Unless something really needs regulating, leave it the hell alone. Food? Fine we need an FDA to make sure our food isn't nasty and contaminated. They probably overstep their usefulness in some cases, and under step it in others, but that's expected.
Unfortunately, industry will stick their noses in when regulations are being written. Wonder why the FDA doesn't have many warning about the mercury in Tuna whereas private consumer groups do?
Let's just say, legally this would be considered hearsay, but it was said that the Tuna industry was literally looking over the FDA'a shoulder when those regs were written.
So, even then, Government is too easily corrupted. Unfortunately, I don't have a better idea.
Why would companies replace systems that are working well?
Because the director of IT or whatever his title is will want to be able to put on his resume that HE moved a company from a "Legacy" and "Outdated" system to a modern "web based solution" that enables "greater productivity" among the workforce saving "millions of dollars". Now, he can put that on his resume and go for the CTO, CIO, or whatever jobs.
You see, it's a technique. It takes years of practice. First, you drink a shit load of caffeine. Then, after it gets in your system, you bring up Slashdot. Then, and only then, you get in touch with your inner self, connect with the Universe, and connect with your higher power as you see Him.
Now, type blindingly fast "First Post". Hopefully, it will come out fist5 posts. See how I did that?
You know, he's right. GM went whole hog on the SUV market because that was were the short term profits were. And in the meantime, the Japanese manufacturers, thinking in the long term as usual, kept making the small fuel efficient cars as well as the their versions of the SUVs.
Time for the miracle of mass production and economies of scale.
Yes, for another brand. Tesla, I believe, will be a luxury sports car brand in the spirit of Ferrari. Meaning, technology developed for and by the luxury brand will then be perfected and moved to a grocery getter brand, maybe, the "Maxwell" or better yet, the "Edison" brand of cars.
Let me explain something to you and everyone else.
Every woman who enters the sex industry is a head case. They have virtually NO self esteem and they use. Ask yourself, why does a woman do that? Many of them are actually pretty sharp, too. Some of them make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and they blow it. Some of it they blow up their noses.
Secondly, I see time and time again, men who give those people their hard earned money thinking that person "likes" them; hence why those women think men are losers and suckers. I'm not saying why I know this.
Comparing a stripper to a tech support engineer?!?! What?!?
God! I have to draw a picture every fucking time I post here! Jesus Fucking Christ!
OK, so what red-blooded geek male *wouldn't* want that job, tracking down the perps?
Strippers or any other woman in the sex industry basically thinks men are "suckers" and "losers". All women in the sex industry are head cases. Stay away from them.
Ya know, there's these reports in the news about folks who are "breaking tax laws" and what not. Let me ask you folks this, How many of you check your local tax laws before engaging in a money making activity? I don't. I go ahead and worry about the tax consequences later.
It's bad for an economy when an entrepreneur has to first take into consideration the taxes before engaging in a business enterprise or even consider them. That's just idiotic.
Taxes are a necessity for a society, but when they become a burden and retard entrepreneurial activity, then its tax structure needs to be examined.
And no, MAN pages do not count as documentation. Some people (dare I say most?) need step-by-step instructions on how to do something the first time so they are sure they are doing things correctly. Afterwards, they're free to tinker til their hearts delight.
*gives a mold-friendly thumbs up*
Damn straight about the Man Pages! Man pages are for reference for experienced users. In other words, for those who are wondering, "What are the parameters again?" Why?
You see, when you read the man pages, parameters have all these "[]" and "-" and other things. I've occasionally come across programs that had "optional" parameters in their man pages that ended being required.
That's what you get for buying a Chrysler product or any Detroit product. Try getting a Honda or Toyota card reader. Or if you're a yuppy, a BMW card reader. Although, no one holds a candle to the Japanese.
In any event, why allow someone to patent an application-specific integrated circuit that performs new function X but not a FGPA configured via a HDL that performs new function X?
Then a mystery writer could patent a method of committing a crime and the method of solving the crime. Royalties from the mafia and from the police! Woohoo!
I just look at the wire feeds and read what I want - I don't rely on some editor choosing what he thinks I should read.
I'm tired of the BS in ALL of the electronic and print media. The over simplification of issues, the half truths, and in some cases, I've caught downright falsehoods. Some of the local papers and media are becoming more and more opinionated. They're not just stating the facts - they're throwing in opinion. I have my own opinions - thank-you-very-much - and I refuse to spend my time reading some other person's. A person who has to write something, not to show the truth, but to write something that's sensational to get readers or viewers or listeners.
Oh, and let me add something. There is NO SUCH THING AS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA and the rest. They are ALL "mainstream media". Those folks who bitch about the "mainstream media" work for the mainstream media themselves; which makes them bullshitters.
Strange that GRUB has corrupted your whole system though -- how does such a thing happen?
I don't know. It drove me batty! It's Fedora 9 here. Anyway, when I installed it, the machine would get to the loader and lock up. I couldn't get anywhere. After I reinstalled F9 without GRUB, it all worked fine.
I'v tried other options: Fedora 10's install wouldn't even run on my Linux box. Ubuntu doesn't run on that same box. I have only 512MB Ram and the system is so old I refuse to add more memory to get Ubuntu to run on it. The Ubuntu guys said I needed more memory.
Time to ask myself how much do I like my games. And since all my email and everything is already on Thunderbird and I browse with Firefox, I just need to see what's holding me back from just moving to Linux. Ah MS Money. I wonder if I can import years worth of financial data into a F/OSS version.
Even then, it's scary proposition to move everything. I have this nagging feeling that I'm going to miss something very important! Dual boot? I don't know. I have had issues in the past with GRUB locking up machines and no being able to rescue my system. I had to reinstall everything.
They do have a vehicle for that. It's called the TIV or Tornado Intercept Vehicle. I live in the Midwest (one of the states mentioned above) and we heard (and saw) that the TIV was passing by last May when a F2 tornado tore through city. If your curious, the vehicle is featured on a show called Storm Chasers on Discovery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Intercept_Vehicle
Yeah, but, can you SHOOT the tornado? I don't think so!
I had to cut back for surgery awhile back and I found that simply mixing a little bit of regular coffee in with decaf worked like a charm. It didn't even need to be half and half, even just one part caffeinated in four was sufficient to stave off the headaches and malaise.
Bogus job postings to get personal info for identity theft (This is also happening on Monster, CareerBulder, etc...)
The overpaying for items and asking for balance to be sent back via Western Union
Bogus checks
Folks overseas saying they have homes for rent.
The old Western Union trick:
You're selling an item for $1,000. Someone wanting to buy it sends you $2,000. They say "Oops!" could you send me the balance back to me via Western Union and I'll pick up the item later. You do so. Their original $2,000 check bounces and they have your $1,000. You're out $3,000 and YOU OWE IT, baby!
The scam works many ways but it usually involves you sending a Western Union money gram or some other method where, once you send the money, it's gone. The renting overseas homes works similar to this.
Jobs. Do not give personal information, DOB or SSN, until you've met them and you have verified they are actually an employer.
Some employers, such as governments, insist on a SSN so they run you through Choicepoint, the credit bureaus and other Big Brother corporate entities before they will consider you for employment. I only get those forms when I'm on the interview. I wouldn't give the information to them unless you get an interview.
I'm wondering that too. If they're orphaned, then aren't they in the public domain and no one can "control" them.
I found this regarding finding orphaned works and it gives some other information. Unfortunately, when I google for orphaned works, this whole Google things comes up - surprise, surprise.
I see that the Slashdot programming staff has added some more skills to their resume. I don't CmdrTaco has anything to worry about - yet. But, if we start seeing Slashdot being ported over to.NET, then, well, maybe those guys will be moving on.
Slashdot Mirror
Unless something really needs regulating, leave it the hell alone. Food? Fine we need an FDA to make sure our food isn't nasty and contaminated. They probably overstep their usefulness in some cases, and under step it in others, but that's expected.
Unfortunately, industry will stick their noses in when regulations are being written. Wonder why the FDA doesn't have many warning about the mercury in Tuna whereas private consumer groups do?
Let's just say, legally this would be considered hearsay, but it was said that the Tuna industry was literally looking over the FDA'a shoulder when those regs were written.
So, even then, Government is too easily corrupted. Unfortunately, I don't have a better idea.
Why would companies replace systems that are working well?
Because the director of IT or whatever his title is will want to be able to put on his resume that HE moved a company from a "Legacy" and "Outdated" system to a modern "web based solution" that enables "greater productivity" among the workforce saving "millions of dollars". Now, he can put that on his resume and go for the CTO, CIO, or whatever jobs.
I've seen it and it works.
You see, it's a technique. It takes years of practice. First, you drink a shit load of caffeine. Then, after it gets in your system, you bring up Slashdot. Then, and only then, you get in touch with your inner self, connect with the Universe, and connect with your higher power as you see Him.
Now, type blindingly fast "First Post". Hopefully, it will come out fist5 posts. See how I did that?
Again.
firsyt posts.
See?
Now, you try.
Troll indeed!
Time for the miracle of mass production and economies of scale.
Yes, for another brand. Tesla, I believe, will be a luxury sports car brand in the spirit of Ferrari. Meaning, technology developed for and by the luxury brand will then be perfected and moved to a grocery getter brand, maybe, the "Maxwell" or better yet, the "Edison" brand of cars.
Every woman who enters the sex industry is a head case. They have virtually NO self esteem and they use. Ask yourself, why does a woman do that? Many of them are actually pretty sharp, too. Some of them make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and they blow it. Some of it they blow up their noses.
Secondly, I see time and time again, men who give those people their hard earned money thinking that person "likes" them; hence why those women think men are losers and suckers. I'm not saying why I know this.
Comparing a stripper to a tech support engineer?!?! What?!?
God! I have to draw a picture every fucking time I post here! Jesus Fucking Christ!
OK, so what red-blooded geek male *wouldn't* want that job, tracking down the perps?
Strippers or any other woman in the sex industry basically thinks men are "suckers" and "losers". All women in the sex industry are head cases. Stay away from them.
It's bad for an economy when an entrepreneur has to first take into consideration the taxes before engaging in a business enterprise or even consider them. That's just idiotic.
Taxes are a necessity for a society, but when they become a burden and retard entrepreneurial activity, then its tax structure needs to be examined.
Yes, BTW, I think prostitution should be legal.
And no, MAN pages do not count as documentation. Some people (dare I say most?) need step-by-step instructions on how to do something the first time so they are sure they are doing things correctly. Afterwards, they're free to tinker til their hearts delight.
*gives a mold-friendly thumbs up*
Damn straight about the Man Pages! Man pages are for reference for experienced users. In other words, for those who are wondering, "What are the parameters again?" Why?
You see, when you read the man pages, parameters have all these "[]" and "-" and other things. I've occasionally come across programs that had "optional" parameters in their man pages that ended being required.
Dodgy card readers,...
That's what you get for buying a Chrysler product or any Detroit product. Try getting a Honda or Toyota card reader. Or if you're a yuppy, a BMW card reader. Although, no one holds a candle to the Japanese.
In any event, why allow someone to patent an application-specific integrated circuit that performs new function X but not a FGPA configured via a HDL that performs new function X?
Then a mystery writer could patent a method of committing a crime and the method of solving the crime. Royalties from the mafia and from the police! Woohoo!
Your punching a Dick in the arm. Are you sure it was Dick? It could have been Sam or John.
I'm tired of the BS in ALL of the electronic and print media. The over simplification of issues, the half truths, and in some cases, I've caught downright falsehoods. Some of the local papers and media are becoming more and more opinionated. They're not just stating the facts - they're throwing in opinion. I have my own opinions - thank-you-very-much - and I refuse to spend my time reading some other person's. A person who has to write something, not to show the truth, but to write something that's sensational to get readers or viewers or listeners.
Oh, and let me add something. There is NO SUCH THING AS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA and the rest. They are ALL "mainstream media". Those folks who bitch about the "mainstream media" work for the mainstream media themselves; which makes them bullshitters.
Strange that GRUB has corrupted your whole system though -- how does such a thing happen?
I don't know. It drove me batty! It's Fedora 9 here. Anyway, when I installed it, the machine would get to the loader and lock up. I couldn't get anywhere. After I reinstalled F9 without GRUB, it all worked fine.
I'v tried other options: Fedora 10's install wouldn't even run on my Linux box. Ubuntu doesn't run on that same box. I have only 512MB Ram and the system is so old I refuse to add more memory to get Ubuntu to run on it. The Ubuntu guys said I needed more memory.
Even then, it's scary proposition to move everything. I have this nagging feeling that I'm going to miss something very important! Dual boot? I don't know. I have had issues in the past with GRUB locking up machines and no being able to rescue my system. I had to reinstall everything.
Now stop misunderestimating me!
- George W.
Yes you can live away from tornadoes - even in tornado alley. Just don't live in a trailer park. You know that's where the tornado is headed.
They do have a vehicle for that. It's called the TIV or Tornado Intercept Vehicle. I live in the Midwest (one of the states mentioned above) and we heard (and saw) that the TIV was passing by last May when a F2 tornado tore through city. If your curious, the vehicle is featured on a show called Storm Chasers on Discovery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Intercept_Vehicle
Yeah, but, can you SHOOT the tornado? I don't think so!
I can quit whenever I want!!!!
Believe it or not, there are actually Caffeine Anonymous groups out there.
I had to cut back for surgery awhile back and I found that simply mixing a little bit of regular coffee in with decaf worked like a charm. It didn't even need to be half and half, even just one part caffeinated in four was sufficient to stave off the headaches and malaise.
I just went and switched to scotch.
The old Western Union trick:
You're selling an item for $1,000. Someone wanting to buy it sends you $2,000. They say "Oops!" could you send me the balance back to me via Western Union and I'll pick up the item later. You do so. Their original $2,000 check bounces and they have your $1,000. You're out $3,000 and YOU OWE IT, baby!
The scam works many ways but it usually involves you sending a Western Union money gram or some other method where, once you send the money, it's gone. The renting overseas homes works similar to this.
Jobs. Do not give personal information, DOB or SSN, until you've met them and you have verified they are actually an employer.
Some employers, such as governments, insist on a SSN so they run you through Choicepoint, the credit bureaus and other Big Brother corporate entities before they will consider you for employment. I only get those forms when I'm on the interview. I wouldn't give the information to them unless you get an interview.
You need to be very careful on Craigslist.
I can't tell you unless you get the proper security clearance.
It'd be a bitch to text on!
I found this regarding finding orphaned works and it gives some other information. Unfortunately, when I google for orphaned works, this whole Google things comes up - surprise, surprise.
I see that the Slashdot programming staff has added some more skills to their resume. I don't CmdrTaco has anything to worry about - yet. But, if we start seeing Slashdot being ported over to .NET, then, well, maybe those guys will be moving on.