Large corporations have armies of attorneys to cover their asses. Liability for software faults would benefit them because they have the resources to kill most any lawsuit against them. The opensource world, however, would whither and die because no weekend coder is going to risk everything because of a mistake. Expect large corporations to fully endorse software liability laws since it will remove the one kind of competition that they can't compete against on cost or functionality.
Bossman made it break with his "strongly suggested" refactoring.
Sometimes you have to tell your boss "no". That's what written policies are for, to give you the power to say no. If he insists, you ask for it in writing (at least an email trail). I have told a boss no, but I explained why. He didn't insist so it didn't get to the "in writing" demand.
Since the Paris deal was never submitted to the Senate for confirmation, it is not a legally binding treaty, only a verbal agreement by Obama.
I am not arguing for or against the climate deal, just pointing out a simple fact of US law.
Citation: US Constitution Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, includes the Treaty Clause, which empowers the president of the United States to propose and chiefly negotiate agreements, which must be confirmed by the Senate, between the United States and other countries, which become treaties between the United..
Yep. I have a hot standby for our production database server. Everything done on the primary is almost instantly duplicated to the standby. That would include fucking shit up, e.g. drop table foo; Which is why I make a weekly backup to disk and keep the entire WAL history until the next full backup. The backup and WALs are kept on a filer, which is also replicated to another filer.
One thing that has NEVER changed is that developers are NOT allowed to touch production... and I mean not allowed to even log into any host at all...They don't even have a damn clue where the machines physically sit.
In my office, only one developer has limited production access, the senior guy. He's the only developer who can do code releases and he has RW access to the DB, but he can't mess with the system's configuration. If he's out of the office, I have to do the code releases as the senior system administrator.
The code used in production should have been reviewed by someone before execution in production. No exceptions. Especially because it's a new guy on his first day. The code should have been run in a staging environment first. How long was it known that the backup system was broken? This mistake was obviously not the newbies fault.
If my production DB backup was hosed, I would be dropping just about everything else to get it healthy again. A deleted database would mean some lost time since loading up the last backup and doing a PITR from WALs isn't fast, but at least I know I can get production back up no matter what someone does to the active DB.
Just like our government used 9/11 to implement all kinds of useless but intrusive laws to poke into our private lives, expect the UK to do the same. It's unlikely something that protects the citizen will come about, but that really isn't the point. The government has a golden opportunity to do all kinds of shit that people would normally be up in arms about, but now they will cheer the erosion of rights along.
California has been working very hard to drive out all businesses AND taxpayers with the highest overall taxes in the entire country. They'll keep piling them taxes on until the breaking point is reached.
I recently started thinking about finding employment in another state.
So much this. The only time I know someone's password is when I set it the first time with a forced change the first time they log in, typically minutes later. I don't want to know anyone's password, nor do I need to know anyone's password.
When someone leaves, I immediately nuke all of their account credentials, often before they even exit the building.
When I worked in a data center with an IBM mainframe, you were required to wear a tie because reasons. Some idiot manager insisted that my clip-on tie was inappropriate. I refused to wear a real tie because I had to work around those high speed printers and didn't wish to have my head removed in an accident. I made it clear I would never enter that room wearing a real tie. I think someone showed him the printer and asked if he wanted to lean over it while it was spitting out a job, because it suddenly stopped being an issue.
I had a manager who tried to micromanage me. I can play that game. I became incapable of making the simplest of decisions. I kept going to his office every few minutes to ask stupid questions, like what color he wanted a particular header in. I made sure to only ask one question at a time for maximum impact. So every few minutes I'd interrupt him with something stupid. I had actually expected to get fired, not win the battle. Imagine my surprise when he finally just yelled, "just do whatever you want", and left me the hell alone.
While the intent was good... for microsoft, but very bad for the consumers
Once you are able to admit this, you might be able to recover from your mistake. But based upon your statements, Microsoft will continue to shoot themselves in the face.
I'd seriously like to see the courts side with consumers and insist Lexmar must refill the cartridge for free as long as I own the printer. Let's see how fast the printer companies back off from their outrageous claims.
All of the printer companies have a history of abusing the legal system. Lexmar just happens to the worse offender.
the NRA has stifled any meaningful attempt at reasonable gun control reform.
The anti-gun crowd keeps changing the definition of "reasonable gun control". At one time the NRA backed extensive gun control laws and those laws passed. Then the anti-gun people moved the goal post. They keep moving the goal post. So the NRA finally said "enough is enough".
Calling something a public safety issue doesn't not magically give the government authority. Forcing people to wear bubble-wrap suits would be a public safety issue, too. Do you really want to go there?
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Large corporations have armies of attorneys to cover their asses. Liability for software faults would benefit them because they have the resources to kill most any lawsuit against them. The opensource world, however, would whither and die because no weekend coder is going to risk everything because of a mistake. Expect large corporations to fully endorse software liability laws since it will remove the one kind of competition that they can't compete against on cost or functionality.
Bossman made it break with his "strongly suggested" refactoring.
Sometimes you have to tell your boss "no". That's what written policies are for, to give you the power to say no. If he insists, you ask for it in writing (at least an email trail). I have told a boss no, but I explained why. He didn't insist so it didn't get to the "in writing" demand.
Since the Paris deal was never submitted to the Senate for confirmation, it is not a legally binding treaty, only a verbal agreement by Obama.
I am not arguing for or against the climate deal, just pointing out a simple fact of US law.
Citation: US Constitution Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, includes the Treaty Clause, which empowers the president of the United States to propose and chiefly negotiate agreements, which must be confirmed by the Senate, between the United States and other countries, which become treaties between the United ..
Yep. I have a hot standby for our production database server. Everything done on the primary is almost instantly duplicated to the standby. That would include fucking shit up, e.g. drop table foo; Which is why I make a weekly backup to disk and keep the entire WAL history until the next full backup. The backup and WALs are kept on a filer, which is also replicated to another filer.
One thing that has NEVER changed is that developers are NOT allowed to touch production... and I mean not allowed to even log into any host at all...They don't even have a damn clue where the machines physically sit.
In my office, only one developer has limited production access, the senior guy. He's the only developer who can do code releases and he has RW access to the DB, but he can't mess with the system's configuration. If he's out of the office, I have to do the code releases as the senior system administrator.
Lot's of blame to spread around.
The code used in production should have been reviewed by someone before execution in production. No exceptions. Especially because it's a new guy on his first day. The code should have been run in a staging environment first. How long was it known that the backup system was broken? This mistake was obviously not the newbies fault.
If my production DB backup was hosed, I would be dropping just about everything else to get it healthy again. A deleted database would mean some lost time since loading up the last backup and doing a PITR from WALs isn't fast, but at least I know I can get production back up no matter what someone does to the active DB.
Just like our government used 9/11 to implement all kinds of useless but intrusive laws to poke into our private lives, expect the UK to do the same. It's unlikely something that protects the citizen will come about, but that really isn't the point. The government has a golden opportunity to do all kinds of shit that people would normally be up in arms about, but now they will cheer the erosion of rights along.
California has been working very hard to drive out all businesses AND taxpayers with the highest overall taxes in the entire country. They'll keep piling them taxes on until the breaking point is reached.
I recently started thinking about finding employment in another state.
This happened before Trump took office. Also, it's an offshoring firm, so visas are needed for the vast majority of the workers.
Google should have all searches for "Burger King" pull up articles about food poisoning.
So much this. The only time I know someone's password is when I set it the first time with a forced change the first time they log in, typically minutes later. I don't want to know anyone's password, nor do I need to know anyone's password.
When someone leaves, I immediately nuke all of their account credentials, often before they even exit the building.
I pay a few bucks extra for Hulu without ads. By your definition, I am a leech. You must be a movie or music executive.
When I worked in a data center with an IBM mainframe, you were required to wear a tie because reasons. Some idiot manager insisted that my clip-on tie was inappropriate. I refused to wear a real tie because I had to work around those high speed printers and didn't wish to have my head removed in an accident. I made it clear I would never enter that room wearing a real tie. I think someone showed him the printer and asked if he wanted to lean over it while it was spitting out a job, because it suddenly stopped being an issue.
I had a manager who tried to micromanage me. I can play that game. I became incapable of making the simplest of decisions. I kept going to his office every few minutes to ask stupid questions, like what color he wanted a particular header in. I made sure to only ask one question at a time for maximum impact. So every few minutes I'd interrupt him with something stupid. I had actually expected to get fired, not win the battle. Imagine my surprise when he finally just yelled, "just do whatever you want", and left me the hell alone.
will last all of 5 minutes against a modern military.
Vietnam and Afghanistan would like a word with you.
Once you are able to admit this, you might be able to recover from your mistake. But based upon your statements, Microsoft will continue to shoot themselves in the face.
So hard drives now come with the OS preinstalled with the correct drivers?
I'd seriously like to see the courts side with consumers and insist Lexmar must refill the cartridge for free as long as I own the printer. Let's see how fast the printer companies back off from their outrageous claims.
All of the printer companies have a history of abusing the legal system. Lexmar just happens to the worse offender.
the NRA has stifled any meaningful attempt at reasonable gun control reform.
The anti-gun crowd keeps changing the definition of "reasonable gun control". At one time the NRA backed extensive gun control laws and those laws passed. Then the anti-gun people moved the goal post. They keep moving the goal post. So the NRA finally said "enough is enough".
Or look at California. If you put a flash suppressor on your gun, it's now an assault weapon because it is 10 times more deadly.
Sounds like a tortie. That's normal behavior for the breed.
And it being California, you need to check your privilege.
Find the Gender Studies classroom. You've hit the mother-load of bullshit.
Let's add a massive tax on companies that use contractors excessively because they want to avoid paying benefits.
Calling something a public safety issue doesn't not magically give the government authority. Forcing people to wear bubble-wrap suits would be a public safety issue, too. Do you really want to go there?