A refund for poverty level incomes just means that "Fair" tax drains the money disproportionately from the middle class instead of the poorest; it doesn't make it progressive or fair.
Last time I checked, Linux was an OS, not a programming language. So I'd guess the ad you quoted wanted a C++ or shell script programmer.
And you'd probably guess wrong. [OS platform] + [programmer] is shorthand for "We are looking for someone with detailed knowledge of [OS platform] APIs, and experience with one or more programming languages commonly used on that OS platform for application development."
If you're a C++ programmer who has only used Windows, or a shell script hack, you likely don't meet the requirements.
A CS dissertation on improving software quality through statistical analysis. That's not computer science, it's simply advanced software engineering.
No, it's Computer Science. It's the computational analogy to materials science, analyzing the statistical properties of the materials used to build software structures.
I could make the counter-claim that crap like denotational semantics isn't Computer Science, it's simply mathematics, and fairly abstract and non-useful mathematics at that.
However, it sorta depends on your definition of "jump ship", and what the company is like. I've moved between 4 different departments since I started at IBM. You don't necessarily need to change company to change job at Big Blue, and they're also excellent about offering training and development opportunities.
My first thought in response to the article was: Maybe it's a dead end, but it's a pretty comfortable and interesting dead end.
But yes, it seems like word processors actively try to lead users astray. Even Apple does it in Pages, hides the styles away as an "expert" feature you have to turn on, and leaves the ad hoc formatting commands as the only visible way to change things.
It takes a bit of fortitude, but the average/.er has poured time into learning how to recompile a kernel. Try applying the same principle to learning how to do your own taxes.
I did. The documentation on how to build a kernel is much clearer. The dreaded form 1118 is the worst.
Doesn't equifax, and the other companies that collect and sell this information already have that and more?
Yeah, but if the marketers can get it from the IRS, it might actually bear some resemblance to reality. The IRS actually cares about making sure its information is accurate.
The big splits are around package management, kernel features, and choice of default applications.
For package management you have APT + dpkg (Ubuntu, Debian, MEPIS); Portage (Gentoo); RPM and YUM (Fedora); RPM and YAST (SLES); RPM and APT (Connectiva),...
For kernel features, some distros have a "Not Invented Here" syndrome which can be problematic. For example, RedHat have a religious objection to ReiserFS, to the extent of not supporting it at all in RHEL, whereas it's the default filesystem on SuSE--even SLES.
Then there are the distributions that pick sendmail, vs the ones which pick postfix; Postgres vs MySQL; GNOME vs KDE.
The application differences are the smallest issue, really, as it's usually easy enough to switch. Crippling the kernel to remove support for standard filesystems (is a real pain, and I wish distros wouldn't do it.
Contrary to popular belief, I rather doubt most people using an office tool really do just type letters and view using right alignment as an advanced technique.
Well, my observation is that I'm about the only person I know at work who uses styles, which places 90% of Office users in the "Don't know what the fsck they're doing" category.
Yeah. Try and find some usable online documentation for SWT and JFace, for another example. They finally put up some JavaDoc for SWT, but it's useless unless you already know how to write applications using it.
And one of my big beefs with Ruby is the quantity of completely undocumented code in the standard library. I've been trying to help improve the situation, but some people don't even seem to understand that there's a problem.
Oh, now that you've prompted me to check more exhaustively I see what happened.
Someone had the bright idea of replacing kernel-image with something named linux-image, and not marking kernel-image-2.6.8-11 as transitional. They just casually mention in the linux-image description that it replaces kernel-image.
Apparently having all the kernel-related packages with 'kernel' in the name was too convenient.
Monopoly isn't privately owned. It was developed as a 'folk' game by Quakers, and was in the public domain. Parker Brothers engaged in fraud in an attempt to get a monopoly on it, ironically enough--but they failed.
Instead of demanding the government DO something about internet porn, parents can now spend a few bucks and do something themselves.
Except they won't. They'll continue to whine about rude words on TV and violent video games, even when they have all the tools they need to do something.
Speaking for a local primary school whose web filters I maintain, just get on with it so we can fence of that part of the web.
You're following the wrong model. You wouldn't let the children wander around downtown and put cardboard over the inappropriate things, would you? You should be assembling lists of kid-safe sites. If you like, I'm all for having a.kids domain or similar for them.
Or get together with other groups who have similar goals, and use the web rating systems we already have to rate which sites are appropriate for kids, and program your filter from that.
"Capitalism (n) an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state."
Unless you're a far-out right-wing libertarian, you'll likely accept that the state may legitimately protect and enforce property rights without destroying capitalism. Or to put it another way, it's OK to have a state-run army and police force to stop me stealing your car; that doesn't stop the US being capitalist.
Note also that I specifically added the qualifier to "US capitalism", as I'm aware that the specifics of how things work in the US are not necessarily inherent to all forms of capitalism.
How many non-capitalist economies are there that aren't under active economic warfare?
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They get caught hiring/firing people based on their political party...
Yes, ex Republican Party head Kenneth Tomlinson, placed in charge of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, hired a Republican specifically to monitor the political correctness of Bill Moyer's PBS show "Now".
If I was ill and someone actively prevented me from receiving medical aid then I am sure that that person would be breaking the law.
Thousands of people in the third world die every day because western corporations deny them the right to manufacture patented drugs, and they can't afford to buy them at our prices.
There have also been cases where drugs have been made unavailable at any price, because the patent holder has refused to manufacture them or license the patents. For example, Mifepristone (RU-486) was kept off the US market for a while because the patent holder was unwilling to sell a politically incorrect drug in the USA, and it took a lot of pressure to get them to license the patent.
So I'm afraid if a patent prevented you from getting vital medical aid, you would simply be allowed to die. That's the way US capitalism works.
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A refund for poverty level incomes just means that "Fair" tax drains the money disproportionately from the middle class instead of the poorest; it doesn't make it progressive or fair.
And you'd probably guess wrong. [OS platform] + [programmer] is shorthand for "We are looking for someone with detailed knowledge of [OS platform] APIs, and experience with one or more programming languages commonly used on that OS platform for application development."
If you're a C++ programmer who has only used Windows, or a shell script hack, you likely don't meet the requirements.
It's more of a hash of Java, though there's some C scrambled in. They just couldn't call it Java# for trademark reasons...
No, it's Computer Science. It's the computational analogy to materials science, analyzing the statistical properties of the materials used to build software structures.
I could make the counter-claim that crap like denotational semantics isn't Computer Science, it's simply mathematics, and fairly abstract and non-useful mathematics at that.
For me, it has been 3 companies in 15 years.
However, it sorta depends on your definition of "jump ship", and what the company is like. I've moved between 4 different departments since I started at IBM. You don't necessarily need to change company to change job at Big Blue, and they're also excellent about offering training and development opportunities.
My first thought in response to the article was: Maybe it's a dead end, but it's a pretty comfortable and interesting dead end.
Well, there's LyX.
But yes, it seems like word processors actively try to lead users astray. Even Apple does it in Pages, hides the styles away as an "expert" feature you have to turn on, and leaves the ad hoc formatting commands as the only visible way to change things.
I did. The documentation on how to build a kernel is much clearer. The dreaded form 1118 is the worst.
Yeah, but if the marketers can get it from the IRS, it might actually bear some resemblance to reality. The IRS actually cares about making sure its information is accurate.
The "Fair" Tax people want to move the entire tax burden to sales taxes, so that poor people will pay more of the tax burden.
Flat Tax proponents want to have a flat rate tax on all income, so everyone pays a fair share in direct proportion to how much they can afford.
Many progressives are against lotteries. Harper's and Mother Jones have both repeatedly run articles on how bad legalized gambling is for poor people.
And the whole "You shouldn't oppose X because you don't oppose Y which is also bad" argument is blatantly fallacious anyway.
The big splits are around package management, kernel features, and choice of default applications.
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For package management you have APT + dpkg (Ubuntu, Debian, MEPIS); Portage (Gentoo); RPM and YUM (Fedora); RPM and YAST (SLES); RPM and APT (Connectiva),
For kernel features, some distros have a "Not Invented Here" syndrome which can be problematic. For example, RedHat have a religious objection to ReiserFS, to the extent of not supporting it at all in RHEL, whereas it's the default filesystem on SuSE--even SLES.
Then there are the distributions that pick sendmail, vs the ones which pick postfix; Postgres vs MySQL; GNOME vs KDE.
The application differences are the smallest issue, really, as it's usually easy enough to switch. Crippling the kernel to remove support for standard filesystems (is a real pain, and I wish distros wouldn't do it.
Well, my observation is that I'm about the only person I know at work who uses styles, which places 90% of Office users in the "Don't know what the fsck they're doing" category.
Yeah. Try and find some usable online documentation for SWT and JFace, for another example. They finally put up some JavaDoc for SWT, but it's useless unless you already know how to write applications using it.
And one of my big beefs with Ruby is the quantity of completely undocumented code in the standard library. I've been trying to help improve the situation, but some people don't even seem to understand that there's a problem.
Oh, now that you've prompted me to check more exhaustively I see what happened.
Someone had the bright idea of replacing kernel-image with something named linux-image, and not marking kernel-image-2.6.8-11 as transitional. They just casually mention in the linux-image description that it replaces kernel-image.
Apparently having all the kernel-related packages with 'kernel' in the name was too convenient.
Hasbro don't own Monopoly.
http://www.antimonopoly.com/
Monopoly isn't privately owned. It was developed as a 'folk' game by Quakers, and was in the public domain. Parker Brothers engaged in fraud in an attempt to get a monopoly on it, ironically enough--but they failed.
http://www.antimonopoly.com/ for the story.
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I haven't had any problems with Debian testing kernels, other than the fact that the most recent is still 2.6.8.
If you want to talk about problems in Debian testing, look at X.org (6.9 freezes many radeons) and PAM (tally still broken).
Except they won't. They'll continue to whine about rude words on TV and violent video games, even when they have all the tools they need to do something.
You're following the wrong model. You wouldn't let the children wander around downtown and put cardboard over the inappropriate things, would you? You should be assembling lists of kid-safe sites. If you like, I'm all for having a .kids domain or similar for them.
Or get together with other groups who have similar goals, and use the web rating systems we already have to rate which sites are appropriate for kids, and program your filter from that.
As the OAD puts it:
"Capitalism (n) an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state."
Unless you're a far-out right-wing libertarian, you'll likely accept that the state may legitimately protect and enforce property rights without destroying capitalism. Or to put it another way, it's OK to have a state-run army and police force to stop me stealing your car; that doesn't stop the US being capitalist.
Note also that I specifically added the qualifier to "US capitalism", as I'm aware that the specifics of how things work in the US are not necessarily inherent to all forms of capitalism.
Depends if you're in Minnesota in winter and they're going to die of exposure otherwise.
How many non-capitalist economies are there that aren't under active economic warfare?
Yes, ex Republican Party head Kenneth Tomlinson, placed in charge of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, hired a Republican specifically to monitor the political correctness of Bill Moyer's PBS show "Now".
Oh, how left wing!
Thousands of people in the third world die every day because western corporations deny them the right to manufacture patented drugs, and they can't afford to buy them at our prices.
There have also been cases where drugs have been made unavailable at any price, because the patent holder has refused to manufacture them or license the patents. For example, Mifepristone (RU-486) was kept off the US market for a while because the patent holder was unwilling to sell a politically incorrect drug in the USA, and it took a lot of pressure to get them to license the patent.
So I'm afraid if a patent prevented you from getting vital medical aid, you would simply be allowed to die. That's the way US capitalism works.
Pity he sold out to Microsoft. I'll probably never get to play his games.