If the grace period from going on line to infection is only 10 seconds, how does one build a Windows machine that is secured with the latest patches - given that you need to be on line to get the patches from Microsoft?
If you ask me for a ride or I offer one to the store, and I say no, I don't want you also to go somewhere else while we are out on foot but to stay with me, is that unreasonable?
Whether or not it's reasonable, it's a poor analogy to Stallman's trip to the mid-East. How about if you ask me to take the bus to the cleaners to drop off some laundry, and you offer to pay for the roundtrip bus fare. After I complete the trip to the cleaners, I decide to walk next door to get some coffee, but you object and demand that I return immediately from the drop off at the cleaners. Is that reasonable?
But i just wonder, when your boss pays you to go in California for some work trip, do you by some strange accident also go in Colombia???? i know i know, your boss is the same dick and is against the freedom.
Employees who travel for business frequently mingle personal and business travel at their own additional expense. When traveling long distances, employees often take the opportunity to stay on in an interesting location, or prepend or append travel to other countries that are more easily and affordably reached from the business destination. Unless there's a scheduling issue that prevents you from using vacation days, why would your boss care?
But at the end of the day, he agreed to the trip as the Palestinians wanted, then decided he'd also do some other things on their dime, they said no way, so he decided to stick to the original agreement.
The reporting suggests that the original agreement did not have a "you will not visit Israel on a trip that we're funding" clause in it. The story suggests that RMS agreed to give some lectures for the Palestinians, and only later, when he added stops in Israel, did the Palestinians attach additional conditions; RMS then subsequently accepted these additional conditions.
Most sites that accept user content make them the property of the site (Slashdot being a notable exception).
Not quite. Most sites that accept user content do so under terms that grant the site an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable and sublicensable right to reuse the material. A classic example of this is Amazon's Conditions of Use, which state in part:
If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant Amazon a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.
You retain the copyright, and may make additional grants to other parties, but you cannot revoke the grant you made to the initial site.
Gas taxes have NOTHING to do with miles driven. In fact as the average vehicle mileage climbs the amount of gas tax money falls. Which is why governments at all levels are looking at taxing by mile.. that way the bozo commuting to work 40 miles a day in SUV that gets 10 miles to the gallon will pay the same amount of taxes at the person driving 40 miles a day in a Prius.
Gas taxes are levied on a per-gallon basis that translates directly to a per-mile basis. That the basis isn't consistent from driver to driver (or car to car) doesn't negate the base mechanism: drive more miles, pay more tax. If governments are looking to tax by the mile at a consistent rate, they'll be looking to have the Prius driver pay the same as the SUV driver, not the other way around. This would, in turn, eliminate an incentive to drive more fuel-efficient cars, which might not be a direction society would like to incent.
So unless we are going to somehow use androids or robots to repair and build roads, we probably should consider taxing by the mile.
We already charge by the mile via gasoline taxes; is there evidence to show that the current level of taxes is insufficient to cover the cost of road building and repair? Or is the problem that a large portion of such taxes is siphoned off to pay for mass transit, bicycle paths, transportation-related museums and other programs that are only tangentially related to road building and repair?
At least the gasoline taxes encourage driving more fuel-efficient vehicles. This is simply a regressive tax that discourages driving. I guess Standard Oil, Firestone and GM aren't behind this one.
It has been reported that United States senator Jon Kyl has had all ten of his fingers replaced with Vienna sausages. It was also reported that that report was not intended to be factually accurate.
"The enthusiasm of our customers and the programming partners who have embraced the app, rather than those who are solely focused on finding additional ways to reach into wallets of their own viewers, has convinced us more than ever that we are on the right path." --Time-Warner Cable
Indeed - having a programmer and a cable provider reach into your wallet at the same time would be really uncomfortable.
In related news, Apple has sued the Sunnyside Day Care pre-school for allowing one Benjamin Turner, age 4, to bite into an apple in such a way as to result in a mark that too closely resembles Apple's trademarked logo. Apple states that they are "in favor" of children eating healthy snacks, particularly apples, but that they are compelled to protect their intellectual property, lest another child mistakes Turner's apple for Apple's logo and attempts to eat the industry giant's products, website or marketing materials. Turner was napping and unavailable for comment.
How come no one was on here decrying the blatant religiosity of Spaghetti Day? You don't even have to squint to see the FSM in the imagery, and I won't even mention the all-cat cast.
The increasing fad among geeks to self diagnose themselves as mildly autistic ever since some report came out a few years ago has really tended to turn my stomach. What the fuck is wrong with you that you go around wanting to have something be wrong with you?
It takes real guile to come up with a method of getting out of jury duty that is both specious and legal.
Not at all. One needn't come up with a method to get out of jury duty, one must only display a certain level of intelligence to provoke either the prosecution or defense into spending a peremptory challenge to send you on your way. Sometimes the judge will do so themselves. Advanced degrees or being well read in social sciences related to police and penal systems is often an automatic ticket out of the jury box.
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from 55.11 percent in April to 54.27 percent in May, a drop of 0.84 basis point in one month
That would be 0.84% or 84 basis points. 100bp = 1%.
If the grace period from going on line to infection is only 10 seconds, how does one build a Windows machine that is secured with the latest patches - given that you need to be on line to get the patches from Microsoft?
The Jews aren't a race. They're a religion.
Except in the U.S. where the Supreme Court affirmed Jews as a race for the purposes of claiming racially-based discrimination.
If you ask me for a ride or I offer one to the store, and I say no, I don't want you also to go somewhere else while we are out on foot but to stay with me, is that unreasonable?
Whether or not it's reasonable, it's a poor analogy to Stallman's trip to the mid-East. How about if you ask me to take the bus to the cleaners to drop off some laundry, and you offer to pay for the roundtrip bus fare. After I complete the trip to the cleaners, I decide to walk next door to get some coffee, but you object and demand that I return immediately from the drop off at the cleaners. Is that reasonable?
But i just wonder, when your boss pays you to go in California for some work trip, do you by some strange accident also go in Colombia???? i know i know, your boss is the same dick and is against the freedom.
Employees who travel for business frequently mingle personal and business travel at their own additional expense. When traveling long distances, employees often take the opportunity to stay on in an interesting location, or prepend or append travel to other countries that are more easily and affordably reached from the business destination. Unless there's a scheduling issue that prevents you from using vacation days, why would your boss care?
But at the end of the day, he agreed to the trip as the Palestinians wanted, then decided he'd also do some other things on their dime, they said no way, so he decided to stick to the original agreement.
The reporting suggests that the original agreement did not have a "you will not visit Israel on a trip that we're funding" clause in it. The story suggests that RMS agreed to give some lectures for the Palestinians, and only later, when he added stops in Israel, did the Palestinians attach additional conditions; RMS then subsequently accepted these additional conditions.
Most sites that accept user content make them the property of the site (Slashdot being a notable exception).
Not quite. Most sites that accept user content do so under terms that grant the site an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable and sublicensable right to reuse the material. A classic example of this is Amazon's Conditions of Use, which state in part:
If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant Amazon a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.
You retain the copyright, and may make additional grants to other parties, but you cannot revoke the grant you made to the initial site.
Ever notice that that Obama deficit increased in a single year to the cost of the Afghanistan and Iraqi Wars in their entirety (2001-2008)?
Ever notice that the Obama administration was left to clean up the fiscal crisis that developed in large part during the previous administration?
Gas taxes have NOTHING to do with miles driven. In fact as the average vehicle mileage climbs the amount of gas tax money falls. Which is why governments at all levels are looking at taxing by mile.. that way the bozo commuting to work 40 miles a day in SUV that gets 10 miles to the gallon will pay the same amount of taxes at the person driving 40 miles a day in a Prius.
Gas taxes are levied on a per-gallon basis that translates directly to a per-mile basis. That the basis isn't consistent from driver to driver (or car to car) doesn't negate the base mechanism: drive more miles, pay more tax. If governments are looking to tax by the mile at a consistent rate, they'll be looking to have the Prius driver pay the same as the SUV driver, not the other way around. This would, in turn, eliminate an incentive to drive more fuel-efficient cars, which might not be a direction society would like to incent.
So unless we are going to somehow use androids or robots to repair and build roads, we probably should consider taxing by the mile.
We already charge by the mile via gasoline taxes; is there evidence to show that the current level of taxes is insufficient to cover the cost of road building and repair? Or is the problem that a large portion of such taxes is siphoned off to pay for mass transit, bicycle paths, transportation-related museums and other programs that are only tangentially related to road building and repair?
At least the gasoline taxes encourage driving more fuel-efficient vehicles. This is simply a regressive tax that discourages driving. I guess Standard Oil, Firestone and GM aren't behind this one.
Apple can not win a land war in Asia.
And if Apple is smart they will never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
It has been reported that United States senator Jon Kyl has had all ten of his fingers replaced with Vienna sausages. It was also reported that that report was not intended to be factually accurate.
I wonder where we can take a look at this app. Anybody know?
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Discussion of FSM coming up!
Legally protected discussion of FSM coming up!
"The enthusiasm of our customers and the programming partners who have embraced the app, rather than those who are solely focused on finding additional ways to reach into wallets of their own viewers, has convinced us more than ever that we are on the right path." --Time-Warner Cable
Indeed - having a programmer and a cable provider reach into your wallet at the same time would be really uncomfortable.
This would make a nice complement to the Pacific Pinball Museum (formerly Lucky Ju-Ju) in Alameda.
(recently revised downward here, to a blood alcohol level of 0.05%, so quite a few women can't even have a single drink now)
Is there some sort of gravity vortex that keeps women from metabolizing alcohol in your area?
In related news, Apple has sued the Sunnyside Day Care pre-school for allowing one Benjamin Turner, age 4, to bite into an apple in such a way as to result in a mark that too closely resembles Apple's trademarked logo. Apple states that they are "in favor" of children eating healthy snacks, particularly apples, but that they are compelled to protect their intellectual property, lest another child mistakes Turner's apple for Apple's logo and attempts to eat the industry giant's products, website or marketing materials. Turner was napping and unavailable for comment.
How come no one was on here decrying the blatant religiosity of Spaghetti Day? You don't even have to squint to see the FSM in the imagery, and I won't even mention the all-cat cast.
The increasing fad among geeks to self diagnose themselves as mildly autistic ever since some report came out a few years ago has really tended to turn my stomach. What the fuck is wrong with you that you go around wanting to have something be wrong with you?
Most likely it's mild autism.
Faux black? Is that like really dark grey?
Faux black is the new dark grey.
In 50 matches, my pseudo random number generator went 19-13 with 19 ties. I could swear I heard sobbing.
It takes real guile to come up with a method of getting out of jury duty that is both specious and legal.
Not at all. One needn't come up with a method to get out of jury duty, one must only display a certain level of intelligence to provoke either the prosecution or defense into spending a peremptory challenge to send you on your way. Sometimes the judge will do so themselves. Advanced degrees or being well read in social sciences related to police and penal systems is often an automatic ticket out of the jury box.
I'm guessing you haven't been on too many juries. Let me fix that for you:
If a juror is smart enough to set his Facebook profile to "friends only", he's probably smart enough not to be a juror.