Kaspersky could argue, "By creating an OS that limits the ability of malware to infest and proliferate a large section of users who would have otherwise chosen an anti-virus solution Linux and its originator are inhibiting the ability of Kaspersky to seek fair return on their investment in anti-virus technology".
Let us leave the jobs that can not be done remotely, for now.
Even when it is possible to work remotely, even though lots of people are more productive in remote work, there will be enough people who slack off, game the system by calling at 5PM or sending emails at 10PM to create the "impression" of working hard, and bring bad name to all remote workers. It is the job of the managers to really cull out the slackers and reward the productive ones. But managers are not upto this hard job. They get paid to do this, this judgement is what justifies their leadership position and higher salary. But sadly, they usually do not have the guts or the temperament to say, "Asok gets to work remotely, because he works, We brought you in because you did not, and if you are not productive on site too, you are going to be fired" in a polite, diplomatic terms. They take the easy way out, banning remoting for all workers.
It is will just erode the market share of laptops. We really don't need lug around a keyboard, screen, pointing device and a battery anymore. Just a simple nexus-4 sized pack with memory and cpu. Docking stations that can take this device and add a keyboard, mouse, pointing device and a screen will hit the market. Hotels will provide it, may be for a fee, may be free. We will have one dock at work and one at home. We might buy and keep more such docks for visitors and guests. This is going to be the future. Will happen whether laptops get banned on planes or not.
If laptop ban goes global this will accelerate the timeline.
Yes, you will get lots of work. Your colleagues will get pay raises and promotions. Still, it is good there are people like you. Almost all the productivity gains (meaning we keep paying you less, and you keep producing more) comes from people like you. Very good for my VITAX, VMGAX, VMCTX They have been going through the roof.
Write bad code. Write stuff that requires arcane knowledge of the installation and process. Rely on quirks in your company.
The key thing is to know and remember the bad code, test fixes privately. When you find bugs in your own code, make a note, but don't fix it. When a critical flaw makes things go bad, and you find the solution, sit on it. Wait for the situation to escalate. Wait till the news reaches two or three levels above your boss. Maintain a calm but serious attitude. Show concern, keep saying, "I will fix this in time. Don't you guys worry!". Then when they start thinking of hiring big time trouble shooters at 500$ an hour, take a sleeping bag to work, watch TV on your cell phone, fix it a 2AM, send "Fixed!" emails and sleep in the server room.
Two incidents like this, they will never ever think of firing you.
They have the power. You have the knowledge. You can win them if you don't have any old fashioned misplaced sense of loyalty.
Our company switched from Webex to Skype, some corporate paid version. Horrible beyond belief. They want to compete on the free apps market place? Skype was there before WhatsApp. Almost all my friends in India were using Skype to call USA. Then WhataApp came in and bested Skype in every which way possible. It could not compete even when it had first mover advantage and an install base.
Time to use the burial plot right next to Zune for Skype.
Others are shocked they have schools and the students write exams
But mostly, they are shocked there is a place called Ethiopia that is real. They assumed it was one of the imaginary kingdoms in Cecil B Demille movies.
We just saw in the other thread, Microsoft has started calling tablets without cover, without keyboards as "laptops". So no matter what, we would call what sells well as laptops and that would get laptop market segment to grow.
Well, at least it will be reported as growth to the stock market, and the flurry of trades will be enough for these executives to dump their stock options and return normal state from the excited state.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
So it won't get the updates from Google directly, right? We need to wait for him to get around to passing the update to the phone, correct?
Well, all this high tech methods to find who leaked the content reminds of a decidedly low tech method used some 20 years ago. Indian movies get pirated very quickly. In those days the preferred method was to video tape the movie being projected to the screen in a regular theater. Pay the projector operator a bribe, place a video camera in the projector room itself, looking through the operator's port hole at the screen.
For one movie as soon as the pirated version hit the streets they zoomed into the theater that did the taping almost instantly. The distributor punched a hole in the film reel, at different locations for each set of reels. They stepped through the pirated video, and found the fame with a large white circle in the middle of the scene. It flashes by in 1/24th of a second, so nobody would notice it. But these people could identify the reel that leaked and track it to the theater that got the reel set.
Meanwhile you are going to be out voted by hordes flying the flag of the traitors. They will also mark you an enemy because anyone who is not 100% them is their enemy.
Someday you will realize, for all their faults, the Democrats are an order of magnitude better than the Republicans. Not saying the Democrats are great or ideal. They fall short of ideal by an order of magnitude too. But way better than Republicans.
So many developers have a "bang it until it works" mentality, they couldn't see a security hole the size of a barn door without working exploit code. And even then they'll make a hare-brained fix for that particular code, still leaving the barn door open.
No! Definitely not true. They will partly close that barn door, blast a brand new bigger hole in the side wall, and add 18 additional locks to make it impossible for any legitimate user to get into the barn.
What do you mean by ethically complex I don't know.
Not all of us writing code to throw the switch of a railroad track with an unstoppable locomotive barrelling down towards a group of three deaf people who could not hear it coming, while there is an invalid in a wheelchair on the side track who could not get out even if he could hear it coming. Most of our coding examples are considerably less ethically complicated.
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Call them for a meeting and motivate them with a wonderful rendition of, "Dribblers, Dribblers, Dribblers ....". We need some comic relief.
Kaspersky could argue, "By creating an OS that limits the ability of malware to infest and proliferate a large section of users who would have otherwise chosen an anti-virus solution Linux and its originator are inhibiting the ability of Kaspersky to seek fair return on their investment in anti-virus technology".
You have misspelled anaphallic shock.
At a minimum it would be called, "Windows 10, Professional Platinum Ultimate Enterprise Synergy Business Executive Edition".
True, they do game on site work too. But somehow employers feel keeping the seat warm would prevent or reduce egregious abuses.
Even when it is possible to work remotely, even though lots of people are more productive in remote work, there will be enough people who slack off, game the system by calling at 5PM or sending emails at 10PM to create the "impression" of working hard, and bring bad name to all remote workers. It is the job of the managers to really cull out the slackers and reward the productive ones. But managers are not upto this hard job. They get paid to do this, this judgement is what justifies their leadership position and higher salary. But sadly, they usually do not have the guts or the temperament to say, "Asok gets to work remotely, because he works, We brought you in because you did not, and if you are not productive on site too, you are going to be fired" in a polite, diplomatic terms. They take the easy way out, banning remoting for all workers.
It is will just erode the market share of laptops. We really don't need lug around a keyboard, screen, pointing device and a battery anymore. Just a simple nexus-4 sized pack with memory and cpu. Docking stations that can take this device and add a keyboard, mouse, pointing device and a screen will hit the market. Hotels will provide it, may be for a fee, may be free. We will have one dock at work and one at home. We might buy and keep more such docks for visitors and guests. This is going to be the future. Will happen whether laptops get banned on planes or not. If laptop ban goes global this will accelerate the timeline.
Yes, you will get lots of work. Your colleagues will get pay raises and promotions. Still, it is good there are people like you. Almost all the productivity gains (meaning we keep paying you less, and you keep producing more) comes from people like you. Very good for my VITAX, VMGAX, VMCTX They have been going through the roof.
The key thing is to know and remember the bad code, test fixes privately. When you find bugs in your own code, make a note, but don't fix it. When a critical flaw makes things go bad, and you find the solution, sit on it. Wait for the situation to escalate. Wait till the news reaches two or three levels above your boss. Maintain a calm but serious attitude. Show concern, keep saying, "I will fix this in time. Don't you guys worry!". Then when they start thinking of hiring big time trouble shooters at 500$ an hour, take a sleeping bag to work, watch TV on your cell phone, fix it a 2AM, send "Fixed!" emails and sleep in the server room.
Two incidents like this, they will never ever think of firing you.
They have the power. You have the knowledge. You can win them if you don't have any old fashioned misplaced sense of loyalty.
The tradition has always been using wood to make large planes for billionaires in california.
Time to use the burial plot right next to Zune for Skype.
Next you would be wistfully recalling the good old days on the Penna Turnpike with Howard Johnson burgers...
Others are shocked they have schools and the students write exams
But mostly, they are shocked there is a place called Ethiopia that is real. They assumed it was one of the imaginary kingdoms in Cecil B Demille movies.
This guy should go to jail.
Well, at least it will be reported as growth to the stock market, and the flurry of trades will be enough for these executives to dump their stock options and return normal state from the excited state.
Correct me if I'm wrong. So it won't get the updates from Google directly, right? We need to wait for him to get around to passing the update to the phone, correct?
Well, if these things really worked, how come they made 1.33 billion kids?
For one movie as soon as the pirated version hit the streets they zoomed into the theater that did the taping almost instantly. The distributor punched a hole in the film reel, at different locations for each set of reels. They stepped through the pirated video, and found the fame with a large white circle in the middle of the scene. It flashes by in 1/24th of a second, so nobody would notice it. But these people could identify the reel that leaked and track it to the theater that got the reel set.
Meanwhile you are going to be out voted by hordes flying the flag of the traitors. They will also mark you an enemy because anyone who is not 100% them is their enemy.
Someday you will realize, for all their faults, the Democrats are an order of magnitude better than the Republicans. Not saying the Democrats are great or ideal. They fall short of ideal by an order of magnitude too. But way better than Republicans.
Fixed it for you.
If that fruit still has any passing resemblance to a real tomato, it will be removed in the next round of gene editing.
So many developers have a "bang it until it works" mentality, they couldn't see a security hole the size of a barn door without working exploit code. And even then they'll make a hare-brained fix for that particular code, still leaving the barn door open.
No! Definitely not true. They will partly close that barn door, blast a brand new bigger hole in the side wall, and add 18 additional locks to make it impossible for any legitimate user to get into the barn.
The one with the deepest pocket is the one to blame. If others have any resources the ambulance chasers will go after them too.
I leave it you to ponder whether this is a statement of agreement with you or an imperative asking you to change something.
Very well done!
Not all of us writing code to throw the switch of a railroad track with an unstoppable locomotive barrelling down towards a group of three deaf people who could not hear it coming, while there is an invalid in a wheelchair on the side track who could not get out even if he could hear it coming. Most of our coding examples are considerably less ethically complicated.