You fail as a fake defender of Canadian values, as I Canadian I feel sorry that you swallow the government propaganda whole without questioning. How far are you living from the American border? Why can't you move up north where you are needed most?
That's misguided at best. You make it sound like we are all hardcore hermits wearing hijabs. Immigrants who want to live in Canada learn their culture, language and even learn to like hockey! It's no small task. But don't confuse that with us willing to erase our mother tounge, religion or traditions, we couldn't even if we tried.
No but in Canada it's great to have many options available:
- Indian - Chinese - Vietnamese - German - Mexican - Nepalese - Malaysian - Brasilian - Korean - Ukranian - Peruvian..... I know there are more, but those are the ones I have tried here in Vancouver and just in a radius of 3 to 4 blocks from where I live. Only in Canada we are fortunate to have these options.
As a Canadian I say this: (as has been discussed many times before)
- What is Canadian identity? First of all we need to accept that we IDENTIFY very strongly with the US (culturally, economically, strategically). So denying it does not grant us identity, just makes us look like hypocrites. The strongest Canadian values we have are our (misunderstood) compassion and generosity. Many times I have witness how Canadians jump to help in times of need without hesitation and I recognized that as truly Canadian.
- There are way more important issues for the CRTC than being the cultural champion for our society (that is actually the job for Heritage Canada http://www.pch.gc.ca./ We have a pressing need for guaranteeing communication access to all Canadians (internet, phone, cell phone) as a competitive service and not serving special interests groups (Bell, Rogers, Shaw, etc). Monitoring profanity and violence is non existent in radio and some tv shows, surprising for a conservative government. More access to diverse cultural (and political) views from varying parts of the country.
So in essence, the same ridiculous quotes from the Harper government to distract Canadians from the real issues and convince them of the virtues of his schemes.
Watch the way you slide that finger... Don't pinch and zoom that picture the wrong way... Don't overwhelm those accelerometers when playing your favorite games If you flick don't try to read that text until it stops!
As usual there is no clear explanation what SOPA is. This is what I found in a comment at deadline.com :
"The MPAA could go on a site, post an “illegal” video, then claim copyright infringement and have the site shut down. We already know they practice this because Viacomm did it with YouTube and were caught in court.
What these new acts would do effectively takes the sniper rifle of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act — “Somebody on your forums posted my photo without permission; remove it” — and turns it into a shotgun: “Somebody on your forums posted my photo without permission; your entire website is blocked for everyone until you remove it.”
You only have to think for a few moments to realize how many websites would effectively disappear if this were the law of the land — no more YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Tumblr, WordPress, or any other site where people can post content of any kind.
It also creates a regime where any new web service needs to enter into some kind of ongoing legal relationship with every copyright holder ever in order to really be safe. This is the definition of strangling innovation: startups can’t afford to do the level of content filtering that, say, Google can. So there just won’t be any more startups that let people share things.
So, yeah, it’s a horrendous bill that will “break the internet.” "
Why are there billions (with a B) of dollars worth of drug demand? Sounds like demand will not go away at any price even if we try to kill supply. Why not then regulate consumption and treat it as a health issue among addicts?
Instead of the DEA laundering money the government will have legit reasons to tax it if it were regulated.
Think about it, this idea has to eventually sink in with US conservatives. The question is when.
I agree. Maybe just taking what you need from Agile and making sure at least you have requirements documented (and at least acknowledged) for your client for legal reasons. Hoping that a fortuitous list of emails, notes and old requirements will show the spirit of what was intended. I will rather have that than what you describe as 100% Agile.
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You fail as a fake defender of Canadian values, as I Canadian I feel sorry that you swallow the government propaganda whole without questioning.
How far are you living from the American border? Why can't you move up north where you are needed most?
That's misguided at best. You make it sound like we are all hardcore hermits wearing hijabs.
Immigrants who want to live in Canada learn their culture, language and even learn to like hockey! It's no small task.
But don't confuse that with us willing to erase our mother tounge, religion or traditions, we couldn't even if we tried.
So where were your grand parents from?
No but in Canada it's great to have many options available:
- Indian .....
- Chinese
- Vietnamese
- German
- Mexican
- Nepalese
- Malaysian
- Brasilian
- Korean
- Ukranian
- Peruvian
I know there are more, but those are the ones I have tried here in Vancouver and just in a radius of 3 to 4 blocks from where I live.
Only in Canada we are fortunate to have these options.
As a Canadian I say this: (as has been discussed many times before)
- What is Canadian identity? First of all we need to accept that we IDENTIFY very strongly with the US (culturally, economically, strategically). So denying it does not grant us identity, just makes us look like hypocrites. The strongest Canadian values we have are our (misunderstood) compassion and generosity. Many times I have witness how Canadians jump to help in times of need without hesitation and I recognized that as truly Canadian.
- There are way more important issues for the CRTC than being the cultural champion for our society (that is actually the job for Heritage Canada http://www.pch.gc.ca./ We have a pressing need for guaranteeing communication access to all Canadians (internet, phone, cell phone) as a competitive service and not serving special interests groups (Bell, Rogers, Shaw, etc). Monitoring profanity and violence is non existent in radio and some tv shows, surprising for a conservative government. More access to diverse cultural (and political) views from varying parts of the country.
So in essence, the same ridiculous quotes from the Harper government to distract Canadians from the real issues and convince them of the virtues of his schemes.
"How to make sure developers maintain comments to reflect changes in code"
An earlier interview with him on BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16546471
That's outrageous, comon U.K. put your act together.
True, mod parent up.
+1
So there is no more improvement available for processors?
Moore's Law be damned!
Watch the way you slide that finger...
Don't pinch and zoom that picture the wrong way...
Don't overwhelm those accelerometers when playing your favorite games
If you flick don't try to read that text until it stops!
It's an interesting idea.
What I find shocking is the DBA being close to the janitor.
I bet they want to be with the architects!
Just sayin.
umm...
fast as in good performance and quick as in rapid development?
I heard it before but now I can't remember it.
As usual there is no clear explanation what SOPA is. This is what I found in a comment at deadline.com :
"The MPAA could go on a site, post an “illegal” video, then claim copyright infringement and have the site shut down. We already know they practice this because Viacomm did it with YouTube and were caught in court.
What these new acts would do effectively takes the sniper rifle of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act — “Somebody on your forums posted my photo without permission; remove it” — and turns it into a shotgun: “Somebody on your forums posted my photo without permission; your entire website is blocked for everyone until you remove it.”
You only have to think for a few moments to realize how many websites would effectively disappear if this were the law of the land — no more YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Tumblr, WordPress, or any other site where people can post content of any kind.
It also creates a regime where any new web service needs to enter into some kind of ongoing legal relationship with every copyright holder ever in order to really be safe. This is the definition of strangling innovation: startups can’t afford to do the level of content filtering that, say, Google can. So there just won’t be any more startups that let people share things.
So, yeah, it’s a horrendous bill that will “break the internet.” "
Came for the obvious fb suicide remark...
mod up +1
Is tax (high as tobacco) charged to these marihuana purchases???
Once you show government the way to more income they will never let it go...
Why are there billions (with a B) of dollars worth of drug demand?
Sounds like demand will not go away at any price even if we try to kill supply. Why not then regulate consumption and treat it as a health issue among addicts?
Instead of the DEA laundering money the government will have legit reasons to tax it if it were regulated.
Think about it, this idea has to eventually sink in with US conservatives. The question is when.
"Computer science is the applied mathematical study of being lazy. "
Perfect definition!
The comparison is spot on!
Levels of abstraction my friend...
Unless you are suggesting everything should be done in C.
So you've been a COBOL programmer for that long?
The latest for Java is JPA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Persistence_API
What about lines per function point! :-P
I agree.
Maybe just taking what you need from Agile and making sure at least you have requirements documented (and at least acknowledged) for your client for legal reasons.
Hoping that a fortuitous list of emails, notes and old requirements will show the spirit of what was intended.
I will rather have that than what you describe as 100% Agile.
Sad but true!
Live and learn...
lol... you might have a point there lizard brain!! snort!!