You obviously never been or had a 13 year old. They think all sorts of things have "a lot of value" based upon "peers opinion". In fact, Junior High is filled with various peer groups that base all sorts of things on the perceived value assigned to things by the peer group. As one grows up, many realize that 13 year olds don't really know jack about the world yet.
So, the retort from the mother is basically... "she's 13 years old, she doesn't know jack, what else would you expect." Her retort nullifies the previous comment as only a mother of a 13 year old could, and it is quite amusing, IMHO.
well, for one... It was an example to show the fallacy of one person's view being not part of the greater social norms, and thinking that the rules don't apply to them because they don't like the rules.
and to play into the stupidness of your question... I think we all should raise our own food...
My opinion on this is that it is unethical an should be illegal for ANYONE working in the marketplace should get paid.
You see, when one person decides for themselves what legal and illegal OUGHT to be and breaks rules based upon what they think OUGHT to be the case, the whole system starts to break down.
If you don't like the system, change it. If you can't get enough people to go along with you for whatever reason then move, or shut up, or keep working on changing the system. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you need can break the law and go unpunished. If what you believe matters enough to you, you'll accept the consequences without complaining.
That's the cost of changing the system. Stop whining about the system, will you?
This is a LICENSING statement. It licenses the copyrighted work for the purposes of "Negotiation and Settlement". Which in this case enables me to publish the work as a means to publicize their C & D letter and criticism of it, a common tactic in Negotiations.
Just use the copyright within the guidelines of their copyright license.:-D
I can't code to save my life, so I'm not any help in that arena. I do have strong financial background and currently am a Network Analyst, so I have a decent computer background.
My skill are better suited for long range planning and design (big picture) and not so much details. Like I said, I'd be a good manager for a project like this. And I wouldn't mind working on a project like this if I could get paid for it. Yeah right LOL.
Most POS software is tied or at least linked to Accounting Software. To me, POS is only a subset of Accounting. Payroll, AR, AP, GL, CRM, POS, Inventory...... all are integrated with each other, or at least should be.
A small proprietary storefront may only want POS at the moment, but in six months of success will change that. Then you have to change POS software because it doesn't tie in with the new inventory management software. Six months later they'll want CRM, then payroll, then AP, then.....
Which brings me back to my point, it isn't as easy as it looks. I'd like to see an open source modular accounting system that didn't suck. Only install the modules you need, where each module stood on its own and/or GL module.
Then tie it in with a Web Interface and online shopping cart.....
I'd love to be a project manager for such a challenging project. CRM, Accounting, POS, Online shoppiping cart.... all tied together yet independent. Good luck.
or, you can give up now and not waste time building software that people don't care about.
All the successful Open Source projects that are HIGHLY successful have a niche that was filled but with proprietary software. Apache, Linux, CMS even OO.org, all of them replaced existing proprietary software with versions that were needed by a larger community.
Start by looking at proprietary markets that aren't being satisfied by expensive Proprietary software... or punt.
God of Islam is not my god. Nor is it referred to in Declaration of Independence. My point is, The god of the DoI was at best a deistic god, or at worse European Judeo/Christian one. Doing the DoI in Arabic would be ascribing to their god, at least implicitly, which would mean ascribing Sharia law as the law being talked about in the DoI's first paragraph.
Don't confuse the politicians with facts, they have demagoguery to accomplish.
Seriously, when did "facts" actually figure into politics. Everything is emotion. "Its for the children", "War on _______", "help the homeless" etc are all emotional stimuli.
Latest polls show it is closer to 3/4 than 2/3. In the meantime, I suggest that you broaden your circle of friends.
Now, as for Illegal Immigrants, do you know how much of the prison population are "undocumented aliens"? How many of them are murderer's, and how many victims? Just because you don't like the terminology I use, doesn't mean it isn't factual. The problem is that when one ignores time (3200 in 3 hours vs more over years..) doesn't make the facts any less factual. Funny thing about statistics is one can make any case one wants with them, if they have the right data.
Actually, I carry the Preamble to the Declaration of Independance.
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
This by itself is threatening. However, since it is foundational to the USA, there is not much they can do about it.
My question, to the Slashdotters of the US, when does it "become necessary"??? THAT is the real question.
I vote, but without any hope that the candidate I'm voting for will ever win in my lifetime because they don't belong to the Republicrat Demican party.
When somewhere above 2/3 of the American Populace wants to close the southern border (regardless of whether or not you want to) and yet it STILL doesn't happen, there is a problem. Then there is this article about people LEGALLY coming into this country being tracked while Millions are streaming over the boarders are not.
It is all a matter of perspective I guess. More people have been murdered by illegal aliens than the 20 guys who happen to hijack 4 planes. Part of living in a free society is that sometimes bad stuff happens, by bad people. Stuff happens. We cannot protect everyone all the time.
The best we can do is take reasonable precautions. Keeping track of who is reading what isn't reasonable on any level. It's not going to stop anything or anyone doing a bad thing. It just is annoying noise.
One man's "excessive force" is another man's "reasonable restraint"
Again, we've moved from someone getting punched when they are being an A-hole, thus learning that being an A-hole has consequences, to no consequences for being an A-hole, and people learning the extent they can be an A-hole is far greater than the public's ability to stop them.
Is it right that someone needs to be punched to stopped them from being an A-hole? Perhaps not. But then again someone being an A-hole isn't right either. I think if you ask someone to stop being an A-hole and they don't stop, that escalation is in order, which is exactly what I saw in the video.
On a side note, does anyone have "Don't Taze me Bro" t-shirts and bumperstickers yet? I want one.
"I would've thought you'd be a bit more sympathetic to somebody who, to my viewing, was being arrested for asking a question somebody didn't like."
My "sympathies" have nothing to do with my post at all. I didn't state my sympathies one way or another. However since you mention it, I'll point out that I originally thought it was going to be a right wing nut job, but when I read further I found out it was a left wing nut job, which is surprising to me.
As for people yelling, shouting down or otherwise trying to prevent others from speaking (typically done by leftwingers) I have little sympathy for them in general. They are nothing more that bullies and spoiled brats. When the tables are turned on them, they cry foul (censorship/freedom of speech rights etc). Mostly they can dish it out but cannot take it themselves. Hypocrites.
In the days of old, someone would punch the guy in the nose and it would be over. These days punching a guy in the nose, even if he deserves it for being A-Hole will land you in jail yourself. The result is more people are embolden to be A-holes because even if there are police around, nobody CAN do anything to stop them from BEING an A-hole.
I agree with your comment on being Tazered, as it isn't an appropriate use of non-leathal force. I'd prefer breaking the guys nose by the first cop with a night stick. I guarantee you that whatever point he was trying to make isn't/wasn't worth a bloody nose to him. He was just being an A-hole thinking nothing bad was going to happen to him.
Oh, and btw, his "freedom of speech" wasn't trampled anymore than the person who was waiting behind him was by his ramblings. Freedom of speech doesn't mean we have to listen to him pontificate indefinitely.
Unlike the guy in the video, (who had four or more police on him) I was arrested by one cop with his partner watching. There was no resisting on my part, while there definitely (rightfully or wrongfully) was resistance by him. While the cops may have been A-holes, so was this guy, he could have left, untazered, at any time.
so, what was my original charge they arrested me on? That is the real question, since the charge on the arrest report was "resisting arrest" I didn't even have to smell funny.
According to my research, most studies involve about 84% error rate due to flawed statistical analysis caused by people pulling statistics out of their arse. The other 16% are flawed due to NOT actually pulling statistics out of their arse.
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You obviously never been or had a 13 year old. They think all sorts of things have "a lot of value" based upon "peers opinion". In fact, Junior High is filled with various peer groups that base all sorts of things on the perceived value assigned to things by the peer group. As one grows up, many realize that 13 year olds don't really know jack about the world yet.
... "she's 13 years old, she doesn't know jack, what else would you expect." Her retort nullifies the previous comment as only a mother of a 13 year old could, and it is quite amusing, IMHO.
So, the retort from the mother is basically
well, for one ... It was an example to show the fallacy of one person's view being not part of the greater social norms, and thinking that the rules don't apply to them because they don't like the rules.
... I think we all should raise our own food ...
and to play into the stupidness of your question
"Is it worth it to be right if the argument itself is stupid?"
.....
You must be new here. This is slashdot, where we argue over everything, and now that includes your stupid question
thanks for nothing!
My opinion on this is that it is unethical an should be illegal for ANYONE working in the marketplace should get paid.
You see, when one person decides for themselves what legal and illegal OUGHT to be and breaks rules based upon what they think OUGHT to be the case, the whole system starts to break down.
If you don't like the system, change it. If you can't get enough people to go along with you for whatever reason then move, or shut up, or keep working on changing the system. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you need can break the law and go unpunished. If what you believe matters enough to you, you'll accept the consequences without complaining.
That's the cost of changing the system. Stop whining about the system, will you?
Nobody has mentioned HOT GRITS or Videos of Natalie Portman ....
"FOR NEGOTIATION AND SETTLEMENT PURPOSES ONLY."
:-D
This is a LICENSING statement. It licenses the copyrighted work for the purposes of "Negotiation and Settlement". Which in this case enables me to publish the work as a means to publicize their C & D letter and criticism of it, a common tactic in Negotiations.
Just use the copyright within the guidelines of their copyright license.
I can't code to save my life, so I'm not any help in that arena. I do have strong financial background and currently am a Network Analyst, so I have a decent computer background.
My skill are better suited for long range planning and design (big picture) and not so much details. Like I said, I'd be a good manager for a project like this. And I wouldn't mind working on a project like this if I could get paid for it. Yeah right LOL.
Most POS software is tied or at least linked to Accounting Software. To me, POS is only a subset of Accounting. Payroll, AR, AP, GL, CRM, POS, Inventory ...... all are integrated with each other, or at least should be.
.....
.....
.... all tied together yet independent. Good luck.
A small proprietary storefront may only want POS at the moment, but in six months of success will change that. Then you have to change POS software because it doesn't tie in with the new inventory management software. Six months later they'll want CRM, then payroll, then AP, then
Which brings me back to my point, it isn't as easy as it looks. I'd like to see an open source modular accounting system that didn't suck. Only install the modules you need, where each module stood on its own and/or GL module.
Then tie it in with a Web Interface and online shopping cart
I'd love to be a project manager for such a challenging project. CRM, Accounting, POS, Online shoppiping cart
or, you can give up now and not waste time building software that people don't care about.
... or punt.
All the successful Open Source projects that are HIGHLY successful have a niche that was filled but with proprietary software. Apache, Linux, CMS even OO.org, all of them replaced existing proprietary software with versions that were needed by a larger community.
Start by looking at proprietary markets that aren't being satisfied by expensive Proprietary software
I'm not anti Arab, I'm anti Islam.
God of Islam is not my god. Nor is it referred to in Declaration of Independence. My point is, The god of the DoI was at best a deistic god, or at worse European Judeo/Christian one. Doing the DoI in Arabic would be ascribing to their god, at least implicitly, which would mean ascribing Sharia law as the law being talked about in the DoI's first paragraph.
Don't confuse the politicians with facts, they have demagoguery to accomplish.
Seriously, when did "facts" actually figure into politics. Everything is emotion. "Its for the children", "War on _______", "help the homeless" etc are all emotional stimuli.
Especially if you want Sharia law.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/just_26_favor_senate_immigration_plan
..) doesn't make the facts any less factual. Funny thing about statistics is one can make any case one wants with them, if they have the right data.
A quick search on Google provided me with the following links, most support or tend to support the claims I made.
http://www.illegalaliens.us/polls.htm
http://www.npg.org/immpoll.html
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44154
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155413,00.html
Latest polls show it is closer to 3/4 than 2/3. In the meantime, I suggest that you broaden your circle of friends.
Now, as for Illegal Immigrants, do you know how much of the prison population are "undocumented aliens"? How many of them are murderer's, and how many victims? Just because you don't like the terminology I use, doesn't mean it isn't factual. The problem is that when one ignores time (3200 in 3 hours vs more over years
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/3/27/114208.shtml
"In Soviet Russia TLD discontinues .yu"
Fixed!
Actually, I carry the Preamble to the Declaration of Independance.
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
This by itself is threatening. However, since it is foundational to the USA, there is not much they can do about it.
My question, to the Slashdotters of the US, when does it "become necessary"??? THAT is the real question.
I vote, but without any hope that the candidate I'm voting for will ever win in my lifetime because they don't belong to the Republicrat Demican party.
When somewhere above 2/3 of the American Populace wants to close the southern border (regardless of whether or not you want to) and yet it STILL doesn't happen, there is a problem. Then there is this article about people LEGALLY coming into this country being tracked while Millions are streaming over the boarders are not.
It is all a matter of perspective I guess. More people have been murdered by illegal aliens than the 20 guys who happen to hijack 4 planes. Part of living in a free society is that sometimes bad stuff happens, by bad people. Stuff happens. We cannot protect everyone all the time.
The best we can do is take reasonable precautions. Keeping track of who is reading what isn't reasonable on any level. It's not going to stop anything or anyone doing a bad thing. It just is annoying noise.
How about they start by filtering all the SPAMMERS on their network. Hmmm?
You want to be a Borg?
One man's "excessive force" is another man's "reasonable restraint"
Again, we've moved from someone getting punched when they are being an A-hole, thus learning that being an A-hole has consequences, to no consequences for being an A-hole, and people learning the extent they can be an A-hole is far greater than the public's ability to stop them.
Is it right that someone needs to be punched to stopped them from being an A-hole? Perhaps not. But then again someone being an A-hole isn't right either. I think if you ask someone to stop being an A-hole and they don't stop, that escalation is in order, which is exactly what I saw in the video.
On a side note, does anyone have "Don't Taze me Bro" t-shirts and bumperstickers yet? I want one.
"I would've thought you'd be a bit more sympathetic to somebody who, to my viewing, was being arrested for asking a question somebody didn't like."
My "sympathies" have nothing to do with my post at all. I didn't state my sympathies one way or another. However since you mention it, I'll point out that I originally thought it was going to be a right wing nut job, but when I read further I found out it was a left wing nut job, which is surprising to me.
As for people yelling, shouting down or otherwise trying to prevent others from speaking (typically done by leftwingers) I have little sympathy for them in general. They are nothing more that bullies and spoiled brats. When the tables are turned on them, they cry foul (censorship/freedom of speech rights etc). Mostly they can dish it out but cannot take it themselves. Hypocrites.
In the days of old, someone would punch the guy in the nose and it would be over. These days punching a guy in the nose, even if he deserves it for being A-Hole will land you in jail yourself. The result is more people are embolden to be A-holes because even if there are police around, nobody CAN do anything to stop them from BEING an A-hole.
I agree with your comment on being Tazered, as it isn't an appropriate use of non-leathal force. I'd prefer breaking the guys nose by the first cop with a night stick. I guarantee you that whatever point he was trying to make isn't/wasn't worth a bloody nose to him. He was just being an A-hole thinking nothing bad was going to happen to him.
Oh, and btw, his "freedom of speech" wasn't trampled anymore than the person who was waiting behind him was by his ramblings. Freedom of speech doesn't mean we have to listen to him pontificate indefinitely.
Unlike the guy in the video, (who had four or more police on him) I was arrested by one cop with his partner watching. There was no resisting on my part, while there definitely (rightfully or wrongfully) was resistance by him. While the cops may have been A-holes, so was this guy, he could have left, untazered, at any time.
so, what was my original charge they arrested me on? That is the real question, since the charge on the arrest report was "resisting arrest" I didn't even have to smell funny.
According to my research, most studies involve about 84% error rate due to flawed statistical analysis caused by people pulling statistics out of their arse. The other 16% are flawed due to NOT actually pulling statistics out of their arse.
Me, I'm gonna spoon the fork. I'm gonna SPORK it. :-D