OK, although I do not like this decision, but I think there is a bigger issue. The way it works now, taking property by eminent domain is decided by a few politicians, usually by some council or other assembly vote.
Now, the same legislative body cannot levy property tax (at least in Ohio) without an election. So why can't eniment domain issues, which are relatively rare, be voted on by the public? I mean, if it really is for public use (or benefit), should the public have a say in it?
Personally, I would think that an eminent domain election would certainly be better for both sides. Whether it was for highways, schools, or commercial projects, at least there is a process (or scruntinization) that seems more true to the public interest than the agendas of only a few politicians.
Just stick it to the bottom of the keyboard like I do. No one will every find it here.No one will every find it there.
I'll 1-up ya. Because my companies policy is to force users to change passwords every month or so AND the passwords must never be duplicated, I simply pick the date that I change it in the format YYYYMMDD.
On top of that, I write each password down on the back of my business card and tape it on the whiteboard right next to my computer. No joke. People ask me about it, I tell them "It's nothing."
That's how I keep it secret and still remember it.
I'd say it's beneficial to follow the free car wash model when it comes to WiFi access. When I get gasoline at my local pump an buy a fill-er-up, I get a free car wash good for anytime in the next week or so. The access code is right on the receipt.
Using this analogy, buy something $5.00 or more, get a Wifi access code on the receipt for the rest of the day.
Although it is taxation without representation, I live in PA and work in Wilmington DE. I can use almost every service in Wilmington. I have a library card and use it often.
This is very interesting because some libraries in Ohio, like the Cleveland Public Library has residency restrictions. You must be a permanent resident of Ohio. I seem to remember that it use to be that you had to be a resident of Cleveland (I lived in the 'burbs), but I seems that they relaxed a little since I last was there.
The roads, cops and firemen do not ask which state I live in when I utilize their services.
Funny you should mention that! They don't deny emergency services, but they have no problem asking you to pay for it. Case in point, I recently was handling medical billing for my father. I seen a bill for the public fire and ambulance service from the city where my father lived. I questioned that he should not be paying for services that was already paid for by the taxes. The lady who I was speaking to said that if he is a resident of the city, then I just needed to show proof (even though his mailing address was right on the bill). I learned that this city recovers the cost of performing safety services (police, fire, ambulance) if the party is not a resident. The city basically bills that person and it usually is covered by insurance.
If what you say is true, then Wilmington, Delaware might be a nice place to work, but be costly to live there, right?
Just become a convicted felon. You still have to pay taxes, but can't vote in many (any?) place(s).
(IANAL) In Ohio, for example, I believe that a convicted felon cannot vote while incarcerated, but can vote after being on parole or probation.
ORC SECTION 2961.01. Civil rights of convicted felons.
(A) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any other state or the United States, unless the conviction is reversed or annulled, is incompetent to be an elector or juror or to hold an office of honor, trust, or profit. When any person convicted of a felony under any law of that type is granted parole, judicial release, or a conditional pardon or is released under a non-jail community control sanction or a post-release control sanction, the person is competent to be an elector during the period of community control, parole, post-release control, or release or until the conditions of the pardon have been performed or have transpired and is competent to be an elector thereafter following final discharge. The full pardon of a convict restores the rights and privileges so forfeited under this section, but a pardon shall not release a convict from the costs of the convict's conviction in this state, unless so specified.
Some other states are similar, but I have heard that some states absolutely do not allow convicted felons to vote even after they served their time. If that is true, then I think it's just plain wrong.
Lets remind our distinguished ladies and gentlemen that the so-called "commuter" income tax is really... (drum roll please)
Taxation Without Representation
It's really that simple. I am not sure why the courts cannot understand it. Any third grader in a history lesson can understand that.
Other than having a job in Anytown, USA:
I cannot use many of the city's cool services, like recreation, that are for "citizens only".
I cannot complain about the issues plauging the city (some I really care about!)
(and worst of all) I cannot vote in that city.
I would think that any of the founding fathers would not stand any of this ridiculousness. It was a foundation of a revolution.
Of course, I may be a little facetious, but taxation is just out of control.
Whew! I feel a little better.
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It seems the threat from Firefox is forcing them to innovate and improve in a market they once took for granted.
Have you RTFA? Tabbed browsing, IDN support, RSS news aggregator all available in Firefox in some form. So, where exactly is the innovation? Possibly anti-spyware integration??? That's like a mouse setting a mouse trap for itself.
Additionally, Microsoft's "improvement" is really their way of saying that they are now in "catch up" mode.
I don't mean to flame you, but customers should not look forward to the next version of IE in six months or so, when they can get virtually the same features today with Firefox.
Instead of all of these dedicated CPUs for processing graphics, physics, audio all on separate pieces of hardware, I would like to see a consumer media expansion card that has a generic array of CPUs that can be dynamically configurable by the operating system for specific tasks.
For example, suppose I have an array of 5 simple CPUs. In a configuration for games, I can have two CPU for graphics processing, two for audio processing, and one for physics. Or, in a configuration for advanced audio-video processing, I can have three processors for video and two for audio processing. The possiblities are endless.
But AFAIK, there is really no technical reason why this can happen. Maybe I am expecting too much for my relatively cheap PC.
About four years ago, I met a gentlemen and his son while attending an InstallFest at Cleveland Linux Users Group meeting. He was carrying an old aluminum case similar to the pictures. It did not have the fancy neon, but it was similar in concept. It strictly has a Linux on it (I think it was Slackware, IIRC)
Anyway, this person and his son built it because the child frequently visited his grandmother who did not have a computer. So this child would bring the case along with him and have access to a computer.
I thought it was unusual, but very practical and self-contained. The parts were commodity parts that you can find in any catalog and were inexpensive. Last I heard, the man was planning to have a LCD panel integrated in it. Unfortunately, I lost contact when I decided to move. I wish I could show him this.
After reading the benchmarks, I noticed that the Linux distribution chosen was Gentoo. I like Gentoo (and use it myself). The author of the newsforge article does not really state if the all of the kernel, libraries and applications were built completely from scratch or did he use a stage 2 or 3 install.
If the box was built from source, I would expect that Linux benchmarks would be higher simply because the kernel, libraries, and applications were most likely tuned to the hardware. Otherwise, I would like to see RedHat, or SUSE, or other "out of the box" distros in addition to the others.
Not to start a flame war or something, but when I was looking into SOAP and XML-RPC, I came across this newsgroup post by Michi Henning (co-author of Advanced CORBA Programming in C++) that makes me really, really think about using XML as an RPC mechanism.
I like using XML and all, but reverting back to a "binary" XML format for RPC is like going back to CORBA and COM. It just does not make sense! XML has it's uses and I really do not think RPC is one of them, IMHO.
I remember a few years back that we were looking for an alternative to IE for the creation of a web-based kiosk. The old netscape navigator (4.x) used to have a command-line kiosk-mode. Even though it was not that great back then, I would like to see that (specifically, the command line option) feature in Firefox for prototyping. I think that it's currently possible using the javascript preferences, but it's so hard to find. Luckily, Google is my friend.
The client is straight-forward. It needs features like appointment scheduling, meetings, syching etc. Security would need to be the niche.
The second tier is a server solution to replace the Exchange portion. I don't think that Exchange is that great. So, a comparable open source solution tied into great existing MTA (PostFix, Sendmail, etc) or Mozilla-branded MTA.
The one-two punch may knock out the Outlook-Exchange gorilla.
Yes, I understand that Sega and 989 have sports titles, but sports titles is not exactly the core of the game market. This is a great opportunity for the competitors to focus on new, exciting innovative games, rather than having the same old, drawn out pieces of crap that EA puts out season after season.
The majority of games that I purchase for my PS2 does not necessarily have an NFL, NHL, or MLB skelton in it's closet. It is pack full of stunning series of games like Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid, you know, the games that do not have (or need) any third party logo licensing to become successful. So, the competitors need to shift gears to be better.
Alas, it is not really going to be a bunch of missles that going to be the first major CBR (chemical, biological, or nuclear) attack on U.S. soil. It's going to be the first nut-job terrorist extremist, either foreign or domestic, who was manages to sneak a bogey, as a whole or piecewise, through one or more of the various ports available to them.
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The rational is quite simple: Because they can.
Maybe I can stop buying GUIDs with this new movement.
OK, although I do not like this decision, but I think there is a bigger issue. The way it works now, taking property by eminent domain is decided by a few politicians, usually by some council or other assembly vote.
Now, the same legislative body cannot levy property tax (at least in Ohio) without an election. So why can't eniment domain issues, which are relatively rare, be voted on by the public? I mean, if it really is for public use (or benefit), should the public have a say in it?
Personally, I would think that an eminent domain election would certainly be better for both sides. Whether it was for highways, schools, or commercial projects, at least there is a process (or scruntinization) that seems more true to the public interest than the agendas of only a few politicians.
Left, came back an hour later (after breakfast), and ran my "anti virus software".
:-)
An hour? Either it must have taken you a long time to write this or you had one honkin' large breakfast, big boy!
Just stick it to the bottom of the keyboard like I do. No one will every find it here.No one will every find it there.
I'll 1-up ya. Because my companies policy is to force users to change passwords every month or so AND the passwords must never be duplicated, I simply pick the date that I change it in the format YYYYMMDD.
On top of that, I write each password down on the back of my business card and tape it on the whiteboard right next to my computer. No joke. People ask me about it, I tell them "It's nothing."
That's how I keep it secret and still remember it.
I'd say it's beneficial to follow the free car wash model when it comes to WiFi access. When I get gasoline at my local pump an buy a fill-er-up, I get a free car wash good for anytime in the next week or so. The access code is right on the receipt.
Using this analogy, buy something $5.00 or more, get a Wifi access code on the receipt for the rest of the day.
Problem solved!
Now, I really can sue Microsoft when their operating system crashes... if I actually survive to do so.
Although it is taxation without representation, I live in PA and work in Wilmington DE. I can use almost every service in Wilmington. I have a library card and use it often.
This is very interesting because some libraries in Ohio, like the Cleveland Public Library has residency restrictions. You must be a permanent resident of Ohio. I seem to remember that it use to be that you had to be a resident of Cleveland (I lived in the 'burbs), but I seems that they relaxed a little since I last was there.
The roads, cops and firemen do not ask which state I live in when I utilize their services.
Funny you should mention that! They don't deny emergency services, but they have no problem asking you to pay for it. Case in point, I recently was handling medical billing for my father. I seen a bill for the public fire and ambulance service from the city where my father lived. I questioned that he should not be paying for services that was already paid for by the taxes. The lady who I was speaking to said that if he is a resident of the city, then I just needed to show proof (even though his mailing address was right on the bill). I learned that this city recovers the cost of performing safety services (police, fire, ambulance) if the party is not a resident. The city basically bills that person and it usually is covered by insurance.
If what you say is true, then Wilmington, Delaware might be a nice place to work, but be costly to live there, right?
(IANAL) In Ohio, for example, I believe that a convicted felon cannot vote while incarcerated, but can vote after being on parole or probation.
Some other states are similar, but I have heard that some states absolutely do not allow convicted felons to vote even after they served their time. If that is true, then I think it's just plain wrong.
Taxation Without Representation
It's really that simple. I am not sure why the courts cannot understand it. Any third grader in a history lesson can understand that.
Other than having a job in Anytown, USA:
I would think that any of the founding fathers would not stand any of this ridiculousness. It was a foundation of a revolution.
Of course, I may be a little facetious, but taxation is just out of control.
Whew! I feel a little better.
It seems the threat from Firefox is forcing them to innovate and improve in a market they once took for granted.
Have you RTFA? Tabbed browsing, IDN support, RSS news aggregator all available in Firefox in some form. So, where exactly is the innovation? Possibly anti-spyware integration??? That's like a mouse setting a mouse trap for itself.
Additionally, Microsoft's "improvement" is really their way of saying that they are now in "catch up" mode.
I don't mean to flame you, but customers should not look forward to the next version of IE in six months or so, when they can get virtually the same features today with Firefox.
All I need to say is "Why Even Bother".
Instead of all of these dedicated CPUs for processing graphics, physics, audio all on separate pieces of hardware, I would like to see a consumer media expansion card that has a generic array of CPUs that can be dynamically configurable by the operating system for specific tasks.
For example, suppose I have an array of 5 simple CPUs. In a configuration for games, I can have two CPU for graphics processing, two for audio processing, and one for physics. Or, in a configuration for advanced audio-video processing, I can have three processors for video and two for audio processing. The possiblities are endless.
But AFAIK, there is really no technical reason why this can happen. Maybe I am expecting too much for my relatively cheap PC.
User: "Where is my Word Document?"
Hopefully, it's in his $HOME directory and not lurking about the entire filesystem like my word documents...
if you made a cat litter cleaner that picked up all my cat's sh*it, bagged it and throw it out in the morning trash... using linux!
About four years ago, I met a gentlemen and his son while attending an InstallFest at Cleveland Linux Users Group meeting. He was carrying an old aluminum case similar to the pictures. It did not have the fancy neon, but it was similar in concept. It strictly has a Linux on it (I think it was Slackware, IIRC)
Anyway, this person and his son built it because the child frequently visited his grandmother who did not have a computer. So this child would bring the case along with him and have access to a computer.
I thought it was unusual, but very practical and self-contained. The parts were commodity parts that you can find in any catalog and were inexpensive. Last I heard, the man was planning to have a LCD panel integrated in it. Unfortunately, I lost contact when I decided to move. I wish I could show him this.
I hope my future flexible-arm robot does not look like this .
After reading the benchmarks, I noticed that the Linux distribution chosen was Gentoo. I like Gentoo (and use it myself). The author of the newsforge article does not really state if the all of the kernel, libraries and applications were built completely from scratch or did he use a stage 2 or 3 install.
If the box was built from source, I would expect that Linux benchmarks would be higher simply because the kernel, libraries, and applications were most likely tuned to the hardware. Otherwise, I would like to see RedHat, or SUSE, or other "out of the box" distros in addition to the others.
Just my $0.02
like accidentally copy and paste very personal,very inappropriate email messages into my comments!
:-D
Ctrl-V is my worst enemy!
Not to start a flame war or something, but when I was looking into SOAP and XML-RPC, I came across this newsgroup post by Michi Henning (co-author of Advanced CORBA Programming in C++) that makes me really, really think about using XML as an RPC mechanism.
I like using XML and all, but reverting back to a "binary" XML format for RPC is like going back to CORBA and COM. It just does not make sense! XML has it's uses and I really do not think RPC is one of them, IMHO.
I remember a few years back that we were looking for an alternative to IE for the creation of a web-based kiosk. The old netscape navigator (4.x) used to have a command-line kiosk-mode. Even though it was not that great back then, I would like to see that (specifically, the command line option) feature in Firefox for prototyping. I think that it's currently possible using the javascript preferences, but it's so hard to find. Luckily, Google is my friend.
How can we get our Iranian friends back in the Web?
How about revolution?
I think that a two tiered approach is needed.
The client is straight-forward. It needs features like appointment scheduling, meetings, syching etc. Security would need to be the niche.
The second tier is a server solution to replace the Exchange portion. I don't think that Exchange is that great. So, a comparable open source solution tied into great existing MTA (PostFix, Sendmail, etc) or Mozilla-branded MTA.
The one-two punch may knock out the Outlook-Exchange gorilla.
Yes, I understand that Sega and 989 have sports titles, but sports titles is not exactly the core of the game market. This is a great opportunity for the competitors to focus on new, exciting innovative games, rather than having the same old, drawn out pieces of crap that EA puts out season after season.
The majority of games that I purchase for my PS2 does not necessarily have an NFL, NHL, or MLB skelton in it's closet. It is pack full of stunning series of games like Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid, you know, the games that do not have (or need) any third party logo licensing to become successful. So, the competitors need to shift gears to be better.
My "google" spam filter
Envision this:
- Searches 'viagra' or SomeOtherSpamKeyword.
- Continually click on their "Sponsored" links.
- ???
- Profit! (for Google)
This may eventually bankrupt spammers, right?Alas, it is not really going to be a bunch of missles that going to be the first major CBR (chemical, biological, or nuclear) attack on U.S. soil. It's going to be the first nut-job terrorist extremist, either foreign or domestic, who was manages to sneak a bogey, as a whole or piecewise, through one or more of the various ports available to them.