These rules are here to defend taxi companies at their most lucrative source of income. There is not a single reason else.
And frankly, airports are exactly where I would WANT a ride sharing service over the entrenched taxi industry. After dealign with flying, the last thing I want is to deal with a taxi driver not interested for a second where or how far I want to go - and in fact is forced by law to pick up my patronage here because before that law... they would reject my destination for a "better" fare. Let alone the other issues taxis have like the queues and half the time there isnt one availible for too long.
No, fuck em. If I can have a service that is waiting to pick me up, go where I want to go, more often than not in a clean and comfortable car, with a driver who (and I apologise for the next comment but you know this happens too often) understand what you are saying and is interested more in customer service.... I'll take it.
We do have a premium taxi service here that works more like Uber and in general it's a mile better than the regular taxi services. Unfortuantly it's too small to be truly able to handle capacity. You know, if taxis worked more like the premium serives I'd be less sympathic to Uber and Co, but they arent so.... fuck em. Bring the ride sharign services on.
Oh bullshit. If there's intelligent life out there capable of getting to us, then it'll be interested in us or the rock we are on. And it wont be waiting to say hi.
IF intelligent life is rare and they find us, then you fucking bet they are going to want to visit. We'll be so unusual that other intelligent lifeforms will be compelled just by the fact we exist to check us out and find out what the hell we are. If intelligent life is common, then they'll visit because.... well it's nothing odd so lets say hi to make war or trade.
The simple fact is that if there's intelligent life and they know about us, then they'll be dropping by. Prime directives and shit like that are Star Trek masturbation fantasys that are clueless about how things really would work. The evidence so far however is utterly absent of any ET out there so it's a moot point.
Given the number of cruise missiles it carries - yes it is. If you absolutly, positively need to fuck up someone's day, a B52 is still one of the ebst weapons to do it.
If there was no formal written policy declaring no lookie - it's claimed a person had a personal informal policy and this is not the department's policy - then SOL, no matter what the Lt. may have said.
I would further say that the fact the Lt went looking suggests there was something the employee was doing that wasnt kosher and there is more to this story. I am betting the person who got looked at was not doing their job.
The fact the SCOTUS took this up is a concern for businesses and sys admins. I would have thought it obvious there's no freedom of speech issues here.
You do not have the right to be a fucking bunch of asshats and liars aka Fox News. With speech comes resposibility and the Murdoch press left that bit out years ago.
.... flushing the fucking thing if you thought the words on the e-paper were only good for wiping your ass with. Or in emergency TP shortages, what are you going to use now?
But the fact is I have a top line laptop, I have ADSL and I have a server system that screams.... so what could a geek want?
How about a car. I think something smallish (say mid sized), blood red. 4 wheel drive, with computer controlled front, rear and centre differentials, stripped out for maximum weight saving, nice hefty rear wing, racing tyres, turbocharged 2l rally homogated motor, six speed sequential gearbox, roll caged, built and delivered, ready to roll.
And what is it?
The Mitsubitsi Lancer Evolution 7!! You can keep your iPODs and other toys, I WANT THIS CAR!
A "basic right", as you put it, is something that is manditory for survival.
Basic Rights are:
Food
Water
and shelter
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The only "rights" we have is what those who rule grant the huddled masses. We dont have rights. We have privledges. And it really annoys me when poeple simply stamp and shout saying they have RIGHTS!!!
For example, while for an infant, you have the pirvedge of a mother or father whom feeds you. This is not a right. There are laws in place to make sure that this pivedge is not taken away, but the point remians - your parents could well deny you food and shelter and you could have no recourse. The law of course says something about that, but it dont affect you when your dead.
A right is something to be taken for granted. A privledge is something to be fought for / achieved. The USA have a misnamed document called the Bill of Rights that were a hard won set of privledges.
A right is not something I need to struggle for. A privledge is. Are our privledges worth fighting for? Some are and some arent. It's really up to yourself to work out which ones are worthwhile.
Right now, it is our privledge to have anonymous web and everything that comes with that. Is that worthwhile fighting for, to keep that? Worth keeping the privledge of free speech?
I think so. Because once a privledge is removed, it's hard to get it back
Yep, using a 8100 now. Power hungry, heavy, but I wouldnt swap it for anything else. The screen is sooooooo nice. And it has everything onboard, plus it's about the fastest laptoip availible right now.
Only issue I've ever had was shoddy video drivers. Apart from that, I've had no need to run a desktop and I'm seriously considering just not having one.
The problem with the GeForce2 Go right now is that nobody bloody sells it. Toshiba, yeah, but with dinky 1024 x 768 screens. Dell, yeah, but they're, like, Dell, and their hardware reliability is questionable
Not in my experience (Now up approx 500 Dell PC's installed) Dell hardware is very reliable. It's their GeForce2Go drivers that could do with some attention. I've got 3 Dell 8100 here in the office, All three are absolutely brilliant, except mine has XP. And the video driver keeps forcing XP to crash. I had to install a BETA driver before the damn thing worked right. Now it is, I'm very happy. Not the first time I've had problems with Dell drivers, especially on newly released hardware.
All in all, the GeForce2Go works incredibly well and so does the 8100. I rarely if ever need to use anything else and it's worth every cent.
Actually I did, which is why I added my comment about adding this TO a hardware cluster. What I was querying was that a) the title of the article appeared to be misleading and 2) It doesnt really seem to me to be much of a point on a single box.
But as I said, with a hardware cluster AND this, now that's a good idea.
Someone doesnt understand the reason for a cluster
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I always thought the point of a Cluster is desgined to add machines and combine into a "virtual" machine, that has much more porcessing power and disk capabilities than a single standalone box.
Thence, this may be a good idea for adding virtual machines, say for additional processes and purposes, but a cluster in the way I unsderstand it, ie putting two or more cheaper machines together to make one much, much more powerful "virtual" one.
BUT, combining this WITH a hardware cluster - now that is a good and worthwhile idea.
Convincing Industry and Govt of the Big Gobs Of Money to be had with alternate energy should be the first step. Unless they see a buck in it and preferably an easily redemable one, Alternate energy isnt going to go far.
That being said, Does anyone realise Texas is one place where this happen and hence Wind Turbines are being built. Odd that it is in Geoge W Buhs's state - but I can say it was NOT done to save the enviroment. It was dnoe because there was shown to be a buck in it.
Soory Greenies, that's the way it works. You want to save the enviroment, prove to someone with dollars that there is more dollars to be had and quickly. Convince the money men of that aand watch how fast these clean technologies get built
Well said and unfortunantly true. Even in Sydney, where there is little credible threat (I hope), things are being pulled a bit tighter but to be honest, not much. Still you do hear things about "Well because of this event, we have to do this" all in the name of public safety.
To me, this has two sides and two argument extremes...
1) It's a grab at closing shut civil liberties. Maybe
2) It's displays a duty of care which the organisers are bound to provide. If they cant guarenttee security with the restrictions they have in place right now, then what needs to be done so this guarenttee can take place?
I personally think it's more of 2) than of 1) myself. I doubt something would happen, but IF it did and the organisers did not take all resonable precautions, then say hello to the lawyers.
It's also noted the definition of resonable risk and resonable preventative action has been risen considerably.
It's a pity that the poster you were commenting to is actually 100% correct. If an employee is godd at their job, promoting to management is a stupid idea. Your taking them away from what they are valuable to. Thence, if I had a long serving Sys Admin, I'ld ather find some way to give a benefit to him for that, rather than the pseudo reward of a promotion to mamangement.
I personally have no other way to advance up the corporate tree. If I want to go up, it's management, yet that is something I suck at (Been there, done that, hated the t-shirt). I am, on the other hand good at most IT related jobs. Thence, I try to make myself too valuable to be shifted upwards. Unfortunantly, that marks me as "management material" in the eyes of the MBA's.
Good at Job, so promote him!
No thanks. I'd rather be in the computer room fixing servers than sitting at some f******* meeting. How about you pay for my ADSL / travel / car instead?
Besides, in the time of layoffs, who is the last person you want out the door - the manager who no one is really sure knows what they manage or the sys admin who knows the network absolutly backwards and just keeps everything running?
I do remember Dr Who quite fondly. Sure the sets and effects were not exactly great, but it always did have some sort of a plot and a resonably good looking female lead. My personal favorites was always the Daleks - well it is the one that stick to the mind the most.
Hopefully this time if they are back they will be able to climb stairs!!!
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Did you miss the part where I address the fact they by law MUST take short hauls? Until that was forced onto them, taxis would regularly refuse.
These rules are here to defend taxi companies at their most lucrative source of income. There is not a single reason else.
And frankly, airports are exactly where I would WANT a ride sharing service over the entrenched taxi industry. After dealign with flying, the last thing I want is to deal with a taxi driver not interested for a second where or how far I want to go - and in fact is forced by law to pick up my patronage here because before that law... they would reject my destination for a "better" fare. Let alone the other issues taxis have like the queues and half the time there isnt one availible for too long.
No, fuck em. If I can have a service that is waiting to pick me up, go where I want to go, more often than not in a clean and comfortable car, with a driver who (and I apologise for the next comment but you know this happens too often) understand what you are saying and is interested more in customer service.... I'll take it.
We do have a premium taxi service here that works more like Uber and in general it's a mile better than the regular taxi services. Unfortuantly it's too small to be truly able to handle capacity. You know, if taxis worked more like the premium serives I'd be less sympathic to Uber and Co, but they arent so.... fuck em. Bring the ride sharign services on.
Oh bullshit. If there's intelligent life out there capable of getting to us, then it'll be interested in us or the rock we are on. And it wont be waiting to say hi.
IF intelligent life is rare and they find us, then you fucking bet they are going to want to visit. We'll be so unusual that other intelligent lifeforms will be compelled just by the fact we exist to check us out and find out what the hell we are. If intelligent life is common, then they'll visit because.... well it's nothing odd so lets say hi to make war or trade.
The simple fact is that if there's intelligent life and they know about us, then they'll be dropping by. Prime directives and shit like that are Star Trek masturbation fantasys that are clueless about how things really would work. The evidence so far however is utterly absent of any ET out there so it's a moot point.
The War on Drugs however IS a real problem, solved by stopping that lunatic policy
Given the number of cruise missiles it carries - yes it is. If you absolutly, positively need to fuck up someone's day, a B52 is still one of the ebst weapons to do it.
There's just a *tiny* difference between racing on a legal drag race strip and illegal street racing. But dont let that stop you now.
If there was no formal written policy declaring no lookie - it's claimed a person had a personal informal policy and this is not the department's policy - then SOL, no matter what the Lt. may have said.
I would further say that the fact the Lt went looking suggests there was something the employee was doing that wasnt kosher and there is more to this story. I am betting the person who got looked at was not doing their job.
The fact the SCOTUS took this up is a concern for businesses and sys admins. I would have thought it obvious there's no freedom of speech issues here.
... you dont use d!ct!0n@ryw0rd50r@tl3@st make them hard to be brute forced.
I cant really see how this is service is legal but I am willing to be educated how it could be.
You have the right to speech, that is true.
You do not have the right to be a fucking bunch of asshats and liars aka Fox News. With speech comes resposibility and the Murdoch press left that bit out years ago.
Sounds like some weird superpower or mutant ability.
But poor joke aside, that's amazing - I had no idea they broke apart ships like that
.... flushing the fucking thing if you thought the words on the e-paper were only good for wiping your ass with. Or in emergency TP shortages, what are you going to use now?
But the fact is I have a top line laptop, I have ADSL and I have a server system that screams.... so what could a geek want?
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How about a car. I think something smallish (say mid sized), blood red. 4 wheel drive, with computer controlled front, rear and centre differentials, stripped out for maximum weight saving, nice hefty rear wing, racing tyres, turbocharged 2l rally homogated motor, six speed sequential gearbox, roll caged, built and delivered, ready to roll.
And what is it?
The Mitsubitsi Lancer Evolution 7!! You can keep your iPODs and other toys, I WANT THIS CAR!
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/motorsports/
A "basic right", as you put it, is something that is manditory for survival.
Basic Rights are:
Food
Water
and shelter
---
The only "rights" we have is what those who rule grant the huddled masses. We dont have rights. We have privledges. And it really annoys me when poeple simply stamp and shout saying they have RIGHTS!!!
For example, while for an infant, you have the pirvedge of a mother or father whom feeds you. This is not a right. There are laws in place to make sure that this pivedge is not taken away, but the point remians - your parents could well deny you food and shelter and you could have no recourse. The law of course says something about that, but it dont affect you when your dead.
A right is something to be taken for granted. A privledge is something to be fought for / achieved. The USA have a misnamed document called the Bill of Rights that were a hard won set of privledges.
A right is not something I need to struggle for. A privledge is. Are our privledges worth fighting for? Some are and some arent. It's really up to yourself to work out which ones are worthwhile.
Right now, it is our privledge to have anonymous web and everything that comes with that. Is that worthwhile fighting for, to keep that? Worth keeping the privledge of free speech?
I think so. Because once a privledge is removed, it's hard to get it back
Yep, using a 8100 now. Power hungry, heavy, but I wouldnt swap it for anything else. The screen is sooooooo nice. And it has everything onboard, plus it's about the fastest laptoip availible right now.
Only issue I've ever had was shoddy video drivers. Apart from that, I've had no need to run a desktop and I'm seriously considering just not having one.
One seriously awesome machine
The problem with the GeForce2 Go right now is that nobody bloody sells it. Toshiba, yeah, but with dinky 1024 x 768 screens. Dell, yeah, but they're, like, Dell, and their hardware reliability is questionable
Not in my experience (Now up approx 500 Dell PC's installed) Dell hardware is very reliable. It's their GeForce2Go drivers that could do with some attention. I've got 3 Dell 8100 here in the office, All three are absolutely brilliant, except mine has XP. And the video driver keeps forcing XP to crash. I had to install a BETA driver before the damn thing worked right. Now it is, I'm very happy. Not the first time I've had problems with Dell drivers, especially on newly released hardware.
All in all, the GeForce2Go works incredibly well and so does the 8100. I rarely if ever need to use anything else and it's worth every cent.
And then go read Barstard Operator From Hell, take some tips and join the Dark Side of the Network. Rule over the Lusers with an Iron Fist of Fear!
Personally, I cant think of a better job than Sys Admin, especially if your a BOFH.
"One-Machine Linux Cluster"
Actually I did, which is why I added my comment about adding this TO a hardware cluster. What I was querying was that a) the title of the article appeared to be misleading and 2) It doesnt really seem to me to be much of a point on a single box.
But as I said, with a hardware cluster AND this, now that's a good idea.
I always thought the point of a Cluster is desgined to add machines and combine into a "virtual" machine, that has much more porcessing power and disk capabilities than a single standalone box.
Thence, this may be a good idea for adding virtual machines, say for additional processes and purposes, but a cluster in the way I unsderstand it, ie putting two or more cheaper machines together to make one much, much more powerful "virtual" one.
BUT, combining this WITH a hardware cluster - now that is a good and worthwhile idea.
Convincing Industry and Govt of the Big Gobs Of Money to be had with alternate energy should be the first step. Unless they see a buck in it and preferably an easily redemable one, Alternate energy isnt going to go far.
That being said, Does anyone realise Texas is one place where this happen and hence Wind Turbines are being built. Odd that it is in Geoge W Buhs's state - but I can say it was NOT done to save the enviroment. It was dnoe because there was shown to be a buck in it.
Soory Greenies, that's the way it works. You want to save the enviroment, prove to someone with dollars that there is more dollars to be had and quickly. Convince the money men of that aand watch how fast these clean technologies get built
Not after the RIAA did the deal to make sure the iTunes deleted all those naughty MP3 files of N'Sync and Britney! Stop it! Take the hint! Bad! Bad!
(Then again, deleteing a disk full of N'Sync and Britney tunes * IS * a good thing)
Insightful stuff on security practices snipped
Well said and unfortunantly true. Even in Sydney, where there is little credible threat (I hope), things are being pulled a bit tighter but to be honest, not much. Still you do hear things about "Well because of this event, we have to do this" all in the name of public safety.
To me, this has two sides and two argument extremes...
1) It's a grab at closing shut civil liberties. Maybe
2) It's displays a duty of care which the organisers are bound to provide. If they cant guarenttee security with the restrictions they have in place right now, then what needs to be done so this guarenttee can take place?
I personally think it's more of 2) than of 1) myself. I doubt something would happen, but IF it did and the organisers did not take all resonable precautions, then say hello to the lawyers.
It's also noted the definition of resonable risk and resonable preventative action has been risen considerably.
So what's next, we have to attend in the nude?
It's a pity that the poster you were commenting to is actually 100% correct. If an employee is godd at their job, promoting to management is a stupid idea. Your taking them away from what they are valuable to. Thence, if I had a long serving Sys Admin, I'ld ather find some way to give a benefit to him for that, rather than the pseudo reward of a promotion to mamangement.
I personally have no other way to advance up the corporate tree. If I want to go up, it's management, yet that is something I suck at (Been there, done that, hated the t-shirt). I am, on the other hand good at most IT related jobs. Thence, I try to make myself too valuable to be shifted upwards. Unfortunantly, that marks me as "management material" in the eyes of the MBA's.
Good at Job, so promote him!
No thanks. I'd rather be in the computer room fixing servers than sitting at some f******* meeting. How about you pay for my ADSL / travel / car instead?
Besides, in the time of layoffs, who is the last person you want out the door - the manager who no one is really sure knows what they manage or the sys admin who knows the network absolutly backwards and just keeps everything running?
I know this is offtopic but...
Do you host email?
I do remember Dr Who quite fondly. Sure the sets and effects were not exactly great, but it always did have some sort of a plot and a resonably good looking female lead. My personal favorites was always the Daleks - well it is the one that stick to the mind the most.
Hopefully this time if they are back they will be able to climb stairs!!!