Look up "unskilled and unaware". It's an APA study that basically says that when you judge your own skills, you use your own skills as a benchmark, thus inflating your perception of what you are capable of. In other words, you don't know what you don't know.
In an interesting twist, extremely skilled persons under-rate their abilities.
Yes, health care should be on my list as well. I am sorry -- as a Canadian, it's just assumed to be on the list of things that are too expensive to get on your own. When you have a monopoly or oligopoly, then the business just does whatever it wants because what are you going to do, not buy the service? (This is the situation in Canada for power, phone, internet, and TV.)
The way the US system was set up was that the insurance companies would take your payments but not pay out expenses. While that's probably fraud, it would be impossible to fight them in court or get a DA? to press charges.* That's where the government would step in and say, in a more politically framed manner, "WTF?"
Because if there's another format, then they'll have to support it. If they can get everyone to agree on DOCX or MSPF*, then they don't have to do any more programming...
(and now to get modded up)
...because the more programming they do, the more likely it is that they'll fuck it up.
Libertarians assume there are no sociopaths -- a faulty assumption made also by democratic philosphies.
The problem is that some people, and some corporations, will act without regard for the safety of others. Thus, a government representing the people must be in force -- and must be a powerful force -- that protects people from harm by the malicious. However, against normal citizens the government should have no power. It's hard to describe exactly as I've only had the general idea for a week or so. Give me some time to let it ripen a bit.;)
As for multiple parties, only 33% of the population voted for Scowl Harper, so it's a double-edged sword.
That's because both Democrats and Repblicans are facsists. They're trying to get bigger and control what you're doing.
See, I'm a conservative. I think the role of government should be as little as possible -- provide services that are otherwise impossible, like a military force, roads, water / sewer, police, fire, etc. There isn't a party out there that agrees with my views. I'd like to think that my views are widely held, but as my friend say, "hmm, I seem to be the only one who thinks sandwiches should be made out of brick".
The response to things like abortion, gun control, DRM, and gay marriage shouldn't be "we'll make it legal" but "that's not the role of the government". So am I pro-free-market? No. Again, there are things that require regulation for public safety. Between informed consenting adults, then there should be no limits as to what they can do. If I'm not informed about your water distribution's quality, then I can't be informed and consenting.
I'm neither left nor right wing, nor am I centrist. I don't fall into any category, and I'm just disillusioned with any of the options. And hell, I live in Canada where we've got 5 or more mainstream parties to vote for. You guys are fucked.
I guess the last region to be exploited is Africa. Is it already too late to start buying land?
No, Africa was the first to be exploited. It's where we dragged ourselves out of the ditch and down from the trees. Somalia was once home to the biggest superpower in the world. That doesn't mean we're looking at the decline of the Americans. What you're seeing is the emergence of evil sociopaths. The only acceptable measure is how much of a bonus you are making right now, the plebians be damned. That's not enough to end your country. America's strength was always the "fuck it, let's do it anyway" attitude.
Revolt from England? Impossible. American response? "Fuck it, let's do it anyway."
HTA flight? Impossible. American response? "Fuck it, let's do it anyway."
Atomics? Impossible. American response? "Fuck it, let's do it anyway."
The moon? Impossible. American response? "Fuck it, let's do it anyway."
Remain as the intellectual development centre of the world? Impossible. American response? "Fuck it, let's do it anyway."
Do movies cost $1500? That's what they would cost if you charged the same per bit. Does a movie cost $100? That's what you'd pay based on time duration once you've figured out the commentary, extra scenes, trailers, etc.
I think they just took the price of a CD, divided the cost by the number of songs, and got $1. Never mind the fact that the audio is compressed or that the cost of the good is essentially zero. (I pay my ISP for the bandwidth.)
There are three factors that prevent RIAA-style tactics in Canada.
First, it is not illegal to download music. It is, however, illegal to upload. So in a very real way, P2P clients are illegal here. I get around this by setting my ratio to cap at 1. It's a bit jerky to the other people after me, but it's how I interpret it. (IANAL) My ISP suggests setting the upload ratio to the lowest possible setting, and lists steps for how to do so in various clients.
The other factor is that we have a loser-pay court system. If the Canadian Copyright folks want to sue me, they would have to pay my court costs when they lose. If they drop a case, they would be out all of my out-of-pocket expenses. Since I've already paid a levy for copyrighted materials, I (or more accurately, my lawyer) would argue that I've paid for the material that is being copied. Poor logistics on the part of the store, government, and rights holders are not my problem.
Finally, this levy is brilliant. It bypasses the conservative's attempt to make copyright violations illegal. (We've talked about Bills C-60 and C-61 before.) By adding the fee, you give the okay to piracy by charging what is, in essence, a pirate licence. (I would happily pay a few bucks extra a month to get a pirate's licence, by the way.)
Notwithstanding all the hoopla about music, which is ubiquitous, there are real dangers in copyright violations. However, those revolve around industry. If you're doing this for personal use, it should not be illegal. Once you try to sell the stuff or engage in fraud, then it's time for the law to step in.
Well, there are classified documents and unclassified documents. I can work with either. You can't.
I'm a military contractor, and the work on a daily basis is on unclassified documents. That makes it easy to work with. I can email the documents, throw them on an FTP server to transfer back east, or have a working copy on my hard drive plus a backup (or 50) on the server. Realistically, nobody's going to care if someone find out that hey, we use this type of wire, or that, ooh, that cable runs from this box to that box. There aren't any of those fabled "weak points" that would destroy the thing in one shot. You want to talk about bulletproof design? The military takes that literally.
If you had a valid FOI request, odds are you could get your hands on the plans for the thing. They'd be more interesting than useful, and you'd get a hell of a lot of jiffy marker on them, but you could get them. It might be faster to go to school, get an Engineering degree, and get a job for a military contractor yourself, but you could probably get them.
Some procedures for using the items, or what's inside the mysterious black boxes, or certain protocols, are outside what you are allowed to know. It took me a year to get my security clearance. That doesn't mean I can read any given document with that level -- I also have to have a "need to know". Classified documents require work on a seperate machine, not on the corporate network, and usually require work in pairs. There's a special room that we use to work on the classified documents. Lockboxes, keyed entry, no copies, ugh. File transfer is via... let's just say it's not electronic because you can't make copies without filling out lots of forms in lotsplicate. It's just easier on everyone if we work with unclassified all the time. (Sometimes, it's just not possible.) That's why I'm not going to read this leak. It'll mean a fucking huge PITA pile of paperwork if I get a classfied document, even a publicly available one, on this machine.
I know that you're probably being funny, but since you might only know Internet English, here we go:
When quoting someone, if you want to change part of the quote for clarity, you put the part that you're changing in square brackets. If you are cutting out part, you use an ellipsis.
So the quote, "he has a lot of posts, notably on Slashdot, and about all manner of non-work topics, and for that we can see his productivity is lower than optimal."
can be changed to, "[Beardo] has a lot of posts, notably on Slashdot... and for that we can see his productivity is lower..."
I had to look it up too. I've never seen such a thing. Apparently it's called a "Wii Auto Pistol" and it's a 3rd-party attachment. You put the Wiimote in, and it makes it look somewhat gun-like. I suppose this lets you feel like you're actually inside CoD or RE4.
Nevertheless, this had nothing to do with a Wii. This was a careless gun owner who left a loaded handgun where a toddler could reach it. I've got kids this age. You don't leave cutlery or crayons out where they can reach it. They don't have any intent or understanding of consequences at that age. Sadly, it appears that the stepfather doesn't either.
Shows like Survivor, American Idol, and other "reality" shows garner huge ratings, big advert revenue, and supplementary streams with the $1-per-vote call-ins. They cost less than shows with CG and writing and make more. You can't sell against that.
Book's past wouldn't have ever been revealed. He gave up his past life and forgave himself. The guy he used to be was dead and there was no need to speak of him.
It would be on Fox, and they'd show them in a random order, and then pull the show and put up repeats of American Idol.
Whedon's Angel would then get shoved into the Sunday midnight slot, then cancelled after 5 episodes. Three years later, you'll buy the series for $25 at Walmart.
Counterfeit parts start fires. My co-worker was testing a 400A breaker, but it didn't trip. It eventually melted at about 800A, which did technically break the circuit, but not in an approved manner.
It looked fully legit, holograms, nice box, everything.
Vapourware is product that's not delivered. The general rule in software is that if your best friend, whom you trust with your life, promises that the software will ship tomorrow, DOES NOT EXIST until you get it in your hands. See also -> Nukem, Duke: Forever.
M$ Windows may be bloated and hilarious to spell with a $ instead of an S, but I can go buy it. It's not vapourware.
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Look up "unskilled and unaware". It's an APA study that basically says that when you judge your own skills, you use your own skills as a benchmark, thus inflating your perception of what you are capable of. In other words, you don't know what you don't know.
In an interesting twist, extremely skilled persons under-rate their abilities.
Ah, here we are:
http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf
found via:
http://www.damninteresting.com/unskilled-and-unaware-of-it
Yes, health care should be on my list as well. I am sorry -- as a Canadian, it's just assumed to be on the list of things that are too expensive to get on your own. When you have a monopoly or oligopoly, then the business just does whatever it wants because what are you going to do, not buy the service? (This is the situation in Canada for power, phone, internet, and TV.)
The way the US system was set up was that the insurance companies would take your payments but not pay out expenses. While that's probably fraud, it would be impossible to fight them in court or get a DA? to press charges.* That's where the government would step in and say, in a more politically framed manner, "WTF?"
*Dick Wolf was my law professor.
Because if there's another format, then they'll have to support it. If they can get everyone to agree on DOCX or MSPF*, then they don't have to do any more programming...
(and now to get modded up)
*MS proprietary format
Libertarians assume there are no sociopaths -- a faulty assumption made also by democratic philosphies.
The problem is that some people, and some corporations, will act without regard for the safety of others. Thus, a government representing the people must be in force -- and must be a powerful force -- that protects people from harm by the malicious. However, against normal citizens the government should have no power. It's hard to describe exactly as I've only had the general idea for a week or so. Give me some time to let it ripen a bit. ;)
As for multiple parties, only 33% of the population voted for Scowl Harper, so it's a double-edged sword.
That's because both Democrats and Repblicans are facsists. They're trying to get bigger and control what you're doing.
See, I'm a conservative. I think the role of government should be as little as possible -- provide services that are otherwise impossible, like a military force, roads, water / sewer, police, fire, etc. There isn't a party out there that agrees with my views. I'd like to think that my views are widely held, but as my friend say, "hmm, I seem to be the only one who thinks sandwiches should be made out of brick".
The response to things like abortion, gun control, DRM, and gay marriage shouldn't be "we'll make it legal" but "that's not the role of the government". So am I pro-free-market? No. Again, there are things that require regulation for public safety. Between informed consenting adults, then there should be no limits as to what they can do. If I'm not informed about your water distribution's quality, then I can't be informed and consenting.
I'm neither left nor right wing, nor am I centrist. I don't fall into any category, and I'm just disillusioned with any of the options. And hell, I live in Canada where we've got 5 or more mainstream parties to vote for. You guys are fucked.
On all those points, you're wrong.
I don't have to be right. This is the Internet.
I guess the last region to be exploited is Africa. Is it already too late to start buying land?
No, Africa was the first to be exploited. It's where we dragged ourselves out of the ditch and down from the trees. Somalia was once home to the biggest superpower in the world. That doesn't mean we're looking at the decline of the Americans. What you're seeing is the emergence of evil sociopaths. The only acceptable measure is how much of a bonus you are making right now, the plebians be damned. That's not enough to end your country. America's strength was always the "fuck it, let's do it anyway" attitude.
Revolt from England? Impossible. American response? "Fuck it, let's do it anyway."
HTA flight? Impossible. American response? "Fuck it, let's do it anyway."
Atomics? Impossible. American response? "Fuck it, let's do it anyway."
The moon? Impossible. American response? "Fuck it, let's do it anyway."
Remain as the intellectual development centre of the world? Impossible. American response? "Fuck it, let's do it anyway."
That's what I always wondered. Why is a song $1?
Do movies cost $1500? That's what they would cost if you charged the same per bit. Does a movie cost $100? That's what you'd pay based on time duration once you've figured out the commentary, extra scenes, trailers, etc.
I think they just took the price of a CD, divided the cost by the number of songs, and got $1. Never mind the fact that the audio is compressed or that the cost of the good is essentially zero. (I pay my ISP for the bandwidth.)
It's not the RIAA up here. It's the CCRA, IIRC.
There are three factors that prevent RIAA-style tactics in Canada.
First, it is not illegal to download music. It is, however, illegal to upload. So in a very real way, P2P clients are illegal here. I get around this by setting my ratio to cap at 1. It's a bit jerky to the other people after me, but it's how I interpret it. (IANAL) My ISP suggests setting the upload ratio to the lowest possible setting, and lists steps for how to do so in various clients.
The other factor is that we have a loser-pay court system. If the Canadian Copyright folks want to sue me, they would have to pay my court costs when they lose. If they drop a case, they would be out all of my out-of-pocket expenses. Since I've already paid a levy for copyrighted materials, I (or more accurately, my lawyer) would argue that I've paid for the material that is being copied. Poor logistics on the part of the store, government, and rights holders are not my problem.
Finally, this levy is brilliant. It bypasses the conservative's attempt to make copyright violations illegal. (We've talked about Bills C-60 and C-61 before.) By adding the fee, you give the okay to piracy by charging what is, in essence, a pirate licence. (I would happily pay a few bucks extra a month to get a pirate's licence, by the way.)
Notwithstanding all the hoopla about music, which is ubiquitous, there are real dangers in copyright violations. However, those revolve around industry. If you're doing this for personal use, it should not be illegal. Once you try to sell the stuff or engage in fraud, then it's time for the law to step in.
Meh, give me twenty minutes, some saran wrap, a board that inclines, and a jug of water. I'll have you begging me to say that waterboading is torture.
Well, there are classified documents and unclassified documents. I can work with either. You can't.
I'm a military contractor, and the work on a daily basis is on unclassified documents. That makes it easy to work with. I can email the documents, throw them on an FTP server to transfer back east, or have a working copy on my hard drive plus a backup (or 50) on the server. Realistically, nobody's going to care if someone find out that hey, we use this type of wire, or that, ooh, that cable runs from this box to that box. There aren't any of those fabled "weak points" that would destroy the thing in one shot. You want to talk about bulletproof design? The military takes that literally.
If you had a valid FOI request, odds are you could get your hands on the plans for the thing. They'd be more interesting than useful, and you'd get a hell of a lot of jiffy marker on them, but you could get them. It might be faster to go to school, get an Engineering degree, and get a job for a military contractor yourself, but you could probably get them.
Some procedures for using the items, or what's inside the mysterious black boxes, or certain protocols, are outside what you are allowed to know. It took me a year to get my security clearance. That doesn't mean I can read any given document with that level -- I also have to have a "need to know". Classified documents require work on a seperate machine, not on the corporate network, and usually require work in pairs. There's a special room that we use to work on the classified documents. Lockboxes, keyed entry, no copies, ugh. File transfer is via ... let's just say it's not electronic because you can't make copies without filling out lots of forms in lotsplicate. It's just easier on everyone if we work with unclassified all the time. (Sometimes, it's just not possible.) That's why I'm not going to read this leak. It'll mean a fucking huge PITA pile of paperwork if I get a classfied document, even a publicly available one, on this machine.
I may read it at home, though. ;)
I got my first computer in 1985. It was a CoCo 2.
I was eight.
What do you think happened to Mr. Goatse?
He heard three words from The Funniest Joke in the World.
I know that you're probably being funny, but since you might only know Internet English, here we go:
When quoting someone, if you want to change part of the quote for clarity, you put the part that you're changing in square brackets. If you are cutting out part, you use an ellipsis.
So the quote, "he has a lot of posts, notably on Slashdot, and about all manner of non-work topics, and for that we can see his productivity is lower than optimal."
can be changed to, "[Beardo] has a lot of posts, notably on Slashdot ... and for that we can see his productivity is lower ..."
In my case above, [Beardo] replaces my real name.
Okay,...
shat...
is...
coming ...
out
Good luck baking a cake without salt. Ever hear of sodium bicabonate (baking soda, most of what's in baking powder)?
No salt, no baking. Trust me, I cook a lot, and I cook a lot of vegan stuff. (including some great cakes and cookies)
I work for a huge company and we've got some IE6-only software here. The IT guys say "[Beardo], we know. We can't do anything about it."
I'd really like to know what the software is.
LYNX
I had to look it up too. I've never seen such a thing. Apparently it's called a "Wii Auto Pistol" and it's a 3rd-party attachment. You put the Wiimote in, and it makes it look somewhat gun-like. I suppose this lets you feel like you're actually inside CoD or RE4.
Nevertheless, this had nothing to do with a Wii. This was a careless gun owner who left a loaded handgun where a toddler could reach it. I've got kids this age. You don't leave cutlery or crayons out where they can reach it. They don't have any intent or understanding of consequences at that age. Sadly, it appears that the stepfather doesn't either.
It's ROI.
Shows like Survivor, American Idol, and other "reality" shows garner huge ratings, big advert revenue, and supplementary streams with the $1-per-vote call-ins. They cost less than shows with CG and writing and make more. You can't sell against that.
Book's past wouldn't have ever been revealed. He gave up his past life and forgave himself. The guy he used to be was dead and there was no need to speak of him.
No you wouldn't.
It would be on Fox, and they'd show them in a random order, and then pull the show and put up repeats of American Idol.
Whedon's Angel would then get shoved into the Sunday midnight slot, then cancelled after 5 episodes. Three years later, you'll buy the series for $25 at Walmart.
Shh. Don't hurt him.
EE here.
Counterfeit parts start fires. My co-worker was testing a 400A breaker, but it didn't trip. It eventually melted at about 800A, which did technically break the circuit, but not in an approved manner.
It looked fully legit, holograms, nice box, everything.
Vapourware is product that's not delivered. The general rule in software is that if your best friend, whom you trust with your life, promises that the software will ship tomorrow, DOES NOT EXIST until you get it in your hands. See also -> Nukem, Duke: Forever.
M$ Windows may be bloated and hilarious to spell with a $ instead of an S, but I can go buy it. It's not vapourware.
Destiny is bullshit.
You create your own future based on the work you put in and the luck you have.
But luck itself is bullshit.
Luck is just preparation and opportunity.
Don't talk to me about destiny.