Actually, IIRC, he defuses the bomb in the van below that building. That's the scene with him and Tyler in the garage, and Tyler says things like "No! Not the green wire!", etc.
Personally, I'd rather be spending my time as a 'message therapist.'
Personally, I'd rather spend my time with a massage therapist. Happy ending, anyone?
It's easy to claim it was a hate crime. But there really is a definition. It is not so nebulous as white guy shots black guy.Often motivation is crystal clear. A lynching is not a crime of passion. And killing a black man for looking at a white woman sure
The problem with that definition is this: What if it were two white guys. The one kills the other for looking at his woman. Now, is it a hate crime? Same circumstances, same variables except for the race of one of the involved parties.
IIUC, the book isn't just about well managed websites. Content management ramifications are larger issues.
Consider, the company for which I work has no real CM system in place. So when I'm assisting in preparing a proposal, things like our references and our procedure documentation have to be hunted down throughout many documents, then cut and pasted into the current one. In a CM type world, I could go to the application, select the document pieces, and drop them into a new proposal.
> Not exactly. It depends why you beat him up. If > you (a white guy) beat him (a black guy) up > because he slept with your wife, then it > wouldn't be charged under hate crime > legislation. But if you beat him up because "he > was a n*gger," then that would be a hate crime. > Your motive is important in determing the > severity of your crime.
Right. The essential problem is proving motivation. It's VERY easy to claim it was a hate crime when circumstances were not so clear. IE, the black guy in your example was looking at the white guy's girl, or verbally attacking the white guy. Then, proof is not so easy.
Han Solo brags that he can make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. This is another example of Bad Astronomy; like a light year, a parsec is a unit of distance, not time.
Interestingly enough, this is explained in the books about Han Solo's pre Star Wars career, cleverly known as the Han Solo Chronicles (IIRC).
It's six novels. In one, he makes the Kessel run, and skirts so close to the Maw (the collection of black holes that makes the Kessel Run so dangerous/lucrative) that he experiences a bending of space. Thus, shorter distance. QED.
Actually, to compare your example more directly with the article, you would have to purchase a new gas tank. You wouldn't be able to fill up your old one at any station, as it was permanently marked "empty".
You are absolutely right, AC, in theory. For a small one department deal, Access applications are the "itch scratchers" so the employees/management doesn't have to go to IS and have a full blown implementation done. Of course, the fact that any "Joe/Jane Accountant (or whatever)" can do this leads to so many woes with database programming standards. But that's anothe topic.
"we have a bunch of MS-Access databases(>50) which are being used by around 50 users around the globe on a daily basis"
This seems to indicate that it's a bit more than a "one-off" solution for a few people. Combined with the fact that they have to host the "applications" on an enterprise wide SAMBA directory, and IS is ALREADY involved in managing the synchronization issues, it seems that this really isn't the minor issue you talk about.
I think the real complaint is against adding "-ful" to impact. While technically gramatically correct (speaking of mouthfuls!), as in the "Characterized by" sense of the word, it's just too awkward sounding.
That being said, when we're instructed to "repurpose" something (a computer, a person, etc), i get the heebie-jeebies. Why not say "We'll use that old web server for our new DNS box" (or summat)?
> Wow, who would have thought that there'd be a > moderated discussion of football on slashdot... > What's next? Maxim magazine reviewing computer > games?
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Although drawing such conclusions is tempting, I have to play Devil's advocate. (As a side note, I agree that many people are mush-brained morons).
These are site engine searches. It's entirely possible that people are getting their information from directly entering a site's URL. After all, how often does one do a search for "CNN" or some such? News portals provide exactly that, one place to get news, (hopefully unbiased, but THAT'S a different thread) so that one doesn't need Lycos to find information.
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Actually, masturbation can be used to learn to prevent premature ejaculation. The theory is that you can learn when the "Point of No Return" is by experimentation on yourself, so that when you are about to reach it with a partner, you can pull back (or out, for that matter) and wait it out.
There was a study done on this (no link, STFW), and of course, *cough* my own experimentation *cough*.
Look into a Exclusive Use rights clause in your contract. There's nothing saying that you can't agree to let them use the software and have a copy of the source as a deliverable. However, you can limit their ability to resell/reuse the component.
Additionally, create an Intellectual Property clause in the contract spelling out specific ownership rights/responsibilities.
I'd agree with you, but the reviewer makes some mention of this. He says
the authors take a somewhat different approach, one that is less connected to software versions and that will endure in time
While a bit melodramatic, the principles of security are apparantly the subject of the book, not the method. It's quite possible to discuss what an ACL is from a system independant standpoint, without getting into the nitty-gritty of how Windows/Linux/OS 'o choice implements it.
That's what the other 1400 some page books are for. Specifics.
If you'll note, my comment was regarding a Sole Proprietorship specifically. I know about the LLC type of incoporation.
The only drawback I've really seen to that is that it's still somewhat "untested" in courts. There are large bodies of law to handle S/C-Corps and Sole Proprietorships, but relatively little for LLCs.
(As a diclaimer, I've run my own side business for a few years now.)
Privately held companies have stock as well. The shares are just...privately held. Usually only the members of the board (who are members of the company) own them. It's necessary for an LLC/Corp type structure, as it shows that the board owns part of the company.
What you're talking about (the "DBA") is a Sole Proprietorship type setup. VERY easy to create. just use your SSN as a business tax id. However, you have NO corporate protection. That is, you assume all liability for your work, and if you are sued, the plaintiff can go after ALL your property (including personal!), not just business assets.
When people are treated as disposable/finite/exploitable/burn-uppable pieces of machinery, is it any wonder they lack any sort of the "loyalty" that was so prevalant in the past few decades? When they realize that they companies for which they work just don't give a rat's patootie about them as people, treating them instead like commodities that can easily be replaced by any sucker to email a resume, they stop caring.
Of course, this is a vicious cycle. When the employees stop caring, management sees this, and is less likely to extend the resources necessary to support their personnel because "those employees just don't care." Which, in turn, makes the employees care less.
It's not like people are beating down the door for web development of any stripe (except Java/J2EE, and you have to have a TS/SCI with lifestyle poly from the NSA, but we'll get into THAT somewhere else).
My day job is crappola (please note that I'm posting during work hours...), but I do CF dev on the side. I've found that the preponderance of clients don't give a rat's butt what you use, as long as you can support it. Of course, if they already have a hosting solution selected (or host in-house), you may be stuck with doing the application in whatever they have available. As for me, I have a close relationship with my (former) partners in business, and they offer hosting for my clients. I do they app, they get the hosting fees.
personally, i can't stand fusebox. it's an artificial construct attempting to impose order on what is, essentially, a scripting language. a powerful one (i've been building fairly large scale applications in it for ~5 years), but a scripting language nonetheless. it's just not MEANT to have that kind of structure/organization.
or at least, that's what it was LTE CF5. (as a disclaimer, i have NOT worked with MX.)
with the advent of CFMX, it may get better, but most likely it won't be more than a set of rules for including files to simulated separating business logic from presentation, and "virtual code reuse".
as a corollary, i end up developing a set of my own "code management" rules. develop them inhouse, publish the document, and give a copy to your developers when they're new hires. you can customize it to the way your own shop works, and not be constrained by the artificial rules of another development shop.
and hey, you can publish that document and call it "FooBox" (or whatever) and pick up some cash.
we did some research here at our company. my CEO and i were discussing it (i'm the CTO), and he told me he had done some leg work on the subject when the BSA first started their "scare tactic" TV/radio campaign.
the BSA is a software reseller. they have NO LEGAL AUTHORITY. they are not the "Software Police". they can't come to you and demand anything. you have to (stupidly, actually) ask them to come and perform an audit. then, when they find non-compliance, they offer to sell the company the licenses at a "special price".
they're vampiric...if you don't invite them in, they have no power.
of course, now that the ball has started rolling, they can probably bring some legal action. i'm not sure what legal recourse the SPA has (for example). subpoenas/warrants/etc, possibly. i imagine that there is a goverment agency to which they can appeal for such. and the BSA only has to pick up the batphone to them to start the ball rolling.
i know that doesn't help now, since they've already gotten a foot in the door. but it may help others.
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I think a careful examination of the practical longevity [...] requires more features, not more inches.
Must...resist...obvious...comment.
To Miss Vermont: Blow me.
Careful what you wish for. She probably will blow you.
You say that as if it's a bad thing.
Actually, IIRC, he defuses the bomb in the van below that building. That's the scene with him and Tyler in the garage, and Tyler says things like "No! Not the green wire!", etc.
Personally, I'd rather be spending my time as a 'message therapist.'
Personally, I'd rather spend my time with a massage therapist. Happy ending, anyone?
It's easy to claim it was a hate crime. But there really is a definition. It is not so nebulous as white guy shots black guy.Often motivation is crystal clear. A lynching is not a crime of passion. And killing a black man for looking at a white woman sure
The problem with that definition is this: What if it were two white guys. The one kills the other for looking at his woman. Now, is it a hate crime? Same circumstances, same variables except for the race of one of the involved parties.
IIUC, the book isn't just about well managed websites. Content management ramifications are larger issues.
Consider, the company for which I work has no real CM system in place. So when I'm assisting in preparing a proposal, things like our references and our procedure documentation have to be hunted down throughout many documents, then cut and pasted into the current one. In a CM type world, I could go to the application, select the document pieces, and drop them into a new proposal.
> Not exactly. It depends why you beat him up. If > you (a white guy) beat him (a black guy) up
> because he slept with your wife, then it
> wouldn't be charged under hate crime
> legislation. But if you beat him up because "he
> was a n*gger," then that would be a hate crime.
> Your motive is important in determing the
> severity of your crime.
Right. The essential problem is proving motivation. It's VERY easy to claim it was a hate crime when circumstances were not so clear. IE, the black guy in your example was looking at the white guy's girl, or verbally attacking the white guy. Then, proof is not so easy.
Han Solo brags that he can make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. This is another example of Bad Astronomy; like a light year, a parsec is a unit of distance, not time.
Interestingly enough, this is explained in the books about Han Solo's pre Star Wars career, cleverly known as the Han Solo Chronicles (IIRC).
It's six novels. In one, he makes the Kessel run, and skirts so close to the Maw (the collection of black holes that makes the Kessel Run so dangerous/lucrative) that he experiences a bending of space. Thus, shorter distance. QED.
Actually, to compare your example more directly with the article, you would have to purchase a new gas tank. You wouldn't be able to fill up your old one at any station, as it was permanently marked "empty".
You are absolutely right, AC, in theory. For a small one department deal, Access applications are the "itch scratchers" so the employees/management doesn't have to go to IS and have a full blown implementation done. Of course, the fact that any "Joe/Jane Accountant (or whatever)" can do this leads to so many woes with database programming standards. But that's anothe topic.
"we have a bunch of MS-Access databases(>50) which are being used by around 50 users around the globe on a daily basis"
This seems to indicate that it's a bit more than a "one-off" solution for a few people. Combined with the fact that they have to host the "applications" on an enterprise wide SAMBA directory, and IS is ALREADY involved in managing the synchronization issues, it seems that this really isn't the minor issue you talk about.
See dictionary.com
it's also a transitive verb.
I think the real complaint is against adding "-ful" to impact. While technically gramatically correct (speaking of mouthfuls!), as in the "Characterized by" sense of the word, it's just too awkward sounding.
That being said, when we're instructed to "repurpose" something (a computer, a person, etc), i get the heebie-jeebies. Why not say "We'll use that old web server for our new DNS box" (or summat)?
> Wow, who would have thought that there'd be a
> moderated discussion of football on slashdot...
> What's next? Maxim magazine reviewing computer
> games?
actually, Maxim DOES review computer games.
He passes to Moses! Moses shoots! He scores!
Although drawing such conclusions is tempting, I have to play Devil's advocate. (As a side note, I agree that many people are mush-brained morons).
These are site engine searches. It's entirely possible that people are getting their information from directly entering a site's URL. After all, how often does one do a search for "CNN" or some such? News portals provide exactly that, one place to get news, (hopefully unbiased, but THAT'S a different thread) so that one doesn't need Lycos to find information.
Actually, masturbation can be used to learn to prevent premature ejaculation. The theory is that you can learn when the "Point of No Return" is by experimentation on yourself, so that when you are about to reach it with a partner, you can pull back (or out, for that matter) and wait it out.
There was a study done on this (no link, STFW), and of course, *cough* my own experimentation *cough*.
Look into a Exclusive Use rights clause in your contract. There's nothing saying that you can't agree to let them use the software and have a copy of the source as a deliverable. However, you can limit their ability to resell/reuse the component.
Additionally, create an Intellectual Property clause in the contract spelling out specific ownership rights/responsibilities.
Insert IANAL comment here.
I'd agree with you, but the reviewer makes some mention of this. He says
the authors take a somewhat different approach, one that is less connected to software versions and that will endure in time
While a bit melodramatic, the principles of security are apparantly the subject of the book, not the method. It's quite possible to discuss what an ACL is from a system independant standpoint, without getting into the nitty-gritty of how Windows/Linux/OS 'o choice implements it.
That's what the other 1400 some page books are for. Specifics.
If you'll note, my comment was regarding a Sole Proprietorship specifically. I know about the LLC type of incoporation.
The only drawback I've really seen to that is that it's still somewhat "untested" in courts. There are large bodies of law to handle S/C-Corps and Sole Proprietorships, but relatively little for LLCs.
again, IANAL.
(As a diclaimer, I've run my own side business for a few years now.)
Privately held companies have stock as well. The shares are just...privately held. Usually only the members of the board (who are members of the company) own them. It's necessary for an LLC/Corp type structure, as it shows that the board owns part of the company.
What you're talking about (the "DBA") is a Sole Proprietorship type setup. VERY easy to create. just use your SSN as a business tax id. However, you have NO corporate protection. That is, you assume all liability for your work, and if you are sued, the plaintiff can go after ALL your property (including personal!), not just business assets.
keep in mind, though...IANAL/A
Two words exemplify this problem.
Human. Resources.
When people are treated as disposable/finite/exploitable/burn-uppable pieces of machinery, is it any wonder they lack any sort of the "loyalty" that was so prevalant in the past few decades? When they realize that they companies for which they work just don't give a rat's patootie about them as people, treating them instead like commodities that can easily be replaced by any sucker to email a resume, they stop caring.
Of course, this is a vicious cycle. When the employees stop caring, management sees this, and is less likely to extend the resources necessary to support their personnel because "those employees just don't care." Which, in turn, makes the employees care less.
Repeat ad infinitum.
It's not like people are beating down the door for web development of any stripe (except Java/J2EE, and you have to have a TS/SCI with lifestyle poly from the NSA, but we'll get into THAT somewhere else).
My day job is crappola (please note that I'm posting during work hours...), but I do CF dev on the side. I've found that the preponderance of clients don't give a rat's butt what you use, as long as you can support it. Of course, if they already have a hosting solution selected (or host in-house), you may be stuck with doing the application in whatever they have available. As for me, I have a close relationship with my (former) partners in business, and they offer hosting for my clients. I do they app, they get the hosting fees.
personally, i can't stand fusebox. it's an artificial construct attempting to impose order on what is, essentially, a scripting language. a powerful one (i've been building fairly large scale applications in it for ~5 years), but a scripting language nonetheless. it's just not MEANT to have that kind of structure/organization.
or at least, that's what it was LTE CF5. (as a disclaimer, i have NOT worked with MX.)
with the advent of CFMX, it may get better, but most likely it won't be more than a set of rules for including files to simulated separating business logic from presentation, and "virtual code reuse".
as a corollary, i end up developing a set of my own "code management" rules. develop them inhouse, publish the document, and give a copy to your developers when they're new hires. you can customize it to the way your own shop works, and not be constrained by the artificial rules of another development shop. and hey, you can publish that document and call it "FooBox" (or whatever) and pick up some cash.
[the obligitory IANAL here]
we did some research here at our company. my CEO and i were discussing it (i'm the CTO), and he told me he had done some leg work on the subject when the BSA first started their "scare tactic" TV/radio campaign.
the BSA is a software reseller. they have NO LEGAL AUTHORITY. they are not the "Software Police". they can't come to you and demand anything. you have to (stupidly, actually) ask them to come and perform an audit. then, when they find non-compliance, they offer to sell the company the licenses at a "special price".
they're vampiric...if you don't invite them in, they have no power.
of course, now that the ball has started rolling, they can probably bring some legal action. i'm not sure what legal recourse the SPA has (for example). subpoenas/warrants/etc, possibly. i imagine that there is a goverment agency to which they can appeal for such. and the BSA only has to pick up the batphone to them to start the ball rolling.
i know that doesn't help now, since they've already gotten a foot in the door. but it may help others.