Thanks. I do understand why integration with other systems can be difficult (albeit perhaps less than you or others), but my wonder was directed more toward what other system(s) it was integrating with. If you've filled out the form, especially on the website early on (maybe it's changed now), you were left with a feeling of globalization of data. The flow of questions, and the way that the questions were worded were....man I don't know how to say it - it was as if all countries would be linked in some way, like this wasn't an "American" thing, but rather a "global" thing. It was like applying for a passport or visa.
Don't get me started. I'll go 17,500 MPH, using your FACE as reference!:)
But you have a good point. Who can say where in space something is moving zero MPH. Still, I say that these astronauts do things that aren't looked at as astonishing, but should be.
Maybe this is a naive question, but why worry so much about "hackers" anymore after MS stops supporting XP? Hackers are there to hack (right? doesn't "hack" mean to try, try, try, try, try, BINGO! ?) And if it's malware that's you're worried about, isn't that what antivirus/antimalware software is for?
Also (tongue in cheek), what's the deference between a malware-ridden XP box and a Windows 8 box?
...The website "roll-out" was an utter failure, plain and simple. There are so many websites out there that do far more complex operation, and they seem to have very little problem. I wasn't involved in the "roll-out" of the government's healthcare website, so I know jack-diddly about the problems that they faced. But from what I know about websites, especially ones like that one, is that it's a simple matter of input from the user, and then a matter of storage of that input, and maybe some calculations along the way - all very basic stuff for today's world. I went to the website and the damn thing had major problems that made me think that it was trying to do a lot of on-the-fly operations behind the scene that wasn't syncing up correctly, maybe I'm wrong, but that was my feeling.
However, that being said, I cannot see why the website "failure" had such an impact on the "unrolling" of the actual healthcare change. They had a toll-free number to call and operators that would do everything over the phone, very nice people I might add. Why the site didn't simply display the toll-free number is a good question. Hell, maybe they could have simply had an online-chat window pop up. Again, I wasn't a part of the staff that was tasked with this website, so there are things that I don't know.
The space station travels at roughly 17,500 MPH. They're working in (this is per the folks that make the suits) anywhere from -100F to +235F. Good job guys. It really takes a lot of people to crunch numbers and possibilities of failure, what to do if failure occurs, and how to do all of this within certain time restrictions. If mankind can claim any sort of technical achievements (I know most here would like to boast their computer skillz), this, in my mind, is a fine example of folks working together at far distances, and through many challenges. Bravo guys and gals!
Ooo, I hate studying history. Maybe you can help me by providing something that I should check out.
I'm not a believer in any one person having all the answers, and I'm sure as hell not a fan of any political figure, simply because of what was done by them while in office. However, what JFK said about secrecy still rings true today still, at least for me. I only cited JFK as saying it because, well, he's the one that said it.
There are many folks that bitch and gripe about this and that, and that's easy to do. To have a suggestion about how to make things better, for everyone, is much harder, if not impossible. Maybe it's best to simply stick to what makes the most common sense. Secrecy is something that makes people feel uncomfortable, and I feel that it only leads to fighting.
Some say that we need governmental secrecy, in order to have proper military ability. I say if we get rid of governmental secrecy, then there would be no need for the military complex as it stands today.
I think that you have reason to say that, no doubt. There is a left, and there is a right, but they are a left and right of the same thing. The sooner that we all realize that, although we have different ideas and different approaches to those ideas, and even ideas in general, we are all a part of the same bio-logic that has universal requirements, the sooner we can get past our current..."sickness" (for lack of a better term). "We The People" have to do the work - it's not the job of the government. If we give them the job to do (it's impossible for them to do the job) then they'll take full advantage of doing it wrongly....which is what they've been doing for some time now.
No my brother, this is not a job for the government, it's a job for The People.
Maybe they should have less scientists over there at NASA and more people with common sense who can raise their eyebrows.
Yes, that's exactly what they should do. This is, of course, if by "common sense" you mean common knowledge of the terrain on Mars. I'm sure that there are lots of non-scientists with such, as you say, "common" sense.
Well, I for one would like to have laws against secrets in government. Just listen to what JFK said:
The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it.
...the monitoring of the situation is essential for future planning
They mean when the rover is near it's death, they pause it, and send more rovers. After they get like 8 up there, they'll fight them, like on BattleBots. You know, get Mars ready for humans and their wars.
...the monitoring of the situation is essential for future planning
We all know that those rovers are up there cutting up large rocks and stacking them into pyramidal shapes that regulate the atmosphere in preparation for humans to arrive, only to try to cover up the pyramid's real identity so that the future race of beings don't know their real history.
...the monitoring of the situation is essential for future planning
Ok, ok, so I have a bunch of children tied up in my basement, and I've been selling access to their assholes/vaginas for $50/hr. Fine, you busted me, I'll let them go. Aaaaand I walk away free.
Ahh, but you see my friend, my countryman... this is our time to shine. This is the very reason that America was ever great. This is the time to revolt in the proper way. It's not our country that's gone down the tubes, but our government. When The People break the law, the governing body has to step in to set them right. When the government breaks the law, The People have to step up to set them right. If not, then The People need to get used to getting fucked regularly by the power that develops in their stead.
Ok, so I didn't know wtf Reddit was, so I read the article. It appears that this is something where you get assigned a person, and get them some or all of their gifts that they request. In this case, the girl wanted:
teddy bear
magazine
iPad
donation to her favorite charity
So Bill Gates, one of the richest guys on the planet got her, and didn't even get her all of what she wanted, because of his business plan. What a dick! It doesn't mention how much the donation was.
I know, I know. But even be it as it is - that billionaires are going to make billions regardless of what normal people think it right or wrong (don't forget that these people are billionaires because of both their desire to be so, as well as the general population's desire to buy into whatever they're selling - don't think that there aren't millions of idiots out there just waiting to use facebook to look like they have a life worth living) there can still be good that becomes of it. Had there not been a facebook, there would have been no gathering of billions of advertizing dollars to then shift a very small amount to a charity.
I don't know man, I'm just trying to stay positive. My own life sucks to a certain extent, but there are others who have it waay worse than I. I'm not able to pitch in any money to help them, but I'm glad to see that some, even if they're lying asshole shitheads, are. No matter how small it is to Zuckerberg, it's a lot to those in need.
I'm from Alabama. After hurricane Katrina, there was an organization that helped a lot. They're world-wide and basically do the same thing that Silicon Valley Community Foundation does. I know for a fact that they're helping, because I was a part of it. It's simply not fair to the charities to say that they're not helping. It's pointless to argue whether or not 100% of the money that's donated goes to the people in need. Currently, humans aren't as nice to each other as they could be, and that manifests in all areas of life. Do you not feel that your employer could pay you and all other employees more?
I understand your point, but how do you, a person that probably has no ties with any charitable organization (hell, maybe I'm wrong), know that any established charity is actually a charity? We could take that same logical argument and insert it anywhere; we don't have to stop at charity, we could go to the US political scheme itself. How do you know anything that you're told is true, unless you go out and participate in the actions themselves. Because if we're just going by the end result, as seen by our own everyday lives, then no one in any political party in Washington D.C. is even doing anything at all, except for funneling money to themselves and their nephews.
If this is truly your way of thinking, and I'm certainly not totally disagreeing with you, what are you doing about it? Because if you're saying that you're not a rich nephew of someone, then you're getting screwed. If I found out that a large organization that was supposed to be devoted to providing a better, more acceptable way of life for some that cannot do it themselves, was actually just bullshitting the tax system, and all of the fat-cats were simply passing money to each other, smoking cigars, and ashing on the world... wow I'd be a different person. However I'm so busy trying to work to pay my bills (I'm not a rich nephew) that I can't go out and dig around to find the answer to "whether or not you're correct". So the question is, do you have any proof of what you're saying, or did you lose your tin-foil hat today? (I know man, I hate the tin-foil hat bit just as much as you do, but when you say things that seem to make no sense, regardless what you score on slashdot, anddon't cite any reason, people with sense tend to get sarcastic).
I wish I had mod points for you. Although this may not be a lot of money for the Mark Zuckerberg, in the end it'll do more good for those in need, than they'd have gotten had he done nothing.
Look around, there's a middle-man in almost all organizations these days. I guess things evolved that way for a reason, maybe it's a good thing in ways, and a bad thing in other ways. But to criticize it simply for being a middle-man... come on. Surely some good will become of it (this "giving" by Zuckerberg) , even if it's just 1 person that gets fed in the end. Otherwise this whole article is troll.
I [rolls blinking eyes] call him that affectionately. He's taken his great human insight and directed it toward creating an interface that enables real people do become virtual people, by taking advantage of a basic human trait - as you call it, "pride". It's with this pride that people are disconnecting themselves from the real world, in order to appear to others - again, in a virtual way - to be social and complete. With Smuckaberg's ambition and insight, he could have done a lot of good for humanity, but instead he takes advantage of people using his site and selling their data to the corporate demons (for his own benefit), and in the end that data is used against all of humanity in ways that most people cannot...connect the dots. Some may say that he's done humanity a favor, but I can't see how, maybe you know.
I didn't come up with the name (maybe the spelling), I just think it fits along with my definition of "shmuck". I generally base my pride on things that I do in the real world, and not because of things I type into Slashdot's interface.
Hell, say what you will about Shumckaberg, but it looks like this was a good move. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation does good work as far as I can tell. It's not like he's investing back into technology or anything else that will do him any direct good - again, as far as I can tell.
They may assist the police with some things, but what they mostly do is go around making sure that you have (the correct) licenses for your windows boxes. Anyone that's dealt with Microsoft's licenses knows that it's a huge mess that's difficult to understand as some licenses overlap in their design. Once you have the wrong license, even if the license that you have is much much more expensive than the one you need, these guys come at you bro, hard - as if you are a criminal.
It's this very business model that we all loathe so.
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Thanks. I do understand why integration with other systems can be difficult (albeit perhaps less than you or others), but my wonder was directed more toward what other system(s) it was integrating with. If you've filled out the form, especially on the website early on (maybe it's changed now), you were left with a feeling of globalization of data. The flow of questions, and the way that the questions were worded were ....man I don't know how to say it - it was as if all countries would be linked in some way, like this wasn't an "American" thing, but rather a "global" thing. It was like applying for a passport or visa.
Don't get me started. I'll go 17,500 MPH, using your FACE as reference! :)
But you have a good point. Who can say where in space something is moving zero MPH. Still, I say that these astronauts do things that aren't looked at as astonishing, but should be.
Maybe this is a naive question, but why worry so much about "hackers" anymore after MS stops supporting XP? Hackers are there to hack (right? doesn't "hack" mean to try, try, try, try, try, BINGO! ?) And if it's malware that's you're worried about, isn't that what antivirus/antimalware software is for?
Also (tongue in cheek), what's the deference between a malware-ridden XP box and a Windows 8 box?
...The website "roll-out" was an utter failure, plain and simple. There are so many websites out there that do far more complex operation, and they seem to have very little problem. I wasn't involved in the "roll-out" of the government's healthcare website, so I know jack-diddly about the problems that they faced. But from what I know about websites, especially ones like that one, is that it's a simple matter of input from the user, and then a matter of storage of that input, and maybe some calculations along the way - all very basic stuff for today's world. I went to the website and the damn thing had major problems that made me think that it was trying to do a lot of on-the-fly operations behind the scene that wasn't syncing up correctly, maybe I'm wrong, but that was my feeling.
However, that being said, I cannot see why the website "failure" had such an impact on the "unrolling" of the actual healthcare change. They had a toll-free number to call and operators that would do everything over the phone, very nice people I might add. Why the site didn't simply display the toll-free number is a good question. Hell, maybe they could have simply had an online-chat window pop up. Again, I wasn't a part of the staff that was tasked with this website, so there are things that I don't know.
The space station travels at roughly 17,500 MPH. They're working in (this is per the folks that make the suits) anywhere from -100F to +235F. Good job guys. It really takes a lot of people to crunch numbers and possibilities of failure, what to do if failure occurs, and how to do all of this within certain time restrictions. If mankind can claim any sort of technical achievements (I know most here would like to boast their computer skillz), this, in my mind, is a fine example of folks working together at far distances, and through many challenges. Bravo guys and gals!
It scared the shit out of those that wished to remain the controllers of secrets, so someone killed him. Your point?
Ooo, I hate studying history. Maybe you can help me by providing something that I should check out.
I'm not a believer in any one person having all the answers, and I'm sure as hell not a fan of any political figure, simply because of what was done by them while in office. However, what JFK said about secrecy still rings true today still, at least for me. I only cited JFK as saying it because, well, he's the one that said it.
There are many folks that bitch and gripe about this and that, and that's easy to do. To have a suggestion about how to make things better, for everyone, is much harder, if not impossible. Maybe it's best to simply stick to what makes the most common sense. Secrecy is something that makes people feel uncomfortable, and I feel that it only leads to fighting.
Some say that we need governmental secrecy, in order to have proper military ability. I say if we get rid of governmental secrecy, then there would be no need for the military complex as it stands today.
I guess, if having full control of the media gives you insight into human nature, then you're right. Either way, his point stands.
I think that you have reason to say that, no doubt. There is a left, and there is a right, but they are a left and right of the same thing. The sooner that we all realize that, although we have different ideas and different approaches to those ideas, and even ideas in general, we are all a part of the same bio-logic that has universal requirements, the sooner we can get past our current ..."sickness" (for lack of a better term). "We The People" have to do the work - it's not the job of the government. If we give them the job to do (it's impossible for them to do the job) then they'll take full advantage of doing it wrongly. ...which is what they've been doing for some time now.
No my brother, this is not a job for the government, it's a job for The People.
I think it'll be interesting to see what happens to a human once they leave the magnetic environment of their home planet.
Maybe they should have less scientists over there at NASA and more people with common sense who can raise their eyebrows.
Yes, that's exactly what they should do. This is, of course, if by "common sense" you mean common knowledge of the terrain on Mars. I'm sure that there are lots of non-scientists with such, as you say, "common" sense.
Gotta give me more than that. I googled it, found the book, but I don't get the reference (cannot sift through the whole book, sir).
The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it.
...the monitoring of the situation is essential for future planning
They mean when the rover is near it's death, they pause it, and send more rovers. After they get like 8 up there, they'll fight them, like on BattleBots. You know, get Mars ready for humans and their wars.
...the monitoring of the situation is essential for future planning
We all know that those rovers are up there cutting up large rocks and stacking them into pyramidal shapes that regulate the atmosphere in preparation for humans to arrive, only to try to cover up the pyramid's real identity so that the future race of beings don't know their real history.
...the monitoring of the situation is essential for future planning
obligatory future for this rover
Ok, ok, so I have a bunch of children tied up in my basement, and I've been selling access to their assholes/vaginas for $50/hr. Fine, you busted me, I'll let them go. Aaaaand I walk away free.
Now for my next business venture...
Ahh, but you see my friend, my countryman... this is our time to shine. This is the very reason that America was ever great. This is the time to revolt in the proper way. It's not our country that's gone down the tubes, but our government. When The People break the law, the governing body has to step in to set them right. When the government breaks the law, The People have to step up to set them right. If not, then The People need to get used to getting fucked regularly by the power that develops in their stead.
Ok, so I didn't know wtf Reddit was, so I read the article. It appears that this is something where you get assigned a person, and get them some or all of their gifts that they request. In this case, the girl wanted:
teddy bear
magazine
iPad
donation to her favorite charity
So Bill Gates, one of the richest guys on the planet got her, and didn't even get her all of what she wanted, because of his business plan. What a dick! It doesn't mention how much the donation was.
I know, I know. But even be it as it is - that billionaires are going to make billions regardless of what normal people think it right or wrong (don't forget that these people are billionaires because of both their desire to be so, as well as the general population's desire to buy into whatever they're selling - don't think that there aren't millions of idiots out there just waiting to use facebook to look like they have a life worth living) there can still be good that becomes of it. Had there not been a facebook, there would have been no gathering of billions of advertizing dollars to then shift a very small amount to a charity.
I don't know man, I'm just trying to stay positive. My own life sucks to a certain extent, but there are others who have it waay worse than I. I'm not able to pitch in any money to help them, but I'm glad to see that some, even if they're lying asshole shitheads, are. No matter how small it is to Zuckerberg, it's a lot to those in need.
I'm from Alabama. After hurricane Katrina, there was an organization that helped a lot. They're world-wide and basically do the same thing that Silicon Valley Community Foundation does. I know for a fact that they're helping, because I was a part of it. It's simply not fair to the charities to say that they're not helping. It's pointless to argue whether or not 100% of the money that's donated goes to the people in need. Currently, humans aren't as nice to each other as they could be, and that manifests in all areas of life. Do you not feel that your employer could pay you and all other employees more?
I understand your point, but how do you, a person that probably has no ties with any charitable organization (hell, maybe I'm wrong), know that any established charity is actually a charity? We could take that same logical argument and insert it anywhere; we don't have to stop at charity, we could go to the US political scheme itself. How do you know anything that you're told is true, unless you go out and participate in the actions themselves. Because if we're just going by the end result, as seen by our own everyday lives, then no one in any political party in Washington D.C. is even doing anything at all, except for funneling money to themselves and their nephews.
If this is truly your way of thinking, and I'm certainly not totally disagreeing with you, what are you doing about it? Because if you're saying that you're not a rich nephew of someone, then you're getting screwed. If I found out that a large organization that was supposed to be devoted to providing a better, more acceptable way of life for some that cannot do it themselves, was actually just bullshitting the tax system, and all of the fat-cats were simply passing money to each other, smoking cigars, and ashing on the world... wow I'd be a different person. However I'm so busy trying to work to pay my bills (I'm not a rich nephew) that I can't go out and dig around to find the answer to "whether or not you're correct". So the question is, do you have any proof of what you're saying, or did you lose your tin-foil hat today? (I know man, I hate the tin-foil hat bit just as much as you do, but when you say things that seem to make no sense, regardless what you score on slashdot, anddon't cite any reason, people with sense tend to get sarcastic).
General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding but they do reflect world opinion and carry political weight.
And this is more to protect foreign nations' leaders against US spying, not citizens.
I wish I had mod points for you. Although this may not be a lot of money for the Mark Zuckerberg, in the end it'll do more good for those in need, than they'd have gotten had he done nothing.
Look around, there's a middle-man in almost all organizations these days. I guess things evolved that way for a reason, maybe it's a good thing in ways, and a bad thing in other ways. But to criticize it simply for being a middle-man... come on. Surely some good will become of it (this "giving" by Zuckerberg) , even if it's just 1 person that gets fed in the end. Otherwise this whole article is troll.
I [rolls blinking eyes] call him that affectionately. He's taken his great human insight and directed it toward creating an interface that enables real people do become virtual people, by taking advantage of a basic human trait - as you call it, "pride". It's with this pride that people are disconnecting themselves from the real world, in order to appear to others - again, in a virtual way - to be social and complete. With Smuckaberg's ambition and insight, he could have done a lot of good for humanity, but instead he takes advantage of people using his site and selling their data to the corporate demons (for his own benefit), and in the end that data is used against all of humanity in ways that most people cannot ...connect the dots. Some may say that he's done humanity a favor, but I can't see how, maybe you know.
I didn't come up with the name (maybe the spelling), I just think it fits along with my definition of "shmuck". I generally base my pride on things that I do in the real world, and not because of things I type into Slashdot's interface.
I suppose that you post as AC because... pride?
Hell, say what you will about Shumckaberg, but it looks like this was a good move. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation does good work as far as I can tell. It's not like he's investing back into technology or anything else that will do him any direct good - again, as far as I can tell.
They may assist the police with some things, but what they mostly do is go around making sure that you have (the correct) licenses for your windows boxes. Anyone that's dealt with Microsoft's licenses knows that it's a huge mess that's difficult to understand as some licenses overlap in their design. Once you have the wrong license, even if the license that you have is much much more expensive than the one you need, these guys come at you bro, hard - as if you are a criminal.
It's this very business model that we all loathe so.