Where I live, non-compete agreement are valid only if there is some kind of compensation.
Because this compensation is there to make up for the potential loss of not being able to work for competitors, it can be quite high. Like getting full pay for several years after termination of contract.
Of course, this is rarely mentionned except for the most sensitive jobs. Meaning that non-compete clauses are usually (but not always) meaningless.
Here is what most probably happened (investigation is underway, so we can't be sure) :
In fact the guy entered a wrong password and wasn't given access to anything.
However his action triggered an intrusion alert and as a result the system was shut down for two days as a safety measure. Time to understand what happened.
Moreover, only an outsourced call center was shut down.
Source (in French) : http://www.pcinpact.com/news/73975-non-systeme-informatique-banque-france-na-pas-ete-pirate.htm
Properly mastered CDs are "perfect". Unlike vinyls, they exceed the capabilities of human hearing in both frequency and dynamic range (http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html).
Of course, FLAC, being a lossless format, is just as good. And I also bet that very few people, if any, can distinguish between a properly encoded >192kbps MP3 and the original recording.
So unless you are a dog, there is no problem with what we have now.
Note : Studios tend to use higher than CD quality material but it is primarily to make editing more convenient.
Note 2 : Properly is the key word here. Loudness war CDs are highly distorted and some encoders are so bad it is possible to identify them just by listening to the result.
I think that a photodiode is much simpler and reliable.
Same idea as yours except it is EM radiation of a much higher frequency
TFA part 2 : http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/avoiding-game-crashes-related-to-linked-lists
The author suggests to ditch the STL in favor of "intrusive lists". In intrusive lists the links are part of the data structure. It breaks the data/container separation but provides many benefits in term of performance and reliability.
It is very difficult to write "self-documenting" code in assembler. Most variables are not even named (registers).
Also, people usually do assembler for a reason, either it is for heavy optimization or direct hardware access. In both case there is usually a lot of things behind the code that is not visible. For example situations where there is a good reason for doing b+a instead of a+b are much more common in assembler than in high level languages.
What is "penalty of perjury" exactly?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perjury
This notice means that if you lie, you are committing a crime, like for witnesses in court.
Your story is just about a clueless salesman.
The problem is not that he did price discimination, it is that he did it wrong. And I wouldn't be surprised if this story was just a cautionary tale.
In some contexts, such as bazaars, bargaining and thus price discrimination is part of the culture. Yield managment, another form of price discrimination commonly used with plane tickets, also seem to be well accepted.
With a UNIX shell :
find . -type f -exec md5sum '{}' ';' > md5_list
perl -e 'while (<>) {
First command makes a list of all files with their MD5 checksum. With 4.9 TB of data, il will probably take a full day to complete but it is completely unattended and you only have to do it once.
The second command lists all duplicates and is much faster.
This is Germany, where the union system is reputed to be one of the best in the world.
This is typically the kind of compromise that seems impossible to achieve in France. Don't know about the US and UK.
The flying part is not really a problem. Most people can fly small aircraft after and with mass production techniques, they can be cheap.
The problem is making small aircraft as convenient as cars. It means being able to reach most places without needing an additional mean of transportation and travel in most whether conditions.
Also, talking about flying cars usually implies that a significant part of the population have one. It implies very crowded airspaces that current rules and training can't accommodate. Wake turbulence may become a problem too.
Although something exists through the first several months of pregnancy, and it is certainly alive and it is certainly human (what other species is it, if not human?)
We can argue that a fetus is not a human the same way as a caterpillar is not a butterfly.
He is talking about upgrading, nor repairing.
And usually, upgrading a CPU is not a good idea. It is often closely tied to the RAM and Motherboard and even if you find a compatible CPU, if will probably not perform to its full potential, being limited by the chipset and RAM. Also, your old CPU will certainly become useless, whereas the combo CPU+RAM+Motherboard is easier to reuse.
Of course if everyone wants to sell and no one wants to buy, the value plummets.
But if I want to buy all of Apple, I need to spend at least $621 billion.
The fact that the value of a company can vary doesn't make it less meaningful.
If you miss the high class, comfortable way of flying, just go first class. It won't change the fact that flying is now mainstream but at least the on-board service won't be that of a "flying bus".
If you miss the thrill of early flying try to make a trip in a small aircraft like a cessna. Not very comfortable but it is certainly a thrill. No airport security, no luggage check, it's just you and the pilot.
The rule on staying alive as a program manager is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.
