WE picked up a vt220 from the dumpster outside the compsci building and had a direct link in one of our freshman dorm rooms. Oh yeah, lynx (served from a Challenge L running irix)... thems was the days!
... that which is adequately explained by stupidity. You give people too much credit and I'm sure the average joe at USPTO was being judged by how many applications s/he could get through; not get through competently. So, stupid managerial policy? Definitely the culprit.
/I realize there is a lot of assumption in that. Perhaps I'm also being stupid!:)
I'm considering hiring him or her to do some coding for me, not withstanding their current employment and career choice, should a need for new employment become an economic reality, or necessity.
now, to bring this all in line; Scott Adams should sue to silence the Federation's Dogbert (which 'Mericans have never heard of), which would spurn a cavalcade of 'news' articles, which would bring a UK police rag to prominence, which would have pedants coming out of the woodwork to claim how this was not the Striesand effect.
Good times!
/Yeah, this got a chuckle from me... schadenfreude is the schönste freude!
my apologies for assuming you knew what I meant by "secret" and "top secret". When information (be it technology, strategy, etc) is deemed to be of a sensitive nature, it is considered classified. And there are levels of classification; Proprietary (usually this has nothing to do with national security, but it's sensitive information for a business. If you knew Apple Computer was going to by company Foo before the public announcement, that would be proprietary information that a competitor would love to know), "Secret" and "Top Secret" (these levels pertaining to national security).
So while a bank's vault is secured, what it contains is not sensitive information (it's money, it's bearer bonds, gold perhaps...). You can know what is in there and it doesn't compromise the nation.
Where-as if you know some specific technical detail about uranium enrichment, you could sell that to another foreign nation, and THAT would compromise national security.
side note: the baby boomers are not retiring fast enough; the "bathtub" curve of workers for available slots from retirees(since Gen X is ~ half the size of the Baby Boomers) hasn't yet materialized. My take is that due to poor retirement finances, people can't afford to retire!
/I've been waiting for Executive Vice President positions to be handed to me simply due to retirement... I'm still waiting, btw.
This is EXACTLY why I've still got my RCA 45rpm record player in my Plymouth. You really appreciate the 'warmth' of vinyl as you're cruising down the highway...
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I didn't care for the photos but 42nd street was rather amazing. I love how it captures fast motion (moving lock of hair, hoisting a knapsack up).
bringing it back to TFA, given that these beers are ancient, they're not American. YHBCT*. YHL. HAND.
/*You Have Been Counter-Trolled.
WIN. You win.
It's funny because it's always poignant; as long as something is a good tool for some job, it's got legs.
In-Laws: because we're not happy unless you're not happy.
for the "John Cleese can't afford his alimony" tour! I hear it's 90 minutes of grumbling about ex-wives!
Does it make me olde and out of touch that I agree with your post? So be it.
/Mod parent up.
WE picked up a vt220 from the dumpster outside the compsci building and had a direct link in one of our freshman dorm rooms. Oh yeah, lynx (served from a Challenge L running irix)... thems was the days!
It sounds like that woman needs to be kicked off the internet. At the very least, have her Internetting license revoked.
It (ought to be) a whole other country.
...from every mom and pop bookshop (well, at least the ones still in business).
... that which is adequately explained by stupidity. You give people too much credit and I'm sure the average joe at USPTO was being judged by how many applications s/he could get through; not get through competently. So, stupid managerial policy? Definitely the culprit.
:)
/I realize there is a lot of assumption in that. Perhaps I'm also being stupid!
Or rocks. Or bricks.
You mean a Lada fresh off the factory floor in Tolyatti? ; )
I'm considering hiring him or her to do some coding for me, not withstanding their current employment and career choice, should a need for new employment become an economic reality, or necessity.
now, to bring this all in line; Scott Adams should sue to silence the Federation's Dogbert (which 'Mericans have never heard of), which would spurn a cavalcade of 'news' articles, which would bring a UK police rag to prominence, which would have pedants coming out of the woodwork to claim how this was not the Striesand effect.
Good times!
/Yeah, this got a chuckle from me... schadenfreude is the schönste freude!
link to Classified Information, and pay particular attention to the Classification Levels section.
my apologies for assuming you knew what I meant by "secret" and "top secret". When information (be it technology, strategy, etc) is deemed to be of a sensitive nature, it is considered classified. And there are levels of classification; Proprietary (usually this has nothing to do with national security, but it's sensitive information for a business. If you knew Apple Computer was going to by company Foo before the public announcement, that would be proprietary information that a competitor would love to know), "Secret" and "Top Secret" (these levels pertaining to national security).
So while a bank's vault is secured, what it contains is not sensitive information (it's money, it's bearer bonds, gold perhaps...). You can know what is in there and it doesn't compromise the nation.
Where-as if you know some specific technical detail about uranium enrichment, you could sell that to another foreign nation, and THAT would compromise national security.
I hope this makes some sense!
side note: the baby boomers are not retiring fast enough; the "bathtub" curve of workers for available slots from retirees(since Gen X is ~ half the size of the Baby Boomers) hasn't yet materialized. My take is that due to poor retirement finances, people can't afford to retire!
/I've been waiting for Executive Vice President positions to be handed to me simply due to retirement... I'm still waiting, btw.
No. It's probably "secret" as in "you don't have the clearance to enter the building and there are armed guards."
NOW where will I get my uranium-enriched cricket bats?!
so you're questioning the wisdom of a guy who changed his name to Kim DOTCOM.
Good luck with that, mate!
Something along the lines of "Yes, the tracker says your Phone is here. No, it is not. Please call SPRINT at 1-800-xxx-xxxx" Lo-tech, but effective.
But what happens when that spider discovers tar, makes an ersatz spider out of it, drinks too much, and fights with it?
This is EXACTLY why I've still got my RCA 45rpm record player in my Plymouth. You really appreciate the 'warmth' of vinyl as you're cruising down the highway...
for those who care...