The phrase ""Boil The Ocean" describes an attempt at something that is way too ambitious, effectively impossible. The first time I heard the term was several years ago from an IBM developer. I thought it was an IBM-ism but I've been hearing it more and more outside of IBM. A Google search turns up an early use of the phrase that really captures its meaning:
When asked by a reporter what to do about U-boat sinkings during World War I, Will Rogers is said to have responded: "Boil the ocean". "But how would you do that?" the reporter continued. Without a beat Rogers replied, "I'm just the idea man here. Get someone else to work out the details."
Classic.
If I had a nickle for every time I have actually said "Look I'm just the idea man here, get Dev to work out the details" in meeting I'd be a very rich guy.
I mean come on, its only the halting problem people! Turing wasn't that smart... I'm sure Framework can hacked that out in like, 2 days!
If Dai Zovi seriously contends that the x86 architecture is a significant, unaddressable security risk to the smartphone industry, he's needs to release more details to show it.
Pretty good spanking by Ars. Hypothesizing that cell phones might be more insecure if they switch to a more well known chip design is most definitely not newsworthy. Perhaps there is something more here he cannot talk about but on the face of it this seems like of silly to announce.
In addition to fixing security bugs, the developers also worked on improving the performance and reliability of plugins, such as those used to view PDFs, Flash, and other rich media. With previous versions, some users experienced problems where the browser would stall or consume 100 percent of the CPU while playing streaming Flash video.
Why am I unsurprised that the first bug fix release addresses issues with the Flash plugin and stream flash media. Especially when Chrome has a build in "porn mode" where no cookies or search history are saved...
Saw Vigeland Park today in Oslo, Norway. Unbelievably cool.Its full of nude statues of males of females, from babies to the elderly displaying all human emotions. There was a rose garden in the middle full of all varieties, with roses still in bloom with a slight bit of frost.
London to Munich to Amsterdam to Oslo. I'm half way through and more than half dead.
Humans were not design to fly to a different country every single night only to get put to a day full of press "round tables" (no round tables in sight yet), customer visits, and training sales guys only to grab a fast dinenr and head to yet another airport to do it yet again.
Amsterdam is all around me yet the magical bakeries are so so far away...
The low hanging fruit, i.e. idiots whose parents paid for prep school, Yale, and then the Harvard MBA, was there for the taking. These people who were (often) truly not worthy of the education they received (or supposedly received) rose to the top of companies such as AIG, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and all levels of our government. All of this behavior supporting the Aristocracy, only ended up making it easier for me to find people stupid enough to take the other side of my trades. God bless America.
Reporter Les Krifaton with KVVU said it was uncanny how some glasses and a little bit of makeup transformed some Las Vegas dancers into Palin look-alikes. But it was not just local girls vying for the title -- one contender made the trip from Oklahoma for the contest.
The talent portion of the show went beyond the obvious stripping, with some of the contestants saying they were ready to do whatever it takes to win the top prize.
The winner walked away with $10,000 in cash and prizes, including a trip for two to Washington for the inauguration in January.
Now Obama’s got Colin Powell AND Google? | csmonitor.com
Topic: Miscellaneous
1:29 am EDT, Oct 22, 2008
When Obama visited Google’s campus nearly a year ago, he interviewed well. According to Google’s Public Policy blog, he was the first presidential candidate to have an answer to a standard question prospective engineering employees get asked.
