Yeah, at least, when I used Yammer (was forced to use Yammer), that's what it was. I can't imagine how anyone would use it for serious collaboration, but maybe it had features I didn't know about.
IRC is difficult for programmers to use?! What?! I hope you are joking.
Not at all. It seems like a joke, but there are many many programmers who can't figure something out. If it's not on stackoverflow, they are screwed. MAN pages give them trouble.
Wow, I'm brain--dead this morning. When I said "lack of flying cars" I meant to type "lack of time travel." I don't care about flying cars but I at least want to see the past and future.
What is it about settled physics that you don't like?
Totally off-topic, but the lack of FTL travel and also the lack of flying cars are quite annoying. The lack of anti-gravity is frustrating. The fact that physics says we will probably never get those is what hurts the most.
CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term
consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these CEOs should be tried for
high crimes against humanity and nature.
Democrats need a bogeyman to make you afraid so you'll vote for them. Grew up during the Cold War and this tactic was used all the time.
I was about to assert that it was the Republicans who used this tactic in the old days, but now that I think of it, this was made by a democratic candidate.
Actually, I've already got one: a pacemaker is a medical device, and altering its code changes it, thus is verboten. This is a good thing: every time a medical device's firmware changes, it needs re-certification, so they can't just load new shit into their devices and sell them as if they were already FDA-approved and tested to perform their function correctly.
FDA certification means nothing. I've seen dreadful code approved by the FDA.
We know he's the last chance for a long, long time, if ever, to fuck with the oligarchs.
It's not. These kinds of opportunities are bubbling up more and more often, though mainly at the state level. If Trump fails because of his foolishness, another will come along.
Note that it's a constant struggle.......new guys come up, break the establishment, then settle in to become the new establishment. Andrew Jackson was an establishment breaker. Abraham Lincoln was one too, although by the time he became president, the establishment was more-or-less shattered. William Jennings Bryan tried but failed on his heavy cross of gold (reminds you of this comic). Roosevelt2 might have been considered an establishment breaker, although again it was rather broken by his time as well. Roosevelt1 probably was the establishment. Truman deserves a special mention for trying to reform the establishment from within, and to some degree he was successful.
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." -R. Feynman
Good quote. This is another good, related one, from Thomas Huxley (great man, agnostic):
Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the Christian conception of entire surrender to the will of God. Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.
And this one is good too (from Richard Lindzen):
Science as a tool is sometimes useful; Science as an institution is always problematic.
That used to be true but ESPN has been losing subscribers rapidly. And of course, the NFL (et al) is looking at alternate channels to deliver its content. Monetizing the viewers in some way or another, of course.
I notice you failed to answer the question. I take it to mean you've never worked in a company that gave their programmers time to make sure the software was secure.
In most companies it's the opposite: the "rush to market" is so important that security can "wait until later."
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and if the current rumblings from the NYPD are true: Paedophilia
What is that? It seems a little ridiculous.
Yeah, at least, when I used Yammer (was forced to use Yammer), that's what it was. I can't imagine how anyone would use it for serious collaboration, but maybe it had features I didn't know about.
They probably don't have a choice of OS. That is likely determined by their software vendor.
That merely shifts the blame. The software vendor was foolish for choosing that OS. Collective foolishness is still foolishness.
Yammer is facebook for businesses, not chat. This is different. Not that Yammer is particularly useful.
IRC is difficult for programmers to use?! What?! I hope you are joking.
Not at all. It seems like a joke, but there are many many programmers who can't figure something out. If it's not on stackoverflow, they are screwed.
MAN pages give them trouble.
The reason Slack is replacing IRC is because IRC is difficult for programmers to use.
Not making that up.
Oh, that makes sense
Wow, I'm brain--dead this morning. When I said "lack of flying cars" I meant to type "lack of time travel." I don't care about flying cars but I at least want to see the past and future.
What is it about settled physics that you don't like?
Totally off-topic, but the lack of FTL travel and also the lack of flying cars are quite annoying. The lack of anti-gravity is frustrating. The fact that physics says we will probably never get those is what hurts the most.
Oh, and entropy. Fuck entropy, man.
Oh, please. Show me one person who has called for criminal prosecution of climate change deniers.
If you say "No one says X, that's crazy;" it's almost certain you will find someone crazy enough to say X.
Lest you think it's just idiots, here's a quote from a top climate scientist:
CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these CEOs should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature.
The problem is real, it is undisputed and aggressive actions are needed now, if not better yesterday.
That kind of depends on the answer to question #1, wouldn't you say?
Democrats need a bogeyman to make you afraid so you'll vote for them. Grew up during the Cold War and this tactic was used all the time.
I was about to assert that it was the Republicans who used this tactic in the old days, but now that I think of it, this was made by a democratic candidate.
Actually, I've already got one: a pacemaker is a medical device, and altering its code changes it, thus is verboten. This is a good thing: every time a medical device's firmware changes, it needs re-certification, so they can't just load new shit into their devices and sell them as if they were already FDA-approved and tested to perform their function correctly.
FDA certification means nothing. I've seen dreadful code approved by the FDA.
How the fuck is BLM considered liberal? Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are late 1700s ideals!
Just an FYI, they are liberal ideas. Jefferson wasn't a Tory.
The DNC were morons for letting Clinton anywhere near the nomination. It's like they and she thinks she's entitled.
She has more power than anyone else in the DNC.
Word on the street is that Clinton will be stepping down on Tuesday [newsninja2012.com] (tomorrow),
You need to clear your mind man, and be a little less credulous. That's not going to happen. Keep your head straight.
Trump is the only major outsider candidate we've seen since at least Bush (senior) and Clinton, so around 30 years.
You consider Bush Sr to be an outside candidate, but not Obama?
I don't think much of the tech industry grew up in Northern California, tbh. Eric Schmidt grew up in Virginia.
"Don't be evil" was never Schmidt's thing from the beginning. He was the CEO: tasked with monetizing the thing. He didn't care about that.
Hey, Slashdot gets visited by Russian IP addresses too!
Hmmm, and the traffic flows across in an encrypted channel, keeping everyone else out. Suspicious.
We know he's the last chance for a long, long time, if ever, to fuck with the oligarchs.
It's not. These kinds of opportunities are bubbling up more and more often, though mainly at the state level. If Trump fails because of his foolishness, another will come along.
Note that it's a constant struggle.......new guys come up, break the establishment, then settle in to become the new establishment. Andrew Jackson was an establishment breaker. Abraham Lincoln was one too, although by the time he became president, the establishment was more-or-less shattered. William Jennings Bryan tried but failed on his heavy cross of gold (reminds you of this comic). Roosevelt2 might have been considered an establishment breaker, although again it was rather broken by his time as well. Roosevelt1 probably was the establishment. Truman deserves a special mention for trying to reform the establishment from within, and to some degree he was successful.
I heard Trump used Internet Explorer once, too.
Shit, now I can't vote for him.
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." -R. Feynman
Good quote. This is another good, related one, from Thomas Huxley (great man, agnostic):
Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the Christian conception of entire surrender to the will of God. Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.
And this one is good too (from Richard Lindzen):
Science as a tool is sometimes useful; Science as an institution is always problematic.
That used to be true but ESPN has been losing subscribers rapidly. And of course, the NFL (et al) is looking at alternate channels to deliver its content. Monetizing the viewers in some way or another, of course.
I notice you failed to answer the question. I take it to mean you've never worked in a company that gave their programmers time to make sure the software was secure.
In most companies it's the opposite: the "rush to market" is so important that security can "wait until later."