First of all, on ANY platform I DETEST rapid release and continuous improvement. What I want is MEANINGFUL releases of MAJOR changes in a cohesive, well tested release. I hate crap apps on my Android phone or Java run-time constantly f*ing looking to be updated for little changes. I especially ABHOR continual rearrangements of the interface (which Chase banking is constantly messing with)! All of this coming to my automobile. There are enough distractions on the road already!
An international thriller unfolding day-by-day. A nerd on the run in exotic locations. Every morning there are dozens of fascinating stories in the news. Awesome!
For decades the CIA and NSA were put down for not being as good as the Russian KGB. Reason was the KGB bugged everyone and everything. It'd be shocked too if the NSA weren't somewhat good at broad surveillance.
I just cannot believe it! Countries around the world spy on each other?? What a remarkable revelation, who would'a thought?. Perhaps next we'll find out that corporations act in their greedy self interest or that middle school girls are catty. Thank you Edward Snowden for making the f*ing obvious even more obvious!
I work at a bank and we cannot use Facebook, gmail, or any networking app. Haven't for the past decade. Also, we have all I/O ports (USB, etc) disabled. In fact, our [crappy] Windows instance is not even local (it is a blade at a remote DC). We just have a lite client under our desks running CITRIX. A skilled engineer might find a way of getting sensitive data thru, but Manning/Snowden type users could not. The only thing I find alarming is the Army has taken so long to implement any sort of hygiene???
Pardon for reminiscing about ham radio, but I remember being at a radio repair/install on Rt 1 in Saugus (Massachusetts) in the mid 1990s. For some reason a salesman left open a hidden door off the sales floor. Thru it I could see an entire room full of nerds repairing radios. And I mean heavy spectacled, nasally congested 'George McFly' type nerds who each operated a home ham radio (which was how they found common employment doing radio repair). Every single one of them, to the man, had pocket protectors in their buttoned down white shirts (top buttoned of course). It was fantastic and amazing! It was like discovering your Glockenspiel is actually made by lederhosen wearing elfs. I loved the ham radio culture and hope it will always survive somehow.
Ah yes, ham radio, the original home to tens of thousands of the original nerds. Starting in the late 19th century it provided a way for obsessive, and sometimes brilliant, nerds a home-brew hobby on an obscure technology (e.g. quartz and schematics) which allowed broad communication with each other. Sad that some new modulation is encroaching upon this pastime.
People who study the humanities are better able to communicate with others on engineering issues. The ability to draw analogies from a broad base of understanding is immensely helpful in describing complex problems and solutions.
How wonderful China and Russia are aiding Snowden! Both countries are obviously homes to all forms of freedom of expression. As a citizen of China and Russia you can always voice your opinion against the government without worry of incrimination. If you see corruption in the Russian government or brutality against gays then write it about online or in a newspaper. If you think China is oppressing dissidents or sentencing citizens to the death penalty for minor offenses the just tweet about it. That is how truly free those countries are. No need to fear the FSB, Black Dolphin, or MSS. These are happy places full of smiling, jolly police and intelligence officials who welcome criticism.
I worked for SIAC at Metro Tech on Jay Street. Everyday the workers wondered if they'd get shot or shanked. On top of the fact that the buses full of convicts from the local prison would be hooting at everyone as the drove by. Of course in Brooklyn this is considered a "garden".
Yes, they do commit to "carefully designed" systems in principle, since that's the intelligent thing to do . But problem is a carefully designed system there often has a longer time horizon than they'll actually fund (they go thru so many boom-n-bust cost cutting cycles). By "terminology" I mean the terminology of the business (for example "dead cat bounce").
Good point. But Wall Street is generally a frustrating place for young, talented engineers. There are lots of legacy systems, arcane terminology, and crap engineering. Wall Street systems are often a conglomeration of asymmetrical mergers/acquisitions. Sure there is the occasionally high frequency gig at Goldman which pays $300k+, but few want to hang for the long term.
Global warming, redressed as climate change, is a scam perpetuated by grant seeking academics, non-profits and scientists. The reference to it in this article typifies a method of when-you-don't-know-the-reason point blame to climate change. Then at least your research grants have a chance of getting funded.
Also opposed to curtailing privacy is loner computer nerds who fear their voracious appetite for kinky will be unveiled, many of whom are readers here.
A big part of IT issue is the CFO. How exactly does the CFO come up with an "appropriate" number without understanding IT systems?? The CFO is usually the problem himself/herself. For example, continual cost cutting cycles affect the quality of IT, especially related to IT staff. The continual turnover of people not only means that the creators of systems are often not with the firm but also current workers have no incentive to document or create understandable systems (in fact quite the opposite in order to preserve job security).
Anyone who has suffered management consultancy hogwash about "best practices" or "core values" should experience schadenfreude in Booz Allen agonize over providing a defective worker to the NSA at 200K+ a year. I say give Snowden a free pass on this one and instead imprison senior Booz Allen employees at Gitmo!
An unintentional pleasure coming out of this will be watching Booz Allen squirm over how they're overpriced services are completely ineffective and worthless. Any one who's ever been force to work with management consultancy or swallow their gruesome hogwash about "core values" and "best practices" will experience heartfelt bliss in watching Booz Allen suffer.
Wow. A high school drop out who can make $200k and live in Hawaii!? What a sweet, sweet gig!! Snowden really has screwed himself. Nothing with privacy on this level is going to change since most people don't mind a little snooping if it's going to catch terrorists or fight violent drug cartels. So all he'll get is a bit of Julian Assange style attention amongst nerds for the moment. Besides, the USA has never been good keeping secrets anyways, dating back to leaks from the Manhattan project. The only pleasure coming out of this will be watching Booz Allen squirm over how they're overpriced services are completely ineffective.
True it is good to have less expensive Indian/Chinese programmers. But it is also wise to have an American/European programmer with higher well rounded language/assimilation skills along with the Asians. A good diverse team is one American programmer, one Russian program and a couple of Indian/Chinese coders. The infrastructure teams can be more of a ghetto but the program teams should have a craft blend of backgrounds.
That's excellent. Maybe they could have mini-drone light sources flying about. Sensors could calculate the girls position and eye direction. Based on these inputs the light drones could illuminate they boys so as to minimize their acne or maximize their biceps. A fun computer project.
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First of all, on ANY platform I DETEST rapid release and continuous improvement. What I want is MEANINGFUL releases of MAJOR changes in a cohesive, well tested release. I hate crap apps on my Android phone or Java run-time constantly f*ing looking to be updated for little changes. I especially ABHOR continual rearrangements of the interface (which Chase banking is constantly messing with)! All of this coming to my automobile. There are enough distractions on the road already!
An international thriller unfolding day-by-day. A nerd on the run in exotic locations. Every morning there are dozens of fascinating stories in the news. Awesome!
For decades the CIA and NSA were put down for not being as good as the Russian KGB. Reason was the KGB bugged everyone and everything. It'd be shocked too if the NSA weren't somewhat good at broad surveillance.
I just cannot believe it! Countries around the world spy on each other?? What a remarkable revelation, who would'a thought?. Perhaps next we'll find out that corporations act in their greedy self interest or that middle school girls are catty. Thank you Edward Snowden for making the f*ing obvious even more obvious!
I work at a bank and we cannot use Facebook, gmail, or any networking app. Haven't for the past decade. Also, we have all I/O ports (USB, etc) disabled. In fact, our [crappy] Windows instance is not even local (it is a blade at a remote DC). We just have a lite client under our desks running CITRIX. A skilled engineer might find a way of getting sensitive data thru, but Manning/Snowden type users could not. The only thing I find alarming is the Army has taken so long to implement any sort of hygiene???
Pardon for reminiscing about ham radio, but I remember being at a radio repair/install on Rt 1 in Saugus (Massachusetts) in the mid 1990s. For some reason a salesman left open a hidden door off the sales floor. Thru it I could see an entire room full of nerds repairing radios. And I mean heavy spectacled, nasally congested 'George McFly' type nerds who each operated a home ham radio (which was how they found common employment doing radio repair). Every single one of them, to the man, had pocket protectors in their buttoned down white shirts (top buttoned of course). It was fantastic and amazing! It was like discovering your Glockenspiel is actually made by lederhosen wearing elfs. I loved the ham radio culture and hope it will always survive somehow.
Ah yes, ham radio, the original home to tens of thousands of the original nerds. Starting in the late 19th century it provided a way for obsessive, and sometimes brilliant, nerds a home-brew hobby on an obscure technology (e.g. quartz and schematics) which allowed broad communication with each other. Sad that some new modulation is encroaching upon this pastime.
People who study the humanities are better able to communicate with others on engineering issues. The ability to draw analogies from a broad base of understanding is immensely helpful in describing complex problems and solutions.
How wonderful China and Russia are aiding Snowden! Both countries are obviously homes to all forms of freedom of expression. As a citizen of China and Russia you can always voice your opinion against the government without worry of incrimination. If you see corruption in the Russian government or brutality against gays then write it about online or in a newspaper. If you think China is oppressing dissidents or sentencing citizens to the death penalty for minor offenses the just tweet about it. That is how truly free those countries are. No need to fear the FSB, Black Dolphin, or MSS. These are happy places full of smiling, jolly police and intelligence officials who welcome criticism.
You'z guyz from Joisey too!!?
Ya talk'in about the first thing or the second thing?
I worked for SIAC at Metro Tech on Jay Street. Everyday the workers wondered if they'd get shot or shanked. On top of the fact that the buses full of convicts from the local prison would be hooting at everyone as the drove by. Of course in Brooklyn this is considered a "garden".
No cutting edge tech person wants to work in Brooklyn when they can work in Manhattan.
Yes, they do commit to "carefully designed" systems in principle, since that's the intelligent thing to do . But problem is a carefully designed system there often has a longer time horizon than they'll actually fund (they go thru so many boom-n-bust cost cutting cycles). By "terminology" I mean the terminology of the business (for example "dead cat bounce").
Good point. But Wall Street is generally a frustrating place for young, talented engineers. There are lots of legacy systems, arcane terminology, and crap engineering. Wall Street systems are often a conglomeration of asymmetrical mergers/acquisitions. Sure there is the occasionally high frequency gig at Goldman which pays $300k+, but few want to hang for the long term.
Global warming, redressed as climate change, is a scam perpetuated by grant seeking academics, non-profits and scientists. The reference to it in this article typifies a method of when-you-don't-know-the-reason point blame to climate change. Then at least your research grants have a chance of getting funded.
Also opposed to curtailing privacy is loner computer nerds who fear their voracious appetite for kinky will be unveiled, many of whom are readers here.
A big part of IT issue is the CFO. How exactly does the CFO come up with an "appropriate" number without understanding IT systems?? The CFO is usually the problem himself/herself. For example, continual cost cutting cycles affect the quality of IT, especially related to IT staff. The continual turnover of people not only means that the creators of systems are often not with the firm but also current workers have no incentive to document or create understandable systems (in fact quite the opposite in order to preserve job security).
Anyone who has suffered management consultancy hogwash about "best practices" or "core values" should experience schadenfreude in Booz Allen agonize over providing a defective worker to the NSA at 200K+ a year. I say give Snowden a free pass on this one and instead imprison senior Booz Allen employees at Gitmo!
Schadenfreude!!!
An unintentional pleasure coming out of this will be watching Booz Allen squirm over how they're overpriced services are completely ineffective and worthless. Any one who's ever been force to work with management consultancy or swallow their gruesome hogwash about "core values" and "best practices" will experience heartfelt bliss in watching Booz Allen suffer.
Wow. A high school drop out who can make $200k and live in Hawaii!? What a sweet, sweet gig!! Snowden really has screwed himself. Nothing with privacy on this level is going to change since most people don't mind a little snooping if it's going to catch terrorists or fight violent drug cartels. So all he'll get is a bit of Julian Assange style attention amongst nerds for the moment. Besides, the USA has never been good keeping secrets anyways, dating back to leaks from the Manhattan project. The only pleasure coming out of this will be watching Booz Allen squirm over how they're overpriced services are completely ineffective.
True it is good to have less expensive Indian/Chinese programmers. But it is also wise to have an American/European programmer with higher well rounded language/assimilation skills along with the Asians. A good diverse team is one American programmer, one Russian program and a couple of Indian/Chinese coders. The infrastructure teams can be more of a ghetto but the program teams should have a craft blend of backgrounds.
One the mini-drone idea, there could be drones flying about which could spray pleasant smelling fragrances whenever a girl approaches a nerd.
That's excellent. Maybe they could have mini-drone light sources flying about. Sensors could calculate the girls position and eye direction. Based on these inputs the light drones could illuminate they boys so as to minimize their acne or maximize their biceps. A fun computer project.