Not to mention it CAN be done in a way that is fun AND educational and JUST might help his child to be "better".
A Chem example I still remember almost 25 years later (from College) and it STILL amuses me. It was essentially how much sand would you need to replace the gold idol and NOT trigger the gigantic marble. He gave you the volume for the gold statue and you'd need to figure out the mass (since it was 24K gold, etc.)
Chemistry can also help improve math skills since its formulaic and it can also help (as has been said) reasoning skills because you sometimes have to make observations and then figure out what happened (then explain it in detail).
It also needs to take into account licensing issues. In even a medium sized organization an audit finding an "unlicensed" server could cost MAJOR bucks in fines/etc.
It may also not be secured to the corporate requirements and they may already have a server that can be used in another group that is already maintained/etc.
It might cause issues where someone is using "unproven" software for a project (not approved of by a tech/architecture team, etc.) that will either NOW have to be scrapped, or completely retooled because of issues with the software.
There are a bunch of issues that could cause problems when someone tried to "save time" without going through the channels.
Yeah there is. Companies need to figure out how to assign realistic values to the software ("What will this save me in 1yr, 2yr, etc.) vs. which is cheapest to do now ?
It isn't worth it if you don't care about a long term job. Usually once you're at one of those companies (Utility or Defense Contractor) you're there for as long as you want to be there.
Too many younger programmers are looking for a fancy title and stay only long enough to find their next job (not staying long enough to invest in a 401K, etc.)
There are ways to determine quality.
One pretty standard way is to count the number of bugs found during testing each phase of development (design, coding, unit test, product test, integration tests and after its in production).
And if its for a classroom, why wouldn't they do ONE machine and an projection screen for the entire class to view it at the same time (instead of between their facebook and twitter updates) ?
The Senate approved a bill Monday evening that deals with teaching of evolution and other scientific theories...
Well, there's your problem, right there. The overall concept of evolution is no longer a theory. Surely even the staunchest of Creationists must acknowledge the so called "short-term" evolution that gives us the ability to manipulate plants or breed wolves into dogs.
Yes, as with most fields, a long time ago there were sets of theories. Like prior to Watson and Crick, back when you had Darwinian Evolution, Larmarckian Evolution, etc. Not anymore though. You might have theories about very specific things in the field that might be impossible to prove -- like, say, what the Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor (LECA) looked like -- but Evolution is no longer a theory. The field moves forward while Tennessee makes themselves look like idiots from some forgotten era.
They're like the animals isolated in the Galapagos Islands ? They're still in the 1800's intelligence wise in Tennessee ?
Having a tracking software on your device is means next to nothing, as there is no way you can prove the police that it really is your device and it really is there. The only thing they have is your word, or maybe isn't even that, because you don't have control over the device anymore: the thief could just as well submit fake data. If this was enough for a search there would be hundreds of ways to misuse it to cause harm to someone, and people here would cry fascism and police brutality. But when there is a shiny Apple device at stake, civil liberties doesn't seem to be that important all of a sudden.
I would think that he could get the paperwork showing the serial number of THAT device matches the deivce he purchased, Images of HIM/friends on the phone, etc.
Sadly, this "too much" effort isn't just for things like this. A few years ago, I had someone illegally use my CC # and make charges. I got the money back but I also had contacted every company where an illegal purchase was made, and finally tracked one that could correlate my home addy to the theif's order. I got their Name, Address, phone, etc.
When I filed the police report (per my Bank's orders), NOTHING happened. As far as I can tell, this person didn't get arrested and whatever had been shipped to him, he got to keep. (The only good thing was the companies he'd bought from flagged his name if he ordered again).
Then why is a Blu-ray version always more expensive than the plain DVD version of a movie ? It isn't like the blu-ray is THAT much more expensive to make in the long run.
it doesn't matter if Congress would have voted for it (which is questionable
It was nowhere near questionable. Congress had enough votes on both sides of the aisle to override a veto. The Senate passed it 88 to 12 and the house passed it 283 to 136. Sadly, it was supported by our legislatures, our two parties, and our President.
And one other little tidbit to think about, Who WROTE the law ? Not President Obama.
If only the founding father's included a reciprocity clause in the constitution to the effect of:
If you attempt to take away free speech, we cut out your tongue.
I would say we cut something off that hangs LOWER...
Yeah, he kinda is. Direct quote from him during the election: "Mine will be the most transparent administration in history." We now have back room deals with record labels and the Department of Homeland Security search and seizure of laptops at border crossings and the wonderful National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 which is a direct violation of the fourth amendment. Yeah, he's a real charmer.
And when did he start writing the laws ? Oh you mean the senate and the house wrote and passed the law (and probably had enough votes to override his veto) ? Oh. Never mind then.
As some who DOES do software testing, there are a few things good software testers do but it depends on exactly what type of testing they're looking for.
Are you doing functional testing ?
Are you doing business acceptance testing ?
Are you doing unit testing ?
Are you going to be using Automated Testing ?
Generally, you will need to analyze the business requirements to create functional tests to ensure that you have code coverage and that the code does exactly what the requirements say. If there are variances, they need to be documented and someone has to determine if they are bugs, or omissions of the requirements (and then update the requirements).
You might consider this person 'special', an ex-US senator but to his employers he is just a talking head and a bag man, nothing special.
So is it of more value to keep the talking head bagman or to toss him to the sharks as a example of pretend justice for being an ego driven idiot who lost control and substantively devalued his worth.
You forget, He "is" the MPAA and the whole reason they hired him was his "access" to current Senators.
This is NEVER EVER a bad thing to do. You should always have email as backup. If they won't send you an email, You send THEM one and tell them that are confirming what they said ("Get CentOs, we don't need support"). Then if the fecal matter hits the rotating cooling device, then you've covered yourself.
It isn't ever a bad thing to cover your butt in case of failure (when you tried to prevent it).
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Not to mention it CAN be done in a way that is fun AND educational and JUST might help his child to be "better". A Chem example I still remember almost 25 years later (from College) and it STILL amuses me. It was essentially how much sand would you need to replace the gold idol and NOT trigger the gigantic marble. He gave you the volume for the gold statue and you'd need to figure out the mass (since it was 24K gold, etc.) Chemistry can also help improve math skills since its formulaic and it can also help (as has been said) reasoning skills because you sometimes have to make observations and then figure out what happened (then explain it in detail).
I have a home Linux machine, my wife's machine, my laptop and my work machine.
How can I share my authentication amongst them ?
It also needs to take into account licensing issues. In even a medium sized organization an audit finding an "unlicensed" server could cost MAJOR bucks in fines/etc.
It may also not be secured to the corporate requirements and they may already have a server that can be used in another group that is already maintained/etc.
It might cause issues where someone is using "unproven" software for a project (not approved of by a tech/architecture team, etc.) that will either NOW have to be scrapped, or completely retooled because of issues with the software.
There are a bunch of issues that could cause problems when someone tried to "save time" without going through the channels.
Answer with nonsense (that you CAN remember).
Yeah there is. Companies need to figure out how to assign realistic values to the software ("What will this save me in 1yr, 2yr, etc.) vs. which is cheapest to do now ?
It isn't worth it if you don't care about a long term job. Usually once you're at one of those companies (Utility or Defense Contractor) you're there for as long as you want to be there.
Too many younger programmers are looking for a fancy title and stay only long enough to find their next job (not staying long enough to invest in a 401K, etc.)
There are ways to determine quality. One pretty standard way is to count the number of bugs found during testing each phase of development (design, coding, unit test, product test, integration tests and after its in production).
And if its for a classroom, why wouldn't they do ONE machine and an projection screen for the entire class to view it at the same time (instead of between their facebook and twitter updates) ?
The Senate approved a bill Monday evening that deals with teaching of evolution and other scientific theories ...
Well, there's your problem, right there. The overall concept of evolution is no longer a theory. Surely even the staunchest of Creationists must acknowledge the so called "short-term" evolution that gives us the ability to manipulate plants or breed wolves into dogs. Yes, as with most fields, a long time ago there were sets of theories. Like prior to Watson and Crick, back when you had Darwinian Evolution, Larmarckian Evolution, etc. Not anymore though. You might have theories about very specific things in the field that might be impossible to prove -- like, say, what the Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor (LECA) looked like -- but Evolution is no longer a theory. The field moves forward while Tennessee makes themselves look like idiots from some forgotten era.
They're like the animals isolated in the Galapagos Islands ? They're still in the 1800's intelligence wise in Tennessee ?
Haven't they found proprietary code/hardware in scanners that obscures images of money ?
I would think that a "law abiding" group like the MPAA/RIAA would report people to the Treasury department for counterfeiting .
Having a tracking software on your device is means next to nothing, as there is no way you can prove the police that it really is your device and it really is there. The only thing they have is your word, or maybe isn't even that, because you don't have control over the device anymore: the thief could just as well submit fake data. If this was enough for a search there would be hundreds of ways to misuse it to cause harm to someone, and people here would cry fascism and police brutality. But when there is a shiny Apple device at stake, civil liberties doesn't seem to be that important all of a sudden.
I would think that he could get the paperwork showing the serial number of THAT device matches the deivce he purchased, Images of HIM/friends on the phone, etc.
Sadly, this "too much" effort isn't just for things like this. A few years ago, I had someone illegally use my CC # and make charges. I got the money back but I also had contacted every company where an illegal purchase was made, and finally tracked one that could correlate my home addy to the theif's order. I got their Name, Address, phone, etc.
When I filed the police report (per my Bank's orders), NOTHING happened. As far as I can tell, this person didn't get arrested and whatever had been shipped to him, he got to keep. (The only good thing was the companies he'd bought from flagged his name if he ordered again).
Then why is a Blu-ray version always more expensive than the plain DVD version of a movie ? It isn't like the blu-ray is THAT much more expensive to make in the long run.
And sadly, despite being something trying to be humorous, Dwarfs (and other "little people") would take offense at the derogatory name.
He should have vetoed it no question. But...
it doesn't matter if Congress would have voted for it (which is questionable
It was nowhere near questionable. Congress had enough votes on both sides of the aisle to override a veto. The Senate passed it 88 to 12 and the house passed it 283 to 136. Sadly, it was supported by our legislatures, our two parties, and our President.
And one other little tidbit to think about, Who WROTE the law ? Not President Obama.
If only the founding father's included a reciprocity clause in the constitution to the effect of: If you attempt to take away free speech, we cut out your tongue.
I would say we cut something off that hangs LOWER ...
No, no, no!
Yeah, he kinda is. Direct quote from him during the election: "Mine will be the most transparent administration in history." We now have back room deals with record labels and the Department of Homeland Security search and seizure of laptops at border crossings and the wonderful National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 which is a direct violation of the fourth amendment. Yeah, he's a real charmer.
And when did he start writing the laws ? Oh you mean the senate and the house wrote and passed the law (and probably had enough votes to override his veto) ? Oh. Never mind then.
So the loss is some video sites, games and an unstable plugin.
And ads.
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As some who DOES do software testing, there are a few things good software testers do but it depends on exactly what type of testing they're looking for.
Generally, you will need to analyze the business requirements to create functional tests to ensure that you have code coverage and that the code does exactly what the requirements say. If there are variances, they need to be documented and someone has to determine if they are bugs, or omissions of the requirements (and then update the requirements).
Until they declare it illegal to resell DVDs or they tie the content to a specific piece of hardware for playback.
You might consider this person 'special', an ex-US senator but to his employers he is just a talking head and a bag man, nothing special.
So is it of more value to keep the talking head bagman or to toss him to the sharks as a example of pretend justice for being an ego driven idiot who lost control and substantively devalued his worth.
You forget, He "is" the MPAA and the whole reason they hired him was his "access" to current Senators.
In other news, no one involved in the massive fraud and graft that trashed the world economy has seen the inside of a jail cell.
Justice is served only to those who can afford it.
You mean:
Justice is served only to those who can not afford it.
We don't ship people to concentration camps ? Forget Quantanamo. Ask older Japanese Americans about the "camps" they were forced into during WW II.
The summary didn't specify "traffic safety", so
1. red light cameras increase revenue (that's their purpose, so if they can't prove that, get rid of them)
2. more revenue means they have to lay off fewer police officers (easy to fudge some books and threaten layoffs to "prove" this)
3. more police officers result in better public safety (use Biden's quote about fewer officers means more rapes and murders)
3.5 The Police officers can be used for more "high profit" crimes like arresting drug dealers and users.
So you'd rather have someone slam on their brakes so that you rear-end their car and are immediately at fault ?
This is NEVER EVER a bad thing to do. You should always have email as backup. If they won't send you an email, You send THEM one and tell them that are confirming what they said ("Get CentOs, we don't need support"). Then if the fecal matter hits the rotating cooling device, then you've covered yourself.
It isn't ever a bad thing to cover your butt in case of failure (when you tried to prevent it).