Comments for David Orriss Jr - The Delusion That People Care About What I Think - David Orriss Jr - The Delusion That People Care About What I Think

Comment on An Open Letter to Legislators on the Second Amendment by codethought

codethought — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:43:06 +0000

Well, keep in mind that even if a broader background check were in place they would have failed. The Newtown shooter didn’t buy the guns, his mother did and he stole them. The problem with “universal” background checks was that they didn’t clearly define “universal”. Does that mean if I have a child with autism or Down Syndrome that I cannot own a gun because they could get access to it? If so why are you making me a criminal when I have a family member who is ill and I’m trying to protect? The better option is to have a level playing field and have everyone able to defend themselves. As Heinlein said; “A well-armed society is a polite society”.

Seems to me these types of procedures are little more than an invasive “slippery slope” designed to keep guns away from as many law-abiding citizens as possible by turning them into “guilty and never proven innocent” criminals merely by association…

Comment on An Open Letter to Legislators on the Second Amendment by Daniel Frankel

Daniel Frankel — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:37:14 +0000

David,
I finally had a chance to read your blog on the Second Amendment…better late then never. As the gentleman above stated, “well said”. I am glad this was defeated in the Senate. The law is there for a reason. It is a good law and it should not be changed. That being said, I don’t think any of us would agree that background checks to prevent selling a weapon to a sick person would be a good idea. Taking away everyone’s rights to own a gun or a larger gun clip because bad people do bad things is not a solution. The bad people will still do bad things with or without the Second Amendment as written.

Comment on An Open Letter to Legislators on the Second Amendment by Steve Bargelt

Steve Bargelt — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:38:22 +0000

Well said, sir. Well said.

Comment on YellowPages.com Sucks by codethought

codethought — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 03:29:21 +0000

You know what.. unlike one of your other counterparts who dared to say I had no right to complain (even though the customer is always right) I think you’ve asked fair questions… and I’ll answer them.

First – WE DID ASK for the coupon to be published.. MULTIPLE times.. from our original rep. He never delivered.

Second – we did call via MULTIPLE avenues to try to get this resolved.. NONE of those efforts succeeded.

Finally – I’m YOUR customer.. or I was.. and YOU (well not YOU you but Yellowpages) screwed up. The value is called “ownership”. When I pay you for something you OWN the problems. When you do NOT resolve them satisfactorily or (even worse) cause HARM to a growing business then the burden to make it right (or refund the money) is on YOU.

Since YellowPages did neither, then Yellowpages gets this lovely statement of what they screwed up for posterity. It’s funny because the most contact I ever had from Yellowpages was AFTER my creating this blog post.

But for the sake of fairness I figured I should let ONE post come through from a YP employee to show that I will let someone from YP have a say…

BTW.. you DID get the official OK to contact me on behalf of Yellowpages, right? Otherwise this COULD be construed as corporate harassment of a former customer.. Just saying..

Comment on YellowPages.com Sucks by Jason Commons

Jason Commons — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:18:57 +0000

Why wouldn’t you simply ask for your coupon to be published when you discovered it was missing? Why wouldn’t you simply call the 1-800 number on your bill and ask customer care to assist? Why wouldn’t you just call your rep to help? Sounds like you bear some of the responsibility on this one. Why wait an entire year to address the issue, and then publically complain? As a 6-year employee of this company, I know we make mistakes but your complaint just doesn’t add up.

Comment on Grails and Legacy Data – Composite Keys in your Tables by codethought

codethought — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:40:20 +0000

You’re quite welcome. I knew other people had to be running into the same issues I had. Glad it helped.

Comment on Grails and Legacy Data – Composite Keys in your Tables by Mohamed Kamal

Mohamed Kamal — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:18:39 +0000

Really really i would like to thank you so much
i see that you explained my case and it’s working fine after searching for few days about this problem.
again thanks a lot

Comment on Getting Started in Java Development by wmartinez

wmartinez — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:50:37 +0000

I am in java training and remembered asking you this very question about learning java fast. I’m taking a short break at the moment and wanted to comment that you are so damn right on all points. I feel like I am herding cats.

Comment on Reversing a String in Java by codethought

codethought — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:11:42 +0000

Be sure to ask your instructor about this article… see what they know about it..

Comment on Reversing a String in Java by wmartinez

wmartinez — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:09:26 +0000

Flying yeti, here. Just checking in from java training. I never knew I would utter the phrase “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally” again. And, I’m getting a grip on old gen and new gen. Good day so far. Oh, and we touched on strings today.