In case it wasn't clear, I was attempting (and failing) to be amusing. Not to actually call you out. My background ISNT in heavy industry at all, so I really don't have any idea what goes on.
Used to be that even a half assed thermodynamics joke would get a +5./. in decline, I suppose. (or arguably, getting better)
Guys, seriously? Welcome to hyperbole 104. We will teach you to exaggerate in ways that are believable, but still carry impact. For instance, in the example, we see someone clearly talking out their ass. This speaker has forgotten that this is a techie site, and that thermodynamics isn't negotiable. We might say instead, "often generating significant portions of the original energy input". Now, we might also want to give it a bit more kick. So we could say "often generating huge amounts of power" This of course ignores the fact that it takes absolutely massive amounts of power in the first place, but what the read doesn't know, won't cause them to think you are a moron.
So you think you know something about signals intelligence? Intercepts, decryption, code-breaking? I doubt it. Sure, you can use a modern "radar" detector to spot UAV control link frequencies, but that isn't going to get you any closer to breaking whatever control scheme is in place. It is naive at best to think that modern military hardware isn't using crypto hardware that out paces anything you've ever heard of.
Could another modern military force find, intercept and maybe understand or at least interfere with military communications? Maybe. I wouldn't count on it.
Your historical perspective and current understanding of the situation are both deeply flawed. I've met pilots in all divisions of the military, and none of them are bad at what they do. Going around saying "everyone" is better than the airforce, the UNDEFEATED airforce, is a little bit disingenuous. Can you fly a F15? How about a F22? Can you even fly a Cessna? Then what makes you qualified to even judge these pilots?
Granted, Airforce pilots are a lot more likely to be flying Air tankers and transports, than anything else, but that doesn't make them inferior. In fact with out them, you'd find you are in a totally different war. Firepower blows stuff up, logistics win the war.
COD4 was a masterpiece. As far as multilayer shooters go, it basically set the bar. Previously, CounterStrike held this honor. Before everyone starts screaming, go look at how many people are playing whatever game you are going to bring up, and then go find out that CS 1.6 still has more players, 10 years later. Granted, it's obvious today that COD4 isn't going to have the staying power that CS had, that doesn't detract from the fact that it is one of the best shooters in recent memory. FAR surpassing the other COD games, and nearly every other shooter.
The real problem here isn't the games, or the studios, it's the consoles forcing a model onto the PC world that doesn't work here. That should be the point of the discussion. Because I am fairly certain that all new COD games from here on out are going to be focused on the console market, as COD6/MW2 was.
I despise the fact that you are totally correct. Whatever else apple is guilty of, they made a brilliant play with the app store.
We could argue all day about 30% and how that applies to a website rather than a physical store, and how that relates to current consignment sales systems in the real world. However, doing so is just nitpicking. I personally believe that 30% for what apple is offering is a bit much. It's about 3x more than typical systems for similar services online. But then, apples store is considerably "better" than most. For varying definitions of better. Market exposure is huge, clutter is fairly low, and the entire support and sales structure is handled by apple. So... better, than most.
You can't talk like that here. Rational, intelligent discourse isn't allowed on the internet. Turn in your/. UID and your geek card at the nearest ISP.
In all seriousness, I agree. It's great to see personal communications being held as personal. It's right in line with my understanding of the founders intent. However, I'd also like to see the laws changed so that government personnel can't hide behind private mail for official "off the record" business.
I run a self sufficient company which provides me more than gainful employment. As recently as 5 years ago, I was working as a "professional" in the markets you probably work in.
You say that everyone would work 9-5 if what I say is true. MOST PEOPLE DO. So I'm not sure what your point is. OH... are you trying to imply you are one of the 1% of independent contractors that make a living? Or simply that your boss is too blind to notice that some significant portion of your "work time" is being used personally? Do you really think he doesn't care? Do you really think that when it's review time, they don't talk about the fact that you could put out twice as much if you didn't spend half the day on your phone/facebook? That's cute, but you are naive.
You may in fact have that rare relationship with your boss that as long as you get "your work" done, they don't care what else is going on. But you should know that is pretty damn rare, and most employers will look at that, and say, "well obviously he doesn't have enough work to do".
Most of you in the IT biz seem to think that there isn't an endless line of work behind what you already did. There is. If you don't know that, or don't care, then you are cheating your employer. If you do know that and you aren't already moving to work on it, you are LAZY, and I would replace you with someone that took the initiative.
I don't think I'm prepared to use TAX code to define professional.
Let me give you a simpler definition. Someone that is paid to produce results, in a specific time frame. Now, we here, can probably easily deliver, and still keep up on/. and facebook. My point being, imagine what you could deliver if you actually FOCUSED.
I'm as guilty as the next guy, but when I REALLY shut out my private life, I get considerably more work done. I will grant that long periods of this can be negative, but short periods of this are productive and shouldn't impact your social life in a significant way.
Professionals are paid for their time. Period. You can slice it however you want, but almost no one works piece meal. Most of those that do are VERY far down the skill ladders.
It was a nice try to slander me with accusations of working for McDonalds. Last time I checked, their POS terminals don't allow the user to initiate a web browser (or any other software).
Wether salary, or hourly, you are being paid for your time. Surely the result are what count (mostly), but there is usually an implicit agreement of a certain block of time, on certain days. If you can't abide the agreement, then you shouldn't make it. However, if you convinced someone to pay you salary, and then just do as you please, that's great. But it's not a career, kiddo.
It speaks volumes that your point of view is effectively, "I work better when I'm slightly less focused on my personal stuff". Has it occurred to you to try focusing on your work, when it's work time, and leave your personal issues at the door? I know this isn't a popular opinion around here, but your email, facebook and txt messages can wait until you aren't being paid for your time. If they can't, then you have a problem, and you should get counseling, OR you need to take a furlough from work and get your life in order.
While it's great that modern systems can keep us up to date on the latest and greatest events around us, it's nothing more than a distraction most of the time, and it is almost NEVER serious business.
Are you really putting forward the argument that everyone wants an iphone, but not everyone can get one, so enter android? Seriously? I've watched this iphone saga play out on/. and it's been agonizing. A group of otherwise intelligent and discerning users tossed all decorum out the window and salivated at the iphone. Frankly, I don't get it. I've had a smart phone since before anyone called them that. My old ass busted Treo 650 does everything modern "smart phones" do, and it did it 5+ years ago. Granted, you had to be pretty good at hacking up the phone to make it do half of it, and the other half only worked as a technology demo, rather than a productive tool. However, I'm not sure when, but somewhere along the line, it went from being a really productive tool, to a flashy bauble.
At some point, we as consumers need to step back from the glossy black surfaces, and sleek lines, and realize that the tools we buy should be stylish, but they should be functional first. I won't be using an iphone, ever. Because I ONLY use platforms that are extensible by the user. Because I want function. What is it you are shopping for?
Arguably, you could substitute "win" with "finish". Which of course makes his argument as obviously silly as it is. Since you can finish, consume, take in art as you would a game.
My bet is he has never been immersed in a game to even a slight degree and therefore has no frame of reference for appreciating them.
What is the code level difference between "we did this together" and "we came up with similar solutions independently"? Point being, there is no difference, because with any given problem, there are only so many solutions. It's also likely there are only so many GOOD solutions, and not many of them. So if you have a class of 100, and you assume that at least 5 of them are REALLY smart, chances are 2 or more of those 5 are going to have similar ideas. While the rest of the class goes off on a goose chase and ends up with 20,000 lines of code to print hello.
Ecigs don't have SMOKE at all. So there is NO second hand smoke. The "smoke" effect you see from an Ecig is in fact vapor, and not smoke. In fact it is (depending on the source mix) mostly water vapor. It is in fact entirely harmless to any bystander.
The term personal vaporizor is used a lot. But that tends to make people think of smoke, and there isn't any. Nothing is burned in an Ecig. Instead an element is heated and the liquid nicotine substance is turned to vapor, inhaled and never exhaled significantly. There are almost none of the chemicals found in tobacco, and it's nearly impossible with current ecigs to OD on nicotine (something you probably can't do with tobacco, but could with liquid nicotine substances).
Frankly this whole thing stinks of a ploy by the tobacco industry to maintain dominance in a field where technology and innovation are about to crush them. That, or keep the tax revenue up... or both.
Lets do an anecdote? OK. I've had a car, with an average mileage per year of min 20k, since 1996. I got a cell phone later that year. I have 7 total speeding infractions. I have never been in a car accident (while driving). I have made and received phone calls while driving.
Yeah, do that. Pull over on I-5 while everyone else goes by at 80, you can absolutely pull over and stop, have a chat and that's perfectly safe. So safe that I'll read about it in tomorrows OSP flash update. Meanwhile, why don't you fix your makeup, hair, and finish off that mocha. Oh, and your kids are crying in the back seat. The oldest one just threw his icecream against the front window. The dog is barking. The radio is too loud. Your passenger is trying to get your attention to point out the crazy guy on his cell phone in the next car.
It's likely most people won't accept this, but the bottom line is that some of us are actually capable of handling our vehicles, AND a cell phone. If susie homemaker can put 7 children, a couple dogs and another house wife into her van, and drive around like that, then why is the enforcement centered on cell phones? They are hardly the only distracting item in the cab.
This entire enforcement effort centers on cell phones, but the real threat is something else entirely.
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In case it wasn't clear, I was attempting (and failing) to be amusing. Not to actually call you out. My background ISNT in heavy industry at all, so I really don't have any idea what goes on.
/. in decline, I suppose. (or arguably, getting better)
Used to be that even a half assed thermodynamics joke would get a +5.
"often producing more electricity than they use"
Guys, seriously? Welcome to hyperbole 104. We will teach you to exaggerate in ways that are believable, but still carry impact. For instance, in the example, we see someone clearly talking out their ass. This speaker has forgotten that this is a techie site, and that thermodynamics isn't negotiable. We might say instead, "often generating significant portions of the original energy input". Now, we might also want to give it a bit more kick. So we could say "often generating huge amounts of power" This of course ignores the fact that it takes absolutely massive amounts of power in the first place, but what the read doesn't know, won't cause them to think you are a moron.
So you think you know something about signals intelligence? Intercepts, decryption, code-breaking? I doubt it. Sure, you can use a modern "radar" detector to spot UAV control link frequencies, but that isn't going to get you any closer to breaking whatever control scheme is in place. It is naive at best to think that modern military hardware isn't using crypto hardware that out paces anything you've ever heard of.
Could another modern military force find, intercept and maybe understand or at least interfere with military communications? Maybe. I wouldn't count on it.
Your historical perspective and current understanding of the situation are both deeply flawed. I've met pilots in all divisions of the military, and none of them are bad at what they do. Going around saying "everyone" is better than the airforce, the UNDEFEATED airforce, is a little bit disingenuous. Can you fly a F15? How about a F22? Can you even fly a Cessna? Then what makes you qualified to even judge these pilots?
Granted, Airforce pilots are a lot more likely to be flying Air tankers and transports, than anything else, but that doesn't make them inferior. In fact with out them, you'd find you are in a totally different war. Firepower blows stuff up, logistics win the war.
COD4 was a masterpiece. As far as multilayer shooters go, it basically set the bar. Previously, CounterStrike held this honor. Before everyone starts screaming, go look at how many people are playing whatever game you are going to bring up, and then go find out that CS 1.6 still has more players, 10 years later. Granted, it's obvious today that COD4 isn't going to have the staying power that CS had, that doesn't detract from the fact that it is one of the best shooters in recent memory. FAR surpassing the other COD games, and nearly every other shooter.
/MW2 was.
The real problem here isn't the games, or the studios, it's the consoles forcing a model onto the PC world that doesn't work here. That should be the point of the discussion. Because I am fairly certain that all new COD games from here on out are going to be focused on the console market, as COD6
I despise the fact that you are totally correct. Whatever else apple is guilty of, they made a brilliant play with the app store.
We could argue all day about 30% and how that applies to a website rather than a physical store, and how that relates to current consignment sales systems in the real world. However, doing so is just nitpicking. I personally believe that 30% for what apple is offering is a bit much. It's about 3x more than typical systems for similar services online. But then, apples store is considerably "better" than most. For varying definitions of better. Market exposure is huge, clutter is fairly low, and the entire support and sales structure is handled by apple. So... better, than most.
You can't talk like that here. Rational, intelligent discourse isn't allowed on the internet. Turn in your /. UID and your geek card at the nearest ISP.
In all seriousness, I agree. It's great to see personal communications being held as personal. It's right in line with my understanding of the founders intent. However, I'd also like to see the laws changed so that government personnel can't hide behind private mail for official "off the record" business.
I run a self sufficient company which provides me more than gainful employment. As recently as 5 years ago, I was working as a "professional" in the markets you probably work in.
You say that everyone would work 9-5 if what I say is true. MOST PEOPLE DO. So I'm not sure what your point is. OH... are you trying to imply you are one of the 1% of independent contractors that make a living? Or simply that your boss is too blind to notice that some significant portion of your "work time" is being used personally? Do you really think he doesn't care? Do you really think that when it's review time, they don't talk about the fact that you could put out twice as much if you didn't spend half the day on your phone/facebook? That's cute, but you are naive.
You may in fact have that rare relationship with your boss that as long as you get "your work" done, they don't care what else is going on. But you should know that is pretty damn rare, and most employers will look at that, and say, "well obviously he doesn't have enough work to do".
Most of you in the IT biz seem to think that there isn't an endless line of work behind what you already did. There is. If you don't know that, or don't care, then you are cheating your employer. If you do know that and you aren't already moving to work on it, you are LAZY, and I would replace you with someone that took the initiative.
I don't think I'm prepared to use TAX code to define professional.
/. and facebook. My point being, imagine what you could deliver if you actually FOCUSED.
Let me give you a simpler definition. Someone that is paid to produce results, in a specific time frame. Now, we here, can probably easily deliver, and still keep up on
I'm as guilty as the next guy, but when I REALLY shut out my private life, I get considerably more work done. I will grant that long periods of this can be negative, but short periods of this are productive and shouldn't impact your social life in a significant way.
Professionals are paid for their time. Period. You can slice it however you want, but almost no one works piece meal. Most of those that do are VERY far down the skill ladders.
It was a nice try to slander me with accusations of working for McDonalds. Last time I checked, their POS terminals don't allow the user to initiate a web browser (or any other software).
Wether salary, or hourly, you are being paid for your time. Surely the result are what count (mostly), but there is usually an implicit agreement of a certain block of time, on certain days. If you can't abide the agreement, then you shouldn't make it. However, if you convinced someone to pay you salary, and then just do as you please, that's great. But it's not a career, kiddo.
It speaks volumes that your point of view is effectively, "I work better when I'm slightly less focused on my personal stuff". Has it occurred to you to try focusing on your work, when it's work time, and leave your personal issues at the door? I know this isn't a popular opinion around here, but your email, facebook and txt messages can wait until you aren't being paid for your time. If they can't, then you have a problem, and you should get counseling, OR you need to take a furlough from work and get your life in order.
While it's great that modern systems can keep us up to date on the latest and greatest events around us, it's nothing more than a distraction most of the time, and it is almost NEVER serious business.
Are you really putting forward the argument that everyone wants an iphone, but not everyone can get one, so enter android? Seriously? I've watched this iphone saga play out on /. and it's been agonizing. A group of otherwise intelligent and discerning users tossed all decorum out the window and salivated at the iphone. Frankly, I don't get it. I've had a smart phone since before anyone called them that. My old ass busted Treo 650 does everything modern "smart phones" do, and it did it 5+ years ago. Granted, you had to be pretty good at hacking up the phone to make it do half of it, and the other half only worked as a technology demo, rather than a productive tool. However, I'm not sure when, but somewhere along the line, it went from being a really productive tool, to a flashy bauble.
At some point, we as consumers need to step back from the glossy black surfaces, and sleek lines, and realize that the tools we buy should be stylish, but they should be functional first. I won't be using an iphone, ever. Because I ONLY use platforms that are extensible by the user. Because I want function. What is it you are shopping for?
Among gamers, we don't call those games.
Arguably, you could substitute "win" with "finish". Which of course makes his argument as obviously silly as it is. Since you can finish, consume, take in art as you would a game.
My bet is he has never been immersed in a game to even a slight degree and therefore has no frame of reference for appreciating them.
Right, because 1.3 billion cattle would be grazing the wild plains if humans weren't around. :|
Natural emissions from NATURAL herds is one thing, unnaturally large, overfed and under worked animals is another thing entirely.
It's like recompiling your kernel and having to spend 3 days rewriting conf files to get X back up.
Or because building infrastructure at a huge mark up through a no bid contract to your buddies at your previous job takes time.
What is the code level difference between "we did this together" and "we came up with similar solutions independently"? Point being, there is no difference, because with any given problem, there are only so many solutions. It's also likely there are only so many GOOD solutions, and not many of them. So if you have a class of 100, and you assume that at least 5 of them are REALLY smart, chances are 2 or more of those 5 are going to have similar ideas. While the rest of the class goes off on a goose chase and ends up with 20,000 lines of code to print hello.
Perhaps you've never been to MANchester....
Ecigs don't have SMOKE at all. So there is NO second hand smoke. The "smoke" effect you see from an Ecig is in fact vapor, and not smoke. In fact it is (depending on the source mix) mostly water vapor. It is in fact entirely harmless to any bystander.
The term personal vaporizor is used a lot. But that tends to make people think of smoke, and there isn't any. Nothing is burned in an Ecig. Instead an element is heated and the liquid nicotine substance is turned to vapor, inhaled and never exhaled significantly. There are almost none of the chemicals found in tobacco, and it's nearly impossible with current ecigs to OD on nicotine (something you probably can't do with tobacco, but could with liquid nicotine substances).
Frankly this whole thing stinks of a ploy by the tobacco industry to maintain dominance in a field where technology and innovation are about to crush them. That, or keep the tax revenue up... or both.
Where is the mod option for "delusional"?
Lets do an anecdote? OK. I've had a car, with an average mileage per year of min 20k, since 1996. I got a cell phone later that year. I have 7 total speeding infractions. I have never been in a car accident (while driving). I have made and received phone calls while driving.
You say I "Just can't ok". I just did.
Yeah, do that. Pull over on I-5 while everyone else goes by at 80, you can absolutely pull over and stop, have a chat and that's perfectly safe. So safe that I'll read about it in tomorrows OSP flash update. Meanwhile, why don't you fix your makeup, hair, and finish off that mocha. Oh, and your kids are crying in the back seat. The oldest one just threw his icecream against the front window. The dog is barking. The radio is too loud. Your passenger is trying to get your attention to point out the crazy guy on his cell phone in the next car.
It's likely most people won't accept this, but the bottom line is that some of us are actually capable of handling our vehicles, AND a cell phone. If susie homemaker can put 7 children, a couple dogs and another house wife into her van, and drive around like that, then why is the enforcement centered on cell phones? They are hardly the only distracting item in the cab.
This entire enforcement effort centers on cell phones, but the real threat is something else entirely.
Over specialize and you breed in weakness. It's slow death. ;)
Easy there kiddo. Katz may be many things, but we do not speak ill here.