Pre-7th grade math is boring as hell anyway. Give me a calculator and let me start with the interesting math.
Most math is boring if you're using a calculator. That is until you get to the types that require a computer, but then you're doing a lot of the groundwork without a calculator or computer.
The "detainees" are either criminals or they are prisoners of war.
Do I read that right? If they haven't been found guilty of anything, they are automatically prisoners of war? Thank goodness nobody innocent ever got locked up!
I think the point was that the detainees are either accused of criminal activity or prisoners of war. The government needs to make the call on each individual and treat them to the laws that govern handling of accused criminals or prisoners of war.
Yes, and so many people want to drive 200 miles to get the newest and greatest games. I enjoy games but I wouldn't drive that far to get them and I think a lot of people would feel the same way. The opportunity is there but the practicality is not.
and the two programmers here who simply did what they're told without thinking about legality fit the bill pretty well.
How do we know that they weren't fully aware of what they were doing and wanted the money. It is possible that they were being used as tools by Madoff or they might have done this for the allure of money.
A little less damned if you don't. This request came to these programmers before the economy was in the tanks. They probably could have found new jobs. I have no experience with prison but I think I'd rather be unemployed than in prison of any sort.
If a boss tells me to program an option, and that option could be used for illegal things then it's actually my fault?
I think this does become your responsibility if that option can only be used for illegal purposes. I'm not knowledgeable enough about the financial industry to say whether or not what these guys programmed was obviously illegal and had no legal area of use, but if it only had use for illegal acts then they knowingly aided in Madoff's scheme and should be prosecuted for it.
One of the most retarded statements on Slashdot in a while. It's like you think it's September 10th, 2001.
Um, hate to break it to you, but the miltary couldn't and will never be able to protect the US from threats similar to 911. Hell, the last two attempts to bomb a plane were prevented by regular people in the plane laying a beat down on the attackers.
When I was in high school we had a professor that somehow got a room full of computers (about 20) so she could teach C programming, system administration (windows and debian) without any of the schools typical restrictions on the computers. For sys admin we built the computers up from scratch, installed windows server and debian and went through the certification process for windows admin. It was a lot of fun, but being a room full of 16-18 year old boys (save for one girl) you learned quickly to never leave your computer unlocked because every time you did you either got goatse or some other undesirable images. I can see why, in general, school computers are locked down so tightly.
You're complaining about lack of multi-tasking and honestly, unless they changed the iPad to be able to have mutliple windows on screen at the same time, it wouldn't really be worth it.
Multitasking would be great for music apps like Pandora. It's always frustrating to have to stop the music, check a map for a second and then wait for the phone to reconnect to the Pandora server.
Because if they allow it the price for "Unlimited mobile data plan for just $X!" doubles or triples. Other customers would not be happy with that. You should start focusing on trying to get a new plan available for more money instead of trying to screw over the common customer who doesn't use their data plan for anything other than e-mail and an occasional webpage.
Then those customers should get a limited plan. If you're going to text on your phone all the time you buy the unlimited text package. And if you want to save money you buy the 200 a month package. Why can't people just buy the one GB package if they're really only using it for email and the occasional webpage. Unlimited should mean unlimited. And if it ends up that unlimited isn't possible at $30 a month then don't tell me it's unlimited.
I think something more akin to the "good samaritan" laws, where the nature of a doctor's obligations are spelled out, would be a better choice.
I completely agree with you. If I could, I would sign a form before a surgery (or any other dangerous procedure) indicating that I would not sue the doctor for malpractice unless they come to the surgery drunk (or anything else in gross negligence). The problem with this, as mentioned in an earlier post, what happens when a doctor tells a cancer patient that they would be better off living the last few weeks of their lives off chemo. It's a lot harder to tell if the doctor was right or was being lazy/ negligent. Certain negligence is obvious (drunkenness) while others are not so simple.
I agree with you that the rover missions went beyond expectations by such a huge degree that we should be doing repeated missions (some tweaks to improve a few of the challenges experienced by the rovers). The goal of the rover missions is not the same as the goal of this tumbleweed mission. The former is to get detailed information on a small scale. The tumbleweeds might be able to traverse significant percentages of the planet to provide information on where to send the next pair of rovers.
The economic recession that we're in right now is a combination of people forgetting why regulations were put in place after the Great Depression and people (maybe with good intentions) trying to force legislation for everyone to own property. There were no recessions of this current magnitude since the great depression. This was due in large part to regulations that restricted business from being complete fucking idiots. Beginning in 80s people started thinking, our economy's doing well, screw these regulations, they're outdated. And in the 90s legislation was passed that basically forced banks to give out home loans to everyone. This resulted in people getting home loans for property that far exceeded their means. It's good intentions to want everyone to be able to afford a home, but if you work minimum wage you're not going to get that mansion on hollywood boulevard.
So yes, the economy is the fault of a small group of people, and those people weren't at Wall Street, they were in Congress. Quite frankly, the office of the president doesn't have the power to create this great of a shitstorm.
I can drive, and prefer brakes that can lock the wheel on dry asphalt at highway speeds.
Why, may I ask, do you prefer brakes that lessen the control you have over your vehicle. I would much prefer brakes and tires that let me get close to that but never actually lock the wheels. Kinetic friction is not your friend.
And to change the default drive from 'C' to something else.
'C' drive for OS, other drives for applications.
Better yet, kill your C:\ drive altogether. The last time I installed windows on my computer it resided on the respectable K:\ drive. Never had a single problem besides having to change C:\ to K:\ when I installed software (it's amazing how much is hardcoded into installation files).
Right, because blaster et al that exploit such vulnerabilities aren't real, only something that has no payload whatsoever is a real threat. I'm honestly not even sure that if I had the heuristic protections on (that would increase, perhaps, the problems in a-g) that it wouldn't catch that.
Rootkits (and any form of adware, spyware, cruft) in audio CDs (or any legitimately purchased media) is more reprehensible than your typical virus. The consumer shouldn't have to constantly guard their computer from "respectable" merchants. A virus distributer is not proporting to be a good person. It's like getting ripped off by that guy on the street corner selling "Rolexes." You know what you're getting into. But when you buy a Rolex from Cartier, you don't expect to get a cheap $5 knock off. Basically, if a merchant has to hide a program from their buyers then they're no different than all the adware, spyware and virus scum that abound on the internet.
You can see the study author's bent in this quote:
"It's now time to move on to a more constructive question like, 'How do we make it easier for parents -- within the limits of culture, society and law -- to provide a healthier childhood for their kids?'" But Anderson knows it will take time for the creation and implementation of effective new policies.
I think we have the ESRB for that. You could make the same claim about films, how are parents supposed to know what is okay for little jack and jill. Check the back of the box, it's damn simple.
Notice how you're both correct. God, in terms of monotheistic religions, is a name and not a title. Gods, in terms of the greeks, should not be capitalized (except at the beginning of sentences) because it refers to the title of the gods. Though, you would capitalize it in terms of Ares, God of War but not Ares was one of the gods.
Ever heard of Malicious Software Removal Tool that is rolled out in in the monthly patch cycle. It kills software MS deems bad. No court approval for that.
No court approval needed, you clicked that you agreed with the TOS, EULA, description of what these files contain. Last time I used MS update (admittedly over a year ago) each download had it's own name. If there was a name like Malicious Software Removal Tool I would definitely take a peek inside the description to see exactly what it was doing.
This brings us back to the whole user issue. Most users accept all updates from MS (and pretty much any software vendor) without even so much as looking at the titles of the files their downloading. Maybe if people took a little more responsibility they wouldn't be surprised as to why their friendly purple gorilla buddy disappeared (I thought that thing had died years ago but I just saw him on someone's computer in the library last week).
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Pre-7th grade math is boring as hell anyway. Give me a calculator and let me start with the interesting math.
Most math is boring if you're using a calculator. That is until you get to the types that require a computer, but then you're doing a lot of the groundwork without a calculator or computer.
The "detainees" are either criminals or they are prisoners of war.
Do I read that right? If they haven't been found guilty of anything, they are automatically prisoners of war? Thank goodness nobody innocent ever got locked up!
I think the point was that the detainees are either accused of criminal activity or prisoners of war. The government needs to make the call on each individual and treat them to the laws that govern handling of accused criminals or prisoners of war.
Yes, and so many people want to drive 200 miles to get the newest and greatest games. I enjoy games but I wouldn't drive that far to get them and I think a lot of people would feel the same way. The opportunity is there but the practicality is not.
and the two programmers here who simply did what they're told without thinking about legality fit the bill pretty well.
How do we know that they weren't fully aware of what they were doing and wanted the money. It is possible that they were being used as tools by Madoff or they might have done this for the allure of money.
A little less damned if you don't. This request came to these programmers before the economy was in the tanks. They probably could have found new jobs. I have no experience with prison but I think I'd rather be unemployed than in prison of any sort.
If a boss tells me to program an option, and that option could be used for illegal things then it's actually my fault?
I think this does become your responsibility if that option can only be used for illegal purposes. I'm not knowledgeable enough about the financial industry to say whether or not what these guys programmed was obviously illegal and had no legal area of use, but if it only had use for illegal acts then they knowingly aided in Madoff's scheme and should be prosecuted for it.
One of the most retarded statements on Slashdot in a while. It's like you think it's September 10th, 2001.
Um, hate to break it to you, but the miltary couldn't and will never be able to protect the US from threats similar to 911. Hell, the last two attempts to bomb a plane were prevented by regular people in the plane laying a beat down on the attackers.
Personally, as a Republican, I think that you're grossly underestimating the threat our country faces from... the New York Mets...
I don't think anybody has anything to fear from the Mets. Especially not anybody in the NL.
I have excellent insurance, yet they won't cover a dime.
Excellent compared to bull shit is still horse shit.
When I was in high school we had a professor that somehow got a room full of computers (about 20) so she could teach C programming, system administration (windows and debian) without any of the schools typical restrictions on the computers. For sys admin we built the computers up from scratch, installed windows server and debian and went through the certification process for windows admin. It was a lot of fun, but being a room full of 16-18 year old boys (save for one girl) you learned quickly to never leave your computer unlocked because every time you did you either got goatse or some other undesirable images. I can see why, in general, school computers are locked down so tightly.
I see an easy out on this one.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of unlawful use of a computer if he:
Find a she (shudder, I know, this is high school and geekdom) and then you're good to go.
Well it has multitasking for music apps like the iPod app....... =)
And sometimes I prefer to listen to Pandora, to find new music.
You're complaining about lack of multi-tasking and honestly, unless they changed the iPad to be able to have mutliple windows on screen at the same time, it wouldn't really be worth it.
Multitasking would be great for music apps like Pandora. It's always frustrating to have to stop the music, check a map for a second and then wait for the phone to reconnect to the Pandora server.
Because if they allow it the price for "Unlimited mobile data plan for just $X!" doubles or triples. Other customers would not be happy with that. You should start focusing on trying to get a new plan available for more money instead of trying to screw over the common customer who doesn't use their data plan for anything other than e-mail and an occasional webpage.
Then those customers should get a limited plan. If you're going to text on your phone all the time you buy the unlimited text package. And if you want to save money you buy the 200 a month package. Why can't people just buy the one GB package if they're really only using it for email and the occasional webpage. Unlimited should mean unlimited. And if it ends up that unlimited isn't possible at $30 a month then don't tell me it's unlimited.
I think something more akin to the "good samaritan" laws, where the nature of a doctor's obligations are spelled out, would be a better choice.
I completely agree with you. If I could, I would sign a form before a surgery (or any other dangerous procedure) indicating that I would not sue the doctor for malpractice unless they come to the surgery drunk (or anything else in gross negligence). The problem with this, as mentioned in an earlier post, what happens when a doctor tells a cancer patient that they would be better off living the last few weeks of their lives off chemo. It's a lot harder to tell if the doctor was right or was being lazy/ negligent. Certain negligence is obvious (drunkenness) while others are not so simple.
I agree with you that the rover missions went beyond expectations by such a huge degree that we should be doing repeated missions (some tweaks to improve a few of the challenges experienced by the rovers). The goal of the rover missions is not the same as the goal of this tumbleweed mission. The former is to get detailed information on a small scale. The tumbleweeds might be able to traverse significant percentages of the planet to provide information on where to send the next pair of rovers.
Anyhow, this thread keeps on giving and is awesome, even if I'm the butt of the joke.
This is the internet, where you're always the but of some joke.
Echoing another respondent - jo42 -
The economic recession that we're in right now is a combination of people forgetting why regulations were put in place after the Great Depression and people (maybe with good intentions) trying to force legislation for everyone to own property. There were no recessions of this current magnitude since the great depression. This was due in large part to regulations that restricted business from being complete fucking idiots. Beginning in 80s people started thinking, our economy's doing well, screw these regulations, they're outdated. And in the 90s legislation was passed that basically forced banks to give out home loans to everyone. This resulted in people getting home loans for property that far exceeded their means. It's good intentions to want everyone to be able to afford a home, but if you work minimum wage you're not going to get that mansion on hollywood boulevard.
So yes, the economy is the fault of a small group of people, and those people weren't at Wall Street, they were in Congress. Quite frankly, the office of the president doesn't have the power to create this great of a shitstorm.
Fox news is simply the opposite of CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and ABC news...
I'm sorry, CNN gave up its title of a news network when they added twitter and facebook to nearly all of their broadcasts.
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I can drive, and prefer brakes that can lock the wheel on dry asphalt at highway speeds.
Why, may I ask, do you prefer brakes that lessen the control you have over your vehicle. I would much prefer brakes and tires that let me get close to that but never actually lock the wheels. Kinetic friction is not your friend.
And to change the default drive from 'C' to something else.
'C' drive for OS, other drives for applications.
Better yet, kill your C:\ drive altogether. The last time I installed windows on my computer it resided on the respectable K:\ drive. Never had a single problem besides having to change C:\ to K:\ when I installed software (it's amazing how much is hardcoded into installation files).
Fair points, except for this
Right, because blaster et al that exploit such vulnerabilities aren't real, only something that has no payload whatsoever is a real threat. I'm honestly not even sure that if I had the heuristic protections on (that would increase, perhaps, the problems in a-g) that it wouldn't catch that.
Rootkits (and any form of adware, spyware, cruft) in audio CDs (or any legitimately purchased media) is more reprehensible than your typical virus. The consumer shouldn't have to constantly guard their computer from "respectable" merchants. A virus distributer is not proporting to be a good person. It's like getting ripped off by that guy on the street corner selling "Rolexes." You know what you're getting into. But when you buy a Rolex from Cartier, you don't expect to get a cheap $5 knock off. Basically, if a merchant has to hide a program from their buyers then they're no different than all the adware, spyware and virus scum that abound on the internet.
You can see the study author's bent in this quote:
"It's now time to move on to a more constructive question like, 'How do we make it easier for parents -- within the limits of culture, society and law -- to provide a healthier childhood for their kids?'" But Anderson knows it will take time for the creation and implementation of effective new policies.
I think we have the ESRB for that. You could make the same claim about films, how are parents supposed to know what is okay for little jack and jill. Check the back of the box, it's damn simple.
Notice how you're both correct. God, in terms of monotheistic religions, is a name and not a title. Gods, in terms of the greeks, should not be capitalized (except at the beginning of sentences) because it refers to the title of the gods. Though, you would capitalize it in terms of Ares, God of War but not Ares was one of the gods.
Ever heard of Malicious Software Removal Tool that is rolled out in in the monthly patch cycle. It kills software MS deems bad. No court approval for that.
No court approval needed, you clicked that you agreed with the TOS, EULA, description of what these files contain. Last time I used MS update (admittedly over a year ago) each download had it's own name. If there was a name like Malicious Software Removal Tool I would definitely take a peek inside the description to see exactly what it was doing.
This brings us back to the whole user issue. Most users accept all updates from MS (and pretty much any software vendor) without even so much as looking at the titles of the files their downloading. Maybe if people took a little more responsibility they wouldn't be surprised as to why their friendly purple gorilla buddy disappeared (I thought that thing had died years ago but I just saw him on someone's computer in the library last week).