He's a lawyer, his job is to lead your attention to something irrelevant so that you forget what the real issue is; barring that, he's trying to shift the blame onto the victim. Essentially, he's jiggling his keys so that we focus on the shiny instead instead of the fact that he beat his daughter.
Although it may not apply to you, sometimes there's a reason for the nuisance you're describing. In my case, I work with Patient Health Information which is protected by HIPAA. If any of that info gets out, via a lost laptop/blackberry for example, my company can be fined up to 50k per record (imagine if you're rocking a full db worth of PHI data).
So yeah, having to unlock your device with a password, then your email with another and then wait for decryption is painful, but sometimes it's necessary.
Humm... he's complaining that the contractors are charging 170k for a given job, yet paying the actual person doing said job about 80k (less than the national average and less than a government employed equivalent). In the poster's experience, the contractor isn't actually providing anything, the government pays the utilities, the office space and provides the equipment. So that extra 90k is for... uh... to make sure that the contracted employees fill out their timesheets, and... uh... that's it.
He's not saying he wants to eliminate that 306 billion, just that a lot of fat could be trimmed if contractors that only provide employees would be eliminated and the people hired directly by the government.
Unfortunately, that won't happen because governments like to say "we've cut 50 000 government positions! yay us!" but at the same time, they hire 50 000 contractors for twice the cost (obviously, that last part is left out from their news briefs).
I believe that government SHOULD be a business. It should be run like a not-for-profit organization actually.
Think about it, those organizations can do a hell of a lot per dollar and contrary to the government, when they have a budget of x$, they spend x$, not x+gazillion$. On top of that, these organizations have the people at heart, not corporations.
Uh... them be the guys giving weather info to airports and such, they also maintain the air routes for commercial pilots and navigational charts for commercial ships. Yeah, shutting them down is a great idea. You go Ron.
There's one flaw in your argument: most non-enthusiasts don't care about getting the latest version of their Phone's OS. Most probably don't even know that a phone's OS can be updated.
The phones work quite well without the latest and greatest OS version. Case and point, my cousin and I both have Nexus Ones, I updated my phone manually while he didn't, he didn't even know that he could before I told him and it never prevented him from enjoying his phone after he did know. He eventually got an over the air update of the carrier's nerfed version of the OS and again, to him the phone works just fine.
Thousands die each year (including many children) from drunk driving but the government doesn't force mandatory breathalyzers in cars, so why would they force black boxes for kiddie porn detection. Come on, it's just some MP making noise to get votes come next election. Move along.
People are flipping out because they want the options to put the tabs elsewhere but Google said "No" because they want to focus on other stuff? That's it? Wow...
I remember the days where nobody had cellphones and people weren't tethered to the office 24/7... the World still managed to move forwards during that time and people seemed way more relaxed.
Some people call it accidents, I call it natural selection. I'm sorry, but if you're dumb enough to text and email while driving then don't be surprised when you hit a pole.
The sad thing in all of this are the innocent people that get rammed into by these idiots.
the retirement age is 65. Don't expect that to last.
Indeed... with the way the economy is going, most of the middle-class people will have to save even more if they want to retire at that age and lower income folks will most likely not be able to retire at 65, or maybe even ever.
Kinda ironic that at the same time there's another story on Slashdot about a guy who got his Macbook stolen and the police won't do anything about it even though he has the thief's IP.
Again we have proof of the preferential treatment given to corporations. This is the type of shit that the Occupy protesters are trying to bring attention to.
Simple, the average customer does not read the ToS, nor do they care when they change. This will only change once ToS documents are reduced to 1 page max using 10pt Arial and not full of legalese that the average person doesn't understand.
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Wow, judging by the amounts of time that it was said that the climate change is irreversible, it must be true!
He's a lawyer, his job is to lead your attention to something irrelevant so that you forget what the real issue is; barring that, he's trying to shift the blame onto the victim. Essentially, he's jiggling his keys so that we focus on the shiny instead instead of the fact that he beat his daughter.
As your comment demonstrates, it ain't working.
Until asses ans stomachs are made of clear acrylic, there's always a place to hide contraband.
Although it may not apply to you, sometimes there's a reason for the nuisance you're describing. In my case, I work with Patient Health Information which is protected by HIPAA. If any of that info gets out, via a lost laptop/blackberry for example, my company can be fined up to 50k per record (imagine if you're rocking a full db worth of PHI data).
So yeah, having to unlock your device with a password, then your email with another and then wait for decryption is painful, but sometimes it's necessary.
I just wrote down my passwords and list of the important online accounts that I have on a piece of paper and put that in my fireproof safe.
Humm... he's complaining that the contractors are charging 170k for a given job, yet paying the actual person doing said job about 80k (less than the national average and less than a government employed equivalent). In the poster's experience, the contractor isn't actually providing anything, the government pays the utilities, the office space and provides the equipment. So that extra 90k is for... uh... to make sure that the contracted employees fill out their timesheets, and... uh... that's it.
He's not saying he wants to eliminate that 306 billion, just that a lot of fat could be trimmed if contractors that only provide employees would be eliminated and the people hired directly by the government.
Unfortunately, that won't happen because governments like to say "we've cut 50 000 government positions! yay us!" but at the same time, they hire 50 000 contractors for twice the cost (obviously, that last part is left out from their news briefs).
Actually, I think that being able to say "I can see my house from here!" would be considered proper use.
50 000$ prize, 950 000$ in bonuses to the guys who got the idea of holding a contest so that others could do the work for them for a mere 50k.
I believe that government SHOULD be a business. It should be run like a not-for-profit organization actually.
Think about it, those organizations can do a hell of a lot per dollar and contrary to the government, when they have a budget of x$, they spend x$, not x+gazillion$. On top of that, these organizations have the people at heart, not corporations.
It'll never happen, I know.
Uh... them be the guys giving weather info to airports and such, they also maintain the air routes for commercial pilots and navigational charts for commercial ships. Yeah, shutting them down is a great idea. You go Ron.
But who will protect the uneducated masses from the terrorororists?
There's one flaw in your argument: most non-enthusiasts don't care about getting the latest version of their Phone's OS. Most probably don't even know that a phone's OS can be updated.
The phones work quite well without the latest and greatest OS version. Case and point, my cousin and I both have Nexus Ones, I updated my phone manually while he didn't, he didn't even know that he could before I told him and it never prevented him from enjoying his phone after he did know. He eventually got an over the air update of the carrier's nerfed version of the OS and again, to him the phone works just fine.
Taco, we miss you :'(
Thousands die each year (including many children) from drunk driving but the government doesn't force mandatory breathalyzers in cars, so why would they force black boxes for kiddie porn detection. Come on, it's just some MP making noise to get votes come next election. Move along.
People are flipping out because they want the options to put the tabs elsewhere but Google said "No" because they want to focus on other stuff? That's it? Wow...
So now instead of not finding what I want, I can not find what a celebrity wants. Awesome!
That's how I read it ;)
I remember the days where nobody had cellphones and people weren't tethered to the office 24/7... the World still managed to move forwards during that time and people seemed way more relaxed.
Some people call it accidents, I call it natural selection. I'm sorry, but if you're dumb enough to text and email while driving then don't be surprised when you hit a pole.
The sad thing in all of this are the innocent people that get rammed into by these idiots.
the retirement age is 65. Don't expect that to last.
Indeed... with the way the economy is going, most of the middle-class people will have to save even more if they want to retire at that age and lower income folks will most likely not be able to retire at 65, or maybe even ever.
Kinda ironic that at the same time there's another story on Slashdot about a guy who got his Macbook stolen and the police won't do anything about it even though he has the thief's IP.
Again we have proof of the preferential treatment given to corporations. This is the type of shit that the Occupy protesters are trying to bring attention to.
Simple, the average customer does not read the ToS, nor do they care when they change. This will only change once ToS documents are reduced to 1 page max using 10pt Arial and not full of legalese that the average person doesn't understand.
Sadly, yes.
I'm gonna patent "Doing something to affect something".
I'm gonna be soooo rich!
It would certainly be funny to see a red-faced coach screaming at a camera that it should get its lenses cleaned and sensors calibrated.