Trying not to be a grammar nazi (and obv failing), but the generally accepted definition of "economical" is to the effect of "thrifty" or "prudent", ant., "wasteful". "Economic", on the other hand, refers to that which pertains to the economy, or science of economics, etc.
Poor example. The State has a responsibility and a duty to maintain the safety of roads and freeways. If they do not do so (i.e., people rampantly exceeding speeding laws and the State not enforcing said laws), then the State is endangering the lives of its citizens. Anyone who gets hurt as a result of such speeding may, depending on the legal system, sue the State for damages. It is the speeders fault for speeding, but the State also has a duty to monitor and enforce speeding laws. If we were to apply that to your argument, it would have the opposite effect that you were intending. The tracker would be responsible for filtering and monitoring the content, or anyone who gets harmed (e.g., copyright holders who do not give consent to distribution) may hold the tracker liable.
Wireless USB would be totally nonsensical, at least to me. It would break one of the most useful features of USB, the ability to charge/provide power to portable electronics and accessories.
I checked out the second link, and the two that strike me as really funny personally are in the last image. "Saliva chicken" and "Husband and wife lung slice" are quite literal translations. I speak Cantonese fluently and am ethnically Chinese, so I've previously asked my parents why in the world they would name something "saliva chicken". My mom thought about it for a minute, and said, "Maybe it's so delicious that you will start salivating."
They generate a lot of negative media OUTSIDE of China. It probably doesn't matter much to the Chinese government that foreigners view the administration with disdain, as long as Chinese nationals view the administration with respect and trust. In that sense, the People's Republic of China is very successful, as the vast majority Chinese nationals respect their leaders and believe that their leaders are doing their best to protect and promote the interests of China and its citizens.
Right, but what they're trying to emphasize is that gender is not the discriminating factor. Rather, culture is. So your statement is kind of misleading in that it emphasizes gender as the discriminating factor, and subjugates "western world" into a circumstantial factor.
Are you suggesting that, because it is regular practice, we should ignore these transgressions? Shouldn't the fact that this happens all the time be all the more reason to spread awareness? Your post makes little sense to me.
It's interesting that whenever a MS vs. Google debate shows up on/. about which company is better to work for (or perhaps, more accurately, better run), I usually see posts about how engineers are treated better than marketing people in Google, and that shows up as a point of superiority on Google's part. Not saying that's what you're saying, as you're obviously just putting a link up with those opinions.
I don't think, however, that this "us vs. them" mentality is fair. It represents a very ethnocentric frame of mind. Bureaucracy isn't always a bad thing. It prevents a lot of screw ups that may otherwise occur without that system in place. From a business owner and consultant's point of view, I can appreciate the value of a bureaucracy. It may not be the most efficient system, but efficiency is hardly the goal. Sustainability and stability, in a business philosophy perspective, are the primary goals of a corporation that must be fulfilled before a business can achieve true success. That is, they are necessary (but not sufficient) conditions for a successful business.
When viewed in that light, it's hard to say how successful Google is. Google has rarely (if ever) released a final non-beta product. Their revenue is heavily dependent on online advertising. The one critical service that Google has is its search. If people stop searching with Google, their revenue will drop significantly to the point of possibly being unsustainable. If people stop using Gmail, their revenue will drop further. It seems unthinkable now, but it's happened before (cf. Yahoo).
With all this in mind, Mr. Obasanjo's viewpoint appears to be right (I didn't RTFA because of all the obnoxious ads). If Google wants to avoid Yahoo's fate, they'll have to find some way to make their business stable and sustainable. Android seems to be a step in the right direction.
Microsoft, and its bureaucracy, appears to have the two necessary conditions pinned down pretty well.
RespectMyPrivacy.com is a service provided through NearlyFreeSpeech.Net that allows users to put up proxy contact information with which people may still contact you. Snail mail and faxes are forwarded to their addresses, and when they receive any snail mail or faxes addressed to your domain, they will ask you whether you want these forwarded to yourself. There is also a proxy email that forwards to the email account that you used to register. All of this (allegedly) complies with ICANN regulations, since the information can be used to contact you. The simple solution is the one provided by RMP.C, and it doesn't compromise anonymity.
Perhaps the situation is not as bleak as you make it out to be.
I realize this was meant to be a semi-serious funny comment, but I disagree with it. "No shit" beliefs change throughout time, and I don't think we are fit to judge what should and should not be studied. By condemning these types of studies, you are advocating a form of restriction in the freedom of academic scholars to pursue their academic interests. This is never a good thing.
Further, this isn't really a "no shit" issue. The theory behind helping struggling students is that struggling students need help, while those who excel can manage to do well by themselves. In fact, many people in/. post that when they were themselves in high school, they had levels of knowledge above and beyond their high school teachers. What significant, tangible benefits could these excelling students have in their high school teachers giving them more attention? These excelling students have already proven themselves to have a willingness and affinity to study subjects beyond course material on their own.
So while I realize that your comment was supposed to illicit some humour out of the submission, I don't agree with the particular stance conveyed. Academic freedom is highly treasured and should not be curbed in the name of "usefulness" by some arbitrary measure. This study did provide some insight - that excelling students do need encouragement and that the current strategy is not working. While this concept may have seemed "obvious" to some, that opinion is meaningless without some evidence to back up that stance. This study provides that evidence.
I assume you are referring to people like Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi, and other "activists". Unfortunately, you're wrong. MLK, Ghandi, and others all agree with the position that you may defy a law, but you must ultimately submit to the law's punishment. Not doing so would result in the disintegration of the state.
Look at the WTO protests in Seattle, Wash. in 1999 for a recent example. The actions of the mayor and the police were CLEARLY wrong, but the protestors did not try to "get away with" breaching the "no-protest" zones and police/mayoral orders. They pursued legal avenues and used the legal system to clear up the situation. Ultimately, they submitted to the authority of the law, and the consequences - it just so happened that the consequences worked in their favour.
That is really faulty logic. The legal reason why we don't let them into clubs and bars is because alcohol is served in those venues. Alcohol is not served on MySpace or Facebook.
I think you have to remember that Facebook was started for college students, then extended to high school students. This isn't a case of minors trying to strongarm their way into "the adult oriented internet". It's quite the opposite. If anything, Facebook should probably shut their doors to those not affiliated with a college or high school (either as students, faculty, or alumni).
I guess it depends on what you mean by when the "power is turned off". Judging from your post, you probably mean falling asleep. But since the brain is far from powered off when asleep, I suggest that the other meaning of powered off be used.
It's sort of difficult to restore power to that type of powering off of the brain. And when you do, I hear that the host's diet dramatically changes.
Thank you for your own, and somersault's, clarification on my usage of the term "cult". In case anyone had further misunderstandings with my comment, I also explained my post in slightly more detail here.
Actually, my comment was meant to be TOTALLY tongue-in-cheek. I tried to make light of the assumption that the submitter made that NYCL would be aware of, nevermind know and understand in enough detail to explain the intricacies of, the decision. After all, he IS the NEW YORK Country Lawyer, and the case was in a district in Southern California. I'll admit I'm Canadian (studying Criminology) and don't know much about the U.S. legal system, but I was under the impression that District Court decisions, much like Provincial Court decisions in Canada, hold only a slight bearing in another state (or province, in the case of Canada). This would mean that lawyers from out-of-state MAY be aware of the decision, but do not necessarily have to pay it much heed since the decision does not have any binding effect on their state's Courts.
Evidently, it was a poor choice of language, as nobody got it. Although I hope this reply shed some light for you.
I think you should just be glad that the entirety of/. thinks this highly of you. If I were you, I'd have just pulled stuff out of my ass and pretended to know what I was saying. We probably would've believed you either way.
Then again, that's probably the reason why I don't have the same cult following as you do.
Actually, that's not even remotely true. Rogers used to throttle BT bandwidth. There were legitimate things that I wanted to do with BT that I couldn't. I am a hobbyist photographer, and I sometimes share stock photos with my buddies. I wish I could've used BT to share those huge RAW files, but I couldn't. I also have to download Linux distros, and WoW updates. Those are legitimate actions that I couldn't engage in because of the throttling. Does engaging in those activities make me a "system abuser"?
As far as I can tell, Rogers doesn't throttle anymore since I've experienced up to 10Mbps for some of my BT transfers, and they've actually offered HIGHER throughput since they stopped throttling (from 8Mbps to 10Mbps). They now put, and enforce, an advertised bandwidth cap on all their plans. My particular plan, the highest available, has 95GB of transfer. They also notify you when you reach 75% of your capacity. If their current practices are any indication, I think that "this neutrality business" is actually a very simple thing to solve. I'm getting exactly what they tell me I'm paying for, a 10Mbps line with a 95GB cap. No draconian laws or heavy oversight. The cure is simple. It's to give your customers what you tell them you will. Instead of advertising "unlimited" or "unmetered" bandwidth, offer different bandwidth caps and different throughput levels at different price ranges.
I have to applaud Rogers for doing this. They've gone about it the right way, and I am now a very, very satisfied customer.
I've been reading about the evils of Network Solutions and GoDaddy and the like. I was wondering if anyone had any alternatives to recommend for anyone looking for a decent registrar?
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Or "economic numbers".
Trying not to be a grammar nazi (and obv failing), but the generally accepted definition of "economical" is to the effect of "thrifty" or "prudent", ant., "wasteful". "Economic", on the other hand, refers to that which pertains to the economy, or science of economics, etc.
Poor example. The State has a responsibility and a duty to maintain the safety of roads and freeways. If they do not do so (i.e., people rampantly exceeding speeding laws and the State not enforcing said laws), then the State is endangering the lives of its citizens. Anyone who gets hurt as a result of such speeding may, depending on the legal system, sue the State for damages. It is the speeders fault for speeding, but the State also has a duty to monitor and enforce speeding laws. If we were to apply that to your argument, it would have the opposite effect that you were intending. The tracker would be responsible for filtering and monitoring the content, or anyone who gets harmed (e.g., copyright holders who do not give consent to distribution) may hold the tracker liable.
Wireless USB would be totally nonsensical, at least to me. It would break one of the most useful features of USB, the ability to charge/provide power to portable electronics and accessories.
I was gonna say the same thing. Then I remembered all gymnasts look 12 years old.
Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, amiright? ...
So you show the cashier a card to show them which card you prefer to show them?
Huh?
I checked out the second link, and the two that strike me as really funny personally are in the last image. "Saliva chicken" and "Husband and wife lung slice" are quite literal translations. I speak Cantonese fluently and am ethnically Chinese, so I've previously asked my parents why in the world they would name something "saliva chicken". My mom thought about it for a minute, and said, "Maybe it's so delicious that you will start salivating."
They generate a lot of negative media OUTSIDE of China. It probably doesn't matter much to the Chinese government that foreigners view the administration with disdain, as long as Chinese nationals view the administration with respect and trust. In that sense, the People's Republic of China is very successful, as the vast majority Chinese nationals respect their leaders and believe that their leaders are doing their best to protect and promote the interests of China and its citizens.
Right, but what they're trying to emphasize is that gender is not the discriminating factor. Rather, culture is. So your statement is kind of misleading in that it emphasizes gender as the discriminating factor, and subjugates "western world" into a circumstantial factor.
Trying to discover a hypothetical elementary particle, or trying to create Batman's next villain?!
Are you suggesting that, because it is regular practice, we should ignore these transgressions? Shouldn't the fact that this happens all the time be all the more reason to spread awareness? Your post makes little sense to me.
How would you know that they are not looking at their own employees? Seems like a good way to get "fair" grounds for dismissal.
It's interesting that whenever a MS vs. Google debate shows up on /. about which company is better to work for (or perhaps, more accurately, better run), I usually see posts about how engineers are treated better than marketing people in Google, and that shows up as a point of superiority on Google's part. Not saying that's what you're saying, as you're obviously just putting a link up with those opinions.
I don't think, however, that this "us vs. them" mentality is fair. It represents a very ethnocentric frame of mind. Bureaucracy isn't always a bad thing. It prevents a lot of screw ups that may otherwise occur without that system in place. From a business owner and consultant's point of view, I can appreciate the value of a bureaucracy. It may not be the most efficient system, but efficiency is hardly the goal. Sustainability and stability, in a business philosophy perspective, are the primary goals of a corporation that must be fulfilled before a business can achieve true success. That is, they are necessary (but not sufficient) conditions for a successful business.
When viewed in that light, it's hard to say how successful Google is. Google has rarely (if ever) released a final non-beta product. Their revenue is heavily dependent on online advertising. The one critical service that Google has is its search. If people stop searching with Google, their revenue will drop significantly to the point of possibly being unsustainable. If people stop using Gmail, their revenue will drop further. It seems unthinkable now, but it's happened before (cf. Yahoo).
With all this in mind, Mr. Obasanjo's viewpoint appears to be right (I didn't RTFA because of all the obnoxious ads). If Google wants to avoid Yahoo's fate, they'll have to find some way to make their business stable and sustainable. Android seems to be a step in the right direction.
Microsoft, and its bureaucracy, appears to have the two necessary conditions pinned down pretty well.
RespectMyPrivacy.com is a service provided through NearlyFreeSpeech.Net that allows users to put up proxy contact information with which people may still contact you. Snail mail and faxes are forwarded to their addresses, and when they receive any snail mail or faxes addressed to your domain, they will ask you whether you want these forwarded to yourself. There is also a proxy email that forwards to the email account that you used to register. All of this (allegedly) complies with ICANN regulations, since the information can be used to contact you. The simple solution is the one provided by RMP.C, and it doesn't compromise anonymity.
Perhaps the situation is not as bleak as you make it out to be.
I realize this was meant to be a semi-serious funny comment, but I disagree with it. "No shit" beliefs change throughout time, and I don't think we are fit to judge what should and should not be studied. By condemning these types of studies, you are advocating a form of restriction in the freedom of academic scholars to pursue their academic interests. This is never a good thing.
/. post that when they were themselves in high school, they had levels of knowledge above and beyond their high school teachers. What significant, tangible benefits could these excelling students have in their high school teachers giving them more attention? These excelling students have already proven themselves to have a willingness and affinity to study subjects beyond course material on their own.
Further, this isn't really a "no shit" issue. The theory behind helping struggling students is that struggling students need help, while those who excel can manage to do well by themselves. In fact, many people in
So while I realize that your comment was supposed to illicit some humour out of the submission, I don't agree with the particular stance conveyed. Academic freedom is highly treasured and should not be curbed in the name of "usefulness" by some arbitrary measure. This study did provide some insight - that excelling students do need encouragement and that the current strategy is not working. While this concept may have seemed "obvious" to some, that opinion is meaningless without some evidence to back up that stance. This study provides that evidence.
I assume you are referring to people like Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi, and other "activists". Unfortunately, you're wrong. MLK, Ghandi, and others all agree with the position that you may defy a law, but you must ultimately submit to the law's punishment. Not doing so would result in the disintegration of the state.
Look at the WTO protests in Seattle, Wash. in 1999 for a recent example. The actions of the mayor and the police were CLEARLY wrong, but the protestors did not try to "get away with" breaching the "no-protest" zones and police/mayoral orders. They pursued legal avenues and used the legal system to clear up the situation. Ultimately, they submitted to the authority of the law, and the consequences - it just so happened that the consequences worked in their favour.
I don't know about the Parkinson's Cutoff, but I think at least one former member of the cabinet surpassed the Alzheimer's Threshold.
I hope my karma is high enough to withstand this beating. Hmm, I don't recall.
That is really faulty logic. The legal reason why we don't let them into clubs and bars is because alcohol is served in those venues. Alcohol is not served on MySpace or Facebook.
I think you have to remember that Facebook was started for college students, then extended to high school students. This isn't a case of minors trying to strongarm their way into "the adult oriented internet". It's quite the opposite. If anything, Facebook should probably shut their doors to those not affiliated with a college or high school (either as students, faculty, or alumni).
Calling the Platypus a "messed up" animal is one thing, but comparing it to an Ashton Kutcher show is just uncalled for.
I guess it depends on what you mean by when the "power is turned off". Judging from your post, you probably mean falling asleep. But since the brain is far from powered off when asleep, I suggest that the other meaning of powered off be used.
It's sort of difficult to restore power to that type of powering off of the brain. And when you do, I hear that the host's diet dramatically changes.
ICUP
My inner child needed release. Sorry.
Thank you for your own, and somersault's, clarification on my usage of the term "cult". In case anyone had further misunderstandings with my comment, I also explained my post in slightly more detail here.
Actually, my comment was meant to be TOTALLY tongue-in-cheek. I tried to make light of the assumption that the submitter made that NYCL would be aware of, nevermind know and understand in enough detail to explain the intricacies of, the decision. After all, he IS the NEW YORK Country Lawyer, and the case was in a district in Southern California. I'll admit I'm Canadian (studying Criminology) and don't know much about the U.S. legal system, but I was under the impression that District Court decisions, much like Provincial Court decisions in Canada, hold only a slight bearing in another state (or province, in the case of Canada). This would mean that lawyers from out-of-state MAY be aware of the decision, but do not necessarily have to pay it much heed since the decision does not have any binding effect on their state's Courts.
Evidently, it was a poor choice of language, as nobody got it. Although I hope this reply shed some light for you.
Wow, I like how you're first post too.
/. thinks this highly of you. If I were you, I'd have just pulled stuff out of my ass and pretended to know what I was saying. We probably would've believed you either way.
I think you should just be glad that the entirety of
Then again, that's probably the reason why I don't have the same cult following as you do.
I love you NYCL~
Actually, that's not even remotely true. Rogers used to throttle BT bandwidth. There were legitimate things that I wanted to do with BT that I couldn't. I am a hobbyist photographer, and I sometimes share stock photos with my buddies. I wish I could've used BT to share those huge RAW files, but I couldn't. I also have to download Linux distros, and WoW updates. Those are legitimate actions that I couldn't engage in because of the throttling. Does engaging in those activities make me a "system abuser"?
As far as I can tell, Rogers doesn't throttle anymore since I've experienced up to 10Mbps for some of my BT transfers, and they've actually offered HIGHER throughput since they stopped throttling (from 8Mbps to 10Mbps). They now put, and enforce, an advertised bandwidth cap on all their plans. My particular plan, the highest available, has 95GB of transfer. They also notify you when you reach 75% of your capacity. If their current practices are any indication, I think that "this neutrality business" is actually a very simple thing to solve. I'm getting exactly what they tell me I'm paying for, a 10Mbps line with a 95GB cap. No draconian laws or heavy oversight. The cure is simple. It's to give your customers what you tell them you will. Instead of advertising "unlimited" or "unmetered" bandwidth, offer different bandwidth caps and different throughput levels at different price ranges.
I have to applaud Rogers for doing this. They've gone about it the right way, and I am now a very, very satisfied customer.
I've been reading about the evils of Network Solutions and GoDaddy and the like. I was wondering if anyone had any alternatives to recommend for anyone looking for a decent registrar?
Thanks in advance.