I just don't understand how Slashdot can be flooded with stories of US corporate incompetence and malfeasance at every level, and at everything, and yet people swear up and down they can be trusted with healthcare. No, they cannot. The private sector is filled with bad and/or stupid people. CYA. The US private sector does not have your back. Ever.
This (like many others) is actually management error. Management failed to oversee programmers. Management failed implement test. Management failed.
And Management lost potentially incriminating records which contradicted what Management had stated publicly. Management destroyed evidence of unlawful behaviour carried out by Management, and it can no longer be used against Management. And the worst that will happen as a result of this is there will be a mildly embarrassing story in the BBC followed by an increase in the IT budget, ostensibly to prevent further "mistakes".
Call me when he re-writes Dwarf Fortress, which doesn't just build the dungeon but also the countryside around it along with a few more continents and oceans as well as a thousand years of history for each of the major civilizations living there.
My uncle dies. He wrote a book and has a significant estate. In his will he leaves me the revenue from that estate.
I don't see how I could possibly be bound by any contracts involving that estate at all.
Try this. Your uncle writes a book that has significant value. He forms a corporation which owns the rights to that book, has the corporation enter into a number of contracts and then names you as CEO. At that point it doesn't matter if he lives, dies, or is abducted by aliens and carried off to Betelgeuse VI. The corporation, not the individual, is responsible.
You can't challenge Game of Thrones with Wheel of Time.
The heck you can't.
Even if I used every volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, all of the Calendars, Atlases and Graphic Novels, I still couldn't prop up this desk nearly high enough to reach the window. Wheel of Time can do all that and still leave me with two extra books to straighten out the chair.
Article I [...] Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be free for exploration and use by all States without discrimination of any kind, on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law, and there shall be free access to all areas of celestial bodies. [...]
Article II Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means.
Article VI
States Parties to the Treaty shall bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, whether such activities are carried on by governmental agencies or by non-governmental entities, and for assuring that national activities are carried out in conformity with the provisions set forth in the present Treaty. The activities of non- governmental entities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall require authorization and continuing supervision by the appropriate State Party to the Treaty. [...]
There's a lot more to it, but let's look at these three parts:
Article I: The Moon is free for every country and state to use. Article II: No country or state can claim the moon in any way Article VI: Every country is responsible for what its people do. You can't sneak around articles I and II by claiming that it technically wasn't the government that claimed the moon and tried to interdict access to large parts of it. It it's your people doing it, then you're responsible for them.
This would be a lot clearer if the USA had signed The Moon Treaty, but it seems quite clear that if Bigelow Airspace wants to land on the Moon and claim part of it for themselves then the USA would be responsible for their actions there and Bigelow would be unable to do anything that the government of the USA could not also do under the Outer Space Treaty.
The only loophole that I can see is the usual one, which is "I know I'm breaking the rules that we all agreed to, but you can't stop me."
Sorry, but we have a zero-tolerance policy for idiocy. Now everyone has to listen to this speech.
"Mr. Greer, what you've just said... Is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point, in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
Take away the ring, and what dose "I'm going to make you disappear" mean? It could mean he was threatening to kill him.
Did he mean it that way? Not likely, but a school can't take that chance.
It gets even scarier. Another kid said "Excuse me, may I go to the washroom please?" to his teacher.
He may have really wanted to go into the hallway to set off an atomic bomb he had stashed in his backpack, destroying the entire city. If only this bill had been passed the brave teacher would have been allowed to use deadly force to protect global freedom. Instead, all they could do was expel the terrorist in training.
[...] the whole system actively discourages the curiosity and exploration and skepticism of authority needed to develop the engineering mindset.
Curious skeptics might vote the wrong way. Even worse, they might ask questions about who and what they are voting for, and that can only lead to trouble.
Schools need to get back to the job of teaching and inspiring our youth...
LOL! Can you imagine such a thing?
They already are. Just today I was inspired to place my hand on my forehead and sigh.
Reading the full article inspired me to try something I had never done before and now, thanks to the brave folks at Kermit Elementary School, I know that I can do an Olympic Double Face Palm.
630 US$ ? Isn't that about the same price as an iPhone 5s, and less than the price of the iPhone 6/6+ ?
You must be confused. iPhones are free. It says so right on the top of this contract I just signed. Sure, I have to pay more than $2000 over the next two years but the phone is free! It says so right here!
If you can think of another name for the Secure Human Interface Teletype then why don't submit it to the shitty developers? Or make your own shitty fork if you don't want to work with the shitty team. All of the code is right there in the shitty repository.
"Right". The "United States" is a "constitutional republic", which is a form of "democracy", and the "Soviet Union" and "Baathist Iraq" were "constitutional republics" which "we" both put in "quotes" because they were "fake" "democracies".
Looks like you "missed" a few "finger quotes" there.
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I just don't understand how Slashdot can be flooded with stories of US corporate incompetence and malfeasance at every level, and at everything, and yet people swear up and down they can be trusted with healthcare. No, they cannot. The private sector is filled with bad and/or stupid people. CYA. The US private sector does not have your back. Ever.
Thanks for clearing that up for us.
There's only one of him, you know.
This (like many others) is actually management error. Management failed to oversee programmers. Management failed implement test. Management failed.
And Management lost potentially incriminating records which contradicted what Management had stated publicly. Management destroyed evidence of unlawful behaviour carried out by Management, and it can no longer be used against Management. And the worst that will happen as a result of this is there will be a mildly embarrassing story in the BBC followed by an increase in the IT budget, ostensibly to prevent further "mistakes".
Management succeeded . Brilliantly.
Call me when he re-writes Dwarf Fortress, which doesn't just build the dungeon but also the countryside around it along with a few more continents and oceans as well as a thousand years of history for each of the major civilizations living there.
Writing the compiler was the easy part. The problem is that it wants to keep recompiling my code every time I press 'Enter'.
Do any of them program?
My uncle dies. He wrote a book and has a significant estate. In his will he leaves me the revenue from that estate.
I don't see how I could possibly be bound by any contracts involving that estate at all.
Try this. Your uncle writes a book that has significant value. He forms a corporation which owns the rights to that book, has the corporation enter into a number of contracts and then names you as CEO. At that point it doesn't matter if he lives, dies, or is abducted by aliens and carried off to Betelgeuse VI. The corporation, not the individual, is responsible.
You can't challenge Game of Thrones with Wheel of Time.
The heck you can't.
Even if I used every volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, all of the Calendars, Atlases and Graphic Novels, I still couldn't prop up this desk nearly high enough to reach the window. Wheel of Time can do all that and still leave me with two extra books to straighten out the chair.
It might be a web page which was taken down three years ago?
That's pretty scary.
Please, Slashdot, don't hurt him.
I guess I had better call the bomb squad right away. I just saw a whole bunch of suspicious devices placed near a local high school.
They looked a lot like these, and could be weapons of mass distruction.
http://www.polkcountytoday.com/images/792_dwi021111_7_.JPG
Let's read the treaty, shall we?
Article I
[...] Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be free for exploration and use by all States without discrimination of any kind, on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law, and there shall be free access to all areas of celestial bodies. [...]
Article II
Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means.
Article VI States Parties to the Treaty shall bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, whether such activities are carried on by governmental agencies or by non-governmental entities, and for assuring that national activities are carried out in conformity with the provisions set forth in the present Treaty. The activities of non- governmental entities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall require authorization and continuing supervision by the appropriate State Party to the Treaty. [...]
There's a lot more to it, but let's look at these three parts:
Article I: The Moon is free for every country and state to use.
Article II: No country or state can claim the moon in any way
Article VI: Every country is responsible for what its people do. You can't sneak around articles I and II by claiming that it technically wasn't the government that claimed the moon and tried to interdict access to large parts of it. It it's your people doing it, then you're responsible for them.
This would be a lot clearer if the USA had signed The Moon Treaty, but it seems quite clear that if Bigelow Airspace wants to land on the Moon and claim part of it for themselves then the USA would be responsible for their actions there and Bigelow would be unable to do anything that the government of the USA could not also do under the Outer Space Treaty.
The only loophole that I can see is the usual one, which is "I know I'm breaking the rules that we all agreed to, but you can't stop me."
But they shouldn't read The Door Into Summer, because that was terrible.
Sorry, but we have a zero-tolerance policy for idiocy. Now everyone has to listen to this speech.
"Mr. Greer, what you've just said... Is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point, in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
Take away the ring, and what dose "I'm going to make you disappear" mean? It could mean he was threatening to kill him.
Did he mean it that way? Not likely, but a school can't take that chance.
It gets even scarier. Another kid said "Excuse me, may I go to the washroom please?" to his teacher.
He may have really wanted to go into the hallway to set off an atomic bomb he had stashed in his backpack, destroying the entire city. If only this bill had been passed the brave teacher would have been allowed to use deadly force to protect global freedom. Instead, all they could do was expel the terrorist in training.
You just can't take any chances at all.
[...] the whole system actively discourages the curiosity and exploration and skepticism of authority needed to develop the engineering mindset.
Curious skeptics might vote the wrong way. Even worse, they might ask questions about who and what they are voting for, and that can only lead to trouble.
Schools need to get back to the job of teaching and inspiring our youth...
LOL! Can you imagine such a thing?
They already are. Just today I was inspired to place my hand on my forehead and sigh.
Reading the full article inspired me to try something I had never done before and now, thanks to the brave folks at Kermit Elementary School, I know that I can do an Olympic Double Face Palm.
If you read the article, the kid already has a suspension on file for daring to bring [The Big Book of Knowledge] to school.
Elementary school is no place for Knowledge, young man.
Actual music doesn't feature in most of the RIAA's top 100 releases either.
Yes, it will die out, it's guaranteed.
Best said in a mad scientist voice with a "mwah hah hah" at the end.
"That's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death!"
Not my choice of words...but their meaning is clear.
Their meaning is "I don't know the meaning of the word decimate".
630 US$ ? Isn't that about the same price as an iPhone 5s, and less than the price of the iPhone 6/6+ ?
You must be confused. iPhones are free. It says so right on the top of this contract I just signed. Sure, I have to pay more than $2000 over the next two years but the phone is free! It says so right here!
Would the phone company lie to me?
Shitty names and FOSS go hand-in-hand.
If you can think of another name for the Secure Human Interface Teletype then why don't submit it to the shitty developers? Or make your own shitty fork if you don't want to work with the shitty team. All of the code is right there in the shitty repository.
"Right". The "United States" is a "constitutional republic", which is a form of "democracy", and the "Soviet Union" and "Baathist Iraq" were "constitutional republics" which "we" both put in "quotes" because they were "fake" "democracies".
Looks like you "missed" a few "finger quotes" there.
Why all the venom for Google? You don't see Microsoft releasing patches for Windows XP.
Windows XP wasn't released on July 24, 2013.