You could look at services like ShoeBoxed, where you mail them a stack of documents or receipts and they send you scans back. They're one I happened to hear about - I'm sure there are competitors. Just using them as an example, not an endorsement - I haven't personally tried them.
The job is probably somewhere between these extremes:
As Kenja describes, managing a complex software testing platform, installing the software, licensing it, configuring it, writing the scripts for it, working with the dev team to make sure your testing is in sync with what they're doing, etc. Simply managing a complex product and all of its organizational interconnections could easily be a fulltime job. Besides the product, you'd probably have to know whatever programming language(s) are being used (Java, C#, whatever), plus the app's own scripting language, plus possibly some ancillary languages - perl, SQL, etc.
Having a Word doc with a bunch of tests you are supposed to run every time they are ready to release a new version. You manually go through all these tests and send emails or enter a problem in a bug-tracking system once something breaks.
If they didn't say "we're looking for someone with GronkTest 3 experience" it's more likely to be nearer the latter than the former.
"What few people seem to know, though, is that Time Warner, one of the largest media companies in the world and parent of Warner Brothers, owns the rights to the image and is paid a licensing fee with the sale of each mask."
Yes, but the masks used by protestors are very much based on the version drawn by Alan Moore (and which the movie intentionally used, being a cinematic version of Moore's work). Had they been directly drawn from the original source, they would have looked more different.
9to5mac.com says: "We were able to verify these logins worked on more than one Foxconn server"
So, did they "verify" this by logging in with these stolen accounts? Apparently so. I personally don't care, but I have to think they've opened themselves up to some legal unpleasantness...
If, for example, someone handed me a piece of paper with various logins and passwords to employee accounts at $BIG_COMPANY, I don't think it would be legal to login to those accounts. Just knowing someone's password doesn't mean you are granted legitimate access.
I thought this looked familiar...this article was published on the Forbes web site on January 2nd. It's also a bit ranty rather than well-researched, though there's no doubt that Best Buy is not doing well.
Cutting_Crew...because Best Buy is doing poorly, its stock is down 40%. Its stock price is not one of "the reasons highlighted" for why it's doing poorly. Stock price is an effect, not a cause.
...the part that says that full, free, unfettered, and unlimited access to the Internet is some kind of student right. It's not. The students are provided the Internet subject to the discretion of ASU. If ASU doesn't want them to see playboy.com, it has the right to not allow them to see it on its network, passing through its servers, on its campus, etc. ASU is not a general-purpose ISP. ASU is not required to provide any Internet access whatsoever.
Additionally, the University has responsibilities via the in loco parentis doctrine, though they may not apply in this case.
If ASU blocked this site - and I would need to be convinced this wasn't stupidity or a mistake before I'd believe it was some kind of sinister intentional plan - then they are within their rights. It may run counter to the generally accepted American anti-censorship idea of free inquiry in public universities, but let's not bleat about student rights because in this case, they have none.
I have no desire to "go back to VHS" or even to own any VHS tapes. But as the article points out, there are several good movies that have not been released on DVD.
In those cases, I'd much rather have someone's mp4 conversion off piratebay than a fresh VHS tape because VHS tapes do not last the way digital files do.
Same is true for a number of good movies and TV series that were never released on VHS. You want to watch the original Batman '66? Be prepared for some TV Land logos in your mp4s.
The only reason every video ever made is not available on demand is idiotic IP laws and greed. That is what we all want, not this piecemeal idiocy.
With that statement, any choice can be made. It is impossible to legislate what people "should" do, particularly when dealing with large bureaucracies.
Revenge can be sweet, but if your objective is deterrence, forget about the death penalty. There's plenty of evidence that it's ineffective.
...as currently practiced. If it takes 10-20 years to carry out, is done in virtual secrecy, etc., then yes, it's ineffective. On the other hand, if you eliminate the galactic stupidity of our appeals system so executions are carried out reasonably soon after conviction and you do it via public crucifixion or other visibly unpleasant, witnessable method, then deterrence is quite effective.
And frankly, even if there is no deterrence, the justice factor alone makes this kind of reform essential. If someone killed a member of my family, I would want them crucified and giving them 10-20 years of relative comfort (see the recent North Carolina inmate letter, taunting relatives about how much he enjoyed his life in prison) followed by a painless execution is not justice.
At 22 lightyears, you don't NEED to go faster than light to reach it. Just somewhere close-ish to light-speed will do.
The transit time itself is probably the easiest part. It's the living in a closed confined space with everything you need for 44+ years that's the trick.
ETs "finding" us has never been far-fetched. Assume we're not the first sentient species to evolve, most species evolve technologically in a similar way, we're not by some bad luck in an incredibly underpopulated galaxy, etc. These are all reasonable assumptions.
However, it's the contacting us and/or visiting us that is a lot harder to fetch.
I'm certainly not an expert, but my understanding is that to listen to our own spacecraft at the edge of our solar system (Voyager) requires a giant dish here. Granted, Voyager is a pretty weak transmitter, but it's also a very close one and one we built and understand. A giant transmitter 22LY away...could the signal reach us? Further away? I don't know. So likewise, what about our signals (which are pretty weak at this point, even when we try) to them? My understanding is that it's more about the signal decay over vast distances than about sophistication in listening equipment. Identifying Earth as a high-likelihood life-sustaining planet by some ETs - sure. Listening in on us or contacting us...much tougher.
ETs visiting us requires a jump from physics we speculate about to science fiction. At this point, faster than light travel may, for all we know, be forever impossible.
Visiting this planet is perfectly feasible if the human race wants it.
I wouldn't say "perfectly" feasible. Visiting the moon is perfectly feasible. Visiting Mars is probably perfectly feasible. But 22LY is a >44Y round trip. I think instead of "perfectly feasible" I would say "probably possible".
There are really own two certs I respect: Cisco's CCIE and Oracle's OCM. Both require hands-on lab demonstrations of skill. (Is RedHat doing that now, too?)
All other certs are undervalued by dumps. Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco - you name it, all you need to do is buy or torrent the questions online, memorize the answers, and go in and take the test. Literally, anyone with zero knowledge of the material can do this. It's laughable.
When I've been involved in hiring, I've never really paid attention to someone's certs. I'd certainly hire someone with several years of hands-on experience in a technology who wasn't certified over someone with no experience who was.
I'd like to point out that I was, indeed, using a computer (with privacy tools) in an Internet Cafe in California (an airport, no less!) only last month, after having traveled an illogical distance and despite having robust residential Internet access.
While doing so, I did download content with extremely violent themes and military tactics. Indeed, the material enthusiastically described the ruthless, near-extermination of a freedom-loving people by a warlike, non-Christian foreign power bent on world conquest. The material was written by leader of these warlike people, and frankly I was rooting for him.
If I have to go to prison for reading Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War, so be it. Sic Semper...wait a minute...
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You could look at services like ShoeBoxed, where you mail them a stack of documents or receipts and they send you scans back. They're one I happened to hear about - I'm sure there are competitors. Just using them as an example, not an endorsement - I haven't personally tried them.
A politician DOES support rape if he supports the prison-industrial complex. Period, the end.
Or put another way:
Logic? You fail it.
The job is probably somewhere between these extremes:
If they didn't say "we're looking for someone with GronkTest 3 experience" it's more likely to be nearer the latter than the former.
I can't sort out how an image that dates back to the 17th century can possibly be copyrighted by anyone.
Where did you get the idea that the V for Vendatta mask is a 17th century image?
The mask in use is based on a copyrighted comic book image, not a generic Guy Fawkes image.
They can't own the mask; it predates the corporation.
No, it doesn't.
"What few people seem to know, though, is that Time Warner, one of the largest media companies in the world and parent of Warner Brothers, owns the rights to the image and is paid a licensing fee with the sale of each mask."
Yes, but the masks used by protestors are very much based on the version drawn by Alan Moore (and which the movie intentionally used, being a cinematic version of Moore's work). Had they been directly drawn from the original source, they would have looked more different.
...and not subject to royalties.
Anonymous, thanks for inflating the profits of one of the big media companies you are protesting against.
For every Fawkes mask sold, Warner gets a cut.
For every cut Warner gets, Moore gets a cut.
Alan is probably the world's biggest fan of Anonymous.
9to5mac.com says: "We were able to verify these logins worked on more than one Foxconn server"
So, did they "verify" this by logging in with these stolen accounts? Apparently so. I personally don't care, but I have to think they've opened themselves up to some legal unpleasantness...
If, for example, someone handed me a piece of paper with various logins and passwords to employee accounts at $BIG_COMPANY, I don't think it would be legal to login to those accounts. Just knowing someone's password doesn't mean you are granted legitimate access.
I thought this looked familiar...this article was published on the Forbes web site on January 2nd. It's also a bit ranty rather than well-researched, though there's no doubt that Best Buy is not doing well.
Cutting_Crew...because Best Buy is doing poorly, its stock is down 40%. Its stock price is not one of "the reasons highlighted" for why it's doing poorly. Stock price is an effect, not a cause.
On a related note...is Fry's having problems?
Between the GPP, my post, and your reply, we have doomed the human race. Our work here is done.
I think CLIMATE CHANGE is caused by unnecessary CAPITAL LETTERS.
UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY to COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARDS.
So there was this scorpion that wanted to cross a river...
So there was this 747 that wanted to cross an ocean...
would raise hundreds of billions of dollars of new revenue over the next 10 years
...all of which the government would piss away on dumb wars, dumb social programs, and corruption.
The problem is not lack of revenue. The problem is that idiots are elected by idiots.
...it was the name. Phobos Grunt sounds like a porn star.
Male, female, or transgendered, I'm not sure.
...the part that says that full, free, unfettered, and unlimited access to the Internet is some kind of student right. It's not. The students are provided the Internet subject to the discretion of ASU. If ASU doesn't want them to see playboy.com, it has the right to not allow them to see it on its network, passing through its servers, on its campus, etc. ASU is not a general-purpose ISP. ASU is not required to provide any Internet access whatsoever.
Additionally, the University has responsibilities via the in loco parentis doctrine, though they may not apply in this case.
If ASU blocked this site - and I would need to be convinced this wasn't stupidity or a mistake before I'd believe it was some kind of sinister intentional plan - then they are within their rights. It may run counter to the generally accepted American anti-censorship idea of free inquiry in public universities, but let's not bleat about student rights because in this case, they have none.
I have no desire to "go back to VHS" or even to own any VHS tapes. But as the article points out, there are several good movies that have not been released on DVD.
In those cases, I'd much rather have someone's mp4 conversion off piratebay than a fresh VHS tape because VHS tapes do not last the way digital files do.
Same is true for a number of good movies and TV series that were never released on VHS. You want to watch the original Batman '66? Be prepared for some TV Land logos in your mp4s.
The only reason every video ever made is not available on demand is idiotic IP laws and greed. That is what we all want, not this piecemeal idiocy.
Memory usage is not a problem for python.
Ever! In no possible case, in no possible usage scenario, in the entire history of the galaxy, has memory usage ever been a problem for python.
"Didn't meet our requirements."
With that statement, any choice can be made. It is impossible to legislate what people "should" do, particularly when dealing with large bureaucracies.
Revenge can be sweet, but if your objective is deterrence, forget about the death penalty. There's plenty of evidence that it's ineffective.
...as currently practiced. If it takes 10-20 years to carry out, is done in virtual secrecy, etc., then yes, it's ineffective. On the other hand, if you eliminate the galactic stupidity of our appeals system so executions are carried out reasonably soon after conviction and you do it via public crucifixion or other visibly unpleasant, witnessable method, then deterrence is quite effective.
And frankly, even if there is no deterrence, the justice factor alone makes this kind of reform essential. If someone killed a member of my family, I would want them crucified and giving them 10-20 years of relative comfort (see the recent North Carolina inmate letter, taunting relatives about how much he enjoyed his life in prison) followed by a painless execution is not justice.
At 22 lightyears, you don't NEED to go faster than light to reach it. Just somewhere close-ish to light-speed will do.
The transit time itself is probably the easiest part. It's the living in a closed confined space with everything you need for 44+ years that's the trick.
ETs "finding" us has never been far-fetched. Assume we're not the first sentient species to evolve, most species evolve technologically in a similar way, we're not by some bad luck in an incredibly underpopulated galaxy, etc. These are all reasonable assumptions.
However, it's the contacting us and/or visiting us that is a lot harder to fetch.
I'm certainly not an expert, but my understanding is that to listen to our own spacecraft at the edge of our solar system (Voyager) requires a giant dish here. Granted, Voyager is a pretty weak transmitter, but it's also a very close one and one we built and understand. A giant transmitter 22LY away...could the signal reach us? Further away? I don't know. So likewise, what about our signals (which are pretty weak at this point, even when we try) to them? My understanding is that it's more about the signal decay over vast distances than about sophistication in listening equipment. Identifying Earth as a high-likelihood life-sustaining planet by some ETs - sure. Listening in on us or contacting us...much tougher.
ETs visiting us requires a jump from physics we speculate about to science fiction. At this point, faster than light travel may, for all we know, be forever impossible.
Visiting this planet is perfectly feasible if the human race wants it.
I wouldn't say "perfectly" feasible. Visiting the moon is perfectly feasible. Visiting Mars is probably perfectly feasible. But 22LY is a >44Y round trip. I think instead of "perfectly feasible" I would say "probably possible".
There are really own two certs I respect: Cisco's CCIE and Oracle's OCM. Both require hands-on lab demonstrations of skill. (Is RedHat doing that now, too?)
All other certs are undervalued by dumps. Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco - you name it, all you need to do is buy or torrent the questions online, memorize the answers, and go in and take the test. Literally, anyone with zero knowledge of the material can do this. It's laughable.
When I've been involved in hiring, I've never really paid attention to someone's certs. I'd certainly hire someone with several years of hands-on experience in a technology who wasn't certified over someone with no experience who was.
because it's far easier to sue in the US than it is in Tawain.
Let's leave Lionel Tawain out of this.
I'd like to point out that I was, indeed, using a computer (with privacy tools) in an Internet Cafe in California (an airport, no less!) only last month, after having traveled an illogical distance and despite having robust residential Internet access.
While doing so, I did download content with extremely violent themes and military tactics. Indeed, the material enthusiastically described the ruthless, near-extermination of a freedom-loving people by a warlike, non-Christian foreign power bent on world conquest. The material was written by leader of these warlike people, and frankly I was rooting for him.
If I have to go to prison for reading Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War, so be it. Sic Semper...wait a minute...