Let's assume I am a billionaire who commutes mainly via private helicopter. It doesn't bother me at all to throw a few thousand dollars toward a local road-improvement project. For a struggling single parent to do the same would be a significant hardship, even though they would be far more likely to actually use and benefit from the improved road.
Monday:
Billionaire: Why are you late getting here to fly me to work?
From the maintenance perspective, when you can't make the code meet some standard, comments describing what you missed and why (time, spec conflicts, didn't care enough) are helpful. This hints to the next maintainer that modifying a piece of code that missed some good-practices target has additional considerations or hidden pitfalls, or that it can be fixed/extended/replaced with impunity.
So, let's say that hire and train those who would otherwise be hired as booth babes so that they're useful temporary representatives of products and companies. Let's say they show up dressed in business or business casual attire.
Blasphemy!
Seriously, when you first went to one of these conferences, wasn't your first assumption to walk up to them and ask about the vendor's product; and then when they didn't know anything about it, say to yourself, "Why would they just come here and hang around at a vendor's booth when they can't talk to people about the product? Couldn't they get paid just as well doing something less stultifying?"
Now compare to this situation. People are climbing the walls. It's BLATANTLY FUCKING OBVIOUS that it was happening, so why didn't the institution deal with it before it became a viral web sensation?
There is so much melodramatic teenage 'dark thought' reinforcement there that I have no trouble at all thinking of the alleys it could lead a young adult down that they wouldn't otherwise be exposed to.
I wonder if it's just that the Internet gives children and teens access to the entirety of the adult world, and that pre-internet adults and tradition can't provide them guidance to managing and understanding what they're exposed to.
I always suspected that one day he would realize his kids were imitating his behavior, and wondered how he would respond. Maybe that's what happened here.
Nice of them to not even test black people saving white, that way white people can feel like shit.
"We were going to get some black participants, but in the end we chose to pick only white and Italian people. Not sure why that happened, but I'm sure it was just a fluke."
Build a good life in Russia, and keep speaking out.
Until we start providing asylum to Russian dissidents, who build a good life in the US... at which point, we participate in a brand-new dissident exchange program and everything's back to normal. Just in time for whatever the show is after the Simpsons.
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That's a bit draconian. Try this instead:
It's actually Evergreen Terrace, but hey, it's all good.
Let's assume I am a billionaire who commutes mainly via private helicopter. It doesn't bother me at all to throw a few thousand dollars toward a local road-improvement project. For a struggling single parent to do the same would be a significant hardship, even though they would be far more likely to actually use and benefit from the improved road.
Monday:
Billionaire: Why are you late getting here to fly me to work?
Pilot: Hit a pothole and got a flat.
Tuesday:
Billionaire: Why can't we take off?
Pilot: Fuel truck hit a pothole and got a flat.
etc.
... functional, readable, testable ...
From the maintenance perspective, when you can't make the code meet some standard, comments describing what you missed and why (time, spec conflicts, didn't care enough) are helpful. This hints to the next maintainer that modifying a piece of code that missed some good-practices target has additional considerations or hidden pitfalls, or that it can be fixed/extended/replaced with impunity.
they'll switch over to information kiosks narrated by an asexual monotone computer. And if that turns you on, well, I don't know what they'll do.
If that happens, you'll have passed Turing's other test.
Maybe they'd get more callbacks with this approach.
So, let's say that hire and train those who would otherwise be hired as booth babes so that they're useful temporary representatives of products and companies. Let's say they show up dressed in business or business casual attire.
Blasphemy!
Seriously, when you first went to one of these conferences, wasn't your first assumption to walk up to them and ask about the vendor's product; and then when they didn't know anything about it, say to yourself, "Why would they just come here and hang around at a vendor's booth when they can't talk to people about the product? Couldn't they get paid just as well doing something less stultifying?"
Even that may not be sufficient. After this story, I would:
A little paranoid, but it's a minor inconvenience compared to having to do without broadband at all.
If nothing sticks to it, why couldn't you just refill it?
That may not be what you have to worry about. In fact, if these problems come to pass, it would probably solve the obesity epidemic in a month.
Now compare to this situation. People are climbing the walls. It's BLATANTLY FUCKING OBVIOUS that it was happening, so why didn't the institution deal with it before it became a viral web sensation?
Donor visit day?
That's rather baffling. He:
I'm sure your description was necessarily brief. It's just odd where the gaps in his knowledge show up.
How much time have you spent on Tumblr?
There is so much melodramatic teenage 'dark thought' reinforcement there that I have no trouble at all thinking of the alleys it could lead a young adult down that they wouldn't otherwise be exposed to.
Now, illustrated!.
I wonder if it's just that the Internet gives children and teens access to the entirety of the adult world, and that pre-internet adults and tradition can't provide them guidance to managing and understanding what they're exposed to.
On a more positive note, everybody aced the parkour part of the exam.
Exactly when it returns that string of numbers?
Something that also incorporates a wiki might be nice.
Jira and Confluence integrate well, and have the support of a company and large installed base behind them for future development.
There will be resistance if it's not really easy to use.
Joel Spolsky also made a point about formal issue tracker adoption, in that it doesn't have to be all or nothing (Strategy 2) from the get-go.
Linus himself merged it.
I always suspected that one day he would realize his kids were imitating his behavior, and wondered how he would respond. Maybe that's what happened here.
In other news, strictly black-only frats and sororities have all also been disbanded for being racially exclusive.
Probably; one opinion piece and a news article indicate that such organizations don't exist.
And vice-versa.
Why should they even bother fixing the problems?
Dead people buy fewer cars?
"People like the demo, they take it home, and they start throwing up."
"I notice that by your increased heartrate and labored breathing that you have been poisoned. Would you like me to start up Starfox 3d pre-alpha?"
Nice of them to not even test black people saving white, that way white people can feel like shit.
"We were going to get some black participants, but in the end we chose to pick only white and Italian people. Not sure why that happened, but I'm sure it was just a fluke."
Build a good life in Russia, and keep speaking out.
Until we start providing asylum to Russian dissidents, who build a good life in the US ... at which point, we participate in a brand-new dissident exchange program and everything's back to normal. Just in time for whatever the show is after the Simpsons.
On a more reality-based note...
How in the hell are the survivors (who would be practically random) going to know...
1) that such a thing exists
2) where (exactly) it is
They can just click on the link in the summary! I know RTFA is anathema here, but this is taking it a bit far.
Depends on the product and vendor
And the customer -- when large enough, they can sway a vendor's maintenance priorities.