@CrimsonAvenger: I'm writing on Slashdot, not composing a legal document. If you're at all familiar w/electronic communication over the past 30 years then you may know people often don't spell check online forums, email, facebook, text msg, or other text considered casual communication. You're remark is petty and indicative of a compulsive, abrasive temperament.
Of course the markets are rigged. It has always been that way all the way back to the 1920s. Most often the regulators where former insiders themselves, in which case they were complicit in the buddy-buddy world of Wall Street. This woman, however, just seems to be an imbecile. [I'm a 30 year veteran of Wall St and have worked on the trading floors in most of the major firms.]
It's unbelievable the dealership lobby sees themselves as as protecting consumers by denying consumers choice!? Anyone who has purchased a car from a dealership or had repairs knows they're the manipulative black-heart of evil!
Gay marriage is about gaining the SAME right as the rest of the population. Affirmative action is about granting certain racial groups EXTRA rights over the rest of the population. These are very different considerations. Affirmative action was only seen as a temporary fix to correct historical imbalances, not in perpetuity. Why should the son of a wealthy African American get admitted to a top school just because he is black? Why should someone who is tall w/blue eyes and blonde hair get extra admission consideration just because his name is Gonzalez and he speaks Spanish? This is very different than granting two lesbians who've been together for 40 years the right to marry. The two are a bad comparison.
I work for a major British bank and I see the precisely the same. IT people have become less and less well rounded, less able to think critically. Historically there were always a proportion of IT folks with strong IT skills but poor soft-skills (albeit many were borderline Aspergers). But they were often blended in with people capable of thinking critically, understanding the business, and communicating effectively so it worked out well. And even the most nerdy of the 1970s/1980s were relatively well rounded by today's standards. For example, Bill Gates was on his school's football team, was a voracious reader and could evaluate/write legal text. Nowadays with the influx of east and southern Asians, which is the large majority of our IT line staff, skills have become narrow. The gentle submissiveness and low-cost which made them attractive as employees backfires when then don't challenge bad ideas, cannot communicate, cannot orchestrated broader aspects of work, or low quality work results in crap systems expensive to maintain. Part of it has to do with their educational system, too often modeled after the old Soviet pure technical education. Some has to do with poverty, a well rounded education is expensive. Some of it has to do with culture, narrowness is the norm. Some of it has to do with cost-cutting, well rounded staff are more expensive. But it is to the peril of IT management to recognize where narrow skill staffing is appropriate and where it is not.
I mostly like the Economist and have read it for years. Does a good job with financial analysis and the occasional tech article. Although it has been getting a bit extreme with immigration issues lately. It has always been pro-migration but it seems to have abandoned it relatively moderate view in be past few years. Btw, "More Intelligent Life", also published by the Economist online, is a fun read.
In school sports the boy's sports programs are granted a lot more money, even with Title 9. Do you think Ole Miss or Ohio State are as generous as the girls programs (including admissions) as they are with boys football? If benefactors want to pay girls more to learn programming then it is wonderful?
And he should share the credit with all those excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity!! Here's a salute to all those engrossed with thoughts and fantasies of great success, enormous attractiveness, power, intelligence!!!
The stock market has ALWAYS been rigged, it is just being expressed differently w/tech. But it's not the only form of trading which is rigged. From the Chicago commodity trading pits to recycled fibers to diamonds, trading profits are biased towards either the clever incumbents or the crooked. It's not to say one cannot make money in the market, but one must approach it with extreme cynicism. Following any current trading trend, such a high frequency trading, inevitably leads too losses unless one is within the inner-circles of Wall St. The way to make money is to be a "contrarian" investor or a value investor in the long-term. [I say this after 30 years experience working in the equities markets for firms such as Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs]
I'm kinda guessing the proud and hard-working Latinos don't like being grouped in with African Americans? Obviously demagogue Jackson see opportunity in including the growing population of Latinos. But, take prison gangs for example, it's not like the Norteños and Sureños want blacks in there, that's why they're totally separate gangs. No one works harder than the proud and respectful Mexicans, not sure if I can say the same for surly African Americans. Lastly, given the huge number of Asians (Indian/Chinese) in tech, why does Jackson think there is lack of diversity???
Is Nissan totally OBLIVIOUS to what makes a quality automobile? The beautiful Telsa is like a futuristic BMW 5 Series, the Leaf is a butt ugly piece of junk. It's like entertaining the delusion that a Porsche and a Buick are about the same in terms of performance, driving pleasure, and prestige. Or that Bloc de Foie Gras d'Oie and Spam are about the same in terms of flavor and texture. Is it just because the Leaf and Telsa are "electric" that some believe it magically puts them in the same category in terms of quality and performance?
How difficult is it to create an artificial magnetic field for the purposes of deflecting/channeling radiation (I ask this pseudo-rhetorically since it's likely very difficult)? Could it be done with inductor coils or ferrous magnets? Could it be on a separate spacecraft which could act as a blocker (such that spacecraft electronics don't get distorted)?
At one time a portrait painting was big money. A person could go to art school and earn a middle class, or better, living painting portraits. It was a rewarding and artful profession which employed tens of thousands. Then photography came along an destroyed this profession for all potential customers except the very rich. I like this article and its analysis, but it has a bit of a Luddite perspective.
Why launch space station/ship components, especially structural components, into outer space? They're bulky and can be damaged. Instead, launch 3D printer input materials into space and print out the space ship there. Besides, pure materials, such as compressed aluminum powder, can withstand big g-forces so alternate and cheaper launch devices, such as a super gun (the dream of infamous Gerald Bull), can be used.
For example, say I'm in Netbeans. On the left margin there is typically a panel listing packages, classes, methods in a collapsible tree GUI. So if I've instantiated any of the classes I can browse thru their definitions in the packages. Sometimes having a GUI is good.
Just like the works of Bach and Mozart need to be trashed, they're old and bloated... Just like modern songs by the Black Eye Peas are sooo much better than say Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring or Piano Concerto #21...
Just wanted to say, unrelated to the GitHub discussion, that Emacs is awesome! I've been using it since the mid-80s on 2400 baud modems and have been a big fan of Stallman and the boys. There are things I'd like, for example a GUI object browser. But overall it is f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c!
Does anyone know the specs of whether this ship can withstand being ice bound? I know Shacklton's wooden ship was crushed like a match box by the encroaching ice. An ice ship's bow can break ice but what about the crushing forces from the sides. If so, and they need to camp out on the ice for months, do they have enough supplies? Do they have hard-tack (basically dog biscuits for humans) when the normal food runs out and enough fuel to burn?
Sadly tech these tech pushes in Africa inevitably end with scams, fraud and various other forms of internet crime. Although cheap hardware allowed countries such as India to rise to the top of the software tech world, Africa has notoriously high levels of crime.
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@CrimsonAvenger: I'm writing on Slashdot, not composing a legal document. If you're at all familiar w/electronic communication over the past 30 years then you may know people often don't spell check online forums, email, facebook, text msg, or other text considered casual communication. You're remark is petty and indicative of a compulsive, abrasive temperament.
Of course the markets are rigged. It has always been that way all the way back to the 1920s. Most often the regulators where former insiders themselves, in which case they were complicit in the buddy-buddy world of Wall Street. This woman, however, just seems to be an imbecile. [I'm a 30 year veteran of Wall St and have worked on the trading floors in most of the major firms.]
Rubik's cube was a game a person played when they were high. Holland is full of reefer cafes. Naturally a Dutchman set the record.
State taxation when it comes to preventing consumer choice is a form of blocking of interstate commerce, which is illegal.
It's unbelievable the dealership lobby sees themselves as as protecting consumers by denying consumers choice!? Anyone who has purchased a car from a dealership or had repairs knows they're the manipulative black-heart of evil!
Gay marriage is about gaining the SAME right as the rest of the population. Affirmative action is about granting certain racial groups EXTRA rights over the rest of the population. These are very different considerations. Affirmative action was only seen as a temporary fix to correct historical imbalances, not in perpetuity. Why should the son of a wealthy African American get admitted to a top school just because he is black? Why should someone who is tall w/blue eyes and blonde hair get extra admission consideration just because his name is Gonzalez and he speaks Spanish? This is very different than granting two lesbians who've been together for 40 years the right to marry. The two are a bad comparison.
I work for a major British bank and I see the precisely the same. IT people have become less and less well rounded, less able to think critically. Historically there were always a proportion of IT folks with strong IT skills but poor soft-skills (albeit many were borderline Aspergers). But they were often blended in with people capable of thinking critically, understanding the business, and communicating effectively so it worked out well. And even the most nerdy of the 1970s/1980s were relatively well rounded by today's standards. For example, Bill Gates was on his school's football team, was a voracious reader and could evaluate/write legal text. Nowadays with the influx of east and southern Asians, which is the large majority of our IT line staff, skills have become narrow. The gentle submissiveness and low-cost which made them attractive as employees backfires when then don't challenge bad ideas, cannot communicate, cannot orchestrated broader aspects of work, or low quality work results in crap systems expensive to maintain. Part of it has to do with their educational system, too often modeled after the old Soviet pure technical education. Some has to do with poverty, a well rounded education is expensive. Some of it has to do with culture, narrowness is the norm. Some of it has to do with cost-cutting, well rounded staff are more expensive. But it is to the peril of IT management to recognize where narrow skill staffing is appropriate and where it is not.
Russia is the quintessence of corruption, control, and spying on it's citizens. Snowden, the hypocrite, has betrayed his original moral delusion.
I mostly like the Economist and have read it for years. Does a good job with financial analysis and the occasional tech article. Although it has been getting a bit extreme with immigration issues lately. It has always been pro-migration but it seems to have abandoned it relatively moderate view in be past few years. Btw, "More Intelligent Life", also published by the Economist online, is a fun read.
"Today's decision is a vindication for all vain egomaniacs who's unbridled narcissism can be fulfilled with merely an amateur's technology skills..."
In school sports the boy's sports programs are granted a lot more money, even with Title 9. Do you think Ole Miss or Ohio State are as generous as the girls programs (including admissions) as they are with boys football? If benefactors want to pay girls more to learn programming then it is wonderful?
And he should share the credit with all those excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity!! Here's a salute to all those engrossed with thoughts and fantasies of great success, enormous attractiveness, power, intelligence!!!
The stock market has ALWAYS been rigged, it is just being expressed differently w/tech. But it's not the only form of trading which is rigged. From the Chicago commodity trading pits to recycled fibers to diamonds, trading profits are biased towards either the clever incumbents or the crooked. It's not to say one cannot make money in the market, but one must approach it with extreme cynicism. Following any current trading trend, such a high frequency trading, inevitably leads too losses unless one is within the inner-circles of Wall St. The way to make money is to be a "contrarian" investor or a value investor in the long-term. [I say this after 30 years experience working in the equities markets for firms such as Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs]
I'm kinda guessing the proud and hard-working Latinos don't like being grouped in with African Americans? Obviously demagogue Jackson see opportunity in including the growing population of Latinos. But, take prison gangs for example, it's not like the Norteños and Sureños want blacks in there, that's why they're totally separate gangs. No one works harder than the proud and respectful Mexicans, not sure if I can say the same for surly African Americans. Lastly, given the huge number of Asians (Indian/Chinese) in tech, why does Jackson think there is lack of diversity???
Is Nissan totally OBLIVIOUS to what makes a quality automobile? The beautiful Telsa is like a futuristic BMW 5 Series, the Leaf is a butt ugly piece of junk. It's like entertaining the delusion that a Porsche and a Buick are about the same in terms of performance, driving pleasure, and prestige. Or that Bloc de Foie Gras d'Oie and Spam are about the same in terms of flavor and texture. Is it just because the Leaf and Telsa are "electric" that some believe it magically puts them in the same category in terms of quality and performance?
How difficult is it to create an artificial magnetic field for the purposes of deflecting/channeling radiation (I ask this pseudo-rhetorically since it's likely very difficult)? Could it be done with inductor coils or ferrous magnets? Could it be on a separate spacecraft which could act as a blocker (such that spacecraft electronics don't get distorted)?
At one time a portrait painting was big money. A person could go to art school and earn a middle class, or better, living painting portraits. It was a rewarding and artful profession which employed tens of thousands. Then photography came along an destroyed this profession for all potential customers except the very rich. I like this article and its analysis, but it has a bit of a Luddite perspective.
Why launch space station/ship components, especially structural components, into outer space? They're bulky and can be damaged. Instead, launch 3D printer input materials into space and print out the space ship there. Besides, pure materials, such as compressed aluminum powder, can withstand big g-forces so alternate and cheaper launch devices, such as a super gun (the dream of infamous Gerald Bull), can be used.
That is a ponderous paragraph for the Slashdot headlines. Your prose needs a diet. How about a synopsis first?
Nice. Just installed it. Thanks!!!!!
For example, say I'm in Netbeans. On the left margin there is typically a panel listing packages, classes, methods in a collapsible tree GUI. So if I've instantiated any of the classes I can browse thru their definitions in the packages. Sometimes having a GUI is good.
Just like the works of Bach and Mozart need to be trashed, they're old and bloated... Just like modern songs by the Black Eye Peas are sooo much better than say Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring or Piano Concerto #21...
Just wanted to say, unrelated to the GitHub discussion, that Emacs is awesome! I've been using it since the mid-80s on 2400 baud modems and have been a big fan of Stallman and the boys. There are things I'd like, for example a GUI object browser. But overall it is f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c!
Does anyone know the specs of whether this ship can withstand being ice bound? I know Shacklton's wooden ship was crushed like a match box by the encroaching ice. An ice ship's bow can break ice but what about the crushing forces from the sides. If so, and they need to camp out on the ice for months, do they have enough supplies? Do they have hard-tack (basically dog biscuits for humans) when the normal food runs out and enough fuel to burn?
Sadly tech these tech pushes in Africa inevitably end with scams, fraud and various other forms of internet crime. Although cheap hardware allowed countries such as India to rise to the top of the software tech world, Africa has notoriously high levels of crime.