The idea of adopting a "left wing", "right wing" or in fact any political group is fundamentally flawed. Perfectly good policy is regularly thrown out because "the other side" will not associate with anything proposed by their opponents, both left and right wing.
There is nothing wrong with Marxism, liberalism, republicanism or even national socialism, they're all perfectly good ways to run a society if implemented by decent people. I'll take a guess that you're a republican? You do realise there have been republican Presidents who have done some good and wonderful things, and some republican Presidents who have been borderline war criminals? Ditto any large political group you choose to pick. Partisan politics is one of the most parasitic and damaging cults on the planet, at least as bad as religious intolerance.
We need to concentrate on putting good people into power, regardless of their politics.
Feel free to continue ranting against people who disagree with your compartmentalised and narrow view of humanity's potential, I'll be off reading up on Marxism to see if I can work out why it makes you so angry.
Yup. They support you too, so you're clearly a Marxist. Reagan? He supported the Taliban and Saddam Hussein. Your arguments either make no sense at all, or demonstrate that you are whatever you're arguing against. Take your pick.
Non-traditional methods of money laundering still pale into insignificance compared to the more conventional means. Just take a look at the banks recently served subpoenas in the US. It's the same as programming, building something new with the latest technology will usually be far more effort and result in far less return than sticking with established techniques. It's just easier to look like you're "doing something about it" when you're not targetting multinational organisations which have significant political and business influence.
It's even better than that. What he did with computers was very little, for a lot of people. The OS was a bit hacked together from the start, and didn't stop, but because almost everybody was exposed to it he had a big impact in the long run.
He's doing exactly the same with his philanthropic efforts - targeting the big worldwide problems which can most easily be influenced with money, like education, sanitation and disease control. Throw a little bit of effort, like a new design of toilet, at one area and you can improve life for a very big chunk of humanity.
His software and business practices might suck, but as a philanthropist he seems to have some interesting ideas. And hey, if a big chunk of the Windows profits go to stopping young children dying horrible deaths (by the million) then there's a certain element of payback.
They've got very good security - when I tried to contact them regarding something they refused to talk to me because I "gave the wrong date of birth". I used the Data Protection Act (UK) to get all the information they hold on me, and the date of birth was correct. So they wouldn't talk to me even though I had the right details, now that's what I call social engineering secure.
...for when you need the portability of an iPad with the screen size and ergonomics of an iPod. I've seen very little from the tablet market that isn't a race towards a browsing-and-not-much-else device. I'd be more impressed with multitasking, but I suspect I'm not their target market.
That's a myth, the Earth was known (or strongly suspected) to be round as far back as Ancient Greece. Sailors were familiar with the way a ship disappeared over the horizon, and even the Qu'ran contains a chapter explaining that the Earth is round due to the shape of the shadow cast during a lunar eclipse.
Yeah, IQ is a lousy way to measure "intelligence" anyway. There's a common statistic quoted by various numpties which "shows that black people are less intelligent" - they're quoting results where Western IQ tests including questions like "which King of Britain suffered lead poisoning" were given to people from a completely different culture. Westerners score equally badly of tests aimed at African or Asian cultures.
Indeed. There is, however, strong evidence that gum disease is linked to heart disease (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215184308.htm). None of this is as risky as stress however, so stop worrying and get on with your life, if you try to do every little thing you can to "improve your chances" then you'll probably have the opposite effect.
An IQ of 100 is defined as the sample mean. It doesn't matter whether you mean the IQ of everyone on the planet, all Ugandans, everybody with brown eyes or all Slashdot readers, 100 is the sample mean of that group.
Each of the fake accounts can be programmed to "retweet" the account they're following, and as even fake accounts will develop followers of their own (some of them will even be real people), so the reach of the original message is increased.
There's a second effect - one way to get more followers is to follow people, there's a vague moral "obligation" to follow people who follow you, so following 10k people might net you 2k followers in return. To stop this kind of spam-style following Twitter limit you to a certain number of follows based on the number who follow you already. Fake followers will increase the number of real people you can follow in a roughly proportional manner, netting you real eyeballs as a result.
The problem is political parties - a lone politician isn't going to be able to take hundreds of millions in "party donations" without it looking suspicious, but it's the norm for parties, which have a lone politician at the head. It's time to start a worldwide campaign to vote for independant candidates, whatever your political persuasion.
I'd work on the presumption that the worldwide economy is going to fail and there are going to be some very unpleasant times ahead. It's actually fairly unlikely in my (guesswork) opinion, but given the stakes a variation on Pascal's Wager is a reasonable approach.
Forget cities. You've got a job you can do remotely to a large extent, so use the opportunity to get out of cities, the most dangerous place in a collapse is places with lots of people who are 99% reliant on "the system".
Find a farm somewhere growing a staple crop, wheat, rice, corn or whatever. You don't need to live on the farm, just nearby, because what you're looking for is land that will provide you with plenty of calories for a minimum of effort if you need it. You don't have to start being self-sufficient, just have a garden and grow some fresh veg to get the hang of it (it's fun too).
The real bonus is bringing the kids up. They'll get plenty of fresh air and exercise in an area that's very safe. Schools in rural areas are generally very good too, and commuting isn't a big deal if you need to, just find somewhere close to a rail station.
Hey, even lawyers, traditionally the lowest of the low, do pro bono work. Most people I know who use computers for a living (myself included) do free work for good causes. I help out high school and college students working on projects that catch my eye, the web design place down the road has adopted a couple of charities and provide free design/hosting, there are all sorts.
Agreed, however it's still one of the leading sites on the internet when it comes to takedown notices I'd imagine. "Goodbye YouTube" was pretty much my first (ironic) thought when I read this title. And, of course, we're now going to see plenty of takedown notices being made by Fox against the BBC and vice versa (for example) just to hit the competition's page rank.
Are you confusing Flash storage (eg a USB stick) with a normal platter-based HDD which uses USB cables for transfer? USB != flash, HDD != USB, ethernet., Firewire etc. OP is talking about HDDs connecting via USB as far as I can tell.
1: Yes, syncing makes more sense than full backups, but you still have to do the initial 100% "sync". If you lose your whole HD then before you can restore a single file you need to reinstall the OS and apps, plus any custom scripts and other customisations you might have made. A full disc image is a life saver if your main desktop goes to crap.
2: In my case, because my job doesn't have a physical location. If I didn't work from home I'd be working from the beach, the car or the top of a mountain. It's happened, but home is much more comfortable, has all of my books etc, and I can claim back rent, electricity, phone bills etc against tax. I could hire some office space, but I'd have the extra expense and a 1.5hr commute each day, and I couldn't claim back some of my household bills.
I've used a fair bit of trig, usually as part of something exhibiting harmonic oscillations, even in plain old webdesign. A fair bit of stats too, often from the point of view of "how likely am I to run over limit X in everyday use?". Calculus, don't think I've ever used it directly.
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Refusal to join any political party would be a good starting point.
You want my political views? OK, here goes.
The idea of adopting a "left wing", "right wing" or in fact any political group is fundamentally flawed. Perfectly good policy is regularly thrown out because "the other side" will not associate with anything proposed by their opponents, both left and right wing.
There is nothing wrong with Marxism, liberalism, republicanism or even national socialism, they're all perfectly good ways to run a society if implemented by decent people. I'll take a guess that you're a republican? You do realise there have been republican Presidents who have done some good and wonderful things, and some republican Presidents who have been borderline war criminals? Ditto any large political group you choose to pick. Partisan politics is one of the most parasitic and damaging cults on the planet, at least as bad as religious intolerance.
We need to concentrate on putting good people into power, regardless of their politics.
Feel free to continue ranting against people who disagree with your compartmentalised and narrow view of humanity's potential, I'll be off reading up on Marxism to see if I can work out why it makes you so angry.
Yup. They support you too, so you're clearly a Marxist. Reagan? He supported the Taliban and Saddam Hussein. Your arguments either make no sense at all, or demonstrate that you are whatever you're arguing against. Take your pick.
Non-traditional methods of money laundering still pale into insignificance compared to the more conventional means. Just take a look at the banks recently served subpoenas in the US. It's the same as programming, building something new with the latest technology will usually be far more effort and result in far less return than sticking with established techniques. It's just easier to look like you're "doing something about it" when you're not targetting multinational organisations which have significant political and business influence.
Toilet 1.0 (hole in the ground)
Toilet 2.0 (hole in the ground with a seat)
Toilet 3.0 (hole in the ground with a seat, additional removable bucket)
Toilet WC (one for the UK audience there, shhh, don't explain it to the septics)
Toilet 69 (abandoned for reasons that have been stricken from human consciousness)
Toilet JP (fully automatic washing mechanism, dietary analysis, advanced cancer detection)
Toilet Vista (the fan was a bad idea from the word go, and having to install a high pressure pump in the plumbing didn't help)
It's even better than that. What he did with computers was very little, for a lot of people. The OS was a bit hacked together from the start, and didn't stop, but because almost everybody was exposed to it he had a big impact in the long run.
He's doing exactly the same with his philanthropic efforts - targeting the big worldwide problems which can most easily be influenced with money, like education, sanitation and disease control. Throw a little bit of effort, like a new design of toilet, at one area and you can improve life for a very big chunk of humanity.
His software and business practices might suck, but as a philanthropist he seems to have some interesting ideas. And hey, if a big chunk of the Windows profits go to stopping young children dying horrible deaths (by the million) then there's a certain element of payback.
Can't mod you up (funny) because of posts, but please help yourself to one of mine.
They've got very good security - when I tried to contact them regarding something they refused to talk to me because I "gave the wrong date of birth". I used the Data Protection Act (UK) to get all the information they hold on me, and the date of birth was correct. So they wouldn't talk to me even though I had the right details, now that's what I call social engineering secure.
Or a small project fighting web browsers for processor cycles ;)
...for when you need the portability of an iPad with the screen size and ergonomics of an iPod. I've seen very little from the tablet market that isn't a race towards a browsing-and-not-much-else device. I'd be more impressed with multitasking, but I suspect I'm not their target market.
That's a myth, the Earth was known (or strongly suspected) to be round as far back as Ancient Greece. Sailors were familiar with the way a ship disappeared over the horizon, and even the Qu'ran contains a chapter explaining that the Earth is round due to the shape of the shadow cast during a lunar eclipse.
Yeah, IQ is a lousy way to measure "intelligence" anyway. There's a common statistic quoted by various numpties which "shows that black people are less intelligent" - they're quoting results where Western IQ tests including questions like "which King of Britain suffered lead poisoning" were given to people from a completely different culture. Westerners score equally badly of tests aimed at African or Asian cultures.
Indeed. There is, however, strong evidence that gum disease is linked to heart disease (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215184308.htm). None of this is as risky as stress however, so stop worrying and get on with your life, if you try to do every little thing you can to "improve your chances" then you'll probably have the opposite effect.
An IQ of 100 is defined as the sample mean. It doesn't matter whether you mean the IQ of everyone on the planet, all Ugandans, everybody with brown eyes or all Slashdot readers, 100 is the sample mean of that group.
Yes, precisely. I'd never actually considered that, I like it. You're obviously smarter than me...
And thus began the IQ wars, and a species' return to the trees...
The average IQ is 100 by definition, it can't go up and down.
I know what you mean though, the average internet chatter does make me wonder.
Each of the fake accounts can be programmed to "retweet" the account they're following, and as even fake accounts will develop followers of their own (some of them will even be real people), so the reach of the original message is increased.
There's a second effect - one way to get more followers is to follow people, there's a vague moral "obligation" to follow people who follow you, so following 10k people might net you 2k followers in return. To stop this kind of spam-style following Twitter limit you to a certain number of follows based on the number who follow you already. Fake followers will increase the number of real people you can follow in a roughly proportional manner, netting you real eyeballs as a result.
The problem is political parties - a lone politician isn't going to be able to take hundreds of millions in "party donations" without it looking suspicious, but it's the norm for parties, which have a lone politician at the head. It's time to start a worldwide campaign to vote for independant candidates, whatever your political persuasion.
I'd work on the presumption that the worldwide economy is going to fail and there are going to be some very unpleasant times ahead. It's actually fairly unlikely in my (guesswork) opinion, but given the stakes a variation on Pascal's Wager is a reasonable approach.
Forget cities. You've got a job you can do remotely to a large extent, so use the opportunity to get out of cities, the most dangerous place in a collapse is places with lots of people who are 99% reliant on "the system".
Find a farm somewhere growing a staple crop, wheat, rice, corn or whatever. You don't need to live on the farm, just nearby, because what you're looking for is land that will provide you with plenty of calories for a minimum of effort if you need it. You don't have to start being self-sufficient, just have a garden and grow some fresh veg to get the hang of it (it's fun too).
The real bonus is bringing the kids up. They'll get plenty of fresh air and exercise in an area that's very safe. Schools in rural areas are generally very good too, and commuting isn't a big deal if you need to, just find somewhere close to a rail station.
Hey, even lawyers, traditionally the lowest of the low, do pro bono work. Most people I know who use computers for a living (myself included) do free work for good causes. I help out high school and college students working on projects that catch my eye, the web design place down the road has adopted a couple of charities and provide free design/hosting, there are all sorts.
Agreed, however it's still one of the leading sites on the internet when it comes to takedown notices I'd imagine. "Goodbye YouTube" was pretty much my first (ironic) thought when I read this title. And, of course, we're now going to see plenty of takedown notices being made by Fox against the BBC and vice versa (for example) just to hit the competition's page rank.
Are you confusing Flash storage (eg a USB stick) with a normal platter-based HDD which uses USB cables for transfer? USB != flash, HDD != USB, ethernet., Firewire etc. OP is talking about HDDs connecting via USB as far as I can tell.
1: Yes, syncing makes more sense than full backups, but you still have to do the initial 100% "sync". If you lose your whole HD then before you can restore a single file you need to reinstall the OS and apps, plus any custom scripts and other customisations you might have made. A full disc image is a life saver if your main desktop goes to crap.
2: In my case, because my job doesn't have a physical location. If I didn't work from home I'd be working from the beach, the car or the top of a mountain. It's happened, but home is much more comfortable, has all of my books etc, and I can claim back rent, electricity, phone bills etc against tax. I could hire some office space, but I'd have the extra expense and a 1.5hr commute each day, and I couldn't claim back some of my household bills.
Yeah, look at the field specimen, the shadows are all wrong...
I've used a fair bit of trig, usually as part of something exhibiting harmonic oscillations, even in plain old webdesign. A fair bit of stats too, often from the point of view of "how likely am I to run over limit X in everyday use?". Calculus, don't think I've ever used it directly.