Most software development contracts I've seen have an "ownership of work product" clause or something similar. I suspect this is largely a non-problem, since a lawyer surely would know about this and the canned ones you download for free uually have that clause.
Parent got modded interesting. The only interesting bit is the sheer whackiness of the concept of "loaning out e-books". Think a little deeper about that, please!
I agree with you on all counts. But this really has very little to do with TFA and the Microsoft thing. After all, since when is "identifying oneself unambiguously to Microsoft marketeers" an inalienable human right? There are more important battles to fight and win for the gay community.
The other thing that struck me about TFA is that maybe she is a bit limited in her approach: Sugars and vitamins are all fine, but just beacuse they're mostly beneficial to "actual" life doesn't mean that they are to (hypothetical) "alternate" life. Maybe she's inadvertently killing whatever stuff there is in her water buckets? She should try mixing in other stuff as well.
Come to think of it, small humans often react "Vitamins!?! Aarrrrgh!". They do seem to tolerate sugar pretty well though.
Of course it doesn't work. Nobody can tolerate Muzak, but people haven't stopped riding elevators. Nobody likes low-budget covers of old beatles songs or barry manilow, but we still shop at grocery stores. We still stay on hold on phones in spite of the "music". Why? Because our brains know how to tune out things that are distracting and irrelevant to the primary motivation of the moment. The only reason this scheme "works" in isolated cases like TFA suggests is that it was presented to the "victims" as a form of punishment or deterrent. Kind of like a placebo effect.
In the old movie "The Conversation" Gene Hackman walks right into that trap when he infers away all the nuances inside the spotty data of a surveillance recording. Two lessons: 1 - Same dangers, different application. 2 - Same fundamental method, different decade, nothing really new here.
One difference is that major Linux distros are "hardened" out of the box, through things such as app armor and SE Linux. On windows (and Mac) it's up to the end user to take care of these things and in many cases spend money to get it done. The end result is unhardened systems with protection that is not up to date.
Good news! The stereotype is back on track: I haven't seen a bicycle in years, drag my ass to work as late as possible, and play WoW on weekend until I pass out. My IT colleagues weigh even more than I do and take even fewer showers. All have SUVs. The only skinny guy around here is the one with the oxygen tank, but he won't last long.
Seriously now, it takes more than a single piece of anecdotal evidence to kill a stereotype! Good thing you're an IT guy and not a statistician.;-)
Guess it's a step in the right direction though, but really not that exciting all in all. I mean cooling by means of cold breeze, BFD.
Instead of stopping at using the cold air to cool those racks they should take the full step and figure out a way to re-use the heat energy. Maybe some kind of thermocouple or Peltier system that takes advantage of the temperature difference between the hot server room and the "glacial winds". Or some kind of heat pump arrangement. Now that would be cool, pardon the pun.
Some time ago I listened to a talk where the speaker made the point that the US should be split and merged with parts of neighboring countries. For example according to this guy CA, OR, WA, parts of Mexico and Canada would make a terrific country from natural resource, labor availability, geography, international competitiveness, transportation etc viewpoints. His argument was long and complex to fit in a text box, and definitely outside the box.
Over engineering if you ask me. The same result can be accomplished with a roll of duct tape. Silence is golden, duct tape is silver as the saying goes.
It would be a lot easier if everybody just went with the plan and upgraded to Windows 7. Surely the improved security features I read about will prevent something like this to happen! Right?
It appears this is not isolated to "dictatorships" in the traditional sense. Not too long ago in my own country (USA) the government listened in on private citizens phone calls, tried to pass legislation that bypassed certain types of encryption, tried to get blanket permission to access ISP data without subpoenas etc. etc. etc. etc. The justifications weren't that much different than the Iranian Government's.
This is nothing specifically Iranian or Chinese, it's just what governments do when given the opportunity. The Iranians are just a bit less subtle about it than most. In some sense what the Iranian Government is doing actually more upstanding than trying to sneak it through the back door: At least the Iranian public knows what the deal is, which is more than my countrymen did when talking on their cell phones.
Please note that I'm not saying that it's right or justifiable or anything like that. Far from it.
I have been using cacti for approximately two years now
As TFA points out cacti can be a bit harsh for a newb. Not even Carlos Castaneda went straight to cacti. One suggestion is to start out with something milder, like 'shrooms and work your way up to the real deal.
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You sir, are wrong: The common hot dog has two ends, and no beginning.
Toyota: Just keeps going, and going, and going?
You mean things like invol your prents to help with your speling?
Most software development contracts I've seen have an "ownership of work product" clause or something similar. I suspect this is largely a non-problem, since a lawyer surely would know about this and the canned ones you download for free uually have that clause.
Parent got modded interesting. The only interesting bit is the sheer whackiness of the concept of "loaning out e-books". Think a little deeper about that, please!
I agree with you on all counts. But this really has very little to do with TFA and the Microsoft thing. After all, since when is "identifying oneself unambiguously to Microsoft marketeers" an inalienable human right? There are more important battles to fight and win for the gay community.
The other thing that struck me about TFA is that maybe she is a bit limited in her approach: Sugars and vitamins are all fine, but just beacuse they're mostly beneficial to "actual" life doesn't mean that they are to (hypothetical) "alternate" life. Maybe she's inadvertently killing whatever stuff there is in her water buckets? She should try mixing in other stuff as well.
Come to think of it, small humans often react "Vitamins!?! Aarrrrgh!". They do seem to tolerate sugar pretty well though.
Of course it doesn't work. Nobody can tolerate Muzak, but people haven't stopped riding elevators. Nobody likes low-budget covers of old beatles songs or barry manilow, but we still shop at grocery stores. We still stay on hold on phones in spite of the "music". Why? Because our brains know how to tune out things that are distracting and irrelevant to the primary motivation of the moment. The only reason this scheme "works" in isolated cases like TFA suggests is that it was presented to the "victims" as a form of punishment or deterrent. Kind of like a placebo effect.
In the old movie "The Conversation" Gene Hackman walks right into that trap when he infers away all the nuances inside the spotty data of a surveillance recording. Two lessons: 1 - Same dangers, different application. 2 - Same fundamental method, different decade, nothing really new here.
One difference is that major Linux distros are "hardened" out of the box, through things such as app armor and SE Linux. On windows (and Mac) it's up to the end user to take care of these things and in many cases spend money to get it done. The end result is unhardened systems with protection that is not up to date.
More careful analysis of the exploit suggests a better mitigation strategy: "Don't use humans".
Lunacy if you ask me...
Why stop with scientists? Another really useful thing would be to send all lawyers to the moon.(No proxy.)
I think we really should give MS a break on this one. I mean if it wasn't for the XP-downgrade who in their right mind would've bought Vista?
Or maybe one could do the downloading at Starbucks or some such place? A pain for sure. (I'm not referring to the coffee...)
Not a big deal? I for one demand that all cellphones rank below the average in terms of radiation!
Nah, just use some wire nuts and hope for the best! :-P
Good news! The stereotype is back on track: I haven't seen a bicycle in years, drag my ass to work as late as possible, and play WoW on weekend until I pass out. My IT colleagues weigh even more than I do and take even fewer showers. All have SUVs. The only skinny guy around here is the one with the oxygen tank, but he won't last long.
Seriously now, it takes more than a single piece of anecdotal evidence to kill a stereotype! Good thing you're an IT guy and not a statistician. ;-)
Guess it's a step in the right direction though, but really not that exciting all in all. I mean cooling by means of cold breeze, BFD. Instead of stopping at using the cold air to cool those racks they should take the full step and figure out a way to re-use the heat energy. Maybe some kind of thermocouple or Peltier system that takes advantage of the temperature difference between the hot server room and the "glacial winds". Or some kind of heat pump arrangement. Now that would be cool, pardon the pun.
Some time ago I listened to a talk where the speaker made the point that the US should be split and merged with parts of neighboring countries. For example according to this guy CA, OR, WA, parts of Mexico and Canada would make a terrific country from natural resource, labor availability, geography, international competitiveness, transportation etc viewpoints. His argument was long and complex to fit in a text box, and definitely outside the box.
Over engineering if you ask me. The same result can be accomplished with a roll of duct tape. Silence is golden, duct tape is silver as the saying goes.
It would be a lot easier if everybody just went with the plan and upgraded to Windows 7. Surely the improved security features I read about will prevent something like this to happen! Right?
It appears this is not isolated to "dictatorships" in the traditional sense. Not too long ago in my own country (USA) the government listened in on private citizens phone calls, tried to pass legislation that bypassed certain types of encryption, tried to get blanket permission to access ISP data without subpoenas etc. etc. etc. etc. The justifications weren't that much different than the Iranian Government's.
This is nothing specifically Iranian or Chinese, it's just what governments do when given the opportunity. The Iranians are just a bit less subtle about it than most. In some sense what the Iranian Government is doing actually more upstanding than trying to sneak it through the back door: At least the Iranian public knows what the deal is, which is more than my countrymen did when talking on their cell phones.
Please note that I'm not saying that it's right or justifiable or anything like that. Far from it.
I swear I read "Find a Nookie or Die"...
I have been using cacti for approximately two years now
As TFA points out cacti can be a bit harsh for a newb. Not even Carlos Castaneda went straight to cacti. One suggestion is to start out with something milder, like 'shrooms and work your way up to the real deal.