I wish that AI would have ended when the ferris wheel at Coney Island started collapsing. It could have crushed the helicopter and smash that little kids to bits. It'd be alright if Teddy miraculously survived though.
If that's the case, I am very glad to be graduating in the next few years. I wonder if all the un/underemployed + new hires will be able to cover that 34 percent? Or will we all just have to do more work?
Another interesting note that I can speak about from personal observation is that many factory workers are approaching retirement now as well. This isn't just an IT problem, all over Baby Boomer people are retiring and there are a whole lot more of them retiring than there are us young folk coming in to take their places.
Do you have any idea how old the equipment in use in the airline industry is? Cost of replacement isn't feasible yet, so no, computers can't really solve this problem.
It would kill you if a 'typical arrogant, snot-nosed... corporate type,' actually made one valid statement wouldn't it? Go back in your little hole, the rest of us have more important things to do than teach you about the world.
I feel the need to expand on this. The problem is that since they are always up for reelection, they are constantly whoring themselves to megacorporations in order to get more money out of them so they can get re-elected and get more money. This is why incumbents are so much more likely to get re-elected, they have access to a crapload of funds that others don't.
The offices that I know of with term limits are the President and some (all?) state governers. Everyone else can run for reelection indefinetely. Maybe the problem is the other way around?
woops, actually, right now we are on the same time as Illinois. Proof that this is too stinkin' confusing. =]
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There are many other ancient texts which contain information similar to the Bible. Gilgamesh is a good example of this, and if I want, when I get home, I can list about 30-40 more of them.
You know what, I didn't really remember seeing StarWars when I was younger, and I saw it again when I was 18 and I really enjoyed it. I wasn't a kid then, but I certainly enjoyed that much more than I enjoyed "The Phantom Menace".
Besides, shouldn't a series grow with its audience, i.e. The Simpsons? It makes sense to do so in this case. They should know that most people that are going to want to watch star wars in the first place are going to be older. When they pander to children, they can suck money out of those of us who will go because it says "star wars" even when it is written for children.
I've included an excerpt from here. That will provide some insight into it. Also, I know that at least Paine Webber downtown has to come into work an hour earlier half the year so that they are open when the market is. It's a pain in the neck for airlines and travelers. It's not that it's a different time, it's that the time difference changes depending on what time of year it is, thus making it confusing as to what the time in Indiana (or elsewhere if you live in Indiana) is.
Business, Economic & Sales Opportunities: "Time uniformity is critically important to consumer convenience and to the complicated task of flight scheduling. Obviously, if states exempt themselves from uniform time standards, various arrival and departure times would change, necessitating a revamping of schedules and possible elimination of flights." William J. Burhop, Senior V.P. Air Transport Assoc. of America Testimony before US Congress, April 24, 1985
The thing with DST is that Indiana can either try to make the rest of the world get off DST, or can adopt it to allow ease of interstate and international commerce. Which one is more plausible? It's not even a matter of whether or DST itself is a good thing, it'd be like not having trains, and forcing everyone who wants to do business with us to fly stuff in, guess what's going to happen? The places will go somewhere else, because there is no way we'll get everyone else to drop rail transport in favor of airplanes (hazardous waste?). It would make more sense for us to adobt rail transport than to make everyone else drop it. Same thing with DST.
Yeah, NW, SW, SE all have DST, because they are close to major metropolitan areas that are on a different time zone, so the only way to really effectively get business done is to adopt the timezone of the big city near by, otherwise you're going to be on the same time or an hour off half the year, which is a big problem. If the whole state went one way or the other it'd solve many problems. Northwest Indiana would be more advanced if Gary wasn't there to give us that prestigious Murder Capitol of the World title or whatever it is.
Indiana: Top Ranked in: Syphilis, Obesity, Smoking, Murder (in Gary at least). Bottom Ranked in: Education (K-12), Jobs, and right now competent politicians who can't pass a friggin budget for crap but have no problem trying to pass a law to indemnify themselves of all past wrongdoings!
DST makes sense. Since we all are set in rigid schedules with school and work, we can simply adjust our clocks to provide more time awake with the sun in the sky. Before we all had to be at work or school at 7 or 8, people went to sleep and woke up with the sun, since it made sense to be awake when the sun was out. They followed daylight savings time without realizing it =] (Although, they adjusting in small amounts throughout the year.)
Anyway, there are numerous businesses who have avoided our state due to the lack of DST. It makes international business difficult, and is a pain in the ass when the 4 corners of the state are all on different time zones, while the rest is on EST. There's significant debate on this issue each year in the statehouse, nothing ever gets done; but something might soon.
The only arguments I've seen against it are 'Farmers will spend more time in the fields', 'Kids will wait for buses in the dark', etc. I don't understand most of these arguments, since a farmer will only spend as much time in the field as necessary, and if DST is done properly, kids are less likely to be waiting for the bus in the dark.
Here is more information on the state of Indiana's anti-telemarketing law that was recently passed, and everything that goes along with it.
We might not have daylight savings time, but at least we are trying to keep out telemarketers. I suggest you look over the text of the law before making any comments, since it provides many ways for people to legally call you, such as not-for-profit orgs using their own volunteers, etc. Anyway, I think it has helped tremendously, and I'm still waiting for a business to get sued over it to really enforce it. (That will be the true test of the law.)
I also believe it is being challenged by a number of groups right now. At least it is a step in the right direction. Heck, the attorney general based his entire last campaign on this issue alone.
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You need a more central location for all of your servers. That kinda worries me than 2 servers would be sitting on a desk behind you with the rest scattered about everywhere! =]
I think their main problem with it is that bnetd makes the game more playable for people with pirated copies, since it doesn't authorize that when the person connects (because they can't, because Blizzard won't tell them the algorithm for it, because then they think that will make it even easier for people to crack; they don't have to give it out if they don't want to anyway.).
The point is, they want to slow down proliferation of pirated copies of their software. If you pirate some of their games, but you can't play them online, you are less likely to use the pirated version; more likely to go out and buy it if you really liked it enough that you want to be able to play online.
Perhaps they could work out some sort of licensing issue with bnetd? That could be complicated though, but then they would be more protected and could require bnetd to check for pirated copies of their software.
You have no idea how long I spent trying to find a decent one with USB! Ah, my life will soon be much easier. Or at least, I will finally be able to have a Linux and XP desktop without needing to reboot to switch OS.. (or crawl under the table and move cables around, ick.)
This is extremely offtopic, but I've been wanting to get a decent KVM switch that will do the job, but I don't want to spend $200 for it, any suggestions?
Open Source software may full disclose what the software does, but not to the 'average user'. The same 'average user' who will probably install said software without reading the explanation of what it does when it is right in front of their face.
I suppose if it were open source, then someone who took the time to look through said source could see what it did and then inform everyone else. But the thing still is, unless it's on the local news at 6, or in the Sunday Paper, who is going to really know about it?
According the CEO from the c|net article, it's going to be 'opt-in'. Which means they will be asking for your permission to use your cycles. My concern as a support provider for a few hundred people is that, like anything else, they probably won't read a damn thing and install it without realizing they're doing it, or what it does. Then I've got computers running slow for no apparent reason, and bandwidth being sucked out my nose. No thank you.
I'm curious where all the air from the air compressor goes? Seems like it would create a lot of pressure on the box. You'd also need some hefty insulation, which would make the temperature problem even worse.
If you want a quiet computer, try an iMac. No fan = little noise. You hear the hard drive and cd drive occasionally but that's it.
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I wish that AI would have ended when the ferris wheel at Coney Island started collapsing. It could have crushed the helicopter and smash that little kids to bits. It'd be alright if Teddy miraculously survived though.
If that's the case, I am very glad to be graduating in the next few years. I wonder if all the un/underemployed + new hires will be able to cover that 34 percent? Or will we all just have to do more work?
Another interesting note that I can speak about from personal observation is that many factory workers are approaching retirement now as well. This isn't just an IT problem, all over Baby Boomer people are retiring and there are a whole lot more of them retiring than there are us young folk coming in to take their places.
Do you have any idea how old the equipment in use in the airline industry is? Cost of replacement isn't feasible yet, so no, computers can't really solve this problem.
It would kill you if a 'typical arrogant, snot-nosed... corporate type,' actually made one valid statement wouldn't it? Go back in your little hole, the rest of us have more important things to do than teach you about the world.
Wasn't .NET supposed to give you 'one degree of seperation' according to all the commercials I saw on TV? Wouldn't that mean no middle man?
I feel the need to expand on this. The problem is that since they are always up for reelection, they are constantly whoring themselves to megacorporations in order to get more money out of them so they can get re-elected and get more money. This is why incumbents are so much more likely to get re-elected, they have access to a crapload of funds that others don't.
The offices that I know of with term limits are the President and some (all?) state governers. Everyone else can run for reelection indefinetely. Maybe the problem is the other way around?
woops, actually, right now we are on the same time as Illinois. Proof that this is too stinkin' confusing. =]
There are many other ancient texts which contain information similar to the Bible. Gilgamesh is a good example of this, and if I want, when I get home, I can list about 30-40 more of them.
Besides, shouldn't a series grow with its audience, i.e. The Simpsons? It makes sense to do so in this case. They should know that most people that are going to want to watch star wars in the first place are going to be older. When they pander to children, they can suck money out of those of us who will go because it says "star wars" even when it is written for children.
I think there was a special exception for them. It was probably the FOP, which I believe might be a not for profit organization? Anyone know for sure?
Business, Economic & Sales Opportunities:
"Time uniformity is critically important to consumer convenience and to the complicated task of flight scheduling. Obviously, if states exempt themselves from uniform time standards, various arrival and departure times would change, necessitating a revamping of schedules and possible elimination of flights."
William J. Burhop, Senior V.P. Air Transport Assoc. of America
Testimony before US Congress, April 24, 1985
The thing with DST is that Indiana can either try to make the rest of the world get off DST, or can adopt it to allow ease of interstate and international commerce. Which one is more plausible? It's not even a matter of whether or DST itself is a good thing, it'd be like not having trains, and forcing everyone who wants to do business with us to fly stuff in, guess what's going to happen? The places will go somewhere else, because there is no way we'll get everyone else to drop rail transport in favor of airplanes (hazardous waste?). It would make more sense for us to adobt rail transport than to make everyone else drop it. Same thing with DST.
Yeah, NW, SW, SE all have DST, because they are close to major metropolitan areas that are on a different time zone, so the only way to really effectively get business done is to adopt the timezone of the big city near by, otherwise you're going to be on the same time or an hour off half the year, which is a big problem. If the whole state went one way or the other it'd solve many problems. Northwest Indiana would be more advanced if Gary wasn't there to give us that prestigious Murder Capitol of the World title or whatever it is.
Indiana: Top Ranked in: Syphilis, Obesity, Smoking, Murder (in Gary at least).
Bottom Ranked in: Education (K-12), Jobs, and right now competent politicians who can't pass a friggin budget for crap but have no problem trying to pass a law to indemnify themselves of all past wrongdoings!
DST makes sense. Since we all are set in rigid schedules with school and work, we can simply adjust our clocks to provide more time awake with the sun in the sky. Before we all had to be at work or school at 7 or 8, people went to sleep and woke up with the sun, since it made sense to be awake when the sun was out. They followed daylight savings time without realizing it =] (Although, they adjusting in small amounts throughout the year.)
Anyway, there are numerous businesses who have avoided our state due to the lack of DST. It makes international business difficult, and is a pain in the ass when the 4 corners of the state are all on different time zones, while the rest is on EST. There's significant debate on this issue each year in the statehouse, nothing ever gets done; but something might soon.
The only arguments I've seen against it are 'Farmers will spend more time in the fields', 'Kids will wait for buses in the dark', etc. I don't understand most of these arguments, since a farmer will only spend as much time in the field as necessary, and if DST is done properly, kids are less likely to be waiting for the bus in the dark.
Here is more information on the state of Indiana's anti-telemarketing law that was recently passed, and everything that goes along with it.
We might not have daylight savings time, but at least we are trying to keep out telemarketers. I suggest you look over the text of the law before making any comments, since it provides many ways for people to legally call you, such as not-for-profit orgs using their own volunteers, etc. Anyway, I think it has helped tremendously, and I'm still waiting for a business to get sued over it to really enforce it. (That will be the true test of the law.)
I also believe it is being challenged by a number of groups right now. At least it is a step in the right direction. Heck, the attorney general based his entire last campaign on this issue alone.
You need a more central location for all of your servers. That kinda worries me than 2 servers would be sitting on a desk behind you with the rest scattered about everywhere! =]
Uhm, if you ran a webserver and looked through your logs you see that it isn't dead at all. 90% of what hits my server is Nimda.
I think their main problem with it is that bnetd makes the game more playable for people with pirated copies, since it doesn't authorize that when the person connects (because they can't, because Blizzard won't tell them the algorithm for it, because then they think that will make it even easier for people to crack; they don't have to give it out if they don't want to anyway.).
The point is, they want to slow down proliferation of pirated copies of their software. If you pirate some of their games, but you can't play them online, you are less likely to use the pirated version; more likely to go out and buy it if you really liked it enough that you want to be able to play online.
Perhaps they could work out some sort of licensing issue with bnetd? That could be complicated though, but then they would be more protected and could require bnetd to check for pirated copies of their software.
I'm not sure about you, but I'm always in the present.
You have no idea how long I spent trying to find a decent one with USB! Ah, my life will soon be much easier. Or at least, I will finally be able to have a Linux and XP desktop without needing to reboot to switch OS.. (or crawl under the table and move cables around, ick.)
This is extremely offtopic, but I've been wanting to get a decent KVM switch that will do the job, but I don't want to spend $200 for it, any suggestions?
I've got a TV from 60s much older than your Trinitrons =]
Open Source software may full disclose what the software does, but not to the 'average user'. The same 'average user' who will probably install said software without reading the explanation of what it does when it is right in front of their face.
I suppose if it were open source, then someone who took the time to look through said source could see what it did and then inform everyone else. But the thing still is, unless it's on the local news at 6, or in the Sunday Paper, who is going to really know about it?
According the CEO from the c|net article, it's going to be 'opt-in'. Which means they will be asking for your permission to use your cycles. My concern as a support provider for a few hundred people is that, like anything else, they probably won't read a damn thing and install it without realizing they're doing it, or what it does. Then I've got computers running slow for no apparent reason, and bandwidth being sucked out my nose. No thank you.
I'm curious where all the air from the air compressor goes? Seems like it would create a lot of pressure on the box. You'd also need some hefty insulation, which would make the temperature problem even worse.
If you want a quiet computer, try an iMac. No fan = little noise. You hear the hard drive and cd drive occasionally but that's it.