In my opinion most tax breaks are leading to our demise. By our, I mean every country in the world. Why do I think this way? It goes like this. A community has good infrastructure and schools. Businesses want to move there but they tell the local government that the taxes that support all of the good infrastructure are too high. So to attract the business, the local business gives the company tax breaks. Then all the local companies want the same breaks and to keep them the local government lowers taxes for them. For a short time, things go well but then there aren't enough revenues to pay for good schools, and to maintain the infrastructure. The government then either raises taxes on the people or lets things slide. The schools get infrastructure and schools get bad and businesses leave because things have gotten bad.
I have seen it happen, I am from Michigan. A decade back, we had a tax cutting governor who let the condition of the states roads get so bad that he became known as "Pothole John". When the Michigan tax base was fair, at least we had decent infrastructure. Now after decades of tax cutting we have problems. There is a word to describe what is going on and it's called "Whipsawing".
I was going to point out that cyanide is natural but was beat to the punch. The point is that many natural substances, plants and animals are also dangerous.
I am presently working on an update to static analysis tools. Static analysis tools are not a silver bullet but they are still relevant. Look at them as a starting point in your search for programming problems. A lot of potential anomalies can be detected like the use of uninitialized variables. Of course, a good compiler can use these tools as part of the compilation process. However, there are many things that a static analyzer can't detect. For this, you need some way to do dynamic analysis ( execution based testing). As such the tools we are developing also include dynamic testing.
Yes I care!!! Its not just little brother (business) that I am concerned about but also big brother. I believe in being proactive about tracking and preventing the storage of personally identifiable information. If there no data being stored, there is no temptation for the government to go an a fishing expedition. I prefer not to let this "camel to get its nose in the tent".
By the way, this is one reason why I don't take my cell phone with me when I leave my car.
I don't have objections to it being done correctly. By correctly I would want the following issues to be addressed.
1. No attempts to find out who the cell phone belongs to. (No personally identifiable information).
2. The id number that the cell phone transmits is never stored in any way. The use of an internal identifying number would be acceptable as long as no link was made between the actual cell phone identification number and the internal id number is stored.
3. Every time you visit the mall you get a new internal id number. This would prevent getting information about repeat visits to the mall.
My concerns about storing personally identifiable information stems from the government. The government would subpoena for the mall owners cell phone information and all sorts of fun would begin. Even if only a cell phone id number is stored it would be enough for the government to use as a starting point.
I tend to agree with you. BMI does not take into account body shape. I have rather short legs. I also used to do cross country ski marathons and have very large arms and shoulders. The BMI formula is seriously out of whack for me.
Crossing the Atlantic requires going in a straight line for as long as possible.
Do you really know what you are talking about? Sure tacking into the wind requires a zigzag course, but with GPS navigation systems and good navigation software, this shouldn't be too hard. Even variables such as changes in wind direction and wind strength can be taken into account. As far as obstructions (even moving ones such as ships) can be handled with a radar system.
Come on people, it's a comic book idea! That suit is not the least bit aerodynamic. If he moved to take any action, any stability he might have would be lost and he would go out of control. Then there is the small matter of a power and weapon supply.
At the same time - to add additional logic to a design you are not well versed in is REALLY difficult. As you said, its real difficult but its not impossible, right? This is a good reason why it is in the national interest to preserve our industries. We need both old industries such as steel making and the new industries such as software writing and chip manufacture. If we get into a war with our primary supplier, is that nation going to sell us what we need to defeat them?
Don't get me wrong, I'm really against almost all wars. As the song said "War is only good for the undertaker".
Have you considered what position the occupants would be in if the heat shield was not leading the way? You can bet that they weren't in the optimum position for a re-entry. My guess is that they might have been pushed into their seat-belts rather than into into the backs of their seats.
As long as we are thinking about focused beams (lasers) we also have to consider if we are pointing the beam in the right direction. There's a lot of empty space out there to waste your signal on.
I agree, infringing on only one patent would be enough. In code that you write, most of the code is rather standard stuff such as opening and closing files. The rest of the source code that MIGHT be patentable. Knowing M$, the definition of what is patentable could be stretched somewhat.
I think that we might want to look at the fees we are charging for registering a patent. Perhaps we could implement a fee structure where small inventors pay less than large corporations that can afford more. Also we might want the fees to be based on how unique and original the idea is. Granted, this would be a rather subjective way to assess fees but this is an area where we might want to consider.
It's not too surprising that they are having that problem. One has to keep the keyboard clean and the conditions where these laptops is not exactly clean.
The right solution is, IMO, to simply ban laptops from being open during lectures. This is problematic... I am disabled and have a hard time writing. I can type OK so using a laptop was the only reasonable solution. I customized my word-processor so a single keystroke would map to some commonly used phrase. Using a laptop was the only way I was able to keep up with the lecturer.
I don't think that you know what you are talking about. Yes, Ada-83 was not OO but Ada-97 and Ada-2005 are OO ( with caveats ). The exceptions to OO lead to more secure code.
That's the root cause of buffer overflows. If you can't do such "crimes" then security is advanced.
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You are forgetting something... Actually writing the original code takes up a small part of the total time spent on a program in its life cycle. There is debugging, testing and updating that have to be considered.
I have updated programs written in Ada and in other programming languages. Have you actually had to read code the code written by others? Reading a C or C++ program is not easy. Some say that C (and all of its derivatives) are "Write only languages". At least in Ada, it is easier to make sense of the code that others write.
It's not just medical radioactive isotopes that can get you stopped at the airport screening station. My mother was taking nitroglycerin for a heart condition. She got stopped because some bomb sniffing equipment detected explosives.
I remember one professor I had for a biology course. He just immigrated from Russia and could not speak English very well. Unfortunately the class introduced quite a bit of unusual terms (it was vertebrate anatomy). It was next to impossible to correlate his pronunciation of the name of a structure with what the book was calling it. My point is that this is not unique to just math and engineering profs. Sometimes you just have to deal with it no matter what the subject.
"So I just tell people like this my honest opinions anymore: This topic simply cannot be understood by someone with your level of intellect."
There is your mistake! You present them as OPINIONS when they are not.
You should be speaking of them for what they are... SCIENTIFIC FACTS.
I too know how to verify a program but it is no panacea. For most (non -safety critical) applications, it is too labor intensive to be used. Would you use verification to create a game? Absolutely not! However, if you are software for the avionics of a plane are the software on a medical respirator, you would use it. It's all a balance between cost and reliability.
Is it just me. Lately, the fines levied for illegal business practices in the US have gotten too low because of inflation. The logical remedy is to make the fines based upon a percentage the profits gained through illegal practices. 300% sounds right to me.
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In my opinion most tax breaks are leading to our demise. By our, I mean every country in the world. Why do I think this way? It goes like this. A community has good infrastructure and schools. Businesses want to move there but they tell the local government that the taxes that support all of the good infrastructure are too high. So to attract the business, the local business gives the company tax breaks. Then all the local companies want the same breaks and to keep them the local government lowers taxes for them. For a short time, things go well but then there aren't enough revenues to pay for good schools, and to maintain the infrastructure. The government then either raises taxes on the people or lets things slide. The schools get infrastructure and schools get bad and businesses leave because things have gotten bad. I have seen it happen, I am from Michigan. A decade back, we had a tax cutting governor who let the condition of the states roads get so bad that he became known as "Pothole John". When the Michigan tax base was fair, at least we had decent infrastructure. Now after decades of tax cutting we have problems. There is a word to describe what is going on and it's called "Whipsawing".
I was going to point out that cyanide is natural but was beat to the punch. The point is that many natural substances, plants and animals are also dangerous.
I am presently working on an update to static analysis tools. Static analysis tools are not a silver bullet but they are still relevant. Look at them as a starting point in your search for programming problems. A lot of potential anomalies can be detected like the use of uninitialized variables. Of course, a good compiler can use these tools as part of the compilation process. However, there are many things that a static analyzer can't detect. For this, you need some way to do dynamic analysis ( execution based testing). As such the tools we are developing also include dynamic testing.
Yes I care!!! Its not just little brother (business) that I am concerned about but also big brother. I believe in being proactive about tracking and preventing the storage of personally identifiable information. If there no data being stored, there is no temptation for the government to go an a fishing expedition. I prefer not to let this "camel to get its nose in the tent". By the way, this is one reason why I don't take my cell phone with me when I leave my car.
I don't have objections to it being done correctly. By correctly I would want the following issues to be addressed. 1. No attempts to find out who the cell phone belongs to. (No personally identifiable information). 2. The id number that the cell phone transmits is never stored in any way. The use of an internal identifying number would be acceptable as long as no link was made between the actual cell phone identification number and the internal id number is stored. 3. Every time you visit the mall you get a new internal id number. This would prevent getting information about repeat visits to the mall. My concerns about storing personally identifiable information stems from the government. The government would subpoena for the mall owners cell phone information and all sorts of fun would begin. Even if only a cell phone id number is stored it would be enough for the government to use as a starting point.
I tend to agree with you. BMI does not take into account body shape. I have rather short legs. I also used to do cross country ski marathons and have very large arms and shoulders. The BMI formula is seriously out of whack for me.
Absolute nonsense! Have you considered the case of people who do not have day jobs and do not appreciate having their sleep disturbed?
Come on people, it's a comic book idea! That suit is not the least bit aerodynamic. If he moved to take any action, any stability he might have would be lost and he would go out of control. Then there is the small matter of a power and weapon supply.
Have you considered what position the occupants would be in if the heat shield was not leading the way? You can bet that they weren't in the optimum position for a re-entry. My guess is that they might have been pushed into their seat-belts rather than into into the backs of their seats.
As long as we are thinking about focused beams (lasers) we also have to consider if we are pointing the beam in the right direction. There's a lot of empty space out there to waste your signal on.
I agree, infringing on only one patent would be enough. In code that you write, most of the code is rather standard stuff such as opening and closing files. The rest of the source code that MIGHT be patentable. Knowing M$, the definition of what is patentable could be stretched somewhat.
I think that we might want to look at the fees we are charging for registering a patent. Perhaps we could implement a fee structure where small inventors pay less than large corporations that can afford more. Also we might want the fees to be based on how unique and original the idea is. Granted, this would be a rather subjective way to assess fees but this is an area where we might want to consider.
It's not too surprising that they are having that problem. One has to keep the keyboard clean and the conditions where these laptops is not exactly clean.
I don't think that you know what you are talking about. Yes, Ada-83 was not OO but Ada-97 and Ada-2005 are OO ( with caveats ). The exceptions to OO lead to more secure code.
That's the root cause of buffer overflows. If you can't do such "crimes" then security is advanced.
You are forgetting something... Actually writing the original code takes up a small part of the total time spent on a program in its life cycle. There is debugging, testing and updating that have to be considered. I have updated programs written in Ada and in other programming languages. Have you actually had to read code the code written by others? Reading a C or C++ program is not easy. Some say that C (and all of its derivatives) are "Write only languages". At least in Ada, it is easier to make sense of the code that others write.
It's not just medical radioactive isotopes that can get you stopped at the airport screening station. My mother was taking nitroglycerin for a heart condition. She got stopped because some bomb sniffing equipment detected explosives.
I remember one professor I had for a biology course. He just immigrated from Russia and could not speak English very well. Unfortunately the class introduced quite a bit of unusual terms (it was vertebrate anatomy). It was next to impossible to correlate his pronunciation of the name of a structure with what the book was calling it. My point is that this is not unique to just math and engineering profs. Sometimes you just have to deal with it no matter what the subject.
"So I just tell people like this my honest opinions anymore: This topic simply cannot be understood by someone with your level of intellect." There is your mistake! You present them as OPINIONS when they are not. You should be speaking of them for what they are... SCIENTIFIC FACTS.
Adder? I didn't know that those snakes were that versatile!
I too know how to verify a program but it is no panacea. For most (non -safety critical) applications, it is too labor intensive to be used. Would you use verification to create a game? Absolutely not! However, if you are software for the avionics of a plane are the software on a medical respirator, you would use it. It's all a balance between cost and reliability.
Is it just me. Lately, the fines levied for illegal business practices in the US have gotten too low because of inflation. The logical remedy is to make the fines based upon a percentage the profits gained through illegal practices. 300% sounds right to me.