Agreed. Parent child suggests a organizational/dependency hierarchy. Master/slave not only describes an organizational/dependency hierarchy but also work flow sequence/initiative - the dog wags the tail as it were.
It's been tried - and rejected by the folks that pay salaries. There was a programming language way back that utilized a flow chart type language with visual blocks that you simply filled in the logic parameters. Arguably Visual Basic was accessible to non-compsci folks. Nope - they hired people to code still. Hypercards died from lack of interest. IBM had a database product with flexible field definitions assigned as a form. Basically you picked a field type, gave it a name and label, slapped it on a form and the thing would create a database. Filemaker used to be approachable in a simplistic manner. Nope, truth of the matter is that business people simply want to offload responsibility for doing to doers and stick to managerial tasks.
Bees prefer light colors to dark. In fact they are prone to attack dark colored objects. Perhaps this isn't so much a counting observation as a bee preference for an overall lighter toned card - perhaps they see it as a sort of halftone print. Sounds like this folks just wanted their names in the headlines by virtue of incredulous claims.
I think it may have been Rupert Sheldrake that postulated a collective consciousness many many years ago. He noticed that back in the 50's and 60's a great deal of time and effort was expended in getting new compounds to form crystals from which properties could be induced. He was curious why compounds previously thought to be difficult were now routine for undergrads. The techniques were the same so why was it now "easy"? He postulated the existence of a collective consciousness that permeates everything and facilitated learning. He was respected enough that no one laughed in his face. But they did suggest experiments. One experiment was the creation of three identical mazes. They were shipped to various labs around the world. The first maze was run and the rats times logged. After a short interval of a few days the second maze was run at a different location and of course with naive rats. The times were shorter by a statistically significant amount. The third maze was run a few days later and again the maze was run in a statistically shorter time than even the second maze. It was as if somehow the rats tapped into a store of previous knowledge. Needless to say the results were disturbing to the scientists and I think they pretty much left it there.
In the beginning software was paid for by seat and ran on big iron with shared access on a network. The workers revolted and invented personal computers so the power was no longer in the hands of the Priesthood.. No longer shall we be tied to big iron and slow processes! Software was developed to run on these personal computers freeing the peasants from onerous per seat licensing fees and making their work their own. Workers rejoiced! "No longer shall we tithe for the right to work!" Software developers rejoiced as their market expanded into the millions! Money was made by adding new features and selling as "upgrades".
Then lo! After many years the peasants were no longer buying into annual upgrades with steep fees. The workers proclaimed "The software I have does everything I need it to!" "What shall we do?" lamented the software developers who had become fat and wealthy from the annual upgrade paths. "I know! We'll change it to a subscription model and host all the workers data in the cloud which is cleverly disguised big iron on a shared network. And thus begat a new cycle with software paid for by an recurring seat fee holding the workers hostage to their software and hosted on big iron. The IT Great Circle of Life is complete.
I can't tell you how pleased I am by all the positive, affirmative and supporting responses. This is a time in a person's life when they are commonly treated like a used condom. Gives me faith in humanity when folks can be caring and concerned about their fellow humans even when ready to put out to pasture.
Fucking assault rifle is a made up term. It's a rifle fer chrissakes - a weapon plain and simple. A full-auto rifle requires the moolah to buy one or make one (not too prohibitive) and a $200 tax stamp. We expect/.'rs to be better informed than that. Back OT that pic I've seen doesn't look like a drone - plus - given teh size is relatively small - what gap did it bridge to channel a difference of potential? Something sounds off about teh story - not that I'd ever accuse the press of sensationalizing.
The list is incomplete without Fred Brooks "The Mythical Man Month". I still think it's required reading before you're allowed to participate in any aspect of code.
I wish I had beaucoodles of +mod points to hand out. A lot of good stuff here. We all know the companies abuse hell out of the H1b program. In recent years the companies such as Disney don't even give enough of a shit to hide the fact they're flaunting current laws. I read with interest the stories shared here of abuse handed out to H1b visa holders - plenty of them tell their story over on the Programmers Guild forums. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
There's a scene in MASH where Hawkeye and Trapper are coaching Radar for a date with a a brainy gal. They tell him If she mentions Bach, just nod your head and say knowingly - 'ah - Bach!' That's the relationship most comp sci majors had with Knuth - they paid lip service to his books which few have even read. This from back in an era when all programs were expected to be mathematically proven correct.
Fuck that permitted BS - free people can do anything they wish including breaking the law. Not to mention the whole legal concept wherein ownership of packets of electrons is ludicrous to begin with.
No - there are currently no vehicles certified for 15% and in fact the tool (chainsaws etc), motorcycle and recreational vehicles manufacturers have all said that even the residual in dual source pumps could cause failures. The EPA's solution? Ban amounts less than 4 gallons from being distributed at the pumps. Dumbasses every one. Ethanol degraded fuels are just a bad idea and actually have more impact on emissions and environment.
Eugenics by another name - but it's ok if we tie it to hiring a high-performance stud for business purposes. Higher pay and prestige lead to better and more mating opportunities. Who knew business could help mankind to the next level?
No shit - aside from the execrable Minority Report it has also been a staple in many cyberpunk novels such as "Altered Carbon". Let's just hope the Neural Cast never comes into being.
I worked for a company that had an EMR application. Meaningful Use and bICD10 and now ICD11 are killing them by requiring vast amounts of documentation for the Government. One doctor I know was spending 85% of his gross in overhead directly attributable to MU2. So as usual Ayn Rand was dead on as to the reason businesses go tits up.
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Agreed. Parent child suggests a organizational/dependency hierarchy. Master/slave not only describes an organizational/dependency hierarchy but also work flow sequence/initiative - the dog wags the tail as it were.
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It's been tried - and rejected by the folks that pay salaries.
There was a programming language way back that utilized a flow chart type language with visual blocks that you simply filled in the logic parameters.
Arguably Visual Basic was accessible to non-compsci folks. Nope - they hired people to code still.
Hypercards died from lack of interest.
IBM had a database product with flexible field definitions assigned as a form.
Basically you picked a field type, gave it a name and label, slapped it on a form and the thing would create a database.
Filemaker used to be approachable in a simplistic manner.
Nope, truth of the matter is that business people simply want to offload responsibility for doing to doers and stick to managerial tasks.
Bees prefer light colors to dark. In fact they are prone to attack dark colored objects.
Perhaps this isn't so much a counting observation as a bee preference for an overall lighter toned card - perhaps they see it as a sort of halftone print.
Sounds like this folks just wanted their names in the headlines by virtue of incredulous claims.
How the hell can you say "suddenly" after thousands of years have elapsed?
Suddenly maybe on a geologic scale...
I tell ya Cory Doctrow needs to be given low bows and prognosticator status.
Post about vacuous speech and losing touch then asks if we can blame Trump?
Pot - meet kettle.
Read "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom".
It's all about the Whuffie...
I think it may have been Rupert Sheldrake that postulated a collective consciousness many many years ago.
He noticed that back in the 50's and 60's a great deal of time and effort was expended in getting new compounds to form crystals from which properties could be induced. He was curious why compounds previously thought to be difficult were now routine for undergrads. The techniques were the same so why was it now "easy"? He postulated the existence of a collective consciousness that permeates everything and facilitated learning. He was respected enough that no one laughed in his face. But they did suggest experiments.
One experiment was the creation of three identical mazes. They were shipped to various labs around the world. The first maze was run and the rats times logged. After a short interval of a few days the second maze was run at a different location and of course with naive rats. The times were shorter by a statistically significant amount. The third maze was run a few days later and again the maze was run in a statistically shorter time than even the second maze. It was as if somehow the rats tapped into a store of previous knowledge.
Needless to say the results were disturbing to the scientists and I think they pretty much left it there.
In the beginning software was paid for by seat and ran on big iron with shared access on a network.
The workers revolted and invented personal computers so the power was no longer in the hands of the Priesthood..
No longer shall we be tied to big iron and slow processes!
Software was developed to run on these personal computers freeing the peasants from onerous per seat licensing fees and making their work their own.
Workers rejoiced! "No longer shall we tithe for the right to work!"
Software developers rejoiced as their market expanded into the millions! Money was made by adding new features and selling as "upgrades".
Then lo! After many years the peasants were no longer buying into annual upgrades with steep fees.
The workers proclaimed "The software I have does everything I need it to!"
"What shall we do?" lamented the software developers who had become fat and wealthy from the annual upgrade paths.
"I know! We'll change it to a subscription model and host all the workers data in the cloud which is cleverly disguised big iron on a shared network.
And thus begat a new cycle with software paid for by an recurring seat fee holding the workers hostage to their software and hosted on big iron.
The IT Great Circle of Life is complete.
What's it got that Klingon doesn't?
I can't tell you how pleased I am by all the positive, affirmative and supporting responses.
This is a time in a person's life when they are commonly treated like a used condom.
Gives me faith in humanity when folks can be caring and concerned about their fellow humans even when ready to put out to pasture.
Fucking assault rifle is a made up term. It's a rifle fer chrissakes - a weapon plain and simple. /.'rs to be better informed than that.
A full-auto rifle requires the moolah to buy one or make one (not too prohibitive) and a $200 tax stamp.
We expect
Back OT that pic I've seen doesn't look like a drone - plus - given teh size is relatively small - what gap did it bridge to channel a difference of potential? Something sounds off about teh story - not that I'd ever accuse the press of sensationalizing.
I gave up on the eggheads after their fail on flying cars.
The list is incomplete without Fred Brooks "The Mythical Man Month".
I still think it's required reading before you're allowed to participate in any aspect of code.
I wish I had beaucoodles of +mod points to hand out.
A lot of good stuff here. We all know the companies abuse hell out of the H1b program.
In recent years the companies such as Disney don't even give enough of a shit to hide the fact they're flaunting current laws.
I read with interest the stories shared here of abuse handed out to H1b visa holders - plenty of them tell their story over on the Programmers Guild forums.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
There's a scene in MASH where Hawkeye and Trapper are coaching Radar for a date with a a brainy gal.
They tell him If she mentions Bach, just nod your head and say knowingly - 'ah - Bach!'
That's the relationship most comp sci majors had with Knuth - they paid lip service to his books which few have even read.
This from back in an era when all programs were expected to be mathematically proven correct.
Fuck that permitted BS - free people can do anything they wish including breaking the law.
Not to mention the whole legal concept wherein ownership of packets of electrons is ludicrous to begin with.
No - there are currently no vehicles certified for 15% and in fact the tool (chainsaws etc), motorcycle and recreational vehicles manufacturers have all said that even the residual in dual source pumps could cause failures.
The EPA's solution? Ban amounts less than 4 gallons from being distributed at the pumps.
Dumbasses every one.
Ethanol degraded fuels are just a bad idea and actually have more impact on emissions and environment.
Eugenics by another name - but it's ok if we tie it to hiring a high-performance stud for business purposes.
Higher pay and prestige lead to better and more mating opportunities.
Who knew business could help mankind to the next level?
No shit - aside from the execrable Minority Report it has also been a staple in many cyberpunk novels such as "Altered Carbon". Let's just hope the Neural Cast never comes into being.
Re #1 - maybe the experimenters are correcting the simulation after we figured out there wasn't enough matter to satisfy the other theories.
I think it was part of a plot in the series "Persons of Interest" which predates DeadPool (movie).
I worked for a company that had an EMR application. Meaningful Use and bICD10 and now ICD11 are killing them by requiring vast amounts of documentation for the Government. One doctor I know was spending 85% of his gross in overhead directly attributable to MU2.
So as usual Ayn Rand was dead on as to the reason businesses go tits up.
It took MIT to state the obvious?