Even if it's not a background task... And even if the difference isn't just 5 seconds...
buy another bloody CPU for $300 and you can compensate for not using the better language. Meanwhile, any one of your 10 developers can still pick-up the PHP script and amend it as required.
Granted, as you said, this doesn't hold for all cases. But it does for a heck of a lot.
Well to be fair, about 3 - 4 Australians die every year from terrorism. Oops, scratch that: I meant 3 - 4 Australians die every year from peanut allergies.
Annual deaths due to terrorism: 0
( Yes, I remember the Bali bombings. How about we annualise those figures. )
How quaint. Unfortunately, we Australians don't have a "right to bear arms". In fact, since some fool went on a killing spree back in the late 90's our ability to own firearms has been significantly curtailed.
The NSW Police website lists items that are prohibited in NSW, including:
- flick knives
- sling shots
- blow guns / pipes
- kung fu sticks
- body armour
Now, IANAL, but I believe we can even be arrested for peeing with too much pressure. Better go empty my bladder now...
One person infected with small pox would not turn into a worldwide uncontrollable epidemic... we can close borders as much as possible... and it just won't spread that fast
In other words, it will turn into an uncontrollable epidemic.
We all got to see how effective the world was at containing (equine | avian | swine) influenza the past decade.
FWIW, I've used home-printed documents in a court case and the judge seemed quite happy to accept them.
I'm sure there are a lot of variables in place:
- will this 1 document send someone to gaol for 20 years?
- is the person tendering the document of good standing?
- is the document corroborated / contradicted by another document?
- etc
On the flip side, if the document is found to be a forgery then you may well lose:
1. your case
2. your freedom !
Some people might think you're the proud owner of several tin-foil hats for believing such statements; that somehow companies are manipulating society so that workers are increasingly reliant upon their employer.
I think you're spot on.
It burns me how governments are weakening traditional unions on the one hand, while industry groups are prospering. (Heh, "industry groups"... just call them what they really are: business "unions".)
Oh, and check-out the AIG's Policy page, where they gloat about their influence:
Did you know? The Australian Industry Group is Australia's leading industry organisation providing services to approximately 10,000 companies who employ around 750,000 staff. We represent sectors which comprise around 440,000 businesses and 2.4 million employees. We are closely affiliated with more than 50 other employer groups in Australia and directly manage a number of those organisations. We also have formal and long standing links with more than 80 overseas employer organisations.
Industry groups (business unions) are alive and well. In fact they are thriving. I recall a newspaper article earlier this year that mentioned they have budgets of several million dollars a year.
"famous charismatic bald men... Bruce Willis, Vin Diesel, Sean Connery, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Ben Kingsley, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Tupac Shakur... "
What's the general consensus on supplying hard-copies at the start of the presentation?
Do you find some audience members reading ahead and (seemingly) not paying attention to the verbal presentation? Or worse yet, asking questions about slides you haven't yet reached?
Australian here. If I ever rail against the US, rest assured it's against the butt-wipes in power. I've travelled the world a fair bit and have found yanks to be amongst the most affable people.
I would imagine (hope) this holds true for most people.
Google Analytics / Android / Chrome / Google Maps / googleapis.com / YouTube / Gmail / etc
that I avoid their products & services so as to minimise my exposure to them. I figure their tentacles will grab me at some point (e.g. on Slashdot) so why give them more info than required?
I for one will be stockpiling incandescent globes if Australia ever legislates against them.
Huh? Australia already has banned the sale of incandescent globes*. It kicked-in the beginning of 2010; as always, c.f. Wikipedia.
I remember hunting around frantically for incandescent globes in December 2009. (Yes, I left it a little late.) I managed to acquire several years' worth of globes.
* Technically, the ban applies to the efficiency of the globe being sold. In practice, this effectively covers all incandescent light globes.
Prisons are designed to keep people in, not keep stuff out.
Granted. But you must admit that, on average, you will experience more checkpoints / random searches in a week at a typical prison than you would in a week outside of prison... I would hope, anyway.
Vodafone PR keeps repeating -- both in the press and on their website -- that the information was "not publicly available on the internet" which, although technically true, is disingenuous. What IS being asserted is that the credentials to access the "secure" information were well known.
So much information should never have been made public. As others have remarked, not all the breached information needed to be available online. They also should have had individual log-on's and layered access.
Also, some other systems log user queries for later audit / scrutiny (e.g. the police database here in NSW). Definitely not fool-proof but a deterrent.
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>> Granted I am ... young
Well, there's your answer.
You won't be young forever. Eventually you'll get old, and things will stop working to specs.
Do we really need a car analogy for this one?
I fully agree.
Even if it's not a background task ... ...
And even if the difference isn't just 5 seconds
buy another bloody CPU for $300 and you can compensate for not using the better language. Meanwhile, any one of your 10 developers can still pick-up the PHP script and amend it as required.
Granted, as you said, this doesn't hold for all cases. But it does for a heck of a lot.
Couldn't agree more with parent.
Despite the significantly higher wage rates in Germany AND the statutory 4 weeks annual leave AND 9 - 13 public holidays per annum, German companies are turning healthy profits and the country overall is quite strong.
Well to be fair, about 3 - 4 Australians die every year from terrorism.
Oops, scratch that: I meant 3 - 4 Australians die every year from peanut allergies.
Annual deaths due to terrorism: 0
( Yes, I remember the Bali bombings. How about we annualise those figures. )
How quaint. Unfortunately, we Australians don't have a "right to bear arms". In fact, since some fool went on a killing spree back in the late 90's our ability to own firearms has been significantly curtailed.
The NSW Police website lists items that are prohibited in NSW, including:
- flick knives
- sling shots
- blow guns / pipes
- kung fu sticks
- body armour
Now, IANAL, but I believe we can even be arrested for peeing with too much pressure. Better go empty my bladder now ...
True enough, but then you'd need to re-purchase all your (commercial) software.
In other words, it will turn into an uncontrollable epidemic.
We all got to see how effective the world was at containing (equine | avian | swine) influenza the past decade.
FWIW, I've used home-printed documents in a court case and the judge seemed quite happy to accept them.
I'm sure there are a lot of variables in place:
- will this 1 document send someone to gaol for 20 years?
- is the person tendering the document of good standing?
- is the document corroborated / contradicted by another document?
- etc
On the flip side, if the document is found to be a forgery then you may well lose:
1. your case
2. your freedom !
Some people might think you're the proud owner of several tin-foil hats for believing such statements; that somehow companies are manipulating society so that workers are increasingly reliant upon their employer.
I think you're spot on.
It burns me how governments are weakening traditional unions on the one hand, while industry groups are prospering. ... just call them what they really are: business "unions".)
(Heh, "industry groups"
With respect to Australia, here are just 2 of the more popular business "unions":
- Business Council of Australia (BCA)
- Australian Industry Group (AIG)
Oh, and check-out the AIG's Policy page, where they gloat about their influence:
Industry groups (business unions) are alive and well. In fact they are thriving. I recall a newspaper article earlier this year that mentioned they have budgets of several million dollars a year.
>> We need a Billion Dollars to fight one Afghani guy and his ten friends!
*sigh*
If only it was a billion dollars ... I suspect the US has spent much, much more.
War is very expensive --> Iraq
(To say nothing of lost / ruined lives.)
No, not really
"famous charismatic bald men ... Bruce Willis, Vin Diesel, Sean Connery, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Ben Kingsley, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Tupac Shakur ... "
What's the general consensus on supplying hard-copies at the start of the presentation?
Do you find some audience members reading ahead and (seemingly) not paying attention to the verbal presentation?
Or worse yet, asking questions about slides you haven't yet reached?
On the upside: it's great for note-taking.
Fret not, Palmsie.
Australian here. If I ever rail against the US, rest assured it's against the butt-wipes in power.
I've travelled the world a fair bit and have found yanks to be amongst the most affable people.
I would imagine (hope) this holds true for most people.
Seconded.
I find that Google is so omnipresent:
Google Analytics / Android / Chrome / Google Maps / googleapis.com / YouTube / Gmail / etc
that I avoid their products & services so as to minimise my exposure to them.
I figure their tentacles will grab me at some point (e.g. on Slashdot) so why give them more info than required?
There's a reason they're worth $US200 billion ...
As soon as the CEO returns from sick leave?
*ducks*
Okay.
Now what's the best bulb / globe for the sensor light on the verandah / porch?
It's a genuine question:
Huh? Australia already has banned the sale of incandescent globes*.
It kicked-in the beginning of 2010; as always, c.f. Wikipedia.
I remember hunting around frantically for incandescent globes in December 2009. (Yes, I left it a little late.) I managed to acquire several years' worth of globes.
* Technically, the ban applies to the efficiency of the globe being sold. In practice, this effectively covers all incandescent light globes.
As an 18+ yo Australian male, I could join the army and be given a fully-automatic machine gun.
In 12 months (?) I'd find myself in Afghanistan where, under some circumstances, I would be required to shoot another human being.
But the law forbids me from playing a fantasy game ...
Inconceivable.
Granted. But you must admit that, on average, you will experience more checkpoints / random searches in a week at a typical prison than you would in a week outside of prison ... I would hope, anyway.
Ditto.
I'd use Chrome -- and Android -- in a heartbeat ... if they weren't so darn bent on sending Google every ounce of personal data.
Yes: it's possible to use them without sending any / much data to Google, but I just feel as though I'd always need to be guarded.
Screw that ... I'd also be horrified if I saw that
Your comment led me to this Wikipedia article on drowning.
About twice as many Americans drown each year as died on 9/11.
We all agree that 9/11 was horrible; a waste of life.
Yet just how many trillions has the U.S. spent on the War on Terror since then?
Vodafone PR keeps repeating -- both in the press and on their website -- that the information was "not publicly available on the internet" which, although technically true, is disingenuous. What IS being asserted is that the credentials to access the "secure" information were well known.
So much information should never have been made public. As others have remarked, not all the breached information needed to be available online. They also should have had individual log-on's and layered access.
Also, some other systems log user queries for later audit / scrutiny (e.g. the police database here in NSW). Definitely not fool-proof but a deterrent.
He could be Yoda ...