Jefferson was a little to the middle (at the time) on many issues including slavery. Another great founding father and the original American *geek* who decided to send a message about liberty was Benjamin Franklin:
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
This pretty much sums up many frustration moods in the post 9-11 America.
No, blue coller jobs have been sent overseas for years (thank you greedy unions). Americans have been whinning about this for a long time. It's just now we are starting to lose large numbers of white coller, non-union jobs.
For places that have plenty of bandwidth but no radio reception (remote areas), it might work. I work 25m below ground and can't get any of my favorite radio talk shows, so for me it all depends on the content.
It is notFREE... it has to be paid by someone. I for one do not want my taxes going to pay for some teenage boy's ability to surf for pr0n. Plus, whenever the gov't gets involved, regulation, restriction, and censorship are not far behind. Finally, name one major profitable telco/provider that does NOT run more efficiently than any entity within the government.
Wikimedia Foundation and MSN Search announced today that they have reached an agreement by which MSN will provide a host of monkeys to Wikimedia. MSN will dedicate a significant number of primates in one of its Redmond facilities for writing Wikimedia's free content. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, says that this generous donation will be of particular benefit to the vibrant and growing community of Wikipedia-heads.
If you're the only one using a language, it can get pretty lonely. Plus, managers like technology that is generally popular in case you get hit by a bus.
You can look at it bothe ways... it's a gamble NOT to have insurance. Technically insurance is just the pooling of reserves of many people to cover a claim for an individual. I'd rather win the lotto than get sick or have a car accident.
Industries that have governing bodies already have policies. I know the insurance industry is required to store documents (electronic, microfiche, microfilm, paper, etc) for the amount of time each state insurance department requires. Do we really need more government regulation or maybe just some clarification for certain industries and types of documents? How long do we have to keep everyone's e-mail attachment of the dancing baby?
Maybe they should change the name of the organization to the Civic Minded-18. Of course their battle cry is going to have to be, "Let's Make A Difference!"
You are right, the ability to learn is important, but a degree doesn't always make someone "educated". One of the best coders I've ever met never even graduated HS.
A degree is no substitute for intelligence and experience. Case in point, when I was in school I learned on a PDP writing FORTRAN-77. It was one step above punch cards. Very, very little of what I learned is helping me today. But, keeping fresh on new technologies by practicing, being active in the community, reading, and taking classes (cert or otherwise) helps enormously... especially as you get older:).
Would it be illegal to use the p2p client or write the software? In either case, WTF can the US supreme cort do? A lot of the p2p software is used and written outside the US.
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Maybe you can sell one to Super Greg.
Jefferson was a little to the middle (at the time) on many issues including slavery. Another great founding father and the original American *geek* who decided to send a message about liberty was Benjamin Franklin:
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
This pretty much sums up many frustration moods in the post 9-11 America.
I would like to have been in on the meeting that decided to alienate their diehard fans.
No, blue coller jobs have been sent overseas for years (thank you greedy unions). Americans have been whinning about this for a long time. It's just now we are starting to lose large numbers of white coller, non-union jobs.
For places that have plenty of bandwidth but no radio reception (remote areas), it might work. I work 25m below ground and can't get any of my favorite radio talk shows, so for me it all depends on the content.
Not a great comparison... road tolls, sales tax on the pr0n purchased and on the gas used to go down the road helps support that infastructure.
It would be nice (fair) but not very practicle to be a totally pay-for-what-you-use society.
It is not FREE... it has to be paid by someone. I for one do not want my taxes going to pay for some teenage boy's ability to surf for pr0n. Plus, whenever the gov't gets involved, regulation, restriction, and censorship are not far behind. Finally, name one major profitable telco/provider that does NOT run more efficiently than any entity within the government.
Wikimedia Foundation and MSN Search announced today that they have reached an agreement by which MSN will provide a host of monkeys to Wikimedia. MSN will dedicate a significant number of primates in one of its Redmond facilities for writing Wikimedia's free content. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, says that this generous donation will be of particular benefit to the vibrant and growing community of Wikipedia-heads.
"It will also feature the 1963-era likenesses of his Love costars, including the late Robert Shaw..."
hmmm...
he said crack
No, Science: World's First True Blue Rose , Thanks to Al Gore
I know quite a few female SW fans. Many of them even have kids.
That still doesn't prove they are not virgins.
Add one more to your list: General Acceptance.
If you're the only one using a language, it can get pretty lonely. Plus, managers like technology that is generally popular in case you get hit by a bus.
2) they're legalized gambling.
You can look at it bothe ways... it's a gamble NOT to have insurance. Technically insurance is just the pooling of reserves of many people to cover a claim for an individual. I'd rather win the lotto than get sick or have a car accident.
Industries that have governing bodies already have policies. I know the insurance industry is required to store documents (electronic, microfiche, microfilm, paper, etc) for the amount of time each state insurance department requires. Do we really need more government regulation or maybe just some clarification for certain industries and types of documents? How long do we have to keep everyone's e-mail attachment of the dancing baby?
I want that chair! Finally a Herman Miller that will fit my fat ass.
An April Fools joke dupe that is promoting a company owned by Slashdot's parent. Geez, how much more annoying can you get?
How did The Onion make the list? This is just another day for them.
They sound about as bright as Homer:
"Hmm, they have the internet on computers now."
Why do you need QA? End users make the best testers.
There is also the Privacy Act of '74, but administrations since then have been chipping away at it.
Yes... FTA:
In Firefox, you can disable prefetching by doing the following:
1. Type "about:config" in the address bar.
2. Scroll down to the setting "network.prefetch-next" and set the value to "False".
Maybe they should change the name of the organization to the Civic Minded-18. Of course their battle cry is going to have to be, "Let's Make A Difference!"
You are right, the ability to learn is important, but a degree doesn't always make someone "educated". One of the best coders I've ever met never even graduated HS.
:).
A degree is no substitute for intelligence and experience. Case in point, when I was in school I learned on a PDP writing FORTRAN-77. It was one step above punch cards. Very, very little of what I learned is helping me today. But, keeping fresh on new technologies by practicing, being active in the community, reading, and taking classes (cert or otherwise) helps enormously... especially as you get older
Would it be illegal to use the p2p client or write the software? In either case, WTF can the US supreme cort do? A lot of the p2p software is used and written outside the US.