Even 60 year old men and women are as childish and immature by nature as they were when they were 10, they've only got 50 more years experience in dealing with it.,
Oh so true...the downside is that there aren't any "parents" around to make them behave so that those of us who are there to work can actually get something done.
Less effective than what? Than it already is? I believe that one of the primary obstacles we face when any reform of such a large system are those groups who have a vested interest. After all is said and done, if you took all of the health care dollars currently being spent on insurance, co-payments, and items not covered by insurance (non-elective), legal, etc. and re-channeled that money into a fully government-run health care system, what would be the net result? Everyone is trying to protect their piece of the pie, which is one reason that the "public option" has been replaced by "mandatory coverage" - to protect the current insurance racket.
I personally do not feel that Americans pay enough of the cost associated with their choices. Insurance is not the answer, because you can still have a group of people making stupid choices, the consequences of which are paid for other policy holders. If I tell you that, "hey smoking this junk can give you cancer," and you ignore me, and you get cancer, should you then expect me to pay for ANY of it?
Many moons ago I used to work in the credit industry. On the evening shift things would get kind of slow, so we'd find ways to keep ourselves occupied. One such activity was doing lookups on names you know couldn't exist - and it was damn funny when they actually did. I could just see typing in the name "Bastard" and seeing a response, "Bastard, Richard M..... "
>> Another advise I was giving some managers is to make internal mini projects to simply keep creative and talented developers busy.
I'm not sure if I'd qualify as a "creative and talented," but that's actually not a bad idea. I've found that if I'm stuck to one project, it can get tedious, especially if there are hurdles that are blocking progress. If I have two or three things I can switch back and forth, things stay interesting and varied, and I can still get things done within an acceptable time frame.
I saw an AP video on YouTube were a large Amtrak train was cruising along, and about halfway into the video you hear this "thud" and see a little shower of shattered class in the lower-right corner. The train had hit a car with five teens in it, and all of them died. I don't think it takes any special training to realize that racing trains to a railroad crossing is not a particularly bright idea. That said, the issue may be one of training, but there is also the issue of judgment. A driver can be technically savvy, but still do stupid things because they don't have the experience or foresight to do otherwise.
My apologies- I didn't intend to comment on grammar at all, and I didn't realize that your comment was tongue-in-cheek. We are certainly in agreement with respect to the 'backwardness.' I appreciate the civilized response.
Scouts provide unique opportunities for hetrosexual children to empower self sufficiency
Um, yeah. There has never been a gay scout before, and by gummit, there will never be one. Oh, but if they're gay, they're immune to empowerment and self-sufficiency. Is that how it works?
I so wish mainstream artists could see this and dump the RIAA for the excessive and usurious baggage that it is. When the cost of distribution is a download, artists are in a position to win big. They just need to wean themselves from the current, archaic mindset.
Why do companies have to be so covert and sneaky about it? Why don't they just ASK users to let them know what kinds of products they'd be interested in knowing about? This method is so much more transparent, and it completely negates any notion that they have to profile everything you do in order to figure out which ads to feed you. Ultimately, they really don't need to know any more than what you choose to tell them.
I concur - people seem to think that "just because so-and-so is doing it, others will jump on the bandwagon." However, all it will take is LESS than one cycle of a notable reduction in game sales to convince publishers that this is not a good idea. Unfortunately, the average consumer is weak. That's why SecurROM has become somewhat mainstream now, and this weakness will undoubtedly shepherd in other undesirable shenanigans.
Over the past couple of years or so, I've gotten probably a few hundred robocalls from about five different sources. I await in anticipation to see if any of these drop off the radar as a result of the new law.
It's not a matter of "as if Google did nothing" - it's a matter of, "because Google did something, neither I nor anyone can to it too." Google has become a gatekeeper. Where else have we seen this before? Ever heard of Lexis Nexis? It's a service that gives you access to the documents associated with legal proceedings all across the country. For a fee, that is. In other words, they've taken public property and cornered the market on a particular method of distribution. So if you want it, you have to do things their way, and as far as I know, there are no competitive alternatives. I'd say that's a problem that may very well end up repeating itself.
It's really just a matter of deciding which surface is going to have all of the boogers on it. Is a booger on a touch surface all that much worse that a booger stuck to a key?
I heard a very interesting story Friday about how the Correctional Officers Union (or whatever it's called), a while ago, lobbied for things like "three strikes" laws. As result of their passage, the prison population has skyrocketed, many of them for non-violent offenses. A skyrocketing prison population heralded a huge increase in the number of correctional officers required to keep things in order. 10% of these officers make more than $100K per year (70% of the state's correctional budget of $10 billion goes toward salaries).
The union now boasts more than 45,000 members, and wields significant influence in the political arena. The sad part is that only 5% of the budget is available for rehabilitation, and consequentially, the recidivism rate has also skyrocketed. The California prison system has become a self-sustaining money pit, with much of funds going into the pockets of union members. Under the current system, there's no way out.
The US just got done with one of the worst presidents in history, who was put in office TWICE (technicalities aside). Politicians talk a good game. Good politicians are masters at multitasking - that is, patting you on the back with one hand while stealing your money with the other. How do we know that Iran wasn't faced with a similar circumstance?
And yet, I haven't seen a patent for other innovations - which we've seen recently - like "a method of updating an operating system that allows a backdoor so that a normally secure browser (e.g., Firefox) can now allow sites to silently install software on a user's machine without their knowledge or consent"
I'm wondering now - I have cable, but suddenly started seeing closed-captions for all of the programming. I've checked the TV settings, and the CC is off. At first I thought it was the the age of the TV showing, but now I wonder if it might have something to do with this.
This would make sense - anything moving fast enough to create a 1-foot crater is probably going to take a hand (or at least part of it) right along with it.
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Even 60 year old men and women are as childish and immature by nature as they were when they were 10, they've only got 50 more years experience in dealing with it.,
Oh so true...the downside is that there aren't any "parents" around to make them behave so that those of us who are there to work can actually get something done.
>> McAfee contract has (thank God) ended
I envy you. If there is ever a reason to down a cold beer after work, this is one of them.
Less effective than what? Than it already is? I believe that one of the primary obstacles we face when any reform of such a large system are those groups who have a vested interest. After all is said and done, if you took all of the health care dollars currently being spent on insurance, co-payments, and items not covered by insurance (non-elective), legal, etc. and re-channeled that money into a fully government-run health care system, what would be the net result? Everyone is trying to protect their piece of the pie, which is one reason that the "public option" has been replaced by "mandatory coverage" - to protect the current insurance racket.
Sounds like Microsoft just sold these guys a bunch of nonexistent security.
In other words, business as usual?
I personally do not feel that Americans pay enough of the cost associated with their choices. Insurance is not the answer, because you can still have a group of people making stupid choices, the consequences of which are paid for other policy holders. If I tell you that, "hey smoking this junk can give you cancer," and you ignore me, and you get cancer, should you then expect me to pay for ANY of it?
Many moons ago I used to work in the credit industry. On the evening shift things would get kind of slow, so we'd find ways to keep ourselves occupied. One such activity was doing lookups on names you know couldn't exist - and it was damn funny when they actually did. I could just see typing in the name "Bastard" and seeing a response, "Bastard, Richard M. .... "
>> Another advise I was giving some managers is to make internal mini projects to simply keep creative and talented developers busy.
I'm not sure if I'd qualify as a "creative and talented," but that's actually not a bad idea. I've found that if I'm stuck to one project, it can get tedious, especially if there are hurdles that are blocking progress. If I have two or three things I can switch back and forth, things stay interesting and varied, and I can still get things done within an acceptable time frame.
I saw an AP video on YouTube were a large Amtrak train was cruising along, and about halfway into the video you hear this "thud" and see a little shower of shattered class in the lower-right corner. The train had hit a car with five teens in it, and all of them died. I don't think it takes any special training to realize that racing trains to a railroad crossing is not a particularly bright idea. That said, the issue may be one of training, but there is also the issue of judgment. A driver can be technically savvy, but still do stupid things because they don't have the experience or foresight to do otherwise.
My apologies- I didn't intend to comment on grammar at all, and I didn't realize that your comment was tongue-in-cheek. We are certainly in agreement with respect to the 'backwardness.' I appreciate the civilized response.
Scouts provide unique opportunities for hetrosexual children to empower self sufficiency
Um, yeah. There has never been a gay scout before, and by gummit, there will never be one. Oh, but if they're gay, they're immune to empowerment and self-sufficiency. Is that how it works?
Me too! What a bunch of low-life pussies.
...but none of the discipline.
I so wish mainstream artists could see this and dump the RIAA for the excessive and usurious baggage that it is. When the cost of distribution is a download, artists are in a position to win big. They just need to wean themselves from the current, archaic mindset.
Why do companies have to be so covert and sneaky about it? Why don't they just ASK users to let them know what kinds of products they'd be interested in knowing about? This method is so much more transparent, and it completely negates any notion that they have to profile everything you do in order to figure out which ads to feed you. Ultimately, they really don't need to know any more than what you choose to tell them.
I concur - people seem to think that "just because so-and-so is doing it, others will jump on the bandwagon." However, all it will take is LESS than one cycle of a notable reduction in game sales to convince publishers that this is not a good idea. Unfortunately, the average consumer is weak. That's why SecurROM has become somewhat mainstream now, and this weakness will undoubtedly shepherd in other undesirable shenanigans.
Over the past couple of years or so, I've gotten probably a few hundred robocalls from about five different sources. I await in anticipation to see if any of these drop off the radar as a result of the new law.
It's not a matter of "as if Google did nothing" - it's a matter of, "because Google did something, neither I nor anyone can to it too." Google has become a gatekeeper. Where else have we seen this before? Ever heard of Lexis Nexis? It's a service that gives you access to the documents associated with legal proceedings all across the country. For a fee, that is. In other words, they've taken public property and cornered the market on a particular method of distribution. So if you want it, you have to do things their way, and as far as I know, there are no competitive alternatives. I'd say that's a problem that may very well end up repeating itself.
For the average Slashdotter, a broken OS *is* a broken heart.
It's really just a matter of deciding which surface is going to have all of the boogers on it. Is a booger on a touch surface all that much worse that a booger stuck to a key?
I heard a very interesting story Friday about how the Correctional Officers Union (or whatever it's called), a while ago, lobbied for things like "three strikes" laws. As result of their passage, the prison population has skyrocketed, many of them for non-violent offenses. A skyrocketing prison population heralded a huge increase in the number of correctional officers required to keep things in order. 10% of these officers make more than $100K per year (70% of the state's correctional budget of $10 billion goes toward salaries).
The union now boasts more than 45,000 members, and wields significant influence in the political arena. The sad part is that only 5% of the budget is available for rehabilitation, and consequentially, the recidivism rate has also skyrocketed. The California prison system has become a self-sustaining money pit, with much of funds going into the pockets of union members. Under the current system, there's no way out.
is the $300-$400 monthly bills for all the time spent using the CB Simulator. That was addictive, but man those bills hurt.
The US just got done with one of the worst presidents in history, who was put in office TWICE (technicalities aside). Politicians talk a good game. Good politicians are masters at multitasking - that is, patting you on the back with one hand while stealing your money with the other. How do we know that Iran wasn't faced with a similar circumstance?
And yet, I haven't seen a patent for other innovations - which we've seen recently - like "a method of updating an operating system that allows a backdoor so that a normally secure browser (e.g., Firefox) can now allow sites to silently install software on a user's machine without their knowledge or consent"
I'm wondering now - I have cable, but suddenly started seeing closed-captions for all of the programming. I've checked the TV settings, and the CC is off. At first I thought it was the the age of the TV showing, but now I wonder if it might have something to do with this.
This would make sense - anything moving fast enough to create a 1-foot crater is probably going to take a hand (or at least part of it) right along with it.