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As a piece of trivia I learned the other day, it called each of: Al Capone (1930), Adolf Hitler (1938) and Angela Merkel (2015) Time Person Of The Year.  oops!
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See their definition for "Person of the Year". TIME's Person of the Year, from 1927 to 2011 - TIME[^] It reads 'the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill'.
I would say that those persons certainly met that description.
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enhzflep wrote: As a piece of trivia I learned the other day, it called each of: Al Capone (1930), Adolf Hitler (1938) and Angela Merkel (2015) Time Person Of The Year.oops!
The TIME 'person of the year' for 1930 was Mahatma Gandhi. Al Capone never was selected!
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If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Thanks. 
I must admit from the get-go to not having read what their selection criteria are.  Each of them certainly appear to fit. I might add, Ghandi in my mind is a far more worthy candidate than Capone.
While it invariably stings somewhat, the beauty in being wrong and then subsequently corrected is that we walk away with more than we came with. Cheers. ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
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enhzflep wrote: While it invariably stings somewhat, the beauty in being wrong and then subsequently corrected is that we walk away with more than we came with.
Great attitude, thank you!
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Traditionally, once a hard drive fails, it’s over, and it then becomes shopping time for a better, larger, more “reliable” replacement. I can send them a few
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So they plan on keeping on with the partially broken philosophy eh?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Good Grief. 
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Researchers propose that the three dimensions of space may have been “frozen in” during the early moments of the universe. This research brought to you by a 3am discussion in the dorm
I mean, have you ever really thought about it, maaaaaan?
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If this is right then it means string theory is wrong (as it requires 10 dimensions)...man that's going to really annoy a lot of other physicists (and mathematicians)... I hope they understand the gravity of that assertion 
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Especially Sheldon...
Tell Howard, Leonard, and Raj first so they can make fun of him. Then Bernadette and Amy. Penny's always iffy...
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Beware the dangers of commenting without reading the article first:
Quote: The proposal still leaves room for higher dimensions to have occurred in the first fraction of a second after the big bang when the universe was even hotter than it was at the critical temperature. Extra dimensions are present in many cosmological models, most notably string theory. The new study could help explain why, in some of these models, the extra dimensions seem to have collapsed (or stayed the same size, which is very tiny), while the 3D space continued to grow into the entire observable universe.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I read the article but it went straight over my head - which does prove there are at the very least 3 dimensions. My post was only a vehicle to introduce a "gravity" pun.
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"We seek to enable individuals to design, make, and wear their own skin technology creations" "Branded! Scorned as the one who ran."
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They'll never get me. 
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Development shops are the powerhouses to creating this software, but to be successful, a developer’s job has to involve more than just code. "I should care but it just doesn't get me"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: but ... a developer’s job has to involve more than just code
Like coffee and pizza?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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A developer's job should probably involve automating anything that isn't code - from CI / CD to 90% of the HR / PM side.
So yes - code, coffee and pizza should be the end goal.
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you forgot BACON
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I do not know what bacon is (or more precise - how it is)... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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It's a heavily flavored slice of a pig's ass (others will deny the anatomical location but they're wrong because I say so).
Smokey, Spicy, and otherwise flavored to hide what it really tastes like.
If curious, it's fairly accurately reproduced in vegetarian[^] form (diary, actually), although it's probably not quite as greasy.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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The artificial intelligence division of Google, DeepMind, has been granted access to around 1.6 million UK patient health records. I'm guessing their Google ads will be even more personal going forward
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How long till the big news item saying all the UK patient health records were stolen by hackers?
I'll wager 50 Quatloos that it'll be in 2 weeks.
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Developers are the key to making enterprises innovate much, much faster. Often, though, organizations don't realize their value. "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me"
Galileo!
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It's funny what we do with language.
Often, though, organizations don't realize their value.
Now, everyone knows that an organization is a thing, so how can a thing realize anything? Of course we know that "organization" is also a shorthand metaphor for "the people in an organization."
Which makes:
Often though, the people in an organization don't realize their [developers] value.
more accurate. Yes, it's wordier, but it becomes more personal, and one can ask more easily ask, what people, who's responsible for this travesty, why are they so narrow minded, etc.
Our language betrays us. By saying it in the former way, we're hiding behind the mask of an entity, and nothing will be done.
[edit]Granted, that was the headline. The author stated it better in the article itself:
too many within the enterprise think developers aren't relevant to their business.
Nice.
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OK, I admit it. Four hours of driving today, it's been a long day.
Marc
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