"increase the cost of using solar energy in California....by up to 40 percent..."
This makes no sense? Why offer incentives if they are going to turn around and tax? California offers something on the order of a 50% rebate+tax credit on solar, why turn around and tax the system? If they are really having problems just lower the incentive to 10% rather then give the person 50% then take back 40%? What are they trying Enron accounting here?
All this will do is accelerate the exodus of high tech firms from California. Many companies are already moving operations to cheaper states, Sun for example is moving a lot of its operations to Colorado. All this taxing is going to do is accelerate that process and leave California with a smaller tax base in the future. Few politicians seem to think more then 2 or 4 years down the road, basically what they need to do to get reelected.
Unless you plan on dealing solely in cash and living in a cabin in Montana then plan on credit checks being a way of life. EVERYONE checks it these days, you want electricity/phone/cell/car/insurance/house/video rental/etc etc etc. The "you have no business checking my credit" stuff went out about 20-30 years ago, so your refusal will only sour you in the eyes of your employers these days.
For your information the main reason a credit check is done is to see if you have anything to hide and see if you are really who you say you are as well as assess whether you are a potential threat do to bad debts. Not only that but good credit to a degree speaks to being responsible. They are generally they are done as part of a comprehensive background check. Frankly since they are so ubiquitous your employer will think you have something to hide and probably not hire you.
Hmmmm this little module lets onw configure how you want the IP header id generatored, among a bunch of other options to hide identify. Why not just work this into iptables, PF, IPF and no worries about NAT ID'ing.
I don't think it would set a disturbing precedent, lawsuits are about MONEY, plain and simple. Lawyers don't file lawsuits unless they can get money (for the most part, sure occasionally there is something filed for priciple, but it is a rarity). A class action against an OpenSource project wouldn't garner much more then maybe a couple thousand if even that. Which is by no means worth a lawyers time. Microsoft on the other hand......BILLIONS........
Sure they didn't write the worm but they did write faulty code. Take for example, "Big Company A" buys a security system, a shoddy one and a criminal breaks in because of a problem with the way the system was designed and steals a lot of product. The company that built the security system will likely be sued because they built a faulty product. Sure they didn't break into "Big Company A" but they are none the less responsible.
The bigger question is why isn't Microsoft being held responsible? DSC was held resobsible when one of their faulty switches brought down the East coast's telephone lines, Ford/Firestone were held responsible for their faulty tires, vehicles. Sure they have statements that they aren't responsible in their EULA, but come on, doctors getted sued even though people sign waivers. We need to put blame where blame belongs, and that is the company that orginated this faulty and shoddy product
Here, this antenna rocks, built one myself and it is well worth the effort and the 10 bucks or so it costs in parts. Heck I can use my wireless down the block (almost).
I would say learn a real programming language before you learn Visual BASIC, as VB is a good language to ruin you for other languages. It is bloated and keeps you well away from the machine. Learn how to program properly before you touch VB.
Hell, even if they make millions of these chips it is still a THOUSAND times less then your average coal fired power plant, which will burn about 4,000,000,000 kg's of fossil fuel a year to light 200,000 homes.
How is your PDA functionality - limited, annoying because of size, etc?
Functionality is good on the Treo 300, talk time is only 2-3 hours though, but it is enough, size is good compared to carrying a PDA and a cell phone, as phones go it is a little big but not too much so. About the only annoying thing is the screen isn't great in bright light, so unlike PDA's like the iPaq which have a great reflective TFT that works great outdoors it sucks to use the Treo outdoors.
How is the phone service?
I use Sprint, seems to have great coverage in all the area I have been in (mostly in the Southwest, where the rural coverage is actually pretty good).
What do you wish your PDA/Phone could do that it can't?
I wish my phone was upgradable, CF, PCMCIA, SD card, anything, it is totally non-upgradeable/expandable.
Is it worth buying a combo unit or should I consider elements that interact properly?
Sprints 3G is great for a little browsing and some POP3 via Eudora, I got it because I wanted to have Internet access anywhere, and it works great for that. So in that situtation, yes it is worth it, you do comprimise on some things (ie battery life) but other then that I enjoy the phone.
Mil-Spec (which sort of actually has a point but is a bit over done, well a bit is an understantment and you are at the whime of the government auditors, better keep them happy.
QA (Quality Assurance, uhh WTF? can we say paperwork)
ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 (really is there a difference) yes I know the textbook answer, but it seems simply to amount to more paperwork, less productivity, surprise inspections, it is like Mil-Spec without the fat government contracts, sort of like eating healthy and still having a heart attack).
Now the latest, Six Sigma, some tool writes a book on applying standard deviation to business practice and know everyone is on the boat. Give me a break, yet another engineers paperwork hell. Anyone who says it works probably has an MBA.
As far as I know it is illegal to drive a moped or scooter on most major US city sidewalks. They are considered street vehicles, so it is about the same as driving your car on the sidewalk. Maybe it is different in Hawaii. I would personally rather see no motorized vehicles on the sidewalks, hell bikes should even be there, sidewalks are for people and walking.
Buddy of mine is a Dallas Police Officer and he told me that these suckers were basically banned months ago here in Dallas. Namely because they are a danger to pedestrians, 80 lbs piece of metal with a 150+ lbs person jamming down the street at 12+ mph makes for a pretty good accident waiting to happen. Personally I am glad they are banning these things, they are useless and will just make people lazy. If we need anything we need subways in all large cities, and people can just walk between stations, least it will get people off their ever growing butts for a while.
While most vertebrates have mechanisms to rid themselves of excess salt most invertebrates (sessile or otherwise) do NOT have such mechanisms and depend on their environment to maintain a constant salt concentration. (Note: I have been building salt water aquariums for decades). Suffice to say increasing the salt content even slightly will more them likely not effect fish and up, but will at best stress most invertebrates making them susceptible to disease and at worst kill off large numbers of them and most certainly damage any coral. In turn this could damage food supplies, breeding areas etc for other animals not effected by the increase in salt.
The RIAA belives that since you can now legally make copies of songs from the 50's in Europe that no one in America will buy their overpriced American copies in favor of the cheaper public domain European versions. So they want more control at our borders. Damn the RIAA, US copyrights should be expiring, damn the Bono Amendment.
The down side of income taxes is that those who reside out-of-state and don't work in Oregon don't pay for systems that they use when they visit Oregon. In my opinion, the best system would be a combination of use and income taxes.
Take a look at the taxes your city/county/state place on things like hotels and rental cars, travels DO shoulder a larger tax burden. I travel a lot with my job and I see those couple extra percent the cities/counties/states add on, trust me travelers/visitors pay.
As for use base systems being regressive taxes? You lost me there, why shouldn't everyone shoulder the burden equally? I am not saying the poor should pay an equal amount, but I think an equal percentage is more then fair. If someone makes more money why should they pay a higher percentage, especially when they generally don't use the services their money supports. The bulk of the programs that governments in this country run are paid for by the middle class, the group that uses them the least.
Children receiving more education will incur greater taxes on their parents. Parents will be taxed $1000 for each A, $500 for each B, $250 for each C, and $500 for each summer school or remedial course. Each extracurricular activity will incur a further $500.
Hmmm, so what you are saying is rather then scale back the taxes for schools people will pay the existing taxes that go towards education and then for all the extra classes/programs they will pay more. Seems to miss the point of use based taxes since it is added to the existing taxes that supposedly pay for schools. And another question do people with no children pay no taxes to the schools? Or do people with no children just pay the basic amount, like every other county in the country.
If all these systems were truely use based you would pay nothing up front and only pay when services were rendered, ie you would pay no car registration and only be billed for use of city/state roads (not interstate highways since those are funded by the federal goverment). As for schools you should ONLY pay if you have children in school. Oh well.
I am all for use based taxes, but before they implement such a system they need to get rid of all the other taxes, as use based means you only pay for what you use. If you don't drive, you don't pay, if you don't send your kids to public school you don't pay, etc etc etc. But odds are the systems like these won't be implemented in that fashion. I am sure this new "Road Tax" will simply be implemneted on top of all the existing taxes. Oh well, prepare to be taxed into oblivion.
Those who fail to understand the past are doomed to repeat it.
Nothing could be more true then the above statement. Has the person who wrote this article talked to anyone older then say 35? From talking to co-workers in who are in their 40's-50's I have realized that the market has gone in cycles like this for decades (of the 40+ year old engineers I have talked to all had been laid off at least once and all had done at least 2-3 differnt languages and system platforms, if not more), programming languages and engineering platforms come and go. If you want to stay in this field more then 5 years you need to evolve and learn. But the big point is this isn't something new, sure there are a few diehard IBM mainframe types, but they are the exception rather then the rule. As for the guy quoted as saying he spent more time in school then on the job needs to get back up and get another job, or learn another programming language. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and MOVE ON!!!!!
"an always available rate of up to 256 kilobits per second with no download cap"
I guess that is ok, but it is only double ISDN speed for about the same price and you still tie up a phone line? Personally I would wait till they have wireless upload too, if you need something now just go with ISDN, should be able to get a cheap router on eBay and the service will be about the price of this wireless and be availible in most areas.
This message was logged at 2:45 pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, December 18.
Uhhh, unless there is a magic time machine involved this time hasn't occured yet, as for Tuesday, hmmmm would tell me it probably happened last year, as the 18th falls on a Wednesday in 2002;)
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"increase the cost of using solar energy in California....by up to 40 percent..."
This makes no sense? Why offer incentives if they are going to turn around and tax? California offers something on the order of a 50% rebate+tax credit on solar, why turn around and tax the system? If they are really having problems just lower the incentive to 10% rather then give the person 50% then take back 40%? What are they trying Enron accounting here?
All this will do is accelerate the exodus of high tech firms from California. Many companies are already moving operations to cheaper states, Sun for example is moving a lot of its operations to Colorado. All this taxing is going to do is accelerate that process and leave California with a smaller tax base in the future. Few politicians seem to think more then 2 or 4 years down the road, basically what they need to do to get reelected.
Plan and simple, don't buy from online retailers who collect taxes.
Unless you plan on dealing solely in cash and living in a cabin in Montana then plan on credit checks being a way of life. EVERYONE checks it these days, you want electricity/phone/cell/car/insurance/house/video rental/etc etc etc. The "you have no business checking my credit" stuff went out about 20-30 years ago, so your refusal will only sour you in the eyes of your employers these days.
For your information the main reason a credit check is done is to see if you have anything to hide and see if you are really who you say you are as well as assess whether you are a potential threat do to bad debts. Not only that but good credit to a degree speaks to being responsible. They are generally they are done as part of a comprehensive background check. Frankly since they are so ubiquitous your employer will think you have something to hide and probably not hire you.
Hmmmm this little module lets onw configure how you want the IP header id generatored, among a bunch of other options to hide identify. Why not just work this into iptables, PF, IPF and no worries about NAT ID'ing.
I don't think it would set a disturbing precedent, lawsuits are about MONEY, plain and simple. Lawyers don't file lawsuits unless they can get money (for the most part, sure occasionally there is something filed for priciple, but it is a rarity). A class action against an OpenSource project wouldn't garner much more then maybe a couple thousand if even that. Which is by no means worth a lawyers time. Microsoft on the other hand......BILLIONS........
Sure they didn't write the worm but they did write faulty code. Take for example, "Big Company A" buys a security system, a shoddy one and a criminal breaks in because of a problem with the way the system was designed and steals a lot of product. The company that built the security system will likely be sued because they built a faulty product. Sure they didn't break into "Big Company A" but they are none the less responsible.
The bigger question is why isn't Microsoft being held responsible? DSC was held resobsible when one of their faulty switches brought down the East coast's telephone lines, Ford/Firestone were held responsible for their faulty tires, vehicles. Sure they have statements that they aren't responsible in their EULA, but come on, doctors getted sued even though people sign waivers. We need to put blame where blame belongs, and that is the company that orginated this faulty and shoddy product
Here, this antenna rocks, built one myself and it is well worth the effort and the 10 bucks or so it costs in parts. Heck I can use my wireless down the block (almost).
I would say learn a real programming language before you learn Visual BASIC, as VB is a good language to ruin you for other languages. It is bloated and keeps you well away from the machine. Learn how to program properly before you touch VB.
Old news, Solaris 2.6 and 7. Solaris 8 is 64 by default. I hope they are not still developing for 2.6 :)
Hell, even if they make millions of these chips it is still a THOUSAND times less then your average coal fired power plant, which will burn about 4,000,000,000 kg's of fossil fuel a year to light 200,000 homes.
How is your PDA functionality - limited, annoying because of size, etc?
Functionality is good on the Treo 300, talk time is only 2-3 hours though, but it is enough, size is good compared to carrying a PDA and a cell phone, as phones go it is a little big but not too much so. About the only annoying thing is the screen isn't great in bright light, so unlike PDA's like the iPaq which have a great reflective TFT that works great outdoors it sucks to use the Treo outdoors.
How is the phone service?
I use Sprint, seems to have great coverage in all the area I have been in (mostly in the Southwest, where the rural coverage is actually pretty good).
What do you wish your PDA/Phone could do that it can't?
I wish my phone was upgradable, CF, PCMCIA, SD card, anything, it is totally non-upgradeable/expandable.
Is it worth buying a combo unit or should I consider elements that interact properly?
Sprints 3G is great for a little browsing and some POP3 via Eudora, I got it because I wanted to have Internet access anywhere, and it works great for that. So in that situtation, yes it is worth it, you do comprimise on some things (ie battery life) but other then that I enjoy the phone.
Wish they would buy this argument, a great many people have tried to make it, but sadly it hasn't worked yet.
Hmmm, lets see, I have been through:
Mil-Spec (which sort of actually has a point but is a bit over done, well a bit is an understantment and you are at the whime of the government auditors, better keep them happy.
QA (Quality Assurance, uhh WTF? can we say paperwork)
ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 (really is there a difference) yes I know the textbook answer, but it seems simply to amount to more paperwork, less productivity, surprise inspections, it is like Mil-Spec without the fat government contracts, sort of like eating healthy and still having a heart attack).
Now the latest, Six Sigma, some tool writes a book on applying standard deviation to business practice and know everyone is on the boat. Give me a break, yet another engineers paperwork hell. Anyone who says it works probably has an MBA.
As far as I know it is illegal to drive a moped or scooter on most major US city sidewalks. They are considered street vehicles, so it is about the same as driving your car on the sidewalk. Maybe it is different in Hawaii. I would personally rather see no motorized vehicles on the sidewalks, hell bikes should even be there, sidewalks are for people and walking.
Buddy of mine is a Dallas Police Officer and he told me that these suckers were basically banned months ago here in Dallas. Namely because they are a danger to pedestrians, 80 lbs piece of metal with a 150+ lbs person jamming down the street at 12+ mph makes for a pretty good accident waiting to happen. Personally I am glad they are banning these things, they are useless and will just make people lazy. If we need anything we need subways in all large cities, and people can just walk between stations, least it will get people off their ever growing butts for a while.
While most vertebrates have mechanisms to rid themselves of excess salt most invertebrates (sessile or otherwise) do NOT have such mechanisms and depend on their environment to maintain a constant salt concentration. (Note: I have been building salt water aquariums for decades). Suffice to say increasing the salt content even slightly will more them likely not effect fish and up, but will at best stress most invertebrates making them susceptible to disease and at worst kill off large numbers of them and most certainly damage any coral. In turn this could damage food supplies, breeding areas etc for other animals not effected by the increase in salt.
The RIAA belives that since you can now legally make copies of songs from the 50's in Europe that no one in America will buy their overpriced American copies in favor of the cheaper public domain European versions. So they want more control at our borders. Damn the RIAA, US copyrights should be expiring, damn the Bono Amendment.
The down side of income taxes is that those who reside out-of-state and don't work in Oregon don't pay for systems that they use when they visit Oregon. In my opinion, the best system would be a combination of use and income taxes.
Take a look at the taxes your city/county/state place on things like hotels and rental cars, travels DO shoulder a larger tax burden. I travel a lot with my job and I see those couple extra percent the cities/counties/states add on, trust me travelers/visitors pay.
As for use base systems being regressive taxes? You lost me there, why shouldn't everyone shoulder the burden equally? I am not saying the poor should pay an equal amount, but I think an equal percentage is more then fair. If someone makes more money why should they pay a higher percentage, especially when they generally don't use the services their money supports. The bulk of the programs that governments in this country run are paid for by the middle class, the group that uses them the least.
Children receiving more education will incur greater taxes on their parents. Parents will be taxed $1000 for each A, $500 for each B, $250 for each C, and $500 for each summer school or remedial course. Each extracurricular activity will incur a further $500.
Hmmm, so what you are saying is rather then scale back the taxes for schools people will pay the existing taxes that go towards education and then for all the extra classes/programs they will pay more. Seems to miss the point of use based taxes since it is added to the existing taxes that supposedly pay for schools. And another question do people with no children pay no taxes to the schools? Or do people with no children just pay the basic amount, like every other county in the country.
If all these systems were truely use based you would pay nothing up front and only pay when services were rendered, ie you would pay no car registration and only be billed for use of city/state roads (not interstate highways since those are funded by the federal goverment). As for schools you should ONLY pay if you have children in school. Oh well.
I am all for use based taxes, but before they implement such a system they need to get rid of all the other taxes, as use based means you only pay for what you use. If you don't drive, you don't pay, if you don't send your kids to public school you don't pay, etc etc etc. But odds are the systems like these won't be implemented in that fashion. I am sure this new "Road Tax" will simply be implemneted on top of all the existing taxes. Oh well, prepare to be taxed into oblivion.
Those who fail to understand the past are doomed to repeat it.
Nothing could be more true then the above statement. Has the person who wrote this article talked to anyone older then say 35? From talking to co-workers in who are in their 40's-50's I have realized that the market has gone in cycles like this for decades (of the 40+ year old engineers I have talked to all had been laid off at least once and all had done at least 2-3 differnt languages and system platforms, if not more), programming languages and engineering platforms come and go. If you want to stay in this field more then 5 years you need to evolve and learn. But the big point is this isn't something new, sure there are a few diehard IBM mainframe types, but they are the exception rather then the rule. As for the guy quoted as saying he spent more time in school then on the job needs to get back up and get another job, or learn another programming language. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and MOVE ON!!!!!
Hmmm, the site says:
"an always available rate of up to 256 kilobits per second with no download cap"
I guess that is ok, but it is only double ISDN speed for about the same price and you still tie up a phone line? Personally I would wait till they have wireless upload too, if you need something now just go with ISDN, should be able to get a cheap router on eBay and the service will be about the price of this wireless and be availible in most areas.
This message was logged at 2:45 pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, December 18.
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Uhhh, unless there is a magic time machine involved this time hasn't occured yet, as for Tuesday, hmmmm would tell me it probably happened last year, as the 18th falls on a Wednesday in 2002