These are partly the fault of the company, as the development/qa/production all occur on the same machine, but anyway, here are a couple.
I deleted a client's production database. I got lucky with this one, since even though it was a major client, the backup was 6 hours old and they were only using it for the last 90 minutes or so.
When experimenting with how to use the fork() system call, I wrote a program that was more or less equivalent to:
int main(void) {
while ( 1 )
{
fork();/* do stuff */
} }
which brought the server (production) to a screaming halt. (for those not familiar, this will basically spawn processes indefinitly. We had to reboot).
I should note that the population of NY City comparable in size to many small states so this is no small endorsement.
Minor nit:
Informative post, but I happen to have an unhealthy obsession with population stats.
NYC's population is actually larger any small or medium state. To be exact, there are 39 states with fewer people than NYC.
Correct me if I am wrong, but as long as the tangential velocity of the Earth stays the same, the mass of Earth is irrelevant based on the equality of Fc = Fg (unless the elliptical orbit changes that).
If I'm not mistaken, changing the mass of the Earth would change the tangential velocity as well. The factors that affect the Earth's tangential velocity are the mass of the Earth, the mass of the Sun, and the distance between them.
The distinction is in who pulls the trigger.
If I sell bulletproof vests, am I responsible for all the people who suddenly realize that shooting someone in the chest might do some damage?
Also, if you were a complete independent telemarketing company and were hired to do a campaign into the US for someone else, then I don't know what the law would say. Maybe the fines would apply to the company that paid for the ad campaign?
If the lawyers are worth any of the $$ being paid to them, the contract between the two companies would likely specify who was responsible for the fines and compliance.
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These are partly the fault of the company, as the development/qa/production all occur on the same machine, but anyway, here are a couple.
/* do stuff */
I deleted a client's production database. I got lucky with this one, since even though it was a major client, the backup was 6 hours old and they were only using it for the last 90 minutes or so.
When experimenting with how to use the fork() system call, I wrote a program that was more or less equivalent to:
int main(void)
{
while ( 1 )
{
fork();
}
}
which brought the server (production) to a screaming halt. (for those not familiar, this will basically spawn processes indefinitly. We had to reboot).
I think the 'exact opposite' of bubbles would actually be raindrops.
That's not saying anything different than the parent. The scenario is:
A) Guy does something legal, but the Gov doesn't like it.
B) Guy has done something else illegal that the Gov doesn't normally bother with.
C) Guy gets in trouble.
Moral: If you want to do A, don't do B
(I used numbers the first time, but 'If you want to do #1, don't do #2' sounded funny to me).
I should note that the population of NY City comparable in size to many small states so this is no small endorsement.
Minor nit:
Informative post, but I happen to have an unhealthy obsession with population stats.
NYC's population is actually larger any small or medium state. To be exact, there are 39 states with fewer people than NYC.
Correct me if I am wrong, but as long as the tangential velocity of the Earth stays the same, the mass of Earth is irrelevant based on the equality of Fc = Fg (unless the elliptical orbit changes that).
If I'm not mistaken, changing the mass of the Earth would change the tangential velocity as well. The factors that affect the Earth's tangential velocity are the mass of the Earth, the mass of the Sun, and the distance between them.
The distinction is in who pulls the trigger. If I sell bulletproof vests, am I responsible for all the people who suddenly realize that shooting someone in the chest might do some damage?
Also, if you were a complete independent telemarketing company and were hired to do a campaign into the US for someone else, then I don't know what the law would say. Maybe the fines would apply to the company that paid for the ad campaign?
If the lawyers are worth any of the $$ being paid to them, the contract between the two companies would likely specify who was responsible for the fines and compliance.