or the beats-himself up in his boss's office scene.
You mean when he says it reminds him of the first time he met Tyler? News flash: Jack == Tyler. Remember Marla? The guy at the bar when he realizes what Project Mayhem is? I can't believe I'm pointing this crap out on/. on a Friday night.
A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
I find your thoughts fascinating, Mr. Durden and would like to know more. Can I subscribe to your newsletter?
My point is that the magic scanner part is a lot harder than the building the database part. You only need a few thousand taxonomists (maybe a few dozen!) to set up the rules for the database
See my point about taxonomists again. Maybe it will sink in this time.
If you had a hand held device that told you what type of plant you're looking at, you could have names for everything.
The problem is that no such device exists not because we can't build the device but because there is such a paucity of taxonomists and so many varieties of plant life that we don't really have a bead on how much is out there. If you can't build a database, having an interface for it is useless. Data first.
You do realize that there are two types of IT work done in the US: project and maintenance. Ongoing maintenance is easily outsourced and firms are not primed to continuously run IT project after IT project. IT is basically landscaping but with computers instead of shrubbery. Maybe it's not seasonal but there's no rule saying EVERYONE has to do projects all the time or at the same time. In fact, with money tightening, most orgs are content to limp through with what applications and systems they have until things turn better.
You should have. They're only paving one side of the street with it. This way they can test the air quality on either side of the street and see if there's any difference. It's an experiment. Couldn't see anyone doing 'testing' in a town in the US without two very big teams of lawyers being involved. Yeah innovation!
They'd need 366 million customers to equal their current revenue using this model.
And that's based on the $10/user model. I'm betting 'corporate' or 'professional' versions would be higher. Look at the difference between Photoshop elements and CS.
And just like labour in China will be cheaper than in the West. Sounds like in the case of the media village, they're getting some back - so be it!
Your post seems to imply that the West is forcing Chinese labor to be cheap. I'm fairly certain that's the Chinese Government's job. I would say Chinese Companies, but they're the same thing.
Musician's right to retirement is pretty much the same as anybody else's : * Public (state) welfare if existing in country of legal residence (and usually paid for with taxes on Musician's incomes during working years). * Any sort of private savings.
The three legged stool of retirement also includes pensions/401(k)s. Defined Benefits (pensions) plans were much more prevalent until Congress decided to 'protect' them through a set of strict rules known as ERISA after which, the administrative burden proved too much. Fortunately, someone found a loophole for Defined Contribution plans, hence we have 401(k) plans.
the USA government have been involved in such socialistic crap such as embargoes, rather than letting the citizenry sample the good and bad of all and choose for themselves
I don't think the USA gets a choice in what the good people of Cuba see or don't see. I think the Cuban government does and jails those who try to shine the light.
One illicit and/or immoral actions/beliefs should not prevent the use of their intellectual output, unless the two are intrinsically related (since murder is unrelated to file systems, that isn't the case).
Maybe. But as my Philosophy Prof used to say, "Show me who your friends are and I'll tell you what kind of man you are." Your compartmentalization is nice, but that won't sell me on using a file system named after a murderer, no matter how good it is. They should rename it PRONTO. Sure, there's notoriety in the name, but face it, OJ ain't getting any big movie deals and he's definitely more famous than he was.
Just read a great book about China's 'discovery' of the America around 1421 and they were able to get their junks around Greenland, a feat not otherwise possible, but it was warm that year. No idea how many SUVs were on the road back then, so I wonder how we can compare CO2 emissions?
So the right to have an abortion is bullshit whereas the right to own a gun is God-given.
Apparently you and the mods can't fucking read. Abortion was a State's rights decision up until Roe v Wade. Self arming is considered a core right. I'm ambivalent about abortion. My original point is that the SCOTUS is not intellectually pure.
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You mean when he says it reminds him of the first time he met Tyler? News flash: Jack == Tyler. Remember Marla? The guy at the bar when he realizes what Project Mayhem is? /. on a Friday night.
I can't believe I'm pointing this crap out on
I find your thoughts fascinating, Mr. Durden and would like to know more. Can I subscribe to your newsletter?
See my point about taxonomists again. Maybe it will sink in this time.
You would need taxonomists, first. That's my point.
Bush isn't running.
The problem is that no such device exists not because we can't build the device but because there is such a paucity of taxonomists and so many varieties of plant life that we don't really have a bead on how much is out there. If you can't build a database, having an interface for it is useless. Data first.
I don't know, dude. This is the Caucasus we're talking about. Lots of Caucasians there.
But was it a pirated copy of Windows?
You do realize that there are two types of IT work done in the US: project and maintenance. Ongoing maintenance is easily outsourced and firms are not primed to continuously run IT project after IT project.
IT is basically landscaping but with computers instead of shrubbery. Maybe it's not seasonal but there's no rule saying EVERYONE has to do projects all the time or at the same time.
In fact, with money tightening, most orgs are content to limp through with what applications and systems they have until things turn better.
You should have. They're only paving one side of the street with it. This way they can test the air quality on either side of the street and see if there's any difference.
It's an experiment.
Couldn't see anyone doing 'testing' in a town in the US without two very big teams of lawyers being involved.
Yeah innovation!
Apple 2's BASIC was broken!
In fact, they only started using Australia when they lost Georgia. Australian settlement did not begin in earnest until @1800 if I recall correctly.
What OS would they host it on?
And that's based on the $10/user model. I'm betting 'corporate' or 'professional' versions would be higher. Look at the difference between Photoshop elements and CS.
You've got to be high to pay a tax like that...oh wait. Nevermind.
Your post seems to imply that the West is forcing Chinese labor to be cheap. I'm fairly certain that's the Chinese Government's job. I would say Chinese Companies, but they're the same thing.
Almost had my first beverage through the nose experience of 2008. Nice disclaimer.
The three legged stool of retirement also includes pensions/401(k)s. Defined Benefits (pensions) plans were much more prevalent until Congress decided to 'protect' them through a set of strict rules known as ERISA after which, the administrative burden proved too much. Fortunately, someone found a loophole for Defined Contribution plans, hence we have 401(k) plans.
Your history teacher should have.
Let me guess...public school?
I don't think the USA gets a choice in what the good people of Cuba see or don't see. I think the Cuban government does and jails those who try to shine the light.
Isn't that the buggy version that Woz built (and hated?)
Your man love of Nathan Fillion is duly noted.
Maybe. But as my Philosophy Prof used to say, "Show me who your friends are and I'll tell you what kind of man you are."
Your compartmentalization is nice, but that won't sell me on using a file system named after a murderer, no matter how good it is. They should rename it PRONTO. Sure, there's notoriety in the name, but face it, OJ ain't getting any big movie deals and he's definitely more famous than he was.
Just read a great book about China's 'discovery' of the America around 1421 and they were able to get their junks around Greenland, a feat not otherwise possible, but it was warm that year.
No idea how many SUVs were on the road back then, so I wonder how we can compare CO2 emissions?
Apparently you and the mods can't fucking read. Abortion was a State's rights decision up until Roe v Wade. Self arming is considered a core right. I'm ambivalent about abortion.
My original point is that the SCOTUS is not intellectually pure.