So a man is languishing in solitary confinement for years, not allowed visitors, and is mistreated to a degree that if he were a prisoner of war it would be considered a war crime under the Geneva convention, without being charged, given a trial, or given an opportunity to defend himself... and when this man is finally released, they'll be sending him back to jail because he enabled people to download music and movies... and he's only in that country because of the aforementioned.
Look on the bright side, at least he's not being waterboarded.
Slashdotters, how often do you push software changes into production, and what best practices allow you to maintain that deployment rate without chaos?
As often as we need to. This could be immediate (for small tweaks), middle of the day, nighttime if the deployment is going to have direct system performance impact.
Single person responsible for deployment, use some sort of locking mechanics to ensure that what's deployed to live is precisely what's deployed to test. Give the clients the opportunity to UAT everything, and have environments setup for them with live data that will allow this. Automated testing is useful (if your software is structured in such a way to allow this.. ie. structured:), or else.. you can do it our old-skool way.. have experienced people who know about the business testing the changes.
But by far the most important thing is to not set deadlines. And people might say that it's unrealistic, but the truth is setting deadlines is unrealistic. When does it go out to live? When it's ready, and not a minute before. Estimates are fine, and communicate with the clients.. keep them informed. You can accomplish this by letting the clients set their own priorities. Once the clients have the lists of work they want, they can decide what they want done and in what order. When the ducks are in a row, and things are flowing smoothly.. not only is the client in control, but they'll develop their own understanding of the development process and understand why work is being delayed. Getting clients into the project management system is also helpful.
But the most fundamental thing is to take small bites of the apple. Don't do things in one hit. Break projects up into bite-sized manageable tasks. Then if something breaks, it breaks small. And be prepared to be nimble. No matter what processes are in place, there's always got to be work-arounds to get things done quickly and effectively.. because mistakes happen. Have a process for getting things done quickly when emergencies happen.
It's actually quite easy. But people need to take personal responsibility for their work and communication is king.
I know a chap who purchased a HP 17" widescreen laptop a few years back. About a month after the warranty expired, HP sent through a BIOS update which bricked the entire machine. He called HP support and said "Your update bricked my laptop".. support's response "Your machine is out of warranty, that's going to cost $1200 to repair".
When you stop caring about your core business to save money or make a little extra cash on the side, well.. there's no turning back. HP have lost the trust.
Apple: people use this app while operating a vehicle that weighs thousands of pounds
You have the opportunity to purchase a smaller vehicle without Apple's help. Apple isn't forcing you to drive a massive SUV. You chose the massive SUV for your own reasons, don't blame Apple.
How does that post get +5 insightful? Are 90% of the members of this site trolls now?
Damn I'm sick of reading government fed rhetoric on this trollfest.
We can't invade the world, so we do what we have to do.
The USA does what it wants to do and as often as it wants to do it. You don't 'have' to have all the oil in the middle east, but your life is better for it.
I might be out of place by saying this, but perhaps it's time to realise that the 2 party system isn't actually a 2 party system and the supposed 'meritocracy' in the USA has become a 'plutocracy' and whomever is sitting at the steering wheel of the train which is 'out of control' can't really be blamed for the train being 'out of control'.
But 2 of the EVILESTEST countries in the WHOLE WORLD corroborating to DEFEND THEMSELVES is provocation enough!
The time for talk is over! We need to stop IRAN from threatening the peace of the world. It's too late for invasion, we MUST make IRAN the ultimate sacrifice!
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So a man is languishing in solitary confinement for years, not allowed visitors, and is mistreated to a degree that if he were a prisoner of war it would be considered a war crime under the Geneva convention, without being charged, given a trial, or given an opportunity to defend himself... and when this man is finally released, they'll be sending him back to jail because he enabled people to download music and movies... and he's only in that country because of the aforementioned.
Look on the bright side, at least he's not being waterboarded.
Until someone puts their ass on the line and signs a piece of paper under oath as to why he's locked up
Absolutely, there's no way Swedish officials would break the law to gain a conviction on someone.
It was actually a complex experiment from which the whale was attempting to discern if it's human servants were capable of intelligent thought.
Slashdotters, how often do you push software changes into production, and what best practices allow you to maintain that deployment rate without chaos?
As often as we need to. This could be immediate (for small tweaks), middle of the day, nighttime if the deployment is going to have direct system performance impact.
.. ie. structured :), or else .. you can do it our old-skool way .. have experienced people who know about the business testing the changes.
.. keep them informed. You can accomplish this by letting the clients set their own priorities. Once the clients have the lists of work they want, they can decide what they want done and in what order. When the ducks are in a row, and things are flowing smoothly .. not only is the client in control, but they'll develop their own understanding of the development process and understand why work is being delayed. Getting clients into the project management system is also helpful.
.. because mistakes happen. Have a process for getting things done quickly when emergencies happen.
Single person responsible for deployment, use some sort of locking mechanics to ensure that what's deployed to live is precisely what's deployed to test. Give the clients the opportunity to UAT everything, and have environments setup for them with live data that will allow this. Automated testing is useful (if your software is structured in such a way to allow this
But by far the most important thing is to not set deadlines. And people might say that it's unrealistic, but the truth is setting deadlines is unrealistic. When does it go out to live? When it's ready, and not a minute before. Estimates are fine, and communicate with the clients
But the most fundamental thing is to take small bites of the apple. Don't do things in one hit. Break projects up into bite-sized manageable tasks. Then if something breaks, it breaks small. And be prepared to be nimble. No matter what processes are in place, there's always got to be work-arounds to get things done quickly and effectively
It's actually quite easy. But people need to take personal responsibility for their work and communication is king.
I know a chap who purchased a HP 17" widescreen laptop a few years back. About a month after the warranty expired, HP sent through a BIOS update which bricked the entire machine. He called HP support and said "Your update bricked my laptop" .. support's response "Your machine is out of warranty, that's going to cost $1200 to repair".
When you stop caring about your core business to save money or make a little extra cash on the side, well .. there's no turning back. HP have lost the trust.
Cable modems don't modulate or de-modulate, but we still call them modems.
$Candidate intentionally lied to the public
.. does that mean I'm a good target market?
That said, I love the fact that her "secret life" involves a computer game while that of a lot o republicans involve fucking men in public bathrooms
You're what the republicans refer to as 'the minority vote'.
"Buy now! Windows 8 is coming!"
Apple: people use this app while operating a vehicle that weighs thousands of pounds
You have the opportunity to purchase a smaller vehicle without Apple's help. Apple isn't forcing you to drive a massive SUV. You chose the massive SUV for your own reasons, don't blame Apple.
It's true in the short term that Google may get some new Android users out of this
At least until they use their Android phones.
How does that post get +5 insightful? Are 90% of the members of this site trolls now? Damn I'm sick of reading government fed rhetoric on this trollfest.
We can't invade the world, so we do what we have to do.
The USA does what it wants to do and as often as it wants to do it. You don't 'have' to have all the oil in the middle east, but your life is better for it.
I might be out of place by saying this, but perhaps it's time to realise that the 2 party system isn't actually a 2 party system and the supposed 'meritocracy' in the USA has become a 'plutocracy' and whomever is sitting at the steering wheel of the train which is 'out of control' can't really be blamed for the train being 'out of control'.
In its place we installed the Junta, who murdered, excuse me, disappeared over 3,000 people
The current technical term is 'suicided'.
This country is utterly doomed. Utterly and completely doomed.
You should hook up with Woz and move to Australia.
I would very gladly be a devoted and loyal Australian
If you bring a friend with the same attitude, you can start a club and get discounts on car registration.
if you suffer from this type of PARANOIA regularly, seek professional help.
Trust a psychiatrist? .. that's crazy talk!
Not to say that Apple doesn't have a large customer base now - but it won't always
But between time period A and time period B, the customer base is getting larger, not smaller.
But 2 of the EVILESTEST countries in the WHOLE WORLD corroborating to DEFEND THEMSELVES is provocation enough! The time for talk is over! We need to stop IRAN from threatening the peace of the world. It's too late for invasion, we MUST make IRAN the ultimate sacrifice!
May as well just start hanging people for stealing music/movies.
Wow! You could make a fortune as a consultant.
1. A worm which targets government computers 2. Lots of defamatory postings
We ssoooo need to develop bigger bombs. What if the asteroid comes??
I'm pretty sure I heard my grass cheering
Stop smoking it, that'll help.