As with any human situation, when confronted with a situation you are not comfortable with, you should examine your choices.
If you are unhappy where you are, work to change it, or work to remove yourself from that situation. You don't get to choose where you are born, but you get to choose your actions.
Principles and ideas that changed the world, resulted in the overthrow of one nationalism, and the creation of another;) It's odd how that works hehe
Again, you may be mistaking my message, ( its easy to, I by no means claim this is an easy or clear cut topic, or that I'm any good at fully expressing my opinion lol).
But, to say, "I owe you nothing!!! But give me those darn benefits!!!", is the worst of all.
Makes people sound like spoiled teenagers reveling against their "unfair parent".
Because it really is "the hand that feeds" you, in this case add "protection" etc etc.
As with any human situation, when confronted with a situation you are not comfortable with, you should examine your choices.
If you are unhappy where you are, work to change it, or work to remove yourself from that situation. You don't get to choose where you are born, but you get to choose your actions.
It's simple.
Be thankful you live in a country where you have an easier choice/chance to do so.
Besides...
A hell of a lot of people, believe a hell lot of different things. It doesn't make fringe believes any "righter" or "wronger"
Because you obviously don't value your citizenship.
I'm as leftist/liberal as they come, but one thing left or right you should never bring up, is questioning loyalty to your country, whatever it may be. That is, if you value your citizenship.
You CAN be loyal while dissenting, but you CAN NOT be loyal while questioning the worth of your citizenship. To ANY country.
And loyalty is one of the few rights a citizen owes to the state. Else you either work to overthrow it, or move the f^($ out.
Disloyalty while reaping benefits is the worst hypocrisy.
Nationalism, while having many bad sides, it's good sides, have basically built the world.
So the United States, or any other country, it's not only "a place of birth", it's your place of citizenship. As such, you owe it loyalty, even in dissent.
1987 - The Famicom is released in the US and Europe as the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). Selling for $300, it would sell 60 million units worldwide.
Uh... maybe i'm wrong.. but i remember getting my NES x-mas of 1985.... and wikipedia confirms this...
Great "article".. they can't even copy paste well.
Don't confuse "stock value growth" with company growth.. and even so, only a fool would look at a 2 year history of a 13 year old company as a the only indicator.
Again, do you think microsoft is stupid? there's a reason why they are jumping on this, and a reason why google is responding...
12 billion dollars in cash and off US investments. close to 7 billion in revenue yearly.
This doesnt include their assets in the US, buildings, technology, etc. EASILY worth OVER 20-30 billion.
So, again, do you get why its undervalued?
Microsoft was willing to pay 80Bill for yahoo in 05/06. Now they feel they are getting the bargain of the century. Yahoo may not be doing as good as golden child google, but its by no mean a slouch.
My parents come from a third world country as well... and what you describe is not based on potential, but on realities. When you are barely surviving, well, long term seems like a foolish proposition. It would be the same to any poor disadvantaged person no matter what country.
I think dvorak's argument is a pretty common one amongst liberals, conservatist, and centrists alike. And one of his sentences says it all...
... There seems to be a notion that the poor in Africa or East Asia are just like the kids in East Palo Alto... Yeah dvorak... what a freaking odd and naive notion that is. That they may be able to achieve everything we can, only with the same tools. Yeap, "They" can't do it...
We must feed them, guide their politics, make them "civilized", for obviously, they are not capable on their own. And we had no say in their current situation, we are just innocent observers , trying to "help" them.
It's a sickening point of view, but most seem to hold it, and disguise it in premises that the money is better spent elsewhere. So yes dvorak, while i do agree that there is hypocrisy in many of these actions, and a huge disbalance in wealth in this world, and that people, of all walks, should be doing a lot more... Don't knock those who are doing something ( and the likely scenario is that you knock, but dont do anything yourself ). The just way to solve poverty,starvation, and instability isnt by feeding them and controlling their affairs. It's by giving them the tools and knowledge to correct the wrong, and allow them to rise up with their own ability, which is the same ability present in any human being. Its the way we have done it, its the way they will do it.
I'm not a religious man, but the fish versus fishing thing aptly applies here.
( oh, and btw,, guess why there isnt any of their languages on the web, or any content they can use.. BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT!!! )
But anyways... just the usual "those people" mentality...
But in my experience and that of many others. linux is flexible... fast.. versatile.. but the most stable it isnt.. its part of its design goal. A stable OS, has stable developement practices.. Linux's goal is not to have a stable dev practice. ( see the whole spew about bin drivers..:( )
Why do you guys think redhat has RHEL... to stabilize linux. go to any other distrib, and well.. things change often.
Fast change does not bode well with stability. Stability comes with time.
You want fast and cheap, go linux.
You want stable, you go commercial unix ( Solaris,AiX these days)
You want a good middle ground.. you go *BSD;)
( yes, i'm biased, i've run extremely large bsd environments, but currently running a linux one.. and trust me, i miss my bsd )
First, the are no overground trains that cross the hudson river, only the east river.. The closest one to the hudson are the amtrack bridge going grom riverdale into manhhatan, and the 1 subway line going from riverdale/kindsbridge to manhattan as well, over the spuyten devil channel that connects east and hudson rivers..
And even if it had been one of these bridges.. ( one of the BMW east river bridges or one of the aforementioned two ).. they all have over hang.. and theres no way he would have falled in the river..
PLUS.. i've lived in nyc for quite a bit.. never heard of this.
Google is now becoming more like yahoo.. which brings up the question... Why switch when yahoo does many things like these better? Have the tables turned? where the "innovation?, i just see some pretty graphs, and not even the same amount of info.
PS: Yes, i do work for Yahoo, but not related to this product, so my opinions are just that, my opinions.
Since when generalizations like these get modded up?
First, i'll state the obvious to your clueless and idiot self, its your company stupid. If you have incompetent managers that can't hire the right persons, then its fully on them, not the "east coast". I mean, unless you are padding or making up the story, which competent person would hire someone as a programer, and a high salary, without any experience? Hey, it might even fall on you, on all the companies i've worked for, we've had peer interviews of candidates.. bu i digress.
Secondly, you are in a second rate east coast market, hey, come to NY, DC, etc... Generalizing on the "East coast", when so many research centers and universities are here, shows your level of inteligence.
And thirdly, WTF is witht he IT janitors comment? Some of us "IT janitors", have probably more developement experience, and are better qualified than you so call "developers" ( I myself am an Electrical Engineer, and prefer REAL, Systems Administration, Systems engineering work over development because of various reasons... SA/SE work is actually closer to real engineering than development is at this moment in time).. Again, if you work with unqualified people, it really says a lot of your own qualifications my friend... not of a "coast"...
In any case, why am i even bothering with such an idiot. HEH
he first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy, an English scientist. He experimented with electricity and invented an electric battery. When he connected wires to his battery and a piece of carbon, the carbon glowed, producing light. This is called an electric arc.
Much later, in 1860, the English physicist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) was determined to devise a practical, long-lasting electric light. He found that a carbon paper filament worked well, but burned up quickly. In 1878, he demonstrated his new electric lamps in Newcastle, England.
In 1877, the American Charles Francis Brush manufactured some carbon arcs to light a public square in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. These arcs were used on a few streets, in a few large office buildings, and even some stores. Electric lights were only used by a few people.
The inventor Thomas Alva Edison (in the USA) experimented with thousands of different filaments to find just the right materials to glow well and be long-lasting. In 1879, Edison discovered that a carbon filament in an oxygen-free bulb glowed but did not burn up for 40 hours. Edison eventually produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours.
Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928) improved the bulb by inventing a carbon filament (patented in 1881); Latimer was a member of Edison's research team, which was called "Edison's Pioneers." In 1882, Latimer developed and patented a method of manufacturing his carbon filaments.
In 1903, Willis R. Whitney invented a treatment for the filament so that it wouldn't darken the inside of the bulb as it glowed. In 1910, William David Coolidge (1873-1975) invented a tungsten filament which lasted even longer than the older filaments. The incandescent bulb revolutionized the world.
The patent, as all patents, are about methods.
BUT, he didt create a program that applied these methods. The article makes it seem like he just opened up excell, and did nothing..
Carlos Armando Amado devised a way to connect Excel with Access using a specially crafted spreadsheet during his tenure as a graduate student at Stanford University. After applying for a patent in 1990, Mr. Amando approached Microsoft to license the software, but was denied.
Microsoft then used the same exact method.
Now, while i totally disagree with the idea of patents like this... It changes the story a bit doesnt it? Heh, after all this is slashdot.
did you miss the part about him being hired PRE IPO.?
In any case, that little gesture of him taking lesser salary, probably got him a few tens of thousands more options at the cool price of $0.99... So guess who is the "wuss" now.
Damn dude.. get out more.. seriously, I hate to be an asshole, and wren, if you are reading this, well, dismiss me as an asshole.. but she is NOT hot by any definition of *hot*.
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As I replied to a previous commenter
As with any human situation, when confronted with a situation you are not comfortable with, you should examine your choices.
If you are unhappy where you are, work to change it, or work to remove yourself from that situation. You don't get to choose where you are born, but you get to choose your actions.
Principles and ideas that changed the world, resulted in the overthrow of one nationalism, and the creation of another ;) It's odd how that works hehe
Again, you may be mistaking my message, ( its easy to, I by no means claim this is an easy or clear cut topic, or that I'm any good at fully expressing my opinion lol).
But, to say, "I owe you nothing!!! But give me those darn benefits!!!", is the worst of all.
Makes people sound like spoiled teenagers reveling against their "unfair parent".
Life isn't "fair". Life has tough choices.
Because it really is "the hand that feeds" you, in this case add "protection" etc etc.
As with any human situation, when confronted with a situation you are not comfortable with, you should examine your choices.
If you are unhappy where you are, work to change it, or work to remove yourself from that situation. You don't get to choose where you are born, but you get to choose your actions.
It's simple.
Be thankful you live in a country where you have an easier choice/chance to do so.
Besides...
A hell of a lot of people, believe a hell lot of different things. It doesn't make fringe believes any "righter" or "wronger"
Because you obviously don't value your citizenship.
I'm as leftist/liberal as they come, but one thing left or right you should never bring up, is questioning loyalty to your country, whatever it may be. That is, if you value your citizenship.
You CAN be loyal while dissenting, but you CAN NOT be loyal while questioning the worth of your citizenship. To ANY country.
And loyalty is one of the few rights a citizen owes to the state. Else you either work to overthrow it, or move the f^($ out.
Disloyalty while reaping benefits is the worst hypocrisy.
Nationalism, while having many bad sides, it's good sides, have basically built the world.
So the United States, or any other country, it's not only "a place of birth", it's your place of citizenship. As such, you owe it loyalty, even in dissent.
If not, you got your choices.
1987 - The Famicom is released in the US and Europe as the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). Selling for $300, it would sell 60 million units worldwide.
Uh... maybe i'm wrong.. but i remember getting my NES x-mas of 1985.... and wikipedia confirms this...
Great "article".. they can't even copy paste well.
Than fully automated sites like Daylife.com
Seems a lot of what this book talks about, is done by neuralip's devices.
Plug in 3 2 1 ... http://www.neuraliq.com/
Don't confuse "stock value growth" with company growth.. and even so, only a fool would look at a 2 year history of a 13 year old company as a the only indicator.
Again, do you think microsoft is stupid? there's a reason why they are jumping on this, and a reason why google is responding...
But, i'll bite. I like feeding the idiots/trolls.
12 billion dollars in cash and off US investments.
close to 7 billion in revenue yearly.
This doesnt include their assets in the US, buildings, technology, etc. EASILY worth OVER 20-30 billion.
So, again, do you get why its undervalued?
Microsoft was willing to pay 80Bill for yahoo in 05/06. Now they feel they are getting the bargain of the century. Yahoo may not be doing as good as golden child google, but its by no mean a slouch.
My parents come from a third world country as well... and what you describe is not based on potential, but on realities. When you are barely surviving, well, long term seems like a foolish proposition. It would be the same to any poor disadvantaged person no matter what country.
Ie, take a look at the poor in the US.
We must feed them, guide their politics, make them "civilized", for obviously, they are not capable on their own. And we had no say in their current situation, we are just innocent observers , trying to "help" them.
It's a sickening point of view, but most seem to hold it, and disguise it in premises that the money is better spent elsewhere. So yes dvorak, while i do agree that there is hypocrisy in many of these actions, and a huge disbalance in wealth in this world, and that people, of all walks, should be doing a lot more... Don't knock those who are doing something ( and the likely scenario is that you knock, but dont do anything yourself ). The just way to solve poverty,starvation, and instability isnt by feeding them and controlling their affairs. It's by giving them the tools and knowledge to correct the wrong, and allow them to rise up with their own ability, which is the same ability present in any human being. Its the way we have done it, its the way they will do it.
I'm not a religious man, but the fish versus fishing thing aptly applies here.
( oh, and btw,, guess why there isnt any of their languages on the web, or any content they can use.. BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT!!! )
But anyways... just the usual "those people" mentality...
But I'm sure http://daylife.com/ will get there first ;)
DISCLAIMER: I do work for them, so take my opinions with a grain of salt
Ok, put it as experience.. Put it as bias...
:( )
;)
But in my experience and that of many others. linux is flexible... fast.. versatile.. but the most stable it isnt.. its part of its design goal. A stable OS, has stable developement practices.. Linux's goal is not to have a stable dev practice. ( see the whole spew about bin drivers..
Why do you guys think redhat has RHEL... to stabilize linux. go to any other distrib, and well.. things change often.
Fast change does not bode well with stability. Stability comes with time.
You want fast and cheap, go linux.
You want stable, you go commercial unix ( Solaris,AiX these days)
You want a good middle ground.. you go *BSD
( yes, i'm biased, i've run extremely large bsd environments, but currently running a linux one.. and trust me, i miss my bsd )
I cant believe these guys dont check this stuff..
First, the are no overground trains that cross the hudson river, only the east river.. The closest one to the hudson are the amtrack bridge going grom riverdale into manhhatan, and the 1 subway line going from riverdale/kindsbridge to manhattan as well, over the spuyten devil channel that connects east and hudson rivers..
And even if it had been one of these bridges.. ( one of the BMW east river bridges or one of the aforementioned two ).. they all have over hang.. and theres no way he would have falled in the river..
PLUS.. i've lived in nyc for quite a bit.. never heard of this.
Google is now becoming more like yahoo.. which brings up the question... Why switch when yahoo does many things like these better? Have the tables turned? where the "innovation?, i just see some pretty graphs, and not even the same amount of info.
PS: Yes, i do work for Yahoo, but not related to this product, so my opinions are just that, my opinions.
Since when generalizations like these get modded up?
First, i'll state the obvious to your clueless and idiot self, its your company stupid. If you have incompetent managers that can't hire the right persons, then its fully on them, not the "east coast". I mean, unless you are padding or making up the story, which competent person would hire someone as a programer, and a high salary, without any experience? Hey, it might even fall on you, on all the companies i've worked for, we've had peer interviews of candidates.. bu i digress.
Secondly, you are in a second rate east coast market, hey, come to NY, DC, etc... Generalizing on the "East coast", when so many research centers and universities are here, shows your level of inteligence.
And thirdly, WTF is witht he IT janitors comment? Some of us "IT janitors", have probably more developement experience, and are better qualified than you so call "developers" ( I myself am an Electrical Engineer, and prefer REAL, Systems Administration, Systems engineering work over development because of various reasons... SA/SE work is actually closer to real engineering than development is at this moment in time).. Again, if you work with unqualified people, it really says a lot of your own qualifications my friend... not of a "coast"...
In any case, why am i even bothering with such an idiot. HEH
Why not have those 7 boxes all export their storage via GFS and create one large volume like that?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/edison/ lightbulb.shtml
he first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy, an English scientist. He experimented with electricity and invented an electric battery. When he connected wires to his battery and a piece of carbon, the carbon glowed, producing light. This is called an electric arc.
Much later, in 1860, the English physicist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) was determined to devise a practical, long-lasting electric light. He found that a carbon paper filament worked well, but burned up quickly. In 1878, he demonstrated his new electric lamps in Newcastle, England.
In 1877, the American Charles Francis Brush manufactured some carbon arcs to light a public square in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. These arcs were used on a few streets, in a few large office buildings, and even some stores. Electric lights were only used by a few people.
The inventor Thomas Alva Edison (in the USA) experimented with thousands of different filaments to find just the right materials to glow well and be long-lasting. In 1879, Edison discovered that a carbon filament in an oxygen-free bulb glowed but did not burn up for 40 hours. Edison eventually produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours.
Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928) improved the bulb by inventing a carbon filament (patented in 1881); Latimer was a member of Edison's research team, which was called "Edison's Pioneers." In 1882, Latimer developed and patented a method of manufacturing his carbon filaments.
In 1903, Willis R. Whitney invented a treatment for the filament so that it wouldn't darken the inside of the bulb as it glowed. In 1910, William David Coolidge (1873-1975) invented a tungsten filament which lasted even longer than the older filaments. The incandescent bulb revolutionized the world.
Try out the latest version...
Should fix a lot of the problems people were experiencing.
Seriously guys, this yahoo bashing google loving is pathetic..
..
This was released Feb 2005
http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000077.html
Googles was released this month ( I think, double check that )
And yes, i do work for Yahoo, but these are not the opinions of my employer.
The patent, as all patents, are about methods.
BUT, he didt create a program that applied these methods. The article makes it seem like he just opened up excell, and did nothing..
source here
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9593_22-5735432.html
Carlos Armando Amado devised a way to connect Excel with Access using a specially crafted spreadsheet during his tenure as a graduate student at Stanford University. After applying for a patent in 1990, Mr. Amando approached Microsoft to license the software, but was denied.
Microsoft then used the same exact method.
Now, while i totally disagree with the idea of patents like this... It changes the story a bit doesnt it?
Heh, after all this is slashdot.
did you miss the part about him being hired PRE IPO.?
In any case, that little gesture of him taking lesser salary, probably got him a few tens of thousands more options at the cool price of $0.99... So guess who is the "wuss" now.
HEH
I guess so... :-\ hehe
Damn dude.. get out more.. seriously, I hate to be an asshole, and wren, if you are reading this, well, dismiss me as an asshole.. but she is NOT hot by any definition of *hot*.
lim wren{hot} --> 0
take a look... http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~wren/
That was actually pretty funny