Problem is, professional ethics codes are generally not legally binding unless you are professionally licensed in a discipline by the state, and the licensing indicates the code of ethics that must be followed. Additionally, the ethics code might only apply if you are officially acting within your licensed capacity. (I error on the side of caution in that I assume everything I do professionally falls subject to my licensed discipline - just in case). Some states refer to professional organizations for the code of ethics (i.e. for Electrical Engineers, the IEEE code may be referenced), some states may provide their own code of ethics. I'm also unaware of any US states that professionally license software engineers.
I personally had one instance at my previous employer where my boss asked my to do something unethical, and illegal. I stalled for two weeks while I debated resigning or blowing the whistle to HR on my boss (and also possibly resigning). In the end, I didn't have to do either, because my boss was fired in that time for unrelated things and I was never asked by another manager to do the same action.
I think this is in part why so much attention is being spent on the big bang and what could have caused it. Currently, it's an impervious wall, but we want to know what's on the other side of it.
Don't they stop employees from taking any kind of IP and running away with it, which would basically kill the industry?
You're confusing non-compete with a non-disclosure agreement. Non-competes are generally illegal/unenforceable and rarely upheld, unless the company you're coming from pays you to effectively remain out of the employment market for a period of time. Non disclosures are absolutely enforceable (and these are about taking IP from one company to your next), and is usually what gets former employees in trouble. I'm under an NDA from my last employer, and a non-solicitation through the first week of next month. I'm not under a non-compete, and the company I now work for indirectly competes with my former employer. But, I still can't divulge any trade secrets I know of to my current employer (not that I can't tell my new employer how *not* to do something based upon knowledge).
Except, this isn't a case of cyber bullying. It's a case of mutually engaged "sexting" via facebook chat that occured at home. One parent found out, and called out the dogs on the other kid involved (btw, why wasn't the accuser's kid also punished, if this was about sexting?).
I'll have to agree with the above. I had my first job at 15. I paid income tax, medicare, FICA, social security and all that jazz. I was pissed. So, I wrote "my" Senator and & representative. All I got back was a form letter about the importance of Americans paying their taxes, which flies in the face of one of the founding principles of the country: "no taxation without representation". Needless to say, I did not vote for either one of those people once I was able.
Having RTFA'd, I didn't see anywhere mentioned that their was imagery shared. As such, child pornography would not apply. Apparently, they were both under the applicable age of consent, so underage solicitation would not apply. Even if either or both of those occurred, if it did not take place on school grounds, with school resources, why the hell was the school ever involved? This sounds to me like bad parents that don't know how/are unwilling to confront and punish their child for behavior they find unacceptable. From what I've read, the school never should have been involved, and has no business being involved.
Additionally, even if there was a suspicion of child pornography, a proper warrant would still be required to conduct the search.
Yes, I have. Most recently, I've been playing Titanfall. Great game, very fun and the community is actually fine. Sure, occasionally there is some cursing, but very little. And what little there is usually out of excitement or surprise. I think I've only heard one person that was actually swearing *at* someone.
I've been on Live for a while (45k gamerscore) and have a 5/5 reputation. It's not hard. Be a team player and don't be a dick. I do give positive feedback (yes, it is possible, I forget how it's phrased, but it's something like "I prefer to play with this person"). The only time I give negative feedback is for repeated abusive behavior such as team-killing or extremely foul language. An occasional shit, fuck or asshole doesn't bother me. I'm talking about language I wouldn't use even on slashdot.
Yes, but your post is (somewhat) contradictory with the title; I'm not saying I disagree with you in principle. I'm not saying the idea is contradictory, the endgame is. You propose patenting something for which there is plentiful prior art (patent reform). You're by far from the first to propose such reforms to patents (just search slashdot for "patent" - you're probably liable to timeout waiting for the results).
My point is that if patent reform were passed as you propose, your patent itself would be invalid, hence not even a zero sum game: you would lose (in regards to the hypothetical patent in question). It would cost you more to file it, and possibly defend, then you could ever realistically expect to collect on. Now, you might be able to claim moral victory, but you still lose.
It seems to me that perhaps the brakes on the Tesla might be underpowered, or perhaps there is an engineering flaw in that the electric motor continues to apply power when the brake is also applied. The whole "point" to applying both gas & brake at the same time in an ICE car is to get the ICE into a more favorable position in the power band (best power output is usually somewhere in the 4K-6K RPM range, depending on the engine/car/configuration). Doing so in an electric car is pointless, as they essentially have a constant max torque across a wide RPM range (sadly it's lacking a citation or a graphical).
I was in an accident about 15 years ago, where I was in an '88 Chevy S-10 Blazer. When I got rear-ended and spun, I slammed on the brakes. When I finally came to my senses (a few seconds after I stopped), I realized the engine was racing. I'd slammed down on both the brake and the gas pedal, but I was stopped. And I have small (size 8, men's) feet. That was the only time I'd ever hit both pedals and it was in the middle of an accident, and I didn't have time to correct. But, the mistake didn't make things any worse.
While it is supported, and RH claims backwards compatibility, they do have an annoying habit of breaking things. I remember going from a point minor version of RHEL 5 (I think it was 5.5 to 5.6; it might have been an earlier release) to the next, and they broke the behavior of semaphores. In the prior version, a "sem_wait" would block until the semaphore was signaled, in the next version, it'd indicate errno EAGAIN. This was an unexpected change and required code changes for my company's apps at the time to busy wait when trying to acquire a semaphore.
Sure, you have the right to tell people to not get vaccinations. I don't get all vaccinations my doctor prescribes, because as a healthy adult, some are stupid. I get my tetanus, rabies, measles (one time shot), that sort. I don't get a flu vaccine, not because I'm afraid of autism, but because they get it wrong most of the time. And the flu "vaccine" is just as likely to make you sick as it is to prevent it in the first place. Granted, the "vaccine" generally doesn't affect you "as bad", but you still get sick.
That said, Jenny McCarthy is fucking nuts in regards to things like Polio & MMR
Hell, we could be done with Polio vaccines if it wasn't for backwaters countries like Pakistan.
We eliminated smallpox worldwide via vaccines. If she think's they're a bad idea, maybe she'd be willing to volunteer to be exposed?
I love her (I've also a Bear's fan) argument that "We didn't used to have this problem". Yeah, we also used to die by 40. We also didn't even know what the hell cancer is. We also didn't smoke. We also didn't use to drive. We also didn't use to send our kids to school. We also didn't use to mandate our kids go to school. We also didn't use to send people to the moon. We also didn't use to stick our head up our ass because it makes us feel all warm and fuzzy.
If I look at Fluke's versus SparkFun's, I, as a human, cannot differentiate a difference in the colors. And they both clearly bear an extreme semblance, which is what the trademark is about.
I'm curious, would you be so opposed if Pepsi copied a Coke can, and ever so slightly changed the tint of the red, such that it was "orange" and replaced the text with "Pepsi Cola"?
When I am in a position to interview people for our engineering jobs, over the past ten years I recall exactly one female applicant with the mandatory degrees and certifications. We see mostly white males, some Asian males (mostly from India and China) and a handful of others. That isn't because we are refusing to interview minorities, it is because those are the people who have the mandatory certifications. I cannot find any solid statistics on the racial distributions of people with engineering certifications, but I'd assume they are similarly skewed.
In 10 years of interviewing for development/testing positions, I have never once seen a resume for a female. Not once. I've seen pretty much every race under the sun (excepting those hiding out in the most inaccessible portions of the earth), and I've given them a fair shake. This is not my fault: I give broad technical requirements to the HR recruiters: knows languages x, y & z (z optional, but a bonus). bonus if they know database a.
I want someone that can do the job. Can they do my job when I'm out sick or on vacation as well as do their job to the extent that I look good (assuming I'm the lead/manager). I don't even care what country they come from, what color their skin is, what god(s) they worship, if any, or if they imbibe (this last one is just a plus). What matters first and foremost is: can they do the job. A quick second after that is, can I communicate with them (admittedly language issues can arise here).
Working as a dev in finance for +10 years, now, diversity is not a problem. Whites may make up a significant portion of development staff (and they also make up over 80% of the population in the US), but they're almost equaled in numbers by Indians. Oriental Asians (as opposed to subcontinent) also make up for significant chunk (I've worked with people from China, Japan, Korea, Cambodia & Vietnam - and those are just the nationalities I know/remember). I've worked with a few blacks, fewer African-Americans. One of my bosses was black and he'd probably take offense to being called African-American. He was Nigerian.
The technology sector doesn't suffer from a problem of diversity, at least in regards to race. Jesse Jackson, as he's oft known for doing, is just race baiting here. If there is a diversity problem, it's in regards to sex, not race.
If you would actually read the trademark, it mentions dark gray and yellow in a specific, illustrated pattern. This knock off clearly copies it (whether on purpose or accident is immaterial).
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See IEEE Code of Ethics (a simple, yet succinct and to-the-point code), and ACM's Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice. Even reading section 1 of the ACM code, it is abundantly clear it is not being legally enforced. In particular 1.03 & 1.06 jump out at me.
Problem is, professional ethics codes are generally not legally binding unless you are professionally licensed in a discipline by the state, and the licensing indicates the code of ethics that must be followed. Additionally, the ethics code might only apply if you are officially acting within your licensed capacity. (I error on the side of caution in that I assume everything I do professionally falls subject to my licensed discipline - just in case). Some states refer to professional organizations for the code of ethics (i.e. for Electrical Engineers, the IEEE code may be referenced), some states may provide their own code of ethics. I'm also unaware of any US states that professionally license software engineers.
I personally had one instance at my previous employer where my boss asked my to do something unethical, and illegal. I stalled for two weeks while I debated resigning or blowing the whistle to HR on my boss (and also possibly resigning). In the end, I didn't have to do either, because my boss was fired in that time for unrelated things and I was never asked by another manager to do the same action.
I think this is in part why so much attention is being spent on the big bang and what could have caused it. Currently, it's an impervious wall, but we want to know what's on the other side of it.
Don't they stop employees from taking any kind of IP and running away with it, which would basically kill the industry?
You're confusing non-compete with a non-disclosure agreement. Non-competes are generally illegal/unenforceable and rarely upheld, unless the company you're coming from pays you to effectively remain out of the employment market for a period of time. Non disclosures are absolutely enforceable (and these are about taking IP from one company to your next), and is usually what gets former employees in trouble. I'm under an NDA from my last employer, and a non-solicitation through the first week of next month. I'm not under a non-compete, and the company I now work for indirectly competes with my former employer. But, I still can't divulge any trade secrets I know of to my current employer (not that I can't tell my new employer how *not* to do something based upon knowledge).
Right. The data is flawed, so we're going to make up our own, er, I mean extrapolate. There are lies, damned lies and statistics.
Law enforcement is very actively trolling the Internet to discover things, he says.
Funny, I'd be happier if they were trawling the internet for info instead of trolling.
Pray tell how this situation is cyberbulling?
Except, this isn't a case of cyber bullying. It's a case of mutually engaged "sexting" via facebook chat that occured at home. One parent found out, and called out the dogs on the other kid involved (btw, why wasn't the accuser's kid also punished, if this was about sexting?).
I'll have to agree with the above. I had my first job at 15. I paid income tax, medicare, FICA, social security and all that jazz. I was pissed. So, I wrote "my" Senator and & representative. All I got back was a form letter about the importance of Americans paying their taxes, which flies in the face of one of the founding principles of the country: "no taxation without representation". Needless to say, I did not vote for either one of those people once I was able.
Intimidation and coercion does not make consent.
Having RTFA'd, I didn't see anywhere mentioned that their was imagery shared. As such, child pornography would not apply. Apparently, they were both under the applicable age of consent, so underage solicitation would not apply. Even if either or both of those occurred, if it did not take place on school grounds, with school resources, why the hell was the school ever involved? This sounds to me like bad parents that don't know how/are unwilling to confront and punish their child for behavior they find unacceptable. From what I've read, the school never should have been involved, and has no business being involved.
Additionally, even if there was a suspicion of child pornography, a proper warrant would still be required to conduct the search.
Yes, I have. Most recently, I've been playing Titanfall. Great game, very fun and the community is actually fine. Sure, occasionally there is some cursing, but very little. And what little there is usually out of excitement or surprise. I think I've only heard one person that was actually swearing *at* someone.
I've been on Live for a while (45k gamerscore) and have a 5/5 reputation. It's not hard. Be a team player and don't be a dick. I do give positive feedback (yes, it is possible, I forget how it's phrased, but it's something like "I prefer to play with this person"). The only time I give negative feedback is for repeated abusive behavior such as team-killing or extremely foul language. An occasional shit, fuck or asshole doesn't bother me. I'm talking about language I wouldn't use even on slashdot.
because the girl had been sexting with some other kid, whose parents complained to the school.
Even if true, unless it was being done at school, why is the school involved?
Yes, but your post is (somewhat) contradictory with the title; I'm not saying I disagree with you in principle. I'm not saying the idea is contradictory, the endgame is. You propose patenting something for which there is plentiful prior art (patent reform). You're by far from the first to propose such reforms to patents (just search slashdot for "patent" - you're probably liable to timeout waiting for the results).
My point is that if patent reform were passed as you propose, your patent itself would be invalid, hence not even a zero sum game: you would lose (in regards to the hypothetical patent in question). It would cost you more to file it, and possibly defend, then you could ever realistically expect to collect on. Now, you might be able to claim moral victory, but you still lose.
I should file a patent on patent reform
Why? You'll never have an opportunity to sue for infringement!
Watch drivers at a stop sign in the middle of nowhere. Way too many will roll the stop sign - if they don't just blow right through it.
Middle of nowhere? I see it in the middle of town all the time. Worse yet, it's pretty frequent to see the cops do it, too (lights/siren off).
It seems to me that perhaps the brakes on the Tesla might be underpowered, or perhaps there is an engineering flaw in that the electric motor continues to apply power when the brake is also applied. The whole "point" to applying both gas & brake at the same time in an ICE car is to get the ICE into a more favorable position in the power band (best power output is usually somewhere in the 4K-6K RPM range, depending on the engine/car/configuration). Doing so in an electric car is pointless, as they essentially have a constant max torque across a wide RPM range (sadly it's lacking a citation or a graphical).
I was in an accident about 15 years ago, where I was in an '88 Chevy S-10 Blazer. When I got rear-ended and spun, I slammed on the brakes. When I finally came to my senses (a few seconds after I stopped), I realized the engine was racing. I'd slammed down on both the brake and the gas pedal, but I was stopped. And I have small (size 8, men's) feet. That was the only time I'd ever hit both pedals and it was in the middle of an accident, and I didn't have time to correct. But, the mistake didn't make things any worse.
While it is supported, and RH claims backwards compatibility, they do have an annoying habit of breaking things. I remember going from a point minor version of RHEL 5 (I think it was 5.5 to 5.6; it might have been an earlier release) to the next, and they broke the behavior of semaphores. In the prior version, a "sem_wait" would block until the semaphore was signaled, in the next version, it'd indicate errno EAGAIN. This was an unexpected change and required code changes for my company's apps at the time to busy wait when trying to acquire a semaphore.
I would posit: not many. Cancer is the leading cause today. One might call it a ticking DNA time bomb. Who's to say there isn't another lurking?
Besides, even if cancer can be cured, can you cure other self-inflicted "diseases"?
Sure, you have the right to tell people to not get vaccinations. I don't get all vaccinations my doctor prescribes, because as a healthy adult, some are stupid. I get my tetanus, rabies, measles (one time shot), that sort. I don't get a flu vaccine, not because I'm afraid of autism, but because they get it wrong most of the time. And the flu "vaccine" is just as likely to make you sick as it is to prevent it in the first place. Granted, the "vaccine" generally doesn't affect you "as bad", but you still get sick.
That said, Jenny McCarthy is fucking nuts in regards to things like Polio & MMR
Hell, we could be done with Polio vaccines if it wasn't for backwaters countries like Pakistan.
We eliminated smallpox worldwide via vaccines. If she think's they're a bad idea, maybe she'd be willing to volunteer to be exposed?
I love her (I've also a Bear's fan) argument that "We didn't used to have this problem". Yeah, we also used to die by 40. We also didn't even know what the hell cancer is. We also didn't smoke. We also didn't use to drive. We also didn't use to send our kids to school. We also didn't use to mandate our kids go to school. We also didn't use to send people to the moon. We also didn't use to stick our head up our ass because it makes us feel all warm and fuzzy.
If I look at Fluke's versus SparkFun's, I, as a human, cannot differentiate a difference in the colors. And they both clearly bear an extreme semblance, which is what the trademark is about.
I'm curious, would you be so opposed if Pepsi copied a Coke can, and ever so slightly changed the tint of the red, such that it was "orange" and replaced the text with "Pepsi Cola"?
When I am in a position to interview people for our engineering jobs, over the past ten years I recall exactly one female applicant with the mandatory degrees and certifications. We see mostly white males, some Asian males (mostly from India and China) and a handful of others. That isn't because we are refusing to interview minorities, it is because those are the people who have the mandatory certifications. I cannot find any solid statistics on the racial distributions of people with engineering certifications, but I'd assume they are similarly skewed.
In 10 years of interviewing for development/testing positions, I have never once seen a resume for a female. Not once. I've seen pretty much every race under the sun (excepting those hiding out in the most inaccessible portions of the earth), and I've given them a fair shake. This is not my fault: I give broad technical requirements to the HR recruiters: knows languages x, y & z (z optional, but a bonus). bonus if they know database a.
I want someone that can do the job. Can they do my job when I'm out sick or on vacation as well as do their job to the extent that I look good (assuming I'm the lead/manager). I don't even care what country they come from, what color their skin is, what god(s) they worship, if any, or if they imbibe (this last one is just a plus). What matters first and foremost is: can they do the job. A quick second after that is, can I communicate with them (admittedly language issues can arise here).
That's a nice story but Asian Americans are all minorities and qualify for affirmative action just as well as any other minority.
All fine and dandy until the quota's been met and they need to let other, less deserving, people in because they need to make a racial quota.
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Working as a dev in finance for +10 years, now, diversity is not a problem. Whites may make up a significant portion of development staff (and they also make up over 80% of the population in the US), but they're almost equaled in numbers by Indians. Oriental Asians (as opposed to subcontinent) also make up for significant chunk (I've worked with people from China, Japan, Korea, Cambodia & Vietnam - and those are just the nationalities I know/remember). I've worked with a few blacks, fewer African-Americans. One of my bosses was black and he'd probably take offense to being called African-American. He was Nigerian.
The technology sector doesn't suffer from a problem of diversity, at least in regards to race. Jesse Jackson, as he's oft known for doing, is just race baiting here. If there is a diversity problem, it's in regards to sex, not race.
If you would actually read the trademark, it mentions dark gray and yellow in a specific, illustrated pattern. This knock off clearly copies it (whether on purpose or accident is immaterial).