But you don't speak about the abyss of drug addiction which would receive enough funding for education, treatment, and even research into safer drugs if we got rid of the War On Drugs, the income-sapping expense which would be reduced to almost nothing due to market competition, the parents of kids that forget parenting while doing drugs would be reduced due to addiction reduction measures, the accidents on the freeway which also occur due to drunkenness, sleepiness, or just being old and senile and still being allowed behind the wheel, the madness of things like meth addiction and its incredible debilitating affects on the body, which would become virtually non-existent with the legal and cheap offering of safer alternatives.
Or how the drug cartels live in lawlessness just below the border in muderous droves, and how they wouldn't exist if they had Pfizer as a competition.
This is not necessarily a bad thing. To most people (The 99.whatever% who don't use linux) a computer is a tool, not a project.
There's nothing wrong with either view to be perfectly fair, but it's unfair to come down on people just because they want to get things done (or don't - whatever).
You don't need to be a mechanic to get your driver's license...
There are two types of people in the world, those who are comfortable with their sexuality, whatever it may be, and those who feel the need to denigrate others because they're afraid of their own feelings. Can you guess which group your post puts you in?
Reading it knowing that, I see it, but yea, a little tough to pick out.
The WC3 just recently approved the use of a </sarcasm> tag (closing tag only, the proper insertion of an opening tag is left as an exercise for the reader), this might help you if you don't have a punchline or over the top obvious sarcastic phrase to include;-)
Your mind is a powerful thing. That you, with your Atheist beliefs, could be seduced by your hallucinations into performing what they ask is certainly a clear insight into the origins of religion.
Imagine living in a time when language was new "technology", and relaying your story to others? We'd all be running to beaches when we got paper cuts! (Sounds like a joke but might not be far off)
Let me get this straight... I'm supposed to believe OS X is invulnerable to viruses.. because apple says so... while at the same time understanding that even though the iPhone 3G was advertised being twice as fast, that I'm a fool to believe that statement to be true?
Apple DOESN'T say the Mac is "invulnerable" to viruses, and never has. FAIL.
PS: I've seen 3G vs EDGE data services on the new iPhones, and it is about twice as fast, which is what is supposed to be faster about the new iPhones. How come you're not complaining about Microsoft's "Windows: Life Without Walls" campaign, if you think Apple's ad was so fucking deceptive?
Well, they did under the old cooperative multitasking "old world" Macintosh System Software.
I'm suprised that no one mentioned that we Mac users had a virus known as Oompa-Loompa starting on Valentine's Day, 2006.
I found this stuff on About.com! C'mon, people! Firefox even has a Google Quicksearch built right in! Ctrl-L "google mac viruses" enter. No mouse even required.
I've recently been laid off, and I was thinking about looking for something entry-level in the IT field (help desk or something) and trying to get a foot in the door somewhere. (Hell, I've been looking at doing IT work all my life, but just never finished the BS in CS.)
Does it help to have worked on projects that you can show to someone? Will they care to see example code, or does this not come up as long as you can "talk the talk"?
The reason I ask is that, unfortunately, I've not written a line of C/C++ in over 6 years, and most of my recent work was done AT work (mostly JavaScript and VB, but I can pick up most languages pretty quickly), which then became the property of my company and was lost along with my job...in short, I can perform but I have nothing to show, and very little time to whip up something impressive to show off. Will that kill my chances?
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. - US Constitution
You stupid hippies can fuck right off. Nowhere in there do I see anything about social security, Medicaid, Medicare, or socialized medicine, whereas the common defense is explicitly mentioned. And before you even start, 'promote the general welfare' != 'ensure/provide the general welfare'. People should be given the ability to achieve, not the assurance that they will achieve.
So what do we do with the country full of failures once the rich and powerful few exploit them all?
The majority lives in filth, poor health, while the rich get richer. That is not America. It should be great to be ANYONE in America, and the services you listed ensure that everyone has the bare minimum to be able to achieve. No one will have to say "Oh, he could have been a successful businessman, but his broken leg got infected and he died, because he had no way to pay for it."
Then why are you displaying graphs at all? To try to be more impressive? Why do you need to do that, what are you trying to compensate for? What are you trying to hide?
I notice those Rhapsody commercials where the girl jumps off the buildings into CGI bubbles to hear a different song playing inside each one doesn't say "Do not attempt"
Microsoft is trying to enter a market here that they don't stand a chance of controlling, mainly for bragging rights - I think that's got to be good for the market as a whole, because as I said, they have a lot of bright people working for them, and may bring some useful tricks to the party.
Keep that in mind when they start patenting their new tricks and attempting to sue the pants off of the free software developers who attempt to write comparable software.
Well, I can hit "Shut down" and walk away at the end of my work day, and just wait until right before I do so to punch out (if it's PC-based).
Most people I know, however, solve the morning dilemma by leaving their computers powered on overnight. Costs the company more, but if I arrive at 9 and they're going to not pay me (or penalize me, even) because their sluggish PC takes 15 minutes to start, then they're going to pay via the grid.
It's not about the time I give to my employer, it's about the time they take from my day. They PAY for my services, if they want me to arrive earlier because their PC takes forever to start, then they need to compensate me to do so, or find another solution (faster startup time, etc).
Read somewhere that hydraulic-pumps up in the air on the turbine with hoses all leading to a central electric generation plant nearby brings down the maintenance cost considerably. Efficient generators are more expensive and require more skilled maintenance than hydraulic-pumps factoring in the loss of efficiency with the hydro delivery system.
Great, now we'll have to rely on foreign hydraulic fluid! </sarcasm>
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I'll agree that there's a profit motive.
But you don't speak about the abyss of drug addiction which would receive enough funding for education, treatment, and even research into safer drugs if we got rid of the War On Drugs, the income-sapping expense which would be reduced to almost nothing due to market competition, the parents of kids that forget parenting while doing drugs would be reduced due to addiction reduction measures, the accidents on the freeway which also occur due to drunkenness, sleepiness, or just being old and senile and still being allowed behind the wheel, the madness of things like meth addiction and its incredible debilitating affects on the body, which would become virtually non-existent with the legal and cheap offering of safer alternatives.
Or how the drug cartels live in lawlessness just below the border in muderous droves, and how they wouldn't exist if they had Pfizer as a competition.
Fixed that for you.
We are talking about America here, the land of the free.
We should be free to live our lives as we see fit. Prohibition is as against the Constitution as it comes.
If you don't like it, go to Russia.
This is not necessarily a bad thing. To most people (The 99.whatever% who don't use linux) a computer is a tool, not a project. There's nothing wrong with either view to be perfectly fair, but it's unfair to come down on people just because they want to get things done (or don't - whatever).
You don't need to be a mechanic to get your driver's license...
There are two types of people in the world, those who are comfortable with their sexuality, whatever it may be, and those who feel the need to denigrate others because they're afraid of their own feelings. Can you guess which group your post puts you in?
This.
Oh.
;-)
Reading it knowing that, I see it, but yea, a little tough to pick out.
The WC3 just recently approved the use of a </sarcasm> tag (closing tag only, the proper insertion of an opening tag is left as an exercise for the reader), this might help you if you don't have a punchline or over the top obvious sarcastic phrase to include
Your mind is a powerful thing. That you, with your Atheist beliefs, could be seduced by your hallucinations into performing what they ask is certainly a clear insight into the origins of religion.
Imagine living in a time when language was new "technology", and relaying your story to others? We'd all be running to beaches when we got paper cuts! (Sounds like a joke but might not be far off)
Let me get this straight... I'm supposed to believe OS X is invulnerable to viruses.. because apple says so... while at the same time understanding that even though the iPhone 3G was advertised being twice as fast, that I'm a fool to believe that statement to be true?
Apple DOESN'T say the Mac is "invulnerable" to viruses, and never has. FAIL.
PS: I've seen 3G vs EDGE data services on the new iPhones, and it is about twice as fast, which is what is supposed to be faster about the new iPhones. How come you're not complaining about Microsoft's "Windows: Life Without Walls" campaign, if you think Apple's ad was so fucking deceptive?
Well, they did under the old cooperative multitasking "old world" Macintosh System Software.
I'm suprised that no one mentioned that we Mac users had a virus known as Oompa-Loompa starting on Valentine's Day, 2006.
I found this stuff on About.com! C'mon, people! Firefox even has a Google Quicksearch built right in! Ctrl-L "google mac viruses" enter. No mouse even required.
I've recently been laid off, and I was thinking about looking for something entry-level in the IT field (help desk or something) and trying to get a foot in the door somewhere. (Hell, I've been looking at doing IT work all my life, but just never finished the BS in CS.)
Does it help to have worked on projects that you can show to someone? Will they care to see example code, or does this not come up as long as you can "talk the talk"?
The reason I ask is that, unfortunately, I've not written a line of C/C++ in over 6 years, and most of my recent work was done AT work (mostly JavaScript and VB, but I can pick up most languages pretty quickly), which then became the property of my company and was lost along with my job...in short, I can perform but I have nothing to show, and very little time to whip up something impressive to show off. Will that kill my chances?
Lesson learned: Geeks now require social skills, at least on a professional level, or their work might not be taken seriously.
Actually, if I was going to bite that bullet, I think I'd be a Torq user...
Yes, because all the girls want a guy who can write file systems for Linux...
Be careful! If your sarcasm is detected, we may NEVER see any advance in open-source file systems!
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. - US Constitution
You stupid hippies can fuck right off. Nowhere in there do I see anything about social security, Medicaid, Medicare, or socialized medicine, whereas the common defense is explicitly mentioned. And before you even start, 'promote the general welfare' != 'ensure/provide the general welfare'. People should be given the ability to achieve, not the assurance that they will achieve.
So what do we do with the country full of failures once the rich and powerful few exploit them all?
The majority lives in filth, poor health, while the rich get richer. That is not America. It should be great to be ANYONE in America, and the services you listed ensure that everyone has the bare minimum to be able to achieve. No one will have to say "Oh, he could have been a successful businessman, but his broken leg got infected and he died, because he had no way to pay for it."
Then why are you displaying graphs at all? To try to be more impressive? Why do you need to do that, what are you trying to compensate for? What are you trying to hide?
Shady.
I notice those Rhapsody commercials where the girl jumps off the buildings into CGI bubbles to hear a different song playing inside each one doesn't say "Do not attempt"
It's payday, baby!
I haven't seen a single new piece of vinyl (or CD, for that matter) listed on dancerecords.com since July.
This happened very suddenly, and it's a bit startling for those of us who have invested in actual vinyl turntables...
War.
...One minor slip up and because the media latched onto it this is all she'll ever be remembered for...
At least she doesn't wear diapers and kidnap people. Losing a tool bag? Could have happened to anyone, from any space program.
...the dehumidifier!
Don't be a smartass. It's a dehumdifier with a filter. Big difference.
Just make it put its stats on the internet, and you could patent your own version today!
Microsoft is trying to enter a market here that they don't stand a chance of controlling, mainly for bragging rights - I think that's got to be good for the market as a whole, because as I said, they have a lot of bright people working for them, and may bring some useful tricks to the party.
Keep that in mind when they start patenting their new tricks and attempting to sue the pants off of the free software developers who attempt to write comparable software.
That's called Innovation(tm)
Nice.
Yea, you should see how good Marathon 2 looks!
Seeing as the last big company I worked for used IE6 for "security reasons", I don't think they know how to configure auto-boot.
Well, I can hit "Shut down" and walk away at the end of my work day, and just wait until right before I do so to punch out (if it's PC-based).
Most people I know, however, solve the morning dilemma by leaving their computers powered on overnight. Costs the company more, but if I arrive at 9 and they're going to not pay me (or penalize me, even) because their sluggish PC takes 15 minutes to start, then they're going to pay via the grid.
It's not about the time I give to my employer, it's about the time they take from my day. They PAY for my services, if they want me to arrive earlier because their PC takes forever to start, then they need to compensate me to do so, or find another solution (faster startup time, etc).
Read somewhere that hydraulic-pumps up in the air on the turbine with hoses all leading to a central electric generation plant nearby brings down the maintenance cost considerably. Efficient generators are more expensive and require more skilled maintenance than hydraulic-pumps factoring in the loss of efficiency with the hydro delivery system.
Great, now we'll have to rely on foreign hydraulic fluid!
</sarcasm>