Funny, I was always under the impression that they mined lead out of the ground in the first place! So what exactly would be the problem with putting it back where it was?
Same goes for mercury. Where does it come from? How about uranium? The ground? No way... I don't believe it. That horrible, harmful stuff couldn't possibly come from the ground...
Ok, let me use an analogy that is strangely appropriate for you:
There is probably about 4 pounds of feces in your body. Take it out. Now eat it. Whoa, I bet you don't feel too good. Just because it comes out of your body doesn't mean you can just put it back in without doing some damage.
Additional Tip: If you actually try the above experiment, make sure to record it. Maybe you can sell it to a German video company to pay for your hospital bill.
It always amazes me when someone gets up on a soapbox and screams some silly thing, then claims that there's no such thing as free speech. Like Michael Moore.
Ok, lets assume that they will never stop people from getting up a soapbox on the corner.
However, when you can control the mass media to convince the public that X is crazy, stupid, obscene, "wrong", unsafe, bad for children, etc, that puts an end to free speech.
There is a good reason for this lag. Most Linux users (1% of all PC users) don't require slick UI to get their tasks done. Linux users primarily still use the terminal window and considering that KDE is ahead of Windows, I'd say they are doing pretty well.
I don't require a slick UI. I also don't require air conditioning, diet cola, or a high speed internet connection, but they sure make my life nicer and easier.
Hasn't Mr. "Lets do another trivially improved release of my movie so people cough up another $20 for it" kind of lost his right to make a movie criticizing consumerism?
Or perhaps he's already taking those drugs, which explains his directing on Episode II.
Makes me thankful for my original iPod with it's Firewire connectivity only, there's no firewire ports in this office.
Yes, like you're going to win that arguement at the security door/HR rep/etc. "But my ipod only has a firewire interface, unable to connect to the computers here!"
To them, that sounds like technical nonsense that makes you even more suspecious. "He mentioned fire!"
In that case, I know it was absurd overkill... but is this concern a legitimate concern? No more music on the way into the office?"
No, its just a matter of scale. There are no real legitimate concerns, but every company will balance employee happiness vs the 1 in 10000 chance something will go horribly wrong with a USB watch, and just ban everything outright.
then the guy in my face pushed me, and I restrained myself entirely and said
End. You shoudl have called the police and pressed charges for assault. There are security cameras everywhere. You might have also gotten your TV at an extreme discount, assuming you couldn't have just sued them outright.
Quicken has much better set-up, more support, and a more professional look. Money has the ONE "killer" feature for me. It can show a chart, based on your bills and paychecks you enter in, showing how much money is in an account.
I use this to look at my checking account, and make sure that my lowest point of money each month remains at a certain level. Its very obvious weeks in advance if your checking account is going to drop below the minimum balance, etc.
I used quicken for a few days and couldn't find this feature, so I went back to Money.
Yes, I will. If people are going to buy a product they need to be well informed about that product, including any planned or upcoming releases. Be intelligent and take responsibility for your decisions. It's not like it was a secret that new stuff was due.
Informed my ass. Apple keeps new releases completely secret. If a IT director has to check spymac.com on a daily basis to avoid being screwed, then Apple deserves what it gets.
I picked up a Voodoo 2 card way back when for the incredibly high price of $300 (which was a ton close to ten years ago with the money I was making). A couple years later, I picked up my second Voodoo 2 for $30.
I was just about to say that. I did the same thing w/ my Vooodoo 2 back then.
The problem is (and I suspect it was) is that you're stealing your own customers. If someone who is CLEARLY a high end enthusiast is unhappy with their performance, and wants an upgrade, instead of buying your new $500 card, he can pick up an "old" $200 card for a 77% improvement.
Unless they build in an additional price premium in to the new card (which they can't to be competitive with AMD) they're shooting themselves in the foot.
I cannot count the number of times I've interviewed someone who said "C++ experience" on their resumee who could not tell me the difference between IS-A and HAS-A
I've been programming C++ for 10 years, and had no idea what IS-A and HAS-A was until I looked it up and realized you meant inheritance vs containment. Never used that terminology. I mean, I would say "This class has an is a relationship with that class", but I would never call it "IS-A" and expect people to instantly recognize it out of context.
If I was in an interview and someone asked me that, I would fail. Which would suck for your company because I'm good at my job.
"Whats izza version hazza?" "What?" "You CLAIM to know C++, whats hizza vs izza??" "I don't know what izza is." "YOU ARE NOT L33T! BEGONE"
I can't figure for the life of me how Americans, who generally have a limp hold on a single language, can be so critical of an Asian who isn't in perfect command of English.
That wasn't the point. When an american company does business in asia, we learn the local language, or hire someone who does. If I need to put in an order for 1000 blue widgets, and that order gets messed up because of a language problem, we're screwed.
Do you think i'm going to write a check for $100,000 to someone who might misunderstand my instructions on how to ship it? For that kind of money, he could have hired someone to sell it for him on commission.
I really don't think people get the concept of cost of living. You can say "The cost of living is so low! Its OK to give them 12 cents an hour! Thats incredibly high for the region!"
Sure, you can get land and basic food for cheap, but its not like a car is $17.95 and a computer is $8.75. Yes, that 12 cents keeps them fed and sheltered, but still leaves them poor, with no chance of getting out of it.
Do you really think that people are just incredibly happy to be paid that amount of money? Like they walk to work everyday in their homemade clothes, ready to work their 14 hour days making products which they can NEVER OWN, hoping that their son doesn't get sick because the cheapest medicine is still two months worth of pay... yet think "Damn, I make SO much money! Hooray for America!"
Its great for us though. They don't have enough money to afford to educate and better themselves, insuring us cheap labor for several more years! Its hard to worry about learning math when you can barely afford to survive.
People should be paid enough to buy the products that they manufacture.
I have some good friends online that I value just as much as my real life friends. If I were to up and die today, I would never see them again (of course), and they would probably never know what became of me.
(Lawyer reading will:)
"And to Galadrian, my fine elvish friend, I leave you my crown of deception and my axe of slaughter. Don't weep at my passing. Try to rememeber the good times, like when we defeated the orcs during that GM event."
Actually, they DID explain that. Space Aliens from the future saved the Xindi from becoming extinct when their home planet was destroyed, and told them to kill humanity or their NEXT home planet would be destroyed.
So, thats why the Xindi appeared out of nowhere, because someone messed with the timeline and make them not go exinct before the Enterprise even launched.
True story, an ex-girlfriend of mine was having problems with her Dell. The first support guy we talked to told her to: "take a shotgun, point it at your monitor, and fire." That was her last Dell. She was a geek too, she didn't appreciate that.
No joke, I bet that guy just found out he was being outsourced to India.
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Funny, I was always under the impression that they mined lead out of the ground in the first place! So what exactly would be the problem with putting it back where it was?
Same goes for mercury. Where does it come from? How about uranium? The ground? No way... I don't believe it. That horrible, harmful stuff couldn't possibly come from the ground...
Ok, let me use an analogy that is strangely appropriate for you:
There is probably about 4 pounds of feces in your body. Take it out. Now eat it. Whoa, I bet you don't feel too good. Just because it comes out of your body doesn't mean you can just put it back in without doing some damage.
Additional Tip: If you actually try the above experiment, make sure to record it. Maybe you can sell it to a German video company to pay for your hospital bill.
It always amazes me when someone gets up on a soapbox and screams some silly thing, then claims that there's no such thing as free speech. Like Michael Moore.
Ok, lets assume that they will never stop people from getting up a soapbox on the corner.
However, when you can control the mass media to convince the public that X is crazy, stupid, obscene, "wrong", unsafe, bad for children, etc, that puts an end to free speech.
I'll be preordering or whatever a PS3 as soon as EB starts allowing it.
Logically, I know a Final Fantasy game will come out for the PS3, and I will buy the PS3 then, so why deny myself 6-20 months of extra enjoyment?
There is a good reason for this lag. Most Linux users (1% of all PC users) don't require slick UI to get their tasks done. Linux users primarily still use the terminal window and considering that KDE is ahead of Windows, I'd say they are doing pretty well.
I don't require a slick UI. I also don't require air conditioning, diet cola, or a high speed internet connection, but they sure make my life nicer and easier.
Hasn't Mr. "Lets do another trivially improved release of my movie so people cough up another $20 for it" kind of lost his right to make a movie criticizing consumerism?
Or perhaps he's already taking those drugs, which explains his directing on Episode II.
Cute.
Makes me thankful for my original iPod with it's Firewire connectivity only, there's no firewire ports in this office.
Yes, like you're going to win that arguement at the security door/HR rep/etc. "But my ipod only has a firewire interface, unable to connect to the computers here!"
To them, that sounds like technical nonsense that makes you even more suspecious. "He mentioned fire!"
In that case, I know it was absurd overkill ... but is this concern a legitimate concern? No more music on the way into the office?"
No, its just a matter of scale. There are no real legitimate concerns, but every company will balance employee happiness vs the 1 in 10000 chance something will go horribly wrong with a USB watch, and just ban everything outright.
then the guy in my face pushed me, and I restrained myself entirely and said
End. You shoudl have called the police and pressed charges for assault. There are security cameras everywhere. You might have also gotten your TV at an extreme discount, assuming you couldn't have just sued them outright.
We'll never need more than 640 channels.
Quicken has much better set-up, more support, and a more professional look. Money has the ONE "killer" feature for me. It can show a chart, based on your bills and paychecks you enter in, showing how much money is in an account.
I use this to look at my checking account, and make sure that my lowest point of money each month remains at a certain level. Its very obvious weeks in advance if your checking account is going to drop below the minimum balance, etc.
I used quicken for a few days and couldn't find this feature, so I went back to Money.
Yes, I will. If people are going to buy a product they need to be well informed about that product, including any planned or upcoming releases. Be intelligent and take responsibility for your decisions. It's not like it was a secret that new stuff was due.
Informed my ass. Apple keeps new releases completely secret. If a IT director has to check spymac.com on a daily basis to avoid being screwed, then Apple deserves what it gets.
I picked up a Voodoo 2 card way back when for the incredibly high price of $300 (which was a ton close to ten years ago with the money I was making). A couple years later, I picked up my second Voodoo 2 for $30.
I was just about to say that. I did the same thing w/ my Vooodoo 2 back then.
The problem is (and I suspect it was) is that you're stealing your own customers. If someone who is CLEARLY a high end enthusiast is unhappy with their performance, and wants an upgrade, instead of buying your new $500 card, he can pick up an "old" $200 card for a 77% improvement.
Unless they build in an additional price premium in to the new card (which they can't to be competitive with AMD) they're shooting themselves in the foot.
This guy said absolutely nothing new, interesting or insightful. He might as well have copied his post from 16,000,000 other posts just like it.
Well, we have "redundant", but we need something which is "The opposite of insightful"
I might suggest (-1 Banal)
Two articles on the front page:
"Software Ubiquity - A Dire Need"
"Cross Pollination = Technological Synergy"
Its like an parody page of a dot.com site.
We're one step closer to having privately owned space based ion cannons for use in home defense.
Remember, if having ion cannons is criminal, then only criminals will have ion cannons.
I cannot count the number of times I've interviewed someone who said "C++ experience" on their resumee who could not tell me the difference between IS-A and HAS-A
I've been programming C++ for 10 years, and had no idea what IS-A and HAS-A was until I looked it up and realized you meant inheritance vs containment. Never used that terminology. I mean, I would say "This class has an is a relationship with that class", but I would never call it "IS-A" and expect people to instantly recognize it out of context.
If I was in an interview and someone asked me that, I would fail. Which would suck for your company because I'm good at my job.
"Whats izza version hazza?"
"What?"
"You CLAIM to know C++, whats hizza vs izza??"
"I don't know what izza is."
"YOU ARE NOT L33T! BEGONE"
"I made a website, where's my fucking money???"
I can't figure for the life of me how Americans, who generally have a limp hold on a single language, can be so critical of an Asian who isn't in perfect command of English.
That wasn't the point. When an american company does business in asia, we learn the local language, or hire someone who does. If I need to put in an order for 1000 blue widgets, and that order gets messed up because of a language problem, we're screwed.
Do you think i'm going to write a check for $100,000 to someone who might misunderstand my instructions on how to ship it? For that kind of money, he could have hired someone to sell it for him on commission.
(although I'm betting some of you will quickly change your positions on payola once you here where Rosen really stands on the issue)
Pfffft. No, I have no problem hating both the RIAA and ClearChannel.
Also, just because Hitler liked puppies doesn't mean that my dog is a nazi.
I really don't think people get the concept of cost of living. You can say "The cost of living is so low! Its OK to give them 12 cents an hour! Thats incredibly high for the region!"
Sure, you can get land and basic food for cheap, but its not like a car is $17.95 and a computer is $8.75. Yes, that 12 cents keeps them fed and sheltered, but still leaves them poor, with no chance of getting out of it.
Do you really think that people are just incredibly happy to be paid that amount of money? Like they walk to work everyday in their homemade clothes, ready to work their 14 hour days making products which they can NEVER OWN, hoping that their son doesn't get sick because the cheapest medicine is still two months worth of pay... yet think "Damn, I make SO much money! Hooray for America!"
Its great for us though. They don't have enough money to afford to educate and better themselves, insuring us cheap labor for several more years! Its hard to worry about learning math when you can barely afford to survive.
People should be paid enough to buy the products that they manufacture.
I have some good friends online that I value just as much as my real life friends. If I were to up and die today, I would never see them again (of course), and they would probably never know what became of me.
(Lawyer reading will:)
"And to Galadrian, my fine elvish friend, I leave you my crown of deception and my axe of slaughter. Don't weep at my passing. Try to rememeber the good times, like when we defeated the orcs during that GM event."
(complete with encrypted hints to be stored separately)
"Wait, i'll read it out loud!"
"TO UNCOVER ALL MY PASSWORDS LOVE,
LOOK UP INTO THE STARS ABOVE!
THE CHEERING CROWDS GAZE WITH FUN
FROM LOCATION THIRTY ONE!"
"Stars above? What does it mean!"
"I've got it! To the Planetarium! The next clue must be under seat thirty one!"
"Man, i'm so glad Bill died. I'm having the time of my life!"
ATTENTION: If your name is not John P. Smith, by reading this message you agree to shove a pen in your eye.
Federation even existed? Xindi? Come on!
Actually, they DID explain that. Space Aliens from the future saved the Xindi from becoming extinct when their home planet was destroyed, and told them to kill humanity or their NEXT home planet would be destroyed.
So, thats why the Xindi appeared out of nowhere, because someone messed with the timeline and make them not go exinct before the Enterprise even launched.
True story, an ex-girlfriend of mine was having problems with her Dell. The first support guy we talked to told her to: "take a shotgun, point it at your monitor, and fire." That was her last Dell. She was a geek too, she didn't appreciate that.
No joke, I bet that guy just found out he was being outsourced to India.