... on a contract that ended April 2007.
I pity the poor slobs that do IT work for them. I am not surprised they got hacked, if the quality of their security was anything similar to the part of their IT environment I was exposed to.
"If you want to keep your job, get one where you directly support a customer and must show up or live on-site. The momentum required to replace you is even higher. Make your job something that requires semi-routine, hands-on access to hardware and you keep your job for a really long time. If your customer is always growing, your daily job is to deal with all the new work they have, not keeping existing equipment functioning."
And
"But perhaps you are confusing the hubris of the Perl programmer which states that all Perl programmers are inherently lazy. Yes, but by requesting to telecommute, you are exhibiting laziness and an unwillingness to work with people. The Perl mantra refers to an unwillingness to repeat the same tasks day after day when the computer can be taught to perform the same work.
The above two statements contradict.
Furthermore, requesting to telecommute by no means exhibits laziness. It only reflects a desire to resolve perhaps contradicting desires. An employer that associates laziness with a request to telecommute is no one worth working for.
can pull even deleted files off with the greatest of ease. Hook
one up to computer control, and you can recover data that's been
overwritten multiple times. The hard drive electronics could be
fried, and the heads gone, but if the platters are in shape,
you're in business.
That's why we have secure file shredder utilities: to overwrite
the data so many times that the data is definitely gone.
First you say:
Right. Let's not use our intellect to examine possibilites and then choose to follow where the facts may lead. Let's instead be quick to run to "ad hominem," "straw man" and other approaches that will squelch the free expression of ideas.
Then you say:
I think that it is particularly telling that materialists [emphasis mine] are threatened by the ID movement. Why do you think it is so upsetting?
Hypocrite.
Oh, and one other thing:
A true scientist will be open to new ideas, test them and evaluate whether they fit the facts or not. If ID is completely baseless, then science can investigate, falsify and then ignore the whole thing.
Most likely they don't do work falsifying ID because the consider it arrant bullshit and a waste of time to try falsifying something non-falsifiable.
Anyway, ID'ers have no call to demand scientists falsify their theory. Scientists should be free to investigate whatever they like, any way they like.
Digging in on the PC platform was a winning strategy, and still is at this point, but the rules will be changing sooner rather than later. When they do, will Microsoft be able to overcome its own inertia and innovate fast enough to stay in the game? Probably not, but the good news for Microsoft is that it doesn't have to...it just has to acquire a company that can.
That company that can innovate had better have ended up in a position to dominate the market already, becuase they sure won't be able to innovate after MS buys them.
Exactly. That's why the collapse of the Soviet Union was followed in short order by the collapse of Cuba, North Korea, and China, all of whom also transformed themselves into fledgling if flawed democracies.
Who mods this ignorant crap up? Sweet Jesus H. Christ on a wheelchair, anyone who thinks Cuba, North Korea or china were ever democracies, needs to go back to school...
Oh, wait...
Reagan didn't cause the collapse. But to say that the economic and military policies had no effect is just nonsense.
By the 1990's the Soviet Union was essentially a flock of sheep being led by a pack of wolves. Gorby was the Alpha wolf of the pack, and perestroika was the club he used to beat down the pretenders to the throne. Maybe US economic and military policy sped things up by a few years, but the collapse was inevitable. Command economy inneficiencies *are* that great.
If Reagan had really believed in the superiority of market economies over command economies, he would've stood pat.
Basically, the military buildup of the day was an all-in poker bluff, and the Kremlin bought it hook, line and sinker.
Short answer: you can't. Educators answer to politicos, and politicos answer to fat cats.
What do fat cats want? They want lots of insecure people who feel like they "have to" work for someone else. They want children who feel like they need a paternalistic guiding hand instead of adults able to make their own decisions. They want people who will sit on their asses 8 hours a day doing dumb, boring shit.
How does public education accomodate fat cats?
Emphasizing rote memorization. This in itself makes people stupid. Where do Islamic terrorists get their suicide bombers? How do the upper castes of India (10% of the population) retain political control and keep all the good jobs in India to themselves?
Promoting learning to please someone else, ie passing tests, rather than learning to please oneself. Where in the real world do people behave as they do in academic settings? Do we take tests to qualify for promotions and raises in the normal course of working for a business?
Allowing the state to extend childhood, the time in life when people aren't responsibile for their own survival past the point where they can easily make the transition into adult behavior patterns (drunken frat boys in MBA programs come to mind).
Theres a tone more, but IMO sending your kid to public school is negligent parenting, pure and simple.
happens when every embedded device is an agent of
law enforcement. You can bet that if this goes
mainstream, the end of Western Civilization is at
hand.
The term Ubiquitous Law Enforcement was invented
by by noted science fiction author and computer scientist Vernor Vinge.
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... on a contract that ended April 2007. I pity the poor slobs that do IT work for them. I am not surprised they got hacked, if the quality of their security was anything similar to the part of their IT environment I was exposed to.
And
"But perhaps you are confusing the hubris of the Perl programmer which states that all Perl programmers are inherently lazy. Yes, but by requesting to telecommute, you are exhibiting laziness and an unwillingness to work with people. The Perl mantra refers to an unwillingness to repeat the same tasks day after day when the computer can be taught to perform the same work.
The above two statements contradict.
Furthermore, requesting to telecommute by no means exhibits laziness. It only reflects a desire to resolve perhaps contradicting desires. An employer that associates laziness with a request to telecommute is no one worth working for.
can pull even deleted files off with the greatest of ease. Hook one up to computer control, and you can recover data that's been overwritten multiple times. The hard drive electronics could be fried, and the heads gone, but if the platters are in shape, you're in business. That's why we have secure file shredder utilities: to overwrite the data so many times that the data is definitely gone.
First you say: Right. Let's not use our intellect to examine possibilites and then choose to follow where the facts may lead. Let's instead be quick to run to "ad hominem," "straw man" and other approaches that will squelch the free expression of ideas. Then you say: I think that it is particularly telling that materialists [emphasis mine] are threatened by the ID movement. Why do you think it is so upsetting? Hypocrite. Oh, and one other thing: A true scientist will be open to new ideas, test them and evaluate whether they fit the facts or not. If ID is completely baseless, then science can investigate, falsify and then ignore the whole thing. Most likely they don't do work falsifying ID because the consider it arrant bullshit and a waste of time to try falsifying something non-falsifiable. Anyway, ID'ers have no call to demand scientists falsify their theory. Scientists should be free to investigate whatever they like, any way they like.
You heard it from me first: Turbo-PHB
Tout careers in technology or outsource jobs. Do both, and it will just confirm what we knew all along: it's better to be lucky than good.
That company that can innovate had better have ended up in a position to dominate the market already, becuase they sure won't be able to innovate after MS buys them.
Who mods this ignorant crap up? Sweet Jesus H. Christ on a wheelchair, anyone who thinks Cuba, North Korea or china were ever democracies, needs to go back to school ...
Oh, wait ...
Reagan didn't cause the collapse. But to say that the economic and military policies had no effect is just nonsense.
By the 1990's the Soviet Union was essentially a flock of sheep being led by a pack of wolves. Gorby was the Alpha wolf of the pack, and perestroika was the club he used to beat down the pretenders to the throne. Maybe US economic and military policy sped things up by a few years, but the collapse was inevitable. Command economy inneficiencies *are* that great.
If Reagan had really believed in the superiority of market economies over command economies, he would've stood pat. Basically, the military buildup of the day was an all-in poker bluff, and the Kremlin bought it hook, line and sinker.
It's about time. Of course, that still won't sto[ the hijacer with a spray bottle of chloroform, but every little bit counts.
My first one.
Look into BackupPC. It's pretty god for backing up laptops.
Short answer: you can't. Educators answer to politicos, and politicos answer to fat cats.
What do fat cats want? They want lots of insecure
people who feel like they "have to" work for
someone else. They want children who feel like
they need a paternalistic guiding hand instead of
adults able to make their own decisions. They
want people who will sit on their asses 8 hours a
day doing dumb, boring shit.
How does public education accomodate fat cats?
Emphasizing rote memorization. This in itself
makes people stupid. Where do Islamic terrorists
get their suicide bombers? How do the upper castes
of India (10% of the population) retain political
control and keep all the good jobs in India to
themselves?
Promoting learning to please someone else, ie
passing tests, rather than learning to please
oneself. Where in the real world do people
behave as they do in academic settings? Do we
take tests to qualify for promotions and raises
in the normal course of working for a business?
Allowing the state to extend childhood, the time
in life when people aren't responsibile for their
own survival past the point where they can easily
make the transition into adult behavior patterns
(drunken frat boys in MBA programs come to mind).
Theres a tone more, but IMO sending your kid to
public school is negligent parenting, pure and
simple.
happens when every embedded device is an agent of law enforcement. You can bet that if this goes mainstream, the end of Western Civilization is at hand. The term Ubiquitous Law Enforcement was invented by by noted science fiction author and computer scientist Vernor Vinge.
Obviously they are gambling that Linux on the desktop won't be a significant presence.
Not to mention that Skype ain't corporate friendly.
Why anyone uses it is beyond me.
AWSTATS has the worst source I've ever seen. And I write Perl code for a living.