45. It's been reported that the National Security Agency has been collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans. It has analyzed calling patterns in an effort to identify possible terrorism suspects, without listening to or recording the conversations. Would you consider this an acceptable or unacceptable way for the federal government to investigate terrorism? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?
------- Acceptable ------ ----- Unacceptable ------ No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opin. 5/11/06......63.......41.........22.........35.... ...11........24...........2
The 22% "somewhat acceptable" had a reason for not answering "strongly". It seems a safe bet that the attached stipulation for this is that there's a nagging feeling that we don't know for sure that the info will be used properly. i.e. any action taken based on the data compiled be handled in a legal, transparent way with lots of oversight.
So isn't the poll really saying that only 41% strongly trust that the gov't will handle this information in an upfront manner?
Personally, I like the pay-for-play model so I donate to both NPR and PBS every year. Programming like Cartalk for me and Arthur/Cyberchase for my kid are well worth the dollars. If Congress succeeds in shutting down funding then I'll double the donation and hope that there are enough other people in my financial situation to do the same.
One of my criteria for buying a product or service online is that I need to find at least one good result on a Google search for "[product_name] sucks".
Y'know, that's one of those things that sounds obvious but really isn't. Maybe human nature is to look for the positives first since that seems the most natural path toward finding the best product quickly.
Probably also explains the success of Ebay (of which my cynicism and intense fear of being suckered prevents me from buying anything there).
"Somewhere, someone at bn.com is shaking their head, wondering if this "reader reviews" thing is all that good a deal after all."
OTOH, but maybe the glass is half full. Personally, based on his positive mention, I'd then copy-and-paste the 'PHP and MySQL Web Development' and 'XML 1.1 Bible' books into the BN search.
Somehow I always end up going through this process when buying a book online. YMMV.
Ok after reparsing that line in the original post, I now understand the flavor of what you were trying to say. A knee jerk reaction on my part; it's just a pet peeve when the term "zero sum" comes up in relation to the markets.
That's interesting. Personally, there are many CDs that I would have purchased over the last 10 years but didn't find the cost-benefit ratio acceptable. In other words, it wasn't worth $15 to purchase any of them. So I didn't. Five dollars and there probably would have been a number of sales. Economics 101.
Having said that, there's no way I would engage in copyright infringement by using P2P. I just do without. It's an "ethical" thing in my case; I don't consider it fair use unless I paid for the original. However, as soon as the payment is made then all aspects of fair use are expected. At that point it's my right to lend the original media to a friend or make backup copies or use it anywhere on equipment I own.
It's an attempt to adhere to the true spirit of fair use and meshes comfortably with my world view.
The point is, in the context of the article, how many people actually fall into your camp and how many into mine?
The moderate politicians need to tread carefully with this issue.
John McCain was on Charlie Rose last week. When asked about ID, McCain said (paraphrased) "why shouldn't it be taught along with evolution. What's wrong with exploring other ideas". This just after mentioning how Darwin was a fascinating man that laid the groundwork for scientists that followed.
The ridiculousness of those two statements put together shows how tough it is to walk between the thumpers and the rest of the electorate (note the Catholic response). The middle ground is more like the Grand Canyon and no amount of appeasement will suffice with this issue. Reminiscent of the Roe v. Wade chasm.
Excuse me while I hang my head in shame and change my sig...
Get a lawyer. But google up some reading first and maybe even find some boilerplate to get a starting point. Get familiar with the real world issues surrounding employee/employer IP and make a list of nagging questions.
Lawyers tend to get overly expensive when you walk in and just say "I need a contract for abc" which leads to a lot of back and forth. You need to be integral to the process and do lots of homework. After all, if you end up in court, the paper is only worth what it's printed on if the basis for your mutual understanding was not well thought out and comprehensive.
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Informative? That was +5 funny. Must have some Michael Jackson fans modding today...
insert joke here
"Why should I pay $80 per month for a 0-4 Mbps up / 0-384 kbps down, when my friends in Norway pay $50 for a 8-20 Mbps up / 4-10 Mbps down?"
For one, frostbite is worse than enduring slower pr0n downloads. Well, maybe not.
Wow. Best of luck and hope everything works out ok for your daughter.
And in the morning open source wakes up screaming upon seeing its bedmate's horns and oddly reddish glow.
From the poll:
. ...11........24...........2
45. It's been reported that the National Security Agency has been collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans. It has analyzed calling patterns in an effort to identify possible terrorism suspects, without listening to or recording the conversations. Would you consider this an acceptable or unacceptable way for the federal government to investigate terrorism? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?
------- Acceptable ------ ----- Unacceptable ------ No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opin.
5/11/06......63.......41.........22.........35...
The 22% "somewhat acceptable" had a reason for not answering "strongly". It seems a safe bet that the attached stipulation for this is that there's a nagging feeling that we don't know for sure that the info will be used properly. i.e. any action taken based on the data compiled be handled in a legal, transparent way with lots of oversight.
So isn't the poll really saying that only 41% strongly trust that the gov't will handle this information in an upfront manner?
No.
(Unequivocally stated based on experience with debating this topic with like-minded relatives. Just move on with life and hope for the best.)
Hence the birth of the term "Grammar Brutus".
Same here. Upon some googling:
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"...this one is a play - no pun intended - on the title of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger"
See:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,
AT&T/NSA domestic spying, junk faxers unleashed, BSA entrenching in gov't, lawsuits galore, fibonacci poetry...
/. anymore.
I need half a bottle of Valium just to read
Agreed on the spend,spend,spend part. However:
c le/2005/06/09/AR2005060902283_pf.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/arti
Personally, I like the pay-for-play model so I donate to both NPR and PBS every year. Programming like Cartalk for me and Arthur/Cyberchase for my kid are well worth the dollars. If Congress succeeds in shutting down funding then I'll double the donation and hope that there are enough other people in my financial situation to do the same.
Note to self: Posts about lesbians on /. are +1 Insightful. Increase karma by posting multiple Ellen jokes in the future.
One of my criteria for buying a product or service online is that I need to find at least one good result on a Google search for "[product_name] sucks".
Y'know, that's one of those things that sounds obvious but really isn't. Maybe human nature is to look for the positives first since that seems the most natural path toward finding the best product quickly.
Probably also explains the success of Ebay (of which my cynicism and intense fear of being suckered prevents me from buying anything there).
"Somewhere, someone at bn.com is shaking their head, wondering if this "reader reviews" thing is all that good a deal after all."
OTOH, but maybe the glass is half full. Personally, based on his positive mention, I'd then copy-and-paste the 'PHP and MySQL Web Development' and 'XML 1.1 Bible' books into the BN search.
Somehow I always end up going through this process when buying a book online. YMMV.
Still using QB v5.0 purchased in 1996. Upon installation it asks if you want to install Netscape 2.0 to access its online services.
I'm totally blind to the three dialogs asking if I want to update the tax tables by calling an 800 number. Just reflexively click ok-ok-ok.
One of these days I'm going to call the phone number to see if it's still connected. At this point I'll probably get around to it in 2010 or so.
Great piece of software.
Yes, essentially:
http://oldcomputers.net/compaqi.html
Your post should have been modded "+1 Informative". I won't be shaking hands with that particular blogger any time soon.
Ok after reparsing that line in the original post, I now understand the flavor of what you were trying to say. A knee jerk reaction on my part; it's just a pet peeve when the term "zero sum" comes up in relation to the markets.
"Going forward it's just a matter of a zero-sum game..."
Just a nitpick, google for "zero sum stock market". Zero sum is a common misconception wrt wealth creation and market capitalization.
A chuckle from the FAQ:
11. I don't want my landlady to find out about my pet ferret. How can I unpublish my pages?
That's interesting. Personally, there are many CDs that I would have purchased over the last 10 years but didn't find the cost-benefit ratio acceptable. In other words, it wasn't worth $15 to purchase any of them. So I didn't. Five dollars and there probably would have been a number of sales. Economics 101.
Having said that, there's no way I would engage in copyright infringement by using P2P. I just do without. It's an "ethical" thing in my case; I don't consider it fair use unless I paid for the original. However, as soon as the payment is made then all aspects of fair use are expected. At that point it's my right to lend the original media to a friend or make backup copies or use it anywhere on equipment I own.
It's an attempt to adhere to the true spirit of fair use and meshes comfortably with my world view.
The point is, in the context of the article, how many people actually fall into your camp and how many into mine?
The moderate politicians need to tread carefully with this issue.
John McCain was on Charlie Rose last week. When asked about ID, McCain said (paraphrased) "why shouldn't it be taught along with evolution. What's wrong with exploring other ideas". This just after mentioning how Darwin was a fascinating man that laid the groundwork for scientists that followed.
The ridiculousness of those two statements put together shows how tough it is to walk between the thumpers and the rest of the electorate (note the Catholic response). The middle ground is more like the Grand Canyon and no amount of appeasement will suffice with this issue. Reminiscent of the Roe v. Wade chasm.
Excuse me while I hang my head in shame and change my sig...
One of the nice features of Opera is the auto-reload function.
Due to the ever changing innovations that occur in the field of Replica Rolexes, I prefer to get my updates from their web page every 5 seconds or so.
Which is approximately the frequency that they notify me of their fine products via spam.
Get a lawyer. But google up some reading first and maybe even find some boilerplate to get a starting point. Get familiar with the real world issues surrounding employee/employer IP and make a list of nagging questions.
Lawyers tend to get overly expensive when you walk in and just say "I need a contract for abc" which leads to a lot of back and forth. You need to be integral to the process and do lots of homework. After all, if you end up in court, the paper is only worth what it's printed on if the basis for your mutual understanding was not well thought out and comprehensive.
$0.02.
Gosh Wally, Haskell gives me the creeps.