Really; they will put inconsequential crap about gay marriage on a ballot, but nothing like this...
1) Governments are incapable of keeping any record confidential. How many apologies have been issued for massive leakages of social security records (especially in Britain I believe) So you're not just giving up your DNA to the government, you have to assume that the government is simply collecting it for anyone to use.
2) It won't be long before DNA evidence becomes discredited. There will one day be ways of beating the system, planting evidence, altering evidence etc. And the evidentiary value will diminish. So the cost/benefit that looks so good now will erode.
3) I not only have my own interests to defend, but those of my Children. So far as I am aware, if my and my wife's DNA are collected, then my Children's DNA can be inferred.
So in 10 years' time the record will show that I put my childrens' freedom / insurability / job prospects etc. at risk for minimal benefit and at great cost to the tax payer.
Frame the question on a ballot in that way and see if the good people of Washington will approve it.
I'm sure that Iranian parents love their children too.
I can understand temporary times when governments have got out of step with their population - the government will surely eventually topple in those cases - but I can't understand how the values held by the people of one country, say Iran, can apparently get so far out of step with the values held by those of another country, say USA.
I suspect that there are some horrifying true stories, but that there is also a lot of additional spin to make out that there are extensive differences in the value set of one nation's population over another's. "They hate our freedoms" is such a nasty catchphrase.
The theocracy is a short-term problem (decades, centuries ?) but the lack of empathy between nationalities could outlast us all.
What your company does, But it seems likely to me that there might be many workers who are simple to transition and a few that would be insanely hard.
Why not give everyone OO.o and mandate exclusive use of OO.o for most people that really don't need office but leave some room for the guys that are having problems to use office 2000.
Eventually, office2000 will obsolete itself, and if OO.o truly is a suitable replacement, people will adopt it willingly. For the hard core two or three that justifiably can't move, update them to office 2007, but leave them with OO.o as well.
If OO.o is not suitable for everyone then why hold the company back by mandating it across the board.
Finally, you could split up the packages, ie. use OO.o word processor, GNUmeric and powerpoint.
The breach happened last year. What's the betting that the first customers know about it is when faudulent activity is showing up on their credit cards.
The first instinct of Heartland is to save itself and the first instinct of the banks will be that it can rate jack its customers if the new activity has put them overlimit.
Only after leaking of the news is inevitable and can no longer be delayed will Heartland grudgingly try to sneak it out under the radar and then in a general, untargeted sense, not directly to the customers involved. Nothing will be done to avoid spreading the pain to a card holder or to a vendor.
I dare say most of the legal wrangling was in how to spin this as a justification to claim from TARP.
Perhaps people should be able to incorporate as a company together and enjoy the benefits previously defined for married couples. Heck, if they incorporated nowadays they probably wouldn't pay any tax.
I wish I could mod up JesseMcDonald, he/she took the thoughts right out of my head.
At least part of this should be seen as the fault of a fucked-up medical system where you need to be married to a wage earner to be worthy of medical attention. Hopefully that will change in the US soon.
You can get specific certs, CISSP, Cisco Security Professional etc. They are several $100s, but then your university degree probably cost more.
And if you want to be in security, why not either break some commercial product and call the manufacturer and tell them how you did it, or see if you can make a contribution to a security focused OSS project.
I have a feeling that the primary purpose for CCIE is not their ability to fix a network. After all, it should be a rare occurrence that the network needs fixing.
No - I think that ability to fix a network is low on the list, which is, to my mind, led by...
1) Generating sales and generally advocating for Cisco
2) Bolstering a companies IT credibility when bidding for business
3) raising the bar to exclude cheaper competitors by making access to certified staff a mandatory part of a bid.
4) Allow board level execs to think the've "done the right thing" by hiring certifed staff who fit the bill.
In these functions, the ability to fit the mental image of what a technical professional should look like seems to me to be a very strong factor and I think there's a real danger that Cisco will make the CCIE a screentest for the role.
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Really; they will put inconsequential crap about gay marriage on a ballot, but nothing like this...
1) Governments are incapable of keeping any record confidential. How many apologies have been issued for massive leakages of social security records (especially in Britain I believe) So you're not just giving up your DNA to the government, you have to assume that the government is simply collecting it for anyone to use.
2) It won't be long before DNA evidence becomes discredited. There will one day be ways of beating the system, planting evidence, altering evidence etc. And the evidentiary value will diminish. So the cost/benefit that looks so good now will erode.
3) I not only have my own interests to defend, but those of my Children. So far as I am aware, if my and my wife's DNA are collected, then my Children's DNA can be inferred.
So in 10 years' time the record will show that I put my childrens' freedom / insurability / job prospects etc. at risk for minimal benefit and at great cost to the tax payer.
Frame the question on a ballot in that way and see if the good people of Washington will approve it.
Or they could re-write windows in perl and publish the source. Same effect.
I'm sure that Iranian parents love their children too.
I can understand temporary times when governments have got out of step with their population - the government will surely eventually topple in those cases - but I can't understand how the values held by the people of one country, say Iran, can apparently get so far out of step with the values held by those of another country, say USA.
I suspect that there are some horrifying true stories, but that there is also a lot of additional spin to make out that there are extensive differences in the value set of one nation's population over another's. "They hate our freedoms" is such a nasty catchphrase.
The theocracy is a short-term problem (decades, centuries ?) but the lack of empathy between nationalities could outlast us all.
use sequestered carbon in a filament, contained in sustainably-harvested wood sleeve.
Move hand around to create "printouts".
Someone can watch a video of my inner ear while listening to me
to make a black hole. And simply throw all the waste into it ?
"... People on the Macintosh project were the first people to talk about a product in that way."
Bullshit, I bet that distinction goes to the makers of false teeth or a similar product with geriatric fangirls.
under the chocolate outer crust lies a whipped center, and caramel.
speaking of confusing... most of the adverts on this slashdot page I'm viewing are for al-jazeera and their logo looks a lot like that of theonion.com
are they perhaps related ?
maybe the \. moderators were using windows.
What your company does, But it seems likely to me that there might be many workers who are simple to transition and a few that would be insanely hard.
Why not give everyone OO.o and mandate exclusive use of OO.o for most people that really don't need office but leave some room for the guys that are having problems to use office 2000.
Eventually, office2000 will obsolete itself, and if OO.o truly is a suitable replacement, people will adopt it willingly. For the hard core two or three that justifiably can't move, update them to office 2007, but leave them with OO.o as well.
If OO.o is not suitable for everyone then why hold the company back by mandating it across the board.
Finally, you could split up the packages, ie. use OO.o word processor, GNUmeric and powerpoint.
The girls should be tried as adults.
will have an online list of who is being targetted in real time.
storing this information ?
The breach happened last year. What's the betting that the first customers know about it is when faudulent activity is showing up on their credit cards.
The first instinct of Heartland is to save itself and the first instinct of the banks will be that it can rate jack its customers if the new activity has put them overlimit.
Only after leaking of the news is inevitable and can no longer be delayed will Heartland grudgingly try to sneak it out under the radar and then in a general, untargeted sense, not directly to the customers involved. Nothing will be done to avoid spreading the pain to a card holder or to a vendor.
I dare say most of the legal wrangling was in how to spin this as a justification to claim from TARP.
I thought one of the first thing these forensic guys did was to replace stock the drive controller with something more helpful
In Georgia (and other places too) it's pretty hard to cut your spouse out of your inheritance, even by leaving a will.
So it's not just about having a default place for money to go to, it's a strongly maintained financial bond.
Perhaps people should be able to incorporate as a company together and enjoy the benefits previously defined for married couples. Heck, if they incorporated nowadays they probably wouldn't pay any tax.
I wish I could mod up JesseMcDonald, he/she took the thoughts right out of my head.
At least part of this should be seen as the fault of a fucked-up medical system where you need to be married to a wage earner to be worthy of medical attention. Hopefully that will change in the US soon.
I thought in fairy tales it was one woman and seven men
at least these people can have secret lives
surely that is quicker than writing a /. article.
to get the 9 days respected than the 80 hours
You can get specific certs, CISSP, Cisco Security Professional etc. They are several $100s, but then your university degree probably cost more.
And if you want to be in security, why not either break some commercial product and call the manufacturer and tell them how you did it, or see if you can make a contribution to a security focused OSS project.
I have a feeling that the primary purpose for CCIE is not their ability to fix a network. After all, it should be a rare occurrence that the network needs fixing.
No - I think that ability to fix a network is low on the list, which is, to my mind, led by...
1) Generating sales and generally advocating for Cisco
2) Bolstering a companies IT credibility when bidding for business
3) raising the bar to exclude cheaper competitors by making access to certified staff a mandatory part of a bid.
4) Allow board level execs to think the've "done the right thing" by hiring certifed staff who fit the bill.
In these functions, the ability to fit the mental image of what a technical professional should look like seems to me to be a very strong factor and I think there's a real danger that Cisco will make the CCIE a screentest for the role.