If the lane to the right of you is that empty, you should be there.
I see old people in the middle lanes all the time. I believe it's because they are afraid of merging. The corollary to this "rule" is that there will be people going slow in the fast lane while they talk on their cellphone because they don't want to have to worry about weaving into other cars on both sides. For many people the fast lane is the "I don't want to have to think about driving" lane.
That said, this kind of traffic analysis was also written up in the San Jose Mercury News around 1987.
I think the benefit of hiring those in college on internship or fresh out is that they're cheap, eager to impress, and most importantly, you get first crack at them. So you can get these so called "superstar programmers" before they get hired off by some other company.
Right, and the cycle of anti-intellectual exploitation continues. "First crack" means "uneducated as to the ways of the corporate world." It would seem a "superstar" programmer wouldn't be as much a superstar with this form of ignorance.
In my experience, those who think the best candidates are fresh out of school are power-hungry narcissists. They want fresh minds so they can indoctrinate their experience in the manager's image. You never forget your first. So, you have fresh minds who want experience: perfect captives. They do things your way and no better and you still get to blame them for mistakes and take credit for their accomplishments. You don't have to deal with any alternative viewpoints that might undermine your authority, so the Peter Principle is safe in your back pocket.
Don't listen to this guy, he's probably only an aspiring manager anyway.
I mean, really. Dr. Jacobsen's background speaks for itself. He is a widely respected scientist with years of experience in real world forensics investigation. Trying to win your case by smearing his name and reputation will likely backfire with the judge.
Congratulations, you've got two kinds of stupid.
1) This is a fallacious appeal to authority. In fact, his background most definitly doesn't (and should not) speak for itself. If it did, all the RIAA would have to do is supply his name and the judge would evaluate his testimony in light of that. No, the words matter.
2) Judges do not use Slashdot or its comments to figure out how they're going to rule.
Another thing you (and your other respondents) may not know is that "incompetence" has a specific meaning in a legal context. Read that again, it's important and will be on the test later. Legal incompetence means that his expert testimony is not actually expert, or in other words "is not competent" to be considered the words of an expert. You don't become an expert witness just for having experience and getting your paycheck from a university. It's also about presenting your findings in a legally-supportable way, so when the judge calls his testimony "borderline incompetent," the judge is signalling that it may be likely to get thrown out.
But it's occurred to me that this business about measuring an ad's value by counting clicks is BS.
This is the wrong message to take from this story. The way I read it, this is a shot across the bow for web advertising. Someone do a patent search to see if there has been anything filed for methods of distinguishing different kinds of ad clicks.
it could be harder to remove Cheney than Bush, because his crimes are more traditional stuffing the pockets of his friends, than outright lying to congress (unless I've been overlooking something?)
Well, there was the small matter of leaking a CIA agent's name to journalists in retaliation for something her husband did. Frankly, I think the best punishment for Cheney would be for him to become president after Bush is impeached.
I'm not going to say it makes him guilty, it's just one more card in the deck. If I had to choose the possibly Autistic husband or the lover who was into BDSM, confessed to 8 murders, and enjoyed something called "death yoga"... I'm not going to learn towards the husband.
How come he doesn't get any cards for all the people who engage in BDSM, death yoga, and/or confession while not killing anybody?
Yeah, I can just see telling my mom "ok, now go to the command line and....no...command line....no...click the terminal thi...no not...oh I give up".
So many strawmen...
The point is not about Linux usability, it's about the problems Microsoft has created for itself. The fact that closed-source Windows software has compatibility issues depending on the version of the OS beneath it has everything to do with nobody being able to provide a version that doesn't fall into the compatibility trap. It's not cost-effective for Microsoft to create versions of Office 2007 that run on Windows 3.11, but if you take a look around that problem does not exist as much when people can mold their (and others') software to their individual purposes. Heck, there's probably a way to compile OpenOffice2 on FreeBSD 2.x, given enough time and energy, and neither Sun nor the FreeBSD collective will stand in their way. This is not the case with Microsoft Office.
There's a price for compatibility and if you think you have the easy and simple solution, you're probably wrong.
No, the price of compatibility is closed-source software. To recognize how little value both of these conditions have, consider that I can still compile current versions of tcpdump or fvwm or openoffice on RedHat 6, FreeBSD 5 and Solaris 8. While you ably demonstrate that a reasonable argument can be made for Windows improving over the years, your point boils down to the fact that Windows used to be worse than it is now. This is not a glowing endorsement and speaks little of the standards that they should be held up to. Microsoft's problems are due only to their own policies, and "compatibility" is only an indicator that they've built a fence that they have trouble climbing.
the amount of work we're doing to accommodate the EU is astronomical.
This speaks more to the corner Microsoft has painted itself into, rather than to the amount of openness or compliance achieved. A drowning person has to work in order to be able to breathe air, but this doesn't mean that they've left the water. By all accounts Linux (as well as other forms of Unix) is sitting on the beach in the open air, waiting for any and all comers to speak to it. That Microsoft is so far away from this is an apt metaphor for the distance Microsoft has to travel in order to make valuable connections to what is already open and operating well. I do agree that this development is a bit of a truce called by Microsoft, but it's tantamount to them saying they'll drop the sword while still having a derringer in their sock. It's not enough.
Since that time interval occurs during daylight hours near Hawaii, with the eclipsed moon (necessarily) below the horizon, I doubt the eclipse will have much effect on visibility.:)
So it must be a total coincidence that this is also during the prime time and news hours of the mainland Continental U.S..
There has to be something really embarrassing for Bush that will come out unless "telecom immunity" passes.
Yes indeed, but it's not hidden. It's been well-documented that the Bush Administration engaged in warrantless surveillance outside of the law, and the court cases that would be affected by immunity relate directly to this.
Our (the US) government and its intelligence agencies are getting a little out of hand.
Actually I think it's the reverse. Overreaching surveillance and torture tells me that the US intelligence agencies are way behind in their capabilities and skills, so they have to fall back on cruder methods. Some might say incompetent, but that tends to be taken as perjorative. I'm thinking more "developmentally disabled," because they may simply not be capable of researching good intelligence anymore.
At the time when fees were higher, the Internet was held up as a vision of free speech
Not to rain on your prelapsarian parade, but in the days when domain fees were higher there were a lot of other restrictions that obviated domain parking.
Excellent points all around! I think a shorter translation is that the Catholic church has got a lot of nerve to lecture people about dignity. Now, get on your knees and pray for forgiveness!:)
Although FCC comments are all well and good, talking to Comcast's CSR (customer service reps) will have more impact.
BZZT. You're thinking in terms of the 1990s. Stop trying to cost them more money in a place where costs are already contained in a tungsten vault and move to where they make their money.
Nowadays the smart people call the sales line with complaints.
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If the lane to the right of you is that empty, you should be there.
I see old people in the middle lanes all the time. I believe it's because they are afraid of merging. The corollary to this "rule" is that there will be people going slow in the fast lane while they talk on their cellphone because they don't want to have to worry about weaving into other cars on both sides. For many people the fast lane is the "I don't want to have to think about driving" lane.
That said, this kind of traffic analysis was also written up in the San Jose Mercury News around 1987.
I think the benefit of hiring those in college on internship or fresh out is that they're cheap, eager to impress, and most importantly, you get first crack at them. So you can get these so called "superstar programmers" before they get hired off by some other company.
Right, and the cycle of anti-intellectual exploitation continues. "First crack" means "uneducated as to the ways of the corporate world." It would seem a "superstar" programmer wouldn't be as much a superstar with this form of ignorance.
So, only the young can learn?
In my experience, those who think the best candidates are fresh out of school are power-hungry narcissists. They want fresh minds so they can indoctrinate their experience in the manager's image. You never forget your first. So, you have fresh minds who want experience: perfect captives. They do things your way and no better and you still get to blame them for mistakes and take credit for their accomplishments. You don't have to deal with any alternative viewpoints that might undermine your authority, so the Peter Principle is safe in your back pocket.
Don't listen to this guy, he's probably only an aspiring manager anyway.
it was an expert witness hired by the defense who called the RIAA's 'expert' testimony "borderline incompetent" ...
My mistake.
I mean, really. Dr. Jacobsen's background speaks for itself. He is a widely respected scientist with years of experience in real world forensics investigation. Trying to win your case by smearing his name and reputation will likely backfire with the judge.
Congratulations, you've got two kinds of stupid.
1) This is a fallacious appeal to authority. In fact, his background most definitly doesn't (and should not) speak for itself. If it did, all the RIAA would have to do is supply his name and the judge would evaluate his testimony in light of that. No, the words matter.
2) Judges do not use Slashdot or its comments to figure out how they're going to rule.
Another thing you (and your other respondents) may not know is that "incompetence" has a specific meaning in a legal context. Read that again, it's important and will be on the test later. Legal incompetence means that his expert testimony is not actually expert, or in other words "is not competent" to be considered the words of an expert. You don't become an expert witness just for having experience and getting your paycheck from a university. It's also about presenting your findings in a legally-supportable way, so when the judge calls his testimony "borderline incompetent," the judge is signalling that it may be likely to get thrown out.
you can create what you want, but it also means there's no strong incentive to provide a product that *others* want
Proprietary software is better because open source isn't altruistic enough? That's for sure a new twist on capitalism.
if only this would get more mainstream coverage.
The problem is that the plaintiffs in this case are the companies who would report on this development.
But it's occurred to me that this business about measuring an ad's value by counting clicks is BS.
This is the wrong message to take from this story. The way I read it, this is a shot across the bow for web advertising. Someone do a patent search to see if there has been anything filed for methods of distinguishing different kinds of ad clicks.
it could be harder to remove Cheney than Bush, because his crimes are more traditional stuffing the pockets of his friends, than outright lying to congress (unless I've been overlooking something?)
Well, there was the small matter of leaking a CIA agent's name to journalists in retaliation for something her husband did. Frankly, I think the best punishment for Cheney would be for him to become president after Bush is impeached.
I'm not going to say it makes him guilty, it's just one more card in the deck. If I had to choose the possibly Autistic husband or the lover who was into BDSM, confessed to 8 murders, and enjoyed something called "death yoga"... I'm not going to learn towards the husband.
How come he doesn't get any cards for all the people who engage in BDSM, death yoga, and/or confession while not killing anybody?
Yeah, I can just see telling my mom "ok, now go to the command line and ....no...command line....no...click the terminal thi...no not ...oh I give up".
So many strawmen...
The point is not about Linux usability, it's about the problems Microsoft has created for itself. The fact that closed-source Windows software has compatibility issues depending on the version of the OS beneath it has everything to do with nobody being able to provide a version that doesn't fall into the compatibility trap. It's not cost-effective for Microsoft to create versions of Office 2007 that run on Windows 3.11, but if you take a look around that problem does not exist as much when people can mold their (and others') software to their individual purposes. Heck, there's probably a way to compile OpenOffice2 on FreeBSD 2.x, given enough time and energy, and neither Sun nor the FreeBSD collective will stand in their way. This is not the case with Microsoft Office.
There's a price for compatibility and if you think you have the easy and simple solution, you're probably wrong.
No, the price of compatibility is closed-source software. To recognize how little value both of these conditions have, consider that I can still compile current versions of tcpdump or fvwm or openoffice on RedHat 6, FreeBSD 5 and Solaris 8. While you ably demonstrate that a reasonable argument can be made for Windows improving over the years, your point boils down to the fact that Windows used to be worse than it is now. This is not a glowing endorsement and speaks little of the standards that they should be held up to. Microsoft's problems are due only to their own policies, and "compatibility" is only an indicator that they've built a fence that they have trouble climbing.
the amount of work we're doing to accommodate the EU is astronomical.
This speaks more to the corner Microsoft has painted itself into, rather than to the amount of openness or compliance achieved. A drowning person has to work in order to be able to breathe air, but this doesn't mean that they've left the water. By all accounts Linux (as well as other forms of Unix) is sitting on the beach in the open air, waiting for any and all comers to speak to it. That Microsoft is so far away from this is an apt metaphor for the distance Microsoft has to travel in order to make valuable connections to what is already open and operating well. I do agree that this development is a bit of a truce called by Microsoft, but it's tantamount to them saying they'll drop the sword while still having a derringer in their sock. It's not enough.
Can you say self-mending tires, shoe soles, etc?
No, but I can say, "self-mending things-that-don't-need-mending-often."
Since that time interval occurs during daylight hours near Hawaii, with the eclipsed moon (necessarily) below the horizon, I doubt the eclipse will have much effect on visibility. :)
So it must be a total coincidence that this is also during the prime time and news hours of the mainland Continental U.S..
There has to be something really embarrassing for Bush that will come out unless "telecom immunity" passes.
Yes indeed, but it's not hidden. It's been well-documented that the Bush Administration engaged in warrantless surveillance outside of the law, and the court cases that would be affected by immunity relate directly to this.
Slashdot was sued for "duplicating" Ars Technica posting titles.
I'm surprised nobody has said it yet, but Real deserves this.
The "old days" of "Virtua Fighter"? Try Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga, punk! Get off my lawn!
Ha ha, funny. You kids and your raster "games."
Yeah, perjorative. I think the point of your second sentence is too subtle for me, though.
Our (the US) government and its intelligence agencies are getting a little out of hand.
Actually I think it's the reverse. Overreaching surveillance and torture tells me that the US intelligence agencies are way behind in their capabilities and skills, so they have to fall back on cruder methods. Some might say incompetent, but that tends to be taken as perjorative. I'm thinking more "developmentally disabled," because they may simply not be capable of researching good intelligence anymore.
At the time when fees were higher, the Internet was held up as a vision of free speech
Not to rain on your prelapsarian parade, but in the days when domain fees were higher there were a lot of other restrictions that obviated domain parking.
Excellent points all around! I think a shorter translation is that the Catholic church has got a lot of nerve to lecture people about dignity. Now, get on your knees and pray for forgiveness! :)
Yeah it sure is Uncle Jedd!
You might want to find a newer article that describes developments in that story since last Thursday, of which there have been "some."
Although FCC comments are all well and good, talking to Comcast's CSR (customer service reps) will have more impact.
BZZT. You're thinking in terms of the 1990s. Stop trying to cost them more money in a place where costs are already contained in a tungsten vault and move to where they make their money.
Nowadays the smart people call the sales line with complaints.