What do you call a one-sided war, where the opposing side does not even register that you are fighting them, let alone why?
And this kills me. They want money for a 'war' that doesn't even exist, to produce armaments to fight enemies that do not wear uniforms and rarely act as groups, and to acquire powers which are so completely antithetical to this nation's foundation (super 4th Amendment violation) that merely suggesting the need for them guarantees an involuntary laugh from anyone with some learning in the field. It's such a power-grab, of such a large magnitude and breadth, using nothing but fear coupled with lies (of them being able to actually protect anyone, let alone themselves), that it is comparable to asking a King if you could have a night with the Queen, and oh, if you could, leave some condoms and lube on the night table near the bed.
Never mind the part where they will, in time, ask to install electronic agents on people's computers. I would be mindful to point at that that action will violate the 3rd Amendment: "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law." In so far as they have labeled this a 'war,' by their very own language, and will, no doubt, ask to sequester electronic 'soldiers' on people's machines, in their homes, they will be in supreme violation of the law of the land.
But I digress. It's highly unlikely that the Supreme Court Justices, whose understanding of technology, I imagine, is eclipsed by their understanding of trainspotting, will lift a finger to stop that from happening.
Because we just paid good money (a few billion here, and a few billion there), using a loan with an significant interest rate (which will be counted as an asset, and never repaid), for an industry which will not profit, and I mean that in a more than monetary sense, its investors (it will neither provide the long-term jobs as promised, nor increase the absolute wealth of those involved, nor help in any meaningful way to achieve a sustainable 'green' agenda). It shows a supreme lack of vision (we'll talk solar when the efficiency of those cells increases to a competitive level with other technologies and the energy storage problem is solved), understanding of human nature (who didn't think the Chinese would steamroll this industry?), economics (spending money to make money, only not), and science (do we do that anymore? I see lots of paper, journals, publications, yet nothing noteworthy).
And yes, I am mindful that past presidents have also acted in an equally foolish capacity. However, that does not excuse the current guy; let's try to hold them to a higher standard from now on, right?
Finally, I feel as if I am watching an heir of an empire burn through his / her money, because "there will always be more." A little less the lovable eccentric who occasionally hits on a brilliant idea that leaves others questioning whether he / she is really insane, or just brighter than them (and keep said eccentric far enough in the black that his / her feet never really touch ground); a little more the loud, annoying frat kid whose father owns a car dealership, so it's cool to keep spending, because people always need cars, right?
There is important data, and then there is IMPORTANT data.
Movies, games, music, documents are important data; that is to say I care about having it easily accessible, and at my fingertips, but I wouldn't lose more than a night's rest were it to disappear. Code is IMPORTANT data; that is to say that if it were to disappear, heads would roll.
As such, and owing to the evil overlord rule of not having one of anything important, the important stuff is in plain sight, and exists in several variant copies; it only requires a mind of uncommon origin to understand where it is, and what it's worth. Finally, I keep the general ideas behind the important stuff memorized, in case those copies disappear. To this end, I apply the general rule behind the fictional philosopher's stone-> anyone who is meant to use my stuff would understand it, and anyone who is not will not; thus, it's only the intelligence of the seeker than limits them. It has been successful in keeping the bungling burglar, the thuggish criminal, and the demanding tyrant at bay.
This all comes down to another evil overlord rule: the IMPORTANT stuff will not be clearly labeled as such.
True. However, Facebook is currently drawing in members of the younger generations, and will, until something new comes along (which probably already has, and even we're running behind; it's a bad sign when you can drink several Red-Bulls, put a lipper in your mouth, and fall asleep 15 minutes later; and I'm not that old yet).
Maybe. But let's be honest. The vast majority of people in Congress have gray hair, or are bald, or are in the process of turning gray or bald. As such, this may, in all seriousness, be the first time they've really heard about Facebook, and think it's a hip / neat way to get in touch with the younger crowd.
Remember how slow the law moves, then remember how fast technology moves. They don't want to get involved in it unless it's seen as a 'sure thing,' and by that point, technology has moved on.
Wonderous. My thinking is that they will continue to add sites and weird filters to attempt to achieve their ends, until a fair number of people find it impossible to communicate; these trend-setters will try a new product that DOES let them communicate, and everyone will jump ship. Shorting Facebook's stock now.
Their plan is to get the government, and by association the taxpayer, to pay for the shutdown.
There is, however, a flipside to this: should the need for energy suddenly sky-rocket, they will, no doubt, be recommissioned, with special permits to allow their continued operation (to the horror of the people who understand just how badly these reactors need to be replaced). The fun part is that we will then be continuing to run dangerously out of date nuclear power-plants, with all of the original design flaws; the government, with all of its spin, will play up the fact that they are saving the taxpayers billions of dollars in doing so.
Those of us who are proponents of nuclear technology will, of course, facepalm with the force of thousand Arnold Schwarzeneggers at this development. The green lobby, of course, will scream at this continued injustice.
Nonsense. Steve Ballmer had unilaterally decided that the.Net languages are far too safe (gotta give the Security Services division something to do / the increased revenue should help prop up that stock price...), and has decided that mandating C++ development is the way to go.
"Except credit cards were run by private companies with their own hides on the line" -> And their hands in the till.
"Government digital currency will be implemented by the lowest cost-plus bidder." -> More along the lines of whoever is willing to give the government the biggest cut. Kind of the like the current relationship they have with the Federal Reserve.
" It will be about as touted as the most excellent cost saving efficiency thing ever by politicians and be as reliable as the average digital voting machine." -> And if that isn't a reason to buy in, I don't know what is.;-)
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Just watch and wait: it'll be the kid who takes apart his iPod to replace the broken battery who gets charged.
What do you call a one-sided war, where the opposing side does not even register that you are fighting them, let alone why?
And this kills me. They want money for a 'war' that doesn't even exist, to produce armaments to fight enemies that do not wear uniforms and rarely act as groups, and to acquire powers which are so completely antithetical to this nation's foundation (super 4th Amendment violation) that merely suggesting the need for them guarantees an involuntary laugh from anyone with some learning in the field. It's such a power-grab, of such a large magnitude and breadth, using nothing but fear coupled with lies (of them being able to actually protect anyone, let alone themselves), that it is comparable to asking a King if you could have a night with the Queen, and oh, if you could, leave some condoms and lube on the night table near the bed.
Never mind the part where they will, in time, ask to install electronic agents on people's computers. I would be mindful to point at that that action will violate the 3rd Amendment: "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law." In so far as they have labeled this a 'war,' by their very own language, and will, no doubt, ask to sequester electronic 'soldiers' on people's machines, in their homes, they will be in supreme violation of the law of the land.
But I digress. It's highly unlikely that the Supreme Court Justices, whose understanding of technology, I imagine, is eclipsed by their understanding of trainspotting, will lift a finger to stop that from happening.
That's quite alright. We find things that target Safari on Windows all the time, so I guess it's more of the same.
And there was a time when people would strive to find things that challenged them, if only to learn more about themselves.
Because we just paid good money (a few billion here, and a few billion there), using a loan with an significant interest rate (which will be counted as an asset, and never repaid), for an industry which will not profit, and I mean that in a more than monetary sense, its investors (it will neither provide the long-term jobs as promised, nor increase the absolute wealth of those involved, nor help in any meaningful way to achieve a sustainable 'green' agenda). It shows a supreme lack of vision (we'll talk solar when the efficiency of those cells increases to a competitive level with other technologies and the energy storage problem is solved), understanding of human nature (who didn't think the Chinese would steamroll this industry?), economics (spending money to make money, only not), and science (do we do that anymore? I see lots of paper, journals, publications, yet nothing noteworthy).
And yes, I am mindful that past presidents have also acted in an equally foolish capacity. However, that does not excuse the current guy; let's try to hold them to a higher standard from now on, right?
Finally, I feel as if I am watching an heir of an empire burn through his / her money, because "there will always be more." A little less the lovable eccentric who occasionally hits on a brilliant idea that leaves others questioning whether he / she is really insane, or just brighter than them (and keep said eccentric far enough in the black that his / her feet never really touch ground); a little more the loud, annoying frat kid whose father owns a car dealership, so it's cool to keep spending, because people always need cars, right?
There is important data, and then there is IMPORTANT data.
Movies, games, music, documents are important data; that is to say I care about having it easily accessible, and at my fingertips, but I wouldn't lose more than a night's rest were it to disappear. Code is IMPORTANT data; that is to say that if it were to disappear, heads would roll.
As such, and owing to the evil overlord rule of not having one of anything important, the important stuff is in plain sight, and exists in several variant copies; it only requires a mind of uncommon origin to understand where it is, and what it's worth. Finally, I keep the general ideas behind the important stuff memorized, in case those copies disappear. To this end, I apply the general rule behind the fictional philosopher's stone-> anyone who is meant to use my stuff would understand it, and anyone who is not will not; thus, it's only the intelligence of the seeker than limits them. It has been successful in keeping the bungling burglar, the thuggish criminal, and the demanding tyrant at bay.
This all comes down to another evil overlord rule: the IMPORTANT stuff will not be clearly labeled as such.
Pity those things aren't built like MRIs. The hours of fun we could have with magnets like those...
True. However, Facebook is currently drawing in members of the younger generations, and will, until something new comes along (which probably already has, and even we're running behind; it's a bad sign when you can drink several Red-Bulls, put a lipper in your mouth, and fall asleep 15 minutes later; and I'm not that old yet).
Maybe. But let's be honest. The vast majority of people in Congress have gray hair, or are bald, or are in the process of turning gray or bald. As such, this may, in all seriousness, be the first time they've really heard about Facebook, and think it's a hip / neat way to get in touch with the younger crowd.
Remember how slow the law moves, then remember how fast technology moves. They don't want to get involved in it unless it's seen as a 'sure thing,' and by that point, technology has moved on.
But if you don't censor the web, then the serial killers / pedophiles / terrorists win!
Wonderous. My thinking is that they will continue to add sites and weird filters to attempt to achieve their ends, until a fair number of people find it impossible to communicate; these trend-setters will try a new product that DOES let them communicate, and everyone will jump ship. Shorting Facebook's stock now.
Just use Hydravision, or whatever component it is that ATI has for free on their website (as part of the Catalyst suite).
I'm sure Nvidia and Intel have their own versions.
Their plan is to get the government, and by association the taxpayer, to pay for the shutdown.
There is, however, a flipside to this: should the need for energy suddenly sky-rocket, they will, no doubt, be recommissioned, with special permits to allow their continued operation (to the horror of the people who understand just how badly these reactors need to be replaced). The fun part is that we will then be continuing to run dangerously out of date nuclear power-plants, with all of the original design flaws; the government, with all of its spin, will play up the fact that they are saving the taxpayers billions of dollars in doing so.
Those of us who are proponents of nuclear technology will, of course, facepalm with the force of thousand Arnold Schwarzeneggers at this development. The green lobby, of course, will scream at this continued injustice.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
So you've never played MUDs before?
And all joking aside, I would add that supposedly they are still useful, even in good code.
Nonsense. More than 50% of ELF is made up of intelligence agents, trying to stir up some business.
NATO, and out of the back of a white van, to people whose accents place them from various countries on the 'Naughty List.'
Yes, but the extra 5 minutes it takes to copy a small text file from one location of your SATA-3 SSD to another is a bit of a deal breaker.
Nonsense. Steve Ballmer had unilaterally decided that the .Net languages are far too safe (gotta give the Security Services division something to do / the increased revenue should help prop up that stock price...), and has decided that mandating C++ development is the way to go.
There is only one way to know whether or not what you are saying is the truth: Did it involve a god function and a lot of gotos?
True, but it's harder to cut yourself with a pair of safety scissors than it is a machete.
Which is why we arrest people for carrying around stacks of Euros and Australian Dollars.
"Except credit cards were run by private companies with their own hides on the line" -> And their hands in the till.
"Government digital currency will be implemented by the lowest cost-plus bidder." -> More along the lines of whoever is willing to give the government the biggest cut. Kind of the like the current relationship they have with the Federal Reserve.
" It will be about as touted as the most excellent cost saving efficiency thing ever by politicians and be as reliable as the average digital voting machine." -> And if that isn't a reason to buy in, I don't know what is. ;-)
Solution? Gender change. Bonus points if you chose a gender that doesn't exist on earth.
At the very least, you'll have something to talk about...