What's the current cpm in the industry? I haven't driven in four years, but from the ads I hear on XMRadio and on the backs of trucks, wages have been stagnant.
Someone works for 10 months (+/- a bit). You ask them to work another two months, you pay them more. I knew plenty of teachers, both when I was one and when I was growing up who grabbed part time or seasonal work during the summer.
Coming from a family filled with nurses and doctors, I'm well aware of that. Those professions also feature much more annual leave, paid time off, time off for continuing ed, etc. I'm not saying it cannot be done. What I am saying is that there are costs, both hidden and visible, that make this an expensive undertaking that very few in the US are willing to do.
I don't necessarily disagree with any of this (much). I just want to know who is willing to pay for it, even if it's the best idea anyone has ever had. Ever talk to old people or the childless and hear them bitch about why their tax dollars are 'wasted' on schools?
Make sure you don't get the wrong tow vehicle. My brother got a used truck. One of the previous owners had a fifth wheel installed for a horse trailer I believe. Turns out the truck was a giveaway because both the axle and tranny were dying. Both were severely underspecced for towing something as light as a horse trailer. Read the magazines and online reviews. Don't go cheap.
Second, get thee to a truck stop (or Amazon) and purchase a Rand McNally trucker's atlas. I was particularly fond of the large print one while I was driving. Don't rely on your consumer GPS. You'll want to go to the paper. If you must have GPS, get one specifically for trucks. If decent, it will route you away from roads that have corners that are too sharp and bridges that are too low. You'll also want to pick up a truckstop guide. A few years ago, that little book was about $4. Worth its weight in gold.
When fueling, if you are at a truck stop, don't get in the truckers' way. They are trying to make time and make money. They aren't on holiday. In fact, get out of the trucker lanes and go to the other side of the station. There is usually a nice diesel (your tow vehicle IS diesel, right?) pump with plenty of room to get your rig in and out of. Moving a rig like that through the car pumps is no fun (and there's often not enough overhead clearance). And pick up some loyalty cards. Every so many gallons of diesel (usually 100) you get a free shower. Not the best in the world at most places, but better than the ones at campgrounds. And if you don't ask, everyone will likely look the other way if you and the Mrs. enter at the same time. (Wear shower shoes whether at the truck stop or at the campground)
The low rent version of 'spam in a can'. My brother referred to my truck as 'a prison cell on wheels'. Who do you drive for? Last I was driving, only Werner had an approved electronic/computer log. I think USX was brewing up something.
And much like my Mac has lasted much longer than Windows PCs, my Redwings seems to never die compared to Timberlands and various other brands. Are they still made exclusively in the US? I heard at least some of their line was now being made in other countries.
That is correct. Or it was the last time I looked. I think Prince (or may Sinead O'Connor's cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U") was never available DRM free.
Actually, there's a pretty arcane way to get around this restriction if the files are on your Mac. An esoteric program invoked from the command line called "cp".
Huh. I could have sworn you were going to link to Hudson Hawk or Bonfire of the Vanities (or Color of Night, oh God, the horror, the horror!) but his time as Bruno works pretty well.
approach to fighting spam. Your idea will not work. Here is why it won't work. (One or more of the following may apply to your particular idea, and it may have other flaws which used to vary from state to state before a bad federal law was passed.)
( ) Spammers can easily use it to harvest email addresses ( ) Mailing lists and other legitimate email uses would be affected ( ) No one will be able to find the guy or collect the money ( ) It is defenseless against brute force attacks ( ) It will stop spam for two weeks and then we'll be stuck with it ( ) Users of email will not put up with it ( ) Microsoft will not put up with it ( ) The police will not put up with it ( ) Requires too much cooperation from spammers ( ) Requires immediate total cooperation from everybody at once ( ) Many email users cannot afford to lose business or alienate potential employers ( ) Spammers don't care about invalid addresses in their lists ( ) Anyone could anonymously destroy anyone else's career or business
Specifically, your plan fails to account for
( ) Laws expressly prohibiting it ( ) Lack of centrally controlling authority for email ( ) Open relays in foreign countries ( ) Ease of searching tiny alphanumeric address space of all email addresses ( ) Asshats ( ) Jurisdictional problems ( ) Unpopularity of weird new taxes ( ) Public reluctance to accept weird new forms of money ( ) Huge existing software investment in SMTP ( ) Susceptibility of protocols other than SMTP to attack ( ) Willingness of users to install OS patches received by email ( ) Armies of worm riddled broadband-connected Windows boxes ( ) Eternal arms race involved in all filtering approaches ( ) Extreme profitability of spam ( ) Joe jobs and/or identity theft ( ) Technically illiterate politicians ( ) Extreme stupidity on the part of people who do business with spammers ( ) Dishonesty on the part of spammers themselves ( ) Bandwidth costs that are unaffected by client filtering ( ) Outlook
and the following philosophical objections may also apply:
( ) Ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever been shown practical ( ) Any scheme based on opt-out is unacceptable ( ) SMTP headers should not be the subject of legislation ( ) Blacklists suck ( ) Whitelists suck ( ) We should be able to talk about Viagra without being censored ( ) Countermeasures should not involve wire fraud or credit card fraud ( ) Countermeasures should not involve sabotage of public networks ( ) Countermeasures must work if phased in gradually ( ) Sending email should be free ( ) Why should we have to trust you and your servers? ( ) Incompatiblity with open source or open source licenses ( ) Feel-good measures do nothing to solve the problem ( ) Temporary/one-time email addresses are cumbersome ( ) I don't want the government reading my email ( ) Killing them that way is not slow and painful enough
Furthermore, this is what I think about you:
( ) Sorry dude, but I don't think it would work. ( ) This is a stupid idea, and you're a stupid person for suggesting it. ( ) Nice try, assh0le! I'm going to find out where you live and burn your house down!
Who pays for the extra month(s) of school? Localities across the US are already strapped for cash. Increase teacher's salaries by 20% (ish) and things get worse. And when will they do their continuing ed to remain accredited or get higher degrees? Similar stories for custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, etc. In many (most?) school districts, only parts of the administration are 12 month employees. There's also an increase in electricity and possible retrofitting of AC in places that don't have it.
No, it's the mindset. Trying to break something out of idle curiosity and a desire to see how/if things work. It is rewarding to some of us, but can cause issues for the hoi polloi. I'm not knocking you. At some point my parents should have put the screwdrivers under lock and key due to the number of things I took apart but couldn't quite get put back together.
The parent to your post seems to echo some of Icaza's comments. The managerial style of Torvalds spread throughout the OSS community. Unfortunately, much of it got lost in the passing (like a game of telephone) until only the bitchy nastiness was left. None of the humor, insight, etc. of the original is to be found.
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Bite my shiny metal ass.
How does the AG of Australia get into office? Election, appointment? Is there a method for removal?
> A few years ago, that little book was about $4. Worth its weight in gold.
Wow. What kind of exotic material is made of to be so light?
Unicorn farts and fairy dust.
Programmed yourself?
What's the current cpm in the industry? I haven't driven in four years, but from the ads I hear on XMRadio and on the backs of trucks, wages have been stagnant.
Someone works for 10 months (+/- a bit). You ask them to work another two months, you pay them more. I knew plenty of teachers, both when I was one and when I was growing up who grabbed part time or seasonal work during the summer.
Coming from a family filled with nurses and doctors, I'm well aware of that. Those professions also feature much more annual leave, paid time off, time off for continuing ed, etc. I'm not saying it cannot be done. What I am saying is that there are costs, both hidden and visible, that make this an expensive undertaking that very few in the US are willing to do.
I agree with what you are saying. I'm looking at it more pragmatically. In the political climate of the US, how does one accomplish this?
I don't necessarily disagree with any of this (much). I just want to know who is willing to pay for it, even if it's the best idea anyone has ever had. Ever talk to old people or the childless and hear them bitch about why their tax dollars are 'wasted' on schools?
Make sure you don't get the wrong tow vehicle. My brother got a used truck. One of the previous owners had a fifth wheel installed for a horse trailer I believe. Turns out the truck was a giveaway because both the axle and tranny were dying. Both were severely underspecced for towing something as light as a horse trailer. Read the magazines and online reviews. Don't go cheap.
Second, get thee to a truck stop (or Amazon) and purchase a Rand McNally trucker's atlas. I was particularly fond of the large print one while I was driving. Don't rely on your consumer GPS. You'll want to go to the paper. If you must have GPS, get one specifically for trucks. If decent, it will route you away from roads that have corners that are too sharp and bridges that are too low. You'll also want to pick up a truckstop guide. A few years ago, that little book was about $4. Worth its weight in gold.
When fueling, if you are at a truck stop, don't get in the truckers' way. They are trying to make time and make money. They aren't on holiday. In fact, get out of the trucker lanes and go to the other side of the station. There is usually a nice diesel (your tow vehicle IS diesel, right?) pump with plenty of room to get your rig in and out of. Moving a rig like that through the car pumps is no fun (and there's often not enough overhead clearance). And pick up some loyalty cards. Every so many gallons of diesel (usually 100) you get a free shower. Not the best in the world at most places, but better than the ones at campgrounds. And if you don't ask, everyone will likely look the other way if you and the Mrs. enter at the same time. (Wear shower shoes whether at the truck stop or at the campground)
The low rent version of 'spam in a can'. My brother referred to my truck as 'a prison cell on wheels'. Who do you drive for? Last I was driving, only Werner had an approved electronic/computer log. I think USX was brewing up something.
Many storage unit places also have reasonably priced parking for trailers, motorhomes, and boats.
And much like my Mac has lasted much longer than Windows PCs, my Redwings seems to never die compared to Timberlands and various other brands. Are they still made exclusively in the US? I heard at least some of their line was now being made in other countries.
That is correct. Or it was the last time I looked. I think Prince (or may Sinead O'Connor's cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U") was never available DRM free.
Actually, there's a pretty arcane way to get around this restriction if the files are on your Mac. An esoteric program invoked from the command line called "cp".
Huh. I could have sworn you were going to link to Hudson Hawk or Bonfire of the Vanities (or Color of Night, oh God, the horror, the horror!) but his time as Bruno works pretty well.
Here you go. Fill it out yourself:
Your post advocates a
( ) technical ( ) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilante
approach to fighting spam. Your idea will not work. Here is why it won't work. (One or more of the following may apply to your particular idea, and it may have other flaws which used to vary from state to state before a bad federal law was passed.)
( ) Spammers can easily use it to harvest email addresses
( ) Mailing lists and other legitimate email uses would be affected
( ) No one will be able to find the guy or collect the money
( ) It is defenseless against brute force attacks
( ) It will stop spam for two weeks and then we'll be stuck with it
( ) Users of email will not put up with it
( ) Microsoft will not put up with it
( ) The police will not put up with it
( ) Requires too much cooperation from spammers
( ) Requires immediate total cooperation from everybody at once
( ) Many email users cannot afford to lose business or alienate potential employers
( ) Spammers don't care about invalid addresses in their lists
( ) Anyone could anonymously destroy anyone else's career or business
Specifically, your plan fails to account for
( ) Laws expressly prohibiting it
( ) Lack of centrally controlling authority for email
( ) Open relays in foreign countries
( ) Ease of searching tiny alphanumeric address space of all email addresses
( ) Asshats
( ) Jurisdictional problems
( ) Unpopularity of weird new taxes
( ) Public reluctance to accept weird new forms of money
( ) Huge existing software investment in SMTP
( ) Susceptibility of protocols other than SMTP to attack
( ) Willingness of users to install OS patches received by email
( ) Armies of worm riddled broadband-connected Windows boxes
( ) Eternal arms race involved in all filtering approaches
( ) Extreme profitability of spam
( ) Joe jobs and/or identity theft
( ) Technically illiterate politicians
( ) Extreme stupidity on the part of people who do business with spammers
( ) Dishonesty on the part of spammers themselves
( ) Bandwidth costs that are unaffected by client filtering
( ) Outlook
and the following philosophical objections may also apply:
( ) Ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever
been shown practical
( ) Any scheme based on opt-out is unacceptable
( ) SMTP headers should not be the subject of legislation
( ) Blacklists suck
( ) Whitelists suck
( ) We should be able to talk about Viagra without being censored
( ) Countermeasures should not involve wire fraud or credit card fraud
( ) Countermeasures should not involve sabotage of public networks
( ) Countermeasures must work if phased in gradually
( ) Sending email should be free
( ) Why should we have to trust you and your servers?
( ) Incompatiblity with open source or open source licenses
( ) Feel-good measures do nothing to solve the problem
( ) Temporary/one-time email addresses are cumbersome
( ) I don't want the government reading my email
( ) Killing them that way is not slow and painful enough
Furthermore, this is what I think about you:
( ) Sorry dude, but I don't think it would work.
( ) This is a stupid idea, and you're a stupid person for suggesting it.
( ) Nice try, assh0le! I'm going to find out where you live and burn your
house down!
Who pays for the extra month(s) of school? Localities across the US are already strapped for cash. Increase teacher's salaries by 20% (ish) and things get worse. And when will they do their continuing ed to remain accredited or get higher degrees? Similar stories for custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, etc. In many (most?) school districts, only parts of the administration are 12 month employees. There's also an increase in electricity and possible retrofitting of AC in places that don't have it.
I've heard both terms used to refer to both males and females. Connotation, I'll give you.
No, it's the mindset. Trying to break something out of idle curiosity and a desire to see how/if things work. It is rewarding to some of us, but can cause issues for the hoi polloi. I'm not knocking you. At some point my parents should have put the screwdrivers under lock and key due to the number of things I took apart but couldn't quite get put back together.
Yes, but I assume the GP was referring to 'The Emancipation Proclamation' that 'freed the slaves'. IOW, Lincoln talked a good game.
The parent to your post seems to echo some of Icaza's comments. The managerial style of Torvalds spread throughout the OSS community. Unfortunately, much of it got lost in the passing (like a game of telephone) until only the bitchy nastiness was left. None of the humor, insight, etc. of the original is to be found.
If you think ratpoison is crazy, wait until you hear what they call their Photoshop wannabe.
Stallmane and GNU ***DO*** have the last word on what the GPL says. What do you think the "G" stands for?
No. They can say what they hope the GPL says. The courts can/will have the last word on what the GPL says.
That's kind of like expecting everyone to treat Benedict Arnold as a national hero instead of a traitor.
I've actually read this exact urging at least twice this past summer. One time was on Slashdot, naturally.
And President Lincoln said people shouldn't own other people.
Only in the breakaway states. He was perfectly fine with people owning people in the states still in the Union.