Many heart problems can be solved through prevention; sadly, the same cannot be said for many neurological conditions.
That's right. Just stop the smoking, drinking heavily, stop the junk food and get out and get some moderate exercise would prevent many if not most of the heart disease (and stroke) in the World. Not smoking would also prevent a lot of impotence too. It would be much more cost effective to spend a fraction of the money on education than whiz bang, usually obscenely expensive, gadgetry.
It's IBM's fault. They didn't want anyone commenting on what's going on. You know, pumping out IT workers to lower wages further; the further commoditizaiton of the IT profession; the fact that this makes IT officially a blue collar profession; WTF are they thinking?! They should be training kids in Bio-tech and medical.; their idea is sooooo 1998!
They probably won't get Windows 7 until they buy a new computer.
Yep.
This machine here that I'm using has had the motherboard replaced twice. The main hard drive with the XP license is still going strong. When that hardrive craps out, I'll put a new one in and make it a Linux box - I refuse to pay the retail price for Windows. Until MS drops the price down to the "MS Tax" rate for retail versions of Windows, I will not buy a retail copy - full version or upgrade.
And then there are the folks who tried the upgrade path only to have to buy the full version anyway because of installation problems and lack of XP license disk - even then, some folks still had problems. I'm not willing to chance it at the prices MS charges.
What's this "might" be helped. I take it your referencing the Snake River dams?
The salmon on the river are declining rapidly and the major cause are the dams. Those dams are pretty much supplying the excess power allowing obese Americans to sit on their asses to watch the power hungry big screen TVs, computers, video games, and all those electronic gadgets that all of a sudden the "need".
Then there are the farmers who use that water behind the dam to grow their nutritionally deficient crops that just make us more obese as a nation. But what's more of a crime against the fish, is that the farmers are on welfare. Not only are they getting this water thanks to the Government, but they're also getting their subsides to grow their crap. If more of us were able to eat that wonderful and expensive Salmon, we'd have much better health. But unfortunately, the prices are high because of their declining populations. Farming fish is not a solution because they are fed corn which lowers their Omega-3 fatty acid content drastically; as well as polluting the river even more. Farmed fish also affects the wild stock. Farmed fish is crap, too.
There are no need for those dams or the power if we Americans would just learn to stop being such power pigs. We are just 4% of the World's population but we use 25% of the World's oil. The percentage is even higher for total energy consumption. We are gluttons.
Creating more power generation isn't the answer. It's using less of it. And don't forget, there's solar, wind, and geothermal too.
Sure, the leadership is run by corrupt figures who use religious zealotry to organize the poor in order to remain in power, but that's no different than many Western countries.
The Republicans are doing a hell of a job - just look at how they took over the TEA Party. The religious nuts are pushing out the libertarians and are ruining something that had a lot of potential.
It was a Solaris backend using a database on Linux that had a Java front end on a Windows PC. The trader monitoring the system was watching porn his Macbook Pro and didn't notice when things went kaflooey.
I can see why the layoff is being done. There are more efficient and cost effective methods of getting into orbit and as another poster pointed out, the private sector in this case is on the road of doing it better and cheaper.
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Apparently, KSC has layoffs pretty regularly. I once talked to this young man with a young family who was laid off in a round a couple years ago. He blew through his saving and was supporting his family with credit cards until he was "recalled". I didn't talk to him that long so I didn't get to understand the hiring layoff cycles down there - I got the impression it was similar to the way some of the rust-belt industries used to operate before they went completely out of business.
Anyway, this layoff is going to decimate the local economy. We'll be seeing a HUGE surge in foreclosures in that area as well as other defaults.
The economists love to point to "creative destruction" and point out people just need to get "retrained" and other trite economist expressions but it's always easier said that done. The thought of skilled workers, engineers and scientists having to work at Walmart - if they're lucky enough to get a job there - is pretty disheartening.
Economists love to point out that we just need more training - that seems to be their catch all solution for workers who are put out of work. But where does a rocket scientist go from there; especially a middle aged one?
And even then, just pick out any hot job area and can that area support all people getting into it?
What I like about this tech is that you can skip the step of creating the embryo. You have to have sperm and egg to create an embryo, no? That seems that that could be a road block from a technical standpoint for some - getting genetically compatible sperm and egg - or doesn't that matter?
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On a side note, I'm worried that these policies will become stricter come November when the Tea Party looks likely to make significant inroads in Congress.
People are hypocrites. Wait until they're sick - then they'll be running all over the World in their Medicare paid scooters trying techniques to save their old fat asses - including new born baby soup if they have to - with their Social Security money.
People love forcing others to live up to their ideals but when it comes to themselves, well, all bets are off - like these pro-lifers who get abortions.
That last couple of get-rich-quick billionaires were web guys.
The number of OS billionaires is at zero - no, Bill Gates doesn't count because he bought his first OS and then had others write the OS when he became a big shot business guy.
Respect from other developers doesn't buy jets and super models.
No. Effective at banding together and doing so that the folks who participated did so anonymously. So far at least, the folks who were involved got away with it.
THAT is something that will have to be reckoned with. Organization like the MPAA or any other that uses unethical (and possibly illegal) means to enforce their policies will have to deal with payback - anonymous payback - payback by people who will not have deal with any repercussions for their actions.
It's becoming a new form of justice - vigilante justice for sure, but justice outside a system that is becoming more and more influenced by big money and corporate interests. In short, a system that has been corrupted to the point of detriment to the people.
...I don't want my ISP to limit their bandwidth because Microsoft (or someone else) has paid a premium for priority for *their* bandwidth.
You think that's a better explanation to a conservative?
Dude. This is how you put it:
Net Neutrality allows for FREEDOM and it allows for your non-profit CHRISTIAN website to have as much bandwidth as those atheist-secular ones. It allows for your GOD FEARING content to have the same bandwidth as those abortion promoting god-less family planning websites! It will also allow you to track what the GOVERNMENT is doing because voting against NET NEUTRALITY is falling right into the government's hands.
Hit the streets now! It's in the CONSTITUTION and the Founding Fathers said that we have the right to equal access! It's true! It's in the exact same part where it says we're a CHRISTIAN Nation!
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Someone who is googling and not testing whether the results are false is probably someone you don't want to work for.
That's not a luxury most people have.
I did the search with the "SafeSearch" off and saw nothing of any significance.
Aside from the computer, it sounds like AOL in the 90s.
Many heart problems can be solved through prevention; sadly, the same cannot be said for many neurological conditions.
That's right. Just stop the smoking, drinking heavily, stop the junk food and get out and get some moderate exercise would prevent many if not most of the heart disease (and stroke) in the World. Not smoking would also prevent a lot of impotence too. It would be much more cost effective to spend a fraction of the money on education than whiz bang, usually obscenely expensive, gadgetry.
My wife's laptop came with Vista and it works well. I don't see what the big fuss is.
The only thing I can see that you get from a user's point of view is a built in version of F-Spot.
Just a few off of the top of my head.
They probably won't get Windows 7 until they buy a new computer.
Yep.
This machine here that I'm using has had the motherboard replaced twice. The main hard drive with the XP license is still going strong. When that hardrive craps out, I'll put a new one in and make it a Linux box - I refuse to pay the retail price for Windows. Until MS drops the price down to the "MS Tax" rate for retail versions of Windows, I will not buy a retail copy - full version or upgrade.
And then there are the folks who tried the upgrade path only to have to buy the full version anyway because of installation problems and lack of XP license disk - even then, some folks still had problems. I'm not willing to chance it at the prices MS charges.
The salmon on the river are declining rapidly and the major cause are the dams. Those dams are pretty much supplying the excess power allowing obese Americans to sit on their asses to watch the power hungry big screen TVs, computers, video games, and all those electronic gadgets that all of a sudden the "need".
Then there are the farmers who use that water behind the dam to grow their nutritionally deficient crops that just make us more obese as a nation. But what's more of a crime against the fish, is that the farmers are on welfare. Not only are they getting this water thanks to the Government, but they're also getting their subsides to grow their crap. If more of us were able to eat that wonderful and expensive Salmon, we'd have much better health. But unfortunately, the prices are high because of their declining populations. Farming fish is not a solution because they are fed corn which lowers their Omega-3 fatty acid content drastically; as well as polluting the river even more. Farmed fish also affects the wild stock. Farmed fish is crap, too.
There are no need for those dams or the power if we Americans would just learn to stop being such power pigs. We are just 4% of the World's population but we use 25% of the World's oil. The percentage is even higher for total energy consumption. We are gluttons.
Creating more power generation isn't the answer. It's using less of it. And don't forget, there's solar, wind, and geothermal too.
Wait till their fortunes start to decline. Then we'll shall see what they're truly made of .
Sure, the leadership is run by corrupt figures who use religious zealotry to organize the poor in order to remain in power, but that's no different than many Western countries.
The Republicans are doing a hell of a job - just look at how they took over the TEA Party. The religious nuts are pushing out the libertarians and are ruining something that had a lot of potential.
Then you're their spy!
The Iranian intelligence services gotta look like they're doing something and catching someone.
Fedora: One release a year. Ubuntu: Releases every six months or so; hence why the extra press.
This is turning into something right out of the Art of War
It was a Solaris backend using a database on Linux that had a Java front end on a Windows PC. The trader monitoring the system was watching porn his Macbook Pro and didn't notice when things went kaflooey.
This was one of those things that happened outside of the rules.
OTH...
Apparently, KSC has layoffs pretty regularly. I once talked to this young man with a young family who was laid off in a round a couple years ago. He blew through his saving and was supporting his family with credit cards until he was "recalled". I didn't talk to him that long so I didn't get to understand the hiring layoff cycles down there - I got the impression it was similar to the way some of the rust-belt industries used to operate before they went completely out of business.
Anyway, this layoff is going to decimate the local economy. We'll be seeing a HUGE surge in foreclosures in that area as well as other defaults.
The economists love to point to "creative destruction" and point out people just need to get "retrained" and other trite economist expressions but it's always easier said that done. The thought of skilled workers, engineers and scientists having to work at Walmart - if they're lucky enough to get a job there - is pretty disheartening.
Economists love to point out that we just need more training - that seems to be their catch all solution for workers who are put out of work. But where does a rocket scientist go from there; especially a middle aged one?
And even then, just pick out any hot job area and can that area support all people getting into it?
I think a career in Congress is right up your alley.
What I like about this tech is that you can skip the step of creating the embryo. You have to have sperm and egg to create an embryo, no? That seems that that could be a road block from a technical standpoint for some - getting genetically compatible sperm and egg - or doesn't that matter?
..
On a side note, I'm worried that these policies will become stricter come November when the Tea Party looks likely to make significant inroads in Congress.
People are hypocrites. Wait until they're sick - then they'll be running all over the World in their Medicare paid scooters trying techniques to save their old fat asses - including new born baby soup if they have to - with their Social Security money.
People love forcing others to live up to their ideals but when it comes to themselves, well, all bets are off - like these pro-lifers who get abortions.
...and supermodels and jets don't buy respect from your peers.
What follows sums up anything I could possible post. After receiving a scathing review of one of his performances ....
"I cried all the way to the bank!"
- Liberace
The number of OS billionaires is at zero - no, Bill Gates doesn't count because he bought his first OS and then had others write the OS when he became a big shot business guy.
Respect from other developers doesn't buy jets and super models.
THAT is something that will have to be reckoned with. Organization like the MPAA or any other that uses unethical (and possibly illegal) means to enforce their policies will have to deal with payback - anonymous payback - payback by people who will not have deal with any repercussions for their actions.
It's becoming a new form of justice - vigilante justice for sure, but justice outside a system that is becoming more and more influenced by big money and corporate interests. In short, a system that has been corrupted to the point of detriment to the people.
The 4Chan guys were remarkably effective.
They throw us a bone every once in a while. This time it's a non-partisan one.
...I don't want my ISP to limit their bandwidth because Microsoft (or someone else) has paid a premium for priority for *their* bandwidth.
You think that's a better explanation to a conservative?
Dude. This is how you put it:
Net Neutrality allows for FREEDOM and it allows for your non-profit CHRISTIAN website to have as much bandwidth as those atheist-secular ones. It allows for your GOD FEARING content to have the same bandwidth as those abortion promoting god-less family planning websites! It will also allow you to track what the GOVERNMENT is doing because voting against NET NEUTRALITY is falling right into the government's hands.
Hit the streets now! It's in the CONSTITUTION and the Founding Fathers said that we have the right to equal access! It's true! It's in the exact same part where it says we're a CHRISTIAN Nation!
God Bless America!
That'll get Net Newtrality[sic]!!