I have a shit load of bookmarks. The trouble is that after a while I forget about them. There are many times when I want look something up, Google it, and then bookmark it. When I look in my bookmarks, I'll have the exact same page bookmarked multiple of times. Maybe something in Firefox one day that'll tell you that your bookmarking something again? Utility to weed out dupes? Of course, in some cases I cross bookmark items because they fit in a couple of categories. Such as, 'MySQL' info in "Programming/Database" and in "Web Development"
I know that the big Hartford Insurance companies are still using COBOL , JCL, and big iron. Basically, their IT staffs are all inbred and when they want new blood, get this, they train them!
As far as the other skills on the list, if they are in fact dying, could it because they're no longer needed and the market is just doing its "thing"?
But in this case the failed state is the USA, having flooded Mexico with subsidized corn, killing off any chance of local farmers making a living, and then paying even more for the corn to make "bio-fuel".
You know, you give a perfect example of why David Brin and anyone else who thinks that there should be no privacy, are taking out of their asses.
I know that you made a one time mistake, because if you didn't, you'd be dead by your own hand. But in this information society and the way the liability laws are, your screwed.
I, in the state of GA, USA was advised by a lawyer that I should NOT hire an alcoholic. I said, "He's got his act together, he's doing his rehab, his life is work, now. What a perfect employee!"
Lawyer: "He has a relapse. He kills a kid in your truck. Let me ask you, would you rather be across the table (in court) being sued by him under the ADA (American's with Disabilities Act) or on the same side of the table (again in court) because your are being sued for the wrongful death of a child. You choose!
You see, in the fucking American Legal system, you're fucked if you do, and fucked if you don't! Remember, everything above is based on the fact that I, as an employer, have run every background check on you, whether or not I can or not....it's a fucking mess!
I really wish that our past can be our past, but in this day and age of databases and data mining and Google : it can't!
Man, I am so sorry! I have alcoholism in my family so I can empathize! Unfortunately, in this Christian society, your cannot be forgiven. (I really wish there were a dripping satire contempt tag for "Christian" !!!!!)
Imagine if one day the databases got corrupted, and suddenly you find yourself in the no-job list even though you've built your career legitimately for decades in the US as a foreigner. Not a scenario I'd like to live with, and something I'd rather not risk to happen. I just hope the Australian govt don't go along with this brain-dead scheme.
It exists. It's call ChoicePoint and the Credit Bureaus. They're are others. I just opened a business account yesterday and they checked up on me with a bunch of private databases that the banks all report to. Oh, and guess why? That's right! The PATRIOT Act. Th Act that took America one more step away from Freedom.
I once applied for a job a couple of years ago. There was a form authorizing a background through ChoicePoint. In big bold letters at the bottom of the form stated "Failure to sign will eliminate you from consideration for this employment opportunity."
We have lost our choices. And, if you're not in the system, you're nobody and for all intents and purposes, a criminal - especially for employers.
In the US, sure, this could possibly lead to smaller portions, but what about people in other countries that don't have enough to eat to begin with? The price of torilla's rising 50% in Mexico doesn't mean "smaller portions" it means NO portions.
Ask yourself, "Why is the price so high?"
In EVERY case of people starving on this Planet in this day and age is because of failed states. Period. Africa's food problems? Just look at their governments and how they appropriate food for their armies and buddies of the "President" (read Dictator). Sorry, the only food and starvation problems today are Government made. And no, I DO NOT mean some "evil corporation in their corporation offices being all corporaty" causing the problem. That reason is a smokescreen.
farmer's subsidies and any Government imposed quotas, and then, we will see what the true prices are. Until then, all of the agricultural markets are, well, phony - they're a creation of the host's Government.
"... a carbon-rich black layer commonly referred to as a black mat, with a basal age of approximately 12.9 ka,... identified at over 50 sites across North America"
Wow! That Firestorm sounds like one Hell of a Shit Storm!
when the US of A seriously lags the rest of the World in science. The US will become an economic backwater, trailing China and India, the EU will continue to grow and Asia will become their main trading partners.
Then, we as a country, will look around and see how our way of life was destroyed and how poor we have become. The blame will, of course, be placed on others for their "unfair" business practices and their "unAmerican" culture - never will the finger be pointed at the folks who are the actual culprits.
The changes,... and muddying of displayed data,...
By muddying the data, they're inferring that the climate will get wetter and the mud will obfuscate the data. I would love to see the memo that explicitly tells the janitorial staff NOT to clean up the mud off of the data! That would be a smoking gun!
Fucking Government, they think they outsmart me?!? HA!
The only thing that's frying our kid's brains are their ideas.
There are these "Zen Clocks" you'll see in catalogs for around $99 or more. They are battery powered. So one day, I'm in Asheville, NC and in this shop is one of those clocks for $100 - battery powered. I ask the store owner if he has an AC version, you know a clock that uses an outlet (He was confused by "AC") He says he hears that question a lot and tells folks that the company doesn't make plug in kins because of the dangers of electromagnetic radiation from the plug.
My opinion is that the company is making that cheap plastic clock for less then $5 (my dad is a cost estimator, he gave me the figure) a unit and suckering folks in at $99 and subsequently making a killing. Using the AC clock mechanism would mean another manufacturing line and subsequent tooling costs. And by giving people that line, they keep making the one clock and charging up the ass for it.
It's Rodents Seriously Endangered Usurped. It's what happens when the industry lobbies get one over on the environmentalists. You must have seen the protests?! "R...S...E...U....get them before You!"
The main point is that it would allow the users' software to work better. Security software and browser toolbars would essentially have a "white list" to work with.
Ok, so he's counting on every browser publisher to put in software that will all work the same and flawlessly? And he's counting on everyone (banks, software vendors, etc...) to come together with a standard that all will accept to make things more secure? And of course, the bank will just do this to save themselves money.
All of the losses that banks incur are just passed on to the consumer: the banks are not losing money. They really don't suffer any consequences that I've seen from these phishing problems. Or let me put it this way, exactly what will get the big mega banks on board for this? Because, if it were really a problem for them, they would have done something a long time ago. As it is, it's just a big pain in the ass for the victims and the victims only, banks just apologize "for the inconvenience" and move along - business as usual.
Reasoning that sales people are wildly competitive, he thought that they would respond to a program that showed where they stood against their goals -- or their peers'. Hence, Rave, which Entellium introduced in April.
You could get even greater compliance if you showed their competitors getting blown up when an individual's sales figures are better than their co-workers. I mean, if you're going to make it like video game, go all the way!
Next ad in, when your boss pisses you off, his likeness appears in a first person shooting game - as the "monster".
FTFA: "What is happening in this marketplace is that vendors will build their own (network) stacks to make it cheaper," Peterson said. "And it works, but when (the device) gets anything that it didn't expect, it will gag."
Sounds to me that the vendors under-engineered their network and still charged mega-bucks for it. The auditors, I'm sure, are making the most out of this to justify their fee.
I used to, also. But after the second time I was clipped by a car, I just gave up.
The other thing that really pisses me off is that I like to park in one spot and walk to the other stores. Unfortunately, you get somebody yelling at you and threatening to have you towed of you park your car there. The attitude is, "buy your stuff and get out". Malls? Yuk! Malls are for folks who have no lives and no where else to go to hang out. The prices in malls are not competitive because the landlord charges up the ass for rent.
Here in America, driving is a necessity. Public transportation?!? HAhahahahahah...oh, yeah.
I have to laugh when I hear that the Chinese, Indians, and other folks in developing countries all want to have cars too. First, I have ask, "Why?" Driving sucks...I hate it! Second, just think of where oil prices will go when all of those Chinese start to drive. Now add in: Indians, Indonesians, Africans, etc....
"Zango has exhibited numerous bad behaviors over the past few years," said long-time Zango critic Ben Edelman, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. "I'd be interested to learn what specific descriptions Zango believes were false; in my view, most negative assessments of Zango have strong basis in fact."
This lawsuit will be out on it's ass in no time - just look at what the experts say!
Zango now bills itself as an online media company whose products are critical to the Internet.
And I can call myself the Queen of England all I want, but it doesn't make it so.
I think with history that this company has shown they're a goner. Oh, and it's a common practice by companies that get a bad reputation, whether with the Better Business Bureau, State, or whomever, to go and change their name. And then under the new name; business as usual until they get another bad reputation.
According to this site, it's actually $0.89 and decreasing per eyeball. So I guess as the population of the Earth increases, the deal looks better and better?
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I have a shit load of bookmarks. The trouble is that after a while I forget about them. There are many times when I want look something up, Google it, and then bookmark it. When I look in my bookmarks, I'll have the exact same page bookmarked multiple of times. Maybe something in Firefox one day that'll tell you that your bookmarking something again? Utility to weed out dupes? Of course, in some cases I cross bookmark items because they fit in a couple of categories. Such as, 'MySQL' info in "Programming/Database" and in "Web Development"
I know that the big Hartford Insurance companies are still using COBOL , JCL, and big iron. Basically, their IT staffs are all inbred and when they want new blood, get this, they train them!
As far as the other skills on the list, if they are in fact dying, could it because they're no longer needed and the market is just doing its "thing"?
So, how's a huge problem? If anything, some blogs need to be hacked to have some decent content on them!
It's funny that no one cares if I'm offended when knowledge is suppressed to save other's feelings.
Then again, I or others like me, don't riot in the streets when we're offended.
Seriously, tell me more....
I know that you made a one time mistake, because if you didn't, you'd be dead by your own hand. But in this information society and the way the liability laws are, your screwed.
I, in the state of GA, USA was advised by a lawyer that I should NOT hire an alcoholic. I said, "He's got his act together, he's doing his rehab, his life is work, now. What a perfect employee!"
Lawyer: "He has a relapse. He kills a kid in your truck.
Let me ask you, would you rather be across the table (in court) being sued by him under the ADA (American's with Disabilities Act) or on the same side of the table (again in court) because your are being sued for the wrongful death of a child. You choose!
You see, in the fucking American Legal system, you're fucked if you do, and fucked if you don't! Remember, everything above is based on the fact that I, as an employer, have run every background check on you, whether or not I can or not....it's a fucking mess!
I really wish that our past can be our past, but in this day and age of databases and data mining and Google : it can't!
Man, I am so sorry! I have alcoholism in my family so I can empathize! Unfortunately, in this Christian society, your cannot be forgiven. (I really wish there were a dripping satire contempt tag for "Christian" !!!!!)
It exists. It's call ChoicePoint and the Credit Bureaus. They're are others. I just opened a business account yesterday and they checked up on me with a bunch of private databases that the banks all report to. Oh, and guess why? That's right! The PATRIOT Act. Th Act that took America one more step away from Freedom.
I once applied for a job a couple of years ago. There was a form authorizing a background through ChoicePoint. In big bold letters at the bottom of the form stated "Failure to sign will eliminate you from consideration for this employment opportunity."
We have lost our choices. And, if you're not in the system, you're nobody and for all intents and purposes, a criminal - especially for employers.
Try getting a man on the street photo published sometime, you'll see.
Ask yourself, "Why is the price so high?"
In EVERY case of people starving on this Planet in this day and age is because of failed states. Period. Africa's food problems? Just look at their governments and how they appropriate food for their armies and buddies of the "President" (read Dictator). Sorry, the only food and starvation problems today are Government made. And no, I DO NOT mean some "evil corporation in their corporation offices being all corporaty" causing the problem. That reason is a smokescreen.
farmer's subsidies and any Government imposed quotas, and then, we will see what the true prices are. Until then, all of the agricultural markets are, well, phony - they're a creation of the host's Government.
Wow! That Firestorm sounds like one Hell of a Shit Storm!
I liked your comment! I forgot all about that quote...I'll have to see "Temple of Doom" again!
Then, we as a country, will look around and see how our way of life was destroyed and how poor we have become. The blame will, of course, be placed on others for their "unfair" business practices and their "unAmerican" culture - never will the finger be pointed at the folks who are the actual culprits.
By muddying the data, they're inferring that the climate will get wetter and the mud will obfuscate the data. I would love to see the memo that explicitly tells the janitorial staff NOT to clean up the mud off of the data! That would be a smoking gun!
Fucking Government, they think they outsmart me?!? HA!
The only thing that's frying our kid's brains are their ideas.
There are these "Zen Clocks" you'll see in catalogs for around $99 or more. They are battery powered. So one day, I'm in Asheville, NC and in this shop is one of those clocks for $100 - battery powered. I ask the store owner if he has an AC version, you know a clock that uses an outlet (He was confused by "AC") He says he hears that question a lot and tells folks that the company doesn't make plug in kins because of the dangers of electromagnetic radiation from the plug.
My opinion is that the company is making that cheap plastic clock for less then $5 (my dad is a cost estimator, he gave me the figure) a unit and suckering folks in at $99 and subsequently making a killing. Using the AC clock mechanism would mean another manufacturing line and subsequent tooling costs. And by giving people that line, they keep making the one clock and charging up the ass for it.
You will MOD yourself down! Or face the consequences!
It's sort of like ROUS - Rodents of Unusual Size.
It's Rodents Seriously Endangered Usurped. It's what happens when the industry lobbies get one over on the environmentalists. You must have seen the protests?! "R...S...E...U....get them before You!"
2 H2o + Me + Mexican + Beer + Lying on the Beach (SUN)= 100 CH4
Unlimited Energy!!!
Ok, so he's counting on every browser publisher to put in software that will all work the same and flawlessly? And he's counting on everyone (banks, software vendors, etc...) to come together with a standard that all will accept to make things more secure? And of course, the bank will just do this to save themselves money.
All of the losses that banks incur are just passed on to the consumer: the banks are not losing money. They really don't suffer any consequences that I've seen from these phishing problems. Or let me put it this way, exactly what will get the big mega banks on board for this? Because, if it were really a problem for them, they would have done something a long time ago. As it is, it's just a big pain in the ass for the victims and the victims only, banks just apologize "for the inconvenience" and move along - business as usual.
You could get even greater compliance if you showed their competitors getting blown up when an individual's sales figures are better than their co-workers. I mean, if you're going to make it like video game, go all the way!
Next ad in, when your boss pisses you off, his likeness appears in a first person shooting game - as the "monster".
The public doesn't award Grammy Awards, it's an industry award including some of the beloved RIAA members
Of course, they're sooo with it. Like when they gave "Jethro Tull" a Grammy for "Best Heavy Metal Album" or something like that.
It's a political award: nothing else.
Sounds to me that the vendors under-engineered their network and still charged mega-bucks for it. The auditors, I'm sure, are making the most out of this to justify their fee.
Nothing to see, move along - I'll say!
I used to, also. But after the second time I was clipped by a car, I just gave up.
The other thing that really pisses me off is that I like to park in one spot and walk to the other stores. Unfortunately, you get somebody yelling at you and threatening to have you towed of you park your car there. The attitude is, "buy your stuff and get out". Malls? Yuk! Malls are for folks who have no lives and no where else to go to hang out. The prices in malls are not competitive because the landlord charges up the ass for rent.
Here in America, driving is a necessity. Public transportation?!? HAhahahahahah...oh, yeah.
I have to laugh when I hear that the Chinese, Indians, and other folks in developing countries all want to have cars too. First, I have ask, "Why?" Driving sucks...I hate it! Second, just think of where oil prices will go when all of those Chinese start to drive. Now add in: Indians, Indonesians, Africans, etc....
This lawsuit will be out on it's ass in no time - just look at what the experts say!
Zango now bills itself as an online media company whose products are critical to the Internet.
And I can call myself the Queen of England all I want, but it doesn't make it so.
I think with history that this company has shown they're a goner. Oh, and it's a common practice by companies that get a bad reputation, whether with the Better Business Bureau, State, or whomever, to go and change their name. And then under the new name; business as usual until they get another bad reputation.
According to this site, it's actually $0.89 and decreasing per eyeball. So I guess as the population of the Earth increases, the deal looks better and better?