So who exactly are you saying is anti-science? I'm just anti-international cooperation especially where it really isn't in any nation's best interest. ITER has laudable goals but look at the players and ask yourselves if it will seriously be successful. Nope, it'll be a run into the ground project that won't produce anything.
Really, explosions, delays and long shutdown periods due to problems constitutes great uptime? I didn't say that the LHC wasn't doing good work but since 2009 it's had its share of severe problems.
I honestly can't imagine why people try to "manage" something like this especially when you have all of these international partners each with their own agendas running the show. It's a subcontractors dream really, get a nice fat contract and have a big charge for changes/delays... I'm sure the subs are getting very, very rich right now off of ITER.
You can't build something this complex under the model that's being used and unfortunately ITER is an epic fail. Even back in 2009, people were warning of the problems with it and still those haven't been corrected apparently. Given that we're 8 years in, I think it's time to throw in the towel considering it was supposed to be a 10 year build.
For comparison, the closest model I can think of, the LHC and the international cooperation that built it, despite it's few successes has had numerous hiccups and failures despite taking decades to plan and build. If the International community really wants Fusion power they just need to pony up to one prime contractor to build it based on the input from a team of scientists and get rid of the carved up mentality of the construction.
Yeah, most of these apps are just facades for what can be done with a browser but they also have built in tracking and other tools to scavenge more data off of your mobile device than a browser would usually allow. To be honest, I believe that is the big reason for all these little do-nothing apps that have popped up especially the immensely popular "ring tone apps" in the Google Play Store for example. Yes we've had the same kind of annoy/malware for desktop apps that embed Firefox, IE etc. but the installation process is a bit more involved than going to a play/app store and clicking install. I'd also liken it to what's happening on SourceForge with this new Dice installer crapware that puts other shit on your system. It's not only bad practice but it also makes me distrust the software I'm trying to install. Google does the same kind of things with Chrome / Google Drive etc. and even after you uninstall them you'll still find little updaters and other crapware that Google leaves around that you have to manually go and remove.
I can tell you from experience from the development side of things that having a good IDE and proficient knowledge of it's features can greatly improve productivity of a team. You still need to know how to compile at a low level and what the various link and compiler options are and you should know how to use a native debugger but if you want to be productive and not worry about the minutia of details then use one. An IDE doesn't make you a better programmer but it does make you more productive and you can focus on learning those nuances and skills within the chosen programming language more easily, allowing you to gain more proficiency.
The whole "you don't need an IDE" may be true but it's like hunting bears without a rifle. Sure, you can hunt bears without a rifle but if you have one it's much easier and you get less bloody.
There are actually other things they should do but that costs more money and it's easier to put security theater into play than actually dealing with the problem. You could get more effective use of just good metal detectors and a few trained dogs with handlers than all this BS that they've put us through, especially since underwear boy set himself on fire. The whole liquids thing was because of a "credible threat" that never panned out. Taking your shoes off was the whole Reid affair. Honestly I think a few pissed off business travelers who haven't got their upgrades are more dangerous to terrorists now than anything the TSA can come up with.
Sad but nobody will listen to this, there's too much money and political glad handing going on in DC to keep the current status quo in place.
The only way to get rid of the corruption and spying in DC is to get rid of the current bunch of clowns we have in office and to pass meaningful campaign finance reform legislation to eliminate the flow of money from special interests into politics. That goes for both parties.
You have to remember Dealers pay to play and they have contracts with auto makers on what kinds of service they'll perform under warranty and that the manufacturers will always support their interests. It's expensive when an auto maker has to change things in the field but it's a revenue stream for dealerships who charge all of the labor hours + service fees right back to the manufacturers but it's symbiotic and they both milk the customer either coming or going.
Remember when Chrysler and GM went bankrupt and all those dealers were screaming because their dealerships were terminated due to Chapter 11 reorganization? It was a cost saving measure for GM and Chrysler disguised as the argument that fewer dealers meant less competition within their own lines of vehicles.
Bringing the car into the dealership means much more than just fixing a software glitch, it also means the ability to upsell you on their expensive bullshit that you can get from Midas or an independent for far less. Not to mention while you're waiting you can see the new models that are out, you know the ones that don't have all the problems your current vehicle has. That means it's ultimately in their best interests to keep you coming to them when you need your headlight grease changed. Think that's unrealistic? Manufacturers are putting more and more components into cars that independent service people can't repair just to keep the symbiotic relationship going.
Tesla can't do that because they don't have dealers so pushing changes makes sense for them but now I'll suspect that some hacker network in Eastern Europe will be trying to figure this out so Telsas can be used as WMDs.
Here we go again with the thinly veiled "They make too much" argument which masks the real intent, to re-introduce more progressive taxation on the wealthy. You see the theory goes that the rich should be taxed more to pay for all those social services and government programs since we all know bureaucrats are much better at distributing wealth than say companies with payrolls. If you start introducing say, 90% tax rates on the super rich, not only do you fatten up the coffers but you also make the unwashed masses happier because they're getting taxed less and create less disposable income for the rich, evening things out. We all want people to be the same, wear the same clothes and drive the same uninspiring cars. We know taxing them at 100% won't work and France's 75% millionaire tax is forcing companies to look elsewhere and the rich to move out of their country. Yeah, popular move. If a guy has a few million in the bank, he'll just move somewhere else. It happened in Maryland a few years ago too, so the rich move. What a bunch dumb shits in Maryland!
So, our Obama has been coming out more and more arguing that executive pay is out of line and to a point I agree. The problem is this retard and his cronies have spent us into a huge hole, can I point out his compensation is too much and he and Congress should not get paid until the economy rebounds? No? Shit, well I tried.
We all know Jamie Dimon is a scumbag and should have been fired for all the shit going on at Chase but since Directors aren't independent and are usually loyal to the CEO/Chairman they'll just hire some retarded bubble-head executive compensation consultant and then say "this is what you get." That means you creep upward because peers get a bump so you should get a bump. It's just like pro athletes. Who here thinks a pitcher is worth $15 million a year, or another player $20 million? They get that money because they have the same peer pressure on pay, shit a guy batting.200 can make a killing in a big market. That's why fans have to spend hundreds of dollars for a couple of seats a few beers and a few hot dogs in big markets. Is anybody yelling about that? No, nobody is.
Shit, nobody yelled recently when the f-wad who left American Airlines, Tom Horton, received a bonus of $20 million for taking his airline into bankruptcy, flushing his existing shareholder equity into the tank and merging it (at the point of a gun by his unions) with another airline and leaving. $20 million to take your company into the Shitter? The judge in the bankruptcy case said "whoa there" but afterward he got his parachute and left... come on.
So yes, there's not a lot of parity when it comes to executive pay vs. the front line staff, many of which make orders of magnitude less. Let's not forget all those benefits though, the "total" compensation in benefits, 401K etc....... yeah bullshit. The problem is boards of directors need to be independent and compensation consultants need to be kicked to the curb. This also means shareholders need to be aggressive with their proxies and I think that all publicly held companies should have a vote amongst shareholders on approving compensation of anybody with a C in their title. That's right, before the money is spent, ask the shareholders to approve what's being proposed in terms of compensation. Sure, institutional investors will dictate that outcome but they'll be more likely to be conservative vs. boards who seem to spend it like drunken sailors on liberty. That way if the shareholders of Chase are given a Yes/No vote on Dimon's compensation they can truly say "Fuck no" then, maybe he'd get off his ass and actually do something instead of lose money and get fined for violations of law.
Has one of these petitions done anything other than get a watered down, neutered response from the WH? I mean people really, the current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave doesn't give a shit about petitions. He does care about giving you the impression that he cares, but he really doesn't. If he did he'd already be directing his Cronies in Congress to put legislation through and ask for it on his desk in 30 days. But no, "The FCC is an independent..." bullshit. The FCC is an appointed group mostly made of of Industry insiders who don't have your interests at heart, but the monopolistic practices that keep their customers, the Carriers and Broadcasters, firmly entrenched in this country. Independent my ass, just look at Tom Wheeler's resume and tell us he's impartial. Yeah, just what we need at the FCC, somebody up to his ass with industry connections and a vulture capitalist too. I wonder how much money he'll make while at the FCC or afterwards when he's rewarded with a posh do-nothing job at Comcast or Verizon?
"Red Alert! Red Alert!" "You crossed my line of death!" "You haven't dismantled your MX Stockpile!" "Pakistan is threatening my border!" "That's it Buster! No more military aide!"
It goes to show how irrelevant and inept the UN is. Since it has no Army or Navy, it can't enforce anything and expects member nations to toe the line. Sure, we all know the PRK is a repressive regime and the leadership is corrupt and brutal but they have a powerful ally with a permanent seat on the Security Council, meaning that nothing will ultimately come of trying to rein in Pyongyang or force the regime to collapse. This is a nation that has no problems starving its own people and putting them unwavering cruelty to make their dreams come true. Do you think they care what the UN says?
If you want to bring about change to the PRK, embargo all trade with the PRK. This means China will have to stop trading and propping them up. Stop their arms trading business by seizing cargo wherever possible. Sanction any trading partners who still continue to do business with them.
You can use other apps and app markets on your android device. You don't have to use Google Search, Maps or Mail because there are free or very low cost alternatives to them and they don't have the clingy, Google scam you out of your data smell. Getting rid of them is a snap in most cases and there's literally dozens of websites that can help you do it. Sure when you get an "update" from your phone maker you'll probably get them all back again but it's easy enough to remove them or you can go with something like Cyanogenmod and never worry about it again. There are alternative AOSP based distros out there that don't have that Google smell so look around, It's really not that hard. If you've never rooted your phone or sideloaded an app or changed the OS it can be somewhat intimidating but you can also find help out there online and via local phone store kiosks (forget the pimple crowd at the Sprint, Verizon or AT&T stores) who can set you up in no time.
I do have to say that the nicest thing about Android based phones is that there are alternatives. For example, I don't have Google Apps and use Skobbler for the navigation. It uses OpenStreetMap and I recently downloaded a couple of countries and really like the fact that I could navigate, offline.
There will be reports, studies etc. that all pointed to this retarded situation within Target. Cripes, any myopic goofball from Deloitte or Accenture could have spotted the problems from 1000 miles from space but it just goes to show how stupid management can be because ultimately it'll wind up on their doorstep. You'll obviously have a few sacrificial lambs too from the cyber-security team and management and bad news for other companies they're probably updating their resumes now. Yes retarded security professionals are available for hire in your area! Shit, we're screwed.
There's probably holes in their infrastructure that you could drive a truck through. How the hell can an HVAC contractor's credentials be used to eventually access their payment infrastructure? It's absurd in and of itself points to the fact that these idiots were doing it wrong and should be fired. Of course there will be fines from the Feds and those banks that have had to now had to deal with all the card re-issuing and the credit monitoring. I've had two cards swapped out by my bank because I shopped, one time, at Target during the supposed breech window. I haven't been back since and that in and of itself will probably do the most harm to them because if they're not secure with my data, especially payment information, then I won't be a customer.
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So who exactly are you saying is anti-science? I'm just anti-international cooperation especially where it really isn't in any nation's best interest. ITER has laudable goals but look at the players and ask yourselves if it will seriously be successful. Nope, it'll be a run into the ground project that won't produce anything.
Higgs Boson was a race and if the Feds had funded Fermilab's tevatron accelerator a bit more you may have seen it discover Higgs Boson before the LHC.
Really, explosions, delays and long shutdown periods due to problems constitutes great uptime? I didn't say that the LHC wasn't doing good work but since 2009 it's had its share of severe problems.
I honestly can't imagine why people try to "manage" something like this especially when you have all of these international partners each with their own agendas running the show. It's a subcontractors dream really, get a nice fat contract and have a big charge for changes/delays... I'm sure the subs are getting very, very rich right now off of ITER.
You can't build something this complex under the model that's being used and unfortunately ITER is an epic fail. Even back in 2009, people were warning of the problems with it and still those haven't been corrected apparently. Given that we're 8 years in, I think it's time to throw in the towel considering it was supposed to be a 10 year build.
For comparison, the closest model I can think of, the LHC and the international cooperation that built it, despite it's few successes has had numerous hiccups and failures despite taking decades to plan and build. If the International community really wants Fusion power they just need to pony up to one prime contractor to build it based on the input from a team of scientists and get rid of the carved up mentality of the construction.
"f you wanna live, you'd better step on the gas! Oh wait, is this a Tesla? Shit! Well press on the prissy pedal!" - Cartman
Yeah, most of these apps are just facades for what can be done with a browser but they also have built in tracking and other tools to scavenge more data off of your mobile device than a browser would usually allow. To be honest, I believe that is the big reason for all these little do-nothing apps that have popped up especially the immensely popular "ring tone apps" in the Google Play Store for example. Yes we've had the same kind of annoy/malware for desktop apps that embed Firefox, IE etc. but the installation process is a bit more involved than going to a play/app store and clicking install. I'd also liken it to what's happening on SourceForge with this new Dice installer crapware that puts other shit on your system. It's not only bad practice but it also makes me distrust the software I'm trying to install. Google does the same kind of things with Chrome / Google Drive etc. and even after you uninstall them you'll still find little updaters and other crapware that Google leaves around that you have to manually go and remove.
"I collect spores, mold and fungus." - Egon "Ghostbusters"
If you go here you can get a DC as part of the entertainment.
you're not wearing your AFDB that's why.
Ever download Eclipse?
I can tell you from experience from the development side of things that having a good IDE and proficient knowledge of it's features can greatly improve productivity of a team. You still need to know how to compile at a low level and what the various link and compiler options are and you should know how to use a native debugger but if you want to be productive and not worry about the minutia of details then use one. An IDE doesn't make you a better programmer but it does make you more productive and you can focus on learning those nuances and skills within the chosen programming language more easily, allowing you to gain more proficiency.
The whole "you don't need an IDE" may be true but it's like hunting bears without a rifle. Sure, you can hunt bears without a rifle but if you have one it's much easier and you get less bloody.
There are actually other things they should do
Nope. Get these worthless, immoral government thugs out of airports; the end.
Who says I was talking about the government?
There are actually other things they should do but that costs more money and it's easier to put security theater into play than actually dealing with the problem. You could get more effective use of just good metal detectors and a few trained dogs with handlers than all this BS that they've put us through, especially since underwear boy set himself on fire. The whole liquids thing was because of a "credible threat" that never panned out. Taking your shoes off was the whole Reid affair. Honestly I think a few pissed off business travelers who haven't got their upgrades are more dangerous to terrorists now than anything the TSA can come up with.
Sad but nobody will listen to this, there's too much money and political glad handing going on in DC to keep the current status quo in place.
The only way to get rid of the corruption and spying in DC is to get rid of the current bunch of clowns we have in office and to pass meaningful campaign finance reform legislation to eliminate the flow of money from special interests into politics. That goes for both parties.
You have to remember Dealers pay to play and they have contracts with auto makers on what kinds of service they'll perform under warranty and that the manufacturers will always support their interests. It's expensive when an auto maker has to change things in the field but it's a revenue stream for dealerships who charge all of the labor hours + service fees right back to the manufacturers but it's symbiotic and they both milk the customer either coming or going.
Remember when Chrysler and GM went bankrupt and all those dealers were screaming because their dealerships were terminated due to Chapter 11 reorganization? It was a cost saving measure for GM and Chrysler disguised as the argument that fewer dealers meant less competition within their own lines of vehicles.
Bringing the car into the dealership means much more than just fixing a software glitch, it also means the ability to upsell you on their expensive bullshit that you can get from Midas or an independent for far less. Not to mention while you're waiting you can see the new models that are out, you know the ones that don't have all the problems your current vehicle has. That means it's ultimately in their best interests to keep you coming to them when you need your headlight grease changed. Think that's unrealistic? Manufacturers are putting more and more components into cars that independent service people can't repair just to keep the symbiotic relationship going.
Tesla can't do that because they don't have dealers so pushing changes makes sense for them but now I'll suspect that some hacker network in Eastern Europe will be trying to figure this out so Telsas can be used as WMDs.
Here we go again with the thinly veiled "They make too much" argument which masks the real intent, to re-introduce more progressive taxation on the wealthy. You see the theory goes that the rich should be taxed more to pay for all those social services and government programs since we all know bureaucrats are much better at distributing wealth than say companies with payrolls. If you start introducing say, 90% tax rates on the super rich, not only do you fatten up the coffers but you also make the unwashed masses happier because they're getting taxed less and create less disposable income for the rich, evening things out. We all want people to be the same, wear the same clothes and drive the same uninspiring cars. We know taxing them at 100% won't work and France's 75% millionaire tax is forcing companies to look elsewhere and the rich to move out of their country. Yeah, popular move. If a guy has a few million in the bank, he'll just move somewhere else. It happened in Maryland a few years ago too, so the rich move. What a bunch dumb shits in Maryland!
So, our Obama has been coming out more and more arguing that executive pay is out of line and to a point I agree. The problem is this retard and his cronies have spent us into a huge hole, can I point out his compensation is too much and he and Congress should not get paid until the economy rebounds? No? Shit, well I tried.
We all know Jamie Dimon is a scumbag and should have been fired for all the shit going on at Chase but since Directors aren't independent and are usually loyal to the CEO/Chairman they'll just hire some retarded bubble-head executive compensation consultant and then say "this is what you get." That means you creep upward because peers get a bump so you should get a bump. It's just like pro athletes. Who here thinks a pitcher is worth $15 million a year, or another player $20 million? They get that money because they have the same peer pressure on pay, shit a guy batting .200 can make a killing in a big market. That's why fans have to spend hundreds of dollars for a couple of seats a few beers and a few hot dogs in big markets. Is anybody yelling about that? No, nobody is.
Shit, nobody yelled recently when the f-wad who left American Airlines, Tom Horton, received a bonus of $20 million for taking his airline into bankruptcy, flushing his existing shareholder equity into the tank and merging it (at the point of a gun by his unions) with another airline and leaving. $20 million to take your company into the Shitter? The judge in the bankruptcy case said "whoa there" but afterward he got his parachute and left... come on.
So yes, there's not a lot of parity when it comes to executive pay vs. the front line staff, many of which make orders of magnitude less. Let's not forget all those benefits though, the "total" compensation in benefits, 401K etc... .... yeah bullshit. The problem is boards of directors need to be independent and compensation consultants need to be kicked to the curb. This also means shareholders need to be aggressive with their proxies and I think that all publicly held companies should have a vote amongst shareholders on approving compensation of anybody with a C in their title. That's right, before the money is spent, ask the shareholders to approve what's being proposed in terms of compensation. Sure, institutional investors will dictate that outcome but they'll be more likely to be conservative vs. boards who seem to spend it like drunken sailors on liberty. That way if the shareholders of Chase are given a Yes/No vote on Dimon's compensation they can truly say "Fuck no" then, maybe he'd get off his ass and actually do something instead of lose money and get fined for violations of law.
Has one of these petitions done anything other than get a watered down, neutered response from the WH? I mean people really, the current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave doesn't give a shit about petitions. He does care about giving you the impression that he cares, but he really doesn't. If he did he'd already be directing his Cronies in Congress to put legislation through and ask for it on his desk in 30 days. But no, "The FCC is an independent..." bullshit. The FCC is an appointed group mostly made of of Industry insiders who don't have your interests at heart, but the monopolistic practices that keep their customers, the Carriers and Broadcasters, firmly entrenched in this country. Independent my ass, just look at Tom Wheeler's resume and tell us he's impartial. Yeah, just what we need at the FCC, somebody up to his ass with industry connections and a vulture capitalist too. I wonder how much money he'll make while at the FCC or afterwards when he's rewarded with a posh do-nothing job at Comcast or Verizon?
Since Robocop has now been "remade"...
"Red Alert! Red Alert!"
"You crossed my line of death!"
"You haven't dismantled your MX Stockpile!"
"Pakistan is threatening my border!"
"That's it Buster! No more military aide!"
"Nukem! Get them before they get you."
- Robocop
It goes to show how irrelevant and inept the UN is. Since it has no Army or Navy, it can't enforce anything and expects member nations to toe the line. Sure, we all know the PRK is a repressive regime and the leadership is corrupt and brutal but they have a powerful ally with a permanent seat on the Security Council, meaning that nothing will ultimately come of trying to rein in Pyongyang or force the regime to collapse. This is a nation that has no problems starving its own people and putting them unwavering cruelty to make their dreams come true. Do you think they care what the UN says?
If you want to bring about change to the PRK, embargo all trade with the PRK. This means China will have to stop trading and propping them up. Stop their arms trading business by seizing cargo wherever possible. Sanction any trading partners who still continue to do business with them.
I have a neighbor who has a Tesla. I guess I'll keep a package of hot dogs and marshmallows on hand just in case.
"Campfire at Dougs!"
Confusion and to try to stay relevant by saying "Hey we make a Smartphone OS too."
Then it would be like Formula One and incredibly boring instead of mildly boring!
damn where was this when Svetlana Boginskya was competing?!?!?
You can use other apps and app markets on your android device. You don't have to use Google Search, Maps or Mail because there are free or very low cost alternatives to them and they don't have the clingy, Google scam you out of your data smell. Getting rid of them is a snap in most cases and there's literally dozens of websites that can help you do it. Sure when you get an "update" from your phone maker you'll probably get them all back again but it's easy enough to remove them or you can go with something like Cyanogenmod and never worry about it again. There are alternative AOSP based distros out there that don't have that Google smell so look around, It's really not that hard. If you've never rooted your phone or sideloaded an app or changed the OS it can be somewhat intimidating but you can also find help out there online and via local phone store kiosks (forget the pimple crowd at the Sprint, Verizon or AT&T stores) who can set you up in no time.
I do have to say that the nicest thing about Android based phones is that there are alternatives. For example, I don't have Google Apps and use Skobbler for the navigation. It uses OpenStreetMap and I recently downloaded a couple of countries and really like the fact that I could navigate, offline.
There will be reports, studies etc. that all pointed to this retarded situation within Target. Cripes, any myopic goofball from Deloitte or Accenture could have spotted the problems from 1000 miles from space but it just goes to show how stupid management can be because ultimately it'll wind up on their doorstep. You'll obviously have a few sacrificial lambs too from the cyber-security team and management and bad news for other companies they're probably updating their resumes now. Yes retarded security professionals are available for hire in your area! Shit, we're screwed.
There's probably holes in their infrastructure that you could drive a truck through. How the hell can an HVAC contractor's credentials be used to eventually access their payment infrastructure? It's absurd in and of itself points to the fact that these idiots were doing it wrong and should be fired. Of course there will be fines from the Feds and those banks that have had to now had to deal with all the card re-issuing and the credit monitoring. I've had two cards swapped out by my bank because I shopped, one time, at Target during the supposed breech window. I haven't been back since and that in and of itself will probably do the most harm to them because if they're not secure with my data, especially payment information, then I won't be a customer.
AFAIK it's Ubuntu, Venomous Vulture release.