I can assure you that most of the issue was due to the FAILED Primary Spillway not being maintained. The topover caused by the failed spillway was fully preventable, had the DWR and ACE and the rest done their job the last 7 years.
Hear hear! Of course, their budget was cut so they didn't actually have the money to maintain the spillway, but hey! That doesn't matter! They should have been maintaining it anyway! Out of the goodness of their hearts!
I agree with the concept of the H1B--it allows US companies to recruit top talent from around the world. But I have a hard time believing that there are 65,000-85,000 people a year who fit that description. Heck, "Operation Paperclip" only brought in 1500 people and we started a space program with that!
I'll agree...and not. It depends on what you're saying.
I'll agree wholeheartedly that profitability is important--née vital--for a business. So if I were to say, "Apple is dooooooooomed because the Apple Watch isn't selling tons of units," I would be an idiot. As long as Apple is making money off of them, they are not "dooooooooomed."
So from this standpoint, as long as the Apple Watch isn't losing money, it's a "success." And this standpoint is perfectly reasonable, if you're a stockholder or considering becoming one.
On the other hand, the profitability of a product doesn't necessarily tell me anything as to whether the product is good, bad, or suits my needs. If I bought an Apple Watch, decided it sucked, and threw it out, I wouldn't call that a "success," even though Apple would--they got my money after all.
So if you're saying that the Apple Watch is an awesome product because Apple makes money selling them, you're the idiot in this picture.
He was a Communications Analyst, so I'm not at all surprised that he had access to the servers. But, again, while the eeeevil hacker getting access to your computer(s) is the thing that makes the news, most problems occur because of some employee, disgruntled or not, pulls something like this simply because they can.
The issue comes up when the device's purpose is to tell you to go to the doctor. Now!
My fitbit tells me my pulse rate, body temperature, and breathing. That's fine. But it doesn't sound an alarm if it detects that I have stopped breathing or that my heart has stopped or that my body temperature is "too high" or "too low." It reports numbers and it's up to me to interpret them. I might end up getting some advice from a doctor about where is a good place for my pulse rate to be depending on how hard I'm exercising and the like, or I may just work from experience.
But if a device is going to be offering a medical opinion--get thee to an ER post-haste--then it probably should have some checking to make sure that it's operating correctly. If my sleeping infrant's pulse rate goes from 75 to 0 in 1 second, it's probably more likely that the device has slipped than that my child's heart has suddenly stopped, so it should be able to either (a) detect that it has slipped--perhaps some some of accelerometer that went off before this or (b) that the pulse monitor is no longer receiving accurate readings.
Yes, I know--all that paperwork is a nuisance. And, yes, doing that paperwork costs money which is passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices. I mean, why should I have to pay $500 for a monitor for my at-risk child that cost the company $50 to build and $250 to get approved? And the answer is that without that approval process, the device would be only $25 to build, cost $250, and would often report errors which would cost all of us money because of trips to the ER.
Years ago, I bought a rock that protected me from tiger attacks. Everyone told me this was a stupid thing to do, as there isn't a tiger within 1000 miles of where I live. But it gave me piece-of-mind, so I suppose it's okay.
Well, there are cases to be made for all of these sorts of monitors. For example, I see no problem with parents of mentally challenged children who give the kid a GPS to wear so that they can track the kid if he/she happens to wander off.
The grouse I have is the idea that each and every one of us should be using these at all times with our children--just in case. Some of this comes from companies that take a few dollars worth of parts, put something together for a few hundred dollars, with little-to-no quality testing against a false positive. They then sell it to some parent who attaches it to their kid and then ends up rushing their kid to the ER once a month because the monitor said that they have an irregular heartbeat when it's actually just the monitor that is screwed up.
Well, there are five teams who have scheduled launches. A Japanese team and an Indian team are riding up on the same Indian rocket. A team from the US is working with Rocket Lab USA. An Israeli team is working with SpaceX and an international team is working with Interorbital Systems.
So, if SpaceX has to delay launching the Israeli's for 6 months, all the other teams have to call their launch providers and say, "Hey, can you hold off on our payload for six months?"
At this point, I'd extend it only if it looks like no one will make the deadline.
You mean Mac OS 9 as in the successor of MacOS 8 as in the successor of System 7 as in the successor of System 6... as in the successor of Macintosh System Software from 1984?
FTFY.
"MacOS" didn't really become a moniker until Apple started the clone market. I think the first one was "MacOS 7.6."
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I remember WWDCs in San Jose. It certainly wasn't a 5 minute drive. But it was certainly closer than the drive from San Francisco, so that's a plus.
I can assure you that most of the issue was due to the FAILED Primary Spillway not being maintained. The topover caused by the failed spillway was fully preventable, had the DWR and ACE and the rest done their job the last 7 years.
Hear hear! Of course, their budget was cut so they didn't actually have the money to maintain the spillway, but hey! That doesn't matter! They should have been maintaining it anyway! Out of the goodness of their hearts!
I mean, they're public servants, right?
Thanks, Obama!
In TMo's own words, they "cover 97% of Verizon's population." Meh. Them's weasel words [...]
I gotta admit, I've always chuckled when I hear AT&T talk about how they "cover 97% of Americans"--not 97% of America.
A subtle but important difference.
As a cynical estimate, at least half of the people working as programmers are lousy.
Well, by definition, 50% of programmers have below average skills. Of course, 50% have above average skills.
Exactly.
I agree with the concept of the H1B--it allows US companies to recruit top talent from around the world. But I have a hard time believing that there are 65,000-85,000 people a year who fit that description. Heck, "Operation Paperclip" only brought in 1500 people and we started a space program with that!
Dunno how serious you are, but I think it stopped being "Mac OS Ten" after Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. I think the one after that was OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
I'll agree...and not. It depends on what you're saying.
I'll agree wholeheartedly that profitability is important--née vital--for a business. So if I were to say, "Apple is dooooooooomed because the Apple Watch isn't selling tons of units," I would be an idiot. As long as Apple is making money off of them, they are not "dooooooooomed."
So from this standpoint, as long as the Apple Watch isn't losing money, it's a "success." And this standpoint is perfectly reasonable, if you're a stockholder or considering becoming one.
On the other hand, the profitability of a product doesn't necessarily tell me anything as to whether the product is good, bad, or suits my needs. If I bought an Apple Watch, decided it sucked, and threw it out, I wouldn't call that a "success," even though Apple would--they got my money after all.
So if you're saying that the Apple Watch is an awesome product because Apple makes money selling them, you're the idiot in this picture.
The concept here is simple:
Basically, "Teething" is when your teeth grow in. It can hurt a bit. Babies will cry when they hurt. Crying babies are annoying.
Solution: Give the baby something that will make it sicker. If your baby is having seizures or vomiting, they're probably not crying.
Problem solved!
He was a Communications Analyst, so I'm not at all surprised that he had access to the servers. But, again, while the eeeevil hacker getting access to your computer(s) is the thing that makes the news, most problems occur because of some employee, disgruntled or not, pulls something like this simply because they can.
Too soon.
Paper [...] is the focal point, while all of Dropbox's other services and features now plug into and augment the experience.
Sounds like OpenDoc...
PDP-9 with paper tape...
The issue comes up when the device's purpose is to tell you to go to the doctor. Now!
My fitbit tells me my pulse rate, body temperature, and breathing. That's fine. But it doesn't sound an alarm if it detects that I have stopped breathing or that my heart has stopped or that my body temperature is "too high" or "too low." It reports numbers and it's up to me to interpret them. I might end up getting some advice from a doctor about where is a good place for my pulse rate to be depending on how hard I'm exercising and the like, or I may just work from experience.
But if a device is going to be offering a medical opinion--get thee to an ER post-haste--then it probably should have some checking to make sure that it's operating correctly. If my sleeping infrant's pulse rate goes from 75 to 0 in 1 second, it's probably more likely that the device has slipped than that my child's heart has suddenly stopped, so it should be able to either (a) detect that it has slipped--perhaps some some of accelerometer that went off before this or (b) that the pulse monitor is no longer receiving accurate readings.
Yes, I know--all that paperwork is a nuisance. And, yes, doing that paperwork costs money which is passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices. I mean, why should I have to pay $500 for a monitor for my at-risk child that cost the company $50 to build and $250 to get approved? And the answer is that without that approval process, the device would be only $25 to build, cost $250, and would often report errors which would cost all of us money because of trips to the ER.
Years ago, I bought a rock that protected me from tiger attacks. Everyone told me this was a stupid thing to do, as there isn't a tiger within 1000 miles of where I live. But it gave me piece-of-mind, so I suppose it's okay.
Well, there are cases to be made for all of these sorts of monitors. For example, I see no problem with parents of mentally challenged children who give the kid a GPS to wear so that they can track the kid if he/she happens to wander off.
The grouse I have is the idea that each and every one of us should be using these at all times with our children--just in case. Some of this comes from companies that take a few dollars worth of parts, put something together for a few hundred dollars, with little-to-no quality testing against a false positive. They then sell it to some parent who attaches it to their kid and then ends up rushing their kid to the ER once a month because the monitor said that they have an irregular heartbeat when it's actually just the monitor that is screwed up.
and you kid will die without you knowing and the government will arrest you for child abuse
FTFY.
The key phrase is this:
I bought it at what has become my absolute favorite Mac store, EBay.
In other words, somebody was dumping their old Mac Pro and he picked it up for a song.
Well, there are five teams who have scheduled launches. A Japanese team and an Indian team are riding up on the same Indian rocket. A team from the US is working with Rocket Lab USA. An Israeli team is working with SpaceX and an international team is working with Interorbital Systems.
So, if SpaceX has to delay launching the Israeli's for 6 months, all the other teams have to call their launch providers and say, "Hey, can you hold off on our payload for six months?"
At this point, I'd extend it only if it looks like no one will make the deadline.
You mean Mac OS 9 as in the successor of MacOS 8 as in the successor of System 7 as in the successor of System 6... as in the successor of Macintosh System Software from 1984?
FTFY.
"MacOS" didn't really become a moniker until Apple started the clone market. I think the first one was "MacOS 7.6."
Maybe he was thinking of Scrappy...
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Variation: Once a month, I go visit my parents/grandparents/sweetheart/cat 300 miles away! Between the people who drive 300 miles to work and people like me who travel a long distance once a month, it won't work!
"refers to the silent buzzing of the drive system."
If it's buzzing, then it isn't silent.
Which is all well and good until the vinegar factory starts dumping their excess in the coal mine.
Because carrying the other two monitors is a nuisance.