Without getting into an electorial college/popular vote debate, the citizens of the U.S. voted GWB into the presidency. His Christianity is as part of him as him being caucasian. He makes his decisions based on that and he makes it public. He is who he is and we voted for Him. His authority as a president comes from the vote of the people, not because he is one religon or another. To ask a person to make choices contrary to his Christian believe doesn't make sense if you understand Christianity. We are coming up on another election, decide for yourself. Just because GWB is a Christian is a far cry from this country becoming a theocracy.
further more, I am a Christian and I think GWB has been a total idiot in many many ways. Also, I would vote for a non Christian if I felt as though he would do a better job as president as Bush would. So I am not a 'follow in line' Christian.
So instead of saying that we have a government that is moving to a theocracy, I think it would be more accrurate saying that we happen to have a Christian president right now.
America: fast becoming a militant fascist theocracy
Theocracy: A government ruled by or subject to religious authority.
This statement is simply not true. Just because we have a Christian president doesn't mean that we have a theocracy. Even if the next 10 presidents were all Christians, the United states would still probably never become one. In the U.S. one has freedom of religion. The religion that is given the hardest time is Christianity (although at times there have been exceptions, ie muslims after 9/11). The U.S.'s whole history has been in support of freedom of religon. In addition, we are in America, we get to vote for who we want in office. If you want to see a theocracy, go to Iran where the government is of one religon and is run that way with the addition of religious persecution for people who do not believe as the government does. So before you say the U.S. is becoming a theocracy, get your facts straight.
the militant and fascist part of your comment is just as misinformed as the theocracy part.
dude, the code was for educational purposes and therefore such things should be overlooked because it was intentionally put there for just that reason. Of course in real code I would of thrown a goto in there among other things...man
I would first like to say that I am impressed with your command of scripture. Sadly, while I know all these scriptures, I would have to take some time to actually find each one of them.
Now, to the thread...I knew someone was going to take that angle. I, in no way want other people to starve. That is not what I am talking about. I am talking about well paying jobs, like programming. I am competing with someone else for a well paying job. The job is well paying whether in India or in the U.S.
Lastly, being saved by grace means that God (Christian God) saved me not by anything I did but by His choice, His mercy, His love for us. I can do nothing to earn my salvation.
I know I am going to get flamed for this but here goes.
The U.S. is still the most powerful nation on earth. Other nations are catching up quickly in many areas, but on the whole I think this can be said. I believe that the U.S. should use its power to make sure that we keep this status. I enjoy making more money in comparison to the rest of the world and I think that it is in the U.S.'s best interest to make sure we get the better end of the deal when dealing with other countries. Let the programmers in other countries do something that I don't want to do, like farming or raising cattle...
That was very good point you made. The world doesn't owe me a thing. I was responding to the positive twist that the article gave. The positive twist was on the economy as a whole, I was just saying that there is also a negative side to the situation.
Again, good point about finding a way to be of value to a company. I whole heartedly agree.
I am a programmer, I make my money from making programs. I expect to get paid very well for what I do. I have spent thousands of dollars in not only college expenses, but also other training and materials. If x number of programming jobs are exported to another country because U.S. coorporations don't want to pay what I expect how does that benifit me the programmer? The economy as a whole 'may' not be hurt, but actually helped, but in the end there are less programming jobs out there than if there weren't outsourcing programming jobs. The big picture doesn't make me feel better.
I view this from a software developer point of view. This book is good and bad. It is good because it helps a programmer get the whole picture and in that may have a better understanding of his/her role. It is bad if a programmer uses a book like this for anything more than just a clearer picture of how things work. I have never met a great programmer that could also be a marketer of software. I am not saying it can't happen, I am just saying that I have known and do know a lot of programmers, the great ones would tend to find marketing software as boring and un inspiring. If you are a bad programmer, think about a career in marketing...it will make the programming area much happier.
If a person is willing to pick up a book about a computer and go through it, doing what it says, then they will probably be alright when in comes to security. The problem is that people don't generally care about security. They think that it will happen to someone else. When something does happen to them, they wonder why, but only until someone fixes their problem. In the end, as long as someone gets them back and running they still don't care. The answer is not a book, no matter how good it is. I don't pretend to know the answer to the problem of security, but what I think is that first people have to care enough about it to put their time into it. Right now, I don't think people in general care that much.
I think the article misses an important use of pricing. If you are in the software industry long enough, you will come to know that there are customers out there that you flat out don't want. They will give you money, but the money to pain in the butt ratio will never be in your favor. A lousy customer is like being tied up naked in a very small room, sprayed with sugar water, with 100s of starving flies. How this person would dream to go postal on these flies, but can't because they are tied up. Same with customers, don't tie yourself up by accepting crappy customers. How this relates to pricing is simple, price your software serices to at least twice as much as you think they will ever pay. That way they won't even dream of hiring you. A potential customer that never became an actual one is better than one that has a bad split with your company.
Why can't we all just have implants...remember Neo and his IV...looked pretty simple to apply an IV
beside, if we had the head implant, the people with enough bio-RAM might be able to play Doom 10...I mean I mean, doctors may be able to explore and fix issues with our brain
gently turning on the light...making me wake up more rested
last time I checked it was the number of hours of sleep, the confort level of your sleeping quarters, and your basic mental condition that are dominant factors on whether you are 'well rested'.
Besides that, I need something really freaken annoying to wake me up from sleep. It used to be a 'whining woman' telling me to get up and freaken do something. Now it is a basic alarm clock. Gently turning the lights on, all that will do is piss me off when I do happen to wake up.
techies already don't get enough exercise, now I won't have to even swival my chair to look from my monitor to my TV. Isn't there a lobbying group for the the support of tech people not gaining any more weight? Where is my representation? Where is my protection from myself?
In U.S. history during the civil rights movement, thousands if not millions marched on Washington DC. What is the equivalent over the internet? If you think that some site is wrong in some way, how do you get your message out to them like a march in Washington DC would? I am saying there may be some kind of legitimacy if users voluntarilly downloaded 'flooding' software and used it against the sites that they think their message is wrong.
Again, I think bringing down a site is wrong, and denial of service attacks are wrong, but I can see the other sides point in the article.
well, maybe your site wasn't judged by googles search engine as relevent enough to index? Maybe the people at google have been sooo busy with the stock offering they are falling behind on things over there. Maybe, there are some disgruntal employees who thought they were worth 10 million and now they are only worth 8 million. I don't know, but google is the still the king of search right now.
My question is why is there even this much intersest in google stock. Sure, they are undeniably the best search engine around. Also, they had made millions upon millions in their ads. Also, techies love them because of their 'do no harm' policy. The problem with google is that they absolutely dominate their market, searching with ad revenue. In searching pretty much all they can go is down. Has google tried much else that can't be tied directly to their search portal? Not that I am aware of. Does this sound like a mini Microsoft. Similar to how Microsoft dominates the desktop OS and Office sweet market and have never done outstandingly well in any other market. Soooo, I just don't see where google has another explosive growth and revenue making idea/direction in them. Will google try to leverage there dominance in such a way that Microsoft does and have people hate them for it? Will other compinies leverage their dominance in other areas to topple google?
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Side Note: from the initial search engine that Microsoft has released, they aren't even in the same ballpark as Google in relevancy. But, microsoft being Microsoft...who knows?
In tech circles and especially here on slashdot, how is this article relevant?/.ers as a whole rarely proofread what they write or ever spell check it. So again, this article may be irrelevant to a vast majority of/.ers.
Except, of course, me, who has perfect grammar and spelling...NOT
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Good point, I will be changing my sig, thanks for you weel thought out message whoever you are
I hope that this will not set back the development of the use of soloar power. There are many challenges to overcome, but the benifits still outweigh the disadvantages. I think it would be great to live in a world where we don't pump tons and tons of pollutants into the air every day. I also think that the world would be a better place if the oil rich producing countries lost their stangle hold on the rest of the world. The only drawback that I can think of is tragic events like this. Even in this setback we can learn.
1. Do people actually trust their spam filters enough to delete the spam that is caught?
2. Aren't spam filters getting very good. The main spam filter that I use is the one that hotmail has. I have gotten 1 spam message for like 4 days and the rest of the time it has caughten every single one. As for false positives. There has been two instances of this but nothing a phone call to me couldn't handle.
3. SPAM is still an issue in this day an age because people are gullable enough to fall for it. It makes money. SPAM filters, black listing IPs, making laws against it are all ways to help but if you want a cure, a cure that will work the best, you have to focus on the user. Encourage users to become informed users. By the way I think this will solve our virus and adware program problem too. Why don't we cure the root of the problem instead of the symptoms?
do you think that links to that porno sites is more valuable use of screen real estate?
in sigs people give a cool thought, or a snippet of what they believe, why do you attack me? Is it because what I believe doesn't coincide with you? hmmm seems to me like a small minded person....
I have come to the conclusion that you need to chill out, get some sunlight, at least talk to a girl or something. I was being humorous about what the headline implied. Anonymous Coward is truly fitting for you
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Without getting into an electorial college/popular vote debate, the citizens of the U.S. voted GWB into the presidency. His Christianity is as part of him as him being caucasian. He makes his decisions based on that and he makes it public. He is who he is and we voted for Him. His authority as a president comes from the vote of the people, not because he is one religon or another. To ask a person to make choices contrary to his Christian believe doesn't make sense if you understand Christianity. We are coming up on another election, decide for yourself. Just because GWB is a Christian is a far cry from this country becoming a theocracy.
further more, I am a Christian and I think GWB has been a total idiot in many many ways. Also, I would vote for a non Christian if I felt as though he would do a better job as president as Bush would. So I am not a 'follow in line' Christian.
So instead of saying that we have a government that is moving to a theocracy, I think it would be more accrurate saying that we happen to have a Christian president right now.
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
America: fast becoming a militant fascist theocracy
Theocracy: A government ruled by or subject to religious authority.
This statement is simply not true. Just because we have a Christian president doesn't mean that we have a theocracy. Even if the next 10 presidents were all Christians, the United states would still probably never become one. In the U.S. one has freedom of religion. The religion that is given the hardest time is Christianity (although at times there have been exceptions, ie muslims after 9/11). The U.S.'s whole history has been in support of freedom of religon. In addition, we are in America, we get to vote for who we want in office. If you want to see a theocracy, go to Iran where the government is of one religon and is run that way with the addition of religious persecution for people who do not believe as the government does. So before you say the U.S. is becoming a theocracy, get your facts straight.
the militant and fascist part of your comment is just as misinformed as the theocracy part.
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
dude, the code was for educational purposes and therefore such things should be overlooked because it was intentionally put there for just that reason. Of course in real code I would of thrown a goto in there among other things...man
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Saved by Grace
Algorithm
/*do nothing
if phone.rings() {
if me.personINow(callerid.name) {
me.answerPhone()
}
else {
let answering machine pick it up */
}
}
problem solved
logic, it is a wonderful thing
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
:-D
I would first like to say that I am impressed with your command of scripture. Sadly, while I know all these scriptures, I would have to take some time to actually find each one of them.
Now, to the thread...I knew someone was going to take that angle. I, in no way want other people to starve. That is not what I am talking about. I am talking about well paying jobs, like programming. I am competing with someone else for a well paying job. The job is well paying whether in India or in the U.S.
Lastly, being saved by grace means that God (Christian God) saved me not by anything I did but by His choice, His mercy, His love for us. I can do nothing to earn my salvation.
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
I know I am going to get flamed for this but here goes.
The U.S. is still the most powerful nation on earth. Other nations are catching up quickly in many areas, but on the whole I think this can be said. I believe that the U.S. should use its power to make sure that we keep this status. I enjoy making more money in comparison to the rest of the world and I think that it is in the U.S.'s best interest to make sure we get the better end of the deal when dealing with other countries. Let the programmers in other countries do something that I don't want to do, like farming or raising cattle...
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
That was very good point you made. The world doesn't owe me a thing. I was responding to the positive twist that the article gave. The positive twist was on the economy as a whole, I was just saying that there is also a negative side to the situation.
Again, good point about finding a way to be of value to a company. I whole heartedly agree.
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
I am a programmer, I make my money from making programs. I expect to get paid very well for what I do. I have spent thousands of dollars in not only college expenses, but also other training and materials. If x number of programming jobs are exported to another country because U.S. coorporations don't want to pay what I expect how does that benifit me the programmer? The economy as a whole 'may' not be hurt, but actually helped, but in the end there are less programming jobs out there than if there weren't outsourcing programming jobs. The big picture doesn't make me feel better.
Nuttles
Saved By Grace
I view this from a software developer point of view. This book is good and bad. It is good because it helps a programmer get the whole picture and in that may have a better understanding of his/her role. It is bad if a programmer uses a book like this for anything more than just a clearer picture of how things work. I have never met a great programmer that could also be a marketer of software. I am not saying it can't happen, I am just saying that I have known and do know a lot of programmers, the great ones would tend to find marketing software as boring and un inspiring. If you are a bad programmer, think about a career in marketing...it will make the programming area much happier.
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
If a person is willing to pick up a book about a computer and go through it, doing what it says, then they will probably be alright when in comes to security. The problem is that people don't generally care about security. They think that it will happen to someone else. When something does happen to them, they wonder why, but only until someone fixes their problem. In the end, as long as someone gets them back and running they still don't care. The answer is not a book, no matter how good it is. I don't pretend to know the answer to the problem of security, but what I think is that first people have to care enough about it to put their time into it. Right now, I don't think people in general care that much.
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
I think the article misses an important use of pricing. If you are in the software industry long enough, you will come to know that there are customers out there that you flat out don't want. They will give you money, but the money to pain in the butt ratio will never be in your favor. A lousy customer is like being tied up naked in a very small room, sprayed with sugar water, with 100s of starving flies. How this person would dream to go postal on these flies, but can't because they are tied up. Same with customers, don't tie yourself up by accepting crappy customers. How this relates to pricing is simple, price your software serices to at least twice as much as you think they will ever pay. That way they won't even dream of hiring you. A potential customer that never became an actual one is better than one that has a bad split with your company.
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
Why can't we all just have implants...remember Neo and his IV...looked pretty simple to apply an IV
beside, if we had the head implant, the people with enough bio-RAM might be able to play Doom 10...I mean I mean, doctors may be able to explore and fix issues with our brain
Nuttles,
Saved by Grace
are we supposed to click the links on the stories?..I thought they were just there for aesthetic's
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
gently turning on the light...making me wake up more rested
last time I checked it was the number of hours of sleep, the confort level of your sleeping quarters, and your basic mental condition that are dominant factors on whether you are 'well rested'.
Besides that, I need something really freaken annoying to wake me up from sleep. It used to be a 'whining woman' telling me to get up and freaken do something. Now it is a basic alarm clock. Gently turning the lights on, all that will do is piss me off when I do happen to wake up.
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
very good point.
I was wrong about the absolute dominance of google. Thank you for the link to the statistics.
I still believe though that this google 'madness' will subside and a lot of people are going to be disappointed.
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
techies already don't get enough exercise, now I won't have to even swival my chair to look from my monitor to my TV. Isn't there a lobbying group for the the support of tech people not gaining any more weight? Where is my representation? Where is my protection from myself?
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
In U.S. history during the civil rights movement, thousands if not millions marched on Washington DC. What is the equivalent over the internet? If you think that some site is wrong in some way, how do you get your message out to them like a march in Washington DC would? I am saying there may be some kind of legitimacy if users voluntarilly downloaded 'flooding' software and used it against the sites that they think their message is wrong.
Again, I think bringing down a site is wrong, and denial of service attacks are wrong, but I can see the other sides point in the article.
Nuttles
Saved By Grace
well, maybe your site wasn't judged by googles search engine as relevent enough to index? Maybe the people at google have been sooo busy with the stock offering they are falling behind on things over there. Maybe, there are some disgruntal employees who thought they were worth 10 million and now they are only worth 8 million. I don't know, but google is the still the king of search right now.
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
My question is why is there even this much intersest in google stock. Sure, they are undeniably the best search engine around. Also, they had made millions upon millions in their ads. Also, techies love them because of their 'do no harm' policy. The problem with google is that they absolutely dominate their market, searching with ad revenue. In searching pretty much all they can go is down. Has google tried much else that can't be tied directly to their search portal? Not that I am aware of. Does this sound like a mini Microsoft. Similar to how Microsoft dominates the desktop OS and Office sweet market and have never done outstandingly well in any other market. Soooo, I just don't see where google has another explosive growth and revenue making idea/direction in them. Will google try to leverage there dominance in such a way that Microsoft does and have people hate them for it? Will other compinies leverage their dominance in other areas to topple google?
Nuttles
Saved by Grace
Side Note: from the initial search engine that Microsoft has released, they aren't even in the same ballpark as Google in relevancy. But, microsoft being Microsoft...who knows?
In tech circles and especially here on slashdot, how is this article relevant? /.ers as a whole rarely proofread what they write or ever spell check it. So again, this article may be irrelevant to a vast majority of /.ers.
Except, of course, me, who has perfect grammar and spelling...NOT
Nuttles
Saved by grace
Saved by grace
Good point, I will be changing my sig, thanks for you weel thought out message whoever you are
Nuttles
Christian, saved by grace
I hope that this will not set back the development of the use of soloar power. There are many challenges to overcome, but the benifits still outweigh the disadvantages. I think it would be great to live in a world where we don't pump tons and tons of pollutants into the air every day. I also think that the world would be a better place if the oil rich producing countries lost their stangle hold on the rest of the world. The only drawback that I can think of is tragic events like this. Even in this setback we can learn.
Nuttles
Christian and proud of it
I am wondering 3 things
1. Do people actually trust their spam filters enough to delete the spam that is caught?
2. Aren't spam filters getting very good. The main spam filter that I use is the one that hotmail has. I have gotten 1 spam message for like 4 days and the rest of the time it has caughten every single one. As for false positives. There has been two instances of this but nothing a phone call to me couldn't handle.
3. SPAM is still an issue in this day an age because people are gullable enough to fall for it. It makes money. SPAM filters, black listing IPs, making laws against it are all ways to help but if you want a cure, a cure that will work the best, you have to focus on the user. Encourage users to become informed users. By the way I think this will solve our virus and adware program problem too. Why don't we cure the root of the problem instead of the symptoms?
Nuttles
Christian and proud of it
do you think that links to that porno sites is more valuable use of screen real estate?
in sigs people give a cool thought, or a snippet of what they believe, why do you attack me? Is it because what I believe doesn't coincide with you? hmmm seems to me like a small minded person....
Nuttles
Christian and proud of it
I have come to the conclusion that you need to chill out, get some sunlight, at least talk to a girl or something. I was being humorous about what the headline implied. Anonymous Coward is truly fitting for you
Nuttles
Christian and proud of it