Is that really worth Visio knowing every fucking thing I watch?
Well, somebody already does know, unless you are pirating satellite or using over the air tv. Visio would like to have that data to be able to compete with Comcast, Netflix, etc.
Yes, according to the poster, it was not used for anything. However, the one that requested the report has not spoken as to its utility. All we have as proof of it being used by the manager is the word of someone who admitted falsifying reports. Granted, the admission was meant to be commiseration, so the act of falsifying reports may have been overstated, but the act was stated nonetheless. And as I said in this thread, the report has many uses, some of which are meant purely for the report producer.
And even if the report were truly not being used for anything at all (the employee being in no position to judge), that does not grant the employee the right to go maverick. One works for someone or one works for oneself, not both.
If his boss was wasting peoples' time he should have went to his boss's boss. What he did instead was lie. Lying is bad. By falsifying data in the report, whatever utility in the report existed is gone.
I have assigned reports as a task to ensure that the task gets done yes. I find it reasonably effective, especially when I don't have the time to do my own day to day inspection of work. I myself have also found problems when I have produced reports that I know will likely not be viewed. But I did find problems. And this was entirely due to having done an actual inspection that was required by the report spec.
I don't really consider myself a techie, that is true. I began programming around 1980 on a TRS 80 model 3. I wrote video games in basic. I didn't get back into programming until the early 90's doing database stuff in Paradox for DOS. My latest IT job has been intranet programming in Perl, and MySQL.
I also have an MBA in Entrepreneurship, with a Certificate in Business Ethics. My focus was on ethical strategies for new business development and re-engineering. I'm the turnaround guy that can come into a company and tell you what is going wrong, provide you with a new business strategy, and give you a list of the people you should hire and fire.
The report may have been pointless. However, it was not for the one producing the report to decide. It was between his boss and his bosses boss. If there was a problem it should have been made known to upper management so they could remove the report.
Management may have been incompetent, but this was malice. This was intentional deception of management to serve a personal interest.
Often times, the request for a report is not only just for the upper management, but is also for benefit of the one from which the report is requested. The management wants *you* to know about your job and wants to ensure that *you* know of the status of that which you oversee. While the manager may not know the specifics of your job, he will still need to ensure that you are doing your job and may also want to educate himself on the particulars of your job. The report does this. By providing false data in a report, you did not educate your boss. By providing false data, you did not allow your boss to make informed decisions. By providing false data, you implied that you were the better decision maker.
I do hope that when you say "managed to get out of that company" that you were fired for that incompetence. Your actions do nothing but serve as an embarrassment to those of us in IT.
The original mail system did charge the receiver of the letter, but no one would pony up to receive it. They then decided to charge the sender to send, so they would get their money up front.
Those tradeoffs just let us make better decisions under capitalism whereas we can't allow the information from those tradeoffs to inform us economically in a socialist system.
Maybe you "can't allow", but it is certainly possible:
&f($time) eq &f($money)
Unless in socialism you just have plenty more time.
Because the ease of recording a work is so great, and because the law cannot keep recording from happening, should those recording artists have the expectation of getting paid for recordings of their work?
They have the right to have whatever expectations they want.
Dozens of people on this board keep telling you that you are missing the point and the only thing you can respond with is for them to learn rocketry. "They don't know ISP." "They don't know TPS." We get it, you are a rocket scientist. Still, you are missing the point. The respondents do not want your rocket. The respondents want a space plane.
But the SS1 and SS2 does not have to scale up, it only has to scale out. I do not need a 18 wheeler, I only need a four door sedan and sometimes a small van or station wagon.
The ethics of software piracy are not so cut and dry.
Copyright law was not put in to place as a Kantian edict, but instead it was put into place for utilitarian purposes. It is not property law. It began as a method of information control and later became a method to increase learning. Lastly, copyright became a business model.
From a utilitarian perspective, software piracy might be the more ethical behavior (resulting in more people benefiting than from the strict commercial model.) Given that Microsoft does not adhere to a strict commercial model (having been convicted of anti-trust); Microsoft may not always be giving exactly what the free market will bear and may create less benefit overall than would other distribution models.
That is alas also a delusion... You are as deluded as they are. Nothing, I repeat NOTHING can be 100% secure. I think the GP and P are in agreement, but the P doesn't realize it.
Gotta call bullshit.
The rest of the cash just sits idle and creates a void, which is then filled by inflation. Unless your millionare sticks the money in the mattress, then it is not idle. Even if it is in the bank, the bank will lend the money to job creators or homeowners, and if it is invested, then it goes to job creators.
Comparisons to the X-prize in TFA are misleading. The rules appear to be entirely subjective:
<quote> The measure would award four prizes of up to $1 million every other year for technological advances in hydrogen production, storage, distribution and utilization. One prize of up to $4 million would be awarded every second year for the creation of a working hydrogen vehicle prototype.
The grand prize, to be awarded within the next 10 years, would go for breakthrough technology. </quote>
Slashdot Mirror
Is that really worth Visio knowing every fucking thing I watch?
Well, somebody already does know, unless you are pirating satellite or using over the air tv. Visio would like to have that data to be able to compete with Comcast, Netflix, etc.
Most likely the details of the comment outlined specifically what you posted. Caveat utilitor.
Mod parent up.
Yes, according to the poster, it was not used for anything. However, the one that requested the report has not spoken as to its utility. All we have as proof of it being used by the manager is the word of someone who admitted falsifying reports. Granted, the admission was meant to be commiseration, so the act of falsifying reports may have been overstated, but the act was stated nonetheless. And as I said in this thread, the report has many uses, some of which are meant purely for the report producer.
And even if the report were truly not being used for anything at all (the employee being in no position to judge), that does not grant the employee the right to go maverick. One works for someone or one works for oneself, not both.
I read the post, yes.
I outlined the utility of reports.
If his boss was wasting peoples' time he should have went to his boss's boss. What he did instead was lie. Lying is bad. By falsifying data in the report, whatever utility in the report existed is gone.
I have assigned reports as a task to ensure that the task gets done yes. I find it reasonably effective, especially when I don't have the time to do my own day to day inspection of work. I myself have also found problems when I have produced reports that I know will likely not be viewed. But I did find problems. And this was entirely due to having done an actual inspection that was required by the report spec.
I don't really consider myself a techie, that is true. I began programming around 1980 on a TRS 80 model 3. I wrote video games in basic. I didn't get back into programming until the early 90's doing database stuff in Paradox for DOS. My latest IT job has been intranet programming in Perl, and MySQL.
I also have an MBA in Entrepreneurship, with a Certificate in Business Ethics. My focus was on ethical strategies for new business development and re-engineering. I'm the turnaround guy that can come into a company and tell you what is going wrong, provide you with a new business strategy, and give you a list of the people you should hire and fire.
The report may have been pointless. However, it was not for the one producing the report to decide. It was between his boss and his bosses boss. If there was a problem it should have been made known to upper management so they could remove the report.
Management may have been incompetent, but this was malice. This was intentional deception of management to serve a personal interest.
No, good day actually. How about yourself?
It's a backronym. It was Perl first and then later Practical Extraction and Report Language.
Often times, the request for a report is not only just for the upper management, but is also for benefit of the one from which the report is requested. The management wants *you* to know about your job and wants to ensure that *you* know of the status of that which you oversee. While the manager may not know the specifics of your job, he will still need to ensure that you are doing your job and may also want to educate himself on the particulars of your job. The report does this. By providing false data in a report, you did not educate your boss. By providing false data, you did not allow your boss to make informed decisions. By providing false data, you implied that you were the better decision maker. I do hope that when you say "managed to get out of that company" that you were fired for that incompetence. Your actions do nothing but serve as an embarrassment to those of us in IT.
The original mail system did charge the receiver of the letter, but no one would pony up to receive it. They then decided to charge the sender to send, so they would get their money up front.
I think the GP was referring to mirroring the backups not mirroring as backup.
It's goatse, NSFW or your eyes
Maybe you "can't allow", but it is certainly possible:
Unless in socialism you just have plenty more time.
Because the ease of recording a work is so great, and because the law cannot keep recording from happening, should those recording artists have the expectation of getting paid for recordings of their work? They have the right to have whatever expectations they want.
Dozens of people on this board keep telling you that you are missing the point and the only thing you can respond with is for them to learn rocketry. "They don't know ISP." "They don't know TPS." We get it, you are a rocket scientist. Still, you are missing the point. The respondents do not want your rocket. The respondents want a space plane.
But the SS1 and SS2 does not have to scale up, it only has to scale out. I do not need a 18 wheeler, I only need a four door sedan and sometimes a small van or station wagon.
Informative
Yup, just now got mod points :)
The ethics of software piracy are not so cut and dry.
Copyright law was not put in to place as a Kantian edict, but instead it was put into place for utilitarian purposes. It is not property law. It began as a method of information control and later became a method to increase learning. Lastly, copyright became a business model.
From a utilitarian perspective, software piracy might be the more ethical behavior (resulting in more people benefiting than from the strict commercial model.) Given that Microsoft does not adhere to a strict commercial model (having been convicted of anti-trust); Microsoft may not always be giving exactly what the free market will bear and may create less benefit overall than would other distribution models.
Where are the mod points when you need them?
WTF is
I see what you did there
BMW is the ultimate driving machine ;)
Comparisons to the X-prize in TFA are misleading. The rules appear to be entirely subjective:
<quote>
The measure would award four prizes of up to $1 million every other year for technological advances in hydrogen production, storage, distribution and utilization. One prize of up to $4 million would be awarded every second year for the creation of a working hydrogen vehicle prototype.
The grand prize, to be awarded within the next 10 years, would go for breakthrough technology.
</quote>
Who decides?