For an answer to this question, visit some place where the air is 50F and the lakes are 40F. Take a short walk in the 50F air, keep all your clothes on and go jump in the 40F lake.
First, unless I got the wrong link it's no surprise the video didn't help further the investigation. All you see on it are some flashes of light that are sparks and/or muzzle flashes, and maybe some shadowy figures. Oh wait, I just need to zoom in and keep hitting "enhance" and I'll get their faces.
Second, at the end of TFA they compare the cost of armoring transformers at one station with the entire cyber-security budget. How about an apples-to-apples comparison, like, you know... one involving the cost of armoring transformers at all the stations?
This gets 18/23 mpg. compared with my Honda Civic which gets a real world mileage of 32 to 36 or a Prius which probably gets 40s in the real world. The sticker price looks comparable or even a bit higher. Your post doesn't seem like much of a rebuttal to the arguments I was making.
Remember when the Internet was full or revolutionaries and free-thinkers? Most of them are still there; but it's like they're loitering on the platform. When's the next train coming? It can't get here too soon.
That was my first thought. If you have a small car you can't tow anything. If you buy a bigger car so you can support towing, you end up paying the efficiency penalty for every trip.
I hardly ever have heavy loads to move. When I do, I rent a truck. Truck rental is dirt cheap when you consider what you're getting. U-hauls start at what, $30/day these days? If I had to move loads twice a month like the GP, I might still just rent; but if I already had tow-capable vehicles I'd do what he did.
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The story was once related to me that a client was OK with our startup which was almost all "bro" looking frat-boy types. When I came out with my long hair, T-shirt and jeans he felt like the company was more "real". OTOH, our software performed to his satisfaction and I do shower every day. I don't have any piercings or other stuff that makes you want to look away. I think I come off like some kind of hippie/geek combo; but it's always hard to be objective about yourself.
Anyway, professionalism matters *somewhat*. Software is a field where certain looks are more accepted than in other professions.
BTW, I once worked along side a guy who SMELLED AWFUL. He wore collared shirts and slacks, business casual all the time. When the director got transferred to another office, he said something like, "sorry I have to go. Is there anything I can do for you?". I had one request: "make sure I don't have to sit next to that guy any more". He was a consultant, so it was easily arranged.
Is it inevitable that we will see the banning of commercial fishing as commercial hunting was out-lawed during our grand-parents' day?
I was able to find information on commercial hunting in the US with google just now. Illinois was the first state that came up. I bet there are plenty of others. No, you probably can't commercially hunt on public land; but that's a resource issue. Too many people wanted to do it (passenger pigeon extinction, etc.). If you control the land and it's not an endangered species; it's no different than farming. Many say it's more humane. I recall seeing a place on some other site in Texas where they bring a meat processing van out into the field and chill fresh game right there. They do that to comply with the regulations that would otherwise require the animal to be lead to slaughter. Needless to say that's an expensive specialty item for people that want free range venison and such; but it's certainly not illegal.
There are ways to address concerns about abuses of government power, he chose the nuclear route
They leave you no choice. For decades now they've been saying "we'll protect the whistle blowers" and doing the exact opposite.
I've heard some people say that this is the same mentality that put Hugo Chavez in office. Why? Because whenever a moderate left-leaning person got in office, the CIA toppled them. Thus, the only way to go was full-bore hard Left militant. It's the same logic you get when all crimes are capital. You don't steal bread when all crimes are capital. You steal a gun and a jeep, rob the bank, and bust through the border blazing away.
OK, I 'tubed that, Happy, the studio version of Grey Cells Green and your cover. While listening to their studio stuff I was thinking it was a nice atmospheric sound; but nothing lept out. I can see why I only vaguely remember hearing of them. That said, you and the band rocked the cover. Arguably it sounds better with you guys playing it "raw", even with the 90s analog video.
I was thinking that if I had gone into a bar or something and heard NED I would have thought, "wow! we really got our money's worth", but if I had bought the album I wouldn't have thought that. OTOH, in some alternative universe my best friend played the CD while we were on our way to beach week and it became cemented as a band of my youth. It's hard to say what will get into your head.
And I'm assuming you are referring to Ned's Atomic Dustbin?
No. That sounds only vaguely familiar. I was referring to the once ubiquitous KILL YOUR TELEVISION bumper sticker. It was printed in all caps, black on white. I don't see them too often now. They were once common. Usually they were seen on low-end "econobox" cars. Often accompanied by a PBS or Apple sticker, back in the days when people who used Apple products really did think different (although not necessarily better). If you knew any grad students or teachers in the mid-90s, there was a good chance they had that sticker on their cars. Whether or not Ned's Atomic Dustbin, which I assume is a band, coined the phrase... I have no idea until I google for it, which I'm off to do after I hit Submit... at some point... other things to do...
I don't think looking ahead to a future where this will require additional electrical code is "FUD". I'm sorry you don't see it that way. Let's say they did have a deliverable, and failed to consider installation issues until that day. Now *that* would be an "end run around reality". Anybody bringing product to market should definitely be considering how it will fit in the regulatory regime.
And while we're on the subject of products that haven't hit the market yet; that's a much more obvious criticism here. The Slashdot community of "ass holes" or whatever it was you said is skeptical because we've seen A LOT OF PROMISES THAT DIDN'T PAN OUT from companies that said they had some new PV tech. Remember a little company called Solyndra?
Anyway, I'm kinda done for the night. I have a late-night Illuminati disinterment meeting at the local grave yard. It'll be a long night, then I've gotta get up, recover from the blood hangover and get to the office in time to review the kitten-killing report. Damn that report. I hope they put the proper cover-sheet on it this time.
Nerd fight! Nerd fight! Oh wait, I'm a participant. Would a disinterested 3rd party please mock us by shouting "Nerd fight! Nerd fight!"?
Sorry but I think this is just another example of how the Internet is a flawed communication medium. I can't imagine that it would be like this at a cocktail party.
I mean, try to imagine me with a beer in my hand saying, "Won't there be code compliance issues, since you're trying to route power around window frames?" and you immediately throwing down your martini and shouting "Industry Shill" before anybody has a chance to say, "chill out dude, He's just a programmer".
If I had grey windows, I'd get less heat from open blinds in the Winter. I'd have to burn more gas.
That said, tinted windows on office building are already the norm so it could work in that setting. It all comes down to cost. Also, what kind of innovative code compliance will you need for wiring from every window?
Microsoft's brain-dead default of "hide file extensions" is cited in the article as part of the social engineering aspect that gets users to click on the files. It's the gift that keeps on giving... to black hats.
Hiding the file extension does NOTHING to make things easier on the user or make the UI any cleaner. It's not like we have 40 column displays where the file extension is "too long" and going to take away "screen real estate".
This has been going on literally for DECADES NOW. How can Microsoft be so blind? Whenever I get a new Windows box, it's the first thing I disable because if I don't, I'll just end up creating files with names like, "DailyLog.txt.txt".
Whoever is at MS, insisting that this remain the default needs to be hauled out, shot, drawn, quartered, and the pieces sent to be displayed in the lobbies of their 4 largest offices.
The maintainability requirement ultimately flows from the "one rule" as well. It's not as urgent as "runs without crashing every five minutes" but it's a valid concern. If everything goes well the company grows organically, turns the corner, and Chuck's code is gradually superseded by the process weenies that come in when the company gets large.
If you hold on to unmaintainable code too long, it will be impossible to add features, maintain performance, port to new systems or do things that customers want and need.
So I agree that it's important; but not that it needs to be its own rule. If you go on a witch-hunt for Chuck before he is "in season" you'll bag Chuck but the customer will get away.
Note that I have not said, "does it do what the users asked for" or "what the user wants". Users may make requests that fall short of what is possible, or are impossible, or will not be workable in the long run. Part of your organization's job is to let the user know what will work. Part of your job is also to surprise the users in a pleasant way. Pleasant surprises are "oh wow, we can use keyboard shortcuts for that now" as opposed to "we re-arranged the UI and added dancing bears because everybody is doing that now".
Anyway, I digress. It all reduces to the one rule cited.
For the next rev, they need a way to keep crypto-currency within an exchange rate band. The band could be a basket of currencies, commodities, etc. The currency needs to float *some* but not too much. That seems challenging since we're talking about pulling in data that's external to the protocol; but it's a real problem. Real functioning currencies have to be a more reliable store of value. Central banks are criticized these days for trashing their currencies; but they also have the ability to defend their currencies against attacks like this, peg them to other currencies and/or commodities, etc.
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Jesus Christ. What retard marked this insightful?
For an answer to this question, visit some place where the air is 50F and the lakes are 40F. Take a short walk in the 50F air, keep all your clothes on and go jump in the 40F lake.
First, unless I got the wrong link it's no surprise the video didn't help further the investigation. All you see on it are some flashes of light that are sparks and/or muzzle flashes, and maybe some shadowy figures. Oh wait, I just need to zoom in and keep hitting "enhance" and I'll get their faces.
Second, at the end of TFA they compare the cost of armoring transformers at one station with the entire cyber-security budget. How about an apples-to-apples comparison, like, you know... one involving the cost of armoring transformers at all the stations?
I don't want to think too much about how many people on Slashdot will not get that reference.
VW Passat R32
This gets 18/23 mpg. compared with my Honda Civic which gets a real world mileage of 32 to 36 or a Prius which probably gets 40s in the real world. The sticker price looks comparable or even a bit higher. Your post doesn't seem like much of a rebuttal to the arguments I was making.
Remember when the Internet was full or revolutionaries and free-thinkers? Most of them are still there; but it's like they're loitering on the platform. When's the next train coming? It can't get here too soon.
Classics. Like peek-a-boo and "roll the ball back to me"? Sheesh.
That was my first thought. If you have a small car you can't tow anything. If you buy a bigger car so you can support towing, you end up paying the efficiency penalty for every trip.
I hardly ever have heavy loads to move. When I do, I rent a truck. Truck rental is dirt cheap when you consider what you're getting. U-hauls start at what, $30/day these days? If I had to move loads twice a month like the GP, I might still just rent; but if I already had tow-capable vehicles I'd do what he did.
The story was once related to me that a client was OK with our startup which was almost all "bro" looking frat-boy types. When I came out with my long hair, T-shirt and jeans he felt like the company was more "real". OTOH, our software performed to his satisfaction and I do shower every day. I don't have any piercings or other stuff that makes you want to look away. I think I come off like some kind of hippie/geek combo; but it's always hard to be objective about yourself.
Anyway, professionalism matters *somewhat*. Software is a field where certain looks are more accepted than in other professions.
BTW, I once worked along side a guy who SMELLED AWFUL. He wore collared shirts and slacks, business casual all the time. When the director got transferred to another office, he said something like, "sorry I have to go. Is there anything I can do for you?". I had one request: "make sure I don't have to sit next to that guy any more". He was a consultant, so it was easily arranged.
Is it inevitable that we will see the banning of commercial fishing as commercial hunting was out-lawed during our grand-parents' day?
I was able to find information on commercial hunting in the US with google just now. Illinois was the first state that came up. I bet there are plenty of others. No, you probably can't commercially hunt on public land; but that's a resource issue. Too many people wanted to do it (passenger pigeon extinction, etc.). If you control the land and it's not an endangered species; it's no different than farming. Many say it's more humane. I recall seeing a place on some other site in Texas where they bring a meat processing van out into the field and chill fresh game right there. They do that to comply with the regulations that would otherwise require the animal to be lead to slaughter. Needless to say that's an expensive specialty item for people that want free range venison and such; but it's certainly not illegal.
There are ways to address concerns about abuses of government power, he chose the nuclear route
They leave you no choice. For decades now they've been saying "we'll protect the whistle blowers" and doing the exact opposite.
I've heard some people say that this is the same mentality that put Hugo Chavez in office. Why? Because whenever a moderate left-leaning person got in office, the CIA toppled them. Thus, the only way to go was full-bore hard Left militant. It's the same logic you get when all crimes are capital. You don't steal bread when all crimes are capital. You steal a gun and a jeep, rob the bank, and bust through the border blazing away.
Norton detected 99%. The other 1% is Norton.
OK, I 'tubed that, Happy, the studio version of Grey Cells Green and your cover. While listening to their studio stuff I was thinking it was a nice atmospheric sound; but nothing lept out. I can see why I only vaguely remember hearing of them. That said, you and the band rocked the cover. Arguably it sounds better with you guys playing it "raw", even with the 90s analog video.
I was thinking that if I had gone into a bar or something and heard NED I would have thought, "wow! we really got our money's worth", but if I had bought the album I wouldn't have thought that. OTOH, in some alternative universe my best friend played the CD while we were on our way to beach week and it became cemented as a band of my youth. It's hard to say what will get into your head.
And I'm assuming you are referring to Ned's Atomic Dustbin?
No. That sounds only vaguely familiar. I was referring to the once ubiquitous KILL YOUR TELEVISION bumper sticker. It was printed in all caps, black on white. I don't see them too often now. They were once common. Usually they were seen on low-end "econobox" cars. Often accompanied by a PBS or Apple sticker, back in the days when people who used Apple products really did think different (although not necessarily better). If you knew any grad students or teachers in the mid-90s, there was a good chance they had that sticker on their cars. Whether or not Ned's Atomic Dustbin, which I assume is a band, coined the phrase... I have no idea until I google for it, which I'm off to do after I hit Submit... at some point... other things to do...
I'm sorry I wasted so much of your time and mine. I should have simply responded to your first post with this.
I don't think looking ahead to a future where this will require additional electrical code is "FUD". I'm sorry you don't see it that way. Let's say they did have a deliverable, and failed to consider installation issues until that day. Now *that* would be an "end run around reality". Anybody bringing product to market should definitely be considering how it will fit in the regulatory regime.
And while we're on the subject of products that haven't hit the market yet; that's a much more obvious criticism here. The Slashdot community of "ass holes" or whatever it was you said is skeptical because we've seen A LOT OF PROMISES THAT DIDN'T PAN OUT from companies that said they had some new PV tech. Remember a little company called Solyndra?
Anyway, I'm kinda done for the night. I have a late-night Illuminati disinterment meeting at the local grave yard. It'll be a long night, then I've gotta get up, recover from the blood hangover and get to the office in time to review the kitten-killing report. Damn that report. I hope they put the proper cover-sheet on it this time.
Nerd fight! Nerd fight! Oh wait, I'm a participant. Would a disinterested 3rd party please mock us by shouting "Nerd fight! Nerd fight!"?
Sorry but I think this is just another example of how the Internet is a flawed communication medium. I can't imagine that it would be like this at a cocktail party.
I mean, try to imagine me with a beer in my hand saying, "Won't there be code compliance issues, since you're trying to route power around window frames?" and you immediately throwing down your martini and shouting "Industry Shill" before anybody has a chance to say, "chill out dude, He's just a programmer".
Dude, switch to a different strain or just toke once next time. The medical stuff is not like the ditch weed you smoked in high school.
If I had grey windows, I'd get less heat from open blinds in the Winter. I'd have to burn more gas.
That said, tinted windows on office building are already the norm so it could work in that setting. It all comes down to cost. Also, what kind of innovative code compliance will you need for wiring from every window?
He has Google, FaceBook and Twitter on his list. In those three cases the product is You.
I had millions of "KILL YOUR SMARTPHONE" bumper stickers ready to ship. Now what?
Microsoft's brain-dead default of "hide file extensions" is cited in the article as part of the social engineering aspect that gets users to click on the files. It's the gift that keeps on giving... to black hats.
Hiding the file extension does NOTHING to make things easier on the user or make the UI any cleaner. It's not like we have 40 column displays where the file extension is "too long" and going to take away "screen real estate".
This has been going on literally for DECADES NOW. How can Microsoft be so blind? Whenever I get a new Windows box, it's the first thing I disable because if I don't, I'll just end up creating files with names like, "DailyLog.txt.txt".
Whoever is at MS, insisting that this remain the default needs to be hauled out, shot, drawn, quartered, and the pieces sent to be displayed in the lobbies of their 4 largest offices.
The maintainability requirement ultimately flows from the "one rule" as well. It's not as urgent as "runs without crashing every five minutes" but it's a valid concern. If everything goes well the company grows organically, turns the corner, and Chuck's code is gradually superseded by the process weenies that come in when the company gets large.
If you hold on to unmaintainable code too long, it will be impossible to add features, maintain performance, port to new systems or do things that customers want and need.
So I agree that it's important; but not that it needs to be its own rule. If you go on a witch-hunt for Chuck before he is "in season" you'll bag Chuck but the customer will get away.
The aspects you look for in code are as follows:
The list can be reduced to:
1. Does it serve the users well.
Note that I have not said, "does it do what the users asked for" or "what the user wants". Users may make requests that fall short of what is possible, or are impossible, or will not be workable in the long run. Part of your organization's job is to let the user know what will work. Part of your job is also to surprise the users in a pleasant way. Pleasant surprises are "oh wow, we can use keyboard shortcuts for that now" as opposed to "we re-arranged the UI and added dancing bears because everybody is doing that now".
Anyway, I digress. It all reduces to the one rule cited.
For the next rev, they need a way to keep crypto-currency within an exchange rate band. The band could be a basket of currencies, commodities, etc. The currency needs to float *some* but not too much. That seems challenging since we're talking about pulling in data that's external to the protocol; but it's a real problem. Real functioning currencies have to be a more reliable store of value. Central banks are criticized these days for trashing their currencies; but they also have the ability to defend their currencies against attacks like this, peg them to other currencies and/or commodities, etc.
To Congress, make haste!