BZZZT, the sun *never* went around the earth, which is decidedly *round*.
(The interpretation of our sense perceptions) and (Reality) sometimes overlap, and the closer your internal map fits the territory, the better you'll be able to navigate.
"I'm curious why people are constantly blaming Mr. Rove (not that there's anything wrong with blaming someone you don't like for something that they may or may not have done) and keeping quiet about Mr. Novak (who probably knows who really did it). I'm amazed that he's getting a free pass on this"
The journalist (voice of the press) has as much responsibility as the leaker (voice of the administrator) in exposing Ms. Plame. It's the fact that there was A LEAKER at all that is the crux of the biscuit as far as this discussion is concerned.
If anybody were killed working for Habitat, Uncle Jimmy would hunt down the real killer. When somebody is killed working for Haliburton, do you think Mr. Cheney sheds one tear? Has W been to any funeral services for any of the KIA from his little fiasco over in the Cradle of Life?
Please don't be an apologist for those rotten scumbags holding court in the administration.
No flamewar. Stupidity doesn't recognise political affiliations. Just because an asinine bill is co-sponsered by a Dem and a Rep doesn't mean it isn't foul. We *are* talking about this Senator Feinstein, right? -from http://www.aclu-sc.org/Action/Newsletters/100599/
"Feinstein reported in a hearing on October 21 that her constituents have registered opposition to the USA PATRIOT Act by a margin of 21,434 to 6. Nonetheless, the Senator dismissed her constituents' concerns"
The level of arrogance is astounding. Words fail me. Lemme vent for a second
HOW ABOUT SOME FUCKING JUSTICE FOR VALERIE PLAME? GODDAMN FUCKING LEAKERS!!!!!! GODDAMN FUCKING KARL ROVE!!!! HOW ABOUT SOME FUCKING RETRIBUTION TO THE REAL LEAKERS!!!!
there. that feels better. I was almost diverted by some talk about filesharing.....
I just did get off the phone with a wonderful person named Estelle (sp?) at the grants.gov phone #, and she cheerfully took my complaint and made an effort to be most helpful and polite. She did say they "have received many emails today for some reason":)
I suggested they use PDF, and I see from your comment that PureEdge uses it "....oducts/PureEdge AccessibilityGuide.pdf" and complained about the MS lock-in system that grants.gov has right now. She read me the standard reply they send all the emails.
Anyway, this is the first time I've ever called the gubmint, and it was a positive experience.
Is anyone concerned that MP/RIAA would want to know their "enemy" better in order to discover its weaknesses and close it down more effectively? I can picture the discussion with Mr Cerf, and the movie guy is nodding and taking notes furiously, saying, "yes, do go on".
It's the same reason some men read Cosmo magazine- it's like getting behind the lines and into the mind of the adversary.
Quoth the submitter: "Adobe PDF with a simple HTML index was suggested, is cheap, and is easily workable. Which (of course) immediately made that solution out of the question. LOL!"
It's not "LOL", it's sad. You should (of course) get out from under these retards. Seriously. Tell me why you shouldn't. The PDF/HTML angle makes the most sense given what little info you've provided about your situation. If your PHBs don't see that/can't be persuaded of that, then why are you still working for them? Unless there's more to the story, which i'd almost be interested in hearing.....
Re:What is QA Always a Separate Organization?
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"Quality" comes from an old word for "virtue", which connotes the highest ideals and aspirations we as humans can strive to attain. When you really believe in "Quality" and provide the resources to achieve it, your company will have a hard time failing.
The QA/QC folks should be integrated into the process so the left hand knows what the right hand is doing. At the same time, the managers responsible for production should NOT be the same managers responsible for QC/QA. There is a tremendous potential for abuse when the fox is guarding the henhouse.
I've been in both situations, labs where QC/QA was accountable only to the highest industry standards and best practices. And one where QC/QA was just eyewash headed by the production department. The independent, autonomous QA/QC shop was orders of magnitude better to work in for so many reasons . The "slap-a-QC-approval-tag-on-it-and-ship-it" shop was a hellhole. Hell Hole.
The point of my original post was that (unfounded allegations with zero proof) is exactly the same whether GWB is doing it or SCO is doing it. That cannot be "off-topic", since the very topic of my post is (unfounded allegations with zero proof). I am not *trying* to pick a fight.
If by "controlling myself" you mean not pointing out near-identical situations because they may be politically charged, then no, I won't be "controlling myself" anytime soon.
If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.
WTF?? I am making a legitimate comparison/analogy, NOT baiting or trolling. The two situations are almost IDENTICAL. You've got two groups of megalomanics who are hyping trumped-up cases where there is obviously an agenda to push, and no grounds to go forward, so they're relying on Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt to try and bully the masses.
FFS!
Make an argument to disprove me, I'm willing to listen to reason.
"No way! I mean, SCO has been totally honest from the start. Millions of lines of code, MIT experts and of course the code they showed at SCOForum. So you mean they lied to create FUD?? Can I get my $699 back?"
This is really creepy when you compare it to the case for the "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION" made by the Bush administration, circa winter 2003. Except in that scenario, the role of the court was played by the UN, who had no power or authority to smack down the US. Hopefully this time truth and justice will win, creating a smoking black crater in Utah.
My wife just bought a Canon Powershot camera this week. One of the considerations was that it used a CF card, just like the other card camera we already own. I was looking at cameras last summer, and stayed clear of the Sony offerings solely because of that memory stick nonsense. How long has Sony been shooting themselves in the foot over this?
i dunno if that was on purpose or not, but you just did one of the most amazing things i've ever seen on/. with the correct usage of ALL THREE homonyms in one sentence.
IAAAC (I am an analytical chemist) and feel qualified to answer this. When something is "volatile", that means it evaporates readily at normal temperatures and pressures. This works wonderfully for distilling purposes. The idea being, you start heating your initial charge, let everything go to waste until you get to ~100 degrees C, then start collecting only the stuff that comes over at that temperature. Water itself isn't considered a "volatile" substance in this case, since you're probably talking about VOCs, or "Volatile Organic Compounds". These chemicals will burn off well below 100 degrees C and won't be collected in the recovery system.
Hope this helps, lemme know if you have questions.
quoth craig:"I estimated it would take 1 week if I had known what I was doing, and padded it with another 2 weeks to learn everything I needed to know about LDAP and their environment, and solve any issues I ran into. I was quite proud when I finished the implementation in 3 weeks."
Ahh, so you went to the "Scotty School of Estimating", but missed a few classes?
haha you obviously didn't pad enough:)
Really, though, I like to consider myself *Estimating Guy*, and thought I'd do reasonably well on an online "estimating quiz", but the frickin thing was so Brit-oriented that i got less than 50%. The British are not like us.
You're leaving out the three most important things to consider when discussing salaries- location, location, and location. i'd like to see your 40,000/yr (pre tax, probly ~32,000 net) relative try to make it while paying NYC rent/mortgage @ 2000/month. Actually, a $180,000 mortgage should be around $1800/month anyway. sooo...
(1800/month house)+(200/month 1st car payment)+(100/month 2nd car payment)+(50/month A/V bill)+(300/month food bill)+(50/month electric bill)=30000/yr.
and that's off the top of my head. what do you consider "just the basics"?
"this ask slashdot 'question' resembles a match.com profile more that a question"
I'm with you. You know how they say there's no such thing as a stupid question? Well, they may have been wrong.
"I'm incredibly intense and concentrated, yet I often become bored of specific projects in a few months." Specfically, what specific projects? And, really, who wouldn't?
"My interests are broad, from computers (linux/os x/php/mysql/etc) to photography to cookery, I'm creative and technical." Does there exist a more generic "hobby" than photography and cooking? And you want world peace and to feed the hungry yadda yadda.
"I can't stand being completely technical alone, but I love it in moderation. My attention span is practically unlimited when I am interested in a topic, and I get intensely interested in it." This bit is soooooo obviously cut-and-pasted....
Quoth Zebbers: "if im going the speed limit your committing the illegal act by passing me on the right"
IF you're going the speed limit AND driving in the left lane AND not passing anybody, it SHOULDN'T be an illegal act for me to SHOOT you in the FACE as I'm PASSING you on the RIGHT.
I'm glad somebody brought this up. The one thing that incites me to "road rage" is the mf'ers in the "passing lane" who aren't passing anybody, just cruising. There is a special PLACE IN HELL for ppl who drive slow in the left lane.
Where you live, is driving slow in the passing lane also a 5-point infraction, as it should be for parity's sake? If you're caught driving in the left lane and not passing anyone 20 times, do you lose your license? If not, there's no farking way right-side passing should be illegal.
Bruce McCulloch's *baby jesus (radio)* from the album, *shame-based man*
"Go ahead, caller, you're on the air."
"uh, i have a special friend and he's the baby jesus, and i love him. and, uh, he don't give me no shit, and he don't fuck around, and he's just the fuckin coolest guy, and i just wanna say i love the baby jesus, i can't say enough."
"Yes, sir, I know."
"anyway, i love the baby jesus, and i think he's the best thing, and it's really great when he shares his love, because, um, he's got enough love for everybody. you know what i mean?"
"Um, I do sir, but-"
"yeah, he's like, uh, i can't even see a manger without thinking about him, eh? yeah, i love him. i just love the jesus and i thought i'd phone up and, uh, you know, uh.... i've only been into him for a couple of hours though, but i'm _really_ into him."
congrats, guys, this has been one of the most civil and interesting exchanges i've ever seen on/.
you hardly ever hear an argument about religion or politics (or M$:) end with one of the parties saying "You know, i was wrong, and have changed my mind because of what we've discussed."
The Average PC is Infested with Spyware Posted by michael on Fri Apr 16, '04 05:36 PM from the gaaaaaaah dept. WoodenRobot writes "This article claims that Earthlink have discovered that the average user's PC has 28 spyware programs on it.
Spyware More Common in Popular Software? Posted by Cliff on Mon Apr 12, '04 12:45 PM from the watch-what-you-install dept. Keith Young asks: "Over the past month, we have seen a 1500% increase of spyware denials on our firewall primarily due to WildTangent 'spyware' installed with AOL IM 5.5 and adware installed with Weatherbug.
Spyware on One in Twenty Computers? Posted by michael on Fri Mar 05, '04 06:17 PM from the PEBKAC dept. SpaceDonkey writes "New Scientist reports that researchers at the University of Washington carried out a scan of the campus network for signs of spyware. They found spyware lurking on more than one in 20 machines
Dell To Techs: Don't Help Customers Remove Spyware Posted by timothy on Tue Dec 02, '03 11:35 PM from the thanks-mike-thanks-a-bunch dept. Alien54 writes "Well, more exactly, be advised that if you are giving a Dell for Xmas, not only will it probably come preloaded with spyware, but their tech support lines will refuse to tell users how to remove it, and will not give people advice on where to find some good tools to remove it. As seen in the latest newsletter from SpyWareInfo, Dell sent an internal memo to its tech support minions which says in part: 'NOTICE: Use of spyware removal software may conflict with user license agreements of other applications installed on your system. Please consult your user license agreements for further information. Dell does not endorse the use of spyware removal software and cannot provide support on these products.' This means we do not take callers to download.com or doxdesk.com, nor do we recommend spyware removal programs, nor do we advise callers on the use of spyware removal programs. This includes using phrases "We don't support the removal of spyware, but I use..."'"
that'd be the XT foreresester? AMEN, brother, that is, hands down, the fastest grocery-getter in the world. you pull up at a red light in your station wagon and outrun a porsche, big smiles! 1997 Porsche Boxster 0-60mph in 6.0 seconds; 1996 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 0-60mph in 5.7 seconds. the subie would be all over those slowpokes:)
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And the world is flat, in a relative way?
BZZZT, the sun *never* went around the earth, which is decidedly *round*.
(The interpretation of our sense perceptions) and (Reality) sometimes overlap, and the closer your internal map fits the territory, the better you'll be able to navigate.
"I'm curious why people are constantly blaming Mr. Rove (not that there's anything wrong with blaming someone you don't like for something that they may or may not have done) and keeping quiet about Mr. Novak (who probably knows who really did it). I'm amazed that he's getting a free pass on this"
The journalist (voice of the press) has as much responsibility as the leaker (voice of the administrator) in exposing Ms. Plame. It's the fact that there was A LEAKER at all that is the crux of the biscuit as far as this discussion is concerned.
If anybody were killed working for Habitat, Uncle Jimmy would hunt down the real killer. When somebody is killed working for Haliburton, do you think Mr. Cheney sheds one tear? Has W been to any funeral services for any of the KIA from his little fiasco over in the Cradle of Life?
Please don't be an apologist for those rotten scumbags holding court in the administration.
No flamewar. Stupidity doesn't recognise political affiliations. Just because an asinine bill is co-sponsered by a Dem and a Rep doesn't mean it isn't foul. We *are* talking about this Senator Feinstein, right? -from http://www.aclu-sc.org/Action/Newsletters/100599/
"Feinstein reported in a hearing on October 21 that her constituents have registered opposition to the USA PATRIOT Act by a margin of 21,434 to 6. Nonetheless, the Senator dismissed her constituents' concerns"
The level of arrogance is astounding. Words fail me. Lemme vent for a second
HOW ABOUT SOME FUCKING JUSTICE FOR VALERIE PLAME? GODDAMN FUCKING LEAKERS!!!!!! GODDAMN FUCKING KARL ROVE!!!! HOW ABOUT SOME FUCKING RETRIBUTION TO THE REAL LEAKERS!!!!
there. that feels better. I was almost diverted by some talk about filesharing.....
"I haven't had a conversation like that since I stopped doing drugs."
Mitch Hedberg: "I used to do drugs.
I still do, but I used to, too"
RIP MH
I just did get off the phone with a wonderful person named Estelle (sp?) at the grants.gov phone #, and she cheerfully took my complaint and made an effort to be most helpful and polite. She did say they "have received many emails today for some reason" :)
I suggested they use PDF, and I see from your comment that PureEdge uses it "....oducts/PureEdge AccessibilityGuide.pdf" and complained about the MS lock-in system that grants.gov has right now. She read me the standard reply they send all the emails.
Anyway, this is the first time I've ever called the gubmint, and it was a positive experience.
When they came for the speeders, I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a speeder.
When they came for the Arabs, i didn't speak up, because I wasn't an Arab.
When they came for me, there weren't any Arabs or speeders to speak up....
Is anyone concerned that MP/RIAA would want to know their "enemy" better in order to discover its weaknesses and close it down more effectively? I can picture the discussion with Mr Cerf, and the movie guy is nodding and taking notes furiously, saying, "yes, do go on".
It's the same reason some men read Cosmo magazine- it's like getting behind the lines and into the mind of the adversary.
Quoth the submitter :
"Adobe PDF with a simple HTML index was suggested, is cheap, and is easily workable. Which (of course) immediately made that solution out of the question. LOL!"
It's not "LOL", it's sad. You should (of course) get out from under these retards. Seriously. Tell me why you shouldn't. The PDF/HTML angle makes the most sense given what little info you've provided about your situation. If your PHBs don't see that/can't be persuaded of that, then why are you still working for them? Unless there's more to the story, which i'd almost be interested in hearing.....
"Quality" comes from an old word for "virtue", which connotes the highest ideals and aspirations we as humans can strive to attain. When you really believe in "Quality" and provide the resources to achieve it, your company will have a hard time failing.
The QA/QC folks should be integrated into the process so the left hand knows what the right hand is doing. At the same time, the managers responsible for production should NOT be the same managers responsible for QC/QA. There is a tremendous potential for abuse when the fox is guarding the henhouse.
I've been in both situations, labs where QC/QA was accountable only to the highest industry standards and best practices. And one where QC/QA was just eyewash headed by the production department. The independent, autonomous QA/QC shop was orders of magnitude better to work in for so many reasons . The "slap-a-QC-approval-tag-on-it-and-ship-it" shop was a hellhole. Hell Hole.
pax,
fred
The point of my original post was that (unfounded allegations with zero proof) is exactly the same whether GWB is doing it or SCO is doing it. That cannot be "off-topic", since the very topic of my post is (unfounded allegations with zero proof). I am not *trying* to pick a fight.
If by "controlling myself" you mean not pointing out near-identical situations because they may be politically charged, then no, I won't be "controlling myself" anytime soon.
If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.
WTF?? I am making a legitimate comparison/analogy, NOT baiting or trolling. The two situations are almost IDENTICAL. You've got two groups of megalomanics who are hyping trumped-up cases where there is obviously an agenda to push, and no grounds to go forward, so they're relying on Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt to try and bully the masses.
FFS!
Make an argument to disprove me, I'm willing to listen to reason.
"No way! I mean, SCO has been totally honest from the start. Millions of lines of code, MIT experts and of course the code they showed at SCOForum. So you mean they lied to create FUD?? Can I get my $699 back?"
This is really creepy when you compare it to the case for the "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION" made by the Bush administration, circa winter 2003. Except in that scenario, the role of the court was played by the UN, who had no power or authority to smack down the US. Hopefully this time truth and justice will win, creating a smoking black crater in Utah.
pax,
fred
My wife just bought a Canon Powershot camera this week. One of the considerations was that it used a CF card, just like the other card camera we already own. I was looking at cameras last summer, and stayed clear of the Sony offerings solely because of that memory stick nonsense. How long has Sony been shooting themselves in the foot over this?
(open/shared) > (proprietary/closed)
fred
Woah, wait. Woah, wait.
/. with the correct usage of ALL THREE homonyms in one sentence.
:)
"they're there to be honored by their peers"
i dunno if that was on purpose or not, but you just did one of the most amazing things i've ever seen on
kudos,
my hat is off to you, sir
IAAAC (I am an analytical chemist) and feel qualified to answer this. When something is "volatile", that means it evaporates readily at normal temperatures and pressures. This works wonderfully for distilling purposes. The idea being, you start heating your initial charge, let everything go to waste until you get to ~100 degrees C, then start collecting only the stuff that comes over at that temperature. Water itself isn't considered a "volatile" substance in this case, since you're probably talking about VOCs, or "Volatile Organic Compounds". These chemicals will burn off well below 100 degrees C and won't be collected in the recovery system.
Hope this helps, lemme know if you have questions.
quoth craig:"I estimated it would take 1 week if I had known what I was doing, and padded it with another 2 weeks to learn everything I needed to know about LDAP and their environment, and solve any issues I ran into. I was quite proud when I finished the implementation in 3 weeks."
:)
Ahh, so you went to the "Scotty School of Estimating", but missed a few classes?
haha you obviously didn't pad enough
Really, though, I like to consider myself *Estimating Guy*, and thought I'd do reasonably well on an online "estimating quiz", but the frickin thing was so Brit-oriented that i got less than 50%. The British are not like us.
fred
You're leaving out the three most important things to consider when discussing salaries- location, location, and location. i'd like to see your 40,000/yr (pre tax, probly ~32,000 net) relative try to make it while paying NYC rent/mortgage @ 2000/month. Actually, a $180,000 mortgage should be around $1800/month anyway. sooo...
:)
(1800/month house)+(200/month 1st car payment)+(100/month 2nd car payment)+(50/month A/V bill)+(300/month food bill)+(50/month electric bill)=30000/yr.
and that's off the top of my head. what do you consider "just the basics"?
You know how to keep two trombonists in tune?
Shoot one of 'em
"this ask slashdot 'question' resembles a match.com profile more that a question"
I'm with you. You know how they say there's no such thing as a stupid question? Well, they may have been wrong.
"I'm incredibly intense and concentrated, yet I often become bored of specific projects in a few months." Specfically, what specific projects? And, really, who wouldn't?
"My interests are broad, from computers (linux/os x/php/mysql/etc) to photography to cookery, I'm creative and technical." Does there exist a more generic "hobby" than photography and cooking? And you want world peace and to feed the hungry yadda yadda.
"I can't stand being completely technical alone, but I love it in moderation. My attention span is practically unlimited when I am interested in a topic, and I get intensely interested in it." This bit is soooooo obviously cut-and-pasted....
bah. asshats.
Quoth Zebbers: "if im going the speed limit your committing the illegal act by passing me on the right"
IF you're going the speed limit AND driving in the left lane AND not passing anybody, it SHOULDN'T be an illegal act for me to SHOOT you in the FACE as I'm PASSING you on the RIGHT.
pax,
fred
I'm glad somebody brought this up. The one thing that incites me to "road rage" is the mf'ers in the "passing lane" who aren't passing anybody, just cruising. There is a special PLACE IN HELL for ppl who drive slow in the left lane.
Where you live, is driving slow in the passing lane also a 5-point infraction, as it should be for parity's sake? If you're caught driving in the left lane and not passing anyone 20 times, do you lose your license? If not, there's no farking way right-side passing should be illegal.
geez that felt good.
fred
Bruce McCulloch's *baby jesus (radio)*
:)
from the album, *shame-based man*
"Go ahead, caller, you're on the air."
"uh, i have a special friend and he's the baby jesus, and i love him. and, uh, he don't give me no shit, and he don't fuck around, and he's just the fuckin coolest guy, and i just wanna say i love the baby jesus, i can't say enough."
"Yes, sir, I know."
"anyway, i love the baby jesus, and i think he's the best thing, and it's really great when he shares his love, because, um, he's got enough love for everybody. you know what i mean?"
"Um, I do sir, but-"
"yeah, he's like, uh, i can't even see a manger without thinking about him, eh? yeah, i love him. i just love the jesus and i thought i'd phone up and, uh, you know, uh.... i've only been into him for a couple of hours though, but i'm _really_ into him."
Very Funny Stuff, there
congrats, guys, this has been one of the most civil and interesting exchanges i've ever seen on /.
:) end with one of the parties saying "You know, i was wrong, and have changed my mind because of what we've discussed."
you hardly ever hear an argument about religion or politics (or M$
pax,
fred
It's amazing what you can find when you look....
The Average PC is Infested with Spyware
Posted by michael on Fri Apr 16, '04 05:36 PM
from the gaaaaaaah dept.
WoodenRobot writes "This article claims that Earthlink have discovered that the average user's PC has 28 spyware programs on it.
Spyware More Common in Popular Software?
Posted by Cliff on Mon Apr 12, '04 12:45 PM
from the watch-what-you-install dept.
Keith Young asks: "Over the past month, we have seen a 1500% increase of spyware denials on our firewall primarily due to WildTangent 'spyware' installed with AOL IM 5.5 and adware installed with Weatherbug.
Spyware on One in Twenty Computers?
Posted by michael on Fri Mar 05, '04 06:17 PM
from the PEBKAC dept.
SpaceDonkey writes "New Scientist reports that researchers at the University of Washington carried out a scan of the campus network for signs of spyware. They found spyware lurking on more than one in 20 machines
Dell To Techs: Don't Help Customers Remove Spyware
Posted by timothy on Tue Dec 02, '03 11:35 PM
from the thanks-mike-thanks-a-bunch dept.
Alien54 writes "Well, more exactly, be advised that if you are giving a Dell for Xmas, not only will it probably come preloaded with spyware, but their tech support lines will refuse to tell users how to remove it, and will not give people advice on where to find some good tools to remove it. As seen in the latest newsletter from SpyWareInfo, Dell sent an internal memo to its tech support minions which says in part: 'NOTICE: Use of spyware removal software may conflict with user license agreements of other applications installed on your system. Please consult your user license agreements for further information. Dell does not endorse the use of spyware removal software and cannot provide support on these products.' This means we do not take callers to download.com or doxdesk.com, nor do we recommend spyware removal programs, nor do we advise callers on the use of spyware removal programs. This includes using phrases "We don't support the removal of spyware, but I use..."'"
As they say, the Camaro SS is for going fast, the STi is for driving fast :)
pax,
fred
that'd be the XT foreresester? AMEN, brother, that is, hands down, the fastest grocery-getter in the world. you pull up at a red light in your station wagon and outrun a porsche, big smiles! 1997 Porsche Boxster 0-60mph in 6.0 seconds; 1996 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 0-60mph in 5.7 seconds. the subie would be all over those slowpokes :)