Unless he/she can be educated. Presumably this is coming from a non-progammer type. You'd think this person might question why none of the world"s greatest software companies have adopted this practice for their employees (at least I hope they haven't).
If one wanted to be snarky, one could point out the disconnect between What is KIPP ("Thanks to the support of Doris & Don Fisher (co-founders of the GAP clothing stores), the Walton Family Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other education reform advocates, KIPP now has a network of 99 schools...Five basic principles form the "pillars" that are responsible for the success of students at KIPP Schools....When it comes to effort and behavior, there are no excuses.") and Texas drops DUI charge against billionaire Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton ("The DUI arrest was not Walton's first. According to information from the Springdale District Court in Arkansas, Walton was convicted of driving under the influence in a 1998 case.According to the UK's Independent, she hit a gas meter and told the responding police officer: 'I'm Alice Walton, bitch!'...Previous news accounts state Walton was also involved in a 1989 wreck in Arkansas that resulted in the death of a 50-year-old woman.")
Look closer, and you'll see that the Excel workbook doesn't actually open with the leftmost worksheet (All) given the focus, as one might expect, but with the Out-Of-State tab instead, which has lower counts.
AP CS stats spin in Sunday's LA Times by a member of Code.org's Advisory Board: 'Unfortunately, only a narrow band of students - predominantly white and Asian males - is developing the necessary skills to step into these high-paying jobs in computer science. Latinos, African Americans and girls of all ethnic backgrounds are being left behind. In 2013, 29,555 students took the Advanced Placement computer science exam, but only 18% were female, 4% African American and 3% Mexican American...A great majority of today's computer scientists started down their career paths because of "preparatory privilege."'
From the link to Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us PAC: "Modifications to the guest worker program must also include an increase in the number of H-1B visas". Many of Code.org's backers are also FWD.us backers.
And I'd point back to the Google spokesperson's explanation that this was intended not to inconvenience anyone.:-)
Truth be told, I can't fathom what Google's doing here - it doesn't seem to be a viable means of transportation economically or logisticallly, it inconveniences visitors to an Aquarium that receives support from Google and its Chairman, and in general seems like something dreamed up by the Marie Antoinette PR agency.:-)
This was a state of the art whale watching boat christened just lasr July, coincidentally the same week that a bunch of folks from Google and the [Eric] Schmidt Ocean Institute were attending Ocean Exploration 2020 at the Aquarium of the Pacific with some of the world's foremost ocean explorers.
From the Wired article linked to in the post: "The move, first reported by local CBS affiliate KPIX, seems aimed at defusing tensions that have led to blockades and vandalism of the ubiquitous shuttles, which make use of public San Francisco bus stops."
They said the Dell Streak 5 phone was ludicrously large too, but the success of the Samsung Note line suggests it may have just been ahead of its time.
Dave Winer has some interesting thoughts on this, arguing that the Chromebook market was Microsoft's for the taking, but they instead chose to cut bait on netbooks, ceding the market to Google.
Willms isn't the only one to survive and thrive after the government imposed a huge Internet ad-related fine. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt even managed to get named to the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees in November, after his company agreed to forfeit $500 million for allowing online Canadian pharmacies to place advertisements through its AdWords program targeting consumers in the U.S., resulting in the unlawful importation of controlled and non-controlled prescription drugs. In December, the Mercury News reported on Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's ongoing efforts to stop Google from making it too easy to buy drugs online without a prescription (screenshot). In his 2011 Senate testimony (PDF), Schmidt said "we absolutely regret what happened. It [drug advertising] was a mistake," and replied "Absolutely" when asked if Google had "taken steps to make sure that that sort of thing never happens again."
Admittedly, it could be pretty intrusive, but I can envision certain situations where one might want to have someone "keeping an eye on you" for at least a short period of time: driving in bad weather, bad areas (ever have your GPS direct you to "take a shortcut" through a drug-dealing neighborhood or industrial area?), etc.
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Unless he/she can be educated. Presumably this is coming from a non-progammer type. You'd think this person might question why none of the world"s greatest software companies have adopted this practice for their employees (at least I hope they haven't).
Hair Club Commercial - (1986) I'm Also a Client (:60)
If one wanted to be snarky, one could point out the disconnect between What is KIPP ("Thanks to the support of Doris & Don Fisher (co-founders of the GAP clothing stores), the Walton Family Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other education reform advocates, KIPP now has a network of 99 schools...Five basic principles form the "pillars" that are responsible for the success of students at KIPP Schools....When it comes to effort and behavior, there are no excuses.") and Texas drops DUI charge against billionaire Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton ("The DUI arrest was not Walton's first. According to information from the Springdale District Court in Arkansas, Walton was convicted of driving under the influence in a 1998 case.According to the UK's Independent, she hit a gas meter and told the responding police officer: 'I'm Alice Walton, bitch!'...Previous news accounts state Walton was also involved in a 1989 wreck in Arkansas that resulted in the death of a 50-year-old woman.")
Microsoft stitched together a short Super Bowl ad that (IMO) was less than the sum of its longer individual films, most of which would get you to tear up.
The 80s called ... they want their store back
...meet Bridge to Nowhere
Robert X. Cringely's Ten technology predictions for 2014: #2 - IBM throws in the towel.
Look closer, and you'll see that the Excel workbook doesn't actually open with the leftmost worksheet (All) given the focus, as one might expect, but with the Out-Of-State tab instead, which has lower counts.
AP CS stats spin in Sunday's LA Times by a member of Code.org's Advisory Board: 'Unfortunately, only a narrow band of students - predominantly white and Asian males - is developing the necessary skills to step into these high-paying jobs in computer science. Latinos, African Americans and girls of all ethnic backgrounds are being left behind. In 2013, 29,555 students took the Advanced Placement computer science exam, but only 18% were female, 4% African American and 3% Mexican American...A great majority of today's computer scientists started down their career paths because of "preparatory privilege."'
From the link to Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us PAC: "Modifications to the guest worker program must also include an increase in the number of H-1B visas". Many of Code.org's backers are also FWD.us backers.
And I'd point back to the Google spokesperson's explanation that this was intended not to inconvenience anyone. :-)
Truth be told, I can't fathom what Google's doing here - it doesn't seem to be a viable means of transportation economically or logisticallly, it inconveniences visitors to an Aquarium that receives support from Google and its Chairman, and in general seems like something dreamed up by the Marie Antoinette PR agency. :-)
Maybe time will reveal a better explanation.
This was a state of the art whale watching boat christened just lasr July, coincidentally the same week that a bunch of folks from Google and the [Eric] Schmidt Ocean Institute were attending Ocean Exploration 2020 at the Aquarium of the Pacific with some of the world's foremost ocean explorers.
From the Wired article linked to in the post: "The move, first reported by local CBS affiliate KPIX, seems aimed at defusing tensions that have led to blockades and vandalism of the ubiquitous shuttles, which make use of public San Francisco bus stops."
Amazon Prime Air Kidney Unboxing :-)
"Jeeves, bring around the Dassault Falcon 900EX. This hurts like HELL."
Online lesson learned. :-)
MOOC=Massive Open Online Course
"nstead of giving people the news they need , why not give them the news they want ?"
--Ron Burgundy, Anchorman 2
To be more specific, released in 1996 according to its creator,
Google Legal Chief: Patent Reform a Balancing Act: "The U.S. patent system makes it too easy for companies to get patents on software."
CBS Chicago: "The move could prevent Yamamoto from getting about three weeks' severance pay, he says."
...would be great, aside from the price tag. :-(
They said the Dell Streak 5 phone was ludicrously large too, but the success of the Samsung Note line suggests it may have just been ahead of its time.
Dave Winer has some interesting thoughts on this, arguing that the Chromebook market was Microsoft's for the taking, but they instead chose to cut bait on netbooks, ceding the market to Google.
Willms isn't the only one to survive and thrive after the government imposed a huge Internet ad-related fine. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt even managed to get named to the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees in November, after his company agreed to forfeit $500 million for allowing online Canadian pharmacies to place advertisements through its AdWords program targeting consumers in the U.S., resulting in the unlawful importation of controlled and non-controlled prescription drugs. In December, the Mercury News reported on Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's ongoing efforts to stop Google from making it too easy to buy drugs online without a prescription (screenshot). In his 2011 Senate testimony (PDF), Schmidt said "we absolutely regret what happened. It [drug advertising] was a mistake," and replied "Absolutely" when asked if Google had "taken steps to make sure that that sort of thing never happens again."
Admittedly, it could be pretty intrusive, but I can envision certain situations where one might want to have someone "keeping an eye on you" for at least a short period of time: driving in bad weather, bad areas (ever have your GPS direct you to "take a shortcut" through a drug-dealing neighborhood or industrial area?), etc.