I went back to look for that answer you told me about, was it in the first or second post?
Let's see, in the first one he accused the poster of having multiple aliases, went off topic about microsoft in another unreferenced thread. Provided some quote from another thread, again, no clue where it came from. Then went back to accusing the poster of having multiple aliases and trolling. Finished up with a 'why don't you provide an answer' when the OP did provide one, not a clear one, but an answer none the less.
Now, on to the second post.
"For your answer to have been correct, the OP would need the ability to foresee the future." Not really sure why the OP needs psychic powers to know that you evaluate and use the right tool for the job. I don't remember psychic training in my application design class, but I'll assume I was out that day. Either way, I'm not sure what the question was in that case .
And why didn't you provide an answer to the submitter, rather than troll?
Oh! Oh! I have an answer. Pick me!
It's because you're trolling just as hard!
You spent 5 of 6 lines attacking the person who wrote the post, 1 line talking about some other topic and zero arguing the merits of the post.
Yay! I solved the puzzle. I'll take the cupcake for $10 and the rest on a gift certificate Pat.
I personally agree with the OP, you use the best tool for the job. If you are designing your own tools just to save money, then you're under-valuing your time as a developer. If in this case MSSQL works, then use it, if in another case MySQL works, use it.
I challenge you to explain how WTC Building 7 collapsed into its own footprint symmetrically and at near free-fall speed.
Well, mostly because it didn't do either of those things. After having several tons worth of burning WTC 1 and 2 falling on it, the fuel stores in the WTC7 ignited. Now, why would some idiot put fuel stores into WTC7? Ask that dumb fuck of a mayor, Rudy Giuliani.
TV reporters live at the time publicly remarked that the WTC 7 collapse exactly resembled a controlled demolition.
All those TV reporters with their advanced construction and engineering degrees. To the average joe, yes, it may have looked like it was controlled. To people who actually know what they're talking about, it was anything but.
If one building was rigged for controlled demolition, it is hardly a stretch of the imagination to conclude that all 3 WTC buildings were similarly wired.
It can be argued that the constitution limited the powers of the states well before the 14th amendment. An example of this is that the states can't declare war. So, establishing the federal government pretty much sets limits on the states by default. Since the states ratified the constitution, they agreed to limit their powers in line with the federal government framework.
That being said, the 14th amendment was quite a power grab, albeit a necessary one at the time.
I don't think it's open to impressions or interpretations. It's very clearly spelled out what the Bill of Rights is and what their intention was.
IX. The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
X. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
If the intention of the amendments were to grant rights, then 9 and 10 would not be necessary, or they would use terms like specific and defined rights.
The intention of the Bill of Rights was to set a series of rules that the government can not break. The fact that they find ways around most of them I chalk up to human nature. We are still seeking a more perfect union.
The US citizens have not lost a single right guaranteed by the constitution or Bill of Rights and the right to be anonymous is not mentioned in any of these founding documents.
You are either a decent troll or a fucking idiot. Stop claiming that the US Constitution grants us rights, it in no way grants rights. The Constitution is a framework to define and limit power of the Federal government AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING MORE.
How dare you claim that some person, people or document granted me my rights as a human being. That notion is vile and disgusting.
Nicely put. I agree. And possibly -- internal users are suspect as well.
I'm actually in the mindset that all users, including the administrators, are suspect. I get a lot of flak on that, but personally, I have yet to see a reason to give anyone complete direct access to raw data without making it difficult.
Also, for some reason, many devs don't like the whitelist method for validating input. Never really understood why.
I'm not sure why I'm still commenting as you obviously have no idea why we allow corporations to exist. (Hint: it's not to make gobs of money)
Oh, look! The Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer rights wants an FTC investigation of Google. It appears to have bipartisan support as well. I'll go get my popcorn, the show is getting started.
[There's nothing wrong with being a big corporation, we need them to be an economic superpower. The problem comes in when the corporation stops benefiting the public and becomes an anti-competitive monopoly (or near monopoly). A little good will goes a long way in these situations. Canceling children's email accounts rather than turning off their marketing machine is not the best way to get that good will. Google is now on the fast track to getting a smackdown by the government, and it's the little things that are getting them there.]
...fine! let all the under 13s go there instead of bitching about Google.
No.
Google runs too many of the biggest websites on the Internet to be given a pass on something like this. It is completely unacceptable and irresponsible for a company of Google's size and market share to take a glib stance like this. Google needs to reign in their marketing and comply with COPPA the same way Microsoft and Yahoo! have, by offering child friendly accounts.
or it means they do what 99% of other websites do. Under 13? Nope sorry goodbye.
No. I'm not holding Google on the same level as Joe's Blog and Grill. Let's compare them to their peers. Top 10 websites on the Internet, Alexa ranking: 1,3, 7 Google/YouTube/Blogspot - 13+ 2. Facebook - 13+ 4. Yahoo! - Family/Child accounts are encouraged. 5. Baidu - Unknown 6. Wikipedia - Unknown 8. Microsoft / Windows Live / Hotmail / XBox Live - Family/Child accounts are encouraged. 9. Amazon - Adults only 10. Twitter - 13+
So, if we take the out shopping sites, like Amazon and foreign sites like Baidu, then 3 companies have a 13+ requirement and 2 have a family policy. That's not 99%, that's nowhere near 99%.
Again, Google is either incapable of following COPPA or they just don't want to. For a company that runs 3 of the top 10 websites, this is unacceptable.
The AT&T and T-Mobile USA combination would have offered an interim solution to this spectrum shortage. In the absence of such steps, customers will be harmed and needed investment will be stifled.
You are seeing that with the OWS people. If you look at the demographics, there are a LOT of people born after 1985 or so. They lived their entire lives without ever seeing a recession. They think the enormous growth of the 90's was normal. Now comes a recession that affects their precious little selves and they freak the fuck out.
If I can speak for my Generation (GenX), for a moment: (abridged version) Fuck you, Boomers and fuck you Millenials.
The Baby Boomers for really screwing us over, several times. I look forward to the retirement homes we're going to toss you into on the budget you gave us. The Millenials for being whining idiots that generally fuck up the Internet I helped create. Please build better retirement homes in about 30 years, thanks.
How about fuck you Galestar for focusing on one small part of the argument and dismissing the other facts presented.
The users are Google's product. They could have done what Microsoft did with Hotmail, but instead they went the route that says 'come back when you're older'. This means either Google can't turn off their marketing machine or they don't want to.
Now they force you into a 2 year contract and you still pay for your phone. It's just moving the numbers from subsidized to un-subsidized, you still pay the same amount each month.
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When will these idiots learn, you can't impose a pentalty based on content.
Tax all games at 1% or none.
How does that make it a crime all of a sudden?
Even if the password is 'password' it's still breaking in.
Just because you have a really poor lock doesn't mean the door is open.
I went back to look for that answer you told me about, was it in the first or second post?
Let's see, in the first one he accused the poster of having multiple aliases, went off topic about microsoft in another unreferenced thread. Provided some quote from another thread, again, no clue where it came from. Then went back to accusing the poster of having multiple aliases and trolling. Finished up with a 'why don't you provide an answer' when the OP did provide one, not a clear one, but an answer none the less.
Now, on to the second post.
"For your answer to have been correct, the OP would need the ability to foresee the future." Not really sure why the OP needs psychic powers to know that you evaluate and use the right tool for the job. I don't remember psychic training in my application design class, but I'll assume I was out that day. Either way, I'm not sure what the question was in that case .
For your answer to have been correct, the OP would need the ability to foresee the future.
In what way? You made no rational arguments, you just engaged in a puerile rant about how much you dislike the poster.
After looking at some of your posting history, that seems to be your baseline, so I'll just stop here.
cheers,
And why didn't you provide an answer to the submitter, rather than troll?
Oh! Oh! I have an answer. Pick me!
It's because you're trolling just as hard!
You spent 5 of 6 lines attacking the person who wrote the post, 1 line talking about some other topic and zero arguing the merits of the post.
Yay! I solved the puzzle. I'll take the cupcake for $10 and the rest on a gift certificate Pat.
I personally agree with the OP, you use the best tool for the job. If you are designing your own tools just to save money, then you're under-valuing your time as a developer. If in this case MSSQL works, then use it, if in another case MySQL works, use it.
Can someone here please whip up a design for a magnatron projection van? You know, for entertainment purposes.
I challenge you to explain how WTC Building 7 collapsed into its own footprint symmetrically and at near free-fall speed.
Well, mostly because it didn't do either of those things. After having several tons worth of burning WTC 1 and 2 falling on it, the fuel stores in the WTC7 ignited. Now, why would some idiot put fuel stores into WTC7? Ask that dumb fuck of a mayor, Rudy Giuliani.
TV reporters live at the time publicly remarked that the WTC 7 collapse exactly resembled a controlled demolition.
All those TV reporters with their advanced construction and engineering degrees. To the average joe, yes, it may have looked like it was controlled. To people who actually know what they're talking about, it was anything but.
If one building was rigged for controlled demolition, it is hardly a stretch of the imagination to conclude that all 3 WTC buildings were similarly wired.
Sorry, I can't fix stupid.
It can be argued that the constitution limited the powers of the states well before the 14th amendment. An example of this is that the states can't declare war. So, establishing the federal government pretty much sets limits on the states by default. Since the states ratified the constitution, they agreed to limit their powers in line with the federal government framework.
That being said, the 14th amendment was quite a power grab, albeit a necessary one at the time.
I'll take my chances then.
I don't think it's open to impressions or interpretations. It's very clearly spelled out what the Bill of Rights is and what their intention was.
IX. The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
X. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
If the intention of the amendments were to grant rights, then 9 and 10 would not be necessary, or they would use terms like specific and defined rights.
The intention of the Bill of Rights was to set a series of rules that the government can not break. The fact that they find ways around most of them I chalk up to human nature. We are still seeking a more perfect union.
The US citizens have not lost a single right guaranteed by the constitution or Bill of Rights and the right to be anonymous is not mentioned in any of these founding documents.
You are either a decent troll or a fucking idiot. Stop claiming that the US Constitution grants us rights, it in no way grants rights. The Constitution is a framework to define and limit power of the Federal government AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING MORE.
How dare you claim that some person, people or document granted me my rights as a human being. That notion is vile and disgusting.
Nicely put. I agree. And possibly -- internal users are suspect as well.
I'm actually in the mindset that all users, including the administrators, are suspect. I get a lot of flak on that, but personally, I have yet to see a reason to give anyone complete direct access to raw data without making it difficult.
Also, for some reason, many devs don't like the whitelist method for validating input. Never really understood why.
As someone in this field for far too many years, it's great to find someone who pretty much outlined my strategy for secure web apps.
The rules are: All input is suspect, all users are suspect, deny access to everything and go from there.
On a sad note, I've yet to find a boss willing to do it right, there's always a shortcut to save time or money.
I'm not sure why I'm still commenting as you obviously have no idea why we allow corporations to exist. (Hint: it's not to make gobs of money)
Oh, look! The Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer rights wants an FTC investigation of Google. It appears to have bipartisan support as well.
I'll go get my popcorn, the show is getting started.
[There's nothing wrong with being a big corporation, we need them to be an economic superpower. The problem comes in when the corporation stops benefiting the public and becomes an anti-competitive monopoly (or near monopoly). A little good will goes a long way in these situations. Canceling children's email accounts rather than turning off their marketing machine is not the best way to get that good will. Google is now on the fast track to getting a smackdown by the government, and it's the little things that are getting them there.]
Companies with that much market share need to lead by example. Microsoft learned the hard way to stop being a bunch of arrogant pricks.
I guess Google will go down that road as well, and they very much deserve to.
...fine! let all the under 13s go there instead of bitching about Google.
No.
Google runs too many of the biggest websites on the Internet to be given a pass on something like this. It is completely unacceptable and irresponsible for a company of Google's size and market share to take a glib stance like this. Google needs to reign in their marketing and comply with COPPA the same way Microsoft and Yahoo! have, by offering child friendly accounts.
or it means they do what 99% of other websites do. Under 13? Nope sorry goodbye.
No. I'm not holding Google on the same level as Joe's Blog and Grill. Let's compare them to their peers.
Top 10 websites on the Internet, Alexa ranking:
1,3, 7 Google/YouTube/Blogspot - 13+
2. Facebook - 13+
4. Yahoo! - Family/Child accounts are encouraged.
5. Baidu - Unknown
6. Wikipedia - Unknown
8. Microsoft / Windows Live / Hotmail / XBox Live - Family/Child accounts are encouraged.
9. Amazon - Adults only
10. Twitter - 13+
So, if we take the out shopping sites, like Amazon and foreign sites like Baidu, then 3 companies have a 13+ requirement and 2 have a family policy. That's not 99%, that's nowhere near 99%.
Again, Google is either incapable of following COPPA or they just don't want to. For a company that runs 3 of the top 10 websites, this is unacceptable.
By following the law, instead of just a blanket 'Come back when we can sell you'
The AT&T and T-Mobile USA combination would have offered an interim solution to this spectrum shortage. In the absence of such steps, customers will be harmed and needed investment will be stifled.
And I bet the grapes were sour too.
What'll be fun is when the next generation tells you to fuck off :)
I look forward to it.
You are seeing that with the OWS people. If you look at the demographics, there are a LOT of people born after 1985 or so. They lived their entire lives without ever seeing a recession. They think the enormous growth of the 90's was normal. Now comes a recession that affects their precious little selves and they freak the fuck out.
If I can speak for my Generation (GenX), for a moment: (abridged version) Fuck you, Boomers and fuck you Millenials.
The Baby Boomers for really screwing us over, several times. I look forward to the retirement homes we're going to toss you into on the budget you gave us. The Millenials for being whining idiots that generally fuck up the Internet I helped create. Please build better retirement homes in about 30 years, thanks.
How about fuck you Galestar for focusing on one small part of the argument and dismissing the other facts presented.
The users are Google's product. They could have done what Microsoft did with Hotmail, but instead they went the route that says 'come back when you're older'. This means either Google can't turn off their marketing machine or they don't want to.
Windows Live/Hotmail allows and encourages child accounts.
That leads me to a few ideas as to why Google won't comply with COPPA. The most likely one being that they just can't turn the marketing machine off.
Yes.
For which value of Yes? None of those are the same as this.
Now they force you into a 2 year contract and you still pay for your phone. It's just moving the numbers from subsidized to un-subsidized, you still pay the same amount each month.