I knew a guy at my previous job, Bob, who was the pillar of the team. This guy knew everything about our system (much better than the official architect), could understand the root cause of bugs "on first sight" (but was unfortunately blind, not that it prevented him from having a very active and pleasant social life) and spent half of his time reviewing our designs and code, helping everyone of us a lot. His annual review: 1 week late on one of his several projects (actually caused by a supplier), 0% raise. He got another job one month later...
"I hate spammers and MySpace alike, so I'm not sure what to think about this ruling."
Don't worry, with only 730k mails, those guy probably made at most 5 grands, so there won't be much to collect, probably not enough to cover MySpace's fees. But the message is "get caught spamming and we'll make sure you'll have to file for bankrupcy", which is good because most of these guys are only interested in easy cash, so they'll think twice before risking their house.
However ridiculous the charges were, this guy had a trial, and could semi-sucessfully apeal, so yes, it's great to live in a country where anyone can be labelled "ennemy of the state" and be scretly detained without trial.
Moreover, when you consider that Atta was identified by the best evidence recovery example of all times (his passport was recovered almost undamaged in a couple of hours while everything else comming from the plane (engine parts excepted) has beed totally crushed/incinerated), the data mining results look very lame.
The law is not designed to be used against the population (but, of course, it will be), it's just an easy was to prevent paparazi to blackmail goverment members using pictures of their weekend activities.
I'm more of the former type, as I close the browser tab as soon as I feel agressed, and BTW, I now get my dayly Dilbert dose from Yahoo (and I understood I'm far from being the only visitor they lost). BTW, bandwich lost is not a problem to me, since being french and urban, I have 10Mb/s ADSL for 30E, it's just the feeling of being agressed, and the urge to prevent any further contact with the agressors.
You mean, like putting the ads OVER the content I went to the site for? Or trying to make the worst possible site that money can buy Dilbert like? As a user, I think the web was a more pleasant place at the time of HTML 3.0, but luckily, everyone else involved thinks I'm just here to bring them money and f*ck the shut up.
I agree, my most productive mode when I code is 15min coding/5 min slacking off periods for about 1.5 to 2 hours, then a real 15min pause (walking, drinking some watter and chitchatting) then back to the 15/5 periods for the rest of the morning, and non-coding activities during the aftermoon (usually documenting my code or writing its test plan).
But there are people who cannot adapt their work schedule to their needs, such as train drivers (they already have to punch a button a couple of time every minutes to prevent their train from entering in emergency mode) and cannot physically be 100% alert all the time, so it would be usefull (and saffer for everyone) if the could have a better way to manage their attention level according to the planned needs.
This guy makes hardcore gonzo looks like Oscar material, and yet he finds an audience, se we gamers might actually be the lowlifes Jack Thomson is describing...
It's also built up a long history of real examples when sailors or migrants introduced, accidentally or on purpose, new species to once isolated islands witch often ended into destruction of unique local species.
You're taking the logic the wrong way. No matter how rare life will be, infinite/extremely large number=still infinite. To have a finite number of inhabited world, you first have to prove that they are located in a finite part of the universe.
According to wikkipedia, the closest part of the magnetosphere is 70000km away from the surface, while the ISS is orbiting at an altitide of routhly 350km. In fact, the low altitude of the ISS protects it from most of the nasty radiations that a moon base could receive, so the shielding was not a difficult issue for the ISS.
I recently heard that in England, the new powers given to the police (including local ones) by their anti-terrorism laws were mostly used for cases of minor frauds (meaning they could indefinitely detain people who, when presented to a judge, would only risk a fine).
So that guy legally obtained documents by normal legal ways and was asked to cancel that perfectly legitimate procedure and restart from scratch using NSL, that was rejected by a judge? Or am I totally lost?
What would be the point to lie? As the cutest mecanic on TV said, "Sure. Yeah...I think so, 'sides, if I mess up, it's not like you'll be able to yell at me."
"The big issue with the George Bush Cyber Initiative is that it's called "the George Bush Cyber Initiative". "
They spend tens of billions (it will probably go into the hundreds in a few years) of our money implementing the worst possible solution to a simple design problem,...so no, I don't see why that name is an issue.
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I knew a guy at my previous job, Bob, who was the pillar of the team. This guy knew everything about our system (much better than the official architect), could understand the root cause of bugs "on first sight" (but was unfortunately blind, not that it prevented him from having a very active and pleasant social life) and spent half of his time reviewing our designs and code, helping everyone of us a lot. His annual review: 1 week late on one of his several projects (actually caused by a supplier), 0% raise. He got another job one month later...
Well, it's not military, but manga are the #1 category of comic books here.
Anyway, show me a civilization that hasn't invaded France in one way or another at least one in the last 3000 years...
"the evidence that Jesus walked over water is exactly as strong as the evidence Julius Caesar conquered Gaul"
That would explain why the live-size Julius Caesar brass bust recently discovered in the south of France was underwater.
"I hate spammers and MySpace alike, so I'm not sure what to think about this ruling."
Don't worry, with only 730k mails, those guy probably made at most 5 grands, so there won't be much to collect, probably not enough to cover MySpace's fees. But the message is "get caught spamming and we'll make sure you'll have to file for bankrupcy", which is good because most of these guys are only interested in easy cash, so they'll think twice before risking their house.
However ridiculous the charges were, this guy had a trial, and could semi-sucessfully apeal, so yes, it's great to live in a country where anyone can be labelled "ennemy of the state" and be scretly detained without trial.
Moreover, when you consider that Atta was identified by the best evidence recovery example of all times (his passport was recovered almost undamaged in a couple of hours while everything else comming from the plane (engine parts excepted) has beed totally crushed/incinerated), the data mining results look very lame.
The law is not designed to be used against the population (but, of course, it will be), it's just an easy was to prevent paparazi to blackmail goverment members using pictures of their weekend activities.
I'm more of the former type, as I close the browser tab as soon as I feel agressed, and BTW, I now get my dayly Dilbert dose from Yahoo (and I understood I'm far from being the only visitor they lost). BTW, bandwich lost is not a problem to me, since being french and urban, I have 10Mb/s ADSL for 30E, it's just the feeling of being agressed, and the urge to prevent any further contact with the agressors.
You mean, like putting the ads OVER the content I went to the site for? Or trying to make the worst possible site that money can buy Dilbert like? As a user, I think the web was a more pleasant place at the time of HTML 3.0, but luckily, everyone else involved thinks I'm just here to bring them money and f*ck the shut up.
Personaly, I plan to party for my 1,000,000,000th second. What would be the point of celebrating something that is only half arbitrary?
I agree, my most productive mode when I code is 15min coding/5 min slacking off periods for about 1.5 to 2 hours, then a real 15min pause (walking, drinking some watter and chitchatting) then back to the 15/5 periods for the rest of the morning, and non-coding activities during the aftermoon (usually documenting my code or writing its test plan).
But there are people who cannot adapt their work schedule to their needs, such as train drivers (they already have to punch a button a couple of time every minutes to prevent their train from entering in emergency mode) and cannot physically be 100% alert all the time, so it would be usefull (and saffer for everyone) if the could have a better way to manage their attention level according to the planned needs.
This guy makes hardcore gonzo looks like Oscar material, and yet he finds an audience, se we gamers might actually be the lowlifes Jack Thomson is describing...
It's also built up a long history of real examples when sailors or migrants introduced, accidentally or on purpose, new species to once isolated islands witch often ended into destruction of unique local species.
Well, in that case, I think we can trust our army to nuke them back into stone age.
You're taking the logic the wrong way.
No matter how rare life will be, infinite/extremely large number=still infinite.
To have a finite number of inhabited world, you first have to prove that they are located in a finite part of the universe.
Well, it's obvious that if they chosed a more appropriate surname like "flying anvil", it wouldn't have been the same.
According to wikkipedia, the closest part of the magnetosphere is 70000km away from the surface, while the ISS is orbiting at an altitide of routhly 350km. In fact, the low altitude of the ISS protects it from most of the nasty radiations that a moon base could receive, so the shielding was not a difficult issue for the ISS.
I recently heard that in England, the new powers given to the police (including local ones) by their anti-terrorism laws were mostly used for cases of minor frauds (meaning they could indefinitely detain people who, when presented to a judge, would only risk a fine).
So that guy legally obtained documents by normal legal ways and was asked to cancel that perfectly legitimate procedure and restart from scratch using NSL, that was rejected by a judge? Or am I totally lost?
No, it's better to stuff them in large rockets and send them far way from us.
I'm gonna sing the doom song now.
(sorry, couldn't resist)
Or was it because it's hard to understand music or art without a minimum of math skills?
What would be the point to lie? As the cutest mecanic on TV said, "Sure. Yeah ...I think so, 'sides, if I mess up, it's not like you'll be able to yell at me."
"The big issue with the George Bush Cyber Initiative is that it's called "the George Bush Cyber Initiative". "
...so no, I don't see why that name is an issue.
They spend tens of billions (it will probably go into the hundreds in a few years) of our money implementing the worst possible solution to a simple design problem,