Right. He had advanced security software, a van with sophisticated antennas, and no IT department to fix failures of their own equipment. So he takes it to Best Buy, where the teenage "technicians" install unnecessary anti-virus software, which proceeds to wipe out ("clean") all his security software...
Yeah, right. They don't make salt grains big enough.
France gave us the word "liberty," yet the french do not value freedom of speech nearly as much as Americans do. In fact, most of western europe denies its citizens free speech rights (especially when discussing things the government can subjectively determine to be "hateful" concepts).
The US government has made a lot of mistakes recently, but at least Americans can be proud that we are still protecting our most fundamental human right.
To be fair, communism is an economic system. The term "democratic republic" refers to a governmental system. It is quite possible to have both.
In recent history, conquering powers often used the promise of communist economic reform to gain support for their dictatorship. Once they have power, they implement systems that are neither communist nor democratic.
The US government brainwashed the populace so well during the cold war that most Americans don't even know the difference between an economic and governmental system. It is possible to democratically elect leaders in a republican government that implement communist economic policies. Countries that have a single natural resource (such as oil) would probably be better of with such a system than with an entirely capitalist system.
The industry's answer, drug them animals up to offset the problem. Which isn't really an answer.
It is an answer when you are looking at revenue, expenses, book value, and all the other numbers the people calling the shots take into consideration. Business owners often don't ever even visit the businesses they own. They don't care what the business is. If something is bringing down revenue or bringing up profit, anything that changes those numbers really is an answer.
How has the financial picture of your company changed since you switched? I'm interested in knowing both your change in revenue and your change in profit.
I'm also curious as to what odd combination of circumstances has lead to a cow farmer to become a slashdot regular. If IT interests you so much, couldn't you be making a lot more money working in IT than you could make farming?
Yes. Let's just make the most profitable food. Let those who can barely afford the cheap, mass-produced food starve to death. Dick.
"Organic" is not the answer to food supply problems. Science is. We need to stop using harmful chemicals and drugs, and use MORE of the helpful+harmless technology (some chemicals, genetic engineering, etc.).
Before computers were used in real engineering, we could get away with "k" sometimes meaning 1024 (like in memory addresses) and sometimes meaning 1000 (like in network speeds). Those days are past. Now that computers are part of real engineering work, even the slightest amount of ambiguity is not acceptable.
Differentiating between "k" (=1000) and "ki" (=1024) is a sign that the computer industry is finally maturing. It's called progress.
If you guess at the barcode for a Ticketmaster "print at home" ticket to successfully hijack one I purchased and use it to get into the show before I can scan mine in, you've stolen my ticket.
Different situation entirely. There are a physically-limited number of seats available at a concert. If someone fraudulently deprives you of your seat, that's theft. There is no physical limit to the number of copies of Windows running simultaneously, therefore, no theft.
I find it intriguing... that "corporate America" takes so much bashing on/., and Linux (which is deified in these same boards) is so dependent on those same evil capitalist entities for its very survival
This may surprise you (intrigue you?), but Slashdot is not one person with one set of opinions. Even the editors do not collectively form one person. If they did, though, that person would probably have to wear a helmet at all times, and would constantly have drool running down its handi-capable face.
Columbus is a metropolis (>1M people), so "Bumblefuck" isn't a word anyone could use to describe it, and if you don't think it is a "real" city, your perception differs from almost everyone else on the planet. It has the biggest university in the country, one of the largest gay populations, notable museums, theatre, and and symphony orchestra. The vast majority of the population has no discernible accent. It's far from a "hick" town.
I guess what I'm saying is that you really don't have anything to support your point of view--just the opposite.
Viral marketing, politics, and religion are applied memetics.
---compare to---
Sociology: "bla bla bla a person's pay is how society values his profession bla bla all supernatural beliefs are equally true bla bla i just make up bullshit that can never be tested so nobody can prove me wrong bla bla bla"
Banks don't invest 90% of their customers' savings in the stock market these days. Banks also carry insurance. So 1929 doesn't apply.
I wasn't trading in 1989, but I don't remember stepping over starving retirees on my way to school. I think kids these days know that they should keep most of it in index funds when they are young, then move it to government bonds when they are reaching retirement. To rely on a single company that relies on the stock market/while in retirement/ seems nuts to me.
I have never heard of a venue that wants cover bands over original music.
Are you kidding? The biggest, busiest night spots around here (Columbus, OH) usually have cover bands. Bachelorette parties want to come and dance to the songs of their college days. They don't want to hear new stuff. And they are the type of group that brings in big crowds (=beer money).
Sure, there are places for indie bands. But those are usually much smaller venues.
If an index has been trading near a certain level for a while, then a "panic" event causes a huge drop without changing the fundamental underpinnings of the market, traders view this as a HUGE signal to BUY BUY BUY, on margin if possible. In a few weeks, the index is back where it started before the panic event.
At least, that has been my observation. I can't WAIT for leveraged index ETFs... come on, ProFunds!!
Oh, and your Grandpa's pension would not go bankrupt over a panic event. That's absurd.
Of course, anyone who relies on pension companies for retirement has bigger problems...
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Right. He had advanced security software, a van with sophisticated antennas, and no IT department to fix failures of their own equipment. So he takes it to Best Buy, where the teenage "technicians" install unnecessary anti-virus software, which proceeds to wipe out ("clean") all his security software...
Yeah, right. They don't make salt grains big enough.
France gave us the word "liberty," yet the french do not value freedom of speech nearly as much as Americans do. In fact, most of western europe denies its citizens free speech rights (especially when discussing things the government can subjectively determine to be "hateful" concepts).
The US government has made a lot of mistakes recently, but at least Americans can be proud that we are still protecting our most fundamental human right.
Everyone knows that ed is the standard text editor.
To be fair, communism is an economic system. The term "democratic republic" refers to a governmental system. It is quite possible to have both.
In recent history, conquering powers often used the promise of communist economic reform to gain support for their dictatorship. Once they have power, they implement systems that are neither communist nor democratic.
The US government brainwashed the populace so well during the cold war that most Americans don't even know the difference between an economic and governmental system. It is possible to democratically elect leaders in a republican government that implement communist economic policies. Countries that have a single natural resource (such as oil) would probably be better of with such a system than with an entirely capitalist system.
Um, no. If an antibiotic kills an entire population, it doesn't create a resistant population.
If you're going to treat with antibiotics, you do it with overwhelming force. Using fewer grams is actually worse.
Wow, that's talent. You should write crappy horror novels.
How has the financial picture of your company changed since you switched? I'm interested in knowing both your change in revenue and your change in profit.
I'm also curious as to what odd combination of circumstances has lead to a cow farmer to become a slashdot regular. If IT interests you so much, couldn't you be making a lot more money working in IT than you could make farming?
Yes. Let's just make the most profitable food. Let those who can barely afford the cheap, mass-produced food starve to death. Dick.
"Organic" is not the answer to food supply problems. Science is. We need to stop using harmful chemicals and drugs, and use MORE of the helpful+harmless technology (some chemicals, genetic engineering, etc.).
Make friends with AJAX and make your users happy.
Yes, true wisdom only comes from Anonymous Cowards, like yourself. I'm convinced.
Before computers were used in real engineering, we could get away with "k" sometimes meaning 1024 (like in memory addresses) and sometimes meaning 1000 (like in network speeds). Those days are past. Now that computers are part of real engineering work, even the slightest amount of ambiguity is not acceptable .
Differentiating between "k" (=1000) and "ki" (=1024) is a sign that the computer industry is finally maturing. It's called progress.
Worth is perception.
Different situation entirely. There are a physically-limited number of seats available at a concert. If someone fraudulently deprives you of your seat, that's theft. There is no physical limit to the number of copies of Windows running simultaneously, therefore, no theft.
Wow. You would fail out of law school so quickly you wouldn't know what hit you.
Copyright infringement is not theft. It is immoral of you to deliberately misrepresent the issue by using loaded terminology.
Using Microsoft's services, such as Windows Update, could be considered theft. But that is theft from Microsoft, not from consumers.
This may surprise you (intrigue you?), but Slashdot is not one person with one set of opinions. Even the editors do not collectively form one person. If they did, though, that person would probably have to wear a helmet at all times, and would constantly have drool running down its handi-capable face.
I said "ETFs." Not the same.
Columbus is a metropolis (>1M people), so "Bumblefuck" isn't a word anyone could use to describe it, and if you don't think it is a "real" city, your perception differs from almost everyone else on the planet. It has the biggest university in the country, one of the largest gay populations, notable museums, theatre, and and symphony orchestra. The vast majority of the population has no discernible accent. It's far from a "hick" town.
I guess what I'm saying is that you really don't have anything to support your point of view--just the opposite.
Not measurable?
Survey: Do you believe this idea?
1) yes
2) no
Count totals.
Viral marketing, politics, and religion are applied memetics.
---compare to---
Sociology: "bla bla bla a person's pay is how society values his profession bla bla all supernatural beliefs are equally true bla bla i just make up bullshit that can never be tested so nobody can prove me wrong bla bla bla"
Banks don't invest 90% of their customers' savings in the stock market these days. Banks also carry insurance. So 1929 doesn't apply.
/while in retirement/ seems nuts to me.
I wasn't trading in 1989, but I don't remember stepping over starving retirees on my way to school. I think kids these days know that they should keep most of it in index funds when they are young, then move it to government bonds when they are reaching retirement. To rely on a single company that relies on the stock market
It's a memetic phenomenon. Memetics, however, is a science, unlike sociology.
Are you kidding? The biggest, busiest night spots around here (Columbus, OH) usually have cover bands. Bachelorette parties want to come and dance to the songs of their college days. They don't want to hear new stuff. And they are the type of group that brings in big crowds (=beer money).
Sure, there are places for indie bands. But those are usually much smaller venues.
If an index has been trading near a certain level for a while, then a "panic" event causes a huge drop without changing the fundamental underpinnings of the market, traders view this as a HUGE signal to BUY BUY BUY, on margin if possible. In a few weeks, the index is back where it started before the panic event.
At least, that has been my observation. I can't WAIT for leveraged index ETFs... come on, ProFunds!!
Oh, and your Grandpa's pension would not go bankrupt over a panic event. That's absurd.
Of course, anyone who relies on pension companies for retirement has bigger problems...