"places like India instead of combating absolute illiteracy and hunger, run out to make PDAs."
And if the PDA's sell well, wealth is created, jobs are created, and illiteracy and hunger are combated. This without the intervention of the UN, the World Bank, the IMF, or any of the other institutions that the whiners of the planet like to condemn. The Evil Social Irresponsible PDA manufacturers pay taxes, which wind up in the coffers of the Indian government, which can then either a) spend it on programms to fight illiteracy and hunger; b) try to subsidize more development leading to job creation, or c) (most likely) squander it.
Warchalking may be theft of service. If you want to stop it, don't introduce more laws or create press releases, just key your router to MAC addresses that you bless. Use user verification and validation on the devices. Get a decent security policy, don't whine about bad people stealing your electro-magnetic radiation.
What idiot thought this up? Everyone else will be getting drunk, hitting the beach, and running over swimmers with jetskis (after the drinking). Christ! Just when I have most of the world convinced that being a geek is hip, some Spock-ear wearing moron plans this event.
Build up your own business as a consultant. Get certification as you can, but concentrate on building the business and providing excellent customer service. Your reputation, if you are good, will start to open many more doors. If everything goes to hell, then head for the Ivory Towers. If you are successfull, then the most you will need from an academic institution is an accounting class.
Let me get this straight: If I go shell ~$1800 USDfor a Sony Vaio (like I did 3 weeks ago), then I shell out another ~$20 USD for the disc, it not only will not play in their own damned PC, but it will crash their own system?
That shit is fucked up. I wonder if they make any claims as to the stability of their systems.
The ability to project power globally
The ability to affect economies globally
The ability to interdict, interfere, and intervene in any situation globally
China meets only the 2nd criteria. So the opening line should read:
Today, the World's only SuperPower, the United States, is squaring off Regional Wannabe China...
then politics will matter. Try the inverse: Send a note to Washington telling them that they are irrelevant and therefore you will not pay your taxes. You will then meet another government institution that seems remote and irrelevant to you now: The judicial branch and its enforcement mechanism.
Have you ever been stuck in a traffic jam due to road construction? Government. Have you ever driven on a plowed highway right after a snowstorm? Government. Have you stopped to think about why your water quality now is better then it was 30 years ago? Government. Taxation, municipal services, adjudication, and regulation are all functions of government that haven't gone away just because you're so focused on geeking you've forgotten about them. You might even say that you CAN forget about them because the Government is handling them and you don't have to.
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"places like India instead of combating absolute illiteracy and hunger, run out to make PDAs."
And if the PDA's sell well, wealth is created, jobs are created, and illiteracy and hunger are combated. This without the intervention of the UN, the World Bank, the IMF, or any of the other institutions that the whiners of the planet like to condemn. The Evil Social Irresponsible PDA manufacturers pay taxes, which wind up in the coffers of the Indian government, which can then either a) spend it on programms to fight illiteracy and hunger; b) try to subsidize more development leading to job creation, or c) (most likely) squander it.
Sorry, man, but I was in the same boat. I bought a Zaurus instead and am much happier.
Sweet!
Warchalking may be theft of service. If you want to stop it, don't introduce more laws or create press releases, just key your router to MAC addresses that you bless. Use user verification and validation on the devices. Get a decent security policy, don't whine about bad people stealing your electro-magnetic radiation.
Oh, and wear a tin-foil hat.
The good news:h ots/
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A GPL'd solution is available:
http://www.gnomad-mapping.com/screens
I haven't used it, but it looks awesome and sounds like it will do exactly what you want.
The bad news:
Wolfgang isn't distributing it yet
that the little fella finally got a decent job. He was so crushed when Mr. Raurk gave him the boot.
More sublime then Circle of Iron: Go here.
and we're told we have to move. Today the OWL gets funded. Coincidence?
What idiot thought this up? Everyone else will be getting drunk, hitting the beach, and running over swimmers with jetskis (after the drinking). Christ! Just when I have most of the world convinced that being a geek is hip, some Spock-ear wearing moron plans this event.
argle!
Build up your own business as a consultant. Get certification as you can, but concentrate on building the business and providing excellent customer service. Your reputation, if you are good, will start to open many more doors. If everything goes to hell, then head for the Ivory Towers. If you are successfull, then the most you will need from an academic institution is an accounting class.
Good luck.
Let me get this straight: If I go shell ~$1800 USDfor a Sony Vaio (like I did 3 weeks ago), then I shell out another ~$20 USD for the disc, it not only will not play in their own damned PC, but it will crash their own system?
That shit is fucked up. I wonder if they make any claims as to the stability of their systems.
But now my COBOL/IMS experience will pay off BIG!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
A use for Budweisser. Have those horses dump their kegs in the mine
The ability to project power globally The ability to affect economies globally The ability to interdict, interfere, and intervene in any situation globally China meets only the 2nd criteria. So the opening line should read: Today, the World's only SuperPower, the United States, is squaring off Regional Wannabe China...
then politics will matter. Try the inverse: Send a note to Washington telling them that they are irrelevant and therefore you will not pay your taxes. You will then meet another government institution that seems remote and irrelevant to you now: The judicial branch and its enforcement mechanism. Have you ever been stuck in a traffic jam due to road construction? Government. Have you ever driven on a plowed highway right after a snowstorm? Government. Have you stopped to think about why your water quality now is better then it was 30 years ago? Government. Taxation, municipal services, adjudication, and regulation are all functions of government that haven't gone away just because you're so focused on geeking you've forgotten about them. You might even say that you CAN forget about them because the Government is handling them and you don't have to.