This isn't only the "left-behind" crowd we're talking about here, it's the general populace. When they enter the business sector to get a real job, and you have businesses that have to send college graduates through remedial English training, the problem is much bigger. The cause is quite simple: laziness.
I won't say I know what they are up to, but it is clear that they have a long term plan.
No they don't. This is just one of a host of "things to try" - which pretty much sums up Microsoft's approach to business. I'm guessing that behind the scenes, the reasoning is that if you sling enough shit in the marketplace, sooner or later, some of it's bound to stick.
If you like the way things are, how your taxes are lower and how we have not lost any American lives to terror since 911, vote for Republicans.
Are you serious? Do you think the cost for the war in Iraq is going to be FREE? We haven't even BEGUN to see the fallout from this. As for the terror bit - how many times to you think a government can perpetrate an act of terror against its own people and get away with it? The Bush administration is having a difficult enough time with 9/11- and this will only get worse as more of the truth continues to be exposed.
While you're at it, why not chime in about how much lower gas prices are now? Just be sure and mention that this is only part of the election campaign. After the election, all bets are off, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the price of gas will rocket it right back to the $3/gal level.
I'm not sure what you're referring to when you say, "Clearly he lost by large numbers..." I was watching the returns, and while he initially appeared to be losing by a significant margin, that changed. It was hilarious watching all the news anchors watch in astonishment as Kerry pulled ahead of Bush in some key states, making the race, for all intents and purposes, quite close. There were definitely some problems - the Florida recount, among others. There were other strange voting anomalies that were never resolved- like having several thousand more votes in a district than there were registered voters.
I would think the citizens would expect something in return for their tax money. I'm sure politicians haven't thought this far ahead, as their only concern is getting their greedy paws on yet another pile of money.
A slight clarification:... as their only concern is getting their greedy paws on yet another pile of our money. That money has a source, you know.
Should anyone knock on our doors we've done nothing illegal.
It may not be illegal yet, but you realize that the dude in the whitehouse just signed a bill that could effectively suspend habaeus corpus - for US citizens?
I was merely trying to point out that "leaving everything in the hands of the emergency workers" doesn't always make for the best outcome. Granted, from a pragmatic perspective, there's not much else we can do, but we better make damn sure that those charged with responding in cases like this are a bit more capable than what Columbine seemed to indicate.
I disagree. The problems occur as the content itself is changed. IF you want an example of what I'm referring to, create a table with a few columns that contain entries long enough to wrap. Then, change the order of the rows. Then, switch them back to the original order. The problems should be very obvious at this point. Specifically, there doesn't seem to be a consistent way to calculate where (or why) line breaks occur within a column entry. Since each column has the potential to shift its width based on whatever line-break methodology was used, it makes for quite a nasty little UI experience. This only seems to affect the linux version- it didn't seem like the windows version was as susceptible.
I hope it's an important enough upgrade that it includes some work on the rendering engine. If you've ever tried to manage dynamic content (via AJAX), there are some notable problems. If they've improved it, I'll be happy.
Nothing like blowing off steam enaging in some inconsequential mayhem. It's also funny to see how many stupid things you can get the cops to do while they're chasing you (nothing against cops, just the sometimes funny AI in the game). The only other "comfort" game for me would be Warcraft 3's DoTA.
It says no UNREASONABLE searches and sezures. There are no sezures here and if you want to make that leap that a communication is a search and sezure then do remember that in these cases the OTHER PARTY is not a citizen and not covered by the 4th amendment.
Cite the entire thing if you're going to cite any of it. The 4th Amendment also makes mention of just what constitutes a reasonable search - it's reasonable only if there is PROBABLE CAUSE.
There is no basis in fact when you state that the other party is not a citizen, nor do we, or will we, have access to any proof that we are not being illegally monitored. We simply have to take their word for it. I do not believe that Americans should be expected to instill that kind of trust in leaders that have already proven themselves incapable of even the smallest degree of integrity.
How does it define "signatory"? If al quaeda isn't eligible to become a signatory (and I seriously doubt that it is), then your suggestion that the US is not bound might well be inaccurate.
Second, if this is already a part of the Geneva Convention, then why the need for all of this rediculous legislation?
Finally, I might point out - that the US erroneously decide (via it's commander-in-chief) that it is above the Geneva Convention, and pass all manner of laws to codify it - the fact is that with respect to the Geneva Convention, the US is a participant in an international theatre - As far as the rest of the world is concerned, it may still decide that the US is bound - local laws notwithstanding.
I do not think they are incompatible. What I do think is that what you see happening, and the motivation behind it have nothing to do with the kind hearts of US, Inc. Why, for example, should I believe that there's this sudden upswelling of concern for the welfare of societies with less opportunity for wealth, when CEO pay at American companies continues to relentlessly spiral out of control? An American CEO makes 450-500 times that of the average US worker, and even if he fails miserably, while most of us are simply fired, he's still quite often rewarded handsomely for his effort. And amid allt his, I'm supposed to believe that they care about "paupers" in other countries. Sorry, but the notion of generocity and the reality just don't add up- they're not even in the same ballpark.
This is a knee-jerk reaction to an unfortunate incident- it's only a symptom of a much larger problem that lawmakers refuse to address...companies that make their living pimping and prostituting the personal information of American citizens. There is also the complete lack of a comprehensive law governing the handling of sensitive data, and that protects citizens from people that essentially profit from the increased risk they pose to the security other peoples' information.
But then, in order to really address the issue, you'd have to start at the top- and that means scrapping all this TIA nonsense, as well the illegal re-routing of internet traffic to government agencies...that might actually happen, but it won't have a chance in hell until we get some true patriots in the whitehouse.
That you are trying to convince people that various companies decided in favor of offshoring so that they could make better lives for those "little brown and yellow paupers in Asia and the Middle East...is laughable if not patently absurd. They don't give one rat's about these people - their only concern is a way to make the company's short-term balance sheet look good.
This exploit (or one similar) was mentioned in an episode of Security Now (about 3 weeks ago, I think). A potential solution was install a plugin called noscript, which allows the user to enable javascript on a per-site basis. I've used it since I heard about it, and I believe it can play a major role in preventing the execution of any rogue javascript.
How many people become the national security advisor without experience?
The same number of people that can become the CEO of a major defense contractor with no prior (relevant) business experience. (Cheney, anyone?). It's all about politics and connections.
Does anyone feel as though your life is being controlled by government officials who do not give a damn about you?
This is what happens when people are allowed to become career politicians. There is such a large interdependency in place now, between the politicians in office, and the companies and special interests that depend on them (and all the money involved), the focus has changed. Politicians aren't serving their electorate, and they sure as HELL aren't doing anything honorable in serving their country as an elected representative. They're going after their own personal gain, and little more.
he Alcohol and Tobacco industries arn't built on a central pillar of trying to effectively con people out of money though.
I have to disagree with this - these industries are constantly trying to con you out of money by making you think that you will gain a more desirable social status by using their products. It has, and is, one of the biggest, and ongoing con games that exist. And the deadliest - remember those billions of dollars that the tobacco industry lost in the suit filed against it, wasn't the result of its charity work - it was the result of a decades-long campaign to engage in calculated and deceitful advertising that conned millions of people into believing that smoking cigarettes neither addictive nor unhealthy.
That's exactly what I was referring to - you can't take a bitmap and blow it up without making it look like crap. SVG allows you to view images at any zoom factor with no loss in quality - so you get both bandwidth savings (which is still an issue for busy sites), and better quality.
Before doing that, I suggest you go talk to the nearest rookie representative. You will discover that being a Congress Critter is not so easy.
Not voting in favor of legislation that is morally, and inherently, against what this country stands for, is very easy. It just takes a spine, and a little more foresight than the current "Do what I need to stay in office" mentality that has become a cancerous part of the day-to-day political m.o.
So they're a rookie and can't change anything...the power that they do have is the ability to use allocate their votes wisely.
But, no, as far as I know, there is no martial law provisions that would allow the feds or a fed dept (FEMA) to overrule anything like that on the state level.
I (very) sincerely hope you're right about this, but I think I remember reading it in one of the many executive orders that have been signed over the years. As you probably know, executive orders aren't subject to anywhere near the same level of scrutiny had by the normal legislative process.
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This isn't only the "left-behind" crowd we're talking about here, it's the general populace. When they enter the business sector to get a real job, and you have businesses that have to send college graduates through remedial English training, the problem is much bigger. The cause is quite simple: laziness.
I won't say I know what they are up to, but it is clear that they have a long term plan.
No they don't. This is just one of a host of "things to try" - which pretty much sums up Microsoft's approach to business. I'm guessing that behind the scenes, the reasoning is that if you sling enough shit in the marketplace, sooner or later, some of it's bound to stick.
If you like the way things are, how your taxes are lower and how we have not lost any American lives to terror since 911, vote for Republicans.
Are you serious? Do you think the cost for the war in Iraq is going to be FREE? We haven't even BEGUN to see the fallout from this. As for the terror bit - how many times to you think a government can perpetrate an act of terror against its own people and get away with it? The Bush administration is having a difficult enough time with 9/11- and this will only get worse as more of the truth continues to be exposed.
While you're at it, why not chime in about how much lower gas prices are now? Just be sure and mention that this is only part of the election campaign. After the election, all bets are off, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the price of gas will rocket it right back to the $3/gal level.
I'm not sure what you're referring to when you say, "Clearly he lost by large numbers..." I was watching the returns, and while he initially appeared to be losing by a significant margin, that changed. It was hilarious watching all the news anchors watch in astonishment as Kerry pulled ahead of Bush in some key states, making the race, for all intents and purposes, quite close. There were definitely some problems - the Florida recount, among others. There were other strange voting anomalies that were never resolved- like having several thousand more votes in a district than there were registered voters.
This stuff is not trivial.
I would think the citizens would expect something in return for their tax money. I'm sure politicians haven't thought this far ahead, as their only concern is getting their greedy paws on yet another pile of money.
... as their only concern is getting their greedy paws on yet another pile of our money. That money has a source, you know.
A slight clarification:
Should anyone knock on our doors we've done nothing illegal.
It may not be illegal yet, but you realize that the dude in the whitehouse just signed a bill that could effectively suspend habaeus corpus - for US citizens?
Your points are not trivial.
I was merely trying to point out that "leaving everything in the hands of the emergency workers" doesn't always make for the best outcome. Granted, from a pragmatic perspective, there's not much else we can do, but we better make damn sure that those charged with responding in cases like this are a bit more capable than what Columbine seemed to indicate.
You didn't hear much about Columbine, did you.
I disagree. The problems occur as the content itself is changed. IF you want an example of what I'm referring to, create a table with a few columns that contain entries long enough to wrap. Then, change the order of the rows. Then, switch them back to the original order. The problems should be very obvious at this point. Specifically, there doesn't seem to be a consistent way to calculate where (or why) line breaks occur within a column entry. Since each column has the potential to shift its width based on whatever line-break methodology was used, it makes for quite a nasty little UI experience. This only seems to affect the linux version- it didn't seem like the windows version was as susceptible.
I hope it's an important enough upgrade that it includes some work on the rendering engine. If you've ever tried to manage dynamic content (via AJAX), there are some notable problems. If they've improved it, I'll be happy.
Nothing like blowing off steam enaging in some inconsequential mayhem. It's also funny to see how many stupid things you can get the cops to do while they're chasing you (nothing against cops, just the sometimes funny AI in the game). The only other "comfort" game for me would be Warcraft 3's DoTA.
But the key is in what Coverity is trying to sell, a code analyzer.
I think they should release it as an open source project, so that we all can see how mny bugs *it* has.
It says no UNREASONABLE searches and sezures. There are no sezures here and if you want to make that leap that a communication is a search and sezure then do remember that in these cases the OTHER PARTY is not a citizen and not covered by the 4th amendment.
Cite the entire thing if you're going to cite any of it. The 4th Amendment also makes mention of just what constitutes a reasonable search - it's reasonable only if there is PROBABLE CAUSE.
There is no basis in fact when you state that the other party is not a citizen, nor do we, or will we, have access to any proof that we are not being illegally monitored. We simply have to take their word for it. I do not believe that Americans should be expected to instill that kind of trust in leaders that have already proven themselves incapable of even the smallest degree of integrity.
How does it define "signatory"? If al quaeda isn't eligible to become a signatory (and I seriously doubt that it is), then your suggestion that the US is not bound might well be inaccurate.
Second, if this is already a part of the Geneva Convention, then why the need for all of this rediculous legislation?
Finally, I might point out - that the US erroneously decide (via it's commander-in-chief) that it is above the Geneva Convention, and pass all manner of laws to codify it - the fact is that with respect to the Geneva Convention, the US is a participant in an international theatre - As far as the rest of the world is concerned, it may still decide that the US is bound - local laws notwithstanding.
I do not think they are incompatible. What I do think is that what you see happening, and the motivation behind it have nothing to do with the kind hearts of US, Inc. Why, for example, should I believe that there's this sudden upswelling of concern for the welfare of societies with less opportunity for wealth, when CEO pay at American companies continues to relentlessly spiral out of control? An American CEO makes 450-500 times that of the average US worker, and even if he fails miserably, while most of us are simply fired, he's still quite often rewarded handsomely for his effort. And amid allt his, I'm supposed to believe that they care about "paupers" in other countries. Sorry, but the notion of generocity and the reality just don't add up- they're not even in the same ballpark.
This is a knee-jerk reaction to an unfortunate incident- it's only a symptom of a much larger problem that lawmakers refuse to address...companies that make their living pimping and prostituting the personal information of American citizens. There is also the complete lack of a comprehensive law governing the handling of sensitive data, and that protects citizens from people that essentially profit from the increased risk they pose to the security other peoples' information.
But then, in order to really address the issue, you'd have to start at the top- and that means scrapping all this TIA nonsense, as well the illegal re-routing of internet traffic to government agencies...that might actually happen, but it won't have a chance in hell until we get some true patriots in the whitehouse.
That you are trying to convince people that various companies decided in favor of offshoring so that they could make better lives for those "little brown and yellow paupers in Asia and the Middle East...is laughable if not patently absurd. They don't give one rat's about these people - their only concern is a way to make the company's short-term balance sheet look good.
This exploit (or one similar) was mentioned in an episode of Security Now (about 3 weeks ago, I think). A potential solution was install a plugin called noscript, which allows the user to enable javascript on a per-site basis. I've used it since I heard about it, and I believe it can play a major role in preventing the execution of any rogue javascript.
How many people become the national security advisor without experience?
The same number of people that can become the CEO of a major defense contractor with no prior (relevant) business experience. (Cheney, anyone?). It's all about politics and connections.
Does anyone feel as though your life is being controlled by government officials who do not give a damn about you?
This is what happens when people are allowed to become career politicians. There is such a large interdependency in place now, between the politicians in office, and the companies and special interests that depend on them (and all the money involved), the focus has changed. Politicians aren't serving their electorate, and they sure as HELL aren't doing anything honorable in serving their country as an elected representative. They're going after their own personal gain, and little more.
he Alcohol and Tobacco industries arn't built on a central pillar of trying to effectively con people out of money though.
I have to disagree with this - these industries are constantly trying to con you out of money by making you think that you will gain a more desirable social status by using their products. It has, and is, one of the biggest, and ongoing con games that exist. And the deadliest - remember those billions of dollars that the tobacco industry lost in the suit filed against it, wasn't the result of its charity work - it was the result of a decades-long campaign to engage in calculated and deceitful advertising that conned millions of people into believing that smoking cigarettes neither addictive nor unhealthy.
That's exactly what I was referring to - you can't take a bitmap and blow it up without making it look like crap. SVG allows you to view images at any zoom factor with no loss in quality - so you get both bandwidth savings (which is still an issue for busy sites), and better quality.
But it's too bad there isn't more excitement about more modern (and more functional) formats like SVG.
Before doing that, I suggest you go talk to the nearest rookie representative. You will discover that being a Congress Critter is not so easy.
Not voting in favor of legislation that is morally, and inherently, against what this country stands for, is very easy. It just takes a spine, and a little more foresight than the current "Do what I need to stay in office" mentality that has become a cancerous part of the day-to-day political m.o.
So they're a rookie and can't change anything...the power that they do have is the ability to use allocate their votes wisely.
But, no, as far as I know, there is no martial law provisions that would allow the feds or a fed dept (FEMA) to overrule anything like that on the state level.
I (very) sincerely hope you're right about this, but I think I remember reading it in one of the many executive orders that have been signed over the years. As you probably know, executive orders aren't subject to anywhere near the same level of scrutiny had by the normal legislative process.