Think about a definition of Free Will for a while. Then answer this question:
If an exact copy of you were made (absolutely exact, right down to the quantum state of every particle); do you believe that given the exact same environment (a twinned universe?) your doppleganger would ever do anything different than yourself?
If you believe that you would not act, and think exactly the same then you believe Free Will is beyond quantum mechanics; otherwise Free Will is just the synergistic response to a complex organism that has the capability to think of itself.
H1-B is seen as a potential path to citizenship, and always has been. It's intended to result in immigration of skilled labour. There are alternate programs available via things like Nafta which are NOT intended to result in immigration. TN-1 Visa is an example. I've worked in the U.S. on a TN-1 visa. TN-1 is good for a year, and allows for unlimited renewal. It does not however allow one to apply for a greencard, and does not simplify the immigration process in the least; rather it complicates it if that is your end goal.
What you mean a case is put to rest 7 years later, recent/main suspect is dead and no questions remain.
And something looks fishy? You're just obsessive, these things are never covered up, or evidence is never made to match to current theory. Doesn't happen.
The difference is, when he hirs his $1000/hr lawyer to defend him from accusations of transmitting child porn, because someone uses his wifi, his reputation as a security researcher will give him a lot of credibility in his opinions.
you and me? not so much. we'd get stuck proving it wasn't us, inspite of the general case of 'innocent before guilty'. by the way, your name would all ready be in the local paper as being involved in child pornography, your name would be attached to sex-offender lists and you would lose your job and possibly driven out of your neighborhood by your neighbors. all that before 2 months goes by and you actually even get a hearing.
Anybody who has to ask the questions which were posed obviously is incapable of writing good code and using GOTO. Therefor the rule applies until such time as a programmer no longer has to ask. Once a programmer no longer has to ask, he may use GOTO however much he wants. However, the need for GOTO is less required at this stage than earlier in the process, and the programmer realizes there is no GOTO, just DO.
The other missing piece is: The average person has NO CLUE how inhospitable everything north of the arctic circle is. The biggest enemy is mother nature. At -50 and colder you'll cuddle up to your biggest enemy for warmth.
In this case, it sounds like you've gone beyond an idea and prototyped the game. Now what?
Non-Disclosure Agreements are your friend.
Got some money? Hire a programmer (or two) to write it. Write it yourself.
Promote the demo to everybody and get the game re-written as open source. Everybody gets to play to game, you get some street cred, and you have a better chance of finding someone to listen for the next game idea.
Have you ever tried to get data into, and out-of most mainframe configurations? At best companies will use an FTP like file queue system. You drop files into a folder and the system transfers them to the mainframe, and the reverse.
Hardly a system ripe for l33t script kiddies to hack
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A lot of what a consultant says is Obvious. But coming from an Expert will be listened to when coming from an employee it won't.
It's the nature of how people filter information, if it comes from an authority they will give it greater value, regardless of it's inherent value.
I've written Cobol for a System/360 compatible system. It sucked, I hated it, but it certainly wasn't challenging. Seriously, this type of programming isn't difficult.
All accounting systems support outstanding cheques. Just because a cheque is issued doesn't mean the person deposits it right away. Even in this day and age of electronic deposits the systems support a lter confirmation, or denial of the transaction.
You may have to deal with issues if the system auto-expires them. It's isn't impossible to deal with. The issue in this case has nothing to do with the software, and more to do with the people refusing to do the work. I don't blame them.
As for Cobol programmers, they aren't that rare. I know a couple that did Cobol up until a year or so ago and could, and would switch back with the right incentive. These aren't people with 1-2 years experience 10-15 years ago. These are people with 15-20 years of recent experience.
The problem in this case is entirely political. But hey, if they want to pay me $250K, I'd do it. Literally. one way or or another.
Which is why you split all pay to 2 cheques instead of one. The first cheque is the minimum wage cheque, the second cheque is the difference. You lockup the second stack of cheques until the budget issue is over with and then you issue them.
The missing piece here is the attitude shift that took place. At one time the idea was that people had the choice of how to license their stuff. The shift has drifted to the end user making that choice.
I'm right up there with the next guy complaining when the recording industry was making it impossible to buy music online from any mainstream artist. It's now possible to buy music online, in many cases without DRM bullshit.
The record companies, as corrupt and screwed up as they may have been, do serve a valid purpose. They act as a middle man for licensing, advertising and other forms of promotion. This has function and value for the artists. As such, they have a right to exist and a right to make money. (I refer back to my 'corrupt' comment however, they don't have an inalienable right to profiteer off the artists or the fans.)
Why would I want to give away my product when...I make money from what is otherwise given away; but do not make money from what is gained? Record companies don't make money from the concert sales. They make money from the sale of CDs. This comes back to the same ignorant licensing argument on Slashdot between GPL, BSD, and non-opersource licenses.
What? You mean it might be possible that a depressed individual, accused of a crime, might commit suicide because of the pressure of the situation, and not guilt over getting caught? What!?
The FBI has obviously repeatedly targeted people without sufficient evidence in this case. Obviously the guys life would be ruined, guilt or innocence be damned.
Keep reading the legal requirements and you'll find out that 24hr access also requires a legitimate reason, not just any reason. Generally this means they need to justify it, even if it is afte the fact. They have the right the deal with emergency situations immediately, even without 24hr notice. This would include such things as smoke/fire as well as visible signs of a water leak. Still wouldn't give them the right to go through your dresser.
It is entirely unacceptable to access a customers database without explicit permission. Period. Maybe they were trying to be helpful, that unfortunately isn't the point in this case. They have no business accessing it now without some more direct permission. I usually handle such things by talking with the appropriate customer on the phone and telling them what I am going to do. I let them ride along to the extent possible (shared screens, whatever) so they can see what I am doing. If that level of their involvement isn't possible I still ask for permission and do what's required then.
If they refuse then they are left with the possibility of losing access to the server, or its data, etc, as required to protect my servers and my business. That still doesn't give me the right to access their data because I feel like it. Even if they asked for help.
note: I will say that I've had understanding with specific customers in the past that let me do what was necessary whenever it was necessary. This is followed up by a report of what was done, giving them an opportunity to complain about it if they so choose. If they were to complain I accessed their data without permission then they would receive an apology, I would refer to the previous understanding, and confirm that it would not happen again without their explicit permission. Period. Anything else is unprofessional.
The problem here is the tendency of admins to feel like they OWN a server, instead of them having certain, specific responsibilities for that server. It's an industry wide problem, and is somewhat exhibited by the recent issue in San Francisco. (Of which I believe both parties are significantly in the wrong. It's a pissing match and the system admin is not entirely right. Without explicit cause (imagination isn't cause) you do NOT configure a device without storing it's configuration in Flash. If you do that on a number of routers and there is a power failure it would take far to long to get everything back up and running.)
If, by nature of trying to track down an unknown problem an admin sees data that is otherwise not theirs to see I expect them to keep it to themselves. Not to discuss or disclose the contents. Depending on the nature of the data I would, however, expect them to disclose that such an incident occurred. I don't want them hiding the fact they saw 100 credit card numbers while packet sniffing for a specific problem. However, actual disclosure of those credit card numbers make them subject to termination.
You own the box, not it's data. You are responsible for keeping it running to the best possible, if that means deactivating a clients access, or applications then so be it. It doesn't mean you can go digging through their files.
Most GPS units I have used log speed, and it is independent of the location data; it is based on the results of a multi-step kalmin filter which takes into account such things as Doppler shift.
However, it is based on a filter which means the data is not instantaneous. It is an average over a very short period of time. (depending on the unit it could be 2 or 3 times more samples per second than what is actually recorded in the logs.).
GPS Speed readings are highly accurate if the vehicle is traveling at a relatively consistent speed and is not accelerating, or decelerating rapidly. It would be pretty damn obvious if the officer had clocked him accelerating or even rapidly decelerating and the GPS would have recorded the final numbers for that as well.
An older Gamin unit, the Garmin 12, or 12XL (or the 48) stores the information in the Unit with Location, Speed and timestamp. Short of actually physically dismantling the unit it or actually reprogramming the flash (possible, but far more of a challenge than most people can accomplish) you cannot affect the track data sufficient to screw up auditing. While you can upload track data to the unit it will not retain timestamp information on uploaded data, only on downloaded data. Data which was uploaded, then downloaded has a null timestamp.
Even when a GPS is generating Erroneous data they tend to do so in a way that makes it plainly obvious. Excessive speed by a significant factor, wildly changing results without consistency, etc. A consistent and constant drift is extremely unlikely in a moving vehicle. The rapid errors I've seen show up as significant speed and constant direction values which, except in an aircraft, are virtually impossible on the ground. And each of these has occurred only when stationary.
They tend to be caused by the last Satellite in a valid configuration moving behind an obstruction. (if you have the minimum of satellites then losing the last one which makes for a valid computation is really bad.) Most GPS units actually have a flag to indicate if they have any confidence in the data at all. (As well as a flag to indicate the level of confidence the rest of the time).
I watched HellBoy II last night and while I enjoyed the movie it mostly failed in my mind.
The 'humour' early on reminded me of Men In Black, but MIB pulled it off better. The humour didn't last throughout the movie at the same level and style.
The ending was lame and was predictable half-way through the movie.
Thankfully you said 'Newspaper' editors, if we held the editors around here to that standard there would be no stories!
Seriously, this is stupid; her daughter published the 'facts' as it were. She may have a claim, but her daughter should be enjoined from having a claim. If I tell you I'm a drunk, and you publish it I can't later say that it wasn't true and sue you for publishing it.
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Think about a definition of Free Will for a while. Then answer this question:
If an exact copy of you were made (absolutely exact, right down to the quantum state of every particle); do you believe that given the exact same environment (a twinned universe?) your doppleganger would ever do anything different than yourself?
If you believe that you would not act, and think exactly the same then you believe Free Will is beyond quantum mechanics; otherwise Free Will is just the synergistic response to a complex organism that has the capability to think of itself.
H1-B is seen as a potential path to citizenship, and always has been. It's intended to result in immigration of skilled labour.
There are alternate programs available via things like Nafta which are NOT intended to result in immigration. TN-1 Visa is an example. I've worked in the U.S. on a TN-1 visa.
TN-1 is good for a year, and allows for unlimited renewal. It does not however allow one to apply for a greencard, and does not simplify the immigration process in the least; rather it complicates it if that is your end goal.
What you mean a case is put to rest 7 years later, recent/main suspect is dead and no questions remain.
And something looks fishy? You're just obsessive, these things are never covered up, or evidence is never made to match to current theory.
Doesn't happen.
Part of the point of an eternal flame is that it does cost.
And regardless of the cost, we shall pay it in thanks for what was done.
The difference is, when he hirs his $1000/hr lawyer to defend him from accusations of transmitting child porn, because someone uses his wifi, his reputation as a security researcher will give him a lot of credibility in his opinions.
you and me? not so much. we'd get stuck proving it wasn't us, inspite of the general case of 'innocent before guilty'. by the way, your name would all ready be in the local paper as being involved in child pornography, your name would be attached to sex-offender lists and you would lose your job and possibly driven out of your neighborhood by your neighbors. all that before 2 months goes by and you actually even get a hearing.
have fun.
Anybody who has to ask the questions which were posed obviously is incapable of writing good code and using GOTO. Therefor the rule applies until such time as a programmer no longer has to ask. Once a programmer no longer has to ask, he may use GOTO however much he wants. However, the need for GOTO is less required at this stage than earlier in the process, and the programmer realizes there is no GOTO, just DO.
It's a zen thing.
His postal code, in Canada of course is H0H 0H0.
The other missing piece is: The average person has NO CLUE how inhospitable everything north of the arctic circle is.
The biggest enemy is mother nature. At -50 and colder you'll cuddle up to your biggest enemy for warmth.
You release it to the iPhone and on a BSD license then I can download it, compile it and release it on iTunes for $2 instead of $3...
Not really a good way to go.
Ideas are crap, everybody has ideas.
In this case, it sounds like you've gone beyond an idea and prototyped the game. Now what?
Non-Disclosure Agreements are your friend.
Got some money? Hire a programmer (or two) to write it.
Write it yourself.
Promote the demo to everybody and get the game re-written as open source. Everybody gets to play to game, you get some street cred, and you have a better chance of finding someone to listen for the next game idea.
Have you ever tried to get data into, and out-of most mainframe configurations? At best companies will use an FTP like file queue system. You drop files into a folder and the system transfers them to the mainframe, and the reverse.
Hardly a system ripe for l33t script kiddies to hack
A lot of what a consultant says is Obvious. But coming from an Expert will be listened to when coming from an employee it won't.
It's the nature of how people filter information, if it comes from an authority they will give it greater value, regardless of it's inherent value.
Conversely if two physicists walk into a bar, how many patrons have lives?
Answer: The same number as there were before they entered.
I've written Cobol for a System/360 compatible system. It sucked, I hated it, but it certainly wasn't challenging. Seriously, this type of programming isn't difficult.
All accounting systems support outstanding cheques. Just because a cheque is issued doesn't mean the person deposits it right away. Even in this day and age of electronic deposits the systems support a lter confirmation, or denial of the transaction.
You may have to deal with issues if the system auto-expires them. It's isn't impossible to deal with. The issue in this case has nothing to do with the software, and more to do with the people refusing to do the work. I don't blame them.
As for Cobol programmers, they aren't that rare. I know a couple that did Cobol up until a year or so ago and could, and would switch back with the right incentive. These aren't people with 1-2 years experience 10-15 years ago. These are people with 15-20 years of recent experience.
The problem in this case is entirely political. But hey, if they want to pay me $250K, I'd do it. Literally. one way or or another.
Which is why you split all pay to 2 cheques instead of one.
The first cheque is the minimum wage cheque, the second cheque is the difference.
You lockup the second stack of cheques until the budget issue is over with and then you issue them.
Done.
Pay me $250,000 and I'll implement it.
I didn't miss them.
The missing piece here is the attitude shift that took place. At one time the idea was that people had the choice of how to license their stuff. The shift has drifted to the end user making that choice.
I'm right up there with the next guy complaining when the recording industry was making it impossible to buy music online from any mainstream artist. It's now possible to buy music online, in many cases without DRM bullshit.
The record companies, as corrupt and screwed up as they may have been, do serve a valid purpose. They act as a middle man for licensing, advertising and other forms of promotion. This has function and value for the artists. As such, they have a right to exist and a right to make money. (I refer back to my 'corrupt' comment however, they don't have an inalienable right to profiteer off the artists or the fans.)
Why would I want to give away my product when...I make money from what is otherwise given away; but do not make money from what is gained?
Record companies don't make money from the concert sales. They make money from the sale of CDs.
This comes back to the same ignorant licensing argument on Slashdot between GPL, BSD, and non-opersource licenses.
God forbid people make money to live on.
What? You mean it might be possible that a depressed individual, accused of a crime, might commit suicide because of the pressure of the situation, and not guilt over getting caught? What!?
The FBI has obviously repeatedly targeted people without sufficient evidence in this case. Obviously the guys life would be ruined, guilt or innocence be damned.
U.S. Government Collaboration With Industrial Espionage.
Gee, what a fucking surprise. At least they used to be more subtle about it.
Keep reading the legal requirements and you'll find out that 24hr access also requires a legitimate reason, not just any reason. Generally this means they need to justify it, even if it is afte the fact. They have the right the deal with emergency situations immediately, even without 24hr notice. This would include such things as smoke/fire as well as visible signs of a water leak. Still wouldn't give them the right to go through your dresser.
It is entirely unacceptable to access a customers database without explicit permission. Period.
Maybe they were trying to be helpful, that unfortunately isn't the point in this case. They have no business accessing it now without some more direct permission. I usually handle such things by talking with the appropriate customer on the phone and telling them what I am going to do. I let them ride along to the extent possible (shared screens, whatever) so they can see what I am doing. If that level of their involvement isn't possible I still ask for permission and do what's required then.
If they refuse then they are left with the possibility of losing access to the server, or its data, etc, as required to protect my servers and my business. That still doesn't give me the right to access their data because I feel like it. Even if they asked for help.
note: I will say that I've had understanding with specific customers in the past that let me do what was necessary whenever it was necessary. This is followed up by a report of what was done, giving them an opportunity to complain about it if they so choose. If they were to complain I accessed their data without permission then they would receive an apology, I would refer to the previous understanding, and confirm that it would not happen again without their explicit permission. Period. Anything else is unprofessional.
The problem here is the tendency of admins to feel like they OWN a server, instead of them having certain, specific responsibilities for that server. It's an industry wide problem, and is somewhat exhibited by the recent issue in San Francisco. (Of which I believe both parties are significantly in the wrong. It's a pissing match and the system admin is not entirely right. Without explicit cause (imagination isn't cause) you do NOT configure a device without storing it's configuration in Flash. If you do that on a number of routers and there is a power failure it would take far to long to get everything back up and running.)
If, by nature of trying to track down an unknown problem an admin sees data that is otherwise not theirs to see I expect them to keep it to themselves. Not to discuss or disclose the contents. Depending on the nature of the data I would, however, expect them to disclose that such an incident occurred. I don't want them hiding the fact they saw 100 credit card numbers while packet sniffing for a specific problem. However, actual disclosure of those credit card numbers make them subject to termination.
You own the box, not it's data. You are responsible for keeping it running to the best possible, if that means deactivating a clients access, or applications then so be it. It doesn't mean you can go digging through their files.
I don't get why people don't understand this.
"Fifty seven percent of the respondents said that problem-solving and analytical skills will be key requirements for next generation developers"
Really? To do development you need problem-solving and analytical skills? Since when?
CmdrTaco, what the f are you doing? I'm seriously thinking you've slipped a gear.
Most GPS units I have used log speed, and it is independent of the location data; it is based on the results of a multi-step kalmin filter which takes into account such things as Doppler shift.
However, it is based on a filter which means the data is not instantaneous. It is an average over a very short period of time. (depending on the unit it could be 2 or 3 times more samples per second than what is actually recorded in the logs.).
GPS Speed readings are highly accurate if the vehicle is traveling at a relatively consistent speed and is not accelerating, or decelerating rapidly. It would be pretty damn obvious if the officer had clocked him accelerating or even rapidly decelerating and the GPS would have recorded the final numbers for that as well.
An older Gamin unit, the Garmin 12, or 12XL (or the 48) stores the information in the Unit with Location, Speed and timestamp. Short of actually physically dismantling the unit it or actually reprogramming the flash (possible, but far more of a challenge than most people can accomplish) you cannot affect the track data sufficient to screw up auditing. While you can upload track data to the unit it will not retain timestamp information on uploaded data, only on downloaded data. Data which was uploaded, then downloaded has a null timestamp.
Even when a GPS is generating Erroneous data they tend to do so in a way that makes it plainly obvious. Excessive speed by a significant factor, wildly changing results without consistency, etc. A consistent and constant drift is extremely unlikely in a moving vehicle. The rapid errors I've seen show up as significant speed and constant direction values which, except in an aircraft, are virtually impossible on the ground. And each of these has occurred only when stationary.
They tend to be caused by the last Satellite in a valid configuration moving behind an obstruction. (if you have the minimum of satellites then losing the last one which makes for a valid computation is really bad.) Most GPS units actually have a flag to indicate if they have any confidence in the data at all. (As well as a flag to indicate the level of confidence the rest of the time).
You should get out more.
I watched HellBoy II last night and while I enjoyed the movie it mostly failed in my mind.
The 'humour' early on reminded me of Men In Black, but MIB pulled it off better. The humour didn't last throughout the movie at the same level and style.
The ending was lame and was predictable half-way through the movie.
Wanted was a much better thrill-ride.
Thankfully you said 'Newspaper' editors, if we held the editors around here to that standard there would be no stories!
Seriously, this is stupid; her daughter published the 'facts' as it were. She may have a claim, but her daughter should be enjoined from having a claim.
If I tell you I'm a drunk, and you publish it I can't later say that it wasn't true and sue you for publishing it.