Banning alcohol when it was an accepted part of our society, and the vast majority of the population used it responsibly wasn't a good move. It undermined public respect for the rule of law.
However banning crack was a good move - Not an accepted part of our culture, statistics say pretty much no one uses it responsibly. The ban coupled with eduction helps benefit society.
So what I'm saying is that a balance needs to be struck. If a company let's an IT guy (like the fellow who posted before you) lock everything down just-in-case someone might make a bad decision, well that would likely undermine management, lower morale, and negatively impact productivity. Maybe he doesn't care, but his managers should.
However if you just say, "It's a free country, install whatever you want!" well, that would be the equivalent of telling people, "It's totally OK to do crack if you want to!" which most likely would result in more people giving it a try.
I'm not saying that it should be a free for all. I'm just saying that if an employee benefits from ICQ, it doesn't negatively affect their productivity, and it doesn't pose a major risk to security (subjective)- well then IMHO it's better overall to allow them to use it.
Yea, try locking down the computer in a software RND department. If you succeed, you'll most likely have trouble keeping them around.
IMHO there has to be a balance between security and freedom. Some security risks need to be a cost of doing business in order to keep your employees happy. I know if I couldn't read slashdot - I'd have a serious morale problem.
To quote Einstein:
"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this."
The same kind of thing applies in a corporation. You don't want to lower morale, and you especially don't want employees to lose respect for your policies. That certainly poses more risk to the success of an organization than connecting your iPhone to the wifi network.
Maybe a better solution would be investing in IT infrastructure.
High art is high art because of the intention of the artist, and the movement that artist was part of or created with the piece.
The intention of most (all the ones I've played) video games is to entertain. Any intention beyond that is secondary. That's what separates high art from everything else. Intention. It's what makes otherwise unremarkable pieces (Andy Warholl for instance) truly remarkable.
That's the kind of recommendation that I was looking for! (I used to have a do-nothing job, too - I hated it, but I also kind of miss the down time:) Anyway I'm definitely going to check it out, thanks for the heads up!
This is really kind of like waving a bag of pennies in front of a car thief and saying, "Look what you get if you don't steal cars anymore!"
On that front, it would seem the companies are hedging their bets that public opinion is moving to the side of sustainable energy. You can only count on a corporation to do what will make it money (usually). So if corporations are changing that could be taken as a good sign that public opinion is shifting (again).
I think this it's more like a governmental high-five than anything else. Hey you greedy bastards, you *did* do the right thing - extra chump-change all 'round!
Maybe, just maybe if the USPTO grants this patent it'll open up an absurdity rift in the space time continuum and suck all existing and future software/ip patents into a temporal garbage heap where-they-belong. It's a long shot, but let's hope they can pull it off!
So, what I think you're saying is that people who found arrested development and wes anderson movies funny would get this? B/C if so, I'm going to go give it a second chance - I like jokes I have to think to get.
What we *really* want is a president with Small Town Values!
Values that go together: Drilling, CEOs, bigotry, creationism, and most importantly - patriotism!
We don't want any of those elitist values like, oh I don't
know, being black (there's a reason they're a minority - durned
elitists!), accountability, equality, and most scary of all - environmentalism!
After all, we love our awesome country (we just hate half
the people in it).
Here are some tips that've helped
me over the years:
1. Inheritance is very easy to misuse. Use it *very*
sparingly!!! Figure out what Aggregation, Composition, and Delegation are
(check out the strategy pattern, composite pattern, and facade patterns!)
2. Read an OOAD book. I liked the head start series - really
fun, and easy to digest.
3. Never rewrite a project that's broken. Fix it first, then
refactor.
4. Do all your planning *before* you write a line of code.
It's much easier to erase a line between two objects than it is to refactor a class.
5. Figure out what you're best at / what you enjoy the most
- implementation or design. Then you can play off the strengths of your team
mates:
Implementationists are your low
level guys who are great at math, know how everything
works, and the kind of people you go to when you want a complex algorithm done.
Designers usually lean toward the visual side of things, are
more concerned with how things are used than how they work, and are good with
big-picture items like software architecture.
6. Don't stress, you don't become good at programming
without making *lots* of mistakes! You'll learn how to avoid most of the
pitfalls over time.
I hope some of that was at least a little helpful. Good
luck!
Whenever the telephone sanitizers get involved... So it goes.
I miss the way usenet used to be, too. I just can't think of a way to bring it back again.
I liked them too. They were quirky and different from the usual. The fact that they came from M$ gave them a bit of taint, but since they weren't trying to sell me anything...
I read this article and my first response was to assume Bin Laden (a leader of a terrorist organization) was telling the truth, and that our President and his Cronies were lying. In China that statement would seem sensible, but in Amercia it shouldn't. *sigh*
He hasn't figured out how to translate girl-language... seriously kid - if you want someone with your interests you're pretty much going to have to marry a guy. What you need, is a girl language to guy language translation toolkit! Unfortunately, no one has made one yet. However... Translations exist!... When a girl says, "You always read/. instead of paying attention to me!" what she's really saying is, "I feel like we haven't spent a lot of time together lately, and I miss you." Close the laptop then and there, and make some time for your girl (if you want to keep her).
Marriage is all about compromise. You don't have to have the same interests, but you do have to live together - which means sucking it up and talking about horses sometimes.
Furthermore, stop sneaking around in your own home! That's just retarded.
Just my $0.02 but the one-bad-tab-crashes-the-browser problem has more to do with error handling than number of threads. 171 threads seems like a ridiculous waste of resources for just one app - multi-tabbed or not.
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I agree with you! My analogy was this:
Banning alcohol when it was an accepted part of our society, and the vast majority of the population used it responsibly wasn't a good move. It undermined public respect for the rule of law.
However banning crack was a good move - Not an accepted part of our culture, statistics say pretty much no one uses it responsibly. The ban coupled with eduction helps benefit society.
So what I'm saying is that a balance needs to be struck. If a company let's an IT guy (like the fellow who posted before you) lock everything down just-in-case someone might make a bad decision, well that would likely undermine management, lower morale, and negatively impact productivity. Maybe he doesn't care, but his managers should.
However if you just say, "It's a free country, install whatever you want!" well, that would be the equivalent of telling people, "It's totally OK to do crack if you want to!" which most likely would result in more people giving it a try.
I'm not saying that it should be a free for all. I'm just saying that if an employee benefits from ICQ, it doesn't negatively affect their productivity, and it doesn't pose a major risk to security (subjective)- well then IMHO it's better overall to allow them to use it.
Yea, try locking down the computer in a software RND department. If you succeed, you'll most likely have trouble keeping them around. IMHO there has to be a balance between security and freedom. Some security risks need to be a cost of doing business in order to keep your employees happy. I know if I couldn't read slashdot - I'd have a serious morale problem.
To quote Einstein: "The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this."
The same kind of thing applies in a corporation. You don't want to lower morale, and you especially don't want employees to lose respect for your policies. That certainly poses more risk to the success of an organization than connecting your iPhone to the wifi network.
Maybe a better solution would be investing in IT infrastructure.
High art is high art because of the intention of the artist, and the movement that artist was part of or created with the piece. The intention of most (all the ones I've played) video games is to entertain. Any intention beyond that is secondary. That's what separates high art from everything else. Intention. It's what makes otherwise unremarkable pieces (Andy Warholl for instance) truly remarkable.
That's the kind of recommendation that I was looking for! (I used to have a do-nothing job, too - I hated it, but I also kind of miss the down time:) Anyway I'm definitely going to check it out, thanks for the heads up!
This is really kind of like waving a bag of pennies in front of a car thief and saying, "Look what you get if you don't steal cars anymore!"
On that front, it would seem the companies are hedging their bets that public opinion is moving to the side of sustainable energy. You can only count on a corporation to do what will make it money (usually). So if corporations are changing that could be taken as a good sign that public opinion is shifting (again).
I think this it's more like a governmental high-five than anything else. Hey you greedy bastards, you *did* do the right thing - extra chump-change all 'round!
Don't you mean camp-dot?
Maybe, just maybe if the USPTO grants this patent it'll open up an absurdity rift in the space time continuum and suck all existing and future software/ip patents into a temporal garbage heap where-they-belong. It's a long shot, but let's hope they can pull it off!
So, what I think you're saying is that people who found arrested development and wes anderson movies funny would get this? B/C if so, I'm going to go give it a second chance - I like jokes I have to think to get.
That one was great :D :D :D. Laughed out loud right at my desk... oh well... I guess everyone knows I'm slacking off now...
>>> we would not give up because there is no logic in giving up.
*Somebody* needs to take the Voight-Kampff test. 'Sure sounds like something an android would say!
(Sorry, just finished a short obsession with blade runner)
What we *really* want is a president with Small Town Values! Values that go together: Drilling, CEOs, bigotry, creationism, and most importantly - patriotism!
We don't want any of those elitist values like, oh I don't know, being black (there's a reason they're a minority - durned elitists!), accountability, equality, and most scary of all - environmentalism!
After all, we love our awesome country (we just hate half the people in it).
Bush/Cheney '08!
Here are some tips that've helped me over the years:
1. Inheritance is very easy to misuse. Use it *very* sparingly!!! Figure out what Aggregation, Composition, and Delegation are (check out the strategy pattern, composite pattern, and facade patterns!)
2. Read an OOAD book. I liked the head start series - really fun, and easy to digest.
3. Never rewrite a project that's broken. Fix it first, then refactor.
4. Do all your planning *before* you write a line of code. It's much easier to erase a line between two objects than it is to refactor a class.
5. Figure out what you're best at / what you enjoy the most - implementation or design. Then you can play off the strengths of your team mates:
Implementationists are your low level guys who are great at math, know how everything works, and the kind of people you go to when you want a complex algorithm done.
Designers usually lean toward the visual side of things, are more concerned with how things are used than how they work, and are good with big-picture items like software architecture.
6. Don't stress, you don't become good at programming without making *lots* of mistakes! You'll learn how to avoid most of the pitfalls over time.
I hope some of that was at least a little helpful. Good luck!
They're not all bad, some of them actually protect and encourage innovation. It just isn't software or business model patents that do so.
Maybe I haven't been /.ing long enough... but I was amused :)
Whenever the telephone sanitizers get involved... So it goes. I miss the way usenet used to be, too. I just can't think of a way to bring it back again.
I liked them too. They were quirky and different from the usual. The fact that they came from M$ gave them a bit of taint, but since they weren't trying to sell me anything ...
It's all that Fappe-Shield cleaning they do.
Which makes me feel all snuggly wuggly and safe!
I read this article and my first response was to assume Bin Laden (a leader of a terrorist organization) was telling the truth, and that our President and his Cronies were lying. In China that statement would seem sensible, but in Amercia it shouldn't. *sigh*
I have one word to say to your response sir: "AMEN!"
He hasn't figured out how to translate girl-language ... seriously kid - if you want someone with your interests you're pretty much going to have to marry a guy. What you need, is a girl language to guy language translation toolkit! Unfortunately, no one has made one yet. However... Translations exist! ... When a girl says, "You always read /. instead of paying attention to me!" what she's really saying is, "I feel like we haven't spent a lot of time together lately, and I miss you." Close the laptop then and there, and make some time for your girl (if you want to keep her).
Marriage is all about compromise. You don't have to have the same interests, but you do have to live together - which means sucking it up and talking about horses sometimes.
Furthermore, stop sneaking around in your own home! That's just retarded.
"The filth you are tending in this rank garden" That is such a great quote. It makes me think of the right wing political process.
Epic fail.
Just my $0.02 but the one-bad-tab-crashes-the-browser problem has more to do with error handling than number of threads. 171 threads seems like a ridiculous waste of resources for just one app - multi-tabbed or not.