I'm old enough to remember the Food Pyramid and the groupthink 'science' that led to it. To say I'm suspicious of the current AGW craze is an understatement. Anytime contrarian scientific findings and theories are discounted out of hand, my BS detector blows a fuse. Take the politics out of current Climate Science and let's look at *all* the data and theories.
Gutierrez and his fellow Democrats seem only interested in Hispanic illegal immigration, not those H1-B legal immigrants from Asia. I suspect the roots of this are simply that Asians are a mixed bag politically while latinos tend to vote Democratic as a bloc. The one time I asked the question of my local (D) Congress critter, they gave me the deer in the headlights look in return. I don't think they have a dog in that paricular fight, but they should.
Expiring key cryptography in reverse is a bizarre application. "This data not available until the statute of limitations has expired" - I can see it being very popular on Wall street.
Wouldn't our bizarre laws here in the good old USA have charged these kids with a 'crime' and put them away for 5 years in the slammer? This is what happens when you let luddites write laws affecting technology. We need to elect more engineers and fewer lawyers.
IBM repeatedly claims there's a tech shortage so they can import cheaper H1-B and offshore labor to boost their bottom line. This has been going on for over a decade and no one's called them on it. About freaking time.
Approaching $325 per line of code. Great work if you can get it. Wonder what it would have looked like had it been outsourced to some high-volume web service like Google or FB?
By all means, let's keep kids from exploring science in an interesting way. I made a Van DeGraff generator in HS for a science project that would draw a one foot spark and light up flourescent tubes in the ceiling in the 70's as a way of exploring static electricity. I'm sure today it wouldn't be allowed in a science fair. Safety culture has become so oppressive that many kids just avoid science and technology altogether. If you haven't shocked yourself silly messing around by High School, you're a wimp.
How about minimum wage for professional athletes and actors? Sound crazy? So does trying to cap CEO pay. The market works, but many who are unwilling or unable to participate in it are unhappy with it. Human condition and all that..
Went for a job interview a few years back and they wanted someone with "10 years experience with Solaris 11." I pointed out to the HR screening guy that Solaris 11 wasn't released till 2010 or so, and that asking for anyone with that experience was unlikely to get any honest responses. His reply was astonishing - he said "well, I guess you don't meet the qualifications, this interview is over." Lazy HR folks are not doing their companies any favors.
Proving once again (as if proof were needed) that science and politics are the worst possible companions. Read the Feynman Report on the Challenger disaster ( http://www.ralentz.com/old/space/feynman-report.html [among many others]) where he lambasts NASA decision makers for using politics-inspired wishful thinking instead of science to decide to launch over strenuous objections by staff scientists and engineers. This meme is seen throughout history as the politics of wishful thinking crash onto the iceberg of reality time and again.
In an related announcement, Sen Schumer's office also wants a new law recalling the 'F word' and all sticks and stones in the US. "People could get hurt" a spokesman for Schumer was quoted as saying.
This usually happens right before the company tanks. Also, huge edifices as home office/campus are another deadly sign. poof! It'll be over before you know it Apple.
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I'm old enough to remember the Food Pyramid and the groupthink 'science' that led to it. To say I'm suspicious of the current AGW craze is an understatement. Anytime contrarian scientific findings and theories are discounted out of hand, my BS detector blows a fuse. Take the politics out of current Climate Science and let's look at *all* the data and theories.
Are Democrats trying to raise the H1-B limits? How? Seems to me they're much more interested in out Southern Border.
Gutierrez and his fellow Democrats seem only interested in Hispanic illegal immigration, not those H1-B legal immigrants from Asia. I suspect the roots of this are simply that Asians are a mixed bag politically while latinos tend to vote Democratic as a bloc. The one time I asked the question of my local (D) Congress critter, they gave me the deer in the headlights look in return. I don't think they have a dog in that paricular fight, but they should.
Expiring key cryptography in reverse is a bizarre application. "This data not available until the statute of limitations has expired" - I can see it being very popular on Wall street.
Wouldn't our bizarre laws here in the good old USA have charged these kids with a 'crime' and put them away for 5 years in the slammer? This is what happens when you let luddites write laws affecting technology. We need to elect more engineers and fewer lawyers.
IBM repeatedly claims there's a tech shortage so they can import cheaper H1-B and offshore labor to boost their bottom line. This has been going on for over a decade and no one's called them on it. About freaking time.
http://about.bgov.com/2013-10-...
I added the customary Obamacare cost overruns to round it out to $1.2B
Approaching $325 per line of code. Great work if you can get it. Wonder what it would have looked like had it been outsourced to some high-volume web service like Google or FB?
Innovative marketing move. Expect a set of Apple-branded cans with builtin iPod/WiFi and voice control. Not rocket science.
By all means, let's keep kids from exploring science in an interesting way. I made a Van DeGraff generator in HS for a science project that would draw a one foot spark and light up flourescent tubes in the ceiling in the 70's as a way of exploring static electricity. I'm sure today it wouldn't be allowed in a science fair. Safety culture has become so oppressive that many kids just avoid science and technology altogether. If you haven't shocked yourself silly messing around by High School, you're a wimp.
Henhouse locks are bad for foxes, says a leading fox union spokesman. There's a shocker..
Usually an attitude held by those who've not lived there. It's a bit different, but given their population mix, about what you'd expect.
How about minimum wage for professional athletes and actors? Sound crazy? So does trying to cap CEO pay. The market works, but many who are unwilling or unable to participate in it are unhappy with it. Human condition and all that..
SW: infinite margins on shrinking marketshare. Expensive to compete with 'free'..
PC's: smaller, faster, so cheap they're disposable.
Tablets: as above, but more so.
Servers: smaller, faster, cheaper.
Storage: ever larger, ever faster, nobody deletes anything.
I think I'll work in storage - for now.
Went for a job interview a few years back and they wanted someone with "10 years experience with Solaris 11." I pointed out to the HR screening guy that Solaris 11 wasn't released till 2010 or so, and that asking for anyone with that experience was unlikely to get any honest responses. His reply was astonishing - he said "well, I guess you don't meet the qualifications, this interview is over." Lazy HR folks are not doing their companies any favors.
Proving once again (as if proof were needed) that science and politics are the worst possible companions. Read the Feynman Report on the Challenger disaster ( http://www.ralentz.com/old/space/feynman-report.html [among many others]) where he lambasts NASA decision makers for using politics-inspired wishful thinking instead of science to decide to launch over strenuous objections by staff scientists and engineers. This meme is seen throughout history as the politics of wishful thinking crash onto the iceberg of reality time and again.
..and want to help" Frequently the last words a great idea ever hears.
In an related announcement, Sen Schumer's office also wants a new law recalling the 'F word' and all sticks and stones in the US. "People could get hurt" a spokesman for Schumer was quoted as saying.
Not sure that Obama really appreciated what he hat in this surveillance by 2010, but I guarantee Hillary did.
Don't be silly, you can write FORTRAN in any language..
Thank God I've never actually purchased any Adobe products. Phew, that was a close one.
So does beating your wives, but that doesn't stop it from being a widespread Saudi tradition..
This usually happens right before the company tanks. Also, huge edifices as home office/campus are another deadly sign. poof! It'll be over before you know it Apple.
Quoting ThinkProgress as a source of facts exposes your latent bias against facts. Go find a reputable source and get back to us.
Larry kills another one. The ultimate bait-and-switch operation is Oracle.