actually, entitlement programs aren't debt fueled. What has been debt fueled has been tax cuts for the rich, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, etc.
Funny enough the bailouts didn't actually cost us anything. We made most of our money back on the bailouts. Just like we did in the 80's and 90's when we had to clean up after Reagan and Bush 1's messes.
well, given that the field of astronomy has largely exploded and we're talking about visible figures in the skepticism community today, yes, Phil counts.
Although I'm wondering where the hell Donald Knuth, RMS, ESR, Linus Torvalds and Steve Wozniak are on the Blue line.:)
Then again, this is about *rational* thinking, which kicks RMS and ESR out.
Sagan's dead and Phil has launched a pilot for hopefully a new series on Discovery channel. Eventually someone's got to take up the torch Sagan left behind.
If I smacked his books and it went up, instead of down, sure. Tracking the specific course it took into the mud would've been a difficult and uncertain gesture, but, but I know the general vector it was going to take.
I knew a guy in college who was a gravity skeptic. We were discussing the repeatable nature of science, and he said, "No, just because it's repeatable doesn't mean it's predictable." I slapped the giant pile of books and notebooks out of his hand. "See? Gravity works."
He shot back, "Just because you're pointing to one instance..."
Skepticism ends at some point. Skepticism ends when you get answers like, "The reason why WTC7 went down was because of damage from a large chunk of another building hitting it" or "All the evidence points to global warming" or "Obama was born in Hawaii and is currently a Christian." Skepticism doesn't continue after getting answers you don't like. That's paranoia and delusional thinking.
My thoughts exactly. My big jumping off point to Apple was when I got hired at another ISP doing tech support and we were still resetting the Winsock layer as part of trouble shooting, even in Vista. I thought they would have worked that out back in NT4. My machine had serious OS failure right as I got hired. There had to be a better way.
Linux/BSD didn't have the vendor support I wanted so I said screw this I'm getting an OSX machine. Now when my friends are botching about various computer problems I just shrug and say, "Really? Mine's grape.".
I replaced the box. But seeing as how the cableco was closed at 7PM to do the swap, I bucked up, spent 2 bucks and bought the episode on iTunes and watched it.
My DVR failed. not epically but it went out with a CLICK WHIRRRR CLICK WHIRRRRRR of hdd failure. Even if this was my box and I wasn't renting from the cableco, it still meant i fucking missed mythbusters. >:(
Bingo, and I don't think the line is drawn at the size of the company but how mission critical the application is. Granted, in a 20 person firm versus a 20,000 person firm, the developer's probably also the administrator. But OTOH, if your business is 20 people big and one of them is a developer, it's easy to assume it's probably IT based and as such, some sort of administrative control is probably a good idea in general. Think about it. Well, sure, 20 people but how many machines? Half rack? rack? 5 racks? A whole datacenter?
Yes, certainly developers should have access to their production machines.
No, they shouldn't be allowed to do anything they want with them.
Troubleshooting application breakdowns are much easier for the developer to do. Thus, the access should be limited to logging data, etc. Unless the admin worked on the application itself, diagnosing those kinds of issues through someone else can be extremely difficult at best.
First, to start answering your question, I'm referring to the fact that you don't have to create "pop" music to become financially successful anymore. At this point, all it takes is talent and patience.
I'd love to believe this canard, but I haven't seen any real evidence that this phenomenon is real.
What the fuck are you talking about? Music as far back as I can remember has always been a commercial endeavor. From Bach to Chopin to Miley Cyrus. Pop music isn't new. It's just dumber
Because the job market's fucked right now. High unemployment and low job creation numbers. Beyond that if you're not employed currently, there's a weird bias *against* you(see: Here.).
You're arguing that objectively you're able to pull the same performance out of a machine from Apple that costs quite a bit more. I want to know by what objective standard are you using, and what are the numbers? How do you know that a 12 core Mac Pro can't do that?
I don't care if I can't run as many applications as you, besides, I don't think it's a point to brag about being able to run Windows programs.:)
No, I have a problem with people who think that it's cool to shit all over Apple fans just because they think they can do it better and cheaper. You're not even being clever about it. You're just strutting your e-penis all over this thread and acting like a macho asshole troll.
I just want to know what you're using to back up your claims that you're paying %10 the cost for 2x the functionality?
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actually, entitlement programs aren't debt fueled. What has been debt fueled has been tax cuts for the rich, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, etc.
Funny enough the bailouts didn't actually cost us anything. We made most of our money back on the bailouts. Just like we did in the 80's and 90's when we had to clean up after Reagan and Bush 1's messes.
well, given that the field of astronomy has largely exploded and we're talking about visible figures in the skepticism community today, yes, Phil counts.
Although I'm wondering where the hell Donald Knuth, RMS, ESR, Linus Torvalds and Steve Wozniak are on the Blue line. :)
Then again, this is about *rational* thinking, which kicks RMS and ESR out.
my iPod nano's never had a virus, a worm or a trojan, but a Greek dude with a bad cold did sneeze on it once.
Hell, just jumping from an Islamic Empire to a Christian Empire is a pretty sure way to ensure that traceability is lost.
Suppose this is why many American teenagers don't understand Algebra?
Sagan's dead and Phil has launched a pilot for hopefully a new series on Discovery channel. Eventually someone's got to take up the torch Sagan left behind.
If I smacked his books and it went up, instead of down, sure. Tracking the specific course it took into the mud would've been a difficult and uncertain gesture, but, but I know the general vector it was going to take.
I knew a guy in college who was a gravity skeptic. We were discussing the repeatable nature of science, and he said, "No, just because it's repeatable doesn't mean it's predictable." I slapped the giant pile of books and notebooks out of his hand. "See? Gravity works."
He shot back, "Just because you're pointing to one instance..."
Skepticism ends at some point. Skepticism ends when you get answers like, "The reason why WTC7 went down was because of damage from a large chunk of another building hitting it" or "All the evidence points to global warming" or "Obama was born in Hawaii and is currently a Christian." Skepticism doesn't continue after getting answers you don't like. That's paranoia and delusional thinking.
What exact value is XBL Gold giving anyway? It's totally bizarre.
Sony's not putting Netflix behind some bizarre paywall either.
My thoughts exactly. My big jumping off point to Apple was when I got hired at another ISP doing tech support and we were still resetting the Winsock layer as part of trouble shooting, even in Vista. I thought they would have worked that out back in NT4. My machine had serious OS failure right as I got hired. There had to be a better way.
Linux/BSD didn't have the vendor support I wanted so I said screw this I'm getting an OSX machine. Now when my friends are botching about various computer problems I just shrug and say, "Really? Mine's grape.".
7:30PM after a 10 hour shift isn't really the optimal point in time to "get a life." In fact, it's the optimal time to zone out and laze about.
All I'm saying is that it's a bit ridiculous to criticize other people's media consumption choices.
I replaced the box. But seeing as how the cableco was closed at 7PM to do the swap, I bucked up, spent 2 bucks and bought the episode on iTunes and watched it.
Yes but you're also waiting on netflix to get the disc in, and then put the disc online.
Compare that to buying the episode just after it airs.
My DVR failed. not epically but it went out with a CLICK WHIRRRR CLICK WHIRRRRRR of hdd failure. Even if this was my box and I wasn't renting from the cableco, it still meant i fucking missed mythbusters. >:(
Why bother going DRM-free?
because paying developers to keep up with new DRM requirements and patching fixes with DRM holes costs money.
Bottom line business decision. Making users happy would be just a fringe benefit.
Unfortunately, there's no bash command to make a tiny shell script grab the last Mountain Dew Code Red from the vending machine.
I think ksh or csh supports this though.
Bingo, and I don't think the line is drawn at the size of the company but how mission critical the application is. Granted, in a 20 person firm versus a 20,000 person firm, the developer's probably also the administrator. But OTOH, if your business is 20 people big and one of them is a developer, it's easy to assume it's probably IT based and as such, some sort of administrative control is probably a good idea in general. Think about it. Well, sure, 20 people but how many machines? Half rack? rack? 5 racks? A whole datacenter?
Yes, certainly developers should have access to their production machines.
No, they shouldn't be allowed to do anything they want with them.
Troubleshooting application breakdowns are much easier for the developer to do. Thus, the access should be limited to logging data, etc. Unless the admin worked on the application itself, diagnosing those kinds of issues through someone else can be extremely difficult at best.
If you're making $250k a year in San Francisco you're not struggling the same way someone making $40 or $30k does anywhere else.
First, to start answering your question, I'm referring to the fact that you don't have to create "pop" music to become financially successful anymore. At this point, all it takes is talent and patience.
I'd love to believe this canard, but I haven't seen any real evidence that this phenomenon is real.
What the fuck are you talking about? Music as far back as I can remember has always been a commercial endeavor. From Bach to Chopin to Miley Cyrus. Pop music isn't new. It's just dumber
Most traditional PC users aren't people who run anything other than Email, browsing and word processing and simple games.
People like my Mom. Who is thoroughly in love with the iPad.
The only thing she couldn't do with out is Farmville but that's available as an app on the App Store.
I didn't realize, of course, that we were talking apples and oranges.
That is to say, you can't even *build* a barebones machine with Xeons in it for less than a grand.
Shut the hell up.
Because the job market's fucked right now. High unemployment and low job creation numbers. Beyond that if you're not employed currently, there's a weird bias *against* you(see: Here.).
You're arguing that objectively you're able to pull the same performance out of a machine from Apple that costs quite a bit more. I want to know by what objective standard are you using, and what are the numbers? How do you know that a 12 core Mac Pro can't do that?
I don't care if I can't run as many applications as you, besides, I don't think it's a point to brag about being able to run Windows programs. :)
No, I have a problem with people who think that it's cool to shit all over Apple fans just because they think they can do it better and cheaper. You're not even being clever about it. You're just strutting your e-penis all over this thread and acting like a macho asshole troll.
I just want to know what you're using to back up your claims that you're paying %10 the cost for 2x the functionality?