You use Norton at the office? It's corporate sibling, Symantec AntiVirus, runs far lighter and has much better deployment tools. While far from perfect (I have a list), it is much better than the home user oriented NAV.
No, I am talking about the fact that the vast majority of software projects are routine and require reliability, maintainability, and on-time delivery -- not innovation. Standardization helps with all three. We are building tract houses on a budget, not Falling Water (which not coincidentally is falling apart because of all of its neato features, while tract houses of the same vintage are doing just fine.) This isn't art, it's a construction job. The Indian coding houses have gotten this through their heads and that is one reason that so many US coders are being replaced with outsourced workers. That's the cold reality out there in the job market.
Talk to some real engineers sometime, not uncertified prima donnas. Standards are important, very important. This "keep the coders happy at all costs" mentality has done nothing to improve software reliability.
Would you be happy to find out that your house collapsed because instead of speccing the same plywood as everybody else, the construction folks decided to use something that they read about on the Internet and was still experimental, just to keep from boring everyone?
Some software projects require creativity, just as some construction projects do. 90% of them don't, though. We need more builders and fewer "creators."
I had a reply all typed out for you, but then remembered that someone else did a better job explaining this over 40 years ago:
There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation many never come again. But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
Disallow that, and not only do you lose out on the drive that hackers have to play with something cool, but they get annoyed and disgusted, and probably wind up working less hard on the things that they are told to work on.
Which causes management to move development to the subcontinent, where such prima donna behaviour is not coddled. You take the man's money, you play by the man's rules. If you can't return value in excess of your salary on those terms, expect to be asking someone if they'd like to Biggie Size that soon.
A while back there was an article on NASA's programmers for the Shuttle's systems. They don't use the latest whiz-bang tools, they work nine to five, and they follow a development model that is so rigid that most coders would quit after the first five hours. They also have never flown a mission critical bug, if I recall correctly. There's not a line of Ruby, no perl scripts, no XML, no fun. Just software that works as advertised. In the end, that's what management wants to build. Your self-esteem is secondary at best, despite what your Kindergarten teacher told you all those years ago.
#They say the experiment could only disprove string theory, not prove it, and then only if the production of microscopic black holes occurred.
So? Aren't many experiments just like this? The rest of your complaints I can't comment on, but I see nothing wrong with a test that can disprove the theory. If the test fails, we still have very valuable information (stop working on string theory).
It seems to me that Verizon is arguing that its data services are a pure value add, not part of their role as a public utility. If they want access to public lands for their cables, then they better damn well shut up about "free lunches."
Brown in fact did exagerrate his experience in disaster management. He never held a full time position in the field prior to his appointment to FEMA, yet claimed to have done so for at least one city government.
Sorry, this is a trend now. Political reliability is evidently the only measure of competence for this administration. I think the inability to find a reliable stooge is why the FDA has been without a Commissioner for the largest fraction of a President's term in the history of the agency, by way of a further example.
So you have no problem with the public release of your cell phone records? After all the company maintains a copy of the information pattern, so nothing in reality has been stolen by your definition.
I think we all believe that there is some form of "intellectual" property. The real arguments are over how well the analog to physical property fits, not that it is a total mismatch. Otherwise, your position declares that privacy is also an attempt to pretend that Bosons are Fermions, as "information wants to be free."
I would suggest that you google "Chicago" and "Daley" before you so blithely think that it is only conservatives who are corrupt enough to rig elections. Liberals are just as bad when they are in power, so the ability for an independent party to validate the vote is never in the established party's best interest, whatever their label.
The courts have pretty much ruled negation invalid, and in fact the judge in my case did mention nullification explictly in his general questions of potential jurors. By asking you under oath if you believe in nullification, he can strike you from the pool. If you lie, you lied under oath, which is perjury.
And, no, they have no business knowing what happens during deliberation.
But if there is one juror who does not believe in nullification and reports your behavior to the judge, a mistrial will be declared. Furthermore, if the judge asked you questions about following his instructions to the letter during voir dire, as the judge did of all potential jurors the last time I was on jury duty, you are likely to find yourself back at the courtroom -- in the defendant's chair on perjury and criminal contempt of court charges. All it takes is a single defector, which makes it a rather elegant example of the Prisoner's Dilemna.
The best way to pwn the market is to define the market. You're never going to convince the RIAA and MPAA, so don't involve them in the first place. If they're runners-up, then they'll have to make do with what YOU choose to provide.
The problem is that this is ultimately about content, and your whiz-bang engineering solutions do not make it easy for you to sign bands or fund major motion pictures. The **AAs have beaten you to the market by decades on that front and it is unlikely that you will catch them.
I do not believe that there is any difference in penalty for a felony or conspiracy to commit said felony, and if there is, I'm pretty sure the conspiracy gets the harsher sentence. In fact, I'm pretty sure that conspiracy to attempt murder carries a much worse sentence than attempted murder itself. If you are worried that the board would somehow walk while the hitman faced the gurney, I think that that would not be the case.
I find it interesting that you think that I am for declaring unsecured WAPs as attractive nuisances. I was reflecting on another way a clever lawyer might try to use existing law to go after someone in this situation. I guess that's the problem with the Internet, you lose all tone, so a simple musing can be miscontrued as advocacy.
Perhaps I also erred by focusing on a single legal term that I did not understand well. To broaden the idea, could leaving an unsecured WAP available be construed as simple negligence in this day and age? Damage has to result from negligence, as I recall, but the MPAA is certainly arguing that it was damaged by this upload, and the trend in the courts is to recognize that damage as real.
In fact, couldn't an open WAP be an "attractive nuisance" and make the maintainer guilty of at least that form of negligence? That's not what's being alleged here, but if the defense is successful, I would expect this interpretation to be given a try, at least.
Hard to, when the IT folks who understand the business have all been laid off in favor of an outsourcing firm to boost short term profits. They don't have anyone writing policys anymore, but management did get a Squishy with the outsourcing deal.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Congress is not involved in this case. It is a matter between two private parties. Unless it isn't, which might be the case if the University accepts federal funds, although some would argue that that is taking the amendment further than the Framers intended.
$12.99/month for TV listings is already a bit steep and I could subscribe to TV Guide cheeper than that, why should I have to pay to be advertised to as well?
Have you noticed what half the pages in TV Guide are? Ads. I don't think that you are thinking clearly on this matter.
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You use Norton at the office? It's corporate sibling, Symantec AntiVirus, runs far lighter and has much better deployment tools. While far from perfect (I have a list), it is much better than the home user oriented NAV.
No, I am talking about the fact that the vast majority of software projects are routine and require reliability, maintainability, and on-time delivery -- not innovation. Standardization helps with all three. We are building tract houses on a budget, not Falling Water (which not coincidentally is falling apart because of all of its neato features, while tract houses of the same vintage are doing just fine.) This isn't art, it's a construction job. The Indian coding houses have gotten this through their heads and that is one reason that so many US coders are being replaced with outsourced workers. That's the cold reality out there in the job market.
Would you be happy to find out that your house collapsed because instead of speccing the same plywood as everybody else, the construction folks decided to use something that they read about on the Internet and was still experimental, just to keep from boring everyone?
Some software projects require creativity, just as some construction projects do. 90% of them don't, though. We need more builders and fewer "creators."
I had a reply all typed out for you, but then remembered that someone else did a better job explaining this over 40 years ago:
Which causes management to move development to the subcontinent, where such prima donna behaviour is not coddled. You take the man's money, you play by the man's rules. If you can't return value in excess of your salary on those terms, expect to be asking someone if they'd like to Biggie Size that soon.
A while back there was an article on NASA's programmers for the Shuttle's systems. They don't use the latest whiz-bang tools, they work nine to five, and they follow a development model that is so rigid that most coders would quit after the first five hours. They also have never flown a mission critical bug, if I recall correctly. There's not a line of Ruby, no perl scripts, no XML, no fun. Just software that works as advertised. In the end, that's what management wants to build. Your self-esteem is secondary at best, despite what your Kindergarten teacher told you all those years ago.
So? Aren't many experiments just like this? The rest of your complaints I can't comment on, but I see nothing wrong with a test that can disprove the theory. If the test fails, we still have very valuable information (stop working on string theory).
It seems to me that Verizon is arguing that its data services are a pure value add, not part of their role as a public utility. If they want access to public lands for their cables, then they better damn well shut up about "free lunches."
Sorry, this is a trend now. Political reliability is evidently the only measure of competence for this administration. I think the inability to find a reliable stooge is why the FDA has been without a Commissioner for the largest fraction of a President's term in the history of the agency, by way of a further example.
I think we all believe that there is some form of "intellectual" property. The real arguments are over how well the analog to physical property fits, not that it is a total mismatch. Otherwise, your position declares that privacy is also an attempt to pretend that Bosons are Fermions, as "information wants to be free."
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He realized that staying in school beats the hell out of the "real world?" Which definitely makes him smarter than you or me!
Now back to those damn TPS reports...
And they make billions and billions of dollars. You assume the public wants intelligent entertainment, which is why you don't make the billions.
I would suggest that you google "Chicago" and "Daley" before you so blithely think that it is only conservatives who are corrupt enough to rig elections. Liberals are just as bad when they are in power, so the ability for an independent party to validate the vote is never in the established party's best interest, whatever their label.
The courts have pretty much ruled negation invalid, and in fact the judge in my case did mention nullification explictly in his general questions of potential jurors. By asking you under oath if you believe in nullification, he can strike you from the pool. If you lie, you lied under oath, which is perjury.
But if there is one juror who does not believe in nullification and reports your behavior to the judge, a mistrial will be declared. Furthermore, if the judge asked you questions about following his instructions to the letter during voir dire, as the judge did of all potential jurors the last time I was on jury duty, you are likely to find yourself back at the courtroom -- in the defendant's chair on perjury and criminal contempt of court charges. All it takes is a single defector, which makes it a rather elegant example of the Prisoner's Dilemna.
The problem is that this is ultimately about content, and your whiz-bang engineering solutions do not make it easy for you to sign bands or fund major motion pictures. The **AAs have beaten you to the market by decades on that front and it is unlikely that you will catch them.
And every Fortune 50 company executive. Believe me, I work with a bunch of em and they are all Crackberry addicts.
I do not believe that there is any difference in penalty for a felony or conspiracy to commit said felony, and if there is, I'm pretty sure the conspiracy gets the harsher sentence. In fact, I'm pretty sure that conspiracy to attempt murder carries a much worse sentence than attempted murder itself. If you are worried that the board would somehow walk while the hitman faced the gurney, I think that that would not be the case.
Perhaps I also erred by focusing on a single legal term that I did not understand well. To broaden the idea, could leaving an unsecured WAP available be construed as simple negligence in this day and age? Damage has to result from negligence, as I recall, but the MPAA is certainly arguing that it was damaged by this upload, and the trend in the courts is to recognize that damage as real.
Which if you reverse the political affiliations is exactly how Paula Jones' story started out for Clinton. Should Starr have not pursued that?
In fact, couldn't an open WAP be an "attractive nuisance" and make the maintainer guilty of at least that form of negligence? That's not what's being alleged here, but if the defense is successful, I would expect this interpretation to be given a try, at least.
Hard to, when the IT folks who understand the business have all been laid off in favor of an outsourcing firm to boost short term profits. They don't have anyone writing policys anymore, but management did get a Squishy with the outsourcing deal.
Congress is not involved in this case. It is a matter between two private parties. Unless it isn't, which might be the case if the University accepts federal funds, although some would argue that that is taking the amendment further than the Framers intended.
Have you noticed what half the pages in TV Guide are? Ads. I don't think that you are thinking clearly on this matter.
rm -f filename
It is very efficient indeed. You may feel free to use this for other styles, depending on your preferences.