The article doesn't say that she died from complications of her surgery, it just says that she died not very soon after surgery. It wasn't murder if she was so old that she would have died soon anyways.
The AC responder makes a good point, but also missed something. You're confusing a "project" with a "program". Programs have lots of projects and milestones which you could be working on and get promoted for accomplishing. A project is a component task, assisting goal, or tangible feature.
An example of the difference: Military recruiting is a program that never ends (just like the one way colonization ship) but there are many projects that people work on that do end like this year's USMC recruitment TV commercial (or as the AC said, delivering the spaceship to the launch pad and prep it for launch).
The only people responsible for the success of a program are program directors and upper management, who are already at the top of their game and are gauged based on quarterly/yearly performance rather than end-of-program success.
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Defense contractor, where I primarily develop on OSS. I know it sounds strange since that line of work does conflict with others' political and ideological beliefs (see Bowling for Columbine), but it doesn't conflict with mine.
This is a case of ambiguously using the word "target" and "accurate". There is the tactical target that the military plans to engage (which could be based on faulty information) and there is the physical target from the drones' perspective designated by the crosshairs (or whatever sighting system).
There is accuracy as in success rate of them engaging their tactical targets and there is accuracy as in deviation from where those crosshairs were pointing.
The pirated software can be tested against the latter during routine upgrades/weapon tests.
The former is reliant on the accuracy of information that the military gets when deciding targets and has no relation to the drone software.
I should add that I already have a job offer from another company, so I wasn't just acting like a self-entitled jerk when I posted that...
I do have a choice.
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Right, even though M$ offers a higher starting salary out of college (~80k for a CPE vs 65k from LMC), I chose not to interview with them when I was offered because I felt like I would be a hypocrite for working for a company that conflicts with my moral and ideological beliefs.
It's not like they're shipping the water to the existing municipal water infrastructure... they're sending it to a bottling plant, which, besides being costly for consumers and inefficient, means more plastic waste pollution.
Quote from wikipedia, apparently taken from Bill Gates:
"In January 2001, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates explained the attraction of adopting Linux in an internal memo that was released in the Comes vs Microsoft case. He said: “ Our most potent Operating System competitor is Linux and the phenomena around Open Source and free software. The same phenomena fuels competitors to all of our products. The ease of picking up Linux to learn it or to modify some piece of it is very attractive. The academic community, start up companies, foreign governments and many other constituencies are putting their best work into Linux.[122]"
And by consumer demand, you mean vendors putting windows+higher end hardware into netbooks to raise their price into the low end notebook range, because 250$ netbooks running linux were hurting the notebook market.
Really? Because, as someone who has worked in gov't related cybersecurity, I can tell you that they try all the time.
There's no shortage of reasons for hackers to want access to data (classified or otherwise) really really badly.
You just need to get the hollywood fabricated ideas about teams of small teams of omnipotent superhacker "gods" out of your mind, because they don't exist.
I suspect that with consoles now much closer to computers and so many people owning PS3's/Wii's/Xbox's, PC gaming isn't as important to most users as it used to be.
I got carded when buying Modern Warfare 2 for PS3 at Target. I'm 22, and look the part, but the system still wouldn't let me purchase the game without scanning the barcode on my license.
Seems like there already are measures in place to keep minors from getting M rated games, so what is the issue here?
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No, I think she is being sued and not prosecuted because the woman had to undergo hip surgery from the fall.
The article doesn't say that she died from complications of her surgery, it just says that she died not very soon after surgery. It wasn't murder if she was so old that she would have died soon anyways.
Correlation != causation.
CPE=Computer Engineer
LMC=Lockheed Martin Corp.
Where is the "unfunny" moderator option?
The brazil nut already is in a burnable format, all you need is a match to ignite it.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/372823/burning_brazil_nut/
The AC responder makes a good point, but also missed something. You're confusing a "project" with a "program". Programs have lots of projects and milestones which you could be working on and get promoted for accomplishing. A project is a component task, assisting goal, or tangible feature.
An example of the difference: Military recruiting is a program that never ends (just like the one way colonization ship) but there are many projects that people work on that do end like this year's USMC recruitment TV commercial (or as the AC said, delivering the spaceship to the launch pad and prep it for launch).
The only people responsible for the success of a program are program directors and upper management, who are already at the top of their game and are gauged based on quarterly/yearly performance rather than end-of-program success.
Defense contractor, where I primarily develop on OSS. I know it sounds strange since that line of work does conflict with others' political and ideological beliefs (see Bowling for Columbine), but it doesn't conflict with mine.
Read the next post instead of bashing at that straw-man, you coward.
Self-entitled is what I chose to represent the same thing you chose to use "naive and stupid" for.
"missing their targets or hitting innocents"
This is a case of ambiguously using the word "target" and "accurate". There is the tactical target that the military plans to engage (which could be based on faulty information) and there is the physical target from the drones' perspective designated by the crosshairs (or whatever sighting system).
There is accuracy as in success rate of them engaging their tactical targets and there is accuracy as in deviation from where those crosshairs were pointing.
The pirated software can be tested against the latter during routine upgrades/weapon tests.
The former is reliant on the accuracy of information that the military gets when deciding targets and has no relation to the drone software.
I should add that I already have a job offer from another company, so I wasn't just acting like a self-entitled jerk when I posted that...
I do have a choice.
Right, even though M$ offers a higher starting salary out of college (~80k for a CPE vs 65k from LMC), I chose not to interview with them when I was offered because I felt like I would be a hypocrite for working for a company that conflicts with my moral and ideological beliefs.
Contacts irritate my eyes, and don't offer as good focus as my glasses do. I've found this is important for hunting/driving with tired eyes at night.
Tried contacts, went back to glasses, never looked back.
In China's case, it's Giant + Powerful.
Both China and its allies are pursuing 5th Generation fighter aircraft (see Sukhoi PAK FA (ally) and J-XX). They aren't exactly chucking spears...
Citizens of China either,
1. Love China
2. Are afraid of China
Other countries either:
1. Love China (money machine)
2. Are afraid of China and its allies (Russia)
Answer to your question is yes, but it's so far away that China will likely be invaded by aliens long before they cross it.
It's not like they're shipping the water to the existing municipal water infrastructure... they're sending it to a bottling plant, which, besides being costly for consumers and inefficient, means more plastic waste pollution.
Quote from wikipedia, apparently taken from Bill Gates:
"In January 2001, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates explained the attraction of adopting Linux in an internal memo that was released in the Comes vs Microsoft case. He said:
“ Our most potent Operating System competitor is Linux and the phenomena around Open Source and free software. The same phenomena fuels competitors to all of our products. The ease of picking up Linux to learn it or to modify some piece of it is very attractive. The academic community, start up companies, foreign governments and many other constituencies are putting their best work into Linux.[122]"
In short, Linux is much more than a blip.
I tend to unfriend people if they invite me (and everyone else on their friends list) to stupid events that I don't care about.
Except stock, which is why Boeing does run commercials.
I heard Boeing/Northrop Grumman commercials on the radio all the time when there was the refueling tanker contract bid going on.
And by consumer demand, you mean vendors putting windows+higher end hardware into netbooks to raise their price into the low end notebook range, because 250$ netbooks running linux were hurting the notebook market.
It's the previous administrations fault!
Really? Because, as someone who has worked in gov't related cybersecurity, I can tell you that they try all the time.
There's no shortage of reasons for hackers to want access to data (classified or otherwise) really really badly.
You just need to get the hollywood fabricated ideas about teams of small teams of omnipotent superhacker "gods" out of your mind, because they don't exist.
Belfast 1969-1990s. 'Nuff said.
I suspect that with consoles now much closer to computers and so many people owning PS3's/Wii's/Xbox's, PC gaming isn't as important to most users as it used to be.
I got carded when buying Modern Warfare 2 for PS3 at Target. I'm 22, and look the part, but the system still wouldn't let me purchase the game without scanning the barcode on my license.
Seems like there already are measures in place to keep minors from getting M rated games, so what is the issue here?