I looked at the links and I didn't see any accounting of the money: how much received, how it was spent, how much for administration (a perfectly legitimate cost - BUT [see below]), etc....
I don't mean to make accusations, but where's the money going. I didn't see anything on the links.
Are the administrators buying Mercedes Benz's with their "pay"?
Just asking.
P.S. I have plenty of karma - don't be shy about modding me down. I'm using my karma for good - I think.
So, my first choice would be that whois domain information take a giant step backward to the days when it was useful information. If that isn't an option (and going back in time rarely is possible), get rid of it altogether.
OK. WHOIS is being used as a source for marketers for use use all over the World.
I don't have the time or resources to take calls from Joe in Seattle who wants to sell me his company's ASP.NET expertise (especially when I'm a LAMP operation)!
I have never had someone's criminal record simply say "Peace Activist" or something equally silly. Unless you were convicted of a criminal offence, or it's reasonable for me to believe you have, then you are not going to be refused entry for criminality.
A friend of mine was a non-violent peace protester from the 60s (he had many police abuse stories) and whenever there was an arrest, it was never for "peace protester". It would be for "disturbing the peace", "assaulting a police officer", failure to follow police orders (whatever it's really called), causing a public disturbance rioting, etc... So, in that database, would it give a context for the arrest?
It was on the "Clark Howard" radio show a few months ago that a guy bought one of those big screen TVs and picked it up himself - he didn't want to pay their delivery fees. When he and his buddy got home, th TV's screen was busted. Circuit City says he and his bud broke it.
Who's the guilty party? I don't know. I never accept anything that has a damaged box. And once, I insisted the clerk get me a new item when she dropped it on the concrete floor in front of me. And I made sure she got me a new one - watched her fro the door.
I'm sure there's folks out there who damage or steal and run back to the store saying, "Hey, I got screwed!" But it's my opinion that that's the cost of doing business and if you treat ALL of your customers as crooks, soon, you'll have none.
And while you are laughing at them for being nerds, they are making a shitload of money for doing what essentially amounts to playing games for a living.
I wasn't laughing at them. I was laughing at calling it a "sport" - I laugh the same way at golfers who call their game a 'sport'(Tiger Woods makes more taking a dump than all video sportsman combined). At least the golfers have to walk - a little.
I know women who make a shitload of money taking off their clohes - I pity them.
Making a lot of money doesn't necessarily make the occupation enviable, respected or even desired.
It always happens when I do a "Super Saving" shipping or whatever it's called and I never have any delays otherwise. I live in Metro Atlanta and everything comes from their Kentucky center - always.
There are plenty of alternatives to both Amazon and O'Reilly,....
O'Reilly isn't a problem for me. I've been moving into FOSS web development and I'm finding that O'Reilly's books aren't what they used to be. They used to be a great value, concise, full of information, and plenty of examples that made sense - like the Perl books - most of them, anyway.
Now, they're verbose, hard to follow, the authors go off on tangents, the editions come out too infrequently, and they are no longer a good value. The "cookbooks" are still pretty good, but the tutorials and generic references are just bulky crap. The worst: the Python books.
I find that I'm gravitating towards the newer publishers (Wrox, Sitepoint) and going back to the tried and true - Willey for one.
Amazon. If you get the "Super Saving" shipping (i.e. free) when eligible, they'll sit on your order for a several days. If I just buy the regular USPS shipping when he free one isn't available, they ship in a day. I find I'm shopping at other places more and more.
I'd be interested in an online bookstore that can meet or beat Amazon's prices and service.
and that the best way to deal with it is to have the police/FBI/etc. deal with it using basic police work like they have for a century, and for the rest of us to ignore the issue entirely and get on with our lives.
Sure. I don't disagree at all. The road block though, is the folks who can't stand that we're (The USA) is being attacked. And, I personally know a few folks like this, we have to deal with the folks who firmly believe that the terrorists are this group of folks who are guided by an ideology that's beyond reason. The person I'm thinking of equates the Islamic Terrorists with the Japanese who refused to surrender. I found it quite enlightening that, even after dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, the "war council" (of WWII Japan) was STILL divided about surrendering to the US. They would have rather died than surrender - even if that included every last man and child on the Japanese Island. There are folks in the US who think that ALL Muslims have this ideology.
The Arab people are REALLY pissed off and some of them are soooo pissed off, they want die and take everyone else out with them. Add in religion (Islam) and you get a VERY powerful force. What I mean by "add in Islam", I'm sure you've seen the interview with some tribesman somewhere who's went fight in Iraq (or wherever) to help his "Muslim Brother".
That's how to beat the terrorists: refuse to be terrorized.,p/>Amen to that! But tell that to the folks who are saying "I need to protect my children!" Even thought the odds are that their children will die in an auto accident while their parents are driving. Or that their children will die because of all the fast food their parents feed them. You know what I'm talking about: folks do not understand risk and where it's coming from.
So how do you deal with people like this? They have nothing to lose either way, if they die it's relief from their sorrows and hatred, if they live then they have absolutely nothing and want revenge for their pain.
Two extreme ways:
Be like the Dalai Lama or Ghandi and offer no violence and still hold up our heads high and work on why we're causing those people so much suffering and as a result of our peaceful and loving actions, gain the moral high ground and allies Worldwide and of ALL faiths because of it.
Extermination - like the NAZIs.
One of those extremes is the only way to beat the terrorists.
No, it's about the states wanting to write those laws, and the administration saying they can't because the Feds haven't.
And to add, our Federal Gov. has a tendency to strike down the state laws when a lobbying group, such as the auto manufacturers, doesn't want it. The states, by suing, are more apt to get a real law as opposed to some water downed law written by the auto, oil, etc... industries.
I really think we need another State's rights movement in this country. It's too bad that state's rights has become equated with slavery.
Apparently the OpenOffice team is not listening to what users want.
It was once posted here on/. (I can't find the post - it was months ago) that FOSS developers write code for themselves not for the end user. Then I see an article about a FOSS project trying to compete with MS.
I guess the guy who originally posted that comment meant to say that some FOSS developers write code for themselves and not for the users.
Anyway, my point is that I'm not so sure that every FOSS project is really that interested in market share. Those that really are do quite well: MySQL, Mozilla, Apache, PostGre, etc....
That's been my hesitation to move to OO. All of my customers and vendors, for that matter, are on MS Office. I had a problem a few years ago and I haven't gotten around to doing a test case with a current version of OO, but I'm a little hesitant to send a document that I've authored in OO to a customer and have it look like crap. Impressions mean a lot.
You set up a challenge for some charity, everyone pays an entry fee or a slightly overpriced beer. Now, as they drink, when ever they have to fart or belch, they do it in the direction of the generator. Who ever generates the most electricity WINS!
Furthermore, if you bothered to read the entire history you will realize that a lot of the work was done by other researchers, but only Dr. Raymond Damadian filed for the patent....
I've been thinking about your post. You're right - everyone stands on the shoulders of giants (Newton), but (and there's always but - sadly) that's why there's limits on patents.
I'm not arguing that the patent system is perfect. I'm saying that we shouldn't chuck it out because a few (or several, whatever) assholes abuse it. Everyone I know wants credit for their work. Regardless of rewards. I'm just saying that we should keep the current system, with reforms, to allow for folks who want profit, get recognized, get rich, etc...
I'm not wise enough to understand everyone's motives. I just see that protection of one's ideas is conducive to innovation.
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I didn't, but if he's right mod him up to heaven.
I don't mean to make accusations, but where's the money going. I didn't see anything on the links.
Are the administrators buying Mercedes Benz's with their "pay"?
Just asking.
P.S. I have plenty of karma - don't be shy about modding me down. I'm using my karma for good - I think.
OK. WHOIS is being used as a source for marketers for use use all over the World.
I don't have the time or resources to take calls from Joe in Seattle who wants to sell me his company's ASP.NET expertise (especially when I'm a LAMP operation)!
A friend of mine was a non-violent peace protester from the 60s (he had many police abuse stories) and whenever there was an arrest, it was never for "peace protester". It would be for "disturbing the peace", "assaulting a police officer", failure to follow police orders (whatever it's really called), causing a public disturbance rioting, etc...
So, in that database, would it give a context for the arrest?
A street car that runs on Sapporo! Can you drink out of the tank! Oooo sushi bar in the back of the car, drink out of the tank, party train!
Wait, it's 'in' not 'on'?!?
Dammit! I just bought plane tickets. Shit.
Well, in my case, the corners on the square digital waves hurt my ears, whereas, analog's nice round waves don't - so there!
I run that 5 days a week. And swinging a club, oh please! Don't even go there. I guess, if you're some fat couch potato it's hard.
Yep, I need to get off of my ass.
Who's the guilty party? I don't know. I never accept anything that has a damaged box. And once, I insisted the clerk get me a new item when she dropped it on the concrete floor in front of me. And I made sure she got me a new one - watched her fro the door.
I'm sure there's folks out there who damage or steal and run back to the store saying, "Hey, I got screwed!" But it's my opinion that that's the cost of doing business and if you treat ALL of your customers as crooks, soon, you'll have none.
I wasn't laughing at them. I was laughing at calling it a "sport" - I laugh the same way at golfers who call their game a 'sport'(Tiger Woods makes more taking a dump than all video sportsman combined). At least the golfers have to walk - a little.
I know women who make a shitload of money taking off their clohes - I pity them.
Making a lot of money doesn't necessarily make the occupation enviable, respected or even desired.
Sport?!? LOL!
Soooo, how do folks train for this 'sport'? Is there any weights involved? What about overtrain? If you overtrain, how much rest do you need?
Diet: Doritoes, potato chips, McDonalds, Pizza...
Energy drinks: Coke, Pepsi, beer?
God! That killed me! "Sport"!
It always happens when I do a "Super Saving" shipping or whatever it's called and I never have any delays otherwise. I live in Metro Atlanta and everything comes from their Kentucky center - always.
O'Reilly isn't a problem for me. I've been moving into FOSS web development and I'm finding that O'Reilly's books aren't what they used to be. They used to be a great value, concise, full of information, and plenty of examples that made sense - like the Perl books - most of them, anyway.
Now, they're verbose, hard to follow, the authors go off on tangents, the editions come out too infrequently, and they are no longer a good value. The "cookbooks" are still pretty good, but the tutorials and generic references are just bulky crap. The worst: the Python books.
I find that I'm gravitating towards the newer publishers (Wrox, Sitepoint) and going back to the tried and true - Willey for one.
Amazon. If you get the "Super Saving" shipping (i.e. free) when eligible, they'll sit on your order for a several days. If I just buy the regular USPS shipping when he free one isn't available, they ship in a day. I find I'm shopping at other places more and more.
I'd be interested in an online bookstore that can meet or beat Amazon's prices and service.
No, I didn't read TFA. Can't connect.
I'd like to know who got the one above mine.
Sure. I don't disagree at all. The road block though, is the folks who can't stand that we're (The USA) is being attacked. And, I personally know a few folks like this, we have to deal with the folks who firmly believe that the terrorists are this group of folks who are guided by an ideology that's beyond reason. The person I'm thinking of equates the Islamic Terrorists with the Japanese who refused to surrender. I found it quite enlightening that, even after dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, the "war council" (of WWII Japan) was STILL divided about surrendering to the US. They would have rather died than surrender - even if that included every last man and child on the Japanese Island. There are folks in the US who think that ALL Muslims have this ideology.
A book that I found to have a fresh interpretation of all of this is ThePower of a Positive NO
The Arab people are REALLY pissed off and some of them are soooo pissed off, they want die and take everyone else out with them. Add in religion (Islam) and you get a VERY powerful force. What I mean by "add in Islam", I'm sure you've seen the interview with some tribesman somewhere who's went fight in Iraq (or wherever) to help his "Muslim Brother".
That's how to beat the terrorists: refuse to be terrorized.,p/>Amen to that! But tell that to the folks who are saying "I need to protect my children!" Even thought the odds are that their children will die in an auto accident while their parents are driving. Or that their children will die because of all the fast food their parents feed them. You know what I'm talking about: folks do not understand risk and where it's coming from.
Two extreme ways:
Be like the Dalai Lama or Ghandi and offer no violence and still hold up our heads high and work on why we're causing those people so much suffering and as a result of our peaceful and loving actions, gain the moral high ground and allies Worldwide and of ALL faiths because of it.
Extermination - like the NAZIs.
One of those extremes is the only way to beat the terrorists.
I prefer the first option myself.
And to add, our Federal Gov. has a tendency to strike down the state laws when a lobbying group, such as the auto manufacturers, doesn't want it. The states, by suing, are more apt to get a real law as opposed to some water downed law written by the auto, oil, etc... industries.
I really think we need another State's rights movement in this country. It's too bad that state's rights has become equated with slavery.
Otherwise, I'm leaving this dot-com thing I'm doing and I'm shaving the rest of my hair off and becoming a Buddhist Monk!
It was once posted here on /. (I can't find the post - it was months ago) that FOSS developers write code for themselves not for the end user. Then I see an article about a FOSS project trying to compete with MS.
I guess the guy who originally posted that comment meant to say that some FOSS developers write code for themselves and not for the users.
Anyway, my point is that I'm not so sure that every FOSS project is really that interested in market share. Those that really are do quite well: MySQL, Mozilla, Apache, PostGre, etc....
Maybe the OO guys should talk to them.
That's been my hesitation to move to OO. All of my customers and vendors, for that matter, are on MS Office. I had a problem a few years ago and I haven't gotten around to doing a test case with a current version of OO, but I'm a little hesitant to send a document that I've authored in OO to a customer and have it look like crap. Impressions mean a lot.
You set up a challenge for some charity, everyone pays an entry fee or a slightly overpriced beer. Now, as they drink, when ever they have to fart or belch, they do it in the direction of the generator. Who ever generates the most electricity WINS!
Huh!? What d'ya think?
This is nice and everything, but I want know what the hell is my wife taking that makes her cold even when I'm sweating bullets!
As for me - Depends. On those extra features, many times you get to see how they did the special effects and the production issues.
I've been thinking about your post.
You're right - everyone stands on the shoulders of giants (Newton), but (and there's always but - sadly) that's why there's limits on patents.
I'm not arguing that the patent system is perfect. I'm saying that we shouldn't chuck it out because a few (or several, whatever) assholes abuse it. Everyone I know wants credit for their work. Regardless of rewards. I'm just saying that we should keep the current system, with reforms, to allow for folks who want profit, get recognized, get rich, etc...
I'm not wise enough to understand everyone's motives. I just see that protection of one's ideas is conducive to innovation.
Thank you for something to think about.