its not like Barbara Boxer doesn't have a lot of influence either.
C'mon, all that changed in 2006 is that the side in power butters their bread on the bottom instead of the top
Sometimes when I think of Democrats and Republicans all I can see is that horrible Star Trek episode Let that be your last battlefield... meaning who can tell the difference?
Intimidation is one reason. Another is embarrassment.
With this upcoming election with the likely hood of a black candidate then it becomes a little of both. Many will reply with what they think the questioner wants. This will happen regardless if the person being asked is black, white, brown, red, green, or blue. Besides, why should they tell anyone. Its their right to cast their vote in secret. Let alone the fact you will have people who purposely give the wrong answer just to jack the results.
This is what makes secret voting so damn important. People should not modify their votes because they are uncomfortable or intimidated.
This is as important, if not more important, than fraud because its the worst kind of fraud.
There are members of Congress looking to take away this freedom from those whose workplaces are deciding whether to unionize or not. The rule is that to get the vote to take place a majority of cards must be returned. This happens a lot because most people are not going to stand up to someone or worse a group and tell them "no I don't want a union". They fear reprisal or intimidation, let alone flat out harassment.
Then when the vote is held each is cast in secret and suddenly the union loses. Do you really want to believe exit polls are any different? No, what they serve now is sensationalism in the press and the basis for conspiracy theories. They throw doubt onto a vote for people who refuse to accept they could lose. After all an election is the ultimate rejection for the loser.
The idea solution. Electronic voting using pictures selected by the candidate and a paper card spit out printed with the name and picture on it. This card would be folded and inserted into a ballot box to be used if the election is contested. Record retention should be sufficient to protect the right of recount if probably cause can be show.
We can't please everyone and we shouldn't try. Some people will simply make new lines in the sand.
There is no problem with the government building and maintaining a comprehensive and effective infrastructure. To wit they already have.
Its the extreme cases like this that need to be held to a real standard. Look, just like schools, its easy to throw money at it irresponsibly.
So someone makes a lifestyle choice and expects others to pay for it.
You took a wonderful tack in order to deflect the issue but I can play the game.
No one builds a home off the road and expects the government to move the road, no, they pay to have a driveway to connect them to the road. As such if this AC wants a connection but not pay for it then he is being selfish. Don't play trite games, examine the issue properly. Use a valid comparison.
Your argument is no better than "its for the children" In fact its pretty much childish too.
What you are laying at their feet is the definition of Washington DC
It is the Democratic and Republican parties.
Do you really think Obama or McCain gets full choice of their cabinet or aides after the coming election? I seriously doubt it. What are people going to do if Clinton gets on the ticket? Its not like she can't force the issue then it comes down to the same things you attributed to Bush/Cheney.
Government isn't about intelligence or performance, its about pay offs and pay backs.
Specifically, its people like you that give reason for this government to run us all over.
So, since you won't or cannot pay 10 grand its okay to let to government expend that money to connect your residence?
worse, you probably don't see the problem with it from the wording of your post.
The corporations are right not doing it, the government would be wrong to do so. When people put themselves into situations they should be responsible to get themselves out.
Selfish. Let me guess, I should pay for other people being fat, lazy, and drinking too?
Karma is good when you have so much to burn, but damn your type really pisses me off.
Look, you can read about it anywhere. We even had math classes in some cities where success was built around "best attempt" or other such non-sense.
What it all boils down to is that no matter what standard the Federal Government tries to set someone tries to cheat it. That is why there is always such an uproar versus standardized tests. Down here in Georgia they failed nearly 40% of all students in tested grades versus a standardized test. They knew it was coming. They even had practice tests. Is it all the schools fault?
No. Students seem have this sense of inevitability. They are still of the belief that they don't have to. After all anything else they complain about in school gets changed. I don't see their attitudes as defeatism, its entitlement that they suffer. They don't have to do this, that, or what not. We don't have the right culture in schools, especially city schools among minority students. Until we change the fabric of society the MTV generations will forever think themselves above "working hard". They are all going to be rap starts, professional sports players, or worse win the lottery!
We gave up control of our schools to "feel gooders". Now its all about grief counselors and no winners allowed because no one should be a loser. When we removed the reward of success what did we expect? I have seen articles where every student got to walk the diploma line regardless if they graduated just so they didn't feel ostracized. Well tough shit. Your boss ain't going to worry about making a failure to feel good. If you don't perform your in for a world of hurt. I guess you could go into government work, of all categories in the job market they have added more jobs than anyone and everyone knows the saying about how its near impossible to lose a government job.
Schools and students are simply trying to cheat the system. The problem is the schools encourage it because they don't allow for losers. They don't want to hurt little Bobby's feelings so they set him up to fail in life. If they want control of our kids then they should be responsible for them. They get hell bent if someone raises a finger about the Bible in school or complains about sex education yet they are completely aloof when it comes to holding the kids to a standard of education.
Private school was the only recourse I found. Standards had to be met or we might not be allowed to come back. Students were encouraged to be better. I don't see that outside of a few select public schools; you know I hear it all the time how so and so's public school isn't like those others but sorry it is.
Hence why Congressional Democrats were not keen on having Hillary win, she would be beyond their control, not so with Obama.
I am voting Libertarian so take the following with a grain of salt.
All three candidates were awful, they are all from Congress meaning they already have no respect for our money. All three propose huge expansion of government as if all that occurred under Bush wasn't enough. More taxes means less freedom. Not one of these candidates has proposed cutting the budget to fund new initiatives. McCain is close with his no earmark pledge but the two Democratic nominees had no choice in that matter as the current Congress controlled by their party has made so many attempts to hide earmarks that their major reason for running the Republicans out of office was a lie.
Frankly, Obama would change nothing. He is still from one of the two parties who give us no choice. If anything he sounds like Carter all over again, promising change (go view old Carter ads and tell me the difference)
Honestly I don't see people getting sick of Windows, there is no alternative on low end machines that people will flock to because there is no software for them. It is human nature to complain and the biggest target is Microsoft. I use Windows and OS X at home. I am strictly restricted to XP or NT at work on PCs. It doesn't get in my way, it doesn't do anything wrong. If anything the same problem I have with OS X I have with Windows; OS X handles it better; and that is bad software. Hell even my iMac wasn't immune to bad video drivers.
Of course the real monster is Office. I know Mac fans who did not move to Intel versions until Office was native. It is more important long term than the OS under it is.
Apple to me seems to be moving away from the desktop trying to redirect us to the living room; one place I refuse to allow a PC to enter (apple or ms or linux)
I know its accepted to ridicule Ms and speak of imminent doom and gloom but its been the same for ages here. I remember day one here for me and it was always Microsoft is going to die. There are just too many smart people there to write them off.
Now Yahoo, yuck. I can't even stand going to their clutter of a page. If anything they probably are the loser here, they need someone to use them because the public isn't
because one problem I have is the trend towards FLV ads. If I am getting metered internet I want any ad server filtered out from the charge or I should have the option of having it filterd out at the ISP.
We need to start looking at reducing administration costs of the school systems and using the money on teachers and student needs. Look at most major cities, their cost per student can be double what outlying areas have and the majority of it can be traced to anything but teachers and students. What good is throwing money at public schools if the money isn't going to improve our children? Too many city schools are jobs programs for friends of the political powers. Dumping grounds for cronies. If that county school can graduate more students at a higher GPA and their students do better in higher education all the while costing the local taxpayers less how is the city's problem money related?
I would prefer more options for parents to send their children to schools of their choice. This means the dreaded "voucher". Make it so the money follows the child and not the school. This might be the only kick in the pants some school systems will understand. We have great teachers. We spend more than enough to educate the children we have, we just spend it wrong.
The easy solution is to "throw money at the problem" but that is used as an excuse to rid ourselves of the responsibility for making the hard choices. All we get with this thrown money is more cronies. I read my local "paper" to see schools with trailers and look at the changes that go on the system. What do I notice most after capital improvements? How many more people in non teaching positions crop up. Suddenly there are committees paid out of school funds to do work already done elsewhere or not needed. More money means more government employees, not necessarily teachers.
Sorry, no more money. Account for what they have. They owe to the children. We owe it the children.
Education here is not the reason we have H1 visas. We have those because politicians put more value on the money of corporations than the people who elect them. Do any of the three current candidates support scrapping this?
First off, I don't care who they partner him with, there are too many bigots in the Democratic Party to get this guy elected. Clinton is pulling a Wallace, distasteful as it seems, because it works. I have diehard Democrats in my family (Ohio, midwest) and they won't vote for him, worse they will vote against him. He didn't help himself getting caught making negative remarks about these people and his former Preacher lost him even more. Character doesn't change just because of an election, only its appearance does Now these are people I didn't expect it out of but damn if there isn't an issue in these states. Its stupid to ignore... just because its wrong won't make it not matter.
Regardless, why would you want someone who was on a failing ticket? Let alone Gore or Edwards. Both of them are the worst examples of politicians I can imagine. Both are hypocrites of the biggest order, living the large life and telling everyone else to do without. No, he needs someone not connected to Washington. Even if he did get in he would be run over by Pelosi. Pelosi wants him simply because of that, Clinton would threaten Pelosi's empire. Get him a well know university type, perhaps someone verses in economics.
I thought the last election presented no real choices, this one looks even worse. A Congressman is getting into the Whitehouse and that should frighten anyone. I don't care what party they are, they don't respect us by example of how Congress operates.
Frankly, if/. becomes nothing more than a Obama or McCain fansite I am sure most of us will find a new site. This tripe belongs on Digg. Its not news, its an advertisement and expression of political affiliation
I just see it as a convenient excuse to not buy one. I haven't bought one but my excuse is more honest, it offers nothing I need.
Now what I want is wholly different but many of us are actually more responsible with our money and realize that its wants that get people into trouble. The problem with wants is that they change. So I get an iPhone, then what? I start using it for stuff I didn't need to do because I need to justify the purchase. The problem with that approach is that any annoyance becomes a big annoyance. Suddenly I am off looking for something to satisfy new wants the previous one generated.
No, I won't blame it being on AT&T, being locked down in other ways, its price, or even it being an Apple product (I am using my iMac to type this). I simply realized I didn't need it and I am cool with it.
One thing too many people like to do is dismiss older languages. I think a lot of this is done out of the belief that new must be better. Yet I work on IBM midrange systems where COBOL and RPGLE reign supreme. It simply comes down to, what gets the job done safely, quickly, and accurately. I think a lot of success for a language is the system for which it is written.
I have dabbled in C, C++, Pascal (both Turbo and USCD), Modula-2, and want to take a look at ADA. Yet one thing I find is that the simpler it is the better. I was always put off with the complex naming which is prevalent in many OO languages. It almost seemed as if they could add one more "dot" then some kind of epiphany would be realized. The concept I practice when I deal with COBOL and RPGLE is to separate the interface from the rules applied to the data. While my videos handling modules do the interface work they don't know the business rules or only the slightest of subsets which would not be logical to isolate. File handling and field handling is done separately.
Am I out of date with my languages, probably if you view it from what is taught in school, yet it is the platform which gives the languages I work in the ability to get it done safely, accurately, and quickly. Best of all, the value of the work is preserved as the platform changes because the underlying system which processes my code is immune to the machine it runs on. The very same code written in the late 80s runs unchanged. Its value and safety is preserved. I don't need to use a new language to get work done, I do use new languages to present it to new "screens". The separation of presentation from the work ensures many languages can coexist in whatever future we find.
My friend and I are both on white iMacs, use different isps, and neither can install the upgrade, a package error is encountered.
I haven't checked the official site but I doubt we are alone in this issue.
While I haven't had an update completely scramble my setup its not a big fear if you keep to a regular schedule of backups, including immediate ones prior to trying to upgrade.
not their campaign promises or who is working for them currently.
Granted Obama doesn't have as much time in the Senate as McCain, and Clinton doesn't compare favorably for time either but still beats out Obaman, but what does their voting record say?
Considering the fact we can look at how these people voted on many issues why would you believe their promises without comparing the two? Turning over a new leaf is more fairy tale than anything
From the article " Towering up to 228 feet above the Appalachian Mountain ridge, far above the tree line, windmills are lined up like marching aliens from War of the Worlds. Up close, they emit a high-pitched electrical hum. From a distance of a few hundred yards, their 115-foot blades make a steady whooshing sound as their tips cut through the air at up to 140 mph."
"A study conducted at FPL's Mountaineer Wind Energy Center here this year indicated that its 44 turbines may have caused between 1,300 and 2,000 bat deaths in a six-week period. That study was led by Edward B. Arnett, a scientist with Bat Conservation International, and financed largely by the American Wind Energy Association and its 700 member companies."
to show you the door. Besides you have told the company you are leaving why should they want someone to be there if they aren't willing to stay long term.
Yes I understand the desire some have to pass on knowledge, it sounds real nice till you ask the flipside, why weren't you passing/sharing knowledge the whole time you were there before? Siloing knowledge is a common defense mechanism, there are a few people I have dealt with in the pass that were painful to get information out of. Either it was a sly way of hiding their lack of knowledge or they really felt it made them more valuable.
Back to the title of my post. Sarbane's Oxley has really made security miserable for some. Combine that with auditors who don't truly understand each platform's security ability and it only piles on the paranoia. Still it comes down to one thing, if your leaving then the company is right in moving you out quickly and under their own conditions.
Frankly if I had someone telling me they were quitting I would drop their access and put them in a debriefing mode of around two to three days. If they can't do turn over of knowledge of outstanding issues then I have been doing something wrong in the working of my shop. I shouldn't need two weeks to get what I need from an employee, if I did I am putting myself at risk of lose from emergency medical issues to death. In a company as large as I work for neither are things I can afford to ignore, it just happens.
Amazed people haven't figured it out. These "actors" are the center of the universe, the rarely having completed high school know it alls", the ones who will solve all the worlds problems by jetting there and handing out candy bars"
The people with the grunt work, the programmers, cameramen, gaffers, q&A, and such, well they are just doing a job any chimp could do.
Honestly why should we expect any less of a comment from the likes of this guy? It is quite possible he is good person and generally fun to be around, but the number of these dicksperts that get on the tube and tell us how wonderful they are and how special they are and such and such is beyond number. Hell I take many of their recommendations in the completely opposite fashion...
Because I was under the impression that cloning did not account for the individuality of each dog's coat. Another thread mentioned the irritability of a cloned bull but I doubt it was due to the cloning.
When it comes to dogs; my mother breeds, judges, and shows, a certain purebred; the bulk of good dog / bad dog behavior that owners see is largely governed by how much time the puppy had with its mother. Ideally it should be twelve weeks. This is not saying you can't breed in aggressiveness as it had been done to shepherds and the respectable breeders spent a generations (of dogs) trying to get it out.
The first few weeks in the care of a new owner will set the new puppy on his path to an individual personality. The key to getting a good dog versus a bad dog is : treat it nicely and give it space. If the new dog needs the reassurance of your company it will seek you out. Don't yell at the dog or around it. The pet is looking for acceptance and if you yell at your kids/spouse/tv etc it will affect the dog. About the "space" item, if a dog wants to get away the let it; provided of course its safe. I have seen more than one puppy returned as a nervous wreck to my parents because one kid or adult in the new owner family simply would not let the dog alone, the interesting side story is that these people took their kid to a psychiatrist who basically told them the kid was not mature enough for a pet but they tried anyway . They have their needs for rest too.
Am I against cloning pets or animals. Not if its used to protect a breed from extinction. I still would not have much qualms about it being done for the end owner. Now if cloning of pets is done for wholesale retail then that I would is nothing better than having mills. Worse is the number of bitches needed and who are basically abused to deliver the pups (I assume it still requires a womb)
for this industry. The door has been opened to litigation. Meaning the products will all soon contain a "lawsuit tax" embedded into them. The choice of item they associated nano tubes with is nothing short of inflammatory. Asbestos? The live of lawyers everywhere.
no, all they had to do is find some group with some respectability to push stuff out like this. Even if it gets disproved in years the lawsuit opportunities have just expanded.
the problem here may be that it is the US government is making the request. While I don't think this particular issue treads on the freedom speech clause as the posters are not in this country if they submit the videos from here they may have a case. That being said comparing the videos in question to Youtubes own stated rules the videos don't exist. I would not put it beyond someone keeping them there or being a snot simply because of political differences with the current administration. If so, it is a really tasteless way to express their view. It is expected of a terrorist organization, not a public company.
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its not like Barbara Boxer doesn't have a lot of influence either.
C'mon, all that changed in 2006 is that the side in power butters their bread on the bottom instead of the top
Sometimes when I think of Democrats and Republicans all I can see is that horrible Star Trek episode Let that be your last battlefield... meaning who can tell the difference?
Intimidation is one reason. Another is embarrassment.
With this upcoming election with the likely hood of a black candidate then it becomes a little of both. Many will reply with what they think the questioner wants. This will happen regardless if the person being asked is black, white, brown, red, green, or blue. Besides, why should they tell anyone. Its their right to cast their vote in secret. Let alone the fact you will have people who purposely give the wrong answer just to jack the results.
This is what makes secret voting so damn important. People should not modify their votes because they are uncomfortable or intimidated.
This is as important, if not more important, than fraud because its the worst kind of fraud.
There are members of Congress looking to take away this freedom from those whose workplaces are deciding whether to unionize or not. The rule is that to get the vote to take place a majority of cards must be returned. This happens a lot because most people are not going to stand up to someone or worse a group and tell them "no I don't want a union". They fear reprisal or intimidation, let alone flat out harassment.
Then when the vote is held each is cast in secret and suddenly the union loses. Do you really want to believe exit polls are any different? No, what they serve now is sensationalism in the press and the basis for conspiracy theories. They throw doubt onto a vote for people who refuse to accept they could lose. After all an election is the ultimate rejection for the loser.
The idea solution. Electronic voting using pictures selected by the candidate and a paper card spit out printed with the name and picture on it. This card would be folded and inserted into a ballot box to be used if the election is contested. Record retention should be sufficient to protect the right of recount if probably cause can be show.
We can't please everyone and we shouldn't try. Some people will simply make new lines in the sand.
There is no problem with the government building and maintaining a comprehensive and effective infrastructure. To wit they already have.
Its the extreme cases like this that need to be held to a real standard. Look, just like schools, its easy to throw money at it irresponsibly.
So someone makes a lifestyle choice and expects others to pay for it.
You took a wonderful tack in order to deflect the issue but I can play the game.
No one builds a home off the road and expects the government to move the road, no, they pay to have a driveway to connect them to the road. As such if this AC wants a connection but not pay for it then he is being selfish. Don't play trite games, examine the issue properly. Use a valid comparison.
Your argument is no better than "its for the children" In fact its pretty much childish too.
didn't.
What you are laying at their feet is the definition of Washington DC
It is the Democratic and Republican parties.
Do you really think Obama or McCain gets full choice of their cabinet or aides after the coming election? I seriously doubt it. What are people going to do if Clinton gets on the ticket? Its not like she can't force the issue then it comes down to the same things you attributed to Bush/Cheney.
Government isn't about intelligence or performance, its about pay offs and pay backs.
After reading your issue all I have to say is
You people suck.
Specifically, its people like you that give reason for this government to run us all over.
So, since you won't or cannot pay 10 grand its okay to let to government expend that money to connect your residence?
worse, you probably don't see the problem with it from the wording of your post.
The corporations are right not doing it, the government would be wrong to do so. When people put themselves into situations they should be responsible to get themselves out.
Selfish. Let me guess, I should pay for other people being fat, lazy, and drinking too?
Karma is good when you have so much to burn, but damn your type really pisses me off.
Look, you can read about it anywhere. We even had math classes in some cities where success was built around "best attempt" or other such non-sense.
What it all boils down to is that no matter what standard the Federal Government tries to set someone tries to cheat it. That is why there is always such an uproar versus standardized tests. Down here in Georgia they failed nearly 40% of all students in tested grades versus a standardized test. They knew it was coming. They even had practice tests. Is it all the schools fault?
No. Students seem have this sense of inevitability. They are still of the belief that they don't have to. After all anything else they complain about in school gets changed. I don't see their attitudes as defeatism, its entitlement that they suffer. They don't have to do this, that, or what not. We don't have the right culture in schools, especially city schools among minority students. Until we change the fabric of society the MTV generations will forever think themselves above "working hard". They are all going to be rap starts, professional sports players, or worse win the lottery!
We gave up control of our schools to "feel gooders". Now its all about grief counselors and no winners allowed because no one should be a loser. When we removed the reward of success what did we expect? I have seen articles where every student got to walk the diploma line regardless if they graduated just so they didn't feel ostracized. Well tough shit. Your boss ain't going to worry about making a failure to feel good. If you don't perform your in for a world of hurt. I guess you could go into government work, of all categories in the job market they have added more jobs than anyone and everyone knows the saying about how its near impossible to lose a government job.
Schools and students are simply trying to cheat the system. The problem is the schools encourage it because they don't allow for losers. They don't want to hurt little Bobby's feelings so they set him up to fail in life. If they want control of our kids then they should be responsible for them. They get hell bent if someone raises a finger about the Bible in school or complains about sex education yet they are completely aloof when it comes to holding the kids to a standard of education.
Private school was the only recourse I found. Standards had to be met or we might not be allowed to come back. Students were encouraged to be better. I don't see that outside of a few select public schools; you know I hear it all the time how so and so's public school isn't like those others but sorry it is.
Hence why Congressional Democrats were not keen on having Hillary win, she would be beyond their control, not so with Obama.
I am voting Libertarian so take the following with a grain of salt.
All three candidates were awful, they are all from Congress meaning they already have no respect for our money. All three propose huge expansion of government as if all that occurred under Bush wasn't enough. More taxes means less freedom. Not one of these candidates has proposed cutting the budget to fund new initiatives. McCain is close with his no earmark pledge but the two Democratic nominees had no choice in that matter as the current Congress controlled by their party has made so many attempts to hide earmarks that their major reason for running the Republicans out of office was a lie.
Frankly, Obama would change nothing. He is still from one of the two parties who give us no choice. If anything he sounds like Carter all over again, promising change (go view old Carter ads and tell me the difference)
Honestly I don't see people getting sick of Windows, there is no alternative on low end machines that people will flock to because there is no software for them. It is human nature to complain and the biggest target is Microsoft. I use Windows and OS X at home. I am strictly restricted to XP or NT at work on PCs. It doesn't get in my way, it doesn't do anything wrong. If anything the same problem I have with OS X I have with Windows; OS X handles it better; and that is bad software. Hell even my iMac wasn't immune to bad video drivers.
Of course the real monster is Office. I know Mac fans who did not move to Intel versions until Office was native. It is more important long term than the OS under it is.
Apple to me seems to be moving away from the desktop trying to redirect us to the living room; one place I refuse to allow a PC to enter (apple or ms or linux)
I know its accepted to ridicule Ms and speak of imminent doom and gloom but its been the same for ages here. I remember day one here for me and it was always Microsoft is going to die. There are just too many smart people there to write them off.
Now Yahoo, yuck. I can't even stand going to their clutter of a page. If anything they probably are the loser here, they need someone to use them because the public isn't
because one problem I have is the trend towards FLV ads. If I am getting metered internet I want any ad server filtered out from the charge or I should have the option of having it filterd out at the ISP.
next to the Kentucky Jelly and just as tasty.
We need to start looking at reducing administration costs of the school systems and using the money on teachers and student needs. Look at most major cities, their cost per student can be double what outlying areas have and the majority of it can be traced to anything but teachers and students. What good is throwing money at public schools if the money isn't going to improve our children? Too many city schools are jobs programs for friends of the political powers. Dumping grounds for cronies. If that county school can graduate more students at a higher GPA and their students do better in higher education all the while costing the local taxpayers less how is the city's problem money related?
I would prefer more options for parents to send their children to schools of their choice. This means the dreaded "voucher". Make it so the money follows the child and not the school. This might be the only kick in the pants some school systems will understand. We have great teachers. We spend more than enough to educate the children we have, we just spend it wrong.
The easy solution is to "throw money at the problem" but that is used as an excuse to rid ourselves of the responsibility for making the hard choices. All we get with this thrown money is more cronies. I read my local "paper" to see schools with trailers and look at the changes that go on the system. What do I notice most after capital improvements? How many more people in non teaching positions crop up. Suddenly there are committees paid out of school funds to do work already done elsewhere or not needed. More money means more government employees, not necessarily teachers.
Sorry, no more money. Account for what they have. They owe to the children. We owe it the children.
Education here is not the reason we have H1 visas. We have those because politicians put more value on the money of corporations than the people who elect them. Do any of the three current candidates support scrapping this?
First off, I don't care who they partner him with, there are too many bigots in the Democratic Party to get this guy elected. Clinton is pulling a Wallace, distasteful as it seems, because it works. I have diehard Democrats in my family (Ohio, midwest) and they won't vote for him, worse they will vote against him. He didn't help himself getting caught making negative remarks about these people and his former Preacher lost him even more. Character doesn't change just because of an election, only its appearance does Now these are people I didn't expect it out of but damn if there isn't an issue in these states. Its stupid to ignore... just because its wrong won't make it not matter.
/. becomes nothing more than a Obama or McCain fansite I am sure most of us will find a new site. This tripe belongs on Digg. Its not news, its an advertisement and expression of political affiliation
Regardless, why would you want someone who was on a failing ticket? Let alone Gore or Edwards. Both of them are the worst examples of politicians I can imagine. Both are hypocrites of the biggest order, living the large life and telling everyone else to do without. No, he needs someone not connected to Washington. Even if he did get in he would be run over by Pelosi. Pelosi wants him simply because of that, Clinton would threaten Pelosi's empire. Get him a well know university type, perhaps someone verses in economics.
I thought the last election presented no real choices, this one looks even worse. A Congressman is getting into the Whitehouse and that should frighten anyone. I don't care what party they are, they don't respect us by example of how Congress operates.
Frankly, if
I just see it as a convenient excuse to not buy one. I haven't bought one but my excuse is more honest, it offers nothing I need.
Now what I want is wholly different but many of us are actually more responsible with our money and realize that its wants that get people into trouble. The problem with wants is that they change. So I get an iPhone, then what? I start using it for stuff I didn't need to do because I need to justify the purchase. The problem with that approach is that any annoyance becomes a big annoyance. Suddenly I am off looking for something to satisfy new wants the previous one generated.
No, I won't blame it being on AT&T, being locked down in other ways, its price, or even it being an Apple product (I am using my iMac to type this). I simply realized I didn't need it and I am cool with it.
One thing too many people like to do is dismiss older languages. I think a lot of this is done out of the belief that new must be better. Yet I work on IBM midrange systems where COBOL and RPGLE reign supreme. It simply comes down to, what gets the job done safely, quickly, and accurately. I think a lot of success for a language is the system for which it is written.
I have dabbled in C, C++, Pascal (both Turbo and USCD), Modula-2, and want to take a look at ADA. Yet one thing I find is that the simpler it is the better. I was always put off with the complex naming which is prevalent in many OO languages. It almost seemed as if they could add one more "dot" then some kind of epiphany would be realized. The concept I practice when I deal with COBOL and RPGLE is to separate the interface from the rules applied to the data. While my videos handling modules do the interface work they don't know the business rules or only the slightest of subsets which would not be logical to isolate. File handling and field handling is done separately.
Am I out of date with my languages, probably if you view it from what is taught in school, yet it is the platform which gives the languages I work in the ability to get it done safely, accurately, and quickly. Best of all, the value of the work is preserved as the platform changes because the underlying system which processes my code is immune to the machine it runs on. The very same code written in the late 80s runs unchanged. Its value and safety is preserved. I don't need to use a new language to get work done, I do use new languages to present it to new "screens". The separation of presentation from the work ensures many languages can coexist in whatever future we find.
My friend and I are both on white iMacs, use different isps, and neither can install the upgrade, a package error is encountered.
I haven't checked the official site but I doubt we are alone in this issue.
While I haven't had an update completely scramble my setup its not a big fear if you keep to a regular schedule of backups, including immediate ones prior to trying to upgrade.
not their campaign promises or who is working for them currently.
Granted Obama doesn't have as much time in the Senate as McCain, and Clinton doesn't compare favorably for time either but still beats out Obaman, but what does their voting record say?
Considering the fact we can look at how these people voted on many issues why would you believe their promises without comparing the two? Turning over a new leaf is more fairy tale than anything
is that bug which requires me to reboot my iMac after every iTunes and/or Quicktime update.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/house/1/votes/261/
Some didn't vote as well, how does that count?
Here is an old article I remembered about and fortunately google brought it up http://www.coxwashington.com/reporters/content/reporters/stories/2005/11/13/BC_WINDMILLS_BATS_ADV13_COX.html
From the article
" Towering up to 228 feet above the Appalachian Mountain ridge, far above the tree line, windmills are lined up like marching aliens from War of the Worlds.
Up close, they emit a high-pitched electrical hum. From a distance of a few hundred yards, their 115-foot blades make a steady whooshing sound as their tips cut through the air at up to 140 mph."
"A study conducted at FPL's Mountaineer Wind Energy Center here this year indicated that its 44 turbines may have caused between 1,300 and 2,000 bat deaths in a six-week period. That study was led by Edward B. Arnett, a scientist with Bat Conservation International, and financed largely by the American Wind Energy Association and its 700 member companies."
to show you the door. Besides you have told the company you are leaving why should they want someone to be there if they aren't willing to stay long term.
Yes I understand the desire some have to pass on knowledge, it sounds real nice till you ask the flipside, why weren't you passing/sharing knowledge the whole time you were there before? Siloing knowledge is a common defense mechanism, there are a few people I have dealt with in the pass that were painful to get information out of. Either it was a sly way of hiding their lack of knowledge or they really felt it made them more valuable.
Back to the title of my post. Sarbane's Oxley has really made security miserable for some. Combine that with auditors who don't truly understand each platform's security ability and it only piles on the paranoia. Still it comes down to one thing, if your leaving then the company is right in moving you out quickly and under their own conditions.
Frankly if I had someone telling me they were quitting I would drop their access and put them in a debriefing mode of around two to three days. If they can't do turn over of knowledge of outstanding issues then I have been doing something wrong in the working of my shop. I shouldn't need two weeks to get what I need from an employee, if I did I am putting myself at risk of lose from emergency medical issues to death. In a company as large as I work for neither are things I can afford to ignore, it just happens.
of the credits DON'T COUNT.
Amazed people haven't figured it out. These "actors" are the center of the universe, the rarely having completed high school know it alls", the ones who will solve all the worlds problems by jetting there and handing out candy bars"
The people with the grunt work, the programmers, cameramen, gaffers, q&A, and such, well they are just doing a job any chimp could do.
Honestly why should we expect any less of a comment from the likes of this guy? It is quite possible he is good person and generally fun to be around, but the number of these dicksperts that get on the tube and tell us how wonderful they are and how special they are and such and such is beyond number. Hell I take many of their recommendations in the completely opposite fashion...
Because I was under the impression that cloning did not account for the individuality of each dog's coat. Another thread mentioned the irritability of a cloned bull but I doubt it was due to the cloning.
When it comes to dogs; my mother breeds, judges, and shows, a certain purebred; the bulk of good dog / bad dog behavior that owners see is largely governed by how much time the puppy had with its mother. Ideally it should be twelve weeks. This is not saying you can't breed in aggressiveness as it had been done to shepherds and the respectable breeders spent a generations (of dogs) trying to get it out.
The first few weeks in the care of a new owner will set the new puppy on his path to an individual personality. The key to getting a good dog versus a bad dog is : treat it nicely and give it space. If the new dog needs the reassurance of your company it will seek you out. Don't yell at the dog or around it. The pet is looking for acceptance and if you yell at your kids/spouse/tv etc it will affect the dog. About the "space" item, if a dog wants to get away the let it; provided of course its safe. I have seen more than one puppy returned as a nervous wreck to my parents because one kid or adult in the new owner family simply would not let the dog alone, the interesting side story is that these people took their kid to a psychiatrist who basically told them the kid was not mature enough for a pet but they tried anyway . They have their needs for rest too.
Am I against cloning pets or animals. Not if its used to protect a breed from extinction. I still would not have much qualms about it being done for the end owner. Now if cloning of pets is done for wholesale retail then that I would is nothing better than having mills. Worse is the number of bitches needed and who are basically abused to deliver the pups (I assume it still requires a womb)
for this industry. The door has been opened to litigation. Meaning the products will all soon contain a "lawsuit tax" embedded into them. The choice of item they associated nano tubes with is nothing short of inflammatory. Asbestos? The live of lawyers everywhere.
no, all they had to do is find some group with some respectability to push stuff out like this. Even if it gets disproved in years the lawsuit opportunities have just expanded.
yeah because no where down the chain from production to delivery was anyone abused, threatened, or otherwise harmed by the drug trade.
the problem here may be that it is the US government is making the request. While I don't think this particular issue treads on the freedom speech clause as the posters are not in this country if they submit the videos from here they may have a case. That being said comparing the videos in question to Youtubes own stated rules the videos don't exist. I would not put it beyond someone keeping them there or being a snot simply because of political differences with the current administration. If so, it is a really tasteless way to express their view. It is expected of a terrorist organization, not a public company.