1. English. Shakespeare is supposed to bring out a great appreciation for the fine arts and literature for students but the annual sales of Coles Notes show a consistent pattern of disinterest in Shakespeare.
Anyway, Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare so they should fix that.
I know a couple of friends of mine who are IP lawyers who have been laid off. The problem with "in demand" fields is there tends to be a massive stampede towards them, which results in an oversupply later on. That sort of thing happened in the 80's with physical therapy, and 90's with computer science.
Have to disagree there, NONE of the legal fields are guaranteed bank anymore. Even IP law (though admittedly it is a little more secure than the other fields). IP firms are laying off lawyers as well.
Yes, and USians brag and boast about living in a democracy, where everyone has equal chance to be president, and many other imagined "virtues", despite none of those things being true.
Funny. I was under the impression that, in the good old USA, anybody could sue you for anything and, even if their case got laughed out of court, you'd still have to re-mortgage your home to pay your legal fees - whereas in most of the rest of the world anyone bringing a frivolous lawsuit risks having to pay for the entire cost of the process.
For a frivolous lawsuit? Not exactly. A standard, everyday solo practitioner charges about $200 an hour, with a $2,000 retainer upfront. For a frivolous lawsuit, it is quite possible for him to draft and argue a motion to dismiss without running through the entire retainer. Expensive but not as horrible as everyone here seems to think.
If you are an actual lawyer, then can you please explain why you don't do it like the US does, REQUIRE THE PROSECUTION TO PROVE GUILT, NOT REQUIRE THE DEFENDANT TO PROVE INNOCENCE?
That's for criminal cases, for civil cases (like libel) it is generally to prove by a preponderance of the evidence, a much easier standard to make.
A UK judgement cannot be enforced against servers located in the United States.
Yes, it can. However, you will need to get a US court with proper jurisdiction to enforce the order, and US courts won't do that if there is a constitutional defense available (like free speech).
Is it because they know that people will buy anything with the Apple logo?
I think Apple is overrated, Steve Jobs is a narcissistic jackass, Apple fanboys are ridiculously obnoxious, and Apple continuously places appearance over smart engineering to consumer's detriment.
And I love my iphone with a deep, abiding passion. It's an almost perfectly designed phone.
I really hate this phrase. The more I see it used, the more I'm convinced it's just people trying to sound smart.
It's a useful phrase on slashdot. If someone uses it at the beginning of their post, I can safely assume they don't know what they're talking about and ignore the rest.
I've been pushed hard on projects before -- and been told that documentation wasn't a priority, that getting the code out was. (I had a sign on my wall that said 'Documentation is Phase 2', a direct quote from my manager).
But "Josh" seems to have decided on the no documentation idea himself. Which means he isn't really doing his job.
"Josh" is the kind of guy that develops Googles, Yahoo, etc.
You have no idea if that's true. If the author of the article had mentioned which company "Josh" worked for we could look at the actual work product. It's entirely possible, and more than likely, that "Josh" is just a better-than-average programmer who doesn't have the ability to work at the truly elite developers.
As a quirky genius, I have to say, if you don't like the way we do it... go fucking do it yourself. Should be good for a laugh...
Please let us know what absolute brilliant pieces of programming have come from you so as to show that you are entitled to this attitude. At least let us know what companies you've worked for so we can at least know what world class programs you've helped produce.
Good point. One other danger in enabling the obnoxious behavior by the brilliant guy is that you create this mindset where everyone starts assuming that if you're obnoxious you must be brilliant. A lot of times the quiet guy in the suit and tie is a lot smarter than the obnoxious one in the insulting t-shirt.
But now for the interesting part! Quote from the preface: 'The study was made possible by a grant from the Motion Picture Association (MPA).' Ah, what a surprise..."
And if a study saying the opposite was funded by a grant from the EFF, none of you would even mention it. RAND is not going to sell out just because one study was funded by the MPAA. If they had been, they sure as hell would have found more than 3 out of 14
focusing criticism on RAND's interchangeable use of the terms "piracy" and "counterfeiting" -- the report deals with the physical distribution of DVDs, making only brief mention of digital downloads. The MPAA and others have barked up this tree before.
So...they release a study saying that the physical distribution of DVDs funds terrorism in some cases, and the response is well what about P2P? If they wanted to analyze the link between digital downloads and terrorism, then they would have done so. Has anyone here even done research design? At some point you have to limit what you're looking at.
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1. English. Shakespeare is supposed to bring out a great appreciation for the fine arts and literature for students but the annual sales of Coles Notes show a consistent pattern of disinterest in Shakespeare.
Anyway, Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare so they should fix that.
I know a couple of friends of mine who are IP lawyers who have been laid off. The problem with "in demand" fields is there tends to be a massive stampede towards them, which results in an oversupply later on. That sort of thing happened in the 80's with physical therapy, and 90's with computer science.
Have to disagree there, NONE of the legal fields are guaranteed bank anymore. Even IP law (though admittedly it is a little more secure than the other fields). IP firms are laying off lawyers as well.
Yes, and USians brag and boast about living in a democracy, where everyone has equal chance to be president, and many other imagined "virtues", despite none of those things being true.
Wow, we have NO virtues?
Funny. I was under the impression that, in the good old USA, anybody could sue you for anything and, even if their case got laughed out of court, you'd still have to re-mortgage your home to pay your legal fees - whereas in most of the rest of the world anyone bringing a frivolous lawsuit risks having to pay for the entire cost of the process.
For a frivolous lawsuit? Not exactly. A standard, everyday solo practitioner charges about $200 an hour, with a $2,000 retainer upfront. For a frivolous lawsuit, it is quite possible for him to draft and argue a motion to dismiss without running through the entire retainer. Expensive but not as horrible as everyone here seems to think.
Actually it's not just common law jurisdictions, at least in the US.
If you are an actual lawyer, then can you please explain why you don't do it like the US does, REQUIRE THE PROSECUTION TO PROVE GUILT, NOT REQUIRE THE DEFENDANT TO PROVE INNOCENCE?
That's for criminal cases, for civil cases (like libel) it is generally to prove by a preponderance of the evidence, a much easier standard to make.
A UK judgement cannot be enforced against servers located in the United States.
Yes, it can. However, you will need to get a US court with proper jurisdiction to enforce the order, and US courts won't do that if there is a constitutional defense available (like free speech).
But some of them have microSDHC slots. SanDisk.com is selling 8 GB class-2 microSDHC cards for under $32.
Too complicated. And when the iphone first came out flash memory was horrendously expensive (unless you knew about buy.com or newegg).
Is it because they know that people will buy anything with the Apple logo?
I think Apple is overrated, Steve Jobs is a narcissistic jackass, Apple fanboys are ridiculously obnoxious, and Apple continuously places appearance over smart engineering to consumer's detriment.
And I love my iphone with a deep, abiding passion. It's an almost perfectly designed phone.
It's not always about the logo.
Then why hasn't another smart phone that can play MP3, M4A, or WMA music taken off the way the iPhone did?
Because they don't have enough memory to support a decent music library. And the user interfaces aren't very good.
Thanks for the spoiler, been looking forward to weeks to finishing up the series.
Seriously? This is completely ridiculous.
Why on earth are you saying that on slashdot? Do you think you have to convince anyone here? Why preach to the converted?
Well played, sir, well played.
I really hate this phrase. The more I see it used, the more I'm convinced it's just people trying to sound smart.
It's a useful phrase on slashdot. If someone uses it at the beginning of their post, I can safely assume they don't know what they're talking about and ignore the rest.
I've been pushed hard on projects before -- and been told that documentation wasn't a priority, that getting the code out was. (I had a sign on my wall that said 'Documentation is Phase 2', a direct quote from my manager).
But "Josh" seems to have decided on the no documentation idea himself. Which means he isn't really doing his job.
"Josh" is the kind of guy that develops Googles, Yahoo, etc.
You have no idea if that's true. If the author of the article had mentioned which company "Josh" worked for we could look at the actual work product. It's entirely possible, and more than likely, that "Josh" is just a better-than-average programmer who doesn't have the ability to work at the truly elite developers.
As a quirky genius, I have to say, if you don't like the way we do it... go fucking do it yourself. Should be good for a laugh...
Please let us know what absolute brilliant pieces of programming have come from you so as to show that you are entitled to this attitude. At least let us know what companies you've worked for so we can at least know what world class programs you've helped produce.
Good point. One other danger in enabling the obnoxious behavior by the brilliant guy is that you create this mindset where everyone starts assuming that if you're obnoxious you must be brilliant. A lot of times the quiet guy in the suit and tie is a lot smarter than the obnoxious one in the insulting t-shirt.
The Twinkie defense worked.
No it didn't.
But now for the interesting part! Quote from the preface: 'The study was made possible by a grant from the Motion Picture Association (MPA).' Ah, what a surprise..."
And if a study saying the opposite was funded by a grant from the EFF, none of you would even mention it. RAND is not going to sell out just because one study was funded by the MPAA. If they had been, they sure as hell would have found more than 3 out of 14
focusing criticism on RAND's interchangeable use of the terms "piracy" and "counterfeiting" -- the report deals with the physical distribution of DVDs, making only brief mention of digital downloads. The MPAA and others have barked up this tree before.
So...they release a study saying that the physical distribution of DVDs funds terrorism in some cases, and the response is well what about P2P? If they wanted to analyze the link between digital downloads and terrorism, then they would have done so. Has anyone here even done research design? At some point you have to limit what you're looking at.
I thought it was the Commodore TI/994A.
Why do we get so much analysis on technology from non-technically certified lawyers?
We don't. You're just making that up.
What kind of trouble are you talking about?
I don't know about this, LT has a tendency to go off on rants about things outside his sphere of expertise (and it shows).