And no, just because you're providing free services to vets doesn't mean I don't think you should pay your share. Too many people try to demand "free" just because they're a "charity." If you're not a *registered* charity, pay your share.
Personally I'd have no trouble with hiring someone who'd been incarcerated for something I don't think should be a crime, like possession or growing of cannabis.
There is also this little issue of on-the-job training. If the design decisions are made in meetings, and the juniors are exposed to those decisions, hopefully they'll learn about what goes into those decisions and the decision making process.
But if they're busy crusing crackbook on their cell phone instead of paying attention, they're not going to learn shit. They're insulting everyone else and doing themselves a disservice by not paying attention.
90% of life is boring. Get used to it, and pay attention anyhow!
Why didn't they bring in someone like Amazon who is good at scaling interactive websites instead of static query serving like Google?
Is the site built using Oracle? If not, what do they expect Oracle to do to help?
Most importantly: Why weren't "hired guns" like this brought in to do the design and architecture in the first place? WTF were they doing using a provider who is already involved in a failing website serving a much smaller community?
As with most large scale government projects, the whole thing just smacks of mismanagement and scope creep.
The only way things could have gone worse is if they'd hired Accenture. Then the price would have doubled for the same crap.
I think they're talking about "Two and a Half Men." That show spends more time in the toilet with it's "humour" than a food poisoning outbreak at the Toronto CNE.
In Canada, all goods and services are subject to the GST (Goods and Services Tax.) In many provinces, they're subject to HST (Harmonized Service Tax), which basically takes the rules of GST and adds on a provincial percentage.
It hasn't caused our software industry to implode because the taxes are applied across the board throughout the country.
Unlike the US, you can't just lobby your way to a tax exemption here. The goobermint is gonna get their share come hell or high water.
The most important point he makes? Give the people just enough decision making power for them to believe they're in control, while reserving the true decision making power for the state.
Apparently they think he literally channelled Jobs in his portrayal, and that he has acquired the Wisdom of Job(s) to lead a company to greatness.
Boy are they ever going to be disappointed when they realize he's just a schmuck actor playing a role with none of the wisdom or intelligence of the character being portrayed.
The problem is we have yet another fascist-leaning government running the spy agency in question. They kowtow to corporatism. The ignore the will of the people. They publicly and blatantly take bribes. They launch the police against their own people should they protest their behaviour. They launch wars and kill millions over resources.
And all while flag-waving patriotism claims this bullshit is "freedom" and "democracy."
What a farce the world has become.
The Nazis could only dream of achieving what the US has done with their hegemony.
I'll be hiding away in my apartment, hoping no kids come to show their costumes off, because I flat out can't afford candy for them.
On the flip side, at least this year I won't be *eating* a couple bags of candy (and gaining appropriate weight) because I didn't buy any. It seems the only time kids ever come to my door are the years I didn't buy anything.
In other words crappy, buggy code can cause underfined behaviours from the compiler and at runtime.
News flash.
Code written with such erroneous assumptions has long been at fault for everything from BSODs to the loss of satellites and deep space probes. Compilers are not mind readers. They can only work with what's been provided; they can't guess what your intentions were.
Given the availability of the high density display technology in use in cell phones and such, I think it's absolutely shameful that the VR companies keep plugging crap like this instead of actual high quality displays. There is just flat out no excuse for it.
Back in university, it was mentioned in one of my classes that there is a 90/10 split between two personality types, and that 90% of programmers fall into the 10%. Ditto engineers, mathematicians, etc.
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You mean like HP, Dell, and Lenovo are required to force you to run Windows Update on your box?
And no, just because you're providing free services to vets doesn't mean I don't think you should pay your share. Too many people try to demand "free" just because they're a "charity." If you're not a *registered* charity, pay your share.
You mean TeamViewer expects you to pay something for using their product to run a business?
Ever hear of "business expenses", you pathetic leech?
Warning: Psychotic asshole on the road.
Personally I'd have no trouble with hiring someone who'd been incarcerated for something I don't think should be a crime, like possession or growing of cannabis.
Your *job* is not there to amuse you. You're there to entertain *it's* needs and wants.
There is also this little issue of on-the-job training. If the design decisions are made in meetings, and the juniors are exposed to those decisions, hopefully they'll learn about what goes into those decisions and the decision making process.
But if they're busy crusing crackbook on their cell phone instead of paying attention, they're not going to learn shit. They're insulting everyone else and doing themselves a disservice by not paying attention.
90% of life is boring. Get used to it, and pay attention anyhow!
Broken system. Too much politics, too much backstabbing, too much use of patents to tear down competitors instead of just arranging a reasonable fee.
Abolish software and "business method" patents. They're not *things*, just ideas. They're not what patents were *created* to protect.
Scratch that question on Google. I forgot about their interactive services -- they do have the skills needed.
Why didn't they bring in someone like Amazon who is good at scaling interactive websites instead of static query serving like Google?
Is the site built using Oracle? If not, what do they expect Oracle to do to help?
Most importantly: Why weren't "hired guns" like this brought in to do the design and architecture in the first place? WTF were they doing using a provider who is already involved in a failing website serving a much smaller community?
As with most large scale government projects, the whole thing just smacks of mismanagement and scope creep.
The only way things could have gone worse is if they'd hired Accenture. Then the price would have doubled for the same crap.
I think they're talking about "Two and a Half Men." That show spends more time in the toilet with it's "humour" than a food poisoning outbreak at the Toronto CNE.
In Canada, all goods and services are subject to the GST (Goods and Services Tax.) In many provinces, they're subject to HST (Harmonized Service Tax), which basically takes the rules of GST and adds on a provincial percentage.
It hasn't caused our software industry to implode because the taxes are applied across the board throughout the country.
Unlike the US, you can't just lobby your way to a tax exemption here. The goobermint is gonna get their share come hell or high water.
Maybe so, but I have a lot more respect for a talented artist who comes up with their own lyrics as well as having the pipes to sing them.
More at issue is "lyrics by committee", which produce the same results as any committee: homogenized crap.
You mean you can stuff an internet ballot box?
The shock! The horror!
You mean the internet can be full of fraud and lies?!?!?!
Who'd a thunk it. :P
Before you deny it, maybe you should read Mussolini's definition of Fascism.
The most important point he makes? Give the people just enough decision making power for them to believe they're in control, while reserving the true decision making power for the state.
Apparently they think he literally channelled Jobs in his portrayal, and that he has acquired the Wisdom of Job(s) to lead a company to greatness.
Boy are they ever going to be disappointed when they realize he's just a schmuck actor playing a role with none of the wisdom or intelligence of the character being portrayed.
The problem is we have yet another fascist-leaning government running the spy agency in question. They kowtow to corporatism. The ignore the will of the people. They publicly and blatantly take bribes. They launch the police against their own people should they protest their behaviour. They launch wars and kill millions over resources.
And all while flag-waving patriotism claims this bullshit is "freedom" and "democracy."
What a farce the world has become.
The Nazis could only dream of achieving what the US has done with their hegemony.
I'll be hiding away in my apartment, hoping no kids come to show their costumes off, because I flat out can't afford candy for them.
On the flip side, at least this year I won't be *eating* a couple bags of candy (and gaining appropriate weight) because I didn't buy any. It seems the only time kids ever come to my door are the years I didn't buy anything.
If there is legitimite work that needs to be done in the US, it will still need to be done.
By another company, which can easily hire the people who were laid off when InfoSys or other such abusers were kicked out of the country.
Any job "losses" would be temporary at most.
In other words crappy, buggy code can cause underfined behaviours from the compiler and at runtime.
News flash.
Code written with such erroneous assumptions has long been at fault for everything from BSODs to the loss of satellites and deep space probes. Compilers are not mind readers. They can only work with what's been provided; they can't guess what your intentions were.
Given the availability of the high density display technology in use in cell phones and such, I think it's absolutely shameful that the VR companies keep plugging crap like this instead of actual high quality displays. There is just flat out no excuse for it.
When is the punishment going to be "No, you're out of business, you fraud. You don't play fair. You cost us jobs. You're GONE."
These bastards *made* more than 35 million off the scam. They're turning a profit off it.
Back in university, it was mentioned in one of my classes that there is a 90/10 split between two personality types, and that 90% of programmers fall into the 10%. Ditto engineers, mathematicians, etc.
We are, by definition, weird.
Funny.
My system boots much faster under Debian than it did with Ubuntu 13.04.
If it doesn't make the front page, it's not news.
I skim the sites, not dig through them.