he ought to have been a heartless bastard and fired the women and publicly ruined their careers.
And their careers are going to be stellar after this? I agree that what I outline is draconian, but the idea is that the research is tainted and will very likely not be considered highly.
As to being a heartless bastard, well okay. There may be times when people need to be somewhat "dispassionate". What about the researchers that contributed the eggs? They jeopardised the integrity of the research, their careers and that of their boss(es). That seems like a "heartless" thing as well. (Okay, as they are junior, they are likely young and the mistakes of youth and all that - they could have some slack cut for them. They didn't mean to cause this trouble.)
This could have been a minor (or less serious) thing, if it were nipped in the bud. Instead, this becomes international, goes outside the field, and ruins (at least) one high profile career.
Sometimes the "right" thing isn't as obvious as it appears. We do not have all the facts on this. You may be correct, and I wrong (assuming you were intending to be satirical).
It is his research lab, it is his responsibility that the research is correct and "above board". The buck stopped at his desk and he made the mistake of trying to cover up unethical practices rather than discarding the results.
He should have disclosed this as soon as he found out (or as soon as he confirmed it) and recanted his work on the topic. If an inquiry showed him to be above blame, he could have continued without that research. As it is, he participated in the deception, and research continues without him.
Paraphrased: (If you get something somewhere, you shouldn't've been there)
Well, I guess that sort of goes by definition.;-)
I don't know, I've not gotten anything "nasty" on my computer. (I presume you mean malware of some kind. Other kinds of "nasty" might also be included in your list of things not allowed at work.)
The fellow has been involved for security for some time. I am curious as to what he thinks of the browser issue, and if he has done anything to change his browsing habits based on his concerns.
enable people to profit at Microsoft's expense. When was the last time you did that?
Last time I provided support for M$ products (for money). You won't believe the thrashing I gave M$, and plugs for OOo / Linux /...
Unless you meant "expense" as in "financial loss"... well, I'm not sure M$ sees this as a loss situation. Look at the publicity they've gotten world-wide (or/. wide anyway) over this box. Free marketing!
Hayabusa was launched in May 2003 and has until early December before it must leave orbit and begin its journey home. It is expected to return to Earth and land in the Australian Outback in June 2007.
Hmmm. It's going to have to hussle its metallic behind to make that deadline.
The last part just reminds me of the Monks' song "Skylab": Take 1000000 and 3 SKYLAB! [repeated]
[Australian accent] Ouch... something came down on me head. Look at the size of that. It looks like a bloody big tin can.
[Other Australian] You reckon it's got any beer in it?
Yes, it is a marketing plus. The timing is quite good, considering the SonyBMG, umm,
[[what's the polite word?]]
[[unh, there isn't one]]
[[crap! oh well, we're adults here]]
fuck-up that is ongoing. It shows a band with concern for their fans, and possibly a company with concern for their artists. (I don't know anything about Nettwerk Music Group, but this looks better on them than XCP does on SonyBMG.)
consumers wont pay $30 for the same thing everytime
Well, yeah, that's why you need to be somewhat creative. Next time it will be slightly diffferent. (yeah there's an extra "f" - I see that.) I'd certainly fork over $30 for some of the bands from my era that didn't sell enough vinyl to get all of their stuff pressed into CDs. This is a newer compilation that I might buy, in part due to the "packaging".
However, "a small minority" might refer better to Opera users (such as, well, me) on/. than people who like BNL tunes. I can't say I'm a fan, but I like their music. (Saw them in concert, didn't buy the t-shirt;-) I think that more people would like the music than you appear to believe. Your opinion vs mine, but just another perspective. You could be right.
Given that you are in the field of security and that there is much concern about security holes in web browsers, I'll ask: "What web browser do you use, and why?"
Of course, with this audience, you might want to say FireFox, or possibly Safari. I am curious if you use MS IE. (Though I'd like to hear "Opera, of course.")
Yeah, "Uprising" was a great read, but all his stuff is.
My favourite Piper story would probably be "Lord Kalvin", but surely "Space Vikings" would be more akin to some of the others listed in the g'g'parent.
However, in keeping with the theme, I think his geekiest would be "Cosmic Computer".
I do agree that he should have a place in any serious SF list, but a "geeky" list? Not so much.
I believe that (1) the kid would be too young to qualify and (2) as a purposeful suicide, this would be inelegible for a Darwin. (The latter isn't spelled out, but the act has to be something spectacular.)
You are not going to happen to run into Reaver ships.
To paraphrase, in Serenity space, Reavers run into you!
The thing is that most of the people are on or really close to terraformed planets/moons, and they would have the materials which the Reavers required after their previous culture collapsed. It won't be chance meetings that would be the problem. That would be those occasions when your home was targetted by Reavers.
I prefer good science in my SciFi, but I really like the story that the Firefly franchise puts forward.
John Carroll's take on why this is good in the developing world.
The users in affluent countries might be able to aupport MicroSoft's advertisers enough to make this profitable all the way around, but in the third world, would it not be less likely for the users to buy? The ads would be an annoyance, but would not generate revenue. It would be basically the situation as now, where pirated versions are used extensively - MicroSoft's product would be used without extra cash going into the coffers.
This could have the paradoxical result where it would cost more in the third world for software than in the developed countries, since they would likely want to get some cash coming in.
While I agree that "it's rude to turn the lights out while people are still having a good time", it's been a long while since I used USEnet natively.
I've been using GoogleGroups quite extensively for my (albeit read only) access for some time. (While I used to used DejaNews, that was mostly for the archives. I think that Google killed off a lot of the usefullness of the archives, but it's still nice that it's searchable.)
I guess I have used some private NNTP services, now that I think on it. But in general, the above holds true.
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Well, nastier anyway. At least we have the Vanier / Grey Cup weekend before all the politians break loose from their straight jackets.
I don't see a problem here ...
And their careers are going to be stellar after this? I agree that what I outline is draconian, but the idea is that the research is tainted and will very likely not be considered highly.
As to being a heartless bastard, well okay. There may be times when people need to be somewhat "dispassionate". What about the researchers that contributed the eggs? They jeopardised the integrity of the research, their careers and that of their boss(es). That seems like a "heartless" thing as well. (Okay, as they are junior, they are likely young and the mistakes of youth and all that - they could have some slack cut for them. They didn't mean to cause this trouble.)
This could have been a minor (or less serious) thing, if it were nipped in the bud. Instead, this becomes international, goes outside the field, and ruins (at least) one high profile career.
Sometimes the "right" thing isn't as obvious as it appears. We do not have all the facts on this. You may be correct, and I wrong (assuming you were intending to be satirical).
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Hmmm. We need better PR.
Does the Virginia party predate the one by Frobisher's expedition in 1578?
It has a fairly good write up, at least as far as I went into it. And it mentions football.
Happy thanksgiving to the Americans on /.
Disclaimer: I celebrated last month.
unh ... isn't this Bev Harris?
I haven't enough porn films to verify whether this is a porn star, but I rather think I can tell gender.
(Yeah, I know it's a Simpson's quote, but you can still modify these things to reflect the immediate situation.)
Well, I guess that sort of goes by definition.
I don't know, I've not gotten anything "nasty" on my computer. (I presume you mean malware of some kind. Other kinds of "nasty" might also be included in your list of things not allowed at work.)
The fellow has been involved for security for some time. I am curious as to what he thinks of the browser issue, and if he has done anything to change his browsing habits based on his concerns.
Last time I provided support for M$ products (for money). You won't believe the thrashing I gave M$, and plugs for OOo / Linux / ...
Unless you meant "expense" as in "financial loss" ... well, I'm not sure M$ sees this as a loss situation. Look at the publicity they've gotten world-wide (or /. wide anyway) over this box. Free marketing!
I don't know. IANAG (I'm not a gamer), but these guys get pretty intense playing. To them a game may be an "intensive purpose".
Hmmm. It's going to have to hussle its metallic behind to make that deadline.
The last part just reminds me of the Monks' song "Skylab": ... something came down on me head. Look at the size of that. It looks like a bloody big tin can.
Take 1000000 and 3
SKYLAB! [repeated]
[Australian accent] Ouch
[Other Australian] You reckon it's got any beer in it?
[[what's the polite word?]]
[[unh, there isn't one]]
[[crap! oh well, we're adults here]]
fuck-up that is ongoing. It shows a band with concern for their fans, and possibly a company with concern for their artists. (I don't know anything about Nettwerk Music Group, but this looks better on them than XCP does on SonyBMG.)
consumers wont pay $30 for the same thing everytime
Well, yeah, that's why you need to be somewhat creative. Next time it will be slightly diffferent. (yeah there's an extra "f" - I see that.) I'd certainly fork over $30 for some of the bands from my era that didn't sell enough vinyl to get all of their stuff pressed into CDs. This is a newer compilation that I might buy, in part due to the "packaging".
However, "a small minority" might refer better to Opera users (such as, well, me) on /. than people who like BNL tunes. I can't say I'm a fan, but I like their music. (Saw them in concert, didn't buy the t-shirt ;-) I think that more people would like the music than you appear to believe. Your opinion vs mine, but just another perspective. You could be right.
You can pick the order
Of course, with this audience, you might want to say FireFox, or possibly Safari. I am curious if you use MS IE. (Though I'd like to hear "Opera, of course.")
Hmmm. You might like this as well then.
However, in keeping with the theme, I think his geekiest would be "Cosmic Computer".
I do agree that he should have a place in any serious SF list, but a "geeky" list? Not so much.
Hmmm. Wells' "Shape of things to come" would fit in, time wise. Is it geeky?
I believe your correction misspelled "government".
I believe that (1) the kid would be too young to qualify and (2) as a purposeful suicide, this would be inelegible for a Darwin. (The latter isn't spelled out, but the act has to be something spectacular.)
Not this one?
To paraphrase, in Serenity space, Reavers run into you!
The thing is that most of the people are on or really close to terraformed planets/moons, and they would have the materials which the Reavers required after their previous culture collapsed. It won't be chance meetings that would be the problem. That would be those occasions when your home was targetted by Reavers.
I prefer good science in my SciFi, but I really like the story that the Firefly franchise puts forward.
The users in affluent countries might be able to aupport MicroSoft's advertisers enough to make this profitable all the way around, but in the third world, would it not be less likely for the users to buy? The ads would be an annoyance, but would not generate revenue. It would be basically the situation as now, where pirated versions are used extensively - MicroSoft's product would be used without extra cash going into the coffers.
This could have the paradoxical result where it would cost more in the third world for software than in the developed countries, since they would likely want to get some cash coming in.
Perhaps someone will explain it to me?
I've been using GoogleGroups quite extensively for my (albeit read only) access for some time. (While I used to used DejaNews, that was mostly for the archives. I think that Google killed off a lot of the usefullness of the archives, but it's still nice that it's searchable.)
I guess I have used some private NNTP services, now that I think on it. But in general, the above holds true.
Beans at the Kehoes' for supper, again?