The United States might as well be called the United Countries.
Well, you know, it already is; 'state' is another word for 'country' - in British English we refer to state-funding, the state pension scheme etc. I think the founding fathers really saw their respective territories as potentially independent (nation) states joining together in a mutual defence and commerce pact.
I was interested to see that the entry here (which I assume to use American English) puts the "United States" use of the word below the "nation state" use.
I think your story did highlight the diversity of the US very well; many foreigners look at the US as one country, whereas I think it's more interesting (certainly when travelling) to look at it as a union of 50 separate countries which happen to share a common language and currency.
BEHOMOTH = Big Electronic Human-Energized Machine... Only Too Heavy.
From the site:
The bike is an 8-foot recumbent, meaning that I sit in a relaxed position with my hands on control grips at my sides and my feet latched into a crankset out in front. Behind the bike is a 4-foot yellow trailer with solar lid, flip-down communications bay access door, and numerous antennas. In front of me is a large control console contained within a smooth white lexan fairing, presenting a panel with three large LCDs and numerous other instruments. Behind me a large white "RUMP" provides additional equipment space, a helmet-cooling system, more antennas, and a docking bay for an aluminum manpack with its own small solar panel. Atop my head is a decidedly bizarre helmet with heads-up display, motion sensors for cursor control, lights, the fluid heat exchanger, and an audio system. The whole system, fully loaded for touring, weighs about 580 pounds... plus me... and thus has 105 speeds, deployable "landing gear" for mountain climbing, and hydraulic brakes to help me survive the descent.
Every organization worth its salt has a separate application process for 'experienced professionals'... [who]... are expected to figure out how to bypass HR
Actually, I would suggest that any large organisation with a clear understanding of its responsibilities and vulnerabilities under employment legislation would be foolish to encourage potential employees to believe that their processes are anything other than rigourous and complete.
Allowing rejected candidates to suspect that your recruitment processes are anything other than fair, non-discriminatory and well-managed is a recipe for legal actions.
This is obviously meant to coincide with G8 - you don't arrange something like this so quickly in response to London's surprise winning of the Olympics.
Given that it's - a co-ordinated series of attacks on transport infrastructure - there were no warnings - there are reports of a suicide bomber on the bus it looks fairly obvious that it's an Al-Qaeda-inspired attack based on the Madrid model.
What will hurt Linux is what has been hurting Linux, [...] all-too-common installation issues [...]
I wonder if having in effect an OSX reference implementation may help Linux, by giving a smaller subset of devices for which driver development could be prioritised? I could see the attraction of a distro which committed its efforts to supporting only the Apple-specific devices, so becoming a "drop-in" replacement for OSXi. Vendors of such devices would then be able to claim Windows, OSX and Linux compatibility
One thing that Apple on Intel is going to do is highlight that device vendors need to think about supporting multiple platforms, and surely once they support an OSX driver, how big is the incremental effort in making a Linux driver (I could be very wrong here though!)
I think you and everyone else have missed a major point. What happens if the devices our military depends on are not developed and made in america? Two things:
1. Our military won't be able to keep up with the technical advances of other countries because we no longer produce enough engineers and scientists. All the engineers will be overseas
2. Our national defense will depend on foriegn companies selling us equipment which they may choose not to do at some point in time.
3. You learn to value long-term international co-operation, based on multilateral agreements, and backed up by well-funded supra-national organisations.
the user-customizable CSS and link style in Opera -- does Firefox have something comparable?
Yes. Firefox has something staggeringly, jaw-droppingly better: Greasemonkey , which lets you easily add bits of DHTML ("user scripts") to any web page to change its behavior.
Spend 30 minutes skimming Mark Pilgrim's online guide to Greasemonkey, and checking out his example scripts -- you will be blown away!
alternate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ôltr-nt, l-) v. alternated, alternating, alternates v. intr.
1.
1. To occur in a successive manner: day alternating with night.
2. To act or proceed by turns: The students alternated at the computer.
2. To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another: alternated between happiness and depression.
3. Electricity. To reverse direction at regular intervals in a circuit.
And of course Squeak has an incredible web development framework - Seaside (http://seaside.st/). Try the tutorial -- you will be blown away!
There is a lot of interesting development happening in Squeak at the moment; if you've not played with it in the last couple of years, it's well worth giving it some attention. If you're having trouble getting into Squeak, have a look at some of the tutorial material on http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/377 .
As long as your employees have access to your IP, there is absolutely no way to prevent them from "stealing" it if they are determined to do so. Period.
Why do people like to end a statement with `Period.' as if it were the last word on the issue, when it clearly is not? Wishful thinking?
You definately can prevent your employees from `stealing' things like code and data. It may not be 100% effective, but you can make it very _very_ difficult.
By kind (and assumed language was english (.org,.com,.net,.edu)
Actually,.org,.com, and.edu all abbreviate words with Latin roots, and so would be easily recognised by speakers of most European languages. I dislike the way that ICANN now seems to be assuming that tlds are only intended for Americans to use or understand.
You could try to find a copy of "The Unauthorised Version" by Robin Lane Fox (UK Publisher is Viking, ISBN 0-670-82412-7), which is a serious consideration of the Bible as a historical document, including some discussion of how political pressures of the time may have influenced its content and message.
I've had numerous holidays in the States; my last trip being a couple of years ago to visit New York to see Ground Zero. But that really *was* my last visit -- I'm never going back to a country that wants to treat me like a criminal.
I've now been discovering that Europe has much more geographical variety than I'd ever thought. Thanks Mr. Bush!
I was talking to a relative a couple of weeks, and he said that his machine's dial-up connection had been hijacked by one of the rogue-dialler programs, and in 'fixing' it the PCWorld staff had deleted all his photos, music etc. His solution made me want to cry: "I'm not going through all that again, so I've got a broadband connection instead."
The official website for the film (http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/) makes heavy use of Flash, and the Flash-free pages failed to load for me in Mozilla.
It very much depends on the amount of RAM available: with 256MB NeoOffice/J was a dog, but adding another 512MB made it extremely usable; so much so that I've now switched from using Office to NeoOffice/J (1GHz Powerbook).
Six Sigma seems to me to be basically a core of useful statistical process control tools (ideal for managing production processes at an operational level), unfortunately wrapped round with the warmed-up leftovers of Business Process Re-engineering and Total Quality Management.
It was successful in GE because the core "no defects" process control tools are very useful in introducing the use of statistical process control to operational personnel.
However, even at GE there is some disgruntlement at what it has done to their *business* processes.
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That depends - Lord of the Rings - good or bad?
The United States might as well be called the United Countries.
Well, you know, it already is; 'state' is another word for 'country' - in British English we refer to state-funding, the state pension scheme etc. I think the founding fathers really saw their respective territories as potentially independent (nation) states joining together in a mutual defence and commerce pact.
I was interested to see that the entry here (which I assume to use American English) puts the "United States" use of the word below the "nation state" use.
I think your story did highlight the diversity of the US very well; many foreigners look at the US as one country, whereas I think it's more interesting (certainly when travelling) to look at it as a union of 50 separate countries which happen to share a common language and currency.
What's that disease where you can't spell long words correctly?
BEHOMOTH = Big Electronic Human-Energized Machine... Only Too Heavy.
From the site:
This is what too much Smalltalk can do to you!
Every organization worth its salt has a separate application process for 'experienced professionals' ... [who] ... are expected to figure out how to bypass HR
Actually, I would suggest that any large organisation with a clear understanding of its responsibilities and vulnerabilities under employment legislation would be foolish to encourage potential employees to believe that their processes are anything other than rigourous and complete.
Allowing rejected candidates to suspect that your recruitment processes are anything other than fair, non-discriminatory and well-managed is a recipe for legal actions.
This is obviously meant to coincide with G8 - you don't arrange something like this so quickly in response to London's surprise winning of the Olympics.
Given that it's
- a co-ordinated series of attacks on transport infrastructure
- there were no warnings
- there are reports of a suicide bomber on the bus
it looks fairly obvious that it's an Al-Qaeda-inspired attack based on the Madrid model.
Nicely put; I just wish I had mod points.
I wonder if having in effect an OSX reference implementation may help Linux, by giving a smaller subset of devices for which driver development could be prioritised? I could see the attraction of a distro which committed its efforts to supporting only the Apple-specific devices, so becoming a "drop-in" replacement for OSXi. Vendors of such devices would then be able to claim Windows, OSX and Linux compatibility
One thing that Apple on Intel is going to do is highlight that device vendors need to think about supporting multiple platforms, and surely once they support an OSX driver, how big is the incremental effort in making a Linux driver (I could be very wrong here though!)
You missed one:
- jwz moves to OSX
So am I.
The man is obviously an idiot if he thinks:
1) Increasing the potential profitability of their existing back-catalogues will encourage the record companies to invest in new acts.
2) Record companies will change their current investment in new acts based on potential extra revenue in FIFTY YEARS TIME.
I gritted my teeth and voted Labour last month, but with this and the renewed push for ID cards, they've lost my support within a month.
Idiots.
3. You learn to value long-term international co-operation, based on multilateral agreements, and backed up by well-funded supra-national organisations.
Yes. Firefox has something staggeringly, jaw-droppingly better: Greasemonkey , which lets you easily add bits of DHTML ("user scripts") to any web page to change its behavior.
Spend 30 minutes skimming Mark Pilgrim's online guide to Greasemonkey, and checking out his example scripts -- you will be blown away!
alternate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ôltr-nt, l-)
v. alternated, alternating, alternates
v. intr.
1.
1. To occur in a successive manner: day alternating with night.
2. To act or proceed by turns: The students alternated at the computer.
2. To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another: alternated between happiness and depression.
3. Electricity. To reverse direction at regular intervals in a circuit.
If you're happy using wxWidgets, there are now bindings for Squeak (http://homepage.mac.com/rgayvert/wxsqueak.html).
And of course Squeak has an incredible web development framework - Seaside (http://seaside.st/). Try the tutorial -- you will be blown away!
There is a lot of interesting development happening in Squeak at the moment; if you've not played with it in the last couple of years, it's well worth giving it some attention. If you're having trouble getting into Squeak, have a look at some of the tutorial material on http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/377 .
You definately can prevent your employees from `stealing' things like code and data. It may not be 100% effective, but you can make it very _very_ difficult.
By kind (and assumed language was english (.org, .com, .net, .edu)
Actually, .org, .com, and .edu all abbreviate words with Latin roots, and so would be easily recognised by speakers of most European languages. I dislike the way that ICANN now seems to be assuming that tlds are only intended for Americans to use or understand.
You could try to find a copy of "The Unauthorised Version" by Robin Lane Fox (UK Publisher is Viking, ISBN 0-670-82412-7), which is a serious consideration of the Bible as a historical document, including some discussion of how political pressures of the time may have influenced its content and message.
Amen to that.
I've had numerous holidays in the States; my last trip being a couple of years ago to visit New York to see Ground Zero. But that really *was* my last visit -- I'm never going back to a country that wants to treat me like a criminal.
I've now been discovering that Europe has much more geographical variety than I'd ever thought. Thanks Mr. Bush!
Too right.
I was talking to a relative a couple of weeks, and he said that his machine's dial-up connection had been hijacked by one of the rogue-dialler programs, and in 'fixing' it the PCWorld staff had deleted all his photos, music etc. His solution made me want to cry: "I'm not going through all that again, so I've got a broadband connection instead."
ADSL modem, no firewall.
the effect only works when the wavelength of the light being scattered is roughly the same size as the object
This would make it the perfect for those awkward moments when your nanobots are being attacked by lasers (mounted on sharks?)
and a great picture: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planet_photo _040910.html.
The official website for the film (http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/) makes heavy use of Flash, and the Flash-free pages failed to load for me in Mozilla.
It very much depends on the amount of RAM available: with 256MB NeoOffice/J was a dog, but adding another 512MB made it extremely usable; so much so that I've now switched from using Office to NeoOffice/J (1GHz Powerbook).
http://www.lx-office.org/ (auf Deutsch)
Six Sigma seems to me to be basically a core of useful statistical process control tools (ideal for managing production processes at an operational level), unfortunately wrapped round with the warmed-up leftovers of Business Process Re-engineering and Total Quality Management.
It was successful in GE because the core "no defects" process control tools are very useful in introducing the use of statistical process control to operational personnel.
However, even at GE there is some disgruntlement at what it has done to their *business* processes.