I mean long drive as in for a different franchise. I did look at a map and there's a 3rd option about 2 miles out, but KC is dominated by 2 major chains and 1 smaller chain.
These facilities always have security to prevent vandalism and stupid, irresponsible people doing stupid, irresponsible things on them. We're not going to risk our monuments especially at a time when there's a lot of hostility towards this shutdown. Google for what JUST happened to the Lincoln memorial getting spray painted.
I think the major problem with the site is handling the traffic. I've been getting flaky results trying to log in. I do also have some major issues with how data is organized but there's no way a "16 year old with Javascript skills" is going to know how to address those kinds of problems.
You really think the President is going around shutting down just vet memorials to make some kind of a point? A shutdown means government services are shut down. Just because a handful of congressmen stand outside of the most controversial ones, doesn't mean that's all that our government has stopped doing. Pretty clueless for people to start taking a strategy one wing of the Republican House has bragged about for MONTHS now and blame it on the President.
This was my exact thought. We're just going to look like ancient assholes a la Nebuchadnezzar (hope I'm thinking of the correct ironic monument to a fallen empire).
Wow, a Slashdot poster who reads the articles! No hyperbolic responses to the headlines. No uninformed, youthful arrogant criticisms. No misinterpretation of the summary that makes the whole post irrelevant.
It'll never happen, but I'm sure they've been used as an end-around credit card privacy laws. I remember when my local grocer first introduced them. The prices of everything went up overnight, then you needed their card to get the same old prices. The thought that they might make advertising to me even more interactive isn't at all appealing.
And, as for just switching grocery stores, I don't know where most of you live but here in KC I only have 2 practical choices (without a long drive).
Look at what Battlefield has become. It's CoD now. That basically killed my interest in the franchise. No commanders, pointless squad play, zero incentive to play as a team, NASCAR scoring, unbalanced jets, etc. Unless they 180 degree turn around, I'm done with BF games.
Coincidentally, I visited Andy Warhol's "art" museum a few years ago. In one of the works, he had literally pissed on wet paint on a large canvas and let it dry.
I was a big art history buff back in the day and humanity has had the same artistic ability throughout our history. What changes is the purpose of an artistic creation. Some cave painting were used in hunting rituals (they can sometimes be seen scratched with weapons), so they weren't intended to be too realistic as the theory I heard says that might capture the spirit of the animal somehos. You can see in some cave paintings that the artists are well aware of perspective (legs of animals are accurate 3D projections) and even do a pretty good job of capturing proportions of prey animals; including making females pregnant.
Medieval art loses its "quality" because Christian culture at the time viewed art as an earthly pursuit. Even paintings of religious icons if don't too well could be perceived as idoltry. That did lead to a dropoff in talent, but that was because that wasn't their aim. Most of what we as modern viewers see as distortions or poor quality are very deliberate attempts to communicate a higher concept that literal recreation.
If you work there, you'd better not have a secret cocaine habit or stripper girlfriend on the side. If there's the slightest bit of dirt on you, they're going to out you. I've got a lot of respect for that paper going on under what has to be some frightening pressure.
There's a crappy dynamic spreadsheet that shows you the healthcare plan marketplace that says "powered by Solara" I think. So, I'm sure they're getting a fat cut of that. And, when you set up a new account, you're quizzed on credit report questions gleaned from Experian who also sponsors a support line. You figure millions of people will be verified every year and I'm sure Experian isn't charging pennies per hit.
That website isn't blowing up because heroic contractors are being stifled by government regulations. It's a pretty crappy UI. It took me forever just to find the actual plan costs and the filtering all (powered by Solara) blows. I'm sure overregulations also aren't the reason they can't handle the traffic they're getting and logins send you to blank pages. The site is so busy trying to explain everything that it obfuscates the 1st things that people want to know; what does it cover and how much does it cost. Try navigating that site to find the difference between the metal plans to see what I mean.
I talked to Experian which is involved in user validation (and where I bet a lot of that $634M is going) and it turns out that on failed validation attempts (which must be another bug in their code) aren't even being submitted to them manually for about a day. So, when it invariably blows up, you've got to wait that long to complete your application.
I'm not saying there's no government red tape driving the website design, but I think the whole site has major problems on the macro- and micro-levels that I can't imagine are because "that's how the law said to do it."
Anyone with any real knowledge of Java knows how wrong that is. But, it's been cool on Slashdot to say so and it's automatic karma whoring when you do.
Actually, it's not the applets idea it's the fairly recent exploit. I'd been a big user of Java applets previously and was a regular user of Yahoo Games which is a huge online community for all kinds of card and board games. When people bag on applets, they're usually thinking about how terrible performance was 15 years ago. The latest vulnerabilities didn't help much either.
Slapping "Obama" on a headline just starts up a bunch of uninformed hyperbolic responses that add zilch to the discussion. I'm not a lawyer, so I'd like to know what the difference is between both cases. I'm assuming they're not symmetrical.
BTW, to you editors: Fuck you and all your red meat summaries.
I checked it out a few days before the 1st of Oct and I had no problems navigating the site. Plus, there's 3 whole months for them to shake out the bugs anyway.
Actually, they resisted using that term for a LONG time because it's been so effectively demagogued. Just calling the ACA "Obamacare" reduces favorability by +10%.
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I mean long drive as in for a different franchise. I did look at a map and there's a 3rd option about 2 miles out, but KC is dominated by 2 major chains and 1 smaller chain.
These facilities always have security to prevent vandalism and stupid, irresponsible people doing stupid, irresponsible things on them. We're not going to risk our monuments especially at a time when there's a lot of hostility towards this shutdown. Google for what JUST happened to the Lincoln memorial getting spray painted.
I think the major problem with the site is handling the traffic. I've been getting flaky results trying to log in. I do also have some major issues with how data is organized but there's no way a "16 year old with Javascript skills" is going to know how to address those kinds of problems.
Well, in a sense this *IS* a rolling release. Healthcare coverage doesn't start until next year if I understand correctly.
You really think the President is going around shutting down just vet memorials to make some kind of a point? A shutdown means government services are shut down. Just because a handful of congressmen stand outside of the most controversial ones, doesn't mean that's all that our government has stopped doing. Pretty clueless for people to start taking a strategy one wing of the Republican House has bragged about for MONTHS now and blame it on the President.
This was my exact thought. We're just going to look like ancient assholes a la Nebuchadnezzar (hope I'm thinking of the correct ironic monument to a fallen empire).
Wow, a Slashdot poster who reads the articles! No hyperbolic responses to the headlines. No uninformed, youthful arrogant criticisms. No misinterpretation of the summary that makes the whole post irrelevant.
Poster, I'm impressed. Oh wait, you're an AC. FU!
It'll never happen, but I'm sure they've been used as an end-around credit card privacy laws. I remember when my local grocer first introduced them. The prices of everything went up overnight, then you needed their card to get the same old prices. The thought that they might make advertising to me even more interactive isn't at all appealing.
And, as for just switching grocery stores, I don't know where most of you live but here in KC I only have 2 practical choices (without a long drive).
Look at what Battlefield has become. It's CoD now. That basically killed my interest in the franchise. No commanders, pointless squad play, zero incentive to play as a team, NASCAR scoring, unbalanced jets, etc. Unless they 180 degree turn around, I'm done with BF games.
You sir do not understand what the 80/20 rule is. Thanks for playing.
It's a featureful app, but I hate having to dig through the UI to accomplish the most basic tasks.
You want to look up something called the Iconoclastic Controversy.
Coincidentally, I visited Andy Warhol's "art" museum a few years ago. In one of the works, he had literally pissed on wet paint on a large canvas and let it dry.
Sorry, tons of typos in that post.
I was a big art history buff back in the day and humanity has had the same artistic ability throughout our history. What changes is the purpose of an artistic creation. Some cave painting were used in hunting rituals (they can sometimes be seen scratched with weapons), so they weren't intended to be too realistic as the theory I heard says that might capture the spirit of the animal somehos. You can see in some cave paintings that the artists are well aware of perspective (legs of animals are accurate 3D projections) and even do a pretty good job of capturing proportions of prey animals; including making females pregnant.
Medieval art loses its "quality" because Christian culture at the time viewed art as an earthly pursuit. Even paintings of religious icons if don't too well could be perceived as idoltry. That did lead to a dropoff in talent, but that was because that wasn't their aim. Most of what we as modern viewers see as distortions or poor quality are very deliberate attempts to communicate a higher concept that literal recreation.
If you work there, you'd better not have a secret cocaine habit or stripper girlfriend on the side. If there's the slightest bit of dirt on you, they're going to out you. I've got a lot of respect for that paper going on under what has to be some frightening pressure.
There's a crappy dynamic spreadsheet that shows you the healthcare plan marketplace that says "powered by Solara" I think. So, I'm sure they're getting a fat cut of that. And, when you set up a new account, you're quizzed on credit report questions gleaned from Experian who also sponsors a support line. You figure millions of people will be verified every year and I'm sure Experian isn't charging pennies per hit.
You're just proving his point. Private industry does a fantastic job fleecing patients.
That website isn't blowing up because heroic contractors are being stifled by government regulations. It's a pretty crappy UI. It took me forever just to find the actual plan costs and the filtering all (powered by Solara) blows. I'm sure overregulations also aren't the reason they can't handle the traffic they're getting and logins send you to blank pages. The site is so busy trying to explain everything that it obfuscates the 1st things that people want to know; what does it cover and how much does it cost. Try navigating that site to find the difference between the metal plans to see what I mean.
I talked to Experian which is involved in user validation (and where I bet a lot of that $634M is going) and it turns out that on failed validation attempts (which must be another bug in their code) aren't even being submitted to them manually for about a day. So, when it invariably blows up, you've got to wait that long to complete your application.
I'm not saying there's no government red tape driving the website design, but I think the whole site has major problems on the macro- and micro-levels that I can't imagine are because "that's how the law said to do it."
Anyone with any real knowledge of Java knows how wrong that is. But, it's been cool on Slashdot to say so and it's automatic karma whoring when you do.
Actually, it's not the applets idea it's the fairly recent exploit. I'd been a big user of Java applets previously and was a regular user of Yahoo Games which is a huge online community for all kinds of card and board games. When people bag on applets, they're usually thinking about how terrible performance was 15 years ago. The latest vulnerabilities didn't help much either.
Guess they should reroute it and make another pass at Earth then, Mr. Important!
Slapping "Obama" on a headline just starts up a bunch of uninformed hyperbolic responses that add zilch to the discussion. I'm not a lawyer, so I'd like to know what the difference is between both cases. I'm assuming they're not symmetrical.
BTW, to you editors: Fuck you and all your red meat summaries.
I checked it out a few days before the 1st of Oct and I had no problems navigating the site. Plus, there's 3 whole months for them to shake out the bugs anyway.
Actually, they resisted using that term for a LONG time because it's been so effectively demagogued. Just calling the ACA "Obamacare" reduces favorability by +10%.