On a side note, we need a catchy slogan. How about "Vote to Revolt"?
Here are a few:
* Vote Independents, they can't do any worse!
* Independents, the only party to start with a vowel!
* Vote for Independents, the true minority
* Ron Paul can do everything!
* An Independent would vote for you if you were running for office
* Vote Independents, we've already spent enough on R & D
* Independents put the "try" in tripartisan
* Vote for someone you've never head of
* Go Independent, it's the new "rogue"
* Independents for Independence, say that three times fast!
Their conclusion was that there was "no clear winner". Not surprising. Both of these products are in their early stages of development (Voldemort v0.80.1, Cassandra 0.6.0-beta3) and will certainly work on optimization and performance issues after the product is stable.
I'd like to have seen them run MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite through the same tests so we could see how these NoSQL solutions compared.
Could it be that Federal Regulators might actually want you to stop subscribing to crappy services?
Puhleez! They can't even decide on a secret handshake let alone anything that would be in the consumer's best interests. All Federal regulators want is to remain Federal regulators (until they get a better paying job in the private sector where they can lobby their replacements).
I'm going to guess Innovative because it's the only one that starts with a vowel? Or maybe Revolutionary because it uses all the vowels (even the sometimes vowel)?
If we do find life, do we quarantine Mars so that we don't contaminate the native life there? Do we bar ourselves from any terraforming efforts whatsoever so that we don't disrupt possible existing life?
So there was life on Mars. Did life get to Earth via the meteorite delivery system that dropped it off on Mars or did life on Earth get here from the life on Mars?
I certainly hope this isn't the robot Japan wants to send to the moon. If they do, the Google Lunar Base may need to advertise for an additional doctor.
If daily market fluctuations are affecting your long-term retirement savings its time to just dig your own grave and have a nap.
To be fair, a 1,000 point swing isn't exactly something that is considered a 'daily market fluctuation'. Granted, a 1,000 point loss over a week or two is still very possible, but you have a chance to sell your long positions during that period of time. When it happens while you're eating lunch or waiting for a bus then you're kind of screwed.
BTW, doesn't the market have some rules preventing a large percentage drop in a short time period?
The time to oppose this program/policy/practice is when they are talking about purchasing it and/or installing it. I find it hard to believe everyone involved thought it was a great idea. Someone's gonna pop up with something to cover their own ass before all this is over.
...an IT department should, ideally, refuse to honor the request. You mean, just like Terry Childs did?
Childs refused his boss' and a judge's orders to protect his network. He didn't refuse his boss' and a judge's orders to do something that he thought was against the law.
If it doesn't feel right, or legal, or ethical, then you need to speak up, move on, or document the crap out of it to protect yourself. Participating, and then laughing about it via email isn't exactly the same thing.
I sure hope those "IT Dept" folks have emails archived indicating the request to do this.
Otherwise...wow. I feel bad for them.
I don't feel bad for them at all. It is so clearly obvious to anyone with minimal common sense that this whole thing could go wrong in a variety of ways. If they didn't think there was anything wrong with what they were doing then they get what they deserve. If they didn't keep a paper trail to cover there asses then they've put themselves in a really bad position. Either way they should have seen some of this coming from day one.
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On a side note, we need a catchy slogan. How about "Vote to Revolt"?
Here are a few:
* Vote Independents, they can't do any worse!
* Independents, the only party to start with a vowel!
* Vote for Independents, the true minority
* Ron Paul can do everything!
* An Independent would vote for you if you were running for office
* Vote Independents, we've already spent enough on R & D
* Independents put the "try" in tripartisan
* Vote for someone you've never head of
* Go Independent, it's the new "rogue"
* Independents for Independence, say that three times fast!
Their conclusion was that there was "no clear winner". Not surprising. Both of these products are in their early stages of development (Voldemort v0.80.1, Cassandra 0.6.0-beta3) and will certainly work on optimization and performance issues after the product is stable.
I'd like to have seen them run MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite through the same tests so we could see how these NoSQL solutions compared.
Now it's your turn! Try making up some names to refer to the Warhammer(TM)®© franchise without actually using the word Warhammer(TM)®©.
Um, do you mean something that is similar enough to the name and yet describes the company? Something like ConflictTools(TM)®©, 'cuz, you know, they are.
Could it be that Federal Regulators might actually want you to stop subscribing to crappy services?
Puhleez! They can't even decide on a secret handshake let alone anything that would be in the consumer's best interests. All Federal regulators want is to remain Federal regulators (until they get a better paying job in the private sector where they can lobby their replacements).
Singularity was an interesting project. I only wish that they would have shepherded it along until it was closer to a commercial product.
Can you figure out which one?
I'm going to guess Innovative because it's the only one that starts with a vowel? Or maybe Revolutionary because it uses all the vowels (even the sometimes vowel)?
If we do find life, do we quarantine Mars so that we don't contaminate the native life there? Do we bar ourselves from any terraforming efforts whatsoever so that we don't disrupt possible existing life?
I say "damn those Martians, full speed ahead!"
Will any of this new MS technology help Slashdot process Javascript better?
So there was life on Mars. Did life get to Earth via the meteorite delivery system that dropped it off on Mars or did life on Earth get here from the life on Mars?
C...
Oh cool, is C ellipses the new C sharp?
No, it's just another form of object notation in the next version of Objective-C. sigh ...
This robot will absolutely be the worst.moyle.ever!
This kind of flushes Azimov's Three Laws of Robotics right down the toilet, doesn't it? Next stop, SkyNET!
I certainly hope this isn't the robot Japan wants to send to the moon. If they do, the Google Lunar Base may need to advertise for an additional doctor.
It sounds like Roberto from Futurama! I'm happy to see he finally found another job.
why do you need 3 keys for your girlfriend's place? You have 3 girlfriends?
* The lock on the front door
* The lock on her bedroom door
* The lock on her chastity belt
If daily market fluctuations are affecting your long-term retirement savings its time to just dig your own grave and have a nap.
To be fair, a 1,000 point swing isn't exactly something that is considered a 'daily market fluctuation'. Granted, a 1,000 point loss over a week or two is still very possible, but you have a chance to sell your long positions during that period of time. When it happens while you're eating lunch or waiting for a bus then you're kind of screwed.
BTW, doesn't the market have some rules preventing a large percentage drop in a short time period?
Some people see disaster, some see a good buying opportunity ;-)
I believe you're referring to a Crisitunity.
Reading the article and linked articles points out ...
But I'm illiterate, you insensitive clod!
It's a lie detector not a mind reader.
Yeah! Do you know how expensive it is getting Kreskin to testify? Plus, I bet he's booked for months in advance.
The time to oppose this program/policy/practice is when they are talking about purchasing it and/or installing it. I find it hard to believe everyone involved thought it was a great idea. Someone's gonna pop up with something to cover their own ass before all this is over.
Childs refused his boss' and a judge's orders to protect his network. He didn't refuse his boss' and a judge's orders to do something that he thought was against the law.
If it doesn't feel right, or legal, or ethical, then you need to speak up, move on, or document the crap out of it to protect yourself. Participating, and then laughing about it via email isn't exactly the same thing.
fMRI has been shown to be 76-90% accurate
That's certainly better than a weatherman but not good enough to convict someone.
I sure hope those "IT Dept" folks have emails archived indicating the request to do this.
Otherwise...wow. I feel bad for them.
I don't feel bad for them at all. It is so clearly obvious to anyone with minimal common sense that this whole thing could go wrong in a variety of ways. If they didn't think there was anything wrong with what they were doing then they get what they deserve. If they didn't keep a paper trail to cover there asses then they've put themselves in a really bad position. Either way they should have seen some of this coming from day one.
I'm stuffing all my cash under my mattress from now on. If you can't trust a Deibold ATM, what can you trust?
I am sure BP has a very save solution for the extraction of 'fuel' in space.
Sure they do, it's just the "containing it" part that still needs a little work.