I think you're confounding "TSA" with specific methods introduced with the TSA like body scanning and enhanced pat downs that are of dubious value.
No, I am specifically talking about those methods. You have yet to establish that there is anything to deter. You've just declared that the TSA protects us (while stealing shit).
It's an easily supportable assertion, unless you insist that I prove a negative assertion *by example*, which is of course impossible to do.
Well, we can look at the number of hijackings/attacks in the decade leading up to 9/11 (on us flights) and in the decade after. I count 1 attempt before (someone hijacked a cargo jet in 1994 so they could fly it into fedex HQ) and 2 or 3 attempts (shoe guy and underwear guy) with zero effectiveness from the TSA for the after, so we do see some attempts being made, but the TSA did nothing to detect/preent them. With that level of egg on their face, you would expect them to crow loudly about anything they actually did right, but instead, they're trying to harass train travelers. basically, they don't do shit, so why do we have them?
you can't really believe that - they're surrounded by a bunch of countries that want to erase them, practice genocide on their own citizens, and they're still there. It's a near certainty that lots of attempts have been made, and lots more will be made. Because it's fucking israel.
So what? THERE ARE A BILLION MUSLIMS! There are at most 10,000 terrorists operating at any one time (probably less), so at most one in 100,000 muslims is a terrorist. This is not actionable data.
Whatever, 9/11 was a one off. They never caught the anthrax guy, and tim mcVeigh and the unabomber were white. The beltway snipers were black. Middle eastern terrorists mostly don't come over here.
Given that we *know* there are people out there who would like to hijack American planes, and there haven't been any attempts made, we have to assume that *some* of what TSA is doing is an effective deterrence to attempts.
No we don't, and if anything, we should be comparing them against what we did before - metal detectors, bomb sniffers. They're a whole lot more invasive and they don't do shit.
For example, metal detectors combined with the inspection of carry-on luggage are surely an effective deterrent to carrying on firearms and other weapons.
I was talking to an old timer in the TSA line; he said that in the 70s, you could bring guns on the plane - they had a locker that they'd store your gun in for you.
Bureaucratic pig-headedness is bad customer service, but it is necessary for deterrence.
Unsupported assertion. We had plenty of deterrence on 9/10/2001
It is not about the training, it is about being able to substantiate your skills. Quality certification enables you to publicly substantiate your skill set
This isn't relevant to anything I wrote, but what the hell: most certs suck, so how is this true, and why should I spend $$$ to prove that I know SQL? You should be able to get an idea about someone's ability to work in an hour or two or you can't interview anyway.
you are relying on references from you current company, somewhat tricky
I don't tell my boss, I ask my coworkers, who have little incentive to lie one way or the other.
For those coders treated like mushrooms (kept in the dark and fed bullshit), with no public recognition, shifting jobs is difficult especially if you also want to shift localities, another state or country.
Not so much in my experience, although getting exposure certainly helps.
Real colleges don't give a class on SVN unless it's about building a batter source control widget. They just assume you already know it. So which class were you skipping?
When was the last time you didn't know more about new trends than your prof?
Why the hell would an undergrad prof be teaching new trends? And yes, the prof usually knows a lot more than me in the area he teaches, that's why he's the prof and I go to his class. Meanwhile, training is focused on something small, like SVN or a dev methodology. No profs anywhere.
I'm looking for a "stupid" charming sales person for my own voip company, we perfectly replace something people are paying $120 a month for with a $10 a month system, guess how many customers we have:(
Yes! Every iteration (month) you can throw the whole lot away and start again. You won't though, because there are always certain building blocks you can re-use.
No! Agile is about iteration and isn't really suited to stringing a bunch of prototypes together. I can drive a nail with my fist, but that isn't a good idea.
Could be worse - look up feynman's rant on the state of physics education in Brazil. Basically, at the time, nobody was learning physics, just memorizing facts
I'll probably get shit on for this, but if the average science grad is anything like the average CS grad, all they know is formulas anyway. The ones actually doing science don't stay in India.
I told you, you stick them in the walls and don't tell anyone. Sure, that doesn't stop the hassle of installing them, but you won't get the wingnuts wandering in because they won't know they're there.
The unlocked Iphones have been fairly consistently priced at $850-$900. given a 24 month commitment and an $80 cell phone bill, that's $1920 + $200 for the subsidised price - assuming that att pays retail (they don't), you get about $1220 over 24 months = $50/mo for service + profit. nice business to be in.
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I think you're confounding "TSA" with specific methods introduced with the TSA like body scanning and enhanced pat downs that are of dubious value.
No, I am specifically talking about those methods. You have yet to establish that there is anything to deter. You've just declared that the TSA protects us (while stealing shit).
It's an easily supportable assertion, unless you insist that I prove a negative assertion *by example*, which is of course impossible to do.
Well, we can look at the number of hijackings/attacks in the decade leading up to 9/11 (on us flights) and in the decade after. I count 1 attempt before (someone hijacked a cargo jet in 1994 so they could fly it into fedex HQ) and 2 or 3 attempts (shoe guy and underwear guy) with zero effectiveness from the TSA for the after, so we do see some attempts being made, but the TSA did nothing to detect/preent them. With that level of egg on their face, you would expect them to crow loudly about anything they actually did right, but instead, they're trying to harass train travelers. basically, they don't do shit, so why do we have them?
you can't really believe that - they're surrounded by a bunch of countries that want to erase them, practice genocide on their own citizens, and they're still there. It's a near certainty that lots of attempts have been made, and lots more will be made. Because it's fucking israel.
So what? THERE ARE A BILLION MUSLIMS! There are at most 10,000 terrorists operating at any one time (probably less), so at most one in 100,000 muslims is a terrorist. This is not actionable data.
Whatever, 9/11 was a one off. They never caught the anthrax guy, and tim mcVeigh and the unabomber were white. The beltway snipers were black. Middle eastern terrorists mostly don't come over here.
Given that we *know* there are people out there who would like to hijack American planes, and there haven't been any attempts made, we have to assume that *some* of what TSA is doing is an effective deterrence to attempts.
No we don't, and if anything, we should be comparing them against what we did before - metal detectors, bomb sniffers. They're a whole lot more invasive and they don't do shit.
For example, metal detectors combined with the inspection of carry-on luggage are surely an effective deterrent to carrying on firearms and other weapons.
I was talking to an old timer in the TSA line; he said that in the 70s, you could bring guns on the plane - they had a locker that they'd store your gun in for you.
Bureaucratic pig-headedness is bad customer service, but it is necessary for deterrence.
Unsupported assertion. We had plenty of deterrence on 9/10/2001
His goal was to shatter the myth of the superpower - show that we could be readily harmed. I'd say he got that cold.
Well, the idea that maybe they could offer something instead of just sitting on their thumbs is what i was going for.
It is not about the training, it is about being able to substantiate your skills. Quality certification enables you to publicly substantiate your skill set
This isn't relevant to anything I wrote, but what the hell: most certs suck, so how is this true, and why should I spend $$$ to prove that I know SQL? You should be able to get an idea about someone's ability to work in an hour or two or you can't interview anyway.
you are relying on references from you current company, somewhat tricky
I don't tell my boss, I ask my coworkers, who have little incentive to lie one way or the other.
For those coders treated like mushrooms (kept in the dark and fed bullshit), with no public recognition, shifting jobs is difficult especially if you also want to shift localities, another state or country.
Not so much in my experience, although getting exposure certainly helps.
Real colleges don't give a class on SVN unless it's about building a batter source control widget. They just assume you already know it. So which class were you skipping?
Maybe if they offered more money...
When was the last time you didn't know more about new trends than your prof?
Why the hell would an undergrad prof be teaching new trends? And yes, the prof usually knows a lot more than me in the area he teaches, that's why he's the prof and I go to his class. Meanwhile, training is focused on something small, like SVN or a dev methodology. No profs anywhere.
I'm looking for a "stupid" charming sales person for my own voip company, we perfectly replace something people are paying $120 a month for with a $10 a month system, guess how many customers we have :(
Charge $30/mo and see if more people sign up.
Yes! Every iteration (month) you can throw the whole lot away and start again. You won't though, because there are always certain building blocks you can re-use.
No! Agile is about iteration and isn't really suited to stringing a bunch of prototypes together. I can drive a nail with my fist, but that isn't a good idea.
Credit card fraud isn't a crime.
Nice, now I know not to take you seriously.
Why do you think you can sell a collection of 100 skimmed card numbers for $50?
Low value, high supply.
Okay, 41% chasing neckbeards on 4chan. Is ID theft and CC fraud a cyber crime?
Also, would you prefer the FBI not go after child porn?
No, we'd prefer they not spend nearly half their time going after it.
Exactly how many kiddie pornographers do you think there are in this country? Also, 41 percent?! Don't we have actual murders to solve?
Could be worse - look up feynman's rant on the state of physics education in Brazil. Basically, at the time, nobody was learning physics, just memorizing facts
I'll probably get shit on for this, but if the average science grad is anything like the average CS grad, all they know is formulas anyway. The ones actually doing science don't stay in India.
Seeing as how the guys who make all the really bad decisions (mgmt) aren't unionized, you can't really blame them, can you?
No, no, those are book critics.
I told you, you stick them in the walls and don't tell anyone. Sure, that doesn't stop the hassle of installing them, but you won't get the wingnuts wandering in because they won't know they're there.
You can absolutely make the cell smaller, and the thing that att is selling to people for home use is about the size of a book. What this means is that you can make small GSM cells without obvious infrastructure - stick them in the walls for all they care.
The unlocked Iphones have been fairly consistently priced at $850-$900. given a 24 month commitment and an $80 cell phone bill, that's $1920 + $200 for the subsidised price - assuming that att pays retail (they don't), you get about $1220 over 24 months = $50/mo for service + profit. nice business to be in.