RTFA - The state the company is located in is one of the few with the madness to tax manufacturing equipment. There's a policy guaranteed to help lower unemployment!/sarcasm. In this particular case they're not surviving on taxpayer money - they're getting a sensible exemption from an absurd policy.
I've never been told to do someone else's work to make THEM look good; I've been asked to help out and it reflected on ME at bonus time. Lumpy is probably over sensitive.
The problem is that the basic text of any given act is just the tip of the iceberg. The department of health and human services will be writing regulation to enforce and clarify the act for decades to come.
Because traffic lights go on and off and on and off all day long. They're a terrible idea for LED because the ballasts wear out doing that. The actual LED built into the thing is still perfectly OK actually. Your local government (and many others) have been scammed by clueless but well meaning greenies on the city council over the traffic light LED thing. Streetlights that come on and stay on all night long are a much better use.
I looked at the requirements of the Starbucks app and declined to install it: needs permission to make calls, needs to track your location, needs to read your contact list, etc. Using it to payment for a drink is not worth all that. Same goes for any of these others.
Yep; the graphics were pretty but single solution set-piece puzzles are not all that fun. Myst was a tedious exercise in figuring out exactly in what order to do what the designers wanted you to do.
Where does the power come from for these scrolling advertisements? Will be owner be required to supply a wiring kit to hook it up? Otherwise, how long would a battery last; in an LA traffic jam these plates are going to be running ads for hours at a time.
What kind of alert system has device access permissions that let it be loud enough to wake everyone up? When I get Amber alerts, it's just a text message with a momentary vibrate.
Well, smartass, the 40 hour work week was started by Henry Ford as a ploy to attract the best workers and keep them happy. It became standard for everyone as part of the New Deal during the Great Depression to try to get more people at least part time work.
Parent post is on the right track: there should be no such thing as a blanket "we must spend x% to keep up" but instead each expense should show "for $x on this expense, we gain $y to the bottom line." With this approach (provided y > x) then "we need to cut z%" goes away.
And yet he is still allowed to own guns... Because that freedom is so much more important
Both freedom of speech and freedom to bear arms are explicitly enumerated in the constitution so what's your point, exactly? Other than his free speech is being trampled upon?
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There's not that much of a business regulatory environment in South Sudan.
RTFA - The state the company is located in is one of the few with the madness to tax manufacturing equipment. There's a policy guaranteed to help lower unemployment! /sarcasm. In this particular case they're not surviving on taxpayer money - they're getting a sensible exemption from an absurd policy.
Charge them a tidy sum for rent and require they contract physical security to the CIA/NSA/NRO. Why not in that case?
I've never been told to do someone else's work to make THEM look good; I've been asked to help out and it reflected on ME at bonus time. Lumpy is probably over sensitive.
The problem is that the basic text of any given act is just the tip of the iceberg. The department of health and human services will be writing regulation to enforce and clarify the act for decades to come.
I thought the Penny Arcade guys were the Siskel and Ebert of software reviews.
Because traffic lights go on and off and on and off all day long. They're a terrible idea for LED because the ballasts wear out doing that. The actual LED built into the thing is still perfectly OK actually. Your local government (and many others) have been scammed by clueless but well meaning greenies on the city council over the traffic light LED thing. Streetlights that come on and stay on all night long are a much better use.
Except that health information should be covered by HIPAA. Users should have expectation of total privacy of their data.
I looked at the requirements of the Starbucks app and declined to install it: needs permission to make calls, needs to track your location, needs to read your contact list, etc. Using it to payment for a drink is not worth all that. Same goes for any of these others.
Yep; the graphics were pretty but single solution set-piece puzzles are not all that fun. Myst was a tedious exercise in figuring out exactly in what order to do what the designers wanted you to do.
I blame the mentality that profiling is some horrible crime, therefore everyone must be overly searched.
He knew the exact time he made the transaction. He knew the amount. He knew other details.
Umm, no, this was a marijuana transaction. He knew kinda around when he bought it and sorta how much he paid and that's about it.
Anyway, what's the bother with the Bitcoin and Silk Road hassle? Move to Colorado and you can just plunk down cash in a store.
The size of a Buick? I've seen Buicks in China that were compact hatchbacks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Excelle_XT
Guy should countersue when he finds that he brought the critters home with him (and he probably will).
Then the hotel can post a counter-review about his place on Google Maps complaining about the bed bugs there.
Yeah, but modern CAPTCHAs are so convoluted that computers can solve them more easily than I can.
No kidding, I wish something like kitten Captcha was more prevalent but it never seemed to catch on.
"One of the things that annoys me about Android: having to print through the Cloud"
A networked Samsung printer can print on your local network from an Android device via Samsung's print app.
Where does the power come from for these scrolling advertisements? Will be owner be required to supply a wiring kit to hook it up? Otherwise, how long would a battery last; in an LA traffic jam these plates are going to be running ads for hours at a time.
What kind of alert system has device access permissions that let it be loud enough to wake everyone up? When I get Amber alerts, it's just a text message with a momentary vibrate.
Are you stuck in the 70s? LA has some smog but it isn't bad. Try Beijing for serious smog.
No, smartass, how about the 40-hour work week?
Well, smartass, the 40 hour work week was started by Henry Ford as a ploy to attract the best workers and keep them happy. It became standard for everyone as part of the New Deal during the Great Depression to try to get more people at least part time work.
Parent post is on the right track: there should be no such thing as a blanket "we must spend x% to keep up" but instead each expense should show "for $x on this expense, we gain $y to the bottom line." With this approach (provided y > x) then "we need to cut z%" goes away.
And yet he is still allowed to own guns... Because that freedom is so much more important
Both freedom of speech and freedom to bear arms are explicitly enumerated in the constitution so what's your point, exactly? Other than his free speech is being trampled upon?
Good thing for you the coffee bean shortage is coming; you'll have to cut back.
Why worry? First - the neanderthals are extinct, second - they didn't drink coffee.
Maybe they went extinct because their coffee plantations all rusted away?
Americans can retaliate by illegally immigrating to Mexico
Sneaking into Mexico isn't like sneaking into the USA. On their southern border their army shoots illegal immigrants coming from Guatemala on sight.