This scene selection scheme opens a world of possibilities.
Imagine student directors or even other reknown directors releasing alternate versions to the same movie. Mood dependant versions of a film; Play the happy scenes, skip the sad parts.
Perhaps even shoot extra footage for dvd users and allow for special versions of the film such as seeing the movie only from one character's perspective; in this mode you can see what happened to the charcter at times where it left the original movie's timeline.
This could greatly increase the time before a DVD became boring and was stored on a shelf waiting for the occasional nostalgia bout.
So now they are making a product that doesn't behave in the same way than others in the market and that uses arbitrary standards generated at Microsoft?
What will those geniuses come up with next? A digital camera that "beautifies" UGLY people in the picture? And the Ugly recognition algorithm will be made at the Richmond facilities.
If you were an employer, and had spent thousands of dollars on computer equipment, don't you think that you would at least have some right as to what happens on said equipment?
If we follow that line of thought, you're a taxpayer, and government facilities and infrastructure are paid with YOUR tax money, so why are there calssified documents to which you don't have access to, even though you paid for the mechanisms that made it possible to generate them?
How "personal" can things be when you do them with someone else's property?
Are we willing to say that whomever pays for the means on which information is generated actually OWNS it? I'm not ready to make that concession. If I take an award winning picture with a friend's camera does that entitle him to claim the award as his?
I commend you on your willingness to dissociate your personal matters and your office matters. But does this mean you will abstain from having small-talk or even friendships with your co-workers during office hours since the company is paying for that time ?
Don't forget that they're paying you for composing those personal communications... True... but you compensate that with the personal time you lose when a meeting runs late, or with a business trip that takes more time of your schedule than a regular office day. They don't pay for those.. do they? it's a reciprocal swap... but someone snooping on your e-mail or personal files isn't(unless you're a sysadmin and can read theirs too >] J/K )
IMHO it's a matter of priorities. What do you value the most, your privacy or your safety?
Searches before you enter and/or leave your workspace can be a nuisance, I agree, but they greatly decrease the risk of another tragedy catching anyone by surprise.
Seeping through your personal files and/or communications... that would be too much of a privacy invasion; asessing if you pose an IMMEDIATE threat to those around you wouldn't.
Programming,like reading, is a SKILL; a tool to be used to get the job done. There is no reading certification to ensure that you can read/write documents properly. Programming certification is senseless. Attitude, Willingness, Learning Curve, Experience...those are some of the parameters to screen and balance in programmers.
I have a degree in software engineering, that doesn't automatically make me a nifty programmer, most of you could run circles around me coding...But would you get the job done?...properly?...within budgeted time and costs?..if ( *insert deity here* Forbid ) you should die or be maimed in such a terrible way that you could no longer keep working...could someone easily take over your work ?
Those are the questions suits ask programmers, and that is probably WHY someone wants a certification...It's a matter of reassurance.
So...If you can convince anyone that you'll get the job done right, there's no need for certification. And if you code just for the kicks of it, stop whining, certification probably won't matter to you anyway.
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This scene selection scheme opens a world of possibilities.
Imagine student directors or even other reknown directors releasing alternate versions to the same movie. Mood dependant versions of a film; Play the happy scenes, skip the sad parts.
Perhaps even shoot extra footage for dvd users and allow for special versions of the film such as seeing the movie only from one character's perspective; in this mode you can see what happened to the charcter at times where it left the original movie's timeline.
This could greatly increase the time before a DVD became boring and was stored on a shelf waiting for the occasional nostalgia bout.
So now they are making a product that doesn't behave in the same way than others in the market and that uses arbitrary standards generated at Microsoft?
What will those geniuses come up with next? A digital camera that "beautifies" UGLY people in the picture? And the Ugly recognition algorithm will be made at the Richmond facilities.
If you were an employer, and had spent thousands of dollars on computer equipment, don't you think that you would at least have some right as to what happens on said equipment?
If we follow that line of thought, you're a taxpayer, and government facilities and infrastructure are paid with YOUR tax money, so why are there calssified documents to which you don't have access to, even though you paid for the mechanisms that made it possible to generate them?
How "personal" can things be when you do them with someone else's property?
Are we willing to say that whomever pays for the means on which information is generated actually OWNS it? I'm not ready to make that concession. If I take an award winning picture with a friend's camera does that entitle him to claim the award as his?
I commend you on your willingness to dissociate your personal matters and your office matters. But does this mean you will abstain from having small-talk or even friendships with your co-workers during office hours since the company is paying for that time ?
Don't forget that they're paying you for composing those personal communications...
True... but you compensate that with the personal time you lose when a meeting runs late, or with a business trip that takes more time of your schedule than a regular office day. They don't pay for those.. do they? it's a reciprocal swap... but someone snooping on your e-mail or personal files isn't(unless you're a sysadmin and can read theirs too >] J/K )
IMHO it's a matter of priorities. What do you value the most, your privacy or your safety?
Searches before you enter and/or leave your workspace can be a nuisance, I agree, but they greatly decrease the risk of another tragedy catching anyone by surprise.
Seeping through your personal files and/or communications... that would be too much of a privacy invasion; asessing if you pose an IMMEDIATE threat to those around you wouldn't.
Programming,like reading, is a SKILL; a tool to be used to get the job done. There is no reading certification to ensure that you can read/write documents properly. Programming certification is senseless. Attitude, Willingness, Learning Curve, Experience...those are some of the parameters to screen and balance in programmers.
..if ( *insert deity here* Forbid ) you should die or be maimed in such a terrible way that you could no longer keep working...could someone easily take over your work ?
I have a degree in software engineering, that doesn't automatically make me a nifty programmer, most of you could run circles around me coding...But would you get the job done?...properly?...within budgeted time and costs?
Those are the questions suits ask programmers, and that is probably WHY someone wants a certification...It's a matter of reassurance.
So...If you can convince anyone that you'll get the job done right, there's no need for certification. And if you code just for the kicks of it, stop whining, certification probably won't matter to you anyway.