I wonder if a good answer is: "We both know that there is copious advice from various sources on how to handle these kinds of questions, so are you checking if I've read up on it? Here, let me read a stock answer."
I've heard this saying... "Locks are not a protection from thieves. Locks are a protection from honest people."
Ostensibly the moral of the saying is that a thief, if he wants to, can break your lock; but the fact that there is a lock defers some "somewhat" honest people.
Yeah, it's all nice among us nerds, but it's really equivalent to:
TV - a subtle way to extract money (via advertisement - see "brainwashing") from people who don't know better.
Even so, the analogy is as flawed as most of them:)
Did it ever occur to you that people may like to gamble, regardless of the odds? The money that they may lose due to odds not being in their favor can thus be considered money they'd spend on a flight to, say, Florida, to lie on the beach all day. What is the difference, really?
I don't like to gamble - it's just not my thing - but my parents do, about once a year. They are professionals (not pro-gamblers:), earning money in that old-fashinoned way, and the gambling is just another variant on "lying on the beach sipping cocktails all day".
What exactly is so "real" about gold? Just because people want to possess this shiny metal its inherent worth is no greater than that of green pieces of paper that people also want to possess. (Except, of course, gold's supply is limited, granted).
(Don't start lecturing me on Economics and Wizard of Oz, I know all that:)
The law is traditionally less restrictive on the privileged - trusts them to have a native sense of good that may be more refined that that in the code books.
Whoever said this: "The law, in its infinite majesty, prohibits both the rich and the poor from sleeping under a bridge."
Mayor Laguardia was arguing in favor of a repeal of the 18th amendment when he said "It would take a police force of 250,000 to enforce the Prohibition Act". I wonder how he would respond to today's police force of 650,000?
You know why it does? Because a good programmer, IMHO, would just learn the language. No matter, that this particular task is better in the other language - you can recommend it - but if this particular task is better in X, but it also involves changing millions of lines of already working code, then your answer is no good.
I can see why you can recommend PHP for a small-to-average-size e-business to write somethign from scratch; but a REAL software engineer (I dunno if Mel the Real Programmer would do it) would first check out other factors.
It has protections in that the people who are made privy to the secret are made to sign agreements under which they can be sued to oblivion if they let it out.
But nothing prevents reverse-engineering, of course...
Aw, great, again that geek-elitist attitude "deserve what they get". By the way, wasn't LotR a cult work among the geeks? Why don't you heed Gandalf's words, applicable not only to life and death. Who the fuck are you to decide who deserves what?
I mean, it's one thing if you say: "If you use BASIC to write a complex system and then can't figure out what's going on, you deserve what you get." That's a technical question. But licensing issues vs. technical merits?
There are some serious people who DO NOT do hardcore data warehousing, but use databases anyway. There are also some silly people who DO hardcore data warehousing:).
oh, and by the way, you serious person you, complex normalized models have really little to do with the what can be termed physical features of a database (like clustering, like real-time handling). As for multi-table joins, which is where what you said about data modeling is applicable, I've had little problems with SQL Server.
Of course, who can compete with Oracle's great extensions to SQL, such as CONNECT BY. No sarcasm here. But if your model goes beyond relational db paradigm, you're better off getting yourself a custom solution anyway.
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The toughness of the laws is compensated
by the unnecessity to abide by them.
that's 21L001 (or something) for you, bucko :)
I wonder if a good answer is: "We both
know that there is copious advice
from various sources on how to handle
these kinds of questions, so are you
checking if I've read up on it? Here,
let me read a stock answer."
At least you don't have to prefix GNU/ to that!
Priced him out in favor of what? Sweatshops on Jupiter? That's the point of it being "international"...
I once thought that it would be cool
to teach a course based on this book in high school.
With the right teacher, not only geeks would sign up...
But that's the point, isn't it - that is kind of out of the realm of mathematics...
Your response along with your .sig is priceless...
I've heard this saying... "Locks are not a protection from thieves. Locks are a
protection from honest people."
Ostensibly the moral of the saying is that a thief, if he wants to, can break your lock; but the fact that there is a lock defers some "somewhat" honest people.
Hey, if you take away the guards at a bank, you will take away the need for a robber to kill the guards.
What does that faulty analogy prove, exactly?
Hey, if you take away the people preventing me from exiting my home, you take away my need to shoot them. Is that a good analogy too?
Why use a tired polemical device in this kind
of forum, when it's so obvious?
You say: So tell us: are you really suggesting that the attacks of September 11 were justified or acceptable? Really?
But the parent said:
somebody offered a way out (although arguably not the right way).
Which part of "not the right way" did you choose to ignore in order to advance your point?
Yeah, it's all nice among us nerds, but it's
:)
:),
really equivalent to:
TV - a subtle way to extract money
(via advertisement - see "brainwashing") from
people who don't know better.
Even so, the analogy is as flawed as most of them
Did it ever occur to you that people may like
to gamble, regardless of the odds? The
money that they may lose due to odds not being
in their favor can thus be considered money
they'd spend on a flight to, say, Florida, to
lie on the beach all day. What is the difference,
really?
I don't like to gamble - it's just not my thing -
but my parents do, about once a year. They are
professionals (not pro-gamblers
earning money in that old-fashinoned way, and
the gambling is just another variant on "lying on
the beach sipping cocktails all day".
Is there really a difference here? I think not.
What exactly is so "real" about gold? Just because people want to possess this shiny metal its inherent worth is no greater than that of green pieces of paper that people also want to possess. (Except, of course, gold's supply is limited, granted).
:)
(Don't start lecturing me on Economics and Wizard of Oz, I know all that
Meet interesting processes and kill -9 them.
Crutch for the weak? Like, if you are strong,
but had broken legs, you wouldn't need no stinking crutches, eh?
Whoever said this: "The law, in its infinite
majesty, prohibits both the rich and the poor
from sleeping under a bridge."
Bears don't try to create a police state. Bears don't attempt to subvert the US Constitution.
The Right To Keep and Bear Arms
I say, we should Arm Bears!
The population also grew, so...
Remember Real Genius too...
IMHO, would just learn the language. No matter, that this particular task is better in the other language - you can recommend it - but if this particular task is better in X, but it also involves changing millions of lines of already working code, then your answer is no good.
I can see why you can recommend PHP for a small-to-average-size e-business to write somethign from scratch; but a REAL software engineer (I dunno if Mel the Real Programmer would do it) would first check out other factors.
It has protections in that the people who are made privy to the secret are made to sign agreements under which they can be sued to oblivion if they let it out.
But nothing prevents reverse-engineering, of course...
Or choose a midlife crisis wishing for that
same thing...
Aw, great, again that geek-elitist attitude
:).
"deserve what they get". By the way, wasn't
LotR a cult work among the geeks? Why don't
you heed Gandalf's words, applicable not only
to life and death. Who the fuck are you to decide
who deserves what?
I mean, it's one thing if you say: "If you use
BASIC to write a complex system and then can't figure out what's going on, you deserve what you get." That's a technical question. But licensing
issues vs. technical merits?
There are some serious people who DO NOT do hardcore data warehousing, but use databases anyway. There are also some silly people who DO hardcore data warehousing
oh, and by the way, you serious person you, complex normalized models have really little to do
with the what can be termed physical features of
a database (like clustering, like real-time
handling). As for multi-table joins, which is
where what you said about data modeling is applicable, I've had little problems with SQL Server.
Of course, who can compete with Oracle's great
extensions to SQL, such as CONNECT BY. No sarcasm here. But if your model goes beyond relational
db paradigm, you're better off getting yourself
a custom solution anyway.