That's how I got my entree into writing about Linux. Programmers are very smart, but not very eloquent and they are also very poor teachers.
There are any number of rules and guidelines for writing documentation, most of which are ignored since documentation is often the red-headed stepchild of the project.
Documentation should tell a story clearly and help the reader understand the 'why' and 'how' as well as the 'what'.
When items are classified as "secret" just because they are embarrassing, it makes it easy for people to rationalize away the need for secrecy. And there are a few justifiable reasons for having a secret.
Much as the Rule of Holes is "If you find yourself in a hole, first stop digging", the Rule of Secrets should be "If you're doing embarrassing things you feel the need to keep secret, first stop doing them."
Many years ago, I used to co-own a restaurant. A sous chef who had worked for us two years gave two weeks notice that would have him leave the day before Mothers Day for a "better opportunity". Since he was an employee in a key position, it would take longer than two weeks to interview, hire and train somone at his level. We asked if he would stay through Mothers Day (so just one more day and we'd pay him double time for that day) since we only had him and the chef (the other owner) to cook and it would place a huge burden on the chef. He declined.
It turned out that he did not have another job but just wanted to avoid working on Mothers Day (the busiest and most harrowing day in the industry). While I never gave him a bad reference (he was an excellent employee), he could not find a job in town because the kitchen staff talked about his day-before-Mothers-Day departure to their friends in other restaurants; they were pissed at him. He finally moved out of town to find employment.
MORAL: Leaving like a douchebag never pays off like you think it will.
If China would just steal the WinXP source code and publish it, the world community would not only continue to provide security updates, but probably fix all the bugs.
From reading TFA, it seems that the headline should have been punctuated with a question mark, so Betteridge's Law could be applied identifying this effort as a failure.
I've used Crossover to run MS Word/MS Office and other Windows apps,so I don't see the problem since it allows you to run that stuff on a Linux box if you insist on it.
The Monarchy of Bahrain, has again and again, committed crimes against the civil population. Unlike other Arab nations, little or nothing is said in corporate media or by the US Gov. officials, simply because the Bahrain monarchy is an "ally" that allows an US military base in their soil.
I suspect that there's very little pressure from the US government to not print these stories, it's just that the editorial board does not find it relevant or interesting to the targeted demographic of the media's advertisers.
It's simply that news coverage of the death or oppression of thousands of non-US citizens does not boost circulation nor sell cars or burgers.
Doctors routinely overbill (based on the insurance pay scale) or procedures knowing they will be paid less from insurance, but the higher billing amounts are factored in to what insurance will pay in the future.
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These devs will burn in Hell.
Can it run Android?
Unintentionally funny.
Use the HTML interface plus the Better Gmail FF extension..
https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=h
I think you might want to revisit your anatomy class.
To get tips on advanced sexual techinues?
That's why we have the Internet and Google.
I'm thinking increasing usage of Hand sanitizer is killing our gut bacteria. Is there any correlation to this ?
I blame it on Jenny McCarthy.
Telling would-be crackers to use notepad.exe with WINE under Linux?
OK, I get the joke now.
Blow it up!
It could kill us, so that woudl eb self-defense.
It's being followed by a White Hispanic asteroid named Zimmerman.
FTFY
That's how I got my entree into writing about Linux. Programmers are very smart, but not very eloquent and they are also very poor teachers.
There are any number of rules and guidelines for writing documentation, most of which are ignored since documentation is often the red-headed stepchild of the project.
Documentation should tell a story clearly and help the reader understand the 'why' and 'how' as well as the 'what'.
Studies prove it, yet it continues to be funded with scarce dollars.
When items are classified as "secret" just because they are embarrassing, it makes it easy for people to rationalize away the need for secrecy. And there are a few justifiable reasons for having a secret.
Much as the Rule of Holes is "If you find yourself in a hole, first stop digging", the Rule of Secrets should be "If you're doing embarrassing things you feel the need to keep secret, first stop doing them."
My UID is lower, and this is indeed the lowest of the low.
I've never been able to use my UID for anything that benefits me. . .
You don't poke a turd without getting shit on your finger,
Wrong thread . . . . 8(
You don't poke a turd without getting shit on your finger,
Many years ago, I used to co-own a restaurant. A sous chef who had worked for us two years gave two weeks notice that would have him leave the day before Mothers Day for a "better opportunity". Since he was an employee in a key position, it would take longer than two weeks to interview, hire and train somone at his level. We asked if he would stay through Mothers Day (so just one more day and we'd pay him double time for that day) since we only had him and the chef (the other owner) to cook and it would place a huge burden on the chef. He declined.
It turned out that he did not have another job but just wanted to avoid working on Mothers Day (the busiest and most harrowing day in the industry). While I never gave him a bad reference (he was an excellent employee), he could not find a job in town because the kitchen staff talked about his day-before-Mothers-Day departure to their friends in other restaurants; they were pissed at him. He finally moved out of town to find employment.
MORAL: Leaving like a douchebag never pays off like you think it will.
If China would just steal the WinXP source code and publish it, the world community would not only continue to provide security updates, but probably fix all the bugs.
Don't forget that National Security may be compromised if this confrontation continues. Everybody calm down and STFU or the terrorists win.
And the children . . . What about them?
Hire developers that provide solutions, not excuses.
From reading TFA, it seems that the headline should have been punctuated with a question mark, so Betteridge's Law could be applied identifying this effort as a failure.
And who says the government doesn't already run some of these services themselves?
I've used Crossover to run MS Word/MS Office and other Windows apps,so I don't see the problem since it allows you to run that stuff on a Linux box if you insist on it.
The Monarchy of Bahrain, has again and again, committed crimes against the civil population. Unlike other Arab nations, little or nothing is said in corporate media or by the US Gov. officials, simply because the Bahrain monarchy is an "ally" that allows an US military base in their soil.
I suspect that there's very little pressure from the US government to not print these stories, it's just that the editorial board does not find it relevant or interesting to the targeted demographic of the media's advertisers.
It's simply that news coverage of the death or oppression of thousands of non-US citizens does not boost circulation nor sell cars or burgers.
Sad but true.
Doctors routinely overbill (based on the insurance pay scale) or procedures knowing they will be paid less from insurance, but the higher billing amounts are factored in to what insurance will pay in the future.