My supervisor got the brilliant idea to implement Scrum...
The only problem is that it's not Scrum. We meet every day and justify "yesterday." If you can't come up with arbitrary numbers to say you worked on something (not just your projects, you must include the 2 hours you spent helping someone with their project) for at least 6 hours you start getting questioned about what you did yesterday in front of the "team."
I remove the search, move the address to the right, navigation buttons to the left of that, and file menu left of that. One bar for all my browsing needs: http://imgur.com/TheYv.png
Yes, I realize that's Firefox on Linux... but I set up my Windows machines (Win Explorer/Firefox) the same (with the exception of IE and Win7 because they both removed the ability to use my PC how I like.) If I need to search, I type it in the address bar and it takes me to Google or I just go to Google.
So do cars, baseball bats, metal poles, knifes, toasters, anti-freeze, bleach, duct tape applied over the mouth and nose, yard chemicals... I could list hundreds of tools that kill things (pets, adults, and children included.) It doesn't mean I'm going to use them for that purpose.
Ditto. They politely ask to keep the ammo in the box you bought it in (duh) and let me on my way. One time I bought a pistol and was allowed to walk to the other side of the store and pick up something else before I carried my newly purchased firearm to the front where I handed them the receipt showing I bought it and the ammo.
Because it's utter crap. IE8 (I have not tested IE9) makes me wait until the "tab home" is loaded before I'm allowed to open my bookmarks and click on a site to go there. If I open the bookmarks before that tab is loaded, it loads the bookmark in the now non-active tab.
The other PITA I've noticed with IE is that you can't middle click on bookmarks to open them in new tabs. You have to open a new tab... then click your bookmark.
The other thing I dislike about IE is it's restricted layout options (in Firefox I can move everything. Address bar and all.)
If I were to propose an ideal system, I'd suggest we rethink the whole "Senate" concept. Leave the House of Representatives as it is, for local representatives to be elected. Throw the "Senators" out the window, hold a national party election, and let the parties get one senator for each whole 1% of the vote that they acquire.
Not really sure why it matters, but you touched on a point. At one point in time, Senators were elected by the States and not by "populous" vote.
While the high-profile election seats may be that way, local elections actually generally have people that will effect your daily life. Should the city revise your street to be more cyclist friendly, at the expense of parking? Will they approve of installing billboards in front of the local lake? You have a pretty solid voice in deciding who makes those decisions. And people at the local level tend to be genuine and earnest.
This in itself is why I support a small federal government. Let the states and local communities decide on local needs.
IMHO, Federal assistance should be available if a situation gets overbearing for a state, but otherwise, stay out of local policy.
The problem is that it's like a lead weight with two ropes on it. Each rope is tied to the parties and with each election they pull the weight toward them a little more. The thing is... it's more like they are both pulling that lead weight toward a pit and while you are distracted with them pulling back and forth they are both pulling that weight toward a predestined location.
But if that radical gets enough attention, maybe the party will have some pull and bring in a more level headed person next time. I don't buy the "abstained vote is a vote" line. If you want to bring change, you have to vote for someone... even if you think they will never win. Even more so.
So you only want to vote for the person you think is going to win?
I voted this morning. Most of the people I voted for were never mentioned on the news, in the papers, and most people don't even know about them. I did my research, found the person I liked and I voted for them even though they are likely to win. Waste of time? I think not. Every time I vote that's one more little bit of the percentage of being recognized.
you can list about a thousand things Office does that GD doesn't.
They did list things:
The DOI justified limiting its offerings to Microsoft, by saying that Microsoft had two things that other solution providers did not: unified/consolidated email and "enhanced security."
And Google responded to those:
Google disputes this (not surprisingly) and notes various problems with Microsoft solutions -- including well reported downtime issues.
Thinking about the physics involved in each mode, especially with friction and inertia, it tends to seem quite true.
I would think that rail would be cheaper (easier to push metal through air over metal than metal through water) but maybe they are including the cost to lay all that metal in rails.
Actually, I'd imagine it would take a ton of energy to push something through water (remembering my days at the lake) and ship transport only becomes cheaper due to the quantities and not so much due to physics. There were experiments on using air bubbles to ease movement in submarines, but I don't know where that research went.
I'm just still amazed that we don't have Diesel "Serial" Hybrid systems like railroad locomotives where the engine only kicks in when the battery gets low. Combine that with regenerating brakes and you basically use the engine to "top off" the battery.
You could think of it like MSSQL or Oracle... both of them add their own "enhancements" to the standard SQL.
This sounds like it's just moving that "power" into the hands of the DB Admins. Sure, it could spawn some ugly stuff... but it could give you something the big players didn't think of.
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My supervisor got the brilliant idea to implement Scrum ...
The only problem is that it's not Scrum. We meet every day and justify "yesterday." If you can't come up with arbitrary numbers to say you worked on something (not just your projects, you must include the 2 hours you spent helping someone with their project) for at least 6 hours you start getting questioned about what you did yesterday in front of the "team."
I remove the search, move the address to the right, navigation buttons to the left of that, and file menu left of that. One bar for all my browsing needs:
http://imgur.com/TheYv.png
Yes, I realize that's Firefox on Linux... but I set up my Windows machines (Win Explorer/Firefox) the same (with the exception of IE and Win7 because they both removed the ability to use my PC how I like.) If I need to search, I type it in the address bar and it takes me to Google or I just go to Google.
So do cars, baseball bats, metal poles, knifes, toasters, anti-freeze, bleach, duct tape applied over the mouth and nose, yard chemicals... I could list hundreds of tools that kill things (pets, adults, and children included.) It doesn't mean I'm going to use them for that purpose.
How would that work with Walkie talkies or CB radio?
I mean, if I listened to someone on a walkie and they thought it was private...
Heck, even some old cordless phones could be picked up by nearby speakers.
They let you have the pointy scissors? All I got were these rounded ones that don't cut well. :(
Ditto. They politely ask to keep the ammo in the box you bought it in (duh) and let me on my way. One time I bought a pistol and was allowed to walk to the other side of the store and pick up something else before I carried my newly purchased firearm to the front where I handed them the receipt showing I bought it and the ammo.
Because it's utter crap. IE8 (I have not tested IE9) makes me wait until the "tab home" is loaded before I'm allowed to open my bookmarks and click on a site to go there. If I open the bookmarks before that tab is loaded, it loads the bookmark in the now non-active tab.
The other PITA I've noticed with IE is that you can't middle click on bookmarks to open them in new tabs. You have to open a new tab... then click your bookmark.
The other thing I dislike about IE is it's restricted layout options (in Firefox I can move everything. Address bar and all.)
If I were to propose an ideal system, I'd suggest we rethink the whole "Senate" concept. Leave the House of Representatives as it is, for local representatives to be elected. Throw the "Senators" out the window, hold a national party election, and let the parties get one senator for each whole 1% of the vote that they acquire.
Not really sure why it matters, but you touched on a point. At one point in time, Senators were elected by the States and not by "populous" vote.
Crap... to correct myself:
"even though they are not likely to win"
"Less White" is still racist. It may not be racist to the minority, but it's still racist.
While the high-profile election seats may be that way, local elections actually generally have people that will effect your daily life. Should the city revise your street to be more cyclist friendly, at the expense of parking? Will they approve of installing billboards in front of the local lake? You have a pretty solid voice in deciding who makes those decisions. And people at the local level tend to be genuine and earnest.
This in itself is why I support a small federal government. Let the states and local communities decide on local needs.
IMHO, Federal assistance should be available if a situation gets overbearing for a state, but otherwise, stay out of local policy.
So if you are disenchanted by Maryland's options, you must try to disenchant the rest of the country?
The problem is that it's like a lead weight with two ropes on it. Each rope is tied to the parties and with each election they pull the weight toward them a little more. The thing is... it's more like they are both pulling that lead weight toward a pit and while you are distracted with them pulling back and forth they are both pulling that weight toward a predestined location.
"Troll" is not a disagree mod.
But if that radical gets enough attention, maybe the party will have some pull and bring in a more level headed person next time. I don't buy the "abstained vote is a vote" line. If you want to bring change, you have to vote for someone... even if you think they will never win. Even more so.
So you only want to vote for the person you think is going to win?
I voted this morning. Most of the people I voted for were never mentioned on the news, in the papers, and most people don't even know about them. I did my research, found the person I liked and I voted for them even though they are likely to win. Waste of time? I think not. Every time I vote that's one more little bit of the percentage of being recognized.
Fun is not always fast.
To take his car analogy to the next level... it's like the government putting out a req. for cars using only Ford Engines.
you can list about a thousand things Office does that GD doesn't.
They did list things:
The DOI justified limiting its offerings to Microsoft, by saying that Microsoft had two things that other solution providers did not: unified/consolidated email and "enhanced security."
And Google responded to those:
Google disputes this (not surprisingly) and notes various problems with Microsoft solutions -- including well reported downtime issues.
Thinking about the physics involved in each mode, especially with friction and inertia, it tends to seem quite true.
I would think that rail would be cheaper (easier to push metal through air over metal than metal through water) but maybe they are including the cost to lay all that metal in rails.
Actually, I'd imagine it would take a ton of energy to push something through water (remembering my days at the lake) and ship transport only becomes cheaper due to the quantities and not so much due to physics. There were experiments on using air bubbles to ease movement in submarines, but I don't know where that research went.
I'm just still amazed that we don't have Diesel "Serial" Hybrid systems like railroad locomotives where the engine only kicks in when the battery gets low. Combine that with regenerating brakes and you basically use the engine to "top off" the battery.
You could think of it like MSSQL or Oracle... both of them add their own "enhancements" to the standard SQL.
This sounds like it's just moving that "power" into the hands of the DB Admins. Sure, it could spawn some ugly stuff... but it could give you something the big players didn't think of.
While neat in concept... you'd have to train it and you'd likely be turned off at first because your phone was trying to learn what you want.
It would be like having a baby without the fun stuff.
Finally, I can text while driving! /sigh