Best practices, based on the most up to date research and enforced by good regulation and oversight, will do more to prevent ground water contamination than any number of after the fact lawsuits.
I wish that were true in practice. Unfortunately, the government is an active partner in this with the energy industry so we are likely not to see any meaningful action from them. That leaves it mostly up to the companies to decide to what extent they invest in technologies and research that will protect the environment - in this case drinking water. Where do you think the incentive comes from for the companies to implement these "best practices"? Their altruistic sense of good will? Corporations have a long and glorious history of denying that anything they do causes any harm until it is undeniably proven and publicly exposed. Look at the cigarette industries attempts to deny that smoking causes cancer and one obvious example. There are many, many others. The reality is that these companies will invest as little as they legally can in determining what constitutes "best practices". Until they get hit hard in the financial realm, they have no incentive at all to change anything. That can come by the government insisting that they compensate the victims of their negligence through fees and fines or it can come from a big fat lawsuit. The impact has to be significantly bigger than the cost of change or it won't happen. It also helps if the fines or court ordered restitution is big enough to impact the CEO's compensation.
How long until we see bicycle frames manufactured out of graphene? Stronger and lighter than steel? If it has reasonable durability and flex qualities then I'm looking forward to it.
In many cultures (past and present) a 16 year old is considered an adult and often has learned to demonstrate the maturity and responsibility that goes with that status. It is a sad state when a 16 year old has to be treated like a child and even sadder when they respond at a level even lower than the pathetic expectations of our society. I don't understand why someone in their teens finds it so challenging to interact with other adults regardless of age. Yes, the cell phone had little to do with it.
The earth is actually quite flat. Russia hires different artists to create their space "photography" than NASA. It's a conspiracy to keep us from realizing that the earth is really the center of the universe and that all of the objects in space move around us.
"In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire, for a safe and secure society..." - Sen. Palpatine (R) Utah
The problem with horses is that you can't take any of the good parts from a non-functional horse and use them to upgrade your existing horse. I don't see the Amish building new horses out of spare parts in their basement. On the other hand, horses are a good excuse for having hot grits in the house in case anyone asks.
Now it is a stable mature product. Twice as good as Safari 5. Much better than IE 8. Not quite as good as Opera 11. And Firefox should hang it's neck in shame for barely reaching 4.
Bah! That's nothing. I browse using Emacs and that's on version 23.
While I do think Apple has gone quite a way down the road towards being a corporate control freak, I think this is a bit exaggerated. They haven't come even close to the kind of manipulative behavior the MS started pulling in the mid-90's. MS basically had the entire IT industry under its thumb for many years. They could kill other products just by making a vapor ware announcement. Good luck trying to get a system with Windows installed from anyone. Good luck trying to find a computer publication that didn't grovel before their feet and lick their boots. Apple has never enjoyed that kind of power with the possible exception of the mp3 player market. They may be a bit restrictive and manipulative with their own products but hardly "evil". I've had owned two Macs but I'm hardly a member of their cult as some see it. There's nothing on their platform that restricts you unless you go there voluntarily. I have migrated all of my data over to one of my Linux machines and lost nothing in the transition. No lock there. That said, I wouldn't tether myself to anything from their iTunes store.
If you want to talk about evil corporations, google some of articles on the stuff Monsanto, Haliburton or many of the Wall Street banks have done for profits. Once a business is in the business of selling stocks, the company is no longer about products or services or anything other than shareholder value. All other activities are merely means to achieve the end of increasing profits or share value. There is no morality once this path is chosen only expedience.
The network guys are never wrong. Nope. Doesn't happen. Must be something wrong with your servers. Can't be the 2k line ACLs we've put on each vlan to protect the windows machines. Nope. You don't need any ICMP protocols anyways. Why?? What do you need it for? There are no problems with the network. Don't believe me, look at my stats....
So on the half-hour bus ride to and from work, how do you recommend that someone start a conversation with a stranger without causing a major faux pas?
Pass them a beer? It's a great conversation opener. You must not ride the bus often.
would about sum this latest boondoggle up. $5B we all pay to bring broadband to the people who chose, knowing the limitations, to live in the sticks? Outside of that, are there any areas that don't have broadband sufficient to watch at least 480p video?
Some of us are living in rural areas for many reasons and that choice sometimes comes with major factors that far outweigh broadband availability. Yes, there are many areas that don't have any broadband access at all. None. I don't think you can fairly consider satellite internet "service" to be broadband. Overpriced and slow with massive latency. You should try viewing even a 320p video over satellite connection sometime - it isn't very pretty.
That said, this sounds like another instance where the government take a public resource, pays a private industry to develop it and then allows them to screw over the consumer with the very infrastructure we paid to build for them. Either make internet access a national infrastructure, like the roads, or get out of the way.
It's not even a matter of "which plan", it's just a matter of having control over your own actions.
That's a nice idea but it doesn't often work that way. Many people (with a smart phone) don't seem to have the iron will to not be rude while talking face to face with someone. If someone can't control their actions at one level then they need to make their changes somewhere upstream in the decision making process. Either that, or enjoy the consequences of their rude behavior.
I can tell you what will happen with this government initiative. They'll do some more studies. They'll have lots of meetings with the telecommunications corporations. They'll form some committees. They'll give some tax money to the industry to encourage the development of improved broadband offerings. The industry will pocket the money and nothing will really change. On the books it'll look like they spent it all on expanding and improving the infrastructure but virtually nobody will see an improvement.
I've had Macs for about 6 years now. So far I haven't found anything that restricted me. I do have enough sense to keep my data in formats that I can move around but there's nothing in OS X that forces me to stay there. On the Mac I keep my photos in iPhoto but only use jpgs, all my music is in iTunes but ever file is an unrestricted mp3, I use Firefox or Chrome, OpenOffice, Emacs, Adium, KeepassX, etc. A couple of times I've backed up my data onto an external drive and moved it over to a Linux computer and was able to use all of my data. I use a Mac purely for convenience but I could be just as functional with Linux. I don't have an iPhone or Pad so I can't argue with you on those.
Dang Apple and their short-term support of hardware.
Since you have an intel Mac there's always the Linux upgrade option. Personally, I plan on installing Slackware on my iMac when Apple decides that they no longer wish to support it. I agree, their support life is way too short.
Everyone seems to rambling on about x86 compatability and running existing Windows applications on the ARM cpu. I see this more as an admission from MS that the desktop environment is stagnant and growth will be found in the market for dedicated devices (phones, tablets, netbooks etc). I don't see that this will be about desktops at all. I see this more like Apple does with iOS and OS X. Same code base but one runs on portable devices and the other is for their desktop machines. I have not real insight but I don't see where ARM desktop machines make any sense.
Anyone remember when Windows NT ran on x86, PPC, MIPS and alpha? It was amazing how much better it ran on the Alpha hardware than any x86 machines. Maybe it'll be a step forward for them - not that I really care.
Slashdot Mirror
Best practices, based on the most up to date research and enforced by good regulation and oversight, will do more to prevent ground water contamination than any number of after the fact lawsuits.
I wish that were true in practice. Unfortunately, the government is an active partner in this with the energy industry so we are likely not to see any meaningful action from them. That leaves it mostly up to the companies to decide to what extent they invest in technologies and research that will protect the environment - in this case drinking water. Where do you think the incentive comes from for the companies to implement these "best practices"? Their altruistic sense of good will? Corporations have a long and glorious history of denying that anything they do causes any harm until it is undeniably proven and publicly exposed. Look at the cigarette industries attempts to deny that smoking causes cancer and one obvious example. There are many, many others. The reality is that these companies will invest as little as they legally can in determining what constitutes "best practices". Until they get hit hard in the financial realm, they have no incentive at all to change anything. That can come by the government insisting that they compensate the victims of their negligence through fees and fines or it can come from a big fat lawsuit. The impact has to be significantly bigger than the cost of change or it won't happen. It also helps if the fines or court ordered restitution is big enough to impact the CEO's compensation.
How long until we see bicycle frames manufactured out of graphene? Stronger and lighter than steel? If it has reasonable durability and flex qualities then I'm looking forward to it.
In many cultures (past and present) a 16 year old is considered an adult and often has learned to demonstrate the maturity and responsibility that goes with that status. It is a sad state when a 16 year old has to be treated like a child and even sadder when they respond at a level even lower than the pathetic expectations of our society. I don't understand why someone in their teens finds it so challenging to interact with other adults regardless of age. Yes, the cell phone had little to do with it.
The earth is actually quite flat. Russia hires different artists to create their space "photography" than NASA. It's a conspiracy to keep us from realizing that the earth is really the center of the universe and that all of the objects in space move around us.
I've secretly been dying to see this happen.
...Worked perfectly in Linux. Under XP, it crackled endlessly. Ended up buying a discrete sound card.
I think you ended up fixing the wrong problem.
"In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire, for a safe and secure society..." - Sen. Palpatine (R) Utah
The problem with horses is that you can't take any of the good parts from a non-functional horse and use them to upgrade your existing horse. I don't see the Amish building new horses out of spare parts in their basement. On the other hand, horses are a good excuse for having hot grits in the house in case anyone asks.
Now it is a stable mature product. Twice as good as Safari 5. Much better than IE 8. Not quite as good as Opera 11. And Firefox should hang it's neck in shame for barely reaching 4.
Bah! That's nothing. I browse using Emacs and that's on version 23.
While I do think Apple has gone quite a way down the road towards being a corporate control freak, I think this is a bit exaggerated. They haven't come even close to the kind of manipulative behavior the MS started pulling in the mid-90's. MS basically had the entire IT industry under its thumb for many years. They could kill other products just by making a vapor ware announcement. Good luck trying to get a system with Windows installed from anyone. Good luck trying to find a computer publication that didn't grovel before their feet and lick their boots. Apple has never enjoyed that kind of power with the possible exception of the mp3 player market. They may be a bit restrictive and manipulative with their own products but hardly "evil". I've had owned two Macs but I'm hardly a member of their cult as some see it. There's nothing on their platform that restricts you unless you go there voluntarily. I have migrated all of my data over to one of my Linux machines and lost nothing in the transition. No lock there. That said, I wouldn't tether myself to anything from their iTunes store.
If you want to talk about evil corporations, google some of articles on the stuff Monsanto, Haliburton or many of the Wall Street banks have done for profits. Once a business is in the business of selling stocks, the company is no longer about products or services or anything other than shareholder value. All other activities are merely means to achieve the end of increasing profits or share value. There is no morality once this path is chosen only expedience.
Do you work downstairs?
The network guys are never wrong. Nope. Doesn't happen. Must be something wrong with your servers. Can't be the 2k line ACLs we've put on each vlan to protect the windows machines. Nope. You don't need any ICMP protocols anyways. Why?? What do you need it for? There are no problems with the network. Don't believe me, look at my stats....
how do you recommend that someone start a conversation with a stranger [on the bus]
Pass them a beer?
No eating or drinking is permitted on city buses. Now what?
Like that's going to stop us.
So on the half-hour bus ride to and from work, how do you recommend that someone start a conversation with a stranger without causing a major faux pas?
Pass them a beer? It's a great conversation opener. You must not ride the bus often.
would about sum this latest boondoggle up. $5B we all pay to bring broadband to the people who chose, knowing the limitations, to live in the sticks? Outside of that, are there any areas that don't have broadband sufficient to watch at least 480p video?
Some of us are living in rural areas for many reasons and that choice sometimes comes with major factors that far outweigh broadband availability. Yes, there are many areas that don't have any broadband access at all. None. I don't think you can fairly consider satellite internet "service" to be broadband. Overpriced and slow with massive latency. You should try viewing even a 320p video over satellite connection sometime - it isn't very pretty.
That said, this sounds like another instance where the government take a public resource, pays a private industry to develop it and then allows them to screw over the consumer with the very infrastructure we paid to build for them. Either make internet access a national infrastructure, like the roads, or get out of the way.
...some backers of government broadband spending have already raised concerns that the plan would give money and spectrum to large mobile carriers
Someone hasn't been paying attention very well over the past decade or so. Giving money to the large mobile carriers is likely the entire the point.
It's not even a matter of "which plan", it's just a matter of having control over your own actions.
That's a nice idea but it doesn't often work that way. Many people (with a smart phone) don't seem to have the iron will to not be rude while talking face to face with someone. If someone can't control their actions at one level then they need to make their changes somewhere upstream in the decision making process. Either that, or enjoy the consequences of their rude behavior.
You can avoid all this heartache by using lynx.
I can tell you what will happen with this government initiative. They'll do some more studies. They'll have lots of meetings with the telecommunications corporations. They'll form some committees. They'll give some tax money to the industry to encourage the development of improved broadband offerings. The industry will pocket the money and nothing will really change. On the books it'll look like they spent it all on expanding and improving the infrastructure but virtually nobody will see an improvement.
It just looks weird and bit awkward to use. Maybe I'm just stuck in my own little rut but I think I'll stick with my big fat Kensington trackball.
I've had Macs for about 6 years now. So far I haven't found anything that restricted me. I do have enough sense to keep my data in formats that I can move around but there's nothing in OS X that forces me to stay there. On the Mac I keep my photos in iPhoto but only use jpgs, all my music is in iTunes but ever file is an unrestricted mp3, I use Firefox or Chrome, OpenOffice, Emacs, Adium, KeepassX, etc. A couple of times I've backed up my data onto an external drive and moved it over to a Linux computer and was able to use all of my data. I use a Mac purely for convenience but I could be just as functional with Linux. I don't have an iPhone or Pad so I can't argue with you on those.
Dang Apple and their short-term support of hardware.
Since you have an intel Mac there's always the Linux upgrade option. Personally, I plan on installing Slackware on my iMac when Apple decides that they no longer wish to support it. I agree, their support life is way too short.
Is this a dupe? I'd swear I had read this article before.
Everyone seems to rambling on about x86 compatability and running existing Windows applications on the ARM cpu. I see this more as an admission from MS that the desktop environment is stagnant and growth will be found in the market for dedicated devices (phones, tablets, netbooks etc). I don't see that this will be about desktops at all. I see this more like Apple does with iOS and OS X. Same code base but one runs on portable devices and the other is for their desktop machines. I have not real insight but I don't see where ARM desktop machines make any sense.
Anyone remember when Windows NT ran on x86, PPC, MIPS and alpha? It was amazing how much better it ran on the Alpha hardware than any x86 machines. Maybe it'll be a step forward for them - not that I really care.
This reads like a specification for building a unix system.
Those who don't understand Unix are doomed to reinvent it... or something like that.