The contradiction from common law isn't necessarily hoped to be enforceable- terms in a contract can be used to establish a negotiation point before you get to a courtroom. For example, consulting engineers often have a clause about limiting their monetary liability and settling disputes with arbitration. Although unenforceable in a court of law, these terms can help you reach an agreement if things haven't gone bad enough to file a suit.
I'd say it is censorship if a cost/benefit analysis tells you you should publish, yet they don't. More specifically, the cost/benefit analysis won't tell you not to publish it when only using objective criteria.
For example, to publish an article in a newspaper costs money, and you have to pick the top X stories anyways (more or less), so to publish one article you lose the benefits another provided. A highly newsworthy article is worth the ink, but a less important article might not justify its costs (and not be censorship if rejected). Adding apps to the iPhone app store can have a cost of cluttering the marketplace, so obscure or poor quality apps might not justify their cost. Even well-made, popular apps might have too much cost- a Playboy app may sell, but scare too many people away and put you at a loss.
That said, I doubt this cartoonist has enough of a "scare factor" to objectively say it isn't worth accepting his app.
So yeah, I used to think they're bogus. But now I dont.
...When they treat back pain.
The main concern here is how many chiropractors claim to cure things like diabetes- not only having nothing to do with the spine, but often making people think they don't need the real treatment.
If anyone has dealt with taxes in multiple countries, including the US, could you add some insight? It's hard to say whether the US is complicated without knowing what it's like elsewhere. Of course, simplifying tax returns may require a complete overhaul of how we collect tax in the first place.
I would appreciate such a line, but I expect there would be too many problems with it. People going too slow would go through stale yellows when they shouldn't, others would speed up figuring they were close enough to still make it. Plus, the line would be hard to adjust for weather and road conditions. The concept is good for teaching people to judge what to do with a yellow light, but implementing it probably won't solve any problems, just change them. Longer yellows and longer all-red times would probably do more good.
The book is trying to show you how a FOSS system compares to buying a new Windows system- used equipment would break that comparison. Also, if you're trying to convert people to FOSS, you need to present FOSS as a great substitute, not as a second-hand gets-you-by system.
If the book even teaches you how to use Firefox, it probably is written to minimize the problem solving required by the reader. If the reader only knows how to buy a computer from dell.com, building the computer has to be made foolproof. If you buy a used computer, not only might something manage to go wrong, but it might keep the reader from getting to learn how to physically assemble a computer. I'm sure the author is aware of a used system being a good substitute and cheaper, but if that's your first thought you've probably skipped chapter 1 anyways.
I've never put a PC together or done anything with Ubuntu, but I know a lightweight Ubuntu system would be useful for some of my relatives who don't need much more than word processing and internet. I wouldn't know where to start on such a system, so I would just let them pay Dell for everything. With a book like this, I could easily set up their computer for them, and leave the book with them if they need the more basic tutorials.
If I had $200 to spare right now, I would buy the book and try this out so I would have a system to show anyone I think doesn't need to keep Windows.
I am surprised I got modded up. Didn't have time to read the article when I posted, but read just enough to "know" more than most people reading my comment.
I assume, if they already want to account for false positives with the aggregate data, that they account for the problems with acting on a false positive on your own. Even so, until properly addressed, the original poster's point is a real concern.
(I don't expect mods to see this, but feel free to mod my original post down).
At my highschool there wasn't a real problem between smart students and the rest of the school. I mean geeks still tended to hang out with each other, but if anything smart students got a little more respect than your average student. It's all about the culture of the school. Finding the right way to emphasize academic success could eliminate the geek-hating problem, and that could produce a positive feedback loop as people look up to straight-A students and try to become as successful as them.
That said, I realize not all students can pull off an A in calculus, so there has to be some balance so as to avoid sidelining the "dumb" students instead.
They should develop another browser, Firefaux, and make it appear to be the biggest threat in the browser wars. Firefox can then team up with Chrome and Opera to take down Firefaux, all the while distracting everyone from the need to take down Firefox instead. Just re-animate Firefaux as needed to keep up the distraction. No one will ever catch on to the connection between Firefox and Firefaux, and world domination will only be inevitable.
Anyone know how these multiple charges occur within the system? I would think it hard to write a billing system so it could accidentally charge people dozens of times. Even if it had some glitch to try to repeatedly make charges, there should be some check to see if the account it up to be billed again. This isn't the first (or will it be the last) time I've heard of this kind of problem, so this must be a bigger problem than I would be inclined to think.
It is usually a good idea to call up your bank and opt-out of their overdraft "service". Some people may prefer to pay a fee to save embarrassment of letting people know their account is empty, but usually you can just pull out a credit card if need be. Not to mention some banks intentionally re-order transactions to hit multiple overdraft fees, so if you're one of those unlucky people you never want to overdraft. A good alternate solution is to switch to a credit union, as they tend to have better customer service.
As far as this story goes, can EA actually refuse to pay the overdraft fees? It's their error so it makes no sense for people to pay overdraft fees despite doing nothing wrong. I wouldn't know if there is any legal basis to force EA to pay up, or if it is just up to their "good will".
a simultaneous process of collecting biometric data on every person, to be used in a new National Population Register
Data collected for the National Population Register will in turn facilitate the issue of the 16-digit Unique Identity Numbers to all Indian residents.
Sounds like they don't have an equivalent of social security numbers- the biometric data will help make it easier to figure out who is who in this process. Given the population, in addition to literacy issues, using an easy method is more practical than trying to minimize police-state like data collection. If you can't expect everyone to keep track of their own ID number, you need another way to peg the person to the number later. As much as I don't like the idea of fingerprinting everyone, if it's the only way to efficiently get the government to better provide services for these people, I see it as a necessary 'evil'.
The strange thing is now, that when i need to access a fishy site I use Internet Explorer because it caught the drive-by download the next time I visited. Sort of a complete reversal of policy for me.
That's because to attack a Chrome user's system, you have to find a way to circumvent security. With IE, you can pop up a message "This program will steal your computer, continue?" and the user will run the malware to make the message go away.
The guys at Adobe heard about oscilloscopes with hidden games on them, and Word's flight simulator, so they incorporated "features" so they could make an easter egg of their own. They never got around to that easter egg, so now lots of people are kindly lending them a hand at it.
While I agree the patent system needs work, being so one-sided may be a bit too far. I support the use of government money to fund medical research (the saving lives kind, not the blue pill kind), but there is only so much money out there. Unlike copyrights, medical patents do expire, so these corporate-funded breakthroughs benefit everyone in the end (of course, Big Pharma wants to change this).
The government only has so much money to put into research, so it should be focused on things that take longest to become profitable (mostly basic research). If a corporation thinks it can turn a profit on a drug before the patent expires, that's a privately funded project the government doesn't have to pay for. By the time the government could afford to do the research, the patent may be reaching expiration anyways.
The lack of patents may allow for more branch-off research, but I wouldn't be confident that could make up for what patented research can do. Given we are talking about breakthroughs that could save lives, I think we have to choose the more reliable route, even if some aspects are disagreeable.
I remember seeing that when it was new. I also remember seeing an update about them getting a lot of flak over it from nation-wide news coverage. I think they stopped due to the pressure, which would imply the public will still stand up against that kind of insanity. (Too lazy to look for a citation, this post won't really be seen so it won't earn me mod points).
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The contradiction from common law isn't necessarily hoped to be enforceable- terms in a contract can be used to establish a negotiation point before you get to a courtroom. For example, consulting engineers often have a clause about limiting their monetary liability and settling disputes with arbitration. Although unenforceable in a court of law, these terms can help you reach an agreement if things haven't gone bad enough to file a suit.
I'd say it is censorship if a cost/benefit analysis tells you you should publish, yet they don't. More specifically, the cost/benefit analysis won't tell you not to publish it when only using objective criteria.
For example, to publish an article in a newspaper costs money, and you have to pick the top X stories anyways (more or less), so to publish one article you lose the benefits another provided. A highly newsworthy article is worth the ink, but a less important article might not justify its costs (and not be censorship if rejected). Adding apps to the iPhone app store can have a cost of cluttering the marketplace, so obscure or poor quality apps might not justify their cost. Even well-made, popular apps might have too much cost- a Playboy app may sell, but scare too many people away and put you at a loss.
That said, I doubt this cartoonist has enough of a "scare factor" to objectively say it isn't worth accepting his app.
So yeah, I used to think they're bogus. But now I dont.
...When they treat back pain.
The main concern here is how many chiropractors claim to cure things like diabetes- not only having nothing to do with the spine, but often making people think they don't need the real treatment.
"British Chiropractors Drop Case Against Simon Singh" -newspapers
"Well that's a load off my back" -Singh
"See! Our treatment works!" -chiropracters
Except Apple is gradually adding multitasking. OS 4 is getting much closer to a final solution.
There's no way this is just a coincidence.
If anyone has dealt with taxes in multiple countries, including the US, could you add some insight? It's hard to say whether the US is complicated without knowing what it's like elsewhere. Of course, simplifying tax returns may require a complete overhaul of how we collect tax in the first place.
So... the servers are being taxed right now?
I would appreciate such a line, but I expect there would be too many problems with it. People going too slow would go through stale yellows when they shouldn't, others would speed up figuring they were close enough to still make it. Plus, the line would be hard to adjust for weather and road conditions. The concept is good for teaching people to judge what to do with a yellow light, but implementing it probably won't solve any problems, just change them. Longer yellows and longer all-red times would probably do more good.
The book is trying to show you how a FOSS system compares to buying a new Windows system- used equipment would break that comparison. Also, if you're trying to convert people to FOSS, you need to present FOSS as a great substitute, not as a second-hand gets-you-by system.
If the book even teaches you how to use Firefox, it probably is written to minimize the problem solving required by the reader. If the reader only knows how to buy a computer from dell.com, building the computer has to be made foolproof. If you buy a used computer, not only might something manage to go wrong, but it might keep the reader from getting to learn how to physically assemble a computer. I'm sure the author is aware of a used system being a good substitute and cheaper, but if that's your first thought you've probably skipped chapter 1 anyways.
I've never put a PC together or done anything with Ubuntu, but I know a lightweight Ubuntu system would be useful for some of my relatives who don't need much more than word processing and internet. I wouldn't know where to start on such a system, so I would just let them pay Dell for everything. With a book like this, I could easily set up their computer for them, and leave the book with them if they need the more basic tutorials.
If I had $200 to spare right now, I would buy the book and try this out so I would have a system to show anyone I think doesn't need to keep Windows.
I am surprised I got modded up. Didn't have time to read the article when I posted, but read just enough to "know" more than most people reading my comment.
I assume, if they already want to account for false positives with the aggregate data, that they account for the problems with acting on a false positive on your own. Even so, until properly addressed, the original poster's point is a real concern.
(I don't expect mods to see this, but feel free to mod my original post down).
A chip [...] programmed to either alert the cell phone carrier [...] and/or a central station
I don't think the user is involved here (they probably thought of your scenario already).
At my highschool there wasn't a real problem between smart students and the rest of the school. I mean geeks still tended to hang out with each other, but if anything smart students got a little more respect than your average student. It's all about the culture of the school. Finding the right way to emphasize academic success could eliminate the geek-hating problem, and that could produce a positive feedback loop as people look up to straight-A students and try to become as successful as them.
That said, I realize not all students can pull off an A in calculus, so there has to be some balance so as to avoid sidelining the "dumb" students instead.
They should develop another browser, Firefaux, and make it appear to be the biggest threat in the browser wars. Firefox can then team up with Chrome and Opera to take down Firefaux, all the while distracting everyone from the need to take down Firefox instead. Just re-animate Firefaux as needed to keep up the distraction. No one will ever catch on to the connection between Firefox and Firefaux, and world domination will only be inevitable.
Anyone know how these multiple charges occur within the system? I would think it hard to write a billing system so it could accidentally charge people dozens of times. Even if it had some glitch to try to repeatedly make charges, there should be some check to see if the account it up to be billed again. This isn't the first (or will it be the last) time I've heard of this kind of problem, so this must be a bigger problem than I would be inclined to think.
I'd had luck with [...] WaMu
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Title should read "Former Warhammer Online Users Repeatedly Overbilled"
It is usually a good idea to call up your bank and opt-out of their overdraft "service". Some people may prefer to pay a fee to save embarrassment of letting people know their account is empty, but usually you can just pull out a credit card if need be. Not to mention some banks intentionally re-order transactions to hit multiple overdraft fees, so if you're one of those unlucky people you never want to overdraft. A good alternate solution is to switch to a credit union, as they tend to have better customer service.
As far as this story goes, can EA actually refuse to pay the overdraft fees? It's their error so it makes no sense for people to pay overdraft fees despite doing nothing wrong. I wouldn't know if there is any legal basis to force EA to pay up, or if it is just up to their "good will".
Well just prick a known-positive person first and the device will be accurate for all other patients as long as it says they're positive.
a simultaneous process of collecting biometric data on every person, to be used in a new National Population Register
Data collected for the National Population Register will in turn facilitate the issue of the 16-digit Unique Identity Numbers to all Indian residents.
Sounds like they don't have an equivalent of social security numbers- the biometric data will help make it easier to figure out who is who in this process. Given the population, in addition to literacy issues, using an easy method is more practical than trying to minimize police-state like data collection. If you can't expect everyone to keep track of their own ID number, you need another way to peg the person to the number later. As much as I don't like the idea of fingerprinting everyone, if it's the only way to efficiently get the government to better provide services for these people, I see it as a necessary 'evil'.
You're the only one. Everyone else knows not to believe any article anywhere until it is confirmed by The Daily Mail.
The strange thing is now, that when i need to access a fishy site I use Internet Explorer because it caught the drive-by download the next time I visited. Sort of a complete reversal of policy for me.
That's because to attack a Chrome user's system, you have to find a way to circumvent security. With IE, you can pop up a message "This program will steal your computer, continue?" and the user will run the malware to make the message go away.
NB: this is just a lame joke, I mean no harm.
The guys at Adobe heard about oscilloscopes with hidden games on them, and Word's flight simulator, so they incorporated "features" so they could make an easter egg of their own. They never got around to that easter egg, so now lots of people are kindly lending them a hand at it.
While I agree the patent system needs work, being so one-sided may be a bit too far. I support the use of government money to fund medical research (the saving lives kind, not the blue pill kind), but there is only so much money out there. Unlike copyrights, medical patents do expire, so these corporate-funded breakthroughs benefit everyone in the end (of course, Big Pharma wants to change this).
The government only has so much money to put into research, so it should be focused on things that take longest to become profitable (mostly basic research). If a corporation thinks it can turn a profit on a drug before the patent expires, that's a privately funded project the government doesn't have to pay for. By the time the government could afford to do the research, the patent may be reaching expiration anyways.
The lack of patents may allow for more branch-off research, but I wouldn't be confident that could make up for what patented research can do. Given we are talking about breakthroughs that could save lives, I think we have to choose the more reliable route, even if some aspects are disagreeable.
I remember seeing that when it was new. I also remember seeing an update about them getting a lot of flak over it from nation-wide news coverage. I think they stopped due to the pressure, which would imply the public will still stand up against that kind of insanity. (Too lazy to look for a citation, this post won't really be seen so it won't earn me mod points).