I used to agree, but the fact is the government made a revenue decision to obsolete a piece of technology, ergo they should pay for the out of pocket cost. Would you be so sanguine if they decided they could save money with a new voltage transmission standard and you had to buy all new electrical equipment? Whiner!
There's nothing like the formal "if you post a sign of such and such wording in such a such position" law like in TX where I live. I certainly feel no moral obligation to honor any such sign, as the weapon is on my person and I know I have no ill intentions. The legal obligation is mostly a moot point as nobody would know, if they did know they could ask me to leave and I've never heard of anyone being arrested for simply possessing in opposition to a sign.
I pay as much heed to those signs as I would expect an African American to pay attention to a "No Colored's" sign. The signs are meaningless, if a property owner wishes me to leave his property he can ask me to do so.
Specific places prohibit firearms by law, and of course I would never carry in such a place (school, national park, whatever). Otherwise, proving someone saw a sign and interpreted it correctly is impossible, and I'm aware of no law making the owners of public property law-makers via sign. If they want me to leave, they can inform me of it.
It only makes them trespassers if they are asked to leave and they don't. It would be like a sign reading "boxers only: no brief wearers allowed". Easily ignored. If they then ask you to leave, then you have to leave.
It just shows how much of what we go through is security theater. If they were really secure harmless comments about the engines or even bombs wouldn't matter as you couldn't get one on anyway. It's like signs at malls saying "no guns". Like some nutjob is going to see that and decide not to go kill a bunch of people. Real terrorists aren't going to make jokes.
They are only "stealing money from the US Government" if they are breaking the law. Are you implying they are breaking the law? Are you too stupid to realize they have a fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder profit? Are you one of those dumb assholes who thinks it's a "patriotic duty" to give your money to the govt so they can mismanage it?
No, it's fundamentally wrong. In fact, were I that guy I'd be a lot...angrier. Just because someone who unjustly ruins your life is a govt employee doesn't mean they're immune to paying the price.
The point is there aren't hordes of "sex offenders" who just peed in the bushes. The ones there are should be cleared off the books. Only rapists and child molesters (child under 14) should be forced to register.
In this context, of course, the person would have been convicted of a crime. A pedophile who never touches a child isn't guilty of any crime and would never have to worry about this. A terrorist is someone who violently targets non-occupying civilians to motivate change. Any other definition isn't real.
Lol. Yeah, I know, those poor pedophiles and terrorists (both of which by definition imply a law being broken) are so tormented. You do know every word you just said is nonsensical? Since when are terrorists or pedophiles just "unpopular"? They should be "exterminated".
Finally someone talking sense. Some crimes which currently require sex offender registration are stupid. Those should be fixed. e.g. if an 18 year old has sex with a 15 year old, it could be a crime depending on circumstances but it's not the same as an 18 year old with a 10 year old.
I find the "peeing in the bushes" urban legend hilarious too. Look how many times people have repeated that claptrap. Even if it has happened (which I doubt), it's probably happened like..twice. Ever. If people are going to whine to defend a bunch of child molesters and rapists then they can just rot in prison for life instead (in fact, I think they should). So by all means, let's get rid of the sex offender registry and just dump some of these animals in damp, dark prison and dump some of the other fuckers in the trash heap with a bullet in their head - and let the ones who didn't really do anything that bad go after appropriate prison time.
This is simply untrue. They are released from prison early with specific requirement. So if they don't like giving out their passwords, they can just elect to serve their full terms.
Exactly. Once you've been convicted of a crime, you lose some of your rights permanently or temporarily. Prison isn't the extent of the justice system.
Name one. Provide direct evidence of someone who is now a registered sex offender and must notify neighbors on moving into a new area simply for public urination. Just one. Real evidence, not urban legend.
Right - that's exactly what I mean. The thing is that people tend to extrapolate some issues MS has with their desktop OS's (some fake/misperceived issues, some real) into the server domain. When it comes down to it, it doesn't really matter much what SAP runs on, or your ESB, or your HR systems, etc... Windows server 2008 is an excellent enterprise application platform, to deny this is to deny reality. In this space it's much more mature and better supported by the industry. I don't see this changing overnight, or even anytime soon. On a technical front, it doesn't matter. As you say the OS is just an application delivery platform, unlike on the Desktop where people have religious wars. It all comes down to what your application provider supports and supports well.
There are areas where Linux dominates. Web servers and scientific and engineering computing are such areas. Windows has some presence there, but these industries seems to have largely chosen Linux (and other UNIX OS's).
To some degree. I don't disagree Linux is a threat in _any_ space. I'm just saying trotting out web server stats and claiming Linux dominates is an incorrect understanding of what "server side" means in this context.
That's one of its failings. It should come out of the box as a high quality IDE for whatever purpose (C++, Java, whatever "bundle" you pick). It's confusing and annoying to navigate all the Eclipse "projects" to find what you want. Netbeans does this better - highly extensible and some high quality add-ins, but still high quality out of the box and easy to pick what you want.
Navigating the Eclipse website and trying to find something is an exercise in hilarity. It's really just bad. Eclipse itself if you spend the time finding what you need and pulling together all the pieces is good (bordering on great). It's their whole outlook and the way they distribute the product that sucks.
Then again, I go back and forth. I've only recently decided I prefer Netbeans after having used Eclipse for a while. Maybe I'll change my mind again in 6 months.
Guh? Non sequitur much? When did I say Linux was irrelevant or that I hate it? In fact, I work in a group which supports largely Linux compute servers and workstations, as it's far and away the dominant OS in EDA computing.
It's not smart to rely on third party plugins. The eclipse out of the box experience for editing XML sucks. The eclipse out of the box experience for designing web apps sucks (compared to netbeans and VS). There _isn't_ a good free XML text editor for eclipse other than a half-assed dead, ancient one you can find if you scour the Internet enough.
Eclipse needs work, and it needs usability enhancements. Netbeans is better for most things that I've done with it - this isn't to say it's better in everything, I obviously can't speak for things I don't do (like SWT/Swing type GUI apps).
You idiots have been predicting MS's demise for a decade. It ain't gonna happen, but you can keep pretending MS is irrelevant all you want if it makes you feel better.
"Server side" doesn't mean what you think it means. It's not just web servers. Do a survey of how many fortune 500 companies use Linux for their enterprise apps. You'll be surprised. And not in a "wow, that many - that's great?!" way.
Eclipse is good, not great though. Just as an example of the shittiness of Eclipse in some areas - no good built-in text editor for XML? Come on now... Netbeans is better. You are correct, VS2008 is the balls, though. I'd put it 2 years ahead of Netbeans, and 3 ahead of Eclipse.
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I used to agree, but the fact is the government made a revenue decision to obsolete a piece of technology, ergo they should pay for the out of pocket cost. Would you be so sanguine if they decided they could save money with a new voltage transmission standard and you had to buy all new electrical equipment? Whiner!
It's PHB code for "decline".
There's nothing like the formal "if you post a sign of such and such wording in such a such position" law like in TX where I live. I certainly feel no moral obligation to honor any such sign, as the weapon is on my person and I know I have no ill intentions. The legal obligation is mostly a moot point as nobody would know, if they did know they could ask me to leave and I've never heard of anyone being arrested for simply possessing in opposition to a sign.
I pay as much heed to those signs as I would expect an African American to pay attention to a "No Colored's" sign. The signs are meaningless, if a property owner wishes me to leave his property he can ask me to do so.
Specific places prohibit firearms by law, and of course I would never carry in such a place (school, national park, whatever). Otherwise, proving someone saw a sign and interpreted it correctly is impossible, and I'm aware of no law making the owners of public property law-makers via sign. If they want me to leave, they can inform me of it.
It only makes them trespassers if they are asked to leave and they don't. It would be like a sign reading "boxers only: no brief wearers allowed". Easily ignored. If they then ask you to leave, then you have to leave.
It just shows how much of what we go through is security theater. If they were really secure harmless comments about the engines or even bombs wouldn't matter as you couldn't get one on anyway. It's like signs at malls saying "no guns". Like some nutjob is going to see that and decide not to go kill a bunch of people. Real terrorists aren't going to make jokes.
They are only "stealing money from the US Government" if they are breaking the law. Are you implying they are breaking the law? Are you too stupid to realize they have a fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder profit? Are you one of those dumb assholes who thinks it's a "patriotic duty" to give your money to the govt so they can mismanage it?
No, it's fundamentally wrong. In fact, were I that guy I'd be a lot...angrier. Just because someone who unjustly ruins your life is a govt employee doesn't mean they're immune to paying the price.
The point is there aren't hordes of "sex offenders" who just peed in the bushes. The ones there are should be cleared off the books. Only rapists and child molesters (child under 14) should be forced to register.
In this context, of course, the person would have been convicted of a crime. A pedophile who never touches a child isn't guilty of any crime and would never have to worry about this. A terrorist is someone who violently targets non-occupying civilians to motivate change. Any other definition isn't real.
Wow. I found one guy. One. It's a god damn injustice of mammoth proportions! Oh my GOD!
Such things like urinating outside can force someone to be registered as a "sex offender" seriously, yes
Really? Prove it. Provide me the names and links to document such incidents.
Lol. Yeah, I know, those poor pedophiles and terrorists (both of which by definition imply a law being broken) are so tormented. You do know every word you just said is nonsensical? Since when are terrorists or pedophiles just "unpopular"? They should be "exterminated".
Finally someone talking sense. Some crimes which currently require sex offender registration are stupid. Those should be fixed. e.g. if an 18 year old has sex with a 15 year old, it could be a crime depending on circumstances but it's not the same as an 18 year old with a 10 year old.
I find the "peeing in the bushes" urban legend hilarious too. Look how many times people have repeated that claptrap. Even if it has happened (which I doubt), it's probably happened like..twice. Ever. If people are going to whine to defend a bunch of child molesters and rapists then they can just rot in prison for life instead (in fact, I think they should). So by all means, let's get rid of the sex offender registry and just dump some of these animals in damp, dark prison and dump some of the other fuckers in the trash heap with a bullet in their head - and let the ones who didn't really do anything that bad go after appropriate prison time.
This is simply untrue. They are released from prison early with specific requirement. So if they don't like giving out their passwords, they can just elect to serve their full terms.
Exactly. Once you've been convicted of a crime, you lose some of your rights permanently or temporarily. Prison isn't the extent of the justice system.
It's simple - the guy is lying. He wasn't put on a sex offender list and required to notify people simply for peeing in the bushes.
Name one. Provide direct evidence of someone who is now a registered sex offender and must notify neighbors on moving into a new area simply for public urination. Just one. Real evidence, not urban legend.
Right - that's exactly what I mean. The thing is that people tend to extrapolate some issues MS has with their desktop OS's (some fake/misperceived issues, some real) into the server domain. When it comes down to it, it doesn't really matter much what SAP runs on, or your ESB, or your HR systems, etc... Windows server 2008 is an excellent enterprise application platform, to deny this is to deny reality. In this space it's much more mature and better supported by the industry. I don't see this changing overnight, or even anytime soon. On a technical front, it doesn't matter. As you say the OS is just an application delivery platform, unlike on the Desktop where people have religious wars. It all comes down to what your application provider supports and supports well.
There are areas where Linux dominates. Web servers and scientific and engineering computing are such areas. Windows has some presence there, but these industries seems to have largely chosen Linux (and other UNIX OS's).
To some degree. I don't disagree Linux is a threat in _any_ space. I'm just saying trotting out web server stats and claiming Linux dominates is an incorrect understanding of what "server side" means in this context.
That's one of its failings. It should come out of the box as a high quality IDE for whatever purpose (C++, Java, whatever "bundle" you pick). It's confusing and annoying to navigate all the Eclipse "projects" to find what you want. Netbeans does this better - highly extensible and some high quality add-ins, but still high quality out of the box and easy to pick what you want.
Navigating the Eclipse website and trying to find something is an exercise in hilarity. It's really just bad. Eclipse itself if you spend the time finding what you need and pulling together all the pieces is good (bordering on great). It's their whole outlook and the way they distribute the product that sucks.
Then again, I go back and forth. I've only recently decided I prefer Netbeans after having used Eclipse for a while. Maybe I'll change my mind again in 6 months.
Guh? Non sequitur much? When did I say Linux was irrelevant or that I hate it? In fact, I work in a group which supports largely Linux compute servers and workstations, as it's far and away the dominant OS in EDA computing.
It's not smart to rely on third party plugins. The eclipse out of the box experience for editing XML sucks. The eclipse out of the box experience for designing web apps sucks (compared to netbeans and VS). There _isn't_ a good free XML text editor for eclipse other than a half-assed dead, ancient one you can find if you scour the Internet enough.
Eclipse needs work, and it needs usability enhancements. Netbeans is better for most things that I've done with it - this isn't to say it's better in everything, I obviously can't speak for things I don't do (like SWT/Swing type GUI apps).
You idiots have been predicting MS's demise for a decade. It ain't gonna happen, but you can keep pretending MS is irrelevant all you want if it makes you feel better.
"Server side" doesn't mean what you think it means. It's not just web servers. Do a survey of how many fortune 500 companies use Linux for their enterprise apps. You'll be surprised. And not in a "wow, that many - that's great?!" way.
Eclipse is good, not great though. Just as an example of the shittiness of Eclipse in some areas - no good built-in text editor for XML? Come on now... Netbeans is better. You are correct, VS2008 is the balls, though. I'd put it 2 years ahead of Netbeans, and 3 ahead of Eclipse.