The other advantage China, Japan and Eastern Europe have is a good school system.
You would be hard pressed to find a Japanese or Chinese adult who was ignorant enough to consider Japan "untouched" by WW2 strategic bombing.
One of the dilemmas that US planners encountered when picking nuclear targets was: "Who should be bomb?" Not much was left by August 1945.
The jet stream over Japan makes high altitude precision (by WW2 standards) bombing next to impossible. Not to be deterred, however, the US Army Air Force essentially gutted Japanese urban areas by dropping white phosphorous, aviation fuel and firebombs on Japanese cites, which consisted of mostly wood buildings.
The resulting firestorms killed millions. The B-29 raids over Tokyo produced a column of flame nearly 20,000 feet high... the glow could be seen from Iwo Jima nearly 600 miles away.
The point is, your investment in Music is completely governed by the good will of Apple.
A release or two ago the good folks at Apple made some minor changes to the FairPlay licensing scheme. The changes weren't very significant -- but they occured nonetheless.
It seems like every time there's a new "feature" added or removed from iTunes that has a negative effect on the customer.
I have CDs that were purchased for me in 1988... I can still play them with any CD player. How difficult do you think it will be in 2018 to play iTunes music purchased in 2004?
SQLite really rocks. But it is what it is, no more.
The cool thing about newer versions of Cloudscape is that it uses the exact same libraries as DB2 and I believe now supports all of the same datatypes.
So you can develop some small-scale application and run it on cloudscape, and then migrate it up to a DB2 system as your needs grow with minimal effort.
Term limits are nothing but pure idiocy. Most communities who enacted them back in the early 90's are now learning to regret them.
The Framers certainly never intended to have Senators serve in a transitory manner. The Senate was deliberately designed to be a conservative institution that would have the power to slow change in government. The framers shared a fundamental cynicism in the ability of the people to elect suitable legislators.... which is why it is very difficult for members of the House of Representatives to accumulate real power.
I own two houses, one outright, and have the capability to responsibly use credit accounts.
If you can resist the temptation to run up stupid charges, its far better to let American Express or whatever bank float you money for 30 days and give you a couple of hundred dollars a year in kickbacks (gift certificates and swag) than use my your own cash.
Whatever the scenario, if you are writing checks at retail, you're an idiot.
When did I say that? I said nothing about the pro and cons of national id.
My comment was commenting on the ability of the powers that be to slide things in under the radar by taking small modifications to existing laws or institutions. The Clinton administration did the same thing with healthcare after the spectacular flameout of the Clinton healthcare plan in '94.
Executives in government and business seek loopholes to accomplish their aims, whatever they are. If the congress won't pass compulsory identification laws, then the powers that be will use the next closest thing... driver's licenses.
As a one time victim of identity fraud, I think that identification tied to biometrics would solve alot more problems than it would create. Marketers (and the gov't via subpeona) already know everything about you, national id card or not.
Once of the nice things about cloudscape is that it uses the DB2 client client libraries now. So a migrating from Cloudscape to DB2 can be as simple as copying the data and fiddling with a few settings.
The big GM highway crusiers work for me. I'm a big guy, so they have the room that I need to sit comfortably. I have a 10 mile commute so the mileage is fine; plus the highway mileage rocks for road trips.
My dad used to commute 300 miles daily and swore by Ford Escorts, which usually deliverd 40mpg on the highway for less money than Japanese cars.
Personally, I believe that fuel efficiency is purely a economic choice. I resent people who try to convert it into a moral crusade.
I know people who live in the city or close suburbs who drive big SUVs or full-size pickups. While it may seem wasteful, they don't really spend much more on gas because they aren't really driving alot! Plus, they get lots of room for cargo, which comes in handy as they work on their houses or yards.
Basically, if some people are foolish enough to spend $4 for a Starbucks coffee or half-gallon of organic milk, it should be fine to foolishly pump $200/week into an Expedition for a 70 mile commute.
When peak oil production has really passed, the prices will go up. Obviously the commodity market-makers know something that you and the doom and gloom crowd don't.
The same exact arguments and cases were made in 1978. Peak oil had hit and we'd run out around 2001 or so.
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Los Angeles has smog.
In Beijing, if you park a car outside overnight you'll find it covered in coal dust and soot in the morning.
You don't know what air pollution is until you see China.
The other advantage China, Japan and Eastern Europe have is a good school system.
You would be hard pressed to find a Japanese or Chinese adult who was ignorant enough to consider Japan "untouched" by WW2 strategic bombing.
One of the dilemmas that US planners encountered when picking nuclear targets was: "Who should be bomb?" Not much was left by August 1945.
The jet stream over Japan makes high altitude precision (by WW2 standards) bombing next to impossible. Not to be deterred, however, the US Army Air Force essentially gutted Japanese urban areas by dropping white phosphorous, aviation fuel and firebombs on Japanese cites, which consisted of mostly wood buildings.
The resulting firestorms killed millions. The B-29 raids over Tokyo produced a column of flame nearly 20,000 feet high... the glow could be seen from Iwo Jima nearly 600 miles away.
The public interest must be #1.
I would support widespread nuclear energy if the following conditions were met:
- Plants would be run by a bond-secured government authority that was insulated from congressional meddling and the energy interests
- Naval engineers establish a nuke school for operators with the same saftey fanaticism that the US Navy employs (with a top-notch saftey record)
This won't happen anytime soon, of course, but we can all dream.
The point is, your investment in Music is completely governed by the good will of Apple.
A release or two ago the good folks at Apple made some minor changes to the FairPlay licensing scheme. The changes weren't very significant -- but they occured nonetheless.
It seems like every time there's a new "feature" added or removed from iTunes that has a negative effect on the customer.
I have CDs that were purchased for me in 1988... I can still play them with any CD player. How difficult do you think it will be in 2018 to play iTunes music purchased in 2004?
LM as in NTLM... which means that old-style NT Authentication will be going away soon.
SQLite really rocks. But it is what it is, no more.
The cool thing about newer versions of Cloudscape is that it uses the exact same libraries as DB2 and I believe now supports all of the same datatypes.
So you can develop some small-scale application and run it on cloudscape, and then migrate it up to a DB2 system as your needs grow with minimal effort.
Term limits are nothing but pure idiocy. Most communities who enacted them back in the early 90's are now learning to regret them.
The Framers certainly never intended to have Senators serve in a transitory manner. The Senate was deliberately designed to be a conservative institution that would have the power to slow change in government. The framers shared a fundamental cynicism in the ability of the people to elect suitable legislators.... which is why it is very difficult for members of the House of Representatives to accumulate real power.
I have a thinkpad with yellow stripes and a custom yellow touchpoint. The performance is insane.
If it is, the solution is simple:
- Obnoxious, nazi-like filtering at the proxy level.
If people want to surf or play games, suggest they seek another job.
I own two houses, one outright, and have the capability to responsibly use credit accounts.
If you can resist the temptation to run up stupid charges, its far better to let American Express or whatever bank float you money for 30 days and give you a couple of hundred dollars a year in kickbacks (gift certificates and swag) than use my your own cash.
Whatever the scenario, if you are writing checks at retail, you're an idiot.
When did I say that? I said nothing about the pro and cons of national id.
My comment was commenting on the ability of the powers that be to slide things in under the radar by taking small modifications to existing laws or institutions. The Clinton administration did the same thing with healthcare after the spectacular flameout of the Clinton healthcare plan in '94.
Executives in government and business seek loopholes to accomplish their aims, whatever they are. If the congress won't pass compulsory identification laws, then the powers that be will use the next closest thing... driver's licenses.
As a one time victim of identity fraud, I think that identification tied to biometrics would solve alot more problems than it would create. Marketers (and the gov't via subpeona) already know everything about you, national id card or not.
In case you didn't notice, the 21st century has arrived. Who writes checks at retail anymore?
Driver's licenses are not compulsory.
Once of the nice things about cloudscape is that it uses the DB2 client client libraries now. So a migrating from Cloudscape to DB2 can be as simple as copying the data and fiddling with a few settings.
What is the Fedora community?
Seems more like an open beta to me.
Version numbers have signifigance beyond code quality... they also address things like api stability.
Firefox breaks alot of extensions and plugins every few months. Presumably, a 1.0 version will remain relatively stable until 2.0.
Look at something like this:
http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBUGZ/
or Bugzilla.
or buy some big commercial product like Peregrine Service Center.
Radar rocks!
If the hackers hadn't found the JPG bug in IE, they wouldn't have looked for one in Firefox.
Besides, Microsoft is pure evil. Everyone knows that Netscape Communicator Gold 4.0 was the best software ever produced.
No, it will still be Microsoft's fault.
Do you realize what a high-capacity magazine is?
It's a metal box.
Any high school metal shop has the tools to make high-capacity magazine.
This guy is the ethernet driver guru.
It may not seem relevant now, but there was a time when you had to hunt around for a linux-compatable ethernet driver.
Haha
:)
i agree... it is pretty cool to not be subject to the wrath of moderation.
I'm younger than you, but my comfort zone is similar (if not my car preference)
1981 Chevy Citation - 27mpg
1991 Dodge Spirit - 25
1993 Pontiac Bonneville - 20 city / 27 highway
1997 Cadillav DeVille - 18 City / 29 highway
Small cars left a poor taste in my mouth
The big GM highway crusiers work for me. I'm a big guy, so they have the room that I need to sit comfortably. I have a 10 mile commute so the mileage is fine; plus the highway mileage rocks for road trips.
My dad used to commute 300 miles daily and swore by Ford Escorts, which usually deliverd 40mpg on the highway for less money than Japanese cars.
Personally, I believe that fuel efficiency is purely a economic choice. I resent people who try to convert it into a moral crusade.
I know people who live in the city or close suburbs who drive big SUVs or full-size pickups. While it may seem wasteful, they don't really spend much more on gas because they aren't really driving alot! Plus, they get lots of room for cargo, which comes in handy as they work on their houses or yards.
Basically, if some people are foolish enough to spend $4 for a Starbucks coffee or half-gallon of organic milk, it should be fine to foolishly pump $200/week into an Expedition for a 70 mile commute.
When peak oil production has really passed, the prices will go up. Obviously the commodity market-makers know something that you and the doom and gloom crowd don't.
The same exact arguments and cases were made in 1978. Peak oil had hit and we'd run out around 2001 or so.
Yeah -- I've noticed them closed in most states in my region.
If you think that the government isn't subsidizing trucks with the highway system, you have alot of reading to do.