The big problem with 'idea people' running the train is that it often becomes an excuse for micromanagement. On average I get one productive hour a day and the idea folks kill the other eight. Just to get around it I come in an hour after the managers get in, skip lunches and work an extra hour every day just to squeeze two good hours in.
I had similar thoughts. The Cloud: Ease, Reliability, Offloading during peak hours and now, Government sponsored censorship.
All in all, I'm really not throwing bricks at Amazon, they have a lot to lose and as a consumer I'd rather not lose that; but I'm glad that a story like this came along to spray a little reality on 'the cloud'.
Just to be clear it makes it sound like I only mean that RF is covered by the FCC. Anything used for communication or possibly interfering with communication short of smoke signals, carrier pigeon and the daily mail are in their jurisdiction. If a particular brand of microwave oven caused your TV to turn off and your garage door opener to explode, the FCC might have something to say about it (though the FDA would probably act first).
This is a far sight better than having Congress make these decisions as they would probably force everyone to communicate via microwave oven.
Crackheads* have been doing this for decades; looting construction sites and such for "scrap". While I think it is a bad sign, it really isn't anything new, except others a joining in on the fun while facing unemployment, rising food prices, etc.
*Yes, I'm targeting a specific, generally low-income, subgroup of drug addicts, I guess that makes me a bigot; then again the Rotarians have never broken into my house and ransacked the place for anything that can be turned over to a pawnbroker or scrap dealer.
True, it is just an IO device. Nintendo could have encrypted the hell out of the Wii mote, but why make things difficult for yourself? Only the hobbyist is going to use that hunk of plastic for anything else.
Too bad MS didn't see the other side of the coin when they wasted cash on Vista only keyboards and webcams.
I think you are thinking of something more like The Sun or The Mirror or even on a really bad day, The Daily Mail. The Register is an often sarcastic, UK tech site. I sometimes take what they say with a grain of salt, but I wouldn't put it in the same class as the National Enquirer.
"I'm experience with administering various cloud computing techniques." = "I setup a SQL Azure account a couple months ago and I know how to use Google Docs." ?
The real question is where do you draw the line between shaming/notification and blackmail/extortion?
The line between "Pay up or we'll let your Facebook friends know you are a worthless bum who can't pay their bills" and "Pay up or your boss will find out something you may or may not want him to know; we also offer fine (protection) services." really isn't that thin in this day and age.
Historically NC has been called, the vale of humility between two mountains of conceit (SC/VA). I'll admit they have their share of rednecks and old boys, but that state is a hell of a lot more progressive than the adjacent areas. It is a shame that they automatically get lumped into cousin-fucker stereotypes, because they have tried really hard while their neighbors wallow in their own shit, jump for handouts and fight tooth and nail to stay in the past. I say this as a South Carolinian.
True. This thing is only capable of doing its one task (read script of facial/body movements and voice). The title might as well read, "Repurposed cash register with fancy face plate makes Stage Debut in Japan". Now if it can read the actions of other actors and deliver its lines based on their reactions, that is something completely different.
I can't help but wonder if that one has peaked already. Just a general leery feeling about anything whose popularity hinges on the cell phone market. People seem to change phones with a greater frequency than they change their socks. iOS one day, everyone wants a Droid the next.
Will, never, ever, ever, ever happen. Java and MySQL are Oracle IPs now. Even if they are completely worthless on their own, why give up the chance to sue someone? All I can say at this point is fuck 'em and good luck to all of those forked projects.
I think that gets a touch closer than the idea that Americans cling to ideas of a "demon-god". Americans have faith in two other things, technology and money; quality of life, sacrifice for the common good and reincarnation, not so much. If life requires millions and breathing tubes, screw it; better than being dead tomorrow. That is a total loss of investment in self.
Living in the southeast I can tell you that the region is just geographically screwed when it comes to beer. It is far too warm to grow most malt-able cereals (unless your beer is made of corn or maybe rice and then you call it Bud lite). Also growing hops generally involves some kind of refrigeration trick (the rhizomes need several frozen months or the vine isn't going to flower). So in the end you are left with purchasing a dump truck of malt from someone like Breiss. No matter how you fight it around here, you get the same ingredients as any of the big boy brewers, so what is left? Gimmicks.
Thankfully we have whiskey and the whiskey fixes everything.
The pachyderm in the parlor, however, is the fact that if you take an IQ 100 person (or lower) and try to teach them math beyond the basics, you're not often going to get very far. People aren't born equal in capacity, and we can't fix that by applying more pressure to their foreheads, which is about what forced math classes do.
Big problem there, in pursuit of getting higher test scores, schools will (and do) happily ignore students who don't score high enough for GT programs. Fuck 'em they aren't going to become brain surgeons, we'll just keep shoving them from 101 to 101. Keeps the scores high so we don't lose our jobs/funding. If he scores 1300 on the SAT, well, must have been an anomaly.
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The big problem with 'idea people' running the train is that it often becomes an excuse for micromanagement. On average I get one productive hour a day and the idea folks kill the other eight. Just to get around it I come in an hour after the managers get in, skip lunches and work an extra hour every day just to squeeze two good hours in.
I really don't see Obama trying anything like that. Ours isn't the only interests up there.
I had similar thoughts. The Cloud: Ease, Reliability, Offloading during peak hours and now, Government sponsored censorship.
All in all, I'm really not throwing bricks at Amazon, they have a lot to lose and as a consumer I'd rather not lose that; but I'm glad that a story like this came along to spray a little reality on 'the cloud'.
Just to be clear it makes it sound like I only mean that RF is covered by the FCC. Anything used for communication or possibly interfering with communication short of smoke signals, carrier pigeon and the daily mail are in their jurisdiction. If a particular brand of microwave oven caused your TV to turn off and your garage door opener to explode, the FCC might have something to say about it (though the FDA would probably act first).
This is a far sight better than having Congress make these decisions as they would probably force everyone to communicate via microwave oven.
All kinds actually. Cell phones, wifi; anything that takes up spectrum space is under the jurisdiction of the FCC.
Crackheads* have been doing this for decades; looting construction sites and such for "scrap". While I think it is a bad sign, it really isn't anything new, except others a joining in on the fun while facing unemployment, rising food prices, etc.
*Yes, I'm targeting a specific, generally low-income, subgroup of drug addicts, I guess that makes me a bigot; then again the Rotarians have never broken into my house and ransacked the place for anything that can be turned over to a pawnbroker or scrap dealer.
True, it is just an IO device. Nintendo could have encrypted the hell out of the Wii mote, but why make things difficult for yourself? Only the hobbyist is going to use that hunk of plastic for anything else.
Too bad MS didn't see the other side of the coin when they wasted cash on Vista only keyboards and webcams.
I think you are thinking of something more like The Sun or The Mirror or even on a really bad day, The Daily Mail. The Register is an often sarcastic, UK tech site. I sometimes take what they say with a grain of salt, but I wouldn't put it in the same class as the National Enquirer.
The market dictated that they were the best possible questions. They sold so well.
"I'm experience with administering various cloud computing techniques." = "I setup a SQL Azure account a couple months ago and I know how to use Google Docs." ?
The real question is where do you draw the line between shaming/notification and blackmail/extortion?
The line between "Pay up or we'll let your Facebook friends know you are a worthless bum who can't pay their bills" and "Pay up or your boss will find out something you may or may not want him to know; we also offer fine (protection) services." really isn't that thin in this day and age.
Historically NC has been called, the vale of humility between two mountains of conceit (SC/VA). I'll admit they have their share of rednecks and old boys, but that state is a hell of a lot more progressive than the adjacent areas. It is a shame that they automatically get lumped into cousin-fucker stereotypes, because they have tried really hard while their neighbors wallow in their own shit, jump for handouts and fight tooth and nail to stay in the past. I say this as a South Carolinian.
You've been reading ycombinator. http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/744199---israelification-high-security-little-bother
MS isn't an investor's darling, that is a big difference. If there is a large enough ROI in it, people will let you do whatever you want.
True. This thing is only capable of doing its one task (read script of facial/body movements and voice). The title might as well read, "Repurposed cash register with fancy face plate makes Stage Debut in Japan". Now if it can read the actions of other actors and deliver its lines based on their reactions, that is something completely different.
I can't help but wonder if that one has peaked already. Just a general leery feeling about anything whose popularity hinges on the cell phone market. People seem to change phones with a greater frequency than they change their socks. iOS one day, everyone wants a Droid the next.
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
The question I can't seem to figure out. What keeps them from pulling a Halliburton and just leaving the US?
Not a problem, the intellimouse is still kicking 9 years later. It was the model m of mice.
Shhhh. Remember the first rule. We don't talk acket-pay on the adio-racket snay.
Will, never, ever, ever, ever happen. Java and MySQL are Oracle IPs now. Even if they are completely worthless on their own, why give up the chance to sue someone? All I can say at this point is fuck 'em and good luck to all of those forked projects.
I think that gets a touch closer than the idea that Americans cling to ideas of a "demon-god". Americans have faith in two other things, technology and money; quality of life, sacrifice for the common good and reincarnation, not so much. If life requires millions and breathing tubes, screw it; better than being dead tomorrow. That is a total loss of investment in self.
Living in the southeast I can tell you that the region is just geographically screwed when it comes to beer. It is far too warm to grow most malt-able cereals (unless your beer is made of corn or maybe rice and then you call it Bud lite). Also growing hops generally involves some kind of refrigeration trick (the rhizomes need several frozen months or the vine isn't going to flower). So in the end you are left with purchasing a dump truck of malt from someone like Breiss. No matter how you fight it around here, you get the same ingredients as any of the big boy brewers, so what is left? Gimmicks.
Thankfully we have whiskey and the whiskey fixes everything.
The pachyderm in the parlor, however, is the fact that if you take an IQ 100 person (or lower) and try to teach them math beyond the basics, you're not often going to get very far. People aren't born equal in capacity, and we can't fix that by applying more pressure to their foreheads, which is about what forced math classes do.
Big problem there, in pursuit of getting higher test scores, schools will (and do) happily ignore students who don't score high enough for GT programs. Fuck 'em they aren't going to become brain surgeons, we'll just keep shoving them from 101 to 101. Keeps the scores high so we don't lose our jobs/funding. If he scores 1300 on the SAT, well, must have been an anomaly.
I'd like you to think that you said that to yourself in the Frank Langella "Nixon" voice.
Just swap it back to the old one in your profile settings.