And frankly, competitive with the rest of the world? I deal with a lot of outsourced IT people daily, and it wouldn't take much to be competitive with them.
You are NOT competitive with Australia, however. And it is first world countries like us that you should be comparing yourselves to, not India. We have higher educational levels than the US - and a stronger economy.
We don't have your luxurious summer vacation. We finish the school year in mid-December, and start the new school year near the end of January. That's our summer vacation - and it includes our Christmas/New Year break too. Many families go on vacation in January, because that is our summer and many factories and other industries shut down or go slow during January.
During the year are several short mid-semester or end of semester breaks, but no other long vacations.
Scanners belong in doctors' offices, not airports.
See, the TSA would be much more popular if they just advertised it as a free diagnostic scan and gave a certificate of health - or a diagnosis afterwards.
"Sir, you're carrying a bomb and a duodenal ulcer. Please step over here so we can disarm the bomb and give you emergency radiotherapy for the cancer."
This is simply anti-capitalism stated on a single sentence. Basically, from what I grasp, the idea is "we need to avoid that competitor's action because we would lose money if competition were to happen".
Patents are inherently anti-competitive. In fact, limiting competition is their entire function.
(I almost said "their entire purpose," but then corrected myself: the "purpose" of patents is to "promote the progress of science and the useful arts." Whether patents' purpose and function jive with each other is another issue entirely...)
Sometimes I wish that moderation points went all the way up to 6.
Patents are anti-competitive. They should only be issued where their benefits EXCEED their anti-competitive costs. Governments and private firms often act as though patents were cost-free. They are not cost-free.
Patents are a huge bubble waiting to burst if people persist in ignoring their cost.
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One Codec to rule them all
Once Codec to find them
Once Codec to bring them all
And in the RIAA's darkness bind them
In the land of Hollywood, where the money lies.
I first read that as "Ask Slashdot: Why Does The World Exist?"
Imagine my disappointment.
Without the world, there would be no basements.
Without basements, there's be no Slashdot readership.
Without Slashdot readership, there'd be no Slashdot.
So, without the world, there'd be no Slashdot. That is why the world exists.
And frankly, competitive with the rest of the world? I deal with a lot of outsourced IT people daily, and it wouldn't take much to be competitive with them.
You are NOT competitive with Australia, however. And it is first world countries like us that you should be comparing yourselves to, not India. We have higher educational levels than the US - and a stronger economy.
We don't have your luxurious summer vacation. We finish the school year in mid-December, and start the new school year near the end of January. That's our summer vacation - and it includes our Christmas/New Year break too. Many families go on vacation in January, because that is our summer and many factories and other industries shut down or go slow during January.
During the year are several short mid-semester or end of semester breaks, but no other long vacations.
That's melatonin not melanin. Melatonin regulated sleep.
I clearly need more sleep. I first thought you wrote "Melatonin regulated sheep."
I suppose sheep regulation could help you sleep - it would make them easier to count.
Clerk of the court: Your Honour, the jury wuold like to ask a question.
Judge: Very well, clerk of the court. What is the question?
Clerk of the court: It is - and I quote - "Say what?"
It might only be 2012, but here's an article about this same brain from 2011, and it was actually discovered in 2008. "Old news," indeed.
So this old brain is nothing new?
Define 'English'.
If you can read the definition, then you already know English.
Which city would you choose to go and start a family...?
Mars. Earth is screwed
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.
Just be careful if you come across any wrecked spaceships with a dead pilot who has a big hole in his chest.
Or at the very least, make sure you have Sigourney Weaver with you.
"Led by a team of visionary and accomplished technology and businesses executives"
I think they mean "hallucinating".
Only on Slashdot do we need to explain to adults that men and women are different.
Don't hold your breath. Clive Palmer has a long history of shooting his mouth off about grandiose schemes, then not following through with any action.
Damn! I was hoping he might go for a cruise on the Titanic.
Or get chased by a Tyrannosaurus.
Either will do.
They aren't going to go the judge and say that they need a warrant because the backup files might show brutal police action... are they?
Your honour, the accused kept head-butting my closed hand.
Press the Win key, type a name, press enter. Viola - I now have (Insert application here) looking at me.
Let's see...
"Press the Win key" - that's the one with the little Microsoft Windows logo on it, isn't it? OK. (presses key)
"type a name" - OK, hmmm, type a name ... (looks at Windows key) ... I know! "Bill Gates"
"press enter" - OK (presses Enter key)
" I now have (Insert application here) looking at me" - Aaaargh! Bill Gates is looking at me! You've called up the Borg!
See? Gnome is broke. (Well, I use XFCE. What would I know about Gnome?)
Just wait till Microsoft comes out with their own phone.
They pretty much are. They've effectively turned Nokia into their "Windows Phone division".
Or possibly their "Windows Boat Anchor division" , judging from the way that Nokia's sales are sinking.
The first computers to have web browsers were Next workstations (ca 1990). Microsoft didn't get IE until years later (1995). Internet? What Internet?
I think the post-PC world will be much like the paperless office...
We achieved the paperless office.
People kept printing so much that we ran out...
But what sort of video card has it got?
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Ah, you're Noel's little brother. Has he written any more plays lately?
Assume you want the entire police force of some place - say, New South Wales - to be too busy and way less effective.
What would you do?
Elect Barry O'Farrell as Premier.
But apart from those 121 negative points, what did you think of it?
One should go to the doctor yearly. This is a healthy habit, right up there with brushing your teeth and exercise and cooking food thoroughly.
I hope you brush your teeth and do exercise and cook your food thoroughly more than "yearly", though.
What ? Spam lying?!?
I am shocked. SHOCKED, I tell you!.
Only on a slashdot discussion of bill gates would you find someone finding fault with curing diseases.
I take it you don't hang around many biological warfare sites, do you?
Scanners belong in doctors' offices, not airports.
See, the TSA would be much more popular if they just advertised it as a free diagnostic scan and gave a certificate of health - or a diagnosis afterwards.
"Sir, you're carrying a bomb and a duodenal ulcer. Please step over here so we can disarm the bomb and give you emergency radiotherapy for the cancer."
Patents are inherently anti-competitive. In fact, limiting competition is their entire function.
(I almost said "their entire purpose," but then corrected myself: the "purpose" of patents is to "promote the progress of science and the useful arts." Whether patents' purpose and function jive with each other is another issue entirely...)
Sometimes I wish that moderation points went all the way up to 6.
Patents are anti-competitive. They should only be issued where their benefits EXCEED their anti-competitive costs. Governments and private firms often act as though patents were cost-free. They are not cost-free.
Patents are a huge bubble waiting to burst if people persist in ignoring their cost.