"Freedom", as such, is neither a right nor a privilege. No where is it enshrined in America's laws, or the constitution. Rather, several specific freedoms, and limitations on government power, are enumerated in the constitution. Furthermore, if you look at where we are in the broad spectrum of history, we are less free now then in the 1980's, but more free then we were in the 1940's, or 1860's. Think of rights granted/enforced at a particular time as points in a continuum. When times are good and external threats are low, limitations on government are cranked up. Likewise, if government has been shown to abuse power (think Nixon in the 70's), then reforms are enacted to limit the power of government. After it was shown that Nixon's government was using the FBI and CIA to political ends, oversite comities were established and a "firewall" was erected between the CIA and FBI to prevent further abuses. After 9/11, the restrictions against cooperation were removed, and certain other powers were granted to/expanded for the government. When the War on Terror becomes too onerous for the people, or the government appears too over-reaching, then people will clamor for more restrictions on government. You can already see this in action, as the Democrats are running against the Patriot Act (both Democratic front-runners actually voted for it!) and the war in Iraq. The pendulum has already started swinging towards more freedom for citizens, and more restrictions on government, mainly because that is what the people are clamoring for.
Uh, define "narrow slice of history". You would be more accurate to say that the nomadic way of life is a phase that a given society goes through until they discover that agriculture surpasses hunting and gathering as a way of sustaining a population. Once that occurs, then villages form, then cities. When a people realize that the land yields sustenance and wealth, some form of property rights take hold. Mostly those rights favor some kind of Big Man or hierarchy over the people who actually work the land, but the rules serve to tie the people to the land even more. As the better fed people of the agricultural society expand, they crowd out the nomads and push that way of life into history. You can see this happening right now, in certain parts of Africa, as the last of the nomadic tribes are supplanted by urban dwellers and farm workers.
It's been a tough winter, with lots of snow, but there has been no problem with my reception. And the convenience of TiVo was totally worth it. Beats the hell out of cable, at least in my area.
Intellectual Property laws are already well defined in the Chemical industry. At least in the I.T. industry we have a fighting chance of influencing the process. It seems to me what you just said was "This place is disgusting. Get me out of this county lockup and put me in the Louisiana State Prison system".
Actually, both parties in the last election took their case to the Supreme Court. Bush won, Gore lost. The issues in front of the court involved how the votes were counted (the infamous hanging/pregnant chads, etc...). The court ruled, the recount proceeded according to their ruling, and Bush won. Perfectly legal. You might not like the outcome, but there was no coup. If it was illegal, and the Bush team had subverted the rule of law, then whey would they allow another election in 2004? Do you plan on voting? I bet you do. Your vote (assuming you don't screw up your ballot) will be counted, as will everyon elses, and the winner will be elected president.
IANAL, etc, but IIRC my civics class, every conglomerate or corporation doesn't just "seem" to have rights, they _do_ have rights. All privileges and rights guaranteed to citizens of the U.S. are accorded to corporations, except the right to vote. Which they more then make up for with political donations. Who needs a vote when you can have a whole congressman?
If this is "Overthrow the Standard Model"-class Big News, I would like to see it duplicated first. Otherwise it's just an invisible purple dragon floating in my garage...
Unless MS and MF have created a really good replacement for JCL, and the ability to seamlessly convert between EBCDIC and ASCII on the fly, and seamlessly access all the data stored in all the DASD in all the datacenters, gin-joints, and big-iron holdout citadels spread throughout the world, it just won't matter. JCL is the biggest holdup, I would think. COBOL programs perform several steps to a piece of data, kick out output files, and pass control to JCL, which, depending on the return code of the COBOL, will call one of several different alternatives. Having one stinking program run on your PC and having to hand-code all the JCL into batch filesis a massive waste of time. Not to mention that JCL is far more robust then an MS-DOS batch file. Finally, most PC's just don't have the throughput to match an IBM Mainframe with DASD on channel. Finally, you can tell an IBM shop that Windows is far more stable then it was 10 years ago, but it still doesn't compare to a mainframe for reliablility _and_ stability. A Windows server with five 9's reliablity isn't worth shit if the registry is corrupted. That just doesn't happen on mainframes.
Or perhaps you're supposed to upgrade to Office 2007. You have no intention of it, your office uses Office 2003 exclusively, and you don't share documents. No need for you to upgrade. The Windows 2003 DRM server contacts the Mothership for a security update, and suddenly your Office 2003 docs will only open with Office 2007. When you complain to MS, you will be told it was your turn to support the innovation you're being forced into.
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could do the same thing without programming. PC Anywhere running on a DOS 3.3 box actually tried to render the Windows screen in ascii. It was freaky.
Things are never as bad as they seem during a recession, and never as good as they seem during a boom.
Certain programming jobs will go offshore, but not all. Embedded systems don't need GUI or Language skills, so those will go. Programming jobs that require human interaction skills will be less successful offshore because the cultural literacy of the U.S. isn't very good in India. That will drive up the costs of their production.
System integration will not go offshore at all, because many times you physically need to be on site to integrate the system.
During the past 10 years we (programmers) have been making an Economic Profit. Economic Profits only last until other competitors (local college grads, h1b folks) come in and compete for jobs, lowering the salaries to an equilibrium point. It isn't greed, it isn't mean-spiritedness, it isn't anti-patriotic, it is economics. Adam Smith defined the basic movement of the "Invisible Hand" over 200 years ago. As salaries go down, h1b folks leave the country, people change careers, and in general the supply of tech folks drop as people look for other ways of making money or acquiring skills.
When another boom starts, as it will, salaries will go up as demand outstrips supply, and then the big bucks will be rolling in again.
How can I be so certain? I am, because Tech is a boom & bust cycle with a period of roughly 4 ears. The headlines in the early 80's read "Silicon Valley is dead! The Japanese stole all our jobs!" In late 80's, PC's were the rage, the "Savior of the Economy". In the early 90's, George Bush (Senior) was blamed for wrecking "The Economy, Stupid!" In the late 90's, "The business cycle is dead, the New Economy is here!" Now they read "Silicon Valley is dead! The Indians stole all our jobs!"
Give it a couple of years, after the war costs have been absorbed and growth returns to the U.S. economy. That will spur demand at home for tech positions, and demand will ripple throughout the world for goods and services. The good times won't be far behind. Demand will outstrip supply, salaries will rise, and everyone will be yapping about the new "Economic Miracle".
Why were Napster & AudioGalaxy busted? Not for violating the DMCA. For distributing copyrighted material without a license from the copyright holder. This is the same violation.
Running Windows, my Presario 1700 XL actually cools itself. Since APCI for Linux isn't quite there it, and no "Fan On" application exists for my hardware, the thing heats up to an uncomfortable temp. The CPU cover on the laptop case is even warped from the heat. Other then that, I run Linux on my servers and APM based laptops.
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"Freedom", as such, is neither a right nor a privilege. No where is it enshrined in America's laws, or the constitution. Rather, several specific freedoms, and limitations on government power, are enumerated in the constitution. Furthermore, if you look at where we are in the broad spectrum of history, we are less free now then in the 1980's, but more free then we were in the 1940's, or 1860's. Think of rights granted/enforced at a particular time as points in a continuum. When times are good and external threats are low, limitations on government are cranked up. Likewise, if government has been shown to abuse power (think Nixon in the 70's), then reforms are enacted to limit the power of government. After it was shown that Nixon's government was using the FBI and CIA to political ends, oversite comities were established and a "firewall" was erected between the CIA and FBI to prevent further abuses. After 9/11, the restrictions against cooperation were removed, and certain other powers were granted to/expanded for the government. When the War on Terror becomes too onerous for the people, or the government appears too over-reaching, then people will clamor for more restrictions on government. You can already see this in action, as the Democrats are running against the Patriot Act (both Democratic front-runners actually voted for it!) and the war in Iraq. The pendulum has already started swinging towards more freedom for citizens, and more restrictions on government, mainly because that is what the people are clamoring for.
Uh, define "narrow slice of history". You would be more accurate to say that the nomadic way of life is a phase that a given society goes through until they discover that agriculture surpasses hunting and gathering as a way of sustaining a population. Once that occurs, then villages form, then cities. When a people realize that the land yields sustenance and wealth, some form of property rights take hold. Mostly those rights favor some kind of Big Man or hierarchy over the people who actually work the land, but the rules serve to tie the people to the land even more. As the better fed people of the agricultural society expand, they crowd out the nomads and push that way of life into history. You can see this happening right now, in certain parts of Africa, as the last of the nomadic tribes are supplanted by urban dwellers and farm workers.
It's been a tough winter, with lots of snow, but there has been no problem with my reception. And the convenience of TiVo was totally worth it. Beats the hell out of cable, at least in my area.
And you got parts from...?
Intellectual Property laws are already well defined in the Chemical industry. At least in the I.T. industry we have a fighting chance of influencing the process. It seems to me what you just said was "This place is disgusting. Get me out of this county lockup and put me in the Louisiana State Prison system".
And you have a stillsuit! Ok, better make sure the "fluid" mentioned in the article isn't poisonous.
By using Linux, and leave it at that. Any other individual is free to use whatever they want. If the majority of people make a bad decision, so be it.
Just buy a winch for your SUV. Then you're never out of room.
Or don't listen to Clear Channel. No listeners, No advertisers. No advertisers, no money. no money, no Clear Channel.
Damnit, I clicked on the link just as BSD died...
Actually, both parties in the last election took their case to the Supreme Court. Bush won, Gore lost. The issues in front of the court involved how the votes were counted (the infamous hanging/pregnant chads, etc...). The court ruled, the recount proceeded according to their ruling, and Bush won. Perfectly legal. You might not like the outcome, but there was no coup. If it was illegal, and the Bush team had subverted the rule of law, then whey would they allow another election in 2004? Do you plan on voting? I bet you do. Your vote (assuming you don't screw up your ballot) will be counted, as will everyon elses, and the winner will be elected president.
IANAL, etc, but IIRC my civics class, every conglomerate or corporation doesn't just "seem" to have rights, they _do_ have rights. All privileges and rights guaranteed to citizens of the U.S. are accorded to corporations, except the right to vote. Which they more then make up for with political donations. Who needs a vote when you can have a whole congressman?
If this is "Overthrow the Standard Model"-class Big News, I would like to see it duplicated first. Otherwise it's just an invisible purple dragon floating in my garage...
Unless MS and MF have created a really good replacement for JCL, and the ability to seamlessly convert between EBCDIC and ASCII on the fly, and seamlessly access all the data stored in all the DASD in all the datacenters, gin-joints, and big-iron holdout citadels spread throughout the world, it just won't matter.
JCL is the biggest holdup, I would think. COBOL programs perform several steps to a piece of data, kick out output files, and pass control to JCL, which, depending on the return code of the COBOL, will call one of several different alternatives. Having one stinking program run on your PC and having to hand-code all the JCL into batch filesis a massive waste of time. Not to mention that JCL is far more robust then an MS-DOS batch file. Finally, most PC's just don't have the throughput to match an IBM Mainframe with DASD on channel. Finally, you can tell an IBM shop that Windows is far more stable then it was 10 years ago, but it still doesn't compare to a mainframe for reliablility _and_ stability. A Windows server with five 9's reliablity isn't worth shit if the registry is corrupted. That just doesn't happen on mainframes.
and all I could push back in time was these lousy tiles.
Or perhaps you're supposed to upgrade to Office 2007. You have no intention of it, your office uses Office 2003 exclusively, and you don't share documents. No need for you to upgrade. The Windows 2003 DRM server contacts the Mothership for a security update, and suddenly your Office 2003 docs will only open with Office 2007. When you complain to MS, you will be told it was your turn to support the innovation you're being forced into.
could do the same thing without programming. PC Anywhere running on a DOS 3.3 box actually tried to render the Windows screen in ascii. It was freaky.
Thank god that technology hasn't been lost!
"It was just the cold!"
Do you dream of the dark man, too?
I can either tell you what milestone we're on, or how fast the project is progressing, but not both.
Things are never as bad as they seem during a recession, and never as good as they seem during a boom.
Certain programming jobs will go offshore, but not all. Embedded systems don't need GUI or Language skills, so those will go. Programming jobs that require human interaction skills will be less successful offshore because the cultural literacy of the U.S. isn't very good in India. That will drive up the costs of their production.
System integration will not go offshore at all, because many times you physically need to be on site to integrate the system.
During the past 10 years we (programmers) have been making an Economic Profit. Economic Profits only last until other competitors (local college grads, h1b folks) come in and compete for jobs, lowering the salaries to an equilibrium point. It isn't greed, it isn't mean-spiritedness, it isn't anti-patriotic, it is economics. Adam Smith defined the basic movement of the "Invisible Hand" over 200 years ago. As salaries go down, h1b folks leave the country, people change careers, and in general the supply of tech folks drop as people look for other ways of making money or acquiring skills.
When another boom starts, as it will, salaries will go up as demand outstrips supply, and then the big bucks will be rolling in again.
How can I be so certain? I am, because Tech is a boom & bust cycle with a period of roughly 4 ears. The headlines in the early 80's read "Silicon Valley is dead! The Japanese stole all our jobs!" In late 80's, PC's were the rage, the "Savior of the Economy". In the early 90's, George Bush (Senior) was blamed for wrecking "The Economy, Stupid!" In the late 90's, "The business cycle is dead, the New Economy is here!" Now they read "Silicon Valley is dead! The Indians stole all our jobs!"
Give it a couple of years, after the war costs have been absorbed and growth returns to the U.S. economy. That will spur demand at home for tech positions, and demand will ripple throughout the world for goods and services. The good times won't be far behind. Demand will outstrip supply, salaries will rise, and everyone will be yapping about the new "Economic Miracle".
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380 792923/qid=1047317943/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-650771 8-2230237?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
The article doesn't mention how they controlled for the piano music playing. So how do they know the people weren't reacting to the audible music?
is somebody else's socialism. Thank you, People of Germany, for supporting my computer updates with your tax dollers.
Why were Napster & AudioGalaxy busted? Not for violating the DMCA. For distributing copyrighted material without a license from the copyright holder. This is the same violation.
Running Windows, my Presario 1700 XL actually cools itself. Since APCI for Linux isn't quite there it, and no "Fan On" application exists for my hardware, the thing heats up to an uncomfortable temp. The CPU cover on the laptop case is even warped from the heat. Other then that, I run Linux on my servers and APM based laptops.