Here in the UK, we have just imported a whole hip / knee replacement team (including nursing staff), built a new hospital, commissioned the hospital and started operations in less than 7 months after funding was approved.
The import of the team was the only way to do this within budget.
The UK already imports nursing staff and primary school teachers in quantity, since we neglected to train and retain sufficient staff in the past.
You couldn't outsource doctors easily, but lawyers and architects don't always need face to face contact with the client, so these are prime candidates for outsourcing.
Not an expert on this, but it appears that you could do this with a plugin under ReiserFS.
Basically, you have a new file attribute called versioning, which is a boolean. The plugin looks at this value, and if it's set, copies the contents of the old file to a subfile with a date/time string appended. It then overwrites the contents of the old file with the new data.
Might be a bit of a disk hog, but it would make microversioning simple and transparent.
Why should the NYT make a profit from its online presence?
By posting their stories online, they are able to attract paid advertising, gain public recognition for their dead-tree product, garner goodwill (intangible, but still added in whenever a business is valued) and generally build a brand.
My point is that the online NYT should be regarded as a marketing expense, not as a moneyspinner. We've all seen the grandiose dreams and foolish business plans of the dot-commers fade to dust, so perhaps it's time to reevaluate what an online presence for a newspaper actually amounts to.
Registration is a pain, and it does stop people from reading NYT online content and being exposed to the advertising embedded in that content.
What would be interesting would be an analysis of the registration details so far provided, split into 'valid' and 'ludicrous' categories. This might give a measure of the true value of registration, which I am sure is lower than the NYT believe it to be.
Maybe your query about the RIAA's business model is a valid one - I would prefer to pay a fair price for CDs and see Robbie Williams et al less enriched. Without the CD price cartels, online copyright infringement would be much less significant, and more importantly, lower priced CDs would be more attractive as items of discretionary spending in times of economic anxiety, making the dramatic collapses in sales that we have seen much less likely to occur in future.
the top UK car (ok, automobile show) had the presenters whizzing around the studio tonight on Segways.
While they aren't a useful and sensible mode of transport (yet), they are very good fun. Jeremy Clarkson crashed one, and swore (quite entertaining), while shortarse Hammond at the end improvised the Segway equivalent of the sand dance.
Microsoft is a good true bluebloodnobull American company type thang. We limit electionizing to US citizens, those who have swearified allegiancy to the USA. Thereforce, why should we permittify the use of computer magic developed by foreign wizards and sorcorers, some of them which may be tied with al Quaestionable organizatiables? We shouldn't misunderestimatify them.
Even worse - if the short story 'Young Zaphod Plays It Safe' (published in The Salmon of Doubt) is a guide, GPPs lead to Designer People, the most dangerous examples of which were due to be destroyed...
I'll let you read the story for the outcome - I hate spoilers.
The OP didn't really say that the book is no use, only that there's no substitute for experience.
You're dead right in that an understanding of the principles behind firewalling is essential for working with them, but he's dead right that only experience will allow you to deal with the requirements of the various users you'll come across (unless you go with a standard policy and refuse to change without exhaustive procedures, which happens to piss off most clients).
No! Starchaser will win, because we've got pies. Lots of pies, because we're from the North of England.
While the extra weight of the pies will make lift-off more difficult, these same pies will come into their own when achieving a cushioned landing due to the little-known lard-arse effect.
This will allow for safe landings without the expense and extra testing of a parachute, by the simple principle of landing on a large, well-padded Northern arse.
Although the Americans have 'burger' technology, it is far less advanced in the creation of large, cushioned arses than the well established suet pastry technology of the North.
Even the use of pizzas will not allow the US to leapfrog our specially trained Northern astronauts in this vital space race.
I predict a big dose of Summertime Blues for the lovely Darl McBride, unless he tries Something Else.Perhaps he'd be better off trying to explain to IBM that there are Three Steps to Heaven, or to switch sides, a la Cut Across Shorty.
Otherwise, Big Blue will steal his Pretty Girl, his Stockin's amd Shoes, and Darl will turn into a Skinny Jim and suffer a Nervous Breakdown.
C'mon, Everybody!
Damn - wrong Cochran(e).
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SBBI produced building codes - it, as a body, put work and thought into those codes.
Surely it has a right to some recompense (even if only a reimbursement of reasonable costs) for its input?
I would propose that the body that first enacts the standards into law should ensure that the producer of the standards is not out of pocket.
Of course, if SBBI has just produced a derivative work of existing (public domain) building regs, then screw 'em, and may they rot in hell for making me defend their position in any way.
But if they have provided any new and useful principles, or performed a useful analysis, then they deserve to be recompensed for their efforts.
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The import of the team was the only way to do this within budget.
The UK already imports nursing staff and primary school teachers in quantity, since we neglected to train and retain sufficient staff in the past.
You couldn't outsource doctors easily, but lawyers and architects don't always need face to face contact with the client, so these are prime candidates for outsourcing.
Executives will never, ever outsource themselves.
Basically, you have a new file attribute called versioning, which is a boolean. The plugin looks at this value, and if it's set, copies the contents of the old file to a subfile with a date/time string appended. It then overwrites the contents of the old file with the new data.
Might be a bit of a disk hog, but it would make microversioning simple and transparent.
By posting their stories online, they are able to attract paid advertising, gain public recognition for their dead-tree product, garner goodwill (intangible, but still added in whenever a business is valued) and generally build a brand.
My point is that the online NYT should be regarded as a marketing expense, not as a moneyspinner. We've all seen the grandiose dreams and foolish business plans of the dot-commers fade to dust, so perhaps it's time to reevaluate what an online presence for a newspaper actually amounts to.
Registration is a pain, and it does stop people from reading NYT online content and being exposed to the advertising embedded in that content.
What would be interesting would be an analysis of the registration details so far provided, split into 'valid' and 'ludicrous' categories. This might give a measure of the true value of registration, which I am sure is lower than the NYT believe it to be.
Maybe your query about the RIAA's business model is a valid one - I would prefer to pay a fair price for CDs and see Robbie Williams et al less enriched. Without the CD price cartels, online copyright infringement would be much less significant, and more importantly, lower priced CDs would be more attractive as items of discretionary spending in times of economic anxiety, making the dramatic collapses in sales that we have seen much less likely to occur in future.
While they aren't a useful and sensible mode of transport (yet), they are very good fun. Jeremy Clarkson crashed one, and swore (quite entertaining), while shortarse Hammond at the end improvised the Segway equivalent of the sand dance.
The best thing on the show, however, pissed on the Segway in all departments - a totally mad bike-car tilting hybrid from Holland, the Carver.
Kamen's still cool though - I saw the wheelchair thingie last week, and was impressed.
Bush may look like a chimp, think like a chimp and even walk like a chimp, but Ballmer can do all that, and...
only he can truly dance like a chimp!
Microsoft is a good true bluebloodnobull American company type thang. We limit electionizing to US citizens, those who have swearified allegiancy to the USA. Thereforce, why should we permittify the use of computer magic developed by foreign wizards and sorcorers, some of them which may be tied with al Quaestionable organizatiables? We shouldn't misunderestimatify them.
Now where's my Goddamn Coke.
I'll let you read the story for the outcome - I hate spoilers.
Me: I'd like to vote for .
It: Are you sure? Dubya's been doing a great job, you know.
Me: No, I'd like to vote for ...
It: I'll have to recheck your Florida electoral status again - oh, too bad. You appear to have been removed. Have a nice day, now!
Try ten years, Mr AC - back to the days of 9600 baud dial-up with packet filters.
Asshat.
Perhaps they should use Hummers, and go for a real FTP - Fat Truck Protocol.
If you read the article, you'll see that they take the writing and reading times into account when calculating the bandwidth.
The bot plays Hold'Em.
It's a bit harder, and a lot more involved, than simple stud poker.
Except for the kit that needs to speak to the rest of the world, of course.
Which Norwegian was the first to discover North America? Leif Ericsson, long before your ancestors even thought it was Japan.
The OP didn't really say that the book is no use, only that there's no substitute for experience.
You're dead right in that an understanding of the principles behind firewalling is essential for working with them, but he's dead right that only experience will allow you to deal with the requirements of the various users you'll come across (unless you go with a standard policy and refuse to change without exhaustive procedures, which happens to piss off most clients).
BTW, IAAFWG.
There should be a +1:Troll modifier for well crafted comments such as this.
While the extra weight of the pies will make lift-off more difficult, these same pies will come into their own when achieving a cushioned landing due to the little-known lard-arse effect.
This will allow for safe landings without the expense and extra testing of a parachute, by the simple principle of landing on a large, well-padded Northern arse.
Although the Americans have 'burger' technology, it is far less advanced in the creation of large, cushioned arses than the well established suet pastry technology of the North.
Even the use of pizzas will not allow the US to leapfrog our specially trained Northern astronauts in this vital space race.
Here in the UK, EDS stands for 'Extra Dosh Soon', since all EDS projects need redoing soon after the implementation fails.
Gotta love'em...
That said, the 'bug' mentioned (that of getting a non-related set of students) smacks of shit data entry rather than a programming failure.
Lord help you, America, if you acquiesce to this sort of intrusive crap.
Before you know it, you'll be as bad as Europe, and soon after, as bad as Britain.
You'll be being persecuted on the basis of bad data, bad laws and stupid politicians.
That's our job.
Stop it.
Otherwise, Big Blue will steal his Pretty Girl, his Stockin's amd Shoes, and Darl will turn into a Skinny Jim and suffer a Nervous Breakdown.
C'mon, Everybody!
Damn - wrong Cochran(e).
Surely it has a right to some recompense (even if only a reimbursement of reasonable costs) for its input?
I would propose that the body that first enacts the standards into law should ensure that the producer of the standards is not out of pocket.
Of course, if SBBI has just produced a derivative work of existing (public domain) building regs, then screw 'em, and may they rot in hell for making me defend their position in any way.
But if they have provided any new and useful principles, or performed a useful analysis, then they deserve to be recompensed for their efforts.