>>>as a person can re-vote any number of times he/she wants to and only the last one will count.
This is what we should have for our House of Representatives. We will keep the same politicians, in order to have their meetings and craft the bills, but when it comes to the final passage, it will be decided by the People online. That way stupid stuff like TARP will not pass (almost 80% of Americans were against it). The Senate would still function normally, with politicians voting "aye" or "nay", so as to block any bad bills the People's House might pass.
>>>Yes. Because iPhone works well, Android is fail.
I probably will get iPhone, but only because it costs 30 dollars a month, versus 35 for the android. (On the other hand, my curent phone is only 5/month so that's an even better deal.)
>>>In Australia getting to the polls on voting day is mandatory. You're fined otherwise
So much for pro-choice. If I don't want to vote, I shouldn't have to vote, anymore than I have to exercise my right of free speech (i.e. I can choose to remain silent during a police encounter). A right is only a right if you are free to choose all options. Else you're just a serf being compelled by a master (the politicians).
>>>selecting a random choice because MTV told you itâ(TM)s your duty to vote is only going to make things worse.
What's actually making it worse is that most of these people just vote on name recognition. Which is why existing politicians win again-and-again. I know I did that when I was 18, just voting for the name I knew. (I'm wiser now.) There ought to be some basic test like: "Please identify the first president of the United States: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison." If you fail to answer correctly your vote doesn't count, because you obviously don't care enough to learn your own country's history, and don't care about the current president either.
>>>unless young people can vote online they won't bother at all and the whole democratic system will collapse
Ron Paul seems to be doing alright, and his support is mostly young people. He now has close to 300 delegates thanks to young people willing to drive to the caucuses, stand-around for hours one end, & vote.
If I ever get a "Pay us $5000 or else" extortion letter from them, that's exactly the response they will get. On second thought..... I don't want to waste 50 cents.
User videos are copyrighted at the moment of creation. Not that I care..... I download a ton of stuff from youtube so I can play it back at 2x speed in VLC Player (mostly news programs and lectures).
I always download songs because I've seen instances where the record company yanked the song off youtube (example: most of Prince's songs). I learned to backup my favorite 70s/80s-era songs so that, if I can no longer access them via youtube, I can still hear them when I like.
"CNET's policy is that Download.com is not in any position to determine whether a piece of software is legal or not or whether it can be used for illegal activity." --- It seems pretty obvious that a program designed to download youtube videos is infringing on copyright. Though I guess you could argue said program is no different than a VCR (which the SCOTUS ruled can legally capture video and store it).
For the same reason people keep saying "U.S. internet is slow" but if you look at the actual numbers we are in third place (tied with the European Union)*, behind Japan and Korea, but ahead of China, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Brazil, et cetera. Oftentimes common knowledge like "education sucks" and "internet is slow" and "Betamax failed because it didn't allow porn" is provably wrong when you actually dig into the subject and uncover the real truth.
I'd rather see one universal language, or maybe a dozen (one from each family). Using Europe/the Mideast/North Africa as example:
They were much better off when they spoke 2 common tongues (Roman and Greek) and could communicate with one another easily, then one thousand years later when they split-up into a bunch of incomprehensible tongues.
I made a mistake. Buffett's corporation owes over a *b*ilion in taxes which he has not paid, and the politicians apparently don't care. They are too busy praising the tax cheat for his Buffett rule (which will hurt everyone else but not him).
>>>We probably can't return to the old 'company man' ways and it isn't even clear we want to. So we can't go back and we can't stay where we are either; so what next?
According to the article they are hiring Indian engineers that received free training by their companies at home. Hence the demand for more visas.
I thought in the submariners' world cavitation was a bad thing? Reason: It makes a lot of noise. That's why they move around slowly at 10-15 knots, rather than full speed with the propeller producing noisy bubbles. (And also why the Russians kept trying to steal our propeller tech, because their propellers tended to cavitate, making them easy targets.)
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NTP could mean anything. It could be "Novell transfer protocol" or "NT processor" or "New Teacher Project" or "National Toxicology Program" or "normal temperature and pressure" or "no to pizza". By the way I work on LSEQs. As a geek card-holding person, you should know what that means. (If not turn it in.)
"The NTP pool is a dynamic collection of networked computers that volunteer to provide highly accurate time via the Network Time Protocol to clients worldwide." "Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. In operation since before 1985, NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols in use." - wikipedia.
>>>Bagging groceries isn't going to help your coding abilities but if it gives you enough breathing room to prevent a loan shark from taking advantage of you in college, I'd take that option.
My college advised me against doing that. He said having a high GPA will net me FAR more money long-term, then the measly 7/hour at a store.
At the time I didn't listen to him (I still worked 15 hours/week) but in retrospect he was right. My current yearly income is 35 times larger than that crappy store job, and I wonder how much more-advanced in my career I would be if my GPA was closer to 4.0, because I had more time to study and get better grades.
>>>Enjoy your summer, it will be one of your last.
Not likely. He can expect to be laid-off at least once in his career. I've experienced two summer (and three winter) vacations since I graduated college.
This. ----- And also there's more to learning than just your programming career. That's why colleges make you take "core" courses in history, language, et cetera. I'd spend the summer downloading some Teaching Company audios and educating yourself.
Also, for me, the most challenging course was Physics 101, 102, and 201. It might be worthwhile to get your college's textbook, or download one, and read through it one time. You don't have to understand everything... just give yourself a general overview of what you'll be learning over the next 2 years.
Oh and since you'll be meeting lots of girls, maybe a copy of "Mars and Venus on a Date" so you don't accidentally insult your potential future wife.;-)
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>>>as a person can re-vote any number of times he/she wants to and only the last one will count.
This is what we should have for our House of Representatives. We will keep the same politicians, in order to have their meetings and craft the bills, but when it comes to the final passage, it will be decided by the People online. That way stupid stuff like TARP will not pass (almost 80% of Americans were against it). The Senate would still function normally, with politicians voting "aye" or "nay", so as to block any bad bills the People's House might pass.
>>>Yes. Because iPhone works well, Android is fail.
I probably will get iPhone, but only because it costs 30 dollars a month, versus 35 for the android. (On the other hand, my curent phone is only 5/month so that's an even better deal.)
>>>In Australia getting to the polls on voting day is mandatory. You're fined otherwise
So much for pro-choice.
If I don't want to vote, I shouldn't have to vote, anymore than I have to exercise my right of free speech (i.e. I can choose to remain silent during a police encounter). A right is only a right if you are free to choose all options. Else you're just a serf being compelled by a master (the politicians).
>>>selecting a random choice because MTV told you itâ(TM)s your duty to vote is only going to make things worse.
What's actually making it worse is that most of these people just vote on name recognition. Which is why existing politicians win again-and-again. I know I did that when I was 18, just voting for the name I knew. (I'm wiser now.) There ought to be some basic test like: "Please identify the first president of the United States: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison." If you fail to answer correctly your vote doesn't count, because you obviously don't care enough to learn your own country's history, and don't care about the current president either.
>>>unless young people can vote online they won't bother at all and the whole democratic system will collapse
Ron Paul seems to be doing alright, and his support is mostly young people. He now has close to 300 delegates thanks to young people willing to drive to the caucuses, stand-around for hours one end, & vote.
If I ever get a "Pay us $5000 or else" extortion letter from them, that's exactly the response they will get.
On second thought..... I don't want to waste 50 cents.
User videos are copyrighted at the moment of creation.
Not that I care..... I download a ton of stuff from youtube so I can play it back at 2x speed in VLC Player (mostly news programs and lectures).
I always download songs because I've seen instances where the record company yanked the song off youtube (example: most of Prince's songs). I learned to backup my favorite 70s/80s-era songs so that, if I can no longer access them via youtube, I can still hear them when I like.
"CNET's policy is that Download.com is not in any position to determine whether a piece of software is legal or not or whether it can be used for illegal activity." --- It seems pretty obvious that a program designed to download youtube videos is infringing on copyright. Though I guess you could argue said program is no different than a VCR (which the SCOTUS ruled can legally capture video and store it).
For the same reason people keep saying "U.S. internet is slow" but if you look at the actual numbers we are in third place (tied with the European Union)*, behind Japan and Korea, but ahead of China, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Brazil, et cetera. Oftentimes common knowledge like "education sucks" and "internet is slow" and "Betamax failed because it didn't allow porn" is provably wrong when you actually dig into the subject and uncover the real truth.
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*source: speedtest
I'd rather see one universal language, or maybe a dozen (one from each family). Using Europe/the Mideast/North Africa as example:
They were much better off when they spoke 2 common tongues (Roman and Greek) and could communicate with one another easily, then one thousand years later when they split-up into a bunch of incomprehensible tongues.
I made a mistake. Buffett's corporation owes over a *b*ilion in taxes which he has not paid, and the politicians apparently don't care. They are too busy praising the tax cheat for his Buffett rule (which will hurt everyone else but not him).
>>>We probably can't return to the old 'company man' ways and it isn't even clear we want to. So we can't go back and we can't stay where we are either; so what next?
According to the article they are hiring Indian engineers that received free training by their companies at home. Hence the demand for more visas.
I thought in the submariners' world cavitation was a bad thing? Reason: It makes a lot of noise. That's why they move around slowly at 10-15 knots, rather than full speed with the propeller producing noisy bubbles. (And also why the Russians kept trying to steal our propeller tech, because their propellers tended to cavitate, making them easy targets.)
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Fcuk you all. upthe shit filled asshole you failed to wipw this morning you stupid father-fuckijng piece of shit.l. Yosutn pdi sciosutpdiocn sdocvkgh sopdcuios,jcgnlioeic eos fhsit\
fuck you all.
NTP could mean anything. It could be "Novell transfer protocol" or "NT processor" or "New Teacher Project" or "National Toxicology Program" or "normal temperature and pressure" or "no to pizza". By the way I work on LSEQs. As a geek card-holding person, you should know what that means. (If not turn it in.)
"The NTP pool is a dynamic collection of networked computers that volunteer to provide highly accurate time via the Network Time Protocol to clients worldwide." "Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. In operation since before 1985, NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols in use." - wikipedia.
Anonymous Coward writes:
>>>You suck and you should feel bad. Anyone with decent skills can find work in a few weeks.
Or learn to register a UserID instead of posting anonymously day-after-day.
+1 insightful.
>>>It won't be long before you won't be able to screw highschool girls anymore...get'em while they're still tight!
As my highschool friend says: "Wow..... creeper." Ooops I've said too much.
>>>Bagging groceries isn't going to help your coding abilities but if it gives you enough breathing room to prevent a loan shark from taking advantage of you in college, I'd take that option.
My college advised me against doing that. He said having a high GPA will net me FAR more money long-term, then the measly 7/hour at a store.
At the time I didn't listen to him (I still worked 15 hours/week) but in retrospect he was right. My current yearly income is 35 times larger than that crappy store job, and I wonder how much more-advanced in my career I would be if my GPA was closer to 4.0, because I had more time to study and get better grades.
>>>Enjoy your summer, it will be one of your last.
Not likely. He can expect to be laid-off at least once in his career. I've experienced two summer (and three winter) vacations since I graduated college.
This. ----- And also there's more to learning than just your programming career. That's why colleges make you take "core" courses in history, language, et cetera. I'd spend the summer downloading some Teaching Company audios and educating yourself.
Also, for me, the most challenging course was Physics 101, 102, and 201. It might be worthwhile to get your college's textbook, or download one, and read through it one time. You don't have to understand everything... just give yourself a general overview of what you'll be learning over the next 2 years.
Oh and since you'll be meeting lots of girls, maybe a copy of "Mars and Venus on a Date" so you don't accidentally insult your potential future wife. ;-)
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>>>For all I know [the wiki-editor] grabbed the unsourced quote from Alex Jones & he pulled it from.....