So, your claiming their TOS allows their device to enumerate the other devices on your network and report that they see 2 ipods, 3 iphones, 1 xbox, etc. I ??
I've never had a baby in California, but I've had six in other states. In my experience, you get very little information about what is going on with your baby, especially if you put them in the nursery. Every doctor wandering the halls can stop by and do whatever checks they want, then bill you for the visit. The medical community has some great ethical guidelines, but they are often overlooked or ignored.
I've heard doctors complaining that drug companies are now making more then doctors, percentage of care wise. The best Unions pretend thy aren't Unions. The Patrolman's benevolence group, the AMA, the BAR association, etc.
I'm not sure why you think a culture dealing with hyper-competitive cheaters and a huge underclass that is on the edge of tipping over to violence is going to surpass a culture in a competitive country that rewards hard work while letting the more average people still live well enough to avoid violence.
We're working on undermining ourselves, but developing economies have a long way to go.
Part of the added value of these low level jobs is the training they provide so there is a guy sitting there who has learned the simple stuff and can easily move onto the difficult stuff. Granted, there is a lot of chaff, for every guy that moves up, there are probably three that are not capable of moving up and will hang on to that entry level job like grim death.
The major problem with outsourcing, IMHO, is we're cutting off our legs. We haven't noticed yet, but we'll certainly fall when we don't have the foundation guys moving up over the next decade.
Igel makes some excellent thin clients. Last time I used them they were head and shoulders above HP and Wyse. They operate off a linux image (maybe bsd) that can just be flashed to each device with dd or something similar. Config was basically a big text file.
I also get some extra shows by routing my netflix through different countries via a VPN. Use http://www.flixsearch.io/ to find out what's available in different countries.
As a parent.. ugh.. Gift cards. You just game a the gift of spending my own $20 at the bookstore... Thanks...
Glad you care about the kids. Have you considered Scholastic books gift cards? I know that's popular with the teachers here and all the schools participate in the scholastic book orders.
The internet may be chock full of crap and ads, but it's also chock full of the most useful things. People take it for granted. Do you remember selling old stuff pre-craigslist? Taking an ad in the newspaper, trying to give someone directions to your house? All only minor inconveniences now. I might complain that nobody calls on my furniture ad on craigslist, but at least I'm not paying $5 / line for 3 weeks. The internet has brought so much into our reach. I can learn a new scripting language, today if I want to, without leaving my room. I don't have to go to the library (useless for up to date tech), or hit the bookstore and try to decide which book is suitable. Can anyone remember researching a new car pre-internet? Magazines, consumer report books, multiple dealers... All simplified by the internet you besmirch.
Yes, election days should be standardized and it should be a holiday. There's no reason for off cycle elections like the one last week. They are just set up that way to disenfranchise voters.
Yes, this is one of the things our wise founding fathers screwed up. The constitution gives the responsibility for holding elections to the states. The states usually hand it off to the counties. This results in a terrible patchwork of voting methods and rights. In some places you need a picture ID, in some places felons can't vote, in some places you have to pass a test that the proctor will not allow any black person to pass (wait, we got rid of that one). Several of our states were under review by the federal courts to insure they didn't do stuff to disenfranchise their poor or non-white voters. Most of them have aged out of that system and don't seem to have learned anything from the experience.
The " the technologically moderately literate and illiterate CIOs and CTOs" will fail if they don't include someone who know tech and security. It's only a matter of time. They are not going to get that level of service from a cloud provider. They will have more opportunities to open holes and overspend. The cloud is not a security panacea, it still requires significant planning to ensure security and robustness.
I think your inadvertently highlighting another of the cloud problems. How much does it cost? It's difficult to judge ahead of time and there is risk that you will over utilize and spend a boatload more then you intended. That's not a risk on my own hardware.
Afew years ago they set up random checkpoints for city buses in Indianapolis, just to remind people that the TSA was in charge of that security as well. As documented here, http://www.dailykos.com/story/...
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Employees should be paid with money and only money. Benefits should be provided privately or by the government.
But how will I cheat on my taxes then...?
It sounds like they are asking for Universal Healthcare.
So, your claiming their TOS allows their device to enumerate the other devices on your network and report that they see 2 ipods, 3 iphones, 1 xbox, etc.
I ??
I've never had a baby in California, but I've had six in other states. In my experience, you get very little information about what is going on with your baby, especially if you put them in the nursery.
Every doctor wandering the halls can stop by and do whatever checks they want, then bill you for the visit. The medical community has some great ethical guidelines, but they are often overlooked or ignored.
I've heard doctors complaining that drug companies are now making more then doctors, percentage of care wise.
The best Unions pretend thy aren't Unions. The Patrolman's benevolence group, the AMA, the BAR association, etc.
I'm not sure why you think a culture dealing with hyper-competitive cheaters and a huge underclass that is on the edge of tipping over to violence is going to surpass a culture in a competitive country that rewards hard work while letting the more average people still live well enough to avoid violence.
We're working on undermining ourselves, but developing economies have a long way to go.
Part of the added value of these low level jobs is the training they provide so there is a guy sitting there who has learned the simple stuff and can easily move onto the difficult stuff.
Granted, there is a lot of chaff, for every guy that moves up, there are probably three that are not capable of moving up and will hang on to that entry level job like grim death.
The major problem with outsourcing, IMHO, is we're cutting off our legs. We haven't noticed yet, but we'll certainly fall when we don't have the foundation guys moving up over the next decade.
Igel makes some excellent thin clients. Last time I used them they were head and shoulders above HP and Wyse. They operate off a linux image (maybe bsd) that can just be flashed to each device with dd or something similar. Config was basically a big text file.
Your stuck with a closed platform, RMA's are a pain, next generation is probably incompatible, etc.
I'm seeing some Rasberry Pi rack mount kits also, try google.
I also get some extra shows by routing my netflix through different countries via a VPN. Use http://www.flixsearch.io/ to find out what's available in different countries.
sling has food network,
Sling has a package that will address most of your issues. It's $20 / month.
Or you can go the vpn/torrent route.
Sling tv has a decent selection of channels for $20 / month. Looks like it works with the usual devices, chromecast, xbox, etc.
I think the gift cards my kids got were something like "good for one book under $5", I'm sure they have some sort of deal for the teachers.
As a parent.. ugh.. Gift cards. You just game a the gift of spending my own $20 at the bookstore... Thanks...
Glad you care about the kids. Have you considered Scholastic books gift cards? I know that's popular with the teachers here and all the schools participate in the scholastic book orders.
The internet may be chock full of crap and ads, but it's also chock full of the most useful things. People take it for granted. Do you remember selling old stuff pre-craigslist? Taking an ad in the newspaper, trying to give someone directions to your house? All only minor inconveniences now. I might complain that nobody calls on my furniture ad on craigslist, but at least I'm not paying $5 / line for 3 weeks.
The internet has brought so much into our reach. I can learn a new scripting language, today if I want to, without leaving my room. I don't have to go to the library (useless for up to date tech), or hit the bookstore and try to decide which book is suitable.
Can anyone remember researching a new car pre-internet? Magazines, consumer report books, multiple dealers... All simplified by the internet you besmirch.
Yes, election days should be standardized and it should be a holiday. There's no reason for off cycle elections like the one last week. They are just set up that way to disenfranchise voters.
Yes, this is one of the things our wise founding fathers screwed up. The constitution gives the responsibility for holding elections to the states. The states usually hand it off to the counties. This results in a terrible patchwork of voting methods and rights.
In some places you need a picture ID, in some places felons can't vote, in some places you have to pass a test that the proctor will not allow any black person to pass (wait, we got rid of that one).
Several of our states were under review by the federal courts to insure they didn't do stuff to disenfranchise their poor or non-white voters. Most of them have aged out of that system and don't seem to have learned anything from the experience.
The ones in my US polling station are payed as well, by the parties. There is usually one from each party.
The " the technologically moderately literate and illiterate CIOs and CTOs" will fail if they don't include someone who know tech and security. It's only a matter of time. They are not going to get that level of service from a cloud provider. They will have more opportunities to open holes and overspend. The cloud is not a security panacea, it still requires significant planning to ensure security and robustness.
I think your inadvertently highlighting another of the cloud problems. How much does it cost? It's difficult to judge ahead of time and there is risk that you will over utilize and spend a boatload more then you intended. That's not a risk on my own hardware.
Well... It does help the Agent's spank bank, so not really nothing.
In America?
That's like telling people in Panama to conserve water because Saudi Arabia is a desert.
Afew years ago they set up random checkpoints for city buses in Indianapolis, just to remind people that the TSA was in charge of that security as well.
As documented here, http://www.dailykos.com/story/...
found this as well, so their still doing it... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08...
Thanks for that commentary Rush.