I'm sure it will take no time at all to identify the specific developer that was responsible for the line of code that introduced bug X into windows build version Y...and even easier to track him down and prove it was his line of code.
What a fantastic use of government resources, I'm sure you now that you've caught that Bin Laden guy there's a bunch of people sitting around waiting to investigate stuff
Hey, I'm heading to south america with my gf in January. Starting in Peru, finishing in Rio...trying to accomplish it in 2 months. Any tips for a fellow aussie?
It has been brought to our attention that your have openly been making false and misleading claims about our patented product "the future". We hereby order you to cease and desist all written or verbal speculation about the features that will and will not be offered in this product. At what we consider a relevant time, we will make our own press releases about what may or may not constitute your allowable future to whom we consider to be relevant and interested parties. Until then, rest assured that we are only doing what's best for you, your family, your country and/or whoever else our press department believes is relevant at the time. Please also remember that our extensive patents on "the future" only exist to protect our current investments, without which, there would be no "future". "The future" is a very important strategic play for our company and we intend to defend it to the fullest extent of our law.
...from the coverage I've seen, the only places that are getting any aid are ones that have a celebrity that was born there and a camera crew covering the "let's save my home town" special.
yeah, but IT&T doesn't get their ass kicked if someone breaks in and steals all the passwords. Corporate IT is about moving the problem somewhere else, not necessarily fixing it...everyone knows that.
actually, the better companies have defined pay levels...you know what everyone gets paid and why...if you want to get paid a higher pay level, just meet the criteria.
An even cheaper way to f*ck over the RIAA is to just not buy any CDs.
I can't believe people still sell this one. Let's be completely honest...they don't give a damn about the 3 cds a year that 1/2 a dozen slashdotters won't buy.
If you really want to hurt them, instruct your fund manager for your retirement fund to not invest in any RIAA member companies or fund products that have them in their portfolios. Share price scares CEOs far more than consumers ever will...but that takes commitment and a serious investment in your beliefs.
you know, if someone made a program that did this where all the referal commissions went to worldvision or a big charity like that, I'd install it in a heart beat.
I manage an IT department for a small to medium sized family owned business. The job is great, except for our staff. They simply don't know nearly as much as they should. I find them going into irrelevant technical details that have nothing to do with our business needs far to often. When my computer acts up and I just want it back online so I can finish my reports, I get the distinct impression that they think it's beneath them to fix it. I spend hours and hours on the most important tasks of quantifying and solving the business problems only to be berated by my subordinates because it's not a "cool" and "technical" solution. Is it ignorant to believe that IT staff should be a knowledgeable in the business and it's needs as a whole? People that can put aside their technical aliences and focus on return on investment for our business? It creates an extremely frustrating work environment, and I don't know how to approach the problem. It's becoming too much to simply "put up with it." What advice do those of you that actually create income for your businesses have for this issue? Should I just fire them all?
I can (and consistantly do) rewrite the inefficient parts of their code to execute exponentially faster, and make it much easier to read.
Ahh, so you're the smart-a$$ know-it-all that keeps deleting the fix I put in 5 years ago to solve problem X with client Y that only occurs in situation Z, and replacing it with that wonderfully elegant piece of code you just read about in Fowlers latest book...which will remain in place until Booch releases a book contradicting it at which time you'll probably rewrite it again, blowing away the fix that I put in again after taking a 4am call from client Y wondering why their lastest release crashed with a bug that was apparently fixed years ago:)
Good programmers rewrite bad code because they know they can write it better...great programmer realise that the person that originally wrote it was probably just as smart as they were and the reason for all those "ugly" pieces are the real world saying hello.
ok...seriously for a second...blame the baby boomers. They represent that major demographic for UK, US and Australia and hence they weild the voting power.
In the 60s/70s...they were entering the colleges and workforce...what did we get...a massive overhaul to the educational systems. In the 70/80s they were moving through their "working lives"...what did we get...a massive overhaul to industrial relations in favor of the workers...in 2000, they're all heading into retirement, mostly funded by shares, wanting to live on less money and also worried about death...what do we see? More power being given to corporations and taken from workers (in all three countries), more focus on immediate share holder returns rather than r&d, outsourcing to cut the cost of consumables, cutting of government research, services and educational assistence to lower taxes, and an increase in relious uptake as they all worry about death.
This is sheer speculation on my part, but in Australia we're watching all the great social practices put in place during the 60s/70s and 80s be repealed...from free education and medical, to workers rights...and from what I hear here it seems to be happening in the US and UK. These trends, to my untrained eye, seem to follow rather closely the needs of the major voting demographic (baby boomers)...so lets face it...if you're under 40 you're screwed...unless of course you move to south america where I believe the major demographics in most countries is 15-25 (they're having somewhat of a baby boom at the moment).
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I'm sure it will take no time at all to identify the specific developer that was responsible for the line of code that introduced bug X into windows build version Y...and even easier to track him down and prove it was his line of code.
What a fantastic use of government resources, I'm sure you now that you've caught that Bin Laden guy there's a bunch of people sitting around waiting to investigate stuff
Hey, I'm heading to south america with my gf in January. Starting in Peru, finishing in Rio...trying to accomplish it in 2 months. Any tips for a fellow aussie?
Dear Sir,
It has been brought to our attention that your have openly been making false and misleading claims about our patented product "the future". We hereby order you to cease and desist all written or verbal speculation about the features that will and will not be offered in this product. At what we consider a relevant time, we will make our own press releases about what may or may not constitute your allowable future to whom we consider to be relevant and interested parties. Until then, rest assured that we are only doing what's best for you, your family, your country and/or whoever else our press department believes is relevant at the time. Please also remember that our extensive patents on "the future" only exist to protect our current investments, without which, there would be no "future". "The future" is a very important strategic play for our company and we intend to defend it to the fullest extent of our law.
Sincerely
Monsanto
It wasn't God who brought the destruction to the people
How do you know?
...need something built in a town without electricity...you can't beat the amish!
...from the coverage I've seen, the only places that are getting any aid are ones that have a celebrity that was born there and a camera crew covering the "let's save my home town" special.
Even scarier...who watches those watchers, that, um... watch the, um....watchers...that...ummm.... ow, my head hurts now
...winamp no longer kicks that llamas ass?
yeah, but IT&T doesn't get their ass kicked if someone breaks in and steals all the passwords. Corporate IT is about moving the problem somewhere else, not necessarily fixing it...everyone knows that.
here here! Daredevil was a fantastic movie, Elektra was great too. I hope they make Daredevil 2
actually, the better companies have defined pay levels...you know what everyone gets paid and why...if you want to get paid a higher pay level, just meet the criteria.
free as in our way or else?
4 weeks annual leave in australia, legislated...plus you get a 17 1/2% "holiday bonus" that is paid on top of your wage during that time.
Pretty sweet
"It eyes sees you letter want perhaps?"
first rule of marketting...all markets converge to have 2 dominant players...the convergence time may vary, but it will still happen.
An even cheaper way to f*ck over the RIAA is to just not buy any CDs.
I can't believe people still sell this one. Let's be completely honest...they don't give a damn about the 3 cds a year that 1/2 a dozen slashdotters won't buy.
If you really want to hurt them, instruct your fund manager for your retirement fund to not invest in any RIAA member companies or fund products that have them in their portfolios. Share price scares CEOs far more than consumers ever will...but that takes commitment and a serious investment in your beliefs.
you know, if someone made a program that did this where all the referal commissions went to worldvision or a big charity like that, I'd install it in a heart beat.
I manage an IT department for a small to medium sized family owned business. The job is great, except for our staff. They simply don't know nearly as much as they should. I find them going into irrelevant technical details that have nothing to do with our business needs far to often. When my computer acts up and I just want it back online so I can finish my reports, I get the distinct impression that they think it's beneath them to fix it. I spend hours and hours on the most important tasks of quantifying and solving the business problems only to be berated by my subordinates because it's not a "cool" and "technical" solution. Is it ignorant to believe that IT staff should be a knowledgeable in the business and it's needs as a whole? People that can put aside their technical aliences and focus on return on investment for our business? It creates an extremely frustrating work environment, and I don't know how to approach the problem. It's becoming too much to simply "put up with it." What advice do those of you that actually create income for your businesses have for this issue? Should I just fire them all?
....they're hittin the books
comments erode your bargaining position at the next pay review :)
:)
it's a joke..laugh
I can (and consistantly do) rewrite the inefficient parts of their code to execute exponentially faster, and make it much easier to read.
:)
Ahh, so you're the smart-a$$ know-it-all that keeps deleting the fix I put in 5 years ago to solve problem X with client Y that only occurs in situation Z, and replacing it with that wonderfully elegant piece of code you just read about in Fowlers latest book...which will remain in place until Booch releases a book contradicting it at which time you'll probably rewrite it again, blowing away the fix that I put in again after taking a 4am call from client Y wondering why their lastest release crashed with a bug that was apparently fixed years ago
Good programmers rewrite bad code because they know they can write it better...great programmer realise that the person that originally wrote it was probably just as smart as they were and the reason for all those "ugly" pieces are the real world saying hello.
ok...seriously for a second...blame the baby boomers. They represent that major demographic for UK, US and Australia and hence they weild the voting power.
In the 60s/70s...they were entering the colleges and workforce...what did we get...a massive overhaul to the educational systems. In the 70/80s they were moving through their "working lives"...what did we get...a massive overhaul to industrial relations in favor of the workers...in 2000, they're all heading into retirement, mostly funded by shares, wanting to live on less money and also worried about death...what do we see? More power being given to corporations and taken from workers (in all three countries), more focus on immediate share holder returns rather than r&d, outsourcing to cut the cost of consumables, cutting of government research, services and educational assistence to lower taxes, and an increase in relious uptake as they all worry about death.
This is sheer speculation on my part, but in Australia we're watching all the great social practices put in place during the 60s/70s and 80s be repealed...from free education and medical, to workers rights...and from what I hear here it seems to be happening in the US and UK. These trends, to my untrained eye, seem to follow rather closely the needs of the major voting demographic (baby boomers)...so lets face it...if you're under 40 you're screwed...unless of course you move to south america where I believe the major demographics in most countries is 15-25 (they're having somewhat of a baby boom at the moment).
oh no...who will save microsoft from the big bad open source movement?!?
yeah, there's kernel module you have to install to get it to run at speed