It is invoking the poweroff command (shutdown on Apple), not yanking the power. Read the code.

I would imagine that the consequences of the information on the computer being compromised outweighs the inconvenience of an accidental shutdown.

I assume that your technique requires that the computer be powered on.

Ferengi are simply fictional characters reflecting human nature.

The moment he or she drives someone away, fire them.

Not a great example of modern C++.

Ask an unemployed US autoworker how well that plan has worked for them.

Hats off to you for bullshitting someone into paying you that - because forgetting older people who would tear you to shreds... there are younger workers out there with 7-10 years experience who would leave you in the dust as well.

that natives were there first. But this seems lost on young recruiters.

Ah yes, a youngster railing about the injustice and hypocrisy of the working world.

He is aging nicely I see. In two years you will be complaining the the country is going to hell.

Older folks make better money, tend to laugh when their 35 year old boss tries to intimidate them, and are wise to corporate dirty tricks that zip right over a youngsters head without so much as ruffling that thick hair.

"Buzzword" is a buzzword.

Well time zones, I would agree with. But I currently work on an Agile product with team members scattered around the US (Eastern Central and Mountain) and it is working pretty well (for an Agile product). Of course, that is not a huge time differential. I used to work on a huge project with team in the eastern US and Hawaii... not agile... and that just sucked.

Ha. Haha. Hahahahahahahahaha.

Sorry (wipes eyes).

I think for smaller projects, on a team with good interpersonal dynamics... Agile can really deliver a decent product fast, in the absence of any real requirements.

But those are the keywords: no requirements, fast, small. I have seem agile projects go right down the toilet also. YMMV.