Maybe the best compromise would be to have phone booths, where you can go in and make your call? Anywhere else in the plane there would be no signal. Now how to make it so people share the space respectively?
There are two approaches:
- limit the ratio to within the company
- have the ratio based on minimum wage
I feel the first approach may be the better solution to start with, since this is an environment where a CEO controls the wage scale. If the CEO wants more money, then they would have to consider how much the staff is being paid and how to boost things overall. This means that they can't tell the staff there is no money, while allocating themselves more if the pie. If they can't afford to raise pay overall, then maybe they need to see how they are running the company. If they can only pay people more short term, then give them a bonus, since that does not need to be maintained the next year.
The second approach is a bit more complicated, since a company may be performing well, while the rest of the economy is not doing so well. There is a risk that even a non CEO in a successful company may pass the 20:1 ratio?
My issue with https is that unless you are willing to spend the money, it is expensive to get a certificate that is suitable for a small hobby website.
Don't get me wrong, https is a good thing, but it needs to be simpler and more affordable to get a legitimate certificate.
I'll certainly be following this and see if this works out to be 'not so bad'.
Anything is possible, but at least it is GPL and currently there is a good community supporting OpenJDK. Killing Java doesn't make much sense, since I am betting a good number of Oracle DB clients have their software written in Java and killing Java would mean pissing off those people in larger numbers.
Tomcat may just be a Java based web server, but once you have Spring or delegating service implementations to other servers, much of what application servers provide become overkill, at least from what I have seen.
There are already a few home automation hubs (if I understand what he is suggesting correctly), such as Pytomation.
The main challenge is as far as I can see there is yet a single protocol to bind them all, and even then it would be yet another protocol. For this reason, there have been attempts to create protocol exchanges (not sure the right term), that act as central system that can speak to different sensors and control systems using the specific protocols.
Its not clear what he is offering that existing solutions fail at? It doesn't help that the site doesn't sum things up in one paragraph and instead requires us to parse the whole presentation before understanding what he really is proposing.
Attach plasma to power strip. Turn power strip off when not watching. Standby power consumption = 0 watts. Better image quality while in use = worth slightly higher energy costs.
Certainly, but a LED based TV offers a 60% savings in energy costs, while switched on. One available chart is here:
Also, if you are using your plasma TV in the summer, in an air conditioned space, then you are likely to find an even better energy savings with the LED TV. Sure you can argue that in the winter the plasma TV is doubling as a space heater, but it is easier to provide a more efficient heating unit, than it is trying to compensate for the heat in a cooled space. Additionally, a focus on LED based TVs will probably help focus innovation on improving the blacks in that technology.
In Europe and Asia energy costs are high, so using an energy hungry TV makes little sense. Once these markets start shifting, a portion of the US market is no longer a sufficient reason to keep a manufacturing line open
While change doesn't necessarily come from one person, a single person making a public stand can be sufficient for others to gain courage to do the same. Even it doesn't, it can be enough to get people talking in public and that is a good thing
OT, but why do many people differentiate between Catholics and Christians? Catholics ARE Christians, but not necessarily the reverse is true.
Yeah its odd. Christians being the religion and the Catholic Church being just one governing body, just like the various protestant and orthodox branches.
Here in Canada you can already split the bill The waiters will allocate according to the person who ordered and anything that is shared can be split between the indicated people at the table. The order system already know how to indicate who ordered what and produce the bill accordingly. I am still not seeing too much novelty in what Google is providing?
The alternative to doing what they did would be being barred from the Chinese market, so the users lose out anyhow. Apple chose to tow the line instead of trying to make a political stand - I doubt they are the only company who would take this approach.
Maybe some, but the users should see they had one of two choices (both bad for them): no Apple in China because not towing the line or no app. In both cases they would lose access to the app.
The real answer would be to make the application available in English and then put it on the USA app store. Sure it would require a US credit card, but if you are going to try to circumvent the system, you might as well accept that it isn't always going to be convenient. The alternative would be no circumvention tool, as the case now.
Maybe it is a case of MBAs hiring more if their own, because they believe anyone else isn't worth shit? Then again it may be a symptom of a sector where sick people are considered customers, and hospital businesses, before they are considered patients. In most other countries I believe they are still thought as patients only?
Didn't Obama declare the war on terror as being over?
And Bush said the war in Iraq was won.
My cynical side says its politicians doing what politicians do, no matter what their political background is. They all want to paint themselves as being great leaders, yet it is history that ultimately decides.
why is Apple being sued even if all they did was set down a box and say "hey consumers, good stuff will be in here" and "hey producers, stick your stuff in here".
I would argue that the customer shouldn't have to dig to find out who is responsible. From the customer's point of view Apple sold him the content and was the point where the text was presented. Now whether it is Apple or the publishers behind, is for Apple to decide whether they pass the buck.
In the example of Best Buy the relationship between the box and the store is a bit clearer, but if Best Buy has an advert saying something that incorrect and it has the Best Buy logo on it, then it is Best Buy's responsibility, even it was the publisher behind changing the offering.
I noticed that there was an oxygen meter and it got me wondering how good CO2 scrubbers have got in modern space-suits. Does anyone know how long oxygen will last in a space-suit, with the help of a CO2 scrubber, based on current space walks?
It's funny: we know the shape of the surface of Mars with better accuracy than that of Earth.
In many ways the surface of Mars is easier to map. The is so much less surface detail, on top of the planet being slightly smaller. Earth also has annoying things that include water covered areas, forest and other sort of vegetation.
This game could be interesting and the notion of using the Wii U controller could be interesting, though a compromise could be to make the desktop version work with a tablet PC, though I imagine that would make it more complicated?
On the other hand we've all seen the US (and allies) are often too eager to jump in and take care of business, at least as they see it. Of all the US wars since WWII, how many have turned out to *not* have been sold based on fabrications?
I think we need to worry less about whether or not this is a fabrication and more on how well previous interventions have gone. Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan are hardly successes and I feel these should be warnings on how well the USA could fair here. Wars of territory are won more easily and permanently than wars of ideology. Add to the mix that both Russia and Iran are coming out in Syria's defense, then the USA and the UK are both risking a lot on something with shaky evidence. Even with conclusive evidence, entering into Syria without Russia's blessing could get messy. The bear might in reality just be growling to show its might without really caring, but is this something we want to test?
Once the war has been 'won' and Assad is out, who is going to step in to manage the power void? If lessons of the past show us anything, it is likely to be a shaky new power or dictatorship that will only lead to another civil war.
Given the current economic situation in both the USA and the UK, its probably best to stay out.
This is why I got the Raspberry Pi. By not coming with any software, you know that by that nature you are pretty much free to do what you want. On the other hand there are other equivalent Android devices coming on to the market, so it will simply be a question of waiting a little and seeing which device comes with the best terms and user experience.
In the end, what really is frustrating about Google is that they push then open angle, and then you feel shafted when they take away that feature. It just seems like bait and switch. If they were open with their real intentions, then people wouldn't be so annoyed.
Whoever has unchecked power risks using it in ways that could be considered abusive (it doesn't mean they will, but the temptation is there). Any entity should have its power and what it does with it kept in check, for the benefit of everyone.
Love it, but to throw some stats around that really makes things seem glum. One of them is the US prison population and the other is the 36th largest US state. I'll let you decide which is which:
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Maybe the best compromise would be to have phone booths, where you can go in and make your call? Anywhere else in the plane there would be no signal. Now how to make it so people share the space respectively?
There are two approaches:
- limit the ratio to within the company
- have the ratio based on minimum wage
I feel the first approach may be the better solution to start with, since this is an environment where a CEO controls the wage scale. If the CEO wants more money, then they would have to consider how much the staff is being paid and how to boost things overall. This means that they can't tell the staff there is no money, while allocating themselves more if the pie. If they can't afford to raise pay overall, then maybe they need to see how they are running the company. If they can only pay people more short term, then give them a bonus, since that does not need to be maintained the next year.
The second approach is a bit more complicated, since a company may be performing well, while the rest of the economy is not doing so well. There is a risk that even a non CEO in a successful company may pass the 20:1 ratio?
My issue with https is that unless you are willing to spend the money, it is expensive to get a certificate that is suitable for a small hobby website.
Don't get me wrong, https is a good thing, but it needs to be simpler and more affordable to get a legitimate certificate.
I'll certainly be following this and see if this works out to be 'not so bad'.
Anything is possible, but at least it is GPL and currently there is a good community supporting OpenJDK. Killing Java doesn't make much sense, since I am betting a good number of Oracle DB clients have their software written in Java and killing Java would mean pissing off those people in larger numbers.
Tomcat may just be a Java based web server, but once you have Spring or delegating service implementations to other servers, much of what application servers provide become overkill, at least from what I have seen.
I have seen a number of projects using Spring and Tomcat. Once you have that combination much of what application servers provided become redundant.
There are already a few home automation hubs (if I understand what he is suggesting correctly), such as Pytomation.
The main challenge is as far as I can see there is yet a single protocol to bind them all, and even then it would be yet another protocol. For this reason, there have been attempts to create protocol exchanges (not sure the right term), that act as central system that can speak to different sensors and control systems using the specific protocols.
Its not clear what he is offering that existing solutions fail at? It doesn't help that the site doesn't sum things up in one paragraph and instead requires us to parse the whole presentation before understanding what he really is proposing.
Attach plasma to power strip. Turn power strip off when not watching. Standby power consumption = 0 watts. Better image quality while in use = worth slightly higher energy costs.
Certainly, but a LED based TV offers a 60% savings in energy costs, while switched on. One available chart is here:
http://www.rtings.com/info/lcd-vs-led-vs-plasma/power-consumption-and-electricity-cost
Also, if you are using your plasma TV in the summer, in an air conditioned space, then you are likely to find an even better energy savings with the LED TV. Sure you can argue that in the winter the plasma TV is doubling as a space heater, but it is easier to provide a more efficient heating unit, than it is trying to compensate for the heat in a cooled space. Additionally, a focus on LED based TVs will probably help focus innovation on improving the blacks in that technology.
In Europe and Asia energy costs are high, so using an energy hungry TV makes little sense. Once these markets start shifting, a portion of the US market is no longer a sufficient reason to keep a manufacturing line open
While change doesn't necessarily come from one person, a single person making a public stand can be sufficient for others to gain courage to do the same. Even it doesn't, it can be enough to get people talking in public and that is a good thing
OT, but why do many people differentiate between Catholics and Christians? Catholics ARE Christians, but not necessarily the reverse is true.
Yeah its odd. Christians being the religion and the Catholic Church being just one governing body, just like the various protestant and orthodox branches.
Here in Canada you can already split the bill The waiters will allocate according to the person who ordered and anything that is shared can be split between the indicated people at the table. The order system already know how to indicate who ordered what and produce the bill accordingly. I am still not seeing too much novelty in what Google is providing?
The alternative to doing what they did would be being barred from the Chinese market, so the users lose out anyhow. Apple chose to tow the line instead of trying to make a political stand - I doubt they are the only company who would take this approach.
Maybe some, but the users should see they had one of two choices (both bad for them): no Apple in China because not towing the line or no app. In both cases they would lose access to the app.
The real answer would be to make the application available in English and then put it on the USA app store. Sure it would require a US credit card, but if you are going to try to circumvent the system, you might as well accept that it isn't always going to be convenient. The alternative would be no circumvention tool, as the case now.
Maybe it is a case of MBAs hiring more if their own, because they believe anyone else isn't worth shit? Then again it may be a symptom of a sector where sick people are considered customers, and hospital businesses, before they are considered patients. In most other countries I believe they are still thought as patients only?
We already sent the treacherous fuckers to the big house.
The big, White, House.
You have been eaten by a grue - uh, sorry wrong game. ;)
Didn't Obama declare the war on terror as being over?
And Bush said the war in Iraq was won.
My cynical side says its politicians doing what politicians do, no matter what their political background is. They all want to paint themselves as being great leaders, yet it is history that ultimately decides.
why is Apple being sued even if all they did was set down a box and say "hey consumers, good stuff will be in here" and "hey producers, stick your stuff in here".
I would argue that the customer shouldn't have to dig to find out who is responsible. From the customer's point of view Apple sold him the content and was the point where the text was presented. Now whether it is Apple or the publishers behind, is for Apple to decide whether they pass the buck.
In the example of Best Buy the relationship between the box and the store is a bit clearer, but if Best Buy has an advert saying something that incorrect and it has the Best Buy logo on it, then it is Best Buy's responsibility, even it was the publisher behind changing the offering.
I noticed that there was an oxygen meter and it got me wondering how good CO2 scrubbers have got in modern space-suits. Does anyone know how long oxygen will last in a space-suit, with the help of a CO2 scrubber, based on current space walks?
It's funny: we know the shape of the surface of Mars with better accuracy than that of Earth.
In many ways the surface of Mars is easier to map. The is so much less surface detail, on top of the planet being slightly smaller. Earth also has annoying things that include water covered areas, forest and other sort of vegetation.
This game could be interesting and the notion of using the Wii U controller could be interesting, though a compromise could be to make the desktop version work with a tablet PC, though I imagine that would make it more complicated?
actually planes made by US companies and then sold to them
In far too many cases it's actually planes made by US companies and then given to them.
You may even find they are second hand, so that's okay. ;)
On the other hand we've all seen the US (and allies) are often too eager to jump in and take care of business, at least as they see it. Of all the US wars since WWII, how many have turned out to *not* have been sold based on fabrications?
I think we need to worry less about whether or not this is a fabrication and more on how well previous interventions have gone. Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan are hardly successes and I feel these should be warnings on how well the USA could fair here. Wars of territory are won more easily and permanently than wars of ideology. Add to the mix that both Russia and Iran are coming out in Syria's defense, then the USA and the UK are both risking a lot on something with shaky evidence. Even with conclusive evidence, entering into Syria without Russia's blessing could get messy. The bear might in reality just be growling to show its might without really caring, but is this something we want to test?
Once the war has been 'won' and Assad is out, who is going to step in to manage the power void? If lessons of the past show us anything, it is likely to be a shaky new power or dictatorship that will only lead to another civil war.
Given the current economic situation in both the USA and the UK, its probably best to stay out.
This is why I got the Raspberry Pi. By not coming with any software, you know that by that nature you are pretty much free to do what you want. On the other hand there are other equivalent Android devices coming on to the market, so it will simply be a question of waiting a little and seeing which device comes with the best terms and user experience.
In the end, what really is frustrating about Google is that they push then open angle, and then you feel shafted when they take away that feature. It just seems like bait and switch. If they were open with their real intentions, then people wouldn't be so annoyed.
Whoever has unchecked power risks using it in ways that could be considered abusive (it doesn't mean they will, but the temptation is there). Any entity should have its power and what it does with it kept in check, for the benefit of everyone.
Love it, but to throw some stats around that really makes things seem glum. One of them is the US prison population and the other is the 36th largest US state. I'll let you decide which is which:
- 2,418,352
- 2,085,538
Slavery isn't dead, it just has a new name.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population