I don't understand why you people are so interested in privacy when you are all carbon copies of each other.
Maybe on/. we're all "carbon copies" and even then I'm sure there are folks who, let's say, make adjustments to their point of view when posting here out of fear of being moderated down.
Out in face to face personal interactions, I keep much of my life close to my chest. Part of it is fear of the reactions of my neighbors and potential employers. I wonder how many kids have lost job opportunities because of what's on their Facebook page? WTF does having a video of yourself partying have anything do with being a good employee? But it hurts in some cases. The same goes for Gays, Jews, Catholics down here in the Bible Belt (I have no idea why!), etc...
I feel really bad for folks of color because you can't keep that private.
It's just the evolution of corps.
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They dropped that whole 'Dont be Evil' thing long ago. They're just as bad as most other large companies, worse in a lot of ways.
They have no respect for people's privacy. They act nice and try to look good but when theres a profit to be made they'll happily screw everyone for another big company or government.
A company starts out with ideals. They may want to change the World or give consumers an option. And in the beginning, they may be really really successful. But then as time goes on and they get bigger, they're no longer able to continue at their old growth rates - it's just not possible. The stakeholders ( usually Wall Street and the VCs) still want the huge growth that they or the previous shareholders saw when the company was young. So, little by little, the company starts to compromise its founding ideals. They may even get new management in to aid in that transition.
In a buttshell, a publicly owned corporation has no choice to become evil.
take the $$$ and run! But wait 6+ weeks for the check to clear. This may be a scam. I don't care what their current domain is. That's easy to fake or get.
Unless you're making more doing what you're doing - which I seriously doubt!
Yes, I'm not kidding. In day and age of computers, it takes at least 6 weeks for a check to COMPLETELY clear. Don't believe me? Next time you get one of those unsolicited checks in the mail because you've been chosen as a secret shopper, won a contest that you've never entered, or whatever, deposit it and wait. You'll see.
The backing system likes it that way. It just pisses me off that when I pay a bill, they know down to the fucking second what I have in my account so that they can charge me fees, but when _I_ have a problem - "Oh no sir! It takes six to eight weeks to straighten this out! We have to 'investigate'."
OH! BTW!!! Do NOT send them ANY CASH! I don't care what their method!!! If they ask for a cash refund of ANY SORT - THEY ARE A CROOK - NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!
I would also like to point out that many NIMBYs use the environmental laws as grounds for their lawsuits (I don't think not wanting it near you is grounds to sue), financing (lawsuits are expensive, after all and these groups are a great source of funds, and as a cover because, let's face it, no one has any sympathy for someone who just doesn't want a highway, rail road, cement plant, park, etc... in their backyard - it's selfish! Think of the greater good and all that.
Of course, the pundits love to point fingers at the environmentalists! My favourite is blaming them for the lack of refineries in the US (It's not. If an oil co wanted another refinery, they would get it. The truth is that they're operating below capacity as it is and they just don't need more and if they built more, capacity would increase, depress prices, and their margins would further decline. But, it's PC to blame the environmentalists. ).
First, most environmentalists would LOVE to have a better RR system in this country because it would mean there are less cars on the road. Cars are one of the biggest polluters there are: not just the fuel it burns but the tires, metal, energy into manufacturing, the inefficiency of the whole car culture (suburbs etc...) etc.... Most environmental groups are pro-mass transit.
The rails lines could be run along current easements.
The only thing holding up rail is the public's attachment to the automobile: status symbol, complete freedom of where to go, perceived fears of others who ride the train, the fact that we're all spread out in suburbs, etc...
I was C++ programmer for years before I learned Java. I learned Java in less than a day. I the only "hard" part is getting to know all the libraries and your way around: and before you roll your own, double check the libraries, 99% of the time there's a library for what you want to do (internet programming is a no brainer in Java!). And you also really need to understand OOP. Java does things that I don't see very often in C++ OOP: interfaces. Which personally, I think interfaces are an unnecessary redundancy especially with F/OSS.
IBM has always been the numbers. I remember our productivity being measured by KLOCS (thousands of lines of code). Which of course, meant that cutting and pasting code meant you did more work and the bigger and fatter your code the better you did. Efficiency? Ha!
There's an old story back in the MS/IBM days of an MS wizkid rewriting some code to make it more efficient, faster and subsequently had less lines of code. Technically, according the KLOC model, he did negative work.
And I really hope the legal community (especially the lawyers who were arrested themselves) steps up to the plate - even if it means working for free.
Unfortunately, it will not be a PC thing to do considering the most folks believe that if yo do nothing wrong then you have nothing to worry about and the police are always right and never lie. I once actually tried to convince someone of this (stupid me) but he insisted that the cops are always right and always have a justifialble reason. I guess he saw too many cop TV shows where the cops are saints and the "bad guys" are always guilty.
If the lawyers get those folks acquitted, I'm sure the consensus will be that the sneaky, snarky, lying, greedy, lawyers got those dirtbags off because of a "technicality" and the poor innocent police who didn't have warrants or just cause are the victims.
I wish that too. But the thing is, we're still a bunch of waring bald monkeys that has to have our territory and that includes space.
I like the Star Trek dream too, but as Kahn noticed in ST:TOS, man hasn't changed. I don't see us changing anytime soon. I'm constantly aghast at the problems hanging around on this planet that should have been cleaned up in the mid-twentieth century. Maybe when all of us old people finally die and leave all you young'ns broke things will change.
They know that they ruined our economy and their boy made policies that tanked us. They know that he screwed up Karina and will probably screw up this one. They know that they're to blame for the current state of the country. They know that because of them we are closer than we ever were to a police state. And they know that they have started the destruction of America and her freedoms and turned this country into a fascist corporate run state!
We have to remember that the Credit Card Companies lawyers were working for the CC corps. They were acting on the behest of those organizations. The real evil are the CC companies. They are the ones who lobbied for the new draconian bankruptcy laws that will, in the long run, stifle economic growth in this country.
Today, I've been seeing some jack-boot operations by the St. Paul police on some folks who didn't mean anyone any harm. The cops arrested lawyers and reporters, too. There are some lawyers who are going to make those cops and their puppet masters pay big. And I'm glad that their is financial incentive for folks to go after Government when it so egregiously violates people's rights and makes a mockery of our Constitution that those disgraces to the name of police made in St. Paul.
The St. Paul and Denver police departments are a disgrace. I hope some lawyers representing their clients (some are veterans) get rich while punishing those imbeciles. And I really hope some of those cops go to jail themselves.
While Palin was among the least well-known of the potential GOP vice presidential picks - and therefore perhaps the candidate whose Wikipedia page was most in need of updating - her entry saw far more activity than that of Minn. Gov.
I got the information that broadband is a mess in the Us, do you think that is true?
Define "mess". We don't have the penetration per capita as many other countries but that has more to do with legislation that give companies local monopolies than with internal security.
The complete and utter arrogance of our Government and it's treatment of, not only us, but the rest of the World is starting to bite us in the ass. Not only with our Government's attitude with tapping the internet but also with our perceived superiority in space. We are no longer the leaders in space technology thanks to our Government. Other countries have workarounds to our technology because it was too much of a pain to do business with American firms. All because our Government believes that we have a monopoly on technology and smart people.
See, our paranoia and fear is now hurting our economy. And as a result it's hastening our decline. Maybe this will be a wake up call to the powers that be.
It's starting to happen. Give it another 20 years and Indian wages will be high enough that this sort of stuff won't happen because Indian wages will be almost as high as a US worker's wages.
Indian wages will rise and US wages will fall until they're in parity.
Our standard of living is falling here in the US (except for the very small minority of CEOs, politicians and stars). Yeah, it's rising in these third world countries, but the overall effect is that we'll never see the standard of living that our parent's generation (grandparent's generation for some of you) enjoyed. We're all in this downward spiral. Labor, regardless of how skilled it is, is a commodity.
I have a very pessimistic view of the future of this planet and I fear for you young folks who are just starting out.
This sounds like a comment from twenty years ago. These days, with fast hardware and lots of memory, for a great many purposes making things easier and faster for the programmer is the most important goal.
I'm old, what do yo expect. And as far as productivity is concerned (which I gather you implied): that is a concern of the CIO and you sir, are correct. But, anyone who's proficient in any language can be just as productive as another programmer whose just as proficient in another language. If you get good people with good design skills, the language and subsequent coding is a small part of the development process thereby making the choice of language a small factor.
Scripting languages also differ in more than syntax. They differ in the set of primitives and available library functions and in the efficiency of implementation of different components.
In this day and age, every language has a library that's just as good as another language. Albeit, one language may have a strength in one small particular area. I'm very impressed with how little code is required by Ruby to implement a web site as apposed to PHP. But then again, an expert in PHP will be just as productive as someone with experience in Ruby.
Does it sound like I'm hedging? I don't mean to; these are the things the a PHB has to consider when he has his own PHB riding his ass and telling him he's got to come in on budget or under and on time and hit performance goals.
Can anyone come up with a really good definition of a "scripting language"?
As far as I can tell, it's a vaguly amorphous definition based on some notion of interpretedness, but C interpreters exist, for instance, and TCC can be used to run C "scripts".
If it started out as a compiled programming language then it's not a scripting language.
Scripting languages are for moving files around, administrative tasks and doing odd jobs.
At least that's what it was in my day when we had to program in the snow uphill both ways and liked it!
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I don't understand why you people are so interested in privacy when you are all carbon copies of each other.
Maybe on /. we're all "carbon copies" and even then I'm sure there are folks who, let's say, make adjustments to their point of view when posting here out of fear of being moderated down.
Out in face to face personal interactions, I keep much of my life close to my chest. Part of it is fear of the reactions of my neighbors and potential employers. I wonder how many kids have lost job opportunities because of what's on their Facebook page? WTF does having a video of yourself partying have anything do with being a good employee? But it hurts in some cases. The same goes for Gays, Jews, Catholics down here in the Bible Belt (I have no idea why!), etc...
I feel really bad for folks of color because you can't keep that private.
They dropped that whole 'Dont be Evil' thing long ago. They're just as bad as most other large companies, worse in a lot of ways.
They have no respect for people's privacy. They act nice and try to look good but when theres a profit to be made they'll happily screw everyone for another big company or government.
A company starts out with ideals. They may want to change the World or give consumers an option. And in the beginning, they may be really really successful. But then as time goes on and they get bigger, they're no longer able to continue at their old growth rates - it's just not possible. The stakeholders ( usually Wall Street and the VCs) still want the huge growth that they or the previous shareholders saw when the company was young. So, little by little, the company starts to compromise its founding ideals. They may even get new management in to aid in that transition.
In a buttshell, a publicly owned corporation has no choice to become evil.
Unless you're making more doing what you're doing - which I seriously doubt!
Yes, I'm not kidding. In day and age of computers, it takes at least 6 weeks for a check to COMPLETELY clear. Don't believe me? Next time you get one of those unsolicited checks in the mail because you've been chosen as a secret shopper, won a contest that you've never entered, or whatever, deposit it and wait. You'll see.
The backing system likes it that way. It just pisses me off that when I pay a bill, they know down to the fucking second what I have in my account so that they can charge me fees, but when _I_ have a problem - "Oh no sir! It takes six to eight weeks to straighten this out! We have to 'investigate'."
OH! BTW!!! Do NOT send them ANY CASH! I don't care what their method!!! If they ask for a cash refund of ANY SORT - THEY ARE A CROOK - NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!
Have you ever accused anyone of violating the GPL and then found out that they didn't?
I would also like to point out that many NIMBYs use the environmental laws as grounds for their lawsuits (I don't think not wanting it near you is grounds to sue), financing (lawsuits are expensive, after all and these groups are a great source of funds, and as a cover because, let's face it, no one has any sympathy for someone who just doesn't want a highway, rail road, cement plant, park, etc... in their backyard - it's selfish! Think of the greater good and all that.
Of course, the pundits love to point fingers at the environmentalists! My favourite is blaming them for the lack of refineries in the US (It's not. If an oil co wanted another refinery, they would get it. The truth is that they're operating below capacity as it is and they just don't need more and if they built more, capacity would increase, depress prices, and their margins would further decline. But, it's PC to blame the environmentalists. ).
The rails lines could be run along current easements.
The only thing holding up rail is the public's attachment to the automobile: status symbol, complete freedom of where to go, perceived fears of others who ride the train, the fact that we're all spread out in suburbs, etc...
If you got C++ down, Java is a piece of cake.
There's an old story back in the MS/IBM days of an MS wizkid rewriting some code to make it more efficient, faster and subsequently had less lines of code. Technically, according the KLOC model, he did negative work.
The police have a higher standard to hold to because they're the professionals. If they can't follow the law then they have no business enforcing it.
Unfortunately, it will not be a PC thing to do considering the most folks believe that if yo do nothing wrong then you have nothing to worry about and the police are always right and never lie. I once actually tried to convince someone of this (stupid me) but he insisted that the cops are always right and always have a justifialble reason. I guess he saw too many cop TV shows where the cops are saints and the "bad guys" are always guilty.
If the lawyers get those folks acquitted, I'm sure the consensus will be that the sneaky, snarky, lying, greedy, lawyers got those dirtbags off because of a "technicality" and the poor innocent police who didn't have warrants or just cause are the victims.
That's why we need a pre-crimes unit composed of psychics to nip stuff before it even buds!
The shuttle is far from perfect, but it's all we got. And until that something better comes along...
That's so depressing.
I have a solution: an American Idol type of contest for new astronauts.
Folks get on the show, they have do all the astronaut stuff and those that screw up or don't make it get voted off!
It'll create so much more public interest in the Space Program!
I like the Star Trek dream too, but as Kahn noticed in ST:TOS, man hasn't changed. I don't see us changing anytime soon. I'm constantly aghast at the problems hanging around on this planet that should have been cleaned up in the mid-twentieth century. Maybe when all of us old people finally die and leave all you young'ns broke things will change.
It would be kind of silly for Obama to do much advertising on Slashdot. "Preaching to the choir", I believe it's called.
I thought the bulk of us were of the libertarian persuasion.
I, for one, don't like Obama or McCain.. Barr '08!
They know that they ruined our economy and their boy made policies that tanked us. They know that he screwed up Karina and will probably screw up this one. They know that they're to blame for the current state of the country. They know that because of them we are closer than we ever were to a police state. And they know that they have started the destruction of America and her freedoms and turned this country into a fascist corporate run state!
You guys need to stop rubbing it in!
Today, I've been seeing some jack-boot operations by the St. Paul police on some folks who didn't mean anyone any harm. The cops arrested lawyers and reporters, too. There are some lawyers who are going to make those cops and their puppet masters pay big. And I'm glad that their is financial incentive for folks to go after Government when it so egregiously violates people's rights and makes a mockery of our Constitution that those disgraces to the name of police made in St. Paul.
The St. Paul and Denver police departments are a disgrace. I hope some lawyers representing their clients (some are veterans) get rich while punishing those imbeciles. And I really hope some of those cops go to jail themselves.
While Palin was among the least well-known of the potential GOP vice presidential picks - and therefore perhaps the candidate whose Wikipedia page was most in need of updating - her entry saw far more activity than that of Minn. Gov.
I wouldn't mind giving her entry some activity!
Relocation. It's not just for tax reasons anymore.
I got the information that broadband is a mess in the Us, do you think that is true?
Define "mess". We don't have the penetration per capita as many other countries but that has more to do with legislation that give companies local monopolies than with internal security.
See, our paranoia and fear is now hurting our economy. And as a result it's hastening our decline. Maybe this will be a wake up call to the powers that be.
It's starting to happen. Give it another 20 years and Indian wages will be high enough that this sort of stuff won't happen because Indian wages will be almost as high as a US worker's wages.
Indian wages will rise and US wages will fall until they're in parity.
Our standard of living is falling here in the US (except for the very small minority of CEOs, politicians and stars). Yeah, it's rising in these third world countries, but the overall effect is that we'll never see the standard of living that our parent's generation (grandparent's generation for some of you) enjoyed. We're all in this downward spiral. Labor, regardless of how skilled it is, is a commodity.
I have a very pessimistic view of the future of this planet and I fear for you young folks who are just starting out.
How long before there's a hacker tool version of this to spot vulnerabilities that exist because the sys admin isn't using it to defend his network?
Done!
Next question.
This sounds like a comment from twenty years ago. These days, with fast hardware and lots of memory, for a great many purposes making things easier and faster for the programmer is the most important goal.
I'm old, what do yo expect. And as far as productivity is concerned (which I gather you implied): that is a concern of the CIO and you sir, are correct. But, anyone who's proficient in any language can be just as productive as another programmer whose just as proficient in another language. If you get good people with good design skills, the language and subsequent coding is a small part of the development process thereby making the choice of language a small factor.
Scripting languages also differ in more than syntax. They differ in the set of primitives and available library functions and in the efficiency of implementation of different components.
In this day and age, every language has a library that's just as good as another language. Albeit, one language may have a strength in one small particular area. I'm very impressed with how little code is required by Ruby to implement a web site as apposed to PHP. But then again, an expert in PHP will be just as productive as someone with experience in Ruby.
Does it sound like I'm hedging? I don't mean to; these are the things the a PHB has to consider when he has his own PHB riding his ass and telling him he's got to come in on budget or under and on time and hit performance goals.
Can anyone come up with a really good definition of a "scripting language"?
As far as I can tell, it's a vaguly amorphous definition based on some notion of interpretedness, but C interpreters exist, for instance, and TCC can be used to run C "scripts".
If it started out as a compiled programming language then it's not a scripting language.
Scripting languages are for moving files around, administrative tasks and doing odd jobs.
At least that's what it was in my day when we had to program in the snow uphill both ways and liked it!