Sort of a success yes, at least it will not set off orbital and ground based ICBM detection systems - which is the ultimate goal for hypersonic missiles. Capability of aborting the strike, and oh, hitting the target would be nice to have too, of course.
I never understood this reason. Is there some rule that says they cannot put a nuclear warhead on the cruise missile? Or does it simply evade missile detection systems because it is flying so low?
Maybe Bitcoinica will offer a store credit good for their own non-transferable virtual currency?
Transferability is the very point of Bitcoin. Sure it'd be nice to have a stack of gold, but good luck sending that over the internet without involving any trusted third parties. Look what happened to e-Gold services, all shutdown by the Feds. Possibly the only alternative will be trusted devices such as the in-development MintChip, although the final version is likely to be restricted to very small amounts and not as anonymous as claimed.
Of course, hilariously on the MintChip Challenge website, the most commented upon idea for what you could do with MintChip is buy Bitcoins...
My favorite quote on that page:
Bitcoins? Are there people that still think that isn't [a] bad idea? Eve ISK would be a better investment.
Bonus question -> since I know a few of you are interested in getting into the financial district -> what is the natural consequence of using floating point data types for fiscal transactions?
Answer: The plot to a cheesy super-villain world domination movie about stealing the rounded off pennies on the transactions of his employer, where something always goes wrong and hilarious shenanigans ensue.
I thought it has something to do with red staplers.
Some sites would allow custom questions. So I would always put in a question like, "What are you wearing?", so the customer rep on the phone would have to ask me that. Then I could put in an answer like "That's and inappropriate question!", that I would reply back with.
This is a shining example of misapplication of copyright. When copyright was originally implemented, there was only one way to publish something: you printed it, bound it, and published it as a book (which people were then free to resell). It was never intended to allow the copyrighter to control *how* the work was distributed, because the question didn't arise.
Now, copyright has the unfortunate side-effect that the copyrighter can control the form in which a work is published, where it's available, etc. This is actually fairly simple to remedy: allow anyone to publish the work, provided that they provide (say) 50% of revenue to the person who holds the copyright.
Perfect, I am giving away stuff for free. Here is your 50%, Mr. MPAA Member.
When I first read the summary, I thought they meant Hasbro's Game of Life, which as a child, is much more fun than a cellular automaton.
I would disagree for the state of today's children's educational passtimes. Logo and Conway's were great fun to play with as a kid. But at least Hasbro's Game of Life did show that you always do better by getting a college education.
Good plan, except steps 2 and 3 are illegal. Intentionally tanking yoru brand to get the share price down is a good way to get yourself investigated by the FTC. The management of the company is supposed to work in the shareholders best interest. If they are intentionally ruining the value of the company, they will be in pretty deep trouble.
8 and 9 are probably illegal as well if you are doing it so make the company have fake value in order to execute what is effectively a pump-and-dump scheme and bilk foolish investors into giving you money that you can run away with.
Granted I am sure companies do this anyhow and get away with it. It is the Stock Market, after all.
Because Walmart knows that they can have horrifyingly poor customer service; because as long as their prices are 3% below their competitors, people will still show up in giant lines. And if it is the Holy Time of Christmas season, they will trample and murder each other for that discount.
My favorite bar is located a parking lot away from a Target (no really, it is a great bar in a retail area, I don't get it either)... Every Black Friday they do a Kegs and Eggs promotion and open early so people can sit and watch the crazies over a few beers. I have never attended, as I am not sure how crazy Target gets, and I cant be arsed to get out of bed early the day after turkey day. But I have always thought about going out, getting a beer, eggs, bacon and putting my feet up to spectate. This year, I will suggest this year they put up cameras in front of the Walmart, the Mall, and Toys R Us, so we can watch other stores on the TVs.
It was once said, "Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM".
Today, nobody ever gets fired for choosing Apple.
I dont know anyone in business who has chosen Apple for the enterprise so I am not sure how that applies. Consumer devices that they personally own and bring in, yes. I can't think of another scenario where people recommend Apple for servers or clients when its actually purchased by the business.
Easy, nobody chooses Apple for an entire enterprise, so nobody can get fired for doing it. Now choosing IOS as a standardized phone platform... well I suppose this is no more inappropriate than choosing Microsoft.
Besides it doesn't matter what platform you use for mobile, if the people setting it up are morons it will be insecure.
I can remember working a company when my manger rushed over to my desk in a panic, waving his blackberry in my face. "OMG, OMG, our internal development server is open to the public! Do something! Do something, right now!"
I looked at it, and learned every BB at the company had a giant unsecured backdoor to the internal network, with no additional security or password needed. When I pointed this out I was quashed because the execs could not live without their blackberries. I explained there must be some way for them to see some internal apps and not others, or require some kind of network password. I have no idea if that hole was ever patched.
when trying to limp in $2 poker game I picked up two $100 chips and threw them forward by mistake - I didn't get do-over even though everyone at the table new I made a mistake, my $198 raise into a $5 pot plays.
Perhaps this is natural to poker culture, but to an outsider I can't help but think that your friends are jerks.:-) Perhaps you weren't playing with friends, which might make it more excusable, but it still seems unnecessarily harsh to say "no, those chips stay" when someone says, "ah, crap, I meant to throw in these instead." (Assuming you caught the mistake when you did it, that is.) Pretty much everyone I'd consider playing cards (or other games) with would notice the outlier and say something like, "Did you mean to bet $100 when the pot's at two dollars?", on the assumption that it was a fumble.
What I can't figure out from the reporting is where did the $400 million loss come from. Was it from losses on trades or devaluing of the company's stock?
Both. They sold off stocks that were undervalued because of their broken algorithm. Then when the price turns out lower, the rest of their stocks are work less than before.
As to where the money went, anyone who bought at the low prices made money on the deal.
but if you sold when it had gone 30%, sold to kcg.
then you made a cool 30%. why shouldn't you get to keep the money? what possible rationale could you be offered for backsies? "hahaa just joking!"?
Exactly. If wall street is edging things so that the errors are always in favor of their big buddy high frequency trading firms, then firms will start making these kinds of errors on purpose, and roll back to the save point when they fail to beat the boss.
Sorry, I know this is just announced, but wouldn't it be more newsworthy (and useful) to ignore this for now and report it in November when it is an actionable news item?
No worries, it will be duped a couple of times before then.
I certainly hope that they handle their code better than they handle their customers.
So you filled out a crappy web form that makes you log in and got a reply within 2 hours from a large corporation with the correct answer without any lies or bullshit? That seems like perfectly acceptable customer service. That they did not give you the answer you wanted is inconsequential to the quality of customer service. Granted I don't believe for a second they actually ever intend to make a Linux version of their software, but they came right right out and admitted they have no plans.
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Sort of a success yes, at least it will not set off orbital and ground based ICBM detection systems - which is the ultimate goal for hypersonic missiles. Capability of aborting the strike, and oh, hitting the target would be nice to have too, of course.
I never understood this reason. Is there some rule that says they cannot put a nuclear warhead on the cruise missile? Or does it simply evade missile detection systems because it is flying so low?
Hmmmmm. It's true -- some people do prefer 7" over 9".
That is, in fact, NOT what she said.
Just remember to not smoke in the chamber. It's bad for your lungs.
Not when the chamber is filled with pure Nitrogen.
Well I mean the pure Nitrogen is bad for your lungs... but at least you don't have to worry about smoking!
Drink four liters of water each day, and you will probably die.
In fact, I can guarantee you will die.... eventually.
Maybe Bitcoinica will offer a store credit good for their own non-transferable virtual currency?
Transferability is the very point of Bitcoin. Sure it'd be nice to have a stack of gold, but good luck sending that over the internet without involving any trusted third parties. Look what happened to e-Gold services, all shutdown by the Feds. Possibly the only alternative will be trusted devices such as the in-development MintChip, although the final version is likely to be restricted to very small amounts and not as anonymous as claimed.
Of course, hilariously on the MintChip Challenge website, the most commented upon idea for what you could do with MintChip is buy Bitcoins...
My favorite quote on that page:
Bitcoins? Are there people that still think that isn't [a] bad idea? Eve ISK would be a better investment.
Bonus question -> since I know a few of you are interested in getting into the financial district -> what is the natural consequence of using floating point data types for fiscal transactions?
Answer: The plot to a cheesy super-villain world domination movie about stealing the rounded off pennies on the transactions of his employer, where something always goes wrong and hilarious shenanigans ensue.
I thought it has something to do with red staplers.
Whoosh.
The sound made by those butterfly wings.
Okay, so there was a crash and an explosion?
Initial feedback points to hardware failure
D'you think?
Presumably this means the hardware failed sometime before the crash and explosion.
Some sites would allow custom questions. So I would always put in a question like, "What are you wearing?", so the customer rep on the phone would have to ask me that. Then I could put in an answer like "That's and inappropriate question!", that I would reply back with.
But it is even better... Tea Partiers decide that if you have no money you should get no health-care and should just go find a quiet place to die.
Sure. Their stock price went from $15 to $3 in less than 6 months.
This is a shining example of misapplication of copyright. When copyright was originally implemented, there was only one way to publish something: you printed it, bound it, and published it as a book (which people were then free to resell). It was never intended to allow the copyrighter to control *how* the work was distributed, because the question didn't arise.
Now, copyright has the unfortunate side-effect that the copyrighter can control the form in which a work is published, where it's available, etc. This is actually fairly simple to remedy: allow anyone to publish the work, provided that they provide (say) 50% of revenue to the person who holds the copyright.
Perfect, I am giving away stuff for free. Here is your 50%, Mr. MPAA Member.
When I first read the summary, I thought they meant Hasbro's Game of Life, which as a child, is much more fun than a cellular automaton.
I would disagree for the state of today's children's educational passtimes. Logo and Conway's were great fun to play with as a kid. But at least Hasbro's Game of Life did show that you always do better by getting a college education.
Good plan, except steps 2 and 3 are illegal. Intentionally tanking yoru brand to get the share price down is a good way to get yourself investigated by the FTC. The management of the company is supposed to work in the shareholders best interest. If they are intentionally ruining the value of the company, they will be in pretty deep trouble.
8 and 9 are probably illegal as well if you are doing it so make the company have fake value in order to execute what is effectively a pump-and-dump scheme and bilk foolish investors into giving you money that you can run away with.
Granted I am sure companies do this anyhow and get away with it. It is the Stock Market, after all.
Because Walmart knows that they can have horrifyingly poor customer service; because as long as their prices are 3% below their competitors, people will still show up in giant lines. And if it is the Holy Time of Christmas season, they will trample and murder each other for that discount.
My favorite bar is located a parking lot away from a Target (no really, it is a great bar in a retail area, I don't get it either)... Every Black Friday they do a Kegs and Eggs promotion and open early so people can sit and watch the crazies over a few beers. I have never attended, as I am not sure how crazy Target gets, and I cant be arsed to get out of bed early the day after turkey day. But I have always thought about going out, getting a beer, eggs, bacon and putting my feet up to spectate. This year, I will suggest this year they put up cameras in front of the Walmart, the Mall, and Toys R Us, so we can watch other stores on the TVs.
Really? I thought it was outsourced to Shenzhen.
Whereas Shinzon will simply dissolve parliament.
Literally.
I will also add:
It was once said, "Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM".
Today, nobody ever gets fired for choosing Apple.
I dont know anyone in business who has chosen Apple for the enterprise so I am not sure how that applies. Consumer devices that they personally own and bring in, yes. I can't think of another scenario where people recommend Apple for servers or clients when its actually purchased by the business.
Easy, nobody chooses Apple for an entire enterprise, so nobody can get fired for doing it. Now choosing IOS as a standardized phone platform... well I suppose this is no more inappropriate than choosing Microsoft.
Besides it doesn't matter what platform you use for mobile, if the people setting it up are morons it will be insecure.
I can remember working a company when my manger rushed over to my desk in a panic, waving his blackberry in my face. "OMG, OMG, our internal development server is open to the public! Do something! Do something, right now!"
I looked at it, and learned every BB at the company had a giant unsecured backdoor to the internal network, with no additional security or password needed. When I pointed this out I was quashed because the execs could not live without their blackberries. I explained there must be some way for them to see some internal apps and not others, or require some kind of network password. I have no idea if that hole was ever patched.
when trying to limp in $2 poker game I picked up two $100 chips and threw them forward by mistake - I didn't get do-over even though everyone at the table new I made a mistake, my $198 raise into a $5 pot plays.
Perhaps this is natural to poker culture, but to an outsider I can't help but think that your friends are jerks. :-) Perhaps you weren't playing with friends, which might make it more excusable, but it still seems unnecessarily harsh to say "no, those chips stay" when someone says, "ah, crap, I meant to throw in these instead." (Assuming you caught the mistake when you did it, that is.) Pretty much everyone I'd consider playing cards (or other games) with would notice the outlier and say something like, "Did you mean to bet $100 when the pot's at two dollars?", on the assumption that it was a fumble.
Who said they were his friends?
What I can't figure out from the reporting is where did the $400 million loss come from. Was it from losses on trades or devaluing of the company's stock?
Both. They sold off stocks that were undervalued because of their broken algorithm. Then when the price turns out lower, the rest of their stocks are work less than before.
As to where the money went, anyone who bought at the low prices made money on the deal.
but if you sold when it had gone 30%, sold to kcg.
then you made a cool 30%. why shouldn't you get to keep the money? what possible rationale could you be offered for backsies? "hahaa just joking!"?
Exactly. If wall street is edging things so that the errors are always in favor of their big buddy high frequency trading firms, then firms will start making these kinds of errors on purpose, and roll back to the save point when they fail to beat the boss.
Sorry, I know this is just announced, but wouldn't it be more newsworthy (and useful) to ignore this for now and report it in November when it is an actionable news item?
No worries, it will be duped a couple of times before then.
The last time that I tried to contact Intuit about Quicken on Linux was a mess:
http://dotancohen.com/eng/quicken_on_linux.html
I certainly hope that they handle their code better than they handle their customers.
So you filled out a crappy web form that makes you log in and got a reply within 2 hours from a large corporation with the correct answer without any lies or bullshit? That seems like perfectly acceptable customer service. That they did not give you the answer you wanted is inconsequential to the quality of customer service. Granted I don't believe for a second they actually ever intend to make a Linux version of their software, but they came right right out and admitted they have no plans.
No.
Short answer: No
Long answer: Yes
The rule only makes it illegal to confiscate, it said nothing about smashing said device to little pieces.
I would mod you up if I could.
You would mod him up if you could fuck Apple?