Will they "fix" it by repeating it (i.e. rewriting ActiveX controls to be compatible with Vista, so that they can get paid to screw their customers again in 5 years when the next version of Windows comes out) or will they fix it by removing the irresponsible dependencies?
Which option looks more likely to make more money in the long term?
With all the "weird weather" over the past 12 months or so, are we experiencing another El Nino or is the world just going to hell in a handbasket yet again if we don't Do Something About It?
infantrymen were sometimes ordered to "fire at will"
They had to change this command in the Newfie army after too many Bills were getting shot. (Note before anyone whines: I myself am from an area of Canada whose residents are sometimes called Newfies with their brains kicked-out)
I'm over 40 and ride the train to work every day, so I don't usually hang around with ball-kicking morons. I observed this phenomenon while two younger guys riding the same train as me took turns kicking each other between the legs recently.
The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an urgent problem with one of the main computers.
He dialed the employees home phone number and was greeted with a child's whispered on the first ring, "Hello?"
Feeling put out at the inconvenience of having to talk to a youngster the boss asked, "Is your Daddy home?".
"Yes.", whispered the small voice.
May I talk with him?", the man asked.
To the surprise of the boss, the small voice whispered, "No."
Wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is your Mommy there?".
"Yes.", came the answer.
"May I talk with her?".
Again the small voice whispered, "No."
Knowing that it was not likely that a young child would be left home alone, the boss decided he would just leave a message with the person who should be there watching over the child. "Is there any one there besides you?", the boss asked the child.
"Yes", whispered the child, "A policeman."
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I speak with the policeman?".
"No, he's busy.", whispered the child.
"Busy doing what?", asked the boss.
"Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman.", came the whispered answer.
Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the ear piece on the phone the boss asked, "What is that noise?".
"A hello-copper.", answered the whispering voice.
"What is going on there?", asked the boss, now alarmed.
In an awed whispering voice the child answered, "The search team just landed the hello-copper!"
Alarmed, concerned and more than just a little frustrated the boss asked, "Why are they there?"
Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled giggle, "They're looking for me!"
First aid training teaches you to know how to respond (hopefully even if you're in shock you'll remember the do's and don'ts) and to know how to act in emergencies. If you look around and no one else is taking charge, you take control and make sure someone else calls 911 as the first step.
Someone explain to me why Slashdot has so many people who are afraid to death of cameras?
Sheesh, what a loaded question...
I think it's because many vocal slashdotters are relatively young and still believe in absolutes when it comes to privacy concerns.
Many people laugh at the youths that wear baggy pants where the crotches hang at mid-thigh level. Some say it is for weapon concealment, but the truth is that it is for protection against getting kicked in the balls (acts as a shock absorber).
I work in a refinery, where security is extremely prohibitive towards cameras and camera phones.
Yeah, like industrial spies/terrorists would be able to figure out what's happening in something like this. That linked image is a pretty low-density one as far as process piping spaghetti goes. I like to think of this type of organized mess as very big 3D motherboard circuitry except that the "wires" contain multiple fluids rather than electricity and require tons of steel and concrete for support.
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The main reason being corporations are wary of adopting software with no promise of support.
There's also the convenient blame-redirection strategy: the documents are late/wrong/unintelligible because of MicroSoft. That way you can blame a huge company for your own mistakes and everyone will nod knowingly in understanding and sympathy.
Suncor alleges in a Dec. 28 statement that the cause of the fire was the failure of a nozzle that didn't meet specifications outlined in a 1999 agreement.
The company says the nozzle, used in the fractionation process that separates the oilsands substance into various oils, was to have been built with a stainless steel cladding. It became severely corroded because it had not been clad and lined with stainless steel.
"The design contemplated that Nozzle N19 would operate for a period of at least 15 years; however Nozzle N19 catastrophically failed approximately 3.25 years after it was put into service," say the documents, filed in Calgary Court of Queen's Bench.
Suncor alleges that "the release of hydrocarbons and subsequent fore would not have occurred, had the stainless steel cladding, lining or overlay been properly applied to Nozzle N19."
You never stop reading. Provide mentoring to less experienced engineers. Never hide what you know. It is not good being the curmudgeon that keeps his knowledge to himself. You become a teacher. Understand where projects you have participated in have succeeded or failed. Bring that experience to that table.
That's great advice for any tech-oriented (I almost wrote, "orientated", dammit) person, not just software "engineers".
FWIW, as a CAD user, I often have trouble distinguishing colours on CRT or LCD screens if the lines are thin enough. Wider lines are easier to interpret. I also (according to others, maybe they're just having fun at my expense) sometimes wear brown pants, blue shirts and purple socks, thinking that I have colour-coordinated well that day and the babes will be all over me for my fashion sense.
If you let the voter keep the piece of paper, they can use it to show how they voted (to collect a payment for their vote, or avoid being beat up or fired).
I think the latter is more probable than the former, actually. Paying voters to choose one option over another will never work; threats are more effective as they invoke fear rather than a small reward.
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I've got one (OLED screen) on my watch. The battery life even for displaying just the time is only about 8 hours, which is slightly inconvenient.
Technology is there to make a complex task simple, not the other way round.
True, but once a task is simplified via technology it becomes necessary to complexify the technology (or the terminology) so that jobs are not lost.
Will they "fix" it by repeating it (i.e. rewriting ActiveX controls to be compatible with Vista, so that they can get paid to screw their customers again in 5 years when the next version of Windows comes out) or will they fix it by removing the irresponsible dependencies?
Which option looks more likely to make more money in the long term?
I'd be more worried about the Constitution. Apparently that thing has a variety of read/write/execution states.
That's because Canada is two nations, not just one.
With all the "weird weather" over the past 12 months or so, are we experiencing another El Nino or is the world just going to hell in a handbasket yet again if we don't Do Something About It?
What, not even one post referencing Blue Oyster Cult?
I'd think there'd be a lot of bike accidents and pedestrians falling down near a place called Chevy Chase.
infantrymen were sometimes ordered to "fire at will"
They had to change this command in the Newfie army after too many Bills were getting shot. (Note before anyone whines: I myself am from an area of Canada whose residents are sometimes called Newfies with their brains kicked-out)
I'm over 40 and ride the train to work every day, so I don't usually hang around with ball-kicking morons. I observed this phenomenon while two younger guys riding the same train as me took turns kicking each other between the legs recently.
Not helpful to your question, but cute anyway:
The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an urgent problem with one of the main computers.
He dialed the employees home phone number and was greeted with a child's whispered on the first ring, "Hello?"
Feeling put out at the inconvenience of having to talk to a youngster the boss asked, "Is your Daddy home?".
"Yes.", whispered the small voice.
May I talk with him?", the man asked.
To the surprise of the boss, the small voice whispered, "No."
Wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is your Mommy there?".
"Yes.", came the answer.
"May I talk with her?".
Again the small voice whispered, "No."
Knowing that it was not likely that a young child would be left home alone, the boss decided he would just leave a message with the person who should be there watching over the child. "Is there any one there besides you?", the boss asked the child.
"Yes", whispered the child, "A policeman."
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I speak with the policeman?".
"No, he's busy.", whispered the child.
"Busy doing what?", asked the boss.
"Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman.", came the whispered answer.
Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the ear piece on the phone the boss asked, "What is that noise?".
"A hello-copper.", answered the whispering voice.
"What is going on there?", asked the boss, now alarmed.
In an awed whispering voice the child answered, "The search team just landed the hello-copper!"
Alarmed, concerned and more than just a little frustrated the boss asked, "Why are they there?"
Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled giggle, "They're looking for me!"
First aid training teaches you to know how to respond (hopefully even if you're in shock you'll remember the do's and don'ts) and to know how to act in emergencies. If you look around and no one else is taking charge, you take control and make sure someone else calls 911 as the first step.
Someone explain to me why Slashdot has so many people who are afraid to death of cameras?
Sheesh, what a loaded question... I think it's because many vocal slashdotters are relatively young and still believe in absolutes when it comes to privacy concerns.
So now she gets her panties in a bunch
You wouldn't happen to have photos of said panties, would you? Please send offlist.
Many people laugh at the youths that wear baggy pants where the crotches hang at mid-thigh level. Some say it is for weapon concealment, but the truth is that it is for protection against getting kicked in the balls (acts as a shock absorber).
I work in a refinery, where security is extremely prohibitive towards cameras and camera phones.
Yeah, like industrial spies/terrorists would be able to figure out what's happening in something like this. That linked image is a pretty low-density one as far as process piping spaghetti goes. I like to think of this type of organized mess as very big 3D motherboard circuitry except that the "wires" contain multiple fluids rather than electricity and require tons of steel and concrete for support.
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The main reason being corporations are wary of adopting software with no promise of support.
There's also the convenient blame-redirection strategy: the documents are late/wrong/unintelligible because of MicroSoft. That way you can blame a huge company for your own mistakes and everyone will nod knowingly in understanding and sympathy.
Anyone remember the failed takeoff of the Air France plane at Pearson international?
I remember it (the attempted *landing*) well, as I was laid-off that day and watched the aftermath live.
Of course, this happened in Canada, the kinder, gentler nation, so no one was killed.
Absolutely correct.
Is a slashdoter someone who is unusually fixated on Kirk-Spock action?
"Engineers who are doing rote jobs like checking valves obviously aren't very useful as thinkers, so they're stuck doing mindless things."
$630-million lawsuit against engineering companies
Suncor alleges in a Dec. 28 statement that the cause of the fire was the failure of a nozzle that didn't meet specifications outlined in a 1999 agreement.
The company says the nozzle, used in the fractionation process that separates the oilsands substance into various oils, was to have been built with a stainless steel cladding. It became severely corroded because it had not been clad and lined with stainless steel.
"The design contemplated that Nozzle N19 would operate for a period of at least 15 years; however Nozzle N19 catastrophically failed approximately 3.25 years after it was put into service," say the documents, filed in Calgary Court of Queen's Bench.
Suncor alleges that "the release of hydrocarbons and subsequent fore would not have occurred, had the stainless steel cladding, lining or overlay been properly applied to Nozzle N19."
You never stop reading. Provide mentoring to less experienced engineers. Never hide what you know. It is not good being the curmudgeon that keeps his knowledge to himself. You become a teacher. Understand where projects you have participated in have succeeded or failed. Bring that experience to that table.
That's great advice for any tech-oriented (I almost wrote, "orientated", dammit) person, not just software "engineers".
FWIW, as a CAD user, I often have trouble distinguishing colours on CRT or LCD screens if the lines are thin enough. Wider lines are easier to interpret. I also (according to others, maybe they're just having fun at my expense) sometimes wear brown pants, blue shirts and purple socks, thinking that I have colour-coordinated well that day and the babes will be all over me for my fashion sense.
If you let the voter keep the piece of paper, they can use it to show how they voted (to collect a payment for their vote, or avoid being beat up or fired).
I think the latter is more probable than the former, actually. Paying voters to choose one option over another will never work; threats are more effective as they invoke fear rather than a small reward.