You seem to have completely missed the point. I'm not saying that the Pope leads all of Europe. I'm saying he's a European. And equating his views with all Europe is impractical.
Hell, he's even the leader for life of a European country, with membership in international organizations.
The US is approximately the same size as Europe. So I'm saying when you hear about "in US X happens" or "a US leader says something stupid", it may be about as important as what Europe thinks if the Pope does something. Or far less so.
I'm just trying to say, when you hear 100 people protesting that the lord hates fags in the US, that's as meaningful as if you heard 100 people were protesting somewhere in Europe.
P.S. they may have auctioned off an old hat, or a copy of it (maybe each Pope gets a new one?) they definitely replaced it.
I replied to GP, but he (and you) are wrong. Least common denominator is a totally valid term. It's even a pretty good analogy; better than either "greatest common divisor" or "least common multiplier" given its how to work with disparate quantities.
No, the lowest common denominator is only 1 when adding integers. It refers to converting both denominators to the least common multiple, so the fractions can be added to (or subtracted from) one another.
As if our weekly fun news didn't have enough material for its "US SPECIAL" corner..
What is it with the US and Porn?
The US is (approximately) the size of all Europe. Just all of our crazies get labelled "US citizens"
You (assuming you're a European) have a whole powerful interest group devoted to giving a guy a big hat and having him yell at people in AIDS torn regions that they'll burn forever if they put condoms on. Whose predecessor was.... unsavory.. in his youth. And whose predecessor before that, who was just honored, covered up the largest child molestation ring in history. What's up with Europeans??
I assume you either didn't notice my earlier reply, or got distracted before you could e-mail me.
I'd love to hear more about this problem is, and how an automated solution could fix it. The issues of getting people to buy into a new network seem challenging, but not insurmountable.
But a lot of that depends on what the problem actually is.
My email is slashdot[SlashDotUID]@hotmail.com I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Nowhere does it explain how concrete may have caused the downfall of the Roman empire.
The article is very bad. It says that concrete lead to the downfall of the Republic, and then, immediately cut to the downfall of the Empire.
The theory is concrete made it easier to have a single entity (e.g. Julius Caesar) create municipal works, leading to that one person able to exert enough control/have high enough stature to become emperor. Beforehand, he would have had to rely on other people for help, and therefore would have had to share political power with them.
You assume that is impossible for a set of rights to exist which can ever be in opposition to one another.
But, that's clearly false. For instance, you have a right to freedom of speech. But I also have a right not to enter into a contract under false circumstances.
Meanwhile, the partner who spearheaded the push got sufficient bonuses (from AA) to compensate him for the lack of any future career. He was on their executive board by the end of it pulling in a fat, fat bonus every year based exclusively on his Enron relationship.
If I can make N million dollars from a single bad act, maybe we need to have a better punishment than "never allowed to work again.
beer is roughly $1000/ton (based on a 150lb keg costing about $75). You're looking at maybe a 5% rise in cost.
Except you're looking at the weight ratios wrong. Producing 1 ton of beer produces less than 1 ton of spent grain (beer is mostly water). So the ratio would be probably be closer to.... I don't know 1:5. Which would only be a 1% rise in cost.
I would agree, but "Rusty Shackleford" is the alias of "Dale Gribble" from "King of the Hill." So, being used as the "non-name name" on a show that millions of people watched for over a decade may lead to a lot of other people also using it.
Similar to how "Doe" is a pretty rare real last name, but very common in aliases.
Remember when Arther Anderson stood up to Enron and refused to sign their books. And in turn sacrificed the lucrative consulting contracts with Enron for only CPA fees.
As opposed to simply adding a footnote disavowing the report before signing it anyway.
Are you honestly saying that using a step-function is what makes taxes so complicated?
There are two parts that make taxes complex. The first is deductions. That takes up a bit of the complexity. The second is defining income. That's hugely complex.
In one easy to identify problem, your system seems to imply that I have to pay taxes on the value of any asset I sell, not just the appreciation of that asset since purchase. Which makes investing... interesting.
I did some pretty basic accounting in the past, and wrote most of the internal report generating software my company (quite small) uses.
What scared me away from publishing any accounting software before was the lack of a CPA. Do companies not care if the software is verified as long as it is transparent?
I agree. But that makes this is an excellent example of how the world should work:
Shitty practice exists
News media locates and publicizes this shitty practice instead of focusing on celebrities/tragedies
People in charge fix the problem, either out of embarrassment or because someone who was ignorant of it but had the power to stop it finds out it's going on.
You can tell her Majesty that we will gladly pay our Tea Taxes once restitution has been made for the Revolutionary War, impressment of our sailors, War of 1812 (including burning D.C.), and the money we loaned during the world wars.
The famous line from the head of the US patent office in 1902:
In my opinion, all previous advances in the various lines of invention will appear totally insignificant when compared with those which the present century will witness. I almost wish that I might live my life over again to see the wonders which are at the threshold
Or the slightly less famous line from the head of the US patent office in 1843:
The advancement of the arts, from year to year, taxes our credulity and seems to presage the arrival of that period when human improvement must end.
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You seem to have completely missed the point. I'm not saying that the Pope leads all of Europe. I'm saying he's a European. And equating his views with all Europe is impractical.
Hell, he's even the leader for life of a European country, with membership in international organizations.
The US is approximately the same size as Europe. So I'm saying when you hear about "in US X happens" or "a US leader says something stupid", it may be about as important as what Europe thinks if the Pope does something. Or far less so.
I'm just trying to say, when you hear 100 people protesting that the lord hates fags in the US, that's as meaningful as if you heard 100 people were protesting somewhere in Europe.
P.S. they may have auctioned off an old hat, or a copy of it (maybe each Pope gets a new one?) they definitely replaced it.
I replied to GP, but he (and you) are wrong. Least common denominator is a totally valid term. It's even a pretty good analogy; better than either "greatest common divisor" or "least common multiplier" given its how to work with disparate quantities.
No, the lowest common denominator is only 1 when adding integers. It refers to converting both denominators to the least common multiple, so the fractions can be added to (or subtracted from) one another.
The US is (approximately) the size of all Europe. Just all of our crazies get labelled "US citizens"
You (assuming you're a European) have a whole powerful interest group devoted to giving a guy a big hat and having him yell at people in AIDS torn regions that they'll burn forever if they put condoms on. Whose predecessor was.... unsavory.. in his youth. And whose predecessor before that, who was just honored, covered up the largest child molestation ring in history. What's up with Europeans??
I assume you either didn't notice my earlier reply, or got distracted before you could e-mail me.
I'd love to hear more about this problem is, and how an automated solution could fix it. The issues of getting people to buy into a new network seem challenging, but not insurmountable.
But a lot of that depends on what the problem actually is.
My email is slashdot[SlashDotUID]@hotmail.com I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
The article is very bad. It says that concrete lead to the downfall of the Republic, and then, immediately cut to the downfall of the Empire.
The theory is concrete made it easier to have a single entity (e.g. Julius Caesar) create municipal works, leading to that one person able to exert enough control/have high enough stature to become emperor. Beforehand, he would have had to rely on other people for help, and therefore would have had to share political power with them.
Yup
The Romans invented a lot of things, including lawyers, magistrates, and the bribery of both
You assume that is impossible for a set of rights to exist which can ever be in opposition to one another.
But, that's clearly false. For instance, you have a right to freedom of speech. But I also have a right not to enter into a contract under false circumstances.
I read it in "The Smartest Guy in the Room". Don't recall the guys name. Don't have the book anymore.
Sure, the company got hosed.
Meanwhile, the partner who spearheaded the push got sufficient bonuses (from AA) to compensate him for the lack of any future career. He was on their executive board by the end of it pulling in a fat, fat bonus every year based exclusively on his Enron relationship.
If I can make N million dollars from a single bad act, maybe we need to have a better punishment than "never allowed to work again.
Except you're looking at the weight ratios wrong. Producing 1 ton of beer produces less than 1 ton of spent grain (beer is mostly water). So the ratio would be probably be closer to.... I don't know 1:5. Which would only be a 1% rise in cost.
I would agree, but "Rusty Shackleford" is the alias of "Dale Gribble" from "King of the Hill." So, being used as the "non-name name" on a show that millions of people watched for over a decade may lead to a lot of other people also using it.
Similar to how "Doe" is a pretty rare real last name, but very common in aliases.
Sorry to go dark. Life intruded.
I think the best method is to take things off slashdot.
My email is slashdot[SlashDotUID]@hotmail.com
I thought the shredding was technically legal because it was presubponea
Yeah, I remember how well that worked in the 90's
Remember when Arther Anderson stood up to Enron and refused to sign their books. And in turn sacrificed the lucrative consulting contracts with Enron for only CPA fees.
As opposed to simply adding a footnote disavowing the report before signing it anyway.
Are you honestly saying that using a step-function is what makes taxes so complicated?
There are two parts that make taxes complex. The first is deductions. That takes up a bit of the complexity. The second is defining income. That's hugely complex.
In one easy to identify problem, your system seems to imply that I have to pay taxes on the value of any asset I sell, not just the appreciation of that asset since purchase. Which makes investing... interesting.
I have a bit of free time.
I did some pretty basic accounting in the past, and wrote most of the internal report generating software my company (quite small) uses.
What scared me away from publishing any accounting software before was the lack of a CPA. Do companies not care if the software is verified as long as it is transparent?
But if you're serious, I'd love to know more.
I agree. But that makes this is an excellent example of how the world should work:
Shitty practice exists
News media locates and publicizes this shitty practice instead of focusing on celebrities/tragedies
People in charge fix the problem, either out of embarrassment or because someone who was ignorant of it but had the power to stop it finds out it's going on.
Fin.
You can tell her Majesty that we will gladly pay our Tea Taxes once restitution has been made for the Revolutionary War, impressment of our sailors, War of 1812 (including burning D.C.), and the money we loaned during the world wars.
They recognized the inheritance of debt. The IRS ended this policy shortly before Slashdot reported on it.
I suppose Slashdot will post a countering news study a few days from now.
Beyond that, most modern medicine requires pharmaceuticals and technology. Most doctors would be pretty bad off post-apocalypse.
Also, my career is irrelevant. I can build a house. But my career is in technology. So I would have to turn a hobby into a job.
I would sleep with any girl who used that line on me.
The famous line from the head of the US patent office in 1902:
Or the slightly less famous line from the head of the US patent office in 1843:
That's why it's always more secure to run software 6 or more versions out of date. No zero-day bugs for me!
Probably a win for them, actually. I imagine CBS will put more limitations on what Colbert can say than Viacom did.
Note to those who think Viacom owns CBS - Viacom spun CBS off in 2006.