Cato is infamous for questionable research that politicians have used to support some ridiculous claims. Nothing different from them here.
Too much trust...
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I've experienced working at a place where an employee walked out with information (and was subsequently sued into oblivion). Afterwards, all computers were locked down to the point where it made it nearly impossible to get any work done. Ever try to troubleshoot a data issue when you have to get your supervisor to log you into the database server every time? It can be hard to find a happy medium.
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I at least KNOW that VB isn't exactly the best language on the planet. And knowing is half the battle!
How do you KNOW if you haven't had any exposure to it yet? Forget the moaning masses at/. and make up your own mind. I started with C, then C++, Java (and others I don't care much for, Cobol, Lisp, etc) then VB6 and now VB.Net. Professionally. Day in, day out. Guess what, it's not that bad.
Everyone loves to bash MS and VB...
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Serious question. If you need to build a quick, simple, gui app for an end user (in a Windows environment), what's better? You can do a lot of useful stuff with a couple minutes worth of code.
Absolutely. I hadn't meant to infer a connection based on racial profiling, by any means. I was simply relaying the stark contrast of the two stores. In addition to the security measures in place, the attitude of the employees was 180 degrees from each other. In the locked down store, I got a lot of "not my job" responses when looking for assistance with a locked case. I actually gave up and left a half-full cart to go to another store.
Although modded Troll, I made this observation myself recently and you're absolutely correct. One store I went to (in a "bad" part of town) had everything locked up, from the perfumes to the electronics to the sporting goods and jewelry. If I wanted to purchase something from each of these departments, I had to find someone to unlock the case for me and pay for it on the spot. About 6 miles north, in a "rich" part of town, I could walk around, gather up anything I wanted, and pay for it at once. I can't vouch for the bag checking, I've never had any problem either way.
...That's great until you find out you actually bought a remarked P3 350 mhz. Actually, you bought a hundred. Given their admitted business practices, is that so much of a stretch?
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More laws.
...and since the post I was responding to WAS referring to the OSCARS, my point is completely valid. RTFGP and piss off.
Some of the jury can play them, just not the ones in region 2. :)
Cato is infamous for questionable research that politicians have used to support some ridiculous claims. Nothing different from them here.
I've experienced working at a place where an employee walked out with information (and was subsequently sued into oblivion). Afterwards, all computers were locked down to the point where it made it nearly impossible to get any work done. Ever try to troubleshoot a data issue when you have to get your supervisor to log you into the database server every time? It can be hard to find a happy medium.
Ironically, I thought you said lowercase 1 (one).
I come in to work, and not ONE * * Beatles Beatles story on the front page?
You're slipping, Scuttlemonkey.
Who needs anything more than man?
I can't even find my keys some days.
Hell, I don't know.
:)
First time I've seen that on Slashdot.
I at least KNOW that VB isn't exactly the best language on the planet. And knowing is half the battle!
/. and make up your own mind. I started with C, then C++, Java (and others I don't care much for, Cobol, Lisp, etc) then VB6 and now VB.Net. Professionally. Day in, day out. Guess what, it's not that bad.
How do you KNOW if you haven't had any exposure to it yet? Forget the moaning masses at
Serious question. If you need to build a quick, simple, gui app for an end user (in a Windows environment), what's better? You can do a lot of useful stuff with a couple minutes worth of code.
Absolutely. I hadn't meant to infer a connection based on racial profiling, by any means. I was simply relaying the stark contrast of the two stores. In addition to the security measures in place, the attitude of the employees was 180 degrees from each other. In the locked down store, I got a lot of "not my job" responses when looking for assistance with a locked case. I actually gave up and left a half-full cart to go to another store.
I've purchased several things from them over the years. No uranium, but I've always gotten everything I've ordered, as advertised.
It's possible that the user had an infected secondary hard drive.
Although modded Troll, I made this observation myself recently and you're absolutely correct. One store I went to (in a "bad" part of town) had everything locked up, from the perfumes to the electronics to the sporting goods and jewelry. If I wanted to purchase something from each of these departments, I had to find someone to unlock the case for me and pay for it on the spot. About 6 miles north, in a "rich" part of town, I could walk around, gather up anything I wanted, and pay for it at once. I can't vouch for the bag checking, I've never had any problem either way.
Spoken like someone who's never had to deal with a real end-user. Or a company with a stingy accounting department.
I've seen Microsoft referred to in a lot of ways they wouldn't use themselves.
For spaghetti. RAmen.
As someone who has lived both in Oklahoma (Lawton) and Central Pennsylvania (45 minutes S. of Picksburgh), I can wholeheartedly agree with you.
I work in Indianapolis. The parent company is in Los Angeles. Works out for both of us.
How do you know? That's why they call it "secretly installed".
...That's great until you find out you actually bought a remarked P3 350 mhz. Actually, you bought a hundred. Given their admitted business practices, is that so much of a stretch?
Seems to be the trend. Slashdotters see the stories 10 hours later than Diggers. Slashdotters who subscribe get to pay to see the stories a mere 9 hours 45 minutes later...
It probably means I'll have less pirated movies^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H stimulating late-night conversations.