If you could provide free wireless, I'd surely take you up on it. Unfortunately, TANSTAFWB! It's NOT free! Municipal broadband is paid for by the tax base. Your taxes go up if your municipality provides this service.
It shouldn't be the role of government in the US to compete with capital enterprise. Only in those instances where a no commercial enterprises are willing to provide service should the government step in. If there are already existing commercial service, it's not correct to compete with the commercial services and subsidize the competition with tax money.
Yes, it's unfair. It's also unfair that you're not as bright as the rest of us too.
Maybe that's a little harsh... But you can see the difference, can't you? There are lots of barriers to building roads, privately. Right of way being probably the largest. That's why building roads is what people think of when they list the roles of government.
Further, there aren't too many private companies signing up to build roads, except at the behest of governments. That's another reason why it should be government's "job" to build roads.
I'm sure if you try really hard you can list some more reasons.
The problem is that municipally run Broadband efforts have an unfair advantage. If they are funded from the tax base then every tax-payer is a subscriber whether they wish to be or not. Assuming there is a willingness of a commercial entity to provide the service, this isn't fair! This is not what municipal government should be doing.
I guess an argument could be made that for some municipalities where no commercial service is willing to provide broadband service, the government should step in and provide the service. That the value to most people outweighs the extra applied tax. I think this doesn't apply to most cases where the big service providers are lobbying these laws, since they're in larger Metro areas, as far as I know. I don't see anyway passing these laws in rural Kansas...
I'm not a lawyer (nor do I like abbreviations) but I kind of remember from when we bought a house, that once married, you are considered a single legal entity. That one person can give consent for both.
I'm expect this changes from state to state so I don't know that I'd rely on this decision to hold true in all 50 states...
You know... I'd always had a big "NO UNI" rule regarding my sushi eating habits. I've tried it a couple of times in New York and never liked it.
Once, while in Tokyo, I went for sushi with vendors. They ordered the lunch special and the sushi chef prepared each piece separately and handed one or two pieces to everyone at the bar that ordered the special.
One course was Uni and I wasn't looking forward to it. I figured I'd swallow it as fast as possible. But when I grabbed it, it broke apart. I put it in my mouth and it was actually pretty pleasant. I don't know if it's how it was prepared or how fresh it was or what. But I didn't mind the experience at all.
I still haven't had the courage to order Uni at home, though.
2. Good engineers can get an extrememly large amount of work done in short periods of time when properly engaged. Do whatever is necessary to keep them properly engaged most of the time. Finding test equipment, dealing with expense reports and other important, yet mundane details are best left to a manager or a delegate.
3. Impress upon your reports the value of timely status reports. The value is that they won't be bothered as much if management is properly apprised of each project's status.
4. Make sure that projects are matched to appropriate engineers. You need to have a repoire with your reports to be sure that this is occuring or they may not feel comfortable telling you that they, "hate working on Project X." An engineer that is interested in the project that he's working on will accomplish a lot more than one who doesn't. You need to maximize the potential of your team. Everybody has to do some of the broing jobs but insure your team's star's time is most effectively spent. However, don't underestimate the value of having a junior member of the team work on difficult products. That's how we all learn.
I think the last one is the most difficult part of management of a team of moderate size. Small teams probably won't have as many projects or members so assigning tasks will be a little easier.
(disclaimer: I've been on both campuses but attended neither. Most of my family went to K-State, except for a rogue uncle that went to Washburn. But he's probably the most fun. Also, I'm a consummate button pusher...)
A little sensitive, huh? It was mostly a joke. But there is a differnt culture in both schools and this just feels like KU to me. I can't really say why... I always get the feeling that KU's unsuccessfully trying to be an ivy league school.
Leave it to Kansas to hold an academic conference, 'In the Footsteps of Godzilla'.
Now, don't slander all Kansans with that remark. Those KU Jailbirds have always had a weird sense of what's considered academic. you certainly wouldn't see K-State hosting such fluff!
Renault's a french company, right? Clearly the overtaking truck triggered the fear response in the car. Apparently, in this case the fear response is flight. Probably better for the passengers than if it chose fight...
Just because most Canadian citizens don't agree with the current administration, they're still part of the US. And until November, hopefully, George Bush is still the President of the US, even the Grand Old State of Canada.</TROLL>
Rats! I forgot the leading Troll HTML tag! Sorry...
Don't expect FH to function as any form of encryption. For unencrypted connections, all the information needed to intercept transmissions between the master and slave is available over the air. There are many BT protocol sniffers available that sniff BT packets over the air.
But, uh, human life is rather common and cheap these days. The world's population is exploding and that means that there's a lot of surplus people around. So perhaps it's best just to execute the serial killers rather than spend too much time trying to understand why they do what they do. They aren't going to be missed and there's a lot of people who aren't serial killers around to take their place.
Trolls are surplus people. Will you be removing yourself from society or shall I do it?
Oh... You did get one thing correct. You won't be missed.
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There's no address on the passport nor a SSN but there is a passport number. And don't doubt that the US government has a database that links passport numbers to addresses...
Hmmm... Just how do you manage to get dressed and out the door in the morning?
First, it's not "Other way around". Second, let's assume your second sentence is correct. You contradict it with your third sentence and then give an example with your fourth sentence to come up with a completely incorrect premise. Your logic just makes me want to chuckle and shake my head.
Look, no one's going to let you buy gas at 1970's prices with today's dollars. But that's not what's happening. This would be like buying a crapload of gas in 1970, at 1970's prices with 1970 dollars. Good idea? In the case of gasoline, I don't really know. Where would you store it? What about liability for fires, pollution caused by leakage, etc... It's propbably cheaper just to buy it incrementally.
With this issue, they get to sit on your $10 for $100 years instead of getting around 10 cents a year. Go back and ask your accounting teacher, what's better, money now or money in the future?
I've travelled to a bunch of countries within the last three years with my sometimes trusty Dell laptop, including Israel, Germany, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore. I'm pretty sure I've hit a mix of 100-220v 50-60Hz. I read the manual before I left the first time and they said just get a plug adaptor and plug it in. I did. No smoke or sparks. It worked fine. It wasn't a transformer, either. Just a little plastic doohickey that had accepted my plug (kind of slotted) and had round pins on the other side (for the 220V countries).
For most Dell laptops that my company buys, there's nothing other than a plug adaptor necessary for different voltages. You could probably buy the correct plug shape from Dell as a replacement part, since the plug disconnects from the power supply.
You may have problems with driving games, though...
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If you could provide free wireless, I'd surely take you up on it. Unfortunately, TANSTAFWB! It's NOT free! Municipal broadband is paid for by the tax base. Your taxes go up if your municipality provides this service.
It shouldn't be the role of government in the US to compete with capital enterprise. Only in those instances where a no commercial enterprises are willing to provide service should the government step in. If there are already existing commercial service, it's not correct to compete with the commercial services and subsidize the competition with tax money.
Yes, it's unfair. It's also unfair that you're not as bright as the rest of us too.
Maybe that's a little harsh... But you can see the difference, can't you? There are lots of barriers to building roads, privately. Right of way being probably the largest. That's why building roads is what people think of when they list the roles of government.
Further, there aren't too many private companies signing up to build roads, except at the behest of governments. That's another reason why it should be government's "job" to build roads.
I'm sure if you try really hard you can list some more reasons.
The problem is that municipally run Broadband efforts have an unfair advantage. If they are funded from the tax base then every tax-payer is a subscriber whether they wish to be or not. Assuming there is a willingness of a commercial entity to provide the service, this isn't fair! This is not what municipal government should be doing.
I guess an argument could be made that for some municipalities where no commercial service is willing to provide broadband service, the government should step in and provide the service. That the value to most people outweighs the extra applied tax. I think this doesn't apply to most cases where the big service providers are lobbying these laws, since they're in larger Metro areas, as far as I know. I don't see anyway passing these laws in rural Kansas...
I'm not a lawyer (nor do I like abbreviations) but I kind of remember from when we bought a house, that once married, you are considered a single legal entity. That one person can give consent for both.
I'm expect this changes from state to state so I don't know that I'd rely on this decision to hold true in all 50 states...
You know... I'd always had a big "NO UNI" rule regarding my sushi eating habits. I've tried it a couple of times in New York and never liked it.
Once, while in Tokyo, I went for sushi with vendors. They ordered the lunch special and the sushi chef prepared each piece separately and handed one or two pieces to everyone at the bar that ordered the special.
One course was Uni and I wasn't looking forward to it. I figured I'd swallow it as fast as possible. But when I grabbed it, it broke apart. I put it in my mouth and it was actually pretty pleasant. I don't know if it's how it was prepared or how fresh it was or what. But I didn't mind the experience at all.
I still haven't had the courage to order Uni at home, though.
Here's my take on what comprises a good manager:
1. Reduce distractions!
2. Good engineers can get an extrememly large amount of work done in short periods of time when properly engaged. Do whatever is necessary to keep them properly engaged most of the time. Finding test equipment, dealing with expense reports and other important, yet mundane details are best left to a manager or a delegate.
3. Impress upon your reports the value of timely status reports. The value is that they won't be bothered as much if management is properly apprised of each project's status.
4. Make sure that projects are matched to appropriate engineers. You need to have a repoire with your reports to be sure that this is occuring or they may not feel comfortable telling you that they, "hate working on Project X." An engineer that is interested in the project that he's working on will accomplish a lot more than one who doesn't. You need to maximize the potential of your team. Everybody has to do some of the broing jobs but insure your team's star's time is most effectively spent. However, don't underestimate the value of having a junior member of the team work on difficult products. That's how we all learn.
I think the last one is the most difficult part of management of a team of moderate size. Small teams probably won't have as many projects or members so assigning tasks will be a little easier.
...and an apostrophe in the contraction of "It is" that leads off this non-sentence.
Hey, where's this money market that pays 6%? I'd like to take advantage of that! 3%, maybe, with a $100k deposit...
Why is it so moot? Do men and women not create offspring anymore? My son would be a counterexample...
See: Proof Is In: Kansas Is Flatter Than A Pancake.
(disclaimer: I've been on both campuses but attended neither. Most of my family went to K-State, except for a rogue uncle that went to Washburn. But he's probably the most fun. Also, I'm a consummate button pusher...)
A little sensitive, huh? It was mostly a joke. But there is a differnt culture in both schools and this just feels like KU to me. I can't really say why... I always get the feeling that KU's unsuccessfully trying to be an ivy league school.
Now, don't slander all Kansans with that remark. Those KU Jailbirds have always had a weird sense of what's considered academic. you certainly wouldn't see K-State hosting such fluff!
Renault's a french company, right? Clearly the overtaking truck triggered the fear response in the car. Apparently, in this case the fear response is flight. Probably better for the passengers than if it chose fight...
What are you talking about?
Just because most Canadian citizens don't agree with the current administration, they're still part of the US. And until November, hopefully, George Bush is still the President of the US, even the Grand Old State of Canada.</TROLL>
Rats! I forgot the leading Troll HTML tag! Sorry...
Wouldn't the ISO9000 auditors considered all those software copies uncontrolled? How do you get away with that?
Don't expect FH to function as any form of encryption. For unencrypted connections, all the information needed to intercept transmissions between the master and slave is available over the air. There are many BT protocol sniffers available that sniff BT packets over the air.
Trolls are surplus people. Will you be removing yourself from society or shall I do it?
Oh... You did get one thing correct. You won't be missed.
You just slander the english language.
There's no address on the passport nor a SSN but there is a passport number. And don't doubt that the US government has a database that links passport numbers to addresses...
Obviously, you missed the pilot episode where they proved that Penn and Teller were Bullshit!
Seriosuly, though, who gets their news from Showtime and two good Las Vegas entertainers?
You forogot the Canadair Region Jet!
It is the bane of any frequent traveller. It has to be the most uncomfortable aircraft to travel in.
They call it a jet but it's really only about 3/4 size. Just like their money, everything made in Canada is smaller than it appears!
Eternal flame website with webcam transmitting from the crypt so your family can be sure no one disturbs your eternal peace?
Actually, I guess it's really only a 100 year flame and we can only guarantee no one disturbs your peace for 100 years...
Hmmm... Just how do you manage to get dressed and out the door in the morning?
First, it's not "Other way around". Second, let's assume your second sentence is correct. You contradict it with your third sentence and then give an example with your fourth sentence to come up with a completely incorrect premise. Your logic just makes me want to chuckle and shake my head.
Look, no one's going to let you buy gas at 1970's prices with today's dollars. But that's not what's happening. This would be like buying a crapload of gas in 1970, at 1970's prices with 1970 dollars. Good idea? In the case of gasoline, I don't really know. Where would you store it? What about liability for fires, pollution caused by leakage, etc... It's propbably cheaper just to buy it incrementally.
With this issue, they get to sit on your $10 for $100 years instead of getting around 10 cents a year. Go back and ask your accounting teacher, what's better, money now or money in the future?
Ya think???
'tard...
I've travelled to a bunch of countries within the last three years with my sometimes trusty Dell laptop, including Israel, Germany, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore. I'm pretty sure I've hit a mix of 100-220v 50-60Hz. I read the manual before I left the first time and they said just get a plug adaptor and plug it in. I did. No smoke or sparks. It worked fine. It wasn't a transformer, either. Just a little plastic doohickey that had accepted my plug (kind of slotted) and had round pins on the other side (for the 220V countries).
For most Dell laptops that my company buys, there's nothing other than a plug adaptor necessary for different voltages. You could probably buy the correct plug shape from Dell as a replacement part, since the plug disconnects from the power supply.
You may have problems with driving games, though...