Why do they say that the 'terrorist' attacks were "cowardly"? It'd take a fairly brave and strong willed person to willingly fly themselves into a building. If they were cowardly they'd just talk about how they were going to attack America but do nothing about it.
They were cowards because they knowingly attacked civilians. Unlike the Afghan wedding, the WTC attack was not an accident. It was specifically targeted in order to kill as many civilians as possible. The US does not specifically target civilians. If we did, the Iraqis would not have been standing outside watching cruise missiles go down the street.
There is a difference. If the terrorists had a nuclear device aimed at your town, you wouldn't be alive. The US does and doesn't use it.
Hence the term "Virtual Time". In Virtual Time, there are no seconds and minutes, only the passing of time. One of our website members died in the WTC (he was a fireman). It took us a month to figure the whole thing out. When we posted the obit on the site, it was like it happened a few minutes ago.
We've lost almost a dozen members. Sometimes you grieve their real names and sometimes their screennames. They can be completely separate. Some left artwork behind as a reminder and some just disappeared. Their posts remain forever (theoretically) and they sometimes appear in resurrected threads. It's like they never die.
I'd rather be skinned alive than use Assembler. It reminds me of the dark days of Jurassic programming in the 70's when punch cards and rubber couplings roamed the just-cooled Earth. I'd MV away and PUSH a shopping cart while I POP a few cold beers before I JMP back to those days. The work just doesn't CMP to today.
God I had a hard time remembering those. That's good.
Management will spend large amounts of money to cover their ass. They have lots of money but only one job.
When outsourcing was a new phenom, we (a large corp where I worked) decided to outsource a billing system rather than buy a big expensive system. Big back pats for the manager who came up with this one. The corner offices were expecting to see big results so they could justify outsourcing the whole shop. Instead, the project ran out of money and died on the railroad tracks with Amtrack on the way. Next thing I know, the manager is cruising a shopping cart on the parkway with a sign saying "Will Leverage Synergy Across the Enterprise For Food".
After that, the managers spent the big dollars on software.
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It really works well. Imagine a shopping cart, hurtling through the lot after being pushed by some sourball-sucking pre-teen sinner. It makes contact with the old Conti and WHAM pile of dust. It was worth the extra tacked on by the dealer but it makes waxing a moot point.
Driving in the rain is like driving through Vegas but you get used to it.
Geez, how hard is this? You make sure their references are valid and you call them. A given programmer may be able to answer a bunch of math trivia but it doesn't mean he can code or act responsibly in public. Make sure he/she is not a loudmouth or a jerk or a do-nothing. Offer them a project leader job for the same amount and see if they spring back with "Oh yes, I'm really not very technical". BUSTED.
I have been involved in one probation firing and in that case, we didn't call his references. Ya gotta do dat.
Spammers remind me of the guys in the disco age who would ask every girl in the club to have sex with them. "If you ask enough girls, eventually one will say yes". The problem is that you trash your reputation in the process. Not only that, if enough guys do it, the girls will quit coming to the club. I don't read ANY emails unless I know the person or trust the mailbox. My Hotmail and Yahoo accounts are 90% spam so I dog all the messages except a few. I laugh thinking that those idiots paid all that money to get dogged. They paid $1000 for two $50 sales and trashed their reputation in the process.
Imagine 4 spammers in a car looking for chicks "Hey guys, there's 4 girls in that car and there is 4 of us. We are gonna get LAID". Somehow, they never ask themselves why they never get laid. If they did, we wouldn't have mailboxes full of garbage.
I have you beat. We hired PWC for a huge project. All of the young turk managers attached their star to the project because they knew PW would get the job done. We trained...I repeat, WE trained their people in COBOL/CICS/DB2 and they hammered the code. When all the programs compiled, the project money ran out and we sent them packing. The code wasn't even close to the specs. They got the program to compile, declared victory and went to the next program. Some programs did nothing BUT compile. They were empty shells.
Meanwhile, all the young turk managers are leaping off the project like the sumbitch was on fire. The project heads are going around trying to find resources for the project and getting nowhere
"Hey, can you help out with the Billing System?"
"No, can't do it. Health problems. I have a bone in my leg".
In the end, the project heads are standing around with this flaming shitbag of a project with layoffs headed their way.
Ah the recurring nightmare. I am back in college and I realize I have an exam in two hours. I have never been to the class and have no idea where to find it. Of course, I didn't study for it either. Something for you college kids to look forward to when you graduate. Nightmares about college.
I was rather hoping for dreams about the Alpha Chi's but alas...........
Funny, I downloaded it the other day for free. And so is the Happy Meal toy. They gave me a whole box of them when I asked for some to put in Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. If I got a Happy Meal without a toy, I don't get a discount (done that). Sounds like free to me.
It's the toys aren't free to you, let me know and I'll send you one.
The reason Linux has succeeded is that it is free and Microsoft chose not to drive it out with "predatory" pricing. You can install Linux and run it without paying a dime. You can't do that with any form of Windows (legally). Once Linux got a foothold and people began simplifying it, it was too late for Gates. Now that XP has been released, Gates will see a further erosion in the Dark Side as people get fed up with the license scheme and start coming into the light.
If it weren't for Netscape, we would be paying for IE. Same deal.
Gates: I know. We'll price them out of the market. Ballmer: Uhhh....Linux is free. Gates: But we are more secure. Ballmer: Not really. IIS is a magnet for hackers. Gates: Easy to install? Ballmer: Linux is very easy to install. Gates: But how do people get Linux? Ballmer: Download it for free from an FTP site. Gates: RIGHT!!! We'll include a free dish or towel in our XP boxes just like they did with detergent when I was a kid. You can't download a dish or towel from an FTP site, can you..huh...CAN YOU? ANSWER ME, COLLEGE BOY!! Ballmer: Great idea, BG. We are all over it.
but most of us know that slowly the US is going that way.
It's already gone that way. Free speech is now suppressed under the banner of "Hate Crime" laws. In Canada and parts of Europe, it is already against the law to criticize certain protected groups or beliefs. A guy in Canada was hauled into court for posting a billboard with a Bible Verse.
You can now suppress anyone's speech by labeling it "offensive" or "intimidating". And we were shocked when they threw Lenny Bruce in jail in the early 60's. They would today as well.
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They were cowards because they knowingly attacked civilians. Unlike the Afghan wedding, the WTC attack was not an accident. It was specifically targeted in order to kill as many civilians as possible. The US does not specifically target civilians. If we did, the Iraqis would not have been standing outside watching cruise missiles go down the street.
There is a difference. If the terrorists had a nuclear device aimed at your town, you wouldn't be alive. The US does and doesn't use it.
Don't think that someone didn't think of creating a World Trade Center plush toy. The people pretending to be WTC victims were bad enough.
At least until the next time.
Note: We paid $1000 for a 3 gig drive in the mid 90's.
customer:"Excuse me but you promised to super-size this order"
Marketing Type: "It is super sized"
customer: "No it's not. I checked."
MT: "Oh, We found we could not supersize it in the limited timeframe you needed. "
customer: "But I paid for supersize!"
MT:"Come back next week and it will be supersized"
Hence the term "Virtual Time". In Virtual Time, there are no seconds and minutes, only the passing of time. One of our website members died in the WTC (he was a fireman). It took us a month to figure the whole thing out. When we posted the obit on the site, it was like it happened a few minutes ago.
We've lost almost a dozen members. Sometimes you grieve their real names and sometimes their screennames. They can be completely separate. Some left artwork behind as a reminder and some just disappeared. Their posts remain forever (theoretically) and they sometimes appear in resurrected threads. It's like they never die.
God I had a hard time remembering those. That's good.
Now it can wait on the hard drive faster.
Management will spend large amounts of money to cover their ass. They have lots of money but only one job.
When outsourcing was a new phenom, we (a large corp where I worked) decided to outsource a billing system rather than buy a big expensive system. Big back pats for the manager who came up with this one. The corner offices were expecting to see big results so they could justify outsourcing the whole shop. Instead, the project ran out of money and died on the railroad tracks with Amtrack on the way. Next thing I know, the manager is cruising a shopping cart on the parkway with a sign saying "Will Leverage Synergy Across the Enterprise For Food".
After that, the managers spent the big dollars on software.
It really works well. Imagine a shopping cart, hurtling through the lot after being pushed by some sourball-sucking pre-teen sinner. It makes contact with the old Conti and WHAM pile of dust. It was worth the extra tacked on by the dealer but it makes waxing a moot point.
Driving in the rain is like driving through Vegas but you get used to it.
Geez, how hard is this? You make sure their references are valid and you call them. A given programmer may be able to answer a bunch of math trivia but it doesn't mean he can code or act responsibly in public. Make sure he/she is not a loudmouth or a jerk or a do-nothing. Offer them a project leader job for the same amount and see if they spring back with "Oh yes, I'm really not very technical". BUSTED.
I have been involved in one probation firing and in that case, we didn't call his references. Ya gotta do dat.
Imagine 4 spammers in a car looking for chicks "Hey guys, there's 4 girls in that car and there is 4 of us. We are gonna get LAID". Somehow, they never ask themselves why they never get laid. If they did, we wouldn't have mailboxes full of garbage.
Would someone please splain me why pop-ups are better than banner ads?
I remember when 48K was considered overkill because you couldn't fill it
I remember when 360k was enough for software and data
I remember when I got a 20 meg hd for my XT "just in case"
I remember when I didn't wear these damn Depends. NURSE!!!
I defy anyone to come in here and deny they ever miscounted change.
I realize that $3.3 billion sounds like a lot to the average person..
You have to remember that we aren't talking about REAL money here
I did not have fraud with that corporation.
As best I can tell 50% never bother to finish the project. It's like a bad sci-fi novel "and......a monster eats everyone..the end"
Meanwhile, all the young turk managers are leaping off the project like the sumbitch was on fire. The project heads are going around trying to find resources for the project and getting nowhere
"Hey, can you help out with the Billing System?"
"No, can't do it. Health problems. I have a bone in my leg".
In the end, the project heads are standing around with this flaming shitbag of a project with layoffs headed their way.
It was fun to watch.
If I ever see Emiril crossing the street, I'll kick him up another notch.... BAM!
Dude, you are gonna need to know that
Ah the recurring nightmare. I am back in college and I realize I have an exam in two hours. I have never been to the class and have no idea where to find it. Of course, I didn't study for it either. Something for you college kids to look forward to when you graduate. Nightmares about college.
I was rather hoping for dreams about the Alpha Chi's but alas...........
Funny, I downloaded it the other day for free. And so is the Happy Meal toy. They gave me a whole box of them when I asked for some to put in Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. If I got a Happy Meal without a toy, I don't get a discount (done that). Sounds like free to me.
It's the toys aren't free to you, let me know and I'll send you one.
Appy Pappy, Esq, Programmer, FunGuy at Large
The reason Linux has succeeded is that it is free and Microsoft chose not to drive it out with "predatory" pricing. You can install Linux and run it without paying a dime. You can't do that with any form of Windows (legally). Once Linux got a foothold and people began simplifying it, it was too late for Gates. Now that XP has been released, Gates will see a further erosion in the Dark Side as people get fed up with the license scheme and start coming into the light.
If it weren't for Netscape, we would be paying for IE. Same deal.
Gates: I know. We'll price them out of the market.
Ballmer: Uhhh....Linux is free.
Gates: But we are more secure.
Ballmer: Not really. IIS is a magnet for hackers.
Gates: Easy to install?
Ballmer: Linux is very easy to install.
Gates: But how do people get Linux?
Ballmer: Download it for free from an FTP site.
Gates: RIGHT!!! We'll include a free dish or towel in our XP boxes just like they did with detergent when I was a kid. You can't download a dish or towel from an FTP site, can you..huh...CAN YOU? ANSWER ME, COLLEGE BOY!!
Ballmer: Great idea, BG. We are all over it.
The chipset contains 5 PCI slots? I'm impressed. I had to buy a motherboard to get that.
I think it is interesting that you refer to what Ashcroft WILL do. We already know what Clinton DID do. And it was far worse.
Ashcroft hasn't restricted your freedom. Clinton did. Clinton even threatened Monica with jail. His own loving girlfriend!
It's already gone that way. Free speech is now suppressed under the banner of "Hate Crime" laws. In Canada and parts of Europe, it is already against the law to criticize certain protected groups or beliefs. A guy in Canada was hauled into court for posting a billboard with a Bible Verse.
You can now suppress anyone's speech by labeling it "offensive" or "intimidating". And we were shocked when they threw Lenny Bruce in jail in the early 60's. They would today as well.