You go to most restaurants in the US and the server up way more food than you would/should want to consume. Portion sizes are horrendously huge.. but that is the expectation - just look at what has happened to the "standard" soda size. Back 40 years, 12oz used to be King Sized, now days that is less than a small size.
I'm having a hard time understanding why anyone would install the typical greyware apps from a random source outside of the android market... seems pretty risky.
Because they're free to do so.. not like those Apple hipsters that force you to use their walled garden.
What's the point of a differentiating your market (walled vs non-walled) if your customers can't exploit all of the possibilities?
So the Android crowd has traded oversight for freedom, and rationalized that the risk is worth it..
citing nature's activities as defense of homosexuality is entirely illogical.
I disagree. A lot of anti-gay stance is based round the concept that being gay is a choice and not a fundamental attribute. By showing that animals are gay as well means (among other things) that either God has given animals the ability to choose to be gay or not, or that being gay is natural.
And lives on the other side of the world to the court's jurisdiction.
Hooray for a meaningless judgement.
Yep.. the respondent didn't show up and also ignored the judges order to basically explain why she held copyright. So it seems that she cried wolf and couldn't back her claims up.
While Bell may find it a bit hard to collect from Tanya Steele, I'd say that she has now lost out on a lot of future work - who'd want to employ someone on a "work for hire" basis if after the fact they are going to dick with you over who owns copyright?
So in a sense it is a meaningless judgement, but I think it will have real world repercussions.
While the award was made in FCA246, it is based on background findings in Bell v Steele (No 2) [2012] FCA 62 (7 February 2012) which gives a bit more detail on what happened leading up to the award judgement.
Turns out that the contract position would require travel to Saudi Arabia.
Some middle eastern countries will not even let you in the country if they can see you visited Israel - regardless of your heritage. Which is why Israel will not stamp your passport if you request it.
I knew a woman who worked as a kindergarten teacher. She had a bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses kids in her class. When any of those JW kids annoyed her past her tolerance limit (which if you are a Kindergarten teacher must be pretty high to start with) she would send home a note to the parent mentioning that they would be celebrating another kids birthday that week. When the JW parents saw such notes they would yank their kids from school for that day - thus instant relief! The kicker was that the parents never worked out that they celebrated more birthdays during the year than there were kids in the class.
And to dick with the parents some more she used to make sure all the kids knew how to sing "Happy Birthday".
On the flip side I once had some JW come to the door soliciting their beliefs.. on Christmas day.. with kids in tow. Talk about cruel to the kids.
After visiting Egypt, Jordan and Syria I came away with the feeling that the people I met there would literally give you the shirt off their backs if you needed it, but if you crossed them then it would be bad news.
While on my travels I got invited into many strangers homes and offered uncalled for but extremely gracious hospitality.
Yet at least one time, while in a hostel in Syria I seemed to be the instigator of a huge yelling outburst from a Syrian because he offered me a cup of tea and I absentmindedly waved him off because I was busy writing in my diary. Yes, it was my fault. I admit that I did not follow his social norms and I regret doing it, but the reaction was extreme. And while that may be one specific example after all my travels I came away feeling that this was not out of the ordinary.
So while I have no idea of the extent of the FBI training, I can understand the J&H comment - although probably would disagree with how the material was presented.
One slight problem.. Iron Man 2 is available for streaming, but Iron Man is not. No high speed streaming solution is going to help out when there is a legal roadblock to streaming movies.
For some Blackjack games, Crown casino has gotten the gambling regulators to allow the dealer to go bust, but not pay out to the players: Crown can bust and still not lose
The person giving you the card can write contextual information on them that is relevant and has nothing to do with their contact information. Sure you could exchange vcards, but then it is up to you to make that addendum.
The work that they have to do can be done during the hours they are contracted to work, but the organisational or office culture is so disruptive that they can't get the work done
Thats the "lets hold meetings discussing progress until the issue is resolved" type culture.
It's not that they're lazy or incompetent or anything like that, it's that they push themselves so hard they're all in this steady state of being half burnt out.
I've also heard the same thing said about the Japanese. Hugely long work week, but totally shit productivity, but their society is so geared up to it that rebelling is nigh impossible.
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You go to most restaurants in the US and the server up way more food than you would/should want to consume. Portion sizes are horrendously huge .. but that is the expectation - just look at what has happened to the "standard" soda size. Back 40 years, 12oz used to be King Sized, now days that is less than a small size.
Politicians killing science in the American south. I wonder what they'll try to make controversial next. Gravity, perhaps?
... Well Gravity is only a theory after all.
Just the other week: Richmond woman finds Civil War-era cannonball in her garden (and I have no idea as to why this was posted in the crime section)
And from a few years ago Virginia Man Killed In Civil War Cannonball Blast
Downloading from reputable sources
I'm genuinely curious .. how does the Android marketplace (and I mean this generally) define and validate a "reputable source'?
I'm having a hard time understanding why anyone would install the typical greyware apps from a random source outside of the android market... seems pretty risky.
Because they're free to do so .. not like those Apple hipsters that force you to use their walled garden.
What's the point of a differentiating your market (walled vs non-walled) if your customers can't exploit all of the possibilities?
So the Android crowd has traded oversight for freedom, and rationalized that the risk is worth it..
Dr. Xuxian Jiang has been busy identifying all sorts of Android malware.
Security Alert: New Android Malware — TigerBot — Identified in Alternative Markets
And frist?
I think its the 21st Century in the real world, but here it seems like its the 20th Century
BTW being gay is natural.
So is wanting to punch someone in the face when they do something to make you angry. Doesn't mean I have to actually punch people in the face.
And I'm not stopping you from acting on your beliefs.
citing nature's activities as defense of homosexuality is entirely illogical.
I disagree. A lot of anti-gay stance is based round the concept that being gay is a choice and not a fundamental attribute. By showing that animals are gay as well means (among other things) that either God has given animals the ability to choose to be gay or not, or that being gay is natural.
I believe homosexual acts are a sin. I believe homosexuality should not be promoted. I oppose gay marriage.
Does this make me anti-gay? No way. Hate the sin and love the sinner. We are all children of God.
By denying gay people respect and what they want - yes you are anti-gay
BTW being gay is natural. If not then why did God create all those gay animals? See Biological Exuberance:Homosexuality and Natural Diversity which lists the gay and bisexual nature of over 300 species as seen in the wild.
/. has come to this .. where AC comments get modded as "Insightful" - because the actually are.
And didn't bother having counsel show up.
And lives on the other side of the world to the court's jurisdiction.
Hooray for a meaningless judgement.
Yep .. the respondent didn't show up and also ignored the judges order to basically explain why she held copyright. So it seems that she cried wolf and couldn't back her claims up.
While Bell may find it a bit hard to collect from Tanya Steele, I'd say that she has now lost out on a lot of future work - who'd want to employ someone on a "work for hire" basis if after the fact they are going to dick with you over who owns copyright?
So in a sense it is a meaningless judgement, but I think it will have real world repercussions.
While the award was made in FCA246, it is based on background findings in Bell v Steele (No 2) [2012] FCA 62 (7 February 2012) which gives a bit more detail on what happened leading up to the award judgement.
Turns out that the contract position would require travel to Saudi Arabia.
Some middle eastern countries will not even let you in the country if they can see you visited Israel - regardless of your heritage. Which is why Israel will not stamp your passport if you request it.
I knew a woman who worked as a kindergarten teacher. She had a bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses kids in her class. When any of those JW kids annoyed her past her tolerance limit (which if you are a Kindergarten teacher must be pretty high to start with) she would send home a note to the parent mentioning that they would be celebrating another kids birthday that week. When the JW parents saw such notes they would yank their kids from school for that day - thus instant relief! The kicker was that the parents never worked out that they celebrated more birthdays during the year than there were kids in the class.
.. on Christmas day .. with kids in tow. Talk about cruel to the kids.
And to dick with the parents some more she used to make sure all the kids knew how to sing "Happy Birthday".
On the flip side I once had some JW come to the door soliciting their beliefs
After visiting Egypt, Jordan and Syria I came away with the feeling that the people I met there would literally give you the shirt off their backs if you needed it, but if you crossed them then it would be bad news.
While on my travels I got invited into many strangers homes and offered uncalled for but extremely gracious hospitality.
Yet at least one time, while in a hostel in Syria I seemed to be the instigator of a huge yelling outburst from a Syrian because he offered me a cup of tea and I absentmindedly waved him off because I was busy writing in my diary. Yes, it was my fault. I admit that I did not follow his social norms and I regret doing it, but the reaction was extreme. And while that may be one specific example after all my travels I came away feeling that this was not out of the ordinary.
So while I have no idea of the extent of the FBI training, I can understand the J&H comment - although probably would disagree with how the material was presented.
Didn't Word Perfect used to have an edit window for the markup at the bottom of the screen, while the top of the screen displayed the formatted text?
Yes it did. It was also liked by typists as you could drive it totally from the keyboard.
One slight problem .. Iron Man 2 is available for streaming, but Iron Man is not. No high speed streaming solution is going to help out when there is a legal roadblock to streaming movies.
For some Blackjack games, Crown casino has gotten the gambling regulators to allow the dealer to go bust, but not pay out to the players: Crown can bust and still not lose
And I thought that Google maps of other worlds would be cool.
The person giving you the card can write contextual information on them that is relevant and has nothing to do with their contact information. Sure you could exchange vcards, but then it is up to you to make that addendum.
How sure are you that they are actually breaking into anything there?
I'd also add a 2b ..
The work that they have to do can be done during the hours they are contracted to work, but the organisational or office culture is so disruptive that they can't get the work done
Thats the "lets hold meetings discussing progress until the issue is resolved" type culture.
It's not that they're lazy or incompetent or anything like that, it's that they push themselves so hard they're all in this steady state of being half burnt out.
I've also heard the same thing said about the Japanese. Hugely long work week, but totally shit productivity, but their society is so geared up to it that rebelling is nigh impossible.