We still use IE6 in certain instances where I work (U.S. Gov't). It isn't part of a standard install, it is a published Citrix app and really only used for specific applications that require it. Our standard install is IE8 and Firefox 3.6.28.
The problem isn't the cost of upgrading workstations. It is there are a couple of critical web-interface apps that require it and are an expensive bitch to upgrade. Older versions of Oracle Financials for one.
You forgot to mention that in 1913 wages and salaries were not included in "income". It was more of a capital gains tax than an income tax. That was a major selling point -- that they were only going to tax the rich.
Help me out here. Why would companies offshore labor to the Far East as a response to NAFTA? Last I checked, the NA part meant North America. Specifically, it is a tri-lateral agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United States.
"I think the government should just be out of it. I think it should be done by the church or private contract, and we shouldn't have this argument," he said recently. "Who's married and who isn't married. I have my standards but I shouldn't have to impose my standards on others. Other people have their standards and they have no right to impose their marriage standards on me."
"But," he continued, "if we want to have something to say about marriage it should be at the state level, and not at the federal government."
As far as I can tell, he is advocating the Israeli route. No such thing as "civil" marriage. The church can decide what they wish to recognize as marriage. Thus each church can legally "marry" only those they wish -- but can't prevent any other organization from doing the same.
Abortion is nuanced in that past a certain point it stops being simply a collection of multiplying cells and becomes a person. Not everyone agrees that point comes after a child escapes the womb. At that point people are attempting to defend the child as a person.
The fetus isn't so much *part* of a woman's body but a separate being *enclosed* in a woman's body.
Whether you agree or not my point is the debate is nuanced and contentious.
However, I can't speak for him -- only for what *I* think and believe.
Trust is limited, not absolute. The model that seems to be the most workable in real-world situations is the clandestine cell system.
If you're really interested, you also want to understand the concept of transitive trust. (Note: This link is not the most definitive example, but it works.)
The point is creating a system where the damage from a compromise, which is most likely inevitable, is compartmentalized and thus minimized.
Good luck in coordinating any sort of group activity with that mentality. If you go 100% lone wolf, your cause is lost and nothing of significance will change.
For its part, Russia has put into commission a radar system in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad which is capable of monitoring missile launches from Europe and the North Atlantic.
Frankly I find it pretty funny how politically correct so many on/. are about this. Especially considering how anti politically-correct most are regarding other matters.
I agree.
No more so than my reference to Lame, retard, master/slave. But good of you to completely sidestep anything you don't find convenient.
I didn't sidestep anything. I addressed "retard" in a different post and didn't think of master/slave -- a simple relationship moniker. (Side note: I seem to recall a city in California that tried to ban the usage in purchase requisitions. Laughably brain dead.)
Plenty of people are appalled by the use of those "single-syllable adaptions". Actually surprisingly so. Most derogatory names can be traced back to a rational root that was not intended to be as such originally.
I know. I, too, am mystified by what is simply a verbal shortcut and hardly derogatory.
You are correct about Heeb magazine. It also caused a pretty interesting divide among younger and older people in the Jewish community. Many older people found it to be very offensive.
Thanks. I was always curious as to the perception, but I've never remembered to ask someone who would know when I had the chance.
Frankly I find it a little racist/sexist/whatever, that any group of people can use a term that everyone else cannot. It's either offensive or it's not. Anything else is just being childish.
Agreed.
For more of what than I can stomach?
Politically correct absurdity. I gathered from your original post that you found much of the issues petty, absurd and those offended as overly sensitive with too much time on their hands.
Yes, context matters and it is a juvenile response. The fact remains it has a strong negative connotation with the general public to the actual detriment of its adoption.
As for "heb" (alt. "heeb"), that is similar to Nip or Jap. All are simply single-syllable adaptions of ethnic designations. These are similar to "Brit" or "Yank". Not really offensive, unless you're looking for a reason to be offended. Unfortunately, lots of people seem to have that as a hobby.
Also, I think "Heeb" is a magazine dedicated to Jewish (Hebrew) culture in the New York/New Jersey area.
Finally, regarding your wife, you probably already realize the use of potentially derogatory terms as self-reference is not only politically correct but a form of self-empowerment. (For reference, see "nigger" as used in popular black culture versus use by anyone else on the planet.)
Hmmm...I should have found a way to integrate usages of "hacker" in there somewhere. Oh, well. See the previous/. article on B&N pulling a copy of Linux Format for more of that than you can probably stomach.
Basically the same thing my instructor told me 2 days ago, when I was asking about rated take-off weights vs landing weights.
Short of a life-or-death emergency, the big planes don't land with full tanks. They'll either fly around in circles to burn off fuel, or dump it -- and deal with a nightmare of EPA paperwork.
Except no one is moving to Nevada. The open an accounting office there, at most. More likely it is just a PO Box.
Microsoft's major physical presence is in Redmond, WA and the surrounding area.
I wonder what Washington would lose in the way of property tax and sales taxes in Microsoft moved wholesale to Nevada -- and most of their employees up and moved. I'll bet it is a damn sight more than $4 billion.
It means something related to crack cocaine, prostitutes, cronyism, overpaid political "advisers", kickbacks, election fraud and eventual retirement to a seat on the city council.
Probably should be coded in Perl, just to cover all the bases.
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We still use IE6 in certain instances where I work (U.S. Gov't). It isn't part of a standard install, it is a published Citrix app and really only used for specific applications that require it. Our standard install is IE8 and Firefox 3.6.28.
The problem isn't the cost of upgrading workstations. It is there are a couple of critical web-interface apps that require it and are an expensive bitch to upgrade. Older versions of Oracle Financials for one.
And you wrote that comment without once referring to PHP. Bravo!
Look on the bright side. All that extra bandwidth available to surf porn while you wait!
You don't see real American rich people renouncing citizenship.
Actually, the number was way up in 2011. A total of 1,780. It may not seem like a lot, but in 2008 it was 235.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-01/wealthy-americans-queue-to-give-up-passports-in-swiss-capital.html
You forgot to mention that in 1913 wages and salaries were not included in "income". It was more of a capital gains tax than an income tax. That was a major selling point -- that they were only going to tax the rich.
See how well that worked out?
Now, don't go all Hitler on him you Nazi!
Help me out here. Why would companies offshore labor to the Far East as a response to NAFTA? Last I checked, the NA part meant North America. Specifically, it is a tri-lateral agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United States.
You must've missed the article the other day where the Secretary of Defense called Climate Change a threat to national security.
http://www.rttnews.com/1877434/climate-change-a-threat-to-national-security-panetta.aspx?type=usp
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ron-paul-personally-opposed-to-same-sex-marriage-but/
As far as I can tell, he is advocating the Israeli route. No such thing as "civil" marriage. The church can decide what they wish to recognize as marriage. Thus each church can legally "marry" only those they wish -- but can't prevent any other organization from doing the same.
Abortion is nuanced in that past a certain point it stops being simply a collection of multiplying cells and becomes a person. Not everyone agrees that point comes after a child escapes the womb. At that point people are attempting to defend the child as a person.
The fetus isn't so much *part* of a woman's body but a separate being *enclosed* in a woman's body.
Whether you agree or not my point is the debate is nuanced and contentious.
However, I can't speak for him -- only for what *I* think and believe.
I'm not 100% sure about Rand, but his father has frequently spoken in support of:
1. The legalization of drugs
2. Same-sex marriage. (He isn't for it, but he is vehemently against the government being able to have a say in whom you marry.)
3. Racial integration/equality. http://www.therightperspective.org/2011/12/24/ron-paul-no-racist-naacp-austin-president/
Abortion is a nuanced issue. And as doctor who has cared for numerous pregnant women and delivered dozens of babies, he has a right to his opinion.
You seem to be confusing "libertarian" with "anarchist".
Trust is limited, not absolute. The model that seems to be the most workable in real-world situations is the clandestine cell system.
If you're really interested, you also want to understand the concept of transitive trust. (Note: This link is not the most definitive example, but it works.)
The point is creating a system where the damage from a compromise, which is most likely inevitable, is compartmentalized and thus minimized.
Good luck in coordinating any sort of group activity with that mentality. If you go 100% lone wolf, your cause is lost and nothing of significance will change.
Nothing. In fact, they've already started.
For its part, Russia has put into commission a radar system in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad which is capable of monitoring missile launches from Europe and the North Atlantic.
WWV? Then at least it should be on time.
I didn't realize Mr. Niven was in Pulp Fiction. Thanks for the trivia bit. :-)
The article claims that regular users can no longer be promoted to supernodes. I would call that a switch.
Frankly I find it pretty funny how politically correct so many on /. are about this. Especially considering how anti politically-correct most are regarding other matters.
I agree.
No more so than my reference to Lame, retard, master/slave. But good of you to completely sidestep anything you don't find convenient.
I didn't sidestep anything. I addressed "retard" in a different post and didn't think of master/slave -- a simple relationship moniker. (Side note: I seem to recall a city in California that tried to ban the usage in purchase requisitions. Laughably brain dead.)
Plenty of people are appalled by the use of those "single-syllable adaptions". Actually surprisingly so. Most derogatory names can be traced back to a rational root that was not intended to be as such originally.
I know. I, too, am mystified by what is simply a verbal shortcut and hardly derogatory.
You are correct about Heeb magazine. It also caused a pretty interesting divide among younger and older people in the Jewish community. Many older people found it to be very offensive.
Thanks. I was always curious as to the perception, but I've never remembered to ask someone who would know when I had the chance.
Frankly I find it a little racist/sexist/whatever, that any group of people can use a term that everyone else cannot. It's either offensive or it's not. Anything else is just being childish.
Agreed.
For more of what than I can stomach?
Politically correct absurdity. I gathered from your original post that you found much of the issues petty, absurd and those offended as overly sensitive with too much time on their hands.
Thank you Captain Obvious!
Yes, context matters and it is a juvenile response. The fact remains it has a strong negative connotation with the general public to the actual detriment of its adoption.
As for "heb" (alt. "heeb"), that is similar to Nip or Jap. All are simply single-syllable adaptions of ethnic designations. These are similar to "Brit" or "Yank". Not really offensive, unless you're looking for a reason to be offended. Unfortunately, lots of people seem to have that as a hobby.
Also, I think "Heeb" is a magazine dedicated to Jewish (Hebrew) culture in the New York/New Jersey area.
Finally, regarding your wife, you probably already realize the use of potentially derogatory terms as self-reference is not only politically correct but a form of self-empowerment. (For reference, see "nigger" as used in popular black culture versus use by anyone else on the planet.)
Hmmm...I should have found a way to integrate usages of "hacker" in there somewhere. Oh, well. See the previous /. article on B&N pulling a copy of Linux Format for more of that than you can probably stomach.
Gimp means lame or crippled. Calling someone a gimp is an insulting way of calling them defective. Similar to calling someone a retard.
Not the brightest name for a software package.
Basically the same thing my instructor told me 2 days ago, when I was asking about rated take-off weights vs landing weights.
Short of a life-or-death emergency, the big planes don't land with full tanks. They'll either fly around in circles to burn off fuel, or dump it -- and deal with a nightmare of EPA paperwork.
Please tell me you take a dump BEFORE going to sleep...
(and "sudo make me a sandwich" needs to be in there close to the end).
Except no one is moving to Nevada. The open an accounting office there, at most. More likely it is just a PO Box.
Microsoft's major physical presence is in Redmond, WA and the surrounding area.
I wonder what Washington would lose in the way of property tax and sales taxes in Microsoft moved wholesale to Nevada -- and most of their employees up and moved. I'll bet it is a damn sight more than $4 billion.
Interesting that they don't have OpenSPARC on their shortlist. Wouldn't that satisfy their worries about royalty-free IP?
It means something related to crack cocaine, prostitutes, cronyism, overpaid political "advisers", kickbacks, election fraud and eventual retirement to a seat on the city council.
Probably should be coded in Perl, just to cover all the bases.
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