It's very easy to lose your ability to empathize with others when your only interactions with them are:
1) Through a monitor 2) When they picked on you at school 3) When your family gets on your case about being a shut-in.
These people are self-obsessed to the point where the only ones they can see making positive contributions to their lives are themselves. Hence, slashdot's take on Libertarianism.
It makes sense when you think of Apple's success in vertical integration. Why not a drop in database box that is setup specifically with Oracle's service department in mind.
Need more performance? Call up Oracle, a pre-configured plug-and-play rack mounted box arrives, you slide it in, plug it in and you have more performance.
The government is itching to run some of the corporations but some of the corporations are itching to run the government.
This is because the same faces and families (no matter which side of the left/right divide) appear in high-level corporate jobs, the judiciary, the administration, seats in the senate and the house. In fact, they appear in most of the wealth controlling positions of power. That's because their skills lie in the use and manipulation of power and wealth (that doesn't necessarily belong to them).
Authoritarianism is a categorization that would seem to fit with that but I contend that the chipping away of our freedoms and future isn't because these people desire power over us, or desire our submission (although some of them do). It's because they are amoral and indifferent to us in following their goals, which are often motivated by self-interest (instead of the people they are representing) or pet ideas. Our freedoms are just collateral damage to them.
Because they are creatures of power, created in the same management and law schools, they seek to obtain more power in the way that a mechanic wants more socket wrenches. They are taught that the execution of power is the means to the end, with narrow problem scope and pre-defined pseudo-algorithmic solutions.
This isn't an "ism", it isn't a choice in ideology. It's a systemic failure to create a fully functioning and aware society. It's also a failure to think about solving problems in context, as opposed to solving them by ideology, with the ends justifying the means.
Actually, it should be involuntary manslaughter. Drunk driving in the usual circumstance does not fit with the mens rea required for murder, unless you're talking about the kind of drunk where you deliberately drive up a crowded foot path to see what you can hit.
Death is neither the certain or even the most likely outcome of drunk driving. The large majority of drunk drivers get home without ever hitting anyone or everything. This make it hard to tie malice aforethought to just being a drunk driver.
Many jurisdictions (especially outside of the US) have a specific charge of "reckless driving causing injury or death" that applies to drunk driving, drugged driving and illegal drag racing. This seems like a good way to deal with the problem, as it allows a specific deterrent to *all* motor vehicular stupidity that can cause death.
This is true for much of the BCL (base class library) in the current.NET frameworks, but not true of the actual runtime. And even then, much of the BCL isn't dependent, or can be ported because it was designed to be. Sure, the Windows Forms library isn't easy to port, but a lot of the other utility classes for things like Crypto and Networking are.
You don't need the BCL for "managed" code anyway. The VM itself has been ported and or re-written for every platform in sundry now. In fact, MS has already written a research OS based on the re-compilation of managed code that doesn't rely on the BCL. This is called "Singularity".
Well, there isn't much evidence of Hobbes idolizing serial killers... that's so popular with the kids these days (http://michaelprescott.net/hickman.htm). Then again, the youth of the day will always be taken in by charming sociopaths, whether they are Charlie Manson, William Hickman or Ayn Rand herself.
Interest bearing credit works well when you have growth, otherwise you are going to have trouble paying off the interest. The interest payments have to come from somewhere... of course, you can devalue the original credit with inflation, but that's not really healthy for an economy either.
As long as you have a compatible router, Windows Media Player 11 streams via UPnP with very minimal setup. You configure media sharing in your library, then you allow the devices you want to see your media.
In fact, the process for me was this simple: 1) Install a bunch of codecs (divx/xvid) for the formats I wanted to stream. 2) Go to "Media Sharing..." under the library tab in WMP11 and tick the "Share My Media" box, then allow the 360 and the PS3. 3) Connect from the Console.
There is no need to put in special.reg files for this functionality. In fact, all you need is a codec that will allow you to load the files into your library on your PC. Unlike TVersity, Windows Media Player won't transcode stuff that's not supported, it will just refuse to play on your device.
The big thing here is that they're actually adding support for the other codecs out of the box and maybe making the process more automated.
You can stream to the PS3 from WMP11. In fact, you can stream to any device that implements the right set of UPnP media functionality. There are even a reasonable number of digital media receivers that offer this functionality from 3rd parties too, meaning you don't have to deal with either MS or Sony, which is a plus in my book.
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That's not real Jarate!
A little piece of technology called an "isolation valve" helps with that one.
Or for more luxury, the Audi A3 1.9 TDI e.
A friend of mine who is 6'8" and well over 300 pounds has no trouble in my 3 door Audi S3. That's a hatchback.
Sure, he has to adjust the seat a lot, but he fits no problems, passenger or driver.
Don't worry, he'll probably get an anti-biotic resistant infection of poetic justice.
It would be really neat if they had a self-destruct after reading flag. Inspector gadget style.
I don't know, they'd look at anyone pretty funny with a poor attempt at a circle on their face.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_GPS
What gives you the impression they're getting rid of ground stations?
Cheney, is that you?
It's very easy to lose your ability to empathize with others when your only interactions with them are:
1) Through a monitor
2) When they picked on you at school
3) When your family gets on your case about being a shut-in.
These people are self-obsessed to the point where the only ones they can see making positive contributions to their lives are themselves. Hence, slashdot's take on Libertarianism.
Well, LHC isn't yielding the advances in basement containment devices that they thought it would.
Mod parent up!
It makes sense when you think of Apple's success in vertical integration. Why not a drop in database box that is setup specifically with Oracle's service department in mind.
Need more performance? Call up Oracle, a pre-configured plug-and-play rack mounted box arrives, you slide it in, plug it in and you have more performance.
The government is itching to run some of the corporations but some of the corporations are itching to run the government.
This is because the same faces and families (no matter which side of the left/right divide) appear in high-level corporate jobs, the judiciary, the administration, seats in the senate and the house. In fact, they appear in most of the wealth controlling positions of power. That's because their skills lie in the use and manipulation of power and wealth (that doesn't necessarily belong to them).
Authoritarianism is a categorization that would seem to fit with that but I contend that the chipping away of our freedoms and future isn't because these people desire power over us, or desire our submission (although some of them do). It's because they are amoral and indifferent to us in following their goals, which are often motivated by self-interest (instead of the people they are representing) or pet ideas. Our freedoms are just collateral damage to them.
Because they are creatures of power, created in the same management and law schools, they seek to obtain more power in the way that a mechanic wants more socket wrenches. They are taught that the execution of power is the means to the end, with narrow problem scope and pre-defined pseudo-algorithmic solutions.
This isn't an "ism", it isn't a choice in ideology. It's a systemic failure to create a fully functioning and aware society. It's also a failure to think about solving problems in context, as opposed to solving them by ideology, with the ends justifying the means.
I don't see Steve jobs being "out" for 4 weeks because of a hamstring strain either.
Did the Xbox 360 kick your girlfriend and make out with your dog?
Actually, it should be involuntary manslaughter. Drunk driving in the usual circumstance does not fit with the mens rea required for murder, unless you're talking about the kind of drunk where you deliberately drive up a crowded foot path to see what you can hit.
Death is neither the certain or even the most likely outcome of drunk driving. The large majority of drunk drivers get home without ever hitting anyone or everything. This make it hard to tie malice aforethought to just being a drunk driver.
Many jurisdictions (especially outside of the US) have a specific charge of "reckless driving causing injury or death" that applies to drunk driving, drugged driving and illegal drag racing. This seems like a good way to deal with the problem, as it allows a specific deterrent to *all* motor vehicular stupidity that can cause death.
This is true for much of the BCL (base class library) in the current .NET frameworks, but not true of the actual runtime. And even then, much of the BCL isn't dependent, or can be ported because it was designed to be. Sure, the Windows Forms library isn't easy to port, but a lot of the other utility classes for things like Crypto and Networking are.
You don't need the BCL for "managed" code anyway. The VM itself has been ported and or re-written for every platform in sundry now. In fact, MS has already written a research OS based on the re-compilation of managed code that doesn't rely on the BCL. This is called "Singularity".
I can't wait to see the new CDC version of the book with man-bird-pig with a runny nose.
What about a FEMA publication calling for censorship then? Where does that fall under your statement blanket?
And I'd assume there are government regulations involving the sale of potatoes in many countries. I'd like my potatoes safe to eat, thanks.
Well, there isn't much evidence of Hobbes idolizing serial killers... that's so popular with the kids these days (http://michaelprescott.net/hickman.htm). Then again, the youth of the day will always be taken in by charming sociopaths, whether they are Charlie Manson, William Hickman or Ayn Rand herself.
Interest bearing credit works well when you have growth, otherwise you are going to have trouble paying off the interest. The interest payments have to come from somewhere... of course, you can devalue the original credit with inflation, but that's not really healthy for an economy either.
As long as you have a compatible router, Windows Media Player 11 streams via UPnP with very minimal setup. You configure media sharing in your library, then you allow the devices you want to see your media.
In fact, the process for me was this simple:
1) Install a bunch of codecs (divx/xvid) for the formats I wanted to stream.
2) Go to "Media Sharing..." under the library tab in WMP11 and tick the "Share My Media" box, then allow the 360 and the PS3.
3) Connect from the Console.
There is no need to put in special .reg files for this functionality. In fact, all you need is a codec that will allow you to load the files into your library on your PC. Unlike TVersity, Windows Media Player won't transcode stuff that's not supported, it will just refuse to play on your device.
The big thing here is that they're actually adding support for the other codecs out of the box and maybe making the process more automated.
You can stream to the PS3 from WMP11. In fact, you can stream to any device that implements the right set of UPnP media functionality. There are even a reasonable number of digital media receivers that offer this functionality from 3rd parties too, meaning you don't have to deal with either MS or Sony, which is a plus in my book.