Yes, the whole system is useless and should be scrapped.
That includes the employer-based system, which is just slightly less socialist than the full universal drug-induced extreme-sports free-for-all that the adult children known as American baby boomers want the rest of us to pay for.
And I wouldn't pay less under a universal system, because I'm not a retard and I don't overpay for healthcare under the current system.
Welcome to the real world. Politicians will never invest tax money in risky ventures when they can just spend ten times as much and take credit for something that already works.
Damn that hateful Tolkien. How dare he name the second volume in the Lord of the Rings trilogy after buildings which were destroyed by terrorists who hate our freedom fifty years later. And how dare that hateful Peter Jackson start producing the movie version in 1997.
Why the hell not? The solar cells are more efficient than photosynthesis. And the alternative is to permanently convert Oxygen in the atmosphere to CO2 using fossil fuels.
Maybe these firms are just trying to limit the Fed's ability to inflate the money supply by preventing technological advancement and productivity improvement? They're really doing us all a favor in encouraging monetary responsibility. Think of it this way: if you worked on inventing some widget, it's value would just be stolen by the Fed's printing press and redistributed to some bailed-out group of failed bozos. This way, you instead spend your time working on models and bottles, monetization is kept in check by rising inflation, and we let the losers fail as Adam Smith intended.
This means that any open records law must be limited in application to specific people in specific roles which affect the public: legislative, executive or judicial. In particular, those representatives directly elected or those appointed by such representatives should expect to have all their correspondence scrutinised.
This is a state employee engaging in political speech. Perhaps academics should be afforded some leeway in being allowed to do so in an official capacity. But there's no reason to grant any type of shield against scrutiny by those who pay their salaries, the taxpayers. We are absolutely fed up with government workers lying to and manipulating us, with our own money, on behalf of their own hidden agendas. No exceptions.
Should you place a.NET programmer in front of a Perl web developer, they won't be able to communicate initially, if at all. Their initial (frustrating) dialog will consist of probing attempts to pin down each other's terminology and formulate a common "pidgin" vocabulary.
It would also interesting to see a janitors' equivalent of, say, Linux.
I've always thought it would be awesome to have a self-cleaning bathroom. Just make everything waterproof, put a drain in the floor and some sprayers in the walls, seal the door and start up some pumps that spray hot cleaning solution all over everything. Filter and recycle the cleaning solution over and over again. That and a giant floor-waxing Roomba would pretty much be the janitor's equivalent of Linux.
And that's exactly why companies like Microsoft spend more on marketing than on research. Buy the brand. Forget about the details.
But you're right, there will be work in using MS software for decades to come. Because they can re-write the underlying technologies and force you to adapt dozens of more times before you realize that you're on a treadmill and it isn't worthwhile.
How can you say in one sentence that framework choice is key and then in the next unquestionably praise junk like.Net and J2EE? They aren't the best, just the most popular. Questioning them shows that you have put slightly more thought into the matter than just "what does everyone else use?"
That's the hilariously awesome thing about fucking around with shell scripts and perl -- no one will take you seriously unless you demand at least 80 grand a year.
That's my view. OO encompasses a bunch of useful concepts. It's important to learn. But it's overused in places where it shouldn't be. Freshmen should probably start with something more basic and not be subjected to a bunch of needless stupidity like constructors and overloading and inheritance until later.
That's an easy one. They'll just force states to implement it in order to receive federal road funds. Then they'll just print up a bunch of money to pay for it. It's like magic. Magic fascism.
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Yes, the whole system is useless and should be scrapped.
That includes the employer-based system, which is just slightly less socialist than the full universal drug-induced extreme-sports free-for-all that the adult children known as American baby boomers want the rest of us to pay for.
And I wouldn't pay less under a universal system, because I'm not a retard and I don't overpay for healthcare under the current system.
The problem with denying care (for me at least) is that when you start, where do you stop? What about the skydivers, scuba divers and rock climbers?
It's almost as though socialized medicine is an ill-conceived, unworkable system that punishes those who act responsibly and rewards stupidity.
Once again The Onion was there first.
So frivolous that it's kind of shocking that the founder of anything called "Freedom Watch" or "Judicial Watch" would be behind it.
Welcome to the real world. Politicians will never invest tax money in risky ventures when they can just spend ten times as much and take credit for something that already works.
risk for the public
Do you find these episodes hilarious?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caCX4dEqD9E
Damn that hateful Tolkien. How dare he name the second volume in the Lord of the Rings trilogy after buildings which were destroyed by terrorists who hate our freedom fifty years later. And how dare that hateful Peter Jackson start producing the movie version in 1997.
You're concerned with our ability to print money?
Why the hell not? The solar cells are more efficient than photosynthesis. And the alternative is to permanently convert Oxygen in the atmosphere to CO2 using fossil fuels.
No, it's just a kinetic poop intervention.
No that's the beautiful thing. Ultimately they were just all sold to the government. But not before everyone had a chance to bid up the price.
Anyone here think that America having fewer resources means that America can start much less trouble in the world?
Yeah we'll stop invading oil rich countries just as soon as gas prices skyrocket.
Maybe these firms are just trying to limit the Fed's ability to inflate the money supply by preventing technological advancement and productivity improvement? They're really doing us all a favor in encouraging monetary responsibility. Think of it this way: if you worked on inventing some widget, it's value would just be stolen by the Fed's printing press and redistributed to some bailed-out group of failed bozos. This way, you instead spend your time working on models and bottles, monetization is kept in check by rising inflation, and we let the losers fail as Adam Smith intended.
This means that any open records law must be limited in application to specific people in specific roles which affect the public: legislative, executive or judicial. In particular, those representatives directly elected or those appointed by such representatives should expect to have all their correspondence scrutinised.
This is a state employee engaging in political speech. Perhaps academics should be afforded some leeway in being allowed to do so in an official capacity. But there's no reason to grant any type of shield against scrutiny by those who pay their salaries, the taxpayers. We are absolutely fed up with government workers lying to and manipulating us, with our own money, on behalf of their own hidden agendas. No exceptions.
Should you place a .NET programmer in front of a Perl web developer, they won't be able to communicate initially, if at all. Their initial (frustrating) dialog will consist of probing attempts to pin down each other's terminology and formulate a common "pidgin" vocabulary.
I think I've seen that before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5aNzJfvyIc#t=9m10s
It would also interesting to see a janitors' equivalent of, say, Linux.
I've always thought it would be awesome to have a self-cleaning bathroom. Just make everything waterproof, put a drain in the floor and some sprayers in the walls, seal the door and start up some pumps that spray hot cleaning solution all over everything. Filter and recycle the cleaning solution over and over again. That and a giant floor-waxing Roomba would pretty much be the janitor's equivalent of Linux.
So, you're saying it's not the size of your toolkit that matters, but how you use it? Where do the nuts fit in?
And that's exactly why companies like Microsoft spend more on marketing than on research. Buy the brand. Forget about the details.
But you're right, there will be work in using MS software for decades to come. Because they can re-write the underlying technologies and force you to adapt dozens of more times before you realize that you're on a treadmill and it isn't worthwhile.
How can you say in one sentence that framework choice is key and then in the next unquestionably praise junk like .Net and J2EE? They aren't the best, just the most popular. Questioning them shows that you have put slightly more thought into the matter than just "what does everyone else use?"
Yeah, that's it. Startups don't want to use MS software because they can't afford the few hundred dollars required. Keep telling yourself that.
That's the hilariously awesome thing about fucking around with shell scripts and perl -- no one will take you seriously unless you demand at least 80 grand a year.
That's my view. OO encompasses a bunch of useful concepts. It's important to learn. But it's overused in places where it shouldn't be. Freshmen should probably start with something more basic and not be subjected to a bunch of needless stupidity like constructors and overloading and inheritance until later.
That's an easy one. They'll just force states to implement it in order to receive federal road funds. Then they'll just print up a bunch of money to pay for it. It's like magic. Magic fascism.
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