If voting was made electronic how about relaxing the restrictions on candidates getting on the ballot. The would be no logistical reason to prevent anyone who wanted run from doing so. Granted, the various state laws that govern who gets on the ballot may not have been enacted for purely logistic reasons, but proposing this could force a discussion of the issue. That might actually have a theoretical chance of restoring faith the process.
Let me get this straight...above you ask what ruby is and then proceed to make pronouncements about it's "freefall" and imply that it's some sort of slashdot fad. The damn language has been around for 10 years. Rather than waxing prolific about the obvious uses of C/C#Java/Perl/Python why don't you take a look at Ruby? If don't care or don't want to, fine. Making sweeping generalizations about market forces as applied to programming languages as a means to discredit a language you admittedly know nothing about is pendantic at best.
Uhh, I did more than google it. I tried it for myself. And I can definately say that I never knew how much qwerty sucked until I got proficient at Dvorak (it took a weekend to get by and a couple of weeks to get good).
As for the googling, I assume that you are referring to the study by Stan Liebowitz and Stephen Margolis. If you google enough you'll find this rebuttal
As evidenced by the fact that this:
"We are concerned that the cybersecurity issue is losing visibility inside the White House," said Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America. "In this case, the 'bully pulpit' opportunity to influence the development of a truly secure cyber infrastructure and associated best practices will be lost."
is one of the main opinions expressed in this article. We've elevated commerce to such a position that the perspective of a trade group is of primary importance when reporting on government and security. I know this isn't new. Business has played a large role in politics and civics (if the two can be separated) for at least the last 2000 years, but it seems especially egregious when Miller laments the loss of the "bully pulpit" as if he just got outpid for a Super Bowl commercial slot.
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If that's the case then I'm 0 for 2 with my selection of pithy quotations. D'oh. I'll stand by the original point...I'll just need to come up with different pithy quotations. Any suggestions?
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Of course there is. You just lack the skill.
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While it seems that your facts are in order (cite provided below), your tact needs work.
By BILL GATES
c.1996 Bloomberg Business News
QUESTION: I read in a newspaper that in 1981 you said, ``640K of memory should be enough for anybody.'' What did you mean when you said this?
ANSWER: I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time.
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"What we've got now is what we'll have for all eternity"
Perhaps in the future we'll get to see this next to:
"Everything that can be invented has been invented." -Charles H. Duell
"640k should be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates
I grant that this particular case may seem less "philosophical" than the cases in the quotations above but a "stick a fork in it...it's done" mindset is not only arrogant but detrimental to science as well.
Oh come now, those Super Germs (TM) are a complete lie. Take this X12-J Doxy-Moxy-Sexy-Cillan (TM) and you'll be fine. And since you asked, anything but this approved treatment is total quackery. We only deal in REAL medicine around here.
Of course, as we all know anyone with concerns about erosion of liberties is just crazy. Luckily it's easy to deal with those crackpots. Just say "Conspiracy". Maybe throw in a litte condescension for kicks. No need to check any facts, question anything, or even produce an argument. Just utter the magic "C" word and the tin foil hat crowd will run for their bunkers. Then you can sit back safe in the knowledge that everything is, and always will be, just peachy.
Yup, if it had been kept secret until today you'd still think "damn...cool space plane" when you saw it for the first time. Not bad for being on the drawing board in the late fifties. It makes you wonder what the current state of the art really is...
Well then it's obviously an evil thing made by godless evil-doers that promotes terrorism...probably communism too, corrupts our children, and will bring an end to freedom loving people everywhere. But if we act fast to privatize it we'll all be saved.
If it is proven that these companies pay royalties to NCR they may have a good reason to...they also hold some rather goofy patents (one-click buying, auctions online, etc...)
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...nor does it matter that VB.NET has fixed just about everything wrong with VB...
Despite the marketing line, VB.NET is more a CLR cousin of VB than a fix/upgrade.
Now government agencies have even stopped pretending that the U.S. is the paragon of freedom.
If voting was made electronic how about relaxing the restrictions on candidates getting on the ballot. The would be no logistical reason to prevent anyone who wanted run from doing so. Granted, the various state laws that govern who gets on the ballot may not have been enacted for purely logistic reasons, but proposing this could force a discussion of the issue. That might actually have a theoretical chance of restoring faith the process.
Let me get this straight...above you ask what ruby is and then proceed to make pronouncements about it's "freefall" and imply that it's some sort of slashdot fad. The damn language has been around for 10 years. Rather than waxing prolific about the obvious uses of C/C#Java/Perl/Python why don't you take a look at Ruby? If don't care or don't want to, fine. Making sweeping generalizations about market forces as applied to programming languages as a means to discredit a language you admittedly know nothing about is pendantic at best.
Uhh, I did more than google it. I tried it for myself. And I can definately say that I never knew how much qwerty sucked until I got proficient at Dvorak (it took a weekend to get by and a couple of weeks to get good). As for the googling, I assume that you are referring to the study by Stan Liebowitz and Stephen Margolis. If you google enough you'll find this rebuttal
As evidenced by the fact that this: "We are concerned that the cybersecurity issue is losing visibility inside the White House," said Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America. "In this case, the 'bully pulpit' opportunity to influence the development of a truly secure cyber infrastructure and associated best practices will be lost." is one of the main opinions expressed in this article. We've elevated commerce to such a position that the perspective of a trade group is of primary importance when reporting on government and security. I know this isn't new. Business has played a large role in politics and civics (if the two can be separated) for at least the last 2000 years, but it seems especially egregious when Miller laments the loss of the "bully pulpit" as if he just got outpid for a Super Bowl commercial slot.
Doing something you like and not gotting paid == hobby.
Doing something (hopefully that you like) and getting paid == work.
Important distinction.
You should probably take a look at that backstory link above.
Now the marketing fiends have corrupted the once noble potato canon.
google's pigeons
...those pigeons can't be beat.
If that's the case then I'm 0 for 2 with my selection of pithy quotations. D'oh. I'll stand by the original point...I'll just need to come up with different pithy quotations. Any suggestions?
Of course there is. You just lack the skill.
While it seems that your facts are in order (cite provided below), your tact needs work.
By BILL GATES
c.1996 Bloomberg Business News
QUESTION: I read in a newspaper that in 1981 you said, ``640K of memory should be enough for anybody.'' What did you mean when you said this?
ANSWER: I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time.
"What we've got now is what we'll have for all eternity"
Perhaps in the future we'll get to see this next to:
"Everything that can be invented has been invented." -Charles H. Duell
"640k should be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates
I grant that this particular case may seem less "philosophical" than the cases in the quotations above but a "stick a fork in it...it's done" mindset is not only arrogant but detrimental to science as well.
All undertakings of The Ministry of Justice are double-plus-good.
And this year's Jonathan Swift award goes to...[envelope tears]...LucidBeast! ;)
The so-called "dark spot" is not a feature of Jupiter, but of Uranus.
...you can see Mel Gibson and Tina Turner.
Oh come now, those Super Germs (TM) are a complete lie. Take this X12-J Doxy-Moxy-Sexy-Cillan (TM) and you'll be fine. And since you asked, anything but this approved treatment is total quackery. We only deal in REAL medicine around here.
If those damn aliens had a decent QA team I wouldn't need any enhancements.
Of course, as we all know anyone with concerns about erosion of liberties is just crazy. Luckily it's easy to deal with those crackpots. Just say "Conspiracy". Maybe throw in a litte condescension for kicks. No need to check any facts, question anything, or even produce an argument. Just utter the magic "C" word and the tin foil hat crowd will run for their bunkers. Then you can sit back safe in the knowledge that everything is, and always will be, just peachy.
Yup, if it had been kept secret until today you'd still think "damn...cool space plane" when you saw it for the first time. Not bad for being on the drawing board in the late fifties. It makes you wonder what the current state of the art really is...
Well then it's obviously an evil thing made by godless evil-doers that promotes terrorism...probably communism too, corrupts our children, and will bring an end to freedom loving people everywhere. But if we act fast to privatize it we'll all be saved.
If it is proven that these companies pay royalties to NCR they may have a good reason to...they also hold some rather goofy patents (one-click buying, auctions online, etc...)