I've always wondered about how this would work in IT where everything is so proprietary (not in the GPL sense, in the trade secrets sense). How could an outsider (a management coach) help you when a great deal of your work involves dealing with information that he (as an outsider) can't be told?
Or is it more like therapy where you go in the evenings after work and talk? But even that would probably raise NDA issues...
If my question sounds accusatory or confrontational I assure you it isn't intended to. I'd like to get a better handle on just what this sort of thing entails.
Why would you buy the same CD three times? Do you take the CD in with you, remove the old price tag and take it to checkout? Why would you even want three copies of the same CD? Why not get the CD and two other ones you wanted, and why not buy them all at Newbury?
I don't have a "position" on whether the FSF is in the right or wrong (I don't know anywhere near enough about the GPL to have a meaningful opinion). My only "position" on this matter (and I'd call it more of an "observation") is that certain people would take any action (or lack of action) from/by MS as proof of guilt.
This was a reaction to a statement by MS. They would not have made that statement if they were not worried. And if MS had let this pass without a statement the slashtards would (still) be channeling Neil Patrick Harris and yelling "It's scared!". When you are an ideologue all evidence points to your favored conclusion.
In the old days there was a lot less air travel, and therefore less demand for %Airport System% (customs, baggage claim, whatever). Going back to the old ways only works when the "old way" and the "new way" are dealing with the same (or similar) load. Also people trained on the "new way" might not be trained in the "old way". (And why should they be? Training time, like everything else, is available in limited quantities.)
Well I think part of the problem is that public schools (at least around here) have pretty iron-clad requirements about who is allowed to teach a class. Now, this is a good thing in most cases (you don't want someone with no subject-background teaching, Baptist Ministers for example shouldn't be in a Biology classroom) but for something like this it is really hard to find someone who would be:
1. good at teaching computer safety
2. qualified (in the regulatory sense) to teach it.
I think that plenty of geeks would be happy to teach a class like this but they wouldn't want to be a full time teacher, they'd want to come in maybe a few hours a day or a day or two a week.
Come ON you homosexual deviants in Cupertino. QUIT FUCKING AROUND and update your fucking software every so often. You mincing faggots are worse than Debian... As of 10.5 iLife will be part of the base OS.
Can the open source community blinded by their distrust and only capable of seeing evil in everything Microsoft does? An unbiased observer might wonder...
I guess Microsoft doesn't want these schools to teach any programming classes. Yes, because third world schools have so much programming instructional talent.
This bundle is great for someone just looking for a good typewriter. As opposed to what the schools REALLY want, which is?
An unbiased observer might wonder about an agenda of slowing the OLPC project and the spread of open source in general. Unbiased? At/.? Surely you can't be serious?!
Most people don't care about IT security (or where they do care, its way down the list). People don't believe their data is not important enough to bother with keeping it secure. And more to the point, they just don't even KNOW their data is not secure. What I would like to see is for some group or experts or something to do a simulated break-in or hack attack or something and publish all the "stolen" data (i.e. basically something that shows just how insecure peoples data really is and why they need to care about making it secure only with fake systems and data). Show people what could happen to their data if they don't take care of security. Show a fake "clueless user" accessing a fake "phishing email" and giving their fake bank details to a fake "Russian hacker" who then proceeds to clean all the money out of the fake account. And then show that this is NOT fake, its real and is happening every day. I smell a cheesy 80's PSA ala "Don't Copy That Floppy" coming...
At the Mises Institute website alone you'll find tens of thousands of articles, or even full length books (downloadable for free), on all these subjects, including the ones you mentioned. They're worth reading, if for no other reason than to better know the many arguments available. If they had any value the market would have assigned them a price
But that 2,000 page requirement doc is how the military is suppose to force the contractor to provide what the soldier needs. If it is not in the requirements document how is the contractor suppose to know what satisfies the end user needs? I know you're kidding (at least I hope so) but why not make the weapon designers talk to a few 11B's? This whole shitty Land Warrior system seems like it was designed to give commanders more information that would (in theory) allow them to make better decisions. The problem is that it weighs down the soldier which is situationally lethal given the current administration's habit of fighting enemies that are, shall we say, irregular in nature. More over, given the small group nature of the fighting (most of it anyways) shouldn't decision making be as devolved (e.g. to squad NCOs) as possible?
Military technology should be used to add value to the people on the front lines but no one bothers to ask them because 1. they'rwe low ranking 2. they're not politically connected. Fuck this noise.
(Disclosure: I'm not military/ex-mil, I just work with/know a bunch of ex-mils.)
Course, it wouldn't be long before Jack-Ass had shields around someone's nether regions, and shot it with a gun. Nice. The bullet proof underwear from super troopers, gone high tech.
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I've always wondered about how this would work in IT where everything is so proprietary (not in the GPL sense, in the trade secrets sense). How could an outsider (a management coach) help you when a great deal of your work involves dealing with information that he (as an outsider) can't be told?
Or is it more like therapy where you go in the evenings after work and talk? But even that would probably raise NDA issues...
If my question sounds accusatory or confrontational I assure you it isn't intended to. I'd like to get a better handle on just what this sort of thing entails.
Why would you buy the same CD three times? Do you take the CD in with you, remove the old price tag and take it to checkout? Why would you even want three copies of the same CD? Why not get the CD and two other ones you wanted, and why not buy them all at Newbury?
I don't have a "position" on whether the FSF is in the right or wrong (I don't know anywhere near enough about the GPL to have a meaningful opinion). My only "position" on this matter (and I'd call it more of an "observation") is that certain people would take any action (or lack of action) from/by MS as proof of guilt.
In the old days there was a lot less air travel, and therefore less demand for %Airport System% (customs, baggage claim, whatever). Going back to the old ways only works when the "old way" and the "new way" are dealing with the same (or similar) load. Also people trained on the "new way" might not be trained in the "old way". (And why should they be? Training time, like everything else, is available in limited quantities.)
You never took driver's ed?
Well I think part of the problem is that public schools (at least around here) have pretty iron-clad requirements about who is allowed to teach a class. Now, this is a good thing in most cases (you don't want someone with no subject-background teaching, Baptist Ministers for example shouldn't be in a Biology classroom) but for something like this it is really hard to find someone who would be:
1. good at teaching computer safety
2. qualified (in the regulatory sense) to teach it.
I think that plenty of geeks would be happy to teach a class like this but they wouldn't want to be a full time teacher, they'd want to come in maybe a few hours a day or a day or two a week.
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Why are the funny and true moded Troll on slashdot?
You mean funny and true comments like that one?
Given the post immediately above ("sibling post" I guess), this is actually kind of funny.
gg troll...
Holy shit, 4Chan is leaking again...
So would their squareness make it more difficult to round them up?
[Insert Pentium joke here]So people (and countries) make different choices and this offends you?
This bundle is great for someone just looking for a good typewriter. As opposed to what the schools REALLY want, which is?
(I am serious, and don't call me Shirley!)
I smell a cheesy 80's PSA ala "Don't Copy That Floppy" coming...
I'm a soggy judge, you insensitive clod!
The above goes for the same with: construction, accountants, lawyers, Indian chiefs, etc...
How about motorcycle cops and sailors?I know you're kidding (at least I hope so) but why not make the weapon designers talk to a few 11B's? This whole shitty Land Warrior system seems like it was designed to give commanders more information that would (in theory) allow them to make better decisions. The problem is that it weighs down the soldier which is situationally lethal given the current administration's habit of fighting enemies that are, shall we say, irregular in nature. More over, given the small group nature of the fighting (most of it anyways) shouldn't decision making be as devolved (e.g. to squad NCOs) as possible?
Military technology should be used to add value to the people on the front lines but no one bothers to ask them because 1. they'rwe low ranking 2. they're not politically connected. Fuck this noise.
(Disclosure: I'm not military/ex-mil, I just work with/know a bunch of ex-mils.)
Fuck you. This is miltech we're discussing here so I'd say "killing people" is pretty high on the list, yeah...
Do not meddle in the ways of judges, for they are subtle and quick to anger...
Sounds like a PEBKAC/Layer 8 issue to me.