I never understood why it's the Matrix that was a hit; besides the Thirteenth Floor there was also Existenz that was released around the same time and both were pretty good and had somehow a similar scenario (and prettier actresses!). Maybe those movies had not enough shooting - although the Matrix became a karate franchise after the first movie, a change of style that was linked to the Columbine shooting IIRC.
As for inception it was definitely deja vu, and it was more than just the scenario; I think the visual style was also very close. When I look at the ratings for all those movies on IMDB I find it unfair - but then we live in a world where most people think that Red Red Wine is a song by UB40 so maybe I should lower my expectations.
Thank you. BTW, that's not a slur. Why is it a badge of honor to some people to be as spineless as possible?
This is 2012; nowadays there are multiple ways to enter in a respectful, efficient work relationship other than bring in unions - and that does not mean being spineless.
I guess if you work in an environment where individual contributions have low value then you need the group to protect your job... You need the union to make sure that nobody but the copier guy will use the copier machine and that promotion is based on how many years you've been at the job, not what value you can bring in. I don't see the interest in that kind of environment but if you are happy being the loud mouth with a On Strike sign always available in your top drawer, good for you (until they outsource your job to Mexico or India).
I remember my first contact with unions. It was in school, and everybody in the program was looking forward to the RDBMS course scheduled for the next semester because the teacher of that course was recognized for his skills. When we got to the classroom on the first day of that course, some old guy came in and told us he would be the teacher - apparently he had tenure and more years on the job than the other guy and since he did not have enough hours in his schedule for that semester, he had bumped the other guy (who was now out of a job). The first thing he told us was: I know nothing about RDBMS, we will discover this together. The union had his back and the school could not audit his skills before allowing him to give a course... it's unfortunate that he provided zero value to the students, but what was important was that he had a full schedule because it is a well-known fact that the purpose of schools is to give job security to teachers.
Do they have people with doctorates and PHD's doing their "research." Or are they just pulling numbers out of their butt.
Could be both. This allegedly happened in some areas where researchers felt that a "controlled publication" of scientific evidence could bring more exposure to what they considered important issues... (climategate, peppered moths, Libby half-life, etc.)
Of course there's the mindset that we should just do whatever our bosses expect of us because we should just be so fucking grateful that they cast their eye upon us when it came time to hire a new desk drone for $30k a year, but I'm not a fucking slave, so that never held much water for me.
No, you should do whatever your boss is expecting from you because this is the reason you are paid at all. If you want to get money to do whatever *you* want, start your own business - either a small one so you can work by yourself, or an incredibly successful one so you can pay people more than $30k a year because it is a well-known fact that everyone deserves to make a million every year.
Please stop perpetuating the lie that union workers are "unfireable".
Of course union workers can be fired. Union reps and leaders, that's another story. It's like a pregnant, crippled woman that is part of an ethnic minority and works in the public sector - unfireable.
I would deploy IBM Domino like in the days of Clinton, which Bush switched to Microsoft Exchange. Reliability went downhill with that decision. Domino runs cheap and fast and reliable. And has always active clustering so you don't have to deal with downtime. IBM simply has a much longer track record of delivering reliable computing than Microsoft.
People are not replacing Domino with Exchange because it is more reliable. They do it because *everybody* hates Lotus Notes.
This being said, any user that has a complaint against Lotus Notes should be required to work with Groupwise for a week.
They should follow the example of Sarah Palin and use Yahoo Mail.
I can picture Kim Jong-un calling the helpdesk: "please add leaderofthefreeworld61@yahoo.com on my trusted recipients list, we almost initiated a nuclear holocaust because I missed an important message in my junk mail folder".
If users/admins are incompetent enough to use passwords fit for luggage you can only guess how many unprotected Internet facing RDP servers will be ravaged within the next few weeks.
This is not a problem unique to Windows. At least once or twice a year I stumble upon machines where I can use SCOTT TIGER, toor or "secret" credentials.
Who are all these admins doing stuff over RDP and why are they still employed? I've seen these installations myself but I simply cannot believe it. It's so dumb that it boggles the mind. Why would I need to login to a full display server to remotely administrate... anything? Oh, unless I'm on Windows where some applications cannot be used without the GUI. Lol. This is so pathetic. If you simply must use a GUI, just tunnel an X client over SSH and never worry about applying patches again- oh but wait, I forgot again that we're on Windows so you can't do that. Why anyone would rely on this backwards, insecure, cumbersome, and ultimately counter-productive bullshit is completely beyond me.
The dangerous people are not the admins that are using RDP. The dangerous people are the idiots that think that because they use an X client over SSH they don't have to worry about applying patches again.
So it does not surprise me that the fact that people rely on technologies that you don't understand is completely beyond you. Once you get real work experience, other than maintaining that FTP server for a non-profit or that Drupal server for Uncle Bob's tackle and bait shop, we can have this discussion again.
Somebody finally fix the root of the problem and hack Microsoft's server to push out a Linux iso...
But if someone does hack the Microsoft server (I'm sure they have only one) and install Linux, Windows will disappear and wannabe geeks will have to find another easy target for their wannabe bashing
RDP is a GUI, SSH (for instance) is not. From wiki:
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft, which provides a user with a graphical interface to another computer
Don't you think it is easier to hack a computer from a windowed based tool where you see the menus and all, than from an austere text based prompt?
I would suspect that someone who has the skill set required to "hack a computer" would not be slowed down much in his mischievous activity by an austere text based prompt..
Dell is a truly innovative company with a very interesting approach to manufacturing and sales; their efficient inventory management (with stock never older than a week or so) is pretty impressive. And unlike other big vendors they understand the needs of small and medium businesses and they make it very easy to become a customer (easy financing, good online inventory, etc.).
Their consumer or entry-level products are not as flashy as Apple or as robust as Lenovo but they are very competitive on the price/quality ratio and they came a long way over the last 10 years. For servers nowadays the PowerEdge as pretty much equivalent to the products from other vendors (HP, IBM) but less expensive, and their storage offering is pretty good (Equallogic, Compellent, etc.) with aggressive pricing as well. If I had to build a new data center today they would definitely be in my vendors shortlist.
I think it's a good thing that they move in the software field even if I am not a big fan of the products they acquired so far. If they follow their usual strategy within a few years they will offer a viable, cost-effective alternative to other big vendors. I guess HP is the one that will get squeezed between the expensive, corporate solutions from IBM and the more affordable Dell products.
Of course, everyone that does not have a hard-on for javascript guy and his cargo pants must have a prejudiced opinion.
Cargo pants? You're judging someones presentation by what trousers they're wearing? I was using the term prejudiced in it's simple "pre-judging" definition. Turns out you're actually prejudiced in the bigoted sad-sack definition. How truly pathetic you are.
End of conversation. You have nothing worthwhile to say.
Since you appear offended by your own conclusion that I judged cargo pants guy's presentation on the fact that he wears cargo pants, you will be rejoiced to know that I don't judge your comments on the fact that you are yourself obviously a big fan of cargo pants (or on the fact that you seem so intensely protective of that male presenter), but specifically on the fact that you feel entitled to determine what is worthwhile and what is not, and when a conversation is to end.
Just out of curiosity: are you a fan of Celine Dion?
Smalltalk is heavily used in the financial industry
[citation needed]
I'm sure there are some financial services companies making limited use of Smalltalk. There are also some financial companies making limited use of many other niche languages (OCaml, Erlang, etc). But the vast majority of financial sector code, if I am to believe what I hear from people I know whose actual job is to write code in the financial sector, is written in mainstream compile-cycle-dependent languages such as Java and C++.
I've been working in the financial industry for many years and I've seen a lot of weird technologies for products or in-house projects, including APL, but most of the stuff is java, C++ and some C#. Some big systems have their own scripting API that is usually available for Python.
SmallTalk? Never seen it but in any event there is not a lot of ideology around technology in this industry, if a product is working nobody cares what is the underlying language, they'll hire busloads of consultants if needed.
It's amazing how many people are proud to be closed minded. Too bad you missed out. I'm glad I didn't.
You had a life changing experience watching javascript guy with his cargo pants, I get it and I rejoice for you. That does not mean that people who find him tedious and cheesy are close-minded, it just mean that some people need a little more substance before they applaud.
You're is the view of another person with prejudiced opinions.
Of course, everyone that does not have a hard-on for javascript guy and his cargo pants must have a prejudiced opinion. Or more generally: everyone that does not agree with you.
I am curious: do you have strong feelings for javascript and/or cargo pants, in which case maybe it is your own opinion that is biased.
Maybe it's worth one of *your* hours but after watching this for 3 minutes I had to give up because the half-cooked mix of Tony Robbins and Steve Jobs made me nauseous. It's too bad really because I was curious to see the third part of the speech where I would have discovered My Own Guiding Principle.
I propose to ban references to the Matrix and instead use references to The Thirteenth Floor, which are cooler because they can partially overlap with references to LA Noire and Law & Order.
Your all idiots, IE drops sessions more often than other browsers and that is all there is to this story.
"Your" very clever (like the 10 other people who made the same comment) but of course "your" the only one that is not an idiot.
Sometimes I wonder if there is anything lower than a grammar Nazi - pointing out flaws in a system meant to communicate when there was not issue with the message being communicated as a result of the grammar utilized - yep, definitely more cleverer than you.
The real problem in your post was not the syntax, it was the fact that you insult people. If you say "your all idiots" you basically put an end to any kind of civilized discussion, at which point putting an emphasis on syntax is fair game.
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I never understood why it's the Matrix that was a hit; besides the Thirteenth Floor there was also Existenz that was released around the same time and both were pretty good and had somehow a similar scenario (and prettier actresses!). Maybe those movies had not enough shooting - although the Matrix became a karate franchise after the first movie, a change of style that was linked to the Columbine shooting IIRC.
As for inception it was definitely deja vu, and it was more than just the scenario; I think the visual style was also very close. When I look at the ratings for all those movies on IMDB I find it unfair - but then we live in a world where most people think that Red Red Wine is a song by UB40 so maybe I should lower my expectations.
Thank you. BTW, that's not a slur. Why is it a badge of honor to some people to be as spineless as possible?
This is 2012; nowadays there are multiple ways to enter in a respectful, efficient work relationship other than bring in unions - and that does not mean being spineless.
I guess if you work in an environment where individual contributions have low value then you need the group to protect your job... You need the union to make sure that nobody but the copier guy will use the copier machine and that promotion is based on how many years you've been at the job, not what value you can bring in. I don't see the interest in that kind of environment but if you are happy being the loud mouth with a On Strike sign always available in your top drawer, good for you (until they outsource your job to Mexico or India).
I remember my first contact with unions. It was in school, and everybody in the program was looking forward to the RDBMS course scheduled for the next semester because the teacher of that course was recognized for his skills. When we got to the classroom on the first day of that course, some old guy came in and told us he would be the teacher - apparently he had tenure and more years on the job than the other guy and since he did not have enough hours in his schedule for that semester, he had bumped the other guy (who was now out of a job). The first thing he told us was: I know nothing about RDBMS, we will discover this together. The union had his back and the school could not audit his skills before allowing him to give a course... it's unfortunate that he provided zero value to the students, but what was important was that he had a full schedule because it is a well-known fact that the purpose of schools is to give job security to teachers.
You're hired to do *a* job, not ANY job or several jobs.
Spoken like a true union worker
Do they have people with doctorates and PHD's doing their "research." Or are they just pulling numbers out of their butt.
Could be both. This allegedly happened in some areas where researchers felt that a "controlled publication" of scientific evidence could bring more exposure to what they considered important issues... (climategate, peppered moths, Libby half-life, etc.)
Of course there's the mindset that we should just do whatever our bosses expect of us because we should just be so fucking grateful that they cast their eye upon us when it came time to hire a new desk drone for $30k a year, but I'm not a fucking slave, so that never held much water for me.
No, you should do whatever your boss is expecting from you because this is the reason you are paid at all. If you want to get money to do whatever *you* want, start your own business - either a small one so you can work by yourself, or an incredibly successful one so you can pay people more than $30k a year because it is a well-known fact that everyone deserves to make a million every year.
Please stop perpetuating the lie that union workers are "unfireable".
Of course union workers can be fired. Union reps and leaders, that's another story. It's like a pregnant, crippled woman that is part of an ethnic minority and works in the public sector - unfireable.
I would deploy IBM Domino like in the days of Clinton, which Bush switched to Microsoft Exchange. Reliability went downhill with that decision.
Domino runs cheap and fast and reliable. And has always active clustering so you don't have to deal with downtime. IBM simply has a much longer track record of delivering reliable computing than Microsoft.
People are not replacing Domino with Exchange because it is more reliable. They do it because *everybody* hates Lotus Notes.
This being said, any user that has a complaint against Lotus Notes should be required to work with Groupwise for a week.
They should follow the example of Sarah Palin and use Yahoo Mail.
I can picture Kim Jong-un calling the helpdesk: "please add leaderofthefreeworld61@yahoo.com on my trusted recipients list, we almost initiated a nuclear holocaust because I missed an important message in my junk mail folder".
My union covers our IT personnel (I am chair of the union's IT committee).
Then I'm sure you are posting on Slashdot during business hours since you are unfireable.
If users/admins are incompetent enough to use passwords fit for luggage you can only guess how many unprotected Internet facing RDP servers will be ravaged within the next few weeks.
This is not a problem unique to Windows. At least once or twice a year I stumble upon machines where I can use SCOTT TIGER, toor or "secret" credentials.
No, I don't think it is easier. Why do you think windows and menus make things any more hackable?
I know: someone using WinRunner or AutoHotKey could do brute-force hacking on a GUI!
This is brilliant, I must immediately check IRC (or Experts-Exchange) to see if there are scripts available to do that.
Who are all these admins doing stuff over RDP and why are they still employed? I've seen these installations myself but I simply cannot believe it. It's so dumb that it boggles the mind. Why would I need to login to a full display server to remotely administrate... anything? Oh, unless I'm on Windows where some applications cannot be used without the GUI. Lol. This is so pathetic. If you simply must use a GUI, just tunnel an X client over SSH and never worry about applying patches again- oh but wait, I forgot again that we're on Windows so you can't do that. Why anyone would rely on this backwards, insecure, cumbersome, and ultimately counter-productive bullshit is completely beyond me.
The dangerous people are not the admins that are using RDP. The dangerous people are the idiots that think that because they use an X client over SSH they don't have to worry about applying patches again.
So it does not surprise me that the fact that people rely on technologies that you don't understand is completely beyond you. Once you get real work experience, other than maintaining that FTP server for a non-profit or that Drupal server for Uncle Bob's tackle and bait shop, we can have this discussion again.
Somebody finally fix the root of the problem and hack Microsoft's server to push out a Linux iso...
But if someone does hack the Microsoft server (I'm sure they have only one) and install Linux, Windows will disappear and wannabe geeks will have to find another easy target for their wannabe bashing
RDP is a GUI, SSH (for instance) is not. From wiki:
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft, which provides a user with a graphical interface to another computer
Don't you think it is easier to hack a computer from a windowed based tool where you see the menus and all, than from an austere text based prompt?
I would suspect that someone who has the skill set required to "hack a computer" would not be slowed down much in his mischievous activity by an austere text based prompt..
Dell is a truly innovative company with a very interesting approach to manufacturing and sales; their efficient inventory management (with stock never older than a week or so) is pretty impressive. And unlike other big vendors they understand the needs of small and medium businesses and they make it very easy to become a customer (easy financing, good online inventory, etc.).
Their consumer or entry-level products are not as flashy as Apple or as robust as Lenovo but they are very competitive on the price/quality ratio and they came a long way over the last 10 years. For servers nowadays the PowerEdge as pretty much equivalent to the products from other vendors (HP, IBM) but less expensive, and their storage offering is pretty good (Equallogic, Compellent, etc.) with aggressive pricing as well. If I had to build a new data center today they would definitely be in my vendors shortlist.
I think it's a good thing that they move in the software field even if I am not a big fan of the products they acquired so far. If they follow their usual strategy within a few years they will offer a viable, cost-effective alternative to other big vendors. I guess HP is the one that will get squeezed between the expensive, corporate solutions from IBM and the more affordable Dell products.
Of course, everyone that does not have a hard-on for javascript guy and his cargo pants must have a prejudiced opinion.
Cargo pants? You're judging someones presentation by what trousers they're wearing? I was using the term prejudiced in it's simple "pre-judging" definition. Turns out you're actually prejudiced in the bigoted sad-sack definition. How truly pathetic you are.
End of conversation. You have nothing worthwhile to say.
Since you appear offended by your own conclusion that I judged cargo pants guy's presentation on the fact that he wears cargo pants, you will be rejoiced to know that I don't judge your comments on the fact that you are yourself obviously a big fan of cargo pants (or on the fact that you seem so intensely protective of that male presenter), but specifically on the fact that you feel entitled to determine what is worthwhile and what is not, and when a conversation is to end.
Just out of curiosity: are you a fan of Celine Dion?
[citation needed]
I'm sure there are some financial services companies making limited use of Smalltalk. There are also some financial companies making limited use of many other niche languages (OCaml, Erlang, etc). But the vast majority of financial sector code, if I am to believe what I hear from people I know whose actual job is to write code in the financial sector, is written in mainstream compile-cycle-dependent languages such as Java and C++.
I've been working in the financial industry for many years and I've seen a lot of weird technologies for products or in-house projects, including APL, but most of the stuff is java, C++ and some C#. Some big systems have their own scripting API that is usually available for Python.
SmallTalk? Never seen it but in any event there is not a lot of ideology around technology in this industry, if a product is working nobody cares what is the underlying language, they'll hire busloads of consultants if needed.
It's amazing how many people are proud to be closed minded. Too bad you missed out. I'm glad I didn't.
You had a life changing experience watching javascript guy with his cargo pants, I get it and I rejoice for you. That does not mean that people who find him tedious and cheesy are close-minded, it just mean that some people need a little more substance before they applaud.
You're is the view of another person with prejudiced opinions.
Of course, everyone that does not have a hard-on for javascript guy and his cargo pants must have a prejudiced opinion. Or more generally: everyone that does not agree with you.
I am curious: do you have strong feelings for javascript and/or cargo pants, in which case maybe it is your own opinion that is biased.
Prejudice: "An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts"
You're welcome to your opinions. But they are prejudice, and therefore worthless.
Lame: lacking needful or desirable substance.
(While they are lame, your own comments are not totally worthless because they made me laugh)
It's worth a hour.
Maybe it's worth one of *your* hours but after watching this for 3 minutes I had to give up because the half-cooked mix of Tony Robbins and Steve Jobs made me nauseous. It's too bad really because I was curious to see the third part of the speech where I would have discovered My Own Guiding Principle.
They didn't have any problems in The Matrix.
I propose to ban references to the Matrix and instead use references to The Thirteenth Floor, which are cooler because they can partially overlap with references to LA Noire and Law & Order.
Your all idiots, IE drops sessions more often than other browsers and that is all there is to this story.
"Your" very clever (like the 10 other people who made the same comment) but of course "your" the only one that is not an idiot.
Sometimes I wonder if there is anything lower than a grammar Nazi - pointing out flaws in a system meant to communicate when there was not issue with the message being communicated as a result of the grammar utilized - yep, definitely more cleverer than you.
The real problem in your post was not the syntax, it was the fact that you insult people. If you say "your all idiots" you basically put an end to any kind of civilized discussion, at which point putting an emphasis on syntax is fair game.
Perry Rhodan was awesome. I'm pretty sure that I've read close to 100 of those novels, and I never found such a good series since then.
Some day I'll start collecting them, it's on my todo list!
Your all idiots, IE drops sessions more often than other browsers and that is all there is to this story.
"Your" very clever (like the 10 other people who made the same comment) but of course "your" the only one that is not an idiot.