That's a civil issue, not a criminal one. In point of fact, contracts are only valid as long as "valuable consideration" holds true. Termination of pay breaks that.
Mine's at home learning Perl right now... on her Linux laptop... of course, she is pregnant, so the moodiness does balance out the cool factor a little;).
I think you're making horrible assumptions about the nature of the jobs and scheduling system in use. To top it off, you seem to consider other factors a frequent cause for unpredictable computational inefficiency, which usually isn't the case in controlled environments (while other bottlenecks certainly exist, they're typically known values in clustered systems that adhere to predictable congestion patterns). This is probably a consequence of never having actually done any meaningful cluster computing yourself; in the event that my assumption is false, I can't fathom how you were awake for the event, given your apparent level of knowledge on the topic.
I guess you're trying for humor here, but I don't find your statement terribly amusing (maybe I'm just feeding a troll). I put my career as a programmer on hold at age 25 to enlist in the Navy as a submariner, did my duty, and now I'm back to writing code and working on Linux virtualization for a living. I'm glad I served; what have you done lately that's bigger than you?
You wouldn't have qualified for submarine duty. I'm surprised you got cleared for Army service, unless (as I stated previously) there was no lasting impairment from the original injury. I assure you, an Army medical officer did review your medical history thoroughly prior to your acceptance into the service. The clearance part really doesn't have a lot to do with it, as about 99% of all personnel wearing a uniform are required to maintain at least a Secret clearance. As you're no doubt aware, higher clearances are reviewed with increased scrutiny.
That said, I do thank you for your service, and I'm glad your didn't have lasting impairment from a prior injury that would have made service impossible for you. Far too many people would probably have attempted to skate out of doing their duty in a time of war by claiming unsuitability for service. The fact that you took your oath means something.
I'm not saying your logic is flawed, but I'll stick with the smoother option. I've always been happy with the stability of Macs (well, at least since Mac OS X), and I honestly haven't had a use for anything other than Linux/BSD/Solaris (no quibbles about listing Solaris separately from anyone, all right?) on the server in years.
I agree that the "comparison" was largely bull, but I also have to say that I've been using Windows since there was a Windows to use, and Lord how I've suffered. The fact that the video card was usable after the installing updates is nice, but usable doesn't necessarily equal stable. That's one of the biggest problems with Windows; everything under the sun works, for varying definitions of "works." Note that I'm not bashing Microsoft for this; I'm simply saying I've learned my lesson over the years, and I'll be sticking to MacOS on the desktop and Linux on the server for the forseeable future.
The only change I can discern is the increased focus on prior medical issues. Maybe it's because I was a radioman, but they seemed to have an awful lot of questions about prior drug use, somehow phrased a little differently each time.
You remind me of a friend I had in the Navy. Especially on submarines, it's not always a good thing to be able to fit into tight spaces, although I must say my buddy was well regarded among the crew. Ah, the things he could clean...
These sorts of comparisons are fun from a head-to-head desktop performance perspective (with all the skewing that can bring, regardless of how impartial the tests might claim to be), but they're rarely reflective of how each OS would perform in mixed environments. I'll keep Mac OS X on the desktop, Ubuntu on the server (along with Debian), and Windows on someone else's computers, thank you.
Here's the hitch: Service personnel are screened rather thoroughly for any potentially disqualifying medically significant incidents prior to being enlisted/commissioned. Almost any prior head trauma for which medical attention was sought would be a disqualifying factor, unless medical review showed (with a very high degree of certainty) no lasting impairment. As a result, while a few might slip through the cracks here and there, you're not going to find a significant number of personnel entering the service with prior brain damage. You might be surprised what sort of prior medical issues can disqualify someone from military service.
I'd have to agree with your premise and go with the "innocence" option there. What scares me, though, is that an ignorant population is an easily controlled population.
You don't have to be young. I know plenty of people, aged nine to ninety-nine, who have no idea who he was. This is unfortunate, given the sheer magnitude of the man's contributions to the society we now enjoy.
We've got better systems than those, they're just not deployed in the civilian sector. Unfortunately, they're not likely to be deployed anytime in the near future. Lots of reasons for that, expense being one of the primary issues. Note that I don't necessarily agree with the expense argument in an era where we're tossing billions into government bailouts of every conceivable kind, but that's life in these United States these days.
The general idea that monitoring systems have been in place for a long time (and continue to evolve) is nothing new. The specifics of what's actually deployed now and how it operates is not, however, public knowledge. That's what people go to jail over, as they rightfully should, not the basic premise that (shock of shocks) telcos can monitor what go across their networks.
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That's a civil issue, not a criminal one. In point of fact, contracts are only valid as long as "valuable consideration" holds true. Termination of pay breaks that.
add "judges" to that, will you?
Always remember: judges are lawyers too, only they're also elected to public office. That's two strikes against them.
You know, things like that have a lot to do with my having a kid on the way...
I asked her if she wanted the red pill or the blue one, but the just glared at me.
I'd be happy just to have a usable interface in a pair of normal glasses (non-correcting).
Sorry, forgot where I was posting for a moment. :)
Mine's at home learning Perl right now... on her Linux laptop... of course, she is pregnant, so the moodiness does balance out the cool factor a little ;).
I think you're making horrible assumptions about the nature of the jobs and scheduling system in use. To top it off, you seem to consider other factors a frequent cause for unpredictable computational inefficiency, which usually isn't the case in controlled environments (while other bottlenecks certainly exist, they're typically known values in clustered systems that adhere to predictable congestion patterns). This is probably a consequence of never having actually done any meaningful cluster computing yourself; in the event that my assumption is false, I can't fathom how you were awake for the event, given your apparent level of knowledge on the topic.
I have been trolled (by a Slashdot story). Sadly, it's not the first time, and it probably won't be the last.
I guess you're trying for humor here, but I don't find your statement terribly amusing (maybe I'm just feeding a troll). I put my career as a programmer on hold at age 25 to enlist in the Navy as a submariner, did my duty, and now I'm back to writing code and working on Linux virtualization for a living. I'm glad I served; what have you done lately that's bigger than you?
Sup dawg, I heard you like Windows so I crawled through your window and put Windows on yo #$%#723$%!2 [NO CARRIER]
You wouldn't have qualified for submarine duty. I'm surprised you got cleared for Army service, unless (as I stated previously) there was no lasting impairment from the original injury. I assure you, an Army medical officer did review your medical history thoroughly prior to your acceptance into the service. The clearance part really doesn't have a lot to do with it, as about 99% of all personnel wearing a uniform are required to maintain at least a Secret clearance. As you're no doubt aware, higher clearances are reviewed with increased scrutiny.
That said, I do thank you for your service, and I'm glad your didn't have lasting impairment from a prior injury that would have made service impossible for you. Far too many people would probably have attempted to skate out of doing their duty in a time of war by claiming unsuitability for service. The fact that you took your oath means something.
I'm not saying your logic is flawed, but I'll stick with the smoother option. I've always been happy with the stability of Macs (well, at least since Mac OS X), and I honestly haven't had a use for anything other than Linux/BSD/Solaris (no quibbles about listing Solaris separately from anyone, all right?) on the server in years.
I agree that the "comparison" was largely bull, but I also have to say that I've been using Windows since there was a Windows to use, and Lord how I've suffered. The fact that the video card was usable after the installing updates is nice, but usable doesn't necessarily equal stable. That's one of the biggest problems with Windows; everything under the sun works, for varying definitions of "works." Note that I'm not bashing Microsoft for this; I'm simply saying I've learned my lesson over the years, and I'll be sticking to MacOS on the desktop and Linux on the server for the forseeable future.
The only change I can discern is the increased focus on prior medical issues. Maybe it's because I was a radioman, but they seemed to have an awful lot of questions about prior drug use, somehow phrased a little differently each time.
You remind me of a friend I had in the Navy. Especially on submarines, it's not always a good thing to be able to fit into tight spaces, although I must say my buddy was well regarded among the crew. Ah, the things he could clean...
These sorts of comparisons are fun from a head-to-head desktop performance perspective (with all the skewing that can bring, regardless of how impartial the tests might claim to be), but they're rarely reflective of how each OS would perform in mixed environments. I'll keep Mac OS X on the desktop, Ubuntu on the server (along with Debian), and Windows on someone else's computers, thank you.
Here's the hitch: Service personnel are screened rather thoroughly for any potentially disqualifying medically significant incidents prior to being enlisted/commissioned. Almost any prior head trauma for which medical attention was sought would be a disqualifying factor, unless medical review showed (with a very high degree of certainty) no lasting impairment. As a result, while a few might slip through the cracks here and there, you're not going to find a significant number of personnel entering the service with prior brain damage. You might be surprised what sort of prior medical issues can disqualify someone from military service.
I'd have to agree with your premise and go with the "innocence" option there. What scares me, though, is that an ignorant population is an easily controlled population.
You don't have to be young. I know plenty of people, aged nine to ninety-nine, who have no idea who he was. This is unfortunate, given the sheer magnitude of the man's contributions to the society we now enjoy.
Small items... like a pilot, perhaps? ;)
We've got better systems than those, they're just not deployed in the civilian sector. Unfortunately, they're not likely to be deployed anytime in the near future. Lots of reasons for that, expense being one of the primary issues. Note that I don't necessarily agree with the expense argument in an era where we're tossing billions into government bailouts of every conceivable kind, but that's life in these United States these days.
The general idea that monitoring systems have been in place for a long time (and continue to evolve) is nothing new. The specifics of what's actually deployed now and how it operates is not, however, public knowledge. That's what people go to jail over, as they rightfully should, not the basic premise that (shock of shocks) telcos can monitor what go across their networks.
But I'm sure that's what you really meant, right?