My reaction to the "I'm a PC" campaign is why are they all children (at least most of the ones I've seen lately)? I don't identify with a 4 year old, and even thought eveyone likes simplicity, I have a hard time seeing how "a 4 year old can use it" isn't equated to "it's not complex enough to be useful".
Because they try to do it all. "Linux" doesn't do anything. A lot of different people use Linux as a starting point for their embedded device, or their server, or their desktop. Microsoft does not have the crucial "totally at the hands of the artist" aspect that makes Linux perform well in these situations.
Walk about 3/4 of a mile to the nearest bridge (consisting of a road with a sidewalk). The pedestrian bridge got a lot of publicity when it was first built, mostly due to the fact that it basically connects two public housing complexes.
You missed the point. Jurors should have the opportunity to ask questions of witnesses and counsel. The judge is in no position to give you an official answer to a question that you wish to ask of a witness.
If you and every driver in your household has held a driver's license for three or more years, you may qualify to register as an uninsured motorist. However, you are not qualified to participate if you (the owner) are presently required to file SR-22 insurance or have been convicted of any of the following violations or occurrences within the past three years:
Disobeying any official traffic device or officer directing traffic
Failing to stop for a law enforcement officer when signaled
Failing to stop for a school bus
Leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury or property damage
Theft or unlawful taking of a vehicle
Racing on public highways
Driving under the influence or alcohol or drugs
Reckless driving
Reckless homicide, or assault involving the operation of a motor vehicle
Felony involving the use of a motor vehicle
Transporting illegal whiskey, unlawful drugs, or other controlled or narcotic substances
Willfully making false statements when applying for a license or registration
Impersonating an applicant or obtaining a license or registration by impersonating himself or another
Three or more moving traffic violations
Two or more accidents that resulted in injury exceeding $600 or property damage exceeding $1,000.
In Columbia, SC, after years of people getting hit on a restricted access highway because they were cutting holes in the fences to cross it (at the exact same place every time it got repaired), we decided to build a pedestrian bridge. Apparently people are too smart to let those damned fences protect them.
I believe the GP neglected to take into account the fact that sometimes people purchase things, and keep them past the point when they are no longer bleeding edge technology. Unless there is some self destruct after a certain date feature on C64s that I'm not aware if, it's completely possible that the OP learned BASIC on a C64 that wasn't brand new.
Where did the GP advocate giving each and every person from coast to coast a vote for big decisions? It seems to me that he advocated requiring state ratification for treaties.
I have to disagree. Most workers have a very small degree of control over the end product. Sure, nothing goes into my source code unless I say so. But let's say management demands a feature and I am confident that said feature will seriously undermine the quality of the product. Failing to convince management of this I either put it in, against my better judgement, or I find a new job. There are many many factors involved in the final outcome of a project I work on that I have little to no control over.
Individual teachers can inspire individual students. The GP's point is that paying teachers more (or, based on merit, or whatever) is not going to change the nature of our educational system such that students, across the country, are inspired to learn and retain knowledge. This isn't going to happen until the culture as a whole actually encourages it.
It would seem clear that they have an unfair advantage that cannot be allowed to continue. They need to be hobbled in some way to prevent them from being more creative than their fellow men. Or simply imprisoned. Or killed.
Sorry, it would seem this has already been covered.
There's room for both. But I think it's misguided to invite users just for the sake of market share. Market share is irrelevant to Linux. Or at least it is to me.
For me, market share is relevant for one reason: to convince third parties to develop for linux.
I want to use linux. It's easier for me, it's a better value for me, and it does what I need better. I don't care if you do. I don't care if anyone else does. However, I would like it to support whatever piece of hardware I'd like to throw at it. And, I'd like to be able to run commercial software on it. Before these things happen, there have to be enough people using it to make them beneficial to the respective vendors.
No, one would still cross the street. However, one SHOULD be sufficiently worried about being hit by a car to ask the right questions and obtain the proper knowledge required to avoid that happening to the best of one's ability. "Crossing that bridge when it happens" is rather undesirable when we're talking about being hit by a car - I'd prefer to address the issue as best I can before it happens. I feel the same way about viruses.
Exactly. The decision by the employer is whether or not it is worth it to them to spend THEIR money in exchange for your labor. Maybe others feel differently, but when it's my money, I will (and should) use every legal means necessary to determine whether or not you are a good investment. Is it going to reflect negatively if you drink and have a good time? No. If you routinely vandalize public property? Probably. Post stories or advice on screwing over employers? Definitely.
Who has the right to judge you for it and for how long?
I would say that anyone you are asking to pay you has the right to judge whether or not you are worth paying. And they have that right just so long as they are paying you.
But you have to remember that a cop has to press the charges to be heard before the judge, and a prosecutor argue the case. So I would think if the case was worth trying or pressing charges, then the crime did happen.
Really? REALLY?
Well, if that's the case, why do we even have trials? Seems pretty pointless...
I guarantee you, though, if NY asks, pleads, or demands that we collect software download information for them (assuming they decide to tax that next), their letter will go in the same trash-can that the other out-of-state taxation letters do.
1) The US Constitution prohibits states from taxing anything crossing state lines.
I believe you are severely over generalizing here. My understanding is that states are not allowed to tax goods from out of state any different than they would tax those same goods from in state. In other words, they may not setup tariffs, import/export taxes, etc.
The situation with sales tax is a bit different. You are not in Louisiana, therefore Louisiana has no jurisdiction to tax you. However, it would seem that they do still have the right to tax the goods you send, given the prevalence of use taxes - they just have to tax someone that they have jurisdiction over - and they have to treat goods from out of state exactly the same as if they came from in state. I think you would also find that if you did business in Louisiana, you would have to honor their sales tax, even for goods that you shipped to Louisiana customers from your California location.
The point of a relational db is to normalize data, removing duplicate data, right?
(or if it was something that would change more often)
I think you just answered your own question there. There are times to denormalize things. Given that most cars don't change their make after they are created, this could possibly be a worthwhile performance based decision. That being said, having that particular model directly after defining Normalization...seems a bit off...
Except...usually the xkcd links that get modded up are...relevant. That comic is about validating user input, it really doesn't have much to do with RDBMS at all.
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My reaction to the "I'm a PC" campaign is why are they all children (at least most of the ones I've seen lately)? I don't identify with a 4 year old, and even thought eveyone likes simplicity, I have a hard time seeing how "a 4 year old can use it" isn't equated to "it's not complex enough to be useful".
Because they try to do it all. "Linux" doesn't do anything. A lot of different people use Linux as a starting point for their embedded device, or their server, or their desktop. Microsoft does not have the crucial "totally at the hands of the artist" aspect that makes Linux perform well in these situations.
Walk about 3/4 of a mile to the nearest bridge (consisting of a road with a sidewalk). The pedestrian bridge got a lot of publicity when it was first built, mostly due to the fact that it basically connects two public housing complexes.
You missed the point. Jurors should have the opportunity to ask questions of witnesses and counsel. The judge is in no position to give you an official answer to a question that you wish to ask of a witness.
It's also interesting to note that in South Carolina, you have to meet certain conditions to be eligible to legally drive without insurance.
From this application:
Isn't Virginia the state that, on every single on-ramp, has one of those delightful "no left turn" signs?
In Columbia, SC, after years of people getting hit on a restricted access highway because they were cutting holes in the fences to cross it (at the exact same place every time it got repaired), we decided to build a pedestrian bridge. Apparently people are too smart to let those damned fences protect them.
I believe the GP neglected to take into account the fact that sometimes people purchase things, and keep them past the point when they are no longer bleeding edge technology. Unless there is some self destruct after a certain date feature on C64s that I'm not aware if, it's completely possible that the OP learned BASIC on a C64 that wasn't brand new.
Where did the GP advocate giving each and every person from coast to coast a vote for big decisions? It seems to me that he advocated requiring state ratification for treaties.
I have to disagree. Most workers have a very small degree of control over the end product. Sure, nothing goes into my source code unless I say so. But let's say management demands a feature and I am confident that said feature will seriously undermine the quality of the product. Failing to convince management of this I either put it in, against my better judgement, or I find a new job. There are many many factors involved in the final outcome of a project I work on that I have little to no control over.
Individual teachers can inspire individual students. The GP's point is that paying teachers more (or, based on merit, or whatever) is not going to change the nature of our educational system such that students, across the country, are inspired to learn and retain knowledge. This isn't going to happen until the culture as a whole actually encourages it.
It would seem clear that they have an unfair advantage that cannot be allowed to continue. They need to be hobbled in some way to prevent them from being more creative than their fellow men. Or simply imprisoned. Or killed.
Sorry, it would seem this has already been covered.
There's room for both. But I think it's misguided to invite users just for the sake of market share. Market share is irrelevant to Linux. Or at least it is to me.
For me, market share is relevant for one reason: to convince third parties to develop for linux.
I want to use linux. It's easier for me, it's a better value for me, and it does what I need better. I don't care if you do. I don't care if anyone else does. However, I would like it to support whatever piece of hardware I'd like to throw at it. And, I'd like to be able to run commercial software on it. Before these things happen, there have to be enough people using it to make them beneficial to the respective vendors.
No, one would still cross the street. However, one SHOULD be sufficiently worried about being hit by a car to ask the right questions and obtain the proper knowledge required to avoid that happening to the best of one's ability. "Crossing that bridge when it happens" is rather undesirable when we're talking about being hit by a car - I'd prefer to address the issue as best I can before it happens. I feel the same way about viruses.
Exactly. The decision by the employer is whether or not it is worth it to them to spend THEIR money in exchange for your labor. Maybe others feel differently, but when it's my money, I will (and should) use every legal means necessary to determine whether or not you are a good investment. Is it going to reflect negatively if you drink and have a good time? No. If you routinely vandalize public property? Probably. Post stories or advice on screwing over employers? Definitely.
Who has the right to judge you for it and for how long?
I would say that anyone you are asking to pay you has the right to judge whether or not you are worth paying. And they have that right just so long as they are paying you.
Like the GP said, there is something wrong about an industry where one is paid to not deliver goods.
But you have to remember that a cop has to press the charges to be heard before the judge, and a prosecutor argue the case. So I would think if the case was worth trying or pressing charges, then the crime did happen.
Really? REALLY?
Well, if that's the case, why do we even have trials? Seems pretty pointless...
I guarantee you, though, if NY asks, pleads, or demands that we collect software download information for them (assuming they decide to tax that next), their letter will go in the same trash-can that the other out-of-state taxation letters do.
As it should.
1) The US Constitution prohibits states from taxing anything crossing state lines.
I believe you are severely over generalizing here. My understanding is that states are not allowed to tax goods from out of state any different than they would tax those same goods from in state. In other words, they may not setup tariffs, import/export taxes, etc.
The situation with sales tax is a bit different. You are not in Louisiana, therefore Louisiana has no jurisdiction to tax you. However, it would seem that they do still have the right to tax the goods you send, given the prevalence of use taxes - they just have to tax someone that they have jurisdiction over - and they have to treat goods from out of state exactly the same as if they came from in state. I think you would also find that if you did business in Louisiana, you would have to honor their sales tax, even for goods that you shipped to Louisiana customers from your California location.
Yes yes. Force people to realize that they can't get something for nothing. Sounds like a great way to get elected...
Isn't it a state's right to secede?
While I think that it should be, popular opinion, history, and wars fought over the subject would argue that no, it is not.
Maybe he would have been if he hadn't lost one of the most important wars in his nation's history. I'd say that's a serious mark against him.
The point of a relational db is to normalize data, removing duplicate data, right?
(or if it was something that would change more often)
I think you just answered your own question there. There are times to denormalize things. Given that most cars don't change their make after they are created, this could possibly be a worthwhile performance based decision. That being said, having that particular model directly after defining Normalization...seems a bit off...
Except...usually the xkcd links that get modded up are...relevant. That comic is about validating user input, it really doesn't have much to do with RDBMS at all.