I'd say it was a combo effort. 1) The economy tanked at the perfect time to kill any incumbent president... And if the incumbent is term limited, it'll cost the whole party. 2) Like him or dislike him, Obama got a large youth vote to come out and support him. It was remarkable, and his popularity generated all sorts of attention from a group notorious for not voting. 3) There was a strongly united democratic voting bloc. 4) McCain was also dragged down by the attention that Palin generated. A chunk of the right loved her, and the left hated her almost unanimously.
What's funny is that the mortgage industry and derivative trading schemes that caused the implosion were mostly passed by a Republican congress and Democratic president... Clinton himself called for making mortgages more readily available, and signed it. The Republicans were more than happy to give banks more ability to profit off home loans and voted it through. It was a Total Win(TM) until... well... we all know.
You shouldn't be. One of the perks of living in America is that getting your license is so cheap and easy, I don't think people appreciate it. Public transit in non-existent in the majority of the country, so most people have to own a car to get anywhere. Throw in that most folks are just told, "Get the oil changed every X,000 miles, and you're good." Where X=any value in set {3,5,7,10}.
There's just no perceived value... But "We created the car!" So us Americans are proud of our machines that we can just ignore and swap out every 2-5 years
All apologies to Karl Benz for how we've taken credit for, and completely abused your invention.
Maybe, the the high poverty rate, a government that pretty much decides what the truth is, and a bunch of human rights violations will certainly not help them get there.
Yes, China does have a large population/workforce resource... But they got where they are today because that resource was really cheap. China's getting more expensive, and with the issues that the rest of the world has with their government, I don't think it's such a guarantee.
To be fair, the poster relayed the quote with the information that was contained in the original quote. That's not on the poster. If you haven't watched Fight Club, I highly recommend it.
But yes, you're right: A successful business has to keep their image as clean as possible, and at least appear to be doing the best they can. Or they can go the BP route and just work around all the rules, and not care because not enough people have the ability to affect their bottom line... But that's a whole different set of articles.
Well, as someone who had to support these monsters....
I convicted them a long time ago in my personal court of opinion. Also, let's face it - In cases of CYA, greed, and lying in the business world, there's a pretty high chance of guilt.
Over the course of a couple years, almost a quarter of my billable time was spent on the partner support line with Dell calling in service tags of machines that had a bad motherboard because of these capacitors. Another quarter was performing the in-field switch. It really hurt my credibility and I felt that it hurt my company's credibility with our customers. I constantly had to call in systems, and it resulted in a lot of time explaining what was happening and why "our recommendation" had so many problems.
I was glad that I didn't have to call up the customer support number because my few experiences with them were maddening at best. It quickly became obvious (based on the frequency and the models involved) that there was something wrong with the Optiplex 260s, 270s and the early 280s. I asked about what to do with all the other systems we had out there that were clearly waiting to die. I was informed that I must've just been unlucky with the orders. We started selling IBM/Lenovo products at that point. To this day I won't spend a dime on Dell, and I actively discourage people from purchasing Dell products. Had they issued a recall, I'd feel completely different... But they didn't, so screw them.
Not quite: People who are strongly nationalistic believe that it's not OK for Pakistan to do it. After all, how are they supposed to see that such blatant religious control of a country is so wrong.
But they do think that blocking al-jazeera is appropriate, but first they need to get back to making sure there's a reference to God in our pledges, money, and any government document they can put it on.
But - You do have to admit that there's a strong desire to avoid retribution for what you believe in. For instance, none of us expect our actual votes in an election to be traced back to us. There is a very strong connection between giving support for a bill and voting for it, and it's quite logical for someone to believe that if a vote is kept private (to protect their rights to free speech and to vote freely) that similar measures would be extended to petitions.
A petition is a signature indicating support, so if you look at the petition itself you have personally identifiable information right there (well... if you can read the signature). But that doesn't change the fact that it could be used against you, just like your voting record.
Deter - to turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting deterrent - serving to deter
I'm not. There's very little in the airport security check that acts as said "deterrent." They don't feel discouraged, the airlines don't update their watch lists (which would turn them aside), and there's not much preventing them from acting... After all, the measures are designed to detect "known methods." If someone wants to bring down a plane, our security is designed to catch them if they've tried the same method before. We're looking for devices... We're not looking for terrorists.
In fact, that deterrent is doing more to discourage me from flying than the terrorists who've decided to start getting on planes.
I also want to be clear: I don't hold this against the border guards themselves. They're doing what they've been told to do by law and other regulations. I really feel that they're doing the best they can with what they've got. The problem starts at the top of the TSA, and not the vast majority of the men and women who are just trying to do what they can.
I'm not willing to say that the driver is the only one at fault. If she's absent minded enough to follow her blackberry for walking directions onto a highway and realize there's an increased risk for doing so after the fact... I don't doubt she could have taken a few steps right in front of the car at the wrong time either.
But, in all likelihood, yes... The driver wasn't paying attention. This should be an insurance + local law enforcement matter. Google shouldn't be involved whatsoever.
Ummm... Actually... I'll disagree. If they're suing for "actual" costs, and the costs of filing the lawsuit, then I think they're going totally against what the *IAAs have been doing. In fact, I think it's a totally reasonable and justifiable damage to seek among the downloaders. They're not looking to charge these folks $80K for the download, they're looking to get the illegal copies deleted, or have them pay for the movie and pay the court costs. That's exactly what I think it should be.
Now - If they decide that the "actual" cost is upwards of $80K + court costs, then I'm certainly going to go along with the wet dream theory.
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... never talk about fight club?
Yet another case of someone not understanding that when you put something up there on the web... Everyone can see it.
Nothing to see here... move along.
I figured they'd just re-brand it MyOracle, and find a way to choke it out as soon as they could.
Or, you have to have a creator who's willing to take a leap on their own and come up with something on the cheap to get started... See Clerks.
I'd say it was a combo effort.
1) The economy tanked at the perfect time to kill any incumbent president... And if the incumbent is term limited, it'll cost the whole party.
2) Like him or dislike him, Obama got a large youth vote to come out and support him. It was remarkable, and his popularity generated all sorts of attention from a group notorious for not voting.
3) There was a strongly united democratic voting bloc.
4) McCain was also dragged down by the attention that Palin generated. A chunk of the right loved her, and the left hated her almost unanimously.
What's funny is that the mortgage industry and derivative trading schemes that caused the implosion were mostly passed by a Republican congress and Democratic president... Clinton himself called for making mortgages more readily available, and signed it. The Republicans were more than happy to give banks more ability to profit off home loans and voted it through. It was a Total Win(TM) until... well... we all know.
I'd say it's a problem when your satirical news has more substance and information than the real news... But it's so damn funny.
Although, you'll have an inclination to chase it if you suppress the backup regenerative gene.
You shouldn't be. One of the perks of living in America is that getting your license is so cheap and easy, I don't think people appreciate it. Public transit in non-existent in the majority of the country, so most people have to own a car to get anywhere. Throw in that most folks are just told, "Get the oil changed every X,000 miles, and you're good." Where X=any value in set {3,5,7,10}.
There's just no perceived value... But "We created the car!" So us Americans are proud of our machines that we can just ignore and swap out every 2-5 years
All apologies to Karl Benz for how we've taken credit for, and completely abused your invention.
More like:
GoogleOS:BaiduOS=Blackberry:Redberry.
But Android is at least Open Source... So it won't be a complete reverse engineer job like the Redberry.
Apparently the mods didn't catch the name of the song. This resulted in them missing what I was trying to imply on the part of Google.
That, or maybe my attempt to not post the usual memes just wasn't that good.
well, I know you can't work in fast food all your life
but don't sign that paper tonight, she said,
but it's too late.
And I don't remember what I read,
don't remember what they said,
I guess it doesn't matter,
I guess it doesn't matter anymore.
I was unaware that the Senate had members who were NASA engineers.
...forces use of the solid rocket motors produced by Utah campaign donor ATK.
Maybe I'm just cynical, but that's how I read the last sentence.
Disagree: You think this guy isn't going to kick some corporate ass for you?
Well... When he's in the office he will.
Maybe, the the high poverty rate, a government that pretty much decides what the truth is, and a bunch of human rights violations will certainly not help them get there.
Yes, China does have a large population/workforce resource... But they got where they are today because that resource was really cheap. China's getting more expensive, and with the issues that the rest of the world has with their government, I don't think it's such a guarantee.
To be fair, the poster relayed the quote with the information that was contained in the original quote. That's not on the poster. If you haven't watched Fight Club, I highly recommend it.
But yes, you're right: A successful business has to keep their image as clean as possible, and at least appear to be doing the best they can. Or they can go the BP route and just work around all the rules, and not care because not enough people have the ability to affect their bottom line... But that's a whole different set of articles.
Well, as someone who had to support these monsters....
I convicted them a long time ago in my personal court of opinion. Also, let's face it - In cases of CYA, greed, and lying in the business world, there's a pretty high chance of guilt.
Over the course of a couple years, almost a quarter of my billable time was spent on the partner support line with Dell calling in service tags of machines that had a bad motherboard because of these capacitors. Another quarter was performing the in-field switch. It really hurt my credibility and I felt that it hurt my company's credibility with our customers. I constantly had to call in systems, and it resulted in a lot of time explaining what was happening and why "our recommendation" had so many problems.
I was glad that I didn't have to call up the customer support number because my few experiences with them were maddening at best. It quickly became obvious (based on the frequency and the models involved) that there was something wrong with the Optiplex 260s, 270s and the early 280s. I asked about what to do with all the other systems we had out there that were clearly waiting to die. I was informed that I must've just been unlucky with the orders. We started selling IBM/Lenovo products at that point. To this day I won't spend a dime on Dell, and I actively discourage people from purchasing Dell products. Had they issued a recall, I'd feel completely different... But they didn't, so screw them.
Not quite: People who are strongly nationalistic believe that it's not OK for Pakistan to do it. After all, how are they supposed to see that such blatant religious control of a country is so wrong.
But they do think that blocking al-jazeera is appropriate, but first they need to get back to making sure there's a reference to God in our pledges, money, and any government document they can put it on.
But - You do have to admit that there's a strong desire to avoid retribution for what you believe in. For instance, none of us expect our actual votes in an election to be traced back to us. There is a very strong connection between giving support for a bill and voting for it, and it's quite logical for someone to believe that if a vote is kept private (to protect their rights to free speech and to vote freely) that similar measures would be extended to petitions.
A petition is a signature indicating support, so if you look at the petition itself you have personally identifiable information right there (well... if you can read the signature). But that doesn't change the fact that it could be used against you, just like your voting record.
Sadly, it's pretty easy to be right when you're a cynic and don't trust people who plan on making money off of you.
ummm.... Slashdot?
Is that more or less lucrative than patent law?
Except in that case, in the article that you referenced, it's indicated that a flight attendant got into the cockpit.
Also - It didn't help that the pilots forgot to set the cabin pressurization.
The conclusion is that it would've happened with or without the reinforced door. My hair is a bird.
Deter - to turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting
deterrent - serving to deter
I'm not. There's very little in the airport security check that acts as said "deterrent." They don't feel discouraged, the airlines don't update their watch lists (which would turn them aside), and there's not much preventing them from acting... After all, the measures are designed to detect "known methods." If someone wants to bring down a plane, our security is designed to catch them if they've tried the same method before. We're looking for devices... We're not looking for terrorists.
In fact, that deterrent is doing more to discourage me from flying than the terrorists who've decided to start getting on planes.
I also want to be clear: I don't hold this against the border guards themselves. They're doing what they've been told to do by law and other regulations. I really feel that they're doing the best they can with what they've got. The problem starts at the top of the TSA, and not the vast majority of the men and women who are just trying to do what they can.
Well, the stronger cockpit door was an improvement... But for everything else, it's all about "appearing" to be more secure.
The post-9/11 airport has been all about security through showmanship.
I'm not willing to say that the driver is the only one at fault. If she's absent minded enough to follow her blackberry for walking directions onto a highway and realize there's an increased risk for doing so after the fact... I don't doubt she could have taken a few steps right in front of the car at the wrong time either.
But, in all likelihood, yes... The driver wasn't paying attention. This should be an insurance + local law enforcement matter. Google shouldn't be involved whatsoever.
Ummm... Actually... I'll disagree. If they're suing for "actual" costs, and the costs of filing the lawsuit, then I think they're going totally against what the *IAAs have been doing. In fact, I think it's a totally reasonable and justifiable damage to seek among the downloaders. They're not looking to charge these folks $80K for the download, they're looking to get the illegal copies deleted, or have them pay for the movie and pay the court costs. That's exactly what I think it should be.
Now - If they decide that the "actual" cost is upwards of $80K + court costs, then I'm certainly going to go along with the wet dream theory.