Sweden currently as troops in Afghanistan helping with the "war on terror." And you say what?
While I believe that to be a "just" cause, I have no illusions about how varied and competitive are our definitions of justice. My just war does wreak misery and death upon innocent victims.
If you would shed some of your own illusions, it might take some of that false shine off of Sweden. Anyway, I'll assume that you are an American at heart, and know that at least my enemies fully agree with me on that much.
There has never been trouble getting a job. There has always been trouble getting a job you want.
And you responded:
My friends brother is a manager at McDonald's. They had 500+ applications last time they had a vacancy. Which is for a job with a wage a single person barely can live on.
So when he says that the real challenge is getting the job you want, you counter by pointing out the difficulty in getting a job that 500 people want? Thou dost pretend to argue.
The myth of the easy to get jobs is just that, a myth.
The fact that you think that is worth saying is striking; it suggests that you believe there is some truth in that myth (or that there should be). It isn't even a myth; it's just a foolish, baseless assertion.
The world must be a great disappointment to a person such as yourself who holds such high standards.
So if I can get my RF scanning equipment within 20 feet of you, I can get the passport office's unique identifier for you. (Where can I use that identifier besides the passport office?) As a tracking strategy, one scanning device every 20 feet is going to be an expensive grid.
Good thing the whole country's already wired for cellphone service and service providers share connectivity in support of roaming. Lord knows how many people can track your whereabouts right now.
Oops...I left my passport at home today.
Slashdot...if it's technical, it must be stuff that matters?
Listen to this recording that he made. He enters a phone conversation with a judge and other parties to the litigation, and fails at the outset to let any of them know that he is recording the conversation along with a room full of students listening in. This bit of eavesdropping only comes to light when the judge asks him pointedly if the call is being recorded. That is when Mr. "Openness" admits that he is in fact recording the conversation with the presence of his students.
It seems to me that Mr. Openness, an obviously deceitful person, only turns to honesty in the face of a room full of witnesses, a very astute judge, and his own potential criminal liability for illegal wiretapping and contempt of court. Translation: his ass over his principles.
Great and open guy, that Nesson character is. Hard to miss it.
Nope. You're unlikely to find interesting stuff there. The trading strategies mostly exist in the heads of traders, sometimes on their spreadsheets, sometimes in VB on their desktops, but rarely in the data centers.
It's easy to think of these companies as monoliths, but it's not like that at all. Most of them have grown through acquisition. The systems of the acquired companies are only loosely integrated into core systems. And you'd be surprised how competitive and autonomous their traders are...each one tries to find his own advantage, and when he does, he's HIGHLY protective of it and unlikely to have the inclination or resources to put it into code.
There are some exceptions to this. For example, there are some large asset inventory databases with an occasionally interesting costing methodology that could be useful to just the right kind of person who is positioned just right to take advantage of that knowledge. But that's a highly speculative and unlikely possibility.
I worked for a financial services company that had similar types of systems. The legal department and security people were always concerned about people stealing our source code.
But their fears were unfounded. Why? Because the source code is highly customized code that not only implements thoroughly non-standards-based algorithms, but is also tightly coupled to underlying hardware/software platforms (and the non-standardized APIs of their peer systems). The result: you can't run it anywhere but on the infrastructure of the company for which it was built. Sure, you could pull out a subroutine here or there. But overall, it's pretty worthless stuff.
Humorously, we had a large, difficult, multi-year project to port our code to a newer hardware platform (same O.S. and language tools). I joked that we should post all our source code on the web for free unencumbered download, and if somebody could get it to run on the newer (or any other) platform, we could pay them $2 million for their effort and still come out way ahead in the deal. Everybody laughed and agreed that that would be a dream come true.
"Matrixx Initiatives stands behind the science of its products and its belief that there is no causal link between its Zicam Cold Remedy intranasal gel products and anosmia," said William J. Hemelt, Matrixx Initiatives' acting president. "It is well understood in the medical and scientific communities that the most common cause of anosmia is the common cold, which Zicam Cold Remedy intranasal gel products are taken to treat. Given the enormous number of doses sold and colds treated, there is no reason to believe the number of complaints of anosmia received is more than the number that would be expected in the general population. There is no reliable scientific evidence that Zicam causes anosmia."
It would be easy enough to do a controlled study to compare the incidence of anosmia in people with colds using Zicam versus those with colds who don't use Zicam.
It would be easy enough for Matrixx to base their beliefs on science instead of speculation.
But no. They make no attempt to prove safety, even when presented with indications of serious adverse effects. Instead, they confidently speculate that their product is safe, and go into a holding pattern. Studies are expensive. Holding patterns are cheap. Safety be damned.
For companies like Matrixx (and almost all producers of "alternative remedies") "science" is no more than a word in a vast lexicon of marketing terms. The only objective to which these Charlatans show a genuine commitment is the gross sales of their products. Otherwise, words like "health", "remedy", "studies", "dosage", and other terms that are strictly constructed in the legitimate world of pharmaceuticals, important terms, are just smokey propaganda buzzwords in this vast industry of faux "medicines".
The only word that comes to my mind that would properly be ascribed to these people is BULLSHIT. Not surprisingly, it's a word you'll probably never here them use, as it hits too close to where they live.
Wow. You should try to get out and see more of the world. For example, you might want to examine ANY MATURE PRODUCT MARKET. Competition, and its effects on prices, aren't just a theories. Except, perhaps, in your little world.
Really. Go talk to some people running businesses. Of course, they could be lying to you.
Web server page redirection? Should that scare me? I mean, it's not quite as if somebody smuggled munitions or fired a weapon.
"Oh...but the breach reveals the military's vulnerability."
Does it? To what?
Answer: To webserver page redirection.
Might there be greater risk here? Perhaps. But no evidence was presented to indicate that. Get back to me when you've identified a MATERIAL RISK, not merely a TECHNICAL VULNERABILITY.
As for those of you who have hopes and expectations that ALL THINGS MILITARY will be secure...WTF?
The person using GVIM or EMACS has 10,000 lines BECAUSE of GVIM, or EMACS... Flipping files in an IDE is trivial... In an editor like GVIM, or EMACS it is not a trivial. Ok not that hard, but I wonder if tedious as compared to an IDE.
...said not only by a person who [obviously to many of us] doesn't know, but with the conviction of person who doesn't know what he doesn't know.
According to the study, subjects first went through a one week "washout" period in which they were advised to avoid use of any containers using BPA (the study indicates that BPA is almost totally eliminated in the urine with 24 hours of ingestion). After the washout period, urine samples were taken to establish a baseline which, by my understanding, I would define as the typical trace amounts of BPA that you'd expect to find in the urine of a person who avoids BPA exposure. After the washout period, the subjects were then advised to drink all fluids from BPA laden containers, and the urine samples resulting from that relatively high level of exposure were compared to the baseline samples. That comparison showed a 69% increase over the baseline, from 1.2 to 2.0 "ug/g creatinine."
Personally, I don't feel threatened by trace levels of BPA (especially with its high propensity to be excreted quickly and lack of significant evidence of toxicity at trace levels). So it's hard for me to feel significantly more threatened by 1.69 times trace levels.
It is relatively easy to see in others. But it is difficult to see in ourselves. Proof: Ask people if they are bigots. Majority answer: No. Correct answer [almost always]: Yes, in some ways.
Bigotry is more insidious than most of us realize.
Do we really know the history of this guy's relationship with his employer and all the issues surrounding his dismissal? Do we [foolishly] think we know?
Looks like little more than another Those-Stupid-French-People stories. They've been especially popular over the past few years.
In business meetings over the past few years, I heard numerous stories, comments, joke about The Stupid French. It amazed me that well-educated people, who would never make such derogatory remarks about any other race or ethnicity, felt no reservation about trash-talking French people (you know...France, Quebec, Them). As amazing was that I never encountered anybody other than myself who found the stories inappropriate or offensive for a business environment.
Bigotry is more insidious than most of us realize.
You not only made the same argument I was going to make, but you also used the same analogy that I was going to use (re: the President).
Along similar lines of reasoning, I've found "security through obscurity" to be enduringly useful, however much it may (and should) offend the sensibilities of those responsible for security engineering. It may not be security, but I've never seen such a [obscured] result be compromised.
only when the weather is completely out of control will people start demanding action
Interesting perspective that looks backward to me. I've always viewed the weather as being pretty much out of control, and am waiting to attack problems that I *can* control (like where to grow crops, or where to build a seawall, or where NOT to be when a hurricane is forecast to blow through).
However informed and correct he may be, his voice is steeped in a stinging malevolence that overwhelms common regard for sensibility.
The funny aspect of it is that his attempts to inform are just him meeting the irksome minimal requirement of argument, when in fact, he has little patience or inclination for argument at all (or for the resulting education that may ensue there). Argument is the price he pays to leak venom. But venom, from his own mouth back to his own ears, is his reward.
You can't do justice to the slowness of this whoosh. It reminds me of the Austin Powers scene where a Austing commandeers a very-slow-moving steamroller and steers it toward a security guard who, standing in its path, screams and cowers interminably but fails to simply and slowly step out of the way.
If you're rich enough to have a house so large as to be unrelocatable in the time frame we're talking about, then I am not concerned about your ability to survive. And if you're impoverished and living in a sea-side hut, then I have great confidence in your ability to adapt to the change.
And what of the costs of relocation? That's an unfortunate inefficiency to me. But for the people who are able to rationalize jobs created through "green" regulations, it *should* be as easy to rationalize the relocation requirements as "creating jobs".
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Sweden currently as troops in Afghanistan helping with the "war on terror." And you say what? While I believe that to be a "just" cause, I have no illusions about how varied and competitive are our definitions of justice. My just war does wreak misery and death upon innocent victims. If you would shed some of your own illusions, it might take some of that false shine off of Sweden. Anyway, I'll assume that you are an American at heart, and know that at least my enemies fully agree with me on that much.
And you responded:
So when he says that the real challenge is getting the job you want, you counter by pointing out the difficulty in getting a job that 500 people want? Thou dost pretend to argue.
The fact that you think that is worth saying is striking; it suggests that you believe there is some truth in that myth (or that there should be). It isn't even a myth; it's just a foolish, baseless assertion.
The world must be a great disappointment to a person such as yourself who holds such high standards.
Well done. Good work.
DO WHAT IT SAY!!!
Good thing the whole country's already wired for cellphone service and service providers share connectivity in support of roaming. Lord knows how many people can track your whereabouts right now.
Oops...I left my passport at home today.
Slashdot...if it's technical, it must be stuff that matters?
Yeah. So???
Listen to this recording that he made. He enters a phone conversation with a judge and other parties to the litigation, and fails at the outset to let any of them know that he is recording the conversation along with a room full of students listening in. This bit of eavesdropping only comes to light when the judge asks him pointedly if the call is being recorded. That is when Mr. "Openness" admits that he is in fact recording the conversation with the presence of his students.
It seems to me that Mr. Openness, an obviously deceitful person, only turns to honesty in the face of a room full of witnesses, a very astute judge, and his own potential criminal liability for illegal wiretapping and contempt of court. Translation: his ass over his principles.
Great and open guy, that Nesson character is. Hard to miss it.
It's easy to think of these companies as monoliths, but it's not like that at all. Most of them have grown through acquisition. The systems of the acquired companies are only loosely integrated into core systems. And you'd be surprised how competitive and autonomous their traders are...each one tries to find his own advantage, and when he does, he's HIGHLY protective of it and unlikely to have the inclination or resources to put it into code.
There are some exceptions to this. For example, there are some large asset inventory databases with an occasionally interesting costing methodology that could be useful to just the right kind of person who is positioned just right to take advantage of that knowledge. But that's a highly speculative and unlikely possibility.
I worked for a financial services company that had similar types of systems. The legal department and security people were always concerned about people stealing our source code.
But their fears were unfounded. Why? Because the source code is highly customized code that not only implements thoroughly non-standards-based algorithms, but is also tightly coupled to underlying hardware/software platforms (and the non-standardized APIs of their peer systems). The result: you can't run it anywhere but on the infrastructure of the company for which it was built. Sure, you could pull out a subroutine here or there. But overall, it's pretty worthless stuff.
Humorously, we had a large, difficult, multi-year project to port our code to a newer hardware platform (same O.S. and language tools). I joked that we should post all our source code on the web for free unencumbered download, and if somebody could get it to run on the newer (or any other) platform, we could pay them $2 million for their effort and still come out way ahead in the deal. Everybody laughed and agreed that that would be a dream come true.
It would be easy enough to do a controlled study to compare the incidence of anosmia in people with colds using Zicam versus those with colds who don't use Zicam.
It would be easy enough for Matrixx to base their beliefs on science instead of speculation.
But no. They make no attempt to prove safety, even when presented with indications of serious adverse effects. Instead, they confidently speculate that their product is safe, and go into a holding pattern. Studies are expensive. Holding patterns are cheap. Safety be damned.
For companies like Matrixx (and almost all producers of "alternative remedies") "science" is no more than a word in a vast lexicon of marketing terms. The only objective to which these Charlatans show a genuine commitment is the gross sales of their products. Otherwise, words like "health", "remedy", "studies", "dosage", and other terms that are strictly constructed in the legitimate world of pharmaceuticals, important terms, are just smokey propaganda buzzwords in this vast industry of faux "medicines". The only word that comes to my mind that would properly be ascribed to these people is BULLSHIT. Not surprisingly, it's a word you'll probably never here them use, as it hits too close to where they live.
Wow. You should try to get out and see more of the world. For example, you might want to examine ANY MATURE PRODUCT MARKET. Competition, and its effects on prices, aren't just a theories. Except, perhaps, in your little world.
Really. Go talk to some people running businesses. Of course, they could be lying to you.
...and uninformed.
And I vote.
That is all.
Web server page redirection? Should that scare me? I mean, it's not quite as if somebody smuggled munitions or fired a weapon.
"Oh...but the breach reveals the military's vulnerability."
Does it? To what?
Answer: To webserver page redirection.
Might there be greater risk here? Perhaps. But no evidence was presented to indicate that. Get back to me when you've identified a MATERIAL RISK, not merely a TECHNICAL VULNERABILITY.
As for those of you who have hopes and expectations that ALL THINGS MILITARY will be secure...WTF?
Good luck with all that confidence.
Here is the study.
According to the study, subjects first went through a one week "washout" period in which they were advised to avoid use of any containers using BPA (the study indicates that BPA is almost totally eliminated in the urine with 24 hours of ingestion). After the washout period, urine samples were taken to establish a baseline which, by my understanding, I would define as the typical trace amounts of BPA that you'd expect to find in the urine of a person who avoids BPA exposure. After the washout period, the subjects were then advised to drink all fluids from BPA laden containers, and the urine samples resulting from that relatively high level of exposure were compared to the baseline samples. That comparison showed a 69% increase over the baseline, from 1.2 to 2.0 "ug/g creatinine."
Personally, I don't feel threatened by trace levels of BPA (especially with its high propensity to be excreted quickly and lack of significant evidence of toxicity at trace levels). So it's hard for me to feel significantly more threatened by 1.69 times trace levels.
It is relatively easy to see in others. But it is difficult to see in ourselves. Proof: Ask people if they are bigots. Majority answer: No. Correct answer [almost always]: Yes, in some ways.
Bigotry is more insidious than most of us realize.
Do we really know the history of this guy's relationship with his employer and all the issues surrounding his dismissal? Do we [foolishly] think we know?
Looks like little more than another Those-Stupid-French-People stories. They've been especially popular over the past few years.
You know...like the French enact unpopular laws in the middle of the night so nobody is awake to stop them. Slashdot story. Subsequent Story: Maybe French Not So Stupid.
In business meetings over the past few years, I heard numerous stories, comments, joke about The Stupid French. It amazed me that well-educated people, who would never make such derogatory remarks about any other race or ethnicity, felt no reservation about trash-talking French people (you know...France, Quebec, Them). As amazing was that I never encountered anybody other than myself who found the stories inappropriate or offensive for a business environment.
Bigotry is more insidious than most of us realize.
Would you have given the grandparent a pass if he had cited the other kind of chemicals? You know...not the "physical" ones?
...Throwing Criminals In Jail Won't Prevent Crime.
But I don't think that's news.
Perhaps Slashdot can robotically generate a daily story entitled, "The File Sharer's Daily Lament"?
And while you're at it, you can also do one called, "Apple iSomething iAnything Today."
Ahhh. Never mind. Don't bother. I'll check back tomorrow and expect that the only thing missing will be my dumb headlines.
You not only made the same argument I was going to make, but you also used the same analogy that I was going to use (re: the President).
Along similar lines of reasoning, I've found "security through obscurity" to be enduringly useful, however much it may (and should) offend the sensibilities of those responsible for security engineering. It may not be security, but I've never seen such a [obscured] result be compromised.
Interesting perspective that looks backward to me. I've always viewed the weather as being pretty much out of control, and am waiting to attack problems that I *can* control (like where to grow crops, or where to build a seawall, or where NOT to be when a hurricane is forecast to blow through).
He (or she or it) is a sight to behold.
However informed and correct he may be, his voice is steeped in a stinging malevolence that overwhelms common regard for sensibility.
The funny aspect of it is that his attempts to inform are just him meeting the irksome minimal requirement of argument, when in fact, he has little patience or inclination for argument at all (or for the resulting education that may ensue there). Argument is the price he pays to leak venom. But venom, from his own mouth back to his own ears, is his reward.
His is an almost elegant, virtuous cycle.
For him.
I, like you, found myself paused by it. :)
I think we all have a duty to learn from Family Guy.
There. I've said it.
You can't do justice to the slowness of this whoosh. It reminds me of the Austin Powers scene where a Austing commandeers a very-slow-moving steamroller and steers it toward a security guard who, standing in its path, screams and cowers interminably but fails to simply and slowly step out of the way.
If you're rich enough to have a house so large as to be unrelocatable in the time frame we're talking about, then I am not concerned about your ability to survive. And if you're impoverished and living in a sea-side hut, then I have great confidence in your ability to adapt to the change.
And what of the costs of relocation? That's an unfortunate inefficiency to me. But for the people who are able to rationalize jobs created through "green" regulations, it *should* be as easy to rationalize the relocation requirements as "creating jobs".
Sheesh.
Okay. I get it.
You're a great big giant stupid-head.