Okay, it wasn't much of a hacking job. In fact, if he's a hacker then I'm the Queen of England.
On the other hand, he should have followed a basic respect for privacy. If someone has posted a private memo to a server, don't publish it. Or at least do a better job covering your tracks.
First, we have robots that are powered by flies, now we have laptops running off of spinich. Next we'll find a way to use human bodies as power sources. I think there was a movie about that...
It's not too one sided. If they were truly influenced by their financers, they wouldn't have added the note about moderation. It would be more like: "Beer's good for you! Drink as much as you can afford."
I'm not entirely up on the trade laws in the EU, but wouldn't it be possible for UK customers to buy from the German store and duck the extra VAT taxes? I thought the EU was supposed to be one big free-trade zone.
This is great. I can finally get some 17-round magazines for my Glock at a reasonable price.
The ban never really affected anything. Guns were either modified to be legal under the ban, (and functionally identical) or the costs of pre-bans was driven through the roof.
Is it possible to check the equipment inventories for the ANG unit where this was supposedly typed? The military tends to keep better track of equipment than it does of personell, so they might be able to answer to the existence of a proportional font Selectric.
Suppose we have a result opposite the 2000 election results where Kerry wins the electoral vote but loses in the popular count. Are you going to stay consistent in calling for the abolition of the electoral college? Will you claim that Bush really won the election? Or will you sit down and shut up when the system works in your favor?
Give your two weeks notice. Act nice to your co-workers. If your boss is a professional, he'll let you work out the two weeks, or name an earlier date. Get your documents in order. (Not for your boss, but the next sucker who gets the job. I've inherited projects from people who left, and this was always the most frustrating part.)
On the last day say goodbye, and steal as much as you can from the office supply cabinet.
Be prepared to be walked out immediately. Some bosses take it personally and fire employees on the spot if they decide to quit.
Remember, it's not personal, it's business. (Okay, it is personal, but keep it at a high level.)
Let's put it on the shelf for a few years. Keep rolling out the books, and maybe an occasional game, and keep TNG and TOS in general syndication. Around '08 or '09, start thinking about a new movie or series.
Also, there is no logic where government is involved; just a bunch of petty managers who are trying to grow their little kingdoms at taxpayer expense. Most of them really do live to sap public funds for no other reason. They measure success by the amount of funding in their budget, and the number of people they have on their staff. I've seen it, I've been disgusted by it, and I left it for the private sector. Kingdom building happens there too, but it's ultimately checked by the bottom line.
The true purpose of schooling, according to Gatto, is to produce an easily manageable workforce to serve employers in a mass-production economy. Actual education is a secondary and even counterproductive result since educated people tend to be more difficult to control.
I figured they were just trying to generate more Democratic voters.
In all seriousness, most of the business-people and employers I know despair at the state of public education because they need free-thinking creative people to meet the demands of a more challenging, knowledge-based workplace. If anyone is responsible for the degradation of education in America, it's the governments we've entrusted it too who have turned it into a way to sap more public funding.
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Okay, it wasn't much of a hacking job. In fact, if he's a hacker then I'm the Queen of England.
On the other hand, he should have followed a basic respect for privacy. If someone has posted a private memo to a server, don't publish it. Or at least do a better job covering your tracks.
First, we have robots that are powered by flies, now we have laptops running off of spinich. Next we'll find a way to use human bodies as power sources. I think there was a movie about that...
I can imagine how that would go:
[x] Defense spending
[x] Education
[ ] Public funding for obscene art
[ ] Congressional Pay raise
[ ] Internal revenue service
[ ] HUD
[x] Saving cute endangered creatures
[ ] Saving endangered vultures
It'll all be in the wording.
Better yet, have it print out so that they can physically place it in the ballot box themselves.
It's not too one sided. If they were truly influenced by their financers, they wouldn't have added the note about moderation. It would be more like: "Beer's good for you! Drink as much as you can afford."
So does this mean that free as in beer can now be almost as good as free as in speech?
I'm not entirely up on the trade laws in the EU, but wouldn't it be possible for UK customers to buy from the German store and duck the extra VAT taxes? I thought the EU was supposed to be one big free-trade zone.
See your local arms merchant in the morning. They should be able to sell you something pretty good.
This is great. I can finally get some 17-round magazines for my Glock at a reasonable price.
The ban never really affected anything. Guns were either modified to be legal under the ban, (and functionally identical) or the costs of pre-bans was driven through the roof.
And don't forget about this guy.
Is it possible to check the equipment inventories for the ANG unit where this was supposedly typed? The military tends to keep better track of equipment than it does of personell, so they might be able to answer to the existence of a proportional font Selectric.
What you should do is -- Oh never mind. It was a stupid idea anyway.
It may be possible that you've signed your thoughts over to a major corporation.
According to my employment agreement, mine are currently owned by FreeScale Semiconductor. (At least during the hours of 8 and 5)
How about Socialist and Socialist Lite?
And sometimes, it's just damn fun.
Suppose we have a result opposite the 2000 election results where Kerry wins the electoral vote but loses in the popular count. Are you going to stay consistent in calling for the abolition of the electoral college? Will you claim that Bush really won the election? Or will you sit down and shut up when the system works in your favor?
Okay, so maybe the dorm room is only 8 feet wide, and my laptop sits right next to the access point, but I still want it!
Downloaded, installed, restarted. Didn't notice anything different.
Sure we noticed. The point is that if Kerry was doing the job his constituants elected him to do, it would have passed.
Congress missed extending unemployment benefits this year by one vote. The reason: John Kerry didn't bother to show up at the Senate that day.
Give your two weeks notice. Act nice to your co-workers. If your boss is a professional, he'll let you work out the two weeks, or name an earlier date. Get your documents in order. (Not for your boss, but the next sucker who gets the job. I've inherited projects from people who left, and this was always the most frustrating part.)
On the last day say goodbye, and steal as much as you can from the office supply cabinet.
Be prepared to be walked out immediately. Some bosses take it personally and fire employees on the spot if they decide to quit.
Remember, it's not personal, it's business. (Okay, it is personal, but keep it at a high level.)
Let's put it on the shelf for a few years. Keep rolling out the books, and maybe an occasional game, and keep TNG and TOS in general syndication. Around '08 or '09, start thinking about a new movie or series.
Also, there is no logic where government is involved; just a bunch of petty managers who are trying to grow their little kingdoms at taxpayer expense. Most of them really do live to sap public funds for no other reason. They measure success by the amount of funding in their budget, and the number of people they have on their staff. I've seen it, I've been disgusted by it, and I left it for the private sector. Kingdom building happens there too, but it's ultimately checked by the bottom line.
I take it you mean the "No Child Left Behind Act" which was sponsored by Senator Kennedy and voted for by Sens. Kerry and Clinton.
The true purpose of schooling, according to Gatto, is to produce an easily manageable workforce to serve employers in a mass-production economy. Actual education is a secondary and even counterproductive result since educated people tend to be more difficult to control.
I figured they were just trying to generate more Democratic voters.
In all seriousness, most of the business-people and employers I know despair at the state of public education because they need free-thinking creative people to meet the demands of a more challenging, knowledge-based workplace. If anyone is responsible for the degradation of education in America, it's the governments we've entrusted it too who have turned it into a way to sap more public funding.