Besides... Imagine what an engineer would do if his boss came in one week before completion on a large project and said "Yeah, it looks great, but I forgot to tell you it needs to do _____." If I had a banana for every time I heard that!:)
It could just as easily be argued that drawing is simply the process of conveying an idea from their mind's perception of it to an external manifestation. The fact that it requires a visual component is more of an afterthought. If I place an object in a black bag and have someone place their hand inside, feel the object, and then draw a picture of it (either by hand or some other means) with their eyes closed, the individual should still have an understanding of what the object is.
I am left wondering how many of the people posting here that have commented on what a blind person can or can not do have actually seen, spoken to, or worked with a visually impaired or totally blind person. Judging by most of the comments here I would say not too many.
A number of years ago a friend of mine (yes, who was blind) made a comment to me. He said "I am blind, not stupid.":)
It seems like this is a common theme in this industry as I am sure anyone who has been in it for a length of time will tell. I am in almost in the exact situation, as a Senior Developer answering to managers (and in many instances a VP) with a limited technical background in web technologies.
One could go further to say our managers "know enough to be dangerous", often claiming they are "technically minded" and feel they inherit the skills of the team they manage, often changing specifications or routinely trying to influence technical decisions.
So what do you do? Here is a bit of what we have done to make things better:
Understand that you have been hired to do a job because you are qualified to perform the task. I don't want to sound like a motivational speaker, but you need to be confident in the ability to do your job as an expert. Any influences you try and make to a superior will not be taken seriously if you don't take yourself seriously. And don't be afraid to say "Let me do my job. I am the expert here."
Next, do the research. Don't walk in and say something like "We need to test our code." That is a given (or should be). Walk into an office with a formalized test procedure printed out in your hand and say "We need to do THIS." Also, try and site specific project management guidelines they are not following. Speak their speak. If you want to argue that a PM is not doing their job, make sure you know what that job is and how they are not performing it.
That having been said, if all else fails I will quote one of my colleagues: "Be a cock." If you are trying to influence a project manager in accepting what is an industry standard practice, be it formalized requirements definitions, change request processes, staging areas, federated databases or whatever, sometimes you need to "step up" and push the changes through. But remember there is a difference between being a cock and being an asshole. You don't have to be afraid to argue (or fight) with your boss for the betterment of the project, just make sure you can back up your point. "Why are you fighting me on this when the entire industry acknowledges this at the best practice?"
These advancements are quite outstanding. That goes without saying. What I am left wondering now (offtopic?) is with the advancements in large capacitiy drives both fixed and removable, what advances have they made in cataloging the contents?
I would think this more an issue in the case here where media is removable... "Where is that disk with the watever on it?" If it is anything like my desk, it is probably under a coffee mug or something.
But seriously, what kind of tools are there, if any, for such a situation?
When I was in school, there were a few of us that tried sleeping TWICE a day, but for shorter periods like two or three hours. We would sleep for two hours from say, 5am to 7am, and then go to class, do whatever. The second sleep would be from 5pm to 7pm, or something like that, and then have the whole night to do other work. The beauty of this was you didn't get many distractions between 12am and 5am, since everyone else was asleep! Took alot of getting used to it, but you still get up to 6 hours, just not all at once.
I think there are a number of things that this previous post truly brings to light (aside from the blatant ignorance of its author). One of the biggest distinctions is the difference between bind, and legally blind. As someone who is legally blind, I cannot hold a valid drivers license, and I have never tried to operate a 75hp chainsaw. I do however have fairly limited vision and can operate in a normal society without people knowing I have a handicap. I am also fortunate enough to have visual acuity that permits me to use a computer without the need of visual assistance.
The majority of visually impaired people that use a computer do so as a means to get information that would otherwise be unavailable to them, reducing the number of things we "just can't do". To think they should be restricted to a single OS (Windows no less) demonstrates more of a lack of vision than any blind person I have ever met.
Lastly, if you have the balls to make a statement like this, have the balls to put your name on it. Shithead.
I might be missing something, but if this spyware is close to something out there now, or potentially out there later, would there rather have to be a distinction made between "this is spyware" and "this is FBIware"? Detection of modified versions also suggests there will be SOME form of awareness, so don't both these cases provide some sense of a blueprint to look for as a potential FBI target?
Just a note... Being able to USE something and have it SUPPORTED are distinctly different.
I can USE my cable modem from RR to hold my door open if I choose to, but that doesn't mean they will SUPPORT me when I call cuz the door slams shut.
... is an evil twin! Kirk got split in two in one episode, one good and one evil. Data had Lore, an evil brother. DS9 had the recurring alternate universe thing going on. Voyager had a duplicate crew created on the class Y planet... I personally can't wait to see what they do here!
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Besides... Imagine what an engineer would do if his boss came in one week before completion on a large project and said "Yeah, it looks great, but I forgot to tell you it needs to do _____." If I had a banana for every time I heard that! :)
It could just as easily be argued that drawing is simply the process of conveying an idea from their mind's perception of it to an external manifestation. The fact that it requires a visual component is more of an afterthought. If I place an object in a black bag and have someone place their hand inside, feel the object, and then draw a picture of it (either by hand or some other means) with their eyes closed, the individual should still have an understanding of what the object is. I am left wondering how many of the people posting here that have commented on what a blind person can or can not do have actually seen, spoken to, or worked with a visually impaired or totally blind person. Judging by most of the comments here I would say not too many. A number of years ago a friend of mine (yes, who was blind) made a comment to me. He said "I am blind, not stupid." :)
It seems like this is a common theme in this industry as I am sure anyone who has been in it for a length of time will tell. I am in almost in the exact situation, as a Senior Developer answering to managers (and in many instances a VP) with a limited technical background in web technologies.
One could go further to say our managers "know enough to be dangerous", often claiming they are "technically minded" and feel they inherit the skills of the team they manage, often changing specifications or routinely trying to influence technical decisions.
So what do you do? Here is a bit of what we have done to make things better:
Understand that you have been hired to do a job because you are qualified to perform the task. I don't want to sound like a motivational speaker, but you need to be confident in the ability to do your job as an expert. Any influences you try and make to a superior will not be taken seriously if you don't take yourself seriously. And don't be afraid to say "Let me do my job. I am the expert here."
Next, do the research. Don't walk in and say something like "We need to test our code." That is a given (or should be). Walk into an office with a formalized test procedure printed out in your hand and say "We need to do THIS." Also, try and site specific project management guidelines they are not following. Speak their speak. If you want to argue that a PM is not doing their job, make sure you know what that job is and how they are not performing it.
That having been said, if all else fails I will quote one of my colleagues: "Be a cock." If you are trying to influence a project manager in accepting what is an industry standard practice, be it formalized requirements definitions, change request processes, staging areas, federated databases or whatever, sometimes you need to "step up" and push the changes through. But remember there is a difference between being a cock and being an asshole. You don't have to be afraid to argue (or fight) with your boss for the betterment of the project, just make sure you can back up your point. "Why are you fighting me on this when the entire industry acknowledges this at the best practice?"
Donno if this helps. Hopefully it does.
These advancements are quite outstanding. That goes without saying. What I am left wondering now (offtopic?) is with the advancements in large capacitiy drives both fixed and removable, what advances have they made in cataloging the contents?
I would think this more an issue in the case here where media is removable... "Where is that disk with the watever on it?" If it is anything like my desk, it is probably under a coffee mug or something.
But seriously, what kind of tools are there, if any, for such a situation?
It used to be tobacco and alcohol were the only things smuggled across the border!
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I think there are a number of things that this previous post truly brings to light (aside from the blatant ignorance of its author). One of the biggest distinctions is the difference between bind, and legally blind. As someone who is legally blind, I cannot hold a valid drivers license, and I have never tried to operate a 75hp chainsaw. I do however have fairly limited vision and can operate in a normal society without people knowing I have a handicap. I am also fortunate enough to have visual acuity that permits me to use a computer without the need of visual assistance.
The majority of visually impaired people that use a computer do so as a means to get information that would otherwise be unavailable to them, reducing the number of things we "just can't do". To think they should be restricted to a single OS (Windows no less) demonstrates more of a lack of vision than any blind person I have ever met.
Lastly, if you have the balls to make a statement like this, have the balls to put your name on it. Shithead.
I might be missing something, but if this spyware is close to something out there now, or potentially out there later, would there rather have to be a distinction made between "this is spyware" and "this is FBIware"? Detection of modified versions also suggests there will be SOME form of awareness, so don't both these cases provide some sense of a blueprint to look for as a potential FBI target?
"They didn't want it right, they wanted it Wednesday."
Just a note... Being able to USE something and have it SUPPORTED are distinctly different. I can USE my cable modem from RR to hold my door open if I choose to, but that doesn't mean they will SUPPORT me when I call cuz the door slams shut.
... is an evil twin! Kirk got split in two in one episode, one good and one evil. Data had Lore, an evil brother. DS9 had the recurring alternate universe thing going on. Voyager had a duplicate crew created on the class Y planet... I personally can't wait to see what they do here!