two has beens might as well include yahoo in there too
Oh, and also? They clearly understood that we couldn't handle google reader, the free version of google apps, and we all want restrictions on youtube mobile (no downloading!).
Additionally, this is the person in the credits who edited it, also a Canadian, and doesn't work for any space agency. Let's try not to think everything is a conspiracy, please.
The only conspiracy coming from up here (canada) is a push for more maple syrup for breakfast, and bacon in every meal. We're winning on one of those fronts.
Discrete graphics still significantly outrun Intel's offerings. We get a 150% performance increase when a 900% performance increase is warranted to compete with current cards (GeForce 680MX). Guess I'll never get integrated graphics if I can avoid it.
Intel isn't competing with discrete graphics solutions, though.
And yes, the speed increase isn't spectacular when compared to the other options in the marketplace, but they're not exactly "alternatives", and they're certainly not "competing".
It is unfortunate that realistic dinosaur costumes aren't nearly as interesting as they were before we did all the science, and figured out that they have feathers and whatnot.
I like the creepy, lizard-like monstrosities. We've already gone from HR Giger dinosaurs to Jim Henson dinosaurs...so far. I worry the next step will be MLP:FIM dinos... bah.
If I'm reading this correctly, it's performing the same function as corrective lenses - forcing one eye to work harder than the other.
As a child, I wore corrective lenses for almost 10 years, and like most children who wore glasses at a very young age, I had to work hard to make friends.
If a doctor had told my parents that "NO, he HAS to play videogames to fix his eyes", I'm not sure I'd ever have left the house and made other friends... Prescription or no, I think I still drove everyone crazy with Korobeiniki.
He takes everyones estimate by 'pi'....In my exp he is right.
If your PM takes somebody's imaginary estimate and multiplies it by pi and you exp it, your result will necessarily be complex, yet the error will be easy to bound with a circular range (even if with an initial wild guess)... Just say'n...
How dare you frame a humorous anecdote in statistics, and render it completely logical and un-funny.
I'd agree with dinner, and maybe breakfast to an extent.
But lunch? It's just a time saver to have it at work.
If I eat while working and don't take the time off for lunch, I can leave sooner.
Agreed. But dropcam does a lot of things that you expect in other areas... like "maternity and paternity leave and all of the things that used to be things that only big, mature companies did."
Sure, it might be required everywhere outside the USA, but that's a common sense program that really helps an employee get back to being productive, quickly.
AV software (or rather its definition files) has to be updated very fast if it is to have any value at all. You cannot qualify it for production, that takes too long. This is one reason the whole concept is fundamentally flawed, because it is still too slow.
... Unless you're running an unpatched/exposed version of something, but aren't exposed on day 1 (or 0, as it were).
How many viruses your antivirus caught recently? How many CPU cycles the same antivirus burned through as you were opening files on your computer?
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I haven't seen a virus in a decade. The majority of successful attacks are based on social engineering and on 0-day exploits of vulnerable code. An antivirus is not such a great help here. But antivirus companies are sitting pretty because the audience is conditioned that any PC must have an antivirus.
Either you're not exploring the web, or unaware of any infections (or you practice safe cyber-sailing).
While an anti-virus solution won't help with 0-day exploits, it may eventually (or should) indicate some sort of problem. You might not catch it on day 1, but if you've missed all the other signs of an infection (or aren't watching for them), then an AV install that won't update is an EXCELLENT way to detect a problem.
Because the added cost of living in a country that actually provides for the needs of the entire population raises the price of living.
If you want to help equalize the standard of living, you should select the vendor whose current standard of living is lowest.
Sure, it's easy to make that argument when you start conflating similar ideas, like the standard of living and the actual needs of the population. By rewarding the vendors (countries, establishments, etc) who don't implement programs that care for the actual needs of the population (like safety laws, environmental protection laws), they're have less pressure to actually implement those programs, even if they have the resources. After all, change takes work, and if you're already being rewarded...
As I've always said, those other planets are so left of center, they don't even self-regulate properly. At least we kicked out that lazy, good for nothing "planet" on the edge of our solar system. All I'm saying is that it's a good thing we live on earth, where the environment never changes due to the interference of outside sources.
Now excuse me, I have to get back to writing my Glenn Beck / Pat Robertson totally-not-erotic buddy cop fan fiction.
The thing is that if someone in a country that does not provide those things can provide that service for less than you can you should be in some other line of work.
You're correct - from an individual perspective.
I suppose it's okay that we buy from factories in china that treat workers like slaves... just so long as we're not working in those conditions. Being able to obtain (or supply) a commodity at the absolute lowest price is not a universally worthwhile goal.
As you say, some places, industries and companies are able to make it work. In other situations, the things that make cheap prices possible aren't acceptable - once you understand what those things are, you minimize your use of them. You're familiar with NAFTA, but you havn't mentioned the maquiladoras - are you willfully ignorant, deliberately omitting information, or do you view casual rape and murder as an acceptable business practice? Other, non-mexican-outsourced materials have the same problems: Diamonds and Tantalite are two examples that come to mind. Good luck finding a source that doesn't severely repress people in a way you wouldn't accept at home.
While there are legitimate ways (and places) to outsource work, it is hardly a good idea to recommend it without qualifying that recommendation. We don't have a "free" market, because capitalism (and prices) do not accurately reflect the true cost of production - so we have to legislate environmental controls, safety laws and workers rights. Those things push the price up. You want lower prices? Get rid of those things.
If you are not offering something that makes your service more than that than why should someone pay you more than that (that something might be the fact that you live closer to the person buying the service, or it might be that you have a better understanding of their requirements).
Because the added cost of living in a country that actually provides for the needs of the entire population raises the price of living.
If we stopped paying unemployment, supporting the elderly, sick and disabled, as well as stopped paving roads, it'd be a lot cheaper to live because taxes would be much, much lower. You wouldn't have to worry about those pesky things that happen to other people, or are required only once in a while (like police services, fire services, building codes, etc...).
Price isn't entirely determined by the service. It's determined by the cost to provide the service, and comparing ACTUAL costs isn't as simple as putting two numbers side-by-side.
If only there was some way to: - Distribute games without using uPlay and alternatives (like Origin) - Partition, or even separate the storage of sensitive information physically from the internet - Create new, exciting franchised that engage the community - Stop releasing garbage... both accidentally and on purpose.
When a game studio figures out how to do that... maybe they'll be onto something.
to call this a Google problem is just looking for a reason to be bitchy at those who have more than you.
Sure, maybe. But reducing the argument to absurdity is not productive. Your argument is just as valid when taken in the opposite direction : equating taxable benefits with cupcake trading? What about the company that pays an executive $1/year, while providing everything (housing, food, drugs, entertainment) as a "benefit"?
Is that still reasonable? Clearly not.
Taxation is one way that a public good is administered and supported without a direct revenue stream. Claiming that kids trading cupcakes at school on one day and a $30/day meal allowance for 200 days a year for a grown adult are comparable (besides both being food for humans) is a quick way to render your underlying argument (regarding tax equity/equality) completely invalid.
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So, it's not exactly an organic LED ... but it's still grown?
I think I understand why old folks occasionally get confused by new technology - IT MAKES NO SENSE.
two has beens might as well include yahoo in there too
Oh, and also? They clearly understood that we couldn't handle google reader, the free version of google apps, and we all want restrictions on youtube mobile (no downloading!).
Additionally, this is the person in the credits who edited it, also a Canadian, and doesn't work for any space agency. Let's try not to think everything is a conspiracy, please.
The only conspiracy coming from up here (canada) is a push for more maple syrup for breakfast, and bacon in every meal. We're winning on one of those fronts.
He's not Bowie, but he's pretty good.
And, you know, he's actually in space.
Sure, the author of XKCD might have a sarcastic streak, but even if part of the reason is a shaggy-dog joke, I'm sure part of the reason is also art.
I mean, it's not an either-or situation, and setting it up as a false dichotomy isn't going to generate meaningful discussion.
Discrete graphics still significantly outrun Intel's offerings. We get a 150% performance increase when a 900% performance increase is warranted to compete with current cards (GeForce 680MX). Guess I'll never get integrated graphics if I can avoid it.
Intel isn't competing with discrete graphics solutions, though.
And yes, the speed increase isn't spectacular when compared to the other options in the marketplace, but they're not exactly "alternatives", and they're certainly not "competing".
OMG! Ponisaurs!!!
SQUEEE.
The money spent on the rescue bots could be used to properly construct at least ten times as many buildings.
Or on ... manned trips to mars, developing the singularity, perfecting the site-to-site short range transporter ... and they're all equally likely.
It is unfortunate that realistic dinosaur costumes aren't nearly as interesting as they were before we did all the science, and figured out that they have feathers and whatnot.
...so far. I worry the next step will be MLP:FIM dinos... bah.
I like the creepy, lizard-like monstrosities. We've already gone from HR Giger dinosaurs to Jim Henson dinosaurs
Seriously. I can picture this guy yelling I AM SPARTICUS from his jail cell.
Okay, maybe not yelling. Crying?
In any event, he's temporarily famous.
If I'm reading this correctly, it's performing the same function as corrective lenses - forcing one eye to work harder than the other.
... Prescription or no, I think I still drove everyone crazy with Korobeiniki.
As a child, I wore corrective lenses for almost 10 years, and like most children who wore glasses at a very young age, I had to work hard to make friends.
If a doctor had told my parents that "NO, he HAS to play videogames to fix his eyes", I'm not sure I'd ever have left the house and made other friends
He takes everyones estimate by 'pi'....In my exp he is right.
If your PM takes somebody's imaginary estimate and multiplies it by pi and you exp it, your result will necessarily be complex, yet the error will be easy to bound with a circular range (even if with an initial wild guess)... Just say'n...
How dare you frame a humorous anecdote in statistics, and render it completely logical and un-funny.
I'd agree with dinner, and maybe breakfast to an extent. But lunch? It's just a time saver to have it at work. If I eat while working and don't take the time off for lunch, I can leave sooner.
Agreed. But dropcam does a lot of things that you expect in other areas ... like "maternity and paternity leave and all of the things that used to be things that only big, mature companies did."
Sure, it might be required everywhere outside the USA, but that's a common sense program that really helps an employee get back to being productive, quickly.
There's a fine line between soliciting public support and encouraging vigilante justice.
... now might not be a bad choice.
Though, if there ever was a time that we needed the detective
AV software (or rather its definition files) has to be updated very fast if it is to have any value at all. You cannot qualify it for production, that takes too long. This is one reason the whole concept is fundamentally flawed, because it is still too slow.
... Unless you're running an unpatched/exposed version of something, but aren't exposed on day 1 (or 0, as it were).
How many viruses your antivirus caught recently? How many CPU cycles the same antivirus burned through as you were opening files on your computer?
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I haven't seen a virus in a decade. The majority of successful attacks are based on social engineering and on 0-day exploits of vulnerable code. An antivirus is not such a great help here. But antivirus companies are sitting pretty because the audience is conditioned that any PC must have an antivirus.
Either you're not exploring the web, or unaware of any infections (or you practice safe cyber-sailing).
While an anti-virus solution won't help with 0-day exploits, it may eventually (or should) indicate some sort of problem. You might not catch it on day 1, but if you've missed all the other signs of an infection (or aren't watching for them), then an AV install that won't update is an EXCELLENT way to detect a problem.
TERRORIST HACKERS.
... north korea? Better go to war, US military.
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Because the added cost of living in a country that actually provides for the needs of the entire population raises the price of living.
If you want to help equalize the standard of living, you should select the vendor whose current standard of living is lowest.
Sure, it's easy to make that argument when you start conflating similar ideas, like the standard of living and the actual needs of the population. By rewarding the vendors (countries, establishments, etc) who don't implement programs that care for the actual needs of the population (like safety laws, environmental protection laws), they're have less pressure to actually implement those programs, even if they have the resources. After all, change takes work, and if you're already being rewarded ...
As I've always said, those other planets are so left of center, they don't even self-regulate properly. At least we kicked out that lazy, good for nothing "planet" on the edge of our solar system. All I'm saying is that it's a good thing we live on earth, where the environment never changes due to the interference of outside sources.
Now excuse me, I have to get back to writing my Glenn Beck / Pat Robertson totally-not-erotic buddy cop fan fiction.
The thing is that if someone in a country that does not provide those things can provide that service for less than you can you should be in some other line of work.
You're correct - from an individual perspective.
... just so long as we're not working in those conditions. Being able to obtain (or supply) a commodity at the absolute lowest price is not a universally worthwhile goal.
I suppose it's okay that we buy from factories in china that treat workers like slaves
As you say, some places, industries and companies are able to make it work. In other situations, the things that make cheap prices possible aren't acceptable - once you understand what those things are, you minimize your use of them. You're familiar with NAFTA, but you havn't mentioned the maquiladoras - are you willfully ignorant, deliberately omitting information, or do you view casual rape and murder as an acceptable business practice? Other, non-mexican-outsourced materials have the same problems: Diamonds and Tantalite are two examples that come to mind. Good luck finding a source that doesn't severely repress people in a way you wouldn't accept at home.
While there are legitimate ways (and places) to outsource work, it is hardly a good idea to recommend it without qualifying that recommendation. We don't have a "free" market, because capitalism (and prices) do not accurately reflect the true cost of production - so we have to legislate environmental controls, safety laws and workers rights. Those things push the price up. You want lower prices? Get rid of those things.
If you are not offering something that makes your service more than that than why should someone pay you more than that (that something might be the fact that you live closer to the person buying the service, or it might be that you have a better understanding of their requirements).
Because the added cost of living in a country that actually provides for the needs of the entire population raises the price of living.
...).
If we stopped paying unemployment, supporting the elderly, sick and disabled, as well as stopped paving roads, it'd be a lot cheaper to live because taxes would be much, much lower. You wouldn't have to worry about those pesky things that happen to other people, or are required only once in a while (like police services, fire services, building codes, etc
Price isn't entirely determined by the service. It's determined by the cost to provide the service, and comparing ACTUAL costs isn't as simple as putting two numbers side-by-side.
If only there was some way to: ... both accidentally and on purpose.
... maybe they'll be onto something.
- Distribute games without using uPlay and alternatives (like Origin)
- Partition, or even separate the storage of sensitive information physically from the internet
- Create new, exciting franchised that engage the community
- Stop releasing garbage
When a game studio figures out how to do that
Of course where it starts getting hairy is if you actually want those benefits or not.
Yeah, that definitely seems like a tax problem and not an employer policy problem. Maybe we should burn down the house because we have ants, too.
to call this a Google problem is just looking for a reason to be bitchy at those who have more than you.
Sure, maybe. But reducing the argument to absurdity is not productive. Your argument is just as valid when taken in the opposite direction : equating taxable benefits with cupcake trading? What about the company that pays an executive $1/year, while providing everything (housing, food, drugs, entertainment) as a "benefit"?
Is that still reasonable? Clearly not.
Taxation is one way that a public good is administered and supported without a direct revenue stream. Claiming that kids trading cupcakes at school on one day and a $30/day meal allowance for 200 days a year for a grown adult are comparable (besides both being food for humans) is a quick way to render your underlying argument (regarding tax equity/equality) completely invalid.
Moreover, there should be a big push to lower US corporate income taxes to be more in line with the rest of the world.
So, US corporate income tax should be comparable to ... China? Malaysia? Any country in Africa?
Unless the comparison is only between western europe, canada and japan, US corporate taxes are extremely low.