For a nation founded on the principle of getting rid of the monarchy, US Americans spend a lot of time thinking that their president rules with the divine right of a king.
But shouldn't this moronic mistake be heavily fined?
Hey, can I borrow $12,000,000 from you until next August? Surely that's pocket change to you, since it's the exact amount that the SEC report linked in the article stated Knight Capital was fined, and you don't consider it "heavy".
When your deployment procedure involves an email stating "Hey, unzip these files from my desktop onto the prod servers then cut and paste all that SQL that I sent you a week or so ago into each of the databases", then yes, you could stand to have some improvement in your process.
I only wish I was making this up. This is exactly the process that cause a major MMO game to be offline for about eight hours every week for server patching. Our proposal that we could simply check out the appropriate branch from the code repository and install that was complicated by the fact that most of the development team didn't know how to check their code _in_, let alone what a branch was.
But this is Slashdot, not the Daily WTF so I will just wave my hands and point out how either Microsoft or Apple are responsible for this problem and Obama needs to fix it.
That report talked up a whopping 4% increase in tourism during 2011 as compared to 2010.
It doesn't mention the 7% drop in 2009, give any other historical context, or even mention that in many countries annual population growth exceeds 4%. If you only tell part of the story, you can draw whatever conclusion you like.
It's nothing new - the Mega CD was the first console (IIRC) that could do something other than play games,
It's even older than that. The Mega CD was released in 1991, but the Atari 2600 had BASIC programming in 1979 although the complexity of programs was severely limited by the capabilities of the console itself. By 1983 Coleco released an add-on for the ColecoVision which converted it into a Lovecraftian hybrid of a games console and the Adam home PC.
Many PCs of the early 80s such as the VIC-20, Commodore 64 and Atari 400/800 still had cartridge slots meaning that they could still be considered consoles even though they were marketed as computers. The eventual dominance of the IBM PC led to a clearer distinction between the two, but the idea that modern consoles are just home computers configured to run games goes back to the dawn of the console age.
Good point, but all that would do is prompt a confirmation request to be sent back to the "sender", who is either going to realize that he didn't initiate that transaction, or has already given all of his money away to a very helpful friend in Nigeria.
Either way, you won't be able to fake a complete transaction through Square, who really should have stuck to Final Fantasy instead of trying to reinvent the Interac e-Transfer.
It's "Canadian Hacking". Instead of breaking into someone's computers and maliciously altering their data, you just call them up or send a note to ask politely if they would do it to themselves.
from the article: "It would be appreciated if you would... Kind regards,"
Maybe you should read the whole letter.
"In respect of the information provided by us, we respectfully ask you to consider your liability and the wider public interest should those services be allowed to continue."
"We reserve the right to refer the matter to overseas counterparts/governmental organisations, and/or to ICANN."
To translate that into more plain language:
"Well, nice domain registry you've got here. Would be a shame if something... unfortunate happened to it. But don't worry, my friends and I would be happy to provide you with a little extra protection, as long as you would do us a favour first."
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For a nation founded on the principle of getting rid of the monarchy, US Americans spend a lot of time thinking that their president rules with the divine right of a king.
When it snows hard enough to cover the _bottom_ of the streetlights, where the light comes out, then you've got bigger problems than that.
I'd rather bash people with no sense of humour who feed trolls.
It's even easier than bashing PHP.
Perhaps this was done to purposely embarrass BB?
No, Blackberry doesn't need any help doing that themselves.
Jimmy Wales is also upset that one of his party guests peed in his swimming pool.
He's trying to use a spoon and a net net to remove the contamination, but somehow that just isn't working.
But shouldn't this moronic mistake be heavily fined?
Hey, can I borrow $12,000,000 from you until next August? Surely that's pocket change to you, since it's the exact amount that the SEC report linked in the article stated Knight Capital was fined, and you don't consider it "heavy".
When your deployment procedure involves an email stating "Hey, unzip these files from my desktop onto the prod servers then cut and paste all that SQL that I sent you a week or so ago into each of the databases", then yes, you could stand to have some improvement in your process.
I only wish I was making this up. This is exactly the process that cause a major MMO game to be offline for about eight hours every week for server patching. Our proposal that we could simply check out the appropriate branch from the code repository and install that was complicated by the fact that most of the development team didn't know how to check their code _in_, let alone what a branch was.
But this is Slashdot, not the Daily WTF so I will just wave my hands and point out how either Microsoft or Apple are responsible for this problem and Obama needs to fix it.
So you're saying we should club Bruce with a wrench until we know that we can trust him?
Remind me not to invite you out to a dinner party any time soon.
Foreign visitors to U.S. hit record in 2011
That report talked up a whopping 4% increase in tourism during 2011 as compared to 2010.
It doesn't mention the 7% drop in 2009, give any other historical context, or even mention that in many countries annual population growth exceeds 4%. If you only tell part of the story, you can draw whatever conclusion you like.
It's nothing new - the Mega CD was the first console (IIRC) that could do something other than play games,
It's even older than that. The Mega CD was released in 1991, but the Atari 2600 had BASIC programming in 1979 although the complexity of programs was severely limited by the capabilities of the console itself. By 1983 Coleco released an add-on for the ColecoVision which converted it into a Lovecraftian hybrid of a games console and the Adam home PC.
Many PCs of the early 80s such as the VIC-20, Commodore 64 and Atari 400/800 still had cartridge slots meaning that they could still be considered consoles even though they were marketed as computers. The eventual dominance of the IBM PC led to a clearer distinction between the two, but the idea that modern consoles are just home computers configured to run games goes back to the dawn of the console age.
I don't want to turn my expensive PC into a console.
And i don't want to turn my console into a half assed PC.
Don't worry, with Windows 8 your PC will always be fully assed.
Finally, Microsoft Word for your phone. They will blow Android out of the water.
They're already half way there. They just have to figure out the "Android out of the water" part.
Do you know what de facto means?
Well, I know what everybody says it means, but not necessarily what the rules say it's supposed to mean.
Math is hard.
Let's go shopping!
"But we need that baby NOW! Bring in even MORE women!"
I'm going to have to go with Agent Zed on this:
"Gentlemen, congratulations. You're everything we've come to expect from years of government training."
I really need a signature that says "That was the joke".
Good point, but all that would do is prompt a confirmation request to be sent back to the "sender", who is either going to realize that he didn't initiate that transaction, or has already given all of his money away to a very helpful friend in Nigeria.
Either way, you won't be able to fake a complete transaction through Square, who really should have stuck to Final Fantasy instead of trying to reinvent the Interac e-Transfer.
You go onto the internet to look for .... Oooh shiny thing
I just logged on to check the weather. That was twelve years ago...
This is not the right place to check the weather.
Have archaeologists discovered something with a _higher_ total cost of ownership than running Oracle?
I'm having trouble believing that is possible.
It's "Canadian Hacking". Instead of breaking into someone's computers and maliciously altering their data, you just call them up or send a note to ask politely if they would do it to themselves.
You'd be surprised at how often it works, eh?
Did you keep copies of them? If so, the BBC would like to take brain tissue samples of about 97 more episodes.
The Cylons may have had a plan, but the writers were making it all up the night before filming.
I don't know about you but I've grown tired of effectively connecting a dongle to my car in order to do things like GPS navigation.
That's okay. There a new product that can convert your dongle to a fashionable, integrated part of the dashboard.
from the article: "It would be appreciated if you would... Kind regards,"
Maybe you should read the whole letter.
"In respect of the information provided by us, we respectfully ask you to consider your liability and the wider public interest should those services be allowed to continue."
"We reserve the right to refer the matter to overseas counterparts/governmental organisations, and/or to ICANN."
To translate that into more plain language:
"Well, nice domain registry you've got here. Would be a shame if something... unfortunate happened to it. But don't worry, my friends and I would be happy to provide you with a little extra protection, as long as you would do us a favour first."
But usually it's just called paying your taxes.