I wish I had mod points for you sir. Not only catching the incorrect use of English, but also turning it completely around on the parent was genius.:: hat off::
I think you kind of missed the point. Said individuals holding the beer were in high school (AKA this is why they were applying to colleges) and, as such, were illegally in possession of beer.
I don't think that's true. My own surname is McIntosh, and all the family I know of come from around the Inverness area, in the Scottish Highlands, along with thousands of other McIntoshs.
Well, I personally always perform the upgrades (Gentoo here) because I love having everything as up-to-date/bleeding-edge as possible. That's just my personality. I like things new, fresh and up-to-date.
Personally, I'm willing to put up with some of the issues that may result, and I do try to provide feedback if I do find a potential issue.
Some people just want things to work. And, to be fair, I'm the same way. For my "normal, everyday use," I use Windows Vista. For whatever people may say about it, it does just work with everything that I want it to. For my technical tinkering, I use Gentoo.
and there are a surprising number of supported 120Hz-capable TVs and monitors that ameliorate the headache factor
Now, I'm all for the use of good words, but you couldn't have used words like, ya know, improve or help or advance?
I know, I know. I'll probably be modded as a troll, but I'm just saying - why use words like this when more accessible words more than say what you're trying to say. Why use "big" words for the sake of using those words?
This is a psychological phenomenon, and it's unlikely that there are any good remedies, except for removing anything that could be perceived as a hilltop.
Haha. I can see it now.
"Back in my day kids, we drove uphill, both ways, in the snow! You kids these days don't even have hilltops, so I don't want to hear your bellyaching!"
You were sitting in the left-hand lane and (obviously) not passing. You were not obeying the law.
And, B.S. You're saying you've never done any speeding? You always use your turn signal? Never accelerated through a yellow light?
and I don't think I deserve to be judged by people who weren't there who automatically think they have a right to snark and make assumptions about what happened.
You put your crap on the internet, you're going to be judged. You're the one who started this. If you want to think you're perfect, then don't post your crap for other people to comment on because they will most likely call you out (as they have done).
Sitting in the left-hand lane if you are not passing is not legal. I am suspect to the idea that passing on the right is not legal. (And, even if it isn't, you shouldn't ever sit in the left hand lane anyway. Pass on the left and then move the heck back over.)
The business people don't understand that when they change there mind with a complex (software) project, that it really isn't as simple as altering a pie chart on a presentation and takes some (if not a lot) of time. This makes them mad and then they come down on the IT people like they're just being lazy.
Don't know where I heard this quote from (probably here), but: Computer science is the only industry where adding a new wing onto a house is considered a 'simple change.'
You realize everyone stopped reading your post at that line, right? Which is too bad, because other than this one colossal epic fail of a statement, the rest is pretty good.
You do realize your statements contradict each other, right?
Either not everyone stopped reading, which is how you managed to finish his post, or you didn't finish his post and you're a liar.
Hmmm...way to take the rest of my post out of context. Here's what I actually said...
Technically, the kid did the right thing by reporting what he found (although, quite honestly, he probably shouldn't have been there in the first place without asking permission).
AKA - He shouldn't have been there. But, since he was, he did the right thing by reporting the problem rather than using it for his own purposes.
Read the ENTIRE post. Not just what you want to hear so you can go off on a tirade.
this guy took the time to write a 16-page paper on his methods and sent it to the system admins. Sounds like White Hat behavior to me. Yes, he should have asked permission before trying, but throwing the book at the guy and wrecking his life with criminal charges (which stick for a long time) seems a little excessive.
So, I agree with you. Someone who took the time to show flaws in the system should not be punished (at least not to this extent).
However, here's probably what happened.
1. Someone received the 16 page write-up. They took it to the sys admins.
2. The system administrators, WHO WANT TO KEEP THEIR JOB, are going to go into a tirade of how he subverted their systems and purposely used "nefarious methods" to break system security, etc, etc. Basically, it's politics here - they don't want to look bad and/or lose their job so they will do everything in their power to make him look like a bad guy (which, to some extent, he is).
3. So, sys admins may have suggested some legal action to protect the school and make an example of him. (Or someone higher up may have.) The reason someone higher up may have done this is because they want to protect the school's image. Knowing that their system was weak could really hurt a school which is a business.
Basically, all of this is politics. All of it. Technically, the kid did the right thing by reporting what he found (although, quite honestly, he probably shouldn't have been there in the first place without asking permission). But, he didn't think through how other people were going to see his actions. You *always* have to think about the politics.
Even better, his original printer wasn't bought at my store. He bought it at a different company's store altogether.
If one of my own products would break, I would honor it - that's absolutely fair. But, if you're buying from someone else and expect me to honor their merchandise (and then curse me out), forget it.
You're implying that I sold it to him in the first place. The printer he bought wasn't even from our store.
And, yes, I agree. I would only advertise things that I thought were worth having and would discourage people from buying the crap. I wasn't always 100% right, but generally customers seemed happy with me.
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I wish I had mod points for you sir. Not only catching the incorrect use of English, but also turning it completely around on the parent was genius. :: hat off ::
My HS had a BASIC programming class on a WANG.
Sounds like someone's teacher is going to be in the news fairly soon...
Mmmmm...M3.
I think you kind of missed the point. Said individuals holding the beer were in high school (AKA this is why they were applying to colleges) and, as such, were illegally in possession of beer.
That's why it was inappropriate.
This already exists. I'm blanking on the name of the company right now, but there is one out there that will do one of two things:
1. Find crap about you on the internet and clean up your image a bit.
OR
2. Put some stuff out on the internet about you to make you look better than you really are.
I don't think that's true. My own surname is McIntosh, and all the family I know of come from around the Inverness area, in the Scottish Highlands, along with thousands of other McIntoshs.
Apple called. They want their trademark back.
Dude. We're talking about Bill Gates here...
Oog.
Well, I personally always perform the upgrades (Gentoo here) because I love having everything as up-to-date/bleeding-edge as possible. That's just my personality. I like things new, fresh and up-to-date.
Personally, I'm willing to put up with some of the issues that may result, and I do try to provide feedback if I do find a potential issue.
Some people just want things to work. And, to be fair, I'm the same way. For my "normal, everyday use," I use Windows Vista. For whatever people may say about it, it does just work with everything that I want it to. For my technical tinkering, I use Gentoo.
So, basically, you're saying: Democrats +1 Offtopic
C++ FAQ Lite is an excellent site for C++ information.
and there are a surprising number of supported 120Hz-capable TVs and monitors that ameliorate the headache factor
Now, I'm all for the use of good words, but you couldn't have used words like, ya know, improve or help or advance?
I know, I know. I'll probably be modded as a troll, but I'm just saying - why use words like this when more accessible words more than say what you're trying to say. Why use "big" words for the sake of using those words?
Exactly. Compared to most forums I've been to, Slashdot's trolls are better written than the admin's posts on other forums.
...or the admin's story summaries on this forum, for that matter.
Okay, so that was a joke: there aren't a hundred fifty million people that vote in this country.
...I'm not really sure that is a joke. :-(
And where do you intend to get the energy to split the hydrogen atoms from the oxygen?
From gasoline. Duh.
This is a psychological phenomenon, and it's unlikely that there are any good remedies, except for removing anything that could be perceived as a hilltop.
Haha. I can see it now.
"Back in my day kids, we drove uphill, both ways, in the snow! You kids these days don't even have hilltops, so I don't want to hear your bellyaching!"
I obey the laws -- all of them --
You were sitting in the left-hand lane and (obviously) not passing. You were not obeying the law.
And, B.S. You're saying you've never done any speeding? You always use your turn signal? Never accelerated through a yellow light?
and I don't think I deserve to be judged by people who weren't there who automatically think they have a right to snark and make assumptions about what happened.
You put your crap on the internet, you're going to be judged. You're the one who started this. If you want to think you're perfect, then don't post your crap for other people to comment on because they will most likely call you out (as they have done).
(and passing on the right is not legal)
Sitting in the left-hand lane if you are not passing is not legal. I am suspect to the idea that passing on the right is not legal. (And, even if it isn't, you shouldn't ever sit in the left hand lane anyway. Pass on the left and then move the heck back over.)
The business people don't understand that when they change there mind with a complex (software) project, that it really isn't as simple as altering a pie chart on a presentation and takes some (if not a lot) of time. This makes them mad and then they come down on the IT people like they're just being lazy.
Don't know where I heard this quote from (probably here), but: Computer science is the only industry where adding a new wing onto a house is considered a 'simple change.'
No it shouldn't, and don't call me Shirley.
large websites and databases will get easier to manage, eventually, the only thing that won't go away is the need for real security.
You haven't seen the "legacy code" that I have been subjected to. If it's any indication, things are not going to get easier to manage.
You realize everyone stopped reading your post at that line, right? Which is too bad, because other than this one colossal epic fail of a statement, the rest is pretty good.
You do realize your statements contradict each other, right?
Either not everyone stopped reading, which is how you managed to finish his post, or you didn't finish his post and you're a liar.
Hmmm...way to take the rest of my post out of context. Here's what I actually said...
Technically, the kid did the right thing by reporting what he found (although, quite honestly, he probably shouldn't have been there in the first place without asking permission).
AKA - He shouldn't have been there. But, since he was, he did the right thing by reporting the problem rather than using it for his own purposes.
Read the ENTIRE post. Not just what you want to hear so you can go off on a tirade.
this guy took the time to write a 16-page paper on his methods and sent it to the system admins. Sounds like White Hat behavior to me. Yes, he should have asked permission before trying, but throwing the book at the guy and wrecking his life with criminal charges (which stick for a long time) seems a little excessive.
So, I agree with you. Someone who took the time to show flaws in the system should not be punished (at least not to this extent).
However, here's probably what happened.
1. Someone received the 16 page write-up. They took it to the sys admins.
2. The system administrators, WHO WANT TO KEEP THEIR JOB, are going to go into a tirade of how he subverted their systems and purposely used "nefarious methods" to break system security, etc, etc. Basically, it's politics here - they don't want to look bad and/or lose their job so they will do everything in their power to make him look like a bad guy (which, to some extent, he is).
3. So, sys admins may have suggested some legal action to protect the school and make an example of him. (Or someone higher up may have.) The reason someone higher up may have done this is because they want to protect the school's image. Knowing that their system was weak could really hurt a school which is a business.
Basically, all of this is politics. All of it. Technically, the kid did the right thing by reporting what he found (although, quite honestly, he probably shouldn't have been there in the first place without asking permission). But, he didn't think through how other people were going to see his actions. You *always* have to think about the politics.
Even better, his original printer wasn't bought at my store. He bought it at a different company's store altogether.
If one of my own products would break, I would honor it - that's absolutely fair. But, if you're buying from someone else and expect me to honor their merchandise (and then curse me out), forget it.
You're implying that I sold it to him in the first place. The printer he bought wasn't even from our store.
And, yes, I agree. I would only advertise things that I thought were worth having and would discourage people from buying the crap. I wasn't always 100% right, but generally customers seemed happy with me.