Seriously, the Haitians _HATE_ the French. It could be the years of occupation and slavery, it could be the recent Embargo that France recommended the UN hold against Haiti, it could the $21 Billion that they demanded of Haiti in order to recognize them as a sovereign nation
"In fact, some popular donation sites actively downgrade charities for spending on infrastructure."
My guess is that it downgrades them for spending it on their OWN infrastructure (like phone lines, buildings, etc) as opposed to spending it on the recipient's infrastructure.
Infrastructure is pretty much at the top of the list for things that Haiti needs, since their "roads" look like dried riverbeds, running water is all but nonexistent, and power is provided only to major cities and only on a rotational basis.
What the hell kind of skills is a Liberal Arts student going to provide them with? But I'm not surprised that the ignorant Liberal Arts majors who wrote this article didn't realize that they're useless to the rest of society. Even the terrorists don't want them.
I'd probably accept anyone who cares enough to "friend" me, whether I know them or not. Mark me in the 43.5%, a guy who once accepted a friend request from "Some Pencils" and a random girl in Arizona (thousands of miles from me) just because she was a girl. What are these people going to find out... my hometown? My college? My favorite tv shows? Who cares? I don't think I'm really stalker material, and iIf my favorite movies are that important to some guy writing a corporate spambot, whatever, he can have it. He can't even find my address or my phone number on facebook, two things I consider more personal, and _those_ you can already find in any phonebook site.
Hell, maybe we're _more_ careful about our personal info since facebook doesn't really have anything on it that we value.
Lets set up our e-mail accounts to forward all Spam to the head of the FBI. If this story is any indication, it shouldn't take more than 45 minutes to get rid of the problem.
These things look like something right out of a science-fiction movie. I wonder how expensive they are to produce? They look light enough that you could literally spray them from a passing plane to gather intel on a suspicious site.
That's how government contracts work. They overspend money to create sub-par pieces of crap, and there's nothing the government can do about it since they can't back out of a contract or even fire anyone without being taken to court. Yes, I have plenty of first hand experience with this. Government contracts are pure bureaucratic bloat where you merely have to prove that money is spent in order to get a check for the following fiscal year.
And everyone agrees with me. +5 Insightful.
But suddenly I say: and some people want this same government in charge of our healthcare and now I'll be modded troll into oblivion.
Seriously, that's what TOOLS>CLEAR PRIVATE DATA is for.
I'm sure some of you/.'ers are going to tell me that unless I use TrueDelete, encrypt my entire harddrive, have a backup button to overwrite everything with zeros, keep a giant electromagnet on hand, and keep my drive rigged with thermite charges that my data will never be _truly_ safe... but CLEAR HISTORY is enough for me to feel safe that my curious little sister doesn't accidentally stumble upon something I don't feel like explaining.
But, if I figured out the One Great Internet Business Idea or write the Great American Novel and used the company laptop to do it, it's an avenue they could use to claim they own it.
I don't know what Company you work for, but MOST companies force you to sign a contract at time of employment that basically claims that anything you create while you are employed by the company is legally theirs. Any code you write, any works you produce they could technically sue you for if you suddenly turned around and actually made a decent bit of money off of them. Yes, this includes things you write in the middle of the night on a weekend on your personal computer.
Does this mean they're going to try and claim your profits at the Church Arts and Crafts fair or try and claim they own the game you sell for $2 on your website? No. But they do this for several reasons. One is to protect their own asses... while you're busy coding at Adobe for their Great New Photoshop, you can't go home and use the ideas, even those YOU came up with at work, to create "Joe's Photomall" and suddenly turn around and start undercutting photoshop. Another reason is pure greed... if you suddenly have this great idea and write a 5kb Operating System that runs everything, it's THEIR great idea if you actually coded it while you were employed under them and _they_ get the rights to it, not you.
Yes, there have been cases where this has come up, and it is usually up to the (ex)employee to prove that they created the code or whatever either before or after they were under employment.
Just an FYI... I would check up on your contracts if you think this may be a problem.
It would classify CO2 under the same classification as Asbestos, Chloroform, and other dangerous toxic chemicals, attempting to effectively limit emissions by orders of magnitude. That's not cutting it in half, or even a third. It's cutting it down by a factor of TEN.
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Seriously, the Haitians _HATE_ the French. It could be the years of occupation and slavery, it could be the recent Embargo that France recommended the UN hold against Haiti, it could the $21 Billion that they demanded of Haiti in order to recognize them as a sovereign nation
"In fact, some popular donation sites actively downgrade charities for spending on infrastructure."
My guess is that it downgrades them for spending it on their OWN infrastructure (like phone lines, buildings, etc) as opposed to spending it on the recipient's infrastructure.
Infrastructure is pretty much at the top of the list for things that Haiti needs, since their "roads" look like dried riverbeds, running water is all but nonexistent, and power is provided only to major cities and only on a rotational basis.
What makes you think this is unethical? They're not lying or even doing things underhanded. They're just spreading information in an unusual way.
Note that as a fellow Galt Follower, I am interested in your response.
Unless you are referring to the really steep hills, Sydney is one of the best places in the world for a nice bike ride or a relaxing walk.
^This^
What the hell kind of skills is a Liberal Arts student going to provide them with? But I'm not surprised that the ignorant Liberal Arts majors who wrote this article didn't realize that they're useless to the rest of society. Even the terrorists don't want them.
This is a good point. The promise of 72 Virgins is probably much more enticing to geek engineers.
I'd probably accept anyone who cares enough to "friend" me, whether I know them or not. Mark me in the 43.5%, a guy who once accepted a friend request from "Some Pencils" and a random girl in Arizona (thousands of miles from me) just because she was a girl. What are these people going to find out... my hometown? My college? My favorite tv shows? Who cares? I don't think I'm really stalker material, and iIf my favorite movies are that important to some guy writing a corporate spambot, whatever, he can have it. He can't even find my address or my phone number on facebook, two things I consider more personal, and _those_ you can already find in any phonebook site.
Hell, maybe we're _more_ careful about our personal info since facebook doesn't really have anything on it that we value.
I kid, I kid!
Who are you hiding from? It's not like any women are going to be reading your post.
Ralph Lauren's Legal Case is kinda thin.
Lets set up our e-mail accounts to forward all Spam to the head of the FBI. If this story is any indication, it shouldn't take more than 45 minutes to get rid of the problem.
The article is extremely light on details. Where are they going to get vaccum tubes or other antiquated apparatuses from? How much will they cost?
That's because Germany and Poland only need about one Cell-Phone-Tower each to provide coverage to the entire country.
Seriously, Germany is smaller than Montana and has almost 100x the population.
I've not really had any problems with AT&T. Can't remember my last dropped call. And I live in a busy area.
The ultimate way to stop any physical machine nowadays is to cut off its power supply.
Let us scorch the skies before it is too late.
I drive a Yugo. I hang a $100 bill from the rear-view mirror along with the keys, hoping someone will take it.
These things look like something right out of a science-fiction movie. I wonder how expensive they are to produce? They look light enough that you could literally spray them from a passing plane to gather intel on a suspicious site.
Fuck iTunes for running responsibly!
That's how government contracts work. They overspend money to create sub-par pieces of crap, and there's nothing the government can do about it since they can't back out of a contract or even fire anyone without being taken to court. Yes, I have plenty of first hand experience with this. Government contracts are pure bureaucratic bloat where you merely have to prove that money is spent in order to get a check for the following fiscal year.
And everyone agrees with me. +5 Insightful.
But suddenly I say: and some people want this same government in charge of our healthcare and now I'll be modded troll into oblivion.
Ahem, 36%, excuse me.
Hey, if 64% are overweight... doesn't that REALLY mean that 34% of us are UNDERWEIGHT?
Troll? Meta-Mod +1 WHOOSH.
Seriously, that's what TOOLS>CLEAR PRIVATE DATA is for.
/.'ers are going to tell me that unless I use TrueDelete, encrypt my entire harddrive, have a backup button to overwrite everything with zeros, keep a giant electromagnet on hand, and keep my drive rigged with thermite charges that my data will never be _truly_ safe... but CLEAR HISTORY is enough for me to feel safe that my curious little sister doesn't accidentally stumble upon something I don't feel like explaining.
I'm sure some of you
Sorry, recent Virginia Tech graduate. :)
But, if I figured out the One Great Internet Business Idea or write the Great American Novel and used the company laptop to do it, it's an avenue they could use to claim they own it.
I don't know what Company you work for, but MOST companies force you to sign a contract at time of employment that basically claims that anything you create while you are employed by the company is legally theirs. Any code you write, any works you produce they could technically sue you for if you suddenly turned around and actually made a decent bit of money off of them. Yes, this includes things you write in the middle of the night on a weekend on your personal computer.
Does this mean they're going to try and claim your profits at the Church Arts and Crafts fair or try and claim they own the game you sell for $2 on your website? No. But they do this for several reasons. One is to protect their own asses... while you're busy coding at Adobe for their Great New Photoshop, you can't go home and use the ideas, even those YOU came up with at work, to create "Joe's Photomall" and suddenly turn around and start undercutting photoshop. Another reason is pure greed... if you suddenly have this great idea and write a 5kb Operating System that runs everything, it's THEIR great idea if you actually coded it while you were employed under them and _they_ get the rights to it, not you.
Yes, there have been cases where this has come up, and it is usually up to the (ex)employee to prove that they created the code or whatever either before or after they were under employment.
Just an FYI... I would check up on your contracts if you think this may be a problem.
This isn't Carbon Taxes. This isn't Kyoto.
It's worse.
It would classify CO2 under the same classification as Asbestos, Chloroform, and other dangerous toxic chemicals, attempting to effectively limit emissions by orders of magnitude. That's not cutting it in half, or even a third. It's cutting it down by a factor of TEN.
It's stupid and impossible.