I wish I could find complete blueprints for the Merlin. I mean from which a person could actually build one. I don't expect I will but it would be nice to know that the technology was not lost forever.
At the rate they keep slamming the few remaining war birds into the ground it won't be soon before all we have is video.
I do not develop for iPads. I don't even know what they use. But I can tell you one thing, if they made me use the iPad to code and debug with, I wouldn't be happy.
I would expect that there is some kind of development environment or at least an emulator that you use to develop for a virtual iPad, then you would download it directly from the workstation...no network needed. And if your app used a network then I'd be inclined to set up the developer with a small wireless router and a virtual network...all still completely isolated from the corporate network.
If you are dealing with the feds, the meeting the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley act is a fact of life. Failing to deal with the requirements can essentially mean the death penalty for the company because the feds won't do business with you if you are out of compliance.
The Act essential deals with setting up security and policies that prevent someone from being able to game the system. A Buyer can create a PO, but cannot perform A/P functions do pay the PO and cannot receive the product. Just a simple example.
But in my company, many, many people got their panties in a twist when we started taking away their ability to do things and requiring them to abide by policies and procedures. It can be a big culture shock to small to mid size companies that grow into a larger markets with the Feds.
One of the biggest headaches was enforcing the use of standard cell phones and disallowing the storage of data in the phones. Anything that comes onto premises, had any kind of connectivity with the network and then left the premises is now tightly controlled and locked down. All the laptops have encrypted hard drives and even USB drives are automatically encrypted when they are connected if they are not already. If you have dealt with sales people, you know they don't like that one bit. Shit, I can't even install and use iTunes or any other mp3 players.
So to the feds, this is a Big Deal and people can and have lost their jobs for trying to game the system because otherwise, the whole company could be dead, figuratively speaking.
Perhaps then the Feds should look at the permitting requirements. I feel 100% confident in suggesting that the majority of the permitting requirements are pure bullshit.
Not to mention the ability to get a record and slice and dice it easy as you please without having go through all the parsing crap. I haven't seen anything that does that except COBOL.
I think the difference is that they have to violate your personal effects (your car) to do that. Now, if they could detect you car relying on some specific emission (electronic, most likely), then I think they have a case. But as long as they have to actually put something on your car, then no.
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I wish I could find complete blueprints for the Merlin. I mean from which a person could actually build one. I don't expect I will but it would be nice to know that the technology was not lost forever.
At the rate they keep slamming the few remaining war birds into the ground it won't be soon before all we have is video.
...reading some years back that the Red Light camera companies had specific language in the contracts that restricted the length of yellow lights.
A cynical person might think they wanted people running red lights. But I'm not...oh, fuck it. I am cynical.
This will not end well.
A process for regulating the discharge from a capacitor.
The formula for a doping compound that increases the efficiency of solar cell to 80%
A list of your customers and their feed back on your service or their future purchasing plans.
A spreadsheet of assay results from two years of mineral sampling.
All kinds of companies have I.T. departments and not all valuable information is source code.
I do not develop for iPads. I don't even know what they use. But I can tell you one thing, if they made me use the iPad to code and debug with, I wouldn't be happy.
I would expect that there is some kind of development environment or at least an emulator that you use to develop for a virtual iPad, then you would download it directly from the workstation...no network needed. And if your app used a network then I'd be inclined to set up the developer with a small wireless router and a virtual network...all still completely isolated from the corporate network.
And I'm not talking about Hanes.
If you are dealing with the feds, the meeting the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley act is a fact of life. Failing to deal with the requirements can essentially mean the death penalty for the company because the feds won't do business with you if you are out of compliance.
The Act essential deals with setting up security and policies that prevent someone from being able to game the system. A Buyer can create a PO, but cannot perform A/P functions do pay the PO and cannot receive the product. Just a simple example.
But in my company, many, many people got their panties in a twist when we started taking away their ability to do things and requiring them to abide by policies and procedures. It can be a big culture shock to small to mid size companies that grow into a larger markets with the Feds.
One of the biggest headaches was enforcing the use of standard cell phones and disallowing the storage of data in the phones. Anything that comes onto premises, had any kind of connectivity with the network and then left the premises is now tightly controlled and locked down. All the laptops have encrypted hard drives and even USB drives are automatically encrypted when they are connected if they are not already. If you have dealt with sales people, you know they don't like that one bit. Shit, I can't even install and use iTunes or any other mp3 players.
So to the feds, this is a Big Deal and people can and have lost their jobs for trying to game the system because otherwise, the whole company could be dead, figuratively speaking.
Oh, you just wait. It's coming.
Nearly 300 children drowned in their bath tub.
Nearly 60 drown in a 5 gallon buckets
Over 50 in a hot tub and 16 in toilets.
But of course we need new regulations for magnets.
"permitting problems"
Perhaps then the Feds should look at the permitting requirements. I feel 100% confident in suggesting that the majority of the permitting requirements are pure bullshit.
It will all go into your backyard.
I think the U.S. would be a much better run country of the decisions were not left up to Gallop.
The Federal reserve doesn't buy IPOs.
On a way I am ashamed to have contributed, even in a smallest, to their success.
On the other hand, that's thousands of potential new customers for my company.
...is that they have created a system where in they can't function as a hospital without computers.
Give that man a drink and a woman!
And they'll be comparing that to COBOL and be amazed that COBOL still has fewer bugs.
Not to mention the ability to get a record and slice and dice it easy as you please without having go through all the parsing crap. I haven't seen anything that does that except COBOL.
massively overpaid
How much is it worth to you to get your pay check on time, all the time?
No everyone thinks it's a good thing to write a entire program in one huge line:
import sys,os,re,fileinput;a=[i[2] for i in os.walk('.') if i[2]] [0];[sys.stdout.write(re.sub('at','op',j)) for j in fileinput.input(a,inplace=1)]
Now, that's what I call maintainable!...cough.
Your bank transactions are done with it, your payroll most likely... all the stuff that matters.
COBOL is the Mac Truck and Container Ship of I.T.
It would cost you about $50,000 a year, plus books and fees.
Well, maybe not now, but you can bet some University Administration would decide that's what has to happen.
I think the difference is that they have to violate your personal effects (your car) to do that. Now, if they could detect you car relying on some specific emission (electronic, most likely), then I think they have a case. But as long as they have to actually put something on your car, then no.
It's simple really:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects
GPS tracking you is "their persons". Your cell phone, car, etc. are clearly your effects.
OK, I'm going with Funny. Genius even.
Best post of the whole discussion languishing at 0.
The worst part is the someone felt it necessary to post AC. No doubt because they figure such a sentiment would not be well received on /.