I mean, why put out a cancer patient on fire? The cancer's going to kill 'em anyway.
Flawed premise. The article that the original poster linked lists climate change as a secondary threat (among others).
That means fighting global warming to save amphibians is like treating a cancer patient with chemotherapy while they are on fire, falling off a cliff, and having a heart attack.
I'm against Obama's plan to give tax rebates to people that do not pay federal income taxes.
Bush sent me a $600 welfare check.
I worked part time while finishing my degree. I was able to get all my federal taxes back (~$3500) for education expenses (~$15k). 8 months later I received a "economic stimulus" refund of federal taxes that I never had to pay in the first place. For me anyway. Bush beat Obama to the punch.:)
If she can get the same job done for 1/2 the price (75 vs 150 for all three people), the employer can spend the money on something else, generating more general productivity.
i really don't think it's appropriate to label him as the archetypal Randian objectivist.
I beg to differ. In her books, Rand repeatedly advocated sacrifice to develop new technologies that advance the human potential. Rand was not against charity, as long as the giver can afford it. However, she was opposed to the idea of "charity as a virtue" when those monies could be better spent elsewhere. Similar as the "give a man a fish, or teach him to fish" analogy. I think Rand is largely misunderstood in this respect. See the link below for more info.
Yeah, I'd be surprised if Xinhua hadn't written both success and failure [wikisource.org] stories weeks ago.
Preparing statements ahead of time is one thing. Forging dialogue between ground control and the astronauts is a completely different ball game.
Seriously, people â" it's a common gaffe, not an evil Communist plot.
I wouldn't call it communist, but it is arguably evil. It certainly disgraces the men/women working on the space program in China. They deserve credit for their actual accomplishments instead of lame government fabrications. It is also a lying to the Chinese people; the majority of whom will take that article as the verbatim truth.
Really? The danger as I see it is a moderate amount of self-regulation to reduce emissions.
Living in California, I already have to pay an extra $.40 a gallon for cleaner burning gas. That I consider moderate. Then there are our extra smog regulations. Probably 90% of 10 year old vehicles need >$200 in work done to make them pass a modern smog check. I would call the smog laws as overbearing but agree that they are at least arguably moderate.
However, when you combine the existing regulation (which isn't going anywhere) with much more extreme green legislation they are looking at now (carbon tax etc), things are definitely going beyond moderate.
This becomes particularly poignant when you consider countries like China that have no legislature at all regulating pollution.
Should we lead the world in our environmental regulation? Certainly
Should the aforementioned regulations interfere with our ability to compete globally? Hell no!
So glad I made the change. Way, way, way, easier. I spent about 15 hours a week on homework as a CS major, less than 5 hours a week for History.
And guess what, now I'm a test engineer. I may have not have passed calculus II, but I can quote churchill (which always impresses the dip shit VPs) and I can write a useful script faster than most of the "Mr. I went to the UCSD Super computing Center to get my CS degree" that are a dime a dozen in this industry.
For me, so far, the compute/storage industry has been a matter of skills and politics, engineering degrees only help get your foot in the door if you don't know someone. As long as you have a bachelors they think you are educated. Funny thing is that engineering programs don't teach politics (like most liberal arts degrees) so a lot of the people I know with engineering degrees don't understand the personal and political dynamics involved in the modern workplace and they constantly fuck themselves over.
The OS will always exist. I think he is saying that it just isn't that important anymore, and isn't worth the beaucoup dollares we are shelling out for it.
Claiming cell phones have zero impact on cancer rates is illogical. It must raise the risk. By how much is the real question.
Their is a ton of money in the cell industry, kinda like cigarettes. Just like cigarettes, it will probably take us another 30 or 40 years to prove it when 500,000 deaths a years are attributed to cell phone use.
History is so fuckin cyclical sometimes...
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I think your brain does a lot really fast if you think you are about to die. I don't think that means you suddenly get super eyes or vastly improved functionality from motor control and/or visual processing parts of the brain.
It's more than remembering it different because the person almost died. I should probably go RTFA now...
With all that said, I wanna give a shoutout to my parents and grandparents for leaving me this steaming pile of a country to live in. "The greatest generation" my ass. For the last 60 years most americans haven't been able to think past their next paycheck, and it shows. It has also rubbed off on me... I really just don't care anymore. I don't care about corporate america taking over or the state of politics. I'm just gonna do whatever it takes to live the lifestyle I want in this declining state. If things get too bad (we are quickly getting there) I'll leave.
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I mean, why put out a cancer patient on fire? The cancer's going to kill 'em anyway.
Flawed premise. The article that the original poster linked lists climate change as a secondary threat (among others).
That means fighting global warming to save amphibians is like treating a cancer patient with chemotherapy while they are on fire, falling off a cliff, and having a heart attack.
I'm against Obama's plan to give tax rebates to people that do not pay federal income taxes.
:)
Bush sent me a $600 welfare check.
I worked part time while finishing my degree. I was able to get all my federal taxes back (~$3500) for education expenses (~$15k). 8 months later I received a "economic stimulus" refund of federal taxes that I never had to pay in the first place. For me anyway. Bush beat Obama to the punch.
people who are stupid enough to buy software based on the version number rather than research if it is quality software.
Now that I think about it, that's our entire purchasing dept...
New Marketing decree:
From now on all revisions will be released as version 7!
Ditto.
Too much fluff... ;)
Wtf are you talking about?
If she can get the same job done for 1/2 the price (75 vs 150 for all three people), the employer can spend the money on something else, generating more general productivity.
Dictionary.com:
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noun
an ideological belief in freedom of thought and speech
The fact that most Americans think this is funny is the problem.
Don't get your panties in a bunch. I'd rather die with a smile on my face...
i really don't think it's appropriate to label him as the archetypal Randian objectivist.
I beg to differ. In her books, Rand repeatedly advocated sacrifice to develop new technologies that advance the human potential. Rand was not against charity, as long as the giver can afford it. However, she was opposed to the idea of "charity as a virtue" when those monies could be better spent elsewhere. Similar as the "give a man a fish, or teach him to fish" analogy. I think Rand is largely misunderstood in this respect. See the link below for more info.
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=faq_index#obj_q7
Cheers.
Yeah, I'd be surprised if Xinhua hadn't written both success and failure [wikisource.org] stories weeks ago.
Preparing statements ahead of time is one thing. Forging dialogue between ground control and the astronauts is a completely different ball game.
Seriously, people â" it's a common gaffe, not an evil Communist plot.
I wouldn't call it communist, but it is arguably evil. It certainly disgraces the men/women working on the space program in China. They deserve credit for their actual accomplishments instead of lame government fabrications. It is also a lying to the Chinese people; the majority of whom will take that article as the verbatim truth.
Fortunately, we were able to resurrect his old PC, which was still in our boneyard, and run it long enough to export his DRM'ed files to WAV.
How long does customer data typically sit in your store's boneyard?
Really? The danger as I see it is a moderate amount of self-regulation to reduce emissions.
Living in California, I already have to pay an extra $.40 a gallon for cleaner burning gas. That I consider moderate. Then there are our extra smog regulations. Probably 90% of 10 year old vehicles need >$200 in work done to make them pass a modern smog check. I would call the smog laws as overbearing but agree that they are at least arguably moderate.
However, when you combine the existing regulation (which isn't going anywhere) with much more extreme green legislation they are looking at now (carbon tax etc), things are definitely going beyond moderate.
This becomes particularly poignant when you consider countries like China that have no legislature at all regulating pollution.
Should we lead the world in our environmental regulation? Certainly
Should the aforementioned regulations interfere with our ability to compete globally? Hell no!
There is no epidemic of obesity in Europe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6639227.stm
about the suit until now, and I have that game. Maybe the numbers will go up now that /. is covering it...
So Spitzer wasn't a hypocrite?
You can throw rocks from your glass house all day, but the fact remains that ALMOST ALL POLITICIANS ARE HYPOCRITES REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY.
Do not feel guilty for downloading or sharing any of Blizzard's games from here on out (just like EA).
End Note.
So glad I made the change. Way, way, way, easier. I spent about 15 hours a week on homework as a CS major, less than 5 hours a week for History.
And guess what, now I'm a test engineer. I may have not have passed calculus II, but I can quote churchill (which always impresses the dip shit VPs) and I can write a useful script faster than most of the "Mr. I went to the UCSD Super computing Center to get my CS degree" that are a dime a dozen in this industry.
For me, so far, the compute/storage industry has been a matter of skills and politics, engineering degrees only help get your foot in the door if you don't know someone. As long as you have a bachelors they think you are educated. Funny thing is that engineering programs don't teach politics (like most liberal arts degrees) so a lot of the people I know with engineering degrees don't understand the personal and political dynamics involved in the modern workplace and they constantly fuck themselves over.
The OS will always exist. I think he is saying that it just isn't that important anymore, and isn't worth the beaucoup dollares we are shelling out for it.
I wanted to see if the poster was using it as a recruiting drive. I got an email about 2 minutes after I posted so I guess they were.
Points for finding a new way of recruiting. While the web ethics of it might be questionable, it was ballsy and creative.
sdguero@gmail.com
But don't contact me if you are outside San Diego!
http://www.pawalaw.com/practice-areas/environmental-litigation.php
What a mooch!
They need to learn English anyway to be successful. It's fucked up, but thats how it is. I think its a good way to force English on them...
Right?
Claiming cell phones have zero impact on cancer rates is illogical. It must raise the risk. By how much is the real question.
Their is a ton of money in the cell industry, kinda like cigarettes. Just like cigarettes, it will probably take us another 30 or 40 years to prove it when 500,000 deaths a years are attributed to cell phone use.
History is so fuckin cyclical sometimes...
I think your brain does a lot really fast if you think you are about to die. I don't think that means you suddenly get super eyes or vastly improved functionality from motor control and/or visual processing parts of the brain.
It's more than remembering it different because the person almost died. I should probably go RTFA now...
With all that said, I wanna give a shoutout to my parents and grandparents for leaving me this steaming pile of a country to live in. "The greatest generation" my ass. For the last 60 years most americans haven't been able to think past their next paycheck, and it shows. It has also rubbed off on me... I really just don't care anymore. I don't care about corporate america taking over or the state of politics. I'm just gonna do whatever it takes to live the lifestyle I want in this declining state. If things get too bad (we are quickly getting there) I'll leave.