It's a President and 100 corrupt Senators. The President can sign as many treaties as he wants. Unless they are ratified by the Senate they do not become binding according to the US Constitution.
Ok first they announce they've engineered agressive, 'super' mice. Now they've found away to make said ubermice no longer afraid of cats.
Does anyone else smell something funny here? I'll bet money that the Dogs are behind it. They want a proxy army of ubermice with no fear for the coming battle between Dogs and Cats.
My opinion about war is that if a war is worth fighting then it should be fought all out. No holds barred. End it as quickly as possible. If the cause du jour is not worth doing that then the war shouldn't be fought at all.
Up until quite recently in modern terms it was not only acceptible to target civilians, it was part of war doctrine. Civilians are part of the effort in a total war. They man the factories, they pay the taxes and produce the goods that fuel the war effort.
War is ugly on all levels. Killing civilian members of the enemy's society is part of it. Note that I am not excusing it, just pointing it out.
I'd like to know where you live that Time Warner doesn't offer FOX. I have Comcrap, but I have friends and relatives with TW Cable in other parts of the country. They *all* get FOX as part of the *basic* Cable package.
You're either trying to be tongue in cheek and failing, you're spreading FUD, or TW is even more screwed up that I'd thought. I'd like to see proof to show just which one of the above fits your post best.
I've got it! Someone needs to patent 'Patent Trolling' so we can end this sort of madness once and for all! Seriously...this sort of thing has gotten so far out of hand, I'm not sure it *can* be fixed!
You should probably check the prices again with an eye towards price/performance ratios. AMD hasn't been cheaper for a long time. You can save a few bucks by settling for lower performance, but not enough to upgrade that video card or any other significant components.
A lot of those made me think more of him, not less. Did you also read the bills themselves, or did you just go by sensationalistic explanations on the page you cited and the bill names?
These are elected officials we are talking about. School board members are chosen by election. The rules for libel are far different for public figures than for private individuals. This might get interesting. The defendent's speech is political in nature so we're talking First Amendment issues here.
You didn't read carefully enough. You draw whatever picture you want. The background image is just to give you a frame of reference so you know where you started.
It still sounds like a bad idea to me for the second reason you mentioned. I do not see this as being any more secure than enforcing strong passwords. I can see it maybe being useful for touch/stylus devices, but that's a different matter than overall security.
First off, the Sun isn't a device. Second, we 'use' it for almost everything. The food we eat is grown directly or indirectly using the Sun's energy. The weather system of the Earth is driven mostly by the Sun. One could probably spend hours making lists of things we directly or indirectly 'utilize' the Sun for.
If you're going to engage in pedantry at least get it right. I know it was probably an attempt at humor. Better luck next time:)
It's not just a matter of earnings; it's a matter of profit margin. The margins on software are traditionally MUCH higher than on hardware. Hardware profit margins average around 2-3% industry wide. Apple might get just a bit more because they charge a premium for their products. The margin on software is huge, even when you take R&D into account.
That being said, I do not think Apple should sell OS X for all the right reasons given in this discussion. If you want OS X, buy a Mac. I just wanted to point out a slight flaw in your particular reasoning.
You forgot their counterparts across the aisle, the junk-science-fear-mongering types who use 'sky is falling' arguements based on shoddy science to win votes.
Your bill just went down by $18/month? No? Then you're not paying $18 less than the 'chumps' who didn't buy an overpriced phone just so they could have the latest 'gotta have it' accessory from Apple.
There's nothing wrong with Apple making this kind of money...but there is also nothing wrong with publicizing it and perhaps helping some people come to their senses about the iPhone. It might just be the be-all-and-end-all of phones...in a generation or two. Right now it's overpriced, overhyped accessory.
Thank you. I was about to say the same thing. In fact, when I see that someone is in Mensa my first reaction is that they are probably not half as smart as they think they are.
My wife is the Undergraduate Administrator for the EE department at a major University. Almost every one of her students gets job offers when they graduate. Some get the offers months BEFORE they graduate.
This post is anecdotal of course, but so is yours. A lot of it depends on what field you are talking about. Enginners tend to get hired right out of school though.
As a hiring manager in the IT field I've hired quite a few 'kids' right out of school. Did they need 're-education'? You betcha. Did they rapidly develop into valuable employees? Most of them, in time. Not all schools of management theory agree with your broad brush strokes.
The OS knows where it's bits and pieces are and anyone using published API's will be fine; it's rather transparent to the programmer. Where you'll run afoul is if you are trying to directly access a 'known' code entry point illicitly, without going through the proper channels via the OS. This is why it is a step that can help prevent some types of attacks.
It's still a bandaid though, just as it is in every other OS that's implemented it (pretty much everything OTHER than OS X has a form of this already).
Silly moderators...did you actually read the post he referenced? It is highly topical. We live in a data driven world now...he who controls the data will control everything. Not only that, he specifically referenced the link between Google and medical care.
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It's a President and 100 corrupt Senators. The President can sign as many treaties as he wants. Unless they are ratified by the Senate they do not become binding according to the US Constitution.
Ok first they announce they've engineered agressive, 'super' mice. Now they've found away to make said ubermice no longer afraid of cats.
Does anyone else smell something funny here? I'll bet money that the Dogs are behind it. They want a proxy army of ubermice with no fear for the coming battle between Dogs and Cats.
My opinion about war is that if a war is worth fighting then it should be fought all out. No holds barred. End it as quickly as possible. If the cause du jour is not worth doing that then the war shouldn't be fought at all.
Were you born without a sense of humor, or did you lose it in a tragic childhood accident?
Up until quite recently in modern terms it was not only acceptible to target civilians, it was part of war doctrine. Civilians are part of the effort in a total war. They man the factories, they pay the taxes and produce the goods that fuel the war effort.
War is ugly on all levels. Killing civilian members of the enemy's society is part of it. Note that I am not excusing it, just pointing it out.
I'd like to know where you live that Time Warner doesn't offer FOX. I have Comcrap, but I have friends and relatives with TW Cable in other parts of the country. They *all* get FOX as part of the *basic* Cable package.
You're either trying to be tongue in cheek and failing, you're spreading FUD, or TW is even more screwed up that I'd thought. I'd like to see proof to show just which one of the above fits your post best.
I've got it! Someone needs to patent 'Patent Trolling' so we can end this sort of madness once and for all! Seriously...this sort of thing has gotten so far out of hand, I'm not sure it *can* be fixed!
You should probably check the prices again with an eye towards price/performance ratios. AMD hasn't been cheaper for a long time. You can save a few bucks by settling for lower performance, but not enough to upgrade that video card or any other significant components.
A lot of those made me think more of him, not less. Did you also read the bills themselves, or did you just go by sensationalistic explanations on the page you cited and the bill names?
The BBC sells plenty of old crap here in the States, too. If you don't like it then don't watch it?
I do agree that NBC is rather clueless, but not for the reason you cited.
Pleading guilty *might* get him a slightly shorter sentence. It might also get him nicer 'accommodations' while he is 'away'.
Bah. Only a strong central government can calm the chaos. We need an Empire.
These are elected officials we are talking about. School board members are chosen by election. The rules for libel are far different for public figures than for private individuals. This might get interesting. The defendent's speech is political in nature so we're talking First Amendment issues here.
You didn't read carefully enough. You draw whatever picture you want. The background image is just to give you a frame of reference so you know where you started.
It still sounds like a bad idea to me for the second reason you mentioned. I do not see this as being any more secure than enforcing strong passwords. I can see it maybe being useful for touch/stylus devices, but that's a different matter than overall security.
First off, the Sun isn't a device. Second, we 'use' it for almost everything. The food we eat is grown directly or indirectly using the Sun's energy. The weather system of the Earth is driven mostly by the Sun. One could probably spend hours making lists of things we directly or indirectly 'utilize' the Sun for.
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If you're going to engage in pedantry at least get it right. I know it was probably an attempt at humor. Better luck next time
Dammit! Don't give THEM any more ideas!!!
It's not just a matter of earnings; it's a matter of profit margin. The margins on software are traditionally MUCH higher than on hardware. Hardware profit margins average around 2-3% industry wide. Apple might get just a bit more because they charge a premium for their products. The margin on software is huge, even when you take R&D into account.
That being said, I do not think Apple should sell OS X for all the right reasons given in this discussion. If you want OS X, buy a Mac. I just wanted to point out a slight flaw in your particular reasoning.
You forgot their counterparts across the aisle, the junk-science-fear-mongering types who use 'sky is falling' arguements based on shoddy science to win votes.
Your bill just went down by $18/month? No? Then you're not paying $18 less than the 'chumps' who didn't buy an overpriced phone just so they could have the latest 'gotta have it' accessory from Apple.
There's nothing wrong with Apple making this kind of money...but there is also nothing wrong with publicizing it and perhaps helping some people come to their senses about the iPhone. It might just be the be-all-and-end-all of phones...in a generation or two. Right now it's overpriced, overhyped accessory.
Yes, because learning how to live and work in space has no importance whatsoever.
(that was sarcasm btw)
Thank you. I was about to say the same thing. In fact, when I see that someone is in Mensa my first reaction is that they are probably not half as smart as they think they are.
My wife is the Undergraduate Administrator for the EE department at a major University. Almost every one of her students gets job offers when they graduate. Some get the offers months BEFORE they graduate.
This post is anecdotal of course, but so is yours. A lot of it depends on what field you are talking about. Enginners tend to get hired right out of school though.
As a hiring manager in the IT field I've hired quite a few 'kids' right out of school. Did they need 're-education'? You betcha. Did they rapidly develop into valuable employees? Most of them, in time. Not all schools of management theory agree with your broad brush strokes.
Ok...so it's a prophylactic, not a band aid. Condoms still break ;)
I didn't say it wasn't a good step, it's just not a panacea nor is it anything new at all. I'm surprised it took Apple this long to implement it.
The OS knows where it's bits and pieces are and anyone using published API's will be fine; it's rather transparent to the programmer. Where you'll run afoul is if you are trying to directly access a 'known' code entry point illicitly, without going through the proper channels via the OS. This is why it is a step that can help prevent some types of attacks.
It's still a bandaid though, just as it is in every other OS that's implemented it (pretty much everything OTHER than OS X has a form of this already).
Silly moderators...did you actually read the post he referenced? It is highly topical. We live in a data driven world now...he who controls the data will control everything. Not only that, he specifically referenced the link between Google and medical care.
Reading is fundamental.