And in a surprise followup, a Gallup poll found 54% of people do not know where China is. Or Washington D.C., with some responses indicating that they believe it is a suburb north of Seattle.
Indeed. But it requires institutionalizing that way of thought, breaking a man's will from the day he is born, and treating as furniture to be thrown around one's house to achieve that result; and it must be continually reinforced from every angle, such that when a man voices that he prefers to try a different way, a thousand men will jump up to condemn him. Much as the religious are taught that they can never find happiness in this life, but must struggle every day thence, giving them a single day of happiness destroys those beliefs like a snowflake in a nuclear reactor.
Show them that they can rebel against that way of thinking, that some despondent enemy is not in complete control of their lives, but in fear of it, and a man will lay down his life to protect all that he has.
Actually, Anthem is a better book for someone that age. Get's down to the point more quickly, and is easier to understand.
The Fountainhead is arguably a lot fuller of a book, still pretty good, but the not-rape parts are kind of hard for some people (similar in content, I guess, to 50 Shades of Grey).
Now Atlas Shrugged, of course, is considered the ultimate accomplishment, and in a way it is; although I do have to agree that the radio address by Galt is somewhat laborious-> if you have been reading the book up until that point, you already know the content of the address. For some odd reason, there is a lot of hate surrounding this book, even by people who have never read it; I find it rather odd that I can read any number of volumes by various ideologies that I vehemently disagree with, and nary say a word, while others can read this one book, and spit tacks at anything that homo-phonically resembles the title.
If a more profitable alternative is discovered, then that will be inevitable. As electricity tends to follow the path of least resistance, as water tends to flow from the highest points to lower ones, so investors will adopt what is most profitable to them.
Depends. If it is following the general idea of the stock market, i.e. more efficient allocation of resources such that companies, investors, and humanity as a whole tends to grow, then yes, it is progress.
On the other hand, if it is simply the investor equivalent of a bot network, intended to screw their clients, destroy companies, and set humanity back a few decades / centuries / millenia, then no, it is not progress.
At the end of the day, when all of the balances come due (so to speak), the market must prove itself to be an improvement, however slight, over blind investment. That means that more people must experience better products / services than without it (and so forth). Should it fail in this singular task, mankind gets knocked back to the stone age. The financial systems will collapse, currencies everywhere will implode, and technology itself will seemingly dissolve; but then, we all know this, and no one in their right mind wishes to repeat the mistakes of their predecessors.
Indeed. I have a severe doubt that it's the 'upper end' of the market. In reality, it's probably the more technically literate part of the market, who understands the difference between a SSD and a HD.
Exactly. I have a 240GB SSD for my laptop and desktop's main drives, with oodles of secondary storage (7200 RPM, of course). The difference is magnificent. If you've never used a SSD before, you simply do not understand -> Adobe Photoshop CS5 loads in only 3 or 4 seconds. Try doing that on a mechanical hard drive, and it's just PAIN.
Agreed. The hybrid drives arrived at the market too late. What more, the 'caching' mechanism is a bit of a joke; a smarter, but more technically complicated approach, would have been to implement two drives in one package, one flash, one standard mechanical; however, I do not know if the SATA spec is cool with that. One drive, two partitions then?
As it is right now, the lack of control over what get put on that all too small cache is killing the market for these things. Yes, your most often accessed files are supposed to be on there, no, according to reviewers, it's not happening.
Nonsense. People care so long as there is money to be made.
In this case, there isn't much to be made. MS & Canonical have written off the desktop market, and who knows what Apple will be doing next. As such, the lockdowns will continue while the tech sector undergoes decay, up until someone has a brilliant idea that forces the various players to reassess. Since many of them have consulted their crystal balls which say tablets and cell phones are the way of the future, this change is highly unlikely.
*Looks around* The desktop market isn't going anywhere. I.e. it's not growing but it's not shrinking either. What MS is doing with Windows 8 is throwing out a mature market that it owns for a day-old lottery ticket for a market that it is only a (late) competitor in. 'Tis like UHF, and the scene with the fish game: "Will you take the Red Snapper, or go for what's in the box?" *woman looks around* "I will go for what's in the box" *box is lifted* "Nothing! Absolutely nothing! You idiot! You are so stupid!"
I can't tell, is that sarcasm? Windows Media Player has been begging for an upgrade for the last three versions of Windows, and is considered an unholy abomination that sucks up waaaaay too many system resources while being incredibly ugly / unwieldy. There's a reason many Windows users immediately install WinAmp for playing songs, and VLC \ MPC for video: the authors of those programs got it right. When I am playing songs, I want something small but useful (and no, WMP in miniature mode doesn't count); when I am playing videos, I want something that will play anything I find on the web with minimal hassle (and no, WMP doesn't do that).
But I believe WMP does have an integrated browser to try and sell me things I don't want to buy. Yep, double-checked, it's still there.
The question is, can he turn the company around? I've seen a noticeable gap in the offerings from AMD in recent months, and given past performance, have wondered WTH has been going on. I say this is someone who is running on a FX-8150: where is my upgrade path when Intel bangs out something new?
And 100% of people who are me find HR looking people up for the things they do in their free time is extra, extra creepy. I'm trying to get a job from your company, not go on a date with you!
There's another problem. Acela requires electrical power. As someone who has ridden Amtrak in PA, I can tell you that the electrical overheads only exist part of the way past Exton. If you want to go to Pittsburgh, you'll be needing a diesel engine.
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I'm actually curious: if I started a party to 'roll back the Bill of Rights,' how many followers do you think I'd get?
And in a surprise followup, a Gallup poll found 54% of people do not know where China is. Or Washington D.C., with some responses indicating that they believe it is a suburb north of Seattle.
TSA -> "But why would anyone not want eat airplane food? We eat it everyday, and think it's awesome!"
Indeed. But it requires institutionalizing that way of thought, breaking a man's will from the day he is born, and treating as furniture to be thrown around one's house to achieve that result; and it must be continually reinforced from every angle, such that when a man voices that he prefers to try a different way, a thousand men will jump up to condemn him. Much as the religious are taught that they can never find happiness in this life, but must struggle every day thence, giving them a single day of happiness destroys those beliefs like a snowflake in a nuclear reactor.
Show them that they can rebel against that way of thinking, that some despondent enemy is not in complete control of their lives, but in fear of it, and a man will lay down his life to protect all that he has.
Terrorist!
Too complicated:
1.) Do you love the TSA, 'Merica, and her Purple Mountain Majesties?
or
2.) Are a terrorist?
And yet, there are hints the Director himself is looking for a way out.
Actually, Anthem is a better book for someone that age. Get's down to the point more quickly, and is easier to understand.
The Fountainhead is arguably a lot fuller of a book, still pretty good, but the not-rape parts are kind of hard for some people (similar in content, I guess, to 50 Shades of Grey).
Now Atlas Shrugged, of course, is considered the ultimate accomplishment, and in a way it is; although I do have to agree that the radio address by Galt is somewhat laborious-> if you have been reading the book up until that point, you already know the content of the address. For some odd reason, there is a lot of hate surrounding this book, even by people who have never read it; I find it rather odd that I can read any number of volumes by various ideologies that I vehemently disagree with, and nary say a word, while others can read this one book, and spit tacks at anything that homo-phonically resembles the title.
And yet many people do, every day. They're called pacemakers.
If a more profitable alternative is discovered, then that will be inevitable. As electricity tends to follow the path of least resistance, as water tends to flow from the highest points to lower ones, so investors will adopt what is most profitable to them.
Depends. If it is following the general idea of the stock market, i.e. more efficient allocation of resources such that companies, investors, and humanity as a whole tends to grow, then yes, it is progress.
On the other hand, if it is simply the investor equivalent of a bot network, intended to screw their clients, destroy companies, and set humanity back a few decades / centuries / millenia, then no, it is not progress.
At the end of the day, when all of the balances come due (so to speak), the market must prove itself to be an improvement, however slight, over blind investment. That means that more people must experience better products / services than without it (and so forth). Should it fail in this singular task, mankind gets knocked back to the stone age. The financial systems will collapse, currencies everywhere will implode, and technology itself will seemingly dissolve; but then, we all know this, and no one in their right mind wishes to repeat the mistakes of their predecessors.
Indeed. I have a severe doubt that it's the 'upper end' of the market. In reality, it's probably the more technically literate part of the market, who understands the difference between a SSD and a HD.
Exactly. I have a 240GB SSD for my laptop and desktop's main drives, with oodles of secondary storage (7200 RPM, of course). The difference is magnificent. If you've never used a SSD before, you simply do not understand -> Adobe Photoshop CS5 loads in only 3 or 4 seconds. Try doing that on a mechanical hard drive, and it's just PAIN.
Agreed. The hybrid drives arrived at the market too late. What more, the 'caching' mechanism is a bit of a joke; a smarter, but more technically complicated approach, would have been to implement two drives in one package, one flash, one standard mechanical; however, I do not know if the SATA spec is cool with that. One drive, two partitions then?
As it is right now, the lack of control over what get put on that all too small cache is killing the market for these things. Yes, your most often accessed files are supposed to be on there, no, according to reviewers, it's not happening.
And another chance to reverse a terrible decision on the part of the Legislature denied.
Lord and master. We own their land, too.
Nonsense. People care so long as there is money to be made.
In this case, there isn't much to be made. MS & Canonical have written off the desktop market, and who knows what Apple will be doing next. As such, the lockdowns will continue while the tech sector undergoes decay, up until someone has a brilliant idea that forces the various players to reassess. Since many of them have consulted their crystal balls which say tablets and cell phones are the way of the future, this change is highly unlikely.
Because a mandatory personal ID will somehow prevent fraud. Right. Gotcha.
Right back at ya! Had a SO for some time now.
*Looks around* The desktop market isn't going anywhere. I.e. it's not growing but it's not shrinking either. What MS is doing with Windows 8 is throwing out a mature market that it owns for a day-old lottery ticket for a market that it is only a (late) competitor in. 'Tis like UHF, and the scene with the fish game: "Will you take the Red Snapper, or go for what's in the box?" *woman looks around* "I will go for what's in the box" *box is lifted* "Nothing! Absolutely nothing! You idiot! You are so stupid!"
I can't tell, is that sarcasm? Windows Media Player has been begging for an upgrade for the last three versions of Windows, and is considered an unholy abomination that sucks up waaaaay too many system resources while being incredibly ugly / unwieldy. There's a reason many Windows users immediately install WinAmp for playing songs, and VLC \ MPC for video: the authors of those programs got it right. When I am playing songs, I want something small but useful (and no, WMP in miniature mode doesn't count); when I am playing videos, I want something that will play anything I find on the web with minimal hassle (and no, WMP doesn't do that).
But I believe WMP does have an integrated browser to try and sell me things I don't want to buy. Yep, double-checked, it's still there.
The question is, can he turn the company around? I've seen a noticeable gap in the offerings from AMD in recent months, and given past performance, have wondered WTH has been going on. I say this is someone who is running on a FX-8150: where is my upgrade path when Intel bangs out something new?
98% of which cannot be verified. So, like many, many people on Facebook, feel free to invent yourself a new life.
It's okay, because they'll cross-reference the information you give them with the information on Facebook. Like plugging a UPS into itself.
And 100% of people who are me find HR looking people up for the things they do in their free time is extra, extra creepy. I'm trying to get a job from your company, not go on a date with you!
There's another problem. Acela requires electrical power. As someone who has ridden Amtrak in PA, I can tell you that the electrical overheads only exist part of the way past Exton. If you want to go to Pittsburgh, you'll be needing a diesel engine.