Even as the (millenium - 1) rang in, the hype was in overdrive about the mostly clean rollover, like Aibo was supposed to catch digital rabies and go on a killing spree. Wow, the sparklers and fireworks are "Y2K Compliant!" So is most everything else on the planet, since "compliance" seems more like "liability immunity" than system robustness.
As usual, the verdict is already in before the opening arguments are complete. I guess the press needed something to do, and since there was no crisis, they reported the party as if it were a crisis. "The Y2k preparedness center has just received word that the entire town of Elko is out of beer. FEMA is on hand to deliver 6-packs to those left beerless by the disaster."
The main impact, if any, will be on date calculations (duh? DUH!), like receivables, payables, debt collection and/or writeoff, bill creation, payroll, etc...It will take some weeks (or the whole year) to shake out the remaining bugs. All of this "No problems, told you so," is a bunch of self-congratulatory feelgood bs for a splashy headline.
We'll need to watch the message boards for inside info on who got bitten, because no organization I can think of is going to stand up and say "Hey, we lost $xxx,000 this week because __________ didn't calculate dates correctly...."
A loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, 4 cans of Spam (can't eat PB sandwich every time), and a raincoat, all for naught. Maybe I'll just kill the circuit breaker and pretend.
These big companies would do anything to find a way to use what they have -- resources -- to make up for what they lack -- drive -- and they may have found an answer to their prayers in lawsuits.
An age-old method of preventing small organizations and individuals from operating.
As for the Scum Known as eToys (SKeT). The scenario, as I've read it, indicates that SKeT, decided in their initial planning stages, to use capital to claim surrounding domain space, rather than actually performing the research, or doing the legwork required, to find a "safe" domain name. This implies that SKeT is a company based on a domain name(eToys), instead of a concept(retailing). I.E., SKeT seems to be a gimmick, with little potential other than to cause trouble and separate fools from their money. Not to say that they won't succeed in the marketplace, given the amount of guppies running around today.
Because I buy everybody on my list some form of book or gift certificate.
So, let's add up the damage, according to last year's numbers.... $150 GC for roommates. $120 GC for friend. $30 GC for each of the other six members of my family == $180. $30 GC for two siblings' birthdays. $65-85 in books for myself, while I was in a buying mood.
So, I'm looking at $540 (+/- $10) in gift certificates and books to be purchased that will now be purchased from another site until the patent is struck down. And that doesn't include the occasional movie/book/cd I purchase every once in a while.
And this assumes of course, that Amazon will have something close to the lowest price, which is sometimes not the case. And remember, always include shipping in the total price. It sometimes make a difference:)
...whomever first coined the word "corporatism". Now that word is actually quite descriptive of the approach, and is quite different from the other -isms that exist. I'm glad to see the enemy has a name.
Does anyone know if the military is using this type of analysis to create/evaluate installation defense? It looks like this method could be applied to a situation regardless of threat type.
Maybe I'll actually be closer to winning network RT-strategy games now.:)
...it was a big nasty kafka-esque bug like the kind you find in win9x apps.
I've been thinking about IBM's style lately, and I have a question. How long have they been producing subsystems? I know that other companies use IBM products/tech in their own offerings, which goes against the proprietary mentality I usually hold synonymous with Big Blue. Old Big Blue, anyway.
One of the better points I've seen in the posts is something to the tune of "It doesn't matter how well you write your code if the person that comes behind you just doesn't get it", which results in the writer getting stuck with the code.
The reverse is true, in that poorly written code can be understood by someone else, and that someone gets stuck with the code (and job security) instead of the writer. And right now, that someone else is me.:)
Note to sucky coders: A major part of your retirement planning should include recruiting bag-holders to maintain the code when you leave.:)
It seems that (best case,) they're using Slashdot as an electronic source of "man on the street" quotes. Worst case, they're implicitly defining Slashdot in some way that fits the spin of the article at hand.
If I take the cheezy tv ad at its word, there are 7 people logging on to the internet every second. The thing to keep in mind is that 4 of those people are actually logging onto AOL, and 4-6 of those seven people think ftp is a florist.:) This target audience is most likely to be swayed by spin.
Here's something to toss about: what do we think about limiting press-quotable comments to those that have been moderated higher than one?
In '90-'91, I was involved in certain projects which involved "movie" production. Or, as much movie as you could produce with two VCRs and a VHS camera.:) Anything I produced absolutely sucked, and was pointless, but other teams' projects I remember were:
--"love triangle/ghost story": Woman finds man cheating on her, pulls out M-16 and annihilates both cheater and "other woman", while the two are having sex on the couch.
--"monster": 5 sports stars throw a party, and are, one by one, killed by a sock monster. Inventive stuff here. Electocution via headphones was the killing that I remember best; it was pretty funny.
If someone tries this nowadays, we'll be reading about them in a Katz piece. Bastards.
To top it off, the kid doesn't know how to write. I can't speculate what level of class we're dealing with here, but he should not be in 7th grade with that kind of writing. Or should he? I'll leave that debate for later.
The worst part of this episode is that the principal and teacher will not be disciplined/fired for their actions.
I wonder if Yahoo, after removing an "objectionable" post, supplies the company with the poster's information. That's a danger. It looks like Yahoo has been assimilated back into the Old Economy.
And the other danger, which is obvious but needs to be restated anyway, is that "sensitive" (i.e., damaging) information pertaining to a company may be deleted from public view.
[ech] So if the bomb-making factory or power company's nuke plant is poisoning its workers and carrying increased overhead in sick time [/ech], or if a company doctors its books, etc., that profit impacting info is good to know before the end of a reporting period. I.E., why use a financial message board if the important posts are going to be censored? Answer: Don't.
I can see it now: "I'm sorry, the plane is rated at 240 mph while FLYING." doh. There will be a different story for a plane on the ground. So it looks nice, but this guy is messing up if he doesn't build something to stabilize the plane. And he's lucky his new house is in the northwest, so maybe such weather as tornadoes/hurricanes are not much of a problem.
OTOH, for another $30K, he can mount solar panels on the wings.
What we're talking about here is a company(ies) staking claims to the profits of future use of genetic material. Talk about paying liscences for naturally occuring personal traits is b.s., the real deal is use of genetic material in the treatment/modification of organisms.
Since DNA extracted from a lifeform is a naturally occurring chemical, filing a claim on future use of such DNA chains is as valid as laying a claim on water or salt.
It think it's safe to say, at this point, that the USPO needs to get its ass out of its head.
The extra energy (and matter) needed for the plant to make the "new" protein will have to be supplied by new soil, water, and/or light requirements (read: increased energy input). People have to manage the soil requirement, and both people and the plant can manage the water requirement.
Example: Why do all of my houseplants die off in the winter and grow like weeds in the summer? Changes in the light level change the energy entering the system that is the plant.
And I said 'increase', not 'double'. We're not duplicating the sun. Just turning the plants into some form of Gro-lites.:)
If the proteins produce light in the right wavelengths, plants utilizing the protein can absorb the light and use it for photosynthesis. That would reduce the risk of death by underlit conditions, and could increase the growth/yield of the plant.
This is the part where the pulp/paper industry utilizes the tech to accelerate tree growth, if they can separate the protein(s) in the pulp process.
--To rebut the opinion that Constitutional rights are somehow granted to students, administrators are not held liable for actions, if they're determined to be in "good faith". I.E., Johnny got kicked out of school, and we have this Duck-test to show why. Johnny's doing time in the "alternative school", and the principlal/counselor ("prinselor") is untouchable. We just saw a case over my way where a teacher's and security officer's actions were ruled unconstitutional (via 4th Amendment), but no sanctions were levied.
--Do we have a background check on the person who created the test? Is he a psychology zealot or majority cultist?
--Then, there's the big picture. The test itself is an inert object, such as a rock or gun, subject to subjective use. It is a tool to be used by those with power to exert control over those without. It will be used to choose favorites and punish the insubordinates, thus forwarding the goals of the self-serving PHB.
--Has this software been hacked yet? By "automating" the process, a whole slew of PHB school officials and teachers think they've got a handy new weapon against the people that don't kiss up. In doing so, they place themselves in the domain of the people whom they oppress. I've never been a hacker, so I can only ask of those who are, to step up and help with the resistance.
--How about the alternate schools? Not the detention centers that are currently defining that phrase, but schools based around new systems. I've heard of charter schools out west, but don't know anything about them.
The bottom line is that we, the "geeks", must take hard action to minimize the impact of government, and the ignorant majority on which it depends, on the future generations.
I noticed the following, from the well-deserved Notes Criticisms:
Unfortunately, to learn to use Notes the shipping clerk, the secretary, and the vice-president of finance all have to develop a programmer's vocabulary. Computer applications are supposed to shield the user from such terminology.
This sounds a little too general. I believe the statement is more correct when made in reference to proprietary vocabulary/terminology. What does the rest of/. think about it?
I'm in the same situation...and I'm glad to see they trashed the menu groupings. Personally, I think Lotus should have kept "Misc" menu, instead of renaming it "Action.":)
Slashdot Mirror
Even as the (millenium - 1) rang in, the hype was in overdrive about the mostly clean rollover, like Aibo was supposed to catch digital rabies and go on a killing spree. Wow, the sparklers and fireworks are "Y2K Compliant!" So is most everything else on the planet, since "compliance" seems more like "liability immunity" than system robustness.
As usual, the verdict is already in before the opening arguments are complete. I guess the press needed something to do, and since there was no crisis, they reported the party as if it were a crisis. "The Y2k preparedness center has just received word that the entire town of Elko is out of beer. FEMA is on hand to deliver 6-packs to those left beerless by the disaster."
The main impact, if any, will be on date calculations (duh? DUH!), like receivables, payables, debt collection and/or writeoff, bill creation, payroll, etc...It will take some weeks (or the whole year) to shake out the remaining bugs. All of this "No problems, told you so," is a bunch of self-congratulatory feelgood bs for a splashy headline.
We'll need to watch the message boards for inside info on who got bitten, because no organization I can think of is going to stand up and say "Hey, we lost $xxx,000 this week because __________ didn't calculate dates correctly...."
A loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, 4 cans of Spam (can't eat PB sandwich every time), and a raincoat, all for naught. Maybe I'll just kill the circuit breaker and pretend.
hehe.
These big companies would do anything to find a way to use what they have -- resources -- to make up for what they lack -- drive -- and they may have found an answer to their prayers in lawsuits.
An age-old method of preventing small organizations and individuals from operating.
As for the Scum Known as eToys (SKeT). The scenario, as I've read it, indicates that SKeT, decided in their initial planning stages, to use capital to claim surrounding domain space, rather than actually performing the research, or doing the legwork required, to find a "safe" domain name. This implies that SKeT is a company based on a domain name(eToys), instead of a concept(retailing).
I.E., SKeT seems to be a gimmick, with little potential other than to cause trouble and separate fools from their money. Not to say that they won't succeed in the marketplace, given the amount of guppies running around today.
Because I buy everybody on my list some form of book or gift certificate.
:)
So, let's add up the damage, according to last year's numbers....
$150 GC for roommates.
$120 GC for friend.
$30 GC for each of the other six members of my family == $180.
$30 GC for two siblings' birthdays.
$65-85 in books for myself, while I was in a buying mood.
So, I'm looking at $540 (+/- $10) in gift certificates and books to be purchased that will now be purchased from another site until the patent is struck down. And that doesn't include the occasional movie/book/cd I purchase every once in a while.
And this assumes of course, that Amazon will have something close to the lowest price, which is sometimes not the case. And remember, always include shipping in the total price. It sometimes make a difference
That definition does much to explain the many sides of the conflict, both in small and large scope. Thanks for the info.
...whomever first coined the word "corporatism". Now that word is actually quite descriptive of the approach, and is quite different from the other -isms that exist. I'm glad to see the enemy has a name.
Given the nature of the mission, would this be the Day the Cherry gets Popped?
At least in my part of the US, which may explain that peculiar tic some people have around here. :)
;)
This could be a Big Day, as long as we don't puncture the Red Planet's fragile membrane and cause it to deflate.
Does anyone know if the military is using this type of analysis to create/evaluate installation defense? It looks like this method could be applied to a situation regardless of threat type.
:)
Maybe I'll actually be closer to winning network RT-strategy games now.
There's an entry in their FAQ that gives an answer to the question. Is the FAQ correct?
...it was a big nasty kafka-esque bug like the kind you find in win9x apps.
I've been thinking about IBM's style lately, and I have a question. How long have they been producing subsystems? I know that other companies use IBM products/tech in their own offerings, which goes against the proprietary mentality I usually hold synonymous with Big Blue. Old Big Blue, anyway.
One of the better points I've seen in the posts is something to the tune of "It doesn't matter how well you write your code if the person that comes behind you just doesn't get it", which results in the writer getting stuck with the code.
:)
:)
The reverse is true, in that poorly written code can be understood by someone else, and that someone gets stuck with the code (and job security) instead of the writer. And right now, that someone else is me.
Note to sucky coders: A major part of your retirement planning should include recruiting bag-holders to maintain the code when you leave.
It seems that (best case,) they're using Slashdot as an electronic source of "man on the street" quotes. Worst case, they're implicitly defining Slashdot in some way that fits the spin of the article at hand.
:) This target audience is most likely to be swayed by spin.
If I take the cheezy tv ad at its word, there are 7 people logging on to the internet every second. The thing to keep in mind is that 4 of those people are actually logging onto AOL, and 4-6 of those seven people think ftp is a florist.
Here's something to toss about: what do we think about limiting press-quotable comments to those that have been moderated higher than one?
In '90-'91, I was involved in certain projects which involved "movie" production. Or, as much movie as you could produce with two VCRs and a VHS camera. :) Anything I produced absolutely sucked, and was pointless, but other teams' projects I remember were:
--"love triangle/ghost story": Woman finds man cheating on her, pulls out M-16 and annihilates both cheater and "other woman", while the two are having sex on the couch.
--"monster": 5 sports stars throw a party, and are, one by one, killed by a sock monster. Inventive stuff here. Electocution via headphones was the killing that I remember best; it was pretty funny.
If someone tries this nowadays, we'll be reading about them in a Katz piece. Bastards.
To top it off, the kid doesn't know how to write. I can't speculate what level of class we're dealing with here, but he should not be in 7th grade with that kind of writing. Or should he? I'll leave that debate for later.
The worst part of this episode is that the principal and teacher will not be disciplined/fired for their actions.
I wonder if Yahoo, after removing an "objectionable" post, supplies the company with the poster's information. That's a danger. It looks like Yahoo has been assimilated back into the Old Economy.
And the other danger, which is obvious but needs to be restated anyway, is that "sensitive" (i.e., damaging) information pertaining to a company may be deleted from public view.
[ech] So if the bomb-making factory or power company's nuke plant is poisoning its workers and carrying increased overhead in sick time [/ech], or if a company doctors its books, etc., that profit impacting info is good to know before the end of a reporting period. I.E., why use a financial message board if the important posts are going to be censored? Answer: Don't.
I can see it now: "I'm sorry, the plane is rated at 240 mph while FLYING." doh. There will be a different story for a plane on the ground. So it looks nice, but this guy is messing up if he doesn't build something to stabilize the plane. And he's lucky his new house is in the northwest, so maybe such weather as tornadoes/hurricanes are not much of a problem.
OTOH, for another $30K, he can mount solar panels on the wings.
[bs] Damn, if someone had told me there would be PORN on a music site, I'd have leased SDSL already. Woohoo! [/bs]
Although, maybe the link between music and pr0n explains the existance of porno-bass music.
What we're talking about here is a company(ies) staking claims to the profits of future use of genetic material. Talk about paying liscences for naturally occuring personal traits is b.s., the real deal is use of genetic material in the treatment/modification of organisms.
Since DNA extracted from a lifeform is a naturally occurring chemical, filing a claim on future use of such DNA chains is as valid as laying a claim on water or salt.
It think it's safe to say, at this point, that the USPO needs to get its ass out of its head.
The extra energy (and matter) needed for the plant to make the "new" protein will have to be supplied by new soil, water, and/or light requirements (read: increased energy input). People have to manage the soil requirement, and both people and the plant can manage the water requirement.
:)
Example: Why do all of my houseplants die off in the winter and grow like weeds in the summer? Changes in the light level change the energy entering the system that is the plant.
And I said 'increase', not 'double'. We're not duplicating the sun. Just turning the plants into some form of Gro-lites.
If the proteins produce light in the right wavelengths, plants utilizing the protein can absorb the light and use it for photosynthesis. That would reduce the risk of death by underlit conditions, and could increase the growth/yield of the plant.
This is the part where the pulp/paper industry utilizes the tech to accelerate tree growth, if they can separate the protein(s) in the pulp process.
...and only 150 or so on Legos. BREATHE, people, and search for that which complements onesself.
...a blow job after a long day in the office is a good thing, although I'd suggest going with the shoulder rub first. :)
Keep in mind, the assumptions made in the article are towards the men and their habits, not the women. So breathe.
--To rebut the opinion that Constitutional rights are somehow granted to students, administrators are not held liable for actions, if they're determined to be in "good faith". I.E., Johnny got kicked out of school, and we have this Duck-test to show why. Johnny's doing time in the "alternative school", and the principlal/counselor ("prinselor") is untouchable. We just saw a case over my way where a teacher's and security officer's actions were ruled unconstitutional (via 4th Amendment), but no sanctions were levied.
--Do we have a background check on the person who created the test? Is he a psychology zealot or majority cultist?
--Then, there's the big picture. The test itself is an inert object, such as a rock or gun, subject to subjective use. It is a tool to be used by those with power to exert control over those without. It will be used to choose favorites and punish the insubordinates, thus forwarding the goals of the self-serving PHB.
--Has this software been hacked yet? By "automating" the process, a whole slew of PHB school officials and teachers think they've got a handy new weapon against the people that don't kiss up. In doing so, they place themselves in the domain of the people whom they oppress. I've never been a hacker, so I can only ask of those who are, to step up and help with the resistance.
--How about the alternate schools? Not the detention centers that are currently defining that phrase, but schools based around new systems. I've heard of charter schools out west, but don't know anything about them.
The bottom line is that we, the "geeks", must take hard action to minimize the impact of government, and the ignorant majority on which it depends, on the future generations.
I noticed the following, from the well-deserved Notes Criticisms:
/. think about it?
Unfortunately, to learn to use Notes the shipping clerk, the secretary, and the vice-president of finance all have to develop a programmer's vocabulary. Computer applications are supposed to shield the user from such terminology.
This sounds a little too general. I believe the statement is more correct when made in reference to proprietary vocabulary/terminology. What does the rest of
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I'm in the same situation...and I'm glad to see they trashed the menu groupings. Personally, I think Lotus should have kept "Misc" menu, instead of renaming it "Action." :)