Well if you have a weak argument or expecting people to radically change their life, what do you expect. The real problem with lot of these activist groups is many of them have actually won at least have effected their original objective. But after you got your way what does an activist group do next? Close down, and do with with all that money in donations? Or find an other problem tangential to what you fought?
Just like how MADD went from raising awareness to the dangers of drunk driving to trying to reinstate prohibition laws.
Unions trying to make sure that employees are not getting killed and paid below a living wage, to forcing the company from making proper human resource management decisions.
It is very hard for an activist groups to downsize into a watchdog group.
I am all against "Puppy Mills" and Mall Pet Shops. But what about reputable breeders? My family bought our dog from a breeder because we wanted one that came from healthy parents and wasn't inbreed where negative traits didn't come across. As well we needed a dog with a size and temperament that fits our family. San Francisco seems to have a major problem of not thinking before making laws.
That is only for Hitchhikers. Hopefully most of them have pearl sensitive sunglasses so when they get vaporized they will have a relaxed last few minutes towards it... In the dark...
Sorry My Bad... I had GoSubs and returns then i thought i got rid of them just because I wanted to make the program easier for beginners. I have been doing more proper coding for a while. It actually took me longer to think about the program as I would had written it when I was 9. Where I couldn't quite understand the advantage of GOSUB and return.
GE Has done an excellent job at convincing the public that the EPA is trying to hurt the environment by trying to get the river cleaned up. I wouldn't worry about chemicals like PCB and stuff. GE says it is fine.
Oh no! Our new product idea is too popular that it going into our core business. Lets dump it so we can kill it at someone else expense.
I don't think many really like Broadcast TV but they just like the shows. Cable was popular because back in the days because you paid for the service you got commercial free content, then reduced commercial, as well more stations to choose from. Now they have often more commercials then broadcast TV, there are more channels however most of them are duplicates to each other. Standard, HD, Digital Standard, Digital HD. Or things Discovery 1 2 3 4 which the higher number has the same show that number seasons back. It has became a complete mess.
I have Basic Basic Cable (Broadcast stations that come in clear and 2 or 3 cable stations $10 per month) and Internet threw my cable company. Then I use Netflix for the rest.
It isn't as much the languages today but our level of instant gratification.
Back in the old days.
10 PRINT "HELLO" 20 GOTO 10
was considered kinda cool for your first program.
Or if you wanted to make a game...
10 PRINT "Your are in a room labeled Center where to go (N,S)" 20 INPUT $D 30 IF $D = "N" THEN GOSUB 1000 40 IF $D = "S" THEN GOTO 2000 50 PRINT "I do not understand your request" 60 GOTO 10 1000 PRINT "A Monster eats you... Your dead do you want to play again? (Y,N)" 1020 INPUT $D 1030 IF $D = "Y" THEN GOTO 10 1040 IF $D = "N" THEN GOTO 3000 1050 PRINT "I do not understand your request" 1060 GOTO 1000 2000 PRINT "You Escape and you win!! Want to play again? (Y,N)" 2020 INPUT $D 2030 IF $D = "Y" THEN GOTO 10 2040 IF $D = "N" THEN GOTO 3000 2050 PRINT "I do not understand your request" 2060 GOTO 2000 3000 PRINT "BYE"
Today Instant gratification requires cool GUI drop pictures multiple form input and you better be able to use your mouse or no deal.
You got a lot of Slashdotters praising hacker groups for exposing all sorts of information. However when there is a legal sharing of information it is just horrible.
Data mining isn't bad it is about collecting data. Business Intelligence is processing the data and its trends to solve issues. Ok yes for the case Pharma is using it to sell to doctors. They are going to do that anyways, now they can do it more directly and cheaper, and that cost savings does get passed down.
And for you IT people wanting cool Comp Sci jobs, Data Mining and Business Intelligence is actually quite fun Computer Science work, it is good pay, and not well outsourced.
Somewhat. Unless you consider the people who are getting iPhones, and iPads as getting and iPod as well. Also there hasn't been an iPod killer yet. the iPod market just kinda morphed away from the iPod branded device into Apples other product lines. It is not like they have a drop in iTune usage.
Agreed! I still am unable to get my wifes Netbook to display native resolution in ubuntu. After I got rid of the Dell Ubuntu distro, which while supported all the hardware took upwards to 15 minutes to connect to a basic Wi-Fi.
A Linux user on Slashdot who seems to like Cheap, Slow hardware. Never...
Slashdot user personal stories isn't a good represented of the general public. As we are are more "IT Conservative" and poo-poo every new technology that gets out there.
Why did a lot of Slashdot users support Linux? Multi-tasking No, Stability No, Software Freedom No, It was because They liked DOS and the command prompt so I wanted an OS that would allow me to continue that and avoid the full GUI for 5 more years (so they could support their old IBM vs. Mac debates issues)
Slashdot users like netbooks because they got their old technology, just a bit portable but it was just like they use to have it.
The average person looks at what is available and you have tablets replacing netbooks, which are faster and cooler, then tiny laptops.
I didn't say that atheists committed more crimes. The problem are the average joe who isn't an atheist but isn't overly religious. Often the process to become an atheist is much like discerning to join a religion, you need to make a choice to say you believe in what you do. Vs. a lot of people who never made the choice they just never thought about it much.
The problem is that each generation of Laptop/Tablet is getting thinner or adding a new shape. Sure the Think Pad design has changed only slightly over the last 15 or so years. But other models are shaped very differently. Just think of a MacBook Air with a battery sticking out of it, like it was one of those Hot Rod cars that have the exposed engine that shoots out flames.
That is not not false. Well it is a question that will need to be brought up in court. Because even though only large companies are seeming to use software patents, it really doesn't prove or disprove that it is hindering Science and Arts.
Really is that really a big issue? For most firms it is small... Really small issue. The trolls and the big guys won't even notice you until you make it big, then you can usually work out some deal so you don't loose your shirt. Perhaps you should leave Academia for a while and see how the rest of the world works, consider it a Sabbatical. In actually the For Profit industry isn't as bad as it seems.
Patent process are too expensive for the average Programming shop. As well many of their innovations are not produced in systems for the general public but for their customer. The time it would take to write up the patent application get it approved etc... Could takes days or weeks of work away from working on a project that can bring revenue now.
Big companies that can produce software to a large scale (write once copy a million times) have the ability to deal with Patents, as once the product is released it is making money and will bring in a stream of revenue for a while, giving time to make formal patents and do R&D.
So in theory that is a 34% drop in emissions then. Then you add Hybrid like energy savings to the car (Charging battery for deceleration or going down hill) Still it is better. Also for the electric grid, A lot of the cars charging time is on off peak hours. Where the plants still need to run and burn fuel but less are reaping the power. So the question is with the extra power on the grid durring non-peak hours how much more fossil fuels will be in delta from the extra load.
You could probably afford a $75k car. However you will need to adjust your lifes tradeoffs to get the car. I wouldn't do it, but some people do it all the time. Why do you see some hot shot kid in a Porsche, while they live in a low rent apartment. But the 75k is probably towards the 1's millionaires out there (the Poor Rich). Baby Boomers who wants to relive their childhood.
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There is a large China Town.
Black Markets. We supply and demand.
If there is demand, and supply then there will be sale of good/services. If it is illegal or over taxed it will be under the black market.
Well if you have a weak argument or expecting people to radically change their life, what do you expect.
The real problem with lot of these activist groups is many of them have actually won at least have effected their original objective. But after you got your way what does an activist group do next? Close down, and do with with all that money in donations? Or find an other problem tangential to what you fought?
Just like how MADD went from raising awareness to the dangers of drunk driving to trying to reinstate prohibition laws.
Unions trying to make sure that employees are not getting killed and paid below a living wage, to forcing the company from making proper human resource management decisions.
It is very hard for an activist groups to downsize into a watchdog group.
Adult Cats have only one feeling, annoyance. When you are petting the cat and it is purring it just means it is slightly less annoyed at you.
I am all against "Puppy Mills" and Mall Pet Shops. But what about reputable breeders? My family bought our dog from a breeder because we wanted one that came from healthy parents and wasn't inbreed where negative traits didn't come across. As well we needed a dog with a size and temperament that fits our family. San Francisco seems to have a major problem of not thinking before making laws.
That is only for Hitchhikers. Hopefully most of them have pearl sensitive sunglasses so when they get vaporized they will have a relaxed last few minutes towards it... In the dark...
Sorry My Bad...
I had GoSubs and returns then i thought i got rid of them just because I wanted to make the program easier for beginners.
I have been doing more proper coding for a while. It actually took me longer to think about the program as I would had written it when I was 9. Where I couldn't quite understand the advantage of GOSUB and return.
We don't make fun of the people in New Jersey, we just pity them for living in a state that sucks.
GE Has done an excellent job at convincing the public that the EPA is trying to hurt the environment by trying to get the river cleaned up. I wouldn't worry about chemicals like PCB and stuff. GE says it is fine.
Oh no! Our new product idea is too popular that it going into our core business. Lets dump it so we can kill it at someone else expense.
I don't think many really like Broadcast TV but they just like the shows. Cable was popular because back in the days because you paid for the service you got commercial free content, then reduced commercial, as well more stations to choose from.
Now they have often more commercials then broadcast TV, there are more channels however most of them are duplicates to each other. Standard, HD, Digital Standard, Digital HD. Or things Discovery 1 2 3 4 which the higher number has the same show that number seasons back. It has became a complete mess.
I have Basic Basic Cable (Broadcast stations that come in clear and 2 or 3 cable stations $10 per month) and Internet threw my cable company. Then I use Netflix for the rest.
It isn't as much the languages today but our level of instant gratification.
Back in the old days.
10 PRINT "HELLO"
20 GOTO 10
was considered kinda cool for your first program.
Or if you wanted to make a game...
10 PRINT "Your are in a room labeled Center where to go (N,S)"
20 INPUT $D
30 IF $D = "N" THEN GOSUB 1000
40 IF $D = "S" THEN GOTO 2000
50 PRINT "I do not understand your request"
60 GOTO 10
1000 PRINT "A Monster eats you... Your dead do you want to play again? (Y,N)"
1020 INPUT $D
1030 IF $D = "Y" THEN GOTO 10
1040 IF $D = "N" THEN GOTO 3000
1050 PRINT "I do not understand your request"
1060 GOTO 1000
2000 PRINT "You Escape and you win!! Want to play again? (Y,N)"
2020 INPUT $D
2030 IF $D = "Y" THEN GOTO 10
2040 IF $D = "N" THEN GOTO 3000
2050 PRINT "I do not understand your request"
2060 GOTO 2000
3000 PRINT "BYE"
Today Instant gratification requires cool GUI drop pictures multiple form input and you better be able to use your mouse or no deal.
You got a lot of Slashdotters praising hacker groups for exposing all sorts of information. However when there is a legal sharing of information it is just horrible.
Data mining isn't bad it is about collecting data. Business Intelligence is processing the data and its trends to solve issues. Ok yes for the case Pharma is using it to sell to doctors. They are going to do that anyways, now they can do it more directly and cheaper, and that cost savings does get passed down.
And for you IT people wanting cool Comp Sci jobs, Data Mining and Business Intelligence is actually quite fun Computer Science work, it is good pay, and not well outsourced.
Somewhat. Unless you consider the people who are getting iPhones, and iPads as getting and iPod as well. Also there hasn't been an iPod killer yet. the iPod market just kinda morphed away from the iPod branded device into Apples other product lines. It is not like they have a drop in iTune usage.
Agreed! I still am unable to get my wifes Netbook to display native resolution in ubuntu. After I got rid of the Dell Ubuntu distro, which while supported all the hardware took upwards to 15 minutes to connect to a basic Wi-Fi.
A Linux user on Slashdot who seems to like Cheap, Slow hardware. Never...
Slashdot user personal stories isn't a good represented of the general public. As we are are more "IT Conservative" and poo-poo every new technology that gets out there.
Why did a lot of Slashdot users support Linux? Multi-tasking No, Stability No, Software Freedom No, It was because They liked DOS and the command prompt so I wanted an OS that would allow me to continue that and avoid the full GUI for 5 more years (so they could support their old IBM vs. Mac debates issues)
Slashdot users like netbooks because they got their old technology, just a bit portable but it was just like they use to have it.
The average person looks at what is available and you have tablets replacing netbooks, which are faster and cooler, then tiny laptops.
I was driving a truck when I was 10. Granted I was on a farm and I didn't go on any roads but I was taught to drive at 10.
I didn't say that atheists committed more crimes. The problem are the average joe who isn't an atheist but isn't overly religious. Often the process to become an atheist is much like discerning to join a religion, you need to make a choice to say you believe in what you do. Vs. a lot of people who never made the choice they just never thought about it much.
We just get more of them... Plug in a USB hub and plug 6 USB chargers in.... That'll do the trick.
The problem is that each generation of Laptop/Tablet is getting thinner or adding a new shape. Sure the Think Pad design has changed only slightly over the last 15 or so years. But other models are shaped very differently. Just think of a MacBook Air with a battery sticking out of it, like it was one of those Hot Rod cars that have the exposed engine that shoots out flames.
That is not not false. Well it is a question that will need to be brought up in court. Because even though only large companies are seeming to use software patents, it really doesn't prove or disprove that it is hindering Science and Arts.
I can use double negatives too.
Really is that really a big issue? For most firms it is small... Really small issue. The trolls and the big guys won't even notice you until you make it big, then you can usually work out some deal so you don't loose your shirt. Perhaps you should leave Academia for a while and see how the rest of the world works, consider it a Sabbatical. In actually the For Profit industry isn't as bad as it seems.
Patent process are too expensive for the average Programming shop. As well many of their innovations are not produced in systems for the general public but for their customer. The time it would take to write up the patent application get it approved etc... Could takes days or weeks of work away from working on a project that can bring revenue now.
Big companies that can produce software to a large scale (write once copy a million times) have the ability to deal with Patents, as once the product is released it is making money and will bring in a stream of revenue for a while, giving time to make formal patents and do R&D.
True, but with their current systems there isn't a way to measure the time from the call to the response back if it hangs up.
So in theory that is a 34% drop in emissions then. Then you add Hybrid like energy savings to the car (Charging battery for deceleration or going down hill) Still it is better. Also for the electric grid, A lot of the cars charging time is on off peak hours. Where the plants still need to run and burn fuel but less are reaping the power. So the question is with the extra power on the grid durring non-peak hours how much more fossil fuels will be in delta from the extra load.
You could probably afford a $75k car. However you will need to adjust your lifes tradeoffs to get the car. I wouldn't do it, but some people do it all the time. Why do you see some hot shot kid in a Porsche, while they live in a low rent apartment.
But the 75k is probably towards the 1's millionaires out there (the Poor Rich). Baby Boomers who wants to relive their childhood.