Perhaps there is a sociological pressure for a certain percentage of the population to be criminals. As the highly effective police put away the current crop, another takes its place, resulting in higher crime rates.
I know it is called double entry bookkeeping, and that money is transferred from one account to another. What I don't understand is why you would do that. It doesn't match what is happening in reality. When I get paid, I don't transfer money from an income account to a bank account. Money just "magically" appears in my bank account. Sure, it is a transfer from my employer's account to my account, but why should I be keeping track of my employer's expenses?
I don't grok it. With Quicken, the sum of all of my accounts equals how much money I have/owe. With GnuCash, the sum of all of my accounts is always zero. Money never enters or leaves the system, it just moves around. While I appreciate the error detectability of the thing, at the end of the day/week/year, I want there to be *more* money in the system than when I started.
The problem I have with all of these money management softwares is that they have pathetic budgetting features, if they have them at all. Quicken, Gnucash, etc are great at tracking your money after you have spent it. However, the point of money management is not in tracking how it is spent, but in projecting and planning what *future* spending is going to be. I don't want to find out at the end of the month that I am short by $50. I want to find out at the beginning of the month that my projected spending is going to put me $50 in the hole. That way, I can cut back on something so that I don't wind up with too much month left at the end of my paycheck.
What I would like to see is limits on spending categories. For example: You decide that you are going to spend $100 on gas. Suddenly you have to go way out of town. When you enter the gas receipts and the total comes up to $120, there should be a warning dialog: "You have exceeded your allowable spending in this category." From there you would have to allocate funds from other spending categories (say dining out expenses) to cover the excess. The software should warn you that you need to cut back, and where you can cut back, (based on how you planned to spend the money originally) so that you don't spend more than you earn.
The bottom line is that you can't spend more than you have, and looking at where your money went will not help. You have to manage where your money is going to go.
It is a cost saving feature. In order to market an appliance that uses AC power, it must be certified. The regulations are generally such that any change in the design of the laptop, would require re-certification. i.e. change the trackball for a trackpad, recertify the machine. Equip it with a dvd instead of a cdrom. recertify the machine.
However, the regulations are a lot less demanding with low voltage equipment. So, you keep one certified power "brick" or wall wart, and you can change the rest of the gear to your heart's content.
That's a very interesting point (being able to store information externally). One that I had not considered. My prerequisites for the development of intelligent life (in terms of us being able to detect them, a la SETI) is that they are non-aquatic. In order to generate a radio signal, you're going to need some sort of electricity/electronics setup. This means the ability to smelt metals. In other words, mastery of fire (difficult in an underwater environment). This in turn requires the ability to manipulate tools, fuel, etc, which means some sort of dexterous appendages. More than likely, these would come from a tree dwelling species.
I would think that the most likely scenario for extraterrestrial intelligence would be either insectoid or reptillian. After all, it was only dumb luck that our planet got hit with that rock a few million years ago... Wasn't it? The universe should be filled with Gorn.
Already tried this on Penta. The planet blew up, and now there's this cruddy asteroid belt there. Ruined a perfectly good vacation spot too. Fortunately, I was able to trade my methane yacht for one of those asteroid skimmers, so it wasn't a total loss.
Because they are going after the wrong target. The guy is just reporting that people are using the word "google" as a term for searching the web.
It's like the police arresting the person who dialed 911, instead of arresting the people committing the crime.
I found the scene where Jar-Jar was beating the snot out of one of the battle droids to be quite hilarious. Not to mention the scene of the Jawa Sandcrawler holding its own in the pod race. (FYI: These are on the supplemental DVD, not in the movie.)
This was explored in one of the books. "Spock Must Die", I think. Basically, instead of the transporter breaking you down, they modified it so that it sent a tachyon image of you. The image does all the work, and then the image gets destroyed. The person stays intact. I forget the details; it's been a few years since I read it.
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Perhaps there is a sociological pressure for a certain percentage of the population to be criminals. As the highly effective police put away the current crop, another takes its place, resulting in higher crime rates.
I would probably find it a lot funnier if I knew who Cardinal Sergey Brin and his gang were, and why they rush into the rooms.
Hmmm... Let me google for references.
I know it is called double entry bookkeeping, and that money is transferred from one account to another. What I don't understand is why you would do that. It doesn't match what is happening in reality. When I get paid, I don't transfer money from an income account to a bank account. Money just "magically" appears in my bank account. Sure, it is a transfer from my employer's account to my account, but why should I be keeping track of my employer's expenses?
I don't grok it. With Quicken, the sum of all of my accounts equals how much money I have/owe. With GnuCash, the sum of all of my accounts is always zero. Money never enters or leaves the system, it just moves around. While I appreciate the error detectability of the thing, at the end of the day/week/year, I want there to be *more* money in the system than when I started.
That's why you hand assemble your compiler. That way, you're only vulnerable to processor microcode exploits.
The problem I have with all of these money management softwares is that they have pathetic budgetting features, if they have them at all. Quicken, Gnucash, etc are great at tracking your money after you have spent it. However, the point of money management is not in tracking how it is spent, but in projecting and planning what *future* spending is going to be. I don't want to find out at the end of the month that I am short by $50. I want to find out at the beginning of the month that my projected spending is going to put me $50 in the hole. That way, I can cut back on something so that I don't wind up with too much month left at the end of my paycheck.
What I would like to see is limits on spending categories. For example: You decide that you are going to spend $100 on gas. Suddenly you have to go way out of town. When you enter the gas receipts and the total comes up to $120, there should be a warning dialog: "You have exceeded your allowable spending in this category." From there you would have to allocate funds from other spending categories (say dining out expenses) to cover the excess. The software should warn you that you need to cut back, and where you can cut back, (based on how you planned to spend the money originally) so that you don't spend more than you earn.
The bottom line is that you can't spend more than you have, and looking at where your money went will not help. You have to manage where your money is going to go.
It is a cost saving feature. In order to market an appliance that uses AC power, it must be certified. The regulations are generally such that any change in the design of the laptop, would require re-certification. i.e. change the trackball for a trackpad, recertify the machine. Equip it with a dvd instead of a cdrom. recertify the machine.
However, the regulations are a lot less demanding with low voltage equipment. So, you keep one certified power "brick" or wall wart, and you can change the rest of the gear to your heart's content.
Master Control Program, actually. "I want him in the games until he dies playing."
That's a very interesting point (being able to store information externally). One that I had not considered. My prerequisites for the development of intelligent life (in terms of us being able to detect them, a la SETI) is that they are non-aquatic. In order to generate a radio signal, you're going to need some sort of electricity/electronics setup. This means the ability to smelt metals. In other words, mastery of fire (difficult in an underwater environment). This in turn requires the ability to manipulate tools, fuel, etc, which means some sort of dexterous appendages. More than likely, these would come from a tree dwelling species.
I would think that the most likely scenario for extraterrestrial intelligence would be either insectoid or reptillian. After all, it was only dumb luck that our planet got hit with that rock a few million years ago... Wasn't it? The universe should be filled with Gorn.
Already tried this on Penta. The planet blew up, and now there's this cruddy asteroid belt there. Ruined a perfectly good vacation spot too. Fortunately, I was able to trade my methane yacht for one of those asteroid skimmers, so it wasn't a total loss.
It's a CookBook!!!
Holy smokes! A +5 and a First Post... and here I was all mopey because I was having a bad day.
Did anyone else read "Lead" as the metal, and not as "the one in charge?
Unless, of course, he meant km, in which case, it is a very gently used car.
Because they are going after the wrong target. The guy is just reporting that people are using the word "google" as a term for searching the web. It's like the police arresting the person who dialed 911, instead of arresting the people committing the crime.
Toss in Baggies, Beer Nuts, Cuisinart, Fig Newtons, Jeep, Jell-O, Jockey Shorts, Kitty Litter, Levi's, Life Savers, Mace, Magic Marker, Novocain, Ping-Pong, Polaroid, Popsicle, Post-it Notes, Q-Tips, Rollerblade, Scotch Tape, Styrofoam, Technicolor and Vaseline. Oh, and don't forget celluloid, corn flakes, cube steak, dry ice, formica, heroin, kerosene, lanolin, linoleum, linotype, milk of magnesia, mimeograph, pogo stick, raisin bran, shredded wheat and trampoline. And if you don't mention thermos, escalator, cellophane and yo-yo, I won't either.
Um... The article cited said that the virus was created from four pre-existing dna chains. Not exactly "from scratch".
So! Early long distance communication was done using smoke and mirrors?
Despite the "We Are The World" mentality, what the Treasury Department in the States considers a weapon has no bearing on GERMANY and its citizens.
But carrots ARE good for your eyesight... I mean, have you ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses?
I found the scene where Jar-Jar was beating the snot out of one of the battle droids to be quite hilarious. Not to mention the scene of the Jawa Sandcrawler holding its own in the pod race. (FYI: These are on the supplemental DVD, not in the movie.)
This was explored in one of the books. "Spock Must Die", I think. Basically, instead of the transporter breaking you down, they modified it so that it sent a tachyon image of you. The image does all the work, and then the image gets destroyed. The person stays intact. I forget the details; it's been a few years since I read it.
Isn't the pupil a black hole?
By requiring a 1 as the first digit, they can have area codes starting with 0 and 1.