"In the case of Google, MS & Cisco - they should pull the hell out of China - their laws are unreasonable, and no company with a conscience should operate there."
Yeah, and we shouldn't buy any goods from China since nobody with a concience would do that. Have fun buying...just about anything. Holding Google to a standard different than your own is called hypocracy.
Palladium is used in jewely and all kinds of things. Why should I think this form of it would be more dangerous given that it's microscopic specs contained within microscopic glass bubbles? The whole point of them developing this technology was to make it safer.
"What happens when a car is involved in a serious accident that breaches the tank, and the stuff gets all over the place? Or the stuff gets contaminated with impurities and needs to be recycled? "
How is that any different than a standard gas tank?
Unfortunately, companies haven't figured out that CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and CTOs can be outsource too. Most of these fuckers are worthless anyway. Given that the typical CEO in the U.S. makes over 400 times the salary of the average worker in his company, think of the savings! Get some guy in India to do it for like 30k a year.
Tyranny feeds on indifference. Like a mushroom it grows in the shadows where nobody looks and nobody cares. Merely having the attitude you have feeds it.
Of course, you don't have to believe me. It's all fully documented in The History of the World.
Apparently, your prof who taught you about NSA taps forget to teach you a few things.
This is, unforuntately, very true. I get extremely pissed off when I have to explain to a fellow American why this shit is important. When people say they don't care about the NSA monitoring them because they have nothing to hide I just cringe. (And people wonder why history repeats itself. ) Perhaps our education system is in a complete state of failure.
Bin Laden has kicked our ass in a way that is so much better than mere body counts. He has cost us hundreds of billions in dollars and, more importantly, managed to shift our entire belief structure. As far as I'm concerned, the terrorists have won. I'm sure this turned out better than Bin Laden ever imagined.
Actually for pretty much all of the 20th century, scientists have never seriously considered animals to have self awareness or high order emotions. After all, that's just anthropomorphism, right? In fact, the quickest way for a scientist to pretty much lose all credibility was to even contemplate the possibility openly. Unfortunately, they had no scientific basis for such biases. Animal studies over the last 10 years have proven that there are animals that are a) self aware (like dolphins and apes), and b) have high order emotions (like wolves which experience grief). The notion that some have names, doesn't surprise me at all. Although this is a pretty worthless tool for the vast majority of species in the world. For example, why would a dog need to use a name when they can identify you at long range without so much as a single sound.
I recently identified two sparrows that figured out how to manipulate the automatic doors at a Home Depot. They clearly understood that they had to fly in front of the sensors to activate the doors and because of this understanding, they were able to nest in the entry space. Of course, sparrows are not considered to be particularly intelligent or anything special in any way.
Sorry but your notions about the animal kingdom are seriously outdated. Most of these outmoded attitudes about animals come from humans needing to feel superior. Don't worry though...I'm sure we'll find an animal who is just as insecure.
"But the worst thing is that nobody knows whether Tamiflu will cure bird flu or not."
This is similar to the flu shot people get every year. They take a guess as to what form the flu will take and then produce a vaccine for it. Of course, the flu that actually spreads around may be completely different, thus negating any benefit of getting the shot. Consequently, I don't bother with the flu shot.
Actually, it's not paranoia or delusion. Our military has become completely dependent on satellites. Not just for intel, but for placing ordinance. Almost anything part with a brain in it has some dependency on satellites. Consequently, we can't afford to lose them because we lose a huge technological edge. If the bad guys (whoever they may be) come up with a way to take out our satellites via destruction or jamming, we need a way to remove the offender. Right now, there's no way to do that if the offender is in space.
But feel free to play the paranoid military card anyway...
"So you really have that little faith in your elected representatives that you need to have a gun at the ready just in case?"
Your goddamn right I have that little faith. They are all owned by corporations, not the people they are supposed to serve. Regardless of what country you're from, I think it's healthy to have some distrust of your government. In all of human history the one thing you can see repeated over and over is that people will abuse whatever power you give them. It's human nature. So, ask yourself why you trust your government so much.
"The workers in other countries (including 3rd world countries) have as much right to economic prosperity as we do."
Yes, but they don't have the right to do it at the expense of this country...at least in my opinion. I wish the whole world was economically strong but throwing this country in the toilet to do it is just fucking stupid.
"You may be marginalized in the short term, but in the long run, the globalization of knowledge jobs is a good thing."
Actually, no it isn't. This is a fallacy. People think that because we transitioned successfully from a manufacturing based economy to a technology based economy that it's no biggie if knowledge jobs go out of the country. The problem is that we have nothing to transition to. Without something to move to, we're simply out of work. Feel free to explain to me how that's a good thing.
What they do is target their advertisement such that only one person could possibly fill it, which of course is the Indian guy they interviewed already and desired to hire. Thus meeting the technical requirement of the law.
Or perhaps I play things that have some complexity to them. I also don't stop playing a piece until it's mastered. There's a huge difference between "getting by" and playing a piece well with great tone and zero mistakes. Anyone who says different is full of shit.
However, I won't sit here and pretend to be a master either...it's a full time job and I don't have that kind of time.
I agree 110%. It shocks me how willing people are to give up their personal information. These companies can keep your information indefinitely. The government can get at it as well. Sorry, but you have to be either a moron or or completely clueless about information to buy into any of these online calendars. The same goes for online disk space, etc. There's lots of things I will never send via email because I assume anything I send with it is definitely going to be read by others. People reading this would do wise to think of it the same way.
I'll take that bet since the article clearly points out that the glue comes from a bacteria that sticks to everything IN WATER. Additionally, they are having problems making the glue themselves because it sticks to everything.
Game publishers (and most companies for that matter) really only care about profits. Quality is a distant second to profit. The executives that run these publishing companies don't even play games. They couldn't give a rats ass if they are good or not so long as they make a lot of money. They only care about quality to the extent that it effects their ability to make a profit.
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"In the case of Google, MS & Cisco - they should pull the hell out of China - their laws are unreasonable, and no company with a conscience should operate there."
Yeah, and we shouldn't buy any goods from China since nobody with a concience would do that. Have fun buying...just about anything. Holding Google to a standard different than your own is called hypocracy.
"...since here on Slashdot ther fight is always people vs. corporations..."
No, it's people vs. corporations everywhere. It's just that people actually have discussions about it on slashdot.
And we do that because we work too much. It's a viscious circle.
Palladium is used in jewely and all kinds of things. Why should I think this form of it would be more dangerous given that it's microscopic specs contained within microscopic glass bubbles? The whole point of them developing this technology was to make it safer.
Perhaps you should be the one to think...
"What happens when a car is involved in a serious accident that breaches the tank, and the stuff gets all over the place? Or the stuff gets contaminated with impurities and needs to be recycled? "
How is that any different than a standard gas tank?
Unfortunately, companies haven't figured out that CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and CTOs can be outsource too. Most of these fuckers are worthless anyway. Given that the typical CEO in the U.S. makes over 400 times the salary of the average worker in his company, think of the savings! Get some guy in India to do it for like 30k a year.
Tyranny feeds on indifference. Like a mushroom it grows in the shadows where nobody looks and nobody cares. Merely having the attitude you have feeds it.
Of course, you don't have to believe me. It's all fully documented in The History of the World.
Apparently, your prof who taught you about NSA taps forget to teach you a few things.
This is, unforuntately, very true. I get extremely pissed off when I have to explain to a fellow American why this shit is important. When people say they don't care about the NSA monitoring them because they have nothing to hide I just cringe. (And people wonder why history repeats itself. ) Perhaps our education system is in a complete state of failure.
Bin Laden has kicked our ass in a way that is so much better than mere body counts. He has cost us hundreds of billions in dollars and, more importantly, managed to shift our entire belief structure. As far as I'm concerned, the terrorists have won. I'm sure this turned out better than Bin Laden ever imagined.
Actually for pretty much all of the 20th century, scientists have never seriously considered animals to have self awareness or high order emotions. After all, that's just anthropomorphism, right? In fact, the quickest way for a scientist to pretty much lose all credibility was to even contemplate the possibility openly. Unfortunately, they had no scientific basis for such biases. Animal studies over the last 10 years have proven that there are animals that are a) self aware (like dolphins and apes), and b) have high order emotions (like wolves which experience grief). The notion that some have names, doesn't surprise me at all. Although this is a pretty worthless tool for the vast majority of species in the world. For example, why would a dog need to use a name when they can identify you at long range without so much as a single sound.
I recently identified two sparrows that figured out how to manipulate the automatic doors at a Home Depot. They clearly understood that they had to fly in front of the sensors to activate the doors and because of this understanding, they were able to nest in the entry space. Of course, sparrows are not considered to be particularly intelligent or anything special in any way.
Sorry but your notions about the animal kingdom are seriously outdated. Most of these outmoded attitudes about animals come from humans needing to feel superior. Don't worry though...I'm sure we'll find an animal who is just as insecure.
"But the worst thing is that nobody knows whether Tamiflu will cure bird flu or not."
This is similar to the flu shot people get every year. They take a guess as to what form the flu will take and then produce a vaccine for it. Of course, the flu that actually spreads around may be completely different, thus negating any benefit of getting the shot. Consequently, I don't bother with the flu shot.
Do I really need to explain how retarded your logic is?
Actually, it's not paranoia or delusion. Our military has become completely dependent on satellites. Not just for intel, but for placing ordinance. Almost anything part with a brain in it has some dependency on satellites. Consequently, we can't afford to lose them because we lose a huge technological edge. If the bad guys (whoever they may be) come up with a way to take out our satellites via destruction or jamming, we need a way to remove the offender. Right now, there's no way to do that if the offender is in space.
But feel free to play the paranoid military card anyway...
You assume these privay laws are always followed. That's very naive. Power is ALWAYS abused (check your history books). Never forget that.
"So you really have that little faith in your elected representatives that you need to have a gun at the ready just in case?"
Your goddamn right I have that little faith. They are all owned by corporations, not the people they are supposed to serve. Regardless of what country you're from, I think it's healthy to have some distrust of your government. In all of human history the one thing you can see repeated over and over is that people will abuse whatever power you give them. It's human nature. So, ask yourself why you trust your government so much.
"The workers in other countries (including 3rd world countries) have as much right to economic prosperity as we do."
Yes, but they don't have the right to do it at the expense of this country...at least in my opinion. I wish the whole world was economically strong but throwing this country in the toilet to do it is just fucking stupid.
"You may be marginalized in the short term, but in the long run, the globalization of knowledge jobs is a good thing."
Actually, no it isn't. This is a fallacy. People think that because we transitioned successfully from a manufacturing based economy to a technology based economy that it's no biggie if knowledge jobs go out of the country. The problem is that we have nothing to transition to. Without something to move to, we're simply out of work. Feel free to explain to me how that's a good thing.
What they do is target their advertisement such that only one person could possibly fill it, which of course is the Indian guy they interviewed already and desired to hire. Thus meeting the technical requirement of the law.
Personally, I think anyone willing to pay $250 to see one of the worst singers in the entire industry, deserves to get ripped off.
That said, yeah...p2p has nothing to do with it. They will charge whatever they think they can get away with, just like any other company does.
Actually, there's more like 300 million people now. Of course, that still leaves 240 million dumbasses...
Actually that's small potatoes too. The big money is in porn.
Or perhaps I play things that have some complexity to them. I also don't stop playing a piece until it's mastered. There's a huge difference between "getting by" and playing a piece well with great tone and zero mistakes. Anyone who says different is full of shit.
However, I won't sit here and pretend to be a master either...it's a full time job and I don't have that kind of time.
Because learning to actually play a real guitar takes a very, very long time...
I probably spend more time learning to play a single song than this guy spent building his custom guitar-hero guitar.
I agree 110%. It shocks me how willing people are to give up their personal information. These companies can keep your information indefinitely. The government can get at it as well. Sorry, but you have to be either a moron or or completely clueless about information to buy into any of these online calendars. The same goes for online disk space, etc. There's lots of things I will never send via email because I assume anything I send with it is definitely going to be read by others. People reading this would do wise to think of it the same way.
I'll take that bet since the article clearly points out that the glue comes from a bacteria that sticks to everything IN WATER. Additionally, they are having problems making the glue themselves because it sticks to everything.
Game publishers (and most companies for that matter) really only care about profits. Quality is a distant second to profit. The executives that run these publishing companies don't even play games. They couldn't give a rats ass if they are good or not so long as they make a lot of money. They only care about quality to the extent that it effects their ability to make a profit.