Rup covers three things:
1) It is a process that you can use right out of the box
2) It is a bunch of templates you can use for documentation of your work (either with the suplied process or with your own home grown process)
3) It is a tool (actually a collection of tools) that lets you design your own process.
Of course, it is very difficult to do item number 3. So you either use the out of the box process with some minor customizations, or hire a consultant to do number 3 for you. Or in the case of my last company, pay for some expensive training for three of your employees, all of whom have quit within 6 months of the training.
RUP isn't the greatest thing, but they provide a process right out of the box and have CMMI mapping to allow quick and easy certification. As long as you don't customize it too much it saves a lot of time and effort. Try to customize it and you'll soon turn yourself into a pretzel.
Why do you think everyone is an idiot? (Okay, they mostly are, but that's not relevant to this point) Your opinion is that whoever shouts the loudest wins, which means you have no faith in people's ability to choose wisely. It is attitudes like this that create an "elite" calss of people who feel they need to make the decisions for the people who aren't capable of knowing what's best for them. Which is how we get mandated motorcycle helmets, seat belts, fire detectors, air bags... All good ideas, but ones that people should be allowed to decide for themselves, not be forced to adopt. Sure the general populace is intelectually lazy, but that is their choice. Trying to "protect" the process from them is wrong. Either the change the process or educate the people. Go give some money to Operation Vote Smart and help educate the "idiots".
And if you take a look at campaign contributions by big business you'll find most are less than ideological. Most give to incumbants, because they prefer the status quo over an unknown future. So they give to Democratics AND Republicans as long as they're already in office. Democratics have their own big businesses to support. Ever heard of Trial Lawyers? Labor Unions? And of course Republicans try to keep the defense companies in buisness.
But none of this matters. In politics money equals speech, and free speech is our most cherished right. Trying to limit political money, no matter how good your intensions, is wrong.
Having been unemployed for 13 months (not any longer, Thank God) let me tell you that If a spyware company had offered to hire me at a reasonable rate during that time I would have jumped at the offer (well, not until month 8 or so). It's nice to get up on your high horse and wonder why people do this, but when it's either code for scum or you and your family losing their home you realize that food is a lot more important than morals.
Gee, before Social Security most of the elderly lived with their children/grandchildren rather that starve in a garret. This helped strengthen the family unit, and allowed children growning up to always have an adult at hand, even if both parent worked. It also taught us some respect for our elders - rather than housing them in a home and letting Social Security pay for it. Don't have a family? There were charities that existed to help you out. Gee, there are still charities to help out the elderly - why do we need them with Social Security saving us?
Talking about Social Security, it was never meant to be a retirement plan. When instituted the average lifespan was low enough that almost noone ever received social security. It was a political ploy - something that sounds nice but doesn't really do anything. And as the 1933 Supreme Court case determined, Social Security is just a tax, you have no right to that money.
I'm not sure having the government involved has improved anything. Somehow we survived without the programs and still went on to be a strong, secure country. Now our tax rates go up, our sense of entitlement is outrageous, and people feel that the government "owes " them happieness.
America was built on self-reliance. Once we took care of our own. All I'd like is to see some sort of return to what made us great.
Libertarian, not Republican - Republican love a big government as long as it's big in what they're interested in. Democrats love a big government, but only in the branches that they like.
That being said, read the founders letter/essays/etc. The idea was a small government. And the "common defense" sure as eck didn't mean natural disasters! Next you be talking about the welfare clause as justifying the current nightmare of "help" programs. That was the greatest fear the founders had - that these clauses would be taken to mean far more than they should.
Name one thing the government is good at. The closest I can come to is the military - and even they are hideously slow and inefficent compared to mercenary companies. Social Security? Have you SEEN their rate of return? The VA? Have you read about the health care fiasco the VA has been running? Medicare/Medicade? In California alone they estimate the fraud in the Billions. And you consider these well run programs?
Nope, I seriously abscribe to "he who governs least governs best". I acknowledge there needs to be some government as it's manifest that many people can't be responsible for themselves. But it should be small and anemic.
Currently the AMA recomends 29 genetic tests on newborns and I read somewhere that there are around 90 genetic tests for newborns already out there. The idea is to make it easier to provide preventative health care to those predisposed to certain diseases. That's what doctors want. What insurance companies want is another issue entirely.
We pay taxes to a government we elected to protect us from threats, and those responsible for the cyber department won't accept liability for their useless department.
Do we? Maybe we believe we do, but the government has no mandate to protect us from threats. From outside governments, yes, which is why the military is constitutional. But from "threats"? That's the sort of thinking that's gotten us mandatory seat belt laws, which the feds have no right to be involved in (I know, states passed the seat belt laws, but under threat of witholding federal tax dollars).
It comes down to personal responsibility. We are responsible for ourselves, and why should we expect the government to absolve us of our responsibility? Besides, everything the government does is cumbersome and filled with bureaucratic nonsense. Paperwork is the onlything governments are good at.
Well she doesn't have a key, so to speak - she plugs a fob into the dash and pushes a button to start the car. Which isn't quite how you envision it, but it's still rather neat the first time you see it.
My friend has a new BMW 325i, and it doesn't use keys, but has an RFID chip to unlock the doors when she's in proximity. I agree with your worries, but maybe we should look into what BMW has done to engineer for the elements?
Not to mention that most (not all) hunger is politcal in nature - it's easier to control a starving nation than a well fed one. Remember Ethiopia in the 80's? (okay, I admit it, I'm old) We gave them tons and tons of food that rotted in warehouse in the the capitol because the current dictator didn't want his people fed.
Shoot, look at recent history in Iraq - Sadam would do the whole "oil for food" thing, and not distribute the food/medicine until the black market prices rose high enough. Then he'd sell it off on the black market.
Of course, the coutries that choose to starve their people aren't going to distribute laptops to the children. They'd rather sell them off on the black market and pocket the money. So there's still hope for geeks the world over - withing a year of their release you'll find the laptops all over ebay.
Hate to go off topic but... We've never owned our own homes even before eminant domain. Ever hear of property taxes? You have to pay the government every year for the "right" to own that land....
You know I went to Cornell for my undergrad work and I had a couple of really horendous teachers. I'm glad you had a good experience, but I'm afraid even Ivy leagues aren't perfect. But at least you can say we didn't put our money into our sports programs!
But that said, having one or two bad teachers is actually a good thing. It forces you to learn the subject matter on your own, or with the help of your fellow students. This far more approaches real life than anything else I learned in a classroon. I never get to attend lecture before I have to learn to do something new in my career.
Are you saying that less stress is appealing to women or more money? Because if it's the latter, then you've got the wrong woman. Most of us aren't so shallow that money makes us more willing to hop into bed. Improve you technique a bit, or even better - actually listen to us for a change! That'll turn us on far more that the bank balance.
I regularly fantasize about becoming a pastry chef, but I like my standard of income too much. That, and if I ever did have such a career I'd become to wide to get through a doorway.
I can find my keys in my purse during the day - you open the purse and sunshine does the rest. It' coming home at night, in the dark that's the problem. Having a see through purse won't help when I can see anything already!
The new BMW 3 series has this feature. One of my friends was just raving about it - there's and RFID chip in her key and the car automaticly unlocks its doors when it detects it.
Well alzheimer's disease is a build up of plaque in the brain. It has nothing to do with the degeneration of the body. And Parkinsons? I believe that's all brain based as well.
Am I the only person who has thought that this could mean more and more years of life for senile people? The only organ that doesn't get repaired is the brain - so if it goes, you're still stuck in a healthy, regenerating body. Talk about a nightmare.
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Rup covers three things: 1) It is a process that you can use right out of the box 2) It is a bunch of templates you can use for documentation of your work (either with the suplied process or with your own home grown process) 3) It is a tool (actually a collection of tools) that lets you design your own process. Of course, it is very difficult to do item number 3. So you either use the out of the box process with some minor customizations, or hire a consultant to do number 3 for you. Or in the case of my last company, pay for some expensive training for three of your employees, all of whom have quit within 6 months of the training.
RUP isn't the greatest thing, but they provide a process right out of the box and have CMMI mapping to allow quick and easy certification. As long as you don't customize it too much it saves a lot of time and effort. Try to customize it and you'll soon turn yourself into a pretzel.
...we can see them building the invasion fleet in time.
Why do you think everyone is an idiot? (Okay, they mostly are, but that's not relevant to this point) Your opinion is that whoever shouts the loudest wins, which means you have no faith in people's ability to choose wisely. It is attitudes like this that create an "elite" calss of people who feel they need to make the decisions for the people who aren't capable of knowing what's best for them. Which is how we get mandated motorcycle helmets, seat belts, fire detectors, air bags... All good ideas, but ones that people should be allowed to decide for themselves, not be forced to adopt. Sure the general populace is intelectually lazy, but that is their choice. Trying to "protect" the process from them is wrong. Either the change the process or educate the people. Go give some money to Operation Vote Smart and help educate the "idiots".
But none of this matters. In politics money equals speech, and free speech is our most cherished right. Trying to limit political money, no matter how good your intensions, is wrong.
Having been unemployed for 13 months (not any longer, Thank God) let me tell you that If a spyware company had offered to hire me at a reasonable rate during that time I would have jumped at the offer (well, not until month 8 or so). It's nice to get up on your high horse and wonder why people do this, but when it's either code for scum or you and your family losing their home you realize that food is a lot more important than morals.
Ummm, I think I'll just bow out of this discussion.....
Talking about Social Security, it was never meant to be a retirement plan. When instituted the average lifespan was low enough that almost noone ever received social security. It was a political ploy - something that sounds nice but doesn't really do anything. And as the 1933 Supreme Court case determined, Social Security is just a tax, you have no right to that money.
I'm not sure having the government involved has improved anything. Somehow we survived without the programs and still went on to be a strong, secure country. Now our tax rates go up, our sense of entitlement is outrageous, and people feel that the government "owes " them happieness.
America was built on self-reliance. Once we took care of our own. All I'd like is to see some sort of return to what made us great.
I thought being a geek overruled all matters of gender?
That being said, read the founders letter/essays/etc. The idea was a small government. And the "common defense" sure as eck didn't mean natural disasters! Next you be talking about the welfare clause as justifying the current nightmare of "help" programs. That was the greatest fear the founders had - that these clauses would be taken to mean far more than they should.
Name one thing the government is good at. The closest I can come to is the military - and even they are hideously slow and inefficent compared to mercenary companies. Social Security? Have you SEEN their rate of return? The VA? Have you read about the health care fiasco the VA has been running? Medicare/Medicade? In California alone they estimate the fraud in the Billions. And you consider these well run programs?
Nope, I seriously abscribe to "he who governs least governs best". I acknowledge there needs to be some government as it's manifest that many people can't be responsible for themselves. But it should be small and anemic.
I spent hours and hours a day on BBS's when I was a kid - even met my husband on line. Does that make me a pre-internet adict or just a geek?
Currently the AMA recomends 29 genetic tests on newborns and I read somewhere that there are around 90 genetic tests for newborns already out there. The idea is to make it easier to provide preventative health care to those predisposed to certain diseases. That's what doctors want. What insurance companies want is another issue entirely.
Do we? Maybe we believe we do, but the government has no mandate to protect us from threats. From outside governments, yes, which is why the military is constitutional. But from "threats"? That's the sort of thinking that's gotten us mandatory seat belt laws, which the feds have no right to be involved in (I know, states passed the seat belt laws, but under threat of witholding federal tax dollars).
It comes down to personal responsibility. We are responsible for ourselves, and why should we expect the government to absolve us of our responsibility? Besides, everything the government does is cumbersome and filled with bureaucratic nonsense. Paperwork is the onlything governments are good at.
Dang, but that is pretty cool. Thanks for the details.
Well she doesn't have a key, so to speak - she plugs a fob into the dash and pushes a button to start the car. Which isn't quite how you envision it, but it's still rather neat the first time you see it.
My friend has a new BMW 325i, and it doesn't use keys, but has an RFID chip to unlock the doors when she's in proximity. I agree with your worries, but maybe we should look into what BMW has done to engineer for the elements?
Not to mention that most (not all) hunger is politcal in nature - it's easier to control a starving nation than a well fed one. Remember Ethiopia in the 80's? (okay, I admit it, I'm old) We gave them tons and tons of food that rotted in warehouse in the the capitol because the current dictator didn't want his people fed. Shoot, look at recent history in Iraq - Sadam would do the whole "oil for food" thing, and not distribute the food/medicine until the black market prices rose high enough. Then he'd sell it off on the black market. Of course, the coutries that choose to starve their people aren't going to distribute laptops to the children. They'd rather sell them off on the black market and pocket the money. So there's still hope for geeks the world over - withing a year of their release you'll find the laptops all over ebay.
Hate to go off topic but... We've never owned our own homes even before eminant domain. Ever hear of property taxes? You have to pay the government every year for the "right" to own that land....
You know I went to Cornell for my undergrad work and I had a couple of really horendous teachers. I'm glad you had a good experience, but I'm afraid even Ivy leagues aren't perfect. But at least you can say we didn't put our money into our sports programs! But that said, having one or two bad teachers is actually a good thing. It forces you to learn the subject matter on your own, or with the help of your fellow students. This far more approaches real life than anything else I learned in a classroon. I never get to attend lecture before I have to learn to do something new in my career.
Are you saying that less stress is appealing to women or more money? Because if it's the latter, then you've got the wrong woman. Most of us aren't so shallow that money makes us more willing to hop into bed. Improve you technique a bit, or even better - actually listen to us for a change! That'll turn us on far more that the bank balance.
I regularly fantasize about becoming a pastry chef, but I like my standard of income too much. That, and if I ever did have such a career I'd become to wide to get through a doorway.
I can find my keys in my purse during the day - you open the purse and sunshine does the rest. It' coming home at night, in the dark that's the problem. Having a see through purse won't help when I can see anything already!
The new BMW 3 series has this feature. One of my friends was just raving about it - there's and RFID chip in her key and the car automaticly unlocks its doors when it detects it.
Well alzheimer's disease is a build up of plaque in the brain. It has nothing to do with the degeneration of the body. And Parkinsons? I believe that's all brain based as well.
Am I the only person who has thought that this could mean more and more years of life for senile people? The only organ that doesn't get repaired is the brain - so if it goes, you're still stuck in a healthy, regenerating body. Talk about a nightmare.