There's no point in having gigabit networks, network cards can't handle that traffic.
There's no point in having network cards handle that much data, networks don't have that kind of capacity.
Yes let's blame American today. It'll make the rest of the world feel better. They'll be able to forget the millions of people who died under United Nations sanctions of Iraq. The 500,000 children dead, the drop in literacy, decline in agriculture, the end of opportunities for women. The rest of the world can sit back and say that they did no harm, it was all those Americans, who started the actual war. Remember, it's not murder if you're not dropping bombs. Hell, at least during the war the Shiais and Sunnis who apparently need a ruthless dictator in charge to not kill people of a slightly different religion can share the blame. Go take a look at how your country voted on the issue, and remember heartless imperialism isn't a uniquely American endeavor.
Sales taxes are likewise LOCAL in function - they're justified by the 'infrastructure' that allows commerce to happen.
Where does Amazon fulfill this obligation? What local infrastructure does a local store use that Amazon does not?
Screw the test scores. What matters is that you just gave a kid his very own computer to mess around with. They're going to quickly gain competence with computers, preparing them for a modern day job. Further more, you'll rope kids into tech related pursuits, once they realize how fun it can be. The traditional tests don't measure this.
I'm not sure why I would consider anything in your post true. First off, blaming government loans for the housing bubble? Looks like you're the one who needs to look closer at the Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/video/the-housing-price-conundrum?playlist=Credit%20Crisis (an excellent series)
More importantly, you blame the rising cost of education on the government making cheap loans available. The cost of education has risen faster than education for at least the past fifteen years, yet federal aid has dropped. The facts don't seem to back up your claim at all.
Fortunately, us folks here in America might soon have a president who understands this. From a New York Post article on Mitt Romney:
Bain reduced Dade's research and development spending to 6 to 7 percent of sales, while its peers allocated between 10 and 15 percent. Dade in June 1999 used the savings as part of the basis to borrow $421 million. Dade then turned around and used $365 million from the loan to buy shares from its owners, giving them a 4.3 times return on their investment.
A Dade executive, who requested anonymity, said he confronted new CEO Steven Barnes after a boardroom meeting within a week of the distribution.
"You really think it's a good idea to borrow, you know, one times sales?" he asked.
"Oh. Yeah. Yeah. You know, that's fine," Barnes responded. "You know companies do that all the time."
The executive then told Barnes, "Well, that'd be like me going out and borrowing the amount of money I make in a year and then trying to pay it off and pay for my house and feed myself and everything else. That doesn't make sense." The executive said he let it drop after that.
Yes we would never declare something a right that would require someone else to do something for you. Now I'd love to chat more, but I have jury duty today, so I must be off.
The parent post is correct, it is all about emotions. Listen to what the S&P had said leading up to the rating decrease, and what they're saying about the next one. "Oh there's a one in two chance that we'll lower it", and now "a one in three chance we'll lower it". They're not saying that because of some statistical model. They're saying it because it's an entirely subjective process, and they just tweak their models to how they feel to justify it. Why would you trust these people?
For those of you who didn't read the whole article:
"A one-size-fits all system doesn't work in the 21st Century," says Manheim, before acknowledging: "The problem with that argument is that it might violate international law."
Unfortunately, tailoring patent laws to better suit different types of technology may run afoul of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), a treaty that countries must sign in order to join the World Trade Organization. Article 27 of TRIPS reads:
"Patents shall be available and patent rights enjoyable without discrimination as to the place of invention, the field of technology and whether products are imported or locally produced."
Although other nations have patent standards that affect different industries in different ways -- the European Union, for instance, does not generally grant software patents -- Manheim said the TRIPS language killed efforts to separate tech and pharma standards in 2007, as members of Congress balked at inviting a WTO backlash.
Drug companies may actually have won the patent fight in 1994, when the U.S. negotiated TRIPS and insisted on the nondiscrimination language. Many of the countries then trying to gain access to the WTO did not allow drug patents, concerned about citizen access to critical medicines. The U.S. wanted to make sure that its drug companies would be able to profit in other countries.
Well those of us on the bottom who actually are struggling with gas prices would be happy to buy a more efficient vehicle, but oh wait they cost way too much money, and used ones are rare because the rich are too busy buying hummers. Also, the lack of a carbon tax means prices can't control wrecking the environment.
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Read this article today: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/12/restaurant-music_n_958419.html
I don't know about you all, but I'm tired of music companies raping us.
There's no point in having gigabit networks, network cards can't handle that traffic.
There's no point in having network cards handle that much data, networks don't have that kind of capacity.
Yes let's blame American today. It'll make the rest of the world feel better. They'll be able to forget the millions of people who died under United Nations sanctions of Iraq. The 500,000 children dead, the drop in literacy, decline in agriculture, the end of opportunities for women. The rest of the world can sit back and say that they did no harm, it was all those Americans, who started the actual war. Remember, it's not murder if you're not dropping bombs. Hell, at least during the war the Shiais and Sunnis who apparently need a ruthless dictator in charge to not kill people of a slightly different religion can share the blame. Go take a look at how your country voted on the issue, and remember heartless imperialism isn't a uniquely American endeavor.
now hopefully somebody will actually make a tablet that looks good.
You can repeat your argument all you want, but that does not change the fact that it is an Ad hominem attack, and thus invalid.
Sales taxes are likewise LOCAL in function - they're justified by the 'infrastructure' that allows commerce to happen.
Where does Amazon fulfill this obligation? What local infrastructure does a local store use that Amazon does not?
and underlying code, I would say Sam's Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours.
Screw the test scores. What matters is that you just gave a kid his very own computer to mess around with. They're going to quickly gain competence with computers, preparing them for a modern day job. Further more, you'll rope kids into tech related pursuits, once they realize how fun it can be. The traditional tests don't measure this.
I'm not sure why I would consider anything in your post true. First off, blaming government loans for the housing bubble? Looks like you're the one who needs to look closer at the Khan Academy:
http://www.khanacademy.org/video/the-housing-price-conundrum?playlist=Credit%20Crisis (an excellent series)
More importantly, you blame the rising cost of education on the government making cheap loans available. The cost of education has risen faster than education for at least the past fifteen years, yet federal aid has dropped. The facts don't seem to back up your claim at all.
That's ridiculous. By that logic, I should send my PC back to Dell claiming it wasn't new because they had the nerve to install Windows on it.
Close. More like sell at a loss, but at high enough of a volume that you're deemed too big to fail.
Don't worry poor slashdot poster, I'm sure if you keep angsting like this Edward will notice you.
Bain reduced Dade's research and development spending to 6 to 7 percent of sales, while its peers allocated between 10 and 15 percent. Dade in June 1999 used the savings as part of the basis to borrow $421 million. Dade then turned around and used $365 million from the loan to buy shares from its owners, giving them a 4.3 times return on their investment.
A Dade executive, who requested anonymity, said he confronted new CEO Steven Barnes after a boardroom meeting within a week of the distribution. "You really think it's a good idea to borrow, you know, one times sales?" he asked.
"Oh. Yeah. Yeah. You know, that's fine," Barnes responded. "You know companies do that all the time."
The executive then told Barnes, "Well, that'd be like me going out and borrowing the amount of money I make in a year and then trying to pay it off and pay for my house and feed myself and everything else. That doesn't make sense." The executive said he let it drop after that.
In August 2002, Dade filed for bankruptcy.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/ad_mitt_mistakes_jRmd2LHaPIb0bbNn1ZkgaJ#ixzz1VgQ0dMfj
We Americans know just what to do with them damn hippies, get me my boom stick, we're going to mess them up.
title on top and thought to myself: "Ah, the zombie apocalypse has finally happened, and slashdot has already found a boring story to write about it."
I think we'll have to wait for Ice Cream Sandwich to put a woman on this job.
what countries are we going to invade for software now?
Yes we would never declare something a right that would require someone else to do something for you. Now I'd love to chat more, but I have jury duty today, so I must be off.
The parent post is correct, it is all about emotions. Listen to what the S&P had said leading up to the rating decrease, and what they're saying about the next one. "Oh there's a one in two chance that we'll lower it", and now "a one in three chance we'll lower it". They're not saying that because of some statistical model. They're saying it because it's an entirely subjective process, and they just tweak their models to how they feel to justify it. Why would you trust these people?
"A one-size-fits all system doesn't work in the 21st Century," says Manheim, before acknowledging: "The problem with that argument is that it might violate international law."
Unfortunately, tailoring patent laws to better suit different types of technology may run afoul of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), a treaty that countries must sign in order to join the World Trade Organization. Article 27 of TRIPS reads:
"Patents shall be available and patent rights enjoyable without discrimination as to the place of invention, the field of technology and whether products are imported or locally produced."
Although other nations have patent standards that affect different industries in different ways -- the European Union, for instance, does not generally grant software patents -- Manheim said the TRIPS language killed efforts to separate tech and pharma standards in 2007, as members of Congress balked at inviting a WTO backlash.
Drug companies may actually have won the patent fight in 1994, when the U.S. negotiated TRIPS and insisted on the nondiscrimination language. Many of the countries then trying to gain access to the WTO did not allow drug patents, concerned about citizen access to critical medicines. The U.S. wanted to make sure that its drug companies would be able to profit in other countries.
We don't send people into space, but we do send legos shaped like people!
I would try searching for his name to see if it's real, but search clearly needs a shake up before I can perform such important tasks.
Because the faster I drive, the sooner I get home, and the less time I spend drunk on the road. Come on man, use your reason!
I'm supposed to take a drink now.
Well those of us on the bottom who actually are struggling with gas prices would be happy to buy a more efficient vehicle, but oh wait they cost way too much money, and used ones are rare because the rich are too busy buying hummers. Also, the lack of a carbon tax means prices can't control wrecking the environment.