Santa's having to spend all of his energy moving his workshop whenever the North Pole shifts. This screws up Christmas gift giving, which is a major economic driver.
Somehow this is all Bush's fault - and like everything else Obama's just putting Bush's policies on steroids...
Ugh. That's only because the ASA CLI is so hopelessly, thoroughly screwed (actually, that describes ASA software in general). I love running "sh run object-group | b " and then scrolling back through 600 object-groups to see the one I was interested in. Or searching through access lists that are in no particular order. Or remembering that clearing a site-to-site VPN connection is in the "clear crypto" command tree, and remote client VPN connections are "vpn-sessiondb logoff" (I could go on for ages).
The whole thing should have been refactored ages ago...
1) FedEx is, as far as I know, the only major carrier that handles radioactive material. It doesn't go in their regular package delivery system; they have a separate division that handles it (and biohazards, poisons, explosives, and things like that). See: http://www.fedex.com/us/services/customcritical/specialty/hazardous/index.html
2) No delivery service is going to be 100% mistake free. Negative outcomes will happen in life. Get over it.
Then why not come up with a business plan and do it? If it's really that cheap, you should be able to wipe out the competition and make a handsome profit while providing people with a good product at a better price.
Except that you obviously have very little or no knowledge about large scale wireless infrastructure, otherwise you wouldn't make that sort of absurd claim.
I don't know where you got that notion from but it simply doesn't match reality as I have seen. Post Offices in small towns have closed recently due to decreased volume and the employees from those offices have been let go. Existing offices are not hiring, even to replace retiring workers.
I've got your reality right here. Well, strictly speaking, 584,000 of the 600,000 USPS workers are covered by the no-layoffs clause. Sue me.
And then remove their union contract that states that they can never decrease their workforce, even if they don't need as many workers due to reduced volume.
Here's what I don't get: the Political Left tells us out of one side of their mouth that only the government can be the perfect master of fairness in the workplace, and out of the other side of their mouth they tell us that government workers need unions. At the most, one of these can be true. Some would argue that neither is true...
I actually took a "free trial" of the web site (hey, I like Jeremy Clarkson's columns), and there's a lot more to it than the paywall. They also did a complete site redesign, and it's hideous - I couldn't find a damned thing on the new site, and actually reading stories involved some bizarre CSS windowing. The entire site is basically a CSS version of "Flashturbation" (CSSturbation?) - a bunch of developers showing off how technically clever they are in the process of making a crap product.
That being said, £1 a week would be much too high, even if the site didn't suck sweaty rhino ass.... £1 pound a day is flat-out insane.
Am I the only one who grasped the dissonance between the words "comes into its own" and "$795 million in grants." Have we really stooped to the point where people have mentally redefined success and functionality as the ability to successfully lobby the government for cash?
You keep using those words. I do not think they mean what you think they mean.
I already paid once for my car. Those car companies want me to pay again every time I replace my car or buy an additional one. Even if I have two or three cars I still only drive one car at a time. Why should I have to pay more than once? Stupid, greedy car companies. The government should do something about this.
This actually hits on one of my personal bugaboos - scientists that claim to know something "definitively" while the research or hypothesis is still warm from the metaphorical oven. Unfortunately, the institutions that employ them have figured out that you can get funding through "science by press release" - the initial press release gets the headlines; the retractions are hardly noticed (except on Slashdot). The scientists themselves are certainly culpable as well for going along with this - they should know better. Only a small percentage of theories stand the test of time. Yes, I understand that it's 2010 and we all want answers right now, dammit, but 99.99% of the time life just doesn't work that way.
So anyway, "definitively" - You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Pretty much. I have a fairly comprehensive cable package (not a big deal; I can afford it), but I'm getting ready to drop it anyway after many, many nights of "500 channels and nothing I want to watch." On-Demand helps a bit, but I'm thinking that Netflix or just buying DVD / BluRay makes more sense at this point. If I price out the programming that I actually "look forward to" I'm probably paying something like $20 / hour / month (with a massive pile of crap added on for "free").
There is some value to be had for the convenience and being able to participate in the social interaction geared around the current shows, but I'm not sure it's worth it. Offsetting that, not having 500 channels of crap will probably be life-enhancing (after a period of adjustment).
Responsible Disclosure should be limited to vendors that publicly pledge (or, preferably, contractually agree to via their licensing terms) to Responsibly Fix issues that are disclosed to them. If a company doesn't abide by their own Responsibly Fix policy, it should be disclosed so that others realize that it's null and void.
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Santa's having to spend all of his energy moving his workshop whenever the North Pole shifts. This screws up Christmas gift giving, which is a major economic driver.
Somehow this is all Bush's fault - and like everything else Obama's just putting Bush's policies on steroids...
Ugh. That's only because the ASA CLI is so hopelessly, thoroughly screwed (actually, that describes ASA software in general). I love running "sh run object-group | b " and then scrolling back through 600 object-groups to see the one I was interested in. Or searching through access lists that are in no particular order. Or remembering that clearing a site-to-site VPN connection is in the "clear crypto" command tree, and remote client VPN connections are "vpn-sessiondb logoff" (I could go on for ages).
The whole thing should have been refactored ages ago...
It's so people on Slashdot can make "Man, I'd like to mount that .iso" jokes from the comfort of their parents' basements.
Ummm... a few points:
1) FedEx is, as far as I know, the only major carrier that handles radioactive material. It doesn't go in their regular package delivery system; they have a separate division that handles it (and biohazards, poisons, explosives, and things like that). See: http://www.fedex.com/us/services/customcritical/specialty/hazardous/index.html
2) No delivery service is going to be 100% mistake free. Negative outcomes will happen in life. Get over it.
Netflix sent me an e-mail indicating that they would no longer support the discs after 31 days.
I won't miss the discs. The upgrade rocks.
Then why not come up with a business plan and do it? If it's really that cheap, you should be able to wipe out the competition and make a handsome profit while providing people with a good product at a better price.
Except that you obviously have very little or no knowledge about large scale wireless infrastructure, otherwise you wouldn't make that sort of absurd claim.
Let's see the first line of the summary is:
"Free?" You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I think OPM ("Other People's Money") is what you're looking for.
Maybe they should change their name to SuddenDisconnect?
I don't know where you got that notion from but it simply doesn't match reality as I have seen. Post Offices in small towns have closed recently due to decreased volume and the employees from those offices have been let go. Existing offices are not hiring, even to replace retiring workers.
I've got your reality right here. Well, strictly speaking, 584,000 of the 600,000 USPS workers are covered by the no-layoffs clause. Sue me.
From their labor union's blog:
http://labornotes.org/node/1947
(as far as I know, the layoffs they were fearing did not materialize)
And from the CATO institute:
http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/the-postal-services-union-problem
And then remove their union contract that states that they can never decrease their workforce, even if they don't need as many workers due to reduced volume.
Here's what I don't get: the Political Left tells us out of one side of their mouth that only the government can be the perfect master of fairness in the workplace, and out of the other side of their mouth they tell us that government workers need unions. At the most, one of these can be true. Some would argue that neither is true...
I actually took a "free trial" of the web site (hey, I like Jeremy Clarkson's columns), and there's a lot more to it than the paywall. They also did a complete site redesign, and it's hideous - I couldn't find a damned thing on the new site, and actually reading stories involved some bizarre CSS windowing. The entire site is basically a CSS version of "Flashturbation" (CSSturbation?) - a bunch of developers showing off how technically clever they are in the process of making a crap product.
That being said, £1 a week would be much too high, even if the site didn't suck sweaty rhino ass.... £1 pound a day is flat-out insane.
Am I the only one who grasped the dissonance between the words "comes into its own" and "$795 million in grants." Have we really stooped to the point where people have mentally redefined success and functionality as the ability to successfully lobby the government for cash?
You keep using those words. I do not think they mean what you think they mean.
They could have just not responded, and then later claimed it got stuck in their "spam" folder.
Stupid lawyers probably wouldn't get it anyway.
TI Extended Basic - you just flipped me into serious nostalgia mode.
I already paid once for my car. Those car companies want me to pay again every time I replace my car or buy an additional one. Even if I have two or three cars I still only drive one car at a time. Why should I have to pay more than once? Stupid, greedy car companies. The government should do something about this.
That's *exactly* what I was thinking. Nobody bothered watching it in theaters. The discs aren't selling well. They just want some buzz.
This actually hits on one of my personal bugaboos - scientists that claim to know something "definitively" while the research or hypothesis is still warm from the metaphorical oven. Unfortunately, the institutions that employ them have figured out that you can get funding through "science by press release" - the initial press release gets the headlines; the retractions are hardly noticed (except on Slashdot). The scientists themselves are certainly culpable as well for going along with this - they should know better. Only a small percentage of theories stand the test of time. Yes, I understand that it's 2010 and we all want answers right now, dammit, but 99.99% of the time life just doesn't work that way.
So anyway, "definitively" - You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Pretty much. I have a fairly comprehensive cable package (not a big deal; I can afford it), but I'm getting ready to drop it anyway after many, many nights of "500 channels and nothing I want to watch." On-Demand helps a bit, but I'm thinking that Netflix or just buying DVD / BluRay makes more sense at this point. If I price out the programming that I actually "look forward to" I'm probably paying something like $20 / hour / month (with a massive pile of crap added on for "free").
There is some value to be had for the convenience and being able to participate in the social interaction geared around the current shows, but I'm not sure it's worth it. Offsetting that, not having 500 channels of crap will probably be life-enhancing (after a period of adjustment).
Let's put them in charge of health care.
Simple answer:
Responsible Disclosure should be limited to vendors that publicly pledge (or, preferably, contractually agree to via their licensing terms) to Responsibly Fix issues that are disclosed to them. If a company doesn't abide by their own Responsibly Fix policy, it should be disclosed so that others realize that it's null and void.
The latest-generation Cisco devices are switching to USB for console communications. So it's starting to happen...
The Foundation Series - Directed by Quentin Tarantino. "I've got your psychohistory right here. It's the one that says 'Bad Motherfucker.'"
Seriously, it'd be several orders of magnitude better than what Emmerich will excrete.
Because Slashdot doesn't have a 'Frigtarded' section. The real question is how this ever got onto the main page.
That was exactly my point but you ... ah hem... beat me to it. Seriously, a textbook case of mental masturbation if there ever was one.
Oh yes, for the bargain price of $815ish. Cisco gear has some nice advantages in the enterprise, but it's a bit ... pricey ... for home use.