I have been educating users for years on how to submit even vaguely reasonable problem reports. It's an uphill battle.

Everything in our system has a ticket id.
More than 90% of all problem reports never mention a ticket id.

Some of the worst offenders have been other developers!
If peer developers cannot do it, what makes anyone think that the regular user community will step up?

Regard it as an exercise in patience and endlessly request the ticket id that was missing from the original problem report.

At least if you are going to do this, simply as a proof of concept of course, steal all their customers money. Then the risk/reward ratio is looking better.

I regard it that the reviewer is trying to do me a favor. As such, it is my job to return the favor by reviewing some of his/her code. This role reversal typically keeps reviews sensible without too much arrogance on the part of the reviewee and without too much intransigence on the part of the reviewer.

Terry Childs was clearly on an excessive one-man power trip. I don't think too many on /. think that deserves jail time though. A firing for unprofessional conduct: sure. A $1.5M fine? This just adds to the farce. I'm sure the head of the IMF will get a fair trial. He has already been convicted (by the media) and is in jail. ... now all we need to do is to get most of Wall Street in jail. They have been tried in the media but not put in jail.

Just a bunch of bullies endlessly fighting for world dominance. Nothing to see here, business as usual (literally).

>>LSE chief executive Xavier Rolet has insisted that the exchange, once a monopoly, will deliver record speed and stable trading
I'm not sure, even if a senior manager insists on stability, that it is guaranteed to happen. What he could do is to insist that, if any instability occurs in the new system, the workforce positions will also become unstable.

Rumor has it that the server was seen holding what the mortgage officer thought was a weapon. The officer drew and repeatedly fired his weapon, pausing to reload 15 times because he believed his life was in danger. The server was fatally hit by 87 rounds, most of them entering through the rear of the chassis. No other weapon was found at the scene. The mortgage officer has been put on temporary desk assignment while an investigation is held.

Developers should have read-only access to production. In this way, they can investigate what is happening but should on no account have any ability to alter anything.

Anyone who doesn't like the conditions of their job, whether it be pay or whatever, always has the right to quit (at least in this country). So if you think you can do better elsewhere, go for it. If you are proven wrong, scuttle back into a job working for the man while looking for the next opportunity to break free again. Sooner or later: profit!
The difference between winners and losers is that everyone loses, winners merely shake off defeat and try again.
My friend started 3 companies. The first 2 failed. He went back to working for someone else each time. The third one was a success. He eventually sold his share in the company for (I'm guessing) $40M. He retired before he reached 40.
I'm still trying :-(

Given today's technology, I can well imagine that an electric-only car with its fairly limited range won't suit everyone - but it will suit some people. I have a short commute. An electric car would be perfect for me. What I want to see is diversity in propulsion systems. A one-solution fits all model is probably unrealistic. Gasoline doesn't fit my requirements as well as an all-electric car for example. There are a very wide variety of vehicles from trucks through 2-seat sports cars. Why not endorse a wide variety of propulsion systems too?
With all the problems caused by oil politics and oil pollution, I would really, really like an all-electric car. Then we can work on renewable energy sources and the oil stain on so many lives will become a distant memory.
So let's have hydrogen fuel cells, series hybrids, pure electric and even pure gasoline cars (when the need arises). Then let consumers choose with their wallets what works for them.
It's only a free country if you have choices.

A strange thing happened shortly after this equipment was assembled and tested. I noticed that whenever I got angry, my skin would turn green and I would tear off my clothes.

The high frequency traders of today basically fall into two categories:

• Those running algorithms that make use of various market anomalies to siphon money from the markets.
• Those doing the latter-day equivalent of the role that used to be played by a market maker.

The siphoners add no value to the market, in fact exactly the opposite. They take advantage of market anomalies that can only be detected by ultra-high speed trading to remove money from the system. A simple example of a market anomalies would be taking advantage of the distributed market place whereby you can trade the same stock on many exchanges and none of them perform at the same speed. So you see which way the stock is moving on a fast exchange and then take advantage of that on a slow exchange before it has had the time it needs to react. Just like betting on a horse race after it has finished because you know the result before the bookmaker is aware the race is over.

The other high frequency shops are adding value to the markets in the same way a market maker used to. They serve a function of keeping the market liquid. This means that a buyer can always guarantee to buy a stock or a seller can always guarantee to sell a stock because the market maker keeps some inventory to bridge any transitory lull when there are more buyers than sellers (or vice-versa) and yet the price is deemed to be correct. They are the brokers who reduce fluctuations in the market and offer a valuable service, even to a joe who wants to sell his 50 shares in IBM.

Just like anything, there are good guys and bad guys. The tool is high frequency trading. It can be used for good or bad, depending on who is using it and what they are using it for.

Disclaimer: I don't do any high frequency trading.

Are we now going to the cell phone world cup with Apple fanbois vs. Google fanbois?
All this hype and hoopla.
It's just a phone.
It doesn't define your lives - or sadly perhaps it does.

My company lost no-one despite being only a few floors below where the plane hit the North tower. It took a long time to get down the stairs. I'm voting for the ground floor.