I've got a Transformer and one thing it is in need of is much longer battery life. If I charge it and let it sit on a table, it lasts 2-3 days. So whenever I reach for it, it's battery is usually dead. Fricken useless.
What's the point of televised political debates anyway? The moderator either can't or chooses not to force them for simple a 'yes' or 'no' answer. Even if he did, politicians aren't going to be held to their promises anyway. And even if they were held to their promises, who would enforce it? If there were enforcers, they would probably be hand-picked anyway.
Is this different than a non-teaching job? You get stuck with an a-hole boss like that and you're going to be canned no matter what you do. It happens. Should we tailor the entire system to accommodate what is likely an edge case?
I hope the teach in question looked into his legal options. What utter bullshit. Someone was probably very jealous.
And let's not forget we're talking about "surviving" afterward - that could mean living the rest of your life in an ICU. Indiana Jones not only survived but kicked some serious ass the same day.
Impose a 7% national sales tax, payable to the federal government. At the same time, prohibit states and localities from collecting their own sales taxes.
From what I read in a separate discussion, that would give the federal government even more power to strong-arm the states. eg. if you don't do what the fed wants, you don't get your tax money.
"An Orlando, Florida, airport official wants to join the small group of U.S. airports who use a private company to screen passengers instead of the Transportation Security Administration."
I had a new Chevrolet car a decade ago which ran fine but when I ran into problems, I had one hell of a time trying to get them to fix it. I got treated like a number by the corporate customer service rep when I tried escalating. So I vowed to never buy a Chevy again.
Now I own a Hyundai and bought it used. It had some problems up front due to neglect on the previous owner's part, but the warranty coverage and service I got were top notch. I haven't had any problems with it in the years since then and I'd happily buy another one.
The AC didn't read the article very carefully, since the footnote in this paragraph explains how they are using the word "steal":
"Now that it is becoming increasingly obvious that HP won’t do anything useful with webOS, it’s time to start stealing1 the things it does well. Here are some of these things." The [1] reference says
Im using the word the way Brian Ford defined it: take the idea, but make it your own. Dont just copy it; be inspired by it, and improve upon it.
If you hate the laws you can leave the country. But when all countries have implemented the same shitty laws, there's nowhere to turn to.
Same as trying to boycott a company by shopping elsewhere, only to find out both stores are owned by the same parent company. I thought about this years ago but figured it was me being cynical.. yet we seem to be on that very path.
I'd like to see the tech community make an effort to reverse-engineer politician's thinking process. It's clearly different from that of a normal person.
Nuclear annihilation is often predicted as the potential end of mankind. I would put biowarfare right up there as just as likely to be the end of our species.
It might even be the result of good intentions - eradicating hatred or racism or some other ugly human trait - that goes horribly wrong. I'm sure there's a sci-fi book out there which deals with this topic.
Yes - I've always said that it's all about what you want out of life. If you want your close family in the same city, you may have to make sacrifices like downsizing. If you want a lot of money, be prepared to move house. You can rarely have everything you want in one place, so tradeoffs must be made. Sounds simple, but it's a powerful thought to plant in your head and act upon.
As for this guy's situation, it's hard to say. Is he at the "I'm going to blow my brains out if I don't get out of here" point or can he make it through a few more years before [early] retirement? The tone of his post makes me think the latter.
I wish I had RC toys as functional and durable as those. I bet they aren't cheap, but what store even sells them?
Nice job - that must have been a lot of fun!
It's not all about longevity but the quality of the life you live. If you felt twice as good by exercising but didn't live any longer, would you consider that worth it?
I'm not very well versed in crypto, but assuming attackers had some knowledge of the file types being stored (Word docs, MP3s) how much easier would the known strings in these file formats make decrypting a file without a password?
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That's the way I understood his argument, too, and I agree with it. I'm not defending the _way_ he made his argument, though.
(let's try square brackets) I also find headlines that say "[country] arrests criminal" somewhat annoying. Could they be a bit more specific?
I also find headlines that say " arrests criminal" somewhat annoying. Could they be a bit more specific?
Some of the bad stuff we put in our bodies: Pesticides and genetically modified food: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVeS1yIA7x0
I've got a Transformer and one thing it is in need of is much longer battery life. If I charge it and let it sit on a table, it lasts 2-3 days. So whenever I reach for it, it's battery is usually dead. Fricken useless.
I can't help but think of this movie scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJHy_mfLFk
Is this different than a non-teaching job? You get stuck with an a-hole boss like that and you're going to be canned no matter what you do. It happens. Should we tailor the entire system to accommodate what is likely an edge case? I hope the teach in question looked into his legal options. What utter bullshit. Someone was probably very jealous.
DIDN'T, WON'T and CAN'T are very different things, my friend.
And let's not forget we're talking about "surviving" afterward - that could mean living the rest of your life in an ICU. Indiana Jones not only survived but kicked some serious ass the same day.
From what I read in a separate discussion, that would give the federal government even more power to strong-arm the states. eg. if you don't do what the fed wants, you don't get your tax money.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/19/private.airport.screening/
"An Orlando, Florida, airport official wants to join the small group of U.S. airports who use a private company to screen passengers instead of the Transportation Security Administration."
I had a new Chevrolet car a decade ago which ran fine but when I ran into problems, I had one hell of a time trying to get them to fix it. I got treated like a number by the corporate customer service rep when I tried escalating. So I vowed to never buy a Chevy again. Now I own a Hyundai and bought it used. It had some problems up front due to neglect on the previous owner's part, but the warranty coverage and service I got were top notch. I haven't had any problems with it in the years since then and I'd happily buy another one.
Im using the word the way Brian Ford defined it: take the idea, but make it your own. Dont just copy it; be inspired by it, and improve upon it.
As referenced here, startpage was awarded the European Privacy Seal.
If you hate the laws you can leave the country. But when all countries have implemented the same shitty laws, there's nowhere to turn to. Same as trying to boycott a company by shopping elsewhere, only to find out both stores are owned by the same parent company. I thought about this years ago but figured it was me being cynical.. yet we seem to be on that very path.
I'd like to see the tech community make an effort to reverse-engineer politician's thinking process. It's clearly different from that of a normal person.
Nuclear annihilation is often predicted as the potential end of mankind. I would put biowarfare right up there as just as likely to be the end of our species. It might even be the result of good intentions - eradicating hatred or racism or some other ugly human trait - that goes horribly wrong. I'm sure there's a sci-fi book out there which deals with this topic.
Yes - I've always said that it's all about what you want out of life. If you want your close family in the same city, you may have to make sacrifices like downsizing. If you want a lot of money, be prepared to move house. You can rarely have everything you want in one place, so tradeoffs must be made. Sounds simple, but it's a powerful thought to plant in your head and act upon. As for this guy's situation, it's hard to say. Is he at the "I'm going to blow my brains out if I don't get out of here" point or can he make it through a few more years before [early] retirement? The tone of his post makes me think the latter.
"If /dev/null is web-scale and fast then I will use it". I almost lost it on that one. :)
I wish I had RC toys as functional and durable as those. I bet they aren't cheap, but what store even sells them? Nice job - that must have been a lot of fun!
It's not all about longevity but the quality of the life you live. If you felt twice as good by exercising but didn't live any longer, would you consider that worth it?
The social integration had better be optional. I'm not interested in giving companies like FaceBook more personal information.
It sounds revolting, but is this a case of "don't hate the player - hate the game"?
I'm not very well versed in crypto, but assuming attackers had some knowledge of the file types being stored (Word docs, MP3s) how much easier would the known strings in these file formats make decrypting a file without a password?