Comment Vapid (Score 5, Funny) 399
Wow. I have mod points and want to use them all to negatively mod the "summary" to "Incoherent".
I just wish someone would re make the HP programmers calculator. I need the Binary/hex/octal stuff more than anything else and all the calculators today just slap it on as a last minute extra buried in the settings.
That would be the HP-16c. Having misplaced my original (which I used all the time when I was hitting the metal in my assembly programming job), I picked up another one on ebay about 10 years ago. Definitely a good candidate for a re-issue.
The big issue with gambling sites is that you have no way to confirm the risks.
I could create a poker site to use an algorithmic that favors the house. How would you know? I can have my friends playing at tables and when they are logged in, it tilts the deal into their favor.
These, and other, cheats only require temporary and slight changes to have a bigger long term impact. You can also use social engineering.
Online poker sites are full of geeks. There are well documented cases where said geeks have analyzed millions of hands of data to prove that cheating and fraud was occurring. Google "Absolute Poker" for one such example.
How do you even send a text message to your entire address book? This sounds more like the guy used some very poor judgement, but I doubt it was accidental.
The guy sent the same message to his family members:
Agreeing and allowing the appeal, Lord Justice Elias said: "The facts of this case are rather unusual...messages reading 'Would you f**k me? Fast or slow? Skin on skin' were sent to every single contact in his phone, including members of his own family."
So it does seem like a genuine screw up.
To be fair, he blew all his own money in the company too. $30M+. Dude's broke. He'll be living off his salary as an ESPN analyst.
Of course, there is a school of thought that suggests his claim to be broke will last only slightly longer than any pending lawsuits against him.
Agreed. Quality work is made by following processes and using checks and balances, not by trying to patch holes with someone who doesn't understand the whole picture.
Sounds like you're wrong about processes. Many people assume a process == bureaucracy. In all the large companies I have worked with, what you describe is covered by an Emergency Fix process, which basically will let someone dive in and fix things as quickly as possible without the usual chain of command overhead. However, once in place, there will be checks and balances applied after thee fact to ensure the implemented fix won't cause any security/maintenance.performance etc. issues in the future.
Yup. Essentially the product that they sell is their body. Guess what profession that reminds me of?
Football?
One thing that gets much better results then emailing each other is walking up to their desk (without sending a meeting request, mind you) and talk to them. Yes! In person.
Instead of doing the 20 questions (meaning 20 mails) I have a conversation. Sometimes people are too far away (e.g. in another country) and then I call them. On the phone. We have a conversation of 5-15 minutes and we are BOTH clear what we want and need.
Right - BOTH clear. And then you go off and do it only to be told "That's not what I agreed to..."
"But, but.....", you splutter, "you said it was!"
Meanwhile, I have a few notes captured in email along with an electronic agreement from my co-worker, and my work is not only complete, but correct.
That week is critical to not seeing spoilers online, we live in an international community, forums inhabited by users all around the world, if half of them can't see the episode for a week+ that doesn't work.
Really? I do subscribe to HBO which is also available On-Demand. It's usually around Wed/Thu before I get around to watching the previous Sunday's 'new' episode, and somehow manage to avoid all the spoilers. It worked for Boardwalk Empire too.
Software production is assumed to be a line function, but it is run like a staff function. -- Paul Licker
