The best way is to hire good designers, hire good programmers, then hire good management and give them clear targets. A small, close-knit development team can do wonders. You see, the production of good software is as much a function of good management as it is engineering talent. You can hire the best, most accountable engineers on the planet, but put a fool in charge and you're still going to ship crap. And you know what? Nobody ever complains about the fact that the moron who was running the show was just that: a moron. No, they always blame the developers, while their manager goes on to screw up yet another team somewhere else.
The reality is that you need a good architect, someone that understands not only what the system is designed to accomplish, but can account for most of the possible failure modes. There are plenty of good programmers out there (possibly some of them work for Diebold) but it's pretty obvious that Diebold's leadership is defective. Trying to hold the engineering team responsible for managerial failures serves no purpose.
I had to read the article 3 times to even notice the apparent sexism and I'm always very careful about what I write so as to not offend your type.
I always read everything carefully, but I don't bother trying to avoid offending someone with a hypersensitivity to non-issues. Political-correctness is a waste of time and energy that provides little practical benefit.
It's not so much that they aren't secure enough for various reasons, it's that they impose such an overhead on your machine, occasionally can be difficult to remove, install so much crap, and really impact the user experience in a negative way.
We use Grisoft's AVG at work, but personally I've found that NOD32 works very well, and with much lower overhead than either Symantec or McAfee's products.
Well, assuming that the State in question charges a fee for PI licensing, it will make some extra money. Seriously though, I think this is more about politicians in "do something!" mode. Really, if they don't have any real work left to do, they should just be sent home early so they don't have time to come up with stupid ideas.
Intuition has no scientific validity, no matter what you call it. Intuition, gut feeling, subconscious processing, whatever. To that way of thinking, your typical Creationist's belief system would have scientific validity because his intuition tells him so. It just doesn't work that way.
Now, that doesn't mean that intuition doesn't play a vital role in science: an experienced researcher uses his intuitive awareness of the subjects he studies to suggest different test models, new lines of research. But my original statement is correct: intuition does not have any scientific validity whatsoever. Usefulness, yes, but not validity.
Yes indeed, but I was talking about Microsoft's attitude a decade ago, before they realized that not everyone in the world needed or wanted, or could even use, the Windows GUI. They lost huge amounts of server market share because of that failure.
Yes, but intuition has no scientific validity, and the point here is not to prove that something is the way we all know it is, but to figure out why it works that way.
It will be interesting to see if this discovery results in some nifty new drugs to improve the efficiency of the learning process. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to absorb vast quantities of information as easily as remembering a phone number? Hell, if popping a pill could give one the effect of an eidetic memory, it would revolutionize everything. Who cares how hard something is to use? Just read the manual. Once.
Students could graduate from college with the equivalent of a dozen different degrees. Interdisciplinary cross-fertilization of ideas would be dramatically increased, the pace of progress would accelerate... maybe something like this is what ushers in Vernor Vinge's Singularity.
Okay, so maybe it's not such a good idea after all. I'd still like to have a bottle of those pills handy though.
... blocking mGlu receptors caused strengthening to stop.
What I want to know is, how many people block their own mGlu receptors? I mean, there are an awful lot of people that just do not seem capable of learning from experience. Maybe they should be concentrating on finding a drug that will unstick those people's mGlu's.
One aspect to modern computing that was largely unforeseen by Microsoft is the server farm. Well, Microsoft was completely blindsided by the Internet in general, but a command-line OS was something that Microsoft had, threw away, and then denied ever existed.
Suppose Gates had had a little more vision, realized that the CLI still had a place in the world, and thrown a billion or two into DOS development? Suppose Microsoft had turned DOS into a real contender for the server room, maybe tacking a CLI and some utilities on top of the NT Kernel? They could have called it MS-DOS/NT. Sure, it wouldn't be DOS as we all knew and loved it (hah) but then they wouldn't have been caught flat-footed when people started assembling hundreds and thousands of computers into racks and connecting them to the Internet.
Let's take it a step further. If that's the case... what would be the rationale behind it (that's not saying it's rational, whatever it is)? To get us accustomed to the idea that the Feds can jerk us around at will? Is it some undeclared part of the "War on Drugs"?
Certainly it's unlikely to catch a well-trained terrorist, although I suppose it will net the occasional home-grown whack job.
The bolts aren't necessarily the same. Some military programs have unusual requirements or require different materials, and may have different design requirements. But yeah, the paperwork is a bitch.
Not a bad recommendation. However, I'd go with AnyDVD + K-Lite Mega Codec Pack + MPlayer (included.) This will play encrypted DVDs, but also has the advantage of playing just about anything else included Quicktime and Real.
For most applications, parts can be qualified for use in batches
Statistical Process Control, yes. You'll still do both destructive and non-destructive testing especially for a military application, but yeah, hundred percent testing is expensive as hell. I did a number of SPC data acquisition systems for fastener manufacturers (self-tapping screws, mostly) and they would typically test 20 parts from a barrel of screws. That was sufficient for commercial use but would hardly be acceptable in a military program. And load-testing a bolt? There you'll have to use a high-powered tension machine (Tinius-Olsen or something on that order, if it's a large part) and those things aren't exactly fast.
There are many other failure modes that a threaded fastener can suffer as well, and depending upon the specifics you might have to test for those as well. That's not including performance testing and design verification either.
I'm hard pressed to say where the next major classical Empire will begin. Contrary to what many want to believe, the United States is not a contender. The people won't stand for it and we don't have the industrial base left to even think of something like that. France... nah, forget it. Germany... nah. Japan might be a possibility: I agree that a couple generations may not be enough to subsume destructive cultural elements, and if anyone knows how to build a war machine it's Japan: their manufacturing sector is second to none. Let's not forget Russia either. Putin has been making some very interesting moves recently. China is my best bet for the next Empire: plenty of soldiers, plenty of industry, and plenty of will to use both.
Ultimately, I think we may see a showdown between Russia and China. If it goes nuclear I sure hope we don't get drawn into it.
Yes, I do remember Zardoz, and I was going to comment on it but you beat me to it. When Connery was exploring the home of one of the Immortals and put on the ring, and the jewel glowed green projecting a computer display on the wall in front of him I was fascinated.
Well, keep in mind that a there is a difference between a commercial part and a part certified to mil spec, and military grade parts often cost a lot more. But yeah, there's a lot of profiteering going on amongst military suppliers, has been for decades. There are various C.O.T.S. (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) programs in our militaries. Their purpose is to seek out non-mil-spec commercially available hardware that can either be used in a military application as-is, or can be brought up to spec relatively cheaply.
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No, the Stargate program has control of that. Go talk to Captain Carter and see if she can give you a few pointers.
Sounds to me that Mr. Martin would be a fan of Thomas Jefferson on this subject. I know I am.
Wrong as wrong can be, my friend.
The best way is to hire good designers, hire good programmers, then hire good management and give them clear targets. A small, close-knit development team can do wonders. You see, the production of good software is as much a function of good management as it is engineering talent. You can hire the best, most accountable engineers on the planet, but put a fool in charge and you're still going to ship crap. And you know what? Nobody ever complains about the fact that the moron who was running the show was just that: a moron. No, they always blame the developers, while their manager goes on to screw up yet another team somewhere else.
The reality is that you need a good architect, someone that understands not only what the system is designed to accomplish, but can account for most of the possible failure modes. There are plenty of good programmers out there (possibly some of them work for Diebold) but it's pretty obvious that Diebold's leadership is defective. Trying to hold the engineering team responsible for managerial failures serves no purpose.
I had to read the article 3 times to even notice the apparent sexism and I'm always very careful about what I write so as to not offend your type.
I always read everything carefully, but I don't bother trying to avoid offending someone with a hypersensitivity to non-issues. Political-correctness is a waste of time and energy that provides little practical benefit.
But can Mozilla labs get over the privacy issues?
... and then hope that nobody sues them anyway.
Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt
It's not so much that they aren't secure enough for various reasons, it's that they impose such an overhead on your machine, occasionally can be difficult to remove, install so much crap, and really impact the user experience in a negative way.
We use Grisoft's AVG at work, but personally I've found that NOD32 works very well, and with much lower overhead than either Symantec or McAfee's products.
The fact that microsoft most likely got behind hd dvd just to be a thorn in sony's side is probably more correct.
Even if you know you're going to lose, never give the enemy anything for free.
Well, assuming that the State in question charges a fee for PI licensing, it will make some extra money. Seriously though, I think this is more about politicians in "do something!" mode. Really, if they don't have any real work left to do, they should just be sent home early so they don't have time to come up with stupid ideas.
Even so, as long as there's no long term effect I'd be happy to drink a PowerMem(TM)
... you'll forget you ever knew how to forget!
And if you're up late studying for that early-morning final exam, try new extra-strength CRAMboost
Intuition has no scientific validity, no matter what you call it. Intuition, gut feeling, subconscious processing, whatever. To that way of thinking, your typical Creationist's belief system would have scientific validity because his intuition tells him so. It just doesn't work that way.
Now, that doesn't mean that intuition doesn't play a vital role in science: an experienced researcher uses his intuitive awareness of the subjects he studies to suggest different test models, new lines of research. But my original statement is correct: intuition does not have any scientific validity whatsoever. Usefulness, yes, but not validity.
Yes indeed, but I was talking about Microsoft's attitude a decade ago, before they realized that not everyone in the world needed or wanted, or could even use, the Windows GUI. They lost huge amounts of server market share because of that failure.
Actually, it's rarely Americans that fall for it.
Yes, but intuition has no scientific validity, and the point here is not to prove that something is the way we all know it is, but to figure out why it works that way.
... maybe something like this is what ushers in Vernor Vinge's Singularity.
It will be interesting to see if this discovery results in some nifty new drugs to improve the efficiency of the learning process. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to absorb vast quantities of information as easily as remembering a phone number? Hell, if popping a pill could give one the effect of an eidetic memory, it would revolutionize everything. Who cares how hard something is to use? Just read the manual. Once.
Students could graduate from college with the equivalent of a dozen different degrees. Interdisciplinary cross-fertilization of ideas would be dramatically increased, the pace of progress would accelerate
Okay, so maybe it's not such a good idea after all. I'd still like to have a bottle of those pills handy though.
... blocking mGlu receptors caused strengthening to stop.
What I want to know is, how many people block their own mGlu receptors? I mean, there are an awful lot of people that just do not seem capable of learning from experience. Maybe they should be concentrating on finding a drug that will unstick those people's mGlu's.
One aspect to modern computing that was largely unforeseen by Microsoft is the server farm. Well, Microsoft was completely blindsided by the Internet in general, but a command-line OS was something that Microsoft had, threw away, and then denied ever existed.
Suppose Gates had had a little more vision, realized that the CLI still had a place in the world, and thrown a billion or two into DOS development? Suppose Microsoft had turned DOS into a real contender for the server room, maybe tacking a CLI and some utilities on top of the NT Kernel? They could have called it MS-DOS/NT. Sure, it wouldn't be DOS as we all knew and loved it (hah) but then they wouldn't have been caught flat-footed when people started assembling hundreds and thousands of computers into racks and connecting them to the Internet.
It says "post", Mr. Dyslexic.
That's Mr. Lysdexic to you, buddy.
Does that really mean that 7.39% of all web servers on the web are run by Google?
No, just 7.39% of the servers that anyone cares about.
The point got missed because you were making what (on the surface) appeared to be a pro-Microsoft post. I doubt they read much further than that.
unconstitutional searches are.
... what would be the rationale behind it (that's not saying it's rational, whatever it is)? To get us accustomed to the idea that the Feds can jerk us around at will? Is it some undeclared part of the "War on Drugs"?
Let's take it a step further. If that's the case
Certainly it's unlikely to catch a well-trained terrorist, although I suppose it will net the occasional home-grown whack job.
The bolts aren't necessarily the same. Some military programs have unusual requirements or require different materials, and may have different design requirements. But yeah, the paperwork is a bitch.
AnyDVD + Handbrake + VideoLAN
Not a bad recommendation. However, I'd go with AnyDVD + K-Lite Mega Codec Pack + MPlayer (included.) This will play encrypted DVDs, but also has the advantage of playing just about anything else included Quicktime and Real.
For most applications, parts can be qualified for use in batches
Statistical Process Control, yes. You'll still do both destructive and non-destructive testing especially for a military application, but yeah, hundred percent testing is expensive as hell. I did a number of SPC data acquisition systems for fastener manufacturers (self-tapping screws, mostly) and they would typically test 20 parts from a barrel of screws. That was sufficient for commercial use but would hardly be acceptable in a military program. And load-testing a bolt? There you'll have to use a high-powered tension machine (Tinius-Olsen or something on that order, if it's a large part) and those things aren't exactly fast.
There are many other failure modes that a threaded fastener can suffer as well, and depending upon the specifics you might have to test for those as well. That's not including performance testing and design verification either.
I'm hard pressed to say where the next major classical Empire will begin. Contrary to what many want to believe, the United States is not a contender. The people won't stand for it and we don't have the industrial base left to even think of something like that. France ... nah, forget it. Germany ... nah. Japan might be a possibility: I agree that a couple generations may not be enough to subsume destructive cultural elements, and if anyone knows how to build a war machine it's Japan: their manufacturing sector is second to none. Let's not forget Russia either. Putin has been making some very interesting moves recently. China is my best bet for the next Empire: plenty of soldiers, plenty of industry, and plenty of will to use both.
Ultimately, I think we may see a showdown between Russia and China. If it goes nuclear I sure hope we don't get drawn into it.
Yes, I do remember Zardoz, and I was going to comment on it but you beat me to it. When Connery was exploring the home of one of the Immortals and put on the ring, and the jewel glowed green projecting a computer display on the wall in front of him I was fascinated.
Well, keep in mind that a there is a difference between a commercial part and a part certified to mil spec, and military grade parts often cost a lot more. But yeah, there's a lot of profiteering going on amongst military suppliers, has been for decades. There are various C.O.T.S. (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) programs in our militaries. Their purpose is to seek out non-mil-spec commercially available hardware that can either be used in a military application as-is, or can be brought up to spec relatively cheaply.