Really they need a staggered ticket system to distribute the load over time. Issue each citizen a ticket that indicates a period when they can log in to check data, both a soonest and latest date (stragglers not tolerated). This is no different than physical scenarios where people are grouped by first letter of last name, etc. in a crowded office and then each group served sequentially to lighten the load.
Contrast that with my being moderated Offtopic and Troll for committing the social crime of trying to be sociopolitically funny (which it's accepted is always at the expense of someone else because that's the point, to use humor to criticize behavior). Should I be banned for poking a stick at Glenn Beck? Clearly some people think so.
The Big Bang Theory has already been doing this, albeit with a bit of tongue in cheek. Considering that Wheaton has actually been a recurring guest on that show, guess where he got the idea?
If that's the primary reason that people are doing this, then I might retract my rant... or at least the motivation for it. Humans are still stupid by and large.;-)
Seeing what statistically significant humans think is highlight-worthy is incredibly depressing. Is it any wonder the One Percent can manage to stay in control? Humans have opposable thumbs and can manage language, but wise they aren't. They can't discern platitudes and doublespeak from actual wisdom.
It's now a company in another country so far away that it's across an ocean and with employees that speak a different language.
That is not only stupid, it's manipulative and misleading. Everyone might know that certain trademarks like 'Memorex' are a scam, but I doubt the same is true (yet) of this one.
Apparently everything, as it turns out. Atari is nothing but a name, bought and sold like something found at Best Buy, and now brandished by a company with no resemblance or heritage to the company that defined the name.
To bend a cliche: Purists! Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em!
Seriously, we live in an era when programmers are no longer bound to the use of a single language for an entire project, as was the pragmatic case once upon a distant time. Why not just use the language for each module which best suits the need? If performance outweighs simplicity of code management, then use the better performing language for that module. No language is perfectly suited for all goals, so own your chosen criteria and don't 'blame' a language creator for having different criteria.
How dare these people suggest that the One Percent must hire 20 percent more development staff and cut further into their already meager profits! Just who do they think they are?
Are you actually claiming that Iran HAS signed said treaty? No? Well then...? If neither Iran nor Israel have signed it, then how exactly do you use this to justify penalizing one and not the other? Do you think that quoting Wikipedia somehow magically makes your argument less of a non sequitur?
Aside from statements of intent not being synonymous with action, how do you place, within the context of your hypocritical delusion, the documented plans and statements of the United States to use nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union, including documented plans for first strike scenarios? I doubt those plans and statements are unique amongst the nuclear powers, either.
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Right, because the complete shutdown of the system has been more helpful?
Really they need a staggered ticket system to distribute the load over time. Issue each citizen a ticket that indicates a period when they can log in to check data, both a soonest and latest date (stragglers not tolerated). This is no different than physical scenarios where people are grouped by first letter of last name, etc. in a crowded office and then each group served sequentially to lighten the load.
Contrast that with my being moderated Offtopic and Troll for committing the social crime of trying to be sociopolitically funny (which it's accepted is always at the expense of someone else because that's the point, to use humor to criticize behavior). Should I be banned for poking a stick at Glenn Beck? Clearly some people think so.
I hope PopFile isn't suffering from this diversionary hack!
Nope, not accidental... I doubled the entendre on purpose.
I wanna see Glenn Beck met down in the Cloud.
I guess you're not a big Banger, huh? Mind you it's just a theory.
The Big Bang Theory has already been doing this, albeit with a bit of tongue in cheek. Considering that Wheaton has actually been a recurring guest on that show, guess where he got the idea?
Self-parody. Brilliant!
Dirty Harry said it best: "A man's gotta know his limitations." People are taking Harry's advice, are they?
Good Lord, didn't see that one. The eugenicists had the right idea, they just rounded up and culled the wrong people, eh?
Or Kickstarting the next episode of L5 single-handedly.
I'm even more stupid, because I never really wanted to be rich. Apparently it's the one psychiatric disorder they can't treat.
No matter, there's still plenty of corroborating evidence that people are stupid. ;-)
At least you said it before I did. I get to keep eating for once.
If that's the primary reason that people are doing this, then I might retract my rant... or at least the motivation for it. Humans are still stupid by and large. ;-)
Seeing what statistically significant humans think is highlight-worthy is incredibly depressing. Is it any wonder the One Percent can manage to stay in control? Humans have opposable thumbs and can manage language, but wise they aren't. They can't discern platitudes and doublespeak from actual wisdom.
But HEY lets bitch about the people bitching about the name atari....
It's now a company in another country so far away that it's across an ocean and with employees that speak a different language.
That is not only stupid, it's manipulative and misleading. Everyone might know that certain trademarks like 'Memorex' are a scam, but I doubt the same is true (yet) of this one.
Apparently everything, as it turns out. Atari is nothing but a name, bought and sold like something found at Best Buy, and now brandished by a company with no resemblance or heritage to the company that defined the name.
To bend a cliche: Purists! Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em!
Seriously, we live in an era when programmers are no longer bound to the use of a single language for an entire project, as was the pragmatic case once upon a distant time. Why not just use the language for each module which best suits the need? If performance outweighs simplicity of code management, then use the better performing language for that module. No language is perfectly suited for all goals, so own your chosen criteria and don't 'blame' a language creator for having different criteria.
How dare these people suggest that the One Percent must hire 20 percent more development staff and cut further into their already meager profits! Just who do they think they are?
Are you actually claiming that Iran HAS signed said treaty? No? Well then...? If neither Iran nor Israel have signed it, then how exactly do you use this to justify penalizing one and not the other? Do you think that quoting Wikipedia somehow magically makes your argument less of a non sequitur?
Aside from statements of intent not being synonymous with action, how do you place, within the context of your hypocritical delusion, the documented plans and statements of the United States to use nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union, including documented plans for first strike scenarios? I doubt those plans and statements are unique amongst the nuclear powers, either.
Statement of intent != action