We invent all of these machines to save us from having to perform manual labor.
You fail at economics. In fact, you fail harder than anyone has failed before. What you call an "aversion to expending a little extra effort" is called "increasing productivity" by everyone outside of your delusion.
PNG IS supported in MSIE 6.0 fully, including alpha channel, but the implementation is so much pain in the neck for developers to implement in webpages, that they simply don't bother. (you need to create a style sheet including MSIE's 'filter' CSS extensions, and apply an 'alpha' filter to the image.)
If GIFs work fine with "img src=" and PNGs do not, it is not fully supported.
There are just too many people in this world to address us all with names. I was once at a party where two other peole had my same name: first and last. If any of them were to be put on a terrorist watch list, I'm sure I would have trouble transfering money.
And it seems to me that the muslim world has some of the least-creative names. If there really IS a terrorist named Mohamed al-Whatever, the 1,000 other people in the world with the same name are all going to have problems. Could this be what is causing problems here?
What could solve this problem? I propose the UN establishes a database to assign everyone in the world a unique serial number. That way, we will never have name-collision problems. And everyone who works with databases would have much to be happy about.
If such a system were put in place, the world's financial institutions would likely eventually require it for business transactions, and it would catch on without needing any official enforcement.
Are you suggesting the FBI doesn't seed their password hashes?
That's hard to believe! I would assume those that write the authentication mechanisms for FBI software have taken a class (or read a book) on the very basics of password-based authentication.
I recently got an engineering degree. We did more math than anyone except the math majors and the physicists. And we scoff at people with no engineering degree, some industry cert, and the name "engineer" in their job descriptioni.
There are companies that are primarily in the business of selling porno-detecting software that does just that. Perhaps it detects shapes or color gradients to increase accuracy, but the basic idea makes real money.
Sure, the filestamp could be "last accessed: before this thing was stolen."
But there is no way they can be sure the drive was not removed, imaged (dd if=/dev/hdc1 of=SSNDBimage), then put back.
Now, if they can do something like looking at the scratches in the IDE pins in the HD, to see how many times it has been plugged in to something, I would be seriously impressed. That would be unprecedented in forensics, as far as I know.
The problem with religious fanatics (and anyone who takes Revelations seriously is a fanatic), is that they will use any evidence as a validation of their delusions. It would be pointless to worry about such people.
Just last night there was a program broadcast on DayStar (a christian tv station) in which a preacher and his obviously strung-out-on-drugs assistant were showing clippings from newspapers, then reading passages from the bible, and crying with joy as they showed this proof that "the rapture" is near.
And yes, I watch that station because it makes me laugh more than comedy central. Good stuff.
Even if Lulu is creative commons, that would not stop an author from selling a high-def version and maintaining all copyrights to the high-def version.
A hostile takeover? GOOG has a cap of $127B. MSFT would have to buy half of that to do a hostile takeover. That's $63B. MSFT could buy that RIGHT NOW if they wanted to.
What does having executives in GOOG have to do with a hostile takeover? To drive the price down or something? If management supports a takeover, then it isn't hostile...
Are you that dense? We ellected the people who pass these laws. There is nothing to revolt about.
Freedom from income tax? Our constitution says congress can tax us to raise an army.
If they tax our tea and legal documents AND stop us from voting, then we will revolt.
The closest we have come to having no voting rights was the last predential ellection, where the liberal parts of Ohio had far too few voting booths (and several-hour waits to vot) while the conservative parts of the state had no lines at all to vote.
the manager is just another powerless serf with a fancy title.
Well then that further shows they have no right to steal things. It is not fair that some people's skills have a small value. If they really had a greater value, these people would not be working in a place that doesn't give raises. But that fact that you think this justifies outright property theft (and two mods agree with you) troubles me. Such a philosophy is downright anti-social.
What you are describing is called embezzlement, even if a manager is in on it.
If your friend's skill really is worth more than his pay, he should ask management for more money or work for another company. That would be legal. If he and his manager embezzle to give him an "unofficial" (ha!) pay raise, they are both criminals.
Of course, I think it is most likely that your friend is just a thief, and management knows absolutely nothing about this "unofficial benefit." It's not hard to increase a person's pay. And it certainly involves less risk than taking things neither he nor his manager have a moral or legal right to take.
Do most people feel that stealing from Walmart is wrong, since they are a huge mega-corp?
I sure hope not. I'm just a regular guy, living in a small apartment, working the 8-5 grind trying to afford medical care and save up enough money to someday afford a home, family, and retirement. I also own several shares of WalMart. When people steal from WalMart, they are actually stealing from me and thousands like me. Anyone who doesn't think that is wrong is just an evil person trying to justify his own greed.
Not even the audience is safe in hockey. I was at an NHL game in Columbus a couple years back where a puck hit a girl in the audience. But it didn't just break teeth, it killed her. The players aren't the only ones who get hurt by pucks.
Don't you watch the simpsons? Importing animals is fine, as long as you import something at the top of the food chain that will freeze to death once winter comes.
Supposed to get warmer by whom? As a human, I suppose the earth to have the climate that is optimal for humans. You would want something different?
And if you think the earth is supposed to get hotter by some diety... It is immediately apparent to ANYONE who pays ANY attention at all to the world around them that dieties don't give a flying fuck about disasters, natural or man-made. The roman gods failed them at Pompeii, the European gods failed them with the plague, the native american gods failed them when old-world disease decimated their population, the southeast asian gods failed them with the tsunami, and the modern western gods failed us with the 2004 US presidential election...
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You fail at economics. In fact, you fail harder than anyone has failed before. What you call an "aversion to expending a little extra effort" is called "increasing productivity" by everyone outside of your delusion.
Cynicism does NOT imply intelligence.
There are just too many people in this world to address us all with names. I was once at a party where two other peole had my same name: first and last. If any of them were to be put on a terrorist watch list, I'm sure I would have trouble transfering money.
And it seems to me that the muslim world has some of the least-creative names. If there really IS a terrorist named Mohamed al-Whatever, the 1,000 other people in the world with the same name are all going to have problems. Could this be what is causing problems here?
What could solve this problem? I propose the UN establishes a database to assign everyone in the world a unique serial number. That way, we will never have name-collision problems. And everyone who works with databases would have much to be happy about.
If such a system were put in place, the world's financial institutions would likely eventually require it for business transactions, and it would catch on without needing any official enforcement.
A rainbow table?
Are you suggesting the FBI doesn't seed their password hashes?
That's hard to believe! I would assume those that write the authentication mechanisms for FBI software have taken a class (or read a book) on the very basics of password-based authentication.
Actually, I take that back.
I heart your sig.
Each person's immediate manager should be responsible for his productivity. The IT staff should not be the productivity police.
Wait--that was sarcasm, wasn't it?
I recently got an engineering degree. We did more math than anyone except the math majors and the physicists. And we scoff at people with no engineering degree, some industry cert, and the name "engineer" in their job descriptioni.
There are companies that are primarily in the business of selling porno-detecting software that does just that. Perhaps it detects shapes or color gradients to increase accuracy, but the basic idea makes real money.
They could also be using flesh-color detecting software.
You're right! You win the thought experiment. There really is NO WAY anyone could possibly show that the data his not been stolen.
Sure, the filestamp could be "last accessed: before this thing was stolen."
But there is no way they can be sure the drive was not removed, imaged (dd if=/dev/hdc1 of=SSNDBimage), then put back.
Now, if they can do something like looking at the scratches in the IDE pins in the HD, to see how many times it has been plugged in to something, I would be seriously impressed. That would be unprecedented in forensics, as far as I know.
The problem with religious fanatics (and anyone who takes Revelations seriously is a fanatic), is that they will use any evidence as a validation of their delusions. It would be pointless to worry about such people.
Just last night there was a program broadcast on DayStar (a christian tv station) in which a preacher and his obviously strung-out-on-drugs assistant were showing clippings from newspapers, then reading passages from the bible, and crying with joy as they showed this proof that "the rapture" is near.
And yes, I watch that station because it makes me laugh more than comedy central. Good stuff.
Even if Lulu is creative commons, that would not stop an author from selling a high-def version and maintaining all copyrights to the high-def version.
A hostile takeover? GOOG has a cap of $127B. MSFT would have to buy half of that to do a hostile takeover. That's $63B. MSFT could buy that RIGHT NOW if they wanted to.
What does having executives in GOOG have to do with a hostile takeover? To drive the price down or something? If management supports a takeover, then it isn't hostile...
"Driving while checking your printout of Google Maps" should also be on the list of things to test.
If what you are saying is true, then the most successful companies would be privately owned. This is not the case.
Are you that dense? We ellected the people who pass these laws. There is nothing to revolt about.
Freedom from income tax? Our constitution says congress can tax us to raise an army.
If they tax our tea and legal documents AND stop us from voting, then we will revolt.
The closest we have come to having no voting rights was the last predential ellection, where the liberal parts of Ohio had far too few voting booths (and several-hour waits to vot) while the conservative parts of the state had no lines at all to vote.
Well then that further shows they have no right to steal things. It is not fair that some people's skills have a small value. If they really had a greater value, these people would not be working in a place that doesn't give raises. But that fact that you think this justifies outright property theft (and two mods agree with you) troubles me. Such a philosophy is downright anti-social.
You know this because you tried to cook a frog alive?
What you are describing is called embezzlement, even if a manager is in on it.
If your friend's skill really is worth more than his pay, he should ask management for more money or work for another company. That would be legal. If he and his manager embezzle to give him an "unofficial" (ha!) pay raise, they are both criminals.
Of course, I think it is most likely that your friend is just a thief, and management knows absolutely nothing about this "unofficial benefit." It's not hard to increase a person's pay. And it certainly involves less risk than taking things neither he nor his manager have a moral or legal right to take.
I sure hope not. I'm just a regular guy, living in a small apartment, working the 8-5 grind trying to afford medical care and save up enough money to someday afford a home, family, and retirement. I also own several shares of WalMart. When people steal from WalMart, they are actually stealing from me and thousands like me. Anyone who doesn't think that is wrong is just an evil person trying to justify his own greed.
Not even the audience is safe in hockey. I was at an NHL game in Columbus a couple years back where a puck hit a girl in the audience. But it didn't just break teeth, it killed her. The players aren't the only ones who get hurt by pucks.
Don't you watch the simpsons? Importing animals is fine, as long as you import something at the top of the food chain that will freeze to death once winter comes.
Supposed to get warmer by whom? As a human, I suppose the earth to have the climate that is optimal for humans. You would want something different?
And if you think the earth is supposed to get hotter by some diety... It is immediately apparent to ANYONE who pays ANY attention at all to the world around them that dieties don't give a flying fuck about disasters, natural or man-made. The roman gods failed them at Pompeii, the European gods failed them with the plague, the native american gods failed them when old-world disease decimated their population, the southeast asian gods failed them with the tsunami, and the modern western gods failed us with the 2004 US presidential election...