It has always been my position that if MY personal data is worth anything to anybody, it is worth $5,000.00 USD to ME. Any portion of MY data, like SSN, Name, Phone number, address , email address etc.
Laws need to be authored to allow me to invoice people who send me junk mail, call me etc. I will invoice them at the rate of $5,000.00 per instance and be glad to pay taxes on the money.
We can hit these idiots where it hurts. If they fail to pay, turn them over to a collection agency. Fsck those data mining douchebags. All the end up doing is causing me work, for which I am not paid.
By the way, my many names are Current occupant, Resident, Homeowner ad nauseum.
Agreed, you need to quantify what you have , before guessing how much you do not have, effects the overall structure. In addition, you need it to be understandable by management types. That may prove to be impossible.
No one really cares, this is just an Applefanboy thing versus ALL the others thing. Who cares? YOU apparently - FAIL. Apple is NOT the end-all or Be-all of tech. Get a grip. Linux anyone? I thought so...
In the American system, we have Congresspeople who represent a particular State. Those other bozo's are called Representatives, who represent the PEOPLE, no matter where they reside. Using MY in the case of a representative, ie; Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla, would be correct.
Grayson actually represents all the people, without regard to their origin, be it Guam, Puerto Rico or Ohio. He needs to re-take Gov 101.
Ask Representative Grayson what would happen if everyone moved to California. Would he get to represent the non-existant people in 'his' district? No he would not. He would have to move to California and run again for election. It is in the constitution. Look for it. It may take some skillful reading.
"and if a CPU can figure out how to make it work", I think you are putting the cart before the horse here. CPU's do not "figure it out", programmers tell the CPU how to do it. Epic Fail in my eyes.
The software should have gone through several INDEPENDENT code reviews. The bank simply has not done a proper job. The losses should come directly from this bank's bottom line. The one who pinched pennies to get this software rolled out, needs to be terminated.
This page is NOT authoritative, it is based on mis-information, the same crap I complained about in my original response. Here is a non-automobile example:
We are UN peacekeepers under fire from insurgents. YOU are running low on ammunition, so you yell , "I need ammo!!!", and all you get is the US centric.223 ammo sent your way, when you actually need the NATO ammo your gun uses. See the difference?
99% of the US are simply ignorant. Proper use of words co-opted from other languages, should be the norm. Sadly most people pass on bad information all the time. Others tend to believe those people. Pity.
Negative points for the topic being seen on Digg 24 hours ago.
are PONZI schemes. Insurance is just one of many. Look at the US Federal Reserve system. The first people to get in on the 'action' reap the biggest profit, while at the same time giving people the hope that if they participate in the system, they will indeed profit from the scheme. Typical of all pyramid scams.
Imagine a private 'institution' printing money for a government, then selling the printed and minted 'money' back the the government that comissioned the 'money', for a profit. It boggles the mind, yet many people buy into this scheme.
Something has to change and drastically, to all the major 'institutions' of the world.
" At issue was the distance from the stoplight -- site of the first GPS 'ping' that showed Malone stopped -- to the second ping 30 seconds later, when he was going 45 mph." No matter what, a car that goes from 0 to 45 in 30 seconds is crawling. Gimme one, I am that old fart in front of you in the fast lane:P
I have a 7 year old HP 2300 Laserjet and I got plenty of toner cartridges up front. I bought in bulk, saving money. I have given that printer a lot of work over the years and with gentle treatment, it is still going strong. It is solid. When not using it, I cover it. Simple maintaining keeps it running smooth. With over 86 thousand pages , almost all totally full of text.
I wish these printers were still being manufactured. SIGH
Most businesses did not see any need to port mainframe stuff to WinDoze. COBOL is solid. WinDoze is flakey. RM COBOL extended COBOL to modern programmers. If it isn't broke, you don't 'fix' it.
Get a grip, and learn. I suggest going back to school. Just my opinion though.
"Come on, 75% is a HIGHLY dubious claim. Where's the source / proof / evidence? Where I work, we have nearly 200 business apps and I'm pretty sure less than 2% of business apps were made in COBOL - possibly even 0%."
I suggest YOU go to work for any major business and work on their accounting software. Highly dubious? Hardly. Your business 'Apps' are probably front ends for a real language on a mainframe. Visual this or that.
When will it stop? These devices can be lost or stolen far to easily , not to mention go into the wash by accident. The number of claims would clog the system. What is next? Insuring pall point pens?!?!
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It has always been my position that if MY personal data
is worth anything to anybody, it is worth $5,000.00 USD
to ME. Any portion of MY data, like SSN, Name, Phone number,
address , email address etc.
Laws need to be authored to allow me to invoice people who
send me junk mail, call me etc. I will invoice them at the
rate of $5,000.00 per instance and be glad to pay taxes on
the money.
We can hit these idiots where it hurts. If they fail to pay,
turn them over to a collection agency. Fsck those data mining
douchebags. All the end up doing is causing me work, for which
I am not paid.
By the way, my many names are Current occupant, Resident, Homeowner
ad nauseum.
New Jersey still has NIGGERS. Guess what, they are still the same.
Agreed, you need to quantify what you have , before guessing how much you do not have, effects
the overall structure. In addition, you need it to be understandable by management types. That
may prove to be impossible.
No one really cares, this is just an Applefanboy thing versus ALL the others thing. ...
Who cares? YOU apparently - FAIL. Apple is NOT the end-all or Be-all of tech. Get a grip.
Linux anyone? I thought so
In the American system, we have Congresspeople who represent a particular State.
Those other bozo's are called Representatives, who represent the PEOPLE, no matter
where they reside. Using MY in the case of a representative, ie; Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla,
would be correct.
Grayson actually represents all the people, without regard to their origin, be it Guam, Puerto Rico
or Ohio. He needs to re-take Gov 101.
Ask Representative Grayson what would happen if everyone moved to California. Would
he get to represent the non-existant people in 'his' district? No he would not. He would
have to move to California and run again for election. It is in the constitution. Look
for it. It may take some skillful reading.
Why is this even showing up on Slashdot? Has Slashdot become the DIGG duplicator?
90 percent of extended warranty stuff is pure profit for the manufacturer.
All this means is the consumers are getting stupider.
"and if a CPU can figure out how to make it work", I think you are
putting the cart before the horse here. CPU's do not "figure it out",
programmers tell the CPU how to do it. Epic Fail in my eyes.
OLD DIGG submission, what has this site become?
Diggers??? seems like it.
The software should have gone through several
INDEPENDENT code reviews. The bank simply has
not done a proper job. The losses should come
directly from this bank's bottom line. The one
who pinched pennies to get this software rolled
out, needs to be terminated.
This page is NOT authoritative, it is based on mis-information, the same crap I
complained about in my original response. Here is a non-automobile example:
We are UN peacekeepers under fire from insurgents. YOU are running low on ammunition, .223 ammo sent your way,
so you yell , "I need ammo!!!", and all you get is the US centric
when you actually need the NATO ammo your gun uses. See the difference?
You are dead, and not because of raw fish.
Got it?
99% of the US are simply ignorant. Proper use of words co-opted from other languages,
should be the norm. Sadly most people pass on bad information all the time. Others
tend to believe those people. Pity.
Negative points for the topic being seen on Digg 24 hours ago.
are PONZI schemes. Insurance is just one of many. Look at the US Federal Reserve system. The
first people to get in on the 'action' reap the biggest profit, while at the same time giving people the hope that if they participate in the system, they will indeed profit from the scheme.
Typical of all pyramid scams.
Imagine a private 'institution' printing money for a government, then selling the printed and minted 'money' back the the government that comissioned the 'money', for a profit. It boggles
the mind, yet many people buy into this scheme.
Something has to change and drastically, to all the major 'institutions' of the world.
Most security products are basically after the fact. Does this surprise anyone???
" At issue was the distance from the stoplight -- site of the first GPS 'ping' that showed Malone stopped -- to the second ping 30 seconds later, when he was going 45 mph." No matter what, a car that goes from 0 to 45 in 30 seconds is crawling. Gimme one, I am that old fart in front of you in the fast lane:P
provides older people the best way to phrase a search, it forces them to come up with
things that are related to their questions. Simple.
Such stuff needs to be a felony.
The Lexmark printers from the IBM days are still
rocking. Quite fitting for ROCKtober 2009.
I have one in the garage, old dot matrix wonder that
is as good today, as it was back in the day. Ribbons
for them are hard to find of decent quality.
Have you EVER tried to get support from Brother?
I'd wager not.
They will do ANYTHING to avoid servicing your printer.
I will never deal with those retards again.
I have a 7 year old HP 2300 Laserjet and I got plenty of toner
cartridges up front. I bought in bulk, saving money. I have given
that printer a lot of work over the years and with gentle treatment,
it is still going strong. It is solid. When not using it, I cover
it. Simple maintaining keeps it running smooth. With over 86 thousand
pages , almost all totally full of text.
I wish these printers were still being manufactured. SIGH
Malaysia is a melange of 5 or more cultures. Good luck.
Most businesses did not see any need to port mainframe stuff to WinDoze.
COBOL is solid. WinDoze is flakey. RM COBOL extended COBOL to modern
programmers. If it isn't broke, you don't 'fix' it.
Get a grip, and learn. I suggest going back to school. Just my opinion
though.
"Come on, 75% is a HIGHLY dubious claim. Where's the source / proof / evidence? Where I work, we have nearly 200 business apps and I'm pretty sure less than 2% of business apps were made in COBOL - possibly even 0%."
I suggest YOU go to work for any major business and work on their accounting software. Highly dubious? Hardly. Your business 'Apps' are probably front ends for a real language on a mainframe.
Visual this or that.
I used to program in FORTRAN and COBOL. Now I just visit video chat sites :P
Embalming is used to BE SURE you are dead. We cannot have any last minute recoveries.
Uncle is a Mortician.
When will it stop? These devices can be lost or stolen far to easily , not to mention go into the wash
by accident. The number of claims would clog the system. What is next? Insuring pall point pens?!?!