The only sane definition I can think of, is "part of the working class that specializes in kinds of labor that require creativity." We are talking about social classes, right?
India made a choice of building what is essentially a colonial economy without the colony part -- they produce things (call center "service", software) they can not possibly use at home, and rely on exporting them abroad, then (supposedly) using money to buy things abroad for local consumption. It builds no infrastructure, provides very distorted demand for education, and keeps large fraction of population in perpetual poverty.
China, on the other hand, develops economy in a way that builds industrial infrastructure that can produce products directly usable locally.
positive or negatively charged building materials.
Submitter fails Physics. Magnetized materials don't have to be electrically charged (and usually aren't).
After moving into the homes the couples found that something was not quite right. Their TV screens were distorted. Cordless phones ran into interference. Computer hard drives were corrupted. Soon after it was discovered that steel joists in the homes had become magnetized."
Everyone mentioned in the article fails Physics, too. Hard drives have very strong magnets inside them, however distance and shielding prevent platters from being affected by those. Floppies and tapes can be damaged by magnets, not hard drives. Magnetic field can only affect electronics by magnetizing cores of coils to saturation or distorting images in CRTs. While old TVs (CRT) and radios (antenna coils' core? I guess, magnetizing it to saturation can render it ineffective) may have this problem, phones and modern TVs don't have CRTs and coils in circuits tuned to low enough frequency to be affected.
Judging by the speed of this, Adobe is back to its policy of crippling Linux versions of their products. It wasn't long ago that they broken video playback, and then years later fixed it, and now they are pulling the same shit with 3D.
The legislation of the young USofA was also very anti-aristocracy, don't forget this all happened around the same time, yet many Americans seem to have forgotten their roots...
"There are no aristocrats in US, nothing to see here" is not an anti-aristocracy legislation. If anything, US never experienced excesses of European feudalism, so it did not develop resistance to the rise of robber barons.
But in the Earlier history of the US we have an example of how a small amount of regulation coupled with strong individualism created in a very short time a very powerful and rich country. Then the wealth and power corrupted the government.
Linux is currently the best general-purpose OS, full stop. Of course, it is good for low-end smartphones -- they are general-purpose computing devices.
What is more important, Linux is also the best for high-end smartphones and for desktops -- and it would be on all of them if not Microsoft's predatory tactics. The actions that caused Nokia to "choose" Windows for its new phones are not in any way different than the actions that make Windows "popular" on desktops. It's Microsoft's monopoly maintenance from the beginning to end, and it has to be stopped.
1. The parent post is from hairyfeet, a paid Microsoft astroturfer. Last time he submitted his resume to anyone was when he was hired to whore for karma and post Microsoft propaganda here.
2. HR departments accept PDF just fine, and there is no such thing as "resume scanning software". Recruiters insist on Word, so they can remove your contact information and send a copy to every company they know. This is the only thing I have ever seen recruiters doing.
As usual, Microsoft supporters post vague, content-free comments expressing nothing but their opposition to Linux.
However, if anyone wants to know, Kinect contains absolutely no new technology, and could be produced by any CS student -- if there was any application for it that someone cared for. As a game controller it sucks, as a machine vision system it's inadequate, for exotic and contrived purposes as discussed here, it's useless.
Amazon is in a slightly better position than other companies that produce devices at loss.
A company that sells game console, cable box or phone to the consumer at loss intends to make profit on LICENSING access to things over it -- someone has to pay them to sell content to consumers (games) or consumers have to pay for access to something (TV, movies, wireless phone network). Now, rooted device allows to bypass those things -- everyone can write games, or switch to providers that have no relationship with manufacturers. The device is no longer a gatekeeper, so revenue is down.
But Amazon doesn't need gatekeepers -- they already sell everything over the Internet, with any computer and plenty of phones already perfectly capable of accessing most of their content. Even Kindle DRM for books can be stripped with a regular computer. Whatever losses Amazon can have due to "piracy", it already does have, so the only thing Amazon cares for is profit on sales. Rooted tablet does not compete with Amazon sales of anything -- it's still useful for buying things from Amazon and reading/watching them in a manner that is more convenient than other forms of purchase. It still makes downloads from Amazon more attractive than buying physical media, thus more purchases and less shipping costs.
Cold War was not a war, it was a political stance, just like "war on poverty". For what it's worth, it never ended, either -- US is still actively undermines and tries to take control over everything it considered "hostile" in Cold War.
Then no one can use those loans for anything legitimate, and businesses have to accumulate capital on their own, 19-century-style. Not to say that it doesn't work at all, but if this is the policy in the whole country, it can only work along with heavy protectionism because then locals won't be able to compete with foreigners who can grow faster because they have access to loans.
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The only sane definition I can think of, is "part of the working class that specializes in kinds of labor that require creativity." We are talking about social classes, right?
Plenty of people are.
India made a choice of building what is essentially a colonial economy without the colony part -- they produce things (call center "service", software) they can not possibly use at home, and rely on exporting them abroad, then (supposedly) using money to buy things abroad for local consumption. It builds no infrastructure, provides very distorted demand for education, and keeps large fraction of population in perpetual poverty.
China, on the other hand, develops economy in a way that builds industrial infrastructure that can produce products directly usable locally.
No, it's /g/. All the /b/ neckbeards, none of the /b/ humor.
positive or negatively charged building materials.
Submitter fails Physics. Magnetized materials don't have to be electrically charged (and usually aren't).
After moving into the homes the couples found that something was not quite right. Their TV screens were distorted. Cordless phones ran into interference. Computer hard drives were corrupted. Soon after it was discovered that steel joists in the homes had become magnetized."
Everyone mentioned in the article fails Physics, too. Hard drives have very strong magnets inside them, however distance and shielding prevent platters from being affected by those. Floppies and tapes can be damaged by magnets, not hard drives. Magnetic field can only affect electronics by magnetizing cores of coils to saturation or distorting images in CRTs. While old TVs (CRT) and radios (antenna coils' core? I guess, magnetizing it to saturation can render it ineffective) may have this problem, phones and modern TVs don't have CRTs and coils in circuits tuned to low enough frequency to be affected.
Maybe they are all Juggalos?
Aspiritech's board of directors includes
social service providers, (?)
therapists, (?)
a vocational expert (1)
and a software engineer. (1)
Aspiritech has hired and trained seven recruits with Asperger's syndrome. (7)
Something is wrong with this picture.
Judging by the speed of this, Adobe is back to its policy of crippling Linux versions of their products. It wasn't long ago that they broken video playback, and then years later fixed it, and now they are pulling the same shit with 3D.
I would expect that Wikipedia would be THE ONLY SITE that will be able to comply with this.
Fuck you.
No. Tax the contributor at 2000%, and use this tax for public-funded election campaigns.
That will stop bribery.
"First they came for serial axe murderers..."
I see, insanity is really taking over.
The legislation of the young USofA was also very anti-aristocracy, don't forget this all happened around the same time, yet many Americans seem to have forgotten their roots...
"There are no aristocrats in US, nothing to see here" is not an anti-aristocracy legislation. If anything, US never experienced excesses of European feudalism, so it did not develop resistance to the rise of robber barons.
But in the Earlier history of the US we have an example of how a small amount of regulation coupled with strong individualism created in a very short time a very powerful and rich country. Then the wealth and power corrupted the government.
/b/^H^H^HUS economy never was good.
Congratulations, you are a moron.
Now go, starve.
Linux is currently the best general-purpose OS, full stop. Of course, it is good for low-end smartphones -- they are general-purpose computing devices.
What is more important, Linux is also the best for high-end smartphones and for desktops -- and it would be on all of them if not Microsoft's predatory tactics. The actions that caused Nokia to "choose" Windows for its new phones are not in any way different than the actions that make Windows "popular" on desktops. It's Microsoft's monopoly maintenance from the beginning to end, and it has to be stopped.
1. The parent post is from hairyfeet, a paid Microsoft astroturfer. Last time he submitted his resume to anyone was when he was hired to whore for karma and post Microsoft propaganda here.
2. HR departments accept PDF just fine, and there is no such thing as "resume scanning software". Recruiters insist on Word, so they can remove your contact information and send a copy to every company they know. This is the only thing I have ever seen recruiters doing.
Seriously?
As usual, Microsoft supporters post vague, content-free comments expressing nothing but their opposition to Linux.
However, if anyone wants to know, Kinect contains absolutely no new technology, and could be produced by any CS student -- if there was any application for it that someone cared for. As a game controller it sucks, as a machine vision system it's inadequate, for exotic and contrived purposes as discussed here, it's useless.
Amazon is in a slightly better position than other companies that produce devices at loss.
A company that sells game console, cable box or phone to the consumer at loss intends to make profit on LICENSING access to things over it -- someone has to pay them to sell content to consumers (games) or consumers have to pay for access to something (TV, movies, wireless phone network). Now, rooted device allows to bypass those things -- everyone can write games, or switch to providers that have no relationship with manufacturers. The device is no longer a gatekeeper, so revenue is down.
But Amazon doesn't need gatekeepers -- they already sell everything over the Internet, with any computer and plenty of phones already perfectly capable of accessing most of their content. Even Kindle DRM for books can be stripped with a regular computer. Whatever losses Amazon can have due to "piracy", it already does have, so the only thing Amazon cares for is profit on sales. Rooted tablet does not compete with Amazon sales of anything -- it's still useful for buying things from Amazon and reading/watching them in a manner that is more convenient than other forms of purchase. It still makes downloads from Amazon more attractive than buying physical media, thus more purchases and less shipping costs.
Cold War was not a war, it was a political stance, just like "war on poverty". For what it's worth, it never ended, either -- US is still actively undermines and tries to take control over everything it considered "hostile" in Cold War.
THAT'S what I call the implementation of "Tits or GTFO!" in practice!
Too bad, it's completely useless for the stated purpose, just like everything coming from Microsoft.
Then no one can use those loans for anything legitimate, and businesses have to accumulate capital on their own, 19-century-style.
Not to say that it doesn't work at all, but if this is the policy in the whole country, it can only work along with heavy protectionism because then locals won't be able to compete with foreigners who can grow faster because they have access to loans.
Then they will REALLY have a reason to complain about lack of skilled workers and corruption.