I'm pretty sure you're trolling... But in case I'm just being hyper-sensitive:
I mostly do administration, but my ability to automate tasks (in a well structured way) is pretty darn useful. The code I write hopefully ends up being pretty easy to maintain if I have to leave it to someone else. Binary math comes in handy when having to deal with networking (making sense of netmasks, network IDs and the like). I usually have a pretty good feel how applications work, or what's happening when they don't.
None of that is particularly advanced, so... No, you can probably get by just fine without a CS degree in IT... But it doesn't hurt. For some of us, it opened our eyes to how much we didn't know. I grew up loving to take apart my computer and put it back together... But I didn't exactly have much exposure to anything to help me pick up programming on my own. My CS degree ended up being a lot of fun, pretty educational, and pretty useful to me. I'd even say that I did indeed need the degree, or at least the experience I gained while earning it. I went, I learned, I conquered those stinking 4 semesters of Calc (barely), and I wouldn't have had access to computing resources like that outside of my university setting.
Oh, and it did help me impress a Math PhD who is now my wife. I occasionally help her code up some of her research. Works just fine for me.
I am not a musician - But my understanding is that musicians and bands make most of their money by touring. If that is indeed the case, then advertising with TPB, getting exposure, and (hopefully) a large fan base actually ends up being a great investment. I'd expect that this is even more so for indies, since they really don't get the benefit of the distribution channels of big label artists.
Plus, concert goers are pretty likely to buy the album. If they're actually good, chances are there are plenty of people who will go and support them by buying music on the various digital outlets too. The Pirate Bay could be doing a lot of good for these artists.
Because lighter than air doesn't have the enjoyable experience when something goes terribly wrong.
What's the fun of a weather balloon popping when you can have radioactive material spread over a wide civilian range when someone thinks to shoot it down?
Except us. Fortunately, I'm already working on my remote outpost. There's a decent water source, and it happens to be a great place for harvesting methane.
In addition, I've got a short guy, and a really big guy who work well together. I also have a few designs for a small coliseum in the center for entertainment.
According to the translation, yes it did. I'd guess that there was some hardship in moving some of the core services, but maybe not... If there were *nix editions of most of the software that the city used, then maybe it wasn't so bad.
I'd like to see what the transition plan was, how long it took, and what software blocks stood in the way. Kudos though to them for saving some cash on something that appears to have improved their reliability.
Have you ever seen a mainstream American news story about the CP websites they have helped bring down? Of course not.
For most of us on this side of the pond, the only news about Anonymous from evening news, the NYT, local papers, etc. pretty much don't cover Anonymous unless they take down CBS. As a result, most people who have even heard of Anonymous think that they're only cybercriminals... While some members may be, some aren't.
But I'm open to being wrong. If someone has a link, please share.
I'm glad you found one case that was opened before Google acquired Motorola Mobility, where MM was actively defending against a troll in Microsoft. Microsoft accusing anyone of abusing patents is kinda like a black hole calling something dark. Seeing how the litigation between MS and MM has been going on since 10/10, I'm going to say your example isn't making GGP's assertion true. In fact, I'm willing to say that if that's the best someone can come up with, that assertion is absolutely false.
Your case is more an example of how Microsoft has been abusing its patent portfolio for seriously hideous patents. Most manufacturers just signed up to pay MS a cost of a Windows Mobile license to avoid litigation, and they passed the cost on to the consumer. You're thinking that deserves defense and benefits us? Apple wants a cut of the same action. They're proving that they're no better than MS, NTP and SCO in my book.
All this does is reinforce the idea that if you're a small time inventor, or even a big time manufacturer, who really wants to make a product that innovates, and gives people something they really want... There's no chance in hell in the US. MS, Apple, NTP, Honeywell or some other patent holding company will just kill you for making it remotely useful.
I'm losing my mod points for this, but I couldn't take it.
Your post is quite insightful, and I wholeheartedly agree with the posting. But you really need to brush up on using the preview button. Many others on here need to as well, but my pedantic side took over right here.
Anon parent and grandparent - Although I'm sure you both feel like your side is less to blame than the other, I think that the anger shouldn't be against the ideas of the opposing side. I believe it should focus on the execution by the corrupt few who chose to implement the policies. Honestly, conservatism, libertarianism, liberalism, and even socialism all have advantages and could probably work if it weren't for asshats. That's the rub, there's always going to be some asshats. Anymore, I think policy should be directed to controlling the damage by asshats.
It's not acceptable because my wife was directed to a scanner, and opted for the pat down. She said it ended up being horrible, and she felt quite violated. Like other posters said, this is a case where *neither* option actually increases security. I honestly believe that the pat down is designed to be so intrusive that the scanner ends up being no so bad in comparison.
Add "Since the Maoist revolution," to the statement and then dispute. I'm a huge fan of tea, monks who can whoop some arse, and even some of the old music... but I'm not a fan of their current operating procedure.
But that would involve cooperation and allow for a competitor. They have a lovely cash cow, and they're doing what they can to make sure nobody gets a slice.
It would be one thing if Honeywell was actually planning on improving their thermostats, but they aren't. And they don't want anyone else to improve them either. It's not quite the same as patent trolling (in the NTP sense), but more like AT&T with modems.
Are we shocked that this was the reaction? I mean at least it was nice to have the opinion of the public hit the ears (or wallets) of our Congressmen and Senators and they actually did something with it. But I think we've known for a long time that most of the people in those chairs are more concerned with staying there instead of doing something "in the interest of the country and citizens."
Let's face it, they would have supported this thing right until the end without giving a single thought about the consequences beyond the cash flow from the people who tried to buy this through. This isn't a Rep/Dem issue except where they'll try to leverage it in the next election cycle. I still say kudos to the entire public effort to raise awareness, and I'll just take the small bit of good news that came from this effort to stop PIPA and SOPA. I know the war's not over by any stretch, but it was nice to be heard by our federal lawmakers.
The fact that you take the time to actually design something sensible, and are willing to go through some debugging and personal testing pretty much puts you in the development/software engineering pack. The best thing to do is keep working at it, and if you really want to go through the "official seal" of software engineering, you'll need to address it through process.
Make sure the design documents are put together as living documents (maintained throughout the lifecycle). Get your versioning system in place. Make sure the testing team has awareness and a way to properly validate software quality, and that all possible code paths are covered in the testing process. But as far as you are concerned, you'll need to use what you've learned to either fit into the processes, improve them, or create a working process.
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I'm pretty sure you're trolling... But in case I'm just being hyper-sensitive:
I mostly do administration, but my ability to automate tasks (in a well structured way) is pretty darn useful. The code I write hopefully ends up being pretty easy to maintain if I have to leave it to someone else. Binary math comes in handy when having to deal with networking (making sense of netmasks, network IDs and the like). I usually have a pretty good feel how applications work, or what's happening when they don't.
None of that is particularly advanced, so... No, you can probably get by just fine without a CS degree in IT... But it doesn't hurt. For some of us, it opened our eyes to how much we didn't know. I grew up loving to take apart my computer and put it back together... But I didn't exactly have much exposure to anything to help me pick up programming on my own. My CS degree ended up being a lot of fun, pretty educational, and pretty useful to me. I'd even say that I did indeed need the degree, or at least the experience I gained while earning it. I went, I learned, I conquered those stinking 4 semesters of Calc (barely), and I wouldn't have had access to computing resources like that outside of my university setting.
Oh, and it did help me impress a Math PhD who is now my wife. I occasionally help her code up some of her research. Works just fine for me.
I am not a musician - But my understanding is that musicians and bands make most of their money by touring. If that is indeed the case, then advertising with TPB, getting exposure, and (hopefully) a large fan base actually ends up being a great investment. I'd expect that this is even more so for indies, since they really don't get the benefit of the distribution channels of big label artists.
Plus, concert goers are pretty likely to buy the album. If they're actually good, chances are there are plenty of people who will go and support them by buying music on the various digital outlets too. The Pirate Bay could be doing a lot of good for these artists.
Because lighter than air doesn't have the enjoyable experience when something goes terribly wrong.
What's the fun of a weather balloon popping when you can have radioactive material spread over a wide civilian range when someone thinks to shoot it down?
Except us. Fortunately, I'm already working on my remote outpost. There's a decent water source, and it happens to be a great place for harvesting methane.
In addition, I've got a short guy, and a really big guy who work well together. I also have a few designs for a small coliseum in the center for entertainment.
According to the translation, yes it did. I'd guess that there was some hardship in moving some of the core services, but maybe not... If there were *nix editions of most of the software that the city used, then maybe it wasn't so bad.
I'd like to see what the transition plan was, how long it took, and what software blocks stood in the way. Kudos though to them for saving some cash on something that appears to have improved their reliability.
Don't forget Pennsylvania... those billboards along the Penn Turnpike keep saying how clean it is too....
Honestly? These are the only true winners...
And, can that creator make a sandwich so big that even the creator can't eat it?
I'm calling Godwin's Exception. The Godwin's Corollary only functions when you mean it. You're clearly trying to short circuit the conversation.
GP meant to say:
Have you ever seen a mainstream American news story about the CP websites they have helped bring down? Of course not.
For most of us on this side of the pond, the only news about Anonymous from evening news, the NYT, local papers, etc. pretty much don't cover Anonymous unless they take down CBS. As a result, most people who have even heard of Anonymous think that they're only cybercriminals... While some members may be, some aren't.
But I'm open to being wrong. If someone has a link, please share.
I'm glad you found one case that was opened before Google acquired Motorola Mobility, where MM was actively defending against a troll in Microsoft. Microsoft accusing anyone of abusing patents is kinda like a black hole calling something dark. Seeing how the litigation between MS and MM has been going on since 10/10, I'm going to say your example isn't making GGP's assertion true. In fact, I'm willing to say that if that's the best someone can come up with, that assertion is absolutely false.
Your case is more an example of how Microsoft has been abusing its patent portfolio for seriously hideous patents. Most manufacturers just signed up to pay MS a cost of a Windows Mobile license to avoid litigation, and they passed the cost on to the consumer. You're thinking that deserves defense and benefits us? Apple wants a cut of the same action. They're proving that they're no better than MS, NTP and SCO in my book.
All this does is reinforce the idea that if you're a small time inventor, or even a big time manufacturer, who really wants to make a product that innovates, and gives people something they really want... There's no chance in hell in the US. MS, Apple, NTP, Honeywell or some other patent holding company will just kill you for making it remotely useful.
I'm losing my mod points for this, but I couldn't take it.
Your post is quite insightful, and I wholeheartedly agree with the posting. But you really need to brush up on using the preview button. Many others on here need to as well, but my pedantic side took over right here.
The IRS will at least occasionally give back when it has taken more than it should. The TSA has yet to do that.
There are solutions for providing USB ports to virtualized machines. I've used AnywhereUSB. That'll do the trick.
Anon parent and grandparent - Although I'm sure you both feel like your side is less to blame than the other, I think that the anger shouldn't be against the ideas of the opposing side. I believe it should focus on the execution by the corrupt few who chose to implement the policies. Honestly, conservatism, libertarianism, liberalism, and even socialism all have advantages and could probably work if it weren't for asshats. That's the rub, there's always going to be some asshats. Anymore, I think policy should be directed to controlling the damage by asshats.
I'm actually feeling uncomfortable thinking about what she said.
You can start here:
http://consumerist.com/2010/08/tsas-enhanced-pat-down-procedure-lets-their-fingers-do-the-searching.html
Then check this:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/10/for-the-first-time-the-tsa-meets-resistance/65390/
http://pncminnesota.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/rape-survivor-devasted-by-tsa-enhanced-pat-down/
http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/tsa-admits-to-punishing-travelers/
It's not acceptable because my wife was directed to a scanner, and opted for the pat down. She said it ended up being horrible, and she felt quite violated. Like other posters said, this is a case where *neither* option actually increases security. I honestly believe that the pat down is designed to be so intrusive that the scanner ends up being no so bad in comparison.
Fine.
Add "Since the Maoist revolution," to the statement and then dispute. I'm a huge fan of tea, monks who can whoop some arse, and even some of the old music... but I'm not a fan of their current operating procedure.
It was iOS as well then...
http://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco_and_apple_agreement_on_ios_trademark/
It was iOS. Apple also made an agreement with Cisco before using the name too.
But that would involve cooperation and allow for a competitor. They have a lovely cash cow, and they're doing what they can to make sure nobody gets a slice.
It would be one thing if Honeywell was actually planning on improving their thermostats, but they aren't. And they don't want anyone else to improve them either. It's not quite the same as patent trolling (in the NTP sense), but more like AT&T with modems.
Yeah, and we don't get the "prestige" of being called "Doctor".
Have you ever corrected them?
Are we shocked that this was the reaction? I mean at least it was nice to have the opinion of the public hit the ears (or wallets) of our Congressmen and Senators and they actually did something with it. But I think we've known for a long time that most of the people in those chairs are more concerned with staying there instead of doing something "in the interest of the country and citizens."
Let's face it, they would have supported this thing right until the end without giving a single thought about the consequences beyond the cash flow from the people who tried to buy this through. This isn't a Rep/Dem issue except where they'll try to leverage it in the next election cycle. I still say kudos to the entire public effort to raise awareness, and I'll just take the small bit of good news that came from this effort to stop PIPA and SOPA. I know the war's not over by any stretch, but it was nice to be heard by our federal lawmakers.
^This
The fact that you take the time to actually design something sensible, and are willing to go through some debugging and personal testing pretty much puts you in the development/software engineering pack. The best thing to do is keep working at it, and if you really want to go through the "official seal" of software engineering, you'll need to address it through process.
Make sure the design documents are put together as living documents (maintained throughout the lifecycle). Get your versioning system in place. Make sure the testing team has awareness and a way to properly validate software quality, and that all possible code paths are covered in the testing process. But as far as you are concerned, you'll need to use what you've learned to either fit into the processes, improve them, or create a working process.
Me thinks that Apple should see this... And maybe... MAYBE... spend that money in R&D instead of L&O.
Maybe they could spend that $100 M on better user trials to avoid situations like that old pesky antenna issue.