Time and (not so) common sense in your working environment.
If you're looking for "what design/architecture qualities are shared by all good software, lacking in bugs, maintainable, modifiable, scalable, etc, then your best bet is *a sane environment*. That is, enough time to actually do the job without having to crunch through 80% of it, and no unbridled pointy-hairs or ever-changing requirements (that old walking on water joke).
If you have that, the actual tools you're given to work with are a secondary matter. Really.
The way out is Tor. Which I've actively used, for all of half a day. The latency of my (broad) broadband when using TOR is comparable to that of using a modem without TOR. And that's how easy it is for me to compromise my beliefs (ouch).
I've been wondering the same thing these last few years. You'd most likely have to go outside of the EU and other such large governmental organisations (just in that term itself, that's two things they do quite poorly). That little island/rig/platform called Sealand seems a bit over the top, though, and probably not big enough for all of us.
Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if some obscure country like, say, Surinam, had a much better chance of being (made into) a proper modern democracy.
Bismarck? Wasn't there a warship of that name some time ago? It must have been awfully successful, seeing as it was named after a man with that kind of character.
And I, the consumer, would buy a new device that is explicitly less functional than existing devices... why? Because: 1) you want that kind of device, and 2) all old devices of that kind are too old to be compatible, and 3) all new devices only come with said feature enabled (because of you-know-who subsidising the device if it has an "MS Politeness Policy Compatible" logo on it, but don't tell anyone).
BTW, I'm someone who bought a second-hand PDA full well knowing that it, at the time of purchase, was 'obsolete' and no longer supported by the manufacturer. I don't need the new stuff, I need reliability. Call me a nostalgic, but my gear works.
Actually, I don't think so, though I can see why you say that. I'm obviously biased here because I'm a big Ford fan, but I guess a guy like that, especially with a character like that, is exactly what it takes to pull it off.
Like the classic scene where he decides he can't be bothered by the ninja, and instead just shrugs and pulls his gun. There are quite a number of little moments like that, where he reveals that Indy Jones is just a normal human and not a superhero like John McClane.
I guess I'm kinda hoping this will deliver a graceful this will have to be the last in the series and you can see why---I'm too old for this-kind of message.
I can well imagine the new movie would play on that, and being all the better for it (eg. by making him fall clumsily instead of a perfect roll, or letting him be out of breath every once in a while).
It's common to get 'cheated' out of credit like that. Especially when you're the new guy (as the parent states, most people two levels above the new guy just don't care who he is yet). And especially especially when it's not really noteworthy -- it may be a drag and a lot of work, but not really groundbreaking. Honestly, take a sober look at it -- it's "just documentation". I say this as somebody who's done plenty of the same myself. Documentation, by nature, is good to have but a bore to create.
Here's a suggestion, though. Instead of (essentially) raising objections with management (which is not the best way to make your name known), why not just add your name to every page you publish -- you know, for the purpose of quality control, or somesuch excuse? The benefit is that you get to leave your 'Kilroy was here' no matter who is taking the credit; the drawback is that you may potentially be contacted about some page five years from now, when you've (hopefully) moved up and on.
And what happens to the patient if one of these goes down because of a virus?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
And what happens when the patient subsequently crashes (ie. fatally worsened condition)? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
(What should have happened is that a nurse somewhere would be made immediately aware of the problem, and would be able to call a doctor and a crash cart...)
electric vehicles on rails that travel in a network through pipelines Hop into a box, and ship yourself: If that's not as close as you're gonna get to experiencing the Internet first-hand, I don't know what is!;-)
"That which doesn't kill me makes me stronger. That which does kill me I'll deal with when I respawn." This used to be my tagline back when I was playing Day of Defeat (nowadays, I'm playing BZFlag).
The study found that "death of the player's own character...appear[s] to increase some aspects of positive emotion." I can vouch for that; I always get the urge to get just that little bit better to dodge the bullet, to make the first hit.
Yeah, when I read the headline I thought great, finally some space junk that's actually cleaning up up there... then of course I read the next sentence.
For the first time ever I'm actually proud of being from Denmark. For the first time ever? Wow, man. There is tons of other stuff to be proud of. The vikings, if you consider them Danish, were quite apt shipbuilders, sailors and traders. Then there's the Rosetta stone. In more modern times, Danish companies make world-leading noise measurement apparatus and hearing aids; the Danish institute of technology (DTU) provides unique magnetism detectors for the Ørsted satellite, as well as (the only?) star-positioning camera technology.
As a Dane, let me say that this is stupid (the ruling, not your generalization). "We" won't go out of our way to censor BitTorrent; in fact many of us will go out of our way to *not* censor it. I bet that Jesper has no deeper understanding of what BitTorrent is than "it's that thing the pirates use".
I also believed that the papers (and, more recently, Wikipedia) should be able to show pictures of religious symbols. If the "infidels" (their words) can't take it and start burning embassies, who's being narrowminded then?
The problem is not that you wish to implement a solution with no real effect. The problem is that you are asked to enforce such a solution in the first place.
In other news, a number of other Danish ISPs openly refuse to block that url, which is more The Right Thing than agreeing to do something which happens to be useless.
So what you're saying is, "XMPP" is pronounced "jabber"? That's brilliant!
No really, I mean it. Just imagine, if the pronunciation of more acronyms were *completely* unrelated from their spelling, it would really spiff up meetings at IT companies -- by weeding out those who *think* they know stuff (hey "scasy" crowd, I'm looking at you).
("/." = "Slashdot", hmm not too bad but still a bit obvious.)
Slashdot Mirror
Time and (not so) common sense in your working environment.
If you're looking for "what design/architecture qualities are shared by all good software, lacking in bugs, maintainable, modifiable, scalable, etc, then your best bet is *a sane environment*. That is, enough time to actually do the job without having to crunch through 80% of it, and no unbridled pointy-hairs or ever-changing requirements (that old walking on water joke).
If you have that, the actual tools you're given to work with are a secondary matter. Really.
I've been wondering the same thing these last few years. You'd most likely have to go outside of the EU and other such large governmental organisations (just in that term itself, that's two things they do quite poorly). That little island/rig/platform called Sealand seems a bit over the top, though, and probably not big enough for all of us.
Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if some obscure country like, say, Surinam, had a much better chance of being (made into) a proper modern democracy.
Bismarck? Wasn't there a warship of that name some time ago? It must have been awfully successful, seeing as it was named after a man with that kind of character.
Hmm, what's that you say? Oh.
1) you want that kind of device, and
2) all old devices of that kind are too old to be compatible, and
3) all new devices only come with said feature enabled (because of you-know-who subsidising the device if it has an "MS Politeness Policy Compatible" logo on it, but don't tell anyone).
BTW, I'm someone who bought a second-hand PDA full well knowing that it, at the time of purchase, was 'obsolete' and no longer supported by the manufacturer. I don't need the new stuff, I need reliability. Call me a nostalgic, but my gear works.
How Would You Prefer to Send Sensitive Data?
Not.
If I find it's sensitive enough, it stays right here behind my steel door, and anyone who needs to use it can come and ask to use it, here.
Actually, I don't think so, though I can see why you say that. I'm obviously biased here because I'm a big Ford fan, but I guess a guy like that, especially with a character like that, is exactly what it takes to pull it off.
Like the classic scene where he decides he can't be bothered by the ninja, and instead just shrugs and pulls his gun. There are quite a number of little moments like that, where he reveals that Indy Jones is just a normal human and not a superhero like John McClane.
I guess I'm kinda hoping this will deliver a graceful this will have to be the last in the series and you can see why---I'm too old for this-kind of message.
I can well imagine the new movie would play on that, and being all the better for it (eg. by making him fall clumsily instead of a perfect roll, or letting him be out of breath every once in a while).
It's common to get 'cheated' out of credit like that. Especially when you're the new guy (as the parent states, most people two levels above the new guy just don't care who he is yet). And especially especially when it's not really noteworthy -- it may be a drag and a lot of work, but not really groundbreaking. Honestly, take a sober look at it -- it's "just documentation". I say this as somebody who's done plenty of the same myself. Documentation, by nature, is good to have but a bore to create.
Here's a suggestion, though. Instead of (essentially) raising objections with management (which is not the best way to make your name known), why not just add your name to every page you publish -- you know, for the purpose of quality control, or somesuch excuse? The benefit is that you get to leave your 'Kilroy was here' no matter who is taking the credit; the drawback is that you may potentially be contacted about some page five years from now, when you've (hopefully) moved up and on.
Fine, so it's the air leaking out and ... hardening ... yeah.
Ah, great. :) I had no idea what search term to input, my best bet would have been Random Page! ;-) Thanks!
First of all, lumber is not my business. Second, I did hold an apparently inaccurate belief that 2x4's were indeed 2" by 4".
Pray tell, where can I find a reference or explanation of the true dimensions? I'd be very interested!
And what happens to the patient if one of these goes down because of a virus?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
And what happens when the patient subsequently crashes (ie. fatally worsened condition)?Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
(What should have happened is that a nurse somewhere would be made immediately aware of the problem, and would be able to call a doctor and a crash cart...)
Your turn.
http://www.espgame.org/cgi-bin/login
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP_Game
Well the Padlock one is better because it's platform agnostic.
The Ironkey sounds really good, but since I need to swap between a Windows and a BSD pc, it's effectively useless.
With TrueCrypt you could make it work cross-platform, but you'd need non-Windows host computers to have TrueCrypt already installed.
(/stupid misunderstanding nitpick)
"That which doesn't kill me makes me stronger.
That which does kill me I'll deal with when I respawn."
This used to be my tagline back when I was playing Day of Defeat (nowadays, I'm playing BZFlag).
The study found that "death of the player's own character...appear[s] to increase some aspects of positive emotion."
I can vouch for that; I always get the urge to get just that little bit better to dodge the bullet, to make the first hit.
Yeah, when I read the headline I thought great, finally some space junk that's actually cleaning up up there ... then of course I read the next sentence.
That's the one. Thanks a bunch!!
Where's that video clip about Google buying all the news sources, becoming not just the purveyor but the *creator* of all news?
I'm not talking about the "Google Master Plan" video, but another clip that's a few years old by now. Anyone?
Oh, and Carlsberg!
As a Dane, let me say that this is stupid (the ruling, not your generalization). "We" won't go out of our way to censor BitTorrent; in fact many of us will go out of our way to *not* censor it. I bet that Jesper has no deeper understanding of what BitTorrent is than "it's that thing the pirates use".
I also believed that the papers (and, more recently, Wikipedia) should be able to show pictures of religious symbols. If the "infidels" (their words) can't take it and start burning embassies, who's being narrowminded then?
The problem is not that you wish to implement a solution with no real effect.
The problem is that you are asked to enforce such a solution in the first place.
In other news, a number of other Danish ISPs openly refuse to block that url, which is more The Right Thing than agreeing to do something which happens to be useless.
So what you're saying is, "XMPP" is pronounced "jabber"? That's brilliant!
No really, I mean it. Just imagine, if the pronunciation of more acronyms were *completely* unrelated from their spelling, it would really spiff up meetings at IT companies -- by weeding out those who *think* they know stuff (hey "scasy" crowd, I'm looking at you).
("/." = "Slashdot", hmm not too bad but still a bit obvious.)
Where have I heard of this before? Ah, here we are: James Follett's "Ice"! ;-)
http://jamesfollett.dswilliams.co.uk/Ice%20novel.html
(except of course this 4th one is for maintenance...)