Deficits don't matter. This is a bunch of political ballyhoo to put on a play for the masses who think the government's bank account behaves just like their own down at the local bank. It doesn't and has not for a long time. The government got downgraded by Moody Credit Rating (McGraw-Hill) because some very rich people were upset that their bonds weren't going to yield as much (rather possibly threatened) as a result of foreign pressure. It has nothing to do with the government's actual ability to repay the actual obligations. The treasury (or Fed) can produce as much money as needed to pay anything. Taxes are taken in to trim the fat from M1, not to actually pay for anything. This is a joke.
Kids are swamped with video games so much that ey think all devices are used for games. I have started greatly limiting my son's exposure knowing he gets free reign when going to other kid's houses and while visiting the local YMCA. It has been an obsession with him since he first started watching me play WOW at age four. I shortly thereafter quit WOW cold turkey and have been trying to instill in him that computers are used for more than video games. I have even had him do some programming with BASIC and Game Maker but he is still more interested in playing than building things. I constantly stress the value of creating things to him and I can only hope it is making an impact. He is only eight now, so it is probably some time before he is able to run with these concepts of programming. I'm interested myself in building games (been programming business software for years) as I need a fun creative outlet aside from my current projects. I have introduced a single board computer and various small electronics/soldering kits which have been a hit with the kids. My daughter who is about four and my son's video game addicted/unregulated cousin (age 11) also took to the electronics kits as well. My wife thought it was boring and protested giving the kits as birthday presents, but she was dead wrong (doing a little victory dance). Now we have robot kits on the horizon where I will once again introduce programming in assembler and other languages. You can get electronics kits by a company named Elenco; their products are sold on Amazon and at other retailers. It is hands-on and gets them away from media consumption. http://www.amazon.com/Elenco-AmeriKit-Learn-Solder-Kit/dp/B0009Z3JJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321919567&sr=8-1
True, at community college all I had to do was show up for A's. Pretty pathetic. What's more, their "CS" program was all programming, no computer science (unless you took engineering classes), and they still graduate people with programming degrees who are not ready for entry level programming jobs. They are making the paper they issue worthless.
"the fear" that is funny as hell. I've had that feeling working on my own code and eventually couldn't take the chain reaction of breakage that befell after adding new features or fixing other bugs. In short, I learned the hard way how to build reliable OO Java code that is a joy to extend and also learned the value of *over* documenting. Still dealing with a some choppy legacy hacks of mine but I have stopped occasionally to rewrite and it has paid off big time. When things are done right it amazes me how simple it is to build feature rich software that continually comes up bug free.
Why apply when you can live in your mom's basement and make better contributions the sciences? You are probably not doing yourself any favors chasing the erudite or elite programs of the sciences in academic institutions, but I could be wrong. Seriously though, your mom's basement is probably a better environment for learning these days.
There is a well known paradigm in emerging business wisdom, the rule of crappy systems over crappy people. It has been found that amazing results can be accomplished by average people who exist in great systems. The inverse is also true, great people fail under bad systems.
Just wondering, what is the noise level of this craft projected at approx 300 yards. For about a year when I would come home from work (late evening) there would be a craft (couldn't hear any noise from it) that would hover above a field (100ft) near my house that had one light on it. After some time of seeing this thing over and over again I got tired of just accepting it and decided to play with it (I was starting to think I was crazy). So I stopped on the road one night and just waited; after sitting there for a minute, confident that they had noticed me, I flipped off my headlights and waited some more. With my headlights off I started driving and they matched my speed and direction. Now I sure that the craft was there and someone was directing I was somewhat satisfied that I wasn't crazy and went on with my life. I haven't seen it for years now but it was there many times hovering over an obscure field in the middle of Ohio farm country. I guess it could have been a drone but it leaves many things unexplained and I'm still curious about its origin. I do live near a GE test facility that isn't too far away.
SH is a shill anyway. His theories are crap (and we know it). The role of electricity is not mentioned for stellar dynamism, odd since it finds parallel in water flow analogies and other action-reaction scenarios. Seeing how the observable universe is a stack of macro-microcosms it only makes sense to be willing to drop all of our theories about stellar dynamics and try stepping outside the box to come up with something that fits our observations or just be happy in determining that our observations are limited and therefor incapable of yielding correct conclusions--or data for that matter. The laws or Newton and his equations work great in certain contexts but are known to "not work" in others. A perfect example of our observations yielding practical data and conclusions that are NOT CORRECT. Stevie needs to clam up, or he'll end up looking foolish like Einstein at the end of his life. His contributions have been made, it's over.
Yeah right. As usual, everyone is on board until an inconvenience arises or a real problem occurs; then it is MY fault and I have to fix something else that is not under my control. Nice theory though. We are not there yet. See me in ten to twenty years when we have ubiquitous broadband and fiber in the last mile.
No one ever checks their tape. Tape to me is just a great way to stress yourself out or get fired. To get a reliable tape backups system you have to spend six figures.
Flash drives are a superior backup medium for small business and is WAY more reliable than tape ever was. If your data is out of control you have to use multiple NAS solution or........ewww....tape.
"Cheap Android devices" Motorola and HTC are not cheap, and happen to be quite polished. There is some crap floating around but it is irrelevant. Regular people are going to Verizon and getting an Android based Motorola phone.
You mean friends like Bill Gates who are willing to infuse your company with 150 million dollars without owning you? This IS how Apple was saved, period. They were literally weeks from bankruptcy. Apple is not magic and it certainly is not a fantastical story of legends. Although, Apple and Steve, did deliver and prosper; it would not have been possible without the generosity of Bill Gates. (I know, I was surprised to learn this myself.)
"... the bible and see what a load of crap it really is." Correction, you can read it and see what a load of crap their interpretation and dogma are. The "Bible" is just a damn book, it is not a load of crap.
Too pedantic to make reason. Wow. Not a delusional belief but something that has fueled society for a loooong time, successfully and much to your benefit--you butt wipe. Total freedom doesn't mean complete anarchy to anyone with a sense of reason. There are rules that guide everything. True, business morality and philosophy needs revisited and revised, but these too are personal choices. If people do not agree with a company's actions or practices then do not buy their stuff. Many people bitch and moan about Walmart and then stroll out and buy shit there because "it is the only place in town." Others complain about banks and happily store their money with them and take out loans. Still, many complain about government but do not vote or take an active stance. In all of these instances people are getting what they pay for. Your life was good enough for years but now that you haven't paid much attention those who were willing to have taken control of government and you don't like it. Deal with it. Do something with your pathetic ass--and I don't mean camp out in the middle of town either. A couple of generations of prosperity and our society has gone to pot, not a big surprise and certainly not an insurmountable problem.
Any responsible or sensible pension plan manage would have "divested" of Microsoft stock five years ago. Ten years of stagnation (decline) is quite the harbinger.
%big fart sound% Let B&N get rolling, you will be begging for Amazon. Amazon is an awesome company, GREAT customer service, innovation, affordable, the list goes on. B&N was great but their time has passed. Amazon brings people affordable books and services, what rock have you been under? As a student I turn to Amazon for CHEAP text books, as a researcher I turn to Amazon to find the best books in a matter of minutes, as a parent I turn to Amazon to find educational material of the highest quality easily, and as a creator I turn to Amazon to purchase equipment and supplies. Not because I'm some Amazon Fanboi, but because two day shipping is free (Amazon Prime for students), honest product reviews are usually available (preventing me from wasting time and money on crap) and if I have a problem a human being is within reach and *wanting* to help. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Amazon is many things to many people. Besides, my grandma can check out local library books on her Kindle, good stuff. So, when you start hating on Amazon for some stupid reason, remember what is was like before this SERVICE was available.
"Patents were intended as the alternative to a trade secret."....Wrong! Patents prevent reproduction of devices or tech that are obvious once produced and distributed--preserving monopoly over production for a reasonable time to guard incentive. Trade secrets do not have to be reveled to be of value. A trade secret could be a chemical formula that is not reversible or traceable to the original ingredients. You can still distribute that without the need for a patent, in fact trade secrets can be more profitable since there is no expiration (Coke). However, I don't think it is valid to go whining when your secret gets released or leaked---should have had a patent. All tech and business is for the benefit of society--a service. People are way too up-tight these days. I don't even know if it is garden variety greed, it seems to be mostly fear. Western society needs an enema.
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Damn, I'm going to actually read this article now!
I second that. It makes sense that without strict limits people will vote themselves money. This has been covered before.
Deficits don't matter. This is a bunch of political ballyhoo to put on a play for the masses who think the government's bank account behaves just like their own down at the local bank. It doesn't and has not for a long time. The government got downgraded by Moody Credit Rating (McGraw-Hill) because some very rich people were upset that their bonds weren't going to yield as much (rather possibly threatened) as a result of foreign pressure. It has nothing to do with the government's actual ability to repay the actual obligations. The treasury (or Fed) can produce as much money as needed to pay anything. Taxes are taken in to trim the fat from M1, not to actually pay for anything. This is a joke.
Kids are swamped with video games so much that ey think all devices are used for games. I have started greatly limiting my son's exposure knowing he gets free reign when going to other kid's houses and while visiting the local YMCA. It has been an obsession with him since he first started watching me play WOW at age four. I shortly thereafter quit WOW cold turkey and have been trying to instill in him that computers are used for more than video games. I have even had him do some programming with BASIC and Game Maker but he is still more interested in playing than building things. I constantly stress the value of creating things to him and I can only hope it is making an impact. He is only eight now, so it is probably some time before he is able to run with these concepts of programming. I'm interested myself in building games (been programming business software for years) as I need a fun creative outlet aside from my current projects. I have introduced a single board computer and various small electronics/soldering kits which have been a hit with the kids. My daughter who is about four and my son's video game addicted/unregulated cousin (age 11) also took to the electronics kits as well. My wife thought it was boring and protested giving the kits as birthday presents, but she was dead wrong (doing a little victory dance). Now we have robot kits on the horizon where I will once again introduce programming in assembler and other languages. You can get electronics kits by a company named Elenco; their products are sold on Amazon and at other retailers. It is hands-on and gets them away from media consumption. http://www.amazon.com/Elenco-AmeriKit-Learn-Solder-Kit/dp/B0009Z3JJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321919567&sr=8-1
True, at community college all I had to do was show up for A's. Pretty pathetic. What's more, their "CS" program was all programming, no computer science (unless you took engineering classes), and they still graduate people with programming degrees who are not ready for entry level programming jobs. They are making the paper they issue worthless.
"the fear" that is funny as hell. I've had that feeling working on my own code and eventually couldn't take the chain reaction of breakage that befell after adding new features or fixing other bugs. In short, I learned the hard way how to build reliable OO Java code that is a joy to extend and also learned the value of *over* documenting. Still dealing with a some choppy legacy hacks of mine but I have stopped occasionally to rewrite and it has paid off big time. When things are done right it amazes me how simple it is to build feature rich software that continually comes up bug free.
Why apply when you can live in your mom's basement and make better contributions the sciences? You are probably not doing yourself any favors chasing the erudite or elite programs of the sciences in academic institutions, but I could be wrong. Seriously though, your mom's basement is probably a better environment for learning these days.
There is a well known paradigm in emerging business wisdom, the rule of crappy systems over crappy people. It has been found that amazing results can be accomplished by average people who exist in great systems. The inverse is also true, great people fail under bad systems.
lets get real
Just wondering, what is the noise level of this craft projected at approx 300 yards. For about a year when I would come home from work (late evening) there would be a craft (couldn't hear any noise from it) that would hover above a field (100ft) near my house that had one light on it. After some time of seeing this thing over and over again I got tired of just accepting it and decided to play with it (I was starting to think I was crazy). So I stopped on the road one night and just waited; after sitting there for a minute, confident that they had noticed me, I flipped off my headlights and waited some more. With my headlights off I started driving and they matched my speed and direction. Now I sure that the craft was there and someone was directing I was somewhat satisfied that I wasn't crazy and went on with my life. I haven't seen it for years now but it was there many times hovering over an obscure field in the middle of Ohio farm country. I guess it could have been a drone but it leaves many things unexplained and I'm still curious about its origin. I do live near a GE test facility that isn't too far away.
the intertubes?!
Damnit! Bacon and Coca Cola!! Now I'm hungry again. Someone always makes me hungry on /.
SH is a shill anyway. His theories are crap (and we know it). The role of electricity is not mentioned for stellar dynamism, odd since it finds parallel in water flow analogies and other action-reaction scenarios. Seeing how the observable universe is a stack of macro-microcosms it only makes sense to be willing to drop all of our theories about stellar dynamics and try stepping outside the box to come up with something that fits our observations or just be happy in determining that our observations are limited and therefor incapable of yielding correct conclusions--or data for that matter. The laws or Newton and his equations work great in certain contexts but are known to "not work" in others. A perfect example of our observations yielding practical data and conclusions that are NOT CORRECT. Stevie needs to clam up, or he'll end up looking foolish like Einstein at the end of his life. His contributions have been made, it's over.
Yeah right. As usual, everyone is on board until an inconvenience arises or a real problem occurs; then it is MY fault and I have to fix something else that is not under my control. Nice theory though. We are not there yet. See me in ten to twenty years when we have ubiquitous broadband and fiber in the last mile.
Just use flash drives and forgo the crappy bulky mechanical hard drives.
No one ever checks their tape. Tape to me is just a great way to stress yourself out or get fired. To get a reliable tape backups system you have to spend six figures.
Flash drives are a superior backup medium for small business and is WAY more reliable than tape ever was. If your data is out of control you have to use multiple NAS solution or ........ewww....tape.
"Cheap Android devices" Motorola and HTC are not cheap, and happen to be quite polished. There is some crap floating around but it is irrelevant. Regular people are going to Verizon and getting an Android based Motorola phone.
You mean friends like Bill Gates who are willing to infuse your company with 150 million dollars without owning you? This IS how Apple was saved, period. They were literally weeks from bankruptcy. Apple is not magic and it certainly is not a fantastical story of legends. Although, Apple and Steve, did deliver and prosper; it would not have been possible without the generosity of Bill Gates. (I know, I was surprised to learn this myself.)
Don't you want the rabble to have as little influence as possible as well? I certainly don't want rabble running my life.
"... the bible and see what a load of crap it really is." Correction, you can read it and see what a load of crap their interpretation and dogma are. The "Bible" is just a damn book, it is not a load of crap.
Too pedantic to make reason. Wow. Not a delusional belief but something that has fueled society for a loooong time, successfully and much to your benefit--you butt wipe. Total freedom doesn't mean complete anarchy to anyone with a sense of reason. There are rules that guide everything. True, business morality and philosophy needs revisited and revised, but these too are personal choices. If people do not agree with a company's actions or practices then do not buy their stuff. Many people bitch and moan about Walmart and then stroll out and buy shit there because "it is the only place in town." Others complain about banks and happily store their money with them and take out loans. Still, many complain about government but do not vote or take an active stance. In all of these instances people are getting what they pay for. Your life was good enough for years but now that you haven't paid much attention those who were willing to have taken control of government and you don't like it. Deal with it. Do something with your pathetic ass--and I don't mean camp out in the middle of town either. A couple of generations of prosperity and our society has gone to pot, not a big surprise and certainly not an insurmountable problem.
Any responsible or sensible pension plan manage would have "divested" of Microsoft stock five years ago. Ten years of stagnation (decline) is quite the harbinger.
%big fart sound% Let B&N get rolling, you will be begging for Amazon. Amazon is an awesome company, GREAT customer service, innovation, affordable, the list goes on. B&N was great but their time has passed. Amazon brings people affordable books and services, what rock have you been under? As a student I turn to Amazon for CHEAP text books, as a researcher I turn to Amazon to find the best books in a matter of minutes, as a parent I turn to Amazon to find educational material of the highest quality easily, and as a creator I turn to Amazon to purchase equipment and supplies. Not because I'm some Amazon Fanboi, but because two day shipping is free (Amazon Prime for students), honest product reviews are usually available (preventing me from wasting time and money on crap) and if I have a problem a human being is within reach and *wanting* to help. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Amazon is many things to many people. Besides, my grandma can check out local library books on her Kindle, good stuff. So, when you start hating on Amazon for some stupid reason, remember what is was like before this SERVICE was available.
"Patents were intended as the alternative to a trade secret."....Wrong! Patents prevent reproduction of devices or tech that are obvious once produced and distributed--preserving monopoly over production for a reasonable time to guard incentive. Trade secrets do not have to be reveled to be of value. A trade secret could be a chemical formula that is not reversible or traceable to the original ingredients. You can still distribute that without the need for a patent, in fact trade secrets can be more profitable since there is no expiration (Coke). However, I don't think it is valid to go whining when your secret gets released or leaked---should have had a patent. All tech and business is for the benefit of society--a service. People are way too up-tight these days. I don't even know if it is garden variety greed, it seems to be mostly fear. Western society needs an enema.