I know someone who has Google as the their homepage and when I tell her to go to www.somewebsite.com she types the url into the actual search window. But since she always gets that site as the first match I have given up trying to explain the difference.
If price is the key, then they waited too late to do this. While $300 was not high compared to Blue Ray players, it is still high enough when the format battle is still on and most people are still relatively happy with much cheaper DVD players (and even more important the discs). I'm not sure what percentage of people are on HDTV yet, but I imagine it's not yet high enough to force a winner, so the studios are doing it for us.
I think the banking restrictions are part of the more recent sanctions. As for hardware, I saw a episode of Law & Order last week (not sure if it was new or old) about the FBI investigating a small Radio Shack type of shop who sold high-end game consoles to Algeria because the parts could be used to create a high capacity system. The show was about competing jurisdictions and secret courts/warrants, but I had almost forgotten about these restrictions. I remember in school there was a lot spoken about not exporting PGP technology which seemed ridiculous from an enforcement point of view.
I'm not crazy about a "choose one or the other" attitude in the justice system as we assume all offenders are the same. That also lead to the "three strikes you're out" mess. Some people who offend three times need to be put away for good, others may have committed all three crimes in a static situation that now has changed. Back to the point, I think we need people who do understand the psychology of rapists to assist in deciding who has served their term and who is still a risk.
Really? I never thought of High School as vocational. In fact the hardest part of high school is often the feeling of: "What am I going to do with all this?". However, his choice of software should be dependent on his student's interest, abilities and aptitude. If they seem genuinely interested, it may be in their best interest to use the open source apps. It gives them more exposure and will allow them to affordably practice outside the classroom. If these kids move on to do this professionally, they will likely need and want further training/education which should resolve the practical aspects of your argument.
What you're saying is well heard and understood, but "Support our Troops" is also sadly used as a default response to opposition to the war. Those who often say it are either using the soldiers as an emotional shield (instead of reason) or terrified that their loved ones are dying in vain. Do I have family there? No, and I am thankful for that.
Well some do (or murder the doctor/nurses/patients), and they are Christians (I think the last guy was actually sheltered by Christians afterwards). But to your point, many moderate Muslims make the same case against radicals in their own midst. Both texts are full of contradictory examples vs. such statements and it only takes a leader to emphasize those to less educated and/or angry individuals. Perhaps I should also ask why Muslims with US citizenship do not blowup buildings on par with what we see over there. Life is good over here. Life is open and they have less to fear by asking questions. Until there is some stability over there an open atmosphere to ask questions, that will lead to a religious/social reformation, will not fester. I don't care for either religion, but people are people and we have the same basic wants when the same environment exists.
I've no quote at all to give, and blowing up a clinic does not require killing yourself, just making yourself highly susceptible to arrest. It was more a comment on the willingness of believers to be attracted to radical leaders based on their own radical interpretation of text. The bible is not without it's own terrible examples of death endorsed by God and can easily be emphasized if the follower is uneducated/unread, pissed off (or convinced he should be) and thus gullible.
I guess my main point is that when there is security in life, outside forces that are not a direct threat become less important. That breeds more moderate thought on religion and makes radicalism less attractive.
Religions at their best work as social glue and when not under threat the business of civilization can proceed. Also since the Islamic empire of those days stretched far and wide, and trade thrived, such advances came about quite naturally. Currently with that empire broken up (often in terrible ways due to former European empires carving them up unnaturally), terrible inequality magnified by western interests in oil and ultimately threats (real or perceived) from non-Islamic forces radicalized religious figures gain support. Moderation thrives best when security exists. Why don't more most fundamentalist Christians blow up abortion clinics. Likely because they have a good life and when it comes down to it it's more important than God.
All projects from civil engineering through to social engineering exercises and time sheet programs can fail if not well designed and well executed.
How many civil engineering projects are planned by someone with someone with little to no experience and implemented mainly by fresh graduates? Software's often lack of physical safety issues and low visibility of mistakes make the seat of our pants approaches way too common. My personal favorites are the schedules that assume no one will ever get sick or take vacation plus introduces tools and technology team members are not familiar with.
There was a guy in Canada who paid his Bill online 1 cent at a time over a disagreement on sharing info with the US government. His montly statements had to be sent in boxes. He was retired and said he could do this all day.
This comment does come out of left field, but I think they are trying to make a point concerning Apple's risk taking when their financal prospects were less than steller, and thus risked bankruptcy. At least that's my interpretation.
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I know someone who has Google as the their homepage and when I tell her to go to www.somewebsite.com she types the url into the actual search window. But since she always gets that site as the first match I have given up trying to explain the difference.
Too often religious 'questioning' is like Jeopardy questions: First you lay out the answers and mold the questions to fit.
If price is the key, then they waited too late to do this. While $300 was not high compared to Blue Ray players, it is still high enough when the format battle is still on and most people are still relatively happy with much cheaper DVD players (and even more important the discs). I'm not sure what percentage of people are on HDTV yet, but I imagine it's not yet high enough to force a winner, so the studios are doing it for us.
I think the banking restrictions are part of the more recent sanctions. As for hardware, I saw a episode of Law & Order last week (not sure if it was new or old) about the FBI investigating a small Radio Shack type of shop who sold high-end game consoles to Algeria because the parts could be used to create a high capacity system. The show was about competing jurisdictions and secret courts/warrants, but I had almost forgotten about these restrictions. I remember in school there was a lot spoken about not exporting PGP technology which seemed ridiculous from an enforcement point of view.
I'm not crazy about a "choose one or the other" attitude in the justice system as we assume all offenders are the same. That also lead to the "three strikes you're out" mess. Some people who offend three times need to be put away for good, others may have committed all three crimes in a static situation that now has changed. Back to the point, I think we need people who do understand the psychology of rapists to assist in deciding who has served their term and who is still a risk.
Really? I never thought of High School as vocational. In fact the hardest part of high school is often the feeling of: "What am I going to do with all this?". However, his choice of software should be dependent on his student's interest, abilities and aptitude. If they seem genuinely interested, it may be in their best interest to use the open source apps. It gives them more exposure and will allow them to affordably practice outside the classroom. If these kids move on to do this professionally, they will likely need and want further training/education which should resolve the practical aspects of your argument.
Do people "rap" to themselves? :)
Yeah, the Chinese intern after hours when the managers have gone home (in Chinese)
What you're saying is well heard and understood, but "Support our Troops" is also sadly used as a default response to opposition to the war. Those who often say it are either using the soldiers as an emotional shield (instead of reason) or terrified that their loved ones are dying in vain. Do I have family there? No, and I am thankful for that.
Well some do (or murder the doctor/nurses/patients), and they are Christians (I think the last guy was actually sheltered by Christians afterwards). But to your point, many moderate Muslims make the same case against radicals in their own midst. Both texts are full of contradictory examples vs. such statements and it only takes a leader to emphasize those to less educated and/or angry individuals. Perhaps I should also ask why Muslims with US citizenship do not blowup buildings on par with what we see over there. Life is good over here. Life is open and they have less to fear by asking questions. Until there is some stability over there an open atmosphere to ask questions, that will lead to a religious/social reformation, will not fester. I don't care for either religion, but people are people and we have the same basic wants when the same environment exists.
I've no quote at all to give, and blowing up a clinic does not require killing yourself, just making yourself highly susceptible to arrest. It was more a comment on the willingness of believers to be attracted to radical leaders based on their own radical interpretation of text. The bible is not without it's own terrible examples of death endorsed by God and can easily be emphasized if the follower is uneducated/unread, pissed off (or convinced he should be) and thus gullible. I guess my main point is that when there is security in life, outside forces that are not a direct threat become less important. That breeds more moderate thought on religion and makes radicalism less attractive.
Religions at their best work as social glue and when not under threat the business of civilization can proceed. Also since the Islamic empire of those days stretched far and wide, and trade thrived, such advances came about quite naturally. Currently with that empire broken up (often in terrible ways due to former European empires carving them up unnaturally), terrible inequality magnified by western interests in oil and ultimately threats (real or perceived) from non-Islamic forces radicalized religious figures gain support. Moderation thrives best when security exists. Why don't more most fundamentalist Christians blow up abortion clinics. Likely because they have a good life and when it comes down to it it's more important than God.
All projects from civil engineering through to social engineering exercises and time sheet programs can fail if not well designed and well executed.
How many civil engineering projects are planned by someone with someone with little to no experience and implemented mainly by fresh graduates? Software's often lack of physical safety issues and low visibility of mistakes make the seat of our pants approaches way too common. My personal favorites are the schedules that assume no one will ever get sick or take vacation plus introduces tools and technology team members are not familiar with.
You mean the concept where one group is incessantly searching for sources of energy to maintain it's dominance :)
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There was a guy in Canada who paid his Bill online 1 cent at a time over a disagreement on sharing info with the US government. His montly statements had to be sent in boxes. He was retired and said he could do this all day.
This comment does come out of left field, but I think they are trying to make a point concerning Apple's risk taking when their financal prospects were less than steller, and thus risked bankruptcy. At least that's my interpretation.