The difference being, corporations are run by *groups* of people, usually with differing opinions on how to behave. Thus: "sounds like groups of people are just like individual [meat] persons."
Except, of course, that a single person can be pro, contra or neutral on any given subject. A group of people can be those, too, but the end result is usually not a unanimous decision, and that's where it becomes murky - if 40% vote pro the "evil" course, 30% vote contra, and 30% don't care; the evil course is followed, even though only a minority of the organism really wanted to follow it. Cue a plethora of voting systems, but if you find a perfect one, feel free to share it with the world.
Yep. From what I've seen from him, I suspect he'll now have seen the light and start devoting his considerable skills to porting whatever is MSes current ultimate programming language, or maybe WGA.
"acquired", with quotes ? What, you were taking an innocent evening stroll through a random stranger's living room and one just happened to fall into your pocket of it's own accord ?
As a restoftheworldian, the stories we get from the US sometimes make me wonder if this "rest of society" you speak of even exists. You might be the last of a dying breed.
I still have some, somewhere. They were rather convenient for the bail on rented equipment and suchlike, as the money never got out of your account if it was returned in order. VISA offers a similar service, I believe, although the money is actually blocked off your limit.
The paper things are still valid here in.be, too, although use has plumetted as planned when the 5000BFr (about 125€) bank warranty was removed years ago.
I think "wire money" in the US means money transfer services a la Western Union. What GP is talking about, is probably account-to-account transfers (dutch is overschrijving, french is virement, use the fish for your local sound), which is indeed (mostly) free nationally, and also free in-Euroland.
Given that I'm not in the industry, I'm not aware of such data and would very much like to see sources for your claims. Merely shouting "we're the best" doesn't make it so.
Free healthcare works pretty much the same as the insurance companies: it's about averages. Everyone pools in a bit of dough, and it gets redistributed to the ones who need it at that moment.
There are obviously a few differences:
* Because the pool is so large (whole-country level), the individual donation will be less
* The state may occasionally or regularly pour some more money in because there's an imbalance. Given that that comes from your taxes anyway, that's still everyone paying for the system to work.
* There's no coporate middleman filling their and the shareholders' pockets, so more money can go to actual healthcare
No, but *your* incompetence with an aircraft at least keeps you from flying it into a building.
I agree that a computer is just a tool for the majority of people, but if you want to use a tool, you have to have a measure of competency with it. You don't want someone incompetent running around with a chain saw, do you ?
What's next, you can't expect users to know the difference between left- and right-click ?
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> Well spank my uncle and grease my kittens
You owe me a keyboard decaffeination.
Good post, though. I wish I could put things as eloquently as you.
But.. but... surely, if *one* order of magnitude is 10x, *two* orders of magnitude must be 20x ? Please ? *cough*
That should bring back the spark in your relationship, yeah.
The difference being, corporations are run by *groups* of people, usually with differing opinions on how to behave. Thus: "sounds like groups of people are just like individual [meat] persons."
Except, of course, that a single person can be pro, contra or neutral on any given subject. A group of people can be those, too, but the end result is usually not a unanimous decision, and that's where it becomes murky - if 40% vote pro the "evil" course, 30% vote contra, and 30% don't care; the evil course is followed, even though only a minority of the organism really wanted to follow it. Cue a plethora of voting systems, but if you find a perfect one, feel free to share it with the world.
Yep. From what I've seen from him, I suspect he'll now have seen the light and start devoting his considerable skills to porting whatever is MSes current ultimate programming language, or maybe WGA.
Yeah, a bowl of chips makes most shooters more fun.
I'm not getting a billion dollars, so I don't want the million you're offering me.
No, young Aragorn's adventure will most likely become a TV series *cough*
Yes. Especially when the monkey appears right when you're having a face-to-face with your boss.
"acquired", with quotes ? What, you were taking an innocent evening stroll through a random stranger's living room and one just happened to fall into your pocket of it's own accord ?
Hah, sounds all too familiar to this southern neighbour :-)
I take note that you don't specify coding to deliver a *good* product at a reasonable cost.
A random guess would be that some developer took a few shortcuts so he could show off the performance improvements he made on the hypervisor.
Tupperware parties ?
I instinctively agree with your position, but do you know of any studies to this effect ?
As a restoftheworldian, the stories we get from the US sometimes make me wonder if this "rest of society" you speak of even exists. You might be the last of a dying breed.
You're required to accept legal tender, but do cheques really fall under that ? Aren't you free to refuse them ?
I still have some, somewhere. They were rather convenient for the bail on rented equipment and suchlike, as the money never got out of your account if it was returned in order. VISA offers a similar service, I believe, although the money is actually blocked off your limit.
The paper things are still valid here in .be, too, although use has plumetted as planned when the 5000BFr (about 125€) bank warranty was removed years ago.
I suspect there's a confusion in terms here.
I think "wire money" in the US means money transfer services a la Western Union. What GP is talking about, is probably account-to-account transfers (dutch is overschrijving, french is virement, use the fish for your local sound), which is indeed (mostly) free nationally, and also free in-Euroland.
Given that I'm not in the industry, I'm not aware of such data and would very much like to see sources for your claims. Merely shouting "we're the best" doesn't make it so.
Free healthcare works pretty much the same as the insurance companies: it's about averages. Everyone pools in a bit of dough, and it gets redistributed to the ones who need it at that moment.
There are obviously a few differences:
* Because the pool is so large (whole-country level), the individual donation will be less
* The state may occasionally or regularly pour some more money in because there's an imbalance. Given that that comes from your taxes anyway, that's still everyone paying for the system to work.
* There's no coporate middleman filling their and the shareholders' pockets, so more money can go to actual healthcare
Yep, sucks.
Lol :-)
First one I think of is Elodia, by Lacrimosa.
It'll be over nine thousand any moment now.
No, but *your* incompetence with an aircraft at least keeps you from flying it into a building.
I agree that a computer is just a tool for the majority of people, but if you want to use a tool, you have to have a measure of competency with it. You don't want someone incompetent running around with a chain saw, do you ?
What's next, you can't expect users to know the difference between left- and right-click ?