<quote>... appearing bereaved that their latest forgettable album appeared on The Pirate Bay the day after it appeared in iTunes.</quote> <p>...appearing bereaved that their latest forgettable album appeared on The Pirate Bay the week before it appeared in iTunes. <p> FTFY
2. Fire the dead weight left and right (liberals: boooo)
I just want to point out, most liberals are not against firing dead weight, but they just want the person doing the firing to actually have a reason (prove that the firee is actually dead weight). At-will termination means you can fire someone just because you don't like the shoes they wear, for example.</p></quote>
You have a point but as it is, it is practically impossible to fire anyone in the DOD. This needs to be changed.
1. Make civilian employment at-will (liberals: booooo) 2. Fire the dead weight left and right (liberals: boooo) 3. Change the law so that government agencies can legally poach government contractors as new employees (conservatives: booo) even if there were pre-existing non-poaching agreements. 4. Liberalize the procurement regulations so that federal managers can hire 1099s on a no-bid basis for temporary work with the caveat that the federal manager can be fired on a performance basis if their contractor cannot or did not do the work (both: boooo)</p></quote>
I am a liberal (with significant experience working for the DOD) and I support this.
What's truly fucked up here is that they felt that they couldn't fire him simply because of his "pattern of misconduct". They appear to have felt that they needed more proof or something.
I'm not familiar with the New York State government but if it is anything like the federal government, it's nearly impossible to get fired, even with criminal misconduct. Our government will never be more efficient unless they fix this.
I do not defend the GPS tracking but nor do I automatically assume that this guy shouldn't have been fired.
The masses will happily consume Android or Web OS tablets when the price is right.... < $200. That's really all there is to it. And, while these tablets may never be as elegant as the iPads, they will allow you do do more and the vast majority of people will be satisfied. Apple may have the bucks but they will never have the market share (and I'm speaking globally). Their prices are too damn high.
As an aside about your media center setup, I do much the same thing but I've found that cataloging or even saving your media is a huge waste of time. I spend 10-15 enjoyable minutes a day on USENET downloading only what I want (easy to do since I'm in front of a PC all day anyway) and roughly organize it into directories. The front end is MediaPortal, which has never failed (just the occasional hardware issue) and my wife and kids have no problems with it. We delete all but the most exceptional stuff soon after watching. It's not as if I couldn't find it again if I really wanted to. It's easy to become a hoarder but once you realize that the rest of the internet is already doing that for you, you can relax a bit. Basically, the Internet is one gigantic Tivo with infinite retention.
I've seen no automatic scraping/cataloging solution that didn't require even more time and effort to keep organized. Though I admit the results can be snazzy.
For PDFs you need a big screen. None of the small screen e-paper readers will do, and judging by my phone, nothing less than a 10" tablet will do either.
Much of what you say is true, but.... A smartphone is enough for most of us adults who have to have one anyway. Though the games aren't the same (nor as good in many cases), my smartphone packs more than enough entertainment (web, books, video, audio) to keep me occupied.
That said, I'd still love to have some Nintendo games on my phone... an official emulator would be cool. However, I get my real gaming fix on a PC and since I'll probably have a smart phone for the rest of my life, I'll probably never buy another portable game system. The casual adult portable gaming market is permanently lost to smartphones.
It frightens me to think that people at Slashdot of all places can believe that it is still impossible to get through life without seeing a vinyl record. While the OP obviously knows what an LP is. it is entirely likely that he/she has never seen one in use.
My children haven't.
Someone is getting old.
E-books are the new mp3 whether we like it or not.
This is what I call "pulling a Microsoft", or dumbing down your interface to the point where a professional can't use it.
Please don't. You will just end up producing ignorant users.
So, you mean all those ads at the bottom of the Pandora app that were specific to my home town wasn't just a random coincidence? How is it taking these things "silently" when it tells you exactly what you are giving it access too? Obviously, knowing where you live has no bearing on the type of music it's going to play. What else did people think this was going to be used for?
Until I changed my zip code on my Pandora account the day, I was getting Silicon Valley ads despite having moved to the east coast two years ago. So... actual phone location IS NOT being used for the ads, on my phone at least.
Which begs the question... What are they using it for?
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<quote>... appearing bereaved that their latest forgettable album appeared on The Pirate Bay the day after it appeared in iTunes.</quote>
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FTFY
And you were worried that the Patriot Act would be turned on you. Oh wait....
I expect they generally walk with a fine. IMO, fraud by US contractors towards the federal government should be treated as something akin to treason.
I just want to point out, most liberals are not against firing dead weight, but they just want the person doing the firing to actually have a reason (prove that the firee is actually dead weight). At-will termination means you can fire someone just because you don't like the shoes they wear, for example.</p></quote>
You have a point but as it is, it is practically impossible to fire anyone in the DOD. This needs to be changed.
- Liberal
1. Make civilian employment at-will (liberals: booooo)
2. Fire the dead weight left and right (liberals: boooo)
3. Change the law so that government agencies can legally poach government contractors as new employees (conservatives: booo) even if there were pre-existing non-poaching agreements.
4. Liberalize the procurement regulations so that federal managers can hire 1099s on a no-bid basis for temporary work with the caveat that the federal manager can be fired on a performance basis if their contractor cannot or did not do the work (both: boooo)</p></quote>
I am a liberal (with significant experience working for the DOD) and I support this.
Not a complete list but this is the most info I've run across: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/070611-microsoft-android.html
They would not tell us what was infringing but they offered for us to license all their patents and if not then we had to see them in court.
How is this legal? How are you supposed to know what you are infringing upon if they won't tell you?
Is there a lawyer out there who can explain this?
Yeah, this is fucked up and shouldn't be legal.
And if no one can determine which public patents are in question by looking at the patents themselves, that's even more fucked up.
Have any of the infringed patents been made public? I can't find any mention of which patents Microsoft is licensing.
This is not the android tablet you are looking for.
What's truly fucked up here is that they felt that they couldn't fire him simply because of his "pattern of misconduct". They appear to have felt that they needed more proof or something.
I'm not familiar with the New York State government but if it is anything like the federal government, it's nearly impossible to get fired, even with criminal misconduct. Our government will never be more efficient unless they fix this.
I do not defend the GPS tracking but nor do I automatically assume that this guy shouldn't have been fired.
The OP is asking for information on employees that has little to do with stopping copyright violations.
Also, a simple Google search would turn up plenty of commercial content filters out that will do what exactly what he asks.
I can only find what look like very specific feedback forms.
up vote parent.
I haven't seen mod points since the new interface. Are they hidden somewhere or am I unworthy?
The masses will happily consume Android or Web OS tablets when the price is right.... < $200. That's really all there is to it. And, while these tablets may never be as elegant as the iPads, they will allow you do do more and the vast majority of people will be satisfied. Apple may have the bucks but they will never have the market share (and I'm speaking globally). Their prices are too damn high.
As an aside about your media center setup, I do much the same thing but I've found that cataloging or even saving your media is a huge waste of time. I spend 10-15 enjoyable minutes a day on USENET downloading only what I want (easy to do since I'm in front of a PC all day anyway) and roughly organize it into directories. The front end is MediaPortal, which has never failed (just the occasional hardware issue) and my wife and kids have no problems with it. We delete all but the most exceptional stuff soon after watching. It's not as if I couldn't find it again if I really wanted to. It's easy to become a hoarder but once you realize that the rest of the internet is already doing that for you, you can relax a bit. Basically, the Internet is one gigantic Tivo with infinite retention.
I've seen no automatic scraping/cataloging solution that didn't require even more time and effort to keep organized. Though I admit the results can be snazzy.
For PDFs you need a big screen. None of the small screen e-paper readers will do, and judging by my phone, nothing less than a 10" tablet will do either.
Much of what you say is true, but.... A smartphone is enough for most of us adults who have to have one anyway. Though the games aren't the same (nor as good in many cases), my smartphone packs more than enough entertainment (web, books, video, audio) to keep me occupied. That said, I'd still love to have some Nintendo games on my phone... an official emulator would be cool. However, I get my real gaming fix on a PC and since I'll probably have a smart phone for the rest of my life, I'll probably never buy another portable game system. The casual adult portable gaming market is permanently lost to smartphones.
the problem was that the music selection was bad.
Yes, yes it was. I would have been first in line for a Trance/House DJ Hero.
You can get a good one for around $200 if you keep an eye out on sites like Woot, though.
That video seems to be prior art. Is it not?
It frightens me to think that people at Slashdot of all places can believe that it is still impossible to get through life without seeing a vinyl record. While the OP obviously knows what an LP is. it is entirely likely that he/she has never seen one in use. My children haven't. Someone is getting old. E-books are the new mp3 whether we like it or not.
Hear! Hear! I don't really want a 'game', just more building options.
This is what I call "pulling a Microsoft", or dumbing down your interface to the point where a professional can't use it. Please don't. You will just end up producing ignorant users.
Seems like there are already plenty of reasons to avoid Symantec. Just sayin'....
So, you mean all those ads at the bottom of the Pandora app that were specific to my home town wasn't just a random coincidence? How is it taking these things "silently" when it tells you exactly what you are giving it access too? Obviously, knowing where you live has no bearing on the type of music it's going to play. What else did people think this was going to be used for?
Until I changed my zip code on my Pandora account the day, I was getting Silicon Valley ads despite having moved to the east coast two years ago. So... actual phone location IS NOT being used for the ads, on my phone at least. Which begs the question... What are they using it for?