Nothing burns like having someone you care about in your arms, in tears, and hearing her say, "I wish I could find someone like you..." Like me, only an ape. Yeah, I know.
Do you think it's her fault she doesn't sleep with you?
Why are you letting her use you like that anyway?
And I'm not trying to been mean here, but are you a 100% you're not kind of, erm, a bit of a prick? Are you sure other people don't think you're a prick?
Also, maybe you're a bit of coward? Do you feel that way some times? Deep down maybe?
Your post conveys some elements of prickishness and cowardism.
I'm always feeling a bit worried in some part of my mind that H1-B visas or outsourcing will diminish the jobs in my field.
Interesting, I guess it depends on what part of the field you play in. With H1Bs maxing out after a few months, I don't worry about loosing my job to any hack with a work visa. Out sourcing, well can't say I worry about that either, while there have been some success in a few areas, I hear far most negative stories.
Also, if you're actually good at what you do then it's not hard to be in the top few percent of your field/company. If you've got plenty of experience and an ability to learn, there are almost always companies in need of your services. Always new techs emerging, always issues with older techs that need addressed. I'm pretty sure I can do a better job than a small team in India or China.
Ok, so let me get this right, you cannot provide any references because you information is based on hearsay. That fine, it's just nice if you say so, it in no way invalidates what you are saying - although getting defensive/abusive would definitely draw your validity into question.
I've also encountered doctors who have worked in Cuba, they do not share your views on infant deaths.
I don't believe or disbelieve anything. Do you know what is the 3rd leading cause of death in US is?
Can you explain why you are unable to provide any references to back up your original statement?
Or was it just made up?
On the other hand, looking at US figures on unnecessary surgeries and deaths caused by unnecessary surgery, I could well believe Cuba can cover up few 10,000s of infant deaths, if the US can hide 100,000s of adult deaths each year (some project the figure to be over 1M deaths per year).
does anyone expect otherwise from any big corporation?
Yeah... I wonder that too. Did you catch this bit:
We read complaints for a living and can't help but wonder why gamers given so little respect by the companies that make such exorbitant profits off of them.
I'm wonder why they don't know the answer to that....
If this was a simulation, would you simulate very atom? Or would you bulk compute
matter that was less important, until it became important then simulate every atom?
Could dark matter, or matter we have trouble seeing, be the equivalent of hiding
polygons which don't need to be rendered in a 3D scene?
As a result of the foregoing, biological information indicative of a photographer need not be acquired every time an image is taken and, hence, processing executed by the imaging apparatus is not subjected to a load in terms of the sequence of photography.
This is referring to taking lots of pictures in a short spaces of time (i.e. a few seconds) where the over head of a biometric scan would effect performance. So, if somebody steals your camera, takes some illegal pics within a few seconds of stealing it, then maybe you win. But with the information currently presented, I'd bet against you winning.
Taiwan would be a terrible choice, the connections are terrible (although direct backbone might be different), it is a political unstable country and extremely corrupt. (#4 most corrupt country in the world or so I read)
While I'm sure Taiwan is crap country to live in, like you said. There
does appear to be 145 countries more corrupt than Taiwan: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781359.html
It's leaders are not listed in the top 10 heads of state and it doesn't even get a mention in the Forbes
most corrupt countries feature
However, because of people like you live there, I'll second that call to skip Taiwan.;-)
Eagles! Some crack troops trained in falconry, a good eagle breeding program and problem solved. It's probably not even necessary to mount lasers on them!
You are missing the "non obvious to anyone in the industry" part of the equation.
Ah, yes, I forgot. To some people, putting coffee in a cup just isn't obvious (how most of these people ended up working for the USPTO, we'll never know...).
So no, they are still abusing the patent system.
You'll have to explain why because I'm not seeing any abuse here.
The fact that they are doing it over coffee cups and fry containers is unbelievably stupid.
Why? How about, if it's a small container making company, a mom'n'pop type operation. If they try to patent their process for making food containers which are far superior to current food contains, they are abusing the patent system? How are they abusing the patent system? Are you saying the large chains should be allowed to use processes they didn't design and don't own?
When fast food places started having "patent pending" on their fucking fry containers or coffee cups it should have been painfully obvious something was going very very wrong.
That example seems to be correct and fair use of the patent system. It's not like they are patenting coffee cups, but the process of making that particular cup. If you run a fast food chain, say McKings, and you come with a way of make fry containers that look good, are strong, each to carry, don't leak, uses less materials to make and producing less waste, should you let your rival Burger Donald's start copying you for free?
What Minerva Industries is doing is similar to to claim a patent on putting coffee in a cup. Very very lame, but I'm sure it'll have a really interesting outcome.
If China feels this is important to them, let them make the same investment we did.
They are making the same investment as us and they are making the same mistakes. We just stand there shaking our heads at China like we should be surprised by this. If you're going with "let them make the same investment", then you've got to allow (or at least expect) them to make the same mistakes and use up the same amount of natural resources to achieve this (include dumping garbage in LEO just like the US and Russia).
Space is kind of new, we are jealously trying to keep it to ourselves. But why? What does it buy us? Other than keeping humans out of space for a little while longer it serves no longterm purpose. China is going to catch up, many other nations will get space access, there will be battles, conflicts, wars, so what? this isn't new. We will have far more control over space if we supply access, we could even make lots of money doing it (you did say countries would pay big money, right?)... Otherwise, by time others catch up, our technology is not worth very much.
On one hand you talk about "shared resources", and on the other you say "f*ck off we're not telling you how it works".
Was the US making just as much noise when it performed the same experiment? I don't think so.
As long as the US hordes space research data, we can not expect everybody to treat this so called "shared resource" the same as we do. Yes, I know, it's sensitive military data... blah blah blah blah. If the US was smart, it would figure out how to share (license, supply, regulate equipment) and play nicely with others (while maintaining control). But currently the US seems to favor a wild west type of space rather than a more orderly shared space.
"The first, and only, successful interception was on
September 13, 1985. The F-15 took off from Edwards Air Force Base,
climbed to 80,000 feet and vertically launched the missile at the
Solwind P78-1, a US gamma ray
spectroscopy satellite orbiting at 555 km, which was launched in
1979."
Okay, so then when one nation does something that is arguably stupid, we can't say that it's just as stupid for another nation to do it?
Sure, in some cases. In this case I find it hard to condemn China for making the same mistakes we made while trying to develop the same technology. The US is also partly to blame for the mistake China made, we could have shared the data and technology we developed.
This will happen again, take Iran, it has a great need to defend it self from the US (we've invade it's neighbors, we keep threatening it, call them names, and generally being nasty). Iran also has the capability to design and manufacture missiles.
How long before they find the need to perform a test of a key defense system? Also, take North Korea, they already have long range missiles, we can only hope China will share their data with them so they don't have to repeat the test.
These days when I write Tcl/Tk code, I'm normally happy with the
results and feel very productive in a short space of time. But
I keep getting a strange feeling, kind of like I'm working in a
building, but the building is empty of people, and everybody else
is in another building across the street.
Anyway, I better get back to writing my Micro Controller Design handbook in
Gaelic - I'm sure this one will be a seller, hardly anybody is
writing Gaelic computing text books!
It is their best interests (and ours) to save specimens of original seed stocks
You bet! By comparing DNA samples of original crops against modern crops and their
own GMO crops, they will be able to sue the pants off anybody who doesn't buy their
seeds.... Mmmmmm, yes, the GMO pollen will never jump over that fence and cross the road!
Slashdot Mirror
Nothing burns like having someone you care about in your arms, in tears, and hearing her say, "I wish I could find someone like you..." Like me, only an ape. Yeah, I know.
Do you think it's her fault she doesn't sleep with you?
Why are you letting her use you like that anyway?
And I'm not trying to been mean here, but are you a 100% you're not kind of, erm, a bit of a prick? Are you sure other people don't think you're a prick?
Also, maybe you're a bit of coward? Do you feel that way some times? Deep down maybe?
Your post conveys some elements of prickishness and cowardism.
I'm always feeling a bit worried in some part of my mind that H1-B visas or outsourcing will diminish the jobs in my field.
Interesting, I guess it depends on what part of the field you play in. With H1Bs maxing out after a few months, I don't worry about loosing my job to any hack with a work visa. Out sourcing, well can't say I worry about that either, while there have been some success in a few areas, I hear far most negative stories.
Also, if you're actually good at what you do then it's not hard to be in the top few percent of your field/company. If you've got plenty of experience and an ability to learn, there are almost always companies in need of your services. Always new techs emerging, always issues with older techs that need addressed. I'm pretty sure I can do a better job than a small team in India or China.
I have this dream my child will play sports and have girlfriends (and/or boyfriends up to them which).
It's San Francisco, SF or "the City", it's not "San Fran" and it's not "Frisco" either.
no one can verify the numbers
Ah, now you get to my point. Since nobody knows either way, all claims are made up.
that were NOT reported
Then how could anybody know that they are eating babies if it's not reported? ESP?
Ok, so let me get this right, you cannot provide any references because you information is based on hearsay. That fine, it's just nice if you say so, it in no way invalidates what you are saying - although getting defensive/abusive would definitely draw your validity into question.
I've also encountered doctors who have worked in Cuba, they do not share your views on infant deaths.
I don't believe or disbelieve anything. Do you know what is the 3rd leading cause of death in US is?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Third+Leading+Cause+of+Death+in+the+U.S.
Do you think every doctor who kills somebody by accident reports it as death they caused?
Yeah, total insanity.
Can you explain why you are unable to provide any references to back up your original statement?
Or was it just made up?
On the other hand, looking at US figures on unnecessary surgeries and deaths caused by unnecessary surgery, I could well believe Cuba can cover up few 10,000s of infant deaths, if the US can hide 100,000s of adult deaths each year (some project the figure to be over 1M deaths per year).
does anyone expect otherwise from any big corporation?
Yeah... I wonder that too. Did you catch this bit:
We read complaints for a living and can't help but wonder why gamers given so little respect by the companies that make such exorbitant profits off of them.
I'm wonder why they don't know the answer to that....
If this was a simulation, would you simulate very atom? Or would you bulk compute matter that was less important, until it became important then simulate every atom?
Could dark matter, or matter we have trouble seeing, be the equivalent of hiding polygons which don't need to be rendered in a 3D scene?
Geez, I hope not. Quick, prove me wrong.
Phase 1: Fly to Titan, refuel, fly back to earth.
Phase 2: Fly to Titan, take on LOTS of fuel, return to earth with enough fuel left over to return to Titan.
Phase 3: Space tanker?? Orbital refueling station?? Orbital drilling platforms??
No. We can't both fail. I bet against him winning. If he fails I win, if he doesn't fail, I do. So, YOU FAIL! ;-)
Um, you fail.
I don't think so.
As a result of the foregoing, biological information indicative of a photographer need not be acquired every time an image is taken and, hence, processing executed by the imaging apparatus is not subjected to a load in terms of the sequence of photography.
This is referring to taking lots of pictures in a short spaces of time (i.e. a few seconds) where the over head of a biometric scan would effect performance. So, if somebody steals your camera, takes some illegal pics within a few seconds of stealing it, then maybe you win. But with the information currently presented, I'd bet against you winning.
I think it's funnier that the slashdot editor obviously doesn't use firefox either.
Hehe, do you really think they actually click on the links?
While I'm sure Taiwan is crap country to live in, like you said. There does appear to be 145 countries more corrupt than Taiwan: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781359.html It's leaders are not listed in the top 10 heads of state and it doesn't even get a mention in the Forbes most corrupt countries feature
However, because of people like you live there, I'll second that call to skip Taiwan. ;-)
So, the enemy lofts up their own...
Eagles! Some crack troops trained in falconry, a good eagle breeding program and problem solved. It's probably not even necessary to mount lasers on them!
Ah, yes, I forgot. To some people, putting coffee in a cup just isn't obvious (how most of these people ended up working for the USPTO, we'll never know...).
So no, they are still abusing the patent system.You'll have to explain why because I'm not seeing any abuse here.
The fact that they are doing it over coffee cups and fry containers is unbelievably stupid.Why? How about, if it's a small container making company, a mom'n'pop type operation. If they try to patent their process for making food containers which are far superior to current food contains, they are abusing the patent system? How are they abusing the patent system? Are you saying the large chains should be allowed to use processes they didn't design and don't own?
When fast food places started having "patent pending" on their fucking fry containers or coffee cups it should have been painfully obvious something was going very very wrong.
That example seems to be correct and fair use of the patent system. It's not like they are patenting coffee cups, but the process of making that particular cup. If you run a fast food chain, say McKings, and you come with a way of make fry containers that look good, are strong, each to carry, don't leak, uses less materials to make and producing less waste, should you let your rival Burger Donald's start copying you for free?
What Minerva Industries is doing is similar to to claim a patent on putting coffee in a cup. Very very lame, but I'm sure it'll have a really interesting outcome.
If China feels this is important to them, let them make the same investment we did.
They are making the same investment as us and they are making the same mistakes. We just stand there shaking our heads at China like we should be surprised by this. If you're going with "let them make the same investment", then you've got to allow (or at least expect) them to make the same mistakes and use up the same amount of natural resources to achieve this (include dumping garbage in LEO just like the US and Russia).
Space is kind of new, we are jealously trying to keep it to ourselves. But why? What does it buy us? Other than keeping humans out of space for a little while longer it serves no longterm purpose. China is going to catch up, many other nations will get space access, there will be battles, conflicts, wars, so what? this isn't new. We will have far more control over space if we supply access, we could even make lots of money doing it (you did say countries would pay big money, right?)... Otherwise, by time others catch up, our technology is not worth very much.
On one hand you talk about "shared resources", and on the other you say "f*ck off we're not telling you how it works".
Was the US making just as much noise when it performed the same experiment? I don't think so.
As long as the US hordes space research data, we can not expect everybody to treat this so called "shared resource" the same as we do. Yes, I know, it's sensitive military data... blah blah blah blah. If the US was smart, it would figure out how to share (license, supply, regulate equipment) and play nicely with others (while maintaining control). But currently the US seems to favor a wild west type of space rather than a more orderly shared space.
"The first, and only, successful interception was on September 13, 1985. The F-15 took off from Edwards Air Force Base, climbed to 80,000 feet and vertically launched the missile at the Solwind P78-1, a US gamma ray spectroscopy satellite orbiting at 555 km, which was launched in 1979."
Okay, so then when one nation does something that is arguably stupid, we can't say that it's just as stupid for another nation to do it?Sure, in some cases. In this case I find it hard to condemn China for making the same mistakes we made while trying to develop the same technology. The US is also partly to blame for the mistake China made, we could have shared the data and technology we developed.
This will happen again, take Iran, it has a great need to defend it self from the US (we've invade it's neighbors, we keep threatening it, call them names, and generally being nasty). Iran also has the capability to design and manufacture missiles. How long before they find the need to perform a test of a key defense system? Also, take North Korea, they already have long range missiles, we can only hope China will share their data with them so they don't have to repeat the test.
Caught a typo for you, I think this should read: "I've always been given the small cubicle..."
Anyway, I better get back to writing my Micro Controller Design handbook in Gaelic - I'm sure this one will be a seller, hardly anybody is writing Gaelic computing text books!
Although a little more restrictive than straight Tk, I prefer Tcl/Gnocl (Tcl/Gnome/Gtk): http://www.dr-baum.net/gnocl/
You bet! By comparing DNA samples of original crops against modern crops and their own GMO crops, they will be able to sue the pants off anybody who doesn't buy their seeds.... Mmmmmm, yes, the GMO pollen will never jump over that fence and cross the road!