In my office we have Windows, Mac, and Linux machines. Pretty much evenly split between the OSes. We hired a support person for Windows. So in this case, Windows is both more expensive and requires more support.
While I don't agree with your point, it's unrelated to the topic at a hand. This is a VERY popular animal for eating. That's why it's over-fished in the first place. So a massive point of saving them is - so we can continue eating them. This isn't really an environmental question. It's a business and quality of life question.
What's the difference between Windows 7 and being stuck in the 90s? Windows 7 is a useful upgrade if you care about security and have users who MUST run windows apps.
Otherwise install Ubuntu. Your users will complain just as much about the transfer from XP to Windows 7, so it's a great time to make a transition to a lower cost operating system.
But most people do consider cars in the same class with similar mpg ranges. So more likely you would be considering a 21mpg vs. 19mpg or 30mpg vs. 28mpg. Since there's a big difference between 21 and 19 and not so much between 30 and 28 (even though the difference APPEARS to be 2), I think having customers understand this IS huge.
Windows 7 is best when connected to a network, which makes it so puzzling why so many of its networking features only work with other Windows 7 machines.
I also like the fact this book explains regedit. That's one program that's seen a lot of change over the years.
Yeah, the kids becoming drug mules due to lack of economic opportunity and going away for decades really feel your pain. Let's talk about unfairness once we've figured out how not to incarcerate most of the poor in our country. Then we can start worrying about spoiled rich kids getting in trouble for downloading movies they don't need.
Sure, I'm sure this is about security. If the feds can tap all phones and use the gps in them. Who care's who's calling when you can listen to them and know exactly where they are?
Methinks this is a proposal from the bells for additional revenue stream.
Huh, oddly enough I seem to remember that when drug companies were banned from advertising on TV their drugs still sold. So it's not really a necessary evil. Drug companies used to be hugely profitable and didn't have as large marketing budgets.
Nope. From their locally elected school board, which, considering we're talking about a suburb of Houston, is more than likely made up of a majority of Republicans.
And I'd contend it's still working pretty well. Even though we may have the occasional crazy we don't have many people on par with Texas' State Board of Education in the Federal House. The Republic does seem to do a fairly good job filtering out the crazy the higher in government you get.
As crazy as I might find many Fox news positions, you don't see Republicans at the federal level routinely proposing bills to completely eradicate social security or privatize all schools. So obviously while there's a lot of rhetoric, there is still a lot of sanity in the actual actions.
"The 'papers please' part of the law is not unconstitutional because it does not pertain to US citizens" I am a citizen of the United States. If I get taken to prison when I leave my driver's license at home then I'd say it applies to me. You're saying that this law is constitutional because after I get hauled into jail, my wife can bring up my driver's license and I can get out? You're right, those hours I would spend in jail because I forgot my wallet at home are both completely reasonable and constitutional.
"If you have any idea how laws in this country work, you would know that anything not expressly denied to the states by the Constitution is, in fact, expressly granted and reserved for the states by ye olde forgotten Amendment X."
What is the 14th amendment if not expressly giving the federal government the right to handle all matters of citizenship? And remember the 14th amendment, by nature of being an amendment has been ratified by a majority the states. They gave the federal government this power. This isn't a power grab by the federal government. Not to mention that the idea that a republic could have each state making its own immigration policy is completely unworkable if you think about it for even a minute. You'd end up with 50 countries in very short order.
"Illegal aliens are NOT citizens. The 14th Amendment EXPLICITLY does not apply to them. That is the LAW." You seem to think that this entire hullabaloo is about people trying to keep illegal aliens in this country. I don't want to take the chance that I'm driving through Arizona, loose my driver's license and end up in prison. That's why people don't like this law. Racism is the only reason why anyone could be FOR this law. You have to believe that the police will assume you're not an illegal alien based on the color of your skin to support it. Otherwise you're saying that you're for a law that could result in you being harassed by police and arrested any time you don't have proper ID. You're comfortable with the idea that you could go out in your robe to get your morning paper and end up in jail? Really? Because that's what's at stake here.
"Once upon a time, there was not any job that really required science, math and technology skills?"
And I'd contend that people should reread the little house on the prairie series. If you think you can build a house, make a dress, or grows crops without math and science skills I would contend you're severely undereducated in history (among other things).
I recommend this also. The learning curve seems high until the third time the graphical editor to your fancy content management system completely garbles someone's document. Then Mediawiki seems like a blessing.
We have Jive at work that I use as little as possible after losing several documents. It has discouraged me from writing documentation completely, and I know there are many other people at my company who feel the same.
On the other hand I've gotten 5 playwright's writing plays in Mediawiki with a few extra domain specific tags, and they love it now that they're over the learning curve.
The stuff that's happening with gnome desktop is fantastic. It's especially nice on small laptop/netbook/tablet machines. The latest Ubuntu (Lucid Lynx in beta) has built in social networking that actually jumps ahead of OSX or Windows. The fact that I have something like TweetDeck built into my OS is pretty cool. Sure there are some rough edges. OSX has rough edges too. But I rarely find myself explaining away huge deficiencies. It's just a different bug from your OSX or Windows bug.
I'm excited. But then again I'm trying to be accepting of change as I get older, rather than screaming at the kids to get off my lawn.
"Just because a man saves drowning kittens on the weekdays doesn't mean he's not a criminal when he breaks into a house on the weekend. Just because the legal system works most of the time doesn't mean it's not broken when it fails spectacularly."
Just because the legal system "breaks" occasionally doesn't mean it's "broken". And I would contend that in this case it didn't break.
a) This wasn't a frivolous lawsuit because actual injury occurred. This wasn't patent trolling. It was either McDonalds fault or her fault (or both), but someone got hurt, there were actual hospital bills to pay and an actual reason to bring the case (based on McDonalds' past negligence). b) While perhaps a jury trial wasn't best in this case, this is how the system is supposed to work. Her peers awared her $2.7 million dollars in punitive damages. Punitive damages are meant to hurt the guilty party. They're not decided based on how rich they'll make the plaintiff. The problem is that McDonalds makes a ton of money, not that the woman was greedy. c) Jury's regularly hand out death sentences which are a tad more punitive than a half-million dollars, and they fuck up a fair amount of the time. The "legal system is broken" crowd have nothing to say about that, though.
Which leads me to my conclusion. The reason that all you whiny bitches complain about the legal system has nothing to do with the handing out of millions of dollars unfairly, it's that the million dollars handed out wasn't handed out to you. The system worked, and McDonalds changed its coffee temperature. If anything this is a brilliant example of the only recourse that normal Americans have for getting the attention of large multi-national corporation and enacting change. It worked perfectly.
Actually no. She was awarded around $500k, but then went to settlement so no one knows what she really got. But hey, keep using that one isolated incident that didn't actually end the way you think it did.
And while you're at it, go ahead and provide a couple thousand more to counter the thousands of times justice is served properly in any given day.
actually there is. the native video driver blows. even just using gnome is super slow. an accelerated driver would rock.
that said, if you guys would buy stuff this wouldn't be such a problem. We have the amazon mp3 store and you haven't started buying mp3s like you said you would. Cheap, unencumbered, mp3s. Why would any company think an arms race isn't the better option?
I used to be on your side in the music wars until we got what we wanted and no one showed up with cash. Saying the majority of the stuff you pirate is "crap" is no justification.
My point is that it's a generalization that has been for years used for political gain. It sows distrust in our legal system and government at large, based largely upon suits brought, with little attention paid to the resolution of the suits (even the Hot McDonalds Coffee suit didn't end up paying out what they "won"), while completely ignoring the vast majority that are brought and resolved fairly.
I have not heard of a single case of the perceived color of the sky being used for political ends. But if it happens then the generalization should be addressed, yes. Generalization's aren't horrible until they become completely divorced from reality.
Pretty much all job positions are advertised on Craigslist these days. It's especially true of entry-level. If they're looking for someone who's entry level (i.e. cheap) then why would they be paying for an actual listing?
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In my office we have Windows, Mac, and Linux machines. Pretty much evenly split between the OSes. We hired a support person for Windows. So in this case, Windows is both more expensive and requires more support.
I don't know where you get your numbers.
While I don't agree with your point, it's unrelated to the topic at a hand. This is a VERY popular animal for eating. That's why it's over-fished in the first place. So a massive point of saving them is - so we can continue eating them. This isn't really an environmental question. It's a business and quality of life question.
What's the difference between Windows 7 and being stuck in the 90s? Windows 7 is a useful upgrade if you care about security and have users who MUST run windows apps.
Otherwise install Ubuntu. Your users will complain just as much about the transfer from XP to Windows 7, so it's a great time to make a transition to a lower cost operating system.
But most people do consider cars in the same class with similar mpg ranges. So more likely you would be considering a 21mpg vs. 19mpg or 30mpg vs. 28mpg. Since there's a big difference between 21 and 19 and not so much between 30 and 28 (even though the difference APPEARS to be 2), I think having customers understand this IS huge.
When do we get fed up and just build a wireless mesh network and cut out the carriers completely?
Congratulations! You hit every tired political meme across the entire political spectrum. Brilliant!
Windows 7 is best when connected to a network, which makes it so puzzling why so many of its networking features only work with other Windows 7 machines.
I also like the fact this book explains regedit. That's one program that's seen a lot of change over the years.
>>If your employer can't afford Exchange CALs, you've got much, much bigger things to be worried about.
Yeah, come talk to me when you're unemployed due to a 10% global workforce reduction to buoy a flagging stock price.
I'll stick with the fiscally responsible startups that can't afford exchange. Thanks.
Yeah, the kids becoming drug mules due to lack of economic opportunity and going away for decades really feel your pain. Let's talk about unfairness once we've figured out how not to incarcerate most of the poor in our country. Then we can start worrying about spoiled rich kids getting in trouble for downloading movies they don't need.
Sure, I'm sure this is about security. If the feds can tap all phones and use the gps in them. Who care's who's calling when you can listen to them and know exactly where they are?
Methinks this is a proposal from the bells for additional revenue stream.
Huh, oddly enough I seem to remember that when drug companies were banned from advertising on TV their drugs still sold. So it's not really a necessary evil. Drug companies used to be hugely profitable and didn't have as large marketing budgets.
I think we might actually be able to finally ask - "Year of the Linux Desktop"? What fantastic news. First the humble indie game bundle, next Steam!
Nope. From their locally elected school board, which, considering we're talking about a suburb of Houston, is more than likely made up of a majority of Republicans.
And I'd contend it's still working pretty well. Even though we may have the occasional crazy we don't have many people on par with Texas' State Board of Education in the Federal House. The Republic does seem to do a fairly good job filtering out the crazy the higher in government you get.
As crazy as I might find many Fox news positions, you don't see Republicans at the federal level routinely proposing bills to completely eradicate social security or privatize all schools. So obviously while there's a lot of rhetoric, there is still a lot of sanity in the actual actions.
This is unbelievable? Really? How would you make the computer smart enough to this prevent this?
Trader: Sell 200b shares
Computer: 200b really?
Trader: y
Computer: Are you really, really sure?
Trader: y
Computer: Really?
Trader: y
Computer: Selling 200b shares
Trader: (beat) Wait 200 billion?!? Shit!
There has not been a computer yet invented that can get a human to double-check their work.
"The 'papers please' part of the law is not unconstitutional because it does not pertain to US citizens"
I am a citizen of the United States. If I get taken to prison when I leave my driver's license at home then I'd say it applies to me. You're saying that this law is constitutional because after I get hauled into jail, my wife can bring up my driver's license and I can get out? You're right, those hours I would spend in jail because I forgot my wallet at home are both completely reasonable and constitutional.
"If you have any idea how laws in this country work, you would know that anything not expressly denied to the states by the Constitution is, in fact, expressly granted and reserved for the states by ye olde forgotten Amendment X."
What is the 14th amendment if not expressly giving the federal government the right to handle all matters of citizenship? And remember the 14th amendment, by nature of being an amendment has been ratified by a majority the states. They gave the federal government this power. This isn't a power grab by the federal government. Not to mention that the idea that a republic could have each state making its own immigration policy is completely unworkable if you think about it for even a minute. You'd end up with 50 countries in very short order.
"Illegal aliens are NOT citizens. The 14th Amendment EXPLICITLY does not apply to them. That is the LAW."
You seem to think that this entire hullabaloo is about people trying to keep illegal aliens in this country. I don't want to take the chance that I'm driving through Arizona, loose my driver's license and end up in prison. That's why people don't like this law. Racism is the only reason why anyone could be FOR this law. You have to believe that the police will assume you're not an illegal alien based on the color of your skin to support it. Otherwise you're saying that you're for a law that could result in you being harassed by police and arrested any time you don't have proper ID. You're comfortable with the idea that you could go out in your robe to get your morning paper and end up in jail? Really? Because that's what's at stake here.
"Once upon a time, there was not any job that really required science, math and technology skills?"
And I'd contend that people should reread the little house on the prairie series. If you think you can build a house, make a dress, or grows crops without math and science skills I would contend you're severely undereducated in history (among other things).
I recommend this also. The learning curve seems high until the third time the graphical editor to your fancy content management system completely garbles someone's document. Then Mediawiki seems like a blessing.
We have Jive at work that I use as little as possible after losing several documents. It has discouraged me from writing documentation completely, and I know there are many other people at my company who feel the same.
On the other hand I've gotten 5 playwright's writing plays in Mediawiki with a few extra domain specific tags, and they love it now that they're over the learning curve.
The stuff that's happening with gnome desktop is fantastic. It's especially nice on small laptop/netbook/tablet machines. The latest Ubuntu (Lucid Lynx in beta) has built in social networking that actually jumps ahead of OSX or Windows. The fact that I have something like TweetDeck built into my OS is pretty cool. Sure there are some rough edges. OSX has rough edges too. But I rarely find myself explaining away huge deficiencies. It's just a different bug from your OSX or Windows bug.
I'm excited. But then again I'm trying to be accepting of change as I get older, rather than screaming at the kids to get off my lawn.
"Just because a man saves drowning kittens on the weekdays doesn't mean he's not a criminal when he breaks into a house on the weekend. Just because the legal system works most of the time doesn't mean it's not broken when it fails spectacularly."
Just because the legal system "breaks" occasionally doesn't mean it's "broken". And I would contend that in this case it didn't break.
a) This wasn't a frivolous lawsuit because actual injury occurred. This wasn't patent trolling. It was either McDonalds fault or her fault (or both), but someone got hurt, there were actual hospital bills to pay and an actual reason to bring the case (based on McDonalds' past negligence).
b) While perhaps a jury trial wasn't best in this case, this is how the system is supposed to work. Her peers awared her $2.7 million dollars in punitive damages. Punitive damages are meant to hurt the guilty party. They're not decided based on how rich they'll make the plaintiff. The problem is that McDonalds makes a ton of money, not that the woman was greedy.
c) Jury's regularly hand out death sentences which are a tad more punitive than a half-million dollars, and they fuck up a fair amount of the time. The "legal system is broken" crowd have nothing to say about that, though.
Which leads me to my conclusion. The reason that all you whiny bitches complain about the legal system has nothing to do with the handing out of millions of dollars unfairly, it's that the million dollars handed out wasn't handed out to you. The system worked, and McDonalds changed its coffee temperature. If anything this is a brilliant example of the only recourse that normal Americans have for getting the attention of large multi-national corporation and enacting change. It worked perfectly.
Actually no. She was awarded around $500k, but then went to settlement so no one knows what she really got. But hey, keep using that one isolated incident that didn't actually end the way you think it did.
And while you're at it, go ahead and provide a couple thousand more to counter the thousands of times justice is served properly in any given day.
actually there is. the native video driver blows. even just using gnome is super slow. an accelerated driver would rock.
that said, if you guys would buy stuff this wouldn't be such a problem. We have the amazon mp3 store and you haven't started buying mp3s like you said you would. Cheap, unencumbered, mp3s. Why would any company think an arms race isn't the better option?
I used to be on your side in the music wars until we got what we wanted and no one showed up with cash. Saying the majority of the stuff you pirate is "crap" is no justification.
My point is that it's a generalization that has been for years used for political gain. It sows distrust in our legal system and government at large, based largely upon suits brought, with little attention paid to the resolution of the suits (even the Hot McDonalds Coffee suit didn't end up paying out what they "won"), while completely ignoring the vast majority that are brought and resolved fairly.
I have not heard of a single case of the perceived color of the sky being used for political ends. But if it happens then the generalization should be addressed, yes. Generalization's aren't horrible until they become completely divorced from reality.
"And, I'm sorry to say, probably win."*
*Citation needed
Just because you're jaded doesn't mean reality matches your view.
Pretty much all job positions are advertised on Craigslist these days. It's especially true of entry-level. If they're looking for someone who's entry level (i.e. cheap) then why would they be paying for an actual listing?