Everything in your first paragraph is true -- despite the loaded phrase "greedy capitalists".
But you cannot just plop "single payer" in like a grand solution. Every other country with single payer has their own collection of horror stories of needed treatment and diagnostics being pushed out months. All these countries still have third-party health insurance available to cover things their government has deemed unnecessary or has not adequately provisioned for.
Bingo.
"More enlightened" countries point to their smaller healthcare and defense costs and neglect that the US shoulders the burden for the rest of the world.
The main thing about annonymous... anonemouse... anonny...
The main thing about ftp is that you cannot associate it with any one thing. Anyone who has posted anything to/b/ is a member of the 1337 haXing gr0up.
I mean, it sounds good... the idea that some armed citizen/vigilante would engage in a gunfight with a crazed shooter, but I wonder if it really happens.
Most recently, an off-duty police officer stopped gunman in a Salt Lake City Mall (link).
Mall shootings were a popular terrorist tactict in Israel... until the government required all active military (practicaly all college-aged Israelies) to always be armed (can only find a second hand source, a blog post discussing the SLC shooting in relation to the events in Israel).
Virginia is a "Shall Issue" state... meaning that if you ask for a concealed carry permit, and aren't disqualified from owning a gun, you'll get one. Unfortunatly, federal law makes schools -- including colleges -- "gun free zones".
Read: "Unarmed Victim Zones".
Try pulling that psycho bullshit in a Virginia mall, and that shooter's life would have ended a lot quicker, with a whole lot less innocent people injured.
The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.
Colonel Jeff Cooper, United States Marine Corps (deceased)
"We provide Windows because we are a Windows shop" really is the tail wagging the dog.
Phrased that way yes, to does seem like circular logic. But try asking why the are a windows shop... the phrase ends up looking more like "We provide one operating system because it allows us to standarize our support costs, personnel training, security procedures, and software licences".
As I wrote, that is what I usually do; there are always exceptions.
(In fact, on monday of the last week at a big office, my boss told me "Don't do anything important".)
That proves my point -- why would I want you there? So you can surf the web, and maybe (accidentally) introduce some kind of malware into the network? So you can -- again, accidentally -- fall asleep at your desk, fall on the floor, and break your arm? Your boss acknowledged that for the last week you were useless; the smart thing to do would have been to send you home. And at least I would have paid you...
each time I've moved to a new job that was in a substantially different field than the one before, so there was little danger of either taking secrets or other employees with me.
There is a lot of incest in the local job market -- anyone who leaves would almost be expected to take some underlings and accounts with them. That is why -- again, generally -- I must get people out of the office as soon as I know they have another job.
But this whole tangent is a bit off-topic. I would never sue someone for quiting -- and I highly doubt that the Submitter's former employer will have a case.
Actually, it is the oposite: just because I have work ethics, I do not expect anyone else to.
When someone gives me notice, I send them home that day and usually pay out the rest of the week.
When I fire someone, I usually pay out the rest of the week; if they get paid the week after they work, I'll get them their last check as early as possible.
But once someone says "I'm leaving in two weeks", I cannot expect them to put 100% into their work -- and I certainly don't want them hanging around telling all my customers and employees about their great new job.
Running a company is a matter of managing liabilities: hey, if you do great work then I want you here. If I can no longer count on you to do great work, why would I keep you around? Even something as simple as a twisted ankle turns into an insurance claim and Workman Compensation issues; costs that I do not want to incure over someone who I know will not be working for me in 14 days.
And no, troll, a high performance file system is not one that screws up your files.
I gave specific examples of cases where file integrity across reboots does not matter. You, on the other hand, chose hyperbole and personal attacks as your argument.
And... so what? It is a "high performance" file system, not a safe file system. Use it for application cacheing, tmp space, or something else where file integrity after a reboot does not matter. It is just a tool, another option when using your unix-like computer.
Earning my CS degree taught me little of input validation.
Maybe I lucked out with a particularly cluefull teacher, but input validation was beaten into me learning Basic on an Apple II(e?) in high school: everyone fails the first round of the Craps game assignment when the teacher asks "what happens when I bet a negative amount?".
For most contracts, if you aren't paying experienced developers, there should still be money in the budget for a pro to give the code the once over and do a sign-off.
Have you ever read poorly-written, newbish code?
For anything non-trivial, it would probably be quicker and cheaper to have the "pro" write the code in the first place than to pay him for his time to read, understand, and correct a steaming pile of turd spaghetti.
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Everything in your first paragraph is true -- despite the loaded phrase "greedy capitalists". But you cannot just plop "single payer" in like a grand solution. Every other country with single payer has their own collection of horror stories of needed treatment and diagnostics being pushed out months. All these countries still have third-party health insurance available to cover things their government has deemed unnecessary or has not adequately provisioned for.
Bingo. "More enlightened" countries point to their smaller healthcare and defense costs and neglect that the US shoulders the burden for the rest of the world.
... and this was the story I was looking for. Thanks for the link, anon.
Sounds like the information a terrorist would be looking for -- I'd watch your cornhole, bud.
No screaming diatribes over 'purity' of ideology.
You've never read misc@openbsd, have you?
Exactly. Shout "Sawbones Awkwardly!", "It's for the children!", then grab a beer and ??? your way to profit.
The main thing about annonymous... anonemouse... anonny...
The main thing about ftp is that you cannot associate it with any one thing. Anyone who has posted anything to /b/ is a member of the 1337 haXing gr0up.
The first time an employee tells me to "put what you just said in an email" I tell him to find a pen and paper.
The second time, I tell him to find a new job.
They are really going about this the wrong way; after all, this is the internet we're talking about -- stealing is cool!
"re-pack the carbon granules"... hey, I like that. I'll try that line on my boss the next time I put a handset through my desk.
Thanks!
Most recently, an off-duty police officer stopped gunman in a Salt Lake City Mall (link).
Mall shootings were a popular terrorist tactict in Israel... until the government required all active military (practicaly all college-aged Israelies) to always be armed (can only find a second hand source, a blog post discussing the SLC shooting in relation to the events in Israel).
Tighter gun control?
Virginia is a "Shall Issue" state... meaning that if you ask for a concealed carry permit, and aren't disqualified from owning a gun, you'll get one. Unfortunatly, federal law makes schools -- including colleges -- "gun free zones".
Read: "Unarmed Victim Zones".
Try pulling that psycho bullshit in a Virginia mall, and that shooter's life would have ended a lot quicker, with a whole lot less innocent people injured.
Phrased that way yes, to does seem like circular logic. But try asking why the are a windows shop... the phrase ends up looking more like "We provide one operating system because it allows us to standarize our support costs, personnel training, security procedures, and software licences".
As I wrote, that is what I usually do; there are always exceptions.
That proves my point -- why would I want you there? So you can surf the web, and maybe (accidentally) introduce some kind of malware into the network? So you can -- again, accidentally -- fall asleep at your desk, fall on the floor, and break your arm? Your boss acknowledged that for the last week you were useless; the smart thing to do would have been to send you home. And at least I would have paid you...
There is a lot of incest in the local job market -- anyone who leaves would almost be expected to take some underlings and accounts with them. That is why -- again, generally -- I must get people out of the office as soon as I know they have another job.
But this whole tangent is a bit off-topic. I would never sue someone for quiting -- and I highly doubt that the Submitter's former employer will have a case.
Actually, it is the oposite: just because I have work ethics, I do not expect anyone else to.
When someone gives me notice, I send them home that day and usually pay out the rest of the week.
When I fire someone, I usually pay out the rest of the week; if they get paid the week after they work, I'll get them their last check as early as possible.
But once someone says "I'm leaving in two weeks", I cannot expect them to put 100% into their work -- and I certainly don't want them hanging around telling all my customers and employees about their great new job.
Running a company is a matter of managing liabilities: hey, if you do great work then I want you here. If I can no longer count on you to do great work, why would I keep you around? Even something as simple as a twisted ankle turns into an insurance claim and Workman Compensation issues; costs that I do not want to incure over someone who I know will not be working for me in 14 days.
I'm getting a real kick out of the new fealing of brotherly love and respect here on slashdot.
Dumbasses.
The United States Department of Justice says that the 2nd amendment is an individual right.
And no, troll, a high performance file system is not one that screws up your files.
I gave specific examples of cases where file integrity across reboots does not matter. You, on the other hand, chose hyperbole and personal attacks as your argument.
XFS makes very specific trade-offs in integrity for the sake of speed.
Some may say that mySQL does the samething, versus an ACID-compliant database like postgres.
But like I posted, it is just a tool, there is nothing to get excited about. If it is not the right tool for your job, so be it.
OMG, he's not kidding.
And... so what? It is a "high performance" file system, not a safe file system. Use it for application cacheing, tmp space, or something else where file integrity after a reboot does not matter. It is just a tool, another option when using your unix-like computer.
I can see the movie quotes now:
"Get these mother fucking Sonys off my mother fucking plane!"
Maybe I lucked out with a particularly cluefull teacher, but input validation was beaten into me learning Basic on an Apple II(e?) in high school: everyone fails the first round of the Craps game assignment when the teacher asks "what happens when I bet a negative amount?".
Have you ever read poorly-written, newbish code?
For anything non-trivial, it would probably be quicker and cheaper to have the "pro" write the code in the first place than to pay him for his time to read, understand, and correct a steaming pile of turd spaghetti.
I'm sorry, I really don't grok Cross-Site Scripting issues...
Are there really that many web "programmers" out there that don't check their user-supplied inputs? I mean, that shit is CS 101...