Unlike cable companies which pretty much hold a monopoly, we may find ourselves with a multitude of internet TV companies. Now we will see true competition keeping the prices down..
PS Got rid of the TV and cable services more than a year ago. Have saved over a grand which went on the credit cards.
PSS Unless these internet TV services offer full captioning, I will probably stick to torrents.. hearing loss..
If they really wanted to prove their case, they would have an onboard system that tracks on a second by second basis.. that would have proved their case. If the computer said from x to y, he was traveling 62 at the same time the cop pegged him. Then, even his parents would have just paid up. But if you ask me, traffic laws are just a way for governments to tax the public yet another way. People break the speed limit all the time with out any harm. It's just another example of bull where we are free except when someone has to "protect" us. Traffic will monitor itself. When the density gets high, people slow down.. Want an example? Drive the 101 through the valley, avg speed is about 80 miles an hour. People do it every day. But they don't drive faster because theirs too much density. I've been driving since I was 15 (in late 40's now), like a lot of people I have YEARS of experience. Why does everyone else have to suffer at the expense of a few retards? We have been snowed..
In the two years I lived in Calabasas, CA off the 101, I decided that CA drivers are pretty good. There's always a few dopes, but most drivers learned their lessons (pay attention, the 70 mile per hour traffic can stop NOW) early and the fact that everyone is breaking the speed limit just makes it easier to get places (unless you are on the 405 pass (just about anywhere). North Dallas, where I live now is totally different. The gov't and the cops have made it their personal mission to keep traffic slow and to make sure each light only gives one party at a time a chance to go. Light switching is way longer taking forever and if you are unfortunate to hit multiple red lights, you add lots of time to your trip. I've often wondered why they do this? Does it lower the town's insurance bill? Did insurers push and pass bills to lower their possible liability?
I didn't enter the contest, but I would have liked some entry that would involved altering world culture to promote a higher ethical code. This is such a vague concept but ever meet a kid who's parents constantly teach them what is right or wrong and why?
This kinda of concept would encompass a culture change where societies would agree on common ethics and morals that transcend religions and cultures in the interest of advancing the spiritual state of mankind. Sounds goofy? Maybe it is.. but it can lead to many other ideas where there is common consensus and agreement and it can be backed by the beliefs of many instead of just a few.
I do not mean any of this from a religious standpoint.. do you stop to help a fellow with a flat? Or do you just keep driving? Do you devote resources to feed a hungry city or do you just look the other way? Do you act with positive intent or do you act with anger and hate?
Watching tv where every other show is about cops and violence.. its become obvious to me that the issues are in the culture.. (please note I did not include sex in that one, sex is gooooood very gooooood)
Focus on the biological idea and let it grow itself.. do we not see multiple stem cell ideas and advances weekly as compared to a technological area? While America has been sitting on stem cell research, other countries have moved ahead.. (or so I've read:), especially China.. I'll take a pair of blue eyes please:)
This is a total waste of time. Nature already has the best eye.. all we have to do is grow it..
But for the sake of technology, this stuff is great and can result in advances in other fields and products.. maybe someday allowing us to replace our eyes with totally hackable bionic eyes hooked into the internet and capable of playing all the porn we want anytime we want it.. shit, I missed my bus again..
Sure it depends on the situation. But most cases, they can work on something else so its not wasted time. Often you can design your "process" so that they never work on the same record at the same time because their tasks lists are "on purpose" not overlapping.
Some interesting ideas here.. Especially the AJAX idea.. However, consider this. Any scheme that involves telling the user "after the fact" that the record has changed is "wasting" the user's/companies time and money, resulting in rework. If your scheme tells you ahead of time that so and so has the lock and you can't, then you save the user's efforts. Of course, I'm speaking generically in that some data entry systems might be ok with multiple edits of the same records.
Sounds like you are judging the world from one experience. A few (or more) years back I was the admin on the Mandrakeusers.org forum and we used to bend over backwards to help noobs learn linux. Granted it was technical but the latest linux distros are looking pretty good. But my point is that there a plenty of "good souls" out there!
America's drug culture (govt, drug companies, police, politians) won't allow ibogaine. All these parties put themselves first before our own people. According to wikipedia, its been around since the 1960s and both Mexico and Canada allow its use. But not here, not in America, land of the free (insert sarcasm here)
They find it so profitable because our citizens demand the drugs and enable it.. They are bad people but are we necessarily any better when our entire society is aware of the problem of mass use of drugs, and does not attempt to change our attitude (I'm not talking punishment/prison here), I'm talking making a free choice and a mature one.. I know I know.. I'm expecting too much!
It's much more simple than that. Anytime the Chinese dictators can remind their citizens that they are in charge, they will make an example of you. Unless you can bribe your way out of course..
I'm trying to say that the terminology is confusing. Employer/employee. Police officer is an employee of the city/govt. Police officer does not have an employer/employee relationship with me. Quite the contrary. But the police department is responsible to the public. Trying to fit a square into a round peg is useless and is just an attempt to say "I control them". Not really the case..
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I think you are projecting your inner anger.. asshole, zero knowledge, haughtily superior.. takes one to know one..
Unlike cable companies which pretty much hold a monopoly, we may find ourselves with a multitude of internet TV companies. Now we will see true competition keeping the prices down.. PS Got rid of the TV and cable services more than a year ago. Have saved over a grand which went on the credit cards. PSS Unless these internet TV services offer full captioning, I will probably stick to torrents.. hearing loss..
I'm so fcsked!
What $School did you go too?
Did you mean "woah, woah, woah"?
It's hard to get the nutritional energy to move the McDonald's fat around by walking.
If they really wanted to prove their case, they would have an onboard system that tracks on a second by second basis.. that would have proved their case. If the computer said from x to y, he was traveling 62 at the same time the cop pegged him. Then, even his parents would have just paid up. But if you ask me, traffic laws are just a way for governments to tax the public yet another way. People break the speed limit all the time with out any harm. It's just another example of bull where we are free except when someone has to "protect" us. Traffic will monitor itself. When the density gets high, people slow down.. Want an example? Drive the 101 through the valley, avg speed is about 80 miles an hour. People do it every day. But they don't drive faster because theirs too much density. I've been driving since I was 15 (in late 40's now), like a lot of people I have YEARS of experience. Why does everyone else have to suffer at the expense of a few retards? We have been snowed..
In the two years I lived in Calabasas, CA off the 101, I decided that CA drivers are pretty good. There's always a few dopes, but most drivers learned their lessons (pay attention, the 70 mile per hour traffic can stop NOW) early and the fact that everyone is breaking the speed limit just makes it easier to get places (unless you are on the 405 pass (just about anywhere). North Dallas, where I live now is totally different. The gov't and the cops have made it their personal mission to keep traffic slow and to make sure each light only gives one party at a time a chance to go. Light switching is way longer taking forever and if you are unfortunate to hit multiple red lights, you add lots of time to your trip. I've often wondered why they do this? Does it lower the town's insurance bill? Did insurers push and pass bills to lower their possible liability?
That's one confused bios :)
Have you tried going into the BIOS and just using the reset option? Clears that up sometimes..
I didn't enter the contest, but I would have liked some entry that would involved altering world culture to promote a higher ethical code. This is such a vague concept but ever meet a kid who's parents constantly teach them what is right or wrong and why? This kinda of concept would encompass a culture change where societies would agree on common ethics and morals that transcend religions and cultures in the interest of advancing the spiritual state of mankind. Sounds goofy? Maybe it is.. but it can lead to many other ideas where there is common consensus and agreement and it can be backed by the beliefs of many instead of just a few. I do not mean any of this from a religious standpoint.. do you stop to help a fellow with a flat? Or do you just keep driving? Do you devote resources to feed a hungry city or do you just look the other way? Do you act with positive intent or do you act with anger and hate? Watching tv where every other show is about cops and violence.. its become obvious to me that the issues are in the culture.. (please note I did not include sex in that one, sex is gooooood very gooooood)
Focus on the biological idea and let it grow itself.. do we not see multiple stem cell ideas and advances weekly as compared to a technological area? While America has been sitting on stem cell research, other countries have moved ahead.. (or so I've read :), especially China.. I'll take a pair of blue eyes please :)
This is a total waste of time. Nature already has the best eye.. all we have to do is grow it.. But for the sake of technology, this stuff is great and can result in advances in other fields and products.. maybe someday allowing us to replace our eyes with totally hackable bionic eyes hooked into the internet and capable of playing all the porn we want anytime we want it.. shit, I missed my bus again..
Sure it depends on the situation. But most cases, they can work on something else so its not wasted time. Often you can design your "process" so that they never work on the same record at the same time because their tasks lists are "on purpose" not overlapping.
Some interesting ideas here.. Especially the AJAX idea.. However, consider this. Any scheme that involves telling the user "after the fact" that the record has changed is "wasting" the user's/companies time and money, resulting in rework. If your scheme tells you ahead of time that so and so has the lock and you can't, then you save the user's efforts. Of course, I'm speaking generically in that some data entry systems might be ok with multiple edits of the same records.
Ok Grandpa ;)
That may be true in general but this is not a general kinda mistake..
You're a mommy's boy sounds like.. - just kidding, really!
Who got fired?
Everyone knows that the universe will only last another 6000 years!
Sounds like you are judging the world from one experience. A few (or more) years back I was the admin on the Mandrakeusers.org forum and we used to bend over backwards to help noobs learn linux. Granted it was technical but the latest linux distros are looking pretty good. But my point is that there a plenty of "good souls" out there!
America's drug culture (govt, drug companies, police, politians) won't allow ibogaine. All these parties put themselves first before our own people. According to wikipedia, its been around since the 1960s and both Mexico and Canada allow its use. But not here, not in America, land of the free (insert sarcasm here)
They find it so profitable because our citizens demand the drugs and enable it.. They are bad people but are we necessarily any better when our entire society is aware of the problem of mass use of drugs, and does not attempt to change our attitude (I'm not talking punishment/prison here), I'm talking making a free choice and a mature one.. I know I know.. I'm expecting too much!
It's much more simple than that. Anytime the Chinese dictators can remind their citizens that they are in charge, they will make an example of you. Unless you can bribe your way out of course..
Go ahead.. believe that! *rolling eyes*
I'm trying to say that the terminology is confusing. Employer/employee. Police officer is an employee of the city/govt. Police officer does not have an employer/employee relationship with me. Quite the contrary. But the police department is responsible to the public. Trying to fit a square into a round peg is useless and is just an attempt to say "I control them". Not really the case..