I went into the U.S. Navy and got experience rather than a degree. If I could find the time, I might get a BSCS, but still I am tired of all the extras that comes with working in IT.
Of course, I am not (technically) a developer. And, I now I am not sure I want to continue in IT.
The items he mentions are part of the reason I am trying to get out of IT.
IT workers are getting smaller and smaller salaries, having to compete with H1-Bs and out-of-country workers, have to deal with job scope creep, idiot managers, and expected to give up any semblance of work/life balance just to keep up.
It has gotten to the point where working in IT just isn't worth it because the positions just aren't respected.
At issue is the social contract between software companies and their devoted user base.
Well, that social contract goes both ways. The player side of the social contract is that they will play the game by the rules and as intended. So, now you have players who are breaking the social contract complaining that the company who made the game is breaking the social contract by trying to prevent players from breaking the social contract by using bots and other unintended forms of play.
This whole boycott is an exercise in irony. "Hey, no fair stopping us from cheating!"
Like the GP said, this is why we can't have nice things. People defect and renege on their side of the social contract but want the other parties to uphold said social contract.
Zynga has been scrambling to thwart hard-core gamers who reverse-engineer URLs or script the game to optimize their enjoyment.
What about the player side of the social contract? You know, the side that says players will not try to garner an unfair advantage and will play the game as intended.
True, but the car would be the container and the pot a physical object. The names and numbers in the address book are not physical objects, they are data. The names and addresses in a cell phone are not physical objects, they are data.
The only difference between the data in an address book and the data in a cell phone is the way in which the data is stored.
You can stick/hide a physical object, including illegal and/or dangerous objects, in an address book. That makes the address book a "closed-container" during an arrest. Officers can search a closed container in the possession of someone being arrested to ensure there is nothing dangerous in the closed container.
The trial court admitted the call records and phone numbers, citing a 2007 federal court decision that found that a cell phone is similar to a closed container found on a suspect and therefore subject to search without a warrant.... ''We do not agree with this comparison, which ignores the unique nature of cell phones,'' Lanzinger wrote. ''Objects falling under the banner of 'closed container' have traditionally been physical objects capable of holding other physical objects.
As someone else said, an address book would be considered a "container" as it can contain other items between the pages. They can search the address book for other items.
Interestingly, I am not sure the data contained in the address book would be admissible under the theory put forth. This could have interesting side effects.
You say that like it is some great and terrible loss, but it isn't. Humans, while dominant, are only one of a myriad of species on Earht and have been around for only.1% of Earth's history. The Earth is a planet orbiting a insignificant yellow star, one of billions in its galaxy. That galaxy is one of countless other galaxies in the universe, which itself may be only one of many universes.
It would suck to be us if it happened, but in the grand scheme of things, if we couldn't save ourselves, it was no great loss.
If I ran a gas station, and I was charging you $8/gallon to fill up a certain type of car, I would be accused of many crimes. I would be fined, thrown in jail, termination of business, or all the above.
No, you would not be accused of any crime. You would not be fined, thrown in jail, etc.
You just wouldn't get any business from people who drive that type of car. Depending on how many people drive that certain type of car, loss of such business might effect your bottom line and cause your business to fail.
From the first line of your post, you proved you do not know the first thing about business or the law. Your second shows a similar lack of knowledge about both the history of electric power and the laws governing utility operations.
Please learn about the topic before you post such drivel.
I was just going to mod you "off topic" but decided to explain why instead.
Your post is a red herring. This has nothing to do with "a vast majority of our "personal" data has wandered out onto networks and servers that none of us control." This is about someone using his employer's equipment for personal use and the employer examining that personal use. That is the total extent of what was happening.
There is no controversy here. Someone used his employers equipment for personal use. Employer inspected the equipment and the data it contained. The employee never had a reasonable expectation of privacy from his employer on this device because the device belongs to the employer. And, I am willing to bet there is wording to that effect in the IT policies of the employer.
It is all in how you calculate the "statutory maximum".
If the maximum penalty for one count of murder for hire is five years, and there are four counts, then the maximum penalty is 20 years. If the maximum penalty for one count of bank fraud is two years, but there are 15 counts, then the maximum penalty is 30 years.
See, that can't be right because everyone knows that artists make all their money from touring and selling merchandise and it is the RIAA and the labels that get all the money from CD sales. That is why it is evil for the RIAA to go after people who share CD tracks. See, none of that money would have gone to the artists anyway, so no one should have to pay for the CD sales./sarcasm
The Salton Sea is fed by a few rivers and various drainage run-offs. In order to flood Death Valley, a channel would be opened to either the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of California (a.k.a. the Sea of Cortez), which is open to the Pacific Ocean, or both.
A Death Valley project would have a much larger source and thus would not have the many of the issues the Salton Sea has. The primary concern would most-likely be pollution and climate effects.
This third party code would have been produced under contract as "work for hire". Presumably, the contract stated that the third party had to assign all rights to the code to Microsoft, like any other work for hire, and that the end product must be wholly assignable.
Most likely, the third party actually violated their contract with Microsoft by creating a work that uses GPLed code.
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I am not a programmer.
Currently, I am working as operations systems support for telecom companies.
I went into the U.S. Navy and got experience rather than a degree. If I could find the time, I might get a BSCS, but still I am tired of all the extras that comes with working in IT.
Of course, I am not (technically) a developer. And, I now I am not sure I want to continue in IT.
Well, after 20 years, I am tired of the increasing bullshit attached to it. Oh, and I am not "merely subsisting" off of IT.
That is what I am working on. I have been in IT for about 20 years. I am just not sure where I want to go from here.
The items he mentions are part of the reason I am trying to get out of IT.
IT workers are getting smaller and smaller salaries, having to compete with H1-Bs and out-of-country workers, have to deal with job scope creep, idiot managers, and expected to give up any semblance of work/life balance just to keep up.
It has gotten to the point where working in IT just isn't worth it because the positions just aren't respected.
1990 called, it wants its line back.
You completely missed the point of his post.
In the summary, it states
Well, that social contract goes both ways. The player side of the social contract is that they will play the game by the rules and as intended. So, now you have players who are breaking the social contract complaining that the company who made the game is breaking the social contract by trying to prevent players from breaking the social contract by using bots and other unintended forms of play.
This whole boycott is an exercise in irony. "Hey, no fair stopping us from cheating!"
Like the GP said, this is why we can't have nice things. People defect and renege on their side of the social contract but want the other parties to uphold said social contract.
What about the player side of the social contract? You know, the side that says players will not try to garner an unfair advantage and will play the game as intended.
Or, is this just another case of mass hypocrisy?
Really? Then, you should have no problem listing them. Go!
True, but the car would be the container and the pot a physical object. The names and numbers in the address book are not physical objects, they are data. The names and addresses in a cell phone are not physical objects, they are data.
The only difference between the data in an address book and the data in a cell phone is the way in which the data is stored.
You can stick/hide a physical object, including illegal and/or dangerous objects, in an address book. That makes the address book a "closed-container" during an arrest. Officers can search a closed container in the possession of someone being arrested to ensure there is nothing dangerous in the closed container.
I don't have a contract with T-Mobile, but I have a month to month unlimited voice, text, and data plan for $85/month.
You can buy a G1 or MyTouch from T-Mobile for $400.00 or so. You can get it unlocked from T-Mobile if you wish.
You can use it with pre-paid service from any GSM provider.
But, the data access will be expensive.
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As someone else said, an address book would be considered a "container" as it can contain other items between the pages. They can search the address book for other items.
Interestingly, I am not sure the data contained in the address book would be admissible under the theory put forth. This could have interesting side effects.
You say that like it is some great and terrible loss, but it isn't. Humans, while dominant, are only one of a myriad of species on Earht and have been around for only .1% of Earth's history. The Earth is a planet orbiting a insignificant yellow star, one of billions in its galaxy. That galaxy is one of countless other galaxies in the universe, which itself may be only one of many universes.
It would suck to be us if it happened, but in the grand scheme of things, if we couldn't save ourselves, it was no great loss.
No, you would not be accused of any crime. You would not be fined, thrown in jail, etc.
You just wouldn't get any business from people who drive that type of car. Depending on how many people drive that certain type of car, loss of such business might effect your bottom line and cause your business to fail.
From the first line of your post, you proved you do not know the first thing about business or the law. Your second shows a similar lack of knowledge about both the history of electric power and the laws governing utility operations.
Please learn about the topic before you post such drivel.
I was just going to mod you "off topic" but decided to explain why instead.
Your post is a red herring. This has nothing to do with "a vast majority of our "personal" data has wandered out onto networks and servers that none of us control." This is about someone using his employer's equipment for personal use and the employer examining that personal use. That is the total extent of what was happening.
There is no controversy here. Someone used his employers equipment for personal use. Employer inspected the equipment and the data it contained. The employee never had a reasonable expectation of privacy from his employer on this device because the device belongs to the employer. And, I am willing to bet there is wording to that effect in the IT policies of the employer.
The three judge appeals panel is wrong.
It is all in how you calculate the "statutory maximum".
If the maximum penalty for one count of murder for hire is five years, and there are four counts, then the maximum penalty is 20 years.
If the maximum penalty for one count of bank fraud is two years, but there are 15 counts, then the maximum penalty is 30 years.
See, that can't be right because everyone knows that artists make all their money from touring and selling merchandise and it is the RIAA and the labels that get all the money from CD sales. That is why it is evil for the RIAA to go after people who share CD tracks. See, none of that money would have gone to the artists anyway, so no one should have to pay for the CD sales. /sarcasm
The Salton Sea is fed by a few rivers and various drainage run-offs. In order to flood Death Valley, a channel would be opened to either the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of California (a.k.a. the Sea of Cortez), which is open to the Pacific Ocean, or both.
A Death Valley project would have a much larger source and thus would not have the many of the issues the Salton Sea has. The primary concern would most-likely be pollution and climate effects.
You lost most of slashdot at "Please try to keep an open mind."
You downloaded the tool (a.k.a. application), not the source code.
This third party code would have been produced under contract as "work for hire". Presumably, the contract stated that the third party had to assign all rights to the code to Microsoft, like any other work for hire, and that the end product must be wholly assignable.
Most likely, the third party actually violated their contract with Microsoft by creating a work that uses GPLed code.
You stole my line!