A resume or cover letter has to be absolutely perfect. Two things bother me about mistakes on those: First, at least take the time to have a friend check your resume. How long would that take? If you don't care enough to do that, then why am I even reading this thing? Second, you have to be aware that there are grammar and spelling Nazis out there - some of them in HR and some in your chosen field. How can you possibly be good at critical thinking if you don't realize this and try to take this minimal step to assuage them? This is the first impression you will have on a potential employer!
On the other hand, some minor grammar or spelling (but really, spell check?) errors in internal documentation are no big deal, and certainly not worth kicking back a code or documentation review. Those only should happen when it changes the meaning or affects understanding somehow.
What does this mean for us? We are to fear and love God so that we do not desire to get our neighbor's possessions by scheming, or by pretending to have a right to them, but always help him keep what is his.
Y'all can't agree on what the commandments even are, let alone what they mean.
Well, right off the bat we've taken a turn toward the useless.
2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain.
Well, fuck, now I have to avoid certain godda... I mean darn curse words. It won't clean up my filthy language, but I'll be careful not to put certain words together!
3. Thou shalt sanctify the holy-day.
Still useless.
4. Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother [that it may be well with thee and thou mayest live long upon the earth].
Probably sound advice, unless your parents are abusive or otherwise undeserving of honor. Like most absolute statements, it seems to cover only the general case. Still, let's count it as an "agree".
5. Thou shalt not kill.
Finally! That's something of a slam dunk, isn't it? Or perhaps it would be if the Bible weren't full of prescriptions for those deserving death. In any case, let's try to agree on this one.
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
That's not a bad one - let's agree on this one. I'm not sure why it isn't a more general rule, like "Don't break the trust of a friend," or something like that. But Christians are always hung up on sex.
7. Thou shalt not steal.
Unless we are talking about intellectual property, I'm on board.
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Ahh, there's the trust of a friend thing. In light of this, is 6 really necessary?
9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.
So we need bear false witness, don't steal, AND covet? I'm not sure how you can achieve 8 while plotting to steal his house, but there you go.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is his.
This poor neighbor! Even if this weren't already covered by 8, certainly 7 would take care of it.
Alright, here's the score: I'm going to call 1-3 as "useless". 4 is a platitude, like a slogan on a cheap poster: Hang in there! with the cat hanging from the tree... that sort of thing. 6, 9, and 10 are redundant. That leaves 5, 7, and 8. Don't kill, steal, or betray trust. Very nice ideals, but hardly so earth shattering that space is needed in granite on the steps of a court house. These lessons are learned by the age of 4 or they probably won't take at all.
If the emails where stored only on the server then this would be inconvenient.
Why would you do that? Keep using your current client. If you want to jump in and use a webmail client, then there are solutions for keeping that local as well.
I agree that people should keep their data in a form that is easy to recover from the loss of a provider, just as they should keep their data in a form that is easy to recover from the loss of their local data center.
Yes, if you were small you leased time. That is exactly what I said in my post. The tasks have changed since the dominance of the mainframe, however, and certain common tasks are now mature. It is possible that email is your competitive advantage, but it is almost as likely that electricity generation is your competitive advantage. That is to say, it probably makes as much sense to run your own email server as it does to run your own generator. Of course there are exceptions - you might be big enough to employ a full time Exchange guru and you might use a significant portion of your server capacity, just like Alcoa uses so much electricity that it owns hydroelectric dams.
Mainframe? You had to shell out big money to buy a mainframe. Cloud services are rented. In the 70s you could certainly buy time on a mainframe, and a lot of people did. But small companies never had an in-house mainframe as an economically viable option. If your company is so big that your IT guys are all specialized and their time is mostly occupied in their specialty, then the cloud doesn't make any sense. If you are smaller and you don't need a full time Outlook guru and your server sits idling most of the time, then you might very well do well with outsourcing your email.
I think you are being a bit mean, but you do have a point. There are systems of taxation where it is impossible for most folks to be in arrears, where filing returns is not necessary, and which don't require such a large bureaucracy. The IRS - at least in its current form - is probably unnecessary. You don't hear this kind of vitriol directed towards state sales tax officials.
Well, superconductors killed my dad, so I'm looking for an immediate ban. If you don't like that, you can just say that directly to distraught face of my poor widowed mother. Superconductors also stole all of the insurance money and repeatedly raped my sister. Well, she called it rape, but really there was no resistance.
I'd like to know what your reasoning is? I think we are simply witnessing the movement of certain base-level IT services into the commodity space. This has happened in many other industries once they become mature. For instance, unless you have some critical, unique, proprietary capability, you probably farm out your manufacturing. Why have capital equipment and specialized employees unless they are going to be utilized 100% of the time? A well-run contract manufacturer will be doing just that. The same thing is happening with IT. Why run in-house email or public-facing services? If the internet is down, you won't be getting email anyway, and no one will be able to see your web page. If you have multiple locations or telecommuting employees, you are already at the mercy of internet speeds and availability. Certain services are mature, and unless you have some specialized need "the cloud" works just as well or better than your in-house solution.
I know it is not in our DNA, but seriously - this time - read TFA. They guy was taking tennis lessons at a school his child does not attend. He had been warned previously not to park his car on the tennis court and charge. He did it again, and so they got fed up and called 911.
All that said, his intent was to steal a lot more electricity - he just got caught after only 20 minutes of charge time. Intent is important. The whole "5 cents" part of the headline is stupid and deliberately misleading.
And what's more likely: a hacker gains access to my email and bank account, or a hacker bypasses the bank's "security" entirely and has access to EVERYONE'S bank account?
Well, based on the torrents of spam that I get from friends and relatives hijacked accounts, I'd say pretty darned likely.
The largest in the US with 20% of the market, Comcast/NBC/Universal, is. Time Warner/Road Runner, #2 with 15% of the market, is. #5 is Cox, and they also are known for producing content.
The keygen would still work, plus Google will let you print out one-time use codes that you can keep in your wallet. I have had to use those before. Google will also let you set up a phone number that it will ring with the code - and naturally your desk phone at work sounds like a pretty good candidate.
Google and Facebook offer simple two-factor that works with any cellphone capable of SMS. Facebook also has a keygen built into their smartphone app. I wish everyone did this.
or are you saying without the content that traffic would somehow magically exist.
I don't know if it is "magic", but we did a pretty good job of routing around the lack of content with p2p. We'll fill up the pipes one way or another - they might want to reflect on what a wonderful thing Netflix has done: getting people to actually pay for content again.
Ultimately, Sgt. Ford did make the decision to pursue the theft charges, but the decision was based on Mr. Kamooneh having been advised that he was not allowed on the property without permission.
I know it isn't fair to read TFA, but there you go. The man was warned previously by the school that he could not park his car on the tennis court, and he did it anyway. I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure I could find some statutes that he violated.
Now multiply $5 by the number of people willing to steal power and you see why we need to crack down. Same reason you give $100 fine to someone for littering. It's way disproportionate, but if everyone does it we have a big fat mess.
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It's all context.
A resume or cover letter has to be absolutely perfect. Two things bother me about mistakes on those: First, at least take the time to have a friend check your resume. How long would that take? If you don't care enough to do that, then why am I even reading this thing? Second, you have to be aware that there are grammar and spelling Nazis out there - some of them in HR and some in your chosen field. How can you possibly be good at critical thinking if you don't realize this and try to take this minimal step to assuage them? This is the first impression you will have on a potential employer!
On the other hand, some minor grammar or spelling (but really, spell check?) errors in internal documentation are no big deal, and certainly not worth kicking back a code or documentation review. Those only should happen when it changes the meaning or affects understanding somehow.
Fair enough, though I don't think that makes the commandment any less redundant. :)
Shhhhh, don't tell me. Tell the Lutherans.
Y'all can't agree on what the commandments even are, let alone what they mean.
I think they mean covet as in to actively seek them, not as in, "Oooo! I wish I had one of those!"
Hmm, so let's see:
Well, right off the bat we've taken a turn toward the useless.
Well, fuck, now I have to avoid certain godda... I mean darn curse words. It won't clean up my filthy language, but I'll be careful not to put certain words together!
Still useless.
Probably sound advice, unless your parents are abusive or otherwise undeserving of honor. Like most absolute statements, it seems to cover only the general case. Still, let's count it as an "agree".
Finally! That's something of a slam dunk, isn't it? Or perhaps it would be if the Bible weren't full of prescriptions for those deserving death. In any case, let's try to agree on this one.
That's not a bad one - let's agree on this one. I'm not sure why it isn't a more general rule, like "Don't break the trust of a friend," or something like that. But Christians are always hung up on sex.
Unless we are talking about intellectual property, I'm on board.
Ahh, there's the trust of a friend thing. In light of this, is 6 really necessary?
So we need bear false witness, don't steal, AND covet? I'm not sure how you can achieve 8 while plotting to steal his house, but there you go.
This poor neighbor! Even if this weren't already covered by 8, certainly 7 would take care of it.
Alright, here's the score: I'm going to call 1-3 as "useless". 4 is a platitude, like a slogan on a cheap poster: Hang in there! with the cat hanging from the tree... that sort of thing. 6, 9, and 10 are redundant. That leaves 5, 7, and 8. Don't kill, steal, or betray trust. Very nice ideals, but hardly so earth shattering that space is needed in granite on the steps of a court house. These lessons are learned by the age of 4 or they probably won't take at all.
If the emails where stored only on the server then this would be inconvenient.
Why would you do that? Keep using your current client. If you want to jump in and use a webmail client, then there are solutions for keeping that local as well.
I agree that people should keep their data in a form that is easy to recover from the loss of a provider, just as they should keep their data in a form that is easy to recover from the loss of their local data center.
Yes, if you were small you leased time. That is exactly what I said in my post. The tasks have changed since the dominance of the mainframe, however, and certain common tasks are now mature. It is possible that email is your competitive advantage, but it is almost as likely that electricity generation is your competitive advantage. That is to say, it probably makes as much sense to run your own email server as it does to run your own generator. Of course there are exceptions - you might be big enough to employ a full time Exchange guru and you might use a significant portion of your server capacity, just like Alcoa uses so much electricity that it owns hydroelectric dams.
Mainframe? You had to shell out big money to buy a mainframe. Cloud services are rented. In the 70s you could certainly buy time on a mainframe, and a lot of people did. But small companies never had an in-house mainframe as an economically viable option. If your company is so big that your IT guys are all specialized and their time is mostly occupied in their specialty, then the cloud doesn't make any sense. If you are smaller and you don't need a full time Outlook guru and your server sits idling most of the time, then you might very well do well with outsourcing your email.
Heh, that's easy:
1. What was your gross income last year?
2. Multiply that number by x.
3. Send money.
The problem is that politicians like to have all sorts of levers to pull. Thousands and thousands of pages worth of levers.
Guns and Ammunition Tax?
To keep it neutral I, for one, prefer the term Demoncraft.
I think you are being a bit mean, but you do have a point. There are systems of taxation where it is impossible for most folks to be in arrears, where filing returns is not necessary, and which don't require such a large bureaucracy. The IRS - at least in its current form - is probably unnecessary. You don't hear this kind of vitriol directed towards state sales tax officials.
Well, superconductors killed my dad, so I'm looking for an immediate ban. If you don't like that, you can just say that directly to distraught face of my poor widowed mother. Superconductors also stole all of the insurance money and repeatedly raped my sister. Well, she called it rape, but really there was no resistance.
I'd like to know what your reasoning is? I think we are simply witnessing the movement of certain base-level IT services into the commodity space. This has happened in many other industries once they become mature. For instance, unless you have some critical, unique, proprietary capability, you probably farm out your manufacturing. Why have capital equipment and specialized employees unless they are going to be utilized 100% of the time? A well-run contract manufacturer will be doing just that. The same thing is happening with IT. Why run in-house email or public-facing services? If the internet is down, you won't be getting email anyway, and no one will be able to see your web page. If you have multiple locations or telecommuting employees, you are already at the mercy of internet speeds and availability. Certain services are mature, and unless you have some specialized need "the cloud" works just as well or better than your in-house solution.
Neither has called me on my cell phone, no have I seen an increase in solicitation or scam calls.
It's a security feature.
-cybercriminal
I know it is not in our DNA, but seriously - this time - read TFA. They guy was taking tennis lessons at a school his child does not attend. He had been warned previously not to park his car on the tennis court and charge. He did it again, and so they got fed up and called 911.
All that said, his intent was to steal a lot more electricity - he just got caught after only 20 minutes of charge time. Intent is important. The whole "5 cents" part of the headline is stupid and deliberately misleading.
And what's more likely: a hacker gains access to my email and bank account, or a hacker bypasses the bank's "security" entirely and has access to EVERYONE'S bank account?
Well, based on the torrents of spam that I get from friends and relatives hijacked accounts, I'd say pretty darned likely.
The largest in the US with 20% of the market, Comcast/NBC/Universal, is. Time Warner/Road Runner, #2 with 15% of the market, is. #5 is Cox, and they also are known for producing content.
The keygen would still work, plus Google will let you print out one-time use codes that you can keep in your wallet. I have had to use those before. Google will also let you set up a phone number that it will ring with the code - and naturally your desk phone at work sounds like a pretty good candidate.
Google and Facebook offer simple two-factor that works with any cellphone capable of SMS. Facebook also has a keygen built into their smartphone app. I wish everyone did this.
or are you saying without the content that traffic would somehow magically exist.
I don't know if it is "magic", but we did a pretty good job of routing around the lack of content with p2p. We'll fill up the pipes one way or another - they might want to reflect on what a wonderful thing Netflix has done: getting people to actually pay for content again.
Well, you were stealing.
Ultimately, Sgt. Ford did make the decision to pursue the theft charges, but the decision was based on Mr. Kamooneh having been advised that he was not allowed on the property without permission.
I know it isn't fair to read TFA, but there you go. The man was warned previously by the school that he could not park his car on the tennis court, and he did it anyway. I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure I could find some statutes that he violated.
Now multiply $5 by the number of people willing to steal power and you see why we need to crack down. Same reason you give $100 fine to someone for littering. It's way disproportionate, but if everyone does it we have a big fat mess.