I used to work for an online gambling company based in Montreal in the late 1990's. All I can say is that online gambling is a HUGE scam, hands down. Major players in the industry are fraud artists and thugs. The operation, unbeknownst to my coworkers and I at the time, was being illegally run (yes, live pay gaming servers) run out of downtown Montreal (3100 Cote Vertu, 3rd floor) - although they were 'legally' licensed to operate in Antigua, which they (falsely) claimed that they were.
The operation was run by Jewish mobsters - (convicted fraudsters who were known to police). It was an illegal racket that raked in millions of dollars. They managed to somehow evade law enforcement for years (payoffs? blackmail? I don't know) until they were able to setup "MIT" - Mowhawk Internet Technologies. MIT is essentially a server farm which hosts online casinos in North America but is physically located on a reserve, thus legally protected by "gray area" laws regarding gambling operations on native reserves. The natives are thrown a few crumbs for allowing the operation to exist, but at the end of the day, the owners were the ones who really benefited and profited from the operation. The natives, once again, are exploited by foreigners...
I won't mention names, but the company in question is famous for aggressive marketing techniques.. like buying fish sticks on ebay that supposedly look like Jesus or the Virgin Mary for ridiculous sums of money... like $10,000.
This information is not new to anyone who has worked in the industry. And there are many.
Blocking these criminal websites would really be doing people a favour.
Not exactly. The original pool does grow, but only due to "economic stimulus" packages - which is really just borrowing more money at interest and going further into debt. This simply slows the burst by creating a bigger bubble. The burst is still inevitable. And unfortunately, it will happen sooner or later.
To simplify: the world's banking system is a massive fraud. Don't trust it.
What is happening in Greece now will inevitably happen to every country who allow the central banks to provide their currency.
The basic concept of central banking is that a country borrows it's currency from the central banks - and is required to pay back the principal + interest. However, it is mathematically impossible to pay back the principal + interest from a pool of money containing only the principal. As a result, the banks will eventually own all real property and assets (collateral) of every country that they "do business" in.
This is where income tax comes in. Contrary to popular belief, income tax dollars do not go toward roads, schools and hospitals.
Income tax (YOUR hard earned money) goes to pay the interest on the money the government borrowed from the banksters (instead of the government printing their currency debt-free) in an effort to keep the banksters from taking real-world commodities. For example, Canada lost its national railroad - Canadian National Railway - to the banksters in the 1970's. CNR is now a private corporation, and of all people, Bill Gates is a large shareholder.
The CRA/IRS are little more than glorified collection agencies for the banksters, supported by the federal government.
The practice of "fractional reserve banking" - that is, creating money (out of thin air) and lending it out at interest - is one of the biggest ponzi schemes ever developed; and is practiced by every commercial bank in the modern world.
Nearly every country on the planet has been swept into this scam. The few exceptions, interestingly enough, are (alleged terrorist/axis of evil) countries such as Iran and North Korea.
The only country that I am aware of that has rejected the central banksters and taken control of their own banking system is Iceland. Instead of getting a 'bailout' or 'stimulus package' (borrowing more money to pay the interest and delay the inevitable collapse), Iceland threw the crooked banksters in jail and disconnected from the central banking system. The rest of world really needs to follow suit.
For further information on the central banking ponzi scheme, I strongly encourage everyone to watch Money as Debt and read The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin.
"So, Microsoft thinks there aren't many people with 32-bit versions of Windows that use vulnerable versions of Internet Explorer."
There are thousands upon thousands of people still running this. I work for a very large national corporation who, unfortunately, still use WinXP and IE7.
So what happens when an 'insurance drone' accidentally crashes into your house and causes damage?
Is it their fault because it is their drone? - or is it your fault because it was your house that they were inspecting?
It seems obvious, but insurance companies seem to have a way to weasel themselves out of anything and assign the blame (and the bill!) to the customer.
"All France has to do to stop US spying is to agree to follow US law. Easy breezy."
And it might even be possible - if it weren't for the fact that France would likely be forced to rename their "French Fries" to "Freedom Fries". I don't think they'd go for that.
The controlled media is more interested in forming opinions for you, instead of giving you unbiased facts and allowing you to form your own ideas or predisposition on subjects.
And Bloomberg is about as reputable as FOX news, CNN or Maclean's, imho.
I have no problem with this article, per se, but I find it disturbing that a reputable site like Slashdot would quote such a a rag as a source for an article.
I have no "personal vendetta" against any organization; but I do have a choice as to which "news" outlets I get my information from - and Bloomberg certainly isn't one of them.
Apple is a profiteering corporation; not a human being. As such, it has only one purpose - the bottom line (profit$). Take as much as you can, and give back as little as possible.
Trust Apple? Sure, trust them to do what they will to increase profits. Trust them to make moral decisions? Nope. Not unless it prevents cuts to their bottom line.
"Trusting" a corporation is about as foolish as believing that a corporation "cares" about you. Corporations do not care because they cannot care. They are a legal fiction, not human beings.
"PHP is quite often the only choice other than Perl."
I agree. While I love Perl for doing certain things (usually system/OS related stuff) I found writing CGI scripts in Perl to be tedious. PHP is a godsend compared to Perl for web development.
" If someone says PHP is a great language and chooses it for a new project, either he doesn't have the talent to be a good programmer or he doesn't know any other language."
None, if you use Perl:)
I write code to monitor hardware devices, interact with SQL, and output to HTML pages. Perl does it all!
That said, I think learning the basics of any language is important no matter what type of software you will be coding.
Programming languages are like tools; use the best tool to get the job done.
Assembly is a wonderful language if you are writing low level system software; not too useful for SQL databases. C++ is great for system interaction and fast apps - but I probably wouldn't use it for front end UI. Javascript is great for web pages but not for device drivers.
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I used to work for an online gambling company based in Montreal in the late 1990's. All I can say is that online gambling is a HUGE scam, hands down. Major players in the industry are fraud artists and thugs. The operation, unbeknownst to my coworkers and I at the time, was being illegally run (yes, live pay gaming servers) run out of downtown Montreal (3100 Cote Vertu, 3rd floor) - although they were 'legally' licensed to operate in Antigua, which they (falsely) claimed that they were.
The operation was run by Jewish mobsters - (convicted fraudsters who were known to police). It was an illegal racket that raked in millions of dollars. They managed to somehow evade law enforcement for years (payoffs? blackmail? I don't know) until they were able to setup "MIT" - Mowhawk Internet Technologies. MIT is essentially a server farm which hosts online casinos in North America but is physically located on a reserve, thus legally protected by "gray area" laws regarding gambling operations on native reserves. The natives are thrown a few crumbs for allowing the operation to exist, but at the end of the day, the owners were the ones who really benefited and profited from the operation. The natives, once again, are exploited by foreigners...
I won't mention names, but the company in question is famous for aggressive marketing techniques.. like buying fish sticks on ebay that supposedly look like Jesus or the Virgin Mary for ridiculous sums of money... like $10,000.
This information is not new to anyone who has worked in the industry. And there are many.
Blocking these criminal websites would really be doing people a favour.
People who enjoy watching paint dry might be interested in this.
The title of this article is somewhat misleading. It says that a worker was killed by a robot - which would suggest a technological problem.
However, the article states that:
"...officials believe that human error was to blame for the incident, rather than a problem with the robot."
Perhaps the title should read something like "Fatal accident caused by a human involving robot at car factory"
Regardless of the title, it is still very sad that this happened.
"Not if the original pool grows. Which it does."
Not exactly. The original pool does grow, but only due to "economic stimulus" packages - which is really just borrowing more money at interest and going further into debt. This simply slows the burst by creating a bigger bubble. The burst is still inevitable. And unfortunately, it will happen sooner or later.
To simplify: the world's banking system is a massive fraud. Don't trust it.
"An country that's got the population of Pittsburgh... pretty much - a nonsensical thing to extrapolate to the world economy."
I disagree. The size of the country, it's economy, or its population is irrelevant.
What is relevant, however, is the fact that they (Iceland) recognized the fraud being perpetrated against them and did something about it.
With respect to nearly every other country on the planet, the banksters have got them all by the balls; so to speak.
What is happening in Greece now will inevitably happen to every country who allow the central banks to provide their currency.
The basic concept of central banking is that a country borrows it's currency from the central banks - and is required to pay back the principal + interest. However, it is mathematically impossible to pay back the principal + interest from a pool of money containing only the principal. As a result, the banks will eventually own all real property and assets (collateral) of every country that they "do business" in.
This is where income tax comes in. Contrary to popular belief, income tax dollars do not go toward roads, schools and hospitals. Income tax (YOUR hard earned money) goes to pay the interest on the money the government borrowed from the banksters (instead of the government printing their currency debt-free) in an effort to keep the banksters from taking real-world commodities. For example, Canada lost its national railroad - Canadian National Railway - to the banksters in the 1970's. CNR is now a private corporation, and of all people, Bill Gates is a large shareholder.
The CRA/IRS are little more than glorified collection agencies for the banksters, supported by the federal government.
The practice of "fractional reserve banking" - that is, creating money (out of thin air) and lending it out at interest - is one of the biggest ponzi schemes ever developed; and is practiced by every commercial bank in the modern world.
Nearly every country on the planet has been swept into this scam. The few exceptions, interestingly enough, are (alleged terrorist/axis of evil) countries such as Iran and North Korea.
The only country that I am aware of that has rejected the central banksters and taken control of their own banking system is Iceland. Instead of getting a 'bailout' or 'stimulus package' (borrowing more money to pay the interest and delay the inevitable collapse), Iceland threw the crooked banksters in jail and disconnected from the central banking system. The rest of world really needs to follow suit.
For further information on the central banking ponzi scheme, I strongly encourage everyone to watch Money as Debt and read The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin.
Non merci. et toi ?
"Ici, nous les appelons simplement "frites", ou parfois "pommes de terre frites"."
Où es-tu? France?
Insulté les français sont en changeant le nom de "freedom fries" ?
"So, Microsoft thinks there aren't many people with 32-bit versions of Windows that use vulnerable versions of Internet Explorer."
There are thousands upon thousands of people still running this. I work for a very large national corporation who, unfortunately, still use WinXP and IE7.
So what happens when an 'insurance drone' accidentally crashes into your house and causes damage?
Is it their fault because it is their drone? - or is it your fault because it was your house that they were inspecting?
It seems obvious, but insurance companies seem to have a way to weasel themselves out of anything and assign the blame (and the bill!) to the customer.
"All France has to do to stop US spying is to agree to follow US law. Easy breezy."
And it might even be possible - if it weren't for the fact that France would likely be forced to rename their "French Fries" to "Freedom Fries". I don't think they'd go for that.
Silly me!
...For thinking that the FDA would actually prefer to put people's health over tax revenue.
> "Oh; you’re one of those people."
.... by Anonymous Coward"
Yes, I am. And proud of it.
> "Re:
Oh; you're one of those people. I feel for you. Really, I do.
The controlled media is more interested in forming opinions for you, instead of giving you unbiased facts and allowing you to form your own ideas or predisposition on subjects.
And Bloomberg is about as reputable as FOX news, CNN or Maclean's, imho.
I have no problem with this article, per se, but I find it disturbing that a reputable site like Slashdot would quote such a a rag as a source for an article. I have no "personal vendetta" against any organization; but I do have a choice as to which "news" outlets I get my information from - and Bloomberg certainly isn't one of them.
Great! How about cigarettes?
Why does Slashdot seem to refer to Bloomberg articles so often? They are controlled media. Evil.
Couldn't Torvald's opinion be discussed without referring (and linking!) to "Gloom-Bird"?
Java Sucks.
Apple is a profiteering corporation; not a human being. As such, it has only one purpose - the bottom line (profit$). Take as much as you can, and give back as little as possible.
Trust Apple? Sure, trust them to do what they will to increase profits. Trust them to make moral decisions? Nope. Not unless it prevents cuts to their bottom line.
"Trusting" a corporation is about as foolish as believing that a corporation "cares" about you. Corporations do not care because they cannot care. They are a legal fiction, not human beings.
It's all about the money. Always will be.
"PHP is quite often the only choice other than Perl."
I agree. While I love Perl for doing certain things (usually system/OS related stuff) I found writing CGI scripts in Perl to be tedious. PHP is a godsend compared to Perl for web development.
" If someone says PHP is a great language and chooses it for a new project, either he doesn't have the talent to be a good programmer or he doesn't know any other language."
Or PHP is simply the best tool for the job.
None, if you use Perl :)
I write code to monitor hardware devices, interact with SQL, and output to HTML pages. Perl does it all!
That said, I think learning the basics of any language is important no matter what type of software you will be coding.
Programming languages are like tools; use the best tool to get the job done.
Assembly is a wonderful language if you are writing low level system software; not too useful for SQL databases. C++ is great for system interaction and fast apps - but I probably wouldn't use it for front end UI. Javascript is great for web pages but not for device drivers.
Visual Basic is good for.. um.. nothing.
+1
> " * God said 640x480 16 color graphics is a covenant like circumcision. Children will do offerings."
I wonder exactly what type of "offerings" children will do?
And the word "circumcision" used in an OS' technical documentation... Yikes!
Are we taking about nibbles and bytes of bits of hard drives and SCSI ports?
> how do you travel to Europe without oil ?
Like they used to before the last century - wind in your sails!
2100? Around the time when everyone involved in this today is likely to be dead and nobody will be there to blame if (when) things don't work out.