... "clusterfuck" when it comes to data transfer formats for biology and chemistry
Oh, come on. That's what computers do if you've someone with smarts on the keyboard. Filters and data conversion's simple stuff. Know your input, know what you want out, figure out what you need to do that.
I know, bleeding edge versions of some software can't even read data from their previous versions. Well, build a box with the old version installed and... Sometimes it's both a data and system problem. You need a better geek.:-)
I used to work for Atomic Energy Canada. You would not believe the bizarre, proprietary system they bought into for documenting the project we were in. Imagine Lotus Notes ca. '70.
I wrote *my* dox in LaTex (which was refused), and bailed soon afterwards (into contracting:-).
I fail to see why this is a problem for anyone. My idea? Every individual gets a unique alphanumeric ID, that matches a tuple in a nationally maintained database that contains that anonymous citizen's data. You don't need to know the individual's name. You just want his raw data to aggregate with the rest of the population.
What's wrong with this? Smiple? Make sure the link is secure and keep the lawyers out.:-|
Just 3 examples of many. I am not sure at all why Sony gets singled out for the hate.
Because it's smarter to pick them off one by one , than to attack them all at once.
Nah, it's because Sony's presently persecuting George Hotz, so Sony's the target du jour.
As one guy who's not a gamer (and who owns nothing branded by any of them) looking on from the sidelines at all this BS, I wonder why the fsck you people buy this !@#$. They sell their hardware at a loss to suck you into paying exhorbitant prices for the software (games) that you'd use on it, then they sue you for using it in a way THEY didn't intend for it to be used.
WTF?!? Is it that much like crack cocaine? You HAVE to buy it, because...
Shit, man, learn FLOSS/Linux. It's a far more interesting game than pointing at monsters on a game console, FFS.
However, to each their own. For me, I have as little respect for gamers as I have for MS & Apple slaves. WTF's wrong with you? I like the idea that you can build a supercomputer from PS3s, but if the vendor is that rabidly stupid wrt its customers, why the !@#$ do you continue to support that a-hole vendor?!? They sue you for wanting to do something other than they want you to do with something you bought and own?
WTF did you bother to post that?!? Do you seriously believe that adds anything to the discussion, any discussion? Are we voting on an optimum solution? Then yours will be attributed "hearsay from AC", and so won't count.
... and in the US they aren't likely to be torturing you unless you're actually important.
So, I guess you've not heard about all the FAIL that the US gov't bought itself by waterboarding prisoners? Evidence obtained illegally is inadmissable (in theory).
Actually, I think we'd all rather forget those Libertarians.
Since when have libertarians had enough power to fsck up up anything? Your woes are not attributable to them.
The only woe I can attribute to them is that they're mildly annoying, hence the reason why I'd rather just forget about them.
FWIW, most of the so called libertarians I've seen out there haven't a clue what libertarian principles are, and they're the ones who give libertarians a bad name.
Tea Party != libertarian, no matter what they or anyone else choose to believe.
I just don't know how to convince this planet that picking H3-dirt off the ground on the moon and shoving it into a fusion generator makes more sense than choking this planet's biosphere.
"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country." We've already got an Asteroid Belt after us and an Oort Cloud. You want to bring potential mass-extinction events even closer? Rethimk [sic].
That's the entire point of the series! He owes you?!? Hardly!
"Series"? You're not even talking about the book but some TV series?
Jeez, you don't even have knowledge of what you're complaining about. Start with "We The Living", then "The Fountainhead", then "Atlas Shrugged", toss in her non-fiction writings, then you may have a clue. That's a series. Now, you're just a ranter.
Most people either grow out of the world-view that they had as undergraduates or refine them to fit the world as it is. Objectivists do neither.
Oh come on, you're not that stupid. Yeah, there's a lot of blockheads in Randroid circles (just like all other circles). Focus on the ideas, not the personalities. Rand was a nutbar, agreed, as much as was Galileo in his time. Carry on from there!
Galt just wanted to say, "No, I won't work at that rate. Bye."
And Objectivists are vilified for that? If you consider such behaviour wrong, then I deem you insane.
I'm pretty sure I transferred money via on-line banking to my sister five years ago. WTF is wrong with VISA?!? A little slow to the party?
Everything I read about markets, "Banksters", the financial sector, and all their regulators just reminds me of that "Scream!" painting that was so easily stolen a few years ago. It's like they think they're in a safe, cocooned environment where nothing can affect them. Meanwhile crackers hammer on their doors, taking down one of them after another,...
How the hell do they hide out from so much reality for so long? 'Cause they can. It's like they're subsidiaries of the Catholic Church (which, no offence meant, has got away with atrocities for centuries - Giordano Bruno,...).
If he distributed or gave out code, then i would say hes a bad man.
What? Are? You? Talking? About? Or? Saying? Linus Torvalds and all us other programmers may need to know.
I'm really having a hard time understanding why George is in trouble in the first place. Yeah, yeah, tort law in the US is in just as bad shape as the rest of their legal system,...
But it's his box! He owns it! Why's he being interfered with at all in the first place?!? This's nuts. What's "ownership" worth today?
But I wonder about you people out there hating Sony too, but at the same time buying their stuff.
I don't think I own anything Sony branded besides a few old cassette tapes.
I do find the whole situation fascinating though. I hope sensibility prevails, this judge gets their walking papers, George goes onto writing a best seller, Sony gets bought out by Oracle or HP,... Heh, heh, heh,...
think it's becoming increasingly clear that the "John Galt" fiction is one that is doing immeasurable harm to society. Thus, "kill John Galt".
It is always telling to hear what others think of John Galt. He withdrew his services and abilities, and you hate him for that? That's the entire point of the series! He owes you?!? Hardly!
"Come on, Mr. Roarke. You can tell me what you think of me."
If you're a computer geek and you write abusive software for/on behalf of companies like Sony, you should be so ashamed. Intellectual dishonesty to the extremes.
Uh, no, it's not that easy. I've worked in Sudan ripping out Windows (US high-tech export regulations said so), and for ExxonMobil (so their employees could continue to secure the network). We're most often very small cogs in very large and complicated machines. I don't consider myself damned for all time for implementing a system that incidentally made Sudan's Bashir more rich. I had no control over that. I hope I helped the Sudanese, and line ExxonMobil employees, do their jobs easier.
Affixing things like morality and ethics onto corporations is the wrong way to go. They're affected by the law and their customers; nothing else. Morality and ethics become irrelevant once it's a corp. you're talking about, no matter how much the corp. may sputter about its "corporate responsibility." They're only slightly persons (under the law), not really living people. Ethics and morality don't apply, except as markers to the public perception of said corp.
I think I own a few Sony cassette tapes from a decade or so ago. Nothing else I can see around here has their brand on it. Interesting story, though. Why Sony's getting away with this !@#$ is a mystery. Yeah, discovery's just discovery. Why's George in trouble in the first place, I wonder. Very weird watching Sony get away with this persecution.
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So, you need a DBA who understands data formats.
I've been building stuff like this ever since I got into computing. This is geek heaven. "file $Blah". "apropos $Blah". ...
I don't understand why this is so hard.
Admitting my ignorance, would you please explain your .sig? Pretty please?
Oh, come on. That's what computers do if you've someone with smarts on the keyboard. Filters and data conversion's simple stuff. Know your input, know what you want out, figure out what you need to do that.
I know, bleeding edge versions of some software can't even read data from their previous versions. Well, build a box with the old version installed and ... Sometimes it's both a data and system problem. You need a better geek. :-)
I used to work for Atomic Energy Canada. You would not believe the bizarre, proprietary system they bought into for documenting the project we were in. Imagine Lotus Notes ca. '70.
I wrote *my* dox in LaTex (which was refused), and bailed soon afterwards (into contracting :-).
I fail to see why this is a problem for anyone. My idea? Every individual gets a unique alphanumeric ID, that matches a tuple in a nationally maintained database that contains that anonymous citizen's data. You don't need to know the individual's name. You just want his raw data to aggregate with the rest of the population.
What's wrong with this? Smiple? Make sure the link is secure and keep the lawyers out. :-|
Nah, it's because Sony's presently persecuting George Hotz, so Sony's the target du jour.
As one guy who's not a gamer (and who owns nothing branded by any of them) looking on from the sidelines at all this BS, I wonder why the fsck you people buy this !@#$. They sell their hardware at a loss to suck you into paying exhorbitant prices for the software (games) that you'd use on it, then they sue you for using it in a way THEY didn't intend for it to be used.
WTF?!? Is it that much like crack cocaine? You HAVE to buy it, because ...
Shit, man, learn FLOSS/Linux. It's a far more interesting game than pointing at monsters on a game console, FFS.
However, to each their own. For me, I have as little respect for gamers as I have for MS & Apple slaves. WTF's wrong with you? I like the idea that you can build a supercomputer from PS3s, but if the vendor is that rabidly stupid wrt its customers, why the !@#$ do you continue to support that a-hole vendor?!? They sue you for wanting to do something other than they want you to do with something you bought and own?
You're fools for putting up with crap like this.
WTF did you bother to post that?!? Do you seriously believe that adds anything to the discussion, any discussion? Are we voting on an optimum solution? Then yours will be attributed "hearsay from AC", and so won't count.
FFS, do better!
So, I guess you've not heard about all the FAIL that the US gov't bought itself by waterboarding prisoners? Evidence obtained illegally is inadmissable (in theory).
FWIW, most of the so called libertarians I've seen out there haven't a clue what libertarian principles are, and they're the ones who give libertarians a bad name.
Tea Party != libertarian, no matter what they or anyone else choose to believe.
Since when have libertarians had enough power to fsck up up anything? Your woes are not attributable to them.
When they learn about smoke signals, will we get a post about that too? Probably.
"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country." We've already got an Asteroid Belt after us and an Oort Cloud. You want to bring potential mass-extinction events even closer? Rethimk [sic].
Not yet sure if it does as well as other SEs, but it's good. Fall back on others.
You could make me interested in web development. Good luck with that.
Oh please, you're an AC, ffs!
Allow me to introduce you to the difference between "sins of omission" vs. "sins of commission." Actions and intent are everything.
It's reinventing the wheel. Nokia N900
In the bedroom, Tove rolls over and mutters, "Ah fsck! It's that Raymond jerk again, damnit!" as she reaches for her son's aluminum baseball bat.
Jeez, you don't even have knowledge of what you're complaining about. Start with "We The Living", then "The Fountainhead", then "Atlas Shrugged", toss in her non-fiction writings, then you may have a clue. That's a series. Now, you're just a ranter.
Jeebus, you gamers are weird!
Oh come on, you're not that stupid. Yeah, there's a lot of blockheads in Randroid circles (just like all other circles). Focus on the ideas, not the personalities. Rand was a nutbar, agreed, as much as was Galileo in his time. Carry on from there!
Galt just wanted to say, "No, I won't work at that rate. Bye."
And Objectivists are vilified for that? If you consider such behaviour wrong, then I deem you insane.
I'm pretty sure I transferred money via on-line banking to my sister five years ago. WTF is wrong with VISA?!? A little slow to the party?
Everything I read about markets, "Banksters", the financial sector, and all their regulators just reminds me of that "Scream!" painting that was so easily stolen a few years ago. It's like they think they're in a safe, cocooned environment where nothing can affect them. Meanwhile crackers hammer on their doors, taking down one of them after another, ...
How the hell do they hide out from so much reality for so long? 'Cause they can. It's like they're subsidiaries of the Catholic Church (which, no offence meant, has got away with atrocities for centuries - Giordano Bruno, ...).
What? Are? You? Talking? About? Or? Saying? Linus Torvalds and all us other programmers may need to know.
I'm really having a hard time understanding why George is in trouble in the first place. Yeah, yeah, tort law in the US is in just as bad shape as the rest of their legal system, ...
But it's his box! He owns it! Why's he being interfered with at all in the first place?!? This's nuts. What's "ownership" worth today?
I don't think I own anything Sony branded besides a few old cassette tapes.
I do find the whole situation fascinating though. I hope sensibility prevails, this judge gets their walking papers, George goes onto writing a best seller, Sony gets bought out by Oracle or HP, ... Heh, heh, heh, ...
It is always telling to hear what others think of John Galt. He withdrew his services and abilities, and you hate him for that? That's the entire point of the series! He owes you?!? Hardly!
"Come on, Mr. Roarke. You can tell me what you think of me."
"I don't think of you."
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, ...
Er, ... It appears something's broken.
Uh, no, it's not that easy. I've worked in Sudan ripping out Windows (US high-tech export regulations said so), and for ExxonMobil (so their employees could continue to secure the network). We're most often very small cogs in very large and complicated machines. I don't consider myself damned for all time for implementing a system that incidentally made Sudan's Bashir more rich. I had no control over that. I hope I helped the Sudanese, and line ExxonMobil employees, do their jobs easier.
Affixing things like morality and ethics onto corporations is the wrong way to go. They're affected by the law and their customers; nothing else. Morality and ethics become irrelevant once it's a corp. you're talking about, no matter how much the corp. may sputter about its "corporate responsibility." They're only slightly persons (under the law), not really living people. Ethics and morality don't apply, except as markers to the public perception of said corp.
I think I own a few Sony cassette tapes from a decade or so ago. Nothing else I can see around here has their brand on it. Interesting story, though. Why Sony's getting away with this !@#$ is a mystery. Yeah, discovery's just discovery. Why's George in trouble in the first place, I wonder. Very weird watching Sony get away with this persecution.
"Do I not own that PS3?"
"To a point, ..."
"What?!?"