The best solution in my view is to attempt to pay as little tax as possible... Which is something we can control with good accounting.
I agree with your goal, but I'm afraid that it's not possible.
Alexander Tyler said it best, I think...
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage."
I'm currently about to undertake development of two ideas that I've worked on for the last ~5 years. I'm fairly sure both will succeed. As per the article both of my ideas are innovative and not visible on the web today
Got a link? 'Cause I'd be like, curious, and stuff...
Oracle had a successful ERP platform years before they bought PeopleSoft.
They likely did have a product, but I quibble with calling it successful. We tried using Oracle's ERP platform two years ago. "Klunky" would be a compliment... ended up replacing it with an in-house product.
Admitedly it's a small sample size, but the thing was a beast and has turned off our ( remaining ) management from similar purchases.
ecause this paint isn't emitting signals to accomplish the same purpose, could it be legal?
I don't think so.
Cell phone jammers are, IIRC, regulated by the FCC as emitting devices. This paint would be passive ( i.e. non-emitting ) and as legal as steel rebar construction ( something else which can block radio waves ).
David McCraw, a lawyer for the Times, acknowledged that the list of documents sought was lengthy but that the Pentagon failed to assert there were "unusual circumstances," a provision of the law that would grant the Pentagon extra time to respond.
So:
NY Times requests a huge pile of documents on a fishing expedition.
The real interesting bits would be if this FOIA request turned up something interesting, but I doubt it. Either the relevant documents will be classified ( and will remain so effectively indefinately ) or so heavily redacted they're useless. I'd hope something interesting would slip through.. but that doesn't seem likely.
Actually, the reaction to "The Last Temptation of Christ" was a bit more than just picketing. Martin Scorsese recieved death threats and theatres that scheduled the film recieved bomb threats. Granted, no actual bombings occurred, but that might have been from lack of know-how rather than anything.
Yeah, because molotov cocktails require advanced science degrees... oh wait.
More likely, as others have said the fact that the whackadoos in the west feel they have something to loose ( i.e. possetions ) keeps them from carrying out their threats. Not always of course. For extreme whackadoos ( Eric Rudolph comes to mind ) I don't think anything would stop them, short of total capitulation.
Running over a pedestrian is the safest way to experience the thrill of murder. Unlikely you'll even get the workhouse if you aren't too blatent about it. But be warned that if you only wing your pedestrian you could be paying off the multi-million dollar lawsuit for the rest of your life under the new bankrupcy rules.
So, what, you're saying I should get the SUV then?
Think about it... how else would you handle something as simple as a PHP or Perl script accessing the local database? The user supplies data to log in to access the script, not the database. There really isn't any other way.
That's only true if all humans use the same login to the database. An alternative method is for each human to have their own database login. A single database user owns the schema, but other database accounts have limited rights to access specific objects based on their role. That does push more user management to the database, but can solve the problem.
When users log into the script, they're then logging into the database.
What's stopping MS from implementing a Unix-style security model?
Your mom. Litereally.
I understand users/groups/file permissions. I assume you do too. What about your parents?
I was going to moderate this, but had to comment instead.
You do realize that OS X is built on BSD, which has the traditional Unix file permissions? My mother, sister, father, stepmother and girlfriend have no problems coping with file permissions.
Command line unix might be obscure to the majority of the public, but OS X proves that, with the right interface, it's not a problem.
but i can tell you for sure that anyone who thinks the bible hasn't ever changed is either a fundamentalist (and therefore willing to completly ignore historical evidence) or delusional.
Plus the boomers inherited an insane structure of military leaders on both sides of the Berlin Wall that were ready, willing, and able to burn the world and kill everyone over a minor disagreement of political doctrine.
You know, it takes a lot to say the fight against communism was "a minor disagreement of political doctrine".
While I agree with the sentiment of better public transportation ( I still miss the Tokyo subways and trains ) I think implimenting here in the US would be more difficult than just adding a bike lane.
The spread out nature of cities and suburbs makes bike lanes difficult for travel from current home / work locations. Where I live it's about 15 - 20 miles from the suburbs to the city center, which seems long for a bike ride. Even longer for parents with kids.
Trains / subways are the obvious solution, but then the question becomes where to put them. Which buildings do we demolish to make way for the stations?
Another solution is high-density housing... but that would require greater resources to demolish existing buildings and replace them with high-rise apartments. Then we'd likely have to force people to use them.
In that sense, I see why the Tokyo system is so good... Tokyo was bombed to rubble, then rebuilt with the idea of public transportation and high-density living.
Dorks like tabletop roleplaying for the same reason they like to read pulp science fiction/fantasy, read comic books or watch harem anime: not because they're more "creative" or whatever but because they want to escape into a pleasant fantasy land.
Yeah, 'cause people never use things like broadcast sports to escape into a plesant fantasy land.
So the guy who paints his face his favorite teams colors, gets drunk and screams obscenaties while tailgating is socially acceptable, but the sci-fi fan is a dork looking to escape?
However, now I have picked a habit of eating greasy foods and I would like to get rid of that in the same way I dropped smoking.
From TFA:
The neural patterns get established in the basal ganglia, a brain region critical to habits, addiction and procedural learning.
Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but since addiction and procedural learning reside in the same area of the brain, dealing with cravings by performing a different procedure ( i.e. doing something else until the craving passes ) might help.
Adding to that, a reward stimulus might help as well... do you like anything healthy?
However, if we can come up with definitive tests with concrete results in order to diagnose patients with mental illnesses, it makes psychology that much more closely resemble the rest of the world of medicine.
I fully agree. An objective measurement of a particular patients condition ( or lack thereof ) would do wonders to establish psychology as a hard science in the minds or many people ( myself included ).
As it stands, mental health professionals seem little more than glorified pez dispensers, throwing out medication until the aberant behavior of the patient is surpressed... which doesn't seem as effective as one would hope.
I'd suggest you first determine why the MS SQL database is running slow. Sometimes a few simple DBCC commands can really help.
If it's something more than that, knowing where the slow dows are really helps.
I implemented partitioning on one of my Oracle servers, and it improved performance dramatically... but that was because the application required multiple passes over a very large table. If the slow downs were ( for instance ) locking problems then partitioning would have hindered more than it helped.
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Just don't look down! As soon as you do, you'll crash to earth!
Umm... yeah, I learned about physics from road runner cartoons.... why?
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I think I see a problem with your solution...
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well, that does keep your drives secure... but it doesn't keep your mail secure.
Your mail server may be a veritable fortress, but if those you correspond with arent the data can still be disclosed.
That includes everyone you correspond with? They ALL use your mail server?
Even if you're not keeping logs, perhaps someone you sent an email to uses a mail server that does?
I agree with your goal, but I'm afraid that it's not possible.
Alexander Tyler said it best, I think...
Got a link? 'Cause I'd be like, curious, and stuff...
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They likely did have a product, but I quibble with calling it successful. We tried using Oracle's ERP platform two years ago. "Klunky" would be a compliment... ended up replacing it with an in-house product.
Admitedly it's a small sample size, but the thing was a beast and has turned off our ( remaining ) management from similar purchases.
I don't think so.
Cell phone jammers are, IIRC, regulated by the FCC as emitting devices. This paint would be passive ( i.e. non-emitting ) and as legal as steel rebar construction ( something else which can block radio waves ).
So:
At least NYT isn't just making it up this time.
The real interesting bits would be if this FOIA request turned up something interesting, but I doubt it. Either the relevant documents will be classified ( and will remain so effectively indefinately ) or so heavily redacted they're useless. I'd hope something interesting would slip through.. but that doesn't seem likely.
Yes... good robots should be foul-mouthed alchoholic chain smokers. With blackjack. And Hookers.
That was skeeball on the moon, you insensitive clod.
Yeah, because molotov cocktails require advanced science degrees... oh wait.
More likely, as others have said the fact that the whackadoos in the west feel they have something to loose ( i.e. possetions ) keeps them from carrying out their threats. Not always of course. For extreme whackadoos ( Eric Rudolph comes to mind ) I don't think anything would stop them, short of total capitulation.
That's one of the most insightful comments regarding static vs. dynamic I've seen in a long time. Very well thought out.
So, what, you're saying I should get the SUV then?
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That's only true if all humans use the same login to the database. An alternative method is for each human to have their own database login. A single database user owns the schema, but other database accounts have limited rights to access specific objects based on their role. That does push more user management to the database, but can solve the problem.
When users log into the script, they're then logging into the database.
I was going to moderate this, but had to comment instead.
You do realize that OS X is built on BSD, which has the traditional Unix file permissions? My mother, sister, father, stepmother and girlfriend have no problems coping with file permissions.
Command line unix might be obscure to the majority of the public, but OS X proves that, with the right interface, it's not a problem.
Never said it was an original thought... just a good one ;)
I think that's covered in the parent-posters five year plan.
Bit redundant there, eh?
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You know, it takes a lot to say the fight against communism was "a minor disagreement of political doctrine".
While I agree with the sentiment of better public transportation ( I still miss the Tokyo subways and trains ) I think implimenting here in the US would be more difficult than just adding a bike lane.
The spread out nature of cities and suburbs makes bike lanes difficult for travel from current home / work locations. Where I live it's about 15 - 20 miles from the suburbs to the city center, which seems long for a bike ride. Even longer for parents with kids.
Trains / subways are the obvious solution, but then the question becomes where to put them. Which buildings do we demolish to make way for the stations?
Another solution is high-density housing... but that would require greater resources to demolish existing buildings and replace them with high-rise apartments. Then we'd likely have to force people to use them.
In that sense, I see why the Tokyo system is so good... Tokyo was bombed to rubble, then rebuilt with the idea of public transportation and high-density living.
Dorks like tabletop roleplaying for the same reason they like to read pulp science fiction/fantasy, read comic books or watch harem anime: not because they're more "creative" or whatever but because they want to escape into a pleasant fantasy land.
Yeah, 'cause people never use things like broadcast sports to escape into a plesant fantasy land.
So the guy who paints his face his favorite teams colors, gets drunk and screams obscenaties while tailgating is socially acceptable, but the sci-fi fan is a dork looking to escape?
From TFA:
Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but since addiction and procedural learning reside in the same area of the brain, dealing with cravings by performing a different procedure ( i.e. doing something else until the craving passes ) might help.
Adding to that, a reward stimulus might help as well... do you like anything healthy?
I fully agree. An objective measurement of a particular patients condition ( or lack thereof ) would do wonders to establish psychology as a hard science in the minds or many people ( myself included ).
As it stands, mental health professionals seem little more than glorified pez dispensers, throwing out medication until the aberant behavior of the patient is surpressed... which doesn't seem as effective as one would hope.
I'd suggest you first determine why the MS SQL database is running slow. Sometimes a few simple DBCC commands can really help.
If it's something more than that, knowing where the slow dows are really helps.
I implemented partitioning on one of my Oracle servers, and it improved performance dramatically... but that was because the application required multiple passes over a very large table. If the slow downs were ( for instance ) locking problems then partitioning would have hindered more than it helped.