Typically ACs are discounted as trolls who want to spread BS without affecting any long term standing on/., or have people hold them to their word. Asking you to stand by your words is less machismo than it is asking for an honest discussion
From this side of the pond it seems like Netanyahu was playing games and getting far right voters to change their votes to Likud in order to keep him in power. Your reply seems to agree to that, but also ask that we view Israel in its entirety instead of judging you for Netanyahu's actions
I have to say that from an American standpoint, Netanyahu is crossing some acceptable boundaries by putting down the President and exasperating the partisan divide for his own benefit. At this point an ever larger number of Americans are expressing an every greater FU (middle finger raised) to Israel as a whole for Netanyahu's actions. If you care about that, then get a grip on the jerks in your country before asking for benevolence from this one.
Because otherwise they will assign a project manager and you will be stuck with a PMO methodology that insists on creating a detailed project plan, dragging developers to every meeting and then beating you down when there are inevitable delays because A. they have too detailed of a project plan and B. they drag the developers into too many meetings.
Taking it out of their court with an agile process will allow you to own it. If they still assign a PM, just tell them the length of your sprint the projected backlog items to deliver in it and use your notes from the daily stand-up to answer all questions in the project meetings that you took off of the developers' schedules.
Allow the PM to attend the stand up if they insist, but tell them that they are a chicken and have no speaking role at the standup
Good point, a few years ago we jumped past the baseline desktop to a desktop replacement laptop that could support two high res monitors along with having the laptop screen up and on
This allowed for a vertical text screen, a browsing screen and a 'this is what the app looks like' screen being used simultaneously The laptop, extra monitors, docking station and rig to hold the monitors more than paid for themselves
Space-wise Keep the traffic flow out of the developer work area Have a meeting room or open space between the dev and ops area, have a big screen tv and speaker that can be attached to laptop. Put in way too many network connections, power plugs, etc... you will need them even if you have a wifi because... just because If the devs cannot be in an isolated area, then give them high-walled cubes with sliding doors
Work-wise Limit the number of meetings that devs have to attend, implement an agile method, follow daily stand up religiously and use that to get the info that you will need to attend all other meetings where you represent the team Look into tools like jira, sharepoint, etc, but use manual methods first to prove it is helpful before spending a ton of money on something that you will be stuck with This will be a marathon, sure they use the term sprint, but if you keep everybody running day and night they will leave
CYA-wise Do not forget to cross train people, you cannot put yourself in the position to be entirely dependent on any one person, you will fail Find a way to document what you do, maybe not full on itsm crazy-train, but know how to find out what goes where when you need it, three ring binders have their place Test, just don't be a qa-centric d-bag about it. IT does not live for QA, but, performing proper test will save your ass more than not
Don't forget to play, if everybody plays WOW, then be prepared to banter about leveling up and grinding, if people like FPS, then be willing to host shootouts in off hours... hell maybe you can get them to enjoy golfing or spending time at the gym, these will improve their overall health and productivity
Here is the timeline on NK, do you just make shit up or are you gonna claim that CNN is part of a vast left wing conspiracy to call out your bull? http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/29/...
1998 August 31 - North Korea fires a multistage rocket that flies over Japan and lands in the Pacific Ocean, proving the North Koreans can strike any part of Japan's territory.
November 17 - The U.S. and North Korea hold the first round of high-level talks in Pyongyang over North Korea's suspected construction of an underground nuclear facility. The United States demands inspections.
1999 February 27-March 16 - During a fourth round of talks, North Korea allows U.S. access to the site in exchange for U.S. aid in increasing North Korean potato yields. U.S. inspectors find no evidence of any nuclear activity during a visit to site in May.
September 13 - North Korea agrees to freeze testing of long-range missiles while negotiations with the U.S. continue.
September 17 - President Bill Clinton agrees to ease economic sanctions against North Korea.
December - A U.S.-led international consortium signs a $4.6 billion contract to build two nuclear reactors in North Korea.
2000 July - North Korea threatens to restart its nuclear program if the U.S. does not compensate it for the loss of electricity caused by delays in building nuclear power plants.
2001 June - North Korea warns it will drop its moratorium against testing missiles if the U.S. does not pursue normalized relations with North Korea. It also says it will restart its nuclear program if there is not more progress on two U.S.-sponsored nuclear power plants being built in North Korea.
2002 January 29 - President George W. Bush labels North Korea, Iran and Iraq an "axis of evil" in his State of the Union address. "By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger," he says.
October 4 - U.S. officials, in closed talks, confront North Korea with evidence that they are operating a nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1994 nuclear agreement. Specifically, the U.S. has proof that they are operating an uranium enrichment facility. North Korea admits that is has been operating the facility in violation of the agreement. The information is NOT made public.
October 16 - The Bush Administration first reveals that North Korea has admitted operating a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1994 agreement. They have NOT, apparently, admitted having any nuclear weapons.
December 22 - North Korea says it has begun removing IAEA monitoring equipment from nuclear facilities.
December 31 - North Korea expels IAEA inspectors.
2003 January 10 - North Korea withdraws from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
AC, Yes, from the stand point of the Zionist Union, economics are of primary concern. In fact they almost won the election based on it
However, Netanyahu's grandstanding in front of the US Senate, claims that Arabs were being bussed to polls by the Zionist Union and declarations that there would never be a two state solution were appeals to the basest fears of the far right of the political spectrum.
I do not insinuate that Israel is some dictatorship, it is clearly a Parliamentary Democracy, but your claims that the Zionist Union ignored the economy and resorted to smear campaigns, when in fact they did focus on the economy and Likud/Netanyahu did resort to smears and FUD reeks of an attempt to re-write history
fwiw, if you want to address me by name, then please have to temerity to post under your own UID
Maybe Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia, Vietnam, etc... should be very concerned about the US attacking them at any moment, because you know... we said some pretty mean things back in the day
The lack of follow through with NK in the Bush administration should be part of your discussion
You may also want to consider the state of the Iraqi nuclear program as a result of IAEA and UN treaties and observation in the 90's
In this case we actually were able to dissect the country, and despite the horrible warnings coming from the war mongers on the right, the IAEA program was completely effective
No, it is ok to negotiate Iran onto a path that delays them from getting a nuke for the next 15 years, as opposed to the current path where, according to Netanyahu, they will have a nuke in the next year or two
This also opens the doors to interaction with other countries, reduces the influence of their hardliners and makes way for a less antagonistic Iran
You really out-do yourself Kendall. So, Iran is going to get from a device the size of semi truck (assuming that they ever do, that is now decades away) to a suitcase bomb in a year
Kendall, Sure, and will they use magical powers to prevent the retaliation from the hundred-odd nukes that Israel has? Hardliners in Iran and Israel both use this issue to stay in power, the longer the status quo, the worse the jerks that get into office
If McCain and whatever her name was, had been elected then then song would have been, 'bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran'
Thankfully the American voters did not see it that way, it is a real bummer that most do not vote on off-year electins and we got stuck with a bunch of regressive war-mongering gopers this last election
This draws my attention back to the Cold War, when the 'imminent threat' of Mutual Assured Destruction was used by the leaders of the USSR and USA to justify the election of hawkish leaders and the spending of significant portions of the GDP of each country on military build ups
It was great for hawkish leaders and the people who sell weapons, but not so good for everybody else, with the USSR even being driven to financial bankruptcy
At what point do we say, "hey this isn't good for anybody but Likkud, the Mullahs and whoever is selling them weapons, maybe we should try a different approach?"
Yes, I keep hearing the comparison of Germany in 1938 to Iran today That leads me to ask a few questions How is it that Iran is comparable to a country that had been a economic leader in Europe for the prior several hundred years? Germany had been a colonial empire, with militarily help colonies across the globe, is there any comparison to Iran's status? Germany had just waged a global war a couple of decades prior, and had waged wars against other global superpowers over the prior few hundred years going back to the Ottoman Empire, is there any comparison to the capabilities of Iran?
Finally, Netanyahu has been saying that it 1938 for about a decade, at what point do we say... gee I guess that he may not have a valid point?
But this is a lot longer trip and a much greater up front cost. At the very least they should should have a remote-controlled lander to execute a land, launch and recover exercise to verify that they can pull somebody back out of the gravity well And, perhaps a series of launches with a 6 month separation so that they can create a Mars orbiting space station
Yes, and from the Encarta article that I linked:
"are focused into a narrow beam as they pass through the melon, a waxy, lens-shaped body in the forehead"
So, there is your focusing, and apparent scientific understanding of it in 2000 The linked article is a summary, what other in depth knowledge was brought forward by their study, that it can be aimed by turning the head?
Yes I did read the article and the idea that something can aim and focus it's primary means of imaging seem intrinsic to that ability, much like different types of animals that can see visible light with their eyes can aim and focus them
Slashdot Mirror
Typically ACs are discounted as trolls who want to spread BS without affecting any long term standing on /., or have people hold them to their word. Asking you to stand by your words is less machismo than it is asking for an honest discussion
From this side of the pond it seems like Netanyahu was playing games and getting far right voters to change their votes to Likud in order to keep him in power. Your reply seems to agree to that, but also ask that we view Israel in its entirety instead of judging you for Netanyahu's actions
I have to say that from an American standpoint, Netanyahu is crossing some acceptable boundaries by putting down the President and exasperating the partisan divide for his own benefit. At this point an ever larger number of Americans are expressing an every greater FU (middle finger raised) to Israel as a whole for Netanyahu's actions. If you care about that, then get a grip on the jerks in your country before asking for benevolence from this one.
Because otherwise they will assign a project manager and you will be stuck with a PMO methodology that insists on creating a detailed project plan, dragging developers to every meeting and then beating you down when there are inevitable delays because A. they have too detailed of a project plan and B. they drag the developers into too many meetings.
Taking it out of their court with an agile process will allow you to own it. If they still assign a PM, just tell them the length of your sprint the projected backlog items to deliver in it and use your notes from the daily stand-up to answer all questions in the project meetings that you took off of the developers' schedules.
Allow the PM to attend the stand up if they insist, but tell them that they are a chicken and have no speaking role at the standup
Good point, a few years ago we jumped past the baseline desktop to a desktop replacement laptop that could support two high res monitors along with having the laptop screen up and on
This allowed for a vertical text screen, a browsing screen and a 'this is what the app looks like' screen being used simultaneously
The laptop, extra monitors, docking station and rig to hold the monitors more than paid for themselves
Space-wise
Keep the traffic flow out of the developer work area
Have a meeting room or open space between the dev and ops area, have a big screen tv and speaker that can be attached to laptop. Put in way too many network connections, power plugs, etc... you will need them even if you have a wifi because... just because
If the devs cannot be in an isolated area, then give them high-walled cubes with sliding doors
Work-wise
Limit the number of meetings that devs have to attend, implement an agile method, follow daily stand up religiously and use that to get the info that you will need to attend all other meetings where you represent the team
Look into tools like jira, sharepoint, etc, but use manual methods first to prove it is helpful before spending a ton of money on something that you will be stuck with
This will be a marathon, sure they use the term sprint, but if you keep everybody running day and night they will leave
CYA-wise
Do not forget to cross train people, you cannot put yourself in the position to be entirely dependent on any one person, you will fail
Find a way to document what you do, maybe not full on itsm crazy-train, but know how to find out what goes where when you need it, three ring binders have their place
Test, just don't be a qa-centric d-bag about it. IT does not live for QA, but, performing proper test will save your ass more than not
Don't forget to play, if everybody plays WOW, then be prepared to banter about leveling up and grinding, if people like FPS, then be willing to host shootouts in off hours... hell maybe you can get them to enjoy golfing or spending time at the gym, these will improve their overall health and productivity
Here is the timeline on NK, do you just make shit up or are you gonna claim that CNN is part of a vast left wing conspiracy to call out your bull?
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/29/...
1998
August 31 - North Korea fires a multistage rocket that flies over Japan and lands in the Pacific Ocean, proving the North Koreans can strike any part of Japan's territory.
November 17 - The U.S. and North Korea hold the first round of high-level talks in Pyongyang over North Korea's suspected construction of an underground nuclear facility. The United States demands inspections.
1999
February 27-March 16 - During a fourth round of talks, North Korea allows U.S. access to the site in exchange for U.S. aid in increasing North Korean potato yields. U.S. inspectors find no evidence of any nuclear activity during a visit to site in May.
September 13 - North Korea agrees to freeze testing of long-range missiles while negotiations with the U.S. continue.
September 17 - President Bill Clinton agrees to ease economic sanctions against North Korea.
December - A U.S.-led international consortium signs a $4.6 billion contract to build two nuclear reactors in North Korea.
2000
July - North Korea threatens to restart its nuclear program if the U.S. does not compensate it for the loss of electricity caused by delays in building nuclear power plants.
2001
June - North Korea warns it will drop its moratorium against testing missiles if the U.S. does not pursue normalized relations with North Korea. It also says it will restart its nuclear program if there is not more progress on two U.S.-sponsored nuclear power plants being built in North Korea.
2002
January 29 - President George W. Bush labels North Korea, Iran and Iraq an "axis of evil" in his State of the Union address. "By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger," he says.
October 4 - U.S. officials, in closed talks, confront North Korea with evidence that they are operating a nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1994 nuclear agreement. Specifically, the U.S. has proof that they are operating an uranium enrichment facility. North Korea admits that is has been operating the facility in violation of the agreement. The information is NOT made public.
October 16 - The Bush Administration first reveals that North Korea has admitted operating a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1994 agreement. They have NOT, apparently, admitted having any nuclear weapons.
December 22 - North Korea says it has begun removing IAEA monitoring equipment from nuclear facilities.
December 31 - North Korea expels IAEA inspectors.
2003
January 10 - North Korea withdraws from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
AC,
Yes, from the stand point of the Zionist Union, economics are of primary concern. In fact they almost won the election based on it
However, Netanyahu's grandstanding in front of the US Senate, claims that Arabs were being bussed to polls by the Zionist Union and declarations that there would never be a two state solution were appeals to the basest fears of the far right of the political spectrum.
I do not insinuate that Israel is some dictatorship, it is clearly a Parliamentary Democracy, but your claims that the Zionist Union ignored the economy and resorted to smear campaigns, when in fact they did focus on the economy and Likud/Netanyahu did resort to smears and FUD reeks of an attempt to re-write history
fwiw, if you want to address me by name, then please have to temerity to post under your own UID
Maybe Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia, Vietnam, etc... should be very concerned about the US attacking them at any moment, because you know... we said some pretty mean things back in the day
Um in case you didn't notice, Ahmadinejad is not longer president of Iran
The lack of follow through with NK in the Bush administration should be part of your discussion
You may also want to consider the state of the Iraqi nuclear program as a result of IAEA and UN treaties and observation in the 90's
In this case we actually were able to dissect the country, and despite the horrible warnings coming from the war mongers on the right, the IAEA program was completely effective
Never read Dune, eh?
It was all part of the scene when they tested Paul to see if he was human or one of those animals like the Harkonnen
No, it is ok to negotiate Iran onto a path that delays them from getting a nuke for the next 15 years, as opposed to the current path where, according to Netanyahu, they will have a nuke in the next year or two
This also opens the doors to interaction with other countries, reduces the influence of their hardliners and makes way for a less antagonistic Iran
You really out-do yourself Kendall.
So, Iran is going to get from a device the size of semi truck (assuming that they ever do, that is now decades away) to a suitcase bomb in a year
Wow, oh wow
Set fear-mongering to overload, eh?
Sorry, but anybody using images from Newsmax has pretty much admitted to being flamebait
whoosh!
No, you are just uninformed
Fear is the mind-killer, if you let it lead you then you are just an animal, barely human
Kendall,
Sure, and will they use magical powers to prevent the retaliation from the hundred-odd nukes that Israel has?
Hardliners in Iran and Israel both use this issue to stay in power, the longer the status quo, the worse the jerks that get into office
If McCain and whatever her name was, had been elected then then song would have been, 'bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran'
Thankfully the American voters did not see it that way, it is a real bummer that most do not vote on off-year electins and we got stuck with a bunch of regressive war-mongering gopers this last election
This draws my attention back to the Cold War, when the 'imminent threat' of Mutual Assured Destruction was used by the leaders of the USSR and USA to justify the election of hawkish leaders and the spending of significant portions of the GDP of each country on military build ups
It was great for hawkish leaders and the people who sell weapons, but not so good for everybody else, with the USSR even being driven to financial bankruptcy
At what point do we say, "hey this isn't good for anybody but Likkud, the Mullahs and whoever is selling them weapons, maybe we should try a different approach?"
Yes, I keep hearing the comparison of Germany in 1938 to Iran today
That leads me to ask a few questions
How is it that Iran is comparable to a country that had been a economic leader in Europe for the prior several hundred years?
Germany had been a colonial empire, with militarily help colonies across the globe, is there any comparison to Iran's status?
Germany had just waged a global war a couple of decades prior, and had waged wars against other global superpowers over the prior few hundred years going back to the Ottoman Empire, is there any comparison to the capabilities of Iran?
Finally, Netanyahu has been saying that it 1938 for about a decade, at what point do we say... gee I guess that he may not have a valid point?
But this is a lot longer trip and a much greater up front cost.
At the very least they should should have a remote-controlled lander to execute a land, launch and recover exercise to verify that they can pull somebody back out of the gravity well
And, perhaps a series of launches with a 6 month separation so that they can create a Mars orbiting space station
Oh, and just in case you didn't see this POS from Wired
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/b...
Bill Nye is no Leslie Knope, he rocks much harder!
Like this
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...
Looks like northern Arizona desert, route 66 west out of Flagstaff before you get to the Joshua Tree forest
Yes, and from the Encarta article that I linked:
"are focused into a narrow beam as they pass through the melon, a waxy, lens-shaped body in the forehead"
So, there is your focusing, and apparent scientific understanding of it in 2000
The linked article is a summary, what other in depth knowledge was brought forward by their study, that it can be aimed by turning the head?
Today even real news looks fake. I woke up to GoDaddy doing an IPO and just thought that it was an April Fool's joke.
At least that would have had some interesting angles to it.
Hopefully it was fake, that will keep my buddies who used to work there from jumping out of windows
Yes I did read the article and the idea that something can aim and focus it's primary means of imaging seem intrinsic to that ability, much like different types of animals that can see visible light with their eyes can aim and focus them