If the photograph had been doctored to hide something or to give a wrong impression it would have been different. If I was going on a blind date with her, then yeah there might be a problem - but this is clearly just simple marketing.
The clearly rendered US flag and dodgy edging around her hair are just too obvious for this to reflect anything sinister. Maybe the photograph could have been rejected, and reminder of policy sent - but blocking them? that's just nuts.
This is someone trying to score political points and has nothing to do with integrity.
Firstly, science allows for change, religion doesn't.
And secondly, since when did science say that the earth was flat. The prevailing theory has pretty much always been that the earth is spherical, certainly from anyone that ever called himself a scientist.
I can experience my own consciousness - therefore it is most certainly of this world.
Maybe you're thinking of a 'soul' in its generally understood sense - in which case your are nearly right, science will never realise these basic 'truths' as science is restricted by not being allowed to make shit up.
I often wonder, when we put characteristics on people when we name them are we making a huge mistake.
Imagine, if you will...
Here's Guntherisk, master of all he surveys, wielder of the mighty stone ax of Guildergrump, slayer of men and ravisher of women - confident that his greatness will be remembered in tales and song for thousands of years to come.
Well apparently not, he will be remembered for his brilliant idea of putting cord marks into pottery (which was actually Mrs Guntherisk's idea).
There isn't one of them that doesn't have individuals that follow the processes blindly.
I think this is the point of TFA, you need to think about what you are doing and never assume that you have a silver bullet.
This is actually where XP/Agile have a major advantage over other more formal processes - the Agile processes try not to promote rigid thinking and if applied correctly should be self-correcting or applied in more than just name only (but you would know that if you had read TFA).
My kids are in school in Ireland as we speak, and as a parent I have come across a number of incidents where bullying was an issue and in every case the problems were dealt with very effectively under the existing guidelines by the school.
I only point this out, because it appears from your posting that you are suggesting that there is no framework in Ireland for dealing with this and this cyber-bullying measure is the first one - that's not true.
Now, my kids are in primary school - and I do have concerns about their move to secondary school. However, I believe that the structures that are in place in the primary schools are instilling values that didn't exist before and will probably move with them as they progress forward.
The GP would be correct if the population was evenly distributed. This is not likely in a population of 10, but is probable in a population of 5,000,000.
(This obviously doesn't apply in Cork, where they're all thick.)
While your point is fair were I arguing for Linux acceptance: Linux's acceptance by business is not relevant here.
That 4% represents a rejection of Vista (and unless MS improves it dramatically, Windows 7) in favor of Windows XP not Linux.
And that rejection is far more significant to Microsoft than Linux will ever be, mainly because Windows acceptance is solely based on business perception that Microsoft is the market leader. Unfortunately, for Microsoft in comparison to Linux, it is a business and its long term security depends on the acceptance of Vista and subsequently Windows 7 - without it they are in serious trouble.
The original "Halloween Memo" recognized Linux as a threat to this security - but I would guess that if there is a "Halloween 2008 Memo", the letters 'XP' appear far more than the word 'Linux'.
However, governments do have duties and it is a duty of government to ensure that private interests are protected in dealings with said government - which basically puts the same thing a different way.
There must, of course, be oversight on those dealings.
"general" - is that another word for zero? - because I have yet to see a business running Vista, and I certainly don't think they are running Windows 7 - or probably ever will be.
There are apparently 2000 developers working on this project - and they are committing the cardinal sin of software development, they are letting the marketing department develop their systems.
The problem with Windows is that it tightly coupled across all its subsystems - and the only system that is a pure client of all this coupling is the front end. Everyone knows about the "Mythical Man Month" - but there is a certain point, up to which you can throw developers at a large system and still reap benefits - this point is very much dependent on how modular your system is. Windows is not modular at all, and a such Microsoft is crippled by these limitations and always will be.
So what are they doing? Focussing on the only point that appears modular (because nothing depends on it) and doing precious little else. Why? Because they know that doing anything else will tie them up in knots - and no-one has the balls to suggest dumping the whole thing and starting again. They are painting their fence while their house burns to the ground.
The article isn't against warm-ups, it is against static stretching, which, as far as distance running is concerned for example, has always been controversial. Controversial in the sense that it was considered by some not to have any value - this research adds weight to that school of thought, even pushing it towards being harmful.
Dynamic stretching on the other hand, is just an extension of the light jog before exercise - resulting in increased heart rate, greater lung capacity and warm muscles: all good things for the athlete.
To be fair, though, being able to violate paradoxes wouldn't be a test criteria for an omnipotent being.
Oh no, I completely disagree with that. The concept of an omnipotent being is also an invention of the human mind, and it is this logically impossible concept that opens the door for the impossible paradoxes in the first place - therefore all I'm doing is fighting fire with fire.
And anyway if you won't let me away with that then I shall be forced to get my god-smoter of infinite power which I keep in the cupboard under the stairs and use it to sort out the remaining 1% as well as any wannabe deities loitering in the vicinity.
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it shouldn't be too difficult to narrow it down to which Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper lost it - if she had the good sense to put her name on it.
You should take a trip to Northern Ireland.
Of course, the 'me wave flag' still applies.
If the photograph had been doctored to hide something or to give a wrong impression it would have been different. If I was going on a blind date with her, then yeah there might be a problem - but this is clearly just simple marketing.
The clearly rendered US flag and dodgy edging around her hair are just too obvious for this to reflect anything sinister. Maybe the photograph could have been rejected, and reminder of policy sent - but blocking them? that's just nuts.
This is someone trying to score political points and has nothing to do with integrity.
Firstly, science allows for change, religion doesn't.
And secondly, since when did science say that the earth was flat. The prevailing theory has pretty much always been that the earth is spherical, certainly from anyone that ever called himself a scientist.
It'd be much cheaper just to go to the Quik-e-mart that just opened up there.
I can experience my own consciousness - therefore it is most certainly of this world.
Maybe you're thinking of a 'soul' in its generally understood sense - in which case your are nearly right, science will never realise these basic 'truths' as science is restricted by not being allowed to make shit up.
You forgot to put the URL behind that 'somefamouspersonnaked.exe' link - I've tried clicking on it but nothing happened.
I often wonder, when we put characteristics on people when we name them are we making a huge mistake.
Imagine, if you will...
Here's Guntherisk, master of all he surveys, wielder of the mighty stone ax of Guildergrump, slayer of men and ravisher of women - confident that his greatness will be remembered in tales and song for thousands of years to come.
Well apparently not, he will be remembered for his brilliant idea of putting cord marks into pottery (which was actually Mrs Guntherisk's idea).
There isn't one of them that doesn't have individuals that follow the processes blindly.
I think this is the point of TFA, you need to think about what you are doing and never assume that you have a silver bullet.
This is actually where XP/Agile have a major advantage over other more formal processes - the Agile processes try not to promote rigid thinking and if applied correctly should be self-correcting or applied in more than just name only (but you would know that if you had read TFA).
The commuter should be paid from the moment he steps out his front door to go to work.
If that were the case, you can be damn sure traffic problems would disappear overnight.
Newer versions of *nix are killing older versions of *nix.
The exact opposite of what's happening with Windows.
Even after they put all that money into a lunar mission, Australia still has a better cricket team.
Sorry, I didn't understand a word of that.
Maybe you could take the potato out of your mouth!
My kids are in school in Ireland as we speak, and as a parent I have come across a number of incidents where bullying was an issue and in every case the problems were dealt with very effectively under the existing guidelines by the school.
I only point this out, because it appears from your posting that you are suggesting that there is no framework in Ireland for dealing with this and this cyber-bullying measure is the first one - that's not true.
Now, my kids are in primary school - and I do have concerns about their move to secondary school. However, I believe that the structures that are in place in the primary schools are instilling values that didn't exist before and will probably move with them as they progress forward.
The GP would be correct if the population was evenly distributed. This is not likely in a population of 10, but is probable in a population of 5,000,000.
(This obviously doesn't apply in Cork, where they're all thick.)
Oh, sorry, I thought this was a /. poll.
Didn't we have one just like this a couple of weeks ago? I'll just have to settle for Dupe! then.
When they do that on the ASRock motherboard, Linux will have booted before you press the button.
Are you suggesting that I'm compensating?
While your point is fair were I arguing for Linux acceptance: Linux's acceptance by business is not relevant here.
That 4% represents a rejection of Vista (and unless MS improves it dramatically, Windows 7) in favor of Windows XP not Linux.
And that rejection is far more significant to Microsoft than Linux will ever be, mainly because Windows acceptance is solely based on business perception that Microsoft is the market leader. Unfortunately, for Microsoft in comparison to Linux, it is a business and its long term security depends on the acceptance of Vista and subsequently Windows 7 - without it they are in serious trouble.
The original "Halloween Memo" recognized Linux as a threat to this security - but I would guess that if there is a "Halloween 2008 Memo", the letters 'XP' appear far more than the word 'Linux'.
This is true.
However, governments do have duties and it is a duty of government to ensure that private interests are protected in dealings with said government - which basically puts the same thing a different way.
There must, of course, be oversight on those dealings.
Obviously not the same 4% that you work for
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Vista-shunned-in-business-survey/0,130061733,339292397,00.htm?feed=pt_ie7
And before you go off into a rant - 4% is not acceptance, it's a margin of error.
"general" - is that another word for zero? - because I have yet to see a business running Vista, and I certainly don't think they are running Windows 7 - or probably ever will be.
There are apparently 2000 developers working on this project - and they are committing the cardinal sin of software development, they are letting the marketing department develop their systems.
The problem with Windows is that it tightly coupled across all its subsystems - and the only system that is a pure client of all this coupling is the front end. Everyone knows about the "Mythical Man Month" - but there is a certain point, up to which you can throw developers at a large system and still reap benefits - this point is very much dependent on how modular your system is. Windows is not modular at all, and a such Microsoft is crippled by these limitations and always will be.
So what are they doing? Focussing on the only point that appears modular (because nothing depends on it) and doing precious little else. Why? Because they know that doing anything else will tie them up in knots - and no-one has the balls to suggest dumping the whole thing and starting again. They are painting their fence while their house burns to the ground.
The article isn't against warm-ups, it is against static stretching, which, as far as distance running is concerned for example, has always been controversial. Controversial in the sense that it was considered by some not to have any value - this research adds weight to that school of thought, even pushing it towards being harmful.
Dynamic stretching on the other hand, is just an extension of the light jog before exercise - resulting in increased heart rate, greater lung capacity and warm muscles: all good things for the athlete.
To be fair, though, being able to violate paradoxes wouldn't be a test criteria for an omnipotent being.
Oh no, I completely disagree with that. The concept of an omnipotent being is also an invention of the human mind, and it is this logically impossible concept that opens the door for the impossible paradoxes in the first place - therefore all I'm doing is fighting fire with fire.
And anyway if you won't let me away with that then I shall be forced to get my god-smoter of infinite power which I keep in the cupboard under the stairs and use it to sort out the remaining 1% as well as any wannabe deities loitering in the vicinity.