So true. I make much more than one of my friends, but he dresses very "professional" when we go out for drinks while I wear my normal programmer attire. He then also gets the priviledge of paying!
I have an AMD 5000+ with 2 GB and my Vista enabled PC runs very nicely.
I do a lot of work with the Quartus II software (FPGA Development) and compilation time is very impressive. Visual Studio 2005 runs smoothly despite having a minium of 3 projects open at one time. IIS and Sql Server 2005 (Express) both are running. Despite having a combination of all the above running, I "sense" that my PC does not have any trouble.
I know my description is subjective, but so is the above statement.
Currently, I am downloading 3 files, working via Remote Desktop, and reading about 10 webpages and my processor is averaging 3-4%. I am using 990 MB of memory, much of which is stolen by the video card.
"Lots of newbies are flocking to PHP, so lots of PHP apps contain newbie mistakes."
I might exchange newbie with ignorant. For example, a newbie is almost guaranteed to be ignorant, but someone who is not a newbie could possibly be ignorant and the mistakes are caused by not knowing any better.
But, perhaps the biggest reason for poor apps is not newbies or ignorants, but rather is laziness. As you are aware, design, development and testing takes a lot longer than "getting something done".
"I read in TIME magazine last night that over 50% of the people interviewed think that the NSA call database is justified in the War On Terror "
I am not buying that. I do not believe that 50% of an average cross-section of Americans would be ok with domestic spying. How can this be when only 29% approve of Dubya? Someone is lying.
I admit, in the past I WAS paranoid. However, since I now have proof the NSA is spying on me, I am just plain right. The rest of ya'll who do not believe in the conspiracy, you are now paranoid.:)
"And how do you feel about all the innocent people the US has killed in Iraq?"
You should leave out the word "And". It makes your point come off like you think I am a hypocrite and support innocent Iraqi's being killed.
I think innocent Iraqi's being killed is horrible. I hate seeing pictures of "collateral damage". IMO that phrase is a crock of crap. When someone is killed in the US by accident, the killing person is still commonly held accountable. I think the one's who call in strikes that end up with "collateral damage" should be held accountable.
Nonetheless, as my original post suggested, I think anyone who states that they would be rooting for terrorists has a wacked out philosophy on life.
"I sure as fuck ain't gonna give up my rights to fight statistically insignificant acts of terrorism."
Well - if you live in the US, you already have. You have a few options that I can think of. Get used to it, get involved in politics (hope you own a large corporation), or move to the middle of the desert and live like a hermit. If you are not a national, good luck.
Your political views are clouding your sense of humanity. Washington DC is not only inhabited by political talking heads, but also by _innocent_ people. Unfortunately your views are shared by others as evidenced by your post being modded up. I feel sympathy for you - as I can not even come close to understanding what you have gone through in life to allow your judgement to be so clouded.
"Visa restrictions are hurting the USA's ability to attract top research talent and this is going to damage its ability to do business with foreign corporations."
I find it difficult to equate, "top research talent and this is going to damage its ability to do business with foreign corporations" with graduate school enrollment figures.
However, if students were who you were referring to in your initial comment, then I obviously agree with you.
So what happens when your smart card / pin combo are stolen? Does that person automatically become associated with your ID? psst... bad idea... Fingerprints/Photos/etc combo is much more difficult to steal and/or forge.
let's see... hmm... where do fingerprints show up, oh yeah, on stuff that you touch, perhaps you go rougue, perhaps you steal some documents, perhaps you touch the door knob, fibbies pull your prints off the door knob, ergo, you are a suspect, i like that, i do NOT like crimminals getting away... (simplistic example)
regarding your "qualifications", in the US when a person joins one of many government organizations, their prints are taken, despite them having been born here, having valid id, social security card, driver's license, yadda, yadda, yadda... finger printing is just another way of id'ing someone, you are treated no different than the nationals are treated that have been granted clearance
perhaps your country does not fingerprint people, what is your point? i guess your your country has other strategies to ID people...
finger printing does not make me feel safe, finger printing is just another tool that my country uses, you may not like it, but that is your problem, i have no issue with it, other than it may at times be redundant and therefore a waste of taxpayer money (but the government does plenty of that in many other areas that i would rather be concerned about)...
continuing on that point, what is so invasive and reprehensible about finger printing since you "still not know who he is"
there are far more intrusive measures that the US government takes that you should be concerned with
bah! Passports with a pin is a ridiculous idea if the goal is to uniquely identify someone. Think about it.
Regarding Visa restrictions hurting the US, show some proof. Don't just spout subjective bull. I counter with that statement is made-up and is only your 'feeling'.
"Tell me - how exactly does having someones fingerprint prevent them from flying airplanes into buildings?
What would be your reaction to the President saying "Well, 3000 people died - but at least we have the hijackers' fingerprints on file now!"
You know, you could probally get a job at cnn, msnbc, foxnews, talk radio, white house spokesperson, etc if that is what you took from my comment. That was a serious spin job. In short, my comment hinted on the fact that a lot of crap happens in the world and it is not wise to let foreigners run around anonymously.
Question: WTF why do I have to give a fingerprint to [their] governement every time I have to travel in the US?
Answer: You are entirely correct in your outrage.
Well - I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion. However, I am not quite sure why you have stated that the outrage is correct. If someone is not a citizen of the US, it does not seem to be unreasonable for the US to be able to track them. The world is not everyone's playground. In a utopian socienty, perhaps that would be fine, but in our current worldwide situation we have crazy dudes that want to fly airplanes into buildings, backpack bombs, bus bombings, etc. Thus, a level of control of non-citizens is needed and that may only be a starting point. I find it to be a little naive to think that people (today) should be able to travel anywhere anonymously.
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So true. I make much more than one of my friends, but he dresses very "professional" when we go out for drinks while I wear my normal programmer attire. He then also gets the priviledge of paying!
I totally understand this mentality. I think it is cool that there are still pragmatic people in this world.
The only people who would confuse these two are the ones who have never had an "oral" distraction. LOL!
yep... "Nobody ever got fired for recommending IBM."
Ah! The power of statistics! How about when the Windows box BSOD's? During that time, does the % of Linux Desktop usage go up also?
I have an AMD 5000+ with 2 GB and my Vista enabled PC runs very nicely.
I do a lot of work with the Quartus II software (FPGA Development) and compilation time is very impressive. Visual Studio 2005 runs smoothly despite having a minium of 3 projects open at one time. IIS and Sql Server 2005 (Express) both are running. Despite having a combination of all the above running, I "sense" that my PC does not have any trouble.
I know my description is subjective, but so is the above statement.
Currently, I am downloading 3 files, working via Remote Desktop, and reading about 10 webpages and my processor is averaging 3-4%. I am using 990 MB of memory, much of which is stolen by the video card.
YMMV
"Lots of newbies are flocking to PHP, so lots of PHP apps contain newbie mistakes."
I might exchange newbie with ignorant. For example, a newbie is almost guaranteed to be ignorant, but someone who is not a newbie could possibly be ignorant and the mistakes are caused by not knowing any better.
But, perhaps the biggest reason for poor apps is not newbies or ignorants, but rather is laziness. As you are aware, design, development and testing takes a lot longer than "getting something done".
"I read in TIME magazine last night that over 50% of the people interviewed think that the NSA call database is justified in the War On Terror "
:)
I am not buying that. I do not believe that 50% of an average cross-section of Americans would be ok with domestic spying. How can this be when only 29% approve of Dubya? Someone is lying.
I admit, in the past I WAS paranoid. However, since I now have proof the NSA is spying on me, I am just plain right. The rest of ya'll who do not believe in the conspiracy, you are now paranoid.
"How is somebody going to steal my PIN if I don't write it down somewhere?"
:) In fact, George just let me know who you were speaking to last night. Naughty boy!
Well - We are spying on you.
good, let the arrogant prima donna's stay put... they'll come running when they get hungry :)
Pre-paid cell phones paid for with cash. Simple.
"And how do you feel about all the innocent people the US has killed in Iraq?"
You should leave out the word "And". It makes your point come off like you think I am a hypocrite and support innocent Iraqi's being killed.
I think innocent Iraqi's being killed is horrible. I hate seeing pictures of "collateral damage". IMO that phrase is a crock of crap. When someone is killed in the US by accident, the killing person is still commonly held accountable. I think the one's who call in strikes that end up with "collateral damage" should be held accountable.
Nonetheless, as my original post suggested, I think anyone who states that they would be rooting for terrorists has a wacked out philosophy on life.
"I sure as fuck ain't gonna give up my rights to fight statistically insignificant acts of terrorism."
Well - if you live in the US, you already have. You have a few options that I can think of. Get used to it, get involved in politics (hope you own a large corporation), or move to the middle of the desert and live like a hermit. If you are not a national, good luck.
Your political views are clouding your sense of humanity. Washington DC is not only inhabited by political talking heads, but also by _innocent_ people. Unfortunately your views are shared by others as evidenced by your post being modded up. I feel sympathy for you - as I can not even come close to understanding what you have gone through in life to allow your judgement to be so clouded.
"Visa restrictions are hurting the USA's ability to attract top research talent and this is going to damage its ability to do business with foreign corporations."
I find it difficult to equate, "top research talent and this is going to damage its ability to do business with foreign corporations" with graduate school enrollment figures.
However, if students were who you were referring to in your initial comment, then I obviously agree with you.
So what happens when your smart card / pin combo are stolen? Does that person automatically become associated with your ID? psst... bad idea... Fingerprints/Photos/etc combo is much more difficult to steal and/or forge.
Disgusting.
let's see... hmm... where do fingerprints show up, oh yeah, on stuff that you touch, perhaps you go rougue, perhaps you steal some documents, perhaps you touch the door knob, fibbies pull your prints off the door knob, ergo, you are a suspect, i like that, i do NOT like crimminals getting away... (simplistic example)
regarding your "qualifications", in the US when a person joins one of many government organizations, their prints are taken, despite them having been born here, having valid id, social security card, driver's license, yadda, yadda, yadda... finger printing is just another way of id'ing someone, you are treated no different than the nationals are treated that have been granted clearance
perhaps your country does not fingerprint people, what is your point? i guess your your country has other strategies to ID people...
finger printing does not make me feel safe, finger printing is just another tool that my country uses, you may not like it, but that is your problem, i have no issue with it, other than it may at times be redundant and therefore a waste of taxpayer money (but the government does plenty of that in many other areas that i would rather be concerned about)...
continuing on that point, what is so invasive and reprehensible about finger printing since you "still not know who he is"
there are far more intrusive measures that the US government takes that you should be concerned with
bah! Passports with a pin is a ridiculous idea if the goal is to uniquely identify someone. Think about it. Regarding Visa restrictions hurting the US, show some proof. Don't just spout subjective bull. I counter with that statement is made-up and is only your 'feeling'.
"Tell me - how exactly does having someones fingerprint prevent them from flying airplanes into buildings?
What would be your reaction to the President saying "Well, 3000 people died - but at least we have the hijackers' fingerprints on file now!"
You know, you could probally get a job at cnn, msnbc, foxnews, talk radio, white house spokesperson, etc if that is what you took from my comment. That was a serious spin job. In short, my comment hinted on the fact that a lot of crap happens in the world and it is not wise to let foreigners run around anonymously.
Question: WTF why do I have to give a fingerprint to [their] governement every time I have to travel in the US? Answer: You are entirely correct in your outrage. Well - I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion. However, I am not quite sure why you have stated that the outrage is correct. If someone is not a citizen of the US, it does not seem to be unreasonable for the US to be able to track them. The world is not everyone's playground. In a utopian socienty, perhaps that would be fine, but in our current worldwide situation we have crazy dudes that want to fly airplanes into buildings, backpack bombs, bus bombings, etc. Thus, a level of control of non-citizens is needed and that may only be a starting point. I find it to be a little naive to think that people (today) should be able to travel anywhere anonymously.
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