But who cares if she perceives most things differently than you or me? According to the article, is seems that she has learned to read. That means that she sees text and is able to get the same meaning as we do. If it was otherwise, she wouldn't be able to read. Remember, reading is getting meaning from text.
Not only mirrors (that occurred to me as well), but have the missile spin so the energy of the laser is spread out over a much larger surface. Spinning would also allow the areas of the missile to cool down somewhat.
In all military advances in offense, the defense will find a way around it (and vice-versa). It's a cat and mouse game. Look at how Iraq tried to foil GPS guided ordinance, they jammed the GPS signals. I don't know how successful they were but given time they might have been successful.
In this thread, SSN is generally understood but in other contexts, it could mean something entirely different. Specifically, POS? There can be many interpretations. There is too much "texting speak" out there and you are not limited to how much characters you can use.
Your son required one if you planned to use him as an exemption for your tax purposed. What parent would give that up for because they didn't want their child to have a SSN. For a child, its probably optional but not having one comes at a big cost to the parent.
When it was originally written in the 30's, the SSN could only be used by the IRS and Social Security System. They have continued to make exemptions until now almost everybody can use it. At the same time, except for tax related issues (such as banks), I don't believe that and private individual or company can require that you give it.
"Also, SSNs don't expire, so you get off thier list if you die. "
This is not necessarily true. My mother died in the year 2000 and we still occasionally get in the mail offers from a company that kept her SSN. We told them she is dead but they keep sending stuff anyway. We've given up and are willing to let them continue to waste their money.
This happened in the late 70's. The personal computer was still in its infancy. Also, they put him in a bare office with only a desk and a phone that connected only to other Ford phones (no outside access). They could do something equivalent today by making it a condition of continued employment that NO electronic devices can be used on company time.
The scenario you present is not quite a reflection of the way things really are.
Lets say the company wants to get rid of you because you refuse to work "off the clock". If they have a reasonably competent legal department, they will make work life so unpleasant for you that you will quit. Of course, their lawyers will make sure nothing they do will get them in lawsuit trouble. In most of the US (and the "right to work" states in particular), this is very easy for them to do. Laws protecting workers are almost ridiculously slanted in favor of the employer.
Ask Lee Iaccoca about about making you want to quit. Ford wanted to get rid of him but for some reason preferred to have him quit. They demoted him but kept his pay unchanged. Gave him a small office in a warehouse and when he asked what he was to do, they responded nothing. They did require that he be physically present in that office 8 hours a day. Boredom quickly took its toll.
If I had my way, all such "gag orders" would become invalid. Often they are used to avoid bad publicity that might be well deserved. This would in no way invalidate slander laws if what was said was false or somehow misleading. As long as what you have to say is true, you should be free to say it. You might have to prove its truthfulness but that is a whole different issue.
Yes, but there are maintenance costs that have nothing to do with power generation and distribution. What happens when power lines go down because of a storm? Power line poles occasionally have to be replaced because of rot or insect damage. (Yes poles do last a very long time but eventually they have to be replaced.)
Basically, I'm not opposed to the idea of charging a connectivity fee. However, that having been said, it should have been charged for ALL customers from the beginning. Of course, the charge actually paid for the electricity should not then reflect all maintenance and costs (to the electric company) of buying equipment. These costs should be covered by the connectivity fee.
Yes, they are in it to make money, but would they be as careless if they could be sued for any losses due to their negligence? (I am also including MS for all its security flaws.)
Actually, the limit for standard pascal strings is 255 characters. Byte 0 of the string is the length of the string and 1 to ??? is the actual string. The limit could be overcome by storing the length separately from the data. However, pascal style strings are not inherently more secure than C style strings. You could invent a hack that plays around with length bit ( or field ).
While I agree with you, it is more complicated than that. Different societies have different ideas about what is beauty. Now you might argue that this would create subspecies of humans but modern transportation works against that. Even within a single society there is not consensus about what is beauty.
That programming is thought by some of us as an art is probably part of the problem. There are too many programmers out there that do not use a systematic approach in writing programs. They just wade into a problem and muck around until they get some solution. Often the result is buggy code.
Well an out of sight place is exactly how I use it. On most desks, there is back board and the desktop overhangs this board somewhat. I mounted the gutter (raceway) an the back side of the back board and a few inches below the desktop. You can't normally see it.
I've heard that having some "Get well soon" cards help in this regard. Put them in strategic places in your house. Visitors will see them and think that the mess was because of some illness.
Raceways might work in some places but they are a bit expensive. Here's something that works like raceway but is far less expensive. Use plastic rain gutters. The metal ones are likely to damage the cables so stay with plastic. This solution does not look very professional but it works for me.
It seems as if you would be willing to make that trade, but I'm not willing. I suspect that you would not be willing too if you knew for certain that you would be one of the 1000.
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You don't see all the implications... School administrators would rejoice if the batteries went dead.
But who cares if she perceives most things differently than you or me? According to the article, is seems that she has learned to read. That means that she sees text and is able to get the same meaning as we do. If it was otherwise, she wouldn't be able to read. Remember, reading is getting meaning from text.
Not only mirrors (that occurred to me as well), but have the missile spin so the energy of the laser is spread out over a much larger surface. Spinning would also allow the areas of the missile to cool down somewhat.
In all military advances in offense, the defense will find a way around it (and vice-versa). It's a cat and mouse game. Look at how Iraq tried to foil GPS guided ordinance, they jammed the GPS signals. I don't know how successful they were but given time they might have been successful.
Yes this could be a problem but it is a problem caused not by you giving a phony SSN but by the business using the SSN as a database key.
In this thread, SSN is generally understood but in other contexts, it could mean something entirely different. Specifically, POS? There can be many interpretations. There is too much "texting speak" out there and you are not limited to how much characters you can use.
Great idea! However, stipulate it that this will not be done until a year after your estate is settled.
Your son required one if you planned to use him as an exemption for your tax purposed. What parent would give that up for because they didn't want their child to have a SSN. For a child, its probably optional but not having one comes at a big cost to the parent.
When it was originally written in the 30's, the SSN could only be used by the IRS and Social Security System. They have continued to make exemptions until now almost everybody can use it. At the same time, except for tax related issues (such as banks), I don't believe that and private individual or company can require that you give it.
"Also, SSNs don't expire, so you get off thier list if you die. "
This is not necessarily true. My mother died in the year 2000 and we still occasionally get in the mail offers from a company that kept her SSN. We told them she is dead but they keep sending stuff anyway. We've given up and are willing to let them continue to waste their money.
You forget one thing...
This happened in the late 70's. The personal computer was still in its infancy. Also, they put him in a bare office with only a desk and a phone that connected only to other Ford phones (no outside access). They could do something equivalent today by making it a condition of continued employment that NO electronic devices can be used on company time.
The scenario you present is not quite a reflection of the way things really are.
Lets say the company wants to get rid of you because you refuse to work "off the clock". If they have a reasonably competent legal department, they will make work life so unpleasant for you that you will quit. Of course, their lawyers will make sure nothing they do will get them in lawsuit trouble. In most of the US (and the "right to work" states in particular), this is very easy for them to do. Laws protecting workers are almost ridiculously slanted in favor of the employer.
Ask Lee Iaccoca about about making you want to quit. Ford wanted to get rid of him but for some reason preferred to have him quit. They demoted him but kept his pay unchanged. Gave him a small office in a warehouse and when he asked what he was to do, they responded nothing. They did require that he be physically present in that office 8 hours a day. Boredom quickly took its toll.
If I had my way, all such "gag orders" would become invalid. Often they are used to avoid bad publicity that might be well deserved. This would in no way invalidate slander laws if what was said was false or somehow misleading. As long as what you have to say is true, you should be free to say it. You might have to prove its truthfulness but that is a whole different issue.
Yes, but there are maintenance costs that have nothing to do with power generation and distribution. What happens when power lines go down because of a storm? Power line poles occasionally have to be replaced because of rot or insect damage. (Yes poles do last a very long time but eventually they have to be replaced.)
Basically, I'm not opposed to the idea of charging a connectivity fee. However, that having been said, it should have been charged for ALL customers from the beginning. Of course, the charge actually paid for the electricity should not then reflect all maintenance and costs (to the electric company) of buying equipment. These costs should be covered by the connectivity fee.
I have one phrase that says it all! "Veni, vici, vidi."
Yes, they are in it to make money, but would they be as careless if they could be sued for any losses due to their negligence? (I am also including MS for all its security flaws.)
Actually, the limit for standard pascal strings is 255 characters. Byte 0 of the string is the length of the string and 1 to ??? is the actual string. The limit could be overcome by storing the length separately from the data. However, pascal style strings are not inherently more secure than C style strings. You could invent a hack that plays around with length bit ( or field ).
While I agree with you, it is more complicated than that. Different societies have different ideas about what is beauty. Now you might argue that this would create subspecies of humans but modern transportation works against that. Even within a single society there is not consensus about what is beauty.
That programming is thought by some of us as an art is probably part of the problem. There are too many programmers out there that do not use a systematic approach in writing programs. They just wade into a problem and muck around until they get some solution. Often the result is buggy code.
Well an out of sight place is exactly how I use it. On most desks, there is back board and the desktop overhangs this board somewhat. I mounted the gutter (raceway) an the back side of the back board and a few inches below the desktop. You can't normally see it.
I've heard that having some "Get well soon" cards help in this regard. Put them in strategic places in your house. Visitors will see them and think that the mess was because of some illness.
Raceways might work in some places but they are a bit expensive. Here's something that works like raceway but is far less expensive. Use plastic rain gutters. The metal ones are likely to damage the cables so stay with plastic. This solution does not look very professional but it works for me.
It seems as if you would be willing to make that trade, but I'm not willing. I suspect that you would not be willing too if you knew for certain that you would be one of the 1000.
What a bunch of BS...
How productive will you be if you die due to an accident you caused by using a cellphone while driving!
You seem to be referring to Cat on "Red Dwarf"?