Black Easter by James Blish
A Canticle for Liebowitz by Miller
Non Robot/Foundation Asimov
Dueling Machine Ben Bova
Any of the earlier Pern books
Friday by Heinlein - still one of my favorites
Morgaine books by Cherryh
John Campbell
The collections put together in the 60's and 50's are outstanding - and you can usually pick them up for a quarter at a book store.
I have two, and although they are less sophisticated than the model mentioned in the press release, I will dispose of them because of the lack of thought put into this.
If you don't like it, let them know and specifically, let them know if the marketplace. That will be the only way that they will respond.
Engaging in actuarial quibble will solve nothing.
Wow.....I don't even know how to process that. If the Japanese government had invested a hundredth of the energy expended in this thread, we'd all have fusion reactors in our basements......
Yeah, and I truly believe that there are a crowd of people who really really want Harrison Ford to do something that doesn't suck. We keep buying tickets, and it's a surprise when we get oatmeal instead of steak.
Out the last twenty-ish movies, three have been tolerable, none have been great. Before the early 90's, then it was 50/50.....
Cowboys & Aliens
Morning Glory
Extraordinary Measures
Crossing Over
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Firewall
Hollywood Homicide
K-19: The Widowmaker
What Lies Beneath
Random Hearts
Six Days Seven Nights
Air Force One
The Devil's Own
Sabrina
Clear and Present Danger
The Fugitive
Patriot Games
Regarding Henry
Presumed Innocent
and
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Working Girl
Frantic
The Mosquito Coast
Witness
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Blade Runner
I think it's more about the nature of complex systems - politics, trolling aside, I would think the larger the internet facing infrastructure, the (exponentially) harder it is to secure....putting the need to service other organizations within that infrastructure, it's a commitment that folks are just coming around to - public and private.
My disappointment is not the government so much (as it relates to this topic anyway), but rather the firms that are supposedly securing them. My experience has been that the guiding philosophy with these guys is a) bill as much as you can, without pissing the customer off b) template your approach, creative thinking is risky and c) make your customer just slightly more secure that the next target.
This is a generalization, to be sure - but until you have smart people with the skills with the mindset that they need to evolve quick than the threats out there - it's just going to mean more negative publicity as well as more money for substandard contractors.
Just my two cents.
A toll booth attendant who actually greets people? C'mon........maybe I've been on the East Coast too long......they wouldn't make eye contact if you rolled through the booth in an Abrams tank....
I'd have no problem if
- There was a committment of some sort of additional benefit once the company is profitable
- The 10 hours were something I could control. In other words, I'd like to come in and start at 7, eat at my desk and leave at 5 or 6.
This actually would beat my last gig, which was 15 hours a day which they controlled...in other words 10PM conference calls on Sunday nights, etc. Even that wouldn't have been huge - but that was considered baseline. Left that company, and the new gig pays significantly better.
Frankly, does this shock anyone? And should anyone care? I'm thinking the wolfboy story (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/item_GwCmaMaFVhy5Shwomb1kZJ) might be more relevant...and interesting.......
5) Some idiotic politician will make this a platform; while making no real binding committment to deal with it
6) The insurance company will continue post positive growth, based on profiling
And so the wheel turns......
God: Who is Globular Cluster which includes HE 1523?
Kids: MilkyWay SquarePants!
God: Enormous and luminous and massive is he!
Kids: MilkyWay SquarePants!
God: If astronomical nonsense be something you wish,
Kids: MilkyWay SquarePants!
God: Then call in SETI and tune in the dish!
I'm really really sorry about this.......
Or shocking anyway. It's easy to shoot criticism at a bureaucracy; but to miss a somewhat artificial deadline in an area which the leadership really doesn't understand is just not a surprise. Throw a financially compelling argument not to work for them on top of it - hats off to Gen Alexander and company for getting it this far.
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Sure. It's always easier to criticize, than do.
Is suspiciously suspicious. It's almost like.....it's election time, or something...
Black Easter by James Blish
A Canticle for Liebowitz by Miller
Non Robot/Foundation Asimov
Dueling Machine Ben Bova
Any of the earlier Pern books
Friday by Heinlein - still one of my favorites
Morgaine books by Cherryh
John Campbell
The collections put together in the 60's and 50's are outstanding - and you can usually pick them up for a quarter at a book store.
I have two, and although they are less sophisticated than the model mentioned in the press release, I will dispose of them because of the lack of thought put into this. If you don't like it, let them know and specifically, let them know if the marketplace. That will be the only way that they will respond. Engaging in actuarial quibble will solve nothing.
And throw away a big piece of revenue? Doubtful.............
Wow.....I don't even know how to process that. If the Japanese government had invested a hundredth of the energy expended in this thread, we'd all have fusion reactors in our basements......
Yeah, and I truly believe that there are a crowd of people who really really want Harrison Ford to do something that doesn't suck. We keep buying tickets, and it's a surprise when we get oatmeal instead of steak. Out the last twenty-ish movies, three have been tolerable, none have been great. Before the early 90's, then it was 50/50..... Cowboys & Aliens Morning Glory Extraordinary Measures Crossing Over Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Firewall Hollywood Homicide K-19: The Widowmaker What Lies Beneath Random Hearts Six Days Seven Nights Air Force One The Devil's Own Sabrina Clear and Present Danger The Fugitive Patriot Games Regarding Henry Presumed Innocent and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Working Girl Frantic The Mosquito Coast Witness Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Blade Runner
They might actually hide the location of Osama Bin Laden....oh, wait.....
I think it's more about the nature of complex systems - politics, trolling aside, I would think the larger the internet facing infrastructure, the (exponentially) harder it is to secure....putting the need to service other organizations within that infrastructure, it's a commitment that folks are just coming around to - public and private. My disappointment is not the government so much (as it relates to this topic anyway), but rather the firms that are supposedly securing them. My experience has been that the guiding philosophy with these guys is a) bill as much as you can, without pissing the customer off b) template your approach, creative thinking is risky and c) make your customer just slightly more secure that the next target. This is a generalization, to be sure - but until you have smart people with the skills with the mindset that they need to evolve quick than the threats out there - it's just going to mean more negative publicity as well as more money for substandard contractors. Just my two cents.
I'd go tomorrow......
Shell had deep water horizon explode like that
you misspelled British Petroleum
Now that was funny.....
A toll booth attendant who actually greets people? C'mon........maybe I've been on the East Coast too long......they wouldn't make eye contact if you rolled through the booth in an Abrams tank....
Yeah, that makes sense. Usually, you bundle in a 30% bump for those items, for budgetary purposes. Plus workman;s comp ins. etc etc
How much Carbon Credits do I get for the consumption of Jolt and Baconnaise sammichs? Is it prorated if I code in Perl?
I'd have no problem if - There was a committment of some sort of additional benefit once the company is profitable - The 10 hours were something I could control. In other words, I'd like to come in and start at 7, eat at my desk and leave at 5 or 6. This actually would beat my last gig, which was 15 hours a day which they controlled...in other words 10PM conference calls on Sunday nights, etc. Even that wouldn't have been huge - but that was considered baseline. Left that company, and the new gig pays significantly better.
Not talking macro, man....
that the gov't has better gear than the private sector......or maybe that's what they want us to think........
Frankly, does this shock anyone? And should anyone care? I'm thinking the wolfboy story (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/item_GwCmaMaFVhy5Shwomb1kZJ) might be more relevant...and interesting.......
This is actually a pretty relevant point. PPR can be a point of inflection, esp. in larger conflicts.
http://www.bcbin.com/
5) Some idiotic politician will make this a platform; while making no real binding committment to deal with it 6) The insurance company will continue post positive growth, based on profiling And so the wheel turns......
who posts to this thread...
Yeah, but the company makes it not worth it......
God: Who is Globular Cluster which includes HE 1523? Kids: MilkyWay SquarePants! God: Enormous and luminous and massive is he! Kids: MilkyWay SquarePants! God: If astronomical nonsense be something you wish, Kids: MilkyWay SquarePants! God: Then call in SETI and tune in the dish! I'm really really sorry about this.......
Or shocking anyway. It's easy to shoot criticism at a bureaucracy; but to miss a somewhat artificial deadline in an area which the leadership really doesn't understand is just not a surprise. Throw a financially compelling argument not to work for them on top of it - hats off to Gen Alexander and company for getting it this far.