If I heard someone in a bar bragging about having sex with a kid (and I don't mean 19 years old with a 17 year old, but say 13) then yes, many people including myself would report you, because I happen to think that an adult having sex with a child is wrong. The alternative would be to forever live with the idea that I knew a 13 year old was being abused, and didn't do anything when I had the chance. I think most people I know would have the same reaction.
Now as I said, I am not arguing about technicalities like having sex with someone who is in your age bracket, but clear examples of pedophilia.
Mmmm... So I am a sick inhuman bastard because I think that pedophiles are the scum of the earth, while the actual pedophiles molesting kids are not? It almost seems you are arguing that we should be 'progressive' and condone pedophilia?
Well, nothing much has changed since you left, whenever that was. Each group is still convinced they are the real Belgians, and that the other ones are inferior. I don't know how up to date you are on Belgian politics, but in case you aren't: the previous government formation lasted well over a year before there was a coalition.
Anything involving language is not likely to change any time soon.
The bombings happened on different days. The Japanese had several days to surrender, which they didn't.
From wikipedia: Together with the United Kingdom and the Republic of China, the United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945, threatening Japan with "prompt and utter destruction". The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum, and two nuclear weapons developed by the Manhattan Project were deployed. Little Boy was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, followed by the Fat Man over Nagasaki on 9 August
The Japanese government still did not react to the Potsdam Declaration. Emperor Hirohito, the government, and the war council were considering four conditions for surrender --snip-- The Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov had informed Tokyo of the Soviet Union's unilateral abrogation of the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact on 5 April. The senior leadership of the Japanese Army began preparations to impose martial law on the nation, with the support of Minister of War Korechika Anami, in order to stop anyone attempting to make peace . --snip--
This doesn't read like they were ready to surrender.
Did you get this from a Clancy novel? I think this idea was used on a Chinese nuke base by the Americans in the protection of Russia. Anyway, while you can vary initial launch speed, you still have to penetrate the atmosphere and still end up with a terminal velocity that is high enough to have much oomph. There is a reason most meteorites burn up in atmosphere.
If you try to hit the earth with something at mach 30, my bet is that you can't get there before your object has evaporated. And if you go at much lower speed, your mass has to be very high to make up for that, and your weapon will then be very expensive to get into orbit
And again, you still have the problem that you develop a new solution for something that already has a cheap non nuclear equivalent in the form of cruise missiles. Additionally, your sattelites are sitting ducks for anyone to pick off.
Yes, well, his example was a 1 ton rod at mach 10, which equalled 2 800K cruise missiles. If you argue that the mass could be much lower, how do you accelerate whatever weight you end up with to equal that? How do you get that thing to reach mach 30 in atmosphere?
If you can solve that, you still have a solution that is still not cost effective compared to existing non nuclear technology.
I can tell you that it depends on which product group you are active in. some teams like the C++ product group have (at least when I was an MVP) a very good relationship with their MVPs. this included getting developers to look at weird bugs, getting lots of interesting information, technical previews, etc. From my experience, the low level groups (SDK, DDK, C++) had a very active private community going with their MVPs.
For people interested in the product they were working with (C++ and SDK for me) being an MVP can be a rewarding experience, because you get a lot of technical inside information, people to talk with, an MSDN subscription, some free incidents with Microsoft support, etc.
Other (often the larger) product groups had virtually no real relationship with their MVPs, and some groups just treated them like unpaid 1st level support. Or in some cases they just plain ignored them. What it means to be an MVP and what you get out of it really depends entirely on your category and interest group. It can range from very good to very crappy.
Heaven forbid that people actually have rights, and a measure of protection against exploitation. It amuses me that some Americans apparently think it is offensive a) to have a right to holidays b) to actually take your holidays c) to have some measure of protection against termination without cause.
IIRC, the problem was not that the existence of macs was acknowledge, but rather that employees are specifically forbidden from taking pictures and publishing them to the world without proper authorization. This is standard practice.
I sometimes take pics at work with my cellphone, for internal purposes. If I were to post them on my blog (because e.g. I thought they were interesting) without approval form a director, I would be kicked out as well.
Utter BS. People marry here all the time, just like in the US and other countries. And imo, marriage is fantastic.
You know, it would help if people actually got to know each other before making important decisions. And then, after having talked about all important issues, you decide if you have any business marrying or not. It's amazing how many people get married without even agreeing on having kids or not. Or having a career or not, or...
You are right that people change. Otoh, a lot of divorces and breakups happen with people who never should have been together in the first place. I have noticed that many of the people whom I knew and broke up, did so because they didn't agree on having kids or not. Or pursuing a career or not, etc. Going into marriage without having discussed and agreed upon these things beforehand is idiocy.
You mention mature people, but mature people also discuss the big things beforehand, and they also realize that marriage takes work to make it work, and that it will have its rough spots. That is why traditional marriage vows are the way they are: Good times AND bad. Sickness AND health, For richer AND poorer, for as long as you both shall live.
Yes. Obvisouly this depends totally on what people you have in both sides of the family. I'll be the first to admit that there are many families in which this would have ended very badly.
Many people marry for the wrong reason, or wait until after marriage to talk about the important issues. Before my wife and I started living together (let alone married) we had long talks about what we wanted out of life, if we wanted a stable life or adventurous, whether we wanted kids and marriage, religion, etc. Had we not been on the same page, I would have walked away. Simple as that.
My wife is completely non-techie. She appreciates what I do, but does not share my interests or hobbies. Yes because we are both comfortable with who we are, we arrange for our interests not to conflict. That way we can both enjoy our hobbies. Granted, with kids around, hobbies need to scheduled in, and have to take a backseat to other things.
And hobbies are just one thing. I know people whose marriages failed because after marriage, they were having continuous resentment over having kids or not, pursuing a career or not, moving to a different country / state, becoming self-employed rather than salaried... Much of the misery could have been prevented if they had just talked about their goals beforehand, rather than just seeing how it goes.
Their own propaganda tells them constantly that they are unique, superior to the others, and surrounded by vile enemies that miss no chance to do harm to russia.
You mean, kind of like how Americans feel they are unique, superior to the others, and surrounded by vile enemies that miss no chance to do harm to the USA?
Because they don't need to prove it or allow you to review whatever evidence they are working with.
To cover section A: If they say '/. member artor3 is suspected of having ties with al qaeda', they can take you and that will be that. You might have spoken once to someone who thinks sharia law is a great idea. It doesn't even have to be true or believable.
To cover section B: And you don't even have to be guilty because they can say you were -planning- to do something, otherwise why would you have googled the chemical composition of fertilizer (or whatever tenuous link they can make).
That has A and B covered, unless you think that they would never accuse (rightly or not) an American citizen of being a sympathizer with Al Qaeda.
I work for a big pharma company, as a sysadmin. I don't know much about the science though.
Any company finding a cure for HIV or cancer or the common cold would have its stock skyrocket, turning the board instant billionaires. Somehow I have trouble believing that they would suppress a cure, just for the purpose of being evil at their own expense.
And it isn't a cure, in case you missed that. It is a vaccine. Like the vaccine against smallpox. Once you get smallpox or ebola, your chances still suck.
You forgot raping their women and enslaving their children. Then the pillaging and the burning. And at the end, you sow the ground with salt so that nothing will ever grow there again in our lifetimes.
Only if he was legally entitled to release that code. Because if he released it and it wasn't his to do so, the GPL license itself is null and void for that project, and standard copyright would apply to that project.
If it was not his right to release that code, not only should he STFU, but he may well bring legal problems on himself, and burn his career in the process.
Windows XP is used for visualization of graphics, opening and closing valves etc. The actual control logic as well as all safety monitoring and all the actual dangerous things are handled by dedicated controllers. Windows XP is at no point in charge of anything important. Keeping that in mind, it does not matter if you're running MacOS, linux or Windows for the client part. No need to get emotional about it.
The DCS system that I use, and those I know of, give you specific version of Windows, service packs, and hotfixes that you must install. Deviate from that list and if you need support or are trying to get something done because they screwed up or had a bad bug, they'll just tell you that it's not their problem because you did not run the recommended configuration. I have seen a vendor argue over the 4th digit of a bios revision number because they could not find a cause for the bug we reported. And the only way we got away with that in the end was that they had documented a valid upgrade path, coming from an earlier software version, in which case that version was allowed.
My servers run Windows 2003 because they say I have to Standard edition because they say I have to Service pack 2 because they say I have to And a handful of hotfixes that come with the software installation disks. Because they say I have to.
And I will keep running that particular set up until we upgrade to the next version, when we will switch to windows 2008, standard edition, SP whatever, which some hotfixes.
That is why our network is disconnected from the outside world, all equipment is in locked cabinets, and all computers are in a locked serverroom with kwm going out to the field terminals.
Many banks in Belgium (and the Netherlands) at least don't have this set-up anymore. Some do, most don't, in my experience. It is not customer friendly to be speaking from behind a fortress wall, and as you say, if a robber starts shooting customers, the bank is off worse than before.
I'm sure that helping slaves escape was wrong at one time or another. That didn't make morally wrong though. And lynching a black man who could have been near the scene of a crime was fine too at one point. That didn't make it right either.
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If I heard someone in a bar bragging about having sex with a kid (and I don't mean 19 years old with a 17 year old, but say 13) then yes, many people including myself would report you, because I happen to think that an adult having sex with a child is wrong. The alternative would be to forever live with the idea that I knew a 13 year old was being abused, and didn't do anything when I had the chance. I think most people I know would have the same reaction.
Now as I said, I am not arguing about technicalities like having sex with someone who is in your age bracket, but clear examples of pedophilia.
Mmmm...
So I am a sick inhuman bastard because I think that pedophiles are the scum of the earth, while the actual pedophiles molesting kids are not?
It almost seems you are arguing that we should be 'progressive' and condone pedophilia?
Well, nothing much has changed since you left, whenever that was. Each group is still convinced they are the real Belgians, and that the other ones are inferior. I don't know how up to date you are on Belgian politics, but in case you aren't: the previous government formation lasted well over a year before there was a coalition.
Anything involving language is not likely to change any time soon.
It scales better because it has no license fee?
The force is strong in this one...
Well, I suppose that if you pull the parking brake while driving at speed, it becomes an emergency?
The bombings happened on different days. The Japanese had several days to surrender, which they didn't.
From wikipedia:
Together with the United Kingdom and the Republic of China, the United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945, threatening Japan with "prompt and utter destruction". The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum, and two nuclear weapons developed by the Manhattan Project were deployed. Little Boy was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, followed by the Fat Man over Nagasaki on 9 August
The Japanese government still did not react to the Potsdam Declaration. Emperor Hirohito, the government, and the war council were considering four conditions for surrender --snip--
The Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov had informed Tokyo of the Soviet Union's unilateral abrogation of the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact on 5 April. The senior leadership of the Japanese Army began preparations to impose martial law on the nation, with the support of Minister of War Korechika Anami, in order to stop anyone attempting to make peace . --snip--
This doesn't read like they were ready to surrender.
Did you get this from a Clancy novel? I think this idea was used on a Chinese nuke base by the Americans in the protection of Russia.
Anyway, while you can vary initial launch speed, you still have to penetrate the atmosphere and still end up with a terminal velocity that is high enough to have much oomph. There is a reason most meteorites burn up in atmosphere.
If you try to hit the earth with something at mach 30, my bet is that you can't get there before your object has evaporated. And if you go at much lower speed, your mass has to be very high to make up for that, and your weapon will then be very expensive to get into orbit
And again, you still have the problem that you develop a new solution for something that already has a cheap non nuclear equivalent in the form of cruise missiles. Additionally, your sattelites are sitting ducks for anyone to pick off.
Yes, well, his example was a 1 ton rod at mach 10, which equalled 2 800K cruise missiles.
If you argue that the mass could be much lower, how do you accelerate whatever weight you end up with to equal that?
How do you get that thing to reach mach 30 in atmosphere?
If you can solve that, you still have a solution that is still not cost effective compared to existing non nuclear technology.
I can tell you that it depends on which product group you are active in.
some teams like the C++ product group have (at least when I was an MVP) a very good relationship with their MVPs. this included getting developers to look at weird bugs, getting lots of interesting information, technical previews, etc. From my experience, the low level groups (SDK, DDK, C++) had a very active private community going with their MVPs.
For people interested in the product they were working with (C++ and SDK for me) being an MVP can be a rewarding experience, because you get a lot of technical inside information, people to talk with, an MSDN subscription, some free incidents with Microsoft support, etc.
Other (often the larger) product groups had virtually no real relationship with their MVPs, and some groups just treated them like unpaid 1st level support. Or in some cases they just plain ignored them. What it means to be an MVP and what you get out of it really depends entirely on your category and interest group. It can range from very good to very crappy.
+1.
Heaven forbid that people actually have rights, and a measure of protection against exploitation.
It amuses me that some Americans apparently think it is offensive
a) to have a right to holidays
b) to actually take your holidays
c) to have some measure of protection against termination without cause.
IIRC, the problem was not that the existence of macs was acknowledge, but rather that employees are specifically forbidden from taking pictures and publishing them to the world without proper authorization. This is standard practice.
I sometimes take pics at work with my cellphone, for internal purposes. If I were to post them on my blog (because e.g. I thought they were interesting) without approval form a director, I would be kicked out as well.
Utter BS. People marry here all the time, just like in the US and other countries.
And imo, marriage is fantastic.
You know, it would help if people actually got to know each other before making important decisions.
And then, after having talked about all important issues, you decide if you have any business marrying or not.
It's amazing how many people get married without even agreeing on having kids or not. Or having a career or not, or...
You are right that people change. Otoh, a lot of divorces and breakups happen with people who never should have been together in the first place. I have noticed that many of the people whom I knew and broke up, did so because they didn't agree on having kids or not. Or pursuing a career or not, etc. Going into marriage without having discussed and agreed upon these things beforehand is idiocy.
You mention mature people, but mature people also discuss the big things beforehand, and they also realize that marriage takes work to make it work, and that it will have its rough spots. That is why traditional marriage vows are the way they are: Good times AND bad. Sickness AND health, For richer AND poorer, for as long as you both shall live.
Yes. Obvisouly this depends totally on what people you have in both sides of the family.
I'll be the first to admit that there are many families in which this would have ended very badly.
+1.
Many people marry for the wrong reason, or wait until after marriage to talk about the important issues.
Before my wife and I started living together (let alone married) we had long talks about what we wanted out of life, if we wanted a stable life or adventurous, whether we wanted kids and marriage, religion, etc. Had we not been on the same page, I would have walked away. Simple as that.
My wife is completely non-techie. She appreciates what I do, but does not share my interests or hobbies.
Yes because we are both comfortable with who we are, we arrange for our interests not to conflict. That way we can both enjoy our hobbies. Granted, with kids around, hobbies need to scheduled in, and have to take a backseat to other things.
And hobbies are just one thing. I know people whose marriages failed because after marriage, they were having continuous resentment over having kids or not, pursuing a career or not, moving to a different country / state, becoming self-employed rather than salaried... Much of the misery could have been prevented if they had just talked about their goals beforehand, rather than just seeing how it goes.
Mine was just my wife and me. We (Europeans) married in the US (not Vegas) without telling people in advance, and simply came back home married.
Their own propaganda tells them constantly that they are unique, superior to the others, and surrounded by vile enemies that miss no chance to do harm to russia.
You mean, kind of like how Americans feel they are unique, superior to the others, and surrounded by vile enemies that miss no chance to do harm to the USA?
That depends.
Because they don't need to prove it or allow you to review whatever evidence they are working with.
To cover section A:
If they say '/. member artor3 is suspected of having ties with al qaeda', they can take you and that will be that. You might have spoken once to someone who thinks sharia law is a great idea. It doesn't even have to be true or believable.
To cover section B:
And you don't even have to be guilty because they can say you were -planning- to do something, otherwise why would you have googled the chemical composition of fertilizer (or whatever tenuous link they can make).
That has A and B covered, unless you think that they would never accuse (rightly or not) an American citizen of being a sympathizer with Al Qaeda.
I work for a big pharma company, as a sysadmin. I don't know much about the science though.
Any company finding a cure for HIV or cancer or the common cold would have its stock skyrocket, turning the board instant billionaires.
Somehow I have trouble believing that they would suppress a cure, just for the purpose of being evil at their own expense.
And it isn't a cure, in case you missed that. It is a vaccine. Like the vaccine against smallpox. Once you get smallpox or ebola, your chances still suck.
You forgot raping their women and enslaving their children.
Then the pillaging and the burning.
And at the end, you sow the ground with salt so that nothing will ever grow there again in our lifetimes.
That'll teach them.
Only if he was legally entitled to release that code.
Because if he released it and it wasn't his to do so, the GPL license itself is null and void for that project, and standard copyright would apply to that project.
If it was not his right to release that code, not only should he STFU, but he may well bring legal problems on himself, and burn his career in the process.
Windows XP is used for visualization of graphics, opening and closing valves etc.
The actual control logic as well as all safety monitoring and all the actual dangerous things are handled by dedicated controllers.
Windows XP is at no point in charge of anything important. Keeping that in mind, it does not matter if you're running MacOS, linux or Windows for the client part.
No need to get emotional about it.
The DCS system that I use, and those I know of, give you specific version of Windows, service packs, and hotfixes that you must install. Deviate from that list and if you need support or are trying to get something done because they screwed up or had a bad bug, they'll just tell you that it's not their problem because you did not run the recommended configuration. I have seen a vendor argue over the 4th digit of a bios revision number because they could not find a cause for the bug we reported. And the only way we got away with that in the end was that they had documented a valid upgrade path, coming from an earlier software version, in which case that version was allowed.
My servers run
Windows 2003 because they say I have to
Standard edition because they say I have to
Service pack 2 because they say I have to
And a handful of hotfixes that come with the software installation disks. Because they say I have to.
And I will keep running that particular set up until we upgrade to the next version, when we will switch to windows 2008, standard edition, SP whatever, which some hotfixes.
That is why our network is disconnected from the outside world, all equipment is in locked cabinets, and all computers are in a locked serverroom with kwm going out to the field terminals.
Many banks in Belgium (and the Netherlands) at least don't have this set-up anymore. Some do, most don't, in my experience.
It is not customer friendly to be speaking from behind a fortress wall, and as you say, if a robber starts shooting customers, the bank is off worse than before.
+1.
I'm sure that helping slaves escape was wrong at one time or another. That didn't make morally wrong though.
And lynching a black man who could have been near the scene of a crime was fine too at one point. That didn't make it right either.