We believe that Google's acquisition of Trendalyzer will speed up the achievement of this noble goal. Trendalyzer's developers have left Gapminder to join Google in Mountain View, where Google intends to improve and scale up Trendalyzer, and make it freely available to those who seek access to statistics.
To me, this seems to imply that the professor and his son were the original developers, not the maintainers. Or perhaps just his son is going to Google?
What is the fundamental difference between this and Google's failed attempt? To me, Google answers seemed pretty neat but obviously out of place. What has amazon got that'll turn things around and fill the gap? Won't Amazon suffer from the fact that it is primarily an e-commerce website?
I'd guess that they have something useful that you can spend your "points" on. Imagine if you were able to put these "coins" towards an Amazon gift certificate
I'm so fucking sick and tired of these geeks who think autism is some sort of neato cool thing to have which makes your life a magical fairyland of math and science genius while explaining away their aversion to dating and soap.
Forgive me for laughing, but that is a wonderfully accurate description. I may have to borrow it.
Jeff Bezos can afford to lose the amount of money lost in those few days personally, and not have to feel it. The hypothetical local ma and pop store cannot.
Why doesn't that matter to you? Corporations like Amazon have gotten very, very rich - and lots of local business have had to fold because of it.
Where do you draw the line though? At what point does it become OK to take advantage of a businesses software glitch or clerical error?
It is for this reason that fraud protection exists.
You're right, except you're forgetting that fraud protection laws also protect the merchant.
What proof do we have that this was an honest mistake? They could have done this intentionally. Not that I think they really did, but is it even legal for them to pull this bait and switch?
You really think a multimillion-dollar company would risk its reputation and livelihood to earn a few hundred dollars in some poorly thought out scam? Please.
It was a software glitch and people took advantage of it.
Whenever a story about Futurama comes up, everyone always wonders, will the original writers and cast come back? David Cohen answers that
We have the entire cast back, as well as a good chunk of the writing staff. We also have Rough Draft Studios animating once again, and they seem determined to top even their own amazing work from the first time around. To complete the reunion of our original crack team, it looks like we will also have Chris Tyng back to work his magic on the musical score.
We all find it easy to bash Microsoft, their products, and their practices, and quite rightly so....
So why are they ranked the top company in a reputation survey? Seems a little silly since although Gates made his money from Microsoft, his spending is not related to the company.
Any problem that relies solely on user education/training is doomed to failure because most users don't care or don't want to be trained. They just want it to work
Speaking of bathroom etiquette, if its a single bathroom, please knock on the door before just jiggling the handle to test if its locked. One day I might forget to lock the door and then we'll both be in for a rude surprise
Regarding automated tests...write them!
Once you get a framework in place, it really does make you feel better about writing new code and modifying old. It also helps with your design by forcing you to write components that are loosely coupled (i.e., they can be tested easily because they have little to no external dependencies)
If you feel overwhelmed and don't know where to start, start by writing tests for new code and worrying about old code until later.
FUCK OVERSIGHT! I want this program OVER. Unless I am an actual proven threat in a court of law, there should be nobody listening to anything I'm doing.
Thats what they're doing. Agency X goes to the FISA court (a court of law mind you) and with A, B and C pieces of information showing that you are a "threat" and that they would like a warrant on you.
Meredith said in court filings that he spent hundreds of hours off duty working on it, developing it almost entirely on his own time. He noted that he never signed a software licensing agreement.
However, it goes on to state:
In 2003, the state sent Meredith to Iowa to get trained on the Iowa Department of Transportation's Traffic and Criminal Software, or TraCS. Iowa gave Wisconsin the software for free on the condition that Wisconsin not develop the application for commercial purposes, said Kernats.
At the request of his superiors, Meredith tweaked the program so that it would work in Wisconsin and created a way to import driver information and criminal histories into it. The software that imports data saves time and prevents errors, said Jones, the union president.
If he did indeed base his work off another piece of software (that was given to him on the condition that he not sell it commercially), then I don't think he really has a leg to stand on.
Considering the chimp-in-chief considers the Constitution a "goddamned piece of paper" while the Attorney General considers it "an outdated document", you don't think he really cares about infringing the rights of citizens, do you?
Because capitol hill blue is the bastion of unbiased and accurate reporting. From your linked articles (which by the way, are the same article, just parrotted by different blogs):
...I've heard from two White House sources who claim they heard from others present in the meeting that the President of the United States called the Constitution "a goddamned piece of paper."...
Really? Two "sources" who heard from some other guy that the president and Gonzalez said these things?
I know you really want to believe it but try to roast these guys for the things they've actually done (and there are plenty) rather than spreading FUD.
Writing the code from a good design is easy. It is creating a good accurate design, capturing all the requirements accurately and ensuring the end user's expectations are correct.
The problem is:
There is no such thing as "all the requirements." The only thing you can count on in software development is that the requirements will change
The end users have no idea what to expect or what they want. They may think they want X, but they really want Y after seeing what X looks like.
There is no evidence that SFX tried technical countermeasures, such as referrer logging and blocking anyone coming from Davis' site.
Isn't that irrelevant? If this is indeed illegal, they shouldn't have to do things like that.
Its kind of like a store owner who doesn't properly secure his shop at night. Is it his fault that thugs broke in and stole his stuff? Sure he could have done a better job and put up a metal door and bars on the windows, but that doesn't exhonerate the thieves.
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From the Gapminder site:
To me, this seems to imply that the professor and his son were the original developers, not the maintainers. Or perhaps just his son is going to Google?
Although he may be bald with glasses, he still has genuine class.
I'd guess that they have something useful that you can spend your "points" on. Imagine if you were able to put these "coins" towards an Amazon gift certificate
Forgive me for laughing, but that is a wonderfully accurate description. I may have to borrow it.
Where do you draw the line though? At what point does it become OK to take advantage of a businesses software glitch or clerical error?
You're right, except you're forgetting that fraud protection laws also protect the merchant.
You really think a multimillion-dollar company would risk its reputation and livelihood to earn a few hundred dollars in some poorly thought out scam? Please.
It was a software glitch and people took advantage of it.
Says who?
A random new release is $14.99, the same price I would pay to own the movie, not rent a copy
The service seems to be on par with the iTunes prices for TV shows an has the advantage of going right to your TiVo.
Don't forget about the asshole who thinks he knows everything and just has to tell everyone so.
... for resolving caches.
My own obviously make the "winner" pile. The rest I hear about through word of mouth.
Whenever a story about Futurama comes up, everyone always wonders, will the original writers and cast come back? David Cohen answers that
Quit stealing my thunder (fart pun well intended!
Why is playstation support being included in the kernel? Is that really necessary?
Furthermore, the article didn't exactly make it clear what the support is. Can anyone clarify?
So why are they ranked the top company in a reputation survey? Seems a little silly since although Gates made his money from Microsoft, his spending is not related to the company.
Ehh, this actually sounds like a scam to me.
or GBTW
Well passthecrackpipe, if you and your vast knowledge of large scale datacenters are not impressed with the story, why the hell did you submit it?
Any problem that relies solely on user education/training is doomed to failure because most users don't care or don't want to be trained. They just want it to work
Speaking of bathroom etiquette, if its a single bathroom, please knock on the door before just jiggling the handle to test if its locked. One day I might forget to lock the door and then we'll both be in for a rude surprise
Regarding automated tests...write them!
Once you get a framework in place, it really does make you feel better about writing new code and modifying old. It also helps with your design by forcing you to write components that are loosely coupled (i.e., they can be tested easily because they have little to no external dependencies)
If you feel overwhelmed and don't know where to start, start by writing tests for new code and worrying about old code until later.
Indeed.
To expand on your idea, think about the small business owner who sends a monthly newsletter to a few hundred of his customers from his home pc.
Thats what they're doing. Agency X goes to the FISA court (a court of law mind you) and with A, B and C pieces of information showing that you are a "threat" and that they would like a warrant on you.
The article says:
However, it goes on to state:
If he did indeed base his work off another piece of software (that was given to him on the condition that he not sell it commercially), then I don't think he really has a leg to stand on.
Because capitol hill blue is the bastion of unbiased and accurate reporting. From your linked articles (which by the way, are the same article, just parrotted by different blogs):
Really? Two "sources" who heard from some other guy that the president and Gonzalez said these things?
I know you really want to believe it but try to roast these guys for the things they've actually done (and there are plenty) rather than spreading FUD.
The problem is:
Isn't that irrelevant? If this is indeed illegal, they shouldn't have to do things like that.
Its kind of like a store owner who doesn't properly secure his shop at night. Is it his fault that thugs broke in and stole his stuff? Sure he could have done a better job and put up a metal door and bars on the windows, but that doesn't exhonerate the thieves.