When you're an old asshole, you'll learn to understand why we all get that way. At 54, there are physically a lot of things I just can't do nearly as well as only a few years ago. Most of us end up in some sort of chronic pain...knee and shoulder for me. We're pissed off that the inevitable end is nearing. And, we have to put up with young assholes, who think they know everything, when they've had very little life experience.
Labor in Detroit was cheap only up into the early 70s. The unions ruined that. And, I'm not saying that unions are all bad, but the UAW is a primary reason for the downfall.
Having been born in Detroit 54 years ago, I'll tell you that the city's troubles revolve around many issues that are completely unrelated to what you're seeing in other locations in China or elsewhere. Detroit, the entire Metro area, is one of the most segregated (if not the most) city in the world, with the highest per capita murder rate in the country. The entire economy revolved around the production of vehicles. So, with the outsourcing of parts, and eventually entire plants, to other countries, you end up with where Detroit and Flint are today.
You pointed to the rise and fall of the Japanese economy. When you have cheap labor, it's all fine until everyone starts moving up in pay. Japan lost business to Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, etc. The same thing happened with Korea when I lived there in the mid-80s to early 90s. The average pay increased dramatically, making them less competitive with other countries.
Using a car analogy, isn't this really the difference between how Porsche upgrades the 911 series every year, and how other auto companies come out with completely new models? Doesn't Agile work best when you can make multiple deliveries, instead of doing a complete ground up design each time?
Please excuse my ignorance. My software development work ended several years ago, when I was just starting to read about Extreme. Now I drive schedules and spreadsheets.
Have you considered that many of these drones are much less expensive than their manned counterparts? Have you considered that w/o a human onboard, the payload ability increases dramatically? Have you considered that while you may not like some of the ongoing military actions, that some are actually worth fighting, or are you just letting your anti-military bias get the best of you? Not all UAVs are built to kill people. Sure there's plenty of room to cut the military budgets, and we should start by listening to the military when they wish to cancel a program, while some jackass Congressman continues to try to fund it.
I know you're being funny with this. However, there are plenty of examples where change was not necessarily an improvement. There seems to be a mentality that the old way is always for dinosaurs, and that's simply an immature view.
Sample data point: Years ago, we delivered systems to our customers with command line interfaces. Later, when GUIs became available, the thought was that all of those command lines should be removed, and replaced with icons and menus. As we learned the hard way, our customers could do their work much more efficiently with the command lines (once they were trained), but for new operators the GUI let them get the job done giving them time to learn the typed command structures.
As for the government cleaning up, efforts like what you claim would have had taken many people over many years. Nobody can keep secrets that big for that long. And what about all the evidence left from before recent history? Who cleaned up back in the 14-1600s? Did native Indians tribes hide the evidence?
As for your premise that " there most likely is other life out there", until there's real evidence, the odds are just as likely that religion is real.
What, you mean the same feds who granted these patents in the first place?
Common mistake. There are no "same feds". The "feds" are people from all walks of life, and come with opinions that vary as much as the general population. The people who granted these patents will most certainly not be the same people who would file suit, and probably have never even heard of each other. Like most other stereotypes, this one is just wrong.
People sue states all the time. See Article 3, Section 2 of your copy of the U.S. Constitution: (The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more States; between a State and Citizens of another State; between Citizens of different States; between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.)
There's a difference between having your customers beta test your products and selling a product that's fit for purpose. MS is infamous for the former, not the later.
I'm no longer responsible for the code I wrote once the customer has accepted it. Acceptance is based upon their testing. If they choose, they can pay for a sustainment contract which will guarantee my continued support. Other than that, they got what they paid for. Analogies don't work across different fields. There are best practices in every one, and at first glance, my take is that the OP is doing it wrong, but I'd need more details.
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I'm nominating you for Tin-Foil Post of the Week.
Just a pedantic point, you're misusing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_bono
Consciousness doesn't continue while you're sleeping though.
When you're an old asshole, you'll learn to understand why we all get that way. At 54, there are physically a lot of things I just can't do nearly as well as only a few years ago. Most of us end up in some sort of chronic pain...knee and shoulder for me. We're pissed off that the inevitable end is nearing. And, we have to put up with young assholes, who think they know everything, when they've had very little life experience.
Now, get the fuck off my lawn.
Labor in Detroit was cheap only up into the early 70s. The unions ruined that. And, I'm not saying that unions are all bad, but the UAW is a primary reason for the downfall.
Having been born in Detroit 54 years ago, I'll tell you that the city's troubles revolve around many issues that are completely unrelated to what you're seeing in other locations in China or elsewhere. Detroit, the entire Metro area, is one of the most segregated (if not the most) city in the world, with the highest per capita murder rate in the country. The entire economy revolved around the production of vehicles. So, with the outsourcing of parts, and eventually entire plants, to other countries, you end up with where Detroit and Flint are today.
You pointed to the rise and fall of the Japanese economy. When you have cheap labor, it's all fine until everyone starts moving up in pay. Japan lost business to Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, etc. The same thing happened with Korea when I lived there in the mid-80s to early 90s. The average pay increased dramatically, making them less competitive with other countries.
Not a direct response to your post, but it made me curious so a quick search showed....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_structural_failures_and_collapses
I own a 2012 Charger SRT8...no actual key. My previous Infiniti had the type you're mentioning, but not the Charger.
Using a car analogy, isn't this really the difference between how Porsche upgrades the 911 series every year, and how other auto companies come out with completely new models? Doesn't Agile work best when you can make multiple deliveries, instead of doing a complete ground up design each time?
Please excuse my ignorance. My software development work ended several years ago, when I was just starting to read about Extreme. Now I drive schedules and spreadsheets.
"You are a fucking retard if you think..."
Sorry, I stopped reading at that point. You may have had a logical argument, but this kind of posting is uncalled for.
Oh, is it 1/5 the weight of that flock he hit?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesley_Sullenberger#Flight_1549
Have you considered that many of these drones are much less expensive than their manned counterparts? Have you considered that w/o a human onboard, the payload ability increases dramatically? Have you considered that while you may not like some of the ongoing military actions, that some are actually worth fighting, or are you just letting your anti-military bias get the best of you? Not all UAVs are built to kill people. Sure there's plenty of room to cut the military budgets, and we should start by listening to the military when they wish to cancel a program, while some jackass Congressman continues to try to fund it.
I know you're being funny with this. However, there are plenty of examples where change was not necessarily an improvement. There seems to be a mentality that the old way is always for dinosaurs, and that's simply an immature view.
Sample data point:
Years ago, we delivered systems to our customers with command line interfaces. Later, when GUIs became available, the thought was that all of those command lines should be removed, and replaced with icons and menus. As we learned the hard way, our customers could do their work much more efficiently with the command lines (once they were trained), but for new operators the GUI let them get the job done giving them time to learn the typed command structures.
Realized after submitting that I may have just misread your intended meaning.
That wasn't the dev pay, it's the referral bonus
And, who pays the taxes on the $30k?
Wait, what??? You mean size matters??? I'm so screwed.
Disclaimer: I'm all for research, this included.
It's a matter of priorities. Have you seen the debt lately? Have you seen unemployment lately? Have you seen the crumbling infrastructure lately?
I'm not in favor of funding science projects when we can't afford to fund basic human needs such as healthcare.
As for the government cleaning up, efforts like what you claim would have had taken many people over many years. Nobody can keep secrets that big for that long. And what about all the evidence left from before recent history? Who cleaned up back in the 14-1600s? Did native Indians tribes hide the evidence?
As for your premise that " there most likely is other life out there", until there's real evidence, the odds are just as likely that religion is real.
That's just an ignorant commentary. You're either trolling or have no idea WTF military requirements are like. Go get an education.
I've been waiting for the obligatory "pound sand".
"Only a few years after roach motels were introduced in the 1980s, they lost their allure for an increasing number of German cockroaches
Don't they know Germans don't stay in motels? They needed a Roach Hostile.
What, you mean the same feds who granted these patents in the first place?
Common mistake. There are no "same feds". The "feds" are people from all walks of life, and come with opinions that vary as much as the general population. The people who granted these patents will most certainly not be the same people who would file suit, and probably have never even heard of each other. Like most other stereotypes, this one is just wrong.
People sue states all the time. See Article 3, Section 2 of your copy of the U.S. Constitution:
(The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more States; between a State and Citizens of another State; between Citizens of different States; between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.)
There's a difference between having your customers beta test your products and selling a product that's fit for purpose. MS is infamous for the former, not the later.
I'm no longer responsible for the code I wrote once the customer has accepted it. Acceptance is based upon their testing. If they choose, they can pay for a sustainment contract which will guarantee my continued support. Other than that, they got what they paid for. Analogies don't work across different fields. There are best practices in every one, and at first glance, my take is that the OP is doing it wrong, but I'd need more details.