Issa is from Northern California, but not the Bay Area. His district is in the North Sacramento Valley, Semi Rural (farms, orchards etc). He is not "evil" anymore (or any less) than say Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid are "evil"... Wouldn't you agree? These people are all power trolls.
The problem with people like you is that you see things in absolutes that don't help. Issa is right on this issue, and deserves our support, ON THIS ISSUE, the same way I don't generally like Al Franken, but support him on some issues. The worst thing in the world is being tied to false dichotomy choices, such as (R) bad, (D) good or visa versa.
So today, Issa is both Good and Evil... depending on your point of view on which topic.;)
I'm afraid that Google has 100% share of my brain. When I think "search" I go straight to Google, and start typing. I don't think Yahoo, or Bing or other search engine. Hell, I don't even know if Yahoo runs its own search anymore or not. And I've gone to "Bing" and find it distractingly pretty. I don't even want to go there, I just want the mostly white space of Google, where I can find what I want and not let my ADD get the better of me.
I do get "Bing" for a certain group of people who want "pretty". Yeah, I get that, it just isn't for me. It is going to be hard for me ever switch from Google.
Actually, this would be easy to work around. AND would expose the crazies for what they are. All we need are COMPILED books, where you have switches for each locality driven items and requirements and the book is reconfigured for that District's standards.
It might require getting an application built that handles the formatting the book into a format that works, but that shouldn't be too hard. It could make just about everyone happy getting everything they want/need in a single source. We (collective) need to just figure out some sort of XML that would work.
And it isn't just about evolution, or other things, there are people who complain about "cultural"* items like "snow", where some poor black person from Watts may have never seen snow and therefore they can't relate to the math problem that mentions it.
*Yes, I realize that Snow is not cultural, but you get my point.
Well, even if a case is before the SCOTUS it may be different enough that the SCOTUS ruling will not affect the case before the lower court.
I would think that putting a GPS on a Government Vehicle wouldn't require a Warrant of any sort, simply because the owner gave permission to tract the vehicle. In this case the judge is probably correct in application of legal principles and won't be affected by the SCOTUS ruling, which probably has to do with private vehicles.
For the others that are complaining about rights being violated, sometimes the world isn't as black and white as you would like. I have no problem with employers of any kind, including governments putting GPS tracking devices on their own vehicles. In fact, I would consider it prudent behavior and anyone not wanting to be tracked in employer's vehicles shouldn't be using them.
Education is not an industry, it is a lifestyle. Most Universities still don't get this, nor do a large proportion of those that attend it. ALL Universities do is certify that you've gone through a prescribed obstacle course towards a particular career. My Degree is in a field I've never actually practice in, it is worthless other than for a check box on Applications. To Employers it means "will jump through hoops". My CSV is filled with all sorts of "education" that came after college, and I've stopped looking for Certificates of any sort, having a bunch that are completely worthless (Novel, Win 2000 Server etc).
Suffice it to say, Universities are about getting your first job, and that check box. Everything else after that is about real education as a personal passion.
Tao is lame, and leads to wasted effort because if you miss gauging the amount of effort, the effort you use is wasted completely. Talking about a blackout is nothing short of pissing into the wind. It is pointless "effort" that is no influence at all.
Hell, GoDaddy's SOPA support has done more to rally the troops and garner support (and press) than talking about "blackout" has. And they are on the wrong side of the argument.
But hey, be a slackard and watch your non-effort, unfluence (sic, yes made up word) get you nothing, and be too late and a dollar short.
Wrong approach. What is needed is the blackout BEFORE it becomes law, not AFTER. If it is done now, it is not premature, it is getting the point across. IF you wait till the Senate is done debating, and they take a vote, it is too late. Obama has already signed the UNCONSTITUTIONAL law about detaining Americans on American Soil without a trial all because they MIGHT be a terrorist.
The fact that they are debating is a terrible sign. Getting people awake NOW will save tons of time and effort trying to get this shit revoked, short of immediate appeal to SCOTUS, and you know how likely THAT is going to be.
To put this in terms you might understand, this is just asking the girl out for a date, not the final act of shooting your load.
... and do it. Either you have a backbone or you don't. Pick a day, middle of the week, say Jan 12th, and just do it. Announce you're doing it, and watch the others fall in line. True leadership doesn't wait.
So, lets Confiscate all WEALTH accumulated during one's life because... well some idiots can't accumulate any and it "Just isn't fair" otherwise.
You want to tax accumulated wealth? How would you have like to pay taxes on the increase in value of your home during the "good" years, right up to the fall of the market, only to realize that the "wealth" you had was all on paper and electronic bits?
And for anyone wanting to pay more of their "fair share" better be adding money to their tax returns using the line item that allows for just exactly that, before saying they aren't taxed enough (Buffet, I'm looking at you)
There is hypocrisy and lack of understanding on both sides of the equation, but the simple reality is, we cannot sustain governance we have even if we tax the top 20% for 100% of their incomes. There isn't enough income to go around.
However we cannot cut the growth of Government Spending without some crybaby crying that it is "cutting" something. And nobody wants to have grandma eating dog food (even though that is pure hyperbole, dog food is expensive).
Here's a question I have for all those people whining about income redistribution and "fairness", How come those people who play by the rules, take care of themselves, don't make foolish decisions, and live with their own consequences have to pay for everyone else who can't play by the rules and get themselves fucked up on the process? In fact, I'd love to ask every person running for office if they can answer that question, without sounding like a pandering douche bag.
While the "average" page may be getting bigger, the pages designed for mobile devices are much smaller and usually easier to read and navigate. I've seen people start to pay attention to how fast the page loads on Android or iPads. This means that I suspect we will start to see that either stabilized or start to shrink in the short term. Of course, there are people who continue to insist on using Flash for pages are going to be in for a rude surprise.
My site comes in at 920799 bytes for the front page, much of that is duplicated (via CSS) on other pages making for faster load.
Start with the Infrastructure: wiring, power, desks, layout etc. Computers come and go, and even if you buy brand new computers, they will be gone in 5 years. Infrastructure will last, so make sure it is done RIGHT!!
Second, think about HOW you're going to teach "computers", and what that really means. You asked about "computers" and I'm thinking you don't know what you are teaching. Probably "Word", "Excel", and "Powerpoint", but if you want to do your students a favor, don't teach "Programs" or "Applications" teach what they do "writing", "spreadsheet", and "presentation"... and make them use a variety of programs to accomplish the assignments.
Finally, make sure you have something like VISION in your lab.
You're right, right up to the point where you are 100% wrong.
The difference between Android running on a Phone and Ubuntu running on your Computer, is that with Ubuntu, you probably have ROOT control, even if you have to grant it to yourself *sudo", and type a password, to do it. On Android, you don't even have that ability... by default.
When you call it "my corporate network", you have defined yourself as the exact IT staff users complain about.
Fine. When the CORPORATE network blows up, it isn't "mine", and I won't give a shit. How does THAT sound?
"My Network" doesn't imply "ownership" as much as it does "complete responsibility", which is why TWITS like you don't get it. "My Network" is something that I take a great deal of pride in. It is MY responsibility, and therefore it is MY network. It is like the sales guys getting all upset when another sales rep "steals my client". It isn't your client, it is the company. That isn't YOUR desk, it is the company's. It isn't your office, it is the Company's.
You cannot comprehend anything. Atheism is a set of beliefs, that there is no god. Even the term means "no god". If Atheism didn't believe anything, then your own protestations against religion are proof that it believes something.
A true Atheist would be unconcerned about religion, one way or another.
Technology cannot fix sociological problems, it can only mask them.
Why should there be a government entity doing what is every congress critter's job, that being informed on the topics s/he is facing and having to vote upon. Do you really think that having another bureaucracy added to the mix can or will make a difference?
In this case, the OTA would have NOTHING to say about the law, because the law is not about technology per se, but using technology to mask another problem. WE, technology professionals, need to be able to use concise verbiage to express the truths we know, but non-nerds don't even understand.
I've said this before (first sentence) and I'll say it again and again, until it catches on. It is a universal truth. In the end, we have to deal the sociological problems anyway, and in almost all cases, trying to use Technology doesn't actually work, and often makes things worse.
Source Code isn't usually the problem. The bigger problems are locked boot loaders. AND for things like Drivers which they think hold all sorts of "proprietary" secrets they don't want to give away.
Here is a suggestion, since my phone is no longer supported by you Verizon/Motorola, please release everything we need to support our own damn phones. My phone is exactly one year old, and won't get ICS because... well they can't be bothered.
Evil is subjective, and that is where your logic fails.
Yes, I'm saying people are not good, but also good. The most evil person in the world did something good, the most "good" man has done something evil at some point. The fact that you want to generalize everyone as being "good" negates the realization that not everyone is "good". Meanwhile you admit that your generalization fails, and therefore is not a valid point to base any generalization upon.
While Hitler may have claimed to be "Christian" so too did Lenin and Mao claim to be Atheist and did evil in the name of Atheism. Would you like us to judge the whole of Atheism on the morals of these avowed Atheists?
"which any reasonable person can see is bad for mankind."
That quote right there, by you, is exactly what scares the crap out of me. People like you, given enough power turn into people like Lenin and Mao, killing anyone that opposes their particular view of Atheism. You are one step away from saying "religion is delusional, and therefore evil and needs to be eradicated... by force if necessary"
Further, I'd suggest that normal "police" operations are fairly "open", while insurgency is usually quite camouflaged, hidden, and behind cover.
We've see this in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Where the tide is actually turned, is in Artillery and Air Operations. There aren't enough "troops" to wage a war against insurgency without air support.
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Never mind about my Geography. He's from Southern California ....
Issa is from Northern California, but not the Bay Area. His district is in the North Sacramento Valley, Semi Rural (farms, orchards etc). He is not "evil" anymore (or any less) than say Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid are "evil" ... Wouldn't you agree? These people are all power trolls.
The problem with people like you is that you see things in absolutes that don't help. Issa is right on this issue, and deserves our support, ON THIS ISSUE, the same way I don't generally like Al Franken, but support him on some issues. The worst thing in the world is being tied to false dichotomy choices, such as (R) bad, (D) good or visa versa.
So today, Issa is both Good and Evil ... depending on your point of view on which topic. ;)
I'm afraid that Google has 100% share of my brain. When I think "search" I go straight to Google, and start typing. I don't think Yahoo, or Bing or other search engine. Hell, I don't even know if Yahoo runs its own search anymore or not. And I've gone to "Bing" and find it distractingly pretty. I don't even want to go there, I just want the mostly white space of Google, where I can find what I want and not let my ADD get the better of me.
I do get "Bing" for a certain group of people who want "pretty". Yeah, I get that, it just isn't for me. It is going to be hard for me ever switch from Google.
Actually, this would be easy to work around. AND would expose the crazies for what they are. All we need are COMPILED books, where you have switches for each locality driven items and requirements and the book is reconfigured for that District's standards.
It might require getting an application built that handles the formatting the book into a format that works, but that shouldn't be too hard. It could make just about everyone happy getting everything they want/need in a single source. We (collective) need to just figure out some sort of XML that would work.
And it isn't just about evolution, or other things, there are people who complain about "cultural"* items like "snow", where some poor black person from Watts may have never seen snow and therefore they can't relate to the math problem that mentions it.
*Yes, I realize that Snow is not cultural, but you get my point.
File Sharing was news ten years ago, this is ... ten years later ... it is not news.
Why is this on Slashdot? This is not news, not interesting, not amusing and ... not even all that original (see FSM)
REALLY???
Well, even if a case is before the SCOTUS it may be different enough that the SCOTUS ruling will not affect the case before the lower court.
I would think that putting a GPS on a Government Vehicle wouldn't require a Warrant of any sort, simply because the owner gave permission to tract the vehicle. In this case the judge is probably correct in application of legal principles and won't be affected by the SCOTUS ruling, which probably has to do with private vehicles.
For the others that are complaining about rights being violated, sometimes the world isn't as black and white as you would like. I have no problem with employers of any kind, including governments putting GPS tracking devices on their own vehicles. In fact, I would consider it prudent behavior and anyone not wanting to be tracked in employer's vehicles shouldn't be using them.
Education is not an industry, it is a lifestyle. Most Universities still don't get this, nor do a large proportion of those that attend it. ALL Universities do is certify that you've gone through a prescribed obstacle course towards a particular career. My Degree is in a field I've never actually practice in, it is worthless other than for a check box on Applications. To Employers it means "will jump through hoops". My CSV is filled with all sorts of "education" that came after college, and I've stopped looking for Certificates of any sort, having a bunch that are completely worthless (Novel, Win 2000 Server etc).
Suffice it to say, Universities are about getting your first job, and that check box. Everything else after that is about real education as a personal passion.
Tao is lame, and leads to wasted effort because if you miss gauging the amount of effort, the effort you use is wasted completely. Talking about a blackout is nothing short of pissing into the wind. It is pointless "effort" that is no influence at all.
Hell, GoDaddy's SOPA support has done more to rally the troops and garner support (and press) than talking about "blackout" has. And they are on the wrong side of the argument.
But hey, be a slackard and watch your non-effort, unfluence (sic, yes made up word) get you nothing, and be too late and a dollar short.
Wrong approach. What is needed is the blackout BEFORE it becomes law, not AFTER. If it is done now, it is not premature, it is getting the point across. IF you wait till the Senate is done debating, and they take a vote, it is too late. Obama has already signed the UNCONSTITUTIONAL law about detaining Americans on American Soil without a trial all because they MIGHT be a terrorist.
The fact that they are debating is a terrible sign. Getting people awake NOW will save tons of time and effort trying to get this shit revoked, short of immediate appeal to SCOTUS, and you know how likely THAT is going to be.
To put this in terms you might understand, this is just asking the girl out for a date, not the final act of shooting your load.
... and do it. Either you have a backbone or you don't. Pick a day, middle of the week, say Jan 12th, and just do it. Announce you're doing it, and watch the others fall in line. True leadership doesn't wait.
So, lets Confiscate all WEALTH accumulated during one's life because ... well some idiots can't accumulate any and it "Just isn't fair" otherwise.
You want to tax accumulated wealth? How would you have like to pay taxes on the increase in value of your home during the "good" years, right up to the fall of the market, only to realize that the "wealth" you had was all on paper and electronic bits?
And for anyone wanting to pay more of their "fair share" better be adding money to their tax returns using the line item that allows for just exactly that, before saying they aren't taxed enough (Buffet, I'm looking at you)
There is hypocrisy and lack of understanding on both sides of the equation, but the simple reality is, we cannot sustain governance we have even if we tax the top 20% for 100% of their incomes. There isn't enough income to go around.
However we cannot cut the growth of Government Spending without some crybaby crying that it is "cutting" something. And nobody wants to have grandma eating dog food (even though that is pure hyperbole, dog food is expensive).
Here's a question I have for all those people whining about income redistribution and "fairness", How come those people who play by the rules, take care of themselves, don't make foolish decisions, and live with their own consequences have to pay for everyone else who can't play by the rules and get themselves fucked up on the process? In fact, I'd love to ask every person running for office if they can answer that question, without sounding like a pandering douche bag.
While the "average" page may be getting bigger, the pages designed for mobile devices are much smaller and usually easier to read and navigate. I've seen people start to pay attention to how fast the page loads on Android or iPads. This means that I suspect we will start to see that either stabilized or start to shrink in the short term. Of course, there are people who continue to insist on using Flash for pages are going to be in for a rude surprise.
My site comes in at 920799 bytes for the front page, much of that is duplicated (via CSS) on other pages making for faster load.
Start with the Infrastructure: wiring, power, desks, layout etc. Computers come and go, and even if you buy brand new computers, they will be gone in 5 years. Infrastructure will last, so make sure it is done RIGHT!!
Second, think about HOW you're going to teach "computers", and what that really means. You asked about "computers" and I'm thinking you don't know what you are teaching. Probably "Word", "Excel", and "Powerpoint", but if you want to do your students a favor, don't teach "Programs" or "Applications" teach what they do "writing", "spreadsheet", and "presentation" ... and make them use a variety of programs to accomplish the assignments.
Finally, make sure you have something like VISION in your lab.
You're right, right up to the point where you are 100% wrong.
The difference between Android running on a Phone and Ubuntu running on your Computer, is that with Ubuntu, you probably have ROOT control, even if you have to grant it to yourself *sudo", and type a password, to do it. On Android, you don't even have that ability ... by default.
I hear Apple has a patent on the shoe phone.
Android doesn't care ... there is a status bar which switches you back to the phone anytime.
This is a dumb patent, right up there with swinging a swing. "One a Phone" is the new "on the internet" patent opportunity.
Fine. When the CORPORATE network blows up, it isn't "mine", and I won't give a shit. How does THAT sound?
"My Network" doesn't imply "ownership" as much as it does "complete responsibility", which is why TWITS like you don't get it. "My Network" is something that I take a great deal of pride in. It is MY responsibility, and therefore it is MY network. It is like the sales guys getting all upset when another sales rep "steals my client". It isn't your client, it is the company. That isn't YOUR desk, it is the company's. It isn't your office, it is the Company's.
You get the point now?
Coming from you, it isn't. Thanks anyway.
You cannot comprehend anything. Atheism is a set of beliefs, that there is no god. Even the term means "no god". If Atheism didn't believe anything, then your own protestations against religion are proof that it believes something.
A true Atheist would be unconcerned about religion, one way or another.
Technology cannot fix sociological problems, it can only mask them.
Why should there be a government entity doing what is every congress critter's job, that being informed on the topics s/he is facing and having to vote upon. Do you really think that having another bureaucracy added to the mix can or will make a difference?
In this case, the OTA would have NOTHING to say about the law, because the law is not about technology per se, but using technology to mask another problem. WE, technology professionals, need to be able to use concise verbiage to express the truths we know, but non-nerds don't even understand.
I've said this before (first sentence) and I'll say it again and again, until it catches on. It is a universal truth. In the end, we have to deal the sociological problems anyway, and in almost all cases, trying to use Technology doesn't actually work, and often makes things worse.
Source Code isn't usually the problem. The bigger problems are locked boot loaders. AND for things like Drivers which they think hold all sorts of "proprietary" secrets they don't want to give away.
Here is a suggestion, since my phone is no longer supported by you Verizon/Motorola, please release everything we need to support our own damn phones. My phone is exactly one year old, and won't get ICS because ... well they can't be bothered.
Evil is subjective, and that is where your logic fails.
Yes, I'm saying people are not good, but also good. The most evil person in the world did something good, the most "good" man has done something evil at some point. The fact that you want to generalize everyone as being "good" negates the realization that not everyone is "good". Meanwhile you admit that your generalization fails, and therefore is not a valid point to base any generalization upon.
While Hitler may have claimed to be "Christian" so too did Lenin and Mao claim to be Atheist and did evil in the name of Atheism. Would you like us to judge the whole of Atheism on the morals of these avowed Atheists?
"which any reasonable person can see is bad for mankind."
That quote right there, by you, is exactly what scares the crap out of me. People like you, given enough power turn into people like Lenin and Mao, killing anyone that opposes their particular view of Atheism. You are one step away from saying "religion is delusional, and therefore evil and needs to be eradicated ... by force if necessary"
Further, I'd suggest that normal "police" operations are fairly "open", while insurgency is usually quite camouflaged, hidden, and behind cover.
We've see this in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Where the tide is actually turned, is in Artillery and Air Operations. There aren't enough "troops" to wage a war against insurgency without air support.