Comment Re:"Cloud water" and "Debunks" (Score 1) 93
But typoes are okay, right?
Comment Similar developments in Healthcare (Score 1) 199
Who'd have expected such prescience from The Onion?
Submission + - LulzSec Hacks The US Senate (itworld.com)
jfruhlinger writes: "LulzSec might not be as famous as Anonymous — they're really best known for hacking sites they like, to prove a point about security — but they may have just raised their profile significantly, posting what appears to be data taken from an internally facing server at the U.S. Senate. However, they fun-loving group might find that the Senate reacts a lot more harshly to intrusions than, say, PBS did."
Comment Bitcoin miner. (Score 1) 260
That machine could be adding to the company's bottom line instead of just being a depreciating asset.
Comment Re:Going back to 1998... (Score 1) 277
Actually, I have it on good authority that 1998 is about right for that UID.
Comment Re: the world's largest public penetration test? (Score 1) 303
Actually, I think it's Lisa Sparxxx at 919 guys.
Comment Re:unconventional mathematical notation (Score 2) 318
Strange thing is these cost as much as they did when i bought mine 20 + years ago.. They should be cheaper now, so what is up with that?
If you figure $61 based on a google search, and calculate the inflation-adjusted price then you see that it's only actually $35.71 in 1990 dollars. So they have become significantly cheaper.
Comment Re:PAF (Score 1) 292
Excellent tutorial, now let's move on to the Oxford comma.
Comment Re:Oh My... (Score 3, Insightful) 178
Dear God, I'm old.
Julian Assange's Online Dating Profile Leaked 334
Ponca City writes "The Telegraph reports that an online dating profile created by Julian Assange in 2006 has been unearthed from OKCupid disclosing that the WikiLeaks editor sought 'spirited, erotic' women 'from countries that have sustained political turmoil.' Writing under the pseudonym of British science fiction author Harry Harrison, Assange described himself as a 'passionate, and often pig headed activist intellectual.' Assange said he was seeking a 'siren for [a] love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy' adding that he was 'directing a consuming, dangerous human rights project which is, as you might expect, male dominated' and added enigmatically: 'I am DANGER, ACHTUNG.' Among Assange's listed interests were the 'structure of reality' and 'chopping up human brains' – although he added the caveat '(neuroscience background)' lest the latter put off potential admirers. 'I like women from countries that have sustained political turmoil,' Assange wrote. 'Western culture seems to forge women that are valueless and inane. OK. Not only women!'"
Comment Re:Missing Option (Score 1) 507
On BTTF.com, they use the prefix "Jigo", So I think it's a J...
Comment Re:"Agile", no -- "agile", yes (Score 1) 395
In my experience, the CYA document's biggest use is to provide a baseline for Change Requests (which are always billable) by a consulting company.
"We built what you signed off on. Now pay us a bunch more money, and we'll turn it into what you actually need. Oh, and we'll update our documentation for an additional fee".
Comment "Agile", no -- "agile", yes (Score 4, Interesting) 395
I've worked in 100% waterfall, and in good agile environments, and I've found the key is to keep things small-a "agile", not to concentrate on capital-a Agile. Some places embrace Agile as a process, and fill binders with process documentation around their Agile process - at which point it's no better than any other.
I think the key to success is summed up in this line from T3FA:
"Most teams are not adopting scrum, extreme programming, or another specific Agile approach, but are embracing agile as an ethos or philosophy and cherry-picking the best bits from many different process models to develop a formula unique to their own situation," according to the report.
Comment Re:Great Game (Score 1) 399
There is an aspect of Religion in the Social Policy "Piety". Items such as "Mandate of Heaven" and "Theocracy" are in there, and they affect your civilization's happiness and culture.
Comment Re:Glory hound (Score 4, Funny) 325
There is an identical review on Amazon that is attributed to the firm.
But did you read the OTHER review on Amazon?
"Super Principia Mathematica was better than my wedding, better than watching my first son born, better than the time I had sexual intercourse with an entire college cheerleading squad while high on peyote."
