Simple. Bezos answers to Bezos and Amazon answers to stock holders. Now Bezos can easily afford the post, float the content to Amazon (which enriches him as well, since he owns part of it) and the stockholders and pundits have nothing but good things to say about the whole thing. I would have done the same thing. Had he purchased it with Amazon money a whole freaking slurry of controversy and weeks of discussions would have ensued among various stakeholders and finance media. Who wants that? This may be a result of the trend of the stock market acting short-term. It is much easier for Bezos to purchase it and "sell" the content to Amazon than it would be to field the angst over Amazon purchasing it and trying to monetize it.
I'm using NoScript which is pretty simple and grants you a lot of control. It saves me bandwidth on my satellite connection and makes the pages load quicker. A lot of the good sites have a decent fallback as well. Facebook is much better without Javascript for instance.
Small businesses are small because they are inefficient. They are also characterized by xenophobic attitudes which are fueled by a narrow view of the world. Managers of growing businesses and large corporations are very "worldly" and have a firm grasp of who the competition is and why they (the competition) are successful as well. Even when you are making good money in a strong business you have to ask yourself: what are my threats and weaknesses? Small business owners are usually too busy with customers, running to the bank, and joshing with the bookkeeper.
Agreed, Amazon is not losing money. It is however reinvesting all profit aggressively. It is thriving, growing, and slated to rock Wal-Mart (which is starting to look VERY incompetent next to Amazon). Try using Wal-Mart Site-to-Store a few times if you want more inconvenience and trouble than it's worth. Amazon is investing to establish this service, that is why Wal-Mart started it in the first place.
Downloading 12 LTS 64bit right now to give it a another whirl. It has been about 1- 2 years since I last tried, and it was a disaster. Hoping for a good experience.
I remember seeing stories get hundreds and hundreds of comments on average just a year or two ago, but you are right slashdot has declined but it is still good.
Yeah, I have googled "pressure cooker bomb" while researching the Boston Bombing. People can't be afraid to search for anything. Once they are then society has some severe problems. As conservative as librarians are one can only appreciate their stalwart insistence on academic freedom as a value that is core to a free society. It isn't philosophy, it is just truth. People should be allowed to search for anything and learn about everything without fear of harassment or even scrutiny. In my book there is no room for the slightest compromise in this regard. Policing people's search results is only going to strengthen actual terrorists because most of our resources will be consumed doing nothing while savvy perpetrators avoid detection anyway. The smart solution is rarely the most obvious or easiest.
A good proxy server is going to allow your system administrators to decrypt your SSL connection. The proxy feature works for SSL but not before exposing all of the information in your connection to the administrators. So using an external proxy and SSL is not going to provide any security. You are going to have to be a little more savvy than that which will also be obvious to your system admins that you are subverting their tracking/logging system.
Yeah. Actually, technology implementation is not about not working hard, it is about working smart. I maintain that good technologists are lazy; so that when they encounter a task that begs of them to work they automate it. Making it easier AND more reliable at the same time. Also, talent begets skill, so those with talent end up with skill.
If I were to stand outside the universe and observe it then 1+1=2 would prove to be false being that matter is equal to energy. Therefore there is no two of anything--if you really want to be pedantic. It is only a *fact* in our current context of observation.
No, it's elitist, insecure academics playing nick-knack on your brain to cover up their own lack of knowledge and insecurity. Try hanging out with academics--90% are severely insecure and defensive. Remember the BOFH who uses tech speak to smash down users?
I doubt most mathematicians really understand the Pythagorean Theorem. You get so used to theories and their application that you fool yourself into thinking you know them. Take manual long division or multiplication for example. We understand how to line up the numbers and perform the operations but prove to me that it works or *why* it works! There might be some 45 year old virgin with a severe intellect munching on DMT and living in his mom's basement somewhere in the world who can handle this but I think that most mathematicians would regurgitate meaningless crap they have been taught--offered as proof. As for me, I have no freaking idea where to even start proving these theories, but realizing *that* is half the battle.
I'd be happy with complete facts and the whole truth. Equations would bubble up to the surface every once in a while under those conditions. I stopped watching the news (TV) years ago because of the half-truth, spin, and bias on everything--just couldn't trust it anymore and didn't want to waste my time polluting my perception.
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In some way I think that old men shouting at people to get off their lawn is actually a cry for attention. "(dont) GET OFF MY LAWN!!"
Sounds like you've done this before.
Simple. Bezos answers to Bezos and Amazon answers to stock holders. Now Bezos can easily afford the post, float the content to Amazon (which enriches him as well, since he owns part of it) and the stockholders and pundits have nothing but good things to say about the whole thing. I would have done the same thing. Had he purchased it with Amazon money a whole freaking slurry of controversy and weeks of discussions would have ensued among various stakeholders and finance media. Who wants that? This may be a result of the trend of the stock market acting short-term. It is much easier for Bezos to purchase it and "sell" the content to Amazon than it would be to field the angst over Amazon purchasing it and trying to monetize it.
I'm using NoScript which is pretty simple and grants you a lot of control. It saves me bandwidth on my satellite connection and makes the pages load quicker. A lot of the good sites have a decent fallback as well. Facebook is much better without Javascript for instance.
Wholesale prices are different for each customer based on volume. You can't just paste prices on the web dumbass.
Small businesses are small because they are inefficient. They are also characterized by xenophobic attitudes which are fueled by a narrow view of the world. Managers of growing businesses and large corporations are very "worldly" and have a firm grasp of who the competition is and why they (the competition) are successful as well. Even when you are making good money in a strong business you have to ask yourself: what are my threats and weaknesses? Small business owners are usually too busy with customers, running to the bank, and joshing with the bookkeeper.
Agreed, Amazon is not losing money. It is however reinvesting all profit aggressively. It is thriving, growing, and slated to rock Wal-Mart (which is starting to look VERY incompetent next to Amazon). Try using Wal-Mart Site-to-Store a few times if you want more inconvenience and trouble than it's worth. Amazon is investing to establish this service, that is why Wal-Mart started it in the first place.
Yeah, this asshole obviously doesn't run three virtual machines with the desire to run more. I get CPUs with as many cores as I can get.
Electric razor batteries give out and aren't user replaceable.
You're not a geek are you. Open it up and replace the rechargeable batteries. Jameco has you covered.
goatee.....the new mustache.
I've started building my web apps with green screen type interfaces. I too long for the simplicity and direct nature of the old systems. Full circle.
Downloading 12 LTS 64bit right now to give it a another whirl. It has been about 1- 2 years since I last tried, and it was a disaster. Hoping for a good experience.
I remember seeing stories get hundreds and hundreds of comments on average just a year or two ago, but you are right slashdot has declined but it is still good.
don't do anything at work
I know several who have adopted this policy without even knowing it.
Yeah, I have googled "pressure cooker bomb" while researching the Boston Bombing. People can't be afraid to search for anything. Once they are then society has some severe problems. As conservative as librarians are one can only appreciate their stalwart insistence on academic freedom as a value that is core to a free society. It isn't philosophy, it is just truth. People should be allowed to search for anything and learn about everything without fear of harassment or even scrutiny. In my book there is no room for the slightest compromise in this regard. Policing people's search results is only going to strengthen actual terrorists because most of our resources will be consumed doing nothing while savvy perpetrators avoid detection anyway. The smart solution is rarely the most obvious or easiest.
Its not like one would run around the woods with a pressure cooker bomb to hunt deer or a car bomb as a party favorite.
You have never been to Kentucky have you? IT's COMING RIGHT FOR US!!!
A good proxy server is going to allow your system administrators to decrypt your SSL connection. The proxy feature works for SSL but not before exposing all of the information in your connection to the administrators. So using an external proxy and SSL is not going to provide any security. You are going to have to be a little more savvy than that which will also be obvious to your system admins that you are subverting their tracking/logging system.
True, I proffered that good technologists are lazy but I forgot to add stubborn--unrelentingly stubborn.
Yeah. Actually, technology implementation is not about not working hard, it is about working smart. I maintain that good technologists are lazy; so that when they encounter a task that begs of them to work they automate it. Making it easier AND more reliable at the same time. Also, talent begets skill, so those with talent end up with skill.
Click through to the article? Are you mad?
If I were to stand outside the universe and observe it then 1+1=2 would prove to be false being that matter is equal to energy. Therefore there is no two of anything--if you really want to be pedantic. It is only a *fact* in our current context of observation.
No, it's elitist, insecure academics playing nick-knack on your brain to cover up their own lack of knowledge and insecurity. Try hanging out with academics--90% are severely insecure and defensive. Remember the BOFH who uses tech speak to smash down users?
a tutor picks up on their interest and relates the subject to the student in a meaningful way.
What happens when they have no tangible interests?
I doubt most mathematicians really understand the Pythagorean Theorem. You get so used to theories and their application that you fool yourself into thinking you know them. Take manual long division or multiplication for example. We understand how to line up the numbers and perform the operations but prove to me that it works or *why* it works! There might be some 45 year old virgin with a severe intellect munching on DMT and living in his mom's basement somewhere in the world who can handle this but I think that most mathematicians would regurgitate meaningless crap they have been taught--offered as proof. As for me, I have no freaking idea where to even start proving these theories, but realizing *that* is half the battle.
I'd be happy with complete facts and the whole truth. Equations would bubble up to the surface every once in a while under those conditions. I stopped watching the news (TV) years ago because of the half-truth, spin, and bias on everything--just couldn't trust it anymore and didn't want to waste my time polluting my perception.