Odd, my girl and I are similarly aged and considering the same thing. I will have a masters in computer science in April and want ot try to get a job before that. I need to propose first, because I can't see how she'll get a visa if we aren't married. But, from what we looked at, it would likely be easy for me to get residence as an engineer (they have labor shortages). Can I ask what you all intend to do? Also, from everything I looked at, it seemed you could be fast tracked to get a visa if you were 30 or under (I am young enough for that, but you are not). Have you seen this? Can you still get a visa easily above 30? Would it be as easy in NZ? I would guess Australia would be easier.
TIt would be like buying a car for the price of a soda.
Again, I will never understand how it is ethically OK for companies to sell you a soda for the price of a car, but when they offer a car for the price of a soda, it's immoral to buy it. It's now the customers duty to ensure businesses are making enough money off of them?
Gee, that's the sweetest thing I've seen a Murrican write in ages. As for the stereotypes, yes, that is what they are. I really don't care what kind of syrup I put on waffles or French Toast, I despise hockey, and I'm pretty quick to heap abuse on jerks (how un-"Candian"). I never want to set foot in Toronto again. I watch Blue Jays games hoping they'll lose.
Explain it to me, because I've noticed lately that my AC *seems* to do a better job when I put it at 72-74 instead of 60 when it's super hot. But, that seems crazy. It's just a window unit (albeit a nice one), and it would seem to me that it would just work harder at a lower settings.
Well, the style or philosophy of verioning really shouldn't matter all that much, but one should have a consistent philosophy, rather than just "well, we are all tired of being stuck on version 3." If the linux kernel is changing philosophy, it should do so with purpose and intention IMO. It's a very big, stable project, and it's versioning system should be as respectable as the product.
Oh, I've done that move going well faster than that guy... in rush hour traffic. Amazingly, I stabilized the vehicle after one rotation and some back and forth and finished my drive to work.
That has always been somewhat obvious to me, but obviously reasonable people disagree with his methods (and, as such, they were essentially powerless, despite their ambition).
I'm just playing the devil's advocate,... you know, like, a non-jaded person. I do not believe, practically speaking, that this is going to happen. I am merely pointing out that there are no idealogically conflicts in Rand Paul's internet views. I actually agree on both fronts (to a much lesser extent). It would be a big win if we could clean up the internet for children while also strengthening the privacy of users. That sounds like a doubly-awesome outcome (however impractical currently).
They also claim they are going to make the Internet Family Friendly, ban internet gambling, require ISP's to monitor their users for sexual deviancy, and require laws against pornography and obscenity to be vigorously enforced. You can't have it both ways but that is what this article is claiming.
I'm going to have to disagree, at least in theory. I think we have a real problem where privacy advocates want to stop any legislation whatsoever, when the real problem is the massive collection and collation of our data with no possible opt-out by both the government and the private section. I see no theoretical reason why stopping that government over-step (and, ideally, the private sectors addiction to our data) conflicts with the social conservative goals of "cleaning up the internet. Of course, practically speaking, laws to clean up the internet could provide a very nice avenue for creating an ecosystem which is conveinently exploited for goverment overstep.
Again, there is no conflict here necessarily if we can get good laws written by technically competent people who care about our privacy and rights. So, in theory at least, you CAN have it both ways.
I actually like Unity in concept. That said, I do not see how it could possibly run on a tablet or netbook. It runs terribly on my i5. Also, Precise really does not feel very stable. Ubuntu seemed well more stable 2 years ago (I was using Maverick), but that could be any number of reasons (oops, something crashed while I wrote this!)
I don't know what 70s and 80s prices were, but a normal fare across the US is ~$500 vs ~$130 for accross Europe. My girlfriend recently decided against flying to paris when she was in prague. The flights to and from were 30 euros and 64 euros respectively. We found the flights through hipmunk.com, not a special deal site. This is unheard of in the US (unless you find an amazing deal, and you have to take that exact flight and book at least a month in advance).
I know everyone says this, but why is driving a privledge? Do I get tax breaks if I don't drive, even though I am paying for the roads? Do I get real public transit? Maybe in other countries driving is a privledge, but in the USA, it is a necessity, and therefore better viewed as a right with some caveats.
And all that for 100 euro for a 2 hrs flight (i.e. 1200 km), which I booked online in a matter of 10 minutes.
No way that was better in the 1960s.
See there's the difference right there; you're in Europe. I have flown all over in Europe, Asia and North America. The US is, without a doubt, the least pleasant place to fly (I'm a US citizen), with China taking a very close second. Korean Air is my favorite. In the US, free meals have all but disappeared on domestic flights (which are often longer than intra-EU flights). Flight attendents are NOT nice on US airlines. Free drinks are gone too, and on some airlines that includes non-alcoholic drinks. We're now looking at baggages fees for both carry on AND checked luggage. 30-minute check-ins are gone as well (you will not be allowed through security that close to your flight in some cases). Long check-ins and lines is a large reason why China is another crummy place to fly (as well as terrible airline food).
What is this? Slashdot blogging Gizmodo blogging a weakly verified Reddit AMA? Get real. It's like information laundering. If enough hands touch the information everyone will have to believe it and they'll have forgotten the source anyway!
I am fairly certain you can request punitive damages in small claims court. And, you can add in all the normal ways to jack up the amount (emotional distress or whatever). You just do it on a smaller scale (like $300 punitive rather than $300000). And, in most cases, you'll just get the company to cut a check. But, if everyone did it, it would be nigh impossible for a global corporation to fight. They'd be facing quite a pickle (settling with 200 people might be reasonable, but 20000 might not, and fighting is even worse).
DISCLAIMER: this is anecdotal evidence against Amazon. Just because they've pissed me off doesn't mean it's a general trend... yet.
I am really starting to dislike Amazon. Two major events:
Event 1: Amazon somehow auto-enrolled me in Amazon Prime. I know how to use computers and have bought and sold on Amazon for something like 9 years now. I am fairly sure I didn't accidentally enroll. This must be so common that if you cancel before you've used the service at all, you get a refund no questions asked. If this were an isolated incident of Amazon behaving badly, I might overlook it. But, I think it's something shadier, something decidedly more AOL-ish.
Event 2: The used "new" Kindle debacle. My girlfriend got a kindle for Christmas. It was sealed in Amazon's plain brown packaging (the kind that cannot be opened and reclosed without obviously having been opened). The kindle itself had a large gash down the e-ink screen. The factory screen cover packaging was extremely dirty. OK, so manufacturing glitch of some sort, these things happen, no biggie. Here's where it gets really bad. Amazon refused to merely replace the device at their cost. A) They made us return it for Amazon credit and buy a new one. Her mother had used a $15 coupon to buy the kindle. So, she had to spend an extra $15 to buy the kindle again... for Amazon's defective unit. We were promised by the CS that this would not happen before the fact. After the fact, they denied it (eventually we gave up). On top of that, we were living out of the country at the time, so she had to ship the kindle back to Amazon independently (if we were in the US, for example, Amazon would send a shipping label). We were told we'd be reimbursed for shipping. Guess how we were reimbursed? Amazon credit. Again, we made sure that this would not happen before the fact and were promised it wouldn't. After the fact, deny deny deny. So, fuck Amazon, fuck them in the eye. They have become seriously shady.
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Odd, my girl and I are similarly aged and considering the same thing. I will have a masters in computer science in April and want ot try to get a job before that. I need to propose first, because I can't see how she'll get a visa if we aren't married. But, from what we looked at, it would likely be easy for me to get residence as an engineer (they have labor shortages). Can I ask what you all intend to do? Also, from everything I looked at, it seemed you could be fast tracked to get a visa if you were 30 or under (I am young enough for that, but you are not). Have you seen this? Can you still get a visa easily above 30? Would it be as easy in NZ? I would guess Australia would be easier.
TIt would be like buying a car for the price of a soda.
Again, I will never understand how it is ethically OK for companies to sell you a soda for the price of a car, but when they offer a car for the price of a soda, it's immoral to buy it. It's now the customers duty to ensure businesses are making enough money off of them?
So, let's see. Gouging customers? OK ethically. Making a buck on a good deal? Definitely immoral. Makes perfect sense.
Gee, that's the sweetest thing I've seen a Murrican write in ages. As for the stereotypes, yes, that is what they are. I really don't care what kind of syrup I put on waffles or French Toast, I despise hockey, and I'm pretty quick to heap abuse on jerks (how un-"Candian"). I never want to set foot in Toronto again. I watch Blue Jays games hoping they'll lose.
Well, you're in luck then
Explain it to me, because I've noticed lately that my AC *seems* to do a better job when I put it at 72-74 instead of 60 when it's super hot. But, that seems crazy. It's just a window unit (albeit a nice one), and it would seem to me that it would just work harder at a lower settings.
Well, the style or philosophy of verioning really shouldn't matter all that much, but one should have a consistent philosophy, rather than just "well, we are all tired of being stuck on version 3." If the linux kernel is changing philosophy, it should do so with purpose and intention IMO. It's a very big, stable project, and it's versioning system should be as respectable as the product.
The government giving an inch and taking a mile
Oh, I've done that move going well faster than that guy... in rush hour traffic. Amazingly, I stabilized the vehicle after one rotation and some back and forth and finished my drive to work.
That has always been somewhat obvious to me, but obviously reasonable people disagree with his methods (and, as such, they were essentially powerless, despite their ambition).
I'm just playing the devil's advocate,... you know, like, a non-jaded person. I do not believe, practically speaking, that this is going to happen. I am merely pointing out that there are no idealogically conflicts in Rand Paul's internet views. I actually agree on both fronts (to a much lesser extent). It would be a big win if we could clean up the internet for children while also strengthening the privacy of users. That sounds like a doubly-awesome outcome (however impractical currently).
They also claim they are going to make the Internet Family Friendly, ban internet gambling, require ISP's to monitor their users for sexual deviancy, and require laws against pornography and obscenity to be vigorously enforced. You can't have it both ways but that is what this article is claiming.
I'm going to have to disagree, at least in theory. I think we have a real problem where privacy advocates want to stop any legislation whatsoever, when the real problem is the massive collection and collation of our data with no possible opt-out by both the government and the private section. I see no theoretical reason why stopping that government over-step (and, ideally, the private sectors addiction to our data) conflicts with the social conservative goals of "cleaning up the internet. Of course, practically speaking, laws to clean up the internet could provide a very nice avenue for creating an ecosystem which is conveinently exploited for goverment overstep.
Again, there is no conflict here necessarily if we can get good laws written by technically competent people who care about our privacy and rights. So, in theory at least, you CAN have it both ways.
I actually like Unity in concept. That said, I do not see how it could possibly run on a tablet or netbook. It runs terribly on my i5. Also, Precise really does not feel very stable. Ubuntu seemed well more stable 2 years ago (I was using Maverick), but that could be any number of reasons (oops, something crashed while I wrote this!)
From the unnecessary, obvious department.
I know the prevailing legal opinion, but I disagree with it, evenmoreso in modern North America.h
I don't know what 70s and 80s prices were, but a normal fare across the US is ~$500 vs ~$130 for accross Europe. My girlfriend recently decided against flying to paris when she was in prague. The flights to and from were 30 euros and 64 euros respectively. We found the flights through hipmunk.com, not a special deal site. This is unheard of in the US (unless you find an amazing deal, and you have to take that exact flight and book at least a month in advance).
I know everyone says this, but why is driving a privledge? Do I get tax breaks if I don't drive, even though I am paying for the roads? Do I get real public transit? Maybe in other countries driving is a privledge, but in the USA, it is a necessity, and therefore better viewed as a right with some caveats.
I might also add that ~100 euro flights are EXTREMELY rare in the US, not impossible to find, but not plentiful like in Europe.
And all that for 100 euro for a 2 hrs flight (i.e. 1200 km), which I booked online in a matter of 10 minutes.
No way that was better in the 1960s.
See there's the difference right there; you're in Europe. I have flown all over in Europe, Asia and North America. The US is, without a doubt, the least pleasant place to fly (I'm a US citizen), with China taking a very close second. Korean Air is my favorite. In the US, free meals have all but disappeared on domestic flights (which are often longer than intra-EU flights). Flight attendents are NOT nice on US airlines. Free drinks are gone too, and on some airlines that includes non-alcoholic drinks. We're now looking at baggages fees for both carry on AND checked luggage. 30-minute check-ins are gone as well (you will not be allowed through security that close to your flight in some cases). Long check-ins and lines is a large reason why China is another crummy place to fly (as well as terrible airline food).
I knew there was a reason I still visit /.!
What is this? Slashdot blogging Gizmodo blogging a weakly verified Reddit AMA? Get real. It's like information laundering. If enough hands touch the information everyone will have to believe it and they'll have forgotten the source anyway!
Dude. I didn't buy the kindle. Did you miss the part where I said "Never had any association with my account"?
iPhones are great because of the UI, not because fanboys are brainwashed..
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Don't own a kindle, girlfriend does. Never had any association with my account.
I am fairly certain you can request punitive damages in small claims court. And, you can add in all the normal ways to jack up the amount (emotional distress or whatever). You just do it on a smaller scale (like $300 punitive rather than $300000). And, in most cases, you'll just get the company to cut a check. But, if everyone did it, it would be nigh impossible for a global corporation to fight. They'd be facing quite a pickle (settling with 200 people might be reasonable, but 20000 might not, and fighting is even worse).
DISCLAIMER: this is anecdotal evidence against Amazon. Just because they've pissed me off doesn't mean it's a general trend... yet.
I am really starting to dislike Amazon. Two major events:
Event 1: Amazon somehow auto-enrolled me in Amazon Prime. I know how to use computers and have bought and sold on Amazon for something like 9 years now. I am fairly sure I didn't accidentally enroll. This must be so common that if you cancel before you've used the service at all, you get a refund no questions asked. If this were an isolated incident of Amazon behaving badly, I might overlook it. But, I think it's something shadier, something decidedly more AOL-ish.
Event 2: The used "new" Kindle debacle. My girlfriend got a kindle for Christmas. It was sealed in Amazon's plain brown packaging (the kind that cannot be opened and reclosed without obviously having been opened). The kindle itself had a large gash down the e-ink screen. The factory screen cover packaging was extremely dirty. OK, so manufacturing glitch of some sort, these things happen, no biggie. Here's where it gets really bad. Amazon refused to merely replace the device at their cost. A) They made us return it for Amazon credit and buy a new one. Her mother had used a $15 coupon to buy the kindle. So, she had to spend an extra $15 to buy the kindle again... for Amazon's defective unit. We were promised by the CS that this would not happen before the fact. After the fact, they denied it (eventually we gave up). On top of that, we were living out of the country at the time, so she had to ship the kindle back to Amazon independently (if we were in the US, for example, Amazon would send a shipping label). We were told we'd be reimbursed for shipping. Guess how we were reimbursed? Amazon credit. Again, we made sure that this would not happen before the fact and were promised it wouldn't. After the fact, deny deny deny. So, fuck Amazon, fuck them in the eye. They have become seriously shady.
I'd have to agree with the courts on this one. It's a legislative problem for the moment. The last thing we need is more legislation from the bench.