Actually I believe the complaint was that Triumph the insult Dog was a direct rip off of Ed the Sock.
Ed the Sock has been one of the funniest characters on TV for years.
As for Canadian insulting public figures it happens quite a bit. It is a regular occurance for politicians to end up on comedy shows with self mocking skits.
Attempting to access a computer without permission may or may not be a criminal offsence.
We don't know what he really did, or what his real intent was.
Cast in the light of a security expert checking to ensure the donation site is legitimate you might give them the benefit of the doubt and let them off.
Considering he lied and changed his story you might be more inclined to think he is lying about the origional intent behind the actions.
The complicated, interlocking nature of networks But when you choose to have a single critical link you don't have an interlocking web of connections.
even if a critical link is broken. If it was a web there would be no critical links to break. The problem is that for various (technical/economic) reasons there is a backbone (or series of backbones) it isn't really an interlocking web.
Have you considered the possibility that they have contacted an organization that's accepting gofers to help with the work?
And the organization can't advise what the volunteers should do to prepare themselves?
An experienced aid organization will be able to provide proper information to prepare volunteers to function and not be a hinderance to the relief effort. If the organization you're with can't provide proper guidance, they don't know what they're doing and will cause more problems then they solve.
The fact that they have no idea what they need to do suggests there is no planning.
People shouldn't need to understand how things work. They just should.
In fact today it is nearly impossible for someone to actually know everything about any non trivial item.
But that's a good thing, we've gotten to the point where the infrastructure and exisitng technology is so reliable that we can basically ignore it and move on to new areas, and expand our knowledge rather than continuosly reinventing what we know.
I had a few GPFs in Linux once back in the 90's The computer was find after that for the next 3-4 years before I threw it out, didn't seem to be a hardware problem.
IIRC it was 1.2.13, and I didn't set up odd settings.
These things do happen, they are just pretty rare.
Recognizing the value of *soemthing like trying different things* the company encourages employees to work on their own areas of interest, and that such when such persoanl work is not related to their duties at work it shall remain their property.
Then your future boss can't argue against what the true intent of the agreement is (IANAL)
I'm sure that interfering like this would be illegal under competition legislation of some sort. Like those Listerine Ads that suggested you don't need dental floss.
Secondly this could really force automated signature checking of applications in the Linux distributions.
My local video store does stock less common movies. I actually rented the Black Hole I think even on DVD a few months ago. I tend to go to the store that stocks older movies, but even they are getting rid of some that don't rent out enough to be worth the shelf space (ie Beverly Hills Cop), and the store doesn't have the money to expand.
Good advice. Do your job, be professional, avoid getting into that other stuff.
I enjoy my job, it's a good job. I take pride in my work, I do a good job.
I leave on time, and leave work at the office, generally.
I rarely take work home, and I try not to travel on weekends. I'm fair to the company and they're (so far) fair to me. It helps I've got a reasonable boss who believes in that balance results in better long term performance. Many other supervisors I've seen are less balanced in his approach, their people work more, but don't seem to be any more successful, and their turnover is higher.
If the massive corporations had all the power they we wouldn't have massive product liability lawsuits. Worker rights legislation, corporate taxation, antitrust legislation etc.
Corporations can't vote. They are owned and controlled by individual people. They depend on other people chosing to purchase their products to survive.
People have most of the real power, they just choose not to use it.
If you want to watch the movie, pay the $5 and rent it or wait til it comes out free on Broadcast TV.
Violating copyright is illegal. If you don't like it, change the laws. It's illegal to copy a movie, steal Windows XP, or distribute GPL work without complying with the license.
Maybe if good movies/shows/music were rewarded with profit we'd get more of them. Rather than the crap targetted to people who actually pay for it.
How does simply giving people what they really want make you unhappy? Personally I am quite happy knowing that people are satisfied with my work, I would actually be unhappy if they were constantly dissappointed.
The fact that they might not express exactly what they want is a reality of the world we're in. Pretending communication problems don't exist won't help you and won't help them.
I hope these companies can prove there are enough free mp3's and paid mp3/wma services available that such taxation isn't required. Secondly if the CD is protected by the music industry obviously that CD didn't get copied and they aren't entitled to any compensation.
So you're smarter than the prof, and you figured out how to play the game.
But, you settled for lower marks because you didn't want to play anymore? And you blame them? Let me tell you a little secret from someone who's out of school (a good school) and been in the real world for a while.
It's the same fucking game everywhere, don't give them what they ask for, give them what they actually want. Being right or wrong is mostly irrelevant, fufilling your "customer needs" ie prof, boss, customer, wife. is what brings sucess.
The degree doesn't make you an engineer. The MATH makes you an engineer.
The ability to understand the situation and construct an answer to the problem makes you an engineer. Math just happens to be the best tool to ensure your answer is correct.
As for coding vs Engineering in Software, this exists in every field. Programmers are not Software Engineers. Electricians are not Electrical Engineers Mechanics are not Mechanical Engineers They could be, but it isn't required or even arguably appropriate.
Original post If the ice caps melted, the water in the ocean should theoretically go down
My point that his experiment did not account for the fact that ice floats (causing the decrease in water volume) is most certainly relevant to his experiment.
I do agree that floating ice has nothing to do with sea level rising as the floating ice will melt cause no net change in water level.
Slashdot Mirror
Really, once you allocate the ip numbers what else is needed?
The only part normal people really care about is the DNS system, and you can use any DNS system you want quite easily.
As for which unelected (or at least not by me) group controls it, I don't really care either.
Actually I believe the complaint was that Triumph the insult Dog was a direct rip off of Ed the Sock.
Ed the Sock has been one of the funniest characters on TV for years.
As for Canadian insulting public figures it happens quite a bit. It is a regular occurance for politicians to end up on comedy shows with self mocking skits.
Attempting to access a computer without permission may or may not be a criminal offsence.
We don't know what he really did, or what his real intent was.
Cast in the light of a security expert checking to ensure the donation site is legitimate you might give them the benefit of the doubt and let them off.
Considering he lied and changed his story you might be more inclined to think he is lying about the origional intent behind the actions.
The complicated, interlocking nature of networks
But when you choose to have a single critical link you don't have an interlocking web of connections.
even if a critical link is broken.
If it was a web there would be no critical links to break. The problem is that for various (technical/economic) reasons there is a backbone (or series of backbones) it isn't really an interlocking web.
Have you considered the possibility that they have contacted an organization that's accepting gofers to help with the work?
And the organization can't advise what the volunteers should do to prepare themselves?
An experienced aid organization will be able to provide proper information to prepare volunteers to function and not be a hinderance to the relief effort.
If the organization you're with can't provide proper guidance, they don't know what they're doing and will cause more problems then they solve.
The fact that they have no idea what they need to do suggests there is no planning.
That is the point these whiners miss.
People shouldn't need to understand how things work. They just should.
In fact today it is nearly impossible for someone to actually know everything about any non trivial item.
But that's a good thing, we've gotten to the point where the infrastructure and exisitng technology is so reliable that we can basically ignore it and move on to new areas, and expand our knowledge rather than continuosly reinventing what we know.
I had a few GPFs in Linux once back in the 90's
The computer was find after that for the next 3-4 years before I threw it out, didn't seem to be a hardware problem.
IIRC it was 1.2.13, and I didn't set up odd settings.
These things do happen, they are just pretty rare.
Don't go, maybe they'll make the movie going experience not suck.
I hate going to the movies, I'd much rather rent/buy them.
If he wanted legal advice he could ask a lawyer.
You should always make sure whatever agreement you come to it is clear what is expected and intended.
IANAL, but I think a preface like
Recognizing the value of *soemthing like trying different things* the company encourages employees to work on their own areas of interest, and that such when such persoanl work is not related to their duties at work it shall remain their property.
Then your future boss can't argue against what the true intent of the agreement is
(IANAL)
I'm sure that interfering like this would be illegal under competition legislation of some sort.
Like those Listerine Ads that suggested you don't need dental floss.
Secondly this could really force automated signature checking of applications in the Linux distributions.
My local video store does stock less common movies.
I actually rented the Black Hole I think even on DVD a few months ago.
I tend to go to the store that stocks older movies, but even they are getting rid of some that don't rent out enough to be worth the shelf space (ie Beverly Hills Cop), and the store doesn't have the money to expand.
Good advice.
Do your job, be professional, avoid getting into that other stuff.
I enjoy my job, it's a good job. I take pride in my work, I do a good job.
I leave on time, and leave work at the office, generally.
I rarely take work home, and I try not to travel on weekends. I'm fair to the company and they're (so far) fair to me. It helps I've got a reasonable boss who believes in that balance results in better long term performance. Many other supervisors I've seen are less balanced in his approach, their people work more, but don't seem to be any more successful, and their turnover is higher.
Makes you think.
If the laws weren't being violated then there would be no reason to change them.
By your logic the Patriot act is just fine.
I think broken laws should be fixed, irrespective of if people break them or not.
Taking something that isn't yours is stealing.
Be it a physical object.
A copyrighted work.
Or even just modifying bits in a database (like your bank account balance)
This argument is bogus
If the massive corporations had all the power they we wouldn't have massive product liability lawsuits. Worker rights legislation, corporate taxation, antitrust legislation etc.
Corporations can't vote. They are owned and controlled by individual people. They depend on other people chosing to purchase their products to survive.
People have most of the real power, they just choose not to use it.
Don't steal shit.
If you want to watch the movie, pay the $5 and rent it or wait til it comes out free on Broadcast TV.
Violating copyright is illegal. If you don't like it, change the laws.
It's illegal to copy a movie, steal Windows XP, or distribute GPL work without complying with the license.
Maybe if good movies/shows/music were rewarded with profit we'd get more of them. Rather than the crap targetted to people who actually pay for it.
Congrats on the job.
I don't think many people realize how hard it is getting to find good jobs.
Looking for a job really is a full time job.
Unemployed and buying a Tivo?
Shit I didn't even own a TV until after I graduated and had a job a few months.
What ever happened to paying your own way through life?
How does simply giving people what they really want make you unhappy?
Personally I am quite happy knowing that people are satisfied with my work, I would actually be unhappy if they were constantly dissappointed.
The fact that they might not express exactly what they want is a reality of the world we're in. Pretending communication problems don't exist won't help you and won't help them.
I hope these companies can prove there are enough free mp3's and paid mp3/wma services available that such taxation isn't required.
Secondly if the CD is protected by the music industry obviously that CD didn't get copied and they aren't entitled to any compensation.
So you're smarter than the prof, and you figured out how to play the game.
But, you settled for lower marks because you didn't want to play anymore? And you blame them?
Let me tell you a little secret from someone who's out of school (a good school) and been in the real world for a while.
It's the same fucking game everywhere, don't give them what they ask for, give them what they actually want. Being right or wrong is mostly irrelevant, fufilling your "customer needs" ie prof, boss, customer, wife. is what brings sucess.
The degree doesn't make you an engineer. The MATH makes you an engineer.
The ability to understand the situation and construct an answer to the problem makes you an engineer.
Math just happens to be the best tool to ensure your answer is correct.
As for coding vs Engineering in Software, this exists in every field.
Programmers are not Software Engineers.
Electricians are not Electrical Engineers
Mechanics are not Mechanical Engineers
They could be, but it isn't required or even arguably appropriate.
The original concept of relying of curved lines (circles) to define relationships of straight lines is quite awkward actually.
What a painful statement.
The concept of using a circle to define angle is actually quite a beautifully simple and complete.
Original post
If the ice caps melted, the water in the ocean should theoretically go down
My point that his experiment did not account for the fact that ice floats (causing the decrease in water volume) is most certainly relevant to his experiment.
I do agree that floating ice has nothing to do with sea level rising as the floating ice will melt cause no net change in water level.