When Altavista and other search engines (many names I cannot remember) were pushing crap on our search screens. You had a hell of a time finding anything between the paid ads (that were not marked as such) and the sites that gamed the search engine.
Google came along with the smallest footprint and the best algorithm. Fast forward 15 years and Google is more about the cute google art, gawdy gadgets and tracking your every move. And over the past couple years, I find more gamed sites making it into my search results. It has been slow, but Google is turning into the companies they replaced.
1st: I do not think I agree with OP. If I did the same damage without a PC, I bet I would be arrested.
2nd: The reporting is interesting. To a great extent, folks knowledgeable about computer systems/programming are looked on as some type of magicians. We get mixture of respect and contempt because of this. People depend on us and our services and that creates a high level of conflict.
3rd: They are actually working on the idle CSS. Still sucks, but at least the edit textbox is no longer 0.75" wide.
Not really. if you want to have the privilege of being tried by peers, then you need to man up and do your duty.
Frankly, I think we should have compulsory military service too. Then maybe we might think more about going to war with everyone if it wasn't predominately poor minorities serving.
First, I find this very exciting. As a child, I thought it would be just a matter of time before I could buy a plane ticket to the moon. That is how space was advertised to us in the early 70's... It has not turned out that way, but I am excited to see some progress.
What I would love to see is total cost per pound of payload. It seems like NASA hasn't done much to lower than number over the past three decades, and am curious to know what efficiencies Space X has attained. Anyone know where to find this info?
Actually, this isn't as far off as I first thought. It lacks a lot of the bells and whistles I am used to... I don't see filtering capabilities and I don't see real time monitoring, but it is a lot better than what I was using a couple years ago. I might have to give this another look.
That tool is nothing like SQL Profiler. I have used it and the query profiler is sorely lacking and does not (as far as I could find) give you the ability to see queries hitting your db in real time.
On the one hand, I know the West tends to set up the "super bad guy" to use to rally its people against an external threat. On the other, China sure doesn't do a lot to make me comfortable with their new position in the world. And when looking at a lot of those countries, I wonder if we are going to end up with a semi-sphere vs semi-sphere block in the not-too-distant future.
I will, however, give another maybe closer scenario. a gunman has ten people he is holding hostage. After exploring negotiation, it becomes apparent that the gunman is getting more and more belligerent and could start executing his hostages at any time.
Is this certain? No. But the police decide it is best to go in. In the ensuing chaos, one hostage gets shot by the police and dies but all the others are saved.
In the real scenario, the house is being destroyed to reduce the risk of people getting killed. There is a fair chance that a bomb disposal person could trip a booby trap or something else could happen to prematurely set off an explosive.
In the hypothetical incident the police are outright killing the girl not minimizing the reduction in life. As for me, I don't see how these two are analogous. I also don't hold property up to the same value as human life.
How is this stupid? The landlord entered a contract with the tenant. The tenant created a situation where the hose has to be demolished. The same thing happens when a meth lab springs up in an unoccupied house. In some cases the house has to be destroyed because it is unfit to live in. The government does not reimburse the owner.
A piece of advice... if something causes someone to come around to your point of view, don't continue to make fun of those people. Welcome them on-board.
Instead of removing them and leaving the house standing, the government CHOSE to burn down the structure. They are in fact the ones who are causing the loss of value by destroying the house.
Ummmm. yea... they started to do that and determined the risk is too high. The landlord willingly entered a contract with the landlord and is the one who is responsible for going after said tenant to recoup the cost.
Frankly, I think the gov't should attach a lien on the property for the cost of the operation too.
The tenants only stored unusual materials that the government has deemed dangerous.
LOL! The fact that you diluted the situation shows you see how weak your argument is.
The gov't is doing what it must to cure a dangerous situation. The tenant did the destruction. Frankly, I am tired of everyone wanting to be a gov't welfare case.
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When Altavista and other search engines (many names I cannot remember) were pushing crap on our search screens. You had a hell of a time finding anything between the paid ads (that were not marked as such) and the sites that gamed the search engine.
Google came along with the smallest footprint and the best algorithm. Fast forward 15 years and Google is more about the cute google art, gawdy gadgets and tracking your every move. And over the past couple years, I find more gamed sites making it into my search results. It has been slow, but Google is turning into the companies they replaced.
1st: I do not think I agree with OP. If I did the same damage without a PC, I bet I would be arrested.
2nd: The reporting is interesting. To a great extent, folks knowledgeable about computer systems/programming are looked on as some type of magicians. We get mixture of respect and contempt because of this. People depend on us and our services and that creates a high level of conflict.
3rd: They are actually working on the idle CSS. Still sucks, but at least the edit textbox is no longer 0.75" wide.
Not really. if you want to have the privilege of being tried by peers, then you need to man up and do your duty.
Frankly, I think we should have compulsory military service too. Then maybe we might think more about going to war with everyone if it wasn't predominately poor minorities serving.
*breaks out the flame-proof suit*
First, I find this very exciting. As a child, I thought it would be just a matter of time before I could buy a plane ticket to the moon. That is how space was advertised to us in the early 70's... It has not turned out that way, but I am excited to see some progress.
What I would love to see is total cost per pound of payload. It seems like NASA hasn't done much to lower than number over the past three decades, and am curious to know what efficiencies Space X has attained. Anyone know where to find this info?
Actually, this isn't as far off as I first thought. It lacks a lot of the bells and whistles I am used to... I don't see filtering capabilities and I don't see real time monitoring, but it is a lot better than what I was using a couple years ago. I might have to give this another look.
Thanks.
That tool is nothing like SQL Profiler. I have used it and the query profiler is sorely lacking and does not (as far as I could find) give you the ability to see queries hitting your db in real time.
Have you ever used SQL Profiler?
Fast becoming? You have the tense wrong.
China: 1.2 Billion people and a GDP of 5.0 Trillion dollars.
Russia: 0.14 Billion people and a 1.2 Trillion dollar GDP.
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On the one hand, I know the West tends to set up the "super bad guy" to use to rally its people against an external threat. On the other, China sure doesn't do a lot to make me comfortable with their new position in the world. And when looking at a lot of those countries, I wonder if we are going to end up with a semi-sphere vs semi-sphere block in the not-too-distant future.
If I moved to mySQL, what tool do they have to replace SQL Profiler?
I will, however, give another maybe closer scenario. a gunman has ten people he is holding hostage. After exploring negotiation, it becomes apparent that the gunman is getting more and more belligerent and could start executing his hostages at any time.
Is this certain? No. But the police decide it is best to go in. In the ensuing chaos, one hostage gets shot by the police and dies but all the others are saved.
Who is responsible for the death?
Frankly, I see a lot more grey area in this one.
OK, I'll bite.
In the real scenario, the house is being destroyed to reduce the risk of people getting killed. There is a fair chance that a bomb disposal person could trip a booby trap or something else could happen to prematurely set off an explosive.
In the hypothetical incident the police are outright killing the girl not minimizing the reduction in life. As for me, I don't see how these two are analogous. I also don't hold property up to the same value as human life.
It would make a good follow up story on Slashdot though.
Thanks for adding me to your freaks list.
How is this stupid? The landlord entered a contract with the tenant. The tenant created a situation where the hose has to be demolished. The same thing happens when a meth lab springs up in an unoccupied house. In some cases the house has to be destroyed because it is unfit to live in. The government does not reimburse the owner.
How is that different?
Read his whole post. Then you might sense that he is being sarcastic...
I think your sarcasm meter broke. The clue is the rest of his post.
A piece of advice... if something causes someone to come around to your point of view, don't continue to make fun of those people. Welcome them on-board.
If you think those two are analogous, you have real problems.
The gov't protecting you against damages from your customers is welfare.
Instead of removing them and leaving the house standing, the government CHOSE to burn down the structure. They are in fact the ones who are causing the loss of value by destroying the house.
Ummmm. yea... they started to do that and determined the risk is too high. The landlord willingly entered a contract with the landlord and is the one who is responsible for going after said tenant to recoup the cost.
Frankly, I think the gov't should attach a lien on the property for the cost of the operation too.
And, of course, there is no way he would have booby rapped someone snooping for explosives.
Are you saying that it isn't possible to keep explosive materials safely?
Oh please. Some nutjob set up a bomb making factory and you are acting like it is a well-regulated industrial job.
You'd be the first to sue the gov't if it accidentally blew up before they demolished it.
Who entered the contract with the tenant? That is the person that bears the responsibility for the tenant's action.s
Can you cite a source for this? I don't think this is true. I have been wrong before (and often), so would appreciate seeing where you got this info.
The tenants only stored unusual materials that the government has deemed dangerous.
LOL! The fact that you diluted the situation shows you see how weak your argument is.
The gov't is doing what it must to cure a dangerous situation. The tenant did the destruction. Frankly, I am tired of everyone wanting to be a gov't welfare case.