You can't punish the innocent, but if they are both saying they are innocent, then one did it and knows it, and the other knows he didn't but is lying for the bother, so they are both guilty of something. If the penalty for "conspiracy to hide a crime" is the same as the crime, then no problem - convict them both.
The evidence shows one of them did it, yet they both deny it - both are guilty Q.E.D.
Plus, you are lucky even get a "guesstimate bar". Showing progress with bad estimates is more reassuring than just a "working on it spinner". Either is an order of magnitude better than an unresponsive GUI because the programmer didn't put that stuff in another thread.
Personally, I like the "list of what I am going to do + check them off as they are done" approach, if the "progressing task" is of varying descriptions.
That said, for some tasks, you have to consider the "Heisenberg effect" a bit, depending on the work being done - do you want your progress bar pestering the "worker" for progress reports all the time, or just doing its job.
Hire 3 independent sets of "watchers" so you can have more confidence that events of interest will be caught. After a while you might be able to let go one or two, if they always have the same hits...
Of course, if there were an impact, and it was in the territory of the former Soviet Union, the asteroid STILL would not be said to have struck the Earth, so much as the Earth striking the asteroid.
"I am part of engineering team that maintains a very important component in our company [we'll let that slide, if your code is that bad and the company hasn't folded yet, it can't be THAT important]. Our code quality and general engineering quality focus has been very weak [don't do that. Even Ford says Quality is Job One, of course they make cars, which can be a lot easier]: we have frequent buggy releases [what? no QA department?], our latencies are shooting up [your code runs slower and slower - or your is taking longer and longer to get out, even without QA(see last)], our test coverage is nearly non-existent [Again, sounds like you need QA/QC tools], and it is impossible for a newcomer in our team to get up to speed and be productive in less than a month due to unnecessary complexity [any non-trivial code will take that long]. A group of 2-3 of us want to change that [out of how many? out of 4? out of 1000?], and we know what needs to change technically — the better code review and release processes, better build tools, etc. But despite that [so, despite knowing the problems, nothing is changed... I think you have answered your question], the quality of our code and design [both?] continues to suffer, and poor code continues to get released in the name of keeping the scheduled release date (product guys don't like to wait) [so, they are on commission, and you are on salary - win-win!]. We feel that if the right thing is done every time, we would can eliminate our issues and still release at the same pace [uh? so do it?]. How do we effect the social change necessary to convince them [who? the "bad" programmers? the "release-it-now" managers?] the of what is better [for who? your workload or their sales commissions?] and encourage them to take the effort to do it? [Similar to Q:How to make a million dollars? (paraphrasing Monty Python) - A:'think of a really, really, good idea, and make a million dollars!']"
On average, about $5 of your cable bill is for ESPN channels, even if you never watch them, and you can't NOT get those channels unless you have the basic-basic channels. That is a more direct cost to cable subscribers than a theoretical cost pass-thru for the infrastructure upgrades described.
Not true, in the USA, you are taxed (among other things) on your "income", whether the source of that income is legal or not. If you fail to pay can go to jail if the IRS nails you for tax evasion, even if the criminal acts are not themselves prosecuted.
This is how a lot of organized crime is prosecuted - for the underlying money and tax crimes, not the drugs or activity that generated the money.
Services, which are basically delivered electronically, can't be taxed.? Of course services can be taxed. Take a look at your phone bill, water bill, cable bill or any other "service" you get. Oh, and what about that "sales tax" for downloading an MP3 from Amazon (in some jurisdictions).
Technically, these companies don't make money "collecting personal information", that is actually an expense they occur. They only make money if they sell something, and that is already taxed. However, the gist of the bulk of the nickleaton post is corrrect - this is about broke government casting about for money to throw at ill-conceived spending they have obligated themselves to.
I'll bet for 5 million dollars, you could, with more certainty, cause rhinos to go extinct.
Just sayin... extinction of rhinos is attainable... stopping all rhino poachers is somewhat more nebulous. Hope the rhinos win, but I really don't care,
I am sure there is a lot of "in between"... isn't that what book publishers, movie studios, and record labels do (yeah, yeah, I know...) But the point is those commercial enterprises know they will be burned 9 times out of 10. That's just business, and fancy accounting helps paper it over.
How many $50 donations are you going to kick into social media crowd-sourcing if you only get one "$50 deal" and one (9 combined) "$450... not even a write-off"...?
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You could do worse than nothing. Often they do the wrong thing instead.
Calling yourself a pirate does not make you a pirate.
Pirating from one who calls themselves a pirate, does make you a pirate.
You can't punish the innocent, but if they are both saying they are innocent, then one did it and knows it, and the other knows he didn't but is lying for the bother, so they are both guilty of something. If the penalty for "conspiracy to hide a crime" is the same as the crime, then no problem - convict them both.
The evidence shows one of them did it, yet they both deny it - both are guilty Q.E.D.
Plus, you are lucky even get a "guesstimate bar". Showing progress with bad estimates is more reassuring than just a "working on it spinner". Either is an order of magnitude better than an unresponsive GUI because the programmer didn't put that stuff in another thread.
Personally, I like the "list of what I am going to do + check them off as they are done" approach, if the "progressing task" is of varying descriptions.
That said, for some tasks, you have to consider the "Heisenberg effect" a bit, depending on the work being done - do you want your progress bar pestering the "worker" for progress reports all the time, or just doing its job.
Hire 3 independent sets of "watchers" so you can have more confidence that events of interest will be caught. After a while you might be able to let go one or two, if they always have the same hits...
The word "math" is a poor substitute for "overwhelming numbers".
Of course, if there were an impact, and it was in the territory of the former Soviet Union, the asteroid STILL would not be said to have struck the Earth, so much as the Earth striking the asteroid.
I'm just saying.
People who follow a set of rules are messed up by others who don't or won't follow the same rules.
So, for your particular species, your best bet would be to select your parents for longevity. If you are into that sort of thing.
"Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing."
"I am part of engineering team that maintains a very important component in our company [we'll let that slide, if your code is that bad and the company hasn't folded yet, it can't be THAT important]. Our code quality and general engineering quality focus has been very weak [don't do that. Even Ford says Quality is Job One, of course they make cars, which can be a lot easier]: we have frequent buggy releases [what? no QA department?], our latencies are shooting up [your code runs slower and slower - or your is taking longer and longer to get out, even without QA(see last)], our test coverage is nearly non-existent [Again, sounds like you need QA/QC tools], and it is impossible for a newcomer in our team to get up to speed and be productive in less than a month due to unnecessary complexity [any non-trivial code will take that long]. A group of 2-3 of us want to change that [out of how many? out of 4? out of 1000?], and we know what needs to change technically — the better code review and release processes, better build tools, etc. But despite that [so, despite knowing the problems, nothing is changed... I think you have answered your question], the quality of our code and design [both?] continues to suffer, and poor code continues to get released in the name of keeping the scheduled release date (product guys don't like to wait) [so, they are on commission, and you are on salary - win-win!]. We feel that if the right thing is done every time, we would can eliminate our issues and still release at the same pace [uh? so do it?]. How do we effect the social change necessary to convince them [who? the "bad" programmers? the "release-it-now" managers?] the of what is better [for who? your workload or their sales commissions?] and encourage them to take the effort to do it? [Similar to Q:How to make a million dollars? (paraphrasing Monty Python) - A:'think of a really, really, good idea, and make a million dollars!']"
On average, about $5 of your cable bill is for ESPN channels, even if you never watch them, and you can't NOT get those channels unless you have the basic-basic channels. That is a more direct cost to cable subscribers than a theoretical cost pass-thru for the infrastructure upgrades described.
Yes - Berkeley California is a known hot-bed of shills for big corporate interests!
Not true, in the USA, you are taxed (among other things) on your "income", whether the source of that income is legal or not. If you fail to pay can go to jail if the IRS nails you for tax evasion, even if the criminal acts are not themselves prosecuted.
This is how a lot of organized crime is prosecuted - for the underlying money and tax crimes, not the drugs or activity that generated the money.
Services, which are basically delivered electronically, can't be taxed.? Of course services can be taxed. Take a look at your phone bill, water bill, cable bill or any other "service" you get. Oh, and what about that "sales tax" for downloading an MP3 from Amazon (in some jurisdictions).
Technically, these companies don't make money "collecting personal information", that is actually an expense they occur. They only make money if they sell something, and that is already taxed. However, the gist of the bulk of the nickleaton post is corrrect - this is about broke government casting about for money to throw at ill-conceived spending they have obligated themselves to.
I see nothing wrong with that comma, and I have a reference to back it up.
Next time I am dying I will be sure to carefully review the HIPPA compliance record for the hospice of my choice.
You can still do this in a modern language... like C#/.NET
string s;
if (s.Length....
blammo - you should have checked if s was null first... Oh, and use that fancy try/catch stuff, all the cool kids do!
Gus is a smelly, toothless old hobo who only hangs out in the library to leer at underage girls. I have no problem whatsoever if he is banned.
I'll bet for 5 million dollars, you could, with more certainty, cause rhinos to go extinct.
Just sayin... extinction of rhinos is attainable... stopping all rhino poachers is somewhat more nebulous. Hope the rhinos win, but I really don't care,
You do NOT need the extended warranty. Save that for flowers.
"the lease is up" - color them red.
Really? You can lease a warplane? I suppose they bought "gap" insurance too.
Don't assume you get to define "fitness".
Fitness is its own reward...
I don't know about back in the day, but there are plenty of pizza choices now.
I am sure there is a lot of "in between"... isn't that what book publishers, movie studios, and record labels do (yeah, yeah, I know...) But the point is those commercial enterprises know they will be burned 9 times out of 10. That's just business, and fancy accounting helps paper it over.
How many $50 donations are you going to kick into social media crowd-sourcing if you only get one "$50 deal" and one (9 combined) "$450... not even a write-off"...?