I would figure that the three major data centers for the US Government should be for Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches, and weren't referring to the Military.;) In this case the Military should be under Executive Branch.
And, I've often wondered why we don't have a combined military force with divisions for Air, Marine and Land operations. I think it would eliminate a bunch of duplications across the current three branches. I'm sure there is some logical reason why this is completely unworkable, I just can't think of it
Information tends toward freedom, while those that have information want to restrict it so they can monetize it. He is only speaking towards the latter half. IP laws are legitimate under very limited circumstances. However we've long since past any reasonableness in laws pertaining to the tyranny of the content holders.
This is why I've suggested that we start making Open Source Textbooks for use.
And after what I've seen being passed off as textbooks these days, full of Politically Correct garbage, I'm not sure it is possible under current laws. It is depressing!
All the regulations in the world didn't stop the Banking mess and the oil spill in the gulf. And they all are regulated quite heavily. And if you're concerned about obscene profits of the Oil Industry, Government makes more money on Oil than the Oil Companies do. The problem isn't the regulations it is the people running them. Start by tossing boards of directors in jail and fining them for not doing their due diligence. And institute a corporate death penalty.
Of course you can over regulate the shit out of a people and what happens is you have "California" where businesses are leaving in droves because you simply cannot do business in California without some Bureaucrat sticking his nose into it. And by that I mean even dictating even how McDonalds can't have happy meal toys, or grow a friggin garden in your front yard without someone fining you.
Or how do you like the Tits, Scrotum Ass fondlers at the airports?
Lastly, You should probably remove the sig from your posts, as you clearly don't grasp its significance.
Government only looks out for the good of itself. Which is the simple reason it should be limited and very defined roles. Not the "do it for the children" nanny state we've become.
If it were me, I'd turn down the "Christmas Stocking Stuffers" on several grounds, before "gay" would be included.
1) My kids wouldn't know what or who Thomas the Train was. They don't get to watch TV. They play with toys and read books instead. If they do watch TV, it is Discovery or some other program that is at least educational without dumbing down.
2) Christmas is a made up holiday, and commercialized at that. "Jesus" wasn't born on Dec 25, nor anywhere close to that date. However pagan gods were, which was the origins.
3) Santa Claus is a made up character. Telling kids that Santa is real is setting them up for eventual disappointment when they realize you've lied to them all those years.
And none of that makes a bit of difference to my Christian friends, they keep doing it anyways. I expect more from my kids, and I'm rarely disappointed.
Google is censoring the newspapers in question, at the request of the newspapers. The government is just enforcing the newspaper's request to censor themselves. If you want to cry "censorship" direct it at the newspapers themselves. If I were writing a headline, it would say...
It isn't sufficient to marry Part A to Part 2 in ways that both Part A and Part 2 are designed to work.
Rotating display, as a previous user noted RADIUS had them Back when there were still Apple Mac IIs being sold. I actually sold a few back in that day. Dell has rotating Monitors for years now.
Accelerometers have been in use for all sorts of purposes. It was bound to happen to marry the two eventually. Tell me, what is the difference between a couple mercury switches and an Accelerometer if they do the same exact thing (rotate screen orientation)? What makes the difference "novel" enough for a Patent? Being first? Meh it wasn't even the first.
Sorry, both your "Known" and "Possible" are probabilities that can be measured. Without including them you're just spewing your opinion with via vague terms.
Here's a thought, do a comparison of risks between injecting toxic antibodies into children vs a surgical procedure and just on the adverse reactions/results of both, tell me which one is safer?
OR, the alternative is to buy bitcoins on the market and watch their value go up exponentially as the difficulty rises and the idiots spend 1700 on a rig that will break even in 5 months. Take that same 1700 and put it into bitcoins NOW and if the market is as the guys spending the $ on computers to mine it is really accurate, in 4 months the value of the bit coins will be greater than 1700, and you'll already be ahead of the game.
I'm not a "math" guy, I'm just quick with figuring the odds (poker) and I can see that I would much rather put 1700 in bit coins than in a computer to mine them, at current expectations of those putting 1700 into rigs to mine bitcoins.
Now bring in leverage (real money loans to buy Bitcoins) speculating on ever increasing value and you begin to see where the real danger lies. Can anyone say "Bubble"??
Deflationary currency (such as Bitcoin) has inherent problems that most people have never seen, and are totally unprepared for.
If you're ever stopped for suspicion of driving under the influence. Refuse all sobriety tests, especially if you've had even one drink.
Yes, you'll be arrested. Yes, you'll have your license revoked. Yes you'll have other unpleasant things happen, but you won't be charged with driving under the influence.
You do have a 5th amendment right to not be compelled to testify against yourself. Exercise it.
You're offering up a false dichotomy, that it is "either this, or that". Nothing is further from the truth. SOMETHING is going on with the bees, and we had better find out what it is. If it is really THAT dire, then this is an "all hands on deck" moment for science. Trying to fix the bees when it is not their fault is stupid.
Thinking we know better than nature is just plain arrogance, which might just kill us all, and may be why we're in this boat to start with.
Yeah, how many 4 year olds tell people that the neighbor kissed him on the lips? How many of them are completely making it up off the top of their heads?
"allegedly" is a term to avoid libel/slander charges. When there is clear evidence (video tape) of a crime, they still use "allegedly" until the court rules either "guilty" or "innocent". It is procedural in nature, not reflective of guilt or innocence while reporting a story.
I believe he did kiss the boy, the boy told his parents, the parents called the cops, the guy went nuts and did all the stuff he is accused of.
If you don't believe he kissed the boy, fine, that is your right. You can believe that the whole thing was an elaborate setup and the guy is completely innocent of everything. After all the government is out to get him in collusion with the neighbors and planted all that evidence. I hear it was allegedly involving Sarah Palin!
Facebook and Google+ both have the same set of features and allows the same level of tracking (more or less). They are "SOCIAL" networks. that is their purpose. They enable you to socially connect with people, websites and so on, and they do it for "free". All you have to do is agree to be tracked. Don't like it, don't use it. Sit alone in your mom's basement and decry your lack of privacy on the net.
Really, I don't get what people are complaining about.
What is needed is a new way of thinking about memory/storage. More "unix" like thinking where the entire Processro/Cache/RAM/SSD/HDD/Cloud/Tape concept is a singular flat memory space that is addressed as needed. Processor/Cache for instantaneous use, RAM for immediate use, SSD for near RAM fast use, HDD for occasional user, and so on. Where the files (or bits of files) that are needed often are moved closer to the Core processor as needed, automatically.
If I was in the Mobile market and they threatened me with that, I'd tell them, "Fine, pound sand, I'm not paying."
In fact, I'd announce tomorrow that due to low sales of Windows Mobile devices, we're suspending manufacturing of Windows Mobile devices effective immediately and all production facilities will be converted to Android, and we're investigating new devices running HP WebOS"
The idea that MS can hold an industry hostage with bully tactics is long since jumped the shark. Let'shope that Nokia ends up the sole MS phone maker, that nobody wanted.
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I would figure that the three major data centers for the US Government should be for Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches, and weren't referring to the Military. ;) In this case the Military should be under Executive Branch.
And, I've often wondered why we don't have a combined military force with divisions for Air, Marine and Land operations. I think it would eliminate a bunch of duplications across the current three branches. I'm sure there is some logical reason why this is completely unworkable, I just can't think of it
Stallman is only 1/2 right.
Information tends toward freedom, while those that have information want to restrict it so they can monetize it. He is only speaking towards the latter half. IP laws are legitimate under very limited circumstances. However we've long since past any reasonableness in laws pertaining to the tyranny of the content holders.
This is why I've suggested that we start making Open Source Textbooks for use.
And after what I've seen being passed off as textbooks these days, full of Politically Correct garbage, I'm not sure it is possible under current laws. It is depressing!
You want a definition of Tyranny, this is it. Tyrants always use safety and security as an excuse to curtail the rights of the citizenry.
We live in a tyranny, most just haven't realized it yet.
All the regulations in the world didn't stop the Banking mess and the oil spill in the gulf. And they all are regulated quite heavily. And if you're concerned about obscene profits of the Oil Industry, Government makes more money on Oil than the Oil Companies do. The problem isn't the regulations it is the people running them. Start by tossing boards of directors in jail and fining them for not doing their due diligence. And institute a corporate death penalty.
Of course you can over regulate the shit out of a people and what happens is you have "California" where businesses are leaving in droves because you simply cannot do business in California without some Bureaucrat sticking his nose into it. And by that I mean even dictating even how McDonalds can't have happy meal toys, or grow a friggin garden in your front yard without someone fining you.
Or how do you like the Tits, Scrotum Ass fondlers at the airports?
Lastly, You should probably remove the sig from your posts, as you clearly don't grasp its significance.
If this is the case, then the whole thing needs to just go away. "we can't do our job because we're too busy not doing our job" is no excuse.
Government only looks out for the good of itself. Which is the simple reason it should be limited and very defined roles. Not the "do it for the children" nanny state we've become.
Except Ford is using Microsoft for their systems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sync
If it were me, I'd turn down the "Christmas Stocking Stuffers" on several grounds, before "gay" would be included.
1) My kids wouldn't know what or who Thomas the Train was. They don't get to watch TV. They play with toys and read books instead. If they do watch TV, it is Discovery or some other program that is at least educational without dumbing down.
2) Christmas is a made up holiday, and commercialized at that. "Jesus" wasn't born on Dec 25, nor anywhere close to that date. However pagan gods were, which was the origins.
3) Santa Claus is a made up character. Telling kids that Santa is real is setting them up for eventual disappointment when they realize you've lied to them all those years.
And none of that makes a bit of difference to my Christian friends, they keep doing it anyways. I expect more from my kids, and I'm rarely disappointed.
Google is censoring the newspapers in question, at the request of the newspapers. The government is just enforcing the newspaper's request to censor themselves. If you want to cry "censorship" direct it at the newspapers themselves. If I were writing a headline, it would say ...
Newspapers Censor Themselves, Complain to Google.
It isn't sufficient to marry Part A to Part 2 in ways that both Part A and Part 2 are designed to work.
Rotating display, as a previous user noted RADIUS had them Back when there were still Apple Mac IIs being sold. I actually sold a few back in that day. Dell has rotating Monitors for years now.
Accelerometers have been in use for all sorts of purposes. It was bound to happen to marry the two eventually. Tell me, what is the difference between a couple mercury switches and an Accelerometer if they do the same exact thing (rotate screen orientation)? What makes the difference "novel" enough for a Patent? Being first? Meh it wasn't even the first.
Sorry, both your "Known" and "Possible" are probabilities that can be measured. Without including them you're just spewing your opinion with via vague terms.
Here's a thought, do a comparison of risks between injecting toxic antibodies into children vs a surgical procedure and just on the adverse reactions/results of both, tell me which one is safer?
Anecdotal evidence doesn't count.
I wonder, if you feel the same way about vaccinations, of which there are serious consequences and adverse affects.
Never mind that Circumcision does have medical benefits, of which none of those proposing a ban are willing to admit.
Favorite Dog: Lady Gaga
Second Favorite: Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Least favorite Dog : Windows ME
You're biased by your short lived nature. And it is clearly evident. Wait for 80 years and then I'll tell you the answer you desire.
OR, the alternative is to buy bitcoins on the market and watch their value go up exponentially as the difficulty rises and the idiots spend 1700 on a rig that will break even in 5 months. Take that same 1700 and put it into bitcoins NOW and if the market is as the guys spending the $ on computers to mine it is really accurate, in 4 months the value of the bit coins will be greater than 1700, and you'll already be ahead of the game.
I'm not a "math" guy, I'm just quick with figuring the odds (poker) and I can see that I would much rather put 1700 in bit coins than in a computer to mine them, at current expectations of those putting 1700 into rigs to mine bitcoins.
Now bring in leverage (real money loans to buy Bitcoins) speculating on ever increasing value and you begin to see where the real danger lies. Can anyone say "Bubble"??
Deflationary currency (such as Bitcoin) has inherent problems that most people have never seen, and are totally unprepared for.
Harry Reid, Joe Biden, GWB and Sarah Palin prove your point!
Thank you, I'll be here all night.
IANAL, what follows is NOT legal advice.
If you're ever stopped for suspicion of driving under the influence. Refuse all sobriety tests, especially if you've had even one drink.
Yes, you'll be arrested. Yes, you'll have your license revoked. Yes you'll have other unpleasant things happen, but you won't be charged with driving under the influence.
You do have a 5th amendment right to not be compelled to testify against yourself. Exercise it.
First off, I didn't offer another "false dichotomy" as you claim. I didn't give "either one or another" I said "IF / THEN" There is no "ELSE".
Secondly if the condition exists, then it requires us to use an "all hands on deck" meaning looking at everything.
Third, if we try to fix the bees, and the problem isn't the bees, what are we "fixing" in the bees?
Ghhhhaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh.
I'd rather not risk either.
You're offering up a false dichotomy, that it is "either this, or that". Nothing is further from the truth. SOMETHING is going on with the bees, and we had better find out what it is. If it is really THAT dire, then this is an "all hands on deck" moment for science. Trying to fix the bees when it is not their fault is stupid.
Thinking we know better than nature is just plain arrogance, which might just kill us all, and may be why we're in this boat to start with.
Including a cop. Cops just get away with it, which is entirely different problem.
Yeah, how many 4 year olds tell people that the neighbor kissed him on the lips? How many of them are completely making it up off the top of their heads?
"allegedly" is a term to avoid libel/slander charges. When there is clear evidence (video tape) of a crime, they still use "allegedly" until the court rules either "guilty" or "innocent". It is procedural in nature, not reflective of guilt or innocence while reporting a story.
I believe he did kiss the boy, the boy told his parents, the parents called the cops, the guy went nuts and did all the stuff he is accused of.
If you don't believe he kissed the boy, fine, that is your right. You can believe that the whole thing was an elaborate setup and the guy is completely innocent of everything. After all the government is out to get him in collusion with the neighbors and planted all that evidence. I hear it was allegedly involving Sarah Palin!
Facebook and Google+ both have the same set of features and allows the same level of tracking (more or less). They are "SOCIAL" networks. that is their purpose. They enable you to socially connect with people, websites and so on, and they do it for "free". All you have to do is agree to be tracked. Don't like it, don't use it. Sit alone in your mom's basement and decry your lack of privacy on the net.
Really, I don't get what people are complaining about.
What is needed is a new way of thinking about memory/storage. More "unix" like thinking where the entire Processro/Cache/RAM/SSD/HDD/Cloud/Tape concept is a singular flat memory space that is addressed as needed. Processor/Cache for instantaneous use, RAM for immediate use, SSD for near RAM fast use, HDD for occasional user, and so on. Where the files (or bits of files) that are needed often are moved closer to the Core processor as needed, automatically.
If I was in the Mobile market and they threatened me with that, I'd tell them, "Fine, pound sand, I'm not paying."
In fact, I'd announce tomorrow that due to low sales of Windows Mobile devices, we're suspending manufacturing of Windows Mobile devices effective immediately and all production facilities will be converted to Android, and we're investigating new devices running HP WebOS"
The idea that MS can hold an industry hostage with bully tactics is long since jumped the shark. Let'shope that Nokia ends up the sole MS phone maker, that nobody wanted.