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Good God, man, have you seen a cinema display in action? There is a reason Apple puts them in drool-proof plastic. I just bought a house and just got laid off. When I saw one at a job interview yesterday and it was all I could do to not plop down the cash for one.
"...members of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network, posing as computer programmers, were able to gain employment at Microsoft" - so, you can "pose" as a computer programmer, and get to modify M$'s source, can you? You don't actually have to be a programmer?
Why, MicroSoft keeps posing as an innovative technology company...
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Well, they didn't say they were effective processes, just rigorous.
No need for me to see it. As someone born in the late 60s with the name Richard Burton, I can fully appreciate your situation... both sympathetically and humorously.
I've listened to Bob and Tom for years. If you think they are bad, try listening to morning shows in other cities. They are unlistenable. No wonder some people think even Howard Stern is good.
Besides, look me in the eye and tell me that a superhero called "Shirtless Girl" is not bordering on genius.
I used to work for the DoD and they will think up of anything to keep their jobs alive.
Unlike, say, other civil servants, marketing executives, and union lawyers, right?
Lord knows the DoD isn't perfect, but basically, you just accused them of being human. Expect Sam Donaldson to show up at your doorstep and spank you with a slipper.
Fear AOL?!?! You don't know fear until you've been audited by the IRS.
(Laugh, but the tax courts in which the IRS tries you are run by the IRS. Rather Prussian of them, isn't it? And, no kidding, the auditor who came after me was named "Lynch". I should have known then.)
It's the age-old debate; what follows the heart of the scientific method more? Peer review, or getting the information out as fast as possible?
This is just my opinion (YMMV, IANAS, etc), but I would argue for peer review, insofar as it relates to the ability to duplicate results and experiments. My thinking here is that the ability to duplicate results is at the heart of science. If others can't duplicate them, the results aren't accepted.
A grain of salt is provided for those who disagree.
Unless the specs are that it is to be written in C/C++.
And this is all too common, I'm afraid. I once had to implement a massive, heavy-fines-for-errors project that needed to compare massive associative arrays in C instead of Perl. Why? Because the boss didn't like Perl.
I know some people might bemoan this, but personally, I like the idea. Once we can get the lawyers to agree on who owns what, and why, it will allow eventually lead to a greater supply of raw materials, and thus cheaper goods. It will also allow for the environmental hassles of mining on Earth to be less of a factor.
I mean, it beats starting a land war of mineral deposits.
Speaking of the 70s, what ever happened to the Population Bomb?
Ask Al Gore. He claimed to be an expert on the dangers of overpopulation in Earth in the Balance. Of course, Gore has four kids, so I guess he would know.
The fact that AMERICAN politicians do nothing about SCIENTIFIC DATA from satellites and other sources is a travesty.
Look, we've seen what happens when American politicians try to do something; better that they do nothing. Government is like an appendix: wasteful when idle, fatal when active. Pray to your god(s) that they stay idle.
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Good God, man, have you seen a cinema display in action? There is a reason Apple puts them in drool-proof plastic. I just bought a house and just got laid off. When I saw one at a job interview yesterday and it was all I could do to not plop down the cash for one.
Why, MicroSoft keeps posing as an innovative technology company ...
Besides, look me in the eye and tell me that a superhero called "Shirtless Girl" is not bordering on genius.
Good God, do I feel old!
Actually, what the kids need is for us to bring back corporal punishment and use it on the school board members.
YMMV
Unlike, say, other civil servants, marketing executives, and union lawyers, right?
Lord knows the DoD isn't perfect, but basically, you just accused them of being human. Expect Sam Donaldson to show up at your doorstep and spank you with a slipper.
(Laugh, but the tax courts in which the IRS tries you are run by the IRS. Rather Prussian of them, isn't it? And, no kidding, the auditor who came after me was named "Lynch". I should have known then.)
You mean like the trillions that the US alone has spent on government programs since The New Deal? Yeah, that's worked a treat, hasn't it?
This is just my opinion (YMMV, IANAS, etc), but I would argue for peer review, insofar as it relates to the ability to duplicate results and experiments. My thinking here is that the ability to duplicate results is at the heart of science. If others can't duplicate them, the results aren't accepted.
A grain of salt is provided for those who disagree.
#include "nancy_boy.h"
Speak for yourself, duckie.
Or not.
Manos is no more suitable for the uninitiate than a Guiness would be for a teenager who'd never had beer before. It's just too much for a first timer.
That may be a high price to pay for a cool laptop, but then so is my current job.
And this is all too common, I'm afraid. I once had to implement a massive, heavy-fines-for-errors project that needed to compare massive associative arrays in C instead of Perl. Why? Because the boss didn't like Perl.
I mean, it beats starting a land war of mineral deposits.
Ask Al Gore. He claimed to be an expert on the dangers of overpopulation in Earth in the Balance. Of course, Gore has four kids, so I guess he would know.
Look, we've seen what happens when American politicians try to do something; better that they do nothing. Government is like an appendix: wasteful when idle, fatal when active. Pray to your god(s) that they stay idle.
Considering how most of us are at least partially of European descent, we come by it honestly.
Besides, being "ignorant, rude and proud of it" sounds very French, based on my time in that country.