I did that many moons ago, actually. I wrote a perl sys v style rc that would run your regular sys V scripts, but if they were written in perl it would suck the code in and run it in an eval(). Saved shedloads of forks and execs and launching of new processes from all the commands in bash scripts and made the whole thing really fast. Also allowed a flag for "don't bother to wait for me. Just move on" that would fork before the eval to parallelize where useful.
This little sub-thread is so full of winning. This is the second time in the same story I've wished for mod points. I'll have to just give you a laurel, and hearty handshake instead.
OMG! Where are my mod points???? Shout this from the freaking rooftops! The tenth ammendment is the most definitive and important of them all, IMO, and the one that is the most frequently forgotten or ignored. I honestly wish it had come first in the Bill of Rights just to make it harder to ignore.
The Tenth Ammendment applies in just about every situation. It is the recognition that the citizen is the supreme soveriegn in this country and that the citizen allocates some of his powers and rights to the state, and then a further, smaller subset to the Federal government. Somewhere along the way we seem to have gotten this backward. We have been living as though the Federal government is the supreme sovereign which allocates some of its powers to the states and then a further, smaller subset to the people. THAT is the real tragedy of the US.
Please continue to spread this message. Make bumper stickers. Make T-shirts. I wish people would champion the Tenth Ammendment the way they do the First or the Second.
Depends. If you put the 4L of gas into your moped or prius or something lame like that, you can go about 70 yards before you are caught and beaten to death because you're an idiot. If you put he 4L of gas into your 1973 Dodge Power Wagon you can go as far as you want after crushing the approaching horde with your front bumper and taking _THEIR_ gas.
These things always come down to good planning, good tactics and not being a tree hugging mope with the wrong vehicle.;-)
Postscript: My answer is 100% correct in the case that the parent post intended that these were vandals _on_ motorcycles. If these were vandals _of_ motorcycles, then the problem is not possible to complete due to lack of information regarding the vandals' mode of transport. And why do these people want to vandalize motorcycles, anyway?
Exactly! Seeing your predecessor go to jail is a huge disincentive. That's why Illinois politicians have cleaned up their acts so nicely.
Hrm.... Something seems out of place here. Not that I disagree with your sentiment on a philisophical level, but in practice it isn't working very well. Either:
A) We need to massively scale up the effort and send a TON of people to jail (which I'm fine with) or B) modify the approach and focus the effort on instituting complete personal and professional transparency on a massive and unavoidable scale for anyone in public service (which I'm also fine with)
The problem I see with A is that the politicians and bureaucrats are so many that jailing the ones who deserve it is impractical without turning this country into something unrecognizable and ugly(ier?). B is a much better path, but we have some even bigger problems to overcome. Namely a lethargic and apathetic citizenry, politicians and bureaucrats who already benefit from decades of training avoiding such things, and a lack of an obvious way to impliment it from outside of government. Obviously creating a new bureacracy for this purpose just adds to and moves the problem.
Do others have the right to tell you that you must always drive the speed limit, for -them-, because they might pay a tiny sliver of the additional risk involved
Actually, yes. This is precisely the reasoning behind helmet laws for motorcycle riders in some states.
Children naturally have a sense of fairness and sharing.
Perhaps on planet Barnowl. Here on earth, kids are naturally selfish petty greedy little buggers. The hardest word to un-teach a kid is "mine". Off all the ones I've known have had to be taught (at great frustration by the parents/teachers/etc) to share.
Personally, I appreciate the _opportunity_ to work outside of (in addition to) normal business hours. It allows me to take on more projects, and more important ones, work across time zones, and generally kick more ass than I would otherwise be able. There are plenty of "8-and-skate" employees at my company and in my role, but I don't _WANT_ to be one of them. I will determine my own ideal work/life balance and I will adjust it as I see fit. I am grateful that I don't have some beurocrat clown trying to tell me otherwise.
I don't think I'm in any more or less danger of losing my job than anyone else in my department generally speaking. If things go significantly sideways, I may be positioned slightly better than some others, but then again politics and nepotism play plenty enough role that "working extra" might not have anything to do with it. I can tell you this, though. I get more bonus money than most of the others in my department and I'm more likely to move in to management than any of them as well. I believe that because it's exactly what happened in my last job where I worked the same way and did make those advances.
The govenerment can try to enforce equality, but the only way it can is by preventing those who want to do more from doing so. It can only make people equal by enforcing the lowest common denominator. I'd rather we had equal _oportunity_ and then let us apply ourselves to whatever degree we see fit. The outcome will sort itself out accordingly. It's called freedom and I believe it works.
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I did that many moons ago, actually. I wrote a perl sys v style rc that would run your regular sys V scripts, but if they were written in perl it would suck the code in and run it in an eval(). Saved shedloads of forks and execs and launching of new processes from all the commands in bash scripts and made the whole thing really fast. Also allowed a flag for "don't bother to wait for me. Just move on" that would fork before the eval to parallelize where useful.
Fun little project.
The 1% fly private jets, not commercial. Doubt this would affect them at all. Your first class envy is misplaced.
No. No we won't.
This little sub-thread is so full of winning. This is the second time in the same story I've wished for mod points. I'll have to just give you a laurel, and hearty handshake instead.
OMG! Where are my mod points???? Shout this from the freaking rooftops! The tenth ammendment is the most definitive and important of them all, IMO, and the one that is the most frequently forgotten or ignored. I honestly wish it had come first in the Bill of Rights just to make it harder to ignore.
The Tenth Ammendment applies in just about every situation. It is the recognition that the citizen is the supreme soveriegn in this country and that the citizen allocates some of his powers and rights to the state, and then a further, smaller subset to the Federal government. Somewhere along the way we seem to have gotten this backward. We have been living as though the Federal government is the supreme sovereign which allocates some of its powers to the states and then a further, smaller subset to the people. THAT is the real tragedy of the US.
Please continue to spread this message. Make bumper stickers. Make T-shirts. I wish people would champion the Tenth Ammendment the way they do the First or the Second.
You trade the safety for the fun. The gas mileage is a bonus.
Depends. If you put the 4L of gas into your moped or prius or something lame like that, you can go about 70 yards before you are caught and beaten to death because you're an idiot. If you put he 4L of gas into your 1973 Dodge Power Wagon you can go as far as you want after crushing the approaching horde with your front bumper and taking _THEIR_ gas.
These things always come down to good planning, good tactics and not being a tree hugging mope with the wrong vehicle. ;-)
Postscript: My answer is 100% correct in the case that the parent post intended that these were vandals _on_ motorcycles. If these were vandals _of_ motorcycles, then the problem is not possible to complete due to lack of information regarding the vandals' mode of transport. And why do these people want to vandalize motorcycles, anyway?
(I don't know about using around cops at they might shoot it or arrest you or something)
Worse than that, and possibly more likely, they would shoot YOU and arrest IT!
Sure, but what about 'Gates'? ;-)
Going to get all crazy here, but maybe... In a purse?
There is no phone!
+1 insightful! dark, dark evil.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets...
Problem solved. :-)
WHOOOOOSH!
First of all, the Deputy Spade wasn't the cop, he was the drunk. Second, you missed the joke, jackleg.
Are they? Can't say I've ever read one.
Ok. Now I'm confused. You're saying there's no such thing as trolls?
threat of life in prison does not deter murderers
Bet me! Unwillingness of others to go to prison is exactly what keeps certain people alive.
Exactly! Seeing your predecessor go to jail is a huge disincentive. That's why Illinois politicians have cleaned up their acts so nicely.
Hrm.... Something seems out of place here. Not that I disagree with your sentiment on a philisophical level, but in practice it isn't working very well. Either:
A) We need to massively scale up the effort and send a TON of people to jail (which I'm fine with)
or
B) modify the approach and focus the effort on instituting complete personal and professional transparency on a massive and unavoidable scale for anyone in public service (which I'm also fine with)
The problem I see with A is that the politicians and bureaucrats are so many that jailing the ones who deserve it is impractical without turning this country into something unrecognizable and ugly(ier?). B is a much better path, but we have some even bigger problems to overcome. Namely a lethargic and apathetic citizenry, politicians and bureaucrats who already benefit from decades of training avoiding such things, and a lack of an obvious way to impliment it from outside of government. Obviously creating a new bureacracy for this purpose just adds to and moves the problem.
Do others have the right to tell you that you must always drive the speed limit, for -them-, because they might pay a tiny sliver of the additional risk involved
Actually, yes. This is precisely the reasoning behind helmet laws for motorcycle riders in some states.
Ok, so you don't live in Texas.....
I was super tempted to moderate this "Flamebait" but the meta-pun wasn't worth the hit to your karma. ;-)
Not even a wooden pole?
Children naturally have a sense of fairness and sharing.
Perhaps on planet Barnowl. Here on earth, kids are naturally selfish petty greedy little buggers. The hardest word to un-teach a kid is "mine". Off all the ones I've known have had to be taught (at great frustration by the parents/teachers/etc) to share.
Personally, I appreciate the _opportunity_ to work outside of (in addition to) normal business hours. It allows me to take on more projects, and more important ones, work across time zones, and generally kick more ass than I would otherwise be able. There are plenty of "8-and-skate" employees at my company and in my role, but I don't _WANT_ to be one of them. I will determine my own ideal work/life balance and I will adjust it as I see fit. I am grateful that I don't have some beurocrat clown trying to tell me otherwise.
I don't think I'm in any more or less danger of losing my job than anyone else in my department generally speaking. If things go significantly sideways, I may be positioned slightly better than some others, but then again politics and nepotism play plenty enough role that "working extra" might not have anything to do with it. I can tell you this, though. I get more bonus money than most of the others in my department and I'm more likely to move in to management than any of them as well. I believe that because it's exactly what happened in my last job where I worked the same way and did make those advances.
The govenerment can try to enforce equality, but the only way it can is by preventing those who want to do more from doing so. It can only make people equal by enforcing the lowest common denominator. I'd rather we had equal _oportunity_ and then let us apply ourselves to whatever degree we see fit. The outcome will sort itself out accordingly. It's called freedom and I believe it works.