I guess the faulty assumption I've been attacking is that government bureaucrats tend to be less competent than private-sector bureaucrats. In fact. bureaucratic ineptitude is more strongly related to the size of the organization than to the type of organization. As the corporate lackey of a major player in the computer hardware business, I speak from personal experience.
I would absolutely agree.
My point is that I'm not forced to use Microsoft's product. I don't use hotmail so their outages are irrelevant to me.
On the other hand, the outage of ca.gov affects anyone with a car that wants to use the DMV.
It defines the difference between private and public sector incompetence after you conflated the two. Private sector competence can (generally) be avoided and sometimes lead to extinction of the incompetent company. Public sector incompetence is supported under threat of arrest.
(for those who might not have heard, the massive 360 failure rates have been attributed to crappy solder on the mainboard that fails under high heat levels.) For want of a nail, the shoe was lost...
Since this may seem implausible consider this. The world is on track to double its energy consumption by 2040. To reach that point in a linear fashion--not geometric one--would mean bringing on line three gigawatt class power plants every day from now until then. Right now the figure is about 10 GW plants per year because we are in early long tails of that geometric growth curve. You know who else was concerned about exponential growth?
It's like what I used to say about pushing higher resolutions for television: Ten minutes into a GOOD show or movie and people are no longer conscious of the fact that they are watching it on a 12-inch black and white set. Yeah, but wouldn't you rather have both? If all you are concerned about is story, why not just read a book?
Thanks, I was thinking I didn't have the right agency. A quick web search turned up a bunch of hits with the FBI but nothing specific enough to tell me yay or nay.
Imagine if people weren't clued-in on how to authenticate a $20 bill: Over time only certain government and corporate entities would be trusted to handle currency to prevent spoiling by counterfeiters. Recognizing counterfeit money is a specialization within the FBI. Also, there are few fake $20 bills, not worth the effort. They usually counterfeit $100s. And ever been in a casino where they authenticate with that special marker? This is because you can't tell unless you've got years of experience. We've all probably handled counterfeit money in your lifetime without ever knowing.
Our job as Internet cognoscenti is to keep correcting the people around you on the right way to use Web and email. That job isn't paying enough. Let me know when it gets past $50 bucks an hour. Until then I've got paying work and when I'm not doing that I'd like to spend time with the family.
This stuff is not hard. No, no it isn't. Neither is changing my oil but you won't find me under my car doing it because frankly I only vaguely know how, don't find it one bit interesting, and I certainly don't expect my Engine cognoscenti friends to teach me how to do it. In fact, I would likely be slightly annoyed if they kept trying to do so.
will this lead to cheaper GPS units in the future? Will it open up some innovation in the open source market so that we can have high quality software on low cost hardware? No. This is the transmission side of the system, not the receiver. The consumer doesn't pay for that (except through taxes).
The system they are referring to here tracks the satellites and tells them what to say. The output will not change, just the method used to generate it.
Right, it's just their fucked up system that leads to monopolies? Seriously, libertarian = moron. Libertarianism is not free market capitalism, despite what you may have been told by people who don't want you thinking for yourself.
That, by the way, is also where the libertarian concept of "only physical force is coercion" falls flat on its face: I can kill you without ever lifting a finger against you if I control some vital resource. This is just plain wrong. Libertarians are ardently anti-monopoly as well.
If you can steal a Ferrari in such a way that the original owner still has his Ferrari and suffers no loss from your theft, then more power to ya. And less power to the guy who designs Ferraris for a living.
The client gets the prescribed drug and pays a hefty sum for it. Supposedly, the more they pay, the more likely it is to work. I've been on Placebo for years and it does wonders. I've been trying to find the manufacturer so I can buy their stock but apparently they are very small.
Also, funnily enough, they look at taste like M&Ms.
Bush used the same justification. In his speeches leading up to the war, he never claimed that Iraq was behind 9/11; this is just a myth promoted by various factions that want to see the country fail. Wait! By discrediting the myth that Bush blamed 9/11 on Saddam you are just reinforcing it!
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I would absolutely agree.
My point is that I'm not forced to use Microsoft's product. I don't use hotmail so their outages are irrelevant to me.
On the other hand, the outage of ca.gov affects anyone with a car that wants to use the DMV.
It defines the difference between private and public sector incompetence after you conflated the two. Private sector competence can (generally) be avoided and sometimes lead to extinction of the incompetent company. Public sector incompetence is supported under threat of arrest.
Alright, let me rephrase that "Microsoft won't put me in jail if I don't buy and use their product."
I just never dreamed it would happen in my lifetime!
Microsoft doesn't put me in jail if I don't buy their product.
If only these idiots were running more of my life.
I am strongly in favor of both your proposals and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
So this is how they calculated sales for Vista!
I think labeling people as terrorists because of their color is just wrong.
Thanks, I was thinking I didn't have the right agency. A quick web search turned up a bunch of hits with the FBI but nothing specific enough to tell me yay or nay.
The system they are referring to here tracks the satellites and tells them what to say. The output will not change, just the method used to generate it.
Also, funnily enough, they look at taste like M&Ms.
If the Fed cuts interest rates next week.
Now I have to wait longer for SSD to become the clear winner.
It MUST be bad!