Every Republican since my earliest days (I'm 61) has been declared a Nazi by the Democrats. Every single one. They were all declared to be stupid, ignorant, racist, xenophobic, radical, dangerous, bad for America radicals. Every single one.
True, but Trump is the first one who is deplorable. That makes him the worst of the bunch.
Bingo! I consider myself "comfortable", but far from rich. I have a good house in a tolerable area, I can pay cash if my front porch collapses, and I can buy a reasonable number of "kewl toys". I can't afford Silicon Valley, large mansions, or Teslas.
Me: "It works for me" Production: "It gives me this error" Me: "Can you show me the data" Prod: "It was in Missouri's data for 2014" Me: "It still works. Can you show me a screenprint of your data?" Prod: "I'm using this dataset" Me: "I don't have access to that (expletive unsaid) dataset. Can you show me a (more unsaid stuff) screenprint??" Prod: *mumbles something about privicy* Me: *thinks about shooting someone*
you know you did something where you are in the right when you find it useful to have proof of what you said and did.
you know you are in the wrong (illegal, unethical, whatever) when you find it useful not to have any proof of what you said or did.
Not necessarily. I recently had a minor dispute with a cow-orker. I know I was right, but I'm sure she thought she was right as well. We both included our boss in the email conversation. That way, if there was any need for his involvement (there wasn't), he would have had the whole conversation, not just a he said/she said scenario.
One of my old mentors was known for getting his requests through quickly. He told me it was because the other people knew he would stand by what he asked informally and not try to throw them under the bus if things went south.
Open Source doesn't guarantee that the source will be audited. However, closed source does guarantee that the source WON'T be audited by anyone outside the company. Open is no silver bullet, but it's better than closed.
That's one of my gripes. The price of luxury items seems to be stable or even going down. But the necessities are going way up. Cable TV isn't really a necessity, but I do pay for it every month, so its increases hurt a lot more than a cheap laptop, which I only buy once in 5+ years, helps.
While I don't like ads, I don't know if they're THE reason for Netflix.
In my own personal life, I'd rank the reasons as follows.
1. Can watch content any time (not on a schedule) 2. unique content itself (shows, comedy specials...) 3. Suggestions 4. No Ads
I still get cable due to a bundle deal, and watch a few shows. The commercials don't really bother me. Heck, there's always a few that entertain me and its a good excuse for a break.
I'd rather not have commercials of course, but they're a small inconvenience.
Your #1 is also mine, but I can get that from any 2-bit DVR. The no ads is a biggie. For every decent ad, there are 9 crappy ones, and some are too bad to stand even for the 2 seconds it takes to grab my remote and FF past the SOBs.
Slightly OT, but amusing. My 82 y/o mother says she doesn't need the internet. Then she asks me to order something for her online.:) I also set up an email for her so she could get a price reduction from someplace. Even someone with no computer uses the internet!:)
Exactly this! I use my tablet for games and watching Netflix/Hulu, but if I want to DO anything, I use my laptop. The tablet isn't even close to a laptop replacement.
Agreed. If System76 did a TV ad with some dorky looking salesbozo yelling at the top of his lungs (see many car ads), they'd be evil. If they ran an internet ad that spewed malware-infested popups, they'd be evil. I have no problem with good, truly informative ads, rare as they are.
One of my gripes is, when I watch an old show on METV, a bunch of it is chopped off because there are more commercials than when the show originally came out.
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Good point. According to the press, the odds that Earth would become like Venus in the next 8 years was higher than the odds of a Trump victory.
He'll have to work very hard to be worse than the last two.
I think Trump is more talented than people give him credit for. I have confidence he'll meet the goal.
It's misspelled. X is an unknown quantity. Spurt is a drip under pressure. We do have polling x-spurts.
We should be able to DL some kind of "fart app" for the car. Surely those random fart noises would convince the pedestrians to stay out of the way.
Every Republican since my earliest days (I'm 61) has been declared a Nazi by the Democrats. Every single one. They were all declared to be stupid, ignorant, racist, xenophobic, radical, dangerous, bad for America radicals. Every single one.
True, but Trump is the first one who is deplorable. That makes him the worst of the bunch.
I know of at least one person, who normally votes Dem, who voted for Trump because she couldn't stand Hilary.
I thought Russia WAS the bear.
Bingo! I consider myself "comfortable", but far from rich. I have a good house in a tolerable area, I can pay cash if my front porch collapses, and I can buy a reasonable number of "kewl toys". I can't afford Silicon Valley, large mansions, or Teslas.
These days, I cut 'n' paste the fixes for other peoples cut 'n' paste code.
That brings back memories:
Me: "It works for me"
Production: "It gives me this error"
Me: "Can you show me the data"
Prod: "It was in Missouri's data for 2014"
Me: "It still works. Can you show me a screenprint of your data?"
Prod: "I'm using this dataset"
Me: "I don't have access to that (expletive unsaid) dataset. Can you show me a (more unsaid stuff) screenprint??"
Prod: *mumbles something about privicy*
Me: *thinks about shooting someone*
I suspect its more like...
you know you did something where you are in the right when you find it useful to have proof of what you said and did.
you know you are in the wrong (illegal, unethical, whatever) when you find it useful not to have any proof of what you said or did.
Not necessarily. I recently had a minor dispute with a cow-orker. I know I was right, but I'm sure she thought she was right as well. We both included our boss in the email conversation. That way, if there was any need for his involvement (there wasn't), he would have had the whole conversation, not just a he said/she said scenario.
One of my old mentors was known for getting his requests through quickly. He told me it was because the other people knew he would stand by what he asked informally and not try to throw them under the bus if things went south.
Open Source doesn't guarantee that the source will be audited. However, closed source does guarantee that the source WON'T be audited by anyone outside the company. Open is no silver bullet, but it's better than closed.
IIRC, people were saying Reagan was a crazy maniac would would get us into WW3 and end all life on Earth. How does that differ from Trump?
That's one of my gripes. The price of luxury items seems to be stable or even going down. But the necessities are going way up. Cable TV isn't really a necessity, but I do pay for it every month, so its increases hurt a lot more than a cheap laptop, which I only buy once in 5+ years, helps.
While I don't like ads, I don't know if they're THE reason for Netflix.
In my own personal life, I'd rank the reasons as follows.
1. Can watch content any time (not on a schedule)
2. unique content itself (shows, comedy specials...)
3. Suggestions
4. No Ads
I still get cable due to a bundle deal, and watch a few shows. The commercials don't really bother me. Heck, there's always a few that entertain me and its a good excuse for a break.
I'd rather not have commercials of course, but they're a small inconvenience.
Your #1 is also mine, but I can get that from any 2-bit DVR. The no ads is a biggie. For every decent ad, there are 9 crappy ones, and some are too bad to stand even for the 2 seconds it takes to grab my remote and FF past the SOBs.
There's a difference between defending himself and pounding the other guy's head into the pavement.
Slightly OT, but amusing. My 82 y/o mother says she doesn't need the internet. Then she asks me to order something for her online. :) I also set up an email for her so she could get a price reduction from someplace. Even someone with no computer uses the internet! :)
Exactly this! I use my tablet for games and watching Netflix/Hulu, but if I want to DO anything, I use my laptop. The tablet isn't even close to a laptop replacement.
Agreed. If System76 did a TV ad with some dorky looking salesbozo yelling at the top of his lungs (see many car ads), they'd be evil. If they ran an internet ad that spewed malware-infested popups, they'd be evil. I have no problem with good, truly informative ads, rare as they are.
You must have gotten the wrong acronym. It's RTFM, not FTRM!
But, but, but, if my toaster can't send a message to my iPhone, how will I know when it's done?
That's the good thing about Netflix. I avoid the crap, and there are no commercials. I get some of that with a DVR too, but I have to FF past the ads.
One of my gripes is, when I watch an old show on METV, a bunch of it is chopped off because there are more commercials than when the show originally came out.
My crazy, "deplorable" side almost hopes there is a conflict just so I can say "Trump's people are revolting!".