He sent it to have then find a faster way to do the expansion, and they could not. You know why? becasue the people who design this type of work, and mange it are really good.
That may be true elsewhere, but whoever designed this section of the 405 was not good.
Nearly every onramp or interchange has 1-2 "lane ends" mergers as it merges with the 405, and usually another within 500 feet. The result? 30+ minute waits at interchanges. Turns out Americans are even worse at lane merging after they've waited 30 minutes and just done two of them in the last 1/10th of a mile.
You didn't read his post. It's not about desolate wasteland or anything else. It's just that there are huge distances to be covered, which raises the costs of laying fiber everywhere.
Who needs to lay transcontinental fiber? The country is already absolutely blanketed in fiber, much of which is dark. In terms of wiring, the last mile is the missing link, not the backhaul or backbone.
Good. So show intent that Manning's intent was to deliberately aid American enemie. Hell show it was anything other than "let the people know what its own government was doing so that what he perceived as great wrongs and crimes could be revealed and addressed".
I think you have a very misguided view of "intent". He intended to publicly release the documents. He knew their classification level and its definition (that the information would harm the US and help its adversaries). Any reasonable person with an IQ over 70 would understand that publicly releasing documents would mean that everyone, including the US's adversaries, could get a hold of them.
Thus, he deliberately released documents that he knew or should have known would aid the enemy. By your logic, murder isn't murder if the perpetrator says they just wanted to shoot someone in the face but didn't really want to kill them.
"I was just whistleblowing!" is only a viable defense in these situations when the person is exposing serious criminal wrongdoing committed by the government. If Manning had read these documents, perhaps he would have known that he wouldn't accomplish this goal...
The VA backlog is a national embarrassment, but it's mainly healthcare and disability claims. Ch. 30 and 33 benefits claims were still going fairly smoothly last I checked.
Well, that's nothing like how income taxes work in the USA. Besides having the first $X not be taxed, we have the most heavily "progressive" and most unproportional taxation in the world.
Perhaps by "progressive" you meant "regressive"? If not... that's rubbish on all counts and you should know better. Payroll, sales, and other taxes are highly regressive and primarily affect low income workers. On the surface, the US's income taxes appear somewhat progressive, but the myriad deductions and loopholes can have a dramatic effect. I have seen plenty of people with $90-100k in income paying $3k/year in taxes through entirely legal means.
I do remember someone being arrested for saying "it's not like I have a bomb or anything" when being prodded by security about something small. The TSA doesn't "take their jobs seriously"--they just hear what they want to hear.
There is an upside to everything. Some people will net benefit from a collapse of the government. Maybe they'll position themselves to run the next government, or maybe they'll get rich selling their hoard of canned goods. Or maybe their secessionist dreams will finally be realized.
While technically true, governments actively enabling the externalization of costs are most certainly subsidizing if they are covering those external costs themselves. For example, you can't say the US liability shielding/exemption for nuclear power generation isn't a subsidy. The government directly says, "we know you can't afford it so you don't have to pay that bill. If something goes wrong, we'll take care of it."
Surely we would scream "subsidy" if Obama announced a $10 liability limit for Prius drivers and federal funds paid for any excess damages.
...that none of you have a clue about what you are talking about because of the "armchair expert" mentality. It is clear from your posts that many did not even try the most recent stable edition of Drupal, or the upcoming D8.
It's true, I have not been able to upgrade from Drupal 6. After about twelve hours, I gave up on upgrading my last remaining Drupal site. I will transition that non-profit to WP or something custom if I ever get the time (pro bono work for a small 501c3). They have two D6 modules, which are actively supported in D6 and D7... that somehow break every attempt I have made at upgrading.
So you're right... many of us have *not* used D7 or D8. We're stuck at D6 with no easy upgrade path, and we don't want to rebuild everything just to have it broken again in the next update.
Hi, welcome to Slashdot. For future reference, you are coming across as snarky and a bit of a dick. Which wouldn't be too bad if you had expressed yourself well... but you did not. I had to re-read your post, its parent, and your clarifying reply before I figured out what you meant. While I may be slightly tired from digging through EMC docs today, I would like to think my brain is still largely functional.
You're absolutely right that the current system fucks the working poor in favor of the non-working poor and pretty much everyone else. I wish I could offer much help, but really, there are few good options right now.
ACA did do a couple other things that may help... although not as much as they should. In 2014, Medicaid eligibility is supposed to expand to include singles and those with incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level. That's around $15k right now. But it's modified adjusted gross income, so you might be eligible (depending on any income you can exclude, your state's rules, etc). Also, there is a subsidy for those in the 133%-400% of FPL range. If you're around 150%, you should only have to pay about 3% of your income for insurance. I know that's beyond your current means, but I hope it won't be in the future.
* Configure your router not to well, route. Use it as just an AP and you have to manually set the IP info on your machines, and the router is not *.*.*.1 on the network.
useless: he probably runs Nmap on the connected net first thing anyway.
On all of 10.*.*.*? even I would not go that far...
Can't buy insurance for all this pre-existing stuff, but hey, that doesn't matter, because I can't afford insurance anyway.
Yes, you can buy insurance for pre-existing conditions now. Check out PCIP. The federally-run program *just* stopped enrolling new members, but many states have their own and may be continuing to accept. PCIP is the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, which was created by the Affordable Care Act as a temporary measure to insure the previously uninsurable. In 2014, you will be able to buy coverage regardless of your conditions.
PCIP has great rates, but they vary by region. I've sent a few people to it and they have been taken care of quite well. It might still be too expensive for you, but you should definitely check it out.
I upgrade my primary OS if I feel it's worth it. All of the OS X upgrades have been worth it for me (one killer feature in each), and XP->7 certainly was. I largely ignored Vista and run 8 long enough in a VM to be familiar with it, although I hope I never have to use it. If I was stuck on XP, I would have to sell that system and buy a new one. Sometimes I have really needed to upgrade for work or new capabilities, others just because I'm a geek. But this is/.;)
I had a 2007 laptop too (well, 2006 I think), and it had some sort of exploding graphics card issue. It didn't catch fire for long, but it did pop, spark, smoke, and leave my pants smelling funky. Of course, it was just out of warranty. Before then, I had one or two Dell laptops that didn't hold up over time. I know there are some high quality PC laptops (Sager looks great), but anecdotal PC laptop reliability hasn't impressed me.
I'm assuming you have a desktop, which is a different beast. I can't imagine you having laptop hard drives from 2007 worth more than $200 that didn't cost more than my whole setup. For a desktop right now, I would likely build a PC and use something like a mac mini for my OS X work if at all possible. The Mac Pro line is currently an incredible ripoff.
While true, the math of that still misses a few points: depreciation and upgrade costs.
Depreciation: My MBP was ~$1400 on clearance (incl. applecare). This configuration is currently selling for around $600 on ebay, so I lost $800 to depreciation over 4 years. I'm still using it for work, but will likely have to upgrade soon. A $1400 windows system from 2008 would likely be worth closer to $200 right now, assuming it still worked. Gain compared to a PC: $300-600. You could argue that used Apple buyers overpay, but that's not relevant to my losses/gains as a new buyer who will resell.
Upgrade costs: I bought an early 2008 macbook pro, and have upgraded the OS at least two times since then at ~$40 total. The upgrade to Windows 7 would have cost a minimum of $99 (student version, upgrade, etc.), likely $199+. If I upgraded again to Windows 8 and got the cheap price home version, another $40. This doesn't factor in my time, which is billable at a hefty rate. Upgrades literally took me ~15 minutes each, and I never had to deal with registry issues or borked upgrades.
I have not had the same success going from XP->7->8, and everyone seems to recommend a clean install. Clean install means reconfiguring everything, installing and licensing apps (see TFA), and spending a ton of time on updates and prompts. Let's call it 4 hours, minimum.
Based on this, and completely leaving out other benefits (like needing OSX for some of my work), a PC would have cost me roughly double what I paid for my mac. The depreciation alone more than makes up for the more expensive initial hardware.
There's very little a California city won't do for money.
There's very little a California city can do for money. They can't raise property taxes, either can't or won't charge income tax, and increasing sales taxes will reduce revenues as big box retailers and auto dealers move to other areas.
Bush and Obama are actually far to the left, if you consider the far left to be total government and far right being no government.
Except that is not what left and right mean. Left and Right are real words. They have definitions.
I suppose a batshit feminist is going to come around next and say Bush and Obama are both extreme right because they're male?
Political polarization is at an all-time high (roughly equal to just before the civil war). The parties have never been so far apart, yet you want to say there is no difference because they still agree on a few things. Doesn't that seem a bit off to you?
Barring Persepolis, Berlin, Washington DC, Riyadh, and Brasilia (all sacred capitals rather than pre-existing natural cities), name them.
Los Angeles. Only city I am aware of, but it essentially started with real estate development. There are plenty of books about why it shouldn't exist... and I tend to agree with them. IIRC, it had a terrible natural harbor, insufficient water supply, no real natural resources, and wasn't on a major trade route.
Of course LA now has the film industry (and associated tourism), tons of manufacturing, imported water, and is a major trade hub. But those industries all came after the infrastructure was built or the political conditions pushed them to LA.
You're not allowed to mention UCLA, Irvine, and Riverside without giving UCSD some credit. They have some top ten programs, and have been doing lots of incredible research lately.
I'd say depending on the student's level and area of study, UCSD and UCLA are roughly on par. I'd rather do engineering, biotech, or IR/PS at SD. Poli Sci is a toss-up depending on research focus. LA has a ton of great programs, too... and even the worst UCs are better than most universities.
I have a gas guzzler because I have 5 kids and need to transport my family. I think the metric should be miles per gallon per person transported.
They already have tax credits to subsidize your brood. I'm assuming you're getting $5,000/year for child tax credits, a large mortgage interest credit, and numerous other tax advantages. On top of having highly subsidized education available to your children.
I'm not opposed to having children, but the "I need lower taxes because I have kids (or a house)!" argument really irks me. Especially since I can't even deduct the cost of contraception...
You're thinking of Gold Class Theaters. They're incredible, and offer a real premium experience with huge recliners, meal and drink service, and a cool lounge. However, that costs a lot to provide and fits significantly fewer people per screen. Oakhurst doesn't have the numbers or money to support a theater like that.
While their local supermarket (Raleys) is pretty awesome, I can't imagine them being able to keep a theater like this going... let alone what you suggest.
Wasn't the whole point of the American Revolution tax avoidance? Like, you know, "No taxation, without representation"? Take a look at Congress, do you feel represented?
Me? Oh hell no. But large corporations? They are certainly well represented! Where I only have one Representative (currently of the batshit teaparty variety), many corporations have dozens. And unlike me, they can actually get a face-to-face meeting whenever they want.
Corporations and the wealthy pay such low tax rates precisely because they are well represented. In reply to some other arguments in this thread, this isn't "see! the government is so stupid it writes shitty laws." Instead, it's, "the government is so corrupt that these loopholes are intentional".
This is akin to someone writing into Car & Driver asking,
"HOW TO DRIVE CAR???? PLZ HELP!!"
Sadly, it's not even that good. It's more like someone publishing an article in Car & Driver that says: "I just got a motorized vehicle. It has a steering wheel and some pedal things. It moves in a jerky motion. It needs some sort of transmission system, but all I see is a stick with a bunch of letters and 'R' on it."
I agree with you on the goal, but I think fiber-to-the-home is the best way to make it happen. POTS is ridiculously expensive to deploy, maintain, and provide to rural customers. Cable is expensive to maintain and deploy, has limited coverage, and price gouges everywhere it can. Broadband over POTS, wireless, or cable is a pain in the overpriced ass.
Fiber has "high" installation costs but can also provide much more. Fiber can provide affordable broadband to nearly everyone while also modernizing the phone system and providing a new platform for content providers to actually compete. Why spend $60B extending DSL/cable/wireless a little bit instead of $120B to do fiber right?
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He sent it to have then find a faster way to do the expansion, and they could not. You know why? becasue the people who design this type of work, and mange it are really good.
That may be true elsewhere, but whoever designed this section of the 405 was not good.
Nearly every onramp or interchange has 1-2 "lane ends" mergers as it merges with the 405, and usually another within 500 feet. The result? 30+ minute waits at interchanges. Turns out Americans are even worse at lane merging after they've waited 30 minutes and just done two of them in the last 1/10th of a mile.
You didn't read his post. It's not about desolate wasteland or anything else. It's just that there are huge distances to be covered, which raises the costs of laying fiber everywhere.
Who needs to lay transcontinental fiber? The country is already absolutely blanketed in fiber, much of which is dark. In terms of wiring, the last mile is the missing link, not the backhaul or backbone.
Good. So show intent that Manning's intent was to deliberately aid American enemie. Hell show it was anything other than "let the people know what its own government was doing so that what he perceived as great wrongs and crimes could be revealed and addressed".
I think you have a very misguided view of "intent". He intended to publicly release the documents. He knew their classification level and its definition (that the information would harm the US and help its adversaries). Any reasonable person with an IQ over 70 would understand that publicly releasing documents would mean that everyone, including the US's adversaries, could get a hold of them.
Thus, he deliberately released documents that he knew or should have known would aid the enemy. By your logic, murder isn't murder if the perpetrator says they just wanted to shoot someone in the face but didn't really want to kill them.
"I was just whistleblowing!" is only a viable defense in these situations when the person is exposing serious criminal wrongdoing committed by the government. If Manning had read these documents, perhaps he would have known that he wouldn't accomplish this goal...
3. Asked a GI if they got their GI bill recently?
The VA backlog is a national embarrassment, but it's mainly healthcare and disability claims. Ch. 30 and 33 benefits claims were still going fairly smoothly last I checked.
Well, that's nothing like how income taxes work in the USA. Besides having the first $X not be taxed, we have the most heavily "progressive" and most unproportional taxation in the world.
Perhaps by "progressive" you meant "regressive"? If not... that's rubbish on all counts and you should know better. Payroll, sales, and other taxes are highly regressive and primarily affect low income workers. On the surface, the US's income taxes appear somewhat progressive, but the myriad deductions and loopholes can have a dramatic effect. I have seen plenty of people with $90-100k in income paying $3k/year in taxes through entirely legal means.
Effective tax burden in the US is nearly flat, particularly if you ignore outliers (essentially the top and bottom .1%).
I do remember someone being arrested for saying "it's not like I have a bomb or anything" when being prodded by security about something small. The TSA doesn't "take their jobs seriously"--they just hear what they want to hear.
There is an upside to everything. Some people will net benefit from a collapse of the government. Maybe they'll position themselves to run the next government, or maybe they'll get rich selling their hoard of canned goods. Or maybe their secessionist dreams will finally be realized.
While technically true, governments actively enabling the externalization of costs are most certainly subsidizing if they are covering those external costs themselves. For example, you can't say the US liability shielding/exemption for nuclear power generation isn't a subsidy. The government directly says, "we know you can't afford it so you don't have to pay that bill. If something goes wrong, we'll take care of it."
Surely we would scream "subsidy" if Obama announced a $10 liability limit for Prius drivers and federal funds paid for any excess damages.
...that none of you have a clue about what you are talking about because of the "armchair expert" mentality. It is clear from your posts that many did not even try the most recent stable edition of Drupal, or the upcoming D8.
It's true, I have not been able to upgrade from Drupal 6. After about twelve hours, I gave up on upgrading my last remaining Drupal site. I will transition that non-profit to WP or something custom if I ever get the time (pro bono work for a small 501c3). They have two D6 modules, which are actively supported in D6 and D7... that somehow break every attempt I have made at upgrading.
So you're right... many of us have *not* used D7 or D8. We're stuck at D6 with no easy upgrade path, and we don't want to rebuild everything just to have it broken again in the next update.
Fox counts as "US media" around here... just not "news" or "journalism".
But what's your point/implication? That Democrats wouldn't fight back?
Hi, welcome to Slashdot. For future reference, you are coming across as snarky and a bit of a dick. Which wouldn't be too bad if you had expressed yourself well... but you did not. I had to re-read your post, its parent, and your clarifying reply before I figured out what you meant. While I may be slightly tired from digging through EMC docs today, I would like to think my brain is still largely functional.
You're absolutely right that the current system fucks the working poor in favor of the non-working poor and pretty much everyone else. I wish I could offer much help, but really, there are few good options right now.
ACA did do a couple other things that may help... although not as much as they should. In 2014, Medicaid eligibility is supposed to expand to include singles and those with incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level. That's around $15k right now. But it's modified adjusted gross income, so you might be eligible (depending on any income you can exclude, your state's rules, etc). Also, there is a subsidy for those in the 133%-400% of FPL range. If you're around 150%, you should only have to pay about 3% of your income for insurance. I know that's beyond your current means, but I hope it won't be in the future.
* Configure your router not to well, route. Use it as just an AP and you have to manually set the IP info on your machines, and the router is not *.*.*.1 on the network.
useless: he probably runs Nmap on the connected net first thing anyway.
On all of 10.*.*.*? even I would not go that far...
Can't buy insurance for all this pre-existing stuff, but hey, that doesn't matter, because I can't afford insurance anyway.
Yes, you can buy insurance for pre-existing conditions now. Check out PCIP. The federally-run program *just* stopped enrolling new members, but many states have their own and may be continuing to accept. PCIP is the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, which was created by the Affordable Care Act as a temporary measure to insure the previously uninsurable. In 2014, you will be able to buy coverage regardless of your conditions.
PCIP has great rates, but they vary by region. I've sent a few people to it and they have been taken care of quite well. It might still be too expensive for you, but you should definitely check it out.
I upgrade my primary OS if I feel it's worth it. All of the OS X upgrades have been worth it for me (one killer feature in each), and XP->7 certainly was. I largely ignored Vista and run 8 long enough in a VM to be familiar with it, although I hope I never have to use it. If I was stuck on XP, I would have to sell that system and buy a new one. Sometimes I have really needed to upgrade for work or new capabilities, others just because I'm a geek. But this is /. ;)
I had a 2007 laptop too (well, 2006 I think), and it had some sort of exploding graphics card issue. It didn't catch fire for long, but it did pop, spark, smoke, and leave my pants smelling funky. Of course, it was just out of warranty. Before then, I had one or two Dell laptops that didn't hold up over time. I know there are some high quality PC laptops (Sager looks great), but anecdotal PC laptop reliability hasn't impressed me.
I'm assuming you have a desktop, which is a different beast. I can't imagine you having laptop hard drives from 2007 worth more than $200 that didn't cost more than my whole setup. For a desktop right now, I would likely build a PC and use something like a mac mini for my OS X work if at all possible. The Mac Pro line is currently an incredible ripoff.
While true, the math of that still misses a few points: depreciation and upgrade costs.
Depreciation: My MBP was ~$1400 on clearance (incl. applecare). This configuration is currently selling for around $600 on ebay, so I lost $800 to depreciation over 4 years. I'm still using it for work, but will likely have to upgrade soon. A $1400 windows system from 2008 would likely be worth closer to $200 right now, assuming it still worked. Gain compared to a PC: $300-600. You could argue that used Apple buyers overpay, but that's not relevant to my losses/gains as a new buyer who will resell.
Upgrade costs: I bought an early 2008 macbook pro, and have upgraded the OS at least two times since then at ~$40 total. The upgrade to Windows 7 would have cost a minimum of $99 (student version, upgrade, etc.), likely $199+. If I upgraded again to Windows 8 and got the cheap price home version, another $40. This doesn't factor in my time, which is billable at a hefty rate. Upgrades literally took me ~15 minutes each, and I never had to deal with registry issues or borked upgrades.
I have not had the same success going from XP->7->8, and everyone seems to recommend a clean install. Clean install means reconfiguring everything, installing and licensing apps (see TFA), and spending a ton of time on updates and prompts. Let's call it 4 hours, minimum.
Upgrade costs:
OS X: $40 + labor = $100
Windows: $240 + labor = ~$1,000
Based on this, and completely leaving out other benefits (like needing OSX for some of my work), a PC would have cost me roughly double what I paid for my mac. The depreciation alone more than makes up for the more expensive initial hardware.
There's very little a California city won't do for money.
There's very little a California city can do for money. They can't raise property taxes, either can't or won't charge income tax, and increasing sales taxes will reduce revenues as big box retailers and auto dealers move to other areas.
Bush and Obama are actually far to the left, if you consider the far left to be total government and far right being no government.
Except that is not what left and right mean. Left and Right are real words. They have definitions.
I suppose a batshit feminist is going to come around next and say Bush and Obama are both extreme right because they're male?
Political polarization is at an all-time high (roughly equal to just before the civil war). The parties have never been so far apart, yet you want to say there is no difference because they still agree on a few things. Doesn't that seem a bit off to you?
Many large cities started from nothing.
Barring Persepolis, Berlin, Washington DC, Riyadh, and Brasilia (all sacred capitals rather than pre-existing natural cities), name them.
Los Angeles. Only city I am aware of, but it essentially started with real estate development. There are plenty of books about why it shouldn't exist... and I tend to agree with them. IIRC, it had a terrible natural harbor, insufficient water supply, no real natural resources, and wasn't on a major trade route.
Of course LA now has the film industry (and associated tourism), tons of manufacturing, imported water, and is a major trade hub. But those industries all came after the infrastructure was built or the political conditions pushed them to LA.
You're not allowed to mention UCLA, Irvine, and Riverside without giving UCSD some credit. They have some top ten programs, and have been doing lots of incredible research lately.
I'd say depending on the student's level and area of study, UCSD and UCLA are roughly on par. I'd rather do engineering, biotech, or IR/PS at SD. Poli Sci is a toss-up depending on research focus. LA has a ton of great programs, too... and even the worst UCs are better than most universities.
I have a gas guzzler because I have 5 kids and need to transport my family. I think the metric should be miles per gallon per person transported.
They already have tax credits to subsidize your brood. I'm assuming you're getting $5,000/year for child tax credits, a large mortgage interest credit, and numerous other tax advantages. On top of having highly subsidized education available to your children.
I'm not opposed to having children, but the "I need lower taxes because I have kids (or a house)!" argument really irks me. Especially since I can't even deduct the cost of contraception...
You're thinking of Gold Class Theaters. They're incredible, and offer a real premium experience with huge recliners, meal and drink service, and a cool lounge. However, that costs a lot to provide and fits significantly fewer people per screen. Oakhurst doesn't have the numbers or money to support a theater like that.
While their local supermarket (Raleys) is pretty awesome, I can't imagine them being able to keep a theater like this going... let alone what you suggest.
Wasn't the whole point of the American Revolution tax avoidance? Like, you know, "No taxation, without representation"? Take a look at Congress, do you feel represented?
Me? Oh hell no. But large corporations? They are certainly well represented! Where I only have one Representative (currently of the batshit teaparty variety), many corporations have dozens. And unlike me, they can actually get a face-to-face meeting whenever they want.
Corporations and the wealthy pay such low tax rates precisely because they are well represented. In reply to some other arguments in this thread, this isn't "see! the government is so stupid it writes shitty laws." Instead, it's, "the government is so corrupt that these loopholes are intentional".
This is akin to someone writing into Car & Driver asking,
"HOW TO DRIVE CAR???? PLZ HELP!!"
Sadly, it's not even that good. It's more like someone publishing an article in Car & Driver that says: "I just got a motorized vehicle. It has a steering wheel and some pedal things. It moves in a jerky motion. It needs some sort of transmission system, but all I see is a stick with a bunch of letters and 'R' on it."
I agree with you on the goal, but I think fiber-to-the-home is the best way to make it happen. POTS is ridiculously expensive to deploy, maintain, and provide to rural customers. Cable is expensive to maintain and deploy, has limited coverage, and price gouges everywhere it can. Broadband over POTS, wireless, or cable is a pain in the overpriced ass.
Fiber has "high" installation costs but can also provide much more. Fiber can provide affordable broadband to nearly everyone while also modernizing the phone system and providing a new platform for content providers to actually compete. Why spend $60B extending DSL/cable/wireless a little bit instead of $120B to do fiber right?