My hypothesis is this is why not everyone can be a programmer. People's brains differ in how they interpret and process data. I, for one, have some serious issues with some types of data, and a preternatural ability with others. More issues than most people in some socially significant areas, unfortunately. Most of my critics, IRL, have a problem with my "yeah buts"... I instantly see flaws in anyone's logic and while agreeing with them, I do point out the exceptions to their statements. Nobody else seems to appreciate this, for some reason.
"no one picks nits like a geek. People on other forums may notice, but they won't necessarily feel the need to pimp slap you for it." This is one of the primary reasons for the social stigma of being a geek. Nerds OTOH should exercise some restraint; I'm trying, really I am.
Gee, if I was some government criminal perpetrating injustice on the citizenry, I'd have a similar system in place to maintain plausible deniability and an illusion of competence and integrity. Personal experience supports this interpretation.
In California, it's reckless driving if you're too tired. It gets enforced seldom, like drunkenness before the witch-burning began. Who thought I'd miss the days when the cop would take your keys, throw them on your porch, and let you walk home.
I think infectious is the key here. IMHO obnoxious is not neccesarily synonymous, e.g. my head is filled with Rubinoos tunes, which have gotten even groovier as the years go by. OTOH, I do like to sing "the song that never ends", if I think it'll ruin someone's day.
Good lord. Well that was certainly worth three of my minutes. (I'm afraid I tend to miss most of the "TV WORTH WATCHING" that I hear about.) I am thinking I should be glad this node has no audio.
My neighborhood has a revenue trap installed. No turns during certain hours, small signs, you know what I mean. Last month they have been working it pretty hard. Economic Stimulus FTW!
"Cops have to have to maintain the highest level of integrity in order for law enforcement to work." That's it, in a nutshell. They don't, and it doesn't.
I struggle against that prejudice. It doesn't help that the last cop I talked to (who looked like a steroid abuser, but I'm not a doctor...) decide I needed to be subdued, finger broken, and cuffed rather than continue sitting peacefully where I'd been told to while they searched my car. If he'd asked about marijuana instead of "contraband" while acting like I was smuggling weapons I would have told him where the roach was. I honestly didn't know WTF he was freaking out about but I was genuinely fearing for my life. Fucking veins throbbing on his neck and shit.
If you read criminology textbooks, you will find that the person who doesn't "know nothing" is prima fascie a "suspect". If someone offers a theory of what could have happened, he moves to the top of the list. The facts support this, actually.
In Los Angeles, 47 seems to be a magic number. I got a speeding ticket once, I was doing exactly 42 mph in a 35 zone- 47 mph. Another time, I was doing exactly 35 mph- 47 mph. It is sort of a waste of everyone's time to go to court with nothing but the truth on your side.
Hey Mister Insight, have you ever been arrested? I don't even know where to start, so let me just remind you that the U.S. Constitution had amendments written as part of a compromise, addressing the issue of protecting THE PEOPLE from their own government. This is not new. I, for one, would like to amend the wire-tapping laws to allow citizens to record incidents of being protected and served by their public employees.
Spasmodic cynicism. I'm sure none of the IT providers benefitting from this are having any trouble at all. And I doubt this will buy us a standardised, open, or interoperable system. I reckon we should just be glad they hustled this through so fast only a scant 8 billion extra went to buy local votes. The failure of which I speak is the overall system inefficiency, which seems to be designed around cash-extraction rather than service. I, for one, would like to move away from systems that have already demonstrated their inability to provide solutions.
In another time, I too did it the hard way. I felt very modern with a stick in a plastic bucket, unlike those folks beating it on rocks by the river. Got stuff very much cleaner, but it took up the better part of one whole day per week.
With some extra cash, maybe the proprietary system vendors could widen that gap. Or at least hire some lobbyists to explain why they'll need more money next year. Failure seems to be our new economic engine.
Humans should properly train their babies. From earliest infancy, there is a grip/pull/lift-head reflex one can exploit, for instance. I put my fingers into my son's hands, which triggered an automatic gripping response, (sorry, Ashriel) and then I lifted him slightly up. The lad would tense his neck and lift his head, just for a second when he was a newborn, and then longer as he developed. It became a burden later, like a dog with a stick, as I had to lift his hands so he could stump around the house, until he caught his balance and took off on his own. BTW I also showed him where the pointy part of a knife, and the corner of the table, and the hot coffee cup were, long before he could talk. Didn't have to child-proof anywhere. His first multi-syllable utterance was "dan-ger-ous" as he pointed to the tip of a dirk laying on a friend's coffee table. Jaws were dropped, as he was still rather young at the time.
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My hypothesis is this is why not everyone can be a programmer. People's brains differ in how they interpret and process data. I, for one, have some serious issues with some types of data, and a preternatural ability with others. More issues than most people in some socially significant areas, unfortunately. Most of my critics, IRL, have a problem with my "yeah buts"... I instantly see flaws in anyone's logic and while agreeing with them, I do point out the exceptions to their statements. Nobody else seems to appreciate this, for some reason.
"no one picks nits like a geek. People on other forums may notice, but they won't necessarily feel the need to pimp slap you for it."
This is one of the primary reasons for the social stigma of being a geek. Nerds OTOH should exercise some restraint; I'm trying, really I am.
Gee, if I was some government criminal perpetrating injustice on the citizenry, I'd have a similar system in place to maintain plausible deniability and an illusion of competence and integrity. Personal experience supports this interpretation.
Oh great, now I have to sound-proof my Faraday Cage.
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In California, it's reckless driving if you're too tired. It gets enforced seldom, like drunkenness before the witch-burning began. Who thought I'd miss the days when the cop would take your keys, throw them on your porch, and let you walk home.
Do you mean Johann Sebastian Brahms?
I think infectious is the key here. IMHO obnoxious is not neccesarily synonymous, e.g. my head is filled with Rubinoos tunes, which have gotten even groovier as the years go by. OTOH, I do like to sing "the song that never ends", if I think it'll ruin someone's day.
Good lord. Well that was certainly worth three of my minutes. (I'm afraid I tend to miss most of the "TV WORTH WATCHING" that I hear about.) I am thinking I should be glad this node has no audio.
My neighborhood has a revenue trap installed. No turns during certain hours, small signs, you know what I mean. Last month they have been working it pretty hard. Economic Stimulus FTW!
"Cops have to have to maintain the highest level of integrity in order for law enforcement to work." That's it, in a nutshell. They don't, and it doesn't.
I struggle against that prejudice. It doesn't help that the last cop I talked to (who looked like a steroid abuser, but I'm not a doctor...) decide I needed to be subdued, finger broken, and cuffed rather than continue sitting peacefully where I'd been told to while they searched my car. If he'd asked about marijuana instead of "contraband" while acting like I was smuggling weapons I would have told him where the roach was. I honestly didn't know WTF he was freaking out about but I was genuinely fearing for my life. Fucking veins throbbing on his neck and shit.
If you read criminology textbooks, you will find that the person who doesn't "know nothing" is prima fascie a "suspect". If someone offers a theory of what could have happened, he moves to the top of the list. The facts support this, actually.
In Los Angeles, 47 seems to be a magic number. I got a speeding ticket once, I was doing exactly 42 mph in a 35 zone- 47 mph. Another time, I was doing exactly 35 mph- 47 mph. It is sort of a waste of everyone's time to go to court with nothing but the truth on your side.
Hey Mister Insight, have you ever been arrested? I don't even know where to start, so let me just remind you that the U.S. Constitution had amendments written as part of a compromise, addressing the issue of protecting THE PEOPLE from their own government. This is not new. I, for one, would like to amend the wire-tapping laws to allow citizens to record incidents of being protected and served by their public employees.
Spasmodic cynicism. I'm sure none of the IT providers benefitting from this are having any trouble at all. And I doubt this will buy us a standardised, open, or interoperable system. I reckon we should just be glad they hustled this through so fast only a scant 8 billion extra went to buy local votes. The failure of which I speak is the overall system inefficiency, which seems to be designed around cash-extraction rather than service. I, for one, would like to move away from systems that have already demonstrated their inability to provide solutions.
Watson, come here. I need you.
In another time, I too did it the hard way. I felt very modern with a stick in a plastic bucket, unlike those folks beating it on rocks by the river. Got stuff very much cleaner, but it took up the better part of one whole day per week.
I've known a Per Can, and a Per Person. I remember some very striking names from Bezerkley. Why, oh why?
With some extra cash, maybe the proprietary system vendors could widen that gap. Or at least hire some lobbyists to explain why they'll need more money next year. Failure seems to be our new economic engine.
You can't make shit like that up. News indeed.
Humans should properly train their babies. From earliest infancy, there is a grip/pull/lift-head reflex one can exploit, for instance. I put my fingers into my son's hands, which triggered an automatic gripping response, (sorry, Ashriel) and then I lifted him slightly up. The lad would tense his neck and lift his head, just for a second when he was a newborn, and then longer as he developed. It became a burden later, like a dog with a stick, as I had to lift his hands so he could stump around the house, until he caught his balance and took off on his own. BTW I also showed him where the pointy part of a knife, and the corner of the table, and the hot coffee cup were, long before he could talk. Didn't have to child-proof anywhere. His first multi-syllable utterance was "dan-ger-ous" as he pointed to the tip of a dirk laying on a friend's coffee table. Jaws were dropped, as he was still rather young at the time.
Don't our petrodollars go to folks on our buddy list? De-regulate opium if you want to cripple Al Quaeda.
Perpetrate and facilitate are not high on an actual security agenda.
Given today's "anything goes" business climate, they're probably not embarrassed in the least.