I think TFA makes it clear that he wasn't saying "Oh gee, I didn't mean to sue you". He's saying "We wound up suing the very people we shouldn't have - an inadvertent war. Certainly it's nothing but bullshit if there is no change in tactics, but it seems to me to be a insightful admission.
Yeah, but everything is relative. If you're fixing a Hello World application and you can't get it turned around in 5 minutes there's a problem.
But if you're fixing an international banking application bug with security implications, 48 hours is definitely unreasonable.
Admittedly no genius. But what about the state of our corporate security, when it takes a mega corporation like Outback to catch a idiot, and the meager FedEx et al just write it off.
Indeed. In fact I currently have a blazing supercomputer on my desk, if we use the standards for the term 15 years ago. And if we use what the term meant 30 years ago - I have a computer on my desk that, frankly, I think is impossible... Can they really make them to go that fast?
Of course we'll have a super computer on our desk in 15 years. We alway do.
Well 'm not sure why you're concerned. A 500G hard drive now costs far less than a 100G hard drive was 2 years ago, and probably less than the 40G hard drive you're happy with. They make them larger for that price because it wouldn't be fiscally possible for them to sell a new 40G drive for the $8 it would now need to be priced at ($100/500G)
Yeah, and the practice continued unabated. It amazes me that they claim the very same government that is inept, unethical and incapable, can pull off keeping such a huge secret.
For a 140 year old reference:
"It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers. In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late. Accordingly, I am readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I will, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact."
~ Robert E. Lee, 1863
That the two are inexorably linked. Innovation without invention id what exactly? The problem is that most of the CEOs that are complaining, cannot see past their 13 week (quarter) window. The real problem is there is no long term research that will lead to innovation.
I know it's easy to view the government as corrupt and not stupid. But in my opinion it explains a lot more if you realize that the 'government', that is the bureaucrats, is made up of the people that are all around us. Which leads me to believe that the government is not nearly as corrupt as it is stupid.
The thing I like best about this conversation, is how civil everyone is.
I didn't do any of the things you suggest makes someone a; douchebag, amoral, unethical, belligerant (sp), imbecillic (sp), or asshole.
Maybe if you stick to facts without the mean spirited attacks, we can actually get somewhere. No, you shouldn't ignore the attacks that come your way, but I don't think you're helping the cause.
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Isn't this story identical to this one /. published in October?
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and besides, could you illuminate please... what DID the framers of the constitution have in mind with regard to 21st century media?
So tell me... Exactly what DID the framers of the constitution have in mind with regard to 20th century media?
And all those electrical cords are going to be a real rat's nest before long.
I think TFA makes it clear that he wasn't saying "Oh gee, I didn't mean to sue you". He's saying "We wound up suing the very people we shouldn't have - an inadvertent war. Certainly it's nothing but bullshit if there is no change in tactics, but it seems to me to be a insightful admission.
Yeah, but everything is relative. If you're fixing a Hello World application and you can't get it turned around in 5 minutes there's a problem. But if you're fixing an international banking application bug with security implications, 48 hours is definitely unreasonable.
Never mind. The title creates an image that I'm not going to be able to get out of my head anytime soon.
Admittedly no genius. But what about the state of our corporate security, when it takes a mega corporation like Outback to catch a idiot, and the meager FedEx et al just write it off.
Indeed. In fact I currently have a blazing supercomputer on my desk, if we use the standards for the term 15 years ago. And if we use what the term meant 30 years ago - I have a computer on my desk that, frankly, I think is impossible... Can they really make them to go that fast?
Of course we'll have a super computer on our desk in 15 years. We alway do.
Well 'm not sure why you're concerned. A 500G hard drive now costs far less than a 100G hard drive was 2 years ago, and probably less than the 40G hard drive you're happy with. They make them larger for that price because it wouldn't be fiscally possible for them to sell a new 40G drive for the $8 it would now need to be priced at ($100/500G)
We declare everyone who doesn't vote, to be here-by removed.
Yeah, and the practice continued unabated. It amazes me that they claim the very same government that is inept, unethical and incapable, can pull off keeping such a huge secret. For a 140 year old reference: "It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers. In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late. Accordingly, I am readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I will, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact." ~ Robert E. Lee, 1863
Control I buy into, but vindictive?
Hmmm, I guess that's everybody... but me and all the people I've worked with.
He's right.
If you're looking for an index, a document management system probably makes sense. This one is inexpensive and very good.
The list seems arbitrary. The mother of them all is the Naval Oceanographic Office, which as I recall is a mix of IBM, EMC and Hitachi - isn't listed.
Just as an aside, but how can a first post be moded redundant?
That the two are inexorably linked. Innovation without invention id what exactly? The problem is that most of the CEOs that are complaining, cannot see past their 13 week (quarter) window. The real problem is there is no long term research that will lead to innovation.
I know it's easy to view the government as corrupt and not stupid. But in my opinion it explains a lot more if you realize that the 'government', that is the bureaucrats, is made up of the people that are all around us. Which leads me to believe that the government is not nearly as corrupt as it is stupid.
The thing I like best about this conversation, is how civil everyone is.
I didn't do any of the things you suggest makes someone a; douchebag, amoral, unethical, belligerant (sp), imbecillic (sp), or asshole.
Maybe if you stick to facts without the mean spirited attacks, we can actually get somewhere. No, you shouldn't ignore the attacks that come your way, but I don't think you're helping the cause.
Was the coffee bitter this morning?
*Good* managers look like they're doing nothing. Bad managers are what give the bad name.
Simply exercise self-control. Don't show somebody the right way to do something. If they ask that's different. If they're trying, allow them to learn.
Most workers will do the task at hand without pestering. That doesn't mean you should be absent, just respectful.
One more, and this is a biggy: Don't sweat the small stuff. If you start becoming a micro-manager, you will have reached your level of incompetence.
And if you don't give up, duck