Anonymous Coward, nobody cares what Dave Ramsey says. You are both a creditor and a debtor whenever you work or lend or borrow something from anyone. Why work? Because, unless you get paid upfront, you're actually hoping that your employer makes good on your next paycheck. Ever borrow something from a neighbor, classmate, or colleague? Well, that makes you a debtor until you make good by returning the favor.
If you think an arbitrary credit score matters, then how do you react to medical health assessment scores? Or even your annual physical? They are just numbers with limited real-world significance (unless you're living in the wrong world).
I see cops talking and texting on their cell phones EVERY SINGLE DAY! I've even witnessed cops crashing INTO others due to themselves being the distracted drivers (talking on cell phone with left hand [signal side] and holding their radios with the right).
OK, more seriously... the Indian gov't is claiming that the US Gov't practices interfere with their sense of security... yet Indian businesses rely on American companies' increasing demand for IT labor just to stay afloat. The Indian gov't is being greedy and speaking out of both sides of their mouth.
If the Indian Gov't was "all that", then there should already be 99.997% uptime Indian businesses that provide all of the commercial capabilities of Gmail service and price competitiveness without depending on the US economy to keep it afloat. Such domestic players would only be subject to Indian Gov't practices and interference, but then the Indian Gov't wouldn't have a way of blaming the rest of the world for their own malpractices -- should such malpractices interfere with their commercial businesses' livelihoods.
But, no. Instead of encouraging countries to rely on their own darn selves, let's instead blame larger economies for somehow being the source of all ills. Either way you slice it, nobody should ever interpret such foreign governmental statements as jabs against other sovereign nations. Rather, they should be seen as words of encouragement that foreign nations should demonstrate their IT savvy by truly being independent from any other foreign business entities.
Frankly, I dont think the US should use gMail etc for governmental communications either.
I whole-heartedly agree. Alas, I believe the US Gov't is being too lenient with their communications practices; unlike the 90's where only encrypted BlackBerrys were allowed, today everybody can use their Hotmail, Gmail, or Aol account to conduct official government business.
Instead, they should endorse Lavabit-type services and setup an outbound email transport for any public-private business... not go fully commercial without proper senses of security in place.
You can live a cash-only life in hopes of improving your odds at general anonymity, but every time you stand in front of a CCTV camera you are exposing yourself to the world.
Obviously there is continued FUD propagated on Slashdot in order for this story to be posted with one slant versus the other.
If Slashdot's moderator is right (and contrary to the tipster) then Slashdot actually has knowledge and somehow participated in the hacking attempts in order to even paint the news event in a particular light. If Slashdot is NOT involved (but still moderates contrary to the tipster) then Slashdot's editors are promulgating fear and doubt into the minds of its readers.
Either way, this story should be revised as to reflect the ACTUAL events which transpired (i.e. NYT experiences downtime the same day as MSFT services... and, the next day, some other company, WashPo, experiences their own downtime.. although the WashPo's downtime may have been due to hackers... in a manner unrelated to how NYT and MSFT experienced downtime, but in a manner in line with how GitHub is experiencing downtime).
The point is, make up a different acronym than one which is used ubiquitously in almost every computer related field.
Yeah, that's pretty obvious when they stated, "I hate re-used acronyms." HOWEVER, DCIM referring to data center information management is NOT a new acronym/term/concept. It has been around since the dawn of data centers... which, arguably, predate the digital camera image standards. Thus, I would argue that associating the term DCIM with digital images confuses its initial usage related to data centers.
Since the two realms of specialty (data centres vs. digital cameras) do not overlap -- except that, in this fringe case, Facebook might give a crap about one of them -- I, unfortunately, fail to see the relevance of your comment.
How often does the leap second bug recur? If It is known to occur, then why would such platforms be relied upon instead of patching it ahead of time?
It seems to me that developing new DCIM solutions is a bit of a stretch to solve the leap second issue. Or is that just an excuse to fund new DCIM solutions (in other words, a solution in search of a problem)?
I'm not sure why you have a Score:0 on this post, but you're absolutely right.
Studies have continually shown that self-directed online learners technically fail the online courses regardless of their actual competence. Participation rates are in line with rates of participation (apathy) as other civic matters -- like voting, fundraising, volunteering at community events, and even searching for lost pets and persons.
Flipping the coin, does any grade mean the material was taught well or that students simply take tests terribly -- which is probably why they enrolled in this course in the first place because, otherwise, they would be taking more academically challenging courses than remedial math.
This means that we have adults, people in charge of running their own lives, who don't fully comprehend how fractions or percentages work. There are people who are eligible to obtain loans and credit that can't calculate compound interest. It's a fucking miracle that we've managed to come this far while being this ignorant.
It's called "financial literacy" and the Great Recession should have taught you one thing: practically nobody on this planet is financially literate. I've come across some pretty dumb financial illiterates folks with post-graduate degrees and positions of authority... and don't know how to tip a waiter or calculate 10% discounts at the mall.
I would disagree with you, but I've taken some MOOCs and forgot about my enrollment 2 months later... then there's an email, "congratulations to all students who submitted their final exam by the deadline!"
Elitist to expect people to have basic mathematical skills?
Since when is "college-level algebra" a "basic mathematical skill"? What do you accept as a sufficient qualification for prospective grad students, the Abel Prize?
When HS-level algebra is getting 75% on a seventh-grade algebra test, and college-level algebra is getting 90% on the same seventh-grade algebra test, then graduate-level algebra is getting a passing grade on undergraduate-level math exams. (And, yes, post-grad algebra should get 90% or higher on any graduate-level exam.)
I'm not making these rules... the latest generation of kids are just that much dumber.
Actually, we don't know if 100% of students successfully signed up; we only know that the 100% represents those who successfully signed up. After all, just like in the real world, there must be consideration for financial aid/support challenges, signed-up deadlines, and whether sufficient offline/off-hours support was made available to students.
Just because information is available online does not mean that any student can separate the wheat from the chaff -- in terms of understanding basic mathematical concepts and how to apply them properly.
LOL! Well, if any comment is treated as unwanted spam, then I might as well laud you for your actions and attempt at humour... cuz nobody ever wants to be recognized for any actions they've ever taken.
Nobody's using the gnn.com domain (expires next year), and the patent makes reference to it. I wonder if we can claim that domain, publish stuff that contradicts its references in the patent, then sue the patent holders for violating the information published in the first place.
Who could have thought that different approaches to the same problem can have both advantages and disadvantages?
The perceived quality of a list is dramatically improved when there are no contradictory interpretations of the same facts. Here's an example of a really retarded way of making both positive AND negative spins off the same underlying fact.
5 FACTS ABOUT ME "I can" -- Yay, there's a can-do attitude and one of positive ability. "I can speak" -- Boo, I'd rather you write instead of speak... I don't want to be bothered by too many voices. "I can speak English" -- Yay, I understand English, too. If you're gonna speak, at least it should be in a language I understand. "I can speak English badly" -- Boo, that sucks. I won't fully understand what you say when you do speak. "I can speak English badly sometimes." -- Well, duh. I don't need any evidence, anecdotal or otherwise. I'll just blindly believe that your occasional inability to speak English properly is indeed this "sometimes" occurrence rate.
See? Spinning the same underlying fact to generate both separate advantages and disadvantages is silly and significantly dilutes the quality of this 5 Facts list. The same underlying principle applies to the Git-to-SVN Comparison: there's 1 underlying fact, but it is spun into numerous line-items for the sole purpose of stacking the cards in a thinly-veiled attempt at objectivity. In other words, garbage.
A fresh install (minus bloatware) of anything is typically faster than a bloated version of whatever it is replacing.
With the entire repo already cloned locally with local API hooks, any Git operations better not be impacted by network latency or experience bandwidth issues. If you ran the SVN repos locally and leveraged local hooks (read: w/o Apache + mod_svn + mod_ssl + ldap_authz) then it, too, would operate with lightning speed. It's all relative... and, yeah, obvious.
Also, merging local clones up to a parent repo with Git may experience fewer conflicts, but I don't believe other folks cloning the same parent repo would have the same clone history and binary assets as your own (plus their own) as to exhibit a comprehensive system-wide history of activity. This means the argument for DVCS is simply putting more emphasis on local working copies in exchange for... nothing.
A negative for Git is your obligation to clone the entire repository; however, a positive for Git is your obligation to clone the entire repository so they are treated as a full repository backup. So, it's bad... but let's try to do some PR spin to make it appear good... in the same bloody list.
Git is much faster than Subversion
Really? What a baseless statement. No benchmarks whatsoever!
I would go on, but the list is such garbage that nobody should make reference to it ever again.
I don't believe either of those companies provide an 'Express' version of the ERP software...
Tharr shur is. The entire Oracle stack is available in Developer and Trial forms; they only require 3x 6.8GB downloads but it's all there (see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/downloads/index.html). The Microsoft Dynamics are available as part of TechNet and MSDN subscriptions -- if professional enough -- for trial purposes.
The use-restricted versions (i.e. Express-equivalent) are very limited, however... but as an ISV or consultant, there's enough developer access to learn their wares if you gave it a solid 6+ months.
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Anonymous Coward, nobody cares what Dave Ramsey says. You are both a creditor and a debtor whenever you work or lend or borrow something from anyone. Why work? Because, unless you get paid upfront, you're actually hoping that your employer makes good on your next paycheck. Ever borrow something from a neighbor, classmate, or colleague? Well, that makes you a debtor until you make good by returning the favor.
If you think an arbitrary credit score matters, then how do you react to medical health assessment scores? Or even your annual physical? They are just numbers with limited real-world significance (unless you're living in the wrong world).
parvi.org
That story is truly messed up. No wonder Paris has a bad reputation in the world of business...
Hypocrites. Who will write them tickets?
I see cops talking and texting on their cell phones EVERY SINGLE DAY! I've even witnessed cops crashing INTO others due to themselves being the distracted drivers (talking on cell phone with left hand [signal side] and holding their radios with the right).
They are 100% hypocrites.
OK, more seriously... the Indian gov't is claiming that the US Gov't practices interfere with their sense of security... yet Indian businesses rely on American companies' increasing demand for IT labor just to stay afloat. The Indian gov't is being greedy and speaking out of both sides of their mouth.
If the Indian Gov't was "all that", then there should already be 99.997% uptime Indian businesses that provide all of the commercial capabilities of Gmail service and price competitiveness without depending on the US economy to keep it afloat. Such domestic players would only be subject to Indian Gov't practices and interference, but then the Indian Gov't wouldn't have a way of blaming the rest of the world for their own malpractices -- should such malpractices interfere with their commercial businesses' livelihoods.
But, no. Instead of encouraging countries to rely on their own darn selves, let's instead blame larger economies for somehow being the source of all ills. Either way you slice it, nobody should ever interpret such foreign governmental statements as jabs against other sovereign nations. Rather, they should be seen as words of encouragement that foreign nations should demonstrate their IT savvy by truly being independent from any other foreign business entities.
Uhh, yeah... like Google is hemorrhaging cash in their efforts to stay in business... NOT!
Frankly, I dont think the US should use gMail etc for governmental communications either.
I whole-heartedly agree. Alas, I believe the US Gov't is being too lenient with their communications practices; unlike the 90's where only encrypted BlackBerrys were allowed, today everybody can use their Hotmail, Gmail, or Aol account to conduct official government business.
Instead, they should endorse Lavabit-type services and setup an outbound email transport for any public-private business... not go fully commercial without proper senses of security in place.
First Post FAIL.
You can live a cash-only life in hopes of improving your odds at general anonymity, but every time you stand in front of a CCTV camera you are exposing yourself to the world.
Obviously there is continued FUD propagated on Slashdot in order for this story to be posted with one slant versus the other.
If Slashdot's moderator is right (and contrary to the tipster) then Slashdot actually has knowledge and somehow participated in the hacking attempts in order to even paint the news event in a particular light. If Slashdot is NOT involved (but still moderates contrary to the tipster) then Slashdot's editors are promulgating fear and doubt into the minds of its readers.
Either way, this story should be revised as to reflect the ACTUAL events which transpired (i.e. NYT experiences downtime the same day as MSFT services... and, the next day, some other company, WashPo, experiences their own downtime.. although the WashPo's downtime may have been due to hackers... in a manner unrelated to how NYT and MSFT experienced downtime, but in a manner in line with how GitHub is experiencing downtime).
The point is, make up a different acronym than one which is used ubiquitously in almost every computer related field.
Yeah, that's pretty obvious when they stated, "I hate re-used acronyms." HOWEVER, DCIM referring to data center information management is NOT a new acronym/term/concept. It has been around since the dawn of data centers... which, arguably, predate the digital camera image standards. Thus, I would argue that associating the term DCIM with digital images confuses its initial usage related to data centers.
Since the two realms of specialty (data centres vs. digital cameras) do not overlap -- except that, in this fringe case, Facebook might give a crap about one of them -- I, unfortunately, fail to see the relevance of your comment.
How often does the leap second bug recur? If It is known to occur, then why would such platforms be relied upon instead of patching it ahead of time?
It seems to me that developing new DCIM solutions is a bit of a stretch to solve the leap second issue. Or is that just an excuse to fund new DCIM solutions (in other words, a solution in search of a problem)?
I'm not sure why you have a Score:0 on this post, but you're absolutely right.
Studies have continually shown that self-directed online learners technically fail the online courses regardless of their actual competence. Participation rates are in line with rates of participation (apathy) as other civic matters -- like voting, fundraising, volunteering at community events, and even searching for lost pets and persons.
Flipping the coin, does any grade mean the material was taught well or that students simply take tests terribly -- which is probably why they enrolled in this course in the first place because, otherwise, they would be taking more academically challenging courses than remedial math.
This means that we have adults, people in charge of running their own lives, who don't fully comprehend how fractions or percentages work. There are people who are eligible to obtain loans and credit that can't calculate compound interest. It's a fucking miracle that we've managed to come this far while being this ignorant.
It's called "financial literacy" and the Great Recession should have taught you one thing: practically nobody on this planet is financially literate. I've come across some pretty dumb financial illiterates folks with post-graduate degrees and positions of authority... and don't know how to tip a waiter or calculate 10% discounts at the mall.
I would disagree with you, but I've taken some MOOCs and forgot about my enrollment 2 months later... then there's an email, "congratulations to all students who submitted their final exam by the deadline!"
Elitist to expect people to have basic mathematical skills?
Since when is "college-level algebra" a "basic mathematical skill"? What do you accept as a sufficient qualification for prospective grad students, the Abel Prize?
When HS-level algebra is getting 75% on a seventh-grade algebra test, and college-level algebra is getting 90% on the same seventh-grade algebra test, then graduate-level algebra is getting a passing grade on undergraduate-level math exams. (And, yes, post-grad algebra should get 90% or higher on any graduate-level exam.)
I'm not making these rules... the latest generation of kids are just that much dumber.
Actually, we don't know if 100% of students successfully signed up; we only know that the 100% represents those who successfully signed up. After all, just like in the real world, there must be consideration for financial aid/support challenges, signed-up deadlines, and whether sufficient offline/off-hours support was made available to students.
Just because information is available online does not mean that any student can separate the wheat from the chaff -- in terms of understanding basic mathematical concepts and how to apply them properly.
LOL! Well, if any comment is treated as unwanted spam, then I might as well laud you for your actions and attempt at humour... cuz nobody ever wants to be recognized for any actions they've ever taken.
Ha ha.
Nobody's using the gnn.com domain (expires next year), and the patent makes reference to it. I wonder if we can claim that domain, publish stuff that contradicts its references in the patent, then sue the patent holders for violating the information published in the first place.
Who could have thought that different approaches to the same problem can have both advantages and disadvantages?
The perceived quality of a list is dramatically improved when there are no contradictory interpretations of the same facts. Here's an example of a really retarded way of making both positive AND negative spins off the same underlying fact.
5 FACTS ABOUT ME
"I can" -- Yay, there's a can-do attitude and one of positive ability.
"I can speak" -- Boo, I'd rather you write instead of speak... I don't want to be bothered by too many voices.
"I can speak English" -- Yay, I understand English, too. If you're gonna speak, at least it should be in a language I understand.
"I can speak English badly" -- Boo, that sucks. I won't fully understand what you say when you do speak.
"I can speak English badly sometimes." -- Well, duh. I don't need any evidence, anecdotal or otherwise. I'll just blindly believe that your occasional inability to speak English properly is indeed this "sometimes" occurrence rate.
See? Spinning the same underlying fact to generate both separate advantages and disadvantages is silly and significantly dilutes the quality of this 5 Facts list. The same underlying principle applies to the Git-to-SVN Comparison: there's 1 underlying fact, but it is spun into numerous line-items for the sole purpose of stacking the cards in a thinly-veiled attempt at objectivity. In other words, garbage.
A fresh install (minus bloatware) of anything is typically faster than a bloated version of whatever it is replacing.
With the entire repo already cloned locally with local API hooks, any Git operations better not be impacted by network latency or experience bandwidth issues. If you ran the SVN repos locally and leveraged local hooks (read: w/o Apache + mod_svn + mod_ssl + ldap_authz) then it, too, would operate with lightning speed. It's all relative... and, yeah, obvious.
Also, merging local clones up to a parent repo with Git may experience fewer conflicts, but I don't believe other folks cloning the same parent repo would have the same clone history and binary assets as your own (plus their own) as to exhibit a comprehensive system-wide history of activity. This means the argument for DVCS is simply putting more emphasis on local working copies in exchange for... nothing.
Yeah, that comparison is garbage.
A negative for Git is your obligation to clone the entire repository; however, a positive for Git is your obligation to clone the entire repository so they are treated as a full repository backup. So, it's bad... but let's try to do some PR spin to make it appear good... in the same bloody list.
Git is much faster than Subversion
Really? What a baseless statement. No benchmarks whatsoever!
I would go on, but the list is such garbage that nobody should make reference to it ever again.
As per Buzer, please refer to, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/hh442910.aspx
I don't believe either of those companies provide an 'Express' version of the ERP software...
Tharr shur is. The entire Oracle stack is available in Developer and Trial forms; they only require 3x 6.8GB downloads but it's all there (see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/downloads/index.html). The Microsoft Dynamics are available as part of TechNet and MSDN subscriptions -- if professional enough -- for trial purposes.
The use-restricted versions (i.e. Express-equivalent) are very limited, however... but as an ISV or consultant, there's enough developer access to learn their wares if you gave it a solid 6+ months.