If anyone thinks for a minute that the telco behemoth will lie down and let the "free" internet eat its lunch, you are mistaken.
Very true. There was a time, maybe 8 to 10 years ago, when there was some chance that the 'Internet' would go the way of CB radio. You know: big fad, people jump in and fiddle with it and it fades from popular view. Remember those old internet phone pgms that would run over your half-duplex Soundblaster?
The Patriot Act is the threat to our liberty, effectively nullifying the Bill of Rights when it comes to searches and siezures, and the right to a FAIR and SPEEDY trial.
Very true! To me FAIR means Identical. The government should (I know, just a theory) treat every citizen identically. Everyone should come before the law as equals.
Where's the most interesting place you've dropped your cell phone?
My most interesting place would be from a Pietenpol Air Camper as I was squeezing myself out of the cockpit - and yes, we were one the ground. An even older Nokia than yours. It hit the tarmac hard and works just fine to this day (though the batteries are hard to find).
I sure can trust these masters of technology...
As noted below, many of these hits are confidential until May, Sept 2002. But some of the stuff is nonetheless a hoot. In one PDF we get:
Next Steps
* research interest levels
* self-liquidation
I can't believe the number of posts here that insult the blind and visually impaired.
It's./... replace 'blind' and 'visually impaired' with a couple o' drop down list boxes of holding hundreds of discriptive words each./. will be happy to insult any combination you pick.
Think of it as a place for equal opportunity insults.
I exaggerate, or course;-D
...If everyone can't do it then nobody should do it.
That sounds about right. We all start the race at the same time; we all wear really expensive, designer running shoes; and, most importantly, the race must must end in a dead heat - so everyone can win.
Unfortunately, yes. Where I work the decision was made a few years back to let the developers try and create ERDs using Visio. Bad decision! The devs weren't real savvy on data modeling (lack of training) and to top it off they got stuck with the version of Visio that doesn't let you check your 'model' for errors.
We (the DBAs) did have a floating Enterpise Edition of Visio and it was a hoot to try and gen DDL from some of those models.
The conversation would go something like this:
dev: Didja get that Visio ERD I e-mailed ya?
dba: Yep.
dev: Well, how'd look? Didja build a database for me?
dba: errrr...it has 750 errors - I think you'll have to try again.
The weird thing to me is that if SCO had approached IBM quietly and said: "hey, it looks like we have some IP problems here - why don't you buy us out and resolve those problems"
I'm highly sceptical of this. In my experience, security and features are always on two opposites sides of the spectrum...
Agreed 100% - the more secure system are the less convenient (and potentially more frustrating) they are to use. Maybe a bad analogy - but - commercial airlines are way more secure now than they were 20 years ago. And there's no place today grimmer than an airport; possible exception being an ICU.
heh - ya know what? You're right! My vitriol detector was over-active. The irony was intentional. Wasn't meant to be a slam on you, leshert...sincerely sorry, ok?
Spoken like someone who has never worked in a large company.
Usually, each division in a company has to justify its own budget, on its own terms. (This is called cost-center budgeting, to which more and more companies are returning).
Typical./ - start out with some snarky, ad hominem attack. Okay - I'll play, too. If you had ever worked in a large company you'd know that lots of cost-centers are exactly that: cost-centers - *not* profit centers. Many large companies are willing to offer a product or service at a loss because they believe that product or service, considered as part of all products and services is worth the loss.
Which is exactly what you say later in your post. So what's the point of your opening attack sentence?
Oh, never mind...I forgot it's./: dedicated to raising the level of social discourse and civility.
Now that was a nice link! As a poster observed above, the lesson Intuit learned was don't do it all at once. I.E., DRM nasties on the MBR right now. It kinda reminds when a lot of the banks moved their credit card operations to South Dakota. Big consumer backlash. So they just sat tight for a few years and did it anyway. Intuit will do the same; just sit tight for a couple of years and ease in some new form of copy protection.
And so ends free speech.
People use pseudonyms so that they can speak freely.
*chuckle* Where? Here at./? Nah, people use pseudonyms so they feeeeel comfortable churning out all the pompous, self-righteous, predictable screeds. You know, the crap they heard from some teacher or professor and have been itching to regurgitate.
From the dictionary: a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
Ignore the kiddie porn? Ignore clear evidence of a felony?....Oh, I see. You're an idiot.
ummm, actually I think he is what some would call a "Johnson": a Johnson honors his obligtations; his word is good and he is a good man to do business with. A Johnson minds his own business. He is not a snoopy, self-righteous, trouble making person.
Presumably, companies hire consultants because they need technical expertise.
I'm not sure if I'd make that assumption. A company may hire a consultant because they want an outside opinion.
Agreed! Companies often hire consultants (highly paid, too) to tell them the same thing their Sr. tech staff is saying. Bad for staff morale of course and gives rise to the saying: A consultant is someone who borrows your wrist watch to tell you the time.
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If anyone thinks for a minute that the telco behemoth will lie down and let the "free" internet eat its lunch, you are mistaken.
Very true. There was a time, maybe 8 to 10 years ago, when there was some chance that the 'Internet' would go the way of CB radio. You know: big fad, people jump in and fiddle with it and it fades from popular view. Remember those old internet phone pgms that would run over your half-duplex Soundblaster?
"Almost all attacks against our software are against the legacy systems," he said.
"If you want more secure software, upgrade."
Yeah, well I have recollections of getting patches from MS and there'd language on the page suggesting that Win 95/98 are not vulnerable.
But Win 95/98 are not supported. We recommend that you upgrade to a supported version of the OS.
Which, BTW, *is* vulnerable.
Or what about Windows Special Edition XP ?
Or, for a more traditional moniker:
XP for Workgroups
It was sold as a way to combat terrorism, that is why it was given such a "Patriotic" name.
Or maybe it was called the USA PATRIOT Act so that anyone who speaks out against it can be called un-patriotic.
The Patriot Act is the threat to our liberty, effectively nullifying the Bill of Rights when it comes to searches and siezures, and the right to a FAIR and SPEEDY trial.
Very true! To me FAIR means Identical. The government should (I know, just a theory) treat every citizen identically. Everyone should come before the law as equals.
Hmmm...might be and idea for an 'Ask ./':
Where's the most interesting place you've dropped your cell phone?
My most interesting place would be from a Pietenpol Air Camper as I was squeezing myself out of the cockpit - and yes, we were one the ground. An even older Nokia than yours. It hit the tarmac hard and works just fine to this day (though the batteries are hard to find).
...apparently the "X" is supposed to make us think of sex..."SX" is even more blatant.
Cooool - i guess that old SX40 i got propping open the door was waaay ahead of its time.
If any manager or businessman begins an assertion with "There's no question", "Clearly", or "It's obvious", that assertion is nothing of the sort.
Another good one is: "The fact of the matter is..." which means the statements to follow are the opposite of facts.
Based on what I've read so far, that 5% sounds less like a statistic and more like a rounding error.
NICE TROLL - CONGRATS.
I sure can trust these masters of technology...
As noted below, many of these hits are confidential until May, Sept 2002. But some of the stuff is nonetheless a hoot. In one PDF we get:
Next Steps
* research interest levels
* self-liquidation
So...sure you can trust 'em.
I can't believe the number of posts here that insult the blind and visually impaired.
./ ... replace 'blind' and 'visually impaired' with a couple o' drop down list boxes of holding hundreds of discriptive words each. /. will be happy to insult any combination you pick.
;-D
It's
Think of it as a place for equal opportunity insults.
I exaggerate, or course
...If everyone can't do it then nobody should do it.
That sounds about right. We all start the race at the same time; we all wear really expensive, designer running shoes; and, most importantly, the race must must end in a dead heat - so everyone can win.
Does anyone actually use the "ER Diagrammer"...
.
Unfortunately, yes. Where I work the decision was made a few years back to let the developers try and create ERDs using Visio. Bad decision! The devs weren't real savvy on data modeling (lack of training) and to top it off they got stuck with the version of Visio that doesn't let you check your 'model' for errors.
We (the DBAs) did have a floating Enterpise Edition of Visio and it was a hoot to try and gen DDL from some of those models
The conversation would go something like this:
dev: Didja get that Visio ERD I e-mailed ya?
dba: Yep.
dev: Well, how'd look? Didja build a database for me?
dba: errrr...it has 750 errors - I think you'll have to try again.
What's a 'crunchie' ??
That'd be the opposite of a 'squishy'.
... does no one believe in spell checkers?
A resounding 'know, of coarse knot!'
The weird thing to me is that if SCO had approached IBM quietly and said: "hey, it looks like we have some IP problems here - why don't you buy us out and resolve those problems"
hmmmmm...maybe they did
I'm highly sceptical of this. In my experience, security and features are always on two opposites sides of the spectrum...
Agreed 100% - the more secure system are the less convenient (and potentially more frustrating) they are to use. Maybe a bad analogy - but - commercial airlines are way more secure now than they were 20 years ago. And there's no place today grimmer than an airport; possible exception being an ICU.
heh - ya know what? You're right! My vitriol detector was over-active. The irony was intentional. Wasn't meant to be a slam on you, leshert...sincerely sorry, ok?
Spoken like someone who has never worked in a large company. Usually, each division in a company has to justify its own budget, on its own terms. (This is called cost-center budgeting, to which more and more companies are returning).
./ - start out with some snarky, ad hominem attack. Okay - I'll play, too. If you had ever worked in a large company you'd know that lots of cost-centers are exactly that: cost-centers - *not* profit centers. Many large companies are willing to offer a product or service at a loss because they believe that product or service, considered as part of all products and services is worth the loss.
./: dedicated to raising the level of social discourse and civility.
Typical
Which is exactly what you say later in your post. So what's the point of your opening attack sentence?
Oh, never mind...I forgot it's
Think Intuit is giving up on drm?
Now that was a nice link! As a poster observed above, the lesson Intuit learned was don't do it all at once. I.E., DRM nasties on the MBR right now. It kinda reminds when a lot of the banks moved their credit card operations to South Dakota. Big consumer backlash. So they just sat tight for a few years and did it anyway. Intuit will do the same; just sit tight for a couple of years and ease in some new form of copy protection.
And so ends free speech.
./? Nah, people use pseudonyms so they feeeeel comfortable churning out all the pompous, self-righteous, predictable screeds. You know, the crap they heard from some teacher or professor and have been itching to regurgitate.
People use pseudonyms so that they can speak freely.
*chuckle* Where? Here at
From the dictionary: a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
In this case: the social role is that of jackass.
Ignore the kiddie porn? Ignore clear evidence of a felony?....Oh, I see. You're an idiot.
ummm, actually I think he is what some would call a "Johnson": a Johnson honors his obligtations; his word is good and he is a good man to do business with. A Johnson minds his own business. He is not a snoopy, self-righteous, trouble making person.
Presumably, companies hire consultants because they need technical expertise.
I'm not sure if I'd make that assumption. A company may hire a consultant because they want an outside opinion.
Agreed! Companies often hire consultants (highly paid, too) to tell them the same thing their Sr. tech staff is saying. Bad for staff morale of course and gives rise to the saying: A consultant is someone who borrows your wrist watch to tell you the time.
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