And even worse, they might try monkeying with the phone even more because "I really need to let my friend know" this trivial thing that I can't be bothered to call them about. So, yeah, I can see these apps' authors being sued due to vehicular deaths. (Not necessarily rightfully sued, but sued nonetheless.)
Headlines are a lot like humor. There was a great book I read a decade or so ago, "Comedy Writing Secrets"; one of the secrets was that a joke leads the listener down a familiar path, turning at the last instant to somewhere strange, and that creates the humor. A joke, to have the greatest impact, should turn on the last word, and if possible, on the last syllable. "Great minds think a lot" is an example of the latter (yes, "a lot" is two words but it's compared to "alike" which is one); the listener is led down the path that "he's saying my idea was good, and that we both are smart", but instead turns into "I'm smart and I think a lot; no information about the listener".
All that was to say, I agree: writing a headline is an art.
The science was at a Doctor Who level, just with less comedy and more thriller.
And, the series learned from the best dictators and liars: always put a kernel of truth into your fiction. These mass bird deaths happen on this planet; so work it into the series, and then the next time it happens, "hey we should resurrect the series!"
However, eventually, the conversation will float to how expensive will it be to have QA?
We had a similar discussion a few weeks ago, where the gist was: if you're paying your programmers to write documentation and perform tests, then you're paying way too much for doc and test. This sounds even worse; this sounds like they're "paying their users" to perform the testing.
I also believe that I have a right to drink alcohol as long as I'm over 21 and have the cash; but think driving drunk should be prosecuted as attempted murder.
I like your logic! Giving birth should be prosecuted as murder.
I plan to report myself; at least then I'll know how I got on the list. No, I'm not kidding, I don't want to fucking fly. This way I'll be kept away from the molestation radiation. At least until they put it in the Chinese Death Vans they've ordered.
Does anyone have a list of "non-TSA airports" that one can fly out of in the USA? (Not that I think I need to defend my right to ask a question in this first amendment country, but: my desire is to avoid radiation and molestation, and arrive at my destination safely.)
You should actually use ">" instead of >, just in case... (And & is formed by "&".) In other words, best practice is to do it like this: "<this>". I agree that preview is always a good idea -- as is checking links, if you added any to your comment.
I could make a case for recording government officials 24/7. If you haven't done anything wrong, you shouldn't have anything to hide. And, this just means that they'll make their backroom deals 16/7 (i.e., during non-working hours, and actually that would be more like 16/5 + 24/2 (the 2 for weekends) but then I'm creating a new construct and didn't mean to do that). The point being, if you give them a means to be sneaky they will do so; power corrupts, so we need to keep a strict watchful eye on power given to a citizen that other citizens do not have. Like the ability to commit kidnapping (arresting/jailing someone), theft (taxes/fees), and murder (capital punishment). I see it as completely reasonable to record, especially because these days the officer's recording devices only tend to fail at critical moments when the perp "fell down".
Well, it's my take that the need for undercover cops is because we have vice crimes. Make all the human vices into "non-crimes" and the need for undercover cops is drastically diminished. Perhaps they'd be able to solve their issues more cleanly without using sneakiness? Similarly, people tend to require witness protection programs because (and this is a bit tricky): the punishment of many of our vice crimes far outweighs the severity of the crime. Hence the "criminal" feels wronged (the punishment doesn't fit the crime), and wants revenge on the person that fingered them. If the punishment was non-existent, the person would not have had any need or desire to finger the "criminal". And, a drug seller or pimp who uses violence in the carrying out of their business, well, they're using violence and should be brought in for that. Not for providing a good or service to a willingly-paying customer.
Insightful and Interesting for a personal attack? Oh, what has Slashdot come it? (Yeah right.) Myself, I choose not to pursue sexual relationships, and it is a choice; I have had and am able to have partners. I choose not to. Like the other responder said, attack the message not the individual. I do agree that people should avoid pre-sexual marriage, and I'm not saying everyone should make the same decision as I made.
It's funny, every time I come back to a Unix (or Linux) system, and I use vi, my fingers remember how to get around at about the speed I can think. It really blows my mind each time, as I predominantly work in Windows. Whenever I'm forced to use a mouse, I slow down -- it takes extra time (and energy) to move your right hand that far away from the home row, and back.
And I've worked with some people (not only from India) who think that I am holding out on some critical thinking skill that I could easily teach them. I can't. It's a lifetime of experience. And also brain plasticity; I was born with a bum left eye.
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"Illegal drugs" generally aren't either.
Also, you're more likely to collide with other commuters trying to get to work.
"He had that same obsequious manner; that was the reason I had him killed." Thanks!
And even worse, they might try monkeying with the phone even more because "I really need to let my friend know" this trivial thing that I can't be bothered to call them about. So, yeah, I can see these apps' authors being sued due to vehicular deaths. (Not necessarily rightfully sued, but sued nonetheless.)
Perhaps Murdoch learned from Slashdot that you'll get more ad impressions from being a certain percentage incorrect, consistently?
Headlines are a lot like humor. There was a great book I read a decade or so ago, "Comedy Writing Secrets"; one of the secrets was that a joke leads the listener down a familiar path, turning at the last instant to somewhere strange, and that creates the humor. A joke, to have the greatest impact, should turn on the last word, and if possible, on the last syllable. "Great minds think a lot" is an example of the latter (yes, "a lot" is two words but it's compared to "alike" which is one); the listener is led down the path that "he's saying my idea was good, and that we both are smart", but instead turns into "I'm smart and I think a lot; no information about the listener".
All that was to say, I agree: writing a headline is an art.
And, the series learned from the best dictators and liars: always put a kernel of truth into your fiction. These mass bird deaths happen on this planet; so work it into the series, and then the next time it happens, "hey we should resurrect the series!"
We had a similar discussion a few weeks ago, where the gist was: if you're paying your programmers to write documentation and perform tests, then you're paying way too much for doc and test. This sounds even worse; this sounds like they're "paying their users" to perform the testing.
Their sentence was not complete: "losing money, compared to our competitors."
Have you seen Pioneer One? It has the first two episodes out, and it's not bad. Reminds me of X Files at times, with a bit less budget.
Well, the concept does; I mean, just look to Cricket. And Homosexuality.
Going to need a lot more monkeys to get Shakespeare...
Who is bigger, Mrs. Bigger or her baby? Her baby is a little Bigger.
I like your logic! Giving birth should be prosecuted as murder.
Scary to think that all they have to do is kidnap Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's relatives and he can carry the bomb onto the plane.
I plan to report myself; at least then I'll know how I got on the list. No, I'm not kidding, I don't want to fucking fly. This way I'll be kept away from the molestation radiation. At least until they put it in the Chinese Death Vans they've ordered.
Does anyone have a list of "non-TSA airports" that one can fly out of in the USA? (Not that I think I need to defend my right to ask a question in this first amendment country, but: my desire is to avoid radiation and molestation, and arrive at my destination safely.)
And we will one day machines that replace words that the humans have out of their sentences.
You should actually use ">" instead of >, just in case... (And & is formed by "&".) In other words, best practice is to do it like this: "<this>". I agree that preview is always a good idea -- as is checking links, if you added any to your comment.
I could make a case for recording government officials 24/7. If you haven't done anything wrong, you shouldn't have anything to hide. And, this just means that they'll make their backroom deals 16/7 (i.e., during non-working hours, and actually that would be more like 16/5 + 24/2 (the 2 for weekends) but then I'm creating a new construct and didn't mean to do that). The point being, if you give them a means to be sneaky they will do so; power corrupts, so we need to keep a strict watchful eye on power given to a citizen that other citizens do not have. Like the ability to commit kidnapping (arresting/jailing someone), theft (taxes/fees), and murder (capital punishment). I see it as completely reasonable to record, especially because these days the officer's recording devices only tend to fail at critical moments when the perp "fell down".
Well, it's my take that the need for undercover cops is because we have vice crimes. Make all the human vices into "non-crimes" and the need for undercover cops is drastically diminished. Perhaps they'd be able to solve their issues more cleanly without using sneakiness? Similarly, people tend to require witness protection programs because (and this is a bit tricky): the punishment of many of our vice crimes far outweighs the severity of the crime. Hence the "criminal" feels wronged (the punishment doesn't fit the crime), and wants revenge on the person that fingered them. If the punishment was non-existent, the person would not have had any need or desire to finger the "criminal". And, a drug seller or pimp who uses violence in the carrying out of their business, well, they're using violence and should be brought in for that. Not for providing a good or service to a willingly-paying customer.
Insightful and Interesting for a personal attack? Oh, what has Slashdot come it? (Yeah right.) Myself, I choose not to pursue sexual relationships, and it is a choice; I have had and am able to have partners. I choose not to. Like the other responder said, attack the message not the individual. I do agree that people should avoid pre-sexual marriage, and I'm not saying everyone should make the same decision as I made.
I agree, if you can't type fast pick up the phone.
It's funny, every time I come back to a Unix (or Linux) system, and I use vi, my fingers remember how to get around at about the speed I can think. It really blows my mind each time, as I predominantly work in Windows. Whenever I'm forced to use a mouse, I slow down -- it takes extra time (and energy) to move your right hand that far away from the home row, and back.
And I've worked with some people (not only from India) who think that I am holding out on some critical thinking skill that I could easily teach them. I can't. It's a lifetime of experience. And also brain plasticity; I was born with a bum left eye.