Some languages are much more concise than others. C++, being a lower-level language, generally requires more lines of code to implement any non-trivial task than other modern languages. The point is, I'm not sure what real significance there is to the metric "flaws per MB."
The British system imposes fines based on a percentage of the offender's income. Maybe this would even things out a bit, and be more of an incentive for those of us who are well off as well.
So there's certainly no need to have an internal serial or parallel port in your computer, for the very rare applications that need one of these antiquated interfaces.
I would argue that USB has indeed replaced both of these technologies, because all the common peripherals that used to use these (modems, printers, UPSes, fax machines, scanners, external drives, game controllers) have either become obsolete themselves, or have adapted to use USB.
The point of a VPN is not to keep your local IP address secret. The point is to establish a secure connection between your computer, and a remote private network. I would argue that if a VPN kept your local IP address a secret, this would itself be a security vulnerability, from the perspective of the owner of the private network!
If you've ever known a business owner or executive, you know that they never stop working, even when on vacation or leave. To them, "vacation" means they only work 8-10 hours a day!
There is a ton of legacy code out there that was written before people worried about SQL injection. There's so much of it, going back and refactoring it would be as monumental as fixing the two-digit year problems of Y2K. Businesses really don't like to pay money for software development that doesn't lead to more sales, so it's a hard sell for IT departments. Sadly, this means that the problems don't get fixed until after a company loses money due to an actual attack.
Sure, CIOs (should) spend a lot of time on security. But it has almost nothing to do with the "Internet of Things." The refrigerators at the office may be a security risk, but it has more to do with food security, than network security!
If 27% "characterized work-life balance in the tech industry as a myth"...doesn't it follow that 73% don't think it's a myth?
Maybe it's in Silicon Valley that nobody has a life? I've worked as a software developer in Texas for 25 years, in 6 companies, and I've always had reasonable expectations on my time.
We've finally found a practical application for all of the robot fighting technology you see on those TV shows! It won't take long until those underwater robots have to be armed to defend against wildcatters.
These days, all libraries are bound at run-time. That's true for.NET, Android SDK, even Win32. You can write your own version of Shell32.dll, drop it in place, and as long as you implemented all of the entry points, your application would never know what happens on the back end.
Maybe an emulator is "thicker" than a bridge, a little less seamlessly part of the host OS, but it certainly does convert (or implement) the entire UI of the client to the host platform. The emulator has to implement every single API entry point that the client application expects.
Winston Churchill said of democracy, that it is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
I'd say the same about Scrum: It's the worst form of project management, except for all the others.
In my experience, people who don't like Scrum or its variants, generally don't like it because it forces everybody to recognize the truth about the cost of software development. It's an open book, compared to all the others, and that makes life uncomfortable for those who want to hide their overly-optimistic estimates in huge, waterfall-type plans.
I'm sure Anonymous made no mistakes, taking down ONLY accounts that were truly connected to ISIS. The problem with vigilantes is that they shoot first and ask questions later.
I don't know about you, but I believe in HUMAN rights, not merely citizen rights. That person trying to get an H1B visa is a living, breathing human, who wants to make a decent living just like the rest of us who won the lottery by being born in the richest country on earth. The USA used to be all about welcoming everyone who wanted to come...that's what the Statue of Liberty is all about! But somewhere we've lost our way, and started trying to exclude everyone who was born in an unlucky gecode.
The unemployment rate for STEM jobs is around 2%. Many tech jobs are well into 6 figures. I really don't think H1B visas are causing an actual problem here.
On the other hand, there has never been much of a demand for "liberal arts" majors, but universities keep cranking them out, and parents keep going into debt so their kids can get these degrees.
What's happening is that people are starting to finally realize that a college degree isn't for everyone. We've been sold a bill of goods by the education institutions. They're riding high right now, but the roller coaster is about to come down the hill.
It's part of the Houston metro area, with access to just about everything. It's home to Exxon Mobil, which has its own cadre of oil-related tech companies. It's next door to The Woodlands, which has a major biotech hub, and is within commuting distance to tech companies in banking, e-commerce, and medical industries. Median home prices are only $160K.
It's not Silicon Valley, by any means. But the cost of living is low, and there are plenty of tech jobs to go around.
On home versions, if you want to use Cortana, it replaces your desktop user name with your Microsoft account. On pro versions, it works as you would expect, you log in to Windows with your domain account, and Cortana separately keeps track of your Microsoft account. Sorry, I'm not switching my local login to be my Microsoft account!
There were rumors that Microsoft was working on a patch to fix this, but apparently that is not in SP1. (Oh, wait, it's not called SP1!)
On one computer I upgraded, the two external monitors turned themselves off in the middle of the install, and wouldn't come back on. Only the laptop's own monitor continued to work. Worse, the ethernet driver failed to work. Reinstalling the drivers did restore network and displays, but it had me pretty concerned for a while.
Torpedoes do their jobs just fine, and with today's miniature electronics, there should be plenty of room for the cargo. The one limitation might be space for fuel, but with a small craft, not as much fuel is needed, so I doubt you need a 130 foot vessel just for that!
they are useless against someone who has the time, means, and knowledge
And this is really what any kind of security is about. It raises the effort and/or cost of accessing whatever is being protected. This is true whether it's your car (which thieves can break into in seconds) or your data. Given enough effort and money, any kind of security can be broken. The point, though, is to incur a cost high enough to protect an asset to a sufficient degree that thieves will be deterred.
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Some languages are much more concise than others. C++, being a lower-level language, generally requires more lines of code to implement any non-trivial task than other modern languages. The point is, I'm not sure what real significance there is to the metric "flaws per MB."
An idea by itself is almost worthless, unless you can turn it into a business. THEN try to sell it to a big company if you still want to.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/am...
The British system imposes fines based on a percentage of the offender's income. Maybe this would even things out a bit, and be more of an incentive for those of us who are well off as well.
You can't win by sending the money to the state. Greed always follows the money, whichever coffer it goes to.
Still, I agree you have to have the fines, because nothing gets people's attention like having to pay money.
Maybe we should consider the British system, which imposes fines based on a percentage of the offender's income.
USB to Serial adapter
USB to Parallel adapter
So there's certainly no need to have an internal serial or parallel port in your computer, for the very rare applications that need one of these antiquated interfaces.
I would argue that USB has indeed replaced both of these technologies, because all the common peripherals that used to use these (modems, printers, UPSes, fax machines, scanners, external drives, game controllers) have either become obsolete themselves, or have adapted to use USB.
The point of a VPN is not to keep your local IP address secret. The point is to establish a secure connection between your computer, and a remote private network. I would argue that if a VPN kept your local IP address a secret, this would itself be a security vulnerability, from the perspective of the owner of the private network!
If you've ever known a business owner or executive, you know that they never stop working, even when on vacation or leave. To them, "vacation" means they only work 8-10 hours a day!
There is a ton of legacy code out there that was written before people worried about SQL injection. There's so much of it, going back and refactoring it would be as monumental as fixing the two-digit year problems of Y2K. Businesses really don't like to pay money for software development that doesn't lead to more sales, so it's a hard sell for IT departments. Sadly, this means that the problems don't get fixed until after a company loses money due to an actual attack.
Sure, CIOs (should) spend a lot of time on security. But it has almost nothing to do with the "Internet of Things." The refrigerators at the office may be a security risk, but it has more to do with food security, than network security!
If 27% "characterized work-life balance in the tech industry as a myth"...doesn't it follow that 73% don't think it's a myth?
Maybe it's in Silicon Valley that nobody has a life? I've worked as a software developer in Texas for 25 years, in 6 companies, and I've always had reasonable expectations on my time.
We've finally found a practical application for all of the robot fighting technology you see on those TV shows! It won't take long until those underwater robots have to be armed to defend against wildcatters.
These days, all libraries are bound at run-time. That's true for .NET, Android SDK, even Win32. You can write your own version of Shell32.dll, drop it in place, and as long as you implemented all of the entry points, your application would never know what happens on the back end.
Maybe an emulator is "thicker" than a bridge, a little less seamlessly part of the host OS, but it certainly does convert (or implement) the entire UI of the client to the host platform. The emulator has to implement every single API entry point that the client application expects.
Winston Churchill said of democracy, that it is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
I'd say the same about Scrum: It's the worst form of project management, except for all the others.
In my experience, people who don't like Scrum or its variants, generally don't like it because it forces everybody to recognize the truth about the cost of software development. It's an open book, compared to all the others, and that makes life uncomfortable for those who want to hide their overly-optimistic estimates in huge, waterfall-type plans.
Here is a link to the NPR story.
http://www.npr.org/sections/al...
Automated conversion of a UI from one platform to another has never been successfully demonstrated.
Isn't this the definition of an emulator?
I'm sure Anonymous made no mistakes, taking down ONLY accounts that were truly connected to ISIS. The problem with vigilantes is that they shoot first and ask questions later.
I don't know about you, but I believe in HUMAN rights, not merely citizen rights. That person trying to get an H1B visa is a living, breathing human, who wants to make a decent living just like the rest of us who won the lottery by being born in the richest country on earth. The USA used to be all about welcoming everyone who wanted to come...that's what the Statue of Liberty is all about! But somewhere we've lost our way, and started trying to exclude everyone who was born in an unlucky gecode.
The unemployment rate for STEM jobs is around 2%. Many tech jobs are well into 6 figures. I really don't think H1B visas are causing an actual problem here.
On the other hand, there has never been much of a demand for "liberal arts" majors, but universities keep cranking them out, and parents keep going into debt so their kids can get these degrees.
What's happening is that people are starting to finally realize that a college degree isn't for everyone. We've been sold a bill of goods by the education institutions. They're riding high right now, but the roller coaster is about to come down the hill.
It's part of the Houston metro area, with access to just about everything. It's home to Exxon Mobil, which has its own cadre of oil-related tech companies. It's next door to The Woodlands, which has a major biotech hub, and is within commuting distance to tech companies in banking, e-commerce, and medical industries. Median home prices are only $160K.
It's not Silicon Valley, by any means. But the cost of living is low, and there are plenty of tech jobs to go around.
On home versions, if you want to use Cortana, it replaces your desktop user name with your Microsoft account. On pro versions, it works as you would expect, you log in to Windows with your domain account, and Cortana separately keeps track of your Microsoft account. Sorry, I'm not switching my local login to be my Microsoft account!
There were rumors that Microsoft was working on a patch to fix this, but apparently that is not in SP1. (Oh, wait, it's not called SP1!)
On one computer I upgraded, the two external monitors turned themselves off in the middle of the install, and wouldn't come back on. Only the laptop's own monitor continued to work. Worse, the ethernet driver failed to work. Reinstalling the drivers did restore network and displays, but it had me pretty concerned for a while.
Torpedoes do their jobs just fine, and with today's miniature electronics, there should be plenty of room for the cargo. The one limitation might be space for fuel, but with a small craft, not as much fuel is needed, so I doubt you need a 130 foot vessel just for that!
For human occupants, yes. But equipment doesn't need as much stability, it can be fastened down.
The fuel thing I get.
I don't know. Today's electronics are able to compensate for lack of stability.
they are useless against someone who has the time, means, and knowledge
And this is really what any kind of security is about. It raises the effort and/or cost of accessing whatever is being protected. This is true whether it's your car (which thieves can break into in seconds) or your data. Given enough effort and money, any kind of security can be broken. The point, though, is to incur a cost high enough to protect an asset to a sufficient degree that thieves will be deterred.