Where I live in Western Mass, I live in a city with municipal run power and our bill is always cheaper than the cities around us with the "business" run power.
I'm very tempted to write up a proposal to have:
City run cable business instead of Charter.
City run municipal broadband.
Wouldn't it be tons cheaper and better for the people of my town if the city could provide the sorta service this would require ? And new jobs would be created IN THE CITY...
Leaving on my own? I'd take nothing except my paycheck.
Fired and I deserved it? A few pens. Pack of paper.
Fired and I didn't deserve it? I'd GIVE them a lawsuit.
Unfortunately for most people (and I'm betting you too) we live in "At Will" work environments. So you'd have no law suit unless they REALLY trumped up charges (i.e. theft, assault, etc.).
You weren't the only big geek. I was 5' tall in 5th grade and was around 6' by the time I was 14. Still, I was picked on until, that is until the time I flipped open a locker door into someone's face. Best of all was the fact that they got in trouble for starting the fight. Nothing happened to me because I was the one being picked on.
After that no one hassled me or my immediate friends, they knew that I wouldn't start anything but I would finish it.
At least it wasn't like when a "bean pole" (MAYBE 120lbs soaking wet) picked a fight with one of the larger (and quiet) guys in my class (probably well over 250bs and about 6' 5"). He never gave anyone a hassle and pretty much just wanted to be left alone. This was the one and only time that he lost his temper, the "bean pole" got totally beaten on (and deserved it).
Try giving a cat a pill and you'll understand. It has to do with sharp teeth and claws. I have scars to show for it.
That is why you find a compounding pharmacy and get liquid meds done.
I have 2 cats on heart meds (Yes, Heart Meds - Atenalol) and one gets meds once a day and the other twice a day. If I had to do pills, they'd probably be passed on since they'd have spit the meds out part of the time. They can't do that with tuna flavored liquid meds.
And.. Yes. I know those are USB keyboards. I forgot that they too stopped (but those of us with the PS/2 will NOT change out to the USB keyboard until the current PS/2 version is dead). The PS/2 ones were about the same price as the USB ones.
My current keyboards (one at work and one at home) are both around 10 years old at this point and still working fine (with the occasional cleaning that any keyboard neeeds).
He was charged with assault. He was convicted only of not obeying ze orders. The trial evidence was that he was beaten down by a short-assed goon who charged into the situation, sprayed first and didn't ask questions afterwards. The assault charges were fabricated to protect said goon from retribution for inflicting a punishment beating - take that up with the jury, who convicted him on the least of the charges, and the judge, who let him walk.
Should the very fact the guards fabricated ANYTHING call for the dismissal of the case all together?
If that was fabricated, how can you trust anything that guard says after that point ?
Looks to me like the document says they can choose to search for any reason and they may or may not have to disclose that search to you and even if they disclose that search they may or may not have to let you watch that search.
I do think that this would apply and most people are not aware of it either:
Mincey v. Arizona, 437 U.S. 385 (1978). states:
Any search without a warrant is presumed unreasonable.
Unwieldy? Not hardly. You can buy this information from companies that provide it. It's not even that expensive. National retail chains all seem to manage just fine. Walmart, Target, Best Buy, CVS, Walgreens, Hallmark, Dollar General, etc. Just sign up for the service and integrate the data into your shopping cart. Big Whoop.
And the difference ? They have brick and mortar stores in those tax areas so they're QUITE used to collecting sales tax.
I have a device and software that I want to patent that falls into between "Duh-Why didn't I think of that" and "Holy Sh#$, that's awesome".
I think most people would say, THAT is patentable (at least the device piece). No one says that a device that is unique shouldn't be patentable, just algorithms should not be.
I don't think people are against a device with a specific "implementation" of an algorithm being patentable.
I still don't quite get the "need" of everyone to have one device that does EVERYTHING..
Great.. What happens if your the GPS chip in your phone dies/is damaged ? You now have NOTHING.. No phone, no GPS.. Good Job !
It is also the same reason I'll never buy "all in one" electronics. I don't want to have to replace my TV if the embedded DVD player dies.
Another reason is that my phone is for MAKING PHONECALLS. Its not worth it to me to have it be my, internet browsing, my IM client, my text messaging, etc. system. I pay 30.00 a month for my cellphone and I have NEVER ONCE come close to using my 250 daytime minutes or 2500 anytime minutes. I use the cellphones for emergencies or quick calls to let my wife know where I am and when I'll be home.
... instead of how to use a GUI to do 99% of the programming for you ?
I still don't use a GUI, and I understand the guts of the programs better than the people who NEED their Eclipse, etc. to do the "grunt work" for them - (Umm.. if you don't understand the grunt work, how do you know that it is even NEEDED ?). In general the code from IDE Jockeys/Junkies is pretty bad. Their solution when things aren't working right ? Add more memory to the system "It can't be my code malfunctioning, it must be a RAM limitation". Rather than learning how to improve their own code and optimize things.
NOTE: I learned how to program on Punch Cards (this was in the 80s, BTW) and you also had to debug programs from printouts of the failures.(Debugging is ANOTHER lost art , but that's for a different topic) and I've been a software developer for almost 20 years.
I also have programmed in embedded systems with ASM where every BYTE of memory counted. You couldn't waste 1K of garbage code for an IDE developed code base).
Except for the fact that people continue to not wear seatbelts, no matter what the law says. Laws don't make people do something. If people are dumb enough to drive without a seat belt, then why should the rest of society care? Yeah you might need therapy if you hit someone without a seat belt and they splatter all over the road, but you're going to feel bad anyway even if you hit someone and it wasn't even your fault.
Why should I care ? Because I'll have to pay increased insurance rates (auto AND health) because these people will be severely injured and need years of therapy.
It isn't right that I, by wearing my seatbelt minimized my injuries, am forced to pay for someone who 'couldn't be bothered' to obey the law.
If the laws were such that if you are injured because you didn't wear your seatbelt, your insurance (and the other person's insurance) don't have to pay anything, I'd be FINE with that.
More details on what your version of a "code review" and a "design review" are would probably get better answers...
It also matters about the purpose. Are you trying to ensure the code actually implements the design (there IS a design, right ?) or are you trying to verify that the design meets the requirements (you have requirements, right ?)....
This is just marketing crap. Just because its labeled as 'corn fed' doesn't mean its better. Try tasking the difference between corn fed and range fed, where the cows are allowed to roam and eat a variety of natural grasses. Theres no comparison - range fed is way better
Solution: Take 2 steaks. One corn fed and one grass fed. The Grass Fed is going to taste "beefier" and more natural. The other "little" fact that corn fed cattle have to be fed massive doses of antibiotics because they get SICK from eating corn is another reason to eat grass fed more.
Read the books "In defense of Food" and "Carnivore's Dilemma" you'll find out that because of the crap like HFCS we're not mostly made out of corn.
I'm still trying to figure out why my cats MOIST foods need to have Corn products in them. Have you ever seen cats eating corn ?
Er, why would it need or be expected to be? It's a commercial product. I don't think most bank websites are "coded" to any specific standard either.
From the article:
1. The Alcotest Software Would Not Pass U.S. Industry Standards for Software Development and Testing: The program presented shows ample evidence of incomplete design, incomplete verification of design, and incomplete "white box" and "black box" testing. Therefore the software has to be considered unreliable and untested, and in several cases it does not meet stated requirements. The planning and documentation of the design is haphazard. Sections of the original code and modified code show evidence of using an experimental approach to coding, or use what is best described as the "trial and error" method. Several sections are marked as "temporary, for now". Other sections were added to existing modules or inserted in a code stream, leading to a patchwork design and coding style.
Ok. Would you want to have something that can cause you to get convicted because it wasn't documented or even tested fully - ("Oh, Crap. That constant should have been 0.001, not 0.01. Ooops. Blood Alcohol level was 0.008, not.08. Sorry !")
Common sense (if it WERE common) should indicate that there should be full tests for a wide range of values performed with the written tests and expected values verified and available to prove that the device/software actually does detect the proper levels of alcohol.
I mean, there HAVE been studies that show the obesity levels began rising at the same time that High Fructose Corn Syrup started to infiltrate all of our foods.
I mean do they REALLY need to add HFCS to Tomato Sauces, Soups, etc. ?
The best thing lately has been the return to sugar as a sweetener. Pepsi Throwback is one great example (its much less sweet than regular pepsi - and I'm a Coke drinker primarily).
With sex, it's "pay out the nose for it one way or another", then you get married, and it becomes "not at any price except for purposes of procreation and then you better be able to perform on-demand at the whim of the Fertility Gods as intimated by the Basal Thermometer Oracle and meanwhile all you can think of is a crying infant and the fact that you wore tight jeans yesterday and whether you remembered to backup your systems and then you have to go see a urologist because of your 'performance issues'".
If that's the case, then that's the wrong mate...
Been Married almost 18 years, No Kids (by mutual choice) and we're actually happy.
My parents bought their first apartment for 6000 pounds back in 1966. Today, the same property is worth around 200,000 pounds. Salaries followed a similar path. $6/hour then would be like $20/hour now.
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Where I live in Western Mass, I live in a city with municipal run power and our bill is always cheaper than the cities around us with the "business" run power.
I'm very tempted to write up a proposal to have:
Wouldn't it be tons cheaper and better for the people of my town if the city could provide the sorta service this would require ? And new jobs would be created IN THE CITY...
What a concept, huh ?
What kind of lawyer takes on a case like this?
One who gets paid regardless of the outcome ?
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My brain hurts from trying to read that.
But you STILL could read it...
Leaving on my own? I'd take nothing except my paycheck.
Fired and I deserved it? A few pens. Pack of paper.
Fired and I didn't deserve it? I'd GIVE them a lawsuit.
Unfortunately for most people (and I'm betting you too) we live in "At Will" work environments. So you'd have no law suit unless they REALLY trumped up charges (i.e. theft, assault, etc.).
You weren't the only big geek. I was 5' tall in 5th grade and was around 6' by the time I was 14. Still, I was picked on until, that is until the time I flipped open a locker door into someone's face. Best of all was the fact that they got in trouble for starting the fight. Nothing happened to me because I was the one being picked on.
After that no one hassled me or my immediate friends, they knew that I wouldn't start anything but I would finish it.
At least it wasn't like when a "bean pole" (MAYBE 120lbs soaking wet) picked a fight with one of the larger (and quiet) guys in my class (probably well over 250bs and about 6' 5"). He never gave anyone a hassle and pretty much just wanted to be left alone. This was the one and only time that he lost his temper, the "bean pole" got totally beaten on (and deserved it).
Try giving a cat a pill and you'll understand. It has to do with sharp teeth and claws. I have scars to show for it.
That is why you find a compounding pharmacy and get liquid meds done.
I have 2 cats on heart meds (Yes, Heart Meds - Atenalol) and one gets meds once a day and the other twice a day. If I had to do pills, they'd probably be passed on since they'd have spit the meds out part of the time. They can't do that with tuna flavored liquid meds.
...kids finding out about stuff on the Internet. I mean, we all turned out fine, didn't we? ;)
And we grew up with the ever present possibility of seeing the Goatse guy !
And.. Yes. I know those are USB keyboards. I forgot that they too stopped (but those of us with the PS/2 will NOT change out to the USB keyboard until the current PS/2 version is dead). The PS/2 ones were about the same price as the USB ones.
My current keyboards (one at work and one at home) are both around 10 years old at this point and still working fine (with the occasional cleaning that any keyboard neeeds).
Buying a new keyboard and mouse is hardly a hardship compared to a new monitor - which as you pointed out, worked.
When its a $ 350 Kinesis Advantage Pro keyboard.
Why am i going to buy a new keyboard when it works wonderfully and is ergo (Have you tried finding a GOOD ergo keyboards now) ?
He was charged with assault. He was convicted only of not obeying ze orders. The trial evidence was that he was beaten down by a short-assed goon who charged into the situation, sprayed first and didn't ask questions afterwards. The assault charges were fabricated to protect said goon from retribution for inflicting a punishment beating - take that up with the jury, who convicted him on the least of the charges, and the judge, who let him walk.
Should the very fact the guards fabricated ANYTHING call for the dismissal of the case all together?
If that was fabricated, how can you trust anything that guard says after that point ?
Looks to me like the document says they can choose to search for any reason and they may or may not have to disclose that search to you and even if they disclose that search they may or may not have to let you watch that search.
I do think that this would apply and most people are not aware of it either:
Mincey v. Arizona, 437 U.S. 385 (1978). states:
Any search without a warrant is presumed unreasonable.
Unwieldy? Not hardly. You can buy this information from companies that provide it. It's not even that expensive. National retail chains all seem to manage just fine. Walmart, Target, Best Buy, CVS, Walgreens, Hallmark, Dollar General, etc. Just sign up for the service and integrate the data into your shopping cart. Big Whoop.
And the difference ? They have brick and mortar stores in those tax areas so they're QUITE used to collecting sales tax.
Also radio, MTV, VH1. We need to bans the youtubes! We need to ban the cassette recorders! Ban VCRs and ban DVRs! Oh noes. ----- /end sarcasm
Since when does MTV/VH1 play music videos ?
Oh no.. Watch the movie "Naked Space" With Leslie Nielsen, Patrick MacNee, and Cinty Williams.
The highlight of the movie is an alien singing "I'm going to eat your face."
I have a device and software that I want to patent that falls into between "Duh-Why didn't I think of that" and "Holy Sh#$, that's awesome".
I think most people would say, THAT is patentable (at least the device piece). No one says that a device that is unique shouldn't be patentable, just algorithms should not be.
I don't think people are against a device with a specific "implementation" of an algorithm being patentable.
I still don't quite get the "need" of everyone to have one device that does EVERYTHING..
Great.. What happens if your the GPS chip in your phone dies/is damaged ? You now have NOTHING.. No phone, no GPS.. Good Job !
It is also the same reason I'll never buy "all in one" electronics. I don't want to have to replace my TV if the embedded DVD player dies.
Another reason is that my phone is for MAKING PHONECALLS. Its not worth it to me to have it be my, internet browsing, my IM client, my text messaging, etc. system. I pay 30.00 a month for my cellphone and I have NEVER ONCE come close to using my 250 daytime minutes or 2500 anytime minutes. I use the cellphones for emergencies or quick calls to let my wife know where I am and when I'll be home.
... instead of how to use a GUI to do 99% of the programming for you ?
I still don't use a GUI, and I understand the guts of the programs better than the people who NEED their Eclipse, etc. to do the "grunt work" for them - (Umm.. if you don't understand the grunt work, how do you know that it is even NEEDED ?). In general the code from IDE Jockeys/Junkies is pretty bad. Their solution when things aren't working right ? Add more memory to the system "It can't be my code malfunctioning, it must be a RAM limitation". Rather than learning how to improve their own code and optimize things.
NOTE: I learned how to program on Punch Cards (this was in the 80s, BTW) and you also had to debug programs from printouts of the failures.(Debugging is ANOTHER lost art , but that's for a different topic) and I've been a software developer for almost 20 years.
I also have programmed in embedded systems with ASM where every BYTE of memory counted. You couldn't waste 1K of garbage code for an IDE developed code base).
Except for the fact that people continue to not wear seatbelts, no matter what the law says. Laws don't make people do something. If people are dumb enough to drive without a seat belt, then why should the rest of society care? Yeah you might need therapy if you hit someone without a seat belt and they splatter all over the road, but you're going to feel bad anyway even if you hit someone and it wasn't even your fault.
Why should I care ? Because I'll have to pay increased insurance rates (auto AND health) because these people will be severely injured and need years of therapy.
It isn't right that I, by wearing my seatbelt minimized my injuries, am forced to pay for someone who 'couldn't be bothered' to obey the law.
If the laws were such that if you are injured because you didn't wear your seatbelt, your insurance (and the other person's insurance) don't have to pay anything, I'd be FINE with that.
More details on what your version of a "code review" and a "design review" are would probably get better answers...
It also matters about the purpose. Are you trying to ensure the code actually implements the design (there IS a design, right ?) or are you trying to verify that the design meets the requirements (you have requirements, right ?) ....
Really, Slashdot looks like shit in most browsers with blatantly obvious bugs everywhere, like the infamous white on white comment titles.
Oh thank goodness. I just thought I was losing it...
This is just marketing crap. Just because its labeled as 'corn fed' doesn't mean its better. Try tasking the difference between corn fed and range fed, where the cows are allowed to roam and eat a variety of natural grasses. Theres no comparison - range fed is way better
Solution: Take 2 steaks. One corn fed and one grass fed. The Grass Fed is going to taste "beefier" and more natural. The other "little" fact that corn fed cattle have to be fed massive doses of antibiotics because they get SICK from eating corn is another reason to eat grass fed more.
Read the books "In defense of Food" and "Carnivore's Dilemma" you'll find out that because of the crap like HFCS we're not mostly made out of corn.
I'm still trying to figure out why my cats MOIST foods need to have Corn products in them. Have you ever seen cats eating corn ?
Er, why would it need or be expected to be? It's a commercial product. I don't think most bank websites are "coded" to any specific standard either.
From the article:
1. The Alcotest Software Would Not Pass U.S. Industry Standards for Software Development and Testing: The program presented shows ample evidence of incomplete design, incomplete verification of design, and incomplete "white box" and "black box" testing. Therefore the software has to be considered unreliable and untested, and in several cases it does not meet stated requirements. The planning and documentation of the design is haphazard. Sections of the original code and modified code show evidence of using an experimental approach to coding, or use what is best described as the "trial and error" method. Several sections are marked as "temporary, for now". Other sections were added to existing modules or inserted in a code stream, leading to a patchwork design and coding style.
Ok. Would you want to have something that can cause you to get convicted because it wasn't documented or even tested fully - ("Oh, Crap. That constant should have been 0.001, not 0.01. Ooops. Blood Alcohol level was 0.008, not .08. Sorry !")
Common sense (if it WERE common) should indicate that there should be full tests for a wide range of values performed with the written tests and expected values verified and available to prove that the device/software actually does detect the proper levels of alcohol.
I mean, there HAVE been studies that show the obesity levels began rising at the same time that High Fructose Corn Syrup started to infiltrate all of our foods.
I mean do they REALLY need to add HFCS to Tomato Sauces, Soups, etc. ?
The best thing lately has been the return to sugar as a sweetener. Pepsi Throwback is one great example (its much less sweet than regular pepsi - and I'm a Coke drinker primarily).
With sex, it's "pay out the nose for it one way or another", then you get married, and it becomes "not at any price except for purposes of procreation and then you better be able to perform on-demand at the whim of the Fertility Gods as intimated by the Basal Thermometer Oracle and meanwhile all you can think of is a crying infant and the fact that you wore tight jeans yesterday and whether you remembered to backup your systems and then you have to go see a urologist because of your 'performance issues'".
If that's the case, then that's the wrong mate...
Been Married almost 18 years, No Kids (by mutual choice) and we're actually happy.
My parents bought their first apartment for 6000 pounds back in 1966. Today, the same property is worth around 200,000 pounds. Salaries followed a similar path. $6/hour then would be like $20/hour now.
I think you mean it would be $200 now.
6,000 -> 200,000
Lop off 3 zeros from each
6 -> 200