In the 90's, when I needed any electronic stuff, I used to look at Sony first. I bought most of my stuff from them, never had any problems, and was always satisfied with the product. Call it the highest level of brand loyalty and customer satisfaction.
Then I fell asleep. I woke up about ten years later.
The Sony I knew then, was suddenly very, very different. Now, Sony will be the last on my list, when I need to make another electronic purchase. I really feel that Sony doesn't give a damn anymore about product quality and customer satisfaction.
Sony rootkiting your PC? Maybe I am still asleep, and having a nightmare . . .
C will be the COBOL of the future. Companies will always have those legacy C applications, just like they still have COBOL ones. And there will be a lack of good, experienced C programmers. In the future, I might consider coming out of retirement . . . if enough cash was offered. The PolygamousRanchDad, an RF antenna expert, did this.
As to the mantra, "A good programmer can learn any language," I think that it is easier to "Move Up" with languages, than "Move Down." By that I mean, it is easier to go from C to Java, than from Java to C.
You get spoiled and lazy with languages that do all the thinking for you. When you move to a language where the memory management isn't all done for you, the austerity is tough and rough. It's like moving from a luxury mansion to a trailer park.
Let's just call it the Microbial Detection Array. I mean, thanks a lot Lawrence Livermore, really, but do you really want a bunch of people going around saying "lambda" because that's how they're pronouncing that crazy acronym?
It's about funding. The next time the funding for Lawrence Livermore comes up in Congress, it helps to have someone who can say: "Ah, yes, I have heard of them. Um, they make that detector . . . which I don't really understand what it does."
That's why they need their name in the device.
Ok, Microbial Detection Array sounds good shortened to MDA . . . or better yet iMDA.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the leader of the southern region of Kalymkia, made his claim in a television interview. Mr Ilyumzhinov said in an interview on primetime television that he had been taken on board an alien spaceship which had come to planet Earth to take samples — and claims to have several witnesses
Unfortunately, those alien witnesses are unavailable for questioning . . .
Before the Normandy invasion, the Allies used fake radio traffic, to convince the Germans that the real invasion was coming to Pas de Calais by an army led by Patton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fortitude
Why not Tweet a couple of fake attacks to scare the bejesus out of the enemy?
Enough of these, and the enemy won't be able to determine who's who, and what's what.
Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one:
And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.
And it has been "forked" multiple times. Spelling inconsistencies and semantic ambiguity are unavoidable. People speaking English outside their native countries need to be aware of this.
I like to think of it as having a big set of #ifdef's in my head. Like code that runs on multiple platforms.
When someone in an international arena says something that is unintentionally amusing, I check my #ifdef's. That usually clears everything up.
One example off the top of my head: A British chick walks into a hotel in the US, and asks the clerk, "Can you knock me up in the morning?"
Being that is a pleasant day here in central Europe, I'm going to go out for a bike ride, and like little Dutch kids, stick my fingers in some dijken. (I used the Dutch word to avoid any puerile associations).
Of course, the big joke here is that the story of the Dutch boy, is a fictional account by an American author.
They deserve to be fired like any other idiot who goofs off, but I'm sure they're going to be charged with sex crimes of some sort.
They're all blind now, from all the wanking that they were doing, while looking at all that porn.
Sounds like just punishment to me.
Nero just fiddled while Rome burned down. These guys were "polishing the Bishop" while the world economy went to Hell in a hand-basket.
Some companies give their employees fitness center vouchers to get them to exercise after work. If I was running a company, I'd give them porn vouchers. Look at porn and wank on your own time.
Of course, all my employees would have hairy palms . . . but, what can you do . . . ?
I commute by train to work, and must listen, involuntarily, to the conversations that cell phone addicts have, and who seem to think that what they have to say is important and should be shared with the rest of the world.
I don't know if there is a causal relationship between the use of cell phones in public and their owners' behavior . . . I think maybe that some of them have had shit for brains since birth.
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"How do I escape from this lab . . . ?"
In the 90's, when I needed any electronic stuff, I used to look at Sony first. I bought most of my stuff from them, never had any problems, and was always satisfied with the product. Call it the highest level of brand loyalty and customer satisfaction.
Then I fell asleep. I woke up about ten years later.
The Sony I knew then, was suddenly very, very different. Now, Sony will be the last on my list, when I need to make another electronic purchase. I really feel that Sony doesn't give a damn anymore about product quality and customer satisfaction.
Sony rootkiting your PC? Maybe I am still asleep, and having a nightmare . . .
C will be the COBOL of the future. Companies will always have those legacy C applications, just like they still have COBOL ones. And there will be a lack of good, experienced C programmers. In the future, I might consider coming out of retirement . . . if enough cash was offered. The PolygamousRanchDad, an RF antenna expert, did this.
As to the mantra, "A good programmer can learn any language," I think that it is easier to "Move Up" with languages, than "Move Down." By that I mean, it is easier to go from C to Java, than from Java to C.
You get spoiled and lazy with languages that do all the thinking for you. When you move to a language where the memory management isn't all done for you, the austerity is tough and rough. It's like moving from a luxury mansion to a trailer park.
. . . eat and drink enough of that, and your breath can cause nuclear fusion.
. . . and you don't even want to know about "The Day After" . . .
. . . that picture is not a fake . . . Mr. Kim has just "let one rip" . . .
ZAP! . . . you're it!
When reading the summary, I wondered how they could find such a small thing.
Maybe they just looked for the yellow snow . . . ?
Let's just call it the Microbial Detection Array. I mean, thanks a lot Lawrence Livermore, really, but do you really want a bunch of people going around saying "lambda" because that's how they're pronouncing that crazy acronym?
It's about funding. The next time the funding for Lawrence Livermore comes up in Congress, it helps to have someone who can say: "Ah, yes, I have heard of them. Um, they make that detector . . . which I don't really understand what it does."
That's why they need their name in the device.
Ok, Microbial Detection Array sounds good shortened to MDA . . . or better yet iMDA.
It would be better to just have the government buy it and turn it into facebook.org with the privacy settings as they were in 2005.
Facebook would have to go bankrupt first. The government only buys bankrupt companies.
Now that's a real brilliant investment strategy.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the leader of the southern region of Kalymkia, made his claim in a television interview. Mr Ilyumzhinov said in an interview on primetime television that he had been taken on board an alien spaceship which had come to planet Earth to take samples — and claims to have several witnesses
Unfortunately, those alien witnesses are unavailable for questioning . . .
Live, in your Senate . . .
Won't someone please think of the adults?!?!?!?
. . . in space?
It might figure out that missing methane mystery.
Before the Normandy invasion, the Allies used fake radio traffic, to convince the Germans that the real invasion was coming to Pas de Calais by an army led by Patton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fortitude
Why not Tweet a couple of fake attacks to scare the bejesus out of the enemy?
Enough of these, and the enemy won't be able to determine who's who, and what's what.
C'mon lazy ass psych-op guys! Get on it!
Folks here on Earth are working on it:
http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2009/07/19/bill-gates-is-making-cows-that-don-t-fart.aspx
http://gizmodo.com/349723/scientists-discover-how-to-neutralize-cow-farts-your-farts-next-god-willing
It's a good cause . . . with no visible methane on our planet, those aliens won't be able to find us, and eat us. And our cows.
Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one:
And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.
And it has been "forked" multiple times. Spelling inconsistencies and semantic ambiguity are unavoidable. People speaking English outside their native countries need to be aware of this.
I like to think of it as having a big set of #ifdef's in my head. Like code that runs on multiple platforms.
When someone in an international arena says something that is unintentionally amusing, I check my #ifdef's. That usually clears everything up.
One example off the top of my head: A British chick walks into a hotel in the US, and asks the clerk, "Can you knock me up in the morning?"
Being that is a pleasant day here in central Europe, I'm going to go out for a bike ride, and like little Dutch kids, stick my fingers in some dijken. (I used the Dutch word to avoid any puerile associations).
Of course, the big joke here is that the story of the Dutch boy, is a fictional account by an American author.
From our "How to look non-conspicuous department": http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/paint-992000a.jpg
"Hi, I'm your stewardess. Would you like chicken or beef for your meal?"
"Oh, and please give me your shoes and underpants."
"It's just normal procedure, sir."
The poor captain: "Good Morning Air Traffic Control, I have some chop here, request permission to climb."
Air Traffic Control: "Fuck the chop . . . you have a no fly passenger on board . . . good day!
Where did they get a spare face? Faces are rather hard to come by.
From Facebook. All users are donors. Read the fine print in their terms of use.
The bit about "Donors do not have to be deceased for their face to be donated" is especially frightening.
They deserve to be fired like any other idiot who goofs off, but I'm sure they're going to be charged with sex crimes of some sort.
They're all blind now, from all the wanking that they were doing, while looking at all that porn.
Sounds like just punishment to me.
Nero just fiddled while Rome burned down. These guys were "polishing the Bishop" while the world economy went to Hell in a hand-basket.
Some companies give their employees fitness center vouchers to get them to exercise after work. If I was running a company, I'd give them porn vouchers. Look at porn and wank on your own time.
Of course, all my employees would have hairy palms . . . but, what can you do . . . ?
If I don't have anything to hide, then what logical reason do you have to spy on me?
We'll find a reason . . . logical or not . . .
Of course this applies to private companies just as much as government.
Can you explain the difference between governments and private companies?
I commute by train to work, and must listen, involuntarily, to the conversations that cell phone addicts have, and who seem to think that what they have to say is important and should be shared with the rest of the world.
I don't know if there is a causal relationship between the use of cell phones in public and their owners' behavior . . . I think maybe that some of them have had shit for brains since birth.
The engineer pulls out his calculator, types in the results, and gives the answer.
The mathematician goes to the whiteboard, and writes a proof for the answer.
The politician whispers, "What do you want the answer to be . . . ?"
You gotta be careful about the folks that you give your essence to, Mandrake.
You really can't trust them folks who say they need your blood to do some research, or something.
Won't those Havasupai Indians be surprised when their DNA winds up in Bratislava in a murder trial.
Suspect: "Hey, but I've never been out of Arizona . . . and I don't even know where Bratislava is!"
Prosecutor: "DNA evidence doesn't lie!"
Kinda sorta sounds familiar . . . but I dunno . . .
Would a company like Sony rootkit their customers . . .?