We had a healthcare system that worked fine for everyone that could afford it. But that wasn't good enough for Liberals, so they created a new system that doesn't work for anyone, except those that cannot afford it. This is the problem with Liberals and Leftists. They have no idea what the unintended consequences are, only focusing on the poor people while ignoring the 60% of the people in the middle, screwing them every which way they can. They talk a good game, and people believe the "Yes We Can" sloganeering, which is why they keep getting elected.
Actually, advertising CAN reduce costs, even if it increases the marginal costs for the items being advertised. If you sell widgets and make 100,000 widgets, but have the capacity to make twice that many by doubling your shifts, the marginal costs go down because you're effectively reducing the cost of overhead on the widgets. IF the cost of advertising is less than the increased efficiency, then it is a net win, even though you spent more money in production.
Advertising increases sales, and that is the point.
However, advertising a lower price may not increase sales. I read a story (don't know how true it is) about a woman's apparel store that had a rack of purses for sale that weren't selling. And they kept lowering the price $99 to $85, to $75, to $50 offering them on "sale". The frustrated manager told the new employee to mark them down from $50 to $25 dollars, but the new guy misread the price and put the "sale" on for $250 marked down from $500; more than twice the original price. The purses flew off the racks. A change in perceived value made the difference.
Reid may think that, but that doesn't make it so. Bad laws are hardly ever repealed when the fail.
Here is the test, if ObamaCare fails to live up to ANY expectation it has, will it be repealed and the system put back the way it was (being better than ObamaCare)? THAT will be impossible. And I predict that is exactly what will happen. AND I further predict that Harry Reid and Nancy "vote for it to see whats in it" Peloisi will be the ones designing the NEXT boondoggle, even though they have already proven (hypothetically) to be incompentent in drafting any sort of legislation that IMPROVES Healthcare.
This is what I call "Fix it till it is really broken, then replace it with something worse and take credit for improving it for while ignoring the pain it caused everyone else" syndrome, typical of government.
I explain it this way.. "one size fits all" is a lie. And they don't make full size sedans like they used to. I'm currently driving a 94 Mercury Grand Marquis because I cannot fit in most other vehicles comfortably. Any smaller car, and my head is in the ceiling.
The 2 door Speck that most people can fit in looks like a clown car next to me.
It is done all the time. Just look at both sides in the DC Shutdown. Both sides are lying. But those that watch FOX News believes one side, and those that watch MSNBC believe the other. Only a few of us can actually decipher the bullshit enough to know that both sides are out to screw the American Public.
Math is not hard. Teaching Math is not hard. Math is conceptual and until you get the concepts, actual math is just by rote, which is how math was taught to me.
Dinner Theater indeed. Two Wolves and a Sheep are deciding whats on the menu. It is all fine and good to watch this theater, until they run out of sheep.
If the only part of the government that is "shut down" is "non-essential" then... why do we have it. Shouldn't Government be "essential functions only"
IMHO anything more that absolutely minimal governance is evil. Anything less than maintaining civility is criminal. Our current government is neither civil, nor minimal, and thus needs to be replaced. AND massive centralized governance is highly overrated. Move power to the People and see our country thrive once again.
The fix for High Frequency Trading is 5 minute rolling averages for all buy/sell orders. This would allow the free flow of capital with some level of price uncertainty that would clear out all the volume based on miniscule profits
This would be done by placing all trades into a five minute escrow account and once the five minutes is up, the trade is completed on the average price during those five minutes. Five minutes is huge in computer time, but not so big to humans. This would only affect non-human based trading.
But that is always the case. The specialized "reader" platforms will perform better than just "apps", because they can be tailored to reading. However, given that one could use a normal Android Tablet, and have all three (Android, Kindle, Nook) on one device, rather than a singular specialized platform, IMHO, makes all the difference in the world.
You can. You just can't do it without sideloading the Play Store App. It does require gaining "root", in order to sideload the play store APP.
This alone should cause the"average" user to balk at Kindle anything. If you look at any other Android Tablet, and find one that uses Play Store, then you can add the Kindle App to it, and it becomes essentially the same thing (all other spec being the same).
A good IDS/IPS isn't signature based, it is activity based. It looks for, and flags suspicious activity. A sudden increase in random hosts connecting to a server via Outbound HTTP(S) traffic is suspicious. HTTP server getting a ton of hits on non-standard (ie used) ports is suspicious.
In short, there is someone asleep at the wheel, and they need to step up and get trained on how to do their job right, or hire someone else. It isn't like any of this is new.
Actually, I believe that CxOs and other key Upper Management and the board of directors for a Corporation should be held criminally liable for corporate crimes. There should be no corporate shield for crimes committed under the auspices of the leadership's directives. This would cause a change in Corporate culture faster than anything. No longer will "saving a buck" (or "making a buck") be acceptable answer for actual crimes being committed.
But it looks good on paper. Which is what Management sees. All Management sees. Most managers know nothing of IT, to them, it is all magic. Wizard kind of magic, not smoke and mirrors type. And in a way, we in IT are magicians and wizards. Which brings me to my point...
"Any significant level of technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Once you understand this, you'll understand management's role in IT.
No, I said that Atheism itself is Amoral. You cannot prove to me that it is moral, without inserting YOUR morals into it. And since Morals are relative, you have no basis for morality of any type other than your own personal views. And if you wish to inflict your personal views upon others, you have given tacit permissions for others to inflict their views on you.
I have a basis for my "morality", which you don't agree with. And that is fine. I don't agree with your basis of morality, because it is in fact baseless. My views are not arrogant or self-righteous any more than yours are. Your tone, which is dripping with derision, is proof enough. My views, about atheism being amoral, is not derisive in the least, they are factual. There is no "morality" in a non-belief system.
To put it a different way, my non-belief in flying pink unicorns provides no moral guidelines whatsoever .
As for my morality, it can be summed up these two lines: Love G-D; Love your neighbor. The rest is commentary.
All the cheap plastic parts that cost $.04 to make, that HomeDepot sells for $9.99, that you can 3D print for $.25 each and have them be better. Yeah, those.
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Hey Facebook, Google "Streisand Effect". Especially useful when you're attacking that which you have no control over.
We had a healthcare system that worked fine for everyone that could afford it. But that wasn't good enough for Liberals, so they created a new system that doesn't work for anyone, except those that cannot afford it. This is the problem with Liberals and Leftists. They have no idea what the unintended consequences are, only focusing on the poor people while ignoring the 60% of the people in the middle, screwing them every which way they can. They talk a good game, and people believe the "Yes We Can" sloganeering, which is why they keep getting elected.
Actually, advertising CAN reduce costs, even if it increases the marginal costs for the items being advertised. If you sell widgets and make 100,000 widgets, but have the capacity to make twice that many by doubling your shifts, the marginal costs go down because you're effectively reducing the cost of overhead on the widgets. IF the cost of advertising is less than the increased efficiency, then it is a net win, even though you spent more money in production.
Advertising increases sales, and that is the point.
However, advertising a lower price may not increase sales. I read a story (don't know how true it is) about a woman's apparel store that had a rack of purses for sale that weren't selling. And they kept lowering the price $99 to $85, to $75, to $50 offering them on "sale". The frustrated manager told the new employee to mark them down from $50 to $25 dollars, but the new guy misread the price and put the "sale" on for $250 marked down from $500; more than twice the original price. The purses flew off the racks. A change in perceived value made the difference.
Reid may think that, but that doesn't make it so. Bad laws are hardly ever repealed when the fail.
Here is the test, if ObamaCare fails to live up to ANY expectation it has, will it be repealed and the system put back the way it was (being better than ObamaCare)? THAT will be impossible. And I predict that is exactly what will happen. AND I further predict that Harry Reid and Nancy "vote for it to see whats in it" Peloisi will be the ones designing the NEXT boondoggle, even though they have already proven (hypothetically) to be incompentent in drafting any sort of legislation that IMPROVES Healthcare.
This is what I call "Fix it till it is really broken, then replace it with something worse and take credit for improving it for while ignoring the pain it caused everyone else" syndrome, typical of government.
When you realize, that they don't want you surfing the internet, but down in the Casino itself, you'll understand why they charge you for Internet.
Hear hear.
I explain it this way .. "one size fits all" is a lie. And they don't make full size sedans like they used to. I'm currently driving a 94 Mercury Grand Marquis because I cannot fit in most other vehicles comfortably. Any smaller car, and my head is in the ceiling.
The 2 door Speck that most people can fit in looks like a clown car next to me.
Crime doesn't pay... unless you're into politics.
It is done all the time. Just look at both sides in the DC Shutdown. Both sides are lying. But those that watch FOX News believes one side, and those that watch MSNBC believe the other. Only a few of us can actually decipher the bullshit enough to know that both sides are out to screw the American Public.
One cannot have a "war" against an inanimate object or an idea/concept. War on drugs, war on poverty, war on terror all "wars" that we cannot win.
AND YET ... so many are wanting Government run/provided HealthCare. I can hear the "but, but, but ... that is different" whiners already.
Math is not hard. Teaching Math is not hard. Math is conceptual and until you get the concepts, actual math is just by rote, which is how math was taught to me.
Dinner Theater indeed. Two Wolves and a Sheep are deciding whats on the menu. It is all fine and good to watch this theater, until they run out of sheep.
If the only part of the government that is "shut down" is "non-essential" then ... why do we have it. Shouldn't Government be "essential functions only"
IMHO anything more that absolutely minimal governance is evil. Anything less than maintaining civility is criminal. Our current government is neither civil, nor minimal, and thus needs to be replaced. AND massive centralized governance is highly overrated. Move power to the People and see our country thrive once again.
The fix for High Frequency Trading is 5 minute rolling averages for all buy/sell orders. This would allow the free flow of capital with some level of price uncertainty that would clear out all the volume based on miniscule profits
This would be done by placing all trades into a five minute escrow account and once the five minutes is up, the trade is completed on the average price during those five minutes. Five minutes is huge in computer time, but not so big to humans. This would only affect non-human based trading.
I tried /slowclap in Hangouts it didn't work nearly as good as /ponies or /pitchforks
I would think "Sympathy for the Devil" was more appropriate. ;)
But that is always the case. The specialized "reader" platforms will perform better than just "apps", because they can be tailored to reading. However, given that one could use a normal Android Tablet, and have all three (Android, Kindle, Nook) on one device, rather than a singular specialized platform, IMHO, makes all the difference in the world.
You can. You just can't do it without sideloading the Play Store App. It does require gaining "root", in order to sideload the play store APP.
This alone should cause the"average" user to balk at Kindle anything. If you look at any other Android Tablet, and find one that uses Play Store, then you can add the Kindle App to it, and it becomes essentially the same thing (all other spec being the same).
A good IDS/IPS isn't signature based, it is activity based. It looks for, and flags suspicious activity. A sudden increase in random hosts connecting to a server via Outbound HTTP(S) traffic is suspicious. HTTP server getting a ton of hits on non-standard (ie used) ports is suspicious.
In short, there is someone asleep at the wheel, and they need to step up and get trained on how to do their job right, or hire someone else. It isn't like any of this is new.
only problem is government
FTFY.
Our government is not working because it is now being based on Group Politics, not individual rights.
Actually, I believe that CxOs and other key Upper Management and the board of directors for a Corporation should be held criminally liable for corporate crimes. There should be no corporate shield for crimes committed under the auspices of the leadership's directives. This would cause a change in Corporate culture faster than anything. No longer will "saving a buck" (or "making a buck") be acceptable answer for actual crimes being committed.
But it looks good on paper. Which is what Management sees. All Management sees. Most managers know nothing of IT, to them, it is all magic. Wizard kind of magic, not smoke and mirrors type. And in a way, we in IT are magicians and wizards. Which brings me to my point ...
"Any significant level of technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Once you understand this, you'll understand management's role in IT.
Exactly. This.
No, I said that Atheism itself is Amoral. You cannot prove to me that it is moral, without inserting YOUR morals into it. And since Morals are relative, you have no basis for morality of any type other than your own personal views. And if you wish to inflict your personal views upon others, you have given tacit permissions for others to inflict their views on you.
I have a basis for my "morality", which you don't agree with. And that is fine. I don't agree with your basis of morality, because it is in fact baseless. My views are not arrogant or self-righteous any more than yours are. Your tone, which is dripping with derision, is proof enough. My views, about atheism being amoral, is not derisive in the least, they are factual. There is no "morality" in a non-belief system.
To put it a different way, my non-belief in flying pink unicorns provides no moral guidelines whatsoever .
As for my morality, it can be summed up these two lines: Love G-D; Love your neighbor. The rest is commentary.
All the cheap plastic parts that cost $.04 to make, that HomeDepot sells for $9.99, that you can 3D print for $.25 each and have them be better. Yeah, those.