My original point with the "black hat/white hat" thing was to forestall people who would take my "criminals stealing from criminals" to mean "all hackers are criminals" (which is not what it meant). Some hackers are criminals, others not. That's all I was trying to convey.
Criminals stealing from criminals? Doesn't surprise me. It happens all the time in the physical world.
(Before the deluge of malice-laden replies regarding "how I make all hackers out to be villians," yes, I know the difference between white hat and black hat.)
Many companies also perform such searches whilst screening potential employees. They often get junior (junior as in position, not necessarily age) employees to befriend said candidates in order to dig up any "dirt" they can on you. (Hence a warning to those of you looking for a job: beware what you post online.) The feds would be foolish not to do so as well.
I don't know about you, but I don't know any Americans who "rejoice" at the exploitation of cheap workers. On the contrary, people I've met recognize the existence of and disapprove of the exploitation of cheap labor. What you could fault them for, however, is being utterly apathetic about it.
Sounding angry doesn't make an argument more appealing.
I, personally, doubt the iPhone will "nosedive" as you say. While I agree that their market share will decrease, I think they will remain a leader in their market. Why does Nike stay so popular now that there are many brands that make comparable goods? They have built themselves a reputation that people can recognize and correlate to their expectations. So has Apple with the iWhateverTheyMake. (I think they should make iBoxers. You could listen to your favorite tunes while getting it on.)
Thanks, asshole, for referencing an article behind a paywall. (Yes, I could pay $1.99, but NO I won't. WSJ is not worth it.)
{shrugs} I got to it just fine without paying for it. I don't remember exactly what I did to get there when I was briefly researching the topic before posting it, but it worked and I didn't pay for anything. If you're really that worked up over it, perhaps you should have looked a little farther in the Internet. Various newssites (few of them pay sites) had articles on the same topic.
Next time you call me an asshole, please refer to me as "The Asshole." There's more than one reason I play the trumpet.
Good point in discriminating between mandatory and voluntary. Mayhaps I should have not phrased it as such when I wrote it. Still, I personally believe a company's founders would be foolish to not make such a restructuring before a split. I suppose they could simply allocate themselves massive amounts of stock before and IPO under which the stock structure has all stocks equal. Doing it in classes gives them, among other things, the ability to put present an illusion of the [founders'] amount of stock being more insignificant than it really is (though it wouldn't fool all that many people). Then again, I'm just an electrical engineer and am not even on Facebook anymore, so what do I know?
Seems like India's version of the Patriot Act has given them some ideas on what to do with their newly-legalized abilities. At least they have the courtesy to be forward and open about it (unlike other countries {cough} USA {cough}). At the least, very few nations beyond China have instituted punishments for Thoughtcrime. Big Brother is watching you!
The best system I've run across (and the one I've personally adopted) is, when representing numbers as strings (e.g. when simply typing something up or writing them out by hand), put a space between each group of three digits to the left of the decimal separator and use either a comma or a period as the "decimal point" (being from the US, I tend to use the period). Thus the number 456786557 and 67484/100000 would be represented as either "456 786 557.67484" or "456 786 557,67484"
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There is nothing white hat about this.
Just a little clarification:
My original point with the "black hat/white hat" thing was to forestall people who would take my "criminals stealing from criminals" to mean "all hackers are criminals" (which is not what it meant). Some hackers are criminals, others not. That's all I was trying to convey.
Suddenly sounds like they are all bankers to me.
Maybe lawyers, too, twisting the truth back & forth
Criminals stealing from criminals? Doesn't surprise me. It happens all the time in the physical world.
(Before the deluge of malice-laden replies regarding "how I make all hackers out to be villians," yes, I know the difference between white hat and black hat.)
Many companies also perform such searches whilst screening potential employees. They often get junior (junior as in position, not necessarily age) employees to befriend said candidates in order to dig up any "dirt" they can on you. (Hence a warning to those of you looking for a job: beware what you post online.) The feds would be foolish not to do so as well.
plain or intelligible language
Which one is it? Do you get to choose whether it is plain or intelligible?
I don't know about you, but I don't know any Americans who "rejoice" at the exploitation of cheap workers. On the contrary, people I've met recognize the existence of and disapprove of the exploitation of cheap labor. What you could fault them for, however, is being utterly apathetic about it.
Sounding angry doesn't make an argument more appealing.
I, personally, doubt the iPhone will "nosedive" as you say. While I agree that their market share will decrease, I think they will remain a leader in their market. Why does Nike stay so popular now that there are many brands that make comparable goods? They have built themselves a reputation that people can recognize and correlate to their expectations. So has Apple with the iWhateverTheyMake. (I think they should make iBoxers. You could listen to your favorite tunes while getting it on.)
Just my two cents
Thanks, asshole, for referencing an article behind a paywall. (Yes, I could pay $1.99, but NO I won't. WSJ is not worth it.)
{shrugs} I got to it just fine without paying for it. I don't remember exactly what I did to get there when I was briefly researching the topic before posting it, but it worked and I didn't pay for anything. If you're really that worked up over it, perhaps you should have looked a little farther in the Internet. Various newssites (few of them pay sites) had articles on the same topic.
Next time you call me an asshole, please refer to me as "The Asshole." There's more than one reason I play the trumpet.
{tips had} Evenin' to ye
Good point in discriminating between mandatory and voluntary. Mayhaps I should have not phrased it as such when I wrote it. Still, I personally believe a company's founders would be foolish to not make such a restructuring before a split. I suppose they could simply allocate themselves massive amounts of stock before and IPO under which the stock structure has all stocks equal. Doing it in classes gives them, among other things, the ability to put present an illusion of the [founders'] amount of stock being more insignificant than it really is (though it wouldn't fool all that many people). Then again, I'm just an electrical engineer and am not even on Facebook anymore, so what do I know?
Seems like India's version of the Patriot Act has given them some ideas on what to do with their newly-legalized abilities. At least they have the courtesy to be forward and open about it (unlike other countries {cough} USA {cough}). At the least, very few nations beyond China have instituted punishments for Thoughtcrime. Big Brother is watching you!
The best system I've run across (and the one I've personally adopted) is, when representing numbers as strings (e.g. when simply typing something up or writing them out by hand), put a space between each group of three digits to the left of the decimal separator and use either a comma or a period as the "decimal point" (being from the US, I tend to use the period). Thus the number 456786557 and 67484/100000 would be represented as either "456 786 557.67484" or "456 786 557,67484"
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