No - the easiest thing to be replaced by any script is usually management. I don't know any manager needing more than 2 lines to be completely replaced without anybody noticing...
No - just fool the cameras. I bought me a few sex dolls, inflated them and now they are occupying my car. To the 'normal' pedestrian it looks as if the car were fully occupied and I love the faces of the people once they realise what sits in there...
Works also with motorcycles (sidecars are unbeatable !) - just enjoy the faces of the bystanders when they realize what they are seeing. And it's completely legal;-) (at least in my corner of the world !)
I beg to differ. Working 30+ years on airline reservation / check in systems and several 'data hubs' around these beasts. So far NO NEW FANCY data hub has replaced one of the mainframes...
And the software there is partially closer to 50 years than 40. Mostly 370-assembler with a dip of PL/1. The oldest program still in production (on our box here) was written in 1966, modified maybe times but about 20 % are still original. Now talk about a maintenance nightmare:-)
But there were a gazillion of 'replacement / reengineering / rewrite' projects running from a few weeks to 8 years and costs by the truckload. No success so far and I'm still waiting for Roscoe / TSO to be replaced.
So - overall : Nothing new here. But the next hot thing is just around the corner, the same architect that already botched 6 attempts is still pushing for the next replacement project. But I'll be retired by the time the mainframes are replaced...
Nope to this. I'm very sceptical of any news report. But then I'm neither from the US/GB/AU/NZ or RUS area...
Now - please chat on. But try to make your propaganda a bit more subtle... and this applies to both sides !
so 1982 fits the year for a shovel... as I wrote '...my 1982 H-D Wide Glide Shovelhead...' - in switzerland the '1982' means build year, not engine size (which is still around 80 cui, barrels & pistons on 2nd oversize.
Depends... I prefer my 1982 H-D Wide Glide Shovelhead over my 1939 BMW R71... both are not really reliable but at least the old shovel can almost be used on a regular base. The BMW is a different beast...
And regarding the $$$ for the H-D - I bought it new in '82 when everybody was talking about H-D shutting down. Rode her around the mediterranean in '82 and up to the north cape in '83 - over 330'000 km with 2 rebuilds. The price was steep even then but I wanted it and I worked 2 shifts for 1 1/2 year to get the cash together.
The electro bike looks sharp, I'd love to test ride one of these. And with a range of around 200 km I could live. Not doing long tours anymore... just some small roads on a clear evening or saturday / sunday. No traffic, scenery is beatiful and this will burn the days issues and stress away.
Bikes are like women - they come in all flavours. To each his own...
We are the nerds - we fight back :
1. Police installs license plate readers
2. Buy hard disk maker & data analysis company stocks
3....
4. Flood the system using random generated 'license plate readings';-)
5. PROFIT...
At the same time the entire database becomes unusable... be very careful about #4... even THEY might catch you... but the chances are slim;-)
Code is language. Language is a vehicle for thought. Thought is the solution to the underlying problem. QED.
Been doing that for over almost 30 years, be it assembly, C, C++, Ruby, SAS.. you name it.
Code is the machine-understandable expression of human thought.
Now - what was the question ?
Valid points. But it all boils down to the individual - telecommuting needs a certain level of discipline. From the worker as well as their family.
I prefer the short walk upstairs to my home office over the 30 min commute - and the SO treats me during these days as if I were in the office...
And all my team members are available using IM / Mail / Phone - no need to go and search for them in the office building (we have also no fixed workplaces...).
If telecommuting were stopped I'd definitely look for greener pastures and leave the clueless PHBs to themselves
Worst case :
Project is late (not unheard of) and boss sits beside you while you code and test. I would not mind if he had at least a bit of a clue about what I'm doing but he's a pure and unspoiled paper-pusher with no idea about the techniques used and the area of work...
No - he did not achieve his goal. The project was exactly on time (as it should be) and all deliverables were there. He had a private timeline and tried to force it to the weakest point (in his view).
Next time I'll just stand and walk. If you know it better - fine, this is a keyboard, this is a monitor and do what you think you can do.
Moron
Clocks, mechanisms that show time. Glocks are several firearms manufactured by Glock in Austria...
The Cuckoo Clock comes from the southwest of Germany (Black forest region), not switzerland.
I still dream of an IBM 3081 or the 3083JX model... or an Amdahl 5880 (not sure about the model there...) but I don't have the space to accomodate these beasts. Or later on a IBM 3090-800... well those were the days...
Ok. No problem with that. As it takes some time for any data to sift through any network / preprocessing boxes / filter boxes until it finally ends its useful life by just sitting in a database somewhere - If you really plan to entertain yourself and quite a part of your government by blowing up telephone booths and massacring innocent windows you just have to be very quick.
Speed is important here. I bet it would be around 24 hours until the aggregated data starts looking useful for anyone sifting through. And in 24 hours, even basement-dwelling nerds like us can get quite a bit done...
Government - your call.
I'm swiss and I just want to inform you that almost anyone tries to hide some money or whatever from the government. For the past 60 years the folks in my surroundings (I live near the german border) have used accounts in germany to hide cash... others used italian banks or french ones...
If you want to open an account in germany the jolly fellow at the counter will ask you if the bank should sent the yearly statements to the tax office or to you, as you will be doing that... right ?
This is just the pot calling the kettle black.
Fact ist - nobody likes to pay taxes. But I prefer to pay taxes rather than handing over the cash to a bank (they are usually corporations...) as this way the community profits from it. At the same time it is important to inform oneself about the proceedings on the political level in the community where you life and participate within the law and your preferences. This is a result of our culture, living in a direct democracy since 1848... where you can vote whether to build a new tunnel to cross the alps easier or the colour of the local school building...
... more likely 45 years and more. Working on an airline passenger support system (reservations, schedule & check-in...) where the oldest parts still in use date back to spring 1967... dealing with weight of cargo & passengers and its distribution on the plane.
And 95 % of the code base is assembly language with the rest C, now that's what I'd call a lean and mean environment !
You're assuming that the poor guy trying to get rid of all the bloatware on his/her shiny new toy already has a working box available. No working box = no internet/google. And it seems you assume that the aforementioned poor guy has friends to help him... obviously your poor guy is not a slashdotter.
Well, back to lurking
Sorry to diosappoint you here, but even properly formatted and written code deteriorates over time. And yes - i know what I'm talking about, maintaining a 40+ year old airline reservation system IS a challenge. And the code base constantly gets worse, as nobody can afford even a small rewrite and shortcuts bite us constantly... the OPTICAL form of the code might be nice and pleasing to the eye but the technical functionality and cross-dependencies make your hair get white (if you still have some) and your teeth fall out...
wideglide
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No - the easiest thing to be replaced by any script is usually management. I don't know any manager needing more than 2 lines to be completely replaced without anybody noticing ...
No - just fool the cameras. I bought me a few sex dolls, inflated them and now they are occupying my car. To the 'normal' pedestrian it looks as if the car were fully occupied and I love the faces of the people once they realise what sits in there ...
Works also with motorcycles (sidecars are unbeatable !) - just enjoy the faces of the bystanders when they realize what they are seeing. And it's completely legal ;-) (at least in my corner of the world !)
Building democracies ? Like in Lybia, Irak etc ? Give us a break ...
My guess is that the biggest threat top europes citizens are europes politicians and the law enforcement / terror prevention organizations
... before going to ludicrous speed ...
I beg to differ. Working 30+ years on airline reservation / check in systems and several 'data hubs' around these beasts. So far NO NEW FANCY data hub has replaced one of the mainframes ...
And the software there is partially closer to 50 years than 40. Mostly 370-assembler with a dip of PL/1. The oldest program still in production (on our box here) was written in 1966, modified maybe times but about 20 % are still original. Now talk about a maintenance nightmare :-)
But there were a gazillion of 'replacement / reengineering / rewrite' projects running from a few weeks to 8 years and costs by the truckload. No success so far and I'm still waiting for Roscoe / TSO to be replaced.
So - overall : Nothing new here. But the next hot thing is just around the corner, the same architect that already botched 6 attempts is still pushing for the next replacement project. But I'll be retired by the time the mainframes are replaced ...
Nope to this. I'm very sceptical of any news report. But then I'm neither from the US/GB/AU/NZ or RUS area ...
Now - please chat on. But try to make your propaganda a bit more subtle ... and this applies to both sides !
so 1982 fits the year for a shovel ... as I wrote '...my 1982 H-D Wide Glide Shovelhead ...' - in switzerland the '1982' means build year, not engine size (which is still around 80 cui, barrels & pistons on 2nd oversize.
looks like you are having a bad day - did your medicine run out ?
Depends ... I prefer my 1982 H-D Wide Glide Shovelhead over my 1939 BMW R71 ... both are not really reliable but at least the old shovel can almost be used on a regular base. The BMW is a different beast ...
And regarding the $$$ for the H-D - I bought it new in '82 when everybody was talking about H-D shutting down. Rode her around the mediterranean in '82 and up to the north cape in '83 - over 330'000 km with 2 rebuilds. The price was steep even then but I wanted it and I worked 2 shifts for 1 1/2 year to get the cash together.
The electro bike looks sharp, I'd love to test ride one of these. And with a range of around 200 km I could live. Not doing long tours anymore ... just some small roads on a clear evening or saturday / sunday. No traffic, scenery is beatiful and this will burn the days issues and stress away.
Bikes are like women - they come in all flavours. To each his own ...
We are the nerds - we fight back : 1. Police installs license plate readers 2. Buy hard disk maker & data analysis company stocks 3. ...
4. Flood the system using random generated 'license plate readings' ;-)
5. PROFIT ...
At the same time the entire database becomes unusable ... be very careful about #4 ... even THEY might catch you ... but the chances are slim ;-)
Code is language. Language is a vehicle for thought. Thought is the solution to the underlying problem. QED. Been doing that for over almost 30 years, be it assembly, C, C++, Ruby, SAS .. you name it.
Code is the machine-understandable expression of human thought.
Now - what was the question ?
Valid points. But it all boils down to the individual - telecommuting needs a certain level of discipline. From the worker as well as their family. I prefer the short walk upstairs to my home office over the 30 min commute - and the SO treats me during these days as if I were in the office ...
And all my team members are available using IM / Mail / Phone - no need to go and search for them in the office building (we have also no fixed workplaces ...).
If telecommuting were stopped I'd definitely look for greener pastures and leave the clueless PHBs to themselves
Worst case : Project is late (not unheard of) and boss sits beside you while you code and test. I would not mind if he had at least a bit of a clue about what I'm doing but he's a pure and unspoiled paper-pusher with no idea about the techniques used and the area of work ...
No - he did not achieve his goal. The project was exactly on time (as it should be) and all deliverables were there. He had a private timeline and tried to force it to the weakest point (in his view).
Next time I'll just stand and walk. If you know it better - fine, this is a keyboard, this is a monitor and do what you think you can do.
Moron
Clocks, mechanisms that show time. Glocks are several firearms manufactured by Glock in Austria ...
The Cuckoo Clock comes from the southwest of Germany (Black forest region), not switzerland.
I still dream of an IBM 3081 or the 3083JX model ... or an Amdahl 5880 (not sure about the model there ...) but I don't have the space to accomodate these beasts. Or later on a IBM 3090-800 ... well those were the days ...
Ok. No problem with that. As it takes some time for any data to sift through any network / preprocessing boxes / filter boxes until it finally ends its useful life by just sitting in a database somewhere - If you really plan to entertain yourself and quite a part of your government by blowing up telephone booths and massacring innocent windows you just have to be very quick. Speed is important here. I bet it would be around 24 hours until the aggregated data starts looking useful for anyone sifting through. And in 24 hours, even basement-dwelling nerds like us can get quite a bit done ...
Government - your call.
I'm swiss and I just want to inform you that almost anyone tries to hide some money or whatever from the government. For the past 60 years the folks in my surroundings (I live near the german border) have used accounts in germany to hide cash ... others used italian banks or french ones ...
If you want to open an account in germany the jolly fellow at the counter will ask you if the bank should sent the yearly statements to the tax office or to you, as you will be doing that ... right ?
This is just the pot calling the kettle black.
Fact ist - nobody likes to pay taxes. But I prefer to pay taxes rather than handing over the cash to a bank (they are usually corporations ...) as this way the community profits from it. At the same time it is important to inform oneself about the proceedings on the political level in the community where you life and participate within the law and your preferences. This is a result of our culture, living in a direct democracy since 1848 ... where you can vote whether to build a new tunnel to cross the alps easier or the colour of the local school building ...
Hate to break it to you - but most criminals ARE stupider than most policemen. Which implies that most criminals are terribly stupid.
... more likely 45 years and more. Working on an airline passenger support system (reservations, schedule & check-in ...) where the oldest parts still in use date back to spring 1967 ... dealing with weight of cargo & passengers and its distribution on the plane.
And 95 % of the code base is assembly language with the rest C, now that's what I'd call a lean and mean environment !
Psssst. Shut up please, there might be a politician on /.
This hair you mentioned growing in funny and sometimes unexpected places is nothing else than the stuffing coming out ...
You're assuming that the poor guy trying to get rid of all the bloatware on his/her shiny new toy already has a working box available. No working box = no internet/google. And it seems you assume that the aforementioned poor guy has friends to help him ... obviously your poor guy is not a slashdotter.
Well, back to lurking
Sorry to diosappoint you here, but even properly formatted and written code deteriorates over time. And yes - i know what I'm talking about, maintaining a 40+ year old airline reservation system IS a challenge. And the code base constantly gets worse, as nobody can afford even a small rewrite and shortcuts bite us constantly ... the OPTICAL form of the code might be nice and pleasing to the eye but the technical functionality and cross-dependencies make your hair get white (if you still have some) and your teeth fall out ...
wideglide
We still start new projects in assembler /370 you insensitive clod !