The Daily Mail is a right wing (slightly upmarket) tabloid who attack the Labour government on a regular basis. While the idea of such a tax may or may not be true, you can be certain this particular newspaper will try to spin in in a manner that is comensurate with its Conservative politics.
Of course, the current Government has given them plenty of ammunition, so it's quite possible that such an approach being considered. The source, however, can be compared to a news outlet such as Fox News.
Easy answer: "smarter" for the thing at hand. If I were a proffesional poker gambler it's clear what "smarter" means, don't you think so?
No, I don't. Poker requires a number of skills. These include the ability to calculate odds, the ability to read hands and the ability to read your opponents' idiosyncrasies. For large tournaments, stamina and alertness are also required for most players.
The math calculations required are fairly trivial, so what other "smarts" might be improved is unclear.
This has got to be one of the worst cases of public sector idiocy I've ever seen
Really?. The UK has an official state religion; Top that.
The "UK" does *not* have a state religion. England may have, but England != UK. In fact, if you had even bothered to read the article you linked, you would have seen that:
"the Church of Scotland is the national church, but is not a "state church" and has complete independence from the state in spiritual matters, thus being both established and free"
If management was keeping you in the dark (or you, as management, are keeping your coders in the dark), then it isn't a real Agile shop. It is a Waterfall shop with a pretense of Agile. Not the same thing at all.
Management keeping you in the dark has nothing to do with the software development model adopted by an organization. It is a result of their business model. Waterfall (which, incidentally, was presented by Royce as a model that does not work) does not restrict management from communicating clearly and frequently any more than Agile does.
In comparison, nobody outside America knows who this Colbert guy is
That smacks of truthiness. I can't speak for continental Europe, but I know for a fact that the Colbert Report is broadcast in the UK and has a decent following.
So, in summary, UK law prevents a poster from making libelous claims on the web. I didn't think the right to free speech came with the right to defame; even in the US.
If we truly were such a terrible imperialist nation that was only after the oil then I would LOVE to know why it is that we are still paying more money for our gas and oil than we should.
One might speculate that we are paying more money for our gas and oil than we should to help maintain the profits of the (government subsidized) oil companies that bankrolled Bush into office.
The title of the article is a little misleading as it doesn't apply to all of the UK.
From TFA:
Scotland already destroys DNA samples taken during criminal investigations from people who are not charged or who are later acquitted of alleged offences.
"Fastest Growing" is a meaningless statistic without context, and TFA doesn't give much of that. For example, it may be the fastest growing because the other income groups rushed out to buy first, while the lower income groups saved up.
Similarly, it could be the fastest growing because it 'grew' from 100 people to 148 people. Still a meager total, but explosive growth.
What happened with Sam Walton driving a pickup truck?
The same Sam Walton who didn't give much for charity, because he didn't believe in giving "any undeserving stranger a free ride"? Was he a better man because he makes Scotsmen look generous?
Top flight developers producing quality code don't need large QA departments. They've already written well-designed, bug-resistant code, unit tests, integration tests, and performance tests, all in the course of producing something that works (the first time).
QA != testing. QA begins at project initiation and concerns itself with the processes used to create a product that is fit for purpose.
The BBC is government run and notoriously a vehicle of propaganda
Hopefully, these new connections you speak of will help disabuse of the notion that the BBC is government run. It is, in fact, run by the BBC Trust and equally criticised by both major political parties; typically a good indicator of neutrality.
I can see why extremists on either side perceive it as biased, however, as it does like to try give a balanced view of world events rather than follow the rhetoric of one particular pressure group or political party.
The sad thing is, though, HP used to produce innovative products; particularly in the realm of electronic test equipment. Google hp64000 to see what they were capable of. The ease of use of their in-circuit emulators, for example, was second to none.
And I still keep my HP-16c calculator close at hand.
Sure, they make a nice laptop/printer/whatever, but nothing droolworthy these days.
Of course it's not true for something Apple is making additional revenue from - that's how SOX works.
SOX doesn't define any accounting standards, it deals with internal controls over financial reporting and the penalties for non-compliance. Accounting principles are dealt with standards such as GAAP.
She listened to Radio 4 for the news. I haven't owed a radio for about a decade and was absolutely astonished by the trivial and superficial standard of the BBC news. I thought the quality of their online news had slipped a bit in recent years, but the radio was absolutely dire. Admittedly, they can't do much more if they have to squeeze the news into a five-minute slot, but why do they have to squeeze the news into five minutes? Are you sure you were listening to Radio 4? I only ask because Radio 4 is famous for a number of daily news programmes including Today (which is a 3 hours news/current affairs programme), The World at One, (which is a half hour news broadcast), PM (which is an hour of coverage and analysis of that day's news) followed by Six O'Clock News (another half hour news broadcast) and The World Tonight (which is, you've guessed it, a 45 minute dissection of the current days events).
The 5 minute broadcasts are merely brief summaries to keep you informed between the in-depth coverage of the other broadcasts.
As an emergency responder, I darn well better get the message right away. ARES/RACES contacts me by my cell phone, since it's the only way I can be reached quickly no matter where I am. Wherever you are ? You must be the only person on the planet with 100% reliable cell phone reception. If you truly are that important, you might be better off with a pager.
Selling out is the American way! It's going to happen to Slashdot eventually. For proof, look at the great rock band the Who. Nice analogy - except for the fact that The Who aren't exactly American.
t's about time some common sense is applied to the problem and cell phones are allowed as they should be. If some guy next to you is annoying, just ask him nicely to not be. I'm guessing you don't commute to work on the train every day, otherwise you would realize what a futile action this would be.
As George Carlin has said, Americans generally like to indicate after they have changed lanes, so you can tell where they have been.
In all seriousness, though, the Interstate (= motorway) around here has such a crappy surface and such narrow lanes, 55 mph is fast enough for an upper speed limit.
Not sure about NC, but in the UK, I believe if you use the 'delayed blood test' approach, they are still allowed to estimate what your blood alcohol level at the time of arrest would have been. So there isn't much to gain.
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The Daily Mail is a right wing (slightly upmarket) tabloid who attack the Labour government on a regular basis. While the idea of such a tax may or may not be true, you can be certain this particular newspaper will try to spin in in a manner that is comensurate with its Conservative politics.
Of course, the current Government has given them plenty of ammunition, so it's quite possible that such an approach being considered. The source, however, can be compared to a news outlet such as Fox News.
Easy answer: "smarter" for the thing at hand. If I were a proffesional poker gambler it's clear what "smarter" means, don't you think so?
No, I don't. Poker requires a number of skills. These include the ability to calculate odds, the ability to read hands and the ability to read your opponents' idiosyncrasies. For large tournaments, stamina and alertness are also required for most players.
The math calculations required are fairly trivial, so what other "smarts" might be improved is unclear.
This has got to be one of the worst cases of public sector idiocy I've ever seen Really?. The UK has an official state religion; Top that.
The "UK" does *not* have a state religion. England may have, but England != UK. In fact, if you had even bothered to read the article you linked, you would have seen that:
"the Church of Scotland is the national church, but is not a "state church" and has complete independence from the state in spiritual matters, thus being both established and free"
If management was keeping you in the dark (or you, as management, are keeping your coders in the dark), then it isn't a real Agile shop. It is a Waterfall shop with a pretense of Agile. Not the same thing at all.
Management keeping you in the dark has nothing to do with the software development model adopted by an organization. It is a result of their business model. Waterfall (which, incidentally, was presented by Royce as a model that does not work) does not restrict management from communicating clearly and frequently any more than Agile does.
In comparison, nobody outside America knows who this Colbert guy is
That smacks of truthiness. I can't speak for continental Europe, but I know for a fact that the Colbert Report is broadcast in the UK and has a decent following.
So, in summary, UK law prevents a poster from making libelous claims on the web. I didn't think the right to free speech came with the right to defame; even in the US.
If we truly were such a terrible imperialist nation that was only after the oil then I would LOVE to know why it is that we are still paying more money for our gas and oil than we should.
One might speculate that we are paying more money for our gas and oil than we should to help maintain the profits of the (government subsidized) oil companies that bankrolled Bush into office.
Then how do you pay for the content? Do you send the site owner checks directly?
About as often as I send checks to the TV networks when I skip their commercials.
From TFA:
Scotland already destroys DNA samples taken during criminal investigations from people who are not charged or who are later acquitted of alleged offences.
"Fastest Growing" is a meaningless statistic without context, and TFA doesn't give much of that. For example, it may be the fastest growing because the other income groups rushed out to buy first, while the lower income groups saved up.
Similarly, it could be the fastest growing because it 'grew' from 100 people to 148 people. Still a meager total, but explosive growth.
What happened with Sam Walton driving a pickup truck?
The same Sam Walton who didn't give much for charity, because he didn't believe in giving "any undeserving stranger a free ride"? Was he a better man because he makes Scotsmen look generous?
Scotsmen like Andrew Carnegie?
QA != testing. QA begins at project initiation and concerns itself with the processes used to create a product that is fit for purpose.
The BBC is government run and notoriously a vehicle of propaganda
Hopefully, these new connections you speak of will help disabuse of the notion that the BBC is government run. It is, in fact, run by the BBC Trust and equally criticised by both major political parties; typically a good indicator of neutrality. I can see why extremists on either side perceive it as biased, however, as it does like to try give a balanced view of world events rather than follow the rhetoric of one particular pressure group or political party.
The sad thing is, though, HP used to produce innovative products; particularly in the realm of electronic test equipment. Google hp64000 to see what they were capable of. The ease of use of their in-circuit emulators, for example, was second to none. And I still keep my HP-16c calculator close at hand. Sure, they make a nice laptop/printer/whatever, but nothing droolworthy these days.
You have no idea how much fun it is to run through the same sequence of QA tests over and over again.
You have no idea how much smarter it is to have your QA tests automated and have them run overnight.
The 5 minute broadcasts are merely brief summaries to keep you informed between the in-depth coverage of the other broadcasts.
As George Carlin has said, Americans generally like to indicate after they have changed lanes, so you can tell where they have been. In all seriousness, though, the Interstate (= motorway) around here has such a crappy surface and such narrow lanes, 55 mph is fast enough for an upper speed limit.
Not sure about NC, but in the UK, I believe if you use the 'delayed blood test' approach, they are still allowed to estimate what your blood alcohol level at the time of arrest would have been. So there isn't much to gain.