I don't consider a system where the rich rule over the rest of us like unchecked gods to be very liberating (unless you're rich, of course--then it's pretty damned sweet).
Head of IT doesn't really need to know that much tech
The head of IT certainly needs to know enough tech to know what his people can do and can't do, when they're bullshitting him and when they're telling the truth, what resources he realistically needs, when he needs to bring in an outside contractor and when he doesn't (and how to tell when a contractor is full of shit), and how to set a realistic timetable for a project. If he doesn't know enough of the tech for at least that, all the management skills in the world won't save him.
If you're saying that a company making it impossible to resell your used games is illegal in certain countries, that would make Steam and similar services illegal too, obviously. Last time I checked, you couldn't resell your Steam games.
They'll never be trustworthy enough. Autopilot in relatively uncrowded skies at different altitudes, with a pilot close at hand, is one thing. On complicated, crowded roadways it's quite another. You'll never be able to get through the social suspicion, the legal liabilities, and government red-tape, etc. It is and will remain an experiment which periodically pops up, but remains "20 years away" forever.
Everything I read about Monsanto points to them being a strong contender for the Famine version of the end of civilization.
See, it's just this kind of hyperbole that drove me out of the environmental movement for good. It got to be worse than a fucking religion. Every company was evil incarnate, every issue was the *end of the world*, every compromise or attempt at reason was deemed insufficient. Between the wild-eyed Chicken Littles and the misanthropes who seemed to secretly want all humans to commit suicide to save beautiful mother earth, I realized that this was one aspect of the left-wing that I didn't want to be a part of anymore.
It's sad that the people who created Stuxnet a few years back probably thought they were doing a noble thing. But the first thing I thought when I read about it was "How long before someone turns this back against us?"
It's like the atomic bomb. Creating it was beneficial in the short term for the U.S. But, in the end, its main result was a nuclear arms race that came all-too-damn-close to causing a nuclear apocalypse (and may yet).
2. If you have monstrous (federal) student loans, you can qualify for PSLF [ed.gov] for TAX-FREE forgiveness after working 10 years full time in any 501(c)(3) organization, including those you started. (Orgs that are tax-exempted on other sections of the tax code, such as 501(c)(4), does NOT count.) You must be making payments (Hint: use income-based repayment) and in good standing in order to count. If you have private student loans, too bad.
I love the fact that people actually believe that law won't be changed before 2017 (when the first round of forgiveness comes due) to prevent just this sort of thing. Such naivete is kind of cute, like watching Hallmark Channel movies and believing that's what real relationships are like.
That's because better quality transfers of the originals are all available on DVD now (as "extra features" on the special edition set). They're just not anamorphic or available on blu-ray, but still better than the old LD transfers.
I generally don't advocate bringing back death camps lightly, mind you. But I think we would all be better off if everyone who would voluntarily and knowingly buy a ticket to a movie called World of Warcraft: The Movie 3D IMAX Experience be sent straight to the Zyklon B chambers.
Between Windows 8 and trying to turn the Xbox into some sort of kludgy, half-assed DRM'ed TV tuner instead of a game console, I sometimes wonder wtf is going on in Redmond. Has Steve Balmer just checked out to lunch or something?
It essentially rules all DNA protections completely meaningless. They can canvas a neighborhood now and demand everyone's DNA. Anyone who refuses can be arrested on "obstruction of justice" or any other bogus charge. Of course, those charges will never hold up--but they don't have to.
I think Lucas is a gigantic douche wrapped in a turd sandwich, but he didn't rape anything. Nobody has come to your house and taken away your laserdisc featuring Han shooting first and nobody forced you to go watch the Gungan Menace.
Oh he didn't rape me. He raped himself (or, more accurately, his younger self).
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More likely he'll suddenly become a rapist or child molester. That seems to be the CIA tactic of choice lately. Why kill when you can just discredit?
I don't consider a system where the rich rule over the rest of us like unchecked gods to be very liberating (unless you're rich, of course--then it's pretty damned sweet).
WTF does that even mean? That could be anything from Libertarians who don't want to pay taxes to hippies wanting to set up a socialist utopia.
Head of IT doesn't really need to know that much tech
The head of IT certainly needs to know enough tech to know what his people can do and can't do, when they're bullshitting him and when they're telling the truth, what resources he realistically needs, when he needs to bring in an outside contractor and when he doesn't (and how to tell when a contractor is full of shit), and how to set a realistic timetable for a project. If he doesn't know enough of the tech for at least that, all the management skills in the world won't save him.
You mark my word, when the shit really hits the fan on this "internet required" stuff, MS will back down faster than you can say "Start Button."
If you're saying that a company making it impossible to resell your used games is illegal in certain countries, that would make Steam and similar services illegal too, obviously. Last time I checked, you couldn't resell your Steam games.
So services like Steam are illegal in those countries?
They'll never be trustworthy enough. Autopilot in relatively uncrowded skies at different altitudes, with a pilot close at hand, is one thing. On complicated, crowded roadways it's quite another. You'll never be able to get through the social suspicion, the legal liabilities, and government red-tape, etc. It is and will remain an experiment which periodically pops up, but remains "20 years away" forever.
Everything I read about Monsanto points to them being a strong contender for the Famine version of the end of civilization.
See, it's just this kind of hyperbole that drove me out of the environmental movement for good. It got to be worse than a fucking religion. Every company was evil incarnate, every issue was the *end of the world*, every compromise or attempt at reason was deemed insufficient. Between the wild-eyed Chicken Littles and the misanthropes who seemed to secretly want all humans to commit suicide to save beautiful mother earth, I realized that this was one aspect of the left-wing that I didn't want to be a part of anymore.
Emulators that can do this in a tiny form factor have been around since the 90's.
It's sad that the people who created Stuxnet a few years back probably thought they were doing a noble thing. But the first thing I thought when I read about it was "How long before someone turns this back against us?"
It's like the atomic bomb. Creating it was beneficial in the short term for the U.S. But, in the end, its main result was a nuclear arms race that came all-too-damn-close to causing a nuclear apocalypse (and may yet).
2. If you have monstrous (federal) student loans, you can qualify for PSLF [ed.gov] for TAX-FREE forgiveness after working 10 years full time in any 501(c)(3) organization, including those you started. (Orgs that are tax-exempted on other sections of the tax code, such as 501(c)(4), does NOT count.) You must be making payments (Hint: use income-based repayment) and in good standing in order to count. If you have private student loans, too bad.
I love the fact that people actually believe that law won't be changed before 2017 (when the first round of forgiveness comes due) to prevent just this sort of thing. Such naivete is kind of cute, like watching Hallmark Channel movies and believing that's what real relationships are like.
That's because better quality transfers of the originals are all available on DVD now (as "extra features" on the special edition set). They're just not anamorphic or available on blu-ray, but still better than the old LD transfers.
I generally don't advocate bringing back death camps lightly, mind you. But I think we would all be better off if everyone who would voluntarily and knowingly buy a ticket to a movie called World of Warcraft: The Movie 3D IMAX Experience be sent straight to the Zyklon B chambers.
Postal was good.
Between Windows 8 and trying to turn the Xbox into some sort of kludgy, half-assed DRM'ed TV tuner instead of a game console, I sometimes wonder wtf is going on in Redmond. Has Steve Balmer just checked out to lunch or something?
like fingerprints, once charges are dropped, all such collected evidence *should* be destroyed.
Yep, should.
It essentially rules all DNA protections completely meaningless. They can canvas a neighborhood now and demand everyone's DNA. Anyone who refuses can be arrested on "obstruction of justice" or any other bogus charge. Of course, those charges will never hold up--but they don't have to.
I suspect they're going to examine the question of what it means to be a broke director desperate for money.
I think Lucas is a gigantic douche wrapped in a turd sandwich, but he didn't rape anything. Nobody has come to your house and taken away your laserdisc featuring Han shooting first and nobody forced you to go watch the Gungan Menace.
Oh he didn't rape me. He raped himself (or, more accurately, his younger self).
Rosebud was actually Bigfoot all along!
Generic action movie script*
*with specific skin to be slapped on later
Finally, a Carousel I could get behind.
Even better, take Sean Young off her meds too.