Those trophies are also on display inside the Playstation 3;-)
Hell IBM even has Blade systems with Cell processors. Even though Cells are fine, I doubt if they ever will become economical. I deliberately refrain from further speculations.
I'd love to see a modern-day version of the 68060.
You mean PPC? Just get yer screwdriver and head for the server room. Open the box that says "IBM zSeries". You'll find it just across the cabinet where the "IBM first prize" golf trophies for the "IBM Sales manager vs. customer cup" are on display.
Going open source will not be limited by financial but reputation or the possible loss of it.
They'd have to go through all comments in the code to see if they are dignifying to a *cough* well respected company. And then the coding style (I see significant refactoring taking pace here.) And then the actual coding will expose their inability to maintain uniformity (Why for instance does copy/paste sometimes include the last \n\r and why mostly not? And why does it seem impossible to see a rule/pattern in this?) and sanity in general.
Congregation!!!
Do you think the lord of GPL is good?! Yeah!
And do you think the M$ is wicked, bad and a deceiving devil altogether?Yeah!
Should we, defenders of the faith of the saint Ignucious, be merciful on the sinners which are still in the claws of the cursed M$?Yeah!
Then why, I say, why do not we let our brothers and sisters end their misery?
End it, by pouring the blood of JC* onto the Vista.Yeah!
And thus they, our brothers and sisters, will become able to unfold** the scrolls*** which were forbidden by the tyrant Vista?
One merely must deceive the evil and to allow the holy scroll of the blood of JC to unfold onto the Vista.Yeah!
Let the lord bless you and let he bless the united states of America. Amen.
The plain. The plain Mr. Roarke.
</foreign-accent>
<foreign-accent style="would-be-posh">
Shut up Tattoo. It is not a plain. It is a big white bird and it is taking me to the eternal hunting fields.... Damn I am fucked.
</foreign-accent>
Electronic documents are technically different from hard copy. However, delivery rules are very similar.
In short, the law must be followed. Generally with e-documents, parties should fulfill their legal obligations in that:
The company issuing the statement is obliged to send off the e-document.
Either per email-like service. (Unlikely if document contains confidential data. And managing client certificates is a bitch.)
Or by making the e-document available through a web service. (More likely, fewer encryption issues.)
Depending on the legal level of the document a company is obliged to obtain a receipt. For this, email does not cut the cake and the mere notion that a document was download is also insufficient. Client must click a "have read" checkbox or something else.
Almost always a company has the obligation to archive all legal correspondence (bills, notifications, etc.) Even received hard copy document.
Upon request a company must be able to provide copies of documents (either electronically or as hard copy.) A charge may be applied.
The customer has it's own obligation in filing his own statements.
Other stuff:
Extended services are complementary (read as "highly unlikely to be offered".)
Certain legal E-Documents (e.g. tax related statements) are likely to be digitally signed by issuing company.
This discussion is very similar to one about the US financial policies. At best it will result in awareness with the/. crowd. However, it will not influence law making.
Where does this buddy-buddy tone come from? You had a friendly-ish talk/thread with him? You were in same school -albeit 20 years apart? And, you wish to share this with us?
I wouldn't be surprised if he is old enough to be your dad.
Firstly, older/mature/seasoned techies are not per-se good at their job. Usually the crappy ones will become formal when threatened. You should divide the wheat from the chaff. Can you do that?
Who is an application programmers that duct-tapes stuff together but give you a "good feeling"? Who can program software libraries to be used by former which requires strong overview, discipline and a huge load of experience?
Can you divide work according to skills? (Admin tasks to the crappy lot. Responsible tasks to the good guys.)
How log will you stay? Can you commit to manage them for a longer period and command respect? If Older/mature/seasoned techies magically sense if you'll soon be gone.
And don't be patronizing. Just don't. Tough call for a youngish manager.
Try developing for a paying customer (employers included.) They'll tell you what they want and that's what you'll need.
I myself have decided long ago NOT to meddle with GUIs and to become proficient in stuff that matters to most of my customers. Nowadays as a rule I program Java. System specific stuff I try to isolate and to solve in Perl or -in extreme cases- in C.
You could just as easily argue the opposite. Going easy on drugs makes drug trade less profitable because risks for the "entrepreneur" are lower. Etc...
The point is whether the high amounts of prisoners make the country a saver place?
Trying to enforce a strict regime is like managing a project through a spread sheet without considering important exceptions in detail. In theory everything makes sense but the project is not likely to achieve one tenth of its potential. Still managers value a spread sheet project better than one with greater but less obvious merits.
Managing a project does not compare in importance with managing society. What are your ideals and will these come true and sustain themselves? Probably not by being strict on stuff you don't want but by concentrating in nourishing stuff you like.
I also doubt to find evidence that U.S. citizen are less or more criminally inclined than citizen of other countries. The percentage of prisoners should reflect this equality.
OO gives me what I want: A tool that runs on my notebook wherever I am. Even if I have no or a crappy Internet connection.
Google Apps gives me what I want: A nice and easy way to view documents I receive when I don't want to start OO.
Both suit me fine for different purposes. Comparing them makes no sense to me.
Right now I'm suffering from a "physical line error", meaning my internet connection drops every few minutes. This will be fixed some time soon by my provider, probably tomorrow. Imagine having to write a document with Google apps in such a condition.
I'm Italian and I can state that in Italy defamation is frequently used to threaten people.
Once I was in Cortina where a guy dented my 10 year old car. So I used a four letter word. The guy threatened me over filing defamation charges. So I took advantage of this in my way and covered him with much more defamation. His wife was thoroughly embarrassed and I was highly amused. The dent wasn't actually noticeable and I took this in my speed-of-light assessment of the situation.
Another time I was walking in Siena where a local woman scared the hell out of me by honking just behind me in a narrow street. This time I told the woman to go to Fanculo (vafanculo) which means she should do a file system check on herself. Again the defamation threatening started. I was in polite company -and I should not have told the woman to go fsck herself- and decided not to pursue my personal pleasure. Still the bitch followed me and insisted on pressing charges. Having arrived at a restaurant I encouraged her to get the cops while I would thoroughly enjoy my meal. After our 1.5+ hour lunch the coward cretin still didn't show up. I was a bit relieved but mostly disappointed.
If something happens and you want less hassle in Italy you should remain polite. Italians invented bureaucracy and are skilled in giving you a hard time over nothing. Make contact and make friends and everything is forgotten. We Italians are plain cowards...
Why would the British make jokes about us walking backwards?
But, "we" make Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Maseratis and every now and then a decent Alfa Romea. So we're more than even with the world around us.
There was a time when man pages were almost everything you got. To precious save disk space man pages were made available as dead trees.
Ideally in UNIX every command or configuration file should actually be documented in man-pages. Same holds for (procedural) APIs. Having done Java programming I must admit that Javadoc isn't bad at all.
But not everyone does this and even the most savvy people in an organization will compromise in that dept. In the early 90ies I worked for a well known corporation developing C on UNIX for OS9. Large project with about 20 people actually coding. Although c2man was very suited and available, nobody seem to care. Instead they preferred to read the code or hop by to the person writing the code to get info. I did care but as a contractor you don't have much of a saying in these costing matters.
How is the "Plastic Surgeon Package" packed? Will I need a "Plastic Surgeon Package" to unpack it? I mean this sounds a bit like von Münchhausen escaping from a swamp by pulling himself up by his own hair. This is definitively too much to handle before having had large quantities of coffee. Which I'll start having right now.
I'm not paranoid but it's the elections that make me a little itchy...
And there I was thinking risk assessment was completely flawed. And that as in most mediocre quality systems all actions from all partners in a systems are scrutinized. And that credibility of partners is assessed. And....
But I was wrong.
Of course, it was the data. Or perhaps something else. But clearly not something the best payed people on the planet could foresee or do something about.
When running a shop that potentially affects the lives of 2/3 of the world population you have to continuously relieve yourself from stress and thinking clearly simply isn't an option.
Just blame something else than yourself. This is a deeply rooted instinct and hence absolutely valid. In fact, even my wife adopts this frequently on me. Every month she has all the qualities to join the top bankers of the world.
Slashdot Mirror
Needles to say, natural language is tough to be handled by software.
I wonder how well it will deal with innuendo. Torn between puritan society and practical usage, what will prevail?
Or, will I get travel directions or will I be forwarded to a pr0n site to suit my state of excitement?
Those trophies are also on display inside the Playstation 3 ;-)
Hell IBM even has Blade systems with Cell processors. Even though Cells are fine, I doubt if they ever will become economical. I deliberately refrain from further speculations.
I'd love to see a modern-day version of the 68060.
You mean PPC? Just get yer screwdriver and head for the server room. Open the box that says "IBM zSeries". You'll find it just across the cabinet where the "IBM first prize" golf trophies for the "IBM Sales manager vs. customer cup" are on display.
"Arrighetti is a genius whom the whole world envies,"
What an exquisite and eloquent defense.
Proud to be Italian.
Going open source will not be limited by financial but reputation or the possible loss of it.
They'd have to go through all comments in the code to see if they are dignifying to a *cough* well respected company. And then the coding style (I see significant refactoring taking pace here.) And then the actual coding will expose their inability to maintain uniformity (Why for instance does copy/paste sometimes include the last \n\r and why mostly not? And why does it seem impossible to see a rule/pattern in this?) and sanity in general.
We don't need the DMCA here in Italy. We've got anti defamation laws that can be applied more broadly and require less maintenance.
Never argue with an Italian bureaucrat. Chances are he'll find a law on his side.
Internet usage log books? Hell we have perfectly applicable and preprinted log books which were last revised in the early 1900s.
Do we know bureaucracy? Man we invented that shit.
Do you think the lord of GPL is good?! Yeah!
And do you think the M$ is wicked, bad and a deceiving devil altogether?Yeah!
Should we, defenders of the faith of the saint Ignucious, be merciful on the sinners which are still in the claws of the cursed M$?Yeah!
Then why, I say, why do not we let our brothers and sisters end their misery?
End it, by pouring the blood of JC* onto the Vista.Yeah!
And thus they, our brothers and sisters, will become able to unfold** the scrolls*** which were forbidden by the tyrant Vista?
One merely must deceive the evil and to allow the holy scroll of the blood of JC to unfold onto the Vista.Yeah!
Let the lord bless you and let he bless the united states of America. Amen.
Then I read there's even a "Flashrom Live CD". < 185MB. Instant and spontaneous ejaculation!
Then it came to me:
This page is a work in progress. There is no ISO yet. This is just a plan for now.
This is exactly like a fine woman looking at you. Saying she will give it to you. Eventually. Maybe. Cock teaser.
Still a beautiful woman I like having around.
Now please excuse me. I'll be off masturbating.
The plain. The plain Mr. Roarke.
</foreign-accent>
<foreign-accent style="would-be-posh">
Shut up Tattoo. It is not a plain. It is a big white bird and it is taking me to the eternal hunting fields.
</foreign-accent>
but the tables have turned significantly once winter approached
Much like with coding: planning is everything
Back in the days cruisin' -the act of driving a car pointlessly- used to be a pass time. How much cruisin' does google prevent?
DISCLAIMER: IANAL. I am NOT giving legal advice.
Electronic documents are technically different from hard copy. However, delivery rules are very similar.
In short, the law must be followed. Generally with e-documents, parties should fulfill their legal obligations in that:
Other stuff:
Didn't Lieberman actually pay to join MIT?
If I'm not mistaking that payment is for the right to get educated as well as the right to use MIT resources.
Or do universities go the music industry way? "Sure, we'll teach you, but only after sold us your soul."
I'd understand if MIT would want to use the algorithm themselves free of charge. But these practices hurt innovation.
Steve and his doctors ...
Steve? It's Mr. Jobs. Show the man some respect.
Where does this buddy-buddy tone come from? You had a friendly-ish talk/thread with him? You were in same school -albeit 20 years apart? And, you wish to share this with us?
I wouldn't be surprised if he is old enough to be your dad.
Firstly, older/mature/seasoned techies are not per-se good at their job. Usually the crappy ones will become formal when threatened. You should divide the wheat from the chaff. Can you do that?
Who is an application programmers that duct-tapes stuff together but give you a "good feeling"? Who can program software libraries to be used by former which requires strong overview, discipline and a huge load of experience?
Can you divide work according to skills? (Admin tasks to the crappy lot. Responsible tasks to the good guys.)
How log will you stay? Can you commit to manage them for a longer period and command respect? If Older/mature/seasoned techies magically sense if you'll soon be gone.
And don't be patronizing. Just don't. Tough call for a youngish manager.
How righteous of him. Surely next album to be released is Abbey Road.
Or not. Because he doesn't own the rights -Mike probably does. Or because even since 1969 it still is a cash cow.
Try developing for a paying customer (employers included.) They'll tell you what they want and that's what you'll need.
I myself have decided long ago NOT to meddle with GUIs and to become proficient in stuff that matters to most of my customers. Nowadays as a rule I program Java. System specific stuff I try to isolate and to solve in Perl or -in extreme cases- in C.
That's funny. I tend to keep my highly illegal terrorism-and-kiddie-porn related files on disconnected usb drives.
What's suddenly wrong with backsides of used envelopes?
You could just as easily argue the opposite. Going easy on drugs makes drug trade less profitable because risks for the "entrepreneur" are lower. Etc...
The point is whether the high amounts of prisoners make the country a saver place?
Trying to enforce a strict regime is like managing a project through a spread sheet without considering important exceptions in detail. In theory everything makes sense but the project is not likely to achieve one tenth of its potential. Still managers value a spread sheet project better than one with greater but less obvious merits.
Managing a project does not compare in importance with managing society. What are your ideals and will these come true and sustain themselves? Probably not by being strict on stuff you don't want but by concentrating in nourishing stuff you like.
I also doubt to find evidence that U.S. citizen are less or more criminally inclined than citizen of other countries. The percentage of prisoners should reflect this equality.
Exactly.
OO gives me what I want: A tool that runs on my notebook wherever I am. Even if I have no or a crappy Internet connection.
Google Apps gives me what I want: A nice and easy way to view documents I receive when I don't want to start OO.
Both suit me fine for different purposes. Comparing them makes no sense to me.
Right now I'm suffering from a "physical line error", meaning my internet connection drops every few minutes. This will be fixed some time soon by my provider, probably tomorrow. Imagine having to write a document with Google apps in such a condition.
I'm Italian and I can state that in Italy defamation is frequently used to threaten people.
Once I was in Cortina where a guy dented my 10 year old car. So I used a four letter word. The guy threatened me over filing defamation charges. So I took advantage of this in my way and covered him with much more defamation. His wife was thoroughly embarrassed and I was highly amused. The dent wasn't actually noticeable and I took this in my speed-of-light assessment of the situation.
Another time I was walking in Siena where a local woman scared the hell out of me by honking just behind me in a narrow street. This time I told the woman to go to Fanculo (vafanculo) which means she should do a file system check on herself. Again the defamation threatening started. I was in polite company -and I should not have told the woman to go fsck herself- and decided not to pursue my personal pleasure. Still the bitch followed me and insisted on pressing charges. Having arrived at a restaurant I encouraged her to get the cops while I would thoroughly enjoy my meal. After our 1.5+ hour lunch the coward cretin still didn't show up. I was a bit relieved but mostly disappointed.
If something happens and you want less hassle in Italy you should remain polite. Italians invented bureaucracy and are skilled in giving you a hard time over nothing. Make contact and make friends and everything is forgotten. We Italians are plain cowards...
Why would the British make jokes about us walking backwards?
But, "we" make Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Maseratis and every now and then a decent Alfa Romea. So we're more than even with the world around us.
There was a time when man pages were almost everything you got. To precious save disk space man pages were made available as dead trees.
Ideally in UNIX every command or configuration file should actually be documented in man-pages. Same holds for (procedural) APIs. Having done Java programming I must admit that Javadoc isn't bad at all.
But not everyone does this and even the most savvy people in an organization will compromise in that dept. In the early 90ies I worked for a well known corporation developing C on UNIX for OS9. Large project with about 20 people actually coding. Although c2man was very suited and available, nobody seem to care. Instead they preferred to read the code or hop by to the person writing the code to get info. I did care but as a contractor you don't have much of a saying in these costing matters.
How is the "Plastic Surgeon Package" packed? Will I need a "Plastic Surgeon Package" to unpack it? I mean this sounds a bit like von Münchhausen escaping from a swamp by pulling himself up by his own hair. This is definitively too much to handle before having had large quantities of coffee. Which I'll start having right now.
I'm not paranoid but it's the elections that make me a little itchy...
And there I was thinking risk assessment was completely flawed. And that as in most mediocre quality systems all actions from all partners in a systems are scrutinized. And that credibility of partners is assessed. And....
But I was wrong.
Of course, it was the data. Or perhaps something else. But clearly not something the best payed people on the planet could foresee or do something about.
When running a shop that potentially affects the lives of 2/3 of the world population you have to continuously relieve yourself from stress and thinking clearly simply isn't an option.
Just blame something else than yourself. This is a deeply rooted instinct and hence absolutely valid. In fact, even my wife adopts this frequently on me. Every month she has all the qualities to join the top bankers of the world.
Pillocks...