Doesn't this sorta set the precedent that Google should be paying some kinda royalty to youtube usrs that generate a lot of traffic, if it's no longer considered legitimate to just "take" content and post it on the internet?
Pro: If the stuff hits the fan, the boss could say that he didn't know you did that and that it's your fault. Make sure you have email records printed at home that say that 1) you don't recommend this because it violates the terms of service, and 2) he says he doesn't care and to do it anyways and that he will be responsible, not you.
If you have that, then at least you can pass the blame to the truly responsible party. And no, I don't think it's wrong to do something illegal where the only damage is financial as long as you are absolved of the responsibility for your actions.
Con: Still, I would seriously consider looking for another job, because while the reality is that this type of illegal action is very common... things have a way of going very, very sour for the developer job-wise if and when they finally get caught.
A jet that just happens to not take off (or so they hope) is not a "car". I personally set the limit of car speeds as those achieved by a combustion engine, and even then, the top drag cars are held to the earth by giant down-force-generating wings.
There's a pretty easy way to get this done already. You just let the answering machine get every call after 0.001 rings, and only listen to it once per day to figure out who to call back. What situation would it be where someone would need you to call back immediately and they couldn't physically knock on your door, if it was all that urgent?
That's nothing, years ago I wrote a program that reads these summaries and automatically generates an appropriate response in the comments, and in all that time, I've never had any problems with it. and in all that time, I've never had any problems with it.
Steve Albini's essay talks about how a record label will rip you off, which is only supported further by the fact that you can get all the equipment you need for $5000. I don't see how this conflicts with his essay in any way -- except to point out how ridiculous the fees are that a label will charge an artist for "recording time and materials".
Back in the impressionist days in Paris, The Salon de Refuse was 10 times more popular than the salon for artwork. People are just fascinated to see what doesn't make the cut, since what does tends to look very self-similar because of the rules to "make the cut".
His parents are probably professional solar panel engineers or something like that. Have you ever met a 12-year old that could go from initial concept to completion on this without some kinda "help" from an adult? I knew some super smart kids but I never saw a story like this that didn't have as an aside, "oh yeah, it just so happens that his/her parents are heavily involved in the related field, but nooo, they didn't help" yeah, right.
In a lot of modern games, the difficulty level is basically just more + faster. If you know what you have to do but just physically can't do it, that's not really a "difficulty" setting in the same way as adjusting the complexity or length of the puzzles to be solved. If "hard" required more brainpower and ingenuity instead of faster button-mashing, i'd be much more inclined to call that a good difficulty setting.
All we have to do is start designing efficient cars again. A Honda CRX-HF was advertised as having 52/60 mpg rating, not a hybrid and with regular gas, and that was many years ago. I refuse to accept that adding airbags or whatever safety equipment can't be done in a way that doesn't cut the mileage in half. All the car companies must get a cut of gas revenue... that's why they didn't care until people simply stopped buying as much gas AND as many cars.
Well, shoot the horse and slap me silly! I am still too paranoid to try it due to years of watching innocent people wipe out floppies with magnets, I know it's not the same but watch someone scream and cry for losing a term paper that way and you get paranoid of magnets + computers.
For the "magnets dont affect computers" replies, please slap some refrigerator magnets on your hard drives, CPU, etc. and tell us all about the results, if you insist it doesn't do anything then what's to fear in the test?
Yeah... you go ahead and use magnets to "cool" your computer. Let me know how that works out. For our younger readers: holding magnets close to food doesn't turn the food into a useless brick, but holding a magnet near a computer will probably do that.
I concur, and I further assert that backup storage may be one of those things that just doesn't fit into a distributed model nicely. Having several physical copies of the data is 1000 times safer than several online copies, or parts of copies, any or all of which could be wiped out by the same affliction even if in different physical locations by virtue of the network that connects them.
The next-gen HD stuff is already in production with that new 150" panasonic that has 4xHD, and 16xHD researchers claim that will be the broadcast standard as early as 2025... so maybe leasing that equipment makes more sense than owning it if a higher-res version will be out potentially before the lease expires. (F&F from google searches)
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Doesn't this sorta set the precedent that Google should be paying some kinda royalty to youtube usrs that generate a lot of traffic, if it's no longer considered legitimate to just "take" content and post it on the internet?
Vote by mail, and make a photocopy of your ballot. It is a lot harder to change a vote when there's a massively distributed paper trail.
Pro: If the stuff hits the fan, the boss could say that he didn't know you did that and that it's your fault. Make sure you have email records printed at home that say that 1) you don't recommend this because it violates the terms of service, and 2) he says he doesn't care and to do it anyways and that he will be responsible, not you.
If you have that, then at least you can pass the blame to the truly responsible party. And no, I don't think it's wrong to do something illegal where the only damage is financial as long as you are absolved of the responsibility for your actions.
Con: Still, I would seriously consider looking for another job, because while the reality is that this type of illegal action is very common... things have a way of going very, very sour for the developer job-wise if and when they finally get caught.
A jet that just happens to not take off (or so they hope) is not a "car". I personally set the limit of car speeds as those achieved by a combustion engine, and even then, the top drag cars are held to the earth by giant down-force-generating wings.
There's a pretty easy way to get this done already. You just let the answering machine get every call after 0.001 rings, and only listen to it once per day to figure out who to call back. What situation would it be where someone would need you to call back immediately and they couldn't physically knock on your door, if it was all that urgent?
Been to a P2P site or a 7-11 in Hong Kong recently? The source code for everything is 'open'...
That's nothing, years ago I wrote a program that reads these summaries and automatically generates an appropriate response in the comments, and in all that time, I've never had any problems with it. and in all that time, I've never had any problems with it.
That 750,000 jobs number comes a very reliable source, the bird. Haven't you heard, about the bird?
Pleeding Man: Please Don bot, can't you search your hard drive and command dot run your sympathy file?
Don bot: .....File Not Found! (Shoots him)
"Bob Martin (Uncle Bob)'s"
No wonder he's so good at making clean code... Bob actually is this guy's uncle!
Steve Albini's essay talks about how a record label will rip you off, which is only supported further by the fact that you can get all the equipment you need for $5000. I don't see how this conflicts with his essay in any way -- except to point out how ridiculous the fees are that a label will charge an artist for "recording time and materials".
Back in the impressionist days in Paris, The Salon de Refuse was 10 times more popular than the salon for artwork. People are just fascinated to see what doesn't make the cut, since what does tends to look very self-similar because of the rules to "make the cut".
Can't we just fill that cavern with algae, bateria,etc and wait X years, and then mine the O2 back out?
His parents are probably professional solar panel engineers or something like that. Have you ever met a 12-year old that could go from initial concept to completion on this without some kinda "help" from an adult? I knew some super smart kids but I never saw a story like this that didn't have as an aside, "oh yeah, it just so happens that his/her parents are heavily involved in the related field, but nooo, they didn't help" yeah, right.
In a lot of modern games, the difficulty level is basically just more + faster. If you know what you have to do but just physically can't do it, that's not really a "difficulty" setting in the same way as adjusting the complexity or length of the puzzles to be solved. If "hard" required more brainpower and ingenuity instead of faster button-mashing, i'd be much more inclined to call that a good difficulty setting.
All we have to do is start designing efficient cars again. A Honda CRX-HF was advertised as having 52/60 mpg rating, not a hybrid and with regular gas, and that was many years ago. I refuse to accept that adding airbags or whatever safety equipment can't be done in a way that doesn't cut the mileage in half. All the car companies must get a cut of gas revenue... that's why they didn't care until people simply stopped buying as much gas AND as many cars.
Yeah, who wouldn't want to "test" some creation vs. evolution "theories" with her!
Well, shoot the horse and slap me silly! I am still too paranoid to try it due to years of watching innocent people wipe out floppies with magnets, I know it's not the same but watch someone scream and cry for losing a term paper that way and you get paranoid of magnets + computers.
For the "magnets dont affect computers" replies, please slap some refrigerator magnets on your hard drives, CPU, etc. and tell us all about the results, if you insist it doesn't do anything then what's to fear in the test?
I am just shocked at how stupid some of these people is.
Yeah... you go ahead and use magnets to "cool" your computer. Let me know how that works out. For our younger readers: holding magnets close to food doesn't turn the food into a useless brick, but holding a magnet near a computer will probably do that.
I concur, and I further assert that backup storage may be one of those things that just doesn't fit into a distributed model nicely. Having several physical copies of the data is 1000 times safer than several online copies, or parts of copies, any or all of which could be wiped out by the same affliction even if in different physical locations by virtue of the network that connects them.
Unfortunately, the random "foot in the face" (FITF) experiments were cut short by a class-action lawsuit.
also, if super steel is so important, I'll be rich from melting down my buns of super steel!
The next-gen HD stuff is already in production with that new 150" panasonic that has 4xHD, and 16xHD researchers claim that will be the broadcast standard as early as 2025... so maybe leasing that equipment makes more sense than owning it if a higher-res version will be out potentially before the lease expires. (F&F from google searches)