I assume the original article doesn't have any basis in reality.
I can also assume, based on those server counts, what the service does, and what it provides to users, that something about Facebook doesn't have an extremely efficient operation.
Its fairly obvious that their solution to performance problems was to scale out rather than optimize. There are god knows how many reasons why they could have made that choice, I have no idea if it really was a good one or a bad one, but I'm fairly certain they could be far more environmentally friendly by using C or C++ on their front ends, even if you you take longer to develope it or you hire more developers (which there is no logical reason why you should, unless you hire incompetent C/C++ devs). Probably would cost more, PHP devs are a dime a dozen, competent C devs aren't.
With a proper webserver setup, your PHP only gets compiled the first time its viewed after a change, taking a good chunk of the load of most PHP scripts out of the picture.
Since I'm not actually aware of any CPU that natively runs PHP code, I'm going to have to just assume that you don't realize that PHP code gets compiled as well, everytime you run it? Okay, so if you have a proper caching engine on your PHP servers than it only gets compiled when its changed... which interestingly enough, only then makes it just the same as a C app, not better.
'Extra maintainability' translates into lack of development skills on your part, sorry. If you're doing anything different while developing PHP code than you would do for C or C++ then you aren't following a proper development path, you aren't actually a professional developer, you're just hacking scripts.
If you think languages other than C/C++ like PHP are immune to security issues, please PLEASE stop writing code.
Buffer overflows are one class of exploits generally caused by inexperienced devs who don't have discipline. They just do something else stupid in languages that prevent buffer overflow issues internally. Instead that'll do something retarded like taking input directly from a web page and forming an SQL query rather than using a parameterized query.
The only people who scream and shout about how a language fixes security issues are ones who don't know what they are talking about.
Languages do not create security issues, they do not cause them, they do not fix them. All security issues are caused and solved by the developer.
Uhm, PHP doesn't have its own XML parser. It uses the same one I do as a C programmer. Uses the same database libraries I do. Different templating systems mostly.
The problem with this stupid statement is that PHP is written in C and so most of what you're calling 'a standard library' C developers have as well. As well as a bunch of others.
My development tools let me write code while I'm executing it in the debugger so my process is something like, write -> compile -> debug/modify/test -> Use.
Your process is write -> compile and execute/test -> change code -> compile and execute/test.
Everytime you run a PHP it guest compiled, or more appropriately interpreted. If you're using a proper caching library then you only compile when you change... which then, you are just getting back to the traditional model of C dev.
PHP doesn't have an advantage here, you just don't realize you're compiling every time you view the page.
If you're using GCC and friends for C/C++ related web dev, then yes, it fucking sucks, get a real compiler and IDE and you'll have a much more pleasant experience.
PHP is far younger and PHP devs are generally less experienced than the devs who write the C code I deal with.
If you think language has anything to do with ability to write readable code I suggest you get a few more years and languages under your belt.
Any language can be ugly, web scripting languages are generally the worst in this respect due to the people who intermix logic and presentation layers into one mess of code.
It won't be more efficient in terms of dollars if you're trying to have PHP flunkies write C code.
PHP will only be cheaper because anyone can write PHP code that appears to work. Keyword: Appears.
Maintaining C code is not difficult, it just requires discipline, which would benefit PHP developers as well, unfortunately most are just some guy/girl who read a web page describing PHP and so they played with it, then got them a job writing it for some place that didn't know any better.
Writing PHP code is like cooking dinner at home, anyone can do it, and it will rarely kill anyone, but it will just as rarely come out great.
Writing C code is like being a doctor. If you do it will, have discipline and a solid work ethic, you can perform what appears to be miracles to people used to PHP, likewise, you can far easier screwup a buffer and kill the application and make it VERY difficult to find.
The problem is, a good developer would do THE EXACT SAME PROCESS regardless of what language he or she uses.
The real problem is that 'php writers' aren't developers. Thats why most of them don't follow proper procedures for developing software and think the process is somehow different than C dev.
If you think the PHP dev process is different than the C/C++ dev process, then you don't really shouldn't call yourself a developer, you are a php writer at best, not even a good one.
Really, why? Every 'feature' of VDI can be done without VDI, equally as well. VMware and the like didn't invent net booting, drive imaging or anything else like that, they just add an extra layer.
There isn't anything you can do with VDI that I can't do with out it, equally as well, assuming that I buy standardized hardware, which is pretty much what you're doing if you're buying a bunch of prebuilt 'thin clients' anyway.
Your thin clients for VDI have to have EVERYTHING that a full PC has, except a disk if you don't want to cache locally, its kinda hard to save a bunch of money on hardware when you are essentially using the same hardware, minus a $50 hard disk.
You use the same processor, the same memory, the same mobos, mice, keyboards, video, sound, all of that is still there and is still standardized in your thin client. The difference is you're paying more for it being a 'thin client' for no apparent reason.
So you aren't for pushing for legalization, you just want things to be different when someone gets shot for having misdemeanor amount on them.
Tell me, exactly how many times does that happen? And how does that compare to other 'crimes' in which cops used excessive force? And how much of this particular case has more to do with not getting down on the ground and putting your hands behind your head when the cops tell you to? When cops say 'get on the ground' and your next move involves your hand going near your waste, you're lucky that you live at all. That case, specifically, is an example of him fucking up and getting shot. Try again.
Your friend that lost his financial aid SHOULDN'T HAVE SMOKED POT WHILE HE WAS IN SCHOOL. PERIOD, end of story. He broke the law, its not like he didn't know, he intentionally broke the law. They didn't change the rules FOR HIM. Stop trying to blame someone else for your mistakes, man up to them and move on. You know what he could have done instead of buying pot with his financial aid? He could have got a job, imagine that. He could have worked his way through afterwords if they didn't throw him out for it. He's not real bright if he's working at McDonalds, waiters make FAR more money if they aren't lazy fucks, and interestingly enough, you'll find a very large portion of college students are... waiters... paying their own way through school. SSDP is no different than anyone else, NORML is a far more respectable organization based on your argument for SSDP. They aren't spewing 100% bullshit about their motives.
Smoking cessation started more than a decade ago, sorry you're to young to realize it. Interestingly enough it, much like drug education in general is accomplished by more lies than truth.
Just for reference, most sane, non-activist/angsty schoolkids don't really find Amnesty International to be all that high on the list of 'charities' they'd give money to. $100 says out of a hundred people, 5 could tell you what AI does, and 90+ could tell you what RC does.
Grow up, join the real world, stop listening to your angsty professions and friends at your pep rallies, get some perspective and experience.
Your stats are really tilted. I'm all for legalization myself. But really, how many of those are repeat offenders?
It is REALLY NOT HARD to not get caught with drugs. Don't be a stupid fuck. Thats really all you need.
When you go see your dealer, don't speed on the way home. Make sure your fucking tail lights work, and don't smoke a joint for the ride. When you get your drugs there, fucking leave them there moron. If you absolutely have to take something with you, take a joint which can be swallowed if you need to.
Really, its not fucking hard to smoke pot and not get caught, just don't give them a reason to look at you and you won't be an issue.
Now heres reality. 600k people did something fucking retarded while they were carrying and they got busted for it. I don't really feel any reason to help them. You practically have to go out of your way to get a cop to try to find drugs on you. In short, people who get busted for possession of pot, 9999 times out of 9998, deserve it for being stupid.
I've freaking seen people hitting the bong, while cutting a cop off on the Interstate, get pulled over, get a ticket, and not have any other issues. You really have to be a freaking moron to get busted.
You realize that birth control is just another form of abortion, right?
I'm actually pro-choice, but your logic/reasoning/pathetic attempt to support pro-choice is just... sad.
I'm all for other women having the choice to make on their own, I'll do what I want with my body, you do what you want with yours.
But lets be realistic here, an abortion does nothing to 'help' anyone but the parents. It in no way 'helps' the child as it now has no chance at all. This is the biggest bunch of ignorant bullshit ever spewed, please stop. An abortion does absolutely no good for the childs life. If you can afford an abortion anywhere other than someones basement, you can afford to be a parent. Who are you to tell the kid that 'her life would have been bad, so we just decided you shouldn't live it'.
Just be honest, don't try to bullshit people cause it doesn't work. Its your body, abortion is legal here, you don't want to raise the child, don't. But for fucks sake don't tell us about how the child is better off now that you aborted it, thats just ignorant and 100% illogical unless you're assuming god is going to take the aborted baby and give it life ever lasting. If you do believe this, man, religious nutjobs never cease to amaze me.
Apple maintains total control over it, sticks to their guns, and the product isn't bad.
Google gives the carriers complete control, and it turns to shit.
This isn't a new pattern, this is the way its been all along and is one of the reasons the iPhone is doing well.
You wouldn't get email on your phone with out an extra $10/month charge from AT&T if it was in their control. Maps would be the same way. Data would be $0.10/kb or packet, whichever amounts to the largest possible bill.
Apple and the iPhone didn't sell so well just because of the hardware or software specifically. Apple's total control over the system is actually a blessing, contrary to what most seem to think.
I wouldn't mind playing GTA as someone that vaguely matched me. As you said, its about getting away. I don't try to get away from being myself physically. I try to get away from the real world long enough that I can take my days frustration out on something virtual than something real.
Of course, it'd be a lot harder to be a bad ass in a game if they modeled it like the skinny old no stamina no wolverine health regenerating me, but thats another story.
You know, I've seen more 'this is important to quantum computing!@$!!@!' in the last ten years, its like Duke Nukem Forever, Quantum Edition.
Okay, so this may help solve one problem, what about the fact that quantum computing has about 3 to 4 billion other issues that are 'just around the corner'.
I'm confident that its more likely that I'll see a stable, bug and exploit free version of Windows, from MS, under a BSD license, with no charge, in my life time than it is that my children will see a working quantum computer.
Its right there next to the air car, except the air car is something that actually COULD be produced with current tech.
First off, I'm the guy who never believes in doing something different to make it 'easier' on a group of people who can't do something as well as some other group.
I believe in racism, not hate. I believe in sexism, again, not hate.
Certain races are better at certain things and worse at others, thats just reality. Same is true for the sexes. You can deny it all you want, doesn't change anything. It also doesn't give anyone an excuse to dick someone else over in what we more typically associate with sexism and racism.
Wtih all that said, perhaps this is a prime example of where a mens boot camp and a womens boot camp would be a better idea.
I want my soldiers coming out of boot camp to know without a doubt they can depend on the people with them because thats what it takes when life is on the line. You need complete trust that everyone on your side is going to do their part, and thats an important part of bootcamp.
I'm not saying that women get an easier boot camp, just different. If what your post says is true in general (not just your experience which could have been a fluke) then we're getting women in the military but we're not getting good soldiers. Boot camp has been around for a little while:) and its been tailored to break men down and build them up as a team over god knows how many iterations to get to where it is now.
It might be time to figure out how to do the same thing focused on women. They are (generally) emotionally different, and lets face it, like it or not a good part of bootcamp is emotional. Perhaps there is a way to break women down and build them back up as one team, rather than several smaller groups all of which are full of people just concerned with themselves and not with the group in general.
In short, sounds like we need to fix the training for women so they come out as teammates on the same team, rather than several teams. Then throw the guys and the women together and get them BOTH to work as one big team. Maybe do it all together, but I'm going to guess that it would be more efficient to do the men one way and the women another as we are different beasts. I want ever man woman and midget in the military to know that they can depend on any other man woman or midget to save their life when the time comes.
The experience you had leads me to believe that many men will not put a lot of faith in the women they trained with.
I wouldn't. Why trust them with my life when they can't even get along in training? Would you?
Or... you are reading slashdot, which is computer related.
If you read Guns & Ammo, you're more likely to come across a story about women in the military. Okay, Guns & Ammo is a bad example, but it was the closest thing I could come up with a military type news rag off the top of my head.
Perhaps the problem isn't that men are emotional in general, its that you are such a douche bag employee that they have a need to raise their voice, shake their head and point fingers at YOU to get the point across.
I of course know nothing about you, but in my experience there are two times when what you've stated happens.
1) When I fuck up royally and it puts a lot of stress on the manager and it was something where I really did screw it up, not an accident, just dropped the ball screwed up.
2) When the manager screws up and I could have stopped him and didn't, and he/she is pissed off at me for not doing the proper job supporting him/her that I was supposed to.
I to have been at this a few years, and those are the only times anyones ever done what you're saying to me. Its happened with both men and women managers. I can't honestly say it happens more with one than the other. When I realized why I was having those things done to me I made it my priority to not fuck off any more, rather than sit around an analyze it from a gender and emotion perspective. You might want to consider that next time some guy is pointing his finger at you and shaking his head.
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I assume the original article doesn't have any basis in reality.
I can also assume, based on those server counts, what the service does, and what it provides to users, that something about Facebook doesn't have an extremely efficient operation.
Its fairly obvious that their solution to performance problems was to scale out rather than optimize. There are god knows how many reasons why they could have made that choice, I have no idea if it really was a good one or a bad one, but I'm fairly certain they could be far more environmentally friendly by using C or C++ on their front ends, even if you you take longer to develope it or you hire more developers (which there is no logical reason why you should, unless you hire incompetent C/C++ devs). Probably would cost more, PHP devs are a dime a dozen, competent C devs aren't.
There is. www.zend.com
With a proper webserver setup, your PHP only gets compiled the first time its viewed after a change, taking a good chunk of the load of most PHP scripts out of the picture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_accelerator
Since I'm not actually aware of any CPU that natively runs PHP code, I'm going to have to just assume that you don't realize that PHP code gets compiled as well, everytime you run it? Okay, so if you have a proper caching engine on your PHP servers than it only gets compiled when its changed ... which interestingly enough, only then makes it just the same as a C app, not better.
'Extra maintainability' translates into lack of development skills on your part, sorry. If you're doing anything different while developing PHP code than you would do for C or C++ then you aren't following a proper development path, you aren't actually a professional developer, you're just hacking scripts.
Uhm, googles server count is in the 100's of thousands. Hell they have data centers with more than 12k servers in them.
Of course, they do a HELL of a lot more, but thats another story.
Nope, just a bunch of PHP writers who think they are good programmers.
If you think languages other than C/C++ like PHP are immune to security issues, please PLEASE stop writing code.
Buffer overflows are one class of exploits generally caused by inexperienced devs who don't have discipline. They just do something else stupid in languages that prevent buffer overflow issues internally. Instead that'll do something retarded like taking input directly from a web page and forming an SQL query rather than using a parameterized query.
The only people who scream and shout about how a language fixes security issues are ones who don't know what they are talking about.
Languages do not create security issues, they do not cause them, they do not fix them. All security issues are caused and solved by the developer.
Stop blaming the language for your short comings.
Uhm, PHP doesn't have its own XML parser. It uses the same one I do as a C programmer. Uses the same database libraries I do. Different templating systems mostly.
The problem with this stupid statement is that PHP is written in C and so most of what you're calling 'a standard library' C developers have as well. As well as a bunch of others.
My development tools let me write code while I'm executing it in the debugger so my process is something like, write -> compile -> debug/modify/test -> Use.
Your process is write -> compile and execute/test -> change code -> compile and execute/test.
Everytime you run a PHP it guest compiled, or more appropriately interpreted. If you're using a proper caching library then you only compile when you change ... which then, you are just getting back to the traditional model of C dev.
PHP doesn't have an advantage here, you just don't realize you're compiling every time you view the page.
If you're using GCC and friends for C/C++ related web dev, then yes, it fucking sucks, get a real compiler and IDE and you'll have a much more pleasant experience.
Yes, I have, massive amounts of it.
Guess what, PHP is generally worse.
PHP is far younger and PHP devs are generally less experienced than the devs who write the C code I deal with.
If you think language has anything to do with ability to write readable code I suggest you get a few more years and languages under your belt.
Any language can be ugly, web scripting languages are generally the worst in this respect due to the people who intermix logic and presentation layers into one mess of code.
It won't be more efficient in terms of dollars if you're trying to have PHP flunkies write C code.
PHP will only be cheaper because anyone can write PHP code that appears to work. Keyword: Appears.
Maintaining C code is not difficult, it just requires discipline, which would benefit PHP developers as well, unfortunately most are just some guy/girl who read a web page describing PHP and so they played with it, then got them a job writing it for some place that didn't know any better.
Writing PHP code is like cooking dinner at home, anyone can do it, and it will rarely kill anyone, but it will just as rarely come out great.
Writing C code is like being a doctor. If you do it will, have discipline and a solid work ethic, you can perform what appears to be miracles to people used to PHP, likewise, you can far easier screwup a buffer and kill the application and make it VERY difficult to find.
The problem is, a good developer would do THE EXACT SAME PROCESS regardless of what language he or she uses.
The real problem is that 'php writers' aren't developers. Thats why most of them don't follow proper procedures for developing software and think the process is somehow different than C dev.
If you think the PHP dev process is different than the C/C++ dev process, then you don't really shouldn't call yourself a developer, you are a php writer at best, not even a good one.
Why are you adding a layer of overhead?
Really, why? Every 'feature' of VDI can be done without VDI, equally as well. VMware and the like didn't invent net booting, drive imaging or anything else like that, they just add an extra layer.
There isn't anything you can do with VDI that I can't do with out it, equally as well, assuming that I buy standardized hardware, which is pretty much what you're doing if you're buying a bunch of prebuilt 'thin clients' anyway.
Your thin clients for VDI have to have EVERYTHING that a full PC has, except a disk if you don't want to cache locally, its kinda hard to save a bunch of money on hardware when you are essentially using the same hardware, minus a $50 hard disk.
You use the same processor, the same memory, the same mobos, mice, keyboards, video, sound, all of that is still there and is still standardized in your thin client. The difference is you're paying more for it being a 'thin client' for no apparent reason.
Why, are they going to cry now or something? Really, whats the big deal?
What did they actually lose? Nothing
What did they gain? Publicity and people seeing their name.
So no matter how you look at it, Chase helped them. Get some perspective. The groups they disqualified, never really had a chance.
No, not everyone is pissed, most of the world doesn't give a shit.
The only people i see that are 'upset' are the douche bags they disqualified, and angsty emo kids/adults who just have to lash out against them man.
Normal everyday people not only don't know about it, but those of us who do, don't actually give a shit.
So you aren't for pushing for legalization, you just want things to be different when someone gets shot for having misdemeanor amount on them.
Tell me, exactly how many times does that happen? And how does that compare to other 'crimes' in which cops used excessive force? And how much of this particular case has more to do with not getting down on the ground and putting your hands behind your head when the cops tell you to? When cops say 'get on the ground' and your next move involves your hand going near your waste, you're lucky that you live at all. That case, specifically, is an example of him fucking up and getting shot. Try again.
Your friend that lost his financial aid SHOULDN'T HAVE SMOKED POT WHILE HE WAS IN SCHOOL. PERIOD, end of story. He broke the law, its not like he didn't know, he intentionally broke the law. They didn't change the rules FOR HIM. Stop trying to blame someone else for your mistakes, man up to them and move on. You know what he could have done instead of buying pot with his financial aid? He could have got a job, imagine that. He could have worked his way through afterwords if they didn't throw him out for it. He's not real bright if he's working at McDonalds, waiters make FAR more money if they aren't lazy fucks, and interestingly enough, you'll find a very large portion of college students are ... waiters ... paying their own way through school. SSDP is no different than anyone else, NORML is a far more respectable organization based on your argument for SSDP. They aren't spewing 100% bullshit about their motives.
Smoking cessation started more than a decade ago, sorry you're to young to realize it. Interestingly enough it, much like drug education in general is accomplished by more lies than truth.
Just for reference, most sane, non-activist/angsty schoolkids don't really find Amnesty International to be all that high on the list of 'charities' they'd give money to. $100 says out of a hundred people, 5 could tell you what AI does, and 90+ could tell you what RC does.
Grow up, join the real world, stop listening to your angsty professions and friends at your pep rallies, get some perspective and experience.
Your stats are really tilted. I'm all for legalization myself. But really, how many of those are repeat offenders?
It is REALLY NOT HARD to not get caught with drugs. Don't be a stupid fuck. Thats really all you need.
When you go see your dealer, don't speed on the way home. Make sure your fucking tail lights work, and don't smoke a joint for the ride. When you get your drugs there, fucking leave them there moron. If you absolutely have to take something with you, take a joint which can be swallowed if you need to.
Really, its not fucking hard to smoke pot and not get caught, just don't give them a reason to look at you and you won't be an issue.
Now heres reality. 600k people did something fucking retarded while they were carrying and they got busted for it. I don't really feel any reason to help them. You practically have to go out of your way to get a cop to try to find drugs on you. In short, people who get busted for possession of pot, 9999 times out of 9998, deserve it for being stupid.
I've freaking seen people hitting the bong, while cutting a cop off on the Interstate, get pulled over, get a ticket, and not have any other issues. You really have to be a freaking moron to get busted.
You realize that birth control is just another form of abortion, right?
I'm actually pro-choice, but your logic/reasoning/pathetic attempt to support pro-choice is just ... sad.
I'm all for other women having the choice to make on their own, I'll do what I want with my body, you do what you want with yours.
But lets be realistic here, an abortion does nothing to 'help' anyone but the parents. It in no way 'helps' the child as it now has no chance at all. This is the biggest bunch of ignorant bullshit ever spewed, please stop. An abortion does absolutely no good for the childs life. If you can afford an abortion anywhere other than someones basement, you can afford to be a parent. Who are you to tell the kid that 'her life would have been bad, so we just decided you shouldn't live it'.
Just be honest, don't try to bullshit people cause it doesn't work. Its your body, abortion is legal here, you don't want to raise the child, don't. But for fucks sake don't tell us about how the child is better off now that you aborted it, thats just ignorant and 100% illogical unless you're assuming god is going to take the aborted baby and give it life ever lasting. If you do believe this, man, religious nutjobs never cease to amaze me.
501c3 is non-profit, charity and non-profit are not one and the same.
WinMo has been around in one form or another longer than Google has actually existed, I think its a bit premature to write it off at this point.
Apple maintains total control over it, sticks to their guns, and the product isn't bad.
Google gives the carriers complete control, and it turns to shit.
This isn't a new pattern, this is the way its been all along and is one of the reasons the iPhone is doing well.
You wouldn't get email on your phone with out an extra $10/month charge from AT&T if it was in their control. Maps would be the same way. Data would be $0.10/kb or packet, whichever amounts to the largest possible bill.
Apple and the iPhone didn't sell so well just because of the hardware or software specifically. Apple's total control over the system is actually a blessing, contrary to what most seem to think.
Having lots of updates is not in any way impressive, it means they didn't do things right the first damn time and rushed it to market.
I wouldn't mind playing GTA as someone that vaguely matched me. As you said, its about getting away. I don't try to get away from being myself physically. I try to get away from the real world long enough that I can take my days frustration out on something virtual than something real.
Of course, it'd be a lot harder to be a bad ass in a game if they modeled it like the skinny old no stamina no wolverine health regenerating me, but thats another story.
I doubt there are many 'nerds' that you do measure up to.
You know, I've seen more 'this is important to quantum computing!@$!!@!' in the last ten years, its like Duke Nukem Forever, Quantum Edition.
Okay, so this may help solve one problem, what about the fact that quantum computing has about 3 to 4 billion other issues that are 'just around the corner'.
I'm confident that its more likely that I'll see a stable, bug and exploit free version of Windows, from MS, under a BSD license, with no charge, in my life time than it is that my children will see a working quantum computer.
Its right there next to the air car, except the air car is something that actually COULD be produced with current tech.
First off, I'm the guy who never believes in doing something different to make it 'easier' on a group of people who can't do something as well as some other group.
I believe in racism, not hate. I believe in sexism, again, not hate.
Certain races are better at certain things and worse at others, thats just reality. Same is true for the sexes. You can deny it all you want, doesn't change anything. It also doesn't give anyone an excuse to dick someone else over in what we more typically associate with sexism and racism.
Wtih all that said, perhaps this is a prime example of where a mens boot camp and a womens boot camp would be a better idea.
I want my soldiers coming out of boot camp to know without a doubt they can depend on the people with them because thats what it takes when life is on the line. You need complete trust that everyone on your side is going to do their part, and thats an important part of bootcamp.
I'm not saying that women get an easier boot camp, just different. If what your post says is true in general (not just your experience which could have been a fluke) then we're getting women in the military but we're not getting good soldiers. Boot camp has been around for a little while :) and its been tailored to break men down and build them up as a team over god knows how many iterations to get to where it is now.
It might be time to figure out how to do the same thing focused on women. They are (generally) emotionally different, and lets face it, like it or not a good part of bootcamp is emotional. Perhaps there is a way to break women down and build them back up as one team, rather than several smaller groups all of which are full of people just concerned with themselves and not with the group in general.
In short, sounds like we need to fix the training for women so they come out as teammates on the same team, rather than several teams. Then throw the guys and the women together and get them BOTH to work as one big team. Maybe do it all together, but I'm going to guess that it would be more efficient to do the men one way and the women another as we are different beasts. I want ever man woman and midget in the military to know that they can depend on any other man woman or midget to save their life when the time comes.
The experience you had leads me to believe that many men will not put a lot of faith in the women they trained with.
I wouldn't. Why trust them with my life when they can't even get along in training? Would you?
Or ... you are reading slashdot, which is computer related.
If you read Guns & Ammo, you're more likely to come across a story about women in the military. Okay, Guns & Ammo is a bad example, but it was the closest thing I could come up with a military type news rag off the top of my head.
Perhaps the problem isn't that men are emotional in general, its that you are such a douche bag employee that they have a need to raise their voice, shake their head and point fingers at YOU to get the point across.
I of course know nothing about you, but in my experience there are two times when what you've stated happens.
1) When I fuck up royally and it puts a lot of stress on the manager and it was something where I really did screw it up, not an accident, just dropped the ball screwed up.
2) When the manager screws up and I could have stopped him and didn't, and he/she is pissed off at me for not doing the proper job supporting him/her that I was supposed to.
I to have been at this a few years, and those are the only times anyones ever done what you're saying to me. Its happened with both men and women managers. I can't honestly say it happens more with one than the other. When I realized why I was having those things done to me I made it my priority to not fuck off any more, rather than sit around an analyze it from a gender and emotion perspective. You might want to consider that next time some guy is pointing his finger at you and shaking his head.