I would love to somehow bring Huey P. Long forward in time to this age and had him compete against Obama in the Democratic debates. It would have been a verbal bloodbath the likes of which have never been seen on live TV. Long would have Obama's entrails hanging from the rafters before the end of his opening statement.
Isn't it neat how people condemn the person given the card instead of the EDUCATOR who gave the card to him?
The real WTF there isn't Quayle using the exact spelling that was given him, it's that the fucking teacher didn't know how to spell the word. But then, that would offend the NEA, and we can't have that shit, now can we?
No, I'm not making a mistake at all. Marketing campaigns are about reaching the maximum potential audience and convincing them to purchase your product. YOU might not like the fact that a laptop is pink, and some feminists might find it offensive, but the fact of the matter is that most women appreciate it when an advertiser or manufacturer focuses on THEIR wants and needs.
The vast majority of computer systems out there are identical for the intents and purposes of the average user. Only the name plate changes. Most people would be just as happy using an HP laptop as a Dell laptop. So what did Dell do? Dell decided that perhaps they could get more women to purchase their product by specifically targeting details that might be more important to their lives. Because the alternative is simply pointing to the same grey box that everyone else sells, with the same guts inside and the same OS and productivity tools, and somehow trying to convince people through.... telepathy, or some other non-option, that they should choose your device.
'Some brands go too far with the girlie stuff,' Learned says. 'Della's marketing strategy sounds like it's advertising a purse. There's a level of consumer sophistication they're missing.'
Oh really? And why is it that when we're talking about laptops, the kind of language used is evil and demeaning, but when it comes to overpriced sacks, it's fine? Seems to me that Learned's argument is that women are either irrational or just plain dumb regarding things important to women, but if it's important to guys too, then they suddenly get a giant increase in mental capacity.
Here's what most women want to know about their computers:
Can it load myspace and facebook quickly?
Can it run my work productivity software?
Can I get my email?
Can I compose documents?
Can I organize my documents?
Can it play solitare?
Only geeks and gamers focus on raw metrics. The rest of the world? They just want to be able to do the things they need a computer for, quicker. And many are even willing to trade speed for portability. Hence, netbooks.
People who get pissed at marketers for doing what marketers do are just being dishonest for themselves. Marketers don't create ads out of personal satisfaction, they create them because they want to reach the largest possible audience and convince them to buy or do something. That's how they get paid.
... the major players in the news industry put pressure on Reuters and the AP to change their licensing model so that companies who purchase a subscription to AP and Reuters feeds are no longer allowed to post AP and Reuters news on the internet for no charge.
THAT is what's ultimately killing major newspapers, and it's going to end up killing the news services as well if they aren't careful.
The only time religious speech is restricted in the US is when an agent of the government acting as a representative of the government indulges in promoting or denouncing a religion. Other than that, it's fair game.
Of course, Obama's solution is not to have a single-payer healthcare plan for all, but to require you to have health insurance to so much as apply for a job.
The very idea is so unredeemingly fascist that Dubya would have never dared try it.
They're the same people who would debase themselves to the whims of the popular children in school simply for the remote chance of being accepted by them. They put in their hours the same way a World of Warcraft addict will put his in simply to be able to prove to a bunch of people they will never meet that they matter.
Suck at life? Got no friends? Welcome to the internet! We'll slap a badge on your ass and give you a rank and THEN you'll be someone.
I believe I covered that in my post. Some would want the wine to remain the same, and there would be a market for it. Others might desire the ability to get wine that tastes like it comes from a French vineyard without paying like it. Sometimes, you have an advantage because your reputation precedes you. Other times, you have an advantage because of where you happen to be. Both tend to be the case for French wines. By eliminating the terroir factor as much as possible, you can then focus on competing due to quality, which will eventually go a long way to supplanting reputation.
In the case of cigar tobacco, the very best tobacco and the very best cigars come out of Cuba. However, the average quality of construction and consistency of a premium handmade Cuban cigar doesn't match up to the average quality of construction and consistency as say, your premium handmade Nicaraguan cigar. Should the Nicaraguan growers be able to duplicate genetically what they can't duplicate in terms of climate and soil, then demand for their product will increase and demand for the Cuban product will decrease. The result is that it will make the highest quality tobacco affordable for more people, because there will be more of it to go around.
If manufacturing leaves us behind, then we're fucking done for.
A country that can't produce its own goods is a country with no future anyway. Adding draconian IP laws to the books and appointing a bunch of lawyers who are in the pockets of big entertainment are NOT in the best interests of this country. Societies do not advance by hoarding all their knowledge and locking it away where nobody else can get at it.
... selling this technology to the cigar or wine industries.
Because of terroir, different regions are going to have different climates and different soil content to produce different tasting or different quality products.
But imagine being able to grow a grape in Sonoma or some cigar tobacco in Honduras and have them taste just as if they had come from France or Cuba respectively by genetically engineering a strain. Sure, some would want and have the option to keep their wines and cigars just the way they currently are. But for those who desire a taste that is currently well outside of their price range or (in the case of Cuban cigars) illegal due to embargo, this would be a boon.
There is, for example, a stark difference between Cuban tobacco from before and after 1996. Why? They changed from using corojo tobacco to a corojo/cigarette tobacco hybrid that would withstand mold. The flavor and richness are not the same anymore. But perhaps with some genetic tweaking, they can create a strain which is resistant to the mold AND shares the same flavor characteristics as the old corojo leaf.
So even at the top of the ladder, there is room for improvement.
Also, I'd like to volunteer my services to test their beer.
when he doesn't seem to understand the very basics of security?
On the desktop, Windows owns the majority of the market. Most Windows machines are very poorly configured and most are either protected by software that the user has no idea how to configure, or not protected at all.
On web servers, Linux owns the majority of the market. Most machines are hastilly configured and tossed up onto racks. Most users of these machines are programmers who have little to no real security training.
In both instances, this is kinda like hiding a gun in a paper bag in a toy box at a nursery school, and then screaming about how bad guns are when a kid finds it and manages to shoot someone.
If the Dalai Lama is so important, then perhaps he should hire a leading (and by leading, I mean someone who actually performs this task at a high level, not an internet blogophile "expert") IT security expert to configure his systems. There are steps they can take to protect his data.
We had a tornado that tore part of the roof off the building and water just poured into it. Did they replace the dry wall, or the flooring, or anything? Well, they did replace the roof. Black mold grew all over in the walls and in the flooring. I started coming down with ear infections quite regularly, and still get them to this day. They've been resistant to antibiotics, and are painful as all hell. Also, I tend to lose my hearing when I have them, but at least my left ear infection will run its course a few days before my right ear starts.
This is exactly why I won't purchase an electric car until they make enough improvements to them that I can drive for 10 hours at interstate speed without having to make an overnight stop or two. I live in New Orleans but used to live in Dallas and I frequently drive between the two cities. Any vehicle that can't make that trip, and still have enough energy to get around the city once I get there, is a non-starter with me.
Reducing mobility in a class of devices designed to make you more mobile is a backwards step, regardless of how nifty the technology is.
It's quite a different game when suddenly you have to own the words you type. Suddenly, it isn't enough to just say things, you have to make sure they're credible or you lose the credibility you have. You have to own the content and the language and the demeanor you go about expressing yourself, and people will judge you for it. It's one thing if this Rep went about abusing his power to try to find out who the blogger is. But if not?
Boo fuckin hoo. Don't yap at someone's ankles and expect not to get kicked.
... for Mozilla to keep their filthy commands out of the address bar. They could easily add that to the search plugin bar without any problems. I had enough trouble last night when I was trying to troubleshoot a neighbor's internet connection issues and Firefox would repeatedly send the perfectly valid address (http://192.168.1.1) I was inputting off to a google search, which of course would return a blank page, since the ultimate trouble was the cable modem, not the router nor the connection to the router.
There needs to be a gigantic "FUCK YOU, LEAVE ME ALONE, LET ME SURF THE WEB AS THE FLYING SPAGHETTI WEASEL INTENDED" button in the settings.
Ah, yes, the ivory tower scenario. Here's how it works in real life:
1. Grab everything "IT" (install disks, licenses, purchase invoices etc.) for hardware and software and get them to a single secure location. Your bosses will wonder why you're wasting time, but that's okay, you're on a mission.
2. Thoroughly audit the whole lot. Your bosses will wonder why you're wasting time auditing the lot since you already have everything in a single, secure location.
3. Refuse point blank to (re-)install stuff you're not sure about. At this point, they will fire you on the spot and hire someone willing to install pirated software like the last guy did.
4. Maybe you can push FOSS as a solution at the unemployment office.
The vast majority of small businesses don't care about pirated software, because most of these people use pirated software regularly at home too. The correct thing to do would be to raise a concern about the lack of licensing, and if you meet resistance, find another job.
No, actually, you don't get to do anything on my site that I don't want you to do. You aren't a customer unless you purchase something from me. The ad agencies who purchase ad spots are my customers.
You're simply a viewer, and your wants and desires are secondary.
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I would love to somehow bring Huey P. Long forward in time to this age and had him compete against Obama in the Democratic debates. It would have been a verbal bloodbath the likes of which have never been seen on live TV. Long would have Obama's entrails hanging from the rafters before the end of his opening statement.
Isn't it neat how people condemn the person given the card instead of the EDUCATOR who gave the card to him?
The real WTF there isn't Quayle using the exact spelling that was given him, it's that the fucking teacher didn't know how to spell the word. But then, that would offend the NEA, and we can't have that shit, now can we?
No, I'm not making a mistake at all. Marketing campaigns are about reaching the maximum potential audience and convincing them to purchase your product. YOU might not like the fact that a laptop is pink, and some feminists might find it offensive, but the fact of the matter is that most women appreciate it when an advertiser or manufacturer focuses on THEIR wants and needs.
The vast majority of computer systems out there are identical for the intents and purposes of the average user. Only the name plate changes. Most people would be just as happy using an HP laptop as a Dell laptop. So what did Dell do? Dell decided that perhaps they could get more women to purchase their product by specifically targeting details that might be more important to their lives. Because the alternative is simply pointing to the same grey box that everyone else sells, with the same guts inside and the same OS and productivity tools, and somehow trying to convince people through.... telepathy, or some other non-option, that they should choose your device.
'Some brands go too far with the girlie stuff,' Learned says. 'Della's marketing strategy sounds like it's advertising a purse. There's a level of consumer sophistication they're missing.'
Oh really? And why is it that when we're talking about laptops, the kind of language used is evil and demeaning, but when it comes to overpriced sacks, it's fine? Seems to me that Learned's argument is that women are either irrational or just plain dumb regarding things important to women, but if it's important to guys too, then they suddenly get a giant increase in mental capacity.
Here's what most women want to know about their computers:
Only geeks and gamers focus on raw metrics. The rest of the world? They just want to be able to do the things they need a computer for, quicker. And many are even willing to trade speed for portability. Hence, netbooks.
People who get pissed at marketers for doing what marketers do are just being dishonest for themselves. Marketers don't create ads out of personal satisfaction, they create them because they want to reach the largest possible audience and convince them to buy or do something. That's how they get paid.
... the major players in the news industry put pressure on Reuters and the AP to change their licensing model so that companies who purchase a subscription to AP and Reuters feeds are no longer allowed to post AP and Reuters news on the internet for no charge.
THAT is what's ultimately killing major newspapers, and it's going to end up killing the news services as well if they aren't careful.
Bullshit.
The only time religious speech is restricted in the US is when an agent of the government acting as a representative of the government indulges in promoting or denouncing a religion. Other than that, it's fair game.
Libel and slander rules still apply.
There's enough lithium in the ocean to bury every bare patch of land on the planet in cars. Supply isn't an issue.
Of course, Obama's solution is not to have a single-payer healthcare plan for all, but to require you to have health insurance to so much as apply for a job.
The very idea is so unredeemingly fascist that Dubya would have never dared try it.
Because Kerry would have spent even more, and would have spent less on the things conservatives care about.
... they're called chumps.
They're the same people who would debase themselves to the whims of the popular children in school simply for the remote chance of being accepted by them. They put in their hours the same way a World of Warcraft addict will put his in simply to be able to prove to a bunch of people they will never meet that they matter.
Suck at life? Got no friends? Welcome to the internet! We'll slap a badge on your ass and give you a rank and THEN you'll be someone.
I believe I covered that in my post. Some would want the wine to remain the same, and there would be a market for it. Others might desire the ability to get wine that tastes like it comes from a French vineyard without paying like it. Sometimes, you have an advantage because your reputation precedes you. Other times, you have an advantage because of where you happen to be. Both tend to be the case for French wines. By eliminating the terroir factor as much as possible, you can then focus on competing due to quality, which will eventually go a long way to supplanting reputation.
In the case of cigar tobacco, the very best tobacco and the very best cigars come out of Cuba. However, the average quality of construction and consistency of a premium handmade Cuban cigar doesn't match up to the average quality of construction and consistency as say, your premium handmade Nicaraguan cigar. Should the Nicaraguan growers be able to duplicate genetically what they can't duplicate in terms of climate and soil, then demand for their product will increase and demand for the Cuban product will decrease. The result is that it will make the highest quality tobacco affordable for more people, because there will be more of it to go around.
If manufacturing leaves us behind, then we're fucking done for.
A country that can't produce its own goods is a country with no future anyway. Adding draconian IP laws to the books and appointing a bunch of lawyers who are in the pockets of big entertainment are NOT in the best interests of this country. Societies do not advance by hoarding all their knowledge and locking it away where nobody else can get at it.
... selling this technology to the cigar or wine industries.
Because of terroir, different regions are going to have different climates and different soil content to produce different tasting or different quality products.
But imagine being able to grow a grape in Sonoma or some cigar tobacco in Honduras and have them taste just as if they had come from France or Cuba respectively by genetically engineering a strain. Sure, some would want and have the option to keep their wines and cigars just the way they currently are. But for those who desire a taste that is currently well outside of their price range or (in the case of Cuban cigars) illegal due to embargo, this would be a boon.
There is, for example, a stark difference between Cuban tobacco from before and after 1996. Why? They changed from using corojo tobacco to a corojo/cigarette tobacco hybrid that would withstand mold. The flavor and richness are not the same anymore. But perhaps with some genetic tweaking, they can create a strain which is resistant to the mold AND shares the same flavor characteristics as the old corojo leaf.
So even at the top of the ladder, there is room for improvement.
Also, I'd like to volunteer my services to test their beer.
when he doesn't seem to understand the very basics of security?
On the desktop, Windows owns the majority of the market. Most Windows machines are very poorly configured and most are either protected by software that the user has no idea how to configure, or not protected at all.
On web servers, Linux owns the majority of the market. Most machines are hastilly configured and tossed up onto racks. Most users of these machines are programmers who have little to no real security training.
In both instances, this is kinda like hiding a gun in a paper bag in a toy box at a nursery school, and then screaming about how bad guns are when a kid finds it and manages to shoot someone.
If the Dalai Lama is so important, then perhaps he should hire a leading (and by leading, I mean someone who actually performs this task at a high level, not an internet blogophile "expert") IT security expert to configure his systems. There are steps they can take to protect his data.
And now we know how you were conceived.
Are you kidding? Tech support = Gollum.
We had a tornado that tore part of the roof off the building and water just poured into it. Did they replace the dry wall, or the flooring, or anything? Well, they did replace the roof. Black mold grew all over in the walls and in the flooring. I started coming down with ear infections quite regularly, and still get them to this day. They've been resistant to antibiotics, and are painful as all hell. Also, I tend to lose my hearing when I have them, but at least my left ear infection will run its course a few days before my right ear starts.
This is exactly why I won't purchase an electric car until they make enough improvements to them that I can drive for 10 hours at interstate speed without having to make an overnight stop or two. I live in New Orleans but used to live in Dallas and I frequently drive between the two cities. Any vehicle that can't make that trip, and still have enough energy to get around the city once I get there, is a non-starter with me.
Reducing mobility in a class of devices designed to make you more mobile is a backwards step, regardless of how nifty the technology is.
Oh sure, and then instead of nukes, we'll have a radioactive solar powered NUCLEAR MAN to come and lay waste to the world.
No thanks!
You have the right to post anonymously.
You don't have the right to stay anonymous.
It's quite a different game when suddenly you have to own the words you type. Suddenly, it isn't enough to just say things, you have to make sure they're credible or you lose the credibility you have. You have to own the content and the language and the demeanor you go about expressing yourself, and people will judge you for it. It's one thing if this Rep went about abusing his power to try to find out who the blogger is. But if not?
Boo fuckin hoo. Don't yap at someone's ankles and expect not to get kicked.
... for Mozilla to keep their filthy commands out of the address bar. They could easily add that to the search plugin bar without any problems. I had enough trouble last night when I was trying to troubleshoot a neighbor's internet connection issues and Firefox would repeatedly send the perfectly valid address (http://192.168.1.1) I was inputting off to a google search, which of course would return a blank page, since the ultimate trouble was the cable modem, not the router nor the connection to the router.
There needs to be a gigantic "FUCK YOU, LEAVE ME ALONE, LET ME SURF THE WEB AS THE FLYING SPAGHETTI WEASEL INTENDED" button in the settings.
My LOGO is so awesome that they call me Master Splinter.
Ah, yes, the ivory tower scenario. Here's how it works in real life:
1. Grab everything "IT" (install disks, licenses, purchase invoices etc.) for hardware and software and get them to a single secure location. Your bosses will wonder why you're wasting time, but that's okay, you're on a mission.
2. Thoroughly audit the whole lot. Your bosses will wonder why you're wasting time auditing the lot since you already have everything in a single, secure location.
3. Refuse point blank to (re-)install stuff you're not sure about. At this point, they will fire you on the spot and hire someone willing to install pirated software like the last guy did.
4. Maybe you can push FOSS as a solution at the unemployment office.
The vast majority of small businesses don't care about pirated software, because most of these people use pirated software regularly at home too. The correct thing to do would be to raise a concern about the lack of licensing, and if you meet resistance, find another job.
The source code is completely functional without any extra rights assigned to it. Otherwise, THE APPLICATION WOULDN'T FUCKING WORK.
It's a damned good thing you're a mouthbreather, otherwise, you'd choke to death in the morning via sheer stupidity.
No, actually, you don't get to do anything on my site that I don't want you to do. You aren't a customer unless you purchase something from me. The ad agencies who purchase ad spots are my customers.
You're simply a viewer, and your wants and desires are secondary.