It is a big deal, because it's NONE OF THEIR FUCKING BUSINESS.
Of course, you are operating that vehicle on a public roadway, so how it's operated *is* their fucking business, especially if you break the law, harm someone else or their property.
Does the AC GP seriously not know what a black box is and why that term is appropriate in this context, or is he/she trying (and failing) to be funny? And for those that do not know, the "black boxes" in airplanes are painted red/orange to make them easier to find at a crash site.
I honestly wouldn't worry about the kid's data privacy/rights, knowing who works in that group, they're all a really good group of people and outstanding citizens overall.
...able to go home almost immediately aka insta-antidote is kind of odd/unusual.
Perhaps the contaminant was a strong emetic or diuretic causing extreme dehydration, which explains the headache.
In the cases where they could go simply home after "treatment in the hospital", perhaps those girls didn't drink as much of the tainted water (duh).
Wrong. It takes empirical evidence, not a cogent argument.
To be fair, Einstein was talking about his field of work which, at least back then, was mainly driven by "cogent arguments" as "empirical evidence" in theoretical physics was (and still is) difficult to come by. In the broader sense, cogent arguments usually precede searches for empirical evidence, otherwise you're just blindly searching for the unknown.
In this case, you're correct in that it seems the arguments and evidence for a warming Earth and that warming being strongly influenced by human activities is strong.
The thing is, most of the employees have not used the app, but we are being asked to say that we like it.... How would you deal with this?"
I'd tell them I cannot comment on the product as I haven't used it. If I do use it and am asked to comment, it will be my honest opinion. It's okay if they want to pay me for my opinion, but I'll note that in my review...
Will the marketing or HR people look at who has astroturfed, and who has not at raise time?
I personally don't care about stuff like that - and it has actually served me quite well. My goal is to be trusted, not liked. Especially fun when people who don't like me - usually because they wanted me to do something questionable for them and I said "no" - ask me to solve a problem because they begrudgingly know I'm the only one who can in the time allotted. It's fun having integrity, skills and experience.
Heh. Reminds me of a early C programming assignment in college (back in the mid 1980s) to read in several variable rows/cols of numbers, sort them, and write out several fixed rows/cols. I wrote a small C program to read and write the numbers and a shell script to pipe the I/O through "sort". Got full credit. (Not thinking like everyone else has helped immensely over the years as a Unix system programmer/admin.)
I'd like to see a Titanic themed ride at Universal or whatever. Throw in some 1910s decorations. Some classical music. And then have it like a roller coaster or tower of terror but in sub zero degrees at one of the drops to simulate the ship plunging into the ocean.
Yes, yes. Let's take an incident that killed 1,500 people in the frozen waters of the North Atlantic and make it a ride. It's bad enough that Cameron turned the tragedy into some bogus "love story" - that scene in the water with Winslet and DiCaprio makes me want to puke - then the woman ditches the necklace into the open water with an "oops". Call me jaded, but I think the movie is a bigger tragedy than the actual event.
A witness was quoted as saying that the engine sounded like it was dying. The problem there is that the Hornet is a twin engine plane. If it was an engine going out, then they could have just shut it down and flew home on the remaining engine.
The accident happened during (or shortly after) take-off. Anyone know if an F-18 *needs* both engines at that time. BTW, I live in Virginia Beach and the crash happened less than 5 miles from both my house and office. Obviously, the area (Birdneck Road and I-264) is a mess at the moment...
...when I point out that there are scientists out there willing to cook the numbers, exaggerate, play to politics and/or public opinion, etc....
If course it could be simple error/sloppiness of the researcher(s) in the original experiment that they didn't document something or an issue with the people trying to replicate the experiment (i.e., they're not that good). See Hanlon's Razor, "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence." That said, 47/53 non-reproducible results seems suspicious.
Actually, I'm straight, was married for 20 years, now widowed - wife died of a brain tumor in Jan 2006, just seven weeks after diagnosis. I have a lot of gay friends, young and old, men and women, and have known many for almost all my life. People of both sexes experiment - get over it. There shouldn't be any stigma to what consenting adults do in private. Your reality watch is defective or inexperienced; in either case it seems to be set to 1950.
... all participates are willing when participating in sexual immorality of any kind.
This kind of judgmental sentiment in a discussion of sex and/or orientation is where your thinking goes wrong. Your religion may dictate that certain (sexual) things are immoral, but that doesn't make them actually so. Like it or not, all religious doctrine is written by people and it's all just their best guess at what they'd like to be true.
I still struggle to overcome my natural human tendencies to judge others and treat them unfairly but I do try to overcome.
Struggle harder. They may be your tendencies, but I'd argue that they're not natural.
Women, can experiment, and still be considered on the home team.
Men? Nope....you suck one cock...and your gay.
Plain and simple.
Sig: Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Hmm... If you are referring to popular "straight" mythology, then you're correct, though the sentiment is simply not true in fact. Your post is one case where your own sig is illustrative.
Okay, you made your point earlier. You *really* don't like Tyson and are, for some reason, very, very bitter about/toward him. For whatever the reasons, of which you seem to disapprove, he's successful and famous and you're not; take a deep breath, get a drink and get over it.
Tyson also humorously pointed out to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show that the globe of the Earth in the show's opening sequence was revolving in the wrong direction. Jon mused that they would fix that, but I don't think they have yet.
A problem arises when users of social networks are friends with people that are opposed to social networks. The second group misses out on an important social component. [emphasis mine]
Asserting that there is "a problem" or that non-members are "missing out" assumes your reference frame is the preferred -- and that's the real problem. In addition, while I'll agree that Facebook/Google+ may offer some sort of "social component", their importance is questionable. More to the point, I'd argue that they distract from real, live, more personal social interactions. Lastly, I find patent quote to be a little condescending to us "non-believers".
Hundreds - sure; Millions/Billions - not so sure. Also remember that us "greybeards" have contributed (and continue to contribute) a LOT over the years, even to Linux - which owes much to what came before it, like BSD, GNU, MINIX, etc... Anyway, in the case of programmers, more is not often better:-)
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It is a big deal, because it's NONE OF THEIR FUCKING BUSINESS.
Of course, you are operating that vehicle on a public roadway, so how it's operated *is* their fucking business, especially if you break the law, harm someone else or their property.
Does the AC GP seriously not know what a black box is and why that term is appropriate in this context, or is he/she trying (and failing) to be funny? And for those that do not know, the "black boxes" in airplanes are painted red/orange to make them easier to find at a crash site.
I honestly wouldn't worry about the kid's data privacy/rights, knowing who works in that group, they're all a really good group of people and outstanding citizens overall.
Yes, yes. That sentiment has never gone wrong.
...able to go home almost immediately aka insta-antidote is kind of odd/unusual.
Perhaps the contaminant was a strong emetic or diuretic causing extreme dehydration, which explains the headache.
In the cases where they could go simply home after "treatment in the hospital", perhaps those girls didn't drink as much of the tainted water (duh).
Oracle, who thinks it can be, has used J.R.R. Tolkein's Elvish language as an example of a language that can be copyrighted.
Sure, but I wasn't aware that was a *programming* language.
Wrong. It takes empirical evidence, not a cogent argument.
To be fair, Einstein was talking about his field of work which, at least back then, was mainly driven by "cogent arguments" as "empirical evidence" in theoretical physics was (and still is) difficult to come by. In the broader sense, cogent arguments usually precede searches for empirical evidence, otherwise you're just blindly searching for the unknown.
In this case, you're correct in that it seems the arguments and evidence for a warming Earth and that warming being strongly influenced by human activities is strong.
Start him off on APL. If he's still interested in programming, have his head examined, then let him do Perl :-)
It seems that most of the information out there now tastes like despair.
The thing is, most of the employees have not used the app, but we are being asked to say that we like it. ... How would you deal with this?"
I'd tell them I cannot comment on the product as I haven't used it. If I do use it and am asked to comment, it will be my honest opinion. It's okay if they want to pay me for my opinion, but I'll note that in my review...
Will the marketing or HR people look at who has astroturfed, and who has not at raise time?
I personally don't care about stuff like that - and it has actually served me quite well. My goal is to be trusted, not liked. Especially fun when people who don't like me - usually because they wanted me to do something questionable for them and I said "no" - ask me to solve a problem because they begrudgingly know I'm the only one who can in the time allotted. It's fun having integrity, skills and experience.
The simple explanation is that you throw like girl. :-)
Heh. Reminds me of a early C programming assignment in college (back in the mid 1980s) to read in several variable rows/cols of numbers, sort them, and write out several fixed rows/cols. I wrote a small C program to read and write the numbers and a shell script to pipe the I/O through "sort". Got full credit. (Not thinking like everyone else has helped immensely over the years as a Unix system programmer/admin.)
I'd like to see a Titanic themed ride at Universal or whatever. Throw in some 1910s decorations. Some classical music. And then have it like a roller coaster or tower of terror but in sub zero degrees at one of the drops to simulate the ship plunging into the ocean.
Yes, yes. Let's take an incident that killed 1,500 people in the frozen waters of the North Atlantic and make it a ride. It's bad enough that Cameron turned the tragedy into some bogus "love story" - that scene in the water with Winslet and DiCaprio makes me want to puke - then the woman ditches the necklace into the open water with an "oops". Call me jaded, but I think the movie is a bigger tragedy than the actual event.
A witness was quoted as saying that the engine sounded like it was dying. The problem there is that the Hornet is a twin engine plane. If it was an engine going out, then they could have just shut it down and flew home on the remaining engine.
The accident happened during (or shortly after) take-off. Anyone know if an F-18 *needs* both engines at that time. BTW, I live in Virginia Beach and the crash happened less than 5 miles from both my house and office. Obviously, the area (Birdneck Road and I-264) is a mess at the moment...
For a more authentic "Blair Witch" / "Cloverfield" documentary vibe.
No comment on whether either film is an apt metaphor for the projects themselves.
...when I point out that there are scientists out there willing to cook the numbers, exaggerate, play to politics and/or public opinion, etc. ...
If course it could be simple error/sloppiness of the researcher(s) in the original experiment that they didn't document something or an issue with the people trying to replicate the experiment (i.e., they're not that good). See Hanlon's Razor, "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence." That said, 47/53 non-reproducible results seems suspicious.
Actually, I'm straight, was married for 20 years, now widowed - wife died of a brain tumor in Jan 2006, just seven weeks after diagnosis. I have a lot of gay friends, young and old, men and women, and have known many for almost all my life. People of both sexes experiment - get over it. There shouldn't be any stigma to what consenting adults do in private. Your reality watch is defective or inexperienced; in either case it seems to be set to 1950.
... all participates are willing when participating in sexual immorality of any kind.
This kind of judgmental sentiment in a discussion of sex and/or orientation is where your thinking goes wrong. Your religion may dictate that certain (sexual) things are immoral, but that doesn't make them actually so. Like it or not, all religious doctrine is written by people and it's all just their best guess at what they'd like to be true.
I still struggle to overcome my natural human tendencies to judge others and treat them unfairly but I do try to overcome.
Struggle harder. They may be your tendencies, but I'd argue that they're not natural.
Women, can experiment, and still be considered on the home team.
Men? Nope....you suck one cock...and your gay.
Plain and simple.
Sig: Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Hmm... If you are referring to popular "straight" mythology, then you're correct, though the sentiment is simply not true in fact. Your post is one case where your own sig is illustrative.
Okay, you made your point earlier. You *really* don't like Tyson and are, for some reason, very, very bitter about/toward him. For whatever the reasons, of which you seem to disapprove, he's successful and famous and you're not; take a deep breath, get a drink and get over it.
Tyson also humorously pointed out to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show that the globe of the Earth in the show's opening sequence was revolving in the wrong direction. Jon mused that they would fix that, but I don't think they have yet.
Speaking for anyone who has ever gotten sand in their ass at the beach, let me say that I'm not sure if I like where this could be going...
A problem arises when users of social networks are friends with people that are opposed to social networks. The second group misses out on an important social component. [emphasis mine]
Asserting that there is "a problem" or that non-members are "missing out" assumes your reference frame is the preferred -- and that's the real problem. In addition, while I'll agree that Facebook/Google+ may offer some sort of "social component", their importance is questionable. More to the point, I'd argue that they distract from real, live, more personal social interactions. Lastly, I find patent quote to be a little condescending to us "non-believers".
Back, bottom of the fridge, away from the vodka.
Hundreds - sure; Millions/Billions - not so sure. Also remember that us "greybeards" have contributed (and continue to contribute) a LOT over the years, even to Linux - which owes much to what came before it, like BSD, GNU, MINIX, etc... Anyway, in the case of programmers, more is not often better :-)