Sorry about that. I tested this post in previews so I did as much as I could. You could just google news for any article on these subjects. I just find it interesting that there is so much "politics" with this event.
>UML as an OOA/OOD helps you scope out and bound the size and complexity of the design, so you get a clearer idea of what kind of time/effort it'll take to realise, and what order of magnitude bugs/issues you'll have to deal with later.
It doesn't to it by itself, like what an compiler does. It takes a person to read it an then extract this sort of information from a standarlized form. So UML is a communication tool.
What does UML produces? Documentation, which is a communication tool.
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>If it uses UML, I'm out.
Its a communication tool. Thats all.
Its like saying "If the business analyst wears a white shirt and tie, I'm out." or "If the specifications are in New Times font, I'm out."
>From a technology standpoint, there aren't any mysteries involved in this. Someone who understands exactly what was needed out of each department in their company, and moderately understood the technologies involved could probably draw up rudimentary LaTeX environments...
>Guess what SSH, PGP, SSL, and every single encryption standard we've come up with to date have in common? They all use security through obscurity. If you don't believe me, then you should stop "obscuring" all your private keys and post them publically.
Thats not "security through obsecurity". Its if others didn't know how SSH, PGP, SSL worked and relied on that to provide a level of security. The fact that you keep a key secret ok.
There could be a huge number of different files you need. CAD files, images, Powerpoint presentations, complex spreadsheets will all mess up any format you can come up with (eg HTML). How would you even edit some of these things?
Even OpenOffice formats are not vendor neutral, you have only one product out there that really uses it.
>if you can't even look at the fscking code you are paying for?
If you as a client, want the code, specify it in your contract with the vendor. Its pretty easy and if you are big enough, which many governments are, its an acceptable term.
>entire internet infrastructure that allowed it to be posted in a public forum, are largely the results of decades of government and government-funded R&D
But was there waste? The end product is good, same with a working water system, but could it have been done better with less waste?
>one thing that is pretty much guaranteed to be inefficient is close collusion between careerist government bureaucrats and giant, secretive corporations
They have clear laws against this sort of thing and it doesn't help. How is Closed Source suppose to fix this? You don't think that RedHat would make sweetheart deals for a X million dollar contract?
>I know for damn sure that the US government wastes tens, perhaps hundreds, of billions of tax dollars paying giant companies for closed, proprietary systems that never work as advertised.
Waste is waste. It doesn't matter if its Open or Closed Source, it will still cost a huge amount and still barely work because it is the government.
> and use the right-side modifier keys for the modified clicks?
Because the right-side modifier keys are physically located closer to the middle of the keyboard. The number pad is what is near the free hand of left-handed people, then the arrow keys and then the modifier keys.
>the one-button mouse scheme puts left-handers on much more equal footing with right-handers.
You can switch the left and right buttons on the OS level. So all you need is a simple symetrical mouse.
>Apple ships only a single mouse button because it forces developers to expose all of the functionality through interfaces that you can get to with only a single mouse button
What about the standard of control-click? Use one object AND a part of another object at the same time. How is this a good UI?
What about the F1-12 keys. How intuitive is that? Why not just have a F1 key only? Wouldn't that help? What the hell is "F1" stand for anyways?
I honestly don't buy the "single-button" for better UI and simplification when there is much more complex things existing.
In Canada, we have two official languages, English and French.
The good part of this is that its an active sign of respect for others background and culture. Language is an important of a person's identity.
The bad part is that there are insane laws that nitpick on what a person can and cannot do, in the name of protecting the French language. An example of thi is fineing a business if the French part of the signs is not so much larger than the English. It got to the point where common sense and respect for another got forgotten. The whole issue started to be about the motivation and maturity of the people involved.
This is the same with the term "GNU/Linux". People over look your message and just see how immature you are at nitpicking.
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Sorry about that. I tested this post in previews so I did as much as I could. You could just google news for any article on these subjects. I just find it interesting that there is so much "politics" with this event.
India refuse aid
Sri Lanka and rebels
Sri Lanka and Israel;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4
Sri Lanka and rebels;
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=st
India refusing outside aid;
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050102/asp/n
http://www.encyclopedia-online.info/Canary_trap
>UML as an OOA/OOD helps you scope out and bound the size and complexity of the design, so you get a clearer idea of what kind of time/effort it'll take to realise, and what order of magnitude bugs/issues you'll have to deal with later.
It doesn't to it by itself, like what an compiler does. It takes a person to read it an then extract this sort of information from a standarlized form. So UML is a communication tool.
What does UML produces? Documentation, which is a communication tool.
>If it uses UML, I'm out.
Its a communication tool. Thats all.
Its like saying "If the business analyst wears a white shirt and tie, I'm out." or "If the specifications are in New Times font, I'm out."
>From a technology standpoint, there aren't any mysteries involved in this. Someone who understands exactly what was needed out of each department in their company, and moderately understood the technologies involved could probably draw up rudimentary LaTeX environments ...
And this isn't a mystery?
>Guess what SSH, PGP, SSL, and every single encryption standard we've come up with to date have in common? They all use security through obscurity. If you don't believe me, then you should stop "obscuring" all your private keys and post them publically.
Thats not "security through obsecurity". Its if others didn't know how SSH, PGP, SSL worked and relied on that to provide a level of security. The fact that you keep a key secret ok.
From the article;
"Now, we can reveal the top 10 stories of the 2004, as judged by you the readers.
The most clicked-on stories included
>Viruses and Trojans would seemingly not exist without Microsoft.
What does the link have to do with the subject?
And viruses and trojans have existed before MS and the will long after. Its a computer systems issue not an MS one.
Umm... you a moving from a vendor-specific system to in-house expertise-specific system.
Using open source as a method of determining what a worm in the wild does?!?!?
Once its in the wild, how do you know what it is?
From the article;
"If a site is infected, the worm causes a huge amount of traffic and slows down the site. I don't think it's possible to write a beneficial worm."
There could be a huge number of different files you need. CAD files, images, Powerpoint presentations, complex spreadsheets will all mess up any format you can come up with (eg HTML). How would you even edit some of these things?
Even OpenOffice formats are not vendor neutral, you have only one product out there that really uses it.
>if you can't even look at the fscking code you are paying for?
If you as a client, want the code, specify it in your contract with the vendor. Its pretty easy and if you are big enough, which many governments are, its an acceptable term.
Closed/Open Source has nothing to do with it.
33 million from lawsuits?
I doubt that they are going to get that much from college kids.
>entire internet infrastructure that allowed it to be posted in a public forum, are largely the results of decades of government and government-funded R&D
But was there waste? The end product is good, same with a working water system, but could it have been done better with less waste?
>one thing that is pretty much guaranteed to be inefficient is close collusion between careerist government bureaucrats and giant, secretive corporations
They have clear laws against this sort of thing and it doesn't help. How is Closed Source suppose to fix this? You don't think that RedHat would make sweetheart deals for a X million dollar contract?
>I know for damn sure that the US government wastes tens, perhaps hundreds, of billions of tax dollars paying giant companies for closed, proprietary systems that never work as advertised.
Waste is waste. It doesn't matter if its Open or Closed Source, it will still cost a huge amount and still barely work because it is the government.
>I bet *now* they'll upgrade, but until this particularly hairy situation arose, they
Thank you Mr. Monday-Morning-Quarterback.
Its all different once you are on the field.
> and use the right-side modifier keys for the modified clicks?
Because the right-side modifier keys are physically located closer to the middle of the keyboard. The number pad is what is near the free hand of left-handed people, then the arrow keys and then the modifier keys.
>the one-button mouse scheme puts left-handers on much more equal footing with right-handers.
You can switch the left and right buttons on the OS level. So all you need is a simple symetrical mouse.
How many fingers do you have? Yet there are at a couple of them that are not used on the mouse.
>the "Command-Z/X/C/V" editing keys that Apple has been using since 1984.
Thats a totally different functionality. Its not using two different interfaces at the same time.
>The left hand is already there on the keyboard, and control-click makes use of this.
It only makes sense you are right-handed. Its a horrible interface if you are left-handed. How is this a good UI?
>Apple ships only a single mouse button because it forces developers to expose all of the functionality through interfaces that you can get to with only a single mouse button
What about the standard of control-click? Use one object AND a part of another object at the same time. How is this a good UI?
What about the F1-12 keys. How intuitive is that? Why not just have a F1 key only? Wouldn't that help? What the hell is "F1" stand for anyways?
I honestly don't buy the "single-button" for better UI and simplification when there is much more complex things existing.
>What is the point of posts (and news items, etc.) like this?
Slow news day.
So its the same odds as those two wood sword wielding kobolds both hitting my level 10 fighter?
>Otherwise, our fate is just in the hands of luck.
Just like the previous thousands of years?
In Canada, we have two official languages, English and French.
The good part of this is that its an active sign of respect for others background and culture. Language is an important of a person's identity.
The bad part is that there are insane laws that nitpick on what a person can and cannot do, in the name of protecting the French language. An example of thi is fineing a business if the French part of the signs is not so much larger than the English. It got to the point where common sense and respect for another got forgotten. The whole issue started to be about the motivation and maturity of the people involved.
This is the same with the term "GNU/Linux". People over look your message and just see how immature you are at nitpicking.