I would guess this was for tax reasons; the telecomms business line item being different than travel. And not because accounting secretly hoped you'd forget to file it or because they enjoyed the extra paperwork. While corporate accountants are tedious they are nothing compared to government auditors.
Why would "fundamental computer concepts" need to be updated frequently? Is there new and exciting work being done in the field of logical operators and binary arithmetic?
Sure, somebody could pay for the rights. Or the US could decide to not honor Canada's claim and conduct freedom of navigation exercises.
Mohammar Quadaffi claimed the entire Gulf of Sidra belonged to Libya. Then a US Navy battlegroup sailed in and showed that he could not back up that claim.
Well, not quite. Link below for the State of Minnesota's use tax form, which states that any sales tax paid in another state can be deducted from the amount that should be reported to Minnesota. Not a "reimbursement" but the net effect (to the taxpayer) is the same. Maryland does the same thing with their use tax.
Coleman was nominated because GW Bush stepped in and pushed him out front while asking the more likely candidate to step back (Tim Pawlenty, the current governor). Then Coleman won the seat because he was running against a dead man (the late Paul Wellstone). Even then, he almost lost.
Which is not to say that both parties don't participate in partisan idiocy. Franken swept into town and foisted himself upon the local Democrats, many of whom didn't particularly like him. But he has national name recognition.
I think the vacant seat has been going a much better job (or, at least, less embarrassing job) of representing me than either Franken or Coleman.
For those of you pondering the election of Franken and thinking, "why did they elect a comedian?" be aware that the story isn't that Franken won (most likely). The real story is that he almost lost. An inanimate carbon rod could have handily beaten Coleman in the last election.
Ahh yes. You aren't the first person to make this argument. Eugenics was a popular and broad movement in the early part of the past century, based on the notion that the "wrong people" were reproducing the most. In California, nearly 20,000 people were sterilized based because the state deemed them unfit to reproduce.
Eugenics faded rapidly after Germany took the idea to the extreme in the 1930s and 40s. Some claim the Germans used California as their model.
(*) I didn't technically Godwin the thread because this isn't an analogy. This is what Nazi Germany actually did.
they didn't kick it down the stairs after drawing a moustache on it
Indeed. We only did that with the bust of George III.
I found this story rather amusing. Perhaps I am just an uncouth colonial, but I didn't realize the protocol for not touching the monarch was basically the same as that for not touching the exotic dancers in a gentlemen's club.
Plus of course there's the fact that credit cards tend to move lines faster
I wonder if this is true. I know that Visa implied it in their ads where all the choreography came to a screeching halt because someone used cash or check.
As a frequent cash user, however, I've noted several times where the line is held up by a string of people using cards and the connections are slow running the processing. I know it isn't the consumer or clerk's fault, but it sure is annoying to wait around for the guy ahead of you to put $2 work of soda and a candy bar on his credit card.
You are correct that the app itself isn't "illegal" in a general sense, but it is a crime to possess it inside of a casino in the state of Nevada:
It is unlawful for any person at a licensed gaming establishment to use, or possess with the intent to use, any device to assist: (2) In keeping track of the cards played
That is the same question I have. If the screen is off, how do you determine the count? I think it would be pretty damn obvious when you pull your iPhone out.
I would agree with you on the wire-tapping issue. But there is also the chance that one party gave the information to the police.
For example, an hosting company finds that one of their customers is hosting illegal files so they shut them down and turn over the logs to the police. Or the police could have raided someone hosting illegal files and captured the logs during that raid. It's the same as busting a whore house and finding a book of clients.
The basic fact remains that while using the internet you are (nearly always) connecting to a space that is owned by someone else. It isn't doing something privately entirely within your own house.
Well, your IP address doesn't tell the police what you were doing INSIDE either. A second piece of information is needed: the servers you were connecting to OUTSIDE of your home. Probably not owned by you. If you were doing anything entirely inside of your home, then your IP is irrelevant.
Which gets to the root of the issue. On one side there are those who believe that because you are sitting in the privacy of your home, your online activities should be private.
On the other side are those who point out you're connecting across a network and to servers that are owned by someone else. You may be physically at home. But your activities occur in a third-party (virtual) space.
why would we bring germ warfare to another planet?
C'mon! That was one of my favorite tactics in Masters of Orion. I'd design Armageddon ships that were nothing but forward shielding and bio-warfare bombs. They'd survive a direct run through the enemy fleet long enough to destroy the plant.
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I won't argue that the issue isn't different in different nations. In fact, I would go further saying that there is a strong cultural element. The United States is a large nation, with a diverse array of cultures, even among those with long histories in the country (trying spending a week in New England, followed by a week in the heart of Appalachia, then Texas).
To state that harassment of "smart kids" is only present in America, however, is absurd. I think the US inherited the roots of the practice from European boarding schools centuries ago.
Having worked in the military on the "high side" network, it was great when Google's search became available. There had been numerous other engines available prior to that, including an early Yahoo and Alta Vista. Anyone who has been around a while can appreciate how great it was to search using Google instead of a cira-1999 Alta Vista query.
I can't help on the wireless end, but you may want to consider a wired system if you can't do it. It would probably still be beneficial. I was on the board of an 18-story cooperative apartment building while in college. We ran ethernet to every bedroom and living room. Large initial capital expense, but we amortized it over several years so it came out to about a $20 person/month rent increase. This was when people were paying more than that for AOL dial-up.
So, I guess I'm not doing much more than offering a word of encouragement. Good luck with your project.
And then at 27 they'll be calling you back up, realizing what an emotional idiot they were at 18. They'll be grateful for having responsible parents who took a concerned interest in them, and kept them out of serious trouble. And then they'll do the same thing for their own children.
I'm guessing you're a teenager, upset about all the restrictions on your life. We were all there. We thought the same thing. And, after having 10 or 20 years to look back on it, we realize it was a good thing.
It looks like Obama is gonna win the democratic nomination, unless something very bizarre happens. Something bizarre? Like Clinton's campaign suing to get Florida and Michigan's delegates seated? Like the Democrat "super delegates", many of whom owe their position to the Clintons? Obama has a lot of momentum going his way, and may well be the most popular Democratic candidate.
But don't assume that because most of the people vote for Obama means he'll actually get the nomination.
The DNC nomination process could get very ugly before it is decided.
Women in Iraq were given greater freedom in 1959, when Qassim came into power. He was a socialist. Later, Saddam Hussein came out of the Arab Socialist movement. Both had to fight the Islamists over the women's rights issue. You are certainly correct that the western governments have fought the socialist movements (which were often aligned in some way with the Soviets, the West frequently countered this by backing anti-Communist monarchs and dictators).
Since the Islamists (a political/religious movement) frequently fight their fellow citizens to prevent progressive changes it should be no surprise that most outsiders connect the religion of Islam with regressive politics.
The central simulator for our research laboratory. Every single bit of work we do utilizes it. Although the equipment has changed, I've been in this role since before cell phones were affordable for the masses. We got by back then. It takes some planning, and the understanding that somethings things will break, and you need to have failure plans. Obviously, no one dies if the simulator goes down. On the other hand, there were plenty of life-critical jobs before cell phones, and people made plans to accommodate them.
If my employer thinks I need to carry a phone then they could purchase one, provide it, and we'd negotiate what the terms of use were. There's no way that, for the same salary, I'm suddenly going to be on call 24/7.
Which is my whole point. If having a cell phone freed me from sitting at a desk XX hours a week, just in case of a failure, then it would be a good thing. In my experience, however, most people still sit at the desk for XX hours and then answer the cell phone on top of it.
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I would guess this was for tax reasons; the telecomms business line item being different than travel. And not because accounting secretly hoped you'd forget to file it or because they enjoyed the extra paperwork. While corporate accountants are tedious they are nothing compared to government auditors.
Why would "fundamental computer concepts" need to be updated frequently? Is there new and exciting work being done in the field of logical operators and binary arithmetic?
And, of course, businesses in Denmark that are going bankrupt and have dishonest owners will always obey the law.
Sure, somebody could pay for the rights. Or the US could decide to not honor Canada's claim and conduct freedom of navigation exercises.
Mohammar Quadaffi claimed the entire Gulf of Sidra belonged to Libya. Then a US Navy battlegroup sailed in and showed that he could not back up that claim.
Well, not quite. Link below for the State of Minnesota's use tax form, which states that any sales tax paid in another state can be deducted from the amount that should be reported to Minnesota. Not a "reimbursement" but the net effect (to the taxpayer) is the same. Maryland does the same thing with their use tax.
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Coleman was nominated because GW Bush stepped in and pushed him out front while asking the more likely candidate to step back (Tim Pawlenty, the current governor). Then Coleman won the seat because he was running against a dead man (the late Paul Wellstone). Even then, he almost lost.
Which is not to say that both parties don't participate in partisan idiocy. Franken swept into town and foisted himself upon the local Democrats, many of whom didn't particularly like him. But he has national name recognition.
I think the vacant seat has been going a much better job (or, at least, less embarrassing job) of representing me than either Franken or Coleman.
For those of you pondering the election of Franken and thinking, "why did they elect a comedian?" be aware that the story isn't that Franken won (most likely). The real story is that he almost lost. An inanimate carbon rod could have handily beaten Coleman in the last election.
Ahh yes. You aren't the first person to make this argument. Eugenics was a popular and broad movement in the early part of the past century, based on the notion that the "wrong people" were reproducing the most. In California, nearly 20,000 people were sterilized based because the state deemed them unfit to reproduce.
Eugenics faded rapidly after Germany took the idea to the extreme in the 1930s and 40s. Some claim the Germans used California as their model.
(*) I didn't technically Godwin the thread because this isn't an analogy. This is what Nazi Germany actually did.
Indeed. We only did that with the bust of George III.
I found this story rather amusing. Perhaps I am just an uncouth colonial, but I didn't realize the protocol for not touching the monarch was basically the same as that for not touching the exotic dancers in a gentlemen's club.
I wonder if this is true. I know that Visa implied it in their ads where all the choreography came to a screeching halt because someone used cash or check.
As a frequent cash user, however, I've noted several times where the line is held up by a string of people using cards and the connections are slow running the processing. I know it isn't the consumer or clerk's fault, but it sure is annoying to wait around for the guy ahead of you to put $2 work of soda and a candy bar on his credit card.
You are correct that the app itself isn't "illegal" in a general sense, but it is a crime to possess it inside of a casino in the state of Nevada:
It is unlawful for any person at a licensed gaming establishment to use, or possess with the intent to use, any device to assist: (2) In keeping track of the cards played
CRIMES AND LIABILITIES CONCERNING GAMING
That is the same question I have. If the screen is off, how do you determine the count? I think it would be pretty damn obvious when you pull your iPhone out.
I would agree with you on the wire-tapping issue. But there is also the chance that one party gave the information to the police.
For example, an hosting company finds that one of their customers is hosting illegal files so they shut them down and turn over the logs to the police. Or the police could have raided someone hosting illegal files and captured the logs during that raid. It's the same as busting a whore house and finding a book of clients.
The basic fact remains that while using the internet you are (nearly always) connecting to a space that is owned by someone else. It isn't doing something privately entirely within your own house.
Well, your IP address doesn't tell the police what you were doing INSIDE either. A second piece of information is needed: the servers you were connecting to OUTSIDE of your home. Probably not owned by you. If you were doing anything entirely inside of your home, then your IP is irrelevant.
Which gets to the root of the issue. On one side there are those who believe that because you are sitting in the privacy of your home, your online activities should be private.
On the other side are those who point out you're connecting across a network and to servers that are owned by someone else. You may be physically at home. But your activities occur in a third-party (virtual) space.
C'mon! That was one of my favorite tactics in Masters of Orion. I'd design Armageddon ships that were nothing but forward shielding and bio-warfare bombs. They'd survive a direct run through the enemy fleet long enough to destroy the plant.
You must not be old enough to remember when she was the Labatt's Blue Zone Girl
I won't argue that the issue isn't different in different nations. In fact, I would go further saying that there is a strong cultural element. The United States is a large nation, with a diverse array of cultures, even among those with long histories in the country (trying spending a week in New England, followed by a week in the heart of Appalachia, then Texas).
To state that harassment of "smart kids" is only present in America, however, is absurd. I think the US inherited the roots of the practice from European boarding schools centuries ago.
Really? The "main international aggressor for the past 60 years"?
Yeah. I can't think of a single instance of any other nation doing anything aggressive over the past sixty years.
And we all know about those massive amounts of territory the US has added to its borders since 1948.
If you are fortunate enough to live near a Lego Store, watch for discounts on overstock.
I've been doing that since my son was born. Scored a bunch of Duplo train sets for more than 50% off the retail price.
Exactly.
Having worked in the military on the "high side" network, it was great when Google's search became available. There had been numerous other engines available prior to that, including an early Yahoo and Alta Vista. Anyone who has been around a while can appreciate how great it was to search using Google instead of a cira-1999 Alta Vista query.
I can't help on the wireless end, but you may want to consider a wired system if you can't do it. It would probably still be beneficial. I was on the board of an 18-story cooperative apartment building while in college. We ran ethernet to every bedroom and living room. Large initial capital expense, but we amortized it over several years so it came out to about a $20 person/month rent increase. This was when people were paying more than that for AOL dial-up.
So, I guess I'm not doing much more than offering a word of encouragement. Good luck with your project.
Sure, maybe.
And then at 27 they'll be calling you back up, realizing what an emotional idiot they were at 18. They'll be grateful for having responsible parents who took a concerned interest in them, and kept them out of serious trouble. And then they'll do the same thing for their own children.
I'm guessing you're a teenager, upset about all the restrictions on your life. We were all there. We thought the same thing. And, after having 10 or 20 years to look back on it, we realize it was a good thing.
But don't assume that because most of the people vote for Obama means he'll actually get the nomination.
The DNC nomination process could get very ugly before it is decided.
Women in Iraq were given greater freedom in 1959, when Qassim came into power. He was a socialist. Later, Saddam Hussein came out of the Arab Socialist movement. Both had to fight the Islamists over the women's rights issue. You are certainly correct that the western governments have fought the socialist movements (which were often aligned in some way with the Soviets, the West frequently countered this by backing anti-Communist monarchs and dictators).
Since the Islamists (a political/religious movement) frequently fight their fellow citizens to prevent progressive changes it should be no surprise that most outsiders connect the religion of Islam with regressive politics.
The central simulator for our research laboratory. Every single bit of work we do utilizes it. Although the equipment has changed, I've been in this role since before cell phones were affordable for the masses. We got by back then. It takes some planning, and the understanding that somethings things will break, and you need to have failure plans. Obviously, no one dies if the simulator goes down. On the other hand, there were plenty of life-critical jobs before cell phones, and people made plans to accommodate them.
If my employer thinks I need to carry a phone then they could purchase one, provide it, and we'd negotiate what the terms of use were. There's no way that, for the same salary, I'm suddenly going to be on call 24/7.
Which is my whole point. If having a cell phone freed me from sitting at a desk XX hours a week, just in case of a failure, then it would be a good thing. In my experience, however, most people still sit at the desk for XX hours and then answer the cell phone on top of it.