Look at how well dealing with terrorists in a hands-off, pacifistic manner worked. Someday some Islamo-terrorist is going to take a ship loaded with propane or natural gas or some such volatile chemical INTO the Suez and blow it up.
Best to kill them straight off, none of this namby-pamby pussyfooting. M16s, and 600 volts @ 100 amps off the ships generators straight to the hull-plating.
From what I gather, the big problem is pirates are able to sneak up on big ass boats in tiny little zodiacs that captains ignore as blips on their radar. So by the time you know you're under pirate attack, there are already pirates aboard your ship.
If the movie Aliens taught us anything, it's listen to the frakin' people who've been there and done the job and not some wet-behind-the-ears LT too afraid of looking stupid to tell his people he's an idiot, and No, you can't use frag grenades or explosive-tipped-caseless ammo near the giant and fragile nuclear reactor.
That's what Aliens taught me. And never forget about the ceiling ducts.
I don't think you're doomed. I would agree that things are indeed hairy, but any sort of organization and process you can bring to the table at any point is only going to help you. At the very least, it's going to let you triage your current state and figure out what to cut and what's just not doable and able to be punted to a 2.0 release. Baby steps.
Naturally every step requires communication with stake holders. Identify them immediatly. Look up what a stake holder is, most people don't actual know how to identify stake holders. </quote>
I'll give you a hint. Users are not usually stakeholders. And stakeholders are not usually users. Oh how obtuse was that? Lol.
It's too bad Slashdot is still stuck in 1997, and doesn't have ways to flag posts as favorites... I have to do a shitload of cut and paste whenever I find something worth saving.
Apples and Oranges. The USPTO can grant any license they want to the patent library, and their license, so far, has been very liberal.
This is not the same as *MY* personal work. I'm effectively being required to distribute my work under duress. TurnItIn is also keeping a copy of my work for future reference, for profit; I'd always thought this was a stretch of fair use (as I think google books is). Guess I have to read the brief. <sigh>
I learned that lesson at about 4, when I was running barefoot through a remodeling zone at my grandparents. The nail went right through the thick part of my foot (but not the heel). I too bend nails over like you - I learned that lesson REALLY early and very painfully.
Many have - there was in fact a number of Discovery/TLC specials on "Homo Sapiens: the Aquatic Ape" or some such drivel. It was actually quite informative - mankind as the ape that crept from the savannah to the lakes and not from the trees to the savannah.
Explains the snorkel-like nose, which AFAIK, no other primates have.
Actually, from what I know of taxes in the US, there are far more than 1000 tax jurisdictions... something like 2800. But don't quote me on the exact number:-) Check the Adptaxware.com literature on the SST program.
IMHO, WinME wasn't the clusterfuck everyone thinks it is, or remembers it being, except for the fact that it broke a LOT of Windows 95/98 apps that had deep DOS roots. It's USB support was better than Windows98s, but it was not as fast.
WindowsME was the OEM ass-kicking that said, get ready for WindowsXP, we're doing things COMPLETELY differently and DOS is goodbye for good.
For that, I'll be forever greatful for ME. It broke the chain of crappy DOS apps that I had to support for going on a decade.:-)
Dodgey car: any car can develop a fatal control problem at any moment. Once a year inspections do not prevent this. Car inspections not necessary.
Clean Kitchens: Arguably, if you get a bad rap for killing your patrons, you'll end up out of business. Arguably, not necessary, but in this case I'll tend to support regulations.
Odds are that if the criminals are using this sort of technology to track, trap and ambush cops, you're going to want to call out SWAT or the Military anyway. Then it doesn't matter, it's criminals/terrorists with guns and IEDs vs. Strykers and guys who could have Apache's for backup.
A bit extreme I suppose, but something like this could certainly provide objective evidence proving or absolving a cop of abuse of power. "No, Mr. Internal Affairs Guy, there's no way I was over there taking that bribe because my radio puts me over here getting a coffee."
No, they're more circumspect about it in those cases because it's more likely that agents will get killed if they advertise it.
I guarantee you any sizeable group of KKK or group of anti-abortion bombers are active targets for FBI infiltration. Whether they succeed or not is wholely up in the air.
* You have to move your hands, without resting support. Thought mouse carpal tunnel is bad? Wait for days work with this tech </quote>
Amazing that for years secretarial pools had absolutely NO incidences of RSI or carpal tunnel, until keyboards stopped looking like typewriters and people started relying on "resting support".
There's no need for resting support - going eight hours of typing without it is no trouble if you have any modicum of wrist and arm strength.
But like all new things exercise-related, it'll hurt for a few days as muscles get used to it, and then you'll never realize you're spending more energy doing it.
Very true with VC++ 7.0. I haven't used the later incarnations, so I'm not sure how much of it has been converted to.Net. If they've changed it in any way like they did SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Manager, I'll keep Eclipse thank you.
The wizards and ancillary tools, however, are the bomb.
What is this crazy hatred for Flash? Yeah, I know it's overdone for Menus and Ads and all that crap and "Shock-The-Monkey", but without it we wouldn't have youtube, redtube, pornotube and all the other x-tubes.
Strange, from reading the web info on google's site, I can't figure out that it does chat logging at all.
I know that GTalk will save your conversations as an email in gmail if you set it up right, but I can't figure out how postini grabs Jabber or AIM traffic if it's not a gateway appliance on your network.
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Look at how well dealing with terrorists in a hands-off, pacifistic manner worked. Someday some Islamo-terrorist is going to take a ship loaded with propane or natural gas or some such volatile chemical INTO the Suez and blow it up.
Best to kill them straight off, none of this namby-pamby pussyfooting. M16s, and 600 volts @ 100 amps off the ships generators straight to the hull-plating.
They already have RPGs, WTF is another AK-47 going to do to up the ante on the pirates' side?
From what I gather, the big problem is pirates are able to sneak up on big ass boats in tiny little zodiacs that captains ignore as blips on their radar. So by the time you know you're under pirate attack, there are already pirates aboard your ship.
But that's just hearsay on my part...
huzzah, huzzah. Followed closely by "eject the dropship out the bay, just in case some creepy-crawlies hitched a ride".
If the movie Aliens taught us anything, it's listen to the frakin' people who've been there and done the job and not some wet-behind-the-ears LT too afraid of looking stupid to tell his people he's an idiot, and No, you can't use frag grenades or explosive-tipped-caseless ammo near the giant and fragile nuclear reactor.
That's what Aliens taught me. And never forget about the ceiling ducts.
I don't think you're doomed. I would agree that things are indeed hairy, but any sort of organization and process you can bring to the table at any point is only going to help you. At the very least, it's going to let you triage your current state and figure out what to cut and what's just not doable and able to be punted to a 2.0 release. Baby steps.
Naturally every step requires communication with stake holders. Identify them immediatly.
Look up what a stake holder is, most people don't actual know how to identify stake holders.
</quote>
I'll give you a hint. Users are not usually stakeholders. And stakeholders are not usually users. Oh how obtuse was that? Lol.
It's too bad Slashdot is still stuck in 1997, and doesn't have ways to flag posts as favorites... I have to do a shitload of cut and paste whenever I find something worth saving.
Distribution requires a profit motive? And how exactly are the MPAA/RIAA waging war on innocent Americans and the Pirate Bay if this is true?
Apples and Oranges. The USPTO can grant any license they want to the patent library, and their license, so far, has been very liberal.
This is not the same as *MY* personal work. I'm effectively being required to distribute my work under duress. TurnItIn is also keeping a copy of my work for future reference, for profit; I'd always thought this was a stretch of fair use (as I think google books is). Guess I have to read the brief. <sigh>
Vibram Five Fingers.
I learned that lesson at about 4, when I was running barefoot through a remodeling zone at my grandparents. The nail went right through the thick part of my foot (but not the heel). I too bend nails over like you - I learned that lesson REALLY early and very painfully.
Many have - there was in fact a number of Discovery/TLC specials on "Homo Sapiens: the Aquatic Ape" or some such drivel. It was actually quite informative - mankind as the ape that crept from the savannah to the lakes and not from the trees to the savannah.
Explains the snorkel-like nose, which AFAIK, no other primates have.
Actually, from what I know of taxes in the US, there are far more than 1000 tax jurisdictions... something like 2800. But don't quote me on the exact number :-) Check the Adptaxware.com literature on the SST program.
IMHO, WinME wasn't the clusterfuck everyone thinks it is, or remembers it being, except for the fact that it broke a LOT of Windows 95/98 apps that had deep DOS roots. It's USB support was better than Windows98s, but it was not as fast.
:-)
WindowsME was the OEM ass-kicking that said, get ready for WindowsXP, we're doing things COMPLETELY differently and DOS is goodbye for good.
For that, I'll be forever greatful for ME. It broke the chain of crappy DOS apps that I had to support for going on a decade.
Dodgey car: any car can develop a fatal control problem at any moment. Once a year inspections do not prevent this. Car inspections not necessary.
Clean Kitchens: Arguably, if you get a bad rap for killing your patrons, you'll end up out of business. Arguably, not necessary, but in this case I'll tend to support regulations.
Building Codes: Here you're 100% right.
Odds are that if the criminals are using this sort of technology to track, trap and ambush cops, you're going to want to call out SWAT or the Military anyway. Then it doesn't matter, it's criminals/terrorists with guns and IEDs vs. Strykers and guys who could have Apache's for backup.
A bit extreme I suppose, but something like this could certainly provide objective evidence proving or absolving a cop of abuse of power. "No, Mr. Internal Affairs Guy, there's no way I was over there taking that bribe because my radio puts me over here getting a coffee."
No, they're more circumspect about it in those cases because it's more likely that agents will get killed if they advertise it.
I guarantee you any sizeable group of KKK or group of anti-abortion bombers are active targets for FBI infiltration. Whether they succeed or not is wholely up in the air.
As I read the summary to this story, it had 666 comments posted to it.
Awesome, just awesome.
* You have to move your hands, without resting support. Thought mouse carpal tunnel is bad? Wait for days work with this tech
</quote>
Amazing that for years secretarial pools had absolutely NO incidences of RSI or carpal tunnel, until keyboards stopped looking like typewriters and people started relying on "resting support".
There's no need for resting support - going eight hours of typing without it is no trouble if you have any modicum of wrist and arm strength.
But like all new things exercise-related, it'll hurt for a few days as muscles get used to it, and then you'll never realize you're spending more energy doing it.
chirp, chirp... in 1999?
Do you remember the nightmare that was Quicktime back then?
Very true with VC++ 7.0. I haven't used the later incarnations, so I'm not sure how much of it has been converted to .Net. If they've changed it in any way like they did SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Manager, I'll keep Eclipse thank you.
The wizards and ancillary tools, however, are the bomb.
What is this crazy hatred for Flash? Yeah, I know it's overdone for Menus and Ads and all that crap and "Shock-The-Monkey", but without it we wouldn't have youtube, redtube, pornotube and all the other x-tubes.
I don't get it?
Strange, from reading the web info on google's site, I can't figure out that it does chat logging at all.
I know that GTalk will save your conversations as an email in gmail if you set it up right, but I can't figure out how postini grabs Jabber or AIM traffic if it's not a gateway appliance on your network.
If you find out, lemme know.
Someone around here has an awesome sig paraphrased off the Mentat mantra, "through the bean, the teeth aquire stains yadda yadda".
Pretty funny.