"Ambiguous requirements that aren't settled, and constantly changing " But that can be mitigated with a good underlying architecture. The parts they are changing are mostly business rule changes. Properly architecture business layer can handle that.
"No wonder reported unemployment is so low, contrary to all observable evidence" What observed evidence? I see help wanted signed all over the place. You want to talk about hard to find jobs? lets talk 1982-1984.
Anyways, this is common move for COO/CIOs to do. Leave a large project to land a better gig elsewhere. It doesn't make sense, but its a common occurance.
"..they almost certainly spent a positively absurd amount of time(like a year or more) on nothing but QA." every agile managed project I have done had an absurd low number of bugs on releas. as in less then 20. And we are talking every where from 20K LoC to over a million LoC
Did you know facebook rolls out changes to production every 11.5 seconds?
"Economists know that every attempt at price controls over the last 4500 years (approximately) have resulted in shortages of the goods/services under control," that's a blatantly false statement. Corn is price controlled. Do you have any problems at all finding corn? Price control is more complex then the ignorant statement. DO you even now about price floor? price ceiling? other type of price controls? Those where rhetorical, cause clearly you don't.
" Obamacare imposes about a 9% additional tax on each employee, and so it is probably going to lead to fewer qualifying jobs in the private sector." where are you getting 9% from?
False. It comes from bad management, and bad program techniques. It really seems like a system that no one bothered to break the code out into tiny bits laid out over a good API architecture for data sharing. There are good software system of more complex code.
"a badly conceived law could be a reason for the poor performance of the site if it puts overly burdensome constraints on the system." the law is a set of rules to apply. Nothing more. That is no reason for broken code. If you are talking about adding a second or three to a responce, you would be right.
as a side note: " draconianly complex law " doesn't make sense. It could be a byzantine law, but draconianly isn't complex..also, I don't think it's an actual word.
YO could get active with the library and start getting donated movies people can check out. Here in Oregon, the library's have a very wide selection of content.
Maybe it's just where you live? Blockbuster I use always had all the main stream movies. For non main stream movies, there had always been multiple places to go. Block buster was the best deal when it cam to main stream.
I went there because they where nice for browsing, and near by.
nope. In 2000 Blockbuster collected nearly $800 million in late fees, accounting for 16 percent of its revenue. Last year, those late fees had plunged to $134 million, or just 3 percent of the company's revenue.
We could do what Graff did with current technology. Sadly, zero g is the expensive bit.
" Battles are in way too tight a space, and everything is turning too tight and going too slowly" That's like the book. In act, his 'solution'(HA) requires everyone be bunched up.
"That dates back to the Roman legions, and went out when machine guns were developed." True, but it is a good tactict when you don't care about the men dying, and only care about the guy in the middle tossing a weapon that destroys you enemy's entire species.
Thanks for thinking people care. For the record, he's a great Ender. Barring in mind that can't actual find someone Ender's actual age to act. AS far as age goes, it's very obvious that everyone is much older than he is. He comes across as 12, everyone else looks 20.
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You don't understand science do you?
Which is fine, just shut you yap about it and stay out of politics.
I don't eat things that poop out of their mouths.
"Ambiguous requirements that aren't settled, and constantly changing "
But that can be mitigated with a good underlying architecture. The parts they are changing are mostly business rule changes. Properly architecture business layer can handle that.
Not 600 million. Please stop spreading that lie. 70 million to day, CGI contract was 93 million.
The FCC should force every pundit/News site you made that claim to publicly recant it, or be removed from broadcasting.
"Independently, the Sunlight Foundation estimated it cost $70 million to build the much-maligned website, not $634 million."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/24/the-myth-of-the-634-million-obamacare-website/196585
"No wonder reported unemployment is so low, contrary to all observable evidence"
What observed evidence? I see help wanted signed all over the place.
You want to talk about hard to find jobs? lets talk 1982-1984.
Anyways, this is common move for COO/CIOs to do. Leave a large project to land a better gig elsewhere. It doesn't make sense, but its a common occurance.
No, that's douche baggery form someone who has no clue how large systems work or need to be managed.
It is possible to cook a safe 1 minute omelette.
""well, we'll pay you extra to make the impossible happen," you politely decline
I'm glad the people at NASA didn't take that attitude about going to the Moon.
"..they almost certainly spent a positively absurd amount of time(like a year or more) on nothing but QA."
every agile managed project I have done had an absurd low number of bugs on releas. as in less then 20.
And we are talking every where from 20K LoC to over a million LoC
Did you know facebook rolls out changes to production every 11.5 seconds?
"Economists know that every attempt at price controls over the last 4500 years (approximately) have resulted in shortages of the goods/services under control,"
that's a blatantly false statement. Corn is price controlled. Do you have any problems at all finding corn?
Price control is more complex then the ignorant statement. DO you even now about price floor? price ceiling? other type of price controls?
Those where rhetorical, cause clearly you don't.
" Obamacare imposes about a 9% additional tax on each employee, and so it is probably going to lead to fewer qualifying jobs in the private sector."
where are you getting 9% from?
False. It comes from bad management, and bad program techniques.
It really seems like a system that no one bothered to break the code out into tiny bits laid out over a good API architecture for data sharing.
There are good software system of more complex code.
"a badly conceived law could be a reason for the poor performance of the site if it puts overly burdensome constraints on the system."
the law is a set of rules to apply. Nothing more. That is no reason for broken code. If you are talking about adding a second or three to a responce, you would be right.
as a side note:
" draconianly complex law " doesn't make sense.
It could be a byzantine law, but draconianly isn't complex..also, I don't think it's an actual word.
YO could get active with the library and start getting donated movies people can check out.
Here in Oregon, the library's have a very wide selection of content.
and at fraction of the selection. And no ability to copy a program.
I would call 24+ hours to get your movie a hell of a long buffer.
OTOH, you do need to open the box insert the disk then remove the disk and put it back. Does that time out weigh the streaming time?
I have several disks on my shelf that are still sealed becasue I just torrent the movie.
Funny thing, the library is where I get my movies now.
Maybe it's just where you live? Blockbuster I use always had all the main stream movies.
For non main stream movies, there had always been multiple places to go.
Block buster was the best deal when it cam to main stream.
I went there because they where nice for browsing, and near by.
Of course I haven't been there in about a decade.
nope.
In 2000 Blockbuster collected nearly $800 million in late fees, accounting for 16 percent of its revenue. Last year, those late fees had plunged to $134 million, or just 3 percent of the company's revenue.
16 percent is a far cry from half.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39332696/#.Unq3-vmbNyU
Not from netflix, but from other streaming source, yes it does.
haha, the jokes on the, I have a beta tape I never returned, and now they are going out of business! haha, suckers.
That didn't occur to em at all. Now it will be the only thing I think of when I see him.
We could do what Graff did with current technology. Sadly, zero g is the expensive bit.
" Battles are in way too tight a space, and everything is turning too tight and going too slowly"
That's like the book. In act, his 'solution'(HA) requires everyone be bunched up.
"That dates back to the Roman legions, and went out when machine guns were developed."
True, but it is a good tactict when you don't care about the men dying, and only care about the guy in the middle tossing a weapon that destroys you enemy's entire species.
Thanks for thinking people care.
For the record, he's a great Ender.
Barring in mind that can't actual find someone Ender's actual age to act.
AS far as age goes, it's very obvious that everyone is much older than he is. He comes across as 12, everyone else looks 20.
".. brutal decisions to survive."
to succeed not survive.
Interesting, what the book does say is that the author thinkgs a bullet will fix all issues.
"I'm glad I was not your teacher for a literature class."
Because you don't want him to understand how to read literature?
" That's why the ending of the book was shockingly good."
No, it isn't. It completely fails the set up.