On this, we agree. However, his impression does fit into a valid sampling of public opinion. Often, public opinion trumps reality when it comes to how well-received public servants and their cut of local, state, and federal budgets are, as well as in policymaking and in cases that reach trial involving, in this case, police officers.
Don't get me wrong, I know a lot of cops, I'm friends with a lot of cops. I was on a sports team made up of over 50% cops. Great bunch of guys. But as long as people's experiences are limited to the ones who pull them over and ruin their day and the ones who make the news with negative events, there will be people who firmly believe all law enforcement officers are the lowest form of human (if they admit to that much) life found on this planet.
So he is incorrect about his view's global scope. However, he is correct that his view is not an uncommon one. It's definitely not a black and white issue, but the grey is getting ever darker it seems.
He does raise an interesting point, though. As bad as the perception of law enforcement has become in the course of their duties, it's not helping matters to be doing these ones outside them.
I feel like I'm getting a far more credit in these responses than I deserve. I merely wanted to communicate something my old chief said that resonated with me as an important fact about being in the public service, and by extension, the public eye. But thank you.
On an unrelated note, I can't remember why I disabled my karma bonus, but I don't miss it. The setting to change your default is somewhere if you don't like using it.
I'm not convinced that increased background checks are the answer. They only seem to give the agency hiring them the ability to claim due dilligence was done. The end result has not been an increase in public perception of the trustworthiness of the law enforcement community, and perhaps it's just the increase in technology making it easier to report nationally on local problems, but it seems that gross abuse of position by cops is much more common than it once was in this country. And that's not including the disconcertingly increased militarization of law enforcement agencies.
When I was hired as a fireman, one of the things my new chief told me was that when you accept that badge, people have a certain level of expectation for trustworthiness, and anything you do - illegal or not - will no longer be reported as "man" or "suspect" in the arena of public opinion, but now it becomes "fireman cut me off on the highway" or "Firefighter acts like a douchebag in grocery store". And then it reflects on all firemen, no matter how unfair that can be.
This cop has just done the entire law enforcement profession a great disservice, but the public trust of law enforcement is wearing thin as it is at this point...
The great thing about such a project is they can do it any language they please, and I think comparison between different languages' solutions would be an interesting part of it.
A brilliant idea. Gotta make sure though that it's laid out enough beforehand that it doesn't end up being nothing but planning stages and no actual results by the end. Like any such event, preplanning is key. Involve the participants in the planning of course, but the event should be about getting those plans accomplished.
I think the problem is that a bunch of people coding their own projects for this kind of event is like everyone sitting in a room reading different books. Figure out something a large number of coders will find interesting and make a project of it. Otherwise it turns out like the NaNoWriMo crowd, where people sit around and do a lot of writing but it has nothing to do with anyone else and they may as well have holed up in their room and done it alone.
I agree, but I'm not so sure the guy you voted for being voted into office is really "winning" when you voted for what you perceived to be the lesser of two evils. Voting for evils is always a loss.
Years ago, I took the attitude of "vote out the people you don't like", but came to the realization that if you do that by electing the other party, you just have to vote him back out in the next election. That's why I have almost exclusively come to exclude Democrats and Republicans from my voting selections. Every so often, an individual candidate changes my mind, but only a solid track record is sufficient for me to do it.
I want to know exactly what idiot gave Microsoft the authority to create a law enforcement unit other than their jackbooted licensing audit thugs from the Business Software Alliance.
Seems like the only way to make copyright law do what it was meant to (at least in America): advance the useful arts and sciences. Of course, you'd have to find ways around conflicts of interest in the cases of products which have been superceded but in the same line. I.e. Microsoft Office 2000 vs the current product.
When I saw that change, with it's sites ending with a missing e before an r and enough large words modified the same way, I instantly believed they were about to try to get some kind of linking between Tumblr and Flickr to face off somehow against Instagram and other such services.
Call 'em hackers enough time, and people will be distracted by their alleged malice to the point where they forget or don't even believe anymore that the files were literally just out there for anyone to see. It's like leaving a $100 bill on the sidewalk and waiting to see who turns it in at the lost and found so you can call 'em a thief to distract from your own leaving it lying around.
"Confidentiality: The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipients of the email. This message may be an attorney-client communication and, as such, is privileged and confidential. If you are not an intended recipient of this message or an agent responsible for delivering it to an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies and notify us immediately by reply e-mail or by telephone"
To the signature section of all my emails. Surely that qualifies as due-diligence concerning information security?
In plain English, that means "My password is weak and my inbox and outbox contain a lot of names, addresses, and social security numbers."
I remember actually being contacted by a community leader for my site over in Area51 with a legitimate email that reflected the first upload I made to that site. The metaphor was fascinating, and the concept hasn't been repeated successfully by anyone. Today, everyone is expected to find their own "friends", but the concept of "neighbours" was brilliant.
Another concept I think was good but has disappeared (probably due to botting) is the "webring". Today, we have seen them replaced with omnibus social sites where nobody provides actual content beyond forum posts, and I think the internet is poorer for it.
If I wanted a free bit of webspace today, I don't even know where I'd go to get it at this point.
There is no confusion on this subject with me. I am simply saying that if a vaccine does not protect sufficiently against a certain strain, that strain will be the one that continues while the others decline. It's how natural selection works no matter what the scale; create a change in an environment and the traits that make survival possible and/or most likely are the ones that will flourish.
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On this, we agree. However, his impression does fit into a valid sampling of public opinion. Often, public opinion trumps reality when it comes to how well-received public servants and their cut of local, state, and federal budgets are, as well as in policymaking and in cases that reach trial involving, in this case, police officers.
Don't get me wrong, I know a lot of cops, I'm friends with a lot of cops. I was on a sports team made up of over 50% cops. Great bunch of guys. But as long as people's experiences are limited to the ones who pull them over and ruin their day and the ones who make the news with negative events, there will be people who firmly believe all law enforcement officers are the lowest form of human (if they admit to that much) life found on this planet.
So he is incorrect about his view's global scope. However, he is correct that his view is not an uncommon one. It's definitely not a black and white issue, but the grey is getting ever darker it seems.
He does raise an interesting point, though. As bad as the perception of law enforcement has become in the course of their duties, it's not helping matters to be doing these ones outside them.
I feel like I'm getting a far more credit in these responses than I deserve. I merely wanted to communicate something my old chief said that resonated with me as an important fact about being in the public service, and by extension, the public eye. But thank you.
On an unrelated note, I can't remember why I disabled my karma bonus, but I don't miss it. The setting to change your default is somewhere if you don't like using it.
I'm not convinced that increased background checks are the answer. They only seem to give the agency hiring them the ability to claim due dilligence was done. The end result has not been an increase in public perception of the trustworthiness of the law enforcement community, and perhaps it's just the increase in technology making it easier to report nationally on local problems, but it seems that gross abuse of position by cops is much more common than it once was in this country. And that's not including the disconcertingly increased militarization of law enforcement agencies.
You, sir, have just won this thread.
When I was hired as a fireman, one of the things my new chief told me was that when you accept that badge, people have a certain level of expectation for trustworthiness, and anything you do - illegal or not - will no longer be reported as "man" or "suspect" in the arena of public opinion, but now it becomes "fireman cut me off on the highway" or "Firefighter acts like a douchebag in grocery store". And then it reflects on all firemen, no matter how unfair that can be.
This cop has just done the entire law enforcement profession a great disservice, but the public trust of law enforcement is wearing thin as it is at this point...
The great thing about such a project is they can do it any language they please, and I think comparison between different languages' solutions would be an interesting part of it.
You're focusing on the least important bit of the suggestion. I'm more interested in "real project" than specifically "real job".
A brilliant idea. Gotta make sure though that it's laid out enough beforehand that it doesn't end up being nothing but planning stages and no actual results by the end. Like any such event, preplanning is key. Involve the participants in the planning of course, but the event should be about getting those plans accomplished.
I think the problem is that a bunch of people coding their own projects for this kind of event is like everyone sitting in a room reading different books. Figure out something a large number of coders will find interesting and make a project of it. Otherwise it turns out like the NaNoWriMo crowd, where people sit around and do a lot of writing but it has nothing to do with anyone else and they may as well have holed up in their room and done it alone.
I agree, but I'm not so sure the guy you voted for being voted into office is really "winning" when you voted for what you perceived to be the lesser of two evils. Voting for evils is always a loss.
Years ago, I took the attitude of "vote out the people you don't like", but came to the realization that if you do that by electing the other party, you just have to vote him back out in the next election. That's why I have almost exclusively come to exclude Democrats and Republicans from my voting selections. Every so often, an individual candidate changes my mind, but only a solid track record is sufficient for me to do it.
I have a problem with your apples and oranges comparison, if that's what you're asking.
I want to know exactly what idiot gave Microsoft the authority to create a law enforcement unit other than their jackbooted licensing audit thugs from the Business Software Alliance.
That's a common problem in the opensource world, unfortunately. There are projects who handle it better than others, but they're in the minority.
Won't be too long before they try to ban 3d printing at this point...
I've personally found gnumeric does everything I need. Makes it hard to take the "need" for commercial spreadsheet programs a little less convincing.
Seems like the only way to make copyright law do what it was meant to (at least in America): advance the useful arts and sciences. Of course, you'd have to find ways around conflicts of interest in the cases of products which have been superceded but in the same line. I.e. Microsoft Office 2000 vs the current product.
When I saw that change, with it's sites ending with a missing e before an r and enough large words modified the same way, I instantly believed they were about to try to get some kind of linking between Tumblr and Flickr to face off somehow against Instagram and other such services.
Call 'em hackers enough time, and people will be distracted by their alleged malice to the point where they forget or don't even believe anymore that the files were literally just out there for anyone to see. It's like leaving a $100 bill on the sidewalk and waiting to see who turns it in at the lost and found so you can call 'em a thief to distract from your own leaving it lying around.
I always carefully add:
"Confidentiality: The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for the
personal and confidential use of the designated recipients of the email. This message
may be an attorney-client communication and, as such, is privileged and confidential. If
you are not an intended recipient of this message or an agent responsible for delivering
it to an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message
in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is
strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and all
copies and notify us immediately by reply e-mail or by telephone"
To the signature section of all my emails. Surely that qualifies as due-diligence concerning information security?
In plain English, that means "My password is weak and my inbox and outbox contain a lot of names, addresses, and social security numbers."
Agreed, and I wasn't specifically limiting my remarks to merely the pertussis vaccine. Simply examining the possibilities.
I remember actually being contacted by a community leader for my site over in Area51 with a legitimate email that reflected the first upload I made to that site. The metaphor was fascinating, and the concept hasn't been repeated successfully by anyone. Today, everyone is expected to find their own "friends", but the concept of "neighbours" was brilliant.
Another concept I think was good but has disappeared (probably due to botting) is the "webring". Today, we have seen them replaced with omnibus social sites where nobody provides actual content beyond forum posts, and I think the internet is poorer for it.
If I wanted a free bit of webspace today, I don't even know where I'd go to get it at this point.
There is no confusion on this subject with me. I am simply saying that if a vaccine does not protect sufficiently against a certain strain, that strain will be the one that continues while the others decline. It's how natural selection works no matter what the scale; create a change in an environment and the traits that make survival possible and/or most likely are the ones that will flourish.
Flickr is probably Yahoo!'s second most useful feature, after its Fantasy Football leagues.