That short init config sure looks nice, but right away I notice something wrong about it. wtf is it doing in/usr/lib? Configurations for system software belong in/etc.
This is the problem with systemd, on the surface it looks great, but underneath its ugly as hell. Not what I am accustomed to when dealing with unix systems. Nor something I can adapt to when I have hundreds to look after.
So it could have been distributed as a Gift, right? Is there a gifting option for iTunes? Can I buy an album for someone else and do they have to opt in on the 'gift' or is it just an automatic purchase for their delivery preference?
Ahh, the mysteries of this mostly unused service I have at my beck and call!
I would argue that employers are definitely interested in increased productivity from employees, but they will certainly settle for the appearance of productivity.
At the risk of going off-topic, a twice-a-day caffeine nap at work is not going to improve productivity nearly as much as a stand-up work station will. Not to mention that staying in a sedentary, sitting position 8+ hours a day is incredibly unhealthy and unnatural. Blast from the past from Mashable: http://mashable.com/2011/05/09...
And thusly, as Philip K Dick correctly asserted in 1973: The Empire never ended.
I hope people aren't really surprised by the fact that our history of illustrious leaders never intended for there to be a true democracy anywhere in the world. I mean, that's mob rule after all and we can't have that!
It's the media war-machine pop-culture. As noted by at least of TFA commenters, just look at the content of the movie they were going to see.
We got war on the news almost every day, war on the latest music videos, non-stop war 'documentary' reality channels. The networks are saturated with increasingly gory crime dramas. Oh and don't forget the awesome war / gore games for the latest gaming consoles. Call of Duty 4 and Left For Dead, baby! Come to the USA and get your violence, blood and guts!
More than a culture of fear, the USA is a culture of war. Tupac said it, and paid for it with his life.
Please tell me how can a third party even hope to be voted for when the incumbent governmental system (not even sure about that) has the third party candidate sequestered and handcuffed while trying LEGALLY enter and attend an election debate?
I am surprised there aren't more stories here from people who worked at LA or knew someone who did, so here's mine:
I had a good friend who worked at LA from I think 1999 to about 2003 or so. I remember us both being elated when he got the job as a C/C++ tools support programmer. He worked on the Playstation Bounty Hunter game, among others. After a couple of years I was chatting with him and he told me a couple of things, which are backed up by the article.
1. The long-arm of Mr. Lucas was something to behold. Basically what TFA said about his reach into 1313's development sums it up for all of the SW titles. He told me a story about a memo that went out prior to an all-companies employee bash at Skywalker Ranch to "allow Mr. Lucas his space" so he can enjoy the event. The result at the party was a 6 to 10 foot radius of nobody around GL the whole time, which my friend and others found particularly amusing. 2. Middle management was young, overconfident and woefully inexperienced which was a mind-fsck for pretty much everyone else on the development and design teams. My friend blamed project management and the revolving door of managers for the loss of the Sam and Max IP (expired) and Full Throttle sequel cancelations, among others. He said that this was why Force Command pretty much sucked (before his time at LA, but heard the stories from other emps.) and was ultimately why he left to work at another gaming shop which was 'a whole lot more fun.'
From what I was told, pretty much getting a job anywhere in the Lucas empire was all you were supposed to want; pay grade was sub-par, even for experienced developers and designers, I mean you are working at a Lucasfilm Ltd. company, that says it all! Perks were 'alright', but the hiring preference was generally for talented people fresh out of college at sub-par wages. Including project management positions. Still reading the article, so some of this stuff may be covered there already.
I am going to assume you mean evidence that government black projects have a history of preceding public sector 'innovations', not evidence of current top-secret projects that no civilian would have knowledge of anyway.
What is more likely is the NSA has access to a super top secret quantum computer that can hack any publicly available cipher. They've probably had this tech since the 90's, which is why we are just hearing about the promise of quantum computing for the public sector.
Remember, they only dole out the new tech after they've 'mastered' it and have something an order of magnitude beyond, as history plainly tells us.
wherein a federal IRS agent comes out of somewhere to nowhere new mexico and audits a family that trades farmed and wild harvested goods to supplement the Social Security income from the veteran father of the family.
TLDR: Yes, trading goods counts as taxable currency in the US of A.
There was a time, long ago, when usury was punishable by death.
In layman's terms usury = making profit by charging interest on a loan of property, including land, tools, money, etc. while the owner sits on their Fat Ass.
Sometime in the 13th or 14th century, European 'business men' convinced a Pope to remove that punishment from the religious 'judicial system' so they could 'legitimately' start the banking system we have today.
And here we are, 21st century, with the 1% owning or restricting practically every aspect of the 99%'s lives through interest and patents.
As I just asserted in another post here on/. today, we are and have been living in a police state for some time now. This is one of the many signs we've had in the past decade.
I guess 'the people' are just slow at recognizing the signs.
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That short init config sure looks nice, but right away I notice something wrong about it. wtf is it doing in /usr/lib? Configurations for system software belong in /etc.
This is the problem with systemd, on the surface it looks great, but underneath its ugly as hell. Not what I am accustomed to when dealing with unix systems. Nor something I can adapt to when I have hundreds to look after.
I have no choice but to subscribe to the notion that gamers should stick to Candy Crush and avoid philosophy.
LOL. Thank-you for that. I can now stop reading these comments and move on to the next topic.
Mike, get ready. I would not at all be surprised if they purloin your backstory idea from TWA!
So it could have been distributed as a Gift, right?
Is there a gifting option for iTunes?
Can I buy an album for someone else and do they have to opt in on the 'gift' or is it just an automatic purchase for their delivery preference?
Ahh, the mysteries of this mostly unused service I have at my beck and call!
I would argue that employers are definitely interested in increased productivity from employees, but they will certainly settle for the appearance of productivity.
At the risk of going off-topic, a twice-a-day caffeine nap at work is not going to improve productivity nearly as much as a stand-up work station will. Not to mention that staying in a sedentary, sitting position 8+ hours a day is incredibly unhealthy and unnatural. Blast from the past from Mashable: http://mashable.com/2011/05/09...
this
And thusly, as Philip K Dick correctly asserted in 1973: The Empire never ended.
I hope people aren't really surprised by the fact that our history of illustrious leaders never intended for there to be a true democracy anywhere in the world. I mean, that's mob rule after all and we can't have that!
Excellent! You've established that the ionosphere is higher than the troposphere where the weather develops and occurs.
Now, imagine think of the ionosphere as the lens between the sun and the earth and HAARP as a tool to control the focal point of this lens.
Think about that for more than a minute, you're a smart cracker!
11c here on my desk as well. Use it most every day.
Yes.
But as someone else suggested, it sounds like you need a CTO upgrade to go along with your migration to the cloud.
Of course his 3 year old can't read. He was probably texting the baby-sitter a message for them to relay to his kid on his kid's phone.
Lots of parents get a phone to go with their kid wherever they go.
It's the media war-machine pop-culture. As noted by at least of TFA commenters, just look at the content of the movie they were going to see.
We got war on the news almost every day, war on the latest music videos, non-stop war 'documentary' reality channels. The networks are saturated with increasingly gory crime dramas. Oh and don't forget the awesome war / gore games for the latest gaming consoles. Call of Duty 4 and Left For Dead, baby! Come to the USA and get your violence, blood and guts!
More than a culture of fear, the USA is a culture of war. Tupac said it, and paid for it with his life.
Bahhahhaha
Sorry, was LOL before I got to your Score:5 Funny..
You, sir, are a shill. That and/or clearly mis/uninformed as to what has REALLY happened in recent years. Here's a taste for you that you are willingly or otherwise ignorant to: http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/17/green_partys_jill_stein_cheri_honkala
Please tell me how can a third party even hope to be voted for when the incumbent governmental system (not even sure about that) has the third party candidate sequestered and handcuffed while trying LEGALLY enter and attend an election debate?
I am surprised there aren't more stories here from people who worked at LA or knew someone who did, so here's mine:
I had a good friend who worked at LA from I think 1999 to about 2003 or so. I remember us both being elated when he got the job as a C/C++ tools support programmer. He worked on the Playstation Bounty Hunter game, among others. After a couple of years I was chatting with him and he told me a couple of things, which are backed up by the article.
1. The long-arm of Mr. Lucas was something to behold. Basically what TFA said about his reach into 1313's development sums it up for all of the SW titles. He told me a story about a memo that went out prior to an all-companies employee bash at Skywalker Ranch to "allow Mr. Lucas his space" so he can enjoy the event. The result at the party was a 6 to 10 foot radius of nobody around GL the whole time, which my friend and others found particularly amusing.
2. Middle management was young, overconfident and woefully inexperienced which was a mind-fsck for pretty much everyone else on the development and design teams. My friend blamed project management and the revolving door of managers for the loss of the Sam and Max IP (expired) and Full Throttle sequel cancelations, among others. He said that this was why Force Command pretty much sucked (before his time at LA, but heard the stories from other emps.) and was ultimately why he left to work at another gaming shop which was 'a whole lot more fun.'
From what I was told, pretty much getting a job anywhere in the Lucas empire was all you were supposed to want; pay grade was sub-par, even for experienced developers and designers, I mean you are working at a Lucasfilm Ltd. company, that says it all! Perks were 'alright', but the hiring preference was generally for talented people fresh out of college at sub-par wages. Including project management positions. Still reading the article, so some of this stuff may be covered there already.
Well, that's all I got. Anyone else?
+1 insightful
(oh mod points, how I miss thee, I think I had some 5 or 7 years ago, but perhaps I was dreaming)
Explains why those pesky drosophila are such artful dodgers!
totally off topic, love your sig, but I think it could be even geekier as "I am becoming gerund, destroying verbs."
+1 to this.
I am going to assume you mean evidence that government black projects have a history of preceding public sector 'innovations', not evidence of current top-secret projects that no civilian would have knowledge of anyway.
In which case, here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird
What is more likely is the NSA has access to a super top secret quantum computer that can hack any publicly available cipher. They've probably had this tech since the 90's, which is why we are just hearing about the promise of quantum computing for the public sector.
Remember, they only dole out the new tech after they've 'mastered' it and have something an order of magnitude beyond, as history plainly tells us.
Interesting movie for you to watch: Off The Map
wherein a federal IRS agent comes out of somewhere to nowhere new mexico and audits a family that trades farmed and wild harvested goods to supplement the Social Security income from the veteran father of the family.
TLDR: Yes, trading goods counts as taxable currency in the US of A.
There was a time, long ago, when usury was punishable by death.
In layman's terms usury = making profit by charging interest on a loan of property, including land, tools, money, etc. while the owner sits on their Fat Ass.
Sometime in the 13th or 14th century, European 'business men' convinced a Pope to remove that punishment from the religious 'judicial system' so they could 'legitimately' start the banking system we have today.
And here we are, 21st century, with the 1% owning or restricting practically every aspect of the 99%'s lives through interest and patents.
As I just asserted in another post here on /. today, we are and have been living in a police state for some time now. This is one of the many signs we've had in the past decade.
I guess 'the people' are just slow at recognizing the signs.
Umm, we DO live in a police state as evidenced by this and thousands of other civil rights violations that happen daily in this country.
No one seems to want to acknowledge this, though.