You don't seriously expect Americans to know the difference between "British" and "English" do you? (or "Scottish", "Welsh", "Irish", "European", etc... for that matter)
The **AA are greedy though (says Captain Obvious)... Neither moving the presses out of the country, nor paying the workers more will stop that one leak that opens the floodgates, and both options would cost more money. So, this is in fact the cheapest production model.
...because combining the (relative) stability and security problems of Windows as the host O/S, with the (relative) user unfriendliness and reduced application market share of Linux as a host system is really the best of both worlds.
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Seriously. Maybe for development, and/or if you're really doing it on the cheap. Otherwise I fail to see the benefits of such a setup.
As is the term "genetic engineering", but both that and "nuclear" have developed negative connotations over time from an initially positive standpoint. I think this is the point the grandparent was trying to make, and you seem to have missed.
My personal suggestion for the best back exercise? Shagging. Seriously. Builds core stability, and it's great fun to boot. And nothing beats the respect you get from your flatmates once they see you and your partner crawling out of the wreckage of a double bed frame, having snapped it clean in half.
That said, I can see how there may be an obvious impediment for many Slashdotters. Maybe work on your grip strength instead, and snap some keyboards?
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Yet another bad analogy... If you must use it, I would suggest that "hacker" maps to "pyromaniac", whereas "cracker" maps to "arsonist".
Good question - when the physical equipment no longer matches the DNA/chromosomes then what is the correct entry to put on the card? If plastic and/or reconstructive surgery changes someone's face-print, when/how will that data be fixed?
it means everyone who wants to check to see if there are new messages will have to hit your server every time they check...which is another argument for caching RSS.
There was a ballot paper in an Australian election a few years ago that was not much smaller than a decent-sized tablecloth. I forget how many options were on it but from memory it was a few hundred-odd.
The problem here is that voting machines present a potential single point of failure. The manual system works so well simply because it is such a pain in the arse. To defraud an election you need to "overwrite" a very large number of paper ballots, or bribe a significant number of returning officers... all risky options. Remove the need for human verification at the finest granularity and replace them with machines, and it just gets easier.
I like your siggestion because it brings the benefits of a UI but still requires manual verification by the voter, but I would still argue that manual counting is necessary to some degree.
Forks alone can't explain 548 different CMSs. Neither can platforms or languages.
Choice is a good thing, don't get me wrong - but there comes a point where the choices are so many that the signal-to-noise ratio becomes a barrier in its own right.
I'm sure I'm not the first to ask, but why the hell do we need 548 different CMSs? At what point should developers stop thinking "How about I write yet another sub-standard CMS all by myself" and start thinking "well this one here does 80% of what I want, how about I contribute to it and write the final 20% myself, and improve it overall"?
I daresay we are well past that point, wherever it is. Time for some quality over quantity people.
To argue management wankword semantics, I think you are confusing outsourcing with offshoring. The obvious (albeit extreme) example of offshoring is shifting the entire company, headquarters and all, to another country. For outsourcing, it would be leaving nothing but a shell company and outsourcing all other functions to other companies (who may or may not be overseas). Both can be done, I'm sure both have happened in the past, and in both situations it is still possible to remain in the market. Technically you're correct, there is a limit, but the limit is "everything you have".
Whenever an industry expands, it means there are more people joining it than leaving. Statistically a proportion of these people will be better than you, regardless of where they are or who they work for. It won't necessarily cost you your job, but as you say the days of having a cushy job for life are over. If you can't prove your value to your current employer, be prepared to prove it to your next prospective employer. Personally I think the drive to improve that this extra competition brings can only be a good thing. Welcome to the big, bad world of free-market capitalism - if you can't stand the heat, get out of the sweatshop.
Cato is very important. He attacks when you least expect it, to keep your defences sharp. Unfortunately he usually winds up being beaten into submission.
In related news, the CEO of Disney started channeling Peter Sellers earlier today, and was heard to say "Cato! You imbecile! Not now!" and "Cato... Cato... Where are you my little yellow friend?"
By analogy, most people don't charge when they have sex.
They don't?!? Why didn't anyone tell me?
Yet this should not be seen as evidence that the market value of sex is zero and hence there is no damage in cases of rape.
True, but I think it is safe to say that the victim has not directly suffered loss of income unless they were a hooker (obviously physical, psychological and indirect damage notwithstanding).
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You don't seriously expect Americans to know the difference between "British" and "English" do you? (or "Scottish", "Welsh", "Irish", "European", etc... for that matter)
...or an accidental launch, cold-war nightmare style. And no prizes for guessing where their secret missiles would be pointing!
Feel safer now?
The **AA are greedy though (says Captain Obvious)... Neither moving the presses out of the country, nor paying the workers more will stop that one leak that opens the floodgates, and both options would cost more money. So, this is in fact the cheapest production model.
...because combining the (relative) stability and security problems of Windows as the host O/S, with the (relative) user unfriendliness and reduced application market share of Linux as a host system is really the best of both worlds.
</sarcasm>
Seriously. Maybe for development, and/or if you're really doing it on the cheap. Otherwise I fail to see the benefits of such a setup.
They're being penalised because they were *successful* in breaking the law.
Where I come from, you're only successful if you don't get caught...
As is the term "genetic engineering", but both that and "nuclear" have developed negative connotations over time from an initially positive standpoint. I think this is the point the grandparent was trying to make, and you seem to have missed.
My personal favourite was the one about the psychic dwarf that escaped from a mental asylum. It read "Small Medium at Large"...
You're posting on Slashdot admitting to taking out a patent? Hope you're wearing your flame-proof underpants...
My personal suggestion for the best back exercise? Shagging. Seriously. Builds core stability, and it's great fun to boot. And nothing beats the respect you get from your flatmates once they see you and your partner crawling out of the wreckage of a double bed frame, having snapped it clean in half.
That said, I can see how there may be an obvious impediment for many Slashdotters. Maybe work on your grip strength instead, and snap some keyboards?
Yet another bad analogy... If you must use it, I would suggest that "hacker" maps to "pyromaniac", whereas "cracker" maps to "arsonist".
Good question - when the physical equipment no longer matches the DNA/chromosomes then what is the correct entry to put on the card? If plastic and/or reconstructive surgery changes someone's face-print, when/how will that data be fixed?
it means everyone who wants to check to see if there are new messages will have to hit your server every time they check ...which is another argument for caching RSS.
There was a ballot paper in an Australian election a few years ago that was not much smaller than a decent-sized tablecloth. I forget how many options were on it but from memory it was a few hundred-odd.
The problem here is that voting machines present a potential single point of failure. The manual system works so well simply because it is such a pain in the arse. To defraud an election you need to "overwrite" a very large number of paper ballots, or bribe a significant number of returning officers... all risky options. Remove the need for human verification at the finest granularity and replace them with machines, and it just gets easier.
I like your siggestion because it brings the benefits of a UI but still requires manual verification by the voter, but I would still argue that manual counting is necessary to some degree.
Forks alone can't explain 548 different CMSs. Neither can platforms or languages.
Choice is a good thing, don't get me wrong - but there comes a point where the choices are so many that the signal-to-noise ratio becomes a barrier in its own right.
Zonk is just getting the April 1st dupes in early this year...
I'm sure I'm not the first to ask, but why the hell do we need 548 different CMSs? At what point should developers stop thinking "How about I write yet another sub-standard CMS all by myself" and start thinking "well this one here does 80% of what I want, how about I contribute to it and write the final 20% myself, and improve it overall"?
I daresay we are well past that point, wherever it is. Time for some quality over quantity people.
Meh... you say "ghoughphtheightteeau", I say "po-tah-to"...
Nice one. Been a while since anything on /. has actually made me laugh out loud!
Of course you were put on hold - you dialed 911. The real number is 912 - every Stonecutter knows that!
You mean this one?
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Real tricky... £
You participate in life by necessity. Anything else is free will.
Don't like working for "the man"? Go start your own business. Or move to China. Or.... just whine about it on Slashdot.
Da, comrade!
There, fixed it for you.
There is a limit to what you can outsource
To argue management wankword semantics, I think you are confusing outsourcing with offshoring. The obvious (albeit extreme) example of offshoring is shifting the entire company, headquarters and all, to another country. For outsourcing, it would be leaving nothing but a shell company and outsourcing all other functions to other companies (who may or may not be overseas). Both can be done, I'm sure both have happened in the past, and in both situations it is still possible to remain in the market. Technically you're correct, there is a limit, but the limit is "everything you have".
Whenever an industry expands, it means there are more people joining it than leaving. Statistically a proportion of these people will be better than you, regardless of where they are or who they work for. It won't necessarily cost you your job, but as you say the days of having a cushy job for life are over. If you can't prove your value to your current employer, be prepared to prove it to your next prospective employer. Personally I think the drive to improve that this extra competition brings can only be a good thing. Welcome to the big, bad world of free-market capitalism - if you can't stand the heat, get out of the sweatshop.
Cato is very important. He attacks when you least expect it, to keep your defences sharp. Unfortunately he usually winds up being beaten into submission.
In related news, the CEO of Disney started channeling Peter Sellers earlier today, and was heard to say "Cato! You imbecile! Not now!" and "Cato... Cato... Where are you my little yellow friend?"
Gotta love the reply someone left to TFA:
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By analogy, most people don't charge when they have sex.
They don't?!? Why didn't anyone tell me?
Yet this should not be seen as evidence that the market value of sex is zero and hence there is no damage in cases of rape.
True, but I think it is safe to say that the victim has not directly suffered loss of income unless they were a hooker (obviously physical, psychological and indirect damage notwithstanding).
Bad analogies, it seems, are not exclusive to