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:South_Carolina: Post number 1,000! :South_Carolina:
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Originally Posted by NatureBoy
While I readily agree with Einstein that technology has surpassed human interaction, I don't think it's our technology ... or, rather, the fact that we're using it instead of direct interaction ... that is to blame for our upcoming generation of idiots. The ease of information seems to have replaced the want to learn. The current generation, myself included, is more interested in watching the latest drivel on TV than read a book, learn about history, or learn a new technique for something. Technology can be almost just as interactive as human interaction ... the problem is in the choices (e.g. the guy who's choosing to look at his phone rather than watch the Michigan game), not the medium.
The following article, posted within a spoiler just so people have to make a conscious effort to click it, has the subject of politics. More specifically, the Romney campaign. However, the article is not about politics. It is about our reliance on technology, especially at the enterprise level, and how wrong that technology can go. As a tester, there are many things in the article that just made me shake my head.
Spoiler: show
Whether or not you think the information in the article is responsible for the outcome Tuesday is, in my opinion, up to you. Based on the reaction to political discussions here as of late, it's probably best if we don't talk about that aspect of the article here. So, let's discuss the "IT fail" aspect, mmkay?
On another note, CLW, would you like to create a "Lawyer Fail" thread? :D :fp:
Ohio attorney creates fake child porn for case, now must pay $300,000
Yet again, software developers not thinking ahead leads to consequences in an attempt to put the software out there FAR before it was ready. You would have thought one of people working on it or higher up from them would be smart enough to say, "Maybe we should actually test this more than just a serious of automated runs." and the fact that they had one server to handle 3,000+, possibly simultaneous, accesses is the biggest downfall of them all.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
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Well, just a general statement about the article, but just to even entertain the thought that a web app that was fucked up from the start cost Romney the election is ridiculous, but that's all I'm gonna say on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
As for the article, the first thing that caught me eyes was:
That would piss me off to no end. Regardless of whether I was pro-Romney or pro-Obama, the non-fucking-stop political ads on TV (just about every other goddamn commercial during breaks on TV), getting campaign fliers/propaganda in the mail every single day (at one point we got the exact same damn Romney flier in the mail every day for two weeks straight, which is also ridiculous), and then to be sitting there getting phone calls from one of the campaigns during Election day solely because I had not yet gone out and voted, yeah, that's bullshit I really want to deal with. I'll go out and vote at whatever time I feel like, just because I haven't voted by noon or 3pm or whenever, doesn't mean I want to be harassed via phone from one of the campaigns because I have yet to vote.Quote:
and it would be used to push out more calls throughout the day to pro-Romney voters who hadn't yet shown up at the polls.
The rest of it? Talk about a massive fail. Someone got their ass fired.
My bigger point was that I wasn't trying to start a political discussion ... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
:D Neither am I trying to or intending to, I was just making a general observation that a web app not working did not lose the election for Romney, as the article (and the quotes of some of the people) somewhat hints of that at various points during it. That was one of the first things that I started to feel like the article might be leaning towards as I got through the first 2 or 3 paragraphs. Whether it's a presidential campaign, Senate, House of Representatives, state level, even damn mayor or city council or whatever on the local level, if someone even tries to claim that technology or a technological failure cost them a campaign, they had much bigger problems and the campaign very may have been doomed before that technology failure.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
That's crazy. Being in Nebraska, we didn't have that since this state is very conservative and was easily wrapped up. I can imagine those battleground states getting bombarded.
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I genuinely think you can't imagine -- it's just that insane. I live here, and I can barely imagine some of the stories co-workers and friends have told me. I got off easy because I don't have a home address or landline :DQuote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
Yeah, Louisiana is a red state through and through so I saw very few ads.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
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Originally Posted by JBHuskers
You both should make a trip to Ohio for a day or two in 2016, either late October or sometime the week before Election day. Even one hour of TV and you'll be ready to take a shotgun to your TV. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by souljahbill
It was getting truly ridiculous this year, I'd say the worst this year than it's ever been. Thankfully it was ONLY TV and mail for us. We dumped our home phone two years ago. I probably would have snapped if I had to deal with the phone calls too. My grandma was getting political calls every other hour at one point the week before and days before the election.
Snuggle with a ‘Professional Cuddler’ for $60 an Hour
Who ever said the best things in life are free?
Graduate student Jacqueline Samuel has turned the act of cuddling into a business. In June, the 29-year-old launched the Snuggery, a company that allows clients to cuddle with her for $60 an hour. (Other options include a 45-minute session for $50 or a 90-minute session for $90.) Apparently, business is booming — so much that Samuel decided to hire an additional snuggling professional, the Daily Mail reports. She currently runs the business from her home in Penfield, N.Y., just outside Rochester.
“You feel more calm for days afterward,” Samuel told ABC affiliate WHAM-TV. “It has numerous health benefits.”
While some have criticized Samuel’s business model, declaring it akin to prostitution, she’s made it clear that sex is not part of the equation. Sexual activity — or any touching that is sexual in nature — is against the rules. (Sexual arousal, however, is permissible.) But above all, the snuggling sessions are meant to be therapeutic and comforting, building on the “psychological and physical benefits of nonsexual touch,” according to the website.
Now that Samuel has hired another snuggler, clients can also opt for the “Double Cuddle” — that is, a snuggling session with both women at the same time. (That ups the price to $100 for 45 minutes, $120 for 60 minutes and $180 for 90 minutes.)
To build credibility and legitimacy, Samuel sought out some kind of professional cuddling license or training — but, as you might imagine, such a thing doesn’t really exist. Her expertise does, however, include the mastery of more than 100 snuggling positions, thanks to a handy little book called Cuddle Sutra.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/05/...#ixzz2C6shkqH9
Amazon's free standard shipping is REALLY starting to piss me the fuck off. This will be the 4th time I've ordered something from them, with their free standard shipping, and watched it sit in the UPS warehouse in Charleston for 3-4 days while the "estimated delivery time" rolls around. WTF?! I used to get shit from them specifically because I could get it in 3-4 days instead of 7-10 because they have distribution centers so close to WV. A fuckin' item shouldn't take 7-10 motherfuckin' days to go from Kentucky to Charleston WV and it DEFINITELY shouldn't be sitting in the god damn UPS center from the 10th of November until now. I can understand not delivering it on Vet's day. That's fine. But it shouldn't be Wednesday at 11:00am and they still haven't updated the fact that it's on a goddamn truck.
Gah!
Prime is $8 a month now :up:
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Seriously thinking about it, but, sadly, I rarely order things from Amazon anymore so it's really not worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers