The proposition "not to have posed a threat" does not seem to follow from the combination of "found to be infected" and "isolated from the Internet".
Were the computers isolated from the control board of the nuclear power station? That's the important question.
On the one hand it seems kind of lazy.
Programming is pretty much Applied Laziness, so that is probably a good thing too.
Assuming that at least some people haven't previously seen this. From Larry Wall, of Perl fame.
I never believed the whole "95% of interviewees fail the FizzBuzz test" until I started interviewing candidates. People with 15 years of "experience" on their resume would regularly fail or give up.
This is absolutely true, and mind-boggling.
Our company has been hiring senior-level Java developers for years and I've been in on them for much of that time. Few of the applicants actually get through the [literally] sophomoric coding exercises we do. (We have the same problem with junior-level ones, too, so it's not the amount of time elapsed since school...)
"Oh, wait, this is my code? Well, I know better now."
While on the subject, when are we going to establish repeater stations around the solar system so that space probes don't need massive transceivers and line-of-sight to communicate with the Earth?
IIRC, isn't that what the Mars orbiters are effectively doing for all the rover missions?
I generally prefer lmgtfy indirection, myself.
Shouldn't we spend tax dollars on stuff that is useful, such as not being beholden to our #1 creditor, China?
My, don't we sound talking-pointy.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/biggest-holders-of-us-gov-t-debt.html
That’s right, the biggest single holder of U.S. government debt is inside the United States and includes the Federal Reserve system and other intragovernmental holdings.
I've always thought things got smaller in the cold.
A 20 is a critical hit. I can't imagine the vorpal blade's effect to become a complete miss if it's not applicable. I'd expect just a solid hit, not a fatal blow.
There were reports in the last year or so that Asperger's folks tended to fixate on the mouth, not the eyes, during conversation.
Not sure why you just noticed that in the last year. That's been part of the diagnostic criteria for Aspergers and Autism Spectrum Disorder for a while.
This is the first thing I thought of when I read the summary, but then I and my kids all on the spectrum to varying degrees.
Looking over all (heh) of the posts already here, then adding my own $0.02, the answer can be summarized as follows:
IT DEPENDS
We regularly give trivial problems (like FizzBuzz) to our applicants. Ever since we went from hiring only referrals from other developers, a large percentage of them can't even handle the trivial problems. How in heck are they supposed to be able to solve real problems with bugs in deployed production software?
Judging by the number of applicants we get for junior (and senior!) software development positions that can't code their way out of a wet paper bag, I'd have to say no, not everyone can become a programmer.
I should add that protection from investors is not absolute. If an investor thinks that you defrauded them, they can still sue you personally.
Anybody can always sue you personally. They won't necessarily win, but will generally cost you legal fees just to address it, even if it's spurious. (I don't disagree with you, in case it's unclear. Also, IANAL.)
I don't buy that. The contents of my speech do not make me liable for the actions of others in response to that speech.
[In a crowded theater.]
FIRE!!! FIRE!!!
Top Ten Things Overheard At The ANSI C Draft Committee Meetings: (3) Ha, ha, I can't believe they're actually going to adopt this sucker.
