Myxomatosis... I give up. It's late here in Australia, I vainly hope for some forgiveness. Iknew that looked wrong, even for a sydlexic... err, dyspepsic. Whatever.
Could you please elucidate the exact claims of 'PBS'? 15 million people as a total of Australian population would place those claims at appromiximately 1989. Perhaps Australians should blame everything you say now on Reagan/G Bush (the early one)?
You do realise that here in Australia, the only guarantee provided under legislation is a line that is fax capable of 14400 baud? Data lines aren't covered beyond that.
My biggest complaint with this article, is that anyone who works in an office knows what a manila folder, clipboard, handset phone, calendar, envelope etc is. Not to mention that MOST of the remaining icons are still in use for the general public. A TV, photo, microphone, bookmark etc isn't forgotten to the general public yet. This seems to be another general "your problems/knowledge isn't relative to ME ME ME!".
There's nothing new here, reporters screw up all their stories, whether it's a city council meeting, a new scientific discovery, or an engineering breakthrough. I'm pretty sure everyone here has seen a news story reporting about something in their field that they just had to shake their head in wonder at how stupid the reporter must be.
And don't forget, scare tactics and sensationalism bring eyeballs and ad revenue.
My personal bugbear is the word 'toxin', although 'chemical' and 'toxic waste' qualify as well. Any compound can be toxic, is a chemical, and may be toxic waste. As an example, water is toxic in the wrong place/situation/amount, it is definitely a chemical compound, and it can be a waste product of various chemical processes so effectively could be 'toxic waste'.
Toxic waste is ANY excess product from a reaction that *may* be toxic, the term itself is emotional and not truly descriptive.
So what makes the fudging of a 30-year old accomplishment on the Yahoo CEO's resume a transgression...?
2 wrongs don't make a right? The continuing saga of US CEOs ripping off the public? The fact that a senior executive might be good, but that doesn't excuse immorality and in fact makes it much more likely that they'll screw 'consumers/customers/stakeholders' along the way. There's many reasons, they should all be called on it unless you like more ENRON style failures.
Am I mistaken in thinking that it was proven that the 'Drunkards Walk' was on average better than most other solutions? It might be time for a little drunk driving!
"Describe what they would do if they were attacked by a sophisticated computer virus... [or] their reaction if the attack was known to have been launched from the other side."
Doesn't sound like wargames to me, sounds like a thinktank. Although it's a promising start and may end up with something like the START treaty.
Whilst I don't approve of the attitude, I have to wonder if the PC mindset has taken this too far. I like to believe that I'm anti-racist but some of his comments made some sense and the reaction to the article seems overly PC. My basic rules are understand why generalisations exist however don't subscribe to them and it seems to me that Derbyshire has made roughly the same point without clarifying his ideas correctly.
In essence, don't be racist, but be prepared to be 'personist'.
I'm going to deliberately descend into foul language for this comment, because it's the only language that expresses my feelings on this adequately... what a bunch of mother-fucking arseholes, they can go bite my matte, non-metallic arse.
One of the considerations that you should have choosing Linux as a gamer, is that it's poorly supported as a gaming platform. That's the reality as it stands now, it may change eventually.
There's 2 comments on this story so far, and yours has hit on my major bugbear. Documentation is the biggest issue with most projects that I've seen. Even simple in-code comments help cut down the time required to understand the thought process behind the code.
We don't know it's a bullshit contract until we have the name of the contractor to research some background (please include those details in the summary in future). I'm admitting that I haven't RTFA, but as soon as I read headlines like these I want to research the contractor.
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Myxomatosis... I give up. It's late here in Australia, I vainly hope for some forgiveness. Iknew that looked wrong, even for a sydlexic... err, dyspepsic. Whatever.
approximately... dammit. Unless we're talking about an insult to rabbits and mixamitosis... or ximatoWTF if I'm dyslexic.
Could you please elucidate the exact claims of 'PBS'? 15 million people as a total of Australian population would place those claims at appromiximately 1989. Perhaps Australians should blame everything you say now on Reagan/G Bush (the early one)?
You do realise that here in Australia, the only guarantee provided under legislation is a line that is fax capable of 14400 baud? Data lines aren't covered beyond that.
Does the font used on this article give anyone else a headache?
My biggest complaint with this article, is that anyone who works in an office knows what a manila folder, clipboard, handset phone, calendar, envelope etc is. Not to mention that MOST of the remaining icons are still in use for the general public. A TV, photo, microphone, bookmark etc isn't forgotten to the general public yet. This seems to be another general "your problems/knowledge isn't relative to ME ME ME!".
There's nothing new here, reporters screw up all their stories, whether it's a city council meeting, a new scientific discovery, or an engineering breakthrough. I'm pretty sure everyone here has seen a news story reporting about something in their field that they just had to shake their head in wonder at how stupid the reporter must be.
And don't forget, scare tactics and sensationalism bring eyeballs and ad revenue.
My personal bugbear is the word 'toxin', although 'chemical' and 'toxic waste' qualify as well. Any compound can be toxic, is a chemical, and may be toxic waste. As an example, water is toxic in the wrong place/situation/amount, it is definitely a chemical compound, and it can be a waste product of various chemical processes so effectively could be 'toxic waste'. Toxic waste is ANY excess product from a reaction that *may* be toxic, the term itself is emotional and not truly descriptive.
Missing mod option: -1 blatant lies
Missing mod option: -1 astro-turfing.
So what makes the fudging of a 30-year old accomplishment on the Yahoo CEO's resume a transgression...?
2 wrongs don't make a right? The continuing saga of US CEOs ripping off the public? The fact that a senior executive might be good, but that doesn't excuse immorality and in fact makes it much more likely that they'll screw 'consumers/customers/stakeholders' along the way. There's many reasons, they should all be called on it unless you like more ENRON style failures.
No fortune teller believes in their own powers...
You under estimate the power of self delusion.
Please understand that this guy has been attempting to manipulate Australian media coverage by trying to make crazy sounding headlines to distract from negative reports about his political allies.
Am I mistaken in thinking that it was proven that the 'Drunkards Walk' was on average better than most other solutions? It might be time for a little drunk driving!
"Describe what they would do if they were attacked by a sophisticated computer virus... [or] their reaction if the attack was known to have been launched from the other side."
Doesn't sound like wargames to me, sounds like a thinktank. Although it's a promising start and may end up with something like the START treaty.
if one thinks the world has problems with wealthy, influential people, just look everywhere to see how bad it can get.
FTFY
Whilst I don't approve of the attitude, I have to wonder if the PC mindset has taken this too far. I like to believe that I'm anti-racist but some of his comments made some sense and the reaction to the article seems overly PC. My basic rules are understand why generalisations exist however don't subscribe to them and it seems to me that Derbyshire has made roughly the same point without clarifying his ideas correctly. In essence, don't be racist, but be prepared to be 'personist'.
This is the point, and why the ACCC is suing. Apple's advertising states that 4G is a feature even though it's unavailable in Australia.
I'm going to deliberately descend into foul language for this comment, because it's the only language that expresses my feelings on this adequately... what a bunch of mother-fucking arseholes, they can go bite my matte, non-metallic arse.
Do No... errr, never mind.
I am intrigued by their ideas, and wish to subscribe to their newsletter.
One of the considerations that you should have choosing Linux as a gamer, is that it's poorly supported as a gaming platform. That's the reality as it stands now, it may change eventually.
Thankyou.
I have a tinfoil hat that you can borrow.
(special capacitors, obviously)
Like, a flux capacitor?
Only if you reverse the polarity and pump it through the deflector dish.
There's 2 comments on this story so far, and yours has hit on my major bugbear. Documentation is the biggest issue with most projects that I've seen. Even simple in-code comments help cut down the time required to understand the thought process behind the code.
We don't know it's a bullshit contract until we have the name of the contractor to research some background (please include those details in the summary in future). I'm admitting that I haven't RTFA, but as soon as I read headlines like these I want to research the contractor.