And I wonder if Software/IT (not real sure where to draw lines) shouldn't do the same. In a recent talk with a good C-level friend of mine we pondered how IT makes it in a world where there is little practical chance of an IT "union". The ability to unionize a profession is hard when you can have companies of 500 employees, but only an IT staff of 2-10. We noted that many professionals do it by requiring that you pass a test or have demonstrable skill. Accountants have CPAs, doctors have MCAT, lawyers have LSAT.
But what do all these really do? They just ensure that some kid can't hop out of his mom's basement and start fiddling with millions of dollars or organs or run amok in a court. To require 10 years of schooling/interning for IT work would be ludicrous. I wouldn't be in the field right now... neither would most of us. IT is something you are born to do and learn at the age of about 10-15 (at least all good IT people seemed to start there). So requiring the IT/software field to have these credentials might do well for keeping jobs here in America and actually having some weight with your company, but they would stifle innovation and cripple the field.
You can argue that the vendor/job specific certs are the way to go, but we all know the guys that can pass the test after cramming for a few days, but can't really do crap in the real world. Then there are people like me that can't book study (i need to do it)... so certs are a real PITA (i need a whole internet to do testing!).
And the free-flowing IT wave is perhaps what makes it so appealing to young, smart, motivated (but not enough to do YEARS of training), slightly impatient people. Perhaps this is also why it is seen as a young man's game... the younger guys are ready to jump in and take over because of the relatively low entry point.
Trying to push your operating system by running a website that can actually host the videos? I dunno, that might tell me that you have your act together better than some kids pushing back at "tha Man", man. Second story on this topic (that I have seen), second time I can't get to the videos. Or are they running IIS?
Or how about working with the knowledge that your job is getting axed in a few months once the system conversion is complete (that's what your supposed to be working on). Talk about the reason they invented flash games!
This is probably the first time in 10 years news about NASA has stuck in my mind. Sure some scientific stuff is interesting to read... sure I hear press releases and news tidbits, but those go in one ear out the other. This is the best "stick to your ribs" news (aka marketing) NASA has made with the post baby boomers.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/c3i/cvpmrjan/sld001.htm
Yep. The windows computers are actually just "watching" stations that monitor the network, but they are connected, and therefore somehow could pose a threat. This slideshow doesn't have info on the windows computer as they are a pretty new addition to the network... but I found the info somewhere, sometime.
But in the example the OP posted, there is a HUGE difference between you thinking that suppliers to the prison will have enough influence (and profit gain) to greatly increase the prison population and the actual prison being able to gain from more prisoners (they probably get subsidies for each inmate - direct increase in income). Simply by being 1 step further away from being able to directly take away our rights (again please read the OP) you have greatly reduced the possible gain in taking those rights away.
Yeah, a site of links really compares to the discussion system here on/.. The discusssion and moderation system are what make this site good. Everyone but the dumbest of fucks knows that.
Point 1 seems a little to simplified. You make it seem a single fossil out of place ruins the whole theory... but don't you think there are reasons that would produce a single, or a small sampling, of a fossil in "the wrong place". Volcanoes, earthquakes, soil wear (can't rememeber the term), rivers forced to change path, and other things could place fossils out of place.
I guess I am just saying... that seems too simplified for something that has so many external factors, therefore giving a little too much weight to the nay-sayers.
Never had to do that with a router (thankfully i guess), but if IIS and apache can handle it, I don't see why any router couldn't handle it.
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Just fyi... I think green is easier on the eyes than red, as it it closer to the middle of the spectrum. Might be a better color to soothe your baby. That's what I am doing. However, they also say that bright contrasting colors stimulate the baby's mind... so what do I know.
A lot of apps provide the same info you can get from a website or web app. And as long as that site works on Safari on the iPhone, there's not much reason to install an app just for that task.
I'll try to give the AC a little karma boost. I agree totally. Oooooohhhh, I can figure out how to split the bill!!! Or just open a calc and multiply by 1.2 (for tip) and divide by 5. Yeah I really needed an app JUST for that.
Instead of thinking about this in the sense of some random hacker trying to get into your computer, think about the more probable situation of your office. Do you have, or could you easily get a good face shot of the CEO of your organization?
Now do you see how this could be a real problem? And yes, C-level's love biometric stuff because they don't have to remember passwords.
The nature of most people on Slashdot appears to be to figure out a way that a certain product could be used badly, assume that that is the only way it could be used, and then post a whole lot of comments to that effect.
That may be true, but is it bad? I see people all around me that simply accept what they are told. They are idiots. Being able to take a claim, analyze it, find faults, then weight them against the good is at the heart of a rational, logical decision. I would trade the current state of many minds (accept what you are told, don't question the govt/school/science/religion) for those who are over-zealous on finding the faults in whatever they are told.
True, you *could* put it in either and it would make sense, but not both. If it's in the makemodel table, you don't need it in the car table. The point of a relational db is to normalize data, removing duplicate data, right? If the Plymouth Neon changes to a Chrysler (or if it was something that would change more often) you then have to change it in 2 tables. If one gets updated incorrectly, you have conflicting data, thus rendering everything screwed up.
That seems like a slippery slope to me; not to mention somewhat confusing and illogical. So it is illegal/unconstitutional to prevent speech, but it's legal/constitutional to punish you after you say it?
[examplestatement]ubernostrum is a sex offender.[/examplestatement] That was legal to say, yet you can sue me for saying it? Doesn't that just make it illegal to say?
Perhaps another way... I can rape someone as long as I can prove that it didn't negatively affect them? Are we punishing the action or the consequence?
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And I wonder if Software/IT (not real sure where to draw lines) shouldn't do the same. In a recent talk with a good C-level friend of mine we pondered how IT makes it in a world where there is little practical chance of an IT "union". The ability to unionize a profession is hard when you can have companies of 500 employees, but only an IT staff of 2-10. We noted that many professionals do it by requiring that you pass a test or have demonstrable skill. Accountants have CPAs, doctors have MCAT, lawyers have LSAT.
But what do all these really do? They just ensure that some kid can't hop out of his mom's basement and start fiddling with millions of dollars or organs or run amok in a court. To require 10 years of schooling/interning for IT work would be ludicrous. I wouldn't be in the field right now... neither would most of us. IT is something you are born to do and learn at the age of about 10-15 (at least all good IT people seemed to start there). So requiring the IT/software field to have these credentials might do well for keeping jobs here in America and actually having some weight with your company, but they would stifle innovation and cripple the field.
You can argue that the vendor/job specific certs are the way to go, but we all know the guys that can pass the test after cramming for a few days, but can't really do crap in the real world. Then there are people like me that can't book study (i need to do it)... so certs are a real PITA (i need a whole internet to do testing!).
And the free-flowing IT wave is perhaps what makes it so appealing to young, smart, motivated (but not enough to do YEARS of training), slightly impatient people. Perhaps this is also why it is seen as a young man's game... the younger guys are ready to jump in and take over because of the relatively low entry point.
I am rambling at this point and will now stop.
Trying to push your operating system by running a website that can actually host the videos? I dunno, that might tell me that you have your act together better than some kids pushing back at "tha Man", man. Second story on this topic (that I have seen), second time I can't get to the videos. Or are they running IIS?
Or how about working with the knowledge that your job is getting axed in a few months once the system conversion is complete (that's what your supposed to be working on). Talk about the reason they invented flash games!
This is probably the first time in 10 years news about NASA has stuck in my mind. Sure some scientific stuff is interesting to read... sure I hear press releases and news tidbits, but those go in one ear out the other. This is the best "stick to your ribs" news (aka marketing) NASA has made with the post baby boomers.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/c3i/cvpmrjan/sld001.htm Yep. The windows computers are actually just "watching" stations that monitor the network, but they are connected, and therefore somehow could pose a threat. This slideshow doesn't have info on the windows computer as they are a pretty new addition to the network... but I found the info somewhere, sometime.
They probably put a decimal place in the wrong spot. It's always some mundane detail.
But in the example the OP posted, there is a HUGE difference between you thinking that suppliers to the prison will have enough influence (and profit gain) to greatly increase the prison population and the actual prison being able to gain from more prisoners (they probably get subsidies for each inmate - direct increase in income). Simply by being 1 step further away from being able to directly take away our rights (again please read the OP) you have greatly reduced the possible gain in taking those rights away.
We look at this question, not in as much depth, on nearly every Mac story.
Fixed that for you.
Yeah, a site of links really compares to the discussion system here on /.. The discusssion and moderation system are what make this site good. Everyone but the dumbest of fucks knows that.
Pffft. Real administrators don't download others software... they rewrite everything from scratch themselves.
Point 1 seems a little to simplified. You make it seem a single fossil out of place ruins the whole theory... but don't you think there are reasons that would produce a single, or a small sampling, of a fossil in "the wrong place". Volcanoes, earthquakes, soil wear (can't rememeber the term), rivers forced to change path, and other things could place fossils out of place.
I guess I am just saying... that seems too simplified for something that has so many external factors, therefore giving a little too much weight to the nay-sayers.
Never had to do that with a router (thankfully i guess), but if IIS and apache can handle it, I don't see why any router couldn't handle it.
Just fyi... I think green is easier on the eyes than red, as it it closer to the middle of the spectrum. Might be a better color to soothe your baby. That's what I am doing. However, they also say that bright contrasting colors stimulate the baby's mind... so what do I know.
The Government have their 'block', ISPs are 'doing something' and we have our Internet. All of it.
If you depend on Google for your searches, you don't have access to the whole internet
You meant to say "If you depend on Google for your child porn searches..."
And do those type of people really use google to find their fix? I bet they have better tools (bit torrent?).
A lot of apps provide the same info you can get from a website or web app. And as long as that site works on Safari on the iPhone, there's not much reason to install an app just for that task.
I'll try to give the AC a little karma boost. I agree totally. Oooooohhhh, I can figure out how to split the bill!!! Or just open a calc and multiply by 1.2 (for tip) and divide by 5. Yeah I really needed an app JUST for that.
Awww crap. Kubuntu Karmic Koala. That won't be good for business.
/. trolls haven't picked up on that one yet.
Can't believe the
Yeah, good thing I still have Reader 5.0 installed. Surely all the script kiddies aren't still attacking that dino!
If the CPU dies and the GPU takes over, can't we just rename the GPU a CPU? You know since it will be the "Central" Processing Unit?
Instead of thinking about this in the sense of some random hacker trying to get into your computer, think about the more probable situation of your office. Do you have, or could you easily get a good face shot of the CEO of your organization?
Now do you see how this could be a real problem? And yes, C-level's love biometric stuff because they don't have to remember passwords.
The nature of most people on Slashdot appears to be to figure out a way that a certain product could be used badly, assume that that is the only way it could be used, and then post a whole lot of comments to that effect.
That may be true, but is it bad? I see people all around me that simply accept what they are told. They are idiots. Being able to take a claim, analyze it, find faults, then weight them against the good is at the heart of a rational, logical decision. I would trade the current state of many minds (accept what you are told, don't question the govt/school/science/religion) for those who are over-zealous on finding the faults in whatever they are told.
Now, GET BACK IN LINE!
I don't know if I should suggest up or down mod for that one. But it did get me to actually reply, so it couldn't have been all bad.
Outrageous Claim + Car Analogy = Slashdot Front Page Story!
True, you *could* put it in either and it would make sense, but not both. If it's in the makemodel table, you don't need it in the car table. The point of a relational db is to normalize data, removing duplicate data, right? If the Plymouth Neon changes to a Chrysler (or if it was something that would change more often) you then have to change it in 2 tables. If one gets updated incorrectly, you have conflicting data, thus rendering everything screwed up.
Does that example of a relational DB have a serious error, or is that just me? Why have make key in two tables?
He lost cred right then.
That seems like a slippery slope to me; not to mention somewhat confusing and illogical. So it is illegal/unconstitutional to prevent speech, but it's legal/constitutional to punish you after you say it?
[examplestatement]ubernostrum is a sex offender.[/examplestatement] That was legal to say, yet you can sue me for saying it? Doesn't that just make it illegal to say?
Perhaps another way... I can rape someone as long as I can prove that it didn't negatively affect them? Are we punishing the action or the consequence?