If you call the police and say: "somebody is trying to kill me", you will have a whole bunch of police units coming to you to protect you.
Riiiiiiiight... That ALWAYS works, doesn't it? I can't think of one single incident where a threatened person called the police and they failed to arrive before the killing occurred. Oh, wait, I have that backwards, don't I?
I don't know how it started or is there any grain of truth in the movie "Social Network", but I'm pretty sure this is not how they do programming at facebook today.
Another thing I'm sure of is that in 30 years your grandkids will be asking: "facewhat?"
I remember when I was trying to get into the "Dr. House" thing, this kind of bullshit is what turned me off. Now, I'm no medic, not even close, but I've seen enough movies about computers and scientists in general to be 100% sure that what they were saying is a complete and total bullshit.
This has absolutely zero to do with "entitlement to personal safety" (where the fuck are you even getting these words?). If somebody is in danger, we, as a society, protect him/her. If you call the police and say: "somebody is trying to kill me", you will have a whole bunch of police units coming to you to protect you. See witness protection, for examples.
The president lives under a constant threat, because he is a political figure and there are a lot of violent organizations or just lunatics who would love to kill him just for kicks. This has absolutely zero to do with who exactly he is (Obama, Bush, Clinton -- whoever) and has everything to do with him being a president. This, obviously, calls for more security, than your average Joe Schmo needs.
He saw business opportunity to sell/licence the technology to another company and went after it. Yes, this opportunity may seem "outlandish" to you, but are you telling this to a guy who's company is making freakin' spaseships?
It is still a movie and it dramatizes a lot of very simple Gates' and Jobs' actions. If you want a real history, I suggest going with documentary Triumph of the Nerds
Bit of a bitch for the script writer when someone who was actually there at the time who was 50% of the partnership is still alive and can call bullshit. One wonders why they didn't bother asking Woz for information about what happened.
Because they want to spend $20M on the movie and sell it for $40M.
The problem is not just in Software Engineering. Any applied field is faces the problem.
Think about it: in any university or college, NONE of your teachers are actually posess the skill you are trying to acquire. Unless, of course, you want to become a teacher or academia type scientist.
Say, you want to become a Software Engineer and you go to a college. There, general algo's professor teaches you general algorithms. Text processing professor teaches you compilers. The same for operating systems, programming language theory and so on. Every professor gives you some valuable knowledge, but you don't see how they all fit together until you get your first job. I think this is a tragedy of the modern education: it is too fragmented.
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I don't know about the president's security, I agree that this is irrelevant.
However, I'm pretty sure that the average private guarding company uses only legal weapons.
Wow, I see fox news gun nut crowd is moderating today! You go guys!
Having licensed, well trained, professional armed guards means more security. Having more lunatics with guns means less security.
Failing to see the difference?
If you call the police and say: "somebody is trying to kill me", you will have a whole bunch of police units coming to you to protect you.
Riiiiiiiight... That ALWAYS works, doesn't it? I can't think of one single incident where a threatened person called the police and they failed to arrive before the killing occurred. Oh, wait, I have that backwards, don't I?
Doesn't always work for presidents. Your point?
I don't know how it started or is there any grain of truth in the movie "Social Network", but I'm pretty sure this is not how they do programming at facebook today.
Another thing I'm sure of is that in 30 years your grandkids will be asking: "facewhat?"
I remember when I was trying to get into the "Dr. House" thing, this kind of bullshit is what turned me off. Now, I'm no medic, not even close, but I've seen enough movies about computers and scientists in general to be 100% sure that what they were saying is a complete and total bullshit.
They are not armed with anything this legislation is trying to ban/limit.
Happy now, dumb ass?
This has absolutely zero to do with "entitlement to personal safety" (where the fuck are you even getting these words?). If somebody is in danger, we, as a society, protect him/her. If you call the police and say: "somebody is trying to kill me", you will have a whole bunch of police units coming to you to protect you. See witness protection, for examples.
The president lives under a constant threat, because he is a political figure and there are a lot of violent organizations or just lunatics who would love to kill him just for kicks. This has absolutely zero to do with who exactly he is (Obama, Bush, Clinton -- whoever) and has everything to do with him being a president. This, obviously, calls for more security, than your average Joe Schmo needs.
WTF is this even supposed to mean?
You want a well trained, licensed, armed body guard? What exactly is stopping you from getting one?
Your definition of the word "any" is very different from mine.
So far only right-wing gun nuts pissing in random directions.
Come and take mine. I dare you.
I would, but I don't like walking around caves. Besides, I'm betting on your kids doing it one day.
Somehow I have a hard time believing that this was approved by Disney: The Ring (South Park)
Just saying.
I don't agree with you that they got what they deserved, I kind of admire this dude for being able to convince the woman to strip on skype.
I mean, if I could do that... Why blackmail anybody, I would just do that all day long.
YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
What does this have to do with PR?
He saw business opportunity to sell/licence the technology to another company and went after it. Yes, this opportunity may seem "outlandish" to you, but are you telling this to a guy who's company is making freakin' spaseships?
Confused here: are you talking about Islam or Scientology?
To their defence, they probably wanted to be lion tamers.
Which he did, according to this article.
Well, sorta...
It is still a movie and it dramatizes a lot of very simple Gates' and Jobs' actions. If you want a real history, I suggest going with documentary Triumph of the Nerds
Bit of a bitch for the script writer when someone who was actually there at the time who was 50% of the partnership is still alive and can call bullshit. One wonders why they didn't bother asking Woz for information about what happened.
Because they want to spend $20M on the movie and sell it for $40M.
Apples to Oranges.
5secondfilms is an art form. This new "service" is a dumpster where a bunch of kids will throw their crap that even youtube does not want.
I have a power surge protector from them and it works exactly as it should. I think... I didn't have any power surges yet...
My experience with Linksys consumer routers is that they are crap. IMO they were only damaging Cisco's brand. Good riddance for them.
The problem is not just in Software Engineering. Any applied field is faces the problem.
Think about it: in any university or college, NONE of your teachers are actually posess the skill you are trying to acquire. Unless, of course, you want to become a teacher or academia type scientist.
Say, you want to become a Software Engineer and you go to a college. There, general algo's professor teaches you general algorithms. Text processing professor teaches you compilers. The same for operating systems, programming language theory and so on. Every professor gives you some valuable knowledge, but you don't see how they all fit together until you get your first job. I think this is a tragedy of the modern education: it is too fragmented.