Whoever did your cabling was unqualified to do the work he was hired to do. (Usually the the fault of whoever hired them.)
I don't follow... When I get a quote from somebody who claims to be capably trained for certain task how is it my fault when he screws up? The long and short of it is that thousands of people every year get screwed over by trades people who claim skills they don't have (Some of the scamers are quite good at it too) and the blame lies mostly with these unscrupulous people.
To put it bluntly your argument is pretty stupid. I'm not going to bother responding to the entire thing but my full response would be a lengthly version of this:
You will not use food even if it were the best way to avoid death by starvation imaginable, because the food corporations use Microsoft and Google products.
Try this instead:
You will not use food from (insert assumed big evil food corp, say Monsanto) if it were the best way to avoid death by starvation imaginable, because the food corporation does (insert something one disagrees with, say gmo food) and instead you will use food from another easily available source that may be less tasty.
Sounds pretty reasonable to me. I'm sure GP would use Safari if for some reason it was the only browser available but he has a perfectly good alternative and doesn't like apple. So big deal. I don't think his principles are at stake.
Lots of people bought "Green" "smart" cars in the past few years. Many people bought them in place of more polluting cars. By your logic, if such a green car was unavailable they should all walk or be called out for their 'uncompromising principles becoming compromised so quickly."
Computer ownership is really very low worldwide. Even the US has only 76 computers per 100 people. Keep in mind that includes people like myself who, between work and home use, have 4 computers alone.
Some other socking figures: Italy 36 computers per 100 people Mexico 13 computers per 100 people Spain 26 computers per 100 people Japan 67 computers per 100 people Russia 12 computers per 100 people
And the billions of people in China and India don't even make the list.
Seems to me that there are a lot more computers Intel could be selling in the future. The market is far from saturated.
Perhaps the GP meant to use the word "evolution" in it's original sense. Before before it was co-opted. The word, originally, implied a sense of progress and it still carries that connotation today.
It never should have been used describe the process of natural selection. In fact, Charles Darwin used the word only once, in the closing paragraph of "The Origin of Species", and preferred the term descent with modification. But Victorian belief in progress prevailed (along with brevity), and Herbert Spencer and other biologists popularized the term evolution.
Would that be like me publishing my own copy of Hamlet? or MacBeth?
People do that you know? They take Shakespeare's and Tennyson's are countless others works and publish them. And get this... they don't even bother to change the characters names! and you know what? they charge money for this...
If Lord of the Rings was out of copyright and in the public domain what you describe would be perfectly legal and reasonable. As I understand it the rules of Scrabble are in the public domain so it's really not that cut and dry.
The reason to offer rebates to prius buyers is simple. The market doesn't charge other car buyers for the pollution and other real or perceived negative effects of their choice vehicle. These negative effects are shared amongst the populace at large; the costs savings and benefits of a more polluting vehicle are enjoyed by one person alone yet everybody ends up somewhat worse off (by living with poorer air quality etc). So the government is taking a look at prius buyers and saying "Hey, your vehicle choice doesn't result is as many negatives so here is a credit."
Without such credits and rebates their would be no financial incentive not to pollute and generally create a mess of the environment as the market is unable to capture and charge you for these costs.
How is the restaurant supposed to get new regulars if they treat first time visitors badly? Sounds like the restaurant would have an interest in cultivating new regulars in addition to keep existing regulars happy... there is definitely a balance there...
What is to stop the malware from simply "clicking" the "confirm purchase" dialogue on your banks site for you? It not too difficult to mimic a mouse click. Or for that matter capture a password and enter it for you. Or subvert the browser to auto submit the confirmation form. Or run everything through a proxy that intercepts the web request and confirms the purchase. Or.........
Yes, but did you allow for the possibility that all of aliens possessed a universal translator of sorts? Perhaps the TOS crew and the aforementioned energy creature were the only people not have such a device?
The translators worked so well that you (and Kirk) simply didn't notice them.
I would firewall the world and then set up a little web accessible script that would white list their IP.
When a user connects from a new place they would visit the login.foobar.com and then open up the application. It's an extra step, sure, but not super hard.
Thank you. I was just about to post something like that.
Personally, I know and fully understand online tracking and all the privacy implications and yet I still don't care. Hell, if "they" can figure out a way to replace the generic tampon commercials with targeted adverts for the newest Aston Martin I'm a happy guy.
AOL didn't buy Time Warner, they merged in what was widely consider one of the blunders of the "dot com era". A blunder for TW that is. It is also considered one the smartest things AOL CEO Steve Case ever did. Many people believe that he pulled the wool of Time Warner's eyes.
Perhaps it takes a lot of time and money to go through all the photos and blur people and plates. Or, perhaps, the technology isn't that great and they want to test it out on Canada first.
Great, lets discuss social networking with the most asocial demographic on the web, Slashdot members. You have to be social to care about social networking. 100s of millions of people have joined but we need to keep modding up the "I don't use social networking" posts. Why? to reinforce your asocial tendencies?
I don't know why it became popular but I can tell you why I bought one. My Jaguar has an Ipod dock. I don't have to use a crappy little aux in connector with a long ugly cord. It doesn't have any other type of dock just an Ipod dock. I can switch songs from the steering wheel and see track information on the dash.
It's one of the major reasons for the success of the Ipod, the accessories. I'm honestly not sure whether the Ipod is an accessory for my Jag or the other way around. That's how well they work together.
While I'm not weighing in on way or another I think it would be more correct to say:
If someone left a hose in the street would it be wrong to turn the tap and take some water?
and then the question becomes, how much water? Is it wrong to drink if you are thirsty? Is the wrong to fill up a tank full of water? fill your swimming pool? shut off the water service to your house and connect the hose to your plumbing?
Second, read this article by the same author, which says exactly the opposite of the present article: Antibacterial Cleaning Products and Drug Resistance.
Quote: "... we did not observe a significant impact on antimicrobial drug resistance during the 1-year period..."
Ummm, that's not the exact opposite. On the one hand he is saying a "Mutation can happen" and on the other hand he is saying "we didn't observe.." I don't see how those are opposites at all. I'm not sure about the veracity of the article (mostly because I don't care much). However, I find your comment to be a fraudulent, or at least a sleazy, analysis of the article.
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More likely, we need some stimulus funds. I've notice more and more stories like this since the stimulus funds have become available.
Whoever did your cabling was unqualified to do the work he was hired to do. (Usually the the fault of whoever hired them.)
I don't follow... When I get a quote from somebody who claims to be capably trained for certain task how is it my fault when he screws up? The long and short of it is that thousands of people every year get screwed over by trades people who claim skills they don't have (Some of the scamers are quite good at it too) and the blame lies mostly with these unscrupulous people.
An erronous belief does not necessarily reflect on the believer's intelligence.
Really? Belief in Snow white isn't reflective of one's intelligence?
I'm glad you said this. It really helped me realize that there is NO POINT even talking with you. Cuckoo, Cuckoo, Cuckoo ...
To put it bluntly your argument is pretty stupid. I'm not going to bother responding to the entire thing but my full response would be a lengthly version of this:
You will not use food even if it were the best way to avoid death by starvation imaginable, because the food corporations use Microsoft and Google products.
Try this instead:
You will not use food from (insert assumed big evil food corp, say Monsanto) if it were the best way to avoid death by starvation imaginable, because the food corporation does (insert something one disagrees with, say gmo food) and instead you will use food from another easily available source that may be less tasty.
Sounds pretty reasonable to me. I'm sure GP would use Safari if for some reason it was the only browser available but he has a perfectly good alternative and doesn't like apple. So big deal. I don't think his principles are at stake.
Lots of people bought "Green" "smart" cars in the past few years. Many people bought them in place of more polluting cars. By your logic, if such a green car was unavailable they should all walk or be called out for their 'uncompromising principles becoming compromised so quickly."
What complete rubbish.
most people already have computers
Really? Have an eyeopening look here:
http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12758865&subjectID=348909&fsrc=nwl
Computer ownership is really very low worldwide. Even the US has only 76 computers per 100 people. Keep in mind that includes people like myself who, between work and home use, have 4 computers alone.
Some other socking figures:
Italy 36 computers per 100 people
Mexico 13 computers per 100 people
Spain 26 computers per 100 people
Japan 67 computers per 100 people
Russia 12 computers per 100 people
And the billions of people in China and India don't even make the list.
Seems to me that there are a lot more computers Intel could be selling in the future. The market is far from saturated.
Really? You can buy them everywhere. I have one I picked up for $8 and keep it in case of a power outage.
Well, I'd guess that this is a man made beach with strict engineering and erosion control.
Also, I've lived in Victoria BC Canada for most of my life and our beaches barely change at all. So all beaches are not like Daytona.
Perhaps the GP meant to use the word "evolution" in it's original sense. Before before it was co-opted. The word, originally, implied a sense of progress and it still carries that connotation today.
It never should have been used describe the process of natural selection. In fact, Charles Darwin used the word only once, in the closing paragraph of "The Origin of Species", and preferred the term descent with modification. But Victorian belief in progress prevailed (along with brevity), and Herbert Spencer and other biologists popularized the term evolution.
Would that be like me publishing my own copy of Hamlet? or MacBeth?
People do that you know? They take Shakespeare's and Tennyson's are countless others works and publish them. And get this... they don't even bother to change the characters names! and you know what? they charge money for this...
If Lord of the Rings was out of copyright and in the public domain what you describe would be perfectly legal and reasonable. As I understand it the rules of Scrabble are in the public domain so it's really not that cut and dry.
The reason to offer rebates to prius buyers is simple. The market doesn't charge other car buyers for the pollution and other real or perceived negative effects of their choice vehicle. These negative effects are shared amongst the populace at large; the costs savings and benefits of a more polluting vehicle are enjoyed by one person alone yet everybody ends up somewhat worse off (by living with poorer air quality etc). So the government is taking a look at prius buyers and saying "Hey, your vehicle choice doesn't result is as many negatives so here is a credit."
Without such credits and rebates their would be no financial incentive not to pollute and generally create a mess of the environment as the market is unable to capture and charge you for these costs.
Piquepaille = Pigpile, get it?
Yes, originally it did. But it was deemed offensive to pigs everywhere and is, therefore, no longer in common use.
How is the restaurant supposed to get new regulars if they treat first time visitors badly? Sounds like the restaurant would have an interest in cultivating new regulars in addition to keep existing regulars happy... there is definitely a balance there...
No one has full rational control over what they eat. Evolution couldn't allow that.
I think Gandhi would beg to differ.
What is to stop the malware from simply "clicking" the "confirm purchase" dialogue on your banks site for you? It not too difficult to mimic a mouse click. Or for that matter capture a password and enter it for you. Or subvert the browser to auto submit the confirmation form. Or run everything through a proxy that intercepts the web request and confirms the purchase. Or... ... ...
Yes, but did you allow for the possibility that all of aliens possessed a universal translator of sorts? Perhaps the TOS crew and the aforementioned energy creature were the only people not have such a device?
The translators worked so well that you (and Kirk) simply didn't notice them.
I would firewall the world and then set up a little web accessible script that would white list their IP.
When a user connects from a new place they would visit the login.foobar.com and then open up the application. It's an extra step, sure, but not super hard.
Cheers,
Rajiv
Thank you. I was just about to post something like that.
Personally, I know and fully understand online tracking and all the privacy implications and yet I still don't care. Hell, if "they" can figure out a way to replace the generic tampon commercials with targeted adverts for the newest Aston Martin I'm a happy guy.
AOL didn't buy Time Warner, they merged in what was widely consider one of the blunders of the "dot com era". A blunder for TW that is. It is also considered one the smartest things AOL CEO Steve Case ever did. Many people believe that he pulled the wool of Time Warner's eyes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner
Perhaps it takes a lot of time and money to go through all the photos and blur people and plates. Or, perhaps, the technology isn't that great and they want to test it out on Canada first.
Great, lets discuss social networking with the most asocial demographic on the web, Slashdot members. You have to be social to care about social networking. 100s of millions of people have joined but we need to keep modding up the "I don't use social networking" posts. Why? to reinforce your asocial tendencies?
I don't know why it became popular but I can tell you why I bought one. My Jaguar has an Ipod dock. I don't have to use a crappy little aux in connector with a long ugly cord. It doesn't have any other type of dock just an Ipod dock. I can switch songs from the steering wheel and see track information on the dash.
It's one of the major reasons for the success of the Ipod, the accessories. I'm honestly not sure whether the Ipod is an accessory for my Jag or the other way around. That's how well they work together.
The point everyone forgot is that heat rises.
Minor correction, hot air rises not heat. "Heat" just moves from hotter to colder.
While I'm not weighing in on way or another I think it would be more correct to say:
If someone left a hose in the street would it be wrong to turn the tap and take some water?
and then the question becomes, how much water? Is it wrong to drink if you are thirsty? Is the wrong to fill up a tank full of water? fill your swimming pool? shut off the water service to your house and connect the hose to your plumbing?
Second, read this article by the same author, which says exactly the opposite of the present article: Antibacterial Cleaning Products and Drug Resistance.
Quote: "... we did not observe a significant impact on antimicrobial drug resistance during the 1-year period..."
Ummm, that's not the exact opposite. On the one hand he is saying a "Mutation can happen" and on the other hand he is saying "we didn't observe.." I don't see how those are opposites at all. I'm not sure about the veracity of the article (mostly because I don't care much). However, I find your comment to be a fraudulent, or at least a sleazy, analysis of the article.
Why don't they just count by IPs and Vhosts and report both numbers? Both seem equally valid, just showing different data.