I have considered it more my failure to communicate the risk than the user's failure
I don't have mod points today so I'll just say I like your attitude.:-) This is, in my opinion, a professional mentality.
Sure, but everyone defines their own level of acceptable risk. Unless you're (for example) their parent, it's not your job to define it for them. I believe it's my job to make benefits/risks known (and, perhaps, documented) but not to decide for the customer what's acceptable for them. If they want something stupid/dangerous (and if I agree to build it), I'll explain/warn them as best as I can, but if they still want it, they get it - along with a note that says I'll be standing by to say, "I told you so."
I'm not my employer's / customer's keeper or even their nanny.
Thanks, I wasn't aware of Oracle Express or their NoSQL alternatives. Though, in the case of their free (or is that "free") alternatives, competition for dollars (which is all Larry cares about) probably doesn't really exist. Also, I think when people think about "Oracle" in the general sense of databases, they are thinking of the traditional, large, non-free versions...
Uh, in the sense that many people who, years ago, might have stumped up the cash for Oracle because there was no viable free competition now use MySQL or Postgres because they're good enough to live without that mosquito-killing sledgehammer?
True, but that would be a *long* time ago. MySQL ad Postgres have been around since 1995.
Even still, I would argue that there are many, many applications for which using Oracle over MySQL/Postgres (or no DB at all) would be overkill.
Free-and-open MySQL competes with Oracle's proprietary and extremely competitive tools.
In what sense? Sure MySQL is free, but - and IANADBA - I would think the appropriate usage areas for MySQL and Oracle DBs overlap marginally, if at all. For example, my MythTV system uses MySQL on the back end, but I think using Oracle would be like killing a mosquito with a sledgehammer (no disrespect to sledgehammers). Conversely, Oracle is probably more appropriate for a large distributed / fail-over capable payroll/accounting systems.
MySQL is simple and small, while Oracle more complex and large - it might actually come with a kitchen sink.
Hurd has been in "development" for thirty years without ever coming close to moving to production. Aside from that and Minix (which was never intended to be a production system), name me a microkernel that can number its user base in five figures.
Good points all, but also all irrelevant to the question. Success/failure are not measured simply by the size of the user base. Adoption, acceptance and usage - sure, but just those.
I don't know to what extent micro-kernels are used for production in the real world, but Tandem Non-Stop systems used a message-based OS and Cray had UNICOS variants based on Mach and Chorus for use on their YMP and other systems. According to Wikipedia, Symbian (used on Nokia and Vertu smart phones) is a real-time micro-kernel OS. It would be difficult to argue that all those were/are failures.
From the perspective of design, Hurd has some good ideas
From the perspective of design, Hurd, has some interesting ideas. Unfortunately, they have for the most part, not turned out to be good ones. Microkernels have failed.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
Sorry, but this war has been fought, and your side lost. I'm not using GNU/Linux/x.org/XFCE...
Listing every single component of the system is stupid. Linux is the kernel, Linux is what gets recognized as the OS. There are a lot of programs that go into making the system usable - each one need not be referenced in the name.
Although, there is a LOT more GNU in a "Linux" system than Linux - which was also built using GNU utilities...
It's the non gun owning liberals who propose this legislation.
For the record, I'm a non-gun owning liberal (though I've fired a few handguns, rifles and shotguns and have some minimal training) and I think this kind of legislation is dumb.
Firearms are tools with a specific function and purpose. They need to work when they're suppose to work and it's the owner's responsibility to ensure they're safe otherwise. If you have children in your house, lock up your guns/ammunition and teach your children firearm safety when they're able to understand. If you can't do these things and/or you cannot operate your own weapon safely, don't own/carry firearms or come to terms that you and or your child may become Darwin Award winners.
One of the big changes is increased support for voice and and gesture input.... The Kinect sensor got an upgrade:... has finer skeletal visibility, can detect minor orientation changes in hands and fingers, and can even calculate your balance and weight distribution.
Do not install Xbox One in the bedroom and/or avoid having sex in the same room as your Xbox One.
Just FYI for those who didn't see the History Channel show "Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe" that some of the engineering scenes were shot at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
...even if her job was just to repeat everything the computer says...
Perhaps you were simply being funny but, for those unfamiliar, Uhura was the senior communications officer on the Enterprise. The comment quoted above is more appropriate for Sigourney Weaver's role as Gwen DeMarco on Galaxy Quest - which is obviously a parody of Uhura.
The positive feedback he [Larry Page] got from opening up about it inspired him to tell attendees at Google I/O that we should all be less uptight about keeping our medical records private. As far as Page is concerned, pretty much the only legitimate reason for worry on this score is fear of being denied health insurance.
... by a *really* rich guy who doesn't need insurance and doesn't have to worry about anything other than himself. There are lots of other reasons to worry about one's medical privacy - many of which have already been mentioned above - with prejudice and discrimination being two broad categories of worry.
Stories like this only remind me of how ignorant I still am and how I've wasted my life.
Don't feel bad. Maybe you've made coffee for, served fries to, or unclogged the toilet of one of these great people? Every little bit helps!
I had a summer job as a cook at local Pizza Hut way back in the mid '80s and made George Takei lunch once (there was a Star Trek convention in town). He signed the lunch receipt and I still have it. (Definitions of "great" might vary, but I think Mr. Takei qualifies.)
[ Note: Life since hasn't been a total waste; an senior system programmer/administrator. ]
Is it the health report? You can disable that as well either through the advanced tab under preferences or through about.config, just search for "healthreport".
The "Enable Firefox Health Report" only en/disables uploading the data to Mozilla. To disable data collection, set the config setting "datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled" to false. To clear already recorded data, delete the "healthreport.sqlite" file under your profile folder.
Death from neutrino's? Woops containment shielding failed, nothing to see here... was it a tokamak?
I'm not sure you can die from neutrino exposure, but it doesn't matter with these people - you won't be able to tokamak of anything (apologies to Mel Brooks ).
The "Catch-22" is that "anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy". Hence, pilots who request a mental fitness evaluation are sane, and therefore must fly in combat. At the same time, if an evaluation is not requested by the pilot, he will never receive one and thus can never be found insane, meaning he must also fly in combat.
The only way to determine if it is fake is to participate in it. Take "The Hunger Games" scenario for example. You can either stay back in your little agenda 21 district and watch it all play out on T.V.
Ha! Shows what you know. There are only 12 districts - okay, 13, but we don't talk about them.
I can think of several people that I would like to volunteer for a one-way ticket to Mars. Were these volunteers self-nominated, or did Mars One accept third-party nominations?
People generally fill out their own applications and there's a fee (I think, $38 US via PayPal).
And... you all do know that an applicant does not *have* to go if chosen, right?
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I don't have mod points today so I'll just say I like your attitude. :-) This is, in my opinion, a professional mentality.
Sure, but everyone defines their own level of acceptable risk. Unless you're (for example) their parent, it's not your job to define it for them. I believe it's my job to make benefits/risks known (and, perhaps, documented) but not to decide for the customer what's acceptable for them. If they want something stupid/dangerous (and if I agree to build it), I'll explain/warn them as best as I can, but if they still want it, they get it - along with a note that says I'll be standing by to say, "I told you so."
I'm not my employer's / customer's keeper or even their nanny.
What if the ability to do X harmed others?
That responsibility/consequence fall to the user, not the tool used.
A truly competent programmer could do this with butterflies.
Isn't there an EMACS command to do this?
Wrapping this up, for those who haven't see it: Real Programmers
[ C-x M-c M-butterfly ]
We have only been able to demonstrate this in a test tube, and we don't know if it will work in humans and in animals ...
Thanks, I wasn't aware of Oracle Express or their NoSQL alternatives. Though, in the case of their free (or is that "free") alternatives, competition for dollars (which is all Larry cares about) probably doesn't really exist. Also, I think when people think about "Oracle" in the general sense of databases, they are thinking of the traditional, large, non-free versions...
In what sense?
Uh, in the sense that many people who, years ago, might have stumped up the cash for Oracle because there was no viable free competition now use MySQL or Postgres because they're good enough to live without that mosquito-killing sledgehammer?
True, but that would be a *long* time ago. MySQL ad Postgres have been around since 1995. Even still, I would argue that there are many, many applications for which using Oracle over MySQL/Postgres (or no DB at all) would be overkill.
Dear Moderator,
My previous post quotes TFS directly and asks a direct question w/examples.
My questions to you are:
A) How the fuck is that post "off topic"?
B) Are you retarded?
Sincerely,
- Rick
Free-and-open MySQL competes with Oracle's proprietary and extremely competitive tools.
In what sense? Sure MySQL is free, but - and IANADBA - I would think the appropriate usage areas for MySQL and Oracle DBs overlap marginally, if at all. For example, my MythTV system uses MySQL on the back end, but I think using Oracle would be like killing a mosquito with a sledgehammer (no disrespect to sledgehammers). Conversely, Oracle is probably more appropriate for a large distributed / fail-over capable payroll/accounting systems.
MySQL is simple and small, while Oracle more complex and large - it might actually come with a kitchen sink.
Hurd has been in "development" for thirty years without ever coming close to moving to production. Aside from that and Minix (which was never intended to be a production system), name me a microkernel that can number its user base in five figures.
Good points all, but also all irrelevant to the question. Success/failure are not measured simply by the size of the user base. Adoption, acceptance and usage - sure, but just those.
I don't know to what extent micro-kernels are used for production in the real world, but Tandem Non-Stop systems used a message-based OS and Cray had UNICOS variants based on Mach and Chorus for use on their YMP and other systems. According to Wikipedia, Symbian (used on Nokia and Vertu smart phones) is a real-time micro-kernel OS. It would be difficult to argue that all those were/are failures.
From the perspective of design, Hurd, has some interesting ideas. Unfortunately, they have for the most part, not turned out to be good ones. Microkernels have failed.
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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
Sorry, but this war has been fought, and your side lost. I'm not using GNU/Linux/x.org/XFCE ...
Listing every single component of the system is stupid. Linux is the kernel, Linux is what gets recognized as the OS. There are a lot of programs that go into making the system usable - each one need not be referenced in the name.
Although, there is a LOT more GNU in a "Linux" system than Linux - which was also built using GNU utilities...
It's the non gun owning liberals who propose this legislation.
For the record, I'm a non-gun owning liberal (though I've fired a few handguns, rifles and shotguns and have some minimal training) and I think this kind of legislation is dumb.
Firearms are tools with a specific function and purpose. They need to work when they're suppose to work and it's the owner's responsibility to ensure they're safe otherwise. If you have children in your house, lock up your guns/ammunition and teach your children firearm safety when they're able to understand. If you can't do these things and/or you cannot operate your own weapon safely, don't own/carry firearms or come to terms that you and or your child may become Darwin Award winners.
One of the big changes is increased support for voice and and gesture input. ... The Kinect sensor got an upgrade: ... has finer skeletal visibility, can detect minor orientation changes in hands and fingers, and can even calculate your balance and weight distribution.
Do not install Xbox One in the bedroom and/or avoid having sex in the same room as your Xbox One.
Just FYI for those who didn't see the History Channel show "Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe" that some of the engineering scenes were shot at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Here an article about it (link also on NIF home page): ‘Star Trek’ Boldly Goes to Unlikely Real-Life Locations
...even if her job was just to repeat everything the computer says...
Perhaps you were simply being funny but, for those unfamiliar, Uhura was the senior communications officer on the Enterprise. The comment quoted above is more appropriate for Sigourney Weaver's role as Gwen DeMarco on Galaxy Quest - which is obviously a parody of Uhura.
The positive feedback he [Larry Page] got from opening up about it inspired him to tell attendees at Google I/O that we should all be less uptight about keeping our medical records private. As far as Page is concerned, pretty much the only legitimate reason for worry on this score is fear of being denied health insurance.
Stories like this only remind me of how ignorant I still am and how I've wasted my life.
Don't feel bad. Maybe you've made coffee for, served fries to, or unclogged the toilet of one of these great people? Every little bit helps!
I had a summer job as a cook at local Pizza Hut way back in the mid '80s and made George Takei lunch once (there was a Star Trek convention in town). He signed the lunch receipt and I still have it. (Definitions of "great" might vary, but I think Mr. Takei qualifies.)
[ Note: Life since hasn't been a total waste; an senior system programmer/administrator. ]
Is it the health report? You can disable that as well either through the advanced tab under preferences or through about.config, just search for "healthreport".
The "Enable Firefox Health Report" only en/disables uploading the data to Mozilla. To disable data collection, set the config setting "datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled" to false. To clear already recorded data, delete the "healthreport.sqlite" file under your profile folder.
Is it bribery or do companies donate more money to politicians that will agree with their policies?
FTFY
[ BTW, The answer to both is "yes". ]
'We're even imagining in the future cars would be able to ask other cars, "Hey, can I cut into your lane?" Then the other car would let you in,'
Ya, unless that other car is a jerk, then it will just speed up to close any gap.
[ Will we be able to program a "personality" for our car? ]
Death from neutrino's? Woops containment shielding failed, nothing to see here... was it a tokamak?
I'm not sure you can die from neutrino exposure, but it doesn't matter with these people - you won't be able to tokamak of anything (apologies to Mel Brooks ).
Sadly, self-disqualification is exercising rational thought; something I think you'd want lots of in a mission like this.
Yes, the Catch-22 Logic:
The "Catch-22" is that "anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy". Hence, pilots who request a mental fitness evaluation are sane, and therefore must fly in combat. At the same time, if an evaluation is not requested by the pilot, he will never receive one and thus can never be found insane, meaning he must also fly in combat.
The only way to determine if it is fake is to participate in it. Take "The Hunger Games" scenario for example. You can either stay back in your little agenda 21 district and watch it all play out on T.V.
Ha! Shows what you know. There are only 12 districts - okay, 13, but we don't talk about them.
[ sigh ]
I can think of several people that I would like to volunteer for a one-way ticket to Mars. Were these volunteers self-nominated, or did Mars One accept third-party nominations?
People generally fill out their own applications and there's a fee (I think, $38 US via PayPal).
And... you all do know that an applicant does not *have* to go if chosen, right?
I wouldn't mind if the screen on my laptop was removable,
Oh, it's removable. Perhaps not usable afterward, but definitely removable. :-)
Or did you have something else in mind?