So wait a minute...if you're always forced to go with the lowest bidder this can happen? I would have thought the lowest bidder would have also been the most reliable and skilled. Who would have known?
Google should never have done this, but to think the data they got was much more than they already can obtain through a user's use of Google search and other services is a bit naive. I guess I'm a bit more concerned about how they store customer data rather than this situation where they admitted they were wrong.
I'd say this is a typical example of an elite environmentalist. I pity the people who don't see they are merely using people and care only minimally for the environmment.
The bigger damage is that they've demonstrated that no matter what book you buy for it, they can take it away at any time and you're powerless to stop it. Paper copy is still the best option.
The reason I haven't sprung for a Kindle is for this reason and one other. The other reason is that paper will stick around for a lifetime while electronic formats and devices have no guarantees- especially proprietary ones.
Revelation of a capability will immediately cause adversaries to adapt themselves to minimize exposure to your areas of expertise. That can be instant or point research and be more gradual. Either way, even suggestions of your present capabilities are priceless for an adversary's minimization of risk. That's why intelligence methods are kept secret. A lot of people simply do not get this connection.
In case those of you who are a fan of increased government spending missed it, here's an excellent picture of the efficiency of the federal government. $18 million for a single website. Wow.
Everyone does the same cut and paste no matter what side they're on. Sure you can read and read and read about studies. The truth is, we don't have enough data points to truly say. We have 100 years worth of data. Do you know how long the earth has been around? How does that help us establish what is going on is out of the ordinary and caused by humans? Sorry, but it doesn't.
There is something that needs to be done about the way humans abuse the environment, but I think that using this end of the world scare tactic both degrades science to politics and degrades people to an unintelligent crowd that needs to be scared in the right direction.
Slightly off the point from this, but related: QoS mechanisms will probably just default encrypted traffic to a lower service class. That's the quick and easy way to handle it.
Religion is the antithesis of science, logically. Creationism is more of a specific rejection of science.
I believe what you mean to say is "atheism is the only religion you can have if you want to claim to be an expert in science. That's both ignorant and naive.
This is a very cool idea, but the stakes are a bit higher. I'd think there's going to be significant push-back getting used to the idea of drugs coming from a bunch of guys in their garages. It's sort of like if open source software started designing software for nuclear power plants.
Then again, maybe people are just so sick of drug prices...
"Critics say the carriers will simply pass these fees through to consumers."
What we have here is a stealth tax. There is absolutely no way these costs will not be born by the consumer. This is the nature of business. If your costs rise, you need more revenue to cover them. Revenue does not come from fairies but from customers. In this way, Obama gains credibility only from those who want to stick it to the "big companies" and don't think deep enough to realize where this money actually has to come from. *sarcastically* Thank you President Obama for increasing my contribution to the federal budget. I was looking for another way to funnel you my money.
Profit? That's funny. There should be a massive loss here on account of the horrible flop of Vista. Taxing XP loyalty (I use loyalty loosely) makes the loss less horrible. If Microsoft wasn't a giant, it would get thrown out of the market for making customers pay for its mistake. As it stands though, we have no choice.
So you're basically paying full price to rent a digital song from MS. The term is determined by how long MS wants to stick with a given technology and the bonus is that the music you're renting isn't even CD quality. I believe I've already gotten screwed over by MS DRM on some of my older music. never again.
This only takes into consideration one of the potential pitfalls in rolling out OO.o. If training were the only problem, it would be
pretty easy to justify I think since the new Office is so different from previous versions. It would almost be a logical point to switch from Office.
However, another issue that can't be overlooked is the compatibility with existing files. There are kinks to how OO.o presents files in the Office formats. The ease of switching may depend largely on how many existing documents you have and the complexity of their formatting. I think I would identify this as the primary issue given that training will need to happen with the new Office or OO.o.
I don't think visually appealing documents can so easily be dismissed, especially in marketing and sales as you mention. The world we live in is obsessed with visual/multimedia stimuli and to not utilize these tools would result in an almost certain loss of effectiveness.
I do, however, agree that the vast majority of people spend far too much time on these appearance things. I would also say that the majority of people overrate themselves in their talents in this area.
Why is the solution always "let's get creative and find a new way to extract money from our citizens?" Much more useful would be a someone who has enough real world experience to know what to cut and enough balls to do it even though 0.0001% of the population whines (they will anyway- they're victims of anything they can think of). Where are the real leaders who can actually help our economic situation?
If Obama really intends to go through the federal budget line by line as he claimed during the campaign, this will be a good test to see whether he has the balls or not. This is a variation of what's going to happen with everything he tries to cut.
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So wait a minute...if you're always forced to go with the lowest bidder this can happen? I would have thought the lowest bidder would have also been the most reliable and skilled. Who would have known?
Now we have a device that causes cancer, but detects the cancer it causes. Much better.
yay Apple yay Apple yay Apple yay Apple yay Apple.
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Google should never have done this, but to think the data they got was much more than they already can obtain through a user's use of Google search and other services is a bit naive. I guess I'm a bit more concerned about how they store customer data rather than this situation where they admitted they were wrong.
! means factorial dude.
More like 300! I'd say.
I'd say this is a typical example of an elite environmentalist. I pity the people who don't see they are merely using people and care only minimally for the environmment.
The bigger damage is that they've demonstrated that no matter what book you buy for it, they can take it away at any time and you're powerless to stop it. Paper copy is still the best option.
The reason I haven't sprung for a Kindle is for this reason and one other. The other reason is that paper will stick around for a lifetime while electronic formats and devices have no guarantees- especially proprietary ones.
Think about it.
Revelation of a capability will immediately cause adversaries to adapt themselves to minimize exposure to your areas of expertise. That can be instant or point research and be more gradual. Either way, even suggestions of your present capabilities are priceless for an adversary's minimization of risk. That's why intelligence methods are kept secret. A lot of people simply do not get this connection.
well if you live in the UK at least...
In case those of you who are a fan of increased government spending missed it, here's an excellent picture of the efficiency of the federal government. $18 million for a single website. Wow.
anyone try iPhone eggs yet?
Everyone does the same cut and paste no matter what side they're on. Sure you can read and read and read about studies. The truth is, we don't have enough data points to truly say. We have 100 years worth of data. Do you know how long the earth has been around? How does that help us establish what is going on is out of the ordinary and caused by humans? Sorry, but it doesn't.
There is something that needs to be done about the way humans abuse the environment, but I think that using this end of the world scare tactic both degrades science to politics and degrades people to an unintelligent crowd that needs to be scared in the right direction.
That's just my opinion though.
Slightly off the point from this, but related: QoS mechanisms will probably just default encrypted traffic to a lower service class. That's the quick and easy way to handle it.
Religion is the antithesis of science, logically. Creationism is more of a specific rejection of science.
I believe what you mean to say is "atheism is the only religion you can have if you want to claim to be an expert in science. That's both ignorant and naive.
Let's face it- "green" is a buzzword that forces far too many people to act irrationally and think extremely myopically.
This is a very cool idea, but the stakes are a bit higher. I'd think there's going to be significant push-back getting used to the idea of drugs coming from a bunch of guys in their garages. It's sort of like if open source software started designing software for nuclear power plants.
Then again, maybe people are just so sick of drug prices...
"Critics say the carriers will simply pass these fees through to consumers."
What we have here is a stealth tax. There is absolutely no way these costs will not be born by the consumer. This is the nature of business. If your costs rise, you need more revenue to cover them. Revenue does not come from fairies but from customers. In this way, Obama gains credibility only from those who want to stick it to the "big companies" and don't think deep enough to realize where this money actually has to come from. *sarcastically* Thank you President Obama for increasing my contribution to the federal budget. I was looking for another way to funnel you my money.
Profit? That's funny. There should be a massive loss here on account of the horrible flop of Vista. Taxing XP loyalty (I use loyalty loosely) makes the loss less horrible. If Microsoft wasn't a giant, it would get thrown out of the market for making customers pay for its mistake. As it stands though, we have no choice.
So you're basically paying full price to rent a digital song from MS. The term is determined by how long MS wants to stick with a given technology and the bonus is that the music you're renting isn't even CD quality. I believe I've already gotten screwed over by MS DRM on some of my older music. never again.
pretty easy to justify I think since the new Office is so different from previous versions. It would almost be a logical point to switch from Office.
However, another issue that can't be overlooked is the compatibility with existing files. There are kinks to how OO.o presents files in the Office formats. The ease of switching may depend largely on how many existing documents you have and the complexity of their formatting. I think I would identify this as the primary issue given that training will need to happen with the new Office or OO.o.
I don't think visually appealing documents can so easily be dismissed, especially in marketing and sales as you mention. The world we live in is obsessed with visual/multimedia stimuli and to not utilize these tools would result in an almost certain loss of effectiveness.
I do, however, agree that the vast majority of people spend far too much time on these appearance things. I would also say that the majority of people overrate themselves in their talents in this area.
Here's a thought: cut government expenditures.
Why is the solution always "let's get creative and find a new way to extract money from our citizens?" Much more useful would be a someone who has enough real world experience to know what to cut and enough balls to do it even though 0.0001% of the population whines (they will anyway- they're victims of anything they can think of). Where are the real leaders who can actually help our economic situation?
If Obama really intends to go through the federal budget line by line as he claimed during the campaign, this will be a good test to see whether he has the balls or not. This is a variation of what's going to happen with everything he tries to cut.
So does this mean I can now sue all those irresponsible baseball manufacturers since their balls apparently malfunctioned and went through windows?
When will people start to take responsibility for their own actions?