I really do hope so indeed! They fucked up every other recent and not so recent IT project they started so far. Some of them even have to be redone from start, so I have good hopes.
I wonder what kind of spying methods the Netherlands use. We were the best of the world in tapping telephone conversations for a very long time. But our government has a good reputation for fucking up IT projects in catastrophic ways, so I'm curious how they fare in the "spying on your own people" business.
Don't forget that the scientists also have to pay a hefty sum per page (usually around US$100,-) to publish their stuff. And then the publishers still have the nerve to ask the scientists to do most of the formatting for them too.
The examples you show are from decades ago. These days the US makes the problems and now you say we have to solve them. We have our hands full of the experiment running out of hand that the Euro turned out to be.
Good point. Besides, knowing a lot doesn't make you smart. I've seen students get high grades whilst understanding absolutely nothing about the subject. Being smart is not about knowing things but understanding why things are so and being able to use that knowledge in new situations.
My brother's girlfriend didn't dare go on LinkedIn because she worked at a company that did research on animals. Here in the Netherlands we got our share of animal rights morons a few years ago, and of course those people got away with destroying businesses and research projects without paying for the damage. Ridiculous. And back then we didn't even have the Animal Party in our government.
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With friends like this, who needs enemies?
The MegaUpload case shows that it doesn't matter where the data resides. If the US wants it or wants it gone they will take it no matter what.
That's a beautiful list. Thanks!
I really do hope so indeed! They fucked up every other recent and not so recent IT project they started so far. Some of them even have to be redone from start, so I have good hopes.
Actually I thought that too. We are in bed with them anyway and deep too, so why not?
I wonder what kind of spying methods the Netherlands use. We were the best of the world in tapping telephone conversations for a very long time. But our government has a good reputation for fucking up IT projects in catastrophic ways, so I'm curious how they fare in the "spying on your own people" business.
It's guys like you who we can miss like the plague.
In space, no one can hear you whoosh.
They haven't changed a bit. And that's why we love them :).
It's rubbish!
Yep. He means: "Do not feed me. I'm a troll."
It's priceless.
Before you publish in Elsevier you have to sign a paper that transfers the copyright on your work to them. So Elsevier is the owner of the work.
Don't forget that the scientists also have to pay a hefty sum per page (usually around US$100,-) to publish their stuff. And then the publishers still have the nerve to ask the scientists to do most of the formatting for them too.
The examples you show are from decades ago. These days the US makes the problems and now you say we have to solve them. We have our hands full of the experiment running out of hand that the Euro turned out to be.
If your art is easily reproducible, then it wasnt all that unique to begin with.
I take it you have one book and one piece of music because all the other books and all other music are similar according to you.
The word 'only' implies here that there are other reasons why people create stuff. So your argument doesn't hold.
Good point. Besides, knowing a lot doesn't make you smart. I've seen students get high grades whilst understanding absolutely nothing about the subject. Being smart is not about knowing things but understanding why things are so and being able to use that knowledge in new situations.
Gee, that's horrible. Your life must suck so bad. ;)
Precisely. That's why I don't like these wok restaurants. You have to get your own food there.
I don't. I ike to be served by a person, thank you. Those robot overlords can go where the sun don't shine.
My brother's girlfriend didn't dare go on LinkedIn because she worked at a company that did research on animals. Here in the Netherlands we got our share of animal rights morons a few years ago, and of course those people got away with destroying businesses and research projects without paying for the damage. Ridiculous. And back then we didn't even have the Animal Party in our government.
That's very interesting, but can you elaborate on how that works? Has there been research into that?
When I was a student in the early 1990s I was introduced to the concept of 'junk' DNA. I didn't believe in it then, and now it turns out that scientists find more and more interesting information in 'junk' DNA that is necessary for an organism to grow and function.
She reigned long ago but I think Britain is still not over her.