it's pretty clear that those who engineered the Arpanet/Internet assumed that its users would be highly trustworthy.
It was a reasonable assumption at the time, much like the assumption that DOS/Windows wouldn't need heavy security because PCs weren't going to be connected to strangers' computers.
Even in Steve Jobs' wettest of wet dreams he can't imagine the market share to be high enough for this device to motivate people to drop Flash for that reason alone.
If paying for everything via iTunes makes you feel like you're doing your part to destroy Flash, fine, but most people will buy based on what the product does for them, not what it will do to others.
"Mind you, Programming == Computer Scientist as much as Machinist == Mechanical Engineer."
Hardly. If that were true we could have a moratorium on giving out CS degrees for a decade and still have too many. Outside of academia there isn't much use for a non-programming computer scientist.
I'm not a big believer in coding standards perhaps because I've had to adhere to so many different ones. I even think consistency is overrated.
I think it's more a matter of programmers' obsessive need to organize for the sake of organization. Of course, forcing others to use your style strokes the ego as well.
If you have to follow the GPL and release your code, but don't really want anyone to read it, mix tabs and spaces freely. Don't forget to be inconsistent about the number of spaces you use.
"If an employee does not file a complaint, the government does not investigate."
That hardly qualifies as due diligence. But the point is that having Engineers classified as exempt simply wasn't considered a violation of the law. As I stated before, the US government was aware their contractors were doing this and actually set up some policies that in certain situations would allow the government to profit from the unpaid hours.
The classification is done by employers despite what the law might say. It's been going on for the 25 years I've been around and the government has made little or no effort to challenge it. In fact its common practice on defense contracts, so clearly the US government is OK with it.
I can't speak for the current generation of game developers, but my first generation experience (Atari 2600) is that being a game developer carried little weight when applying for a non-game job.
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it's pretty clear that those who engineered the Arpanet/Internet assumed that its users would be highly trustworthy.
It was a reasonable assumption at the time, much like the assumption that DOS/Windows wouldn't need heavy security because PCs weren't going to be connected to strangers' computers.
"Most of the real security problems are at the OS/application level. Not the underlying internet."
Sure. The Internet design avoids any security problems by officially assigning the problem to somebody else.
Apple could own 100% of the "mobile browsing market" and the result would be the same.
It will be interesting to see how much more congested AT&T broadband gets when these babies get switched on.
"If you're not a computer geek and don't like Unix, then why are you hanging out on a forum called "/."?"
Who are you talking to?
"Hopefully it'll get those sites to drop Flash."
Even in Steve Jobs' wettest of wet dreams he can't imagine the market share to be high enough for this device to motivate people to drop Flash for that reason alone.
Yes, it's like a notebook but without fulfilling any needs.
"It's like me bitching about how I won't use Linux because it doesn't have any useful apps for me. Linux users would think I'm a tard."
Being called a "tard" by Linux users might cause a rise in social status.
You may think non-technical people are fools, but they will be the ones who determine if this new product will succeed or fail.
The youtube experience:
1) Try to find the show. If you can't find it you're SOL
2) Find show part 1. Move closer to the monitor to recognize the characters.
3) Find show part 2. Oops wrong part 2, this one has a gap.
4) Find show part 3. Shit there is no part 3, you're SOL.
So this device fully supports HTML 5?
If paying for everything via iTunes makes you feel like you're doing your part to destroy Flash, fine, but most people will buy based on what the product does for them, not what it will do to others.
"Mind you, Programming == Computer Scientist as much as Machinist == Mechanical Engineer."
Hardly. If that were true we could have a moratorium on giving out CS degrees for a decade and still have too many. Outside of academia there isn't much use for a non-programming computer scientist.
"The waterfall model is horrible for big projects."
Given that the waterfall model was merely a straw-man, it's best not to use it for anything.
Are those real hardware terminals? :)
I'm not a big believer in coding standards perhaps because I've had to adhere to so many different ones. I even think consistency is overrated.
I think it's more a matter of programmers' obsessive need to organize for the sake of organization. Of course, forcing others to use your style strokes the ego as well.
If you have to follow the GPL and release your code, but don't really want anyone to read it, mix tabs and spaces freely. Don't forget to be inconsistent about the number of spaces you use.
This will make anal programmers' heads explode.
"So throw out the 80-column rule, then?"
Not if you're still using dumb terminals.
"If an employee does not file a complaint, the government does not investigate."
That hardly qualifies as due diligence. But the point is that having Engineers classified as exempt simply wasn't considered a violation of the law. As I stated before, the US government was aware their contractors were doing this and actually set up some policies that in certain situations would allow the government to profit from the unpaid hours.
The classification is done by employers despite what the law might say. It's been going on for the 25 years I've been around and the government has made little or no effort to challenge it. In fact its common practice on defense contracts, so clearly the US government is OK with it.
Which is followed by "But it isn't he who continues to go back for more abuse."
That sounds like blaming the victim to me.
So your argument is that if employees settle for being exploited, there's nothing wrong in exploiting them.
I can't speak for the current generation of game developers, but my first generation experience (Atari 2600) is that being a game developer carried little weight when applying for a non-game job.
Most programmers in the US are classified as "Exempt". That means they are exempt from labor laws that require things like overtime pay.
"Would you also support the right of software companies to collude among themselves to keep wages low? Oh wait, that's actually illegal."
I'm not sure if it's illegal in the US but it happens everyday here.
Really? How many times have you been an employee of a company and had a contract?
Sure. With unions we might not have had "innovation" like twitter and facebook. Civilization as we know it would crumble.
In the US there's a large supply of people who want to eat and keep their houses that are willing to work under crap conditions.
Just how much game development is performed through telecommuting and why do you think a union would be against it?