"I wonder how much aggressive driving (someone speeding up to 90, and then cutting in front of you for seemingly no reason), contributes to breaking shock waves."
That's a fair enough inquiry. Here's another: I wonder to what degree slow people, that don't know when to get their asses out of the way, contribute to breaking shock waves.
"Also, I am kinda worried that this web site will atract just geeks, and geeks have very very different values and thoughts about program choice as common users. Also requests to replace sensible defaults or default beahivour should be taken with grant of salt."
Oddly enough, most of the suggestions on the front page are remarkably non-geek in nature. Requests for more graceful boot-up and shutdown sequences, faster boot-up, power management, easy way to backup documents, Easy mounting of ISOs and CUEs, etc. At first, I was as skeptical as you--then I read some suggestions. You win this round geeks!
Creating a second internet would be way too hard. Maybe we can just shut the current one down instead? Sounds like something the current administration would get behind.
Precisely. But keep in mind that most people aren't cut out for management/leadership, regardless of what they do for a living.
As for suits, the cheaper ones usually are horrible which is what most 'geeks' are complaining about. Rather than learning anything about the stuff, they have probably needed to wear one at some point in their lives--went out and purchased the cheapest they could find, and complained about how uncomfortable it was. Truth is, you usually get what you pay for and business clothing is no exception. The nicer ones are indeed quite comfortable to wear. If that makes me a 'conformist', so be it. Besides, it's not like a beard, long hair, jeans, and a t-shirt hasn't been done to death before, so I suppose we're all conformist.
Geeks (primarily IT types) love to believe they are the only employees that have to deal with these problems. Moreover, they believe that all IT types are productive members that do nothing but significantly contribute to a company. An employee is an employee, no matter what field they work in. Some will be great, some will be horrible, and most are nothing more than average.
I am so sick of the PHB vs. IT, CIO vs. IT, users vs. IT, everyone vs. IT complaints. Based upon the majority of posts viewed on Slashdot, I could say that most IT-types are paranoid, self-entitled, whiny babies. See how that generalization works? Some of you will take offense to that; just as I would take offense to you painting all management types with the same brush. People are different, regardless of their chosen profession. Some of you suck, and some of you are great...and the same could be said of all people.
"Not really. Go to a left wing meeting and say you think blacks are genetically less intelligent. Much the same reception as you'd get promoting a 90% tax rate at a Libertarian convention, though probably more shrill. Open debate only works when no possibility is dismissed out of hand. As you're starting from a predetermined political viewpoint, that's not going to be possible." Wrong. Being able to spout ridiculous comments like 'blacks are genetically less intelligent' is no more conducive to open debate than yelling 'fire' in a crowded theater is to free speech. With freedom comes responsibility, so you don't make comments like that unless you can damn sure back it up. Of course. There are idiots relying on blind faith comes on both sides - the only difference is, the Christian right, for example, will at least admit their views are based on blind faith. The left merely substitutes the State for God, and sociology, women's studies and other non falsifiable circle jerks for Scripture.
Really? Then please tell me how we ended up with Creationism and Intelligent Design "theories" being shoved down our throats by these Christians. No Christian I have ever met has ever referred to their faith as 'blind'. Every single one tries to back it up with pseudo-science. If practitioners would actually admit their beliefs were absolutely blind and completely unverifiable; I'd imagine we'd have fewer problems, at least in the US.
"PS - for you 420 types, there is no drug testing required for a secret clearance, nor most types of top-secret clearances, but they will ask about drug usage as part of the standard questionnaire (along with stuff like defaulted loans, arrest record, etc)."
Speaking as a member of the AF, while there isn't a direct link between 'security clearance' and 'drug testing', being a member of the armed forces entails everyone having to submit to regular, randomized drug-testing. It doesn't matter if they're a plumber or a pilot. Many contractor positions are also included as a condition of access to sensitive material; or anytime the labor involved concerns the safety of others.
Count on this--The hacker jobs will require regular drug testing, regardless of whether they are beefing-up the active duty numbers or plan to use contract labor.
Such a comment just confirms what I've said before about Atheists.
Nice generalization. I'm an atheist, but just because I don't believe in that superstitious junk doesn't mean I give a damn whether you have an open mind (by my definition, or yours). I don't.
b)...If you disagree, I challenge you to mention anything evil John Paul II has done, because he lectured A LOT about human dignity.
Fair enough, how about the needless condemnation of any type of birth control (namely condoms) that serves to prevent contracting AIDS. Countless people, notably in Africa, have suffered and died on account of his convictions. The reason? They were naive to believe the poppycock he & his ilk propagated. That's one example, I'll leave it open for others to add to the list of your hero's actions which I DO consider evil. Human dignity, indeed.
Even if the devices could transmit their location anywhere in the world, what's to stop their dealer from meeting them at a location that the athlete frequents. Say, their home for instance. Ridiculous story.
Who said anything about liking it? My only point is that under US law, and the vast majority of other developed nations, you can 'own' more than atoms; and it's called Intellectual Property. Like it, hate it, (dis)agree with it...doesn't matter. It is possible to 'own' non-tangible things.
But I suppose I'm not surprised by your comment. Like so many users here on/. you appear incapable of distilling rationale from personal endorsement. I do staunchly believe in several aspects of IP; but that does not imply that I support any 'ole law that is created around the topic.
You may be better off asking people within the sailing industry or a well-heeled engineering team. On/. you'll likely see this devolve into a heated debate about which flavor of *nix is better and why.
The current real estate market problems have nothing to do with stagnant median income. The prices of homes in many areas unrealistically increased; coupled with people taking out loans far above what they should due to loan products such as ARMs, which make it look like an expensive house is more affordable than it really is.
So if people can't afford a house right now, median income is not to blame. In fact, if median income had not increased then this would still be a good time to purchase a house. With the significant price corrections in many markets and reasonable interest rates, this is a perfect time to purchase a first or additional home.
Also, what the hell does 'mass immigration' have to do with this?
Like most people in the military, you like to use phrases like 'career-ending' and 'going to jail'. How dramatic. As a current 12-year member of the Air Force, I've seen my fair share of gaffs; but none that resulted in anyone going to jail or having their career ended. Those consequences are reserved for committing crimes. Now, that being said, I foresee a couple of people in command positions losing their command and I can see numerous decertifications for people authorized to handle those things.
The Air Force will most likely continue the long-held military tradition, and the ~7-year tradition of the Bush Administration, of glossing over huge mistakes. Even though what happened was far worse than you apparently realize. Though you kept mentioning that we 'take this very seriously'; you clearly have no idea why we do so. In what just happened, we violated a nuclear arms treaty in which we agreed to no longer fly live* nuclear warheads attached to live* delivery vehicles (missiles/bombs).
Oh, and to the other posts that keep talking about 'attached to the wings'...Um, B-52s don't have anything attached to their wings except engines. The weapons would have been in the internal bay.
I find it amusing that you lump all management types into the same category as far as how they act and what they love. I wonder if I can do the same: You IT types are all self-centered, with no knowledge of how a business runs, and tend to have overinflated opinions about your abilities; after all, have you ever met an IT person that didn't think they were god's gift to the world?
See how silly black and white thinking is?
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"with performance and stability"
Excellent. This way, when it turns out to be false, they can always say: "We didn't mention 'good' performance.
"I wonder how much aggressive driving (someone speeding up to 90, and then cutting in front of you for seemingly no reason), contributes to breaking shock waves."
That's a fair enough inquiry. Here's another: I wonder to what degree slow people, that don't know when to get their asses out of the way, contribute to breaking shock waves.
"Also, I am kinda worried that this web site will atract just geeks, and geeks have very very different values and thoughts about program choice as common users. Also requests to replace sensible defaults or default beahivour should be taken with grant of salt."
Oddly enough, most of the suggestions on the front page are remarkably non-geek in nature. Requests for more graceful boot-up and shutdown sequences, faster boot-up, power management, easy way to backup documents, Easy mounting of ISOs and CUEs, etc. At first, I was as skeptical as you--then I read some suggestions. You win this round geeks!
Creating a second internet would be way too hard. Maybe we can just shut the current one down instead? Sounds like something the current administration would get behind.
Precisely. But keep in mind that most people aren't cut out for management/leadership, regardless of what they do for a living.
As for suits, the cheaper ones usually are horrible which is what most 'geeks' are complaining about. Rather than learning anything about the stuff, they have probably needed to wear one at some point in their lives--went out and purchased the cheapest they could find, and complained about how uncomfortable it was. Truth is, you usually get what you pay for and business clothing is no exception. The nicer ones are indeed quite comfortable to wear. If that makes me a 'conformist', so be it. Besides, it's not like a beard, long hair, jeans, and a t-shirt hasn't been done to death before, so I suppose we're all conformist.
Precisely,
Geeks (primarily IT types) love to believe they are the only employees that have to deal with these problems. Moreover, they believe that all IT types are productive members that do nothing but significantly contribute to a company. An employee is an employee, no matter what field they work in. Some will be great, some will be horrible, and most are nothing more than average.
I am so sick of the PHB vs. IT, CIO vs. IT, users vs. IT, everyone vs. IT complaints. Based upon the majority of posts viewed on Slashdot, I could say that most IT-types are paranoid, self-entitled, whiny babies. See how that generalization works? Some of you will take offense to that; just as I would take offense to you painting all management types with the same brush. People are different, regardless of their chosen profession. Some of you suck, and some of you are great...and the same could be said of all people.
Of course. There are idiots relying on blind faith comes on both sides - the only difference is, the Christian right, for example, will at least admit their views are based on blind faith. The left merely substitutes the State for God, and sociology, women's studies and other non falsifiable circle jerks for Scripture. Really? Then please tell me how we ended up with Creationism and Intelligent Design "theories" being shoved down our throats by these Christians. No Christian I have ever met has ever referred to their faith as 'blind'. Every single one tries to back it up with pseudo-science. If practitioners would actually admit their beliefs were absolutely blind and completely unverifiable; I'd imagine we'd have fewer problems, at least in the US.
"PS - for you 420 types, there is no drug testing required for a secret clearance, nor most types of top-secret clearances, but they will ask about drug usage as part of the standard questionnaire (along with stuff like defaulted loans, arrest record, etc)."
Speaking as a member of the AF, while there isn't a direct link between 'security clearance' and 'drug testing', being a member of the armed forces entails everyone having to submit to regular, randomized drug-testing. It doesn't matter if they're a plumber or a pilot. Many contractor positions are also included as a condition of access to sensitive material; or anytime the labor involved concerns the safety of others.
Count on this--The hacker jobs will require regular drug testing, regardless of whether they are beefing-up the active duty numbers or plan to use contract labor.
Such a comment just confirms what I've said before about Atheists.
Nice generalization. I'm an atheist, but just because I don't believe in that superstitious junk doesn't mean I give a damn whether you have an open mind (by my definition, or yours). I don't.
b) ...If you disagree, I challenge you to mention anything evil John Paul II has done, because he lectured A LOT about human dignity.
Fair enough, how about the needless condemnation of any type of birth control (namely condoms) that serves to prevent contracting AIDS. Countless people, notably in Africa, have suffered and died on account of his convictions. The reason? They were naive to believe the poppycock he & his ilk propagated. That's one example, I'll leave it open for others to add to the list of your hero's actions which I DO consider evil. Human dignity, indeed.
I would say that it's religion, period; but I suppose we can at least agree on the organized part.
As if I really needed mathematicians to tell me that there are idiots on the road that cause traffic problems.
Even if the devices could transmit their location anywhere in the world, what's to stop their dealer from meeting them at a location that the athlete frequents. Say, their home for instance. Ridiculous story.
Without doubt, 2008 will be the year of the Linux desktop.
Who said anything about liking it? My only point is that under US law, and the vast majority of other developed nations, you can 'own' more than atoms; and it's called Intellectual Property. Like it, hate it, (dis)agree with it...doesn't matter. It is possible to 'own' non-tangible things. But I suppose I'm not surprised by your comment. Like so many users here on /. you appear incapable of distilling rationale from personal endorsement. I do staunchly believe in several aspects of IP; but that does not imply that I support any 'ole law that is created around the topic.
Yes, you can. It's called Intellectual Property.
You may be better off asking people within the sailing industry or a well-heeled engineering team. On /. you'll likely see this devolve into a heated debate about which flavor of *nix is better and why.
The current real estate market problems have nothing to do with stagnant median income. The prices of homes in many areas unrealistically increased; coupled with people taking out loans far above what they should due to loan products such as ARMs, which make it look like an expensive house is more affordable than it really is.
So if people can't afford a house right now, median income is not to blame. In fact, if median income had not increased then this would still be a good time to purchase a house. With the significant price corrections in many markets and reasonable interest rates, this is a perfect time to purchase a first or additional home.
Also, what the hell does 'mass immigration' have to do with this?
I propose you learn how to spell 'genius', 'supposed', 'pointing', 'smug', and 'coming'.
Like most people in the military, you like to use phrases like 'career-ending' and 'going to jail'. How dramatic. As a current 12-year member of the Air Force, I've seen my fair share of gaffs; but none that resulted in anyone going to jail or having their career ended. Those consequences are reserved for committing crimes. Now, that being said, I foresee a couple of people in command positions losing their command and I can see numerous decertifications for people authorized to handle those things.
The Air Force will most likely continue the long-held military tradition, and the ~7-year tradition of the Bush Administration, of glossing over huge mistakes. Even though what happened was far worse than you apparently realize. Though you kept mentioning that we 'take this very seriously'; you clearly have no idea why we do so. In what just happened, we violated a nuclear arms treaty in which we agreed to no longer fly live* nuclear warheads attached to live* delivery vehicles (missiles/bombs).
Oh, and to the other posts that keep talking about 'attached to the wings'...Um, B-52s don't have anything attached to their wings except engines. The weapons would have been in the internal bay.
* meaning functional, not armed.
I find it amusing that you lump all management types into the same category as far as how they act and what they love. I wonder if I can do the same: You IT types are all self-centered, with no knowledge of how a business runs, and tend to have overinflated opinions about your abilities; after all, have you ever met an IT person that didn't think they were god's gift to the world? See how silly black and white thinking is?