Washington just want what's best for us and so do our legislators.
And if it's illegal then that means it's EVIL and must be banned because our politicians are infallible! It's inconceivable that they would even make a mistake and violate our liberties. Why, if you disagree with the law, you're unAmerican and HATE freedom!
They're not - when they happen they get amplified by extensive coverage on the 24-hour cable news programs.
Even the regular broadcast news does this.
I once actually paid attention to the locations of these "news" items one time. They were from all over the World. What's happening with the news it's being distilled. So a very rare incident looks like it happens more often than it really does for any given area. Now, the public who doesn't pay attention to the locations of these incidents or even if it's a new one and not a rehash of something happened weeks ago, perceive this incident as happening much more ofter than it does. Look at Meth labs. Because it's big news whenever one gets busted - and they are rare - folks think there's some major crisis with Meth and the easy availability of Psuedophredrine. So, the politicians get involved, and now to get cold medicine that actually works requires filling out a form with your name, address, phone number, and driver's license number - all for 10 pills that have other compounds in addition to the psuedophedrine.
And then this incident, all it's doing is perpetuating the culture of fear in the US.
The mock attack Thursday night was intended as a learning experience and lasted five minutes during the weeklong trip to a state park, said Scales Elementary School Assistant Principal Don Bartch, who led the trip.
It would be nice to see these folks do the drill during a High School Rugby trip.
Teacher/Coach: "There's a gunman loose!"
Rugby team: "Yes! Let's kick his ass now!"
Teacher/Coach: "Wait! It's only a dri......."
Staff member gets his ass royally kicked. High school students' parents then sue school because their kids were terrorized.
"The US military has launched its own channel on YouTube, in efforts to shift the media's focus of Iraq from a negative to a more positive light, and to 'counter the messages of anti-American sites.'
Upon receiving my pink slip, I visited the job fair at my old college and saw a big IBM table recruiting new employees.
Back in my days there (90s), the thing to do if you were an old time Beemer was to take early retirement, severance package, or just get canned if that was your only option, and then come back as a higher paid contractor. But even then, we were seeing more and more workers from India who were here in the States "temporarily" from the IBM India division.
It sounds like those days are gone too.
Globalization! Got to love it! Consumer items are cheaper than ever, but it takes more of my pay.
There are already established providers of blacklists, such as spamcop. Why not work with them and help develop easier ways for users to report spam via their email client?
Because there's a lot of folks out there who distrust private firms and their solutions and/or actually believe a legislated solution is always the best way to solve a problem.
someone posts a link to a perfectly innocent thing; the host for which later either changes the image maliciously or as a result of a security breach into something forbidden.
On the other hand, if someone intentionally posts a link to kiddie porn or to some hate site, they can use the excuse of "I didn't say anything, I just posted a link!"
The same would go here on/.. If I posted a link that just abused Apple or Linux users, I would be modded "Flamebait" or "Troll" even though I wasn't the one who actually said it. It would be considered as if I said it.
Indians are hardly a persecuted minority in university departments of physics, math, computer science, and engineering.
Which is interesting. The Asian community is a "victim", if you will, of positive racism. Meaning, folks automatically assume they are smarter than the rest of us. Who was the Asian guy on "American Idol" or one of those clones who wanted to sing and he was complaining that folks thought he was a chemist and not a singer? I thought that was a perfect example of that form of prejudice. It's the same in Silicon Valley. I once read somewhere that Indian expatriates have an easier time getting venture funding than us lazy dumb Americans.
It's the same in other areas (Liberal and Fine Arts) where having an English accent makes you more credible. Isn't interesting that all of the American Idol clones have a guy with an English accent?
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That's got to be the funniest thing I've ever read here on Slashdot!
Much...much..funnier than my post!!!
I don't know what else to say than ... "do your best" ... OK, get ALL the evidence in your favor...you have to black mail them.....I don't recommend it ..but...this is corporate...horseshit....I'm insane...don't listen to me...son't sue me...pleeeeese....yah! I can't spell either....
Well some "scientists" will tell you that they are smarter than God.
I'm sure a few may have implied that - I can't disagree with that - IMHO- as a Physics major.
These same ones know that it takes man thousands of hours to build a computer (which is a joke compared to even the brain of something as simple as a bumblebee), but the human brain evolved from a rock.
I don't understand. I think that god used Evolution as His tool. And He made all living creatures over Billions of Years. Using the timeline of God, we humans will ALWAYS be insignificant.
I wonder how they are going to explain a bunch of the population of the world disappearing all at once, scotty beamed them all up?
I am sorry. I do not understand .... unless, you are joking and making a reference to the Simpsons cartoon! Then, I understand!
No sir,
If you are serious with your argument, God is greater than science. Meaning, science is one explanation of God's will. There is no conflict.
Oops! I am getting old! I meant 4 million invoices that had multiple transactions had to be printed.
I was once involved in a migration from mainframe to a distributed architecture for a billing and invoice system that would process 4 million transaction in an 8 hour period. It didn't work well; even with the hottest *NIX boxes available. The mainframe's performance was that superior. That was in 2000. I will be real curious if they get it to work and I hope someone posts an article here on the results when the time comes. (I'll forget all about this by the time it's implemented - I'm getting old.)
You know there will be a lawsuit along that vein.
The other thing is, I know a few rednecks and a few gay guys. The gay guys, at least the ones I know, spend all their time in the gym, eating right, and living a healthy lifestyle.
The rednecks, on the other hand, smoke, eat fatty salty crap, and the only exercise they get is curling 12oz cans of Bud.
My bet is on the gay guy in a fight.
Whenever you see ads in the paper for folks looking for roommates, you always see several things:
Female looking for female.
Male looking for female or male roommate
Gay man looking for roommate,
etc...
What's wrong with entering that information so you can be matched up with someone that you'll be compatible with?
If you were unknowingly matched up with a gay man, and you're a devout Evangelical Christian, boy, there's going to be some rough patches! The same goes with women who would feel really uncomfortable with rooming with a guy.
Geeze! Sometimes the law isn't realistic.
The scientists who are studying global warming can't "sell" it, either. If they could, there wouldn't so much controversy - IMHO.
As far as my wife's argument goes, she was talking to someone who, as soon as he hears "global warming" automatically tunes out. It is impossible to "sell" it to folks who are not interested listening. Also, the reason was never meant to be used in a scientific debate. And there are quite a few folks out there that no matter how much data climatologists gather, they will not believe there's any climate problem for whatever their reasons may be.
As far as me, I have never claimed to understand the issue. I am not a climatologist and I am completely unqualified to "sell" global warming to anyone. And I personally think, for a layman, the "cleaning the air and if it slows global warming all the better" reason as being very valid one and it gets the point across to other layman that have no interest in listening to the real experts but would rather listen to a talk show host on radio that has no training in science.
I hear so many times from folks, especially in the media, that the planet is warming because of 'X'. They always want to blame it on one thing. My favorite is that "the Sun is getting hotter! It's not the human race!" Or others love to blame the SUVs or coal fired power plants exclusively.
What I'm getting at is the folks who reduce the argument to one variable, regardless of your point of view on the matter, are muddying matters even more and making is difficult to get folks on board to solve the problem. So by saying, "the Sun is getting hotter." tha just gives people the rational to throw their hands up and say "There's nothing I can do.
My wife had a great answer to a neighbor who believes that global warming is myth. She said to him, "By taking the steps to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming, we will be cleaning up the air. And I don't know about you, but I like clean air."
Here in Metro Atlanta, most of the Summer is "Smog Alert Day" and it's miserable. Everybody, pro or con, wants clean air - even the global warming naysayers.
Geeze! She's the answer to the F/OSS Community's adoption problems - just my opinion.
As she did her editorial, she mentioned a few things the didn't like and/or had problems with. Unfortunately, some folks take feedback like that as "fighting words" - even if the overall opinion is excellent. I know I've done it and sometimes, when I'm not thinking, still do it. So, I'm speaking as someone who's a member of the choir - so to speak.
I just want to frame her opinion in a way that can help the F/OSS community. Yes, I agree, most of the F/OSS folks just focus on excellence and produce awesome software. But sometimes, and I'm speaking from experience here (I won't mention names), folks can get a little too, well; combative.
everything above applies to myself. There, I am progressing towards my own personal growth.
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she wants mo fee churs and ezr to in stahl.
For those of you in the F/OSS community who want to make their products more mainstream, here's a free user test and feedback.
I take it as a great compliment to you folks in the F/OSS community that someone like her is attempting to install and run your products! It means you are becoming a real alternative to Windows and this editorial is a wonderful way to continue and expand on your excellence.
Just my opinion.
My Father bought us the Atari system and we would play the "Tennis" game. I would bet my allowance and I would win several games. Each time my Dad lost, he would say, "How about double or nothing?"
I would always respond with "Yes!"
All of a sudden, my Dad would become great at video tennis and win. I lost everything, but kept my original allowance. Eventually, I gave up gambling with him and to this day I don't like to gamble. Educated risks, yes, but no gambling.
That's true if you are making something that will attempt to produce production level code. But, I think what the OP was getting at is maybe a simplified version. For example, a graphical representation of output, let's say, a sprite of a screen or printer. Another for input: keyboard, file: disk drive ...basically Apple'esque icons. And by dragging and dropping them you can create a program. Add functionality by "inheriting" other icons.
It's to produce "Hello World", Fibonacci, and other types of programs.
Actually, someone once told me that NExT computer systems has something like that - I don't know.
And if MS settles or wins, does that mean that Apple and Xerox can jump on the bandwagon and take out MS?
Absolutely!
If you get caught smoking pot or drinking under age.
Then sex with a minor (even if you're one too): 17 yr old sex with 15 yr old - 10 years
And downloading a song. Why you should die! Put to death! Because the law is the law and laws are just and true! Why, all of the lobbyists in Washington just want what's best for us and so do our legislators.
And if it's illegal then that means it's EVIL and must be banned because our politicians are infallible! It's inconceivable that they would even make a mistake and violate our liberties. Why, if you disagree with the law, you're unAmerican and HATE freedom!
Even the regular broadcast news does this.
I once actually paid attention to the locations of these "news" items one time. They were from all over the World. What's happening with the news it's being distilled. So a very rare incident looks like it happens more often than it really does for any given area. Now, the public who doesn't pay attention to the locations of these incidents or even if it's a new one and not a rehash of something happened weeks ago, perceive this incident as happening much more ofter than it does. Look at Meth labs. Because it's big news whenever one gets busted - and they are rare - folks think there's some major crisis with Meth and the easy availability of Psuedophredrine. So, the politicians get involved, and now to get cold medicine that actually works requires filling out a form with your name, address, phone number, and driver's license number - all for 10 pills that have other compounds in addition to the psuedophedrine.
And then this incident, all it's doing is perpetuating the culture of fear in the US.
I got to stop..Im starting a rant.
It would be nice to see these folks do the drill during a High School Rugby trip.
Teacher/Coach: "There's a gunman loose!"
Rugby team: "Yes! Let's kick his ass now!"
Teacher/Coach: "Wait! It's only a dri......."
Staff member gets his ass royally kicked. High school students' parents then sue school because their kids were terrorized.
OK, I'm dreaming again.
Isn't that called "propaganda"?
Back in my days there (90s), the thing to do if you were an old time Beemer was to take early retirement, severance package, or just get canned if that was your only option, and then come back as a higher paid contractor. But even then, we were seeing more and more workers from India who were here in the States "temporarily" from the IBM India division.
It sounds like those days are gone too.
Globalization! Got to love it! Consumer items are cheaper than ever, but it takes more of my pay.
Because there's a lot of folks out there who distrust private firms and their solutions and/or actually believe a legislated solution is always the best way to solve a problem.
On the other hand, if someone intentionally posts a link to kiddie porn or to some hate site, they can use the excuse of "I didn't say anything, I just posted a link!"
The same would go here on /.. If I posted a link that just abused Apple or Linux users, I would be modded "Flamebait" or "Troll" even though I wasn't the one who actually said it. It would be considered as if I said it.
P.S. I am available to be the next Attorney General but I am completely unqualified.
Which is interesting. The Asian community is a "victim", if you will, of positive racism. Meaning, folks automatically assume they are smarter than the rest of us. Who was the Asian guy on "American Idol" or one of those clones who wanted to sing and he was complaining that folks thought he was a chemist and not a singer? I thought that was a perfect example of that form of prejudice. It's the same in Silicon Valley. I once read somewhere that Indian expatriates have an easier time getting venture funding than us lazy dumb Americans.
It's the same in other areas (Liberal and Fine Arts) where having an English accent makes you more credible. Isn't interesting that all of the American Idol clones have a guy with an English accent?