First, the article's author should not mention illiteracy considering his numerous mistakes and abhorrent engrish.
Next, where'd they poll these "56" americans, in a freakin bar? If you don't know where the pacific is you should be taken to it and thrown in.
And it had nothing to do with geography knowledge, it was all namby-pamby political crap.
Do you think $name the coder gives a sh*t over who claims ownership over some trees/rocks/sand/beach... in someplace he's not planning a vacation?
it's gonna happen, unless you want to make a version for every possibility.
just write quality code and if they are so sensitive, screw 'em, they don't have to buy it.
F'n retards.
I work in an U.S. Embassy.
The worst.
The computers are old, the building is falling apart, 2 out of 10 people want to kill me.
I live in countries where the water will kill you, the food will made you deathly ill, and if your lucky you get "Mild" Malaria, (which beats the side effects of the meds.)
Most countries I've been to have no pavement, children with AK-47's, [note:} it's not the guy standing around with the machine gun that's the problem, it's the guy walking around with one.}
My car is checked for explosives when I come to work, my swimming pool doubles as my drinking water in extreme emergencies, (note, a 4" sq concrete hole with no filtration is what comes with most houses, so I use the term pool liberally.)
Power is bad, UPS' designed for U.S./E.U. power just freaking throw up here. My phone is spotty, 14.4k internet service either requires a bribe, or you get your e-mail previewed for ya, forget the RIAA, corrupt gov't secret service types are a real bother. No 911/hospitals, you don't notice that until you are driving down a road and note oncoming speeding buses/autos think turning off headlights saves gas.
Also, you have to call other gov't workers for support/supplies. 'nuf said.
I think I am in the running for the worst job only until some peace corps geek writes in
But, then again, they dont even have computers.
As an I.T. Guy in The State Dept.
Our problem is: State Hired oodles of very sharp computer people, and then put them under managers who think computers are a fad. (a quote from a guy in charge of systems in my area.)
The contractors try, but get the specs from same pointy heads.
It's a mess.
But I'm sure other governments love us for it.
Surveilance by librarians?
Read the specs, the majority of these tags have to be within 2-3 feet of the rfid reader.
I think you'd notice if a guy carrying what looks to be a rather large metal detector were following three feet behind you.
Jeez, with all the new copyright laws this whole library issue's gonna be rather mute anyways.
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First, the article's author should not mention illiteracy considering his numerous mistakes and abhorrent engrish. Next, where'd they poll these "56" americans, in a freakin bar? If you don't know where the pacific is you should be taken to it and thrown in. And it had nothing to do with geography knowledge, it was all namby-pamby political crap. Do you think $name the coder gives a sh*t over who claims ownership over some trees/rocks/sand/beach... in someplace he's not planning a vacation? it's gonna happen, unless you want to make a version for every possibility. just write quality code and if they are so sensitive, screw 'em, they don't have to buy it. F'n retards.
I work in an U.S. Embassy. The worst. The computers are old, the building is falling apart, 2 out of 10 people want to kill me. I live in countries where the water will kill you, the food will made you deathly ill, and if your lucky you get "Mild" Malaria, (which beats the side effects of the meds.) Most countries I've been to have no pavement, children with AK-47's, [note:} it's not the guy standing around with the machine gun that's the problem, it's the guy walking around with one.} My car is checked for explosives when I come to work, my swimming pool doubles as my drinking water in extreme emergencies, (note, a 4" sq concrete hole with no filtration is what comes with most houses, so I use the term pool liberally.) Power is bad, UPS' designed for U.S./E.U. power just freaking throw up here. My phone is spotty, 14.4k internet service either requires a bribe, or you get your e-mail previewed for ya, forget the RIAA, corrupt gov't secret service types are a real bother. No 911/hospitals, you don't notice that until you are driving down a road and note oncoming speeding buses/autos think turning off headlights saves gas. Also, you have to call other gov't workers for support/supplies. 'nuf said. I think I am in the running for the worst job only until some peace corps geek writes in But, then again, they dont even have computers.
As an I.T. Guy in The State Dept. Our problem is: State Hired oodles of very sharp computer people, and then put them under managers who think computers are a fad. (a quote from a guy in charge of systems in my area.) The contractors try, but get the specs from same pointy heads. It's a mess. But I'm sure other governments love us for it.
Surveilance by librarians? Read the specs, the majority of these tags have to be within 2-3 feet of the rfid reader. I think you'd notice if a guy carrying what looks to be a rather large metal detector were following three feet behind you. Jeez, with all the new copyright laws this whole library issue's gonna be rather mute anyways.