A firing is equal to a death sentence, in the job setting. Therefore it must be used as a last resort.
Considering the damage done by the employee in this case, and the previous warning, IBM should have sent him home for a week without pay. The next time, fire him.
In my opinion, the judge will order him reinstated. I doubt he will see much (if any) compensation though.
For years now I have been saying that the real cause of global warming is human over-population.
Let us consider that most of the air pollution comes for the US, which accounts for roughly 5% of the earth population. Now, our planet can absorb our pollution. The problem occurs when we take into account the hordes of people in developping countries that suddenly start living like us:
-consummerism and everything you can think of relating to it. -transportation. -eating habits. A very LARGE amount of pollution comes from the meat industry.
With China especially, but also the rest of southeast asia and eventually africa, we'll end up with 10-20 times the amount of pollution we are seeing now. Let us consider that even under Bush, the US has some of the strictest anti-pollution laws in the world. Does China even have any, I have to wonder???
So there are basically two, and only two, real solutions to the issue of global warming. They don't include Kyoto:
-Kill off 4.5 to 5 billion people; or -Develop technological solutions such as growing meat in factories instead of cows and pigs, MUCH BETTER transportation means, better energy/electricity production, etc.
All evidence shows that Linux is less secure than other operating systems, in particular Windows.
For one thing, this can be explained by the open nature of Linux where anybody has access to all of the encryption algorithms, sources and keys. In the computer world, just like in the human world, it is in environments where anything goes that the worst viruses come to existence.
Also, Linux distributions are filled with various backdoors since anyone, including ill-intended foreigners, can add anything to the kernel base and its surroundings. At some point, there was even a hacked version of a compiler that introduced backdoors in every program that it produced!
Finally, and probably most importantly, Linux growth happens through the actions of the low-key movement of techies that try to replace everything they can in their organisations with Linux. Apart from acting unprofessionally, these zealots let their feelings for the beloved OS trump any kind of common sense behavior, such as using the right tool for the job. Instead they carelessly introduce vulnerabilities in environments that were previously locked down.
In short, organisations who value computer security should stay away from Linux, and refrain from hiring those who mention Linux in their resume.
At the lowest level, there are bugs made by the programmer. There can be misunderstanding also, especially if there is cultural differences in the organisation.
When multiple programmers are involved there are even more points of failure relating to the interface. Does the module behave as expected? Is the documentation accurate?
At the highest level, is the design accurate enough? Do we even know exactly what we have to do? Do we have the resources or is there wishful thinking involved?
And then, because it can take such a long time to write software, specs change during development. There is people turnover, changing customer need, chainge in direction, etc.
The points of failure are incalculable. The thing to do is adhere to best practices and then take the estimated amount of time to develop and multiply by 2 (in some places, experience will show 3).
And most importantly, don't lose any sleep because of this. Don't want to die at 60 of a hard attack because of software development.
Looking at their computers, I can mostly see outdated technologies. For instance, the Mac mini uses the Core Duo which is about a year old. I'm surprised that Intel still produces it in fact, unless Apple overstocked it! Also, keep in mind that the iPhone has been quite a failure, with sales around 0 so far.
That, and considering Vista and the Zune, AAPL is a SELL.
Sensing that something was finishy at Microsoft, cmdrtaco put together a crack team from his finest editors and combed through all of MS' actions of the last several years.
And just about everything else relating to total control. It's CEO is also know for pulling tantrums.
If you prefer Apple because its one and only way fits well, that's fine. But please stop looking down others (Microsoft users, Linux, etc), because you're the inferior drones.
I am not surprised at the result at all. Some wanker at NASA thought that Linux was good enough for such a delicate and precise task. What's the TCO on that Linux installation? $500M ?
I think that a lot of productivity issues relating to IT in industries comes from the low-key Linux movement of techies who push to replace everything with Linux. They like to sweep the glitches under the rug.
This actually reminds me of all the Mac fans in the 90s who were dumping on Windows for its alleged lack of stability. But whenever they showed me their precious computer, it would completly crash before 5 minutes of browsing the web, or opening the calculator while the text editor (like notepad) was still opened.
Conservatives like to complain about activist judges, but for me, I see too many activist techies. They have a negative impact on their organisations. They should be eliminated.
> (I also regret not having videotaped our gaming session, as my bro's wife lost her balance and dove headfirst during a bowling throw, almost going through the widescreen tv)
Had she gone through the TV screen, she could sue Nintendo for not including bungie cords with the game!
>...I always thought that Perl was meant for run-it-once...
More like write-it-once.
Perl has a small initial development cost, but it is difficult to maintain. Case in point: slashcode. Perl is a quick and dirty language for quick and dirty jobs by a bunch of dirty people. Sure it has its vocal fans, but nothing serious is made in Perl.
Java is pretty good in every aspect except that it can take a while to start. So, not knowing what Roomba is, I don't know if that matters.
In any case, Python probably would have been better than Perl.
> I also fail to see controversy. Does anyone actually PAY for software anymore? > I dont know about you, but I steal EVERYTHING. If its not physical, then there is no crime.
You must be a linux user.
Bill Gates said it best we he claimed that the GPL is a cancer. To be broader though, open source is the cancer. Downloading something is either open source, or becomes open source automatically. The two major principles of open source, which are being free to acquire and being free to redistribute, are always met with p2p software.
Let us recall how OpenServer was open-sourced by IBM. It all started when SCO and IBM got together to make a UNIX OS for the Itanium CPU. IBM got the idea that they might as well go with Linux since they wouldn't have to pay for anything. Just cash in on the support fees which coincidently happen to be very high for Linux. Now, Linux was quite behind the times at the technical level. So IBM moved large swaths of advanced source from OpenServer to Linux. Linus moved the source from bitkeeper to subversion to hide the tracks.
We'll see how things go in court. In the meantime, I recommend SCOX. It's a BUY.
> Make all downloads legal, and there will be no more illegal downloads.
I think that it's the only real solution. Maybe selling and buying music is just unnatural. That's why DRM is the best thing the industry has come up with.
Slashdot Mirror
A good, established, name.
Ogg Vorbis? hahahahahaha
Like most Open Source initiatives, failure happens at step 1: choosing a name.
A firing is equal to a death sentence, in the job setting. Therefore it must be used as a last resort.
Considering the damage done by the employee in this case, and the previous warning, IBM should have sent him home for a week without pay. The next time, fire him.
In my opinion, the judge will order him reinstated. I doubt he will see much (if any) compensation though.
"...on a more secure open-source platform with greater scalability."
No doubt, SAMP > LAMP.
For years now I have been saying that the real cause of global warming is human over-population.
Let us consider that most of the air pollution comes for the US, which accounts for roughly 5% of the earth population. Now, our planet can absorb our pollution. The problem occurs when we take into account the hordes of people in developping countries that suddenly start living like us:
-consummerism and everything you can think of relating to it.
-transportation.
-eating habits. A very LARGE amount of pollution comes from the meat industry.
With China especially, but also the rest of southeast asia and eventually africa, we'll end up with 10-20 times the amount of pollution we are seeing now. Let us consider that even under Bush, the US has some of the strictest anti-pollution laws in the world. Does China even have any, I have to wonder???
So there are basically two, and only two, real solutions to the issue of global warming. They don't include Kyoto:
-Kill off 4.5 to 5 billion people; or
-Develop technological solutions such as growing meat in factories instead of cows and pigs, MUCH BETTER transportation means, better energy/electricity production, etc.
Cheers!
All evidence shows that Linux is less secure than other operating systems, in particular Windows.
For one thing, this can be explained by the open nature of Linux where anybody has access to all of the encryption algorithms, sources and keys. In the computer world, just like in the human world, it is in environments where anything goes that the worst viruses come to existence.
Also, Linux distributions are filled with various backdoors since anyone, including ill-intended foreigners, can add anything to the kernel base and its surroundings. At some point, there was even a hacked version of a compiler that introduced backdoors in every program that it produced!
Finally, and probably most importantly, Linux growth happens through the actions of the low-key movement of techies that try to replace everything they can in their organisations with Linux. Apart from acting unprofessionally, these zealots let their feelings for the beloved OS trump any kind of common sense behavior, such as using the right tool for the job. Instead they carelessly introduce vulnerabilities in environments that were previously locked down.
In short, organisations who value computer security should stay away from Linux, and refrain from hiring those who mention Linux in their resume.
SO many points of failure.
At the lowest level, there are bugs made by the programmer. There can be misunderstanding also, especially if there is cultural differences in the organisation.
When multiple programmers are involved there are even more points of failure relating to the interface. Does the module behave as expected? Is the documentation accurate?
At the highest level, is the design accurate enough? Do we even know exactly what we have to do? Do we have the resources or is there wishful thinking involved?
And then, because it can take such a long time to write software, specs change during development. There is people turnover, changing customer need, chainge in direction, etc.
The points of failure are incalculable. The thing to do is adhere to best practices and then take the estimated amount of time to develop and multiply by 2 (in some places, experience will show 3).
And most importantly, don't lose any sleep because of this. Don't want to die at 60 of a hard attack because of software development.
Looking at their computers, I can mostly see outdated technologies. For instance, the Mac mini uses the Core Duo which is about a year old. I'm surprised that Intel still produces it in fact, unless Apple overstocked it! Also, keep in mind that the iPhone has been quite a failure, with sales around 0 so far.
That, and considering Vista and the Zune, AAPL is a SELL.
Firing squad for p2p users.
Sensing that something was finishy at Microsoft, cmdrtaco put together a crack team from his finest editors and combed through all of MS' actions of the last several years.
Result: a dubious patent application.
Have we found the replacement for Ed Bradley?
Like Mac does??
The hypocrites polluting the internet and slashdot don't complain about the fact that Apple is morally the worst company.
Suckling at Apple's dick might be a good way of getting a dose protein by many slashdotters. But it's hypocritical.
Apple is ALL ABOUT:
-DRM
-Proprietary hardware
-Proprietary software
-Closed protocols
-Lock-ins
-selected compatibility
And just about everything else relating to total control. It's CEO is also know for pulling tantrums.
If you prefer Apple because its one and only way fits well, that's fine. But please stop looking down others (Microsoft users, Linux, etc), because you're the inferior drones.
I am not surprised at the result at all. Some wanker at NASA thought that Linux was good enough for such a delicate and precise task. What's the TCO on that Linux installation? $500M ?
I think that a lot of productivity issues relating to IT in industries comes from the low-key Linux movement of techies who push to replace everything with Linux. They like to sweep the glitches under the rug.
This actually reminds me of all the Mac fans in the 90s who were dumping on Windows for its alleged lack of stability. But whenever they showed me their precious computer, it would completly crash before 5 minutes of browsing the web, or opening the calculator while the text editor (like notepad) was still opened.
Conservatives like to complain about activist judges, but for me, I see too many activist techies. They have a negative impact on their organisations. They should be eliminated.
> 11,000 football fields.
Football is an American sport. Therefore, Bush created global warming.
> (I also regret not having videotaped our gaming session, as my bro's wife lost her balance and dove headfirst during a bowling throw, almost going through the widescreen tv)
Had she gone through the TV screen, she could sue Nintendo for not including bungie cords with the game!
> ...I always thought that Perl was meant for run-it-once...
More like write-it-once.
Perl has a small initial development cost, but it is difficult to maintain. Case in point: slashcode. Perl is a quick and dirty language for quick and dirty jobs by a bunch of dirty people. Sure it has its vocal fans, but nothing serious is made in Perl.
Java is pretty good in every aspect except that it can take a while to start. So, not knowing what Roomba is, I don't know if that matters.
In any case, Python probably would have been better than Perl.
Trees are like batteries. They store junk they capture from the atmosphere.
Now, trees grow old and become less effective with regards to their size. So it's best to replace them at some point.
But, if we burn them, all the bad stuff goes back up in smoke. Thus, the need to conserve them in solid state.
The best way to cleanup the air, is to build houses with trees that are past their prime. Paper can also be pretty good, if it's not bleached.
Once more, just like Europe is a social failure, the tree-hugging left is wrong.
> I also fail to see controversy. Does anyone actually PAY for software anymore?
> I dont know about you, but I steal EVERYTHING. If its not physical, then there is no crime.
You must be a linux user.
Bill Gates said it best we he claimed that the GPL is a cancer. To be broader though, open source is the cancer. Downloading something is either open source, or becomes open source automatically. The two major principles of open source, which are being free to acquire and being free to redistribute, are always met with p2p software.
Let us recall how OpenServer was open-sourced by IBM. It all started when SCO and IBM got together to make a UNIX OS for the Itanium CPU. IBM got the idea that they might as well go with Linux since they wouldn't have to pay for anything. Just cash in on the support fees which coincidently happen to be very high for Linux. Now, Linux was quite behind the times at the technical level. So IBM moved large swaths of advanced source from OpenServer to Linux. Linus moved the source from bitkeeper to subversion to hide the tracks.
We'll see how things go in court. In the meantime, I recommend SCOX. It's a BUY.
unless you're a thief or a linux user. The two seem to go together.
It turns its users into life failures.
Linux is not user-friendly, so Microsoft needs to be the one taking the first step.
> Make all downloads legal, and there will be no more illegal downloads.
I think that it's the only real solution. Maybe selling and buying music is just unnatural. That's why DRM is the best thing the industry has come up with.
This bridge is working quite good. The personnal relationship between GWB and TB is great.
I could go for 4 more years of either one.
Novell.
Novel has to become a responsible company if it is to be taken seriously.
It seems that it needs to go its own way whenever it feels that it's using stolen material.
I was just passing by when I thought of reminding people here that Linux was, is, and always will be a failure.
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See how the ancient about box on this web page looks more modern than what you'd get from a Linux GUI even today.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=3