Coincidentally, I recently watched episode of Futurama, "The Devils Hands are Idle Play Things", which does a nice job of distinguishing the difference between coincidence and irony.
Unless you didn't expect that I had seen that episode, in which case it would ironic.
All valid points, but... 2.5% would be a huge hit - you're talking about taking down like 600,000 of America's 25 million businesses.
Of course some are more important than others but when we get down to small segments that are higher value, we can get by without those for a day or two while either the computers are repaired or the work is process manually.
I'm not saying it wouldn't be a big deal or that it might not be painful. But when we talk about day to day dependencies, then we're talking about survival. I am still unconvinced that I need a computers to survive.
I prefer to think of it as Indulgence. Like buying a pardon from the Catholic Church for your sins against God, Carbon Offsets are forgiveness from the Church of Al Gore for your sins against Gaia.
Not that the money *can't* be used for good, but it is rather hard to trace.
Most everyone depends upon the network and computer infrastructure of our world to meet their basic, day-to-day needs.
Really? I personally don't. Can you cite examples? Most of the systems that I rely on predate the computer and network infrastructure by decades. I have enough food and water around the house to last a week of normal consumption (i.e. without rationing). I'm pretty sure that I don't need a computer for my toilet to flush (I'll admit I could be wrong about that).
Other than that, I rely on roads, but I don't *need* the traffic signals to work. Power is a nice to have, but again not required. what else? TV? slashdot? reddit? the IRS? the military? I'm pretty sure I can manage for quite a while without any of those.
Since sun doesn't really own solaris, it's doubtful that's what they were after.
Remember, Fujitsu is a major developer on solaris and they could have started with open solaris years ago.
What makes you like that federal authorities are any more responsible or trustworthy than local?
No level of government should have the authority or the means to do anything to its citizens that the citizens can't or shouldn't be able to do as well. Governments are just people like you and I who are acting our our behalf. If I can't do it, the government shouldn't do it.
I take it you didn't read about "The Stewardesses 3-D".. cause uh.. it's a soft-core porn from 1970 and the most profitable 3-d film to date.
if not for wikipedia, porn would have won...
DAMN YOU Wikipedia!
It takes me 35-45 minutes each morning from the time I power us my company issues laptop until it is booted and useable. Our developer services team did a some research to figure out why and found that a vanilla windows install would boot up and be ready in less than 10 minute but all the management (CA) & antivirus software and the untuned os image - all dictated from coporate - caused massive slowdowns on the machines for even the most mundane tasks.
We've tried to get all that addressed but its an uphill battle to say the least.
Personally, I'm salaried, so it doesn't hurt my wallet, but I feel bad for hourly employees like out department admin who has to boot to punch the clock.
Coining (or even printing) isn't quite the same as controlling.
I guess I should have been more specific, when Salmon Chase introduced national currency, they also started taxing all other currency. So individual state or bank currencies were unable to complete.
Obviously, many would argue that money shouldn't subject to the same market forces as any other commodity. Clearly, there has been great economic, social, and technological progress since 1860, and perhaps consistent currency is more than partially responsible for that. But it is still a commodity and commodity regulation has it's downsides. (if you don't think it's a commodity look that the currency exchange markets)
You're right, it goes go back 30 years easily, which also includes Carter (D) and Senator Proxmire (D) - you've read up on DIDMCA, right?
And it goes back further than that too... Nixon (R) ended the fixed price for gold...
And further back... Roosevelt (D) in 1933 set up Nixon to end gold standards by outlawing private gold ownership...
Even further - Salmon P. Chance (R), Secretary to Treasury under Lincoln (R), started nationalized currency, putting the new, post-civil war, centralized, federal government in position to control the economy and effectively ending federalism in the United States. (...and the coup de grÃce - in 1864, Lincoln moved Chase to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, at that point, there was little to no possibility of challenging federal control of legal tender.)
What I'm sayin' is that trying to put this on either party is just wrong. The state of the nation (war, economy, environmental impacts, degradation of liberties) belongs to both parties, and really it's on us citizens that keep electing the same idiots over and over.
And of course, the US has done many good thing too, but we're not talking about our success right now, are we?
So maybe when Thomas Jefferson said, "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.", he was actually warning us that freedom costs too much and could never be had?
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Restaurant at the End of the Universe Life the Universe and Everything So Long and Thanks for all the Fish Mostly Harmless Young Zaphod Plays it Safe
...or is having 2 "sixth" books in the "trilogy" part of the joke?
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Coincidentally, I recently watched episode of Futurama, "The Devils Hands are Idle Play Things", which does a nice job of distinguishing the difference between coincidence and irony.
Unless you didn't expect that I had seen that episode, in which case it would ironic.
All valid points, but... 2.5% would be a huge hit - you're talking about taking down like 600,000 of America's 25 million businesses. Of course some are more important than others but when we get down to small segments that are higher value, we can get by without those for a day or two while either the computers are repaired or the work is process manually. I'm not saying it wouldn't be a big deal or that it might not be painful. But when we talk about day to day dependencies, then we're talking about survival. I am still unconvinced that I need a computers to survive.
where can I sign up?
I'll believe men have landed on the moon when it's me standing there!
I prefer to think of it as Indulgence. Like buying a pardon from the Catholic Church for your sins against God, Carbon Offsets are forgiveness from the Church of Al Gore for your sins against Gaia.
Not that the money *can't* be used for good, but it is rather hard to trace.
Most everyone depends upon the network and computer infrastructure of our world to meet their basic, day-to-day needs.
Really? I personally don't. Can you cite examples? Most of the systems that I rely on predate the computer and network infrastructure by decades. I have enough food and water around the house to last a week of normal consumption (i.e. without rationing). I'm pretty sure that I don't need a computer for my toilet to flush (I'll admit I could be wrong about that). Other than that, I rely on roads, but I don't *need* the traffic signals to work. Power is a nice to have, but again not required. what else? TV? slashdot? reddit? the IRS? the military? I'm pretty sure I can manage for quite a while without any of those.
this. I don't fear anyone anywhere in the world. I do, however, fear the government and its agents.
I'm still surprised the were selling that movie on amazon a while back...
Since sun doesn't really own solaris, it's doubtful that's what they were after. Remember, Fujitsu is a major developer on solaris and they could have started with open solaris years ago.
Sun does really own Solaris. they are co-developers with Fujitsu. And really FJ is the bigger player from what I've seen.
Yeah, I'd say you are wrong.
What makes you like that federal authorities are any more responsible or trustworthy than local?
No level of government should have the authority or the means to do anything to its citizens that the citizens can't or shouldn't be able to do as well. Governments are just people like you and I who are acting our our behalf. If I can't do it, the government shouldn't do it.
Yes. You are wrong.
What makes you think that the federal government is any more trustworthy than a local government?
Neither should have neither the authority nor the means to do anything that a private citizen can't do - they are only acting on our behalf, right?
try Adrafinil.
What the f*** does that mean?
I take it you didn't read about "The Stewardesses 3-D".. cause uh.. it's a soft-core porn from 1970 and the most profitable 3-d film to date. if not for wikipedia, porn would have won... DAMN YOU Wikipedia!
It takes me 35-45 minutes each morning from the time I power us my company issues laptop until it is booted and useable. Our developer services team did a some research to figure out why and found that a vanilla windows install would boot up and be ready in less than 10 minute but all the management (CA) & antivirus software and the untuned os image - all dictated from coporate - caused massive slowdowns on the machines for even the most mundane tasks. We've tried to get all that addressed but its an uphill battle to say the least. Personally, I'm salaried, so it doesn't hurt my wallet, but I feel bad for hourly employees like out department admin who has to boot to punch the clock.
"We all have cell phones, so come on - let's get real."
A song practically writes itself from there.
'man test' for more info.
You're doing wrong.
I hate to be a Grammar Nazi, but, in this context, the preferred spelling is "UPGRAYEDD".
Coining (or even printing) isn't quite the same as controlling.
I guess I should have been more specific, when Salmon Chase introduced national currency, they also started taxing all other currency. So individual state or bank currencies were unable to complete.
Obviously, many would argue that money shouldn't subject to the same market forces as any other commodity. Clearly, there has been great economic, social, and technological progress since 1860, and perhaps consistent currency is more than partially responsible for that. But it is still a commodity and commodity regulation has it's downsides. (if you don't think it's a commodity look that the currency exchange markets)
You're right, it goes go back 30 years easily, which also includes Carter (D) and Senator Proxmire (D) - you've read up on DIDMCA, right?
And it goes back further than that too... Nixon (R) ended the fixed price for gold...
And further back... Roosevelt (D) in 1933 set up Nixon to end gold standards by outlawing private gold ownership...
Even further - Salmon P. Chance (R), Secretary to Treasury under Lincoln (R), started nationalized currency, putting the new, post-civil war, centralized, federal government in position to control the economy and effectively ending federalism in the United States. (...and the coup de grÃce - in 1864, Lincoln moved Chase to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, at that point, there was little to no possibility of challenging federal control of legal tender.)
What I'm sayin' is that trying to put this on either party is just wrong. The state of the nation (war, economy, environmental impacts, degradation of liberties) belongs to both parties, and really it's on us citizens that keep electing the same idiots over and over.
And of course, the US has done many good thing too, but we're not talking about our success right now, are we?
So maybe when Thomas Jefferson said, "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.", he was actually warning us that freedom costs too much and could never be had?
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life the Universe and Everything
So Long and Thanks for all the Fish
Mostly Harmless
Young Zaphod Plays it Safe
I agree, but John Carter and Tars Tarkas' adventured on Barsoom.
just sayin'