You could take some steps on the user education side of things. Before being given an account, they should learn a few things about how to keep their address safe, like:
spamgourmet.com and other disposable email address providers.
The ethics of buying from spammers (some people really don't know!) Make the counterpoint that it's perfectly acceptable to buy from sponsors of lists that they want to be subscribed to, to help support the list.
Always watch for checkboxes with tricky text used to gain permission when submitting their email somewhere.
When to click that unsubscribe link (which spam may be legitimate).
Offer to teach the finer points of tracking down and reporting spam. Report not just the sending IP, but also advertised web site, using the various web whois interfaces.
Point users to legislative possibilities that they may wish to contact their governmental representative to support.
Also, if you're working for an organization which may want to expose user addresses to the internet via a web site, you may want to work with the web master and legal to create a click-through agreement that would stop spam harvesting robots while only requiring a couple extra clicks for the legitimate public. Or work with the web master to create a standard human-only readable way to post email addresses, e.g. "email lauren at our domain of example.com".
You may wish to register an additional domain or two to provide disposable email address services to your users.
Consider a piece of software that blocks IPs attempting to brute-force email addresses. Some filter monitoring the logs for excessive bounces from an IP and passing it to the firewall would work. I don't know of any examples of this software, but if you're doing a large email service you may get these kinds of attacks.
I've been wondering why we haven't seen chording keyboards on PDAs yet. Wouldn't it seem ideal for a hand-sized device to be able to enter data with the same hand you're holding it with? Of course you'd need some way to keep a thin PDA steady in your hand, but that is probably doable with a little velcro strapping.
Wow, Spinsanity seemed to totally gloss over the whole point of Bowling for Columbine. Example:
He dismisses typical liberal concerns about poverty creating crime, noting that, "Liberals contend [gun violence is a result of] all the poverty we have here. But the unemployment rate in Canada is twice what we have here." By every measure of international comparison, though, Canada's poverty rate is significantly lower than that of the U.S., thanks to the generous social insurance programs that he repeatedly praises in the film.
It is misleading to say that he dismisses the role of poverty by pointing out the unemployment rate in Canada. The difference is that, in Canada, unemployment does not necessarily mean poverty. That's not being dismissive, that's part of the overall point of the documentary. Spinsanity appears to be creating its own spin here.
Some other parts of the Spinsanity editorial are also unclear or attribute questionable motivations Moore. I know he stretched things a bit to fit his point, but the purpose is to get us to think and discuss the problem rather than ignore it or simply respond with a knee-jerk lock-down of schools.
There are a few caveats depending on how a particular Access db is set up. He may have to re-structure some tables and re-write portions of the Access front-end to accomplish this. You're right that some people may not experience any problems. See this for a bit more information.
You will also have to ask who will continue to support the app/db combination in the future. With any dedicated database server, who will keep it patched and secure, and backed up in the future? I see the following options:
1. Stay with Access:
Security is based on file sharing, and up to the Network Administrators. However, the problems with Access, you are probably well aware of; a biggie is that the db can lock and require reboot of the server (which can really piss off your Network Administrator if they have to take down a major file server for one application). Anthro may have already decided that Access is a bad thing(tm), but it may be good to gather a few quick arguments against it as justification against any MS flag wavers.
2. Migrate to MySQL (or other free DB) back-end with Access front-end:
You will have to figure out who maintains the server setup. Access does not like to migrate to non MS databases, and you may have to totally redo the db structure and Access front-end.
3. Migrate to MySQL (or other free DB) and rewrite front-end:
Again, you will need to figure out server maintenance, as well as finding an open-source front end. I'd be positively giddy to find/learn about an Access/Oracle Forms-like open-source tool.
4. Migrate to Microsoft SQL server with Access:
There may be other SQL servers on campus or with your IT department that you could rent space on. They would perform all maintenance with the server and the Anthropology department would just need to maintain the front-end. I would especially recommend server consolidation if you consider a Microsoft SQL server back end. Keeping up with patches, security, and other considerations with this server greatly outweigh the all-eggs-in-one-basket and local control factors.
5a. Does you university have an Oracle site license?:
You may be able to rent space on an IT Oracle server. However, I do not yet have experience migrating an Access DB to Oracle.
5b. If your university has an Oracle site license, does that include Oracle Forms Developer?:
Look at Oracle Forms developer as a replacement for Access (try version 6 before the latest 9 version, it's a bit more mature/easier to deploy until 9's bugs get worked out). It does have a steeper learning curve than Access, though.
Of these choices, 2 is my pick for ease, 3 is my pick for open-source, and 5a/5b would be my pick for an industrial strength solution.
The spice will be most useful when traditional sanitation safeguards (i.e. rinsing, refrigeration, and thorough cooking) are unavailable or unreliable, the researcher says.
Does this mean more fecal matter in your food now that this will lower the incidence of foodborne illness?
I'd have to recommend doing a 12v conversion just for your sanity of finding parts on the road. You probably already know that it's not a question of if but when it will break, so try to make it easy on yourself to repair. Maybe even get a list of repair shops along your route before you set out.
The full power adapter requiment of 45 watts is designed to be enough to run the PowerBook and a few Firewire/USB powered accessories, while also charging the battery. If you have the machine sleeping or even powered off while doing highway speeds, you may have enough juice from your alternator to charge it and keep your cycle's battery charged, while running the headlight.
... of picking up a small appliance and having it (literally) tell you "I'm yours."
Seriously, though... this could be the start of whole new avenues of creating brand loyalty through psychological manipulation. "CowboyNeal, all the other phones are laughing at you. I'm the only one you can count on."
I fail to see how that relates to the use of AGI as a dataset.
SOMEONE is getting dividends out there, because there are so many people out there wanting to keep taxes on them. If noone was getting taxed on their dividends, noone would care if the taxes on them were removed.
I didn't say there weren't good investments based solely on dividends.
What was it you said at the end about running out of logic and resorting to insults?
There is a difference between calling someone a fool and calling someone a "grassfucker".
We also protect our allies in the balkans, our Allies in Germany, Japan, Korea...just to name a few. Just because you're hearing about something right now in the middle east, due to tensions in the region, doesn't mean that our military bases in all those countries just suddenly disappear. They are still there. They haven't been evacuated to protect oil fields. They're still crewed and operating at full capacity.
What we spend in the balkans, etc., does not change what we spend in the mid-east. They can be considered separate. An economy relying on any resource outside its borders will require military force.
The heat itself comes from the natural gas, but the distribution system is powered by electricity from Detroid Ed.
Probably, do you have a reference for that? The natural gas distribution points may also generate their own electricity, simply to eliminate an electrical grid point of failure.
If you're at Sam's club and you buy in large amounts, you get a discount as compared to your friend buying at a local grocery store. Likewise, if our country buys in large amounts, we get a bulk discount. That's why we expect lower prices. I actually own a Honda Accord. High mileage, low emissions. What do you drive?
Depends on the weather, on the few occasions I drive, it's either a Chevy getting about 25mpg (city), or a motorcycle (even grocery shopping) which gets about 40mpg (city). Again, most days I commute by bicycle (drive to work maybe 5 days a year). The commute could be a bit longer, more exercise would be good for me. Oh, and it's a Giant Rincon. (A good bike, < $100 maintenance in 4 years.)
And that's why we should put it into the private sector, given the US Government's 200-year-old history of inefficiency and fraud.
The private sector is no angel as well. Which is why I implied there was much work to be done in government accountability.
Yeah, I want these people developing the technology for my car.
And it was the auto industry who claimed that seatbelts would destroy their profits.
I'd have to say you are not reasonable, seeing as your original post seemed highly vindictive against people who do well.
"seemed" being the key word. I have nothing against those who do well via honest and hard work. On the other hand, executives who erode their company's value for personal profit are not people you can trust.
In addition you begrudge the military, an excellent source of employment, housing, job training, and education ($100 a month for 12 months buys you a damn nice education, and it's not that much when they're feeding, clothing, and housing you with starting pay of over $1000 a month).
Are you going into the Air Force as an officer or grunt? Have you spoken with others in the Air Force (besides the recruiting officer)? (Just curious.)
And, since you accused me of begrudging the military, my hope is that someday we won't need them. I am deeply grateful for those who have died in the name of freedom. Join up knowing that I will do my best to not send you into harms way needlessly or for an unjust purpose.
You must have no concept of how rich you're going to be after you become extremely proficient at Oracle, because your taxation idea will directly be targeting the group that you will most likely join...unless you plan to never take raises or jobs that pay better.
I work for what is sometimes a socially responsible organization. Sometimes our ideas clash over what aspects of their mission should be, but overall it's a good match. So, no, I don't plan to take higher paying jobs in the for-profit sector. As for raises, this probably won't make much difference. I am putting my income where my mouth is, so-to-speak, and by choice. Anyway, a commercial dba position isn't what I would call rich.
although unlike some -- I don't take up liberal causes because its the liberal thing to do
Sounds like an accusation. A very incorrect one, also.
the Bush administration is pulling the Democrat tax and spend crap
This did not come as a surprise to me.
ColdFusion's reaming
"reaming"? More like illogical arguments, assumptions, and blind insults.
those temporarily living in company housing have their own rents/mortgages to pay...I fit into that category. Are you suggesting that that stuff should be taxed as personal income anyway just because a few business owners use them to their advantage?
Wow, you are thinking small. I'm not referring to anyone earning as little as you.
If that includes military support for oil drilling, massive corporate subsidies, government research grants, etc WTF are you talking about? Look at our budget! These things you mention...peanuts compared to social security (23% of the 2001 budget went to social security! [gpo.gov]). And let's not forget what the government is doing with that (I believe that the bureaucrats are eating that portion of your lunch, not the rich). Do you also buy in to the Democrat ideal that we shouldn't be able to invest some of that ourselves? (If so, maybe you should go frighten some old people into voting for you while you're at it).
{sniff} you actually looked it up... I'm so proud. Yeah, it was a flimsy argument by the numbers, but as I pointed out in my rebuttal of "ColdFusion"'s rant, we spend a lot of money supporting our oil addiction. Maybe I didn't make that point all that well. Anyway, think about it.
the poor who are guaranteed to spend their money You're talking percentage-wise.
duh
Yes, a lower income family will spend a greater portion of their income...but that, in no way, equals more money. If you think that everyone spends the same amount of money on living costs, etc regardless of income, you're just plain wrong.
Of couse not everyone spends as much on cost of living. But there is a little difference between barely scaping by and barely making payments on five houses.
And let's not forget what investing does for the economy (sorry to rehash ColdFusion's point).
Investing in what? Does the corporate executive practice of diluting stock value by issuing massive stock options help? Once a company's stock is sold, can it generate any more revenue for the company (unless you dilute value by issuing more shares). Unless investment is made in specific areas, it may not benefit the economy. You're arguing black and white on a complex issue. Making a fool of yourself, imnsho.
How much do you earn? I'm betting it's not enough to qualify for a real tax break under the new tax scheme. You're right -- I don't make enough to qualify...but it doesn't blur my judgement enough that I'm out to spite everyone who makes more money than I do. First of all, I appreciate the opporitunity to propser -- it's one of the things that I really like about America. Secondly, I don't care much for socialism -- I don't believe that people should be penalized for financial success...it's bullshit.
That wasn't my point. It was that you should weigh the arguments of those with more to gain if you are not in position to gain as well. You wouldn't buy a car because the salesman told you it would pay for his tropical vacation, would you? Of course, in the political realm, they (obviously) aren't quite so honest as that example.
Now who is buying whose crap
See above
When you bust your ass for long enough that you're doing well -- you go pay more taxes.
I'm not afraid to help others. Though I am upset when the government wastes my hard earned money. We all need to pay much more attention to what they're doing with our taxes.
Bah, end of argument, I've wasted enough time on this.
This one is fun as it's a multi-parter. [snip] There's no adjustment taken for a man who lives in DC in a $600/month Apartment (Living near DC, I can say that $600/month will barely get you a crappy apartment)
No shit, you got better data?
People with money invest it. [snip] goes straight into....THE STOCK MARKET! [snip] Invested money doesn't get taxed until it's pulled out, or until dividends are paid (and then they are taxed twice).
Yes, capital gains. They have made a profit on their investment, just as if they bought a new car from the factory and sold it at a markup (like a dealer). Anyone see any problem with that? Actually, given the EPS ratio of many stocks, they won't return your investment via dividend within your lifetime. Stock values now seem to be based on what the next sucker will pay for them, essentially a massive pyramid scheme. (See the dot bomb.)
Here's an economics lesson I learned while in my first few jobs in the real world. Except for one job at a commission joint, I never had a coworker tell me "Goddamn it, my taxes are too high. I'm not getting a return this year". These were all people making less than $30,000 a year, for the most part. Instead, they were saying "Ah, it's so cool to get all my tax money back this year." Why?! Oh, yeah, while money is withheld from the check (a holdover from WW2, it wasn't always this way), for those in the lowest percentage of earners, no taxes are actually paid as the money is returned (excepting Social Security and medicare).
A "tax break" is generally reserved for when you are PAYING money to the government, not getting it returned.
I probably shouldn't bring up the Earned Income Tax Credit (so I won't). The term "tax break" works either way. Whether it's income -( taxes -break ) or income -taxes +break, it works out the same (except that you could earn more on an investment over time by having more money up front.)
Here's something funny for you. Most of the oil we get doesn't come from our country drilling it, and we don't directly fund any oil drilling in other countries. We buy oil from other countries.
You little fool. How much military support do you think we give our Arab allies? Were we not right there when Saddam threatened Kuwait oil? We train, equip, or outright send troops to protect our oil supply. I don't see oil companies paying our goverment for the protection.
Before I want to hear any criticism from you, I want you to turn off ALL heat, ALL electricity (including computer), and walk EVERYWHERE you go for ONE WEEK. THEN, I want to hear you talk about how life is better without oil.
Unfortunately, Detroit Edison's plants are primarily fossil fuel based, but my heat is natural gas. I confess I don't know where the gas is collected. But, FYI, I commute by bicycle year round. The temperature, on my ride in to work yesterday, was -12C.
But wait! There's more! You'll complain about the costs of gas for your car!
Wow, you assume a lot. I don't complain about gas prices. European prices are easily twice that. We still have cheap gasoline even at $1.90/gallon. Own an SUV? Feeling the pinch?
But then again, you're against letting companies slide if they work their R&D towards something in the national interests. So, the gas prices increase while companies like BP and Honda continue their research into alternate fuel sources.
There you go assuming again. I think the government should fund R&D towards those thing. Actually, I think our government should be spending 1000 times current levels on alternative/renewable fuel sources, and fuel conservation technologies. But pouring a ton of money into research with no oversight is a good way to fund inefficiency and fraud. We need to work out a good way to convert capitalist spendthrift/oversight practices (ensuring employees don't rip you off) to government programs. This is a huge obstacle to overcome.
But wait, you want the alternate fuels NOW and no more oil! And you blame the government...but then again, you're against the government giving grants to researchers who have made your life more easy than it would've been.
No, I blame idiots like you... see previous.
What the fuck do you think helped make that computer affordable and simple to use? Oh, yeah, it was government grants given to companies like Apple, Dell, Microsoft, and Intel.
I wouldn't include Microsoft and simple in the same breath.
My stepfather is a doctor. He works hard for what is very little pay considering the circumstances (10-hour days and 24-hour on call. Imagine if your boss could call you at 2am, tell you to come in...and if you make a mistake because you're tired, you get sued), and he does it for the government to provide healthcare for people with developmental disabilities. Next-to-free care, I might add. (They ask the parents of the people for money, but if the guys have no parents, there's no charge). Of course, you think he's evil, because he is technically "rich" (even though the debts incurred while moving to the new hospital and from a previous marriage (doctors have the highest divorce and suicide rate of any profession, BTW).
No shit, I know how hard doctors work. Hopefully the continuity of care issue will be relieved with better information technology and doctors and nurses will get a huge cut in their hours. They deserve it. I don't begrudge them their income in the least, but answer me this: how much time does your stepfather have to enjoy his pay? What is his motivation for continuing his profession, it can't be quality of life?
IF YOU PUNISH THOSE WHO SUCCEED AND REWARD THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED, YOU CREATE A SOCIETY OF PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT SUCCEED
Tired old argument. Reasonable people don't wish to punish success gained from honest, hard work. Reasonable people want to create opportunity for those with few advantages. That includes better education (are you arguing that the poor should pay for their own education), enough money to live and have time to go to school (not working two jobs), etc., etc..
My father [snip] If he were to be offered a Raise of 5% [snip], he'd have to turn it down, because the raise would put him in a higher tax bracket, and would effectively make his raise turn into a salary cut. Isn't that sad? That a man would have to turn down money that could go towards his retirement after 20 years of service to his country and after saving money for the state and the people who need healthcare,
He'd probably be shooting himself in the foot due to that, because the next time raises come around it probably won't put him into the next higher bracket. So, 5% puts you into the next higher bracket and you effectively get a 2% cut due to taxes, then another 5% does not put him in a higher bracket, he'll have lost out in the end. Granted time between raises would have to be taken into consideration, it's really not so simple. He may also be able to offset the increased taxes with various investments. I hate it when people argue black and white on complex issues.
all because you think he's evil?
Another stupid assumption.
You sir, are a cad, if you think that working hard and making yourself into a success is evil. You have no morality, if you think that my little sister (Age 2) should grow up in a house of uncertainty because of your communist avarice. And you sir, are an asshole, if you want to take my future from me, as I myself plan on joining the Air Force to make something of myself and hopefully make my way to the top 10%. You sir, are a grassfucker, if you want to pull everyone else down, just because it's too much work to pick yourself up.
Run out of rational arguments, so you have to resort to insults? My employer gets their money's worth out of me and I feel adequately compensated. My goal at work is always to eliminate my position via increased automation, there is more than enough work to do in other positions (believe me, I get requests). How fair is that to the employer? Does that adequately counter my argument of wanting to pull everyone else down because I'm lazy? You could always disagree with me, but you would also be disagreeing with my employer.
I honestly am not impressed with the intelligence you have failed to show. Please, please, please start asking questions and stop making assumptions. Until you start thinking for yourself, you are someone else's chump.
Apologies to everyone for poor grammar/spelling/incomplete ideas. I'm in an Oracle performance tuning class at the moment and my attention/time is limited.
A... However, by tax law and by statistical averages, a single person making $50,000 a year is in the top 5-10% range of American incomes.
I wonder where you get that data. Doing the math on the tables in this IRS PDF (page 17) strongly suggests that the top 5% earn well over $100,000 a year. The AGI minus deficit of $75,000 and up constituted 15%. Tax returns with an AGI of $50,000 up made it into the top 28.23%.
Did you just walk through a cow pasture?
B... They'll still be paying more (percentage-wise, and dollar-wise) than the poor. Again, is tax relief still unfair?
There are some interesting numbers, on page 29 of the PDF. Again, the math indicates that those earning between $50,000 and $500,000 pay the highest percentage of taxes. While no return category earning over $500,000 paid more than 7.6% on average. I wonder how they managed that? Don't forget all the company perks: company housing, cars, food, business trips (read vacations), etc. that don't get reported as income.
C. Let's examine what the poor are doing for the economy vs. the wealthy.
Interesting logic... in a completely bizarre way. Tax breaks for the rich = more buying stuff = more jobs = more money for the poor. Bogus! Try the opposite: tax breaks for the poor who are guaranteed to spend their money (see social science studies and basic costs of living challenges) = more buying = more jobs = more money for the poor. Those who already have all their needs of life met save a greater percentage of their income (take it out of circulation), they don't spend (circulate) it. How many people earning less than $30,000/yr do you know who have any decent life savings?
D. Which people are using more of the government services generated by the tax revenue -- the rich, or the poor? Now, who pays more for those services, the rich or the poor? Who deserves a tax cut now?
Depends on your definition of government services. If that includes military support for oil drilling, massive corporate subsidies, government research grants, etc.. This is an interesting document. Besides, those filthy poor people can pay for their own damn food and medicine... I'm trying to save up for my third Rolls Royce!
your example is indicitative of the typical Slashdotter mentality.
And yours indicitive of the typical sucker who has bought the right-wing numbers/arguments. How much do you earn? I'm betting it's not enough to qualify for a real tax break under the new tax scheme.
Something else I've noticed people being bad at is estimating ratios. Example: back in high school an English teacher asked the class what the population ratio of blacks to whites in Michigan was. Some guessed as high as 50%, but I was the only one with the correct (lowest) answer of around 10%.
I have always wondered what affected this the most. It could be that we were a suburb of Detroit, or that the local television stations' news programs may have featured more black people (scaring white viewers makes for good ratings), or that these kids hadn't travelled very far from the Detroit area, or that they were just really lousy at estimation of distances and population and had no concept of the size of the state.
Certainly, some of the error may have come from cultural bias. I didn't notice any overt racism in the school, but the specter of the "dangerous negro" was/is probably still present.
Is this still on-topic? Anyway, it seems that we need to do better in our educational system of teaching people how to get their heads around the concepts of chance and estimation. Letting any bias influence these will cause errors.
What a great opportunity for culture jamming! We just need a few thousand webloggers to start using weird words designed to repel "normal" people.
Obviously this could backfire and we could actually start a real trend. So, I propose that the first words we need to put out are ( geek || nerd ) && sexy. (And if you understood that, you must be hot stuff.) I'm willing to take this risk if you are.
Woah, one movie has scenes that look a little like another movie! It must be a rip off! Wow, did you see the scene in each movie where the main character wakes up, what a rip off!!
the characters may not exactly have amazing powers, but they've definitely got a lot more going for them in terms of depth and charm
That certainly didn't come across in the trailer! It looked like an invisible guy, a long haired guy with a gun, blond guy in a car with two pistols, Sean Connery punching some bad guy, and some scenery falling down. {yawn}
... but I'm sure they were restrained somewhat by the marketing department who insisted the preview feature Sean Connery saying something "witty".
That's what I meant. Perhaps it's a cultural reference to say "they drive on the wrong side of the road"? The American driving on the wrong side in the UK and vice versa is practically a cliche on television (depending on the shows one normally watchs).
Anyone notice that city squirrels sometimes now pause on the dividing lines on streets? It would be an interesting experiment to transplant some UK city squirrels with US city squirrels to see if the side of the street we drive on is being genetically encoded.
Slashdot Mirror
"... in hopes of obtaining vital data to help understand the mysterious, vast region."
To my fourth paragraph: Spamgourmet is apparently a sourceforge project
You could take some steps on the user education side of things. Before being given an account, they should learn a few things about how to keep their address safe, like:
Also, if you're working for an organization which may want to expose user addresses to the internet via a web site, you may want to work with the web master and legal to create a click-through agreement that would stop spam harvesting robots while only requiring a couple extra clicks for the legitimate public. Or work with the web master to create a standard human-only readable way to post email addresses, e.g. "email lauren at our domain of example.com".
You may wish to register an additional domain or two to provide disposable email address services to your users.
Consider a piece of software that blocks IPs attempting to brute-force email addresses. Some filter monitoring the logs for excessive bounces from an IP and passing it to the firewall would work. I don't know of any examples of this software, but if you're doing a large email service you may get these kinds of attacks.
I've been wondering why we haven't seen chording keyboards on PDAs yet. Wouldn't it seem ideal for a hand-sized device to be able to enter data with the same hand you're holding it with? Of course you'd need some way to keep a thin PDA steady in your hand, but that is probably doable with a little velcro strapping.
Wow, Spinsanity seemed to totally gloss over the whole point of Bowling for Columbine. Example:
He dismisses typical liberal concerns about poverty creating crime, noting that, "Liberals contend [gun violence is a result of] all the poverty we have here. But the unemployment rate in Canada is twice what we have here." By every measure of international comparison, though, Canada's poverty rate is significantly lower than that of the U.S., thanks to the generous social insurance programs that he repeatedly praises in the film.
It is misleading to say that he dismisses the role of poverty by pointing out the unemployment rate in Canada. The difference is that, in Canada, unemployment does not necessarily mean poverty. That's not being dismissive, that's part of the overall point of the documentary. Spinsanity appears to be creating its own spin here.
Some other parts of the Spinsanity editorial are also unclear or attribute questionable motivations Moore. I know he stretched things a bit to fit his point, but the purpose is to get us to think and discuss the problem rather than ignore it or simply respond with a knee-jerk lock-down of schools.
There are a few caveats depending on how a particular Access db is set up. He may have to re-structure some tables and re-write portions of the Access front-end to accomplish this. You're right that some people may not experience any problems. See this for a bit more information.
You will also have to ask who will continue to support the app/db combination in the future. With any dedicated database server, who will keep it patched and secure, and backed up in the future? I see the following options:
1. Stay with Access:
Security is based on file sharing, and up to the Network Administrators. However, the problems with Access, you are probably well aware of; a biggie is that the db can lock and require reboot of the server (which can really piss off your Network Administrator if they have to take down a major file server for one application). Anthro may have already decided that Access is a bad thing(tm), but it may be good to gather a few quick arguments against it as justification against any MS flag wavers.
2. Migrate to MySQL (or other free DB) back-end with Access front-end:
You will have to figure out who maintains the server setup. Access does not like to migrate to non MS databases, and you may have to totally redo the db structure and Access front-end.
3. Migrate to MySQL (or other free DB) and rewrite front-end:
Again, you will need to figure out server maintenance, as well as finding an open-source front end. I'd be positively giddy to find/learn about an Access/Oracle Forms-like open-source tool.
4. Migrate to Microsoft SQL server with Access:
There may be other SQL servers on campus or with your IT department that you could rent space on. They would perform all maintenance with the server and the Anthropology department would just need to maintain the front-end. I would especially recommend server consolidation if you consider a Microsoft SQL server back end. Keeping up with patches, security, and other considerations with this server greatly outweigh the all-eggs-in-one-basket and local control factors.
5a. Does you university have an Oracle site license?:
You may be able to rent space on an IT Oracle server. However, I do not yet have experience migrating an Access DB to Oracle.
5b. If your university has an Oracle site license, does that include Oracle Forms Developer?:
Look at Oracle Forms developer as a replacement for Access (try version 6 before the latest 9 version, it's a bit more mature/easier to deploy until 9's bugs get worked out). It does have a steeper learning curve than Access, though.
Of these choices, 2 is my pick for ease, 3 is my pick for open-source, and 5a/5b would be my pick for an industrial strength solution.
The spice will be most useful when traditional sanitation safeguards (i.e. rinsing, refrigeration, and thorough cooking) are unavailable or unreliable, the researcher says.
Does this mean more fecal matter in your food now that this will lower the incidence of foodborne illness?
If your bike is being converted to 12v, see MCE Tech's Auto power adapters, which run about $30.
I'd have to recommend doing a 12v conversion just for your sanity of finding parts on the road. You probably already know that it's not a question of if but when it will break, so try to make it easy on yourself to repair. Maybe even get a list of repair shops along your route before you set out.
The full power adapter requiment of 45 watts is designed to be enough to run the PowerBook and a few Firewire/USB powered accessories, while also charging the battery. If you have the machine sleeping or even powered off while doing highway speeds, you may have enough juice from your alternator to charge it and keep your cycle's battery charged, while running the headlight.
Happy trails!!
... of picking up a small appliance and having it (literally) tell you "I'm yours."
Seriously, though... this could be the start of whole new avenues of creating brand loyalty through psychological manipulation. "CowboyNeal, all the other phones are laughing at you. I'm the only one you can count on."
Google for "congressional news", see http://thomas.loc.gov/ , and http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.htm l .
Real world apartment hunting is the best data.
I fail to see how that relates to the use of AGI as a dataset.
SOMEONE is getting dividends out there, because there are so many people out there wanting to keep taxes on them. If noone was getting taxed on their dividends, noone would care if the taxes on them were removed.
I didn't say there weren't good investments based solely on dividends.
What was it you said at the end about running out of logic and resorting to insults?
There is a difference between calling someone a fool and calling someone a "grassfucker".
We also protect our allies in the balkans, our Allies in Germany, Japan, Korea...just to name a few. Just because you're hearing about something right now in the middle east, due to tensions in the region, doesn't mean that our military bases in all those countries just suddenly disappear. They are still there. They haven't been evacuated to protect oil fields. They're still crewed and operating at full capacity.
What we spend in the balkans, etc., does not change what we spend in the mid-east. They can be considered separate. An economy relying on any resource outside its borders will require military force.
The heat itself comes from the natural gas, but the distribution system is powered by electricity from Detroid Ed.
Probably, do you have a reference for that? The natural gas distribution points may also generate their own electricity, simply to eliminate an electrical grid point of failure.
If you're at Sam's club and you buy in large amounts, you get a discount as compared to your friend buying at a local grocery store. Likewise, if our country buys in large amounts, we get a bulk discount. That's why we expect lower prices. I actually own a Honda Accord. High mileage, low emissions. What do you drive?
"In the United Kingdom, the gasoline tax amounts to 76.8 percent of the retail price of gasoline. Gasoline taxes in the U.S. represent only 24.1 percent of the pump price." It's not all the effect of buying in volume.
Depends on the weather, on the few occasions I drive, it's either a Chevy getting about 25mpg (city), or a motorcycle (even grocery shopping) which gets about 40mpg (city). Again, most days I commute by bicycle (drive to work maybe 5 days a year). The commute could be a bit longer, more exercise would be good for me. Oh, and it's a Giant Rincon. (A good bike, < $100 maintenance in 4 years.)
And that's why we should put it into the private sector, given the US Government's 200-year-old history of inefficiency and fraud.
The private sector is no angel as well. Which is why I implied there was much work to be done in government accountability.
Yeah, I want these people developing the technology for my car.
And it was the auto industry who claimed that seatbelts would destroy their profits.
I'd have to say you are not reasonable, seeing as your original post seemed highly vindictive against people who do well.
"seemed" being the key word. I have nothing against those who do well via honest and hard work. On the other hand, executives who erode their company's value for personal profit are not people you can trust.
In addition you begrudge the military, an excellent source of employment, housing, job training, and education ($100 a month for 12 months buys you a damn nice education, and it's not that much when they're feeding, clothing, and housing you with starting pay of over $1000 a month).
Are you going into the Air Force as an officer or grunt? Have you spoken with others in the Air Force (besides the recruiting officer)? (Just curious.)
And, since you accused me of begrudging the military, my hope is that someday we won't need them. I am deeply grateful for those who have died in the name of freedom. Join up knowing that I will do my best to not send you into harms way needlessly or for an unjust purpose.
You must have no concept of how rich you're going to be after you become extremely proficient at Oracle, because your taxation idea will directly be targeting the group that you will most likely join...unless you plan to never take raises or jobs that pay better.
I work for what is sometimes a socially responsible organization. Sometimes our ideas clash over what aspects of their mission should be, but overall it's a good match. So, no, I don't plan to take higher paying jobs in the for-profit sector. As for raises, this probably won't make much difference. I am putting my income where my mouth is, so-to-speak, and by choice. Anyway, a commercial dba position isn't what I would call rich.
{sigh}
although unlike some -- I don't take up liberal causes because its the liberal thing to do
Sounds like an accusation. A very incorrect one, also.
the Bush administration is pulling the Democrat tax and spend crap
This did not come as a surprise to me.
ColdFusion's reaming
"reaming"? More like illogical arguments, assumptions, and blind insults.
those temporarily living in company housing have their own rents/mortgages to pay...I fit into that category. Are you suggesting that that stuff should be taxed as personal income anyway just because a few business owners use them to their advantage?
Wow, you are thinking small. I'm not referring to anyone earning as little as you.
If that includes military support for oil drilling, massive corporate subsidies, government research grants, etc WTF are you talking about? Look at our budget! These things you mention...peanuts compared to social security (23% of the 2001 budget went to social security! [gpo.gov]). And let's not forget what the government is doing with that (I believe that the bureaucrats are eating that portion of your lunch, not the rich). Do you also buy in to the Democrat ideal that we shouldn't be able to invest some of that ourselves? (If so, maybe you should go frighten some old people into voting for you while you're at it).
{sniff} you actually looked it up... I'm so proud. Yeah, it was a flimsy argument by the numbers, but as I pointed out in my rebuttal of "ColdFusion"'s rant, we spend a lot of money supporting our oil addiction. Maybe I didn't make that point all that well. Anyway, think about it.
the poor who are guaranteed to spend their money You're talking percentage-wise.
duh
Yes, a lower income family will spend a greater portion of their income...but that, in no way, equals more money. If you think that everyone spends the same amount of money on living costs, etc regardless of income, you're just plain wrong.
Of couse not everyone spends as much on cost of living. But there is a little difference between barely scaping by and barely making payments on five houses.
And let's not forget what investing does for the economy (sorry to rehash ColdFusion's point).
Investing in what? Does the corporate executive practice of diluting stock value by issuing massive stock options help? Once a company's stock is sold, can it generate any more revenue for the company (unless you dilute value by issuing more shares). Unless investment is made in specific areas, it may not benefit the economy. You're arguing black and white on a complex issue. Making a fool of yourself, imnsho.
How much do you earn? I'm betting it's not enough to qualify for a real tax break under the new tax scheme. You're right -- I don't make enough to qualify...but it doesn't blur my judgement enough that I'm out to spite everyone who makes more money than I do. First of all, I appreciate the opporitunity to propser -- it's one of the things that I really like about America. Secondly, I don't care much for socialism -- I don't believe that people should be penalized for financial success...it's bullshit.
That wasn't my point. It was that you should weigh the arguments of those with more to gain if you are not in position to gain as well. You wouldn't buy a car because the salesman told you it would pay for his tropical vacation, would you? Of course, in the political realm, they (obviously) aren't quite so honest as that example.
Now who is buying whose crap
See above
When you bust your ass for long enough that you're doing well -- you go pay more taxes.
I'm not afraid to help others. Though I am upset when the government wastes my hard earned money. We all need to pay much more attention to what they're doing with our taxes.
Bah, end of argument, I've wasted enough time on this.
Blame Parsec.
You're welcome.
This one is fun as it's a multi-parter. [snip] There's no adjustment taken for a man who lives in DC in a $600/month Apartment (Living near DC, I can say that $600/month will barely get you a crappy apartment)
No shit, you got better data?
People with money invest it. [snip] goes straight into....THE STOCK MARKET! [snip] Invested money doesn't get taxed until it's pulled out, or until dividends are paid (and then they are taxed twice).
Yes, capital gains. They have made a profit on their investment, just as if they bought a new car from the factory and sold it at a markup (like a dealer). Anyone see any problem with that? Actually, given the EPS ratio of many stocks, they won't return your investment via dividend within your lifetime. Stock values now seem to be based on what the next sucker will pay for them, essentially a massive pyramid scheme. (See the dot bomb.)
Here's an economics lesson I learned while in my first few jobs in the real world. Except for one job at a commission joint, I never had a coworker tell me "Goddamn it, my taxes are too high. I'm not getting a return this year". These were all people making less than $30,000 a year, for the most part. Instead, they were saying "Ah, it's so cool to get all my tax money back this year." Why?! Oh, yeah, while money is withheld from the check (a holdover from WW2, it wasn't always this way), for those in the lowest percentage of earners, no taxes are actually paid as the money is returned (excepting Social Security and medicare).
A "tax break" is generally reserved for when you are PAYING money to the government, not getting it returned.
I probably shouldn't bring up the Earned Income Tax Credit (so I won't). The term "tax break" works either way. Whether it's income -( taxes -break ) or income -taxes +break, it works out the same (except that you could earn more on an investment over time by having more money up front.)
Here's something funny for you. Most of the oil we get doesn't come from our country drilling it, and we don't directly fund any oil drilling in other countries. We buy oil from other countries.
You little fool. How much military support do you think we give our Arab allies? Were we not right there when Saddam threatened Kuwait oil? We train, equip, or outright send troops to protect our oil supply. I don't see oil companies paying our goverment for the protection.
Before I want to hear any criticism from you, I want you to turn off ALL heat, ALL electricity (including computer), and walk EVERYWHERE you go for ONE WEEK. THEN, I want to hear you talk about how life is better without oil.
Unfortunately, Detroit Edison's plants are primarily fossil fuel based, but my heat is natural gas. I confess I don't know where the gas is collected. But, FYI, I commute by bicycle year round. The temperature, on my ride in to work yesterday, was -12C.
But wait! There's more! You'll complain about the costs of gas for your car!
Wow, you assume a lot. I don't complain about gas prices. European prices are easily twice that. We still have cheap gasoline even at $1.90/gallon. Own an SUV? Feeling the pinch?
But then again, you're against letting companies slide if they work their R&D towards something in the national interests. So, the gas prices increase while companies like BP and Honda continue their research into alternate fuel sources.
There you go assuming again. I think the government should fund R&D towards those thing. Actually, I think our government should be spending 1000 times current levels on alternative/renewable fuel sources, and fuel conservation technologies. But pouring a ton of money into research with no oversight is a good way to fund inefficiency and fraud. We need to work out a good way to convert capitalist spendthrift/oversight practices (ensuring employees don't rip you off) to government programs. This is a huge obstacle to overcome.
But wait, you want the alternate fuels NOW and no more oil! And you blame the government...but then again, you're against the government giving grants to researchers who have made your life more easy than it would've been.
No, I blame idiots like you... see previous.
What the fuck do you think helped make that computer affordable and simple to use? Oh, yeah, it was government grants given to companies like Apple, Dell, Microsoft, and Intel.
I wouldn't include Microsoft and simple in the same breath.
My stepfather is a doctor. He works hard for what is very little pay considering the circumstances (10-hour days and 24-hour on call. Imagine if your boss could call you at 2am, tell you to come in...and if you make a mistake because you're tired, you get sued), and he does it for the government to provide healthcare for people with developmental disabilities. Next-to-free care, I might add. (They ask the parents of the people for money, but if the guys have no parents, there's no charge). Of course, you think he's evil, because he is technically "rich" (even though the debts incurred while moving to the new hospital and from a previous marriage (doctors have the highest divorce and suicide rate of any profession, BTW).
No shit, I know how hard doctors work. Hopefully the continuity of care issue will be relieved with better information technology and doctors and nurses will get a huge cut in their hours. They deserve it. I don't begrudge them their income in the least, but answer me this: how much time does your stepfather have to enjoy his pay? What is his motivation for continuing his profession, it can't be quality of life?
IF YOU PUNISH THOSE WHO SUCCEED AND REWARD THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED, YOU CREATE A SOCIETY OF PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT SUCCEED
Tired old argument. Reasonable people don't wish to punish success gained from honest, hard work. Reasonable people want to create opportunity for those with few advantages. That includes better education (are you arguing that the poor should pay for their own education), enough money to live and have time to go to school (not working two jobs), etc., etc..
My father [snip] If he were to be offered a Raise of 5% [snip], he'd have to turn it down, because the raise would put him in a higher tax bracket, and would effectively make his raise turn into a salary cut. Isn't that sad? That a man would have to turn down money that could go towards his retirement after 20 years of service to his country and after saving money for the state and the people who need healthcare,
He'd probably be shooting himself in the foot due to that, because the next time raises come around it probably won't put him into the next higher bracket. So, 5% puts you into the next higher bracket and you effectively get a 2% cut due to taxes, then another 5% does not put him in a higher bracket, he'll have lost out in the end. Granted time between raises would have to be taken into consideration, it's really not so simple. He may also be able to offset the increased taxes with various investments. I hate it when people argue black and white on complex issues.
all because you think he's evil?
Another stupid assumption.
You sir, are a cad, if you think that working hard and making yourself into a success is evil. You have no morality, if you think that my little sister (Age 2) should grow up in a house of uncertainty because of your communist avarice. And you sir, are an asshole, if you want to take my future from me, as I myself plan on joining the Air Force to make something of myself and hopefully make my way to the top 10%. You sir, are a grassfucker, if you want to pull everyone else down, just because it's too much work to pick yourself up.
Run out of rational arguments, so you have to resort to insults? My employer gets their money's worth out of me and I feel adequately compensated. My goal at work is always to eliminate my position via increased automation, there is more than enough work to do in other positions (believe me, I get requests). How fair is that to the employer? Does that adequately counter my argument of wanting to pull everyone else down because I'm lazy? You could always disagree with me, but you would also be disagreeing with my employer.
I honestly am not impressed with the intelligence you have failed to show. Please, please, please start asking questions and stop making assumptions. Until you start thinking for yourself, you are someone else's chump.
Apologies to everyone for poor grammar/spelling/incomplete ideas. I'm in an Oracle performance tuning class at the moment and my attention/time is limited.
A... However, by tax law and by statistical averages, a single person making $50,000 a year is in the top 5-10% range of American incomes.
I wonder where you get that data. Doing the math on the tables in this IRS PDF (page 17) strongly suggests that the top 5% earn well over $100,000 a year. The AGI minus deficit of $75,000 and up constituted 15%. Tax returns with an AGI of $50,000 up made it into the top 28.23%.
Did you just walk through a cow pasture?
B... They'll still be paying more (percentage-wise, and dollar-wise) than the poor. Again, is tax relief still unfair?
There are some interesting numbers, on page 29 of the PDF. Again, the math indicates that those earning between $50,000 and $500,000 pay the highest percentage of taxes. While no return category earning over $500,000 paid more than 7.6% on average. I wonder how they managed that? Don't forget all the company perks: company housing, cars, food, business trips (read vacations), etc. that don't get reported as income.
C. Let's examine what the poor are doing for the economy vs. the wealthy.
Interesting logic... in a completely bizarre way. Tax breaks for the rich = more buying stuff = more jobs = more money for the poor. Bogus! Try the opposite: tax breaks for the poor who are guaranteed to spend their money (see social science studies and basic costs of living challenges) = more buying = more jobs = more money for the poor. Those who already have all their needs of life met save a greater percentage of their income (take it out of circulation), they don't spend (circulate) it. How many people earning less than $30,000/yr do you know who have any decent life savings?
D. Which people are using more of the government services generated by the tax revenue -- the rich, or the poor? Now, who pays more for those services, the rich or the poor? Who deserves a tax cut now?
Depends on your definition of government services. If that includes military support for oil drilling, massive corporate subsidies, government research grants, etc.. This is an interesting document. Besides, those filthy poor people can pay for their own damn food and medicine... I'm trying to save up for my third Rolls Royce!
your example is indicitative of the typical Slashdotter mentality.
And yours indicitive of the typical sucker who has bought the right-wing numbers/arguments. How much do you earn? I'm betting it's not enough to qualify for a real tax break under the new tax scheme.
I smell manure... anyone else?
Something else I've noticed people being bad at is estimating ratios. Example: back in high school an English teacher asked the class what the population ratio of blacks to whites in Michigan was. Some guessed as high as 50%, but I was the only one with the correct (lowest) answer of around 10%.
I have always wondered what affected this the most. It could be that we were a suburb of Detroit, or that the local television stations' news programs may have featured more black people (scaring white viewers makes for good ratings), or that these kids hadn't travelled very far from the Detroit area, or that they were just really lousy at estimation of distances and population and had no concept of the size of the state.
Certainly, some of the error may have come from cultural bias. I didn't notice any overt racism in the school, but the specter of the "dangerous negro" was/is probably still present.
Is this still on-topic? Anyway, it seems that we need to do better in our educational system of teaching people how to get their heads around the concepts of chance and estimation. Letting any bias influence these will cause errors.
Perfect! No more need to sell Office v.X for MacOS without a Windows license.
What a great opportunity for culture jamming! We just need a few thousand webloggers to start using weird words designed to repel "normal" people.
Obviously this could backfire and we could actually start a real trend. So, I propose that the first words we need to put out are ( geek || nerd ) && sexy. (And if you understood that, you must be hot stuff.) I'm willing to take this risk if you are.
find /milkyway/sol -iname *comet* -exec rm -rf {} \;
... sorry, bad joke...
"Where did all my comets go?"
Woah, one movie has scenes that look a little like another movie! It must be a rip off! Wow, did you see the scene in each movie where the main character wakes up, what a rip off!!
Edmo, thanks for the funny post.
the characters may not exactly have amazing powers, but they've definitely got a lot more going for them in terms of depth and charm
That certainly didn't come across in the trailer! It looked like an invisible guy, a long haired guy with a gun, blond guy in a car with two pistols, Sean Connery punching some bad guy, and some scenery falling down. {yawn}
... but I'm sure they were restrained somewhat by the marketing department who insisted the preview feature Sean Connery saying something "witty".
That's what I meant. Perhaps it's a cultural reference to say "they drive on the wrong side of the road"? The American driving on the wrong side in the UK and vice versa is practically a cliche on television (depending on the shows one normally watchs).
Anyone notice that city squirrels sometimes now pause on the dividing lines on streets? It would be an interesting experiment to transplant some UK city squirrels with US city squirrels to see if the side of the street we drive on is being genetically encoded.
So what's this mean to a dual processor setup with hyperthreading? Looks like four processors to Windows...
Once the Office of Information Awareness gets its fingers into that, they'll be able to tell us which letters are boilerplate.