Warrants aren't really necessary when you're dealing with freely available public API's for the services in question. It's public speech, not private property.
If you were coordinating the information on your personal website behind a secure login, you would probably have a valid argument, otherwise you've really got nothing to get riled up over.
I often work on projects that involve sensitive data.
Even in those circumstances, you need a realistic representation of live data. I've accomplished this in the past by obfuscation and approximation. If the live data grew by 50,000 records today, have a script populate your test environments with similar amounts of data during your nightly build. It doesn't matter if you're testing against Mr. Daffy Duck at 123 Anywhere St., Anytown, USA, as long as his information is an approximation to that of the real quacks in the system. If you aren't testing against realistic data, you're setting yourself up for major issues down the road.
First, let's discuss what is going on, then we can discuss what may come of it.
This is not the ability to implant true-to-life false memories as implied. It is the ability to associate stimuli with reactions in flies, without having the actual stimulus present.
Potential actual applications for this in humans are mostly positive. Sure, you could make someone feel really bad about the color blue, reading the bible, watching NBC, or swimming in public, but even then, as with all phobias, rational examination wins out. People, over time, generally reject ideas that are in opposition to their own experiences.
Where it could help is when someone does have a true phobia, something irrational, something intangible that is hurting them. Having a positive association implanted to help level off the negatives could be quite beneficial. It wouldn't solve anything, but it would give a leg up to recovery. Think of it as an immune booster for the psyche.
You've never actually had a girlfriend, have you? It's ok. Someone probably just implanted the odor of her in your brain and associated it with random stereotypes that apply only to 13 year olds. And yes, AC, she was very pretty... Just look into this light, and it's all going to work out.
Am I the only one that read this comment and imagined a dude completely stoned, laughing hysterically making tiny "Help me! Help me!" voices while motioning his hands in a ridiculous manner.
I've worked in software development for the past 11 years. I've never seen the atmosphere you describe. Then again, I generally work for well established and reputable organizations.
Generalizing IT workers as sweaty, bloated, smelly, sexist, uncouth, unethical, rejects is rather insulting to those of us which take our profession seriously.
I'm sure there are some of the sorts like you describe out there, but they of a dying breed. In the last several businesses I've worked for I have reported to women in the capacity of VP, Director, or direct manager. Not just because they needed to fill a slot, but because they had the experience and skill-set to fill the role.
I can promise you that had the culture had any of the lame stereotypes associated with it that you noted, it would have been sorted out in short order. Not just because of a crumbling greasy IT worker coalition, or whatever you are trying to get at, but because it is a ridiculous situation that doesn't actually happen outside of whatever low rent organization you had the unfortunate misery to work for.
You started off strong enough, then held on ok for a bit, then lashed out at programmers, logic, and liberals while being apologetic at the same time and never really making a strong point other than when you got to your defense of philosophy as you see it at the end. All, in all, I give it a B-.
Now find your enter key and someone other than me might actually read that long son of a bitch of a paragraph you just shat out.
Probably about 13 years ago, as Quake came out in 96', but man, I envy you. ADSL back then? You must have been an extremely early adopter very close to a telco switch. Remember ISDN? Yeah, I had that, and nobody else remembers either.
Very well could be. I'd want it in a format that is open for either eBook or PC, myself. It's a lot easier for me to take notes with a full keyboard in the standard laptop configuration, and if I'm going to have the laptop anyway, I'd rather not have to lug around an eBook.
I always considered the period addresses as a perk. When I sign up for a newsletter, I can do my.name@gmail.com and filter on it. I also like the ability to add + comments to your address such as myname+newslettersignup@gmail.com.
Both make it extremely easy for me to filter out spam immediately.
I've never really experienced a false positive problem, though I suppose I should check more often just in case.
I have never understood the concept. Forget for a moment that spammers don't follow the rules, and generally work pretty hard to circumvent anti-spam measures, how are we all going to implement and maintain good measures on the receiving end?
Ohh... someone like Yahoo will do that for us. Got it. Just pay my monthly dues or licensing fees and then a low $.01 per email and it's all good. Glad this is such a humanitarian effort aimed at cleaning up our interwebs and not a huge cock-up out for profit, because then it would just be unethical...
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I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, so I'm going to uncomfortably laugh here and peer at you awaiting a conclusive response...
Hehehee... O_o
Warrants aren't really necessary when you're dealing with freely available public API's for the services in question. It's public speech, not private property.
If you were coordinating the information on your personal website behind a secure login, you would probably have a valid argument, otherwise you've really got nothing to get riled up over.
Hey, got any foil left over from your hat? You may need to wrap your logic up and put it in the fridge. I think it's started to spoil.
Reminds me of this...
In support of Yahoo's Hack Day lap dancing success, Microsoft plans to send Steve Ballmer around the nation to spoon with potential Bing developers.
Actually, this news isn't related at all. Wrong article, entirely.
In support of Yahoo's Hack Day lap dancing success, Microsoft plans to send Steve Ballmer around the nation to spoon with potential Bing developers.
Continued support?
Ahh, that made me laugh. Thanks again AC. You always know just what to say.
I often work on projects that involve sensitive data.
Even in those circumstances, you need a realistic representation of live data. I've accomplished this in the past by obfuscation and approximation. If the live data grew by 50,000 records today, have a script populate your test environments with similar amounts of data during your nightly build. It doesn't matter if you're testing against Mr. Daffy Duck at 123 Anywhere St., Anytown, USA, as long as his information is an approximation to that of the real quacks in the system. If you aren't testing against realistic data, you're setting yourself up for major issues down the road.
VPN, SSH, SFTP.
First, let's discuss what is going on, then we can discuss what may come of it.
This is not the ability to implant true-to-life false memories as implied. It is the ability to associate stimuli with reactions in flies, without having the actual stimulus present.
Potential actual applications for this in humans are mostly positive. Sure, you could make someone feel really bad about the color blue, reading the bible, watching NBC, or swimming in public, but even then, as with all phobias, rational examination wins out. People, over time, generally reject ideas that are in opposition to their own experiences.
Where it could help is when someone does have a true phobia, something irrational, something intangible that is hurting them. Having a positive association implanted to help level off the negatives could be quite beneficial. It wouldn't solve anything, but it would give a leg up to recovery. Think of it as an immune booster for the psyche.
You've never actually had a girlfriend, have you? It's ok. Someone probably just implanted the odor of her in your brain and associated it with random stereotypes that apply only to 13 year olds. And yes, AC, she was very pretty... Just look into this light, and it's all going to work out.
Am I the only one that read this comment and imagined a dude completely stoned, laughing hysterically making tiny "Help me! Help me!" voices while motioning his hands in a ridiculous manner.
Misdirected personal rage much?
I've worked in software development for the past 11 years. I've never seen the atmosphere you describe. Then again, I generally work for well established and reputable organizations.
Generalizing IT workers as sweaty, bloated, smelly, sexist, uncouth, unethical, rejects is rather insulting to those of us which take our profession seriously.
I'm sure there are some of the sorts like you describe out there, but they of a dying breed. In the last several businesses I've worked for I have reported to women in the capacity of VP, Director, or direct manager. Not just because they needed to fill a slot, but because they had the experience and skill-set to fill the role.
I can promise you that had the culture had any of the lame stereotypes associated with it that you noted, it would have been sorted out in short order. Not just because of a crumbling greasy IT worker coalition, or whatever you are trying to get at, but because it is a ridiculous situation that doesn't actually happen outside of whatever low rent organization you had the unfortunate misery to work for.
Nice save there chief. Real smooth and entirely believable. O_o
You started off strong enough, then held on ok for a bit, then lashed out at programmers, logic, and liberals while being apologetic at the same time and never really making a strong point other than when you got to your defense of philosophy as you see it at the end. All, in all, I give it a B-. Now find your enter key and someone other than me might actually read that long son of a bitch of a paragraph you just shat out.
Probably about 13 years ago, as Quake came out in 96', but man, I envy you. ADSL back then? You must have been an extremely early adopter very close to a telco switch. Remember ISDN? Yeah, I had that, and nobody else remembers either.
Very well could be. I'd want it in a format that is open for either eBook or PC, myself. It's a lot easier for me to take notes with a full keyboard in the standard laptop configuration, and if I'm going to have the laptop anyway, I'd rather not have to lug around an eBook.
I always considered the period addresses as a perk. When I sign up for a newsletter, I can do my.name@gmail.com and filter on it. I also like the ability to add + comments to your address such as myname+newslettersignup@gmail.com.
Both make it extremely easy for me to filter out spam immediately.
I've never really experienced a false positive problem, though I suppose I should check more often just in case.
I could see that... but I use Gmail as well and share many of his sentiments.
Though, that being said, I have received more spam of late. Either spammers are getting better, or I really have won the Nigerian lottery.
Another marked troll? Seriously. Yahoo does have mod points today...
This marked as trolling? Yahoo must have mod points today. O.o
I have never understood the concept. Forget for a moment that spammers don't follow the rules, and generally work pretty hard to circumvent anti-spam measures, how are we all going to implement and maintain good measures on the receiving end?
Ohh... someone like Yahoo will do that for us. Got it. Just pay my monthly dues or licensing fees and then a low $.01 per email and it's all good. Glad this is such a humanitarian effort aimed at cleaning up our interwebs and not a huge cock-up out for profit, because then it would just be unethical...