"Customers don't want to pay out the ass again for you to add a simple feature because you didn't take the time to do it properly the first time around."
They most certainly do!
When I was first hired as a PGSQL developer, the company I was working for had two projects going. One of them we delivered to the customer without all of their original specifications met, but basically working. Having delivered a product they could see and use, they were more than happy to keep paying for features and performance enhancements. They ended up paying more in change orders than they did for the original contract, and they were damn happy about it.
The second project was delayed because the data we were given to work with was screwed up beyond all expectations. Taking the time to "do it right" would have pushed us way past our original deadlines. But we tried anyway. Without something they could put their hands on, broken or not, the suits got anxious as soon as our deadline passed. That project ended up in arbitration.
So, in other words, the thieves of our shared natural resources are going to be stubborn. That's their fault, not mine. If they want to harvest wood, they can grow their own wood on their own property. If they bribe the government into letting them steal public natural resources, their own property will be attacked and destroyed. Their stubbornness is not my fault or my problem. It just means I have to work harder to make their activities unprofitable.
Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained how stratospheric ozone is any more effective at absorbing UV radiation than the ozone that exists in the troposphere. There is 1000x more ozone in the atmosphere of an average-sized city than supposedly exists in the stratosphere.
Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained why ozone-destroying chemicals would "migrate" to the poles and create holes there.
Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained how periodic holes in the ozone at the poles threaten anyone other than those who live at extreme latitudes.
Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained why the holes are periodic, if they're supposedly caused by human activity. This article the first attempt I've seen to correlate a reduction in the size of ozone holes with a reduction in pollutants, and it conveniently ignores the fact that the holes have inexplicably shrunk and grown several times since they were detected.
Back in, like, 1985, everyone was screaming, "OMGZ THE OZONE HOLE! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"
And then in, like, 1988, it was... "Uh, the hole went away. Sorry. False alarm."
And then in, like, 1992, it was, "OMGZ THE OZONE HOLE! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"
Don't get me wrong -- I'm a rabid environmentalist; I support spiking trees and sabotaging construction projects. But the ozone layer thing is absolute bullshit... a hoax designed to see who's still paying attention.
I recommend you read some history books, 1984, and newspapers from around the world. Unregulated capitalism has destroyed democracy and is now waging and all-out war on truth, just like Eisenhower warned us it could.
I'm far more afraid of my own government than I ever have been of terrorism. If the terrorists hit my home town, it'll only prove one thing: the power-mongers who provoked the attack need to be deposed and punished for their crimes.
That's what they get for signing all those free trade deals. I hope the government enjoys getting fucked by unregulated capitalism the way the working class has been for the last 100+ years.
"making your applications incompatible with the rest of the Java world"
Exactly.
I'm hoping that the licenses will permit redistributing the modified VM and API. Maybe a de-facto standard "community" version will spring up with all these years of fixes applied.
I made Doom maps of my high school long before Columbine. The damn place is still standing; the assistant principal is now the principal, and his head is still attached to his body. I don't see what the big deal is...
Get your nose out of your textbooks and look around you. Money carries more weight than votes, if indeed votes mean anything at all in this post-Diebold "democracy."
Your brand of idealism is just as dangerous as total apathy. The people are NOT in control of their government, and saying they are gives false legitimacy to the people pulling the strings.
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The "say anything you want in a press release and 99% of the population is too stupid it know the difference" kind.
They most certainly do!
When I was first hired as a PGSQL developer, the company I was working for had two projects going. One of them we delivered to the customer without all of their original specifications met, but basically working. Having delivered a product they could see and use, they were more than happy to keep paying for features and performance enhancements. They ended up paying more in change orders than they did for the original contract, and they were damn happy about it.
The second project was delayed because the data we were given to work with was screwed up beyond all expectations. Taking the time to "do it right" would have pushed us way past our original deadlines. But we tried anyway. Without something they could put their hands on, broken or not, the suits got anxious as soon as our deadline passed. That project ended up in arbitration.
So, in other words, the thieves of our shared natural resources are going to be stubborn. That's their fault, not mine. If they want to harvest wood, they can grow their own wood on their own property. If they bribe the government into letting them steal public natural resources, their own property will be attacked and destroyed. Their stubbornness is not my fault or my problem. It just means I have to work harder to make their activities unprofitable.
ROFL
only trying to provide for themselves
So are drug dealers and common thieves. That's no excuse.
What was the name of it? Who were the lecturers? Where are the papers?
Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained how stratospheric ozone is any more effective at absorbing UV radiation than the ozone that exists in the troposphere. There is 1000x more ozone in the atmosphere of an average-sized city than supposedly exists in the stratosphere.
Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained why ozone-destroying chemicals would "migrate" to the poles and create holes there.
Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained how periodic holes in the ozone at the poles threaten anyone other than those who live at extreme latitudes.
Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained why the holes are periodic, if they're supposedly caused by human activity. This article the first attempt I've seen to correlate a reduction in the size of ozone holes with a reduction in pollutants, and it conveniently ignores the fact that the holes have inexplicably shrunk and grown several times since they were detected.
I'm a sociopath because I would protect the beaty that belongs to everyone from those who would destroy it for profit? I think you're confused.
And then in, like, 1988, it was... "Uh, the hole went away. Sorry. False alarm."
And then in, like, 1992, it was, "OMGZ THE OZONE HOLE! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"
Don't get me wrong -- I'm a rabid environmentalist; I support spiking trees and sabotaging construction projects. But the ozone layer thing is absolute bullshit... a hoax designed to see who's still paying attention.
You readily admit you're some type of lawyer, but you expect us to believe your speculation over the testimony of an actual human being? Riiiiight...
I recommend you read some history books, 1984, and newspapers from around the world. Unregulated capitalism has destroyed democracy and is now waging and all-out war on truth, just like Eisenhower warned us it could.
Wrong.
We did not provoke them for 9/11, but they did it anyway.
Wrong.
Why did they attack? Because of who we are.
Wrong.
You just lap up any jingoistic bullshit the government spews, don't you?
I'm far more afraid of my own government than I ever have been of terrorism. If the terrorists hit my home town, it'll only prove one thing: the power-mongers who provoked the attack need to be deposed and punished for their crimes.
What do Iraq and Iran have to do with terrorism against the United States?
(Answer: absolutely nothing. At least, not until we turned Iraq into the world's biggest terrorist training camp.)
That's what they get for signing all those free trade deals. I hope the government enjoys getting fucked by unregulated capitalism the way the working class has been for the last 100+ years.
Exactly.
I'm hoping that the licenses will permit redistributing the modified VM and API. Maybe a de-facto standard "community" version will spring up with all these years of fixes applied.
Well, we could always contribute them. But hopefully now they'll actually get applied.
I made Doom maps of my high school long before Columbine. The damn place is still standing; the assistant principal is now the principal, and his head is still attached to his body. I don't see what the big deal is...
Your brand of idealism is just as dangerous as total apathy. The people are NOT in control of their government, and saying they are gives false legitimacy to the people pulling the strings.
I can't wait until they launch BaiduJournal!
Me, I don't even see them. My visual cortex filters them out just like every other ad on the Web.
Because university IT departments already have enough on their plates with all the Windows worms running amok.
Now there's a red flag if I ever saw one. Maybe there's more to this story than the archaeological establishment wants to acknowledge.
Bubonic plague, now available in California!
The ability to own guns is not merely an index of freedom. It is the primary means of retaining your freedom.
This is what happens when you willingly give up your assault weapons!