For anyone not sure, DirecTV is absolutely superior to Comcast for TV. I'm continuing to use them for internet for now, since they're the best option where I live, but the TV product is MILES ahead of Comcrap.
If anyone would like a $100 off referral, give me a shout. They have a program, and it's worth $100 bill credit for you and me. They don't make it terribly public, but once you're in, you'll see that commercial. mat(at)cityofrain-com
There is no market in safe, secure computing unless you're a closed system. Macs are generally safer, but are a closed system. Windows isn't, but Microsoft isn't in the business of selling hardware. They're in the business of helping hardware become obsolete in order to sell more software.
Until it's in Microsoft's interest to be secure, why would they worry? They NEED computers to "break" every few years. See: 1970's American autos.
Get the unmanned stuff right, get the cost down, innovation up, and then human flight might make more sense...
Or, let the moon be the Wild West, and let commercial interests drive that.
Wait, I'm to believe that a large company that is based around a user living in their browser should actually care what OEMs think? So you're telling me that Google should actually stop developing a competitive operating system because *this guy* thinks that they'd be better suited to wait 5-10 years to do something?
Let's stop innovating because a nay-sayer thinks it may harm their prospects. BRILLIANT!
Why make them "at peace". This competition has been driving standards forward like nothing else has. The byproduct has been great for all, and I'm not interested in seeing this end.
Superficial wounds in a shit environment will cause infection quickly, and remove soldiers from battle.
Not to mention, this seems a little more elegant than glue. Glue works for some stuff...
Guess what -- this will all get blocked. More fragmentation = less free internet.
Here comes Sharia law that says all internet usage must be in Farsi, and all websites with latin endings will be blocked.
Weak.
Anyone using this.xxx domain is a complete retard. Why? Location, location, location. This is essentially taking a site from the shopping mall and moving it to the shady building that was once a Pizza Hut and now has aluminum foil on the windows.
No one will go there in fear of malware or viruses (virii?).
Everyone will block it.
This is the Scarlet X.
And thus, RFID is the plan?
When attendance is deemed the great savior, schools have GTAs take attendance at their side classes. If you really want to be annoying, they have these things called quizzes. RFID is for lazy administration.
I will respectfully disagree too; attendance is to me still not the problem. Students have to care about their class enough to believe they are getting something out of it. If they don't have that, they won't show. RFID would simply encourage me to NOT go to class. It would make me pool my card with someone. I'd go once in four, when it's "my turn".
Come on, kids are smart. As such, many do what they need to get by. RFID is just that; it's administrators saying "we're trying". It's just a new way to pass off an old problem.
As an IT admin, I'm not getting anyone to drop PDF as a format. That's insane.
But this, along with the 9.2 update installing McAfee without permission, has made me decide my company will be moving to Foxit. Adobe has screwed me for the last time.
For anyone's info, if you have Reader 9.0, without the McAfee install selected, and you then do a "Check for updates" update from within the program, McAfee AV will be installed. I now have to UNinstall it from a shit-ton of machines.
Adobe is famous for bad installers, but this takes the cake.
As a Northern Arizona Alumnus, I am TOTALLY EMBARRASSED by this. Federal money wasted on this? Attendance isn't a problem on its own. If your lectures suck, and you can pass a class without them, the student should be rewarded with additional free time. If a lecture adds value to a student, they are there. It's an ultra-simple problem.
As someone who saw firsthand how that school works, I can assure you this isn't even as bad at NAU as some other state schools with the 500+ auditoriums. That's actually rare at NAU, and yet attendance will magically help? No. What will help is working with the kids on a better curriculum in their first year. What will help is to stop the madness of 1-year full rides from the reservations that all too often crash in alcoholism and a free 6 month vacation before going back and finding themselves in a nasty cycle of government dependence.
At some point, you have to give students a REASON to show up. If that's simply an instructor without a thick accent, so be it. If it's a prof who thinks he or she is funny, so be it. I learned more from classes at NAU that were taught by part-time staffers than anyone up there that was a full-time professor. Start looking inward before blaming your CUSTOMERS, NAU.
I am ashamed.
-Finance, May 2000
Let's please allow small ($1000) wagers on professional sporting events. No college. Let's not leave all that to Vegas, too.
I'm not one to play online slots, where the odds are dubious. I'm also not into online poker where I could be playing a robot or some fool with a computer behind them. A sporting event's outcome is printed on dead trees, and visible for all to see. I'd much rather take my chances with $50 on an NFL game than to nickel & dime away $50 on some slanted card game.
Please? With Constitutional Rights and Sugar on top?
Let's be honest... it's not a concubine in there. The odds are much better that there were malware problems in their system. Exceptions noted, but 33%? Even the Playboy offices aren't like that...
Actually, if they were to be not in compliance, they don't receive the federal funding. Same as the highway money example. They can spend more than they collect trying to enforce an archaic use tax, or they can choose to drop that method and participate in a national share.
I get your point, though. That's where the devil is in the details. I think this type of national sales tax would be overall more effective than any use tax, and while the system would have to be bumped up to a Federal level, the commerce clause would certainly make it acceptable. Thanks for a more rational discussion.
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For anyone not sure, DirecTV is absolutely superior to Comcast for TV. I'm continuing to use them for internet for now, since they're the best option where I live, but the TV product is MILES ahead of Comcrap. If anyone would like a $100 off referral, give me a shout. They have a program, and it's worth $100 bill credit for you and me. They don't make it terribly public, but once you're in, you'll see that commercial. mat(at)cityofrain-com
There is no market in safe, secure computing unless you're a closed system. Macs are generally safer, but are a closed system. Windows isn't, but Microsoft isn't in the business of selling hardware. They're in the business of helping hardware become obsolete in order to sell more software. Until it's in Microsoft's interest to be secure, why would they worry? They NEED computers to "break" every few years. See: 1970's American autos.
Clearly the TSA values the planes higher than the commodity of We The Travelers. The planes cost more than the people, thus the people get shat upon.
Get the unmanned stuff right, get the cost down, innovation up, and then human flight might make more sense... Or, let the moon be the Wild West, and let commercial interests drive that.
Oh yes -- get ready for the Blue Balls Of Death!!
Wait, I'm to believe that a large company that is based around a user living in their browser should actually care what OEMs think? So you're telling me that Google should actually stop developing a competitive operating system because *this guy* thinks that they'd be better suited to wait 5-10 years to do something? Let's stop innovating because a nay-sayer thinks it may harm their prospects. BRILLIANT!
Why make them "at peace". This competition has been driving standards forward like nothing else has. The byproduct has been great for all, and I'm not interested in seeing this end.
Having just been there, indeed, 13.25% in the Second City.
Superficial wounds in a shit environment will cause infection quickly, and remove soldiers from battle. Not to mention, this seems a little more elegant than glue. Glue works for some stuff...
These were revenue generators, period.
Guess what -- this will all get blocked. More fragmentation = less free internet. Here comes Sharia law that says all internet usage must be in Farsi, and all websites with latin endings will be blocked. Weak.
Anyone using this .xxx domain is a complete retard. Why? Location, location, location. This is essentially taking a site from the shopping mall and moving it to the shady building that was once a Pizza Hut and now has aluminum foil on the windows.
No one will go there in fear of malware or viruses (virii?).
Everyone will block it.
This is the Scarlet X.
And thus, RFID is the plan? When attendance is deemed the great savior, schools have GTAs take attendance at their side classes. If you really want to be annoying, they have these things called quizzes. RFID is for lazy administration. I will respectfully disagree too; attendance is to me still not the problem. Students have to care about their class enough to believe they are getting something out of it. If they don't have that, they won't show. RFID would simply encourage me to NOT go to class. It would make me pool my card with someone. I'd go once in four, when it's "my turn". Come on, kids are smart. As such, many do what they need to get by. RFID is just that; it's administrators saying "we're trying". It's just a new way to pass off an old problem.
As an IT admin, I'm not getting anyone to drop PDF as a format. That's insane. But this, along with the 9.2 update installing McAfee without permission, has made me decide my company will be moving to Foxit. Adobe has screwed me for the last time. For anyone's info, if you have Reader 9.0, without the McAfee install selected, and you then do a "Check for updates" update from within the program, McAfee AV will be installed. I now have to UNinstall it from a shit-ton of machines. Adobe is famous for bad installers, but this takes the cake.
As a Northern Arizona Alumnus, I am TOTALLY EMBARRASSED by this. Federal money wasted on this? Attendance isn't a problem on its own. If your lectures suck, and you can pass a class without them, the student should be rewarded with additional free time. If a lecture adds value to a student, they are there. It's an ultra-simple problem. As someone who saw firsthand how that school works, I can assure you this isn't even as bad at NAU as some other state schools with the 500+ auditoriums. That's actually rare at NAU, and yet attendance will magically help? No. What will help is working with the kids on a better curriculum in their first year. What will help is to stop the madness of 1-year full rides from the reservations that all too often crash in alcoholism and a free 6 month vacation before going back and finding themselves in a nasty cycle of government dependence. At some point, you have to give students a REASON to show up. If that's simply an instructor without a thick accent, so be it. If it's a prof who thinks he or she is funny, so be it. I learned more from classes at NAU that were taught by part-time staffers than anyone up there that was a full-time professor. Start looking inward before blaming your CUSTOMERS, NAU. I am ashamed. -Finance, May 2000
Maybe it's time to amend Moore's Law to also account for a Wattage divisor. Same computing power for half the battery drain would be good...
The real question is if they can adapt it to be Shark-Mountable...
The juice won't be that high. It'll be taken out at income tax time methinks.
Not different; it still has to be conducted with a licensed betting house.
Let's please allow small ($1000) wagers on professional sporting events. No college. Let's not leave all that to Vegas, too. I'm not one to play online slots, where the odds are dubious. I'm also not into online poker where I could be playing a robot or some fool with a computer behind them. A sporting event's outcome is printed on dead trees, and visible for all to see. I'd much rather take my chances with $50 on an NFL game than to nickel & dime away $50 on some slanted card game. Please? With Constitutional Rights and Sugar on top?
Let's be honest... it's not a concubine in there. The odds are much better that there were malware problems in their system. Exceptions noted, but 33%? Even the Playboy offices aren't like that...
Actually, if they were to be not in compliance, they don't receive the federal funding. Same as the highway money example. They can spend more than they collect trying to enforce an archaic use tax, or they can choose to drop that method and participate in a national share. I get your point, though. That's where the devil is in the details. I think this type of national sales tax would be overall more effective than any use tax, and while the system would have to be bumped up to a Federal level, the commerce clause would certainly make it acceptable. Thanks for a more rational discussion.
And they've been cracked and exploited now how many times?
+1000
When the BS is removed, some bright people can do some brilliant work. Congrats WH IT Team! Bravo!!