Client changes requirements due to unforeseen circumstance - likely nobody's fault
Client changes requirements due to inadequate planning - account handler's fault
Client requirements are misunderstood - account handler's fault
Build fails human testing - developer's fault
Build returned by client for failing tests - tester's fault
Build does not meet client requirements - PM's fault
Progress does not meet estimated levels - PM's fault


Now, the reason it always SEEMS like it's the manager's fault is they're usually the source of information. When I was working for a web design agency I'd always have a better time on the projects where we had some level of client interaction. The more you get the easier it is to intuit when something is going wrong.

ISP should have nothing to do with this ... (is postal service (carrier) responsible for the drugs/copied CD/DVDs they deliver ????)
notice and notice. where a fundamental constitutional/human right is respected (presumption of innocence). right holder says "hey you're infringing" and here's why.
burden of proof is not on the defendant!

I absolutely want managers to be there too!

Generally the off-shift stuff is their idea/fault/decision in the first place, so if I'm in it they need to lead by example and be there too. Whether it's overtime in the evenings or weekend work, I expect the ones responsible to be there too.

Tmobile will unlock your phone for you once you've had your account with them for 90 days.

It should, because a bunch of incompatible framework classes sucks ass. A long time ago I was involved with a project that over time accumulated a combination of MFC stuff, COM wrappers, STL and our own custom strings and containers. Huge chunks of code did nothing but convert between the various formats. Never again will I get involved with reinventing wheels like that. I'll take the performance hit.

And while you're sitting there, unable to help, I'd pick up a book on the programming language they're using to code. Even if you never put your fingers to the keyboard, it will gain you credibility...

at least until the worker drones see you reading 'c++ programming for dummies'

If DRM prevails, this will be the reason why: the general public tends to view the consumption of media as if it were the consumption of food or oxygen. As if our only options are to cough up the asking price, or assume the life of a 'pirate', skulking around shady web sites grabbing torrents for the latest content.

What ever happened to the option of just not consuming? Shouldn't we say, instead of "the consumer got screwed", "the consumer received yet another demonstration of some of the flaws in the DRM model"? Wouldn't you rather seize the power that you have as a consumer and make a choice to spend your dollars elsewhere, and influence your friends to do the same, than to take the victim's stance and believe that we are totally helpless when somebody like the MPAA screws up and just assumes that we'll quietly get in the next line?

The simple fact is that DRM cannot succeed unless the consumer chooses to support it.

Because it does not work on linix, try moonlight it is too far behind and no DRM support, and Mac silverlight will die when Silverlight gets real marketshare. See IE on Mac as evidence.

Sounds like the premise of Heinlein's "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress". Revolutionaries on the Moon take control of a mass driver and start flinging multi-ton barges at Earth, with just enough remote-control maneuvering that the shooters can call up Earth afterward and ask if they'd like to surrender.

Yes, because it's legally binding.

plugging holes in anything being carried across the border that I thought could even possibly contain a bomb if I had even the slightest thought that something wasn't right.

Congratuations! If you actually do shoot a bomb, you'll probably kill yourself and do a significant amount of damage to your surroundings. If you shoot a chemical or biological or radiation agent, you've just dispersed it.

Probably most of the visitors to Israel carry directions to their public transport and the place they're staying. She cooperated fully with their questioning, to the extent that they were happy to leave her sitting out on the balcony enjoying views of the Red Sea while they dealt with her belongings. What makes her a terrorist suspect is the material she had on her, entirely consistent with her being a journalist travelling from a Middle Eastern country documenting the hate against Israel. Apparently living in one of Israel's neighbours, and showing an interest in the Israel-Palestine conflict, is reason enough to think you're a bomber. That's scary.

Exactly!! It's depends on the methods used. You'll be amazed how many people just shove the code in and don't check. I've seen lots of code from companies that would execute the above like: Dim sSQL, sLastName, cmd sLastName = Request.Form("txtLastName") sSQL = "SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE LastName = " + sLastName + ";" Set cmd = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Command") cmd.ActiveConnection = cn Set rs = cmd.Execute(sSQL) cmd.Close Set cmd = Nothing --------- Lets say sLastName = '; DELETE FROM [Customer] Oops!! There goes the [Customer] table. To find the table name in the first place you can inject sql queries like this as much as you like.

I agree with you, but let me share a story.
Friend of mine had 4 girl daughters, me, I had no kids.
I was blathering on about no-government, yadda, let parents decide if kids smoke dope, etc, when my friend with 4 daughters looked at me and said,
"I hear you, but when you become a parent, and your kids become teens, you will be thankful for any help from the government in this area".

I know now what he meant....

up to 30k