That memory makes me wonder if these ISO buffoons have the same King George tendency for conversations with the flora, or perhaps if you're more cynical they were looking at trees wondering how many benjamins could be made out of them.
After all, they'll need it. OOXML has so much broken about it it'll chew up as many resources/people as they care to throw at the problem of fixing it.
I hope they enjoy the effort. However, and more importantly, I hope that the ODF folk just keep on keeping on with their thing and hopefully make it better!
It would appear they didn't even consult or even inform the group of people who prepare the curriculum and write the exams either.
Clearly, they had already made up their mind to ditch it and didn't want to inconvenience themselves with a justification of it.
Ah well, I guess AP/A will now tank, and districts will go "Hmmm, AP/A wasn't getting our kids any college advantage, and now there's just it to offer, so let's save ourselves some money and drop ComSci completely from our course offerings. After all, computers are expensive, where can you find teachers willing to do it etc etc blah blah."
I guess the states or the federal government (yeah, it's not a realistic view) might want to take on setting up a decent 9-12th grade ComSci course sequence to make sure that ComSci teaching doesn't completely collapse in the US.
In case no one had noticed, it's going to take years for even Microsoft to implement this standard, or for that matter for the ISO processes to get it fixed. The sheer number of flaws is mind boggling. Look for a raft of Office patches and hacks that no one will be able to keep up with, let alone the trail of broken documents that will be created.
Nothing ticks off government or other bureaucracy more than broken documents. Besides, the EC is already ticked with Microsoft's non-compliance on other issues. This might be the straw that breaks that regulatory camel's back.
It's way different. GPL code ALWAYS has the notification of the license and terms of use as part the code/comments. People who pick up the code and use it have no excuse for not noticing that it was GPL'd. With patents, you generally/often have no idea if someone has a patent on what you think is your own original work.
Then I guess you'd be all in favour of removing any and all sanctions to what is called "hate speech." Or are you saying one sort of negativity (cursing etc) is ok while other types are not? If so, welcome to the wonderful land of hypocrisy!
Disclaimer: I have yet to known or have met a person (including myself) who isn't a card carrying hypocrite.
Well, there's two possibilities for your scenario. First (which you don't I think believe) is that the cops were entirely in the clear. Second, that there's something fishy going on, and the city/county/state/federal government should be looking at this. If they're not, then I'm surprised that some flashy lawyer hasn't leapt on it as a nice money earning, public good exercise.
Disclaimer, I know some cops and I know the crap they have to go through whenever anyone thinks they have done something wrong. That's part of their job, they accept that. But this "rate a cop" silliness isn't going to do anything else but make their lives a living hell for no actual good. I'm kind of glad that godaddy appears to have shut the site down.
You're missing the point. They don't have the time (or the money) to tootle around the net seeing if they have been ranted against, or accused of stuff.
As to being worked up about anything, how would you like your (presumably) good name being dragged through the mud without any realistic recourse open to you. Oh, and in case you had forgotten, it costs money to track down the people who are bagging on you, and even more to prosecute them. In the mean time, your reputation can be in shreds. Please note that kids have already been driven to leave school, or even to commit suicide by such attacks on them and their character. Free speech indeed. What about the rights of those who are or will be attacked?
How's about you front up the time and money for the cops to read the comments/ratings and post these rebuttals? Or do you expect them to sit at computers for free on their own time responding to the good/bad/ugly comments?
And while you're at it you could also provide the time/money for the teachers and professors who get "rated" as well. Hey, and just ot add to the fun, why don't we have a "rate a random citizen/denizen" site?
Oh, and considering the police, teachers and professors already have regular reviews of their performance what on earth do these "rating" sites bring to the table other than the chance to rant?
If OSS is "influencing" such as the serfs who are working on Server 2008, might that not be a door or window for some lawyer to assert that Microsoft are inserting GPL code into their products? Ah, but wouldn't that law suit be "fun."
Good points, however I think the issue that they are talking about is starting the drilling, not problems in drilling.
Mind you, given the fact that I've met junior/senior EE majors from a good US college (that will remain nameless) who cannot tell a resistor from a diode, maybe they don't know what the issues are, or how to go about solving them. The motto seems to be all too much like, if we can graduate you without you having to do anything other than play with simulators (that are presumed perfect) then we will! Luckily, the college in question has a new professor on staff who is trying to change that.
So, only the young can learn? That's at best insulting to anyone who is over your presumably arbitrary age limit.
Poach? What goes around comes around.
Are you really that foolish that you think that the young (read disposable) and mercenaries are going to be good for what you do?
It will end up with a "current high score" for the folk inside Microsoft who would get to see the data collected. Almost game like.
That aside, it would be interesting to speculate what their defining rubric for what makes a piece of software a piece of malware.
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That memory makes me wonder if these ISO buffoons have the same King George tendency for conversations with the flora, or perhaps if you're more cynical they were looking at trees wondering how many benjamins could be made out of them.
After all, they'll need it. OOXML has so much broken about it it'll chew up as many resources/people as they care to throw at the problem of fixing it. I hope they enjoy the effort. However, and more importantly, I hope that the ODF folk just keep on keeping on with their thing and hopefully make it better!
It would appear they didn't even consult or even inform the group of people who prepare the curriculum and write the exams either. Clearly, they had already made up their mind to ditch it and didn't want to inconvenience themselves with a justification of it. Ah well, I guess AP/A will now tank, and districts will go "Hmmm, AP/A wasn't getting our kids any college advantage, and now there's just it to offer, so let's save ourselves some money and drop ComSci completely from our course offerings. After all, computers are expensive, where can you find teachers willing to do it etc etc blah blah." I guess the states or the federal government (yeah, it's not a realistic view) might want to take on setting up a decent 9-12th grade ComSci course sequence to make sure that ComSci teaching doesn't completely collapse in the US.
In case no one had noticed, it's going to take years for even Microsoft to implement this standard, or for that matter for the ISO processes to get it fixed. The sheer number of flaws is mind boggling. Look for a raft of Office patches and hacks that no one will be able to keep up with, let alone the trail of broken documents that will be created. Nothing ticks off government or other bureaucracy more than broken documents. Besides, the EC is already ticked with Microsoft's non-compliance on other issues. This might be the straw that breaks that regulatory camel's back.
It's way different. GPL code ALWAYS has the notification of the license and terms of use as part the code/comments. People who pick up the code and use it have no excuse for not noticing that it was GPL'd. With patents, you generally/often have no idea if someone has a patent on what you think is your own original work.
Then I guess you'd be all in favour of removing any and all sanctions to what is called "hate speech." Or are you saying one sort of negativity (cursing etc) is ok while other types are not? If so, welcome to the wonderful land of hypocrisy! Disclaimer: I have yet to known or have met a person (including myself) who isn't a card carrying hypocrite.
Hmmm, recursive process abuse springs to mind as a fun thing to do to a 1000+ core machine...
Well, there's two possibilities for your scenario. First (which you don't I think believe) is that the cops were entirely in the clear. Second, that there's something fishy going on, and the city/county/state/federal government should be looking at this. If they're not, then I'm surprised that some flashy lawyer hasn't leapt on it as a nice money earning, public good exercise. Disclaimer, I know some cops and I know the crap they have to go through whenever anyone thinks they have done something wrong. That's part of their job, they accept that. But this "rate a cop" silliness isn't going to do anything else but make their lives a living hell for no actual good. I'm kind of glad that godaddy appears to have shut the site down.
You're missing the point. They don't have the time (or the money) to tootle around the net seeing if they have been ranted against, or accused of stuff. As to being worked up about anything, how would you like your (presumably) good name being dragged through the mud without any realistic recourse open to you. Oh, and in case you had forgotten, it costs money to track down the people who are bagging on you, and even more to prosecute them. In the mean time, your reputation can be in shreds. Please note that kids have already been driven to leave school, or even to commit suicide by such attacks on them and their character. Free speech indeed. What about the rights of those who are or will be attacked?
How's about you front up the time and money for the cops to read the comments/ratings and post these rebuttals? Or do you expect them to sit at computers for free on their own time responding to the good/bad/ugly comments? And while you're at it you could also provide the time/money for the teachers and professors who get "rated" as well. Hey, and just ot add to the fun, why don't we have a "rate a random citizen/denizen" site? Oh, and considering the police, teachers and professors already have regular reviews of their performance what on earth do these "rating" sites bring to the table other than the chance to rant?
And of course peer review is an infallible system. Newsflash, peer review is also a broken, sometimes works, often doesn't system.
If OSS is "influencing" such as the serfs who are working on Server 2008, might that not be a door or window for some lawyer to assert that Microsoft are inserting GPL code into their products? Ah, but wouldn't that law suit be "fun."
Good points, however I think the issue that they are talking about is starting the drilling, not problems in drilling. Mind you, given the fact that I've met junior/senior EE majors from a good US college (that will remain nameless) who cannot tell a resistor from a diode, maybe they don't know what the issues are, or how to go about solving them. The motto seems to be all too much like, if we can graduate you without you having to do anything other than play with simulators (that are presumed perfect) then we will! Luckily, the college in question has a new professor on staff who is trying to change that.
So, only the young can learn? That's at best insulting to anyone who is over your presumably arbitrary age limit. Poach? What goes around comes around. Are you really that foolish that you think that the young (read disposable) and mercenaries are going to be good for what you do?
It will end up with a "current high score" for the folk inside Microsoft who would get to see the data collected. Almost game like. That aside, it would be interesting to speculate what their defining rubric for what makes a piece of software a piece of malware.