Here Here!!!! That would be a great model. I don't mind paying for good to excellent content. I do mind paying for most of the crap we are stuck with! It really begs the question "Why we go to the movies?"
As we get closer to this new reality we need a sponser! Who can we sign up? Who's starving in Hollywood and wants to start a movement?
Q: What have we lost? What has the goverment gained? How do we get it back?
Several things are clear, keep us happy, fat and dumb. And as for the poll, there should be posted here to see what the real reaction would be from our community to this issue.
What is the first thing you learn as a parent? If you tell your child to not do something they will instantly do what you don't want them to do.
Ok, so you take a different direction. You strongly suggest they use/do/act whatever in a different way. This sometimes works sometimes not (50/50).
You then realize that no matter what you do they "your children" will do what they want and it doesn't matter what you say. So you decide to set examples and boundries for them and make it clear why you wouldn't do what they may or maynot do.
Or you realize that controlling your workers by banners, slogans, hawaiian shirts doesn't work and that one should be focusing on the work and leave the negitive stuff at home.
Another note I would be offended to be called a "Kid" we are adults who deserve the same respect you are demanding!
Excellent response and understanding of what someone with Diabeties has to live with. Our daughter was diagnosed at 14 months and she is now 7 years old. We have lived with this for several years and at the time she was diagnosed they were talking about things in the next 5 years from then, well it is six years and counting and still nothing substantial. I will also not go into the details but we have seen a low of 32 BG and highs in the 600 BG range.
We have been involved in the locale JDRF chapter. Did the walks for the cure. All I am left with is more questions and concerns. First why don't they bundle everything a diabetic would need under one perscription?
Supplies
Lancets
Alcohol Wipes
Needles
Two or Three types of insulin
Test Strips (This one is the worst and most expensive, we are completely over a barrel on these.)
Where does all of the money go?
What are we really getting in the way of value from our efforts?
Sometimes progress is too slow and needs a shot in the ass!
We would happily rush to the hospital to give up any part of my person if we knew they it would cure my daughters disease!
It sometimes feels like the shotgun method for finding a cure.
And my last question: Knowing Type 1 is an auto-immune disease. Why can't they use information and share data from other researchers to understand why the body or virus decided one day to invade and destroy a main function of my daughters body!
If I am going to consume something later does it mean that I have to buy it today?
Example: If I decide to watch a movie via the internet but then at a later date also decide to watch in on my all too expensive Cable channel have they really lost anything? Isn't it a matter of time shifting my consumption of a product?
I mean I am not concerned about breaking their old pricing model but I am concerned that I am not getting enough value from my subscription dollars.
Thank you for making my point. Clearly we are and have a lot to learn about the world we live on. There is so much that we don't know and when we react with emotion and don't step back to look at the bigger picture we fail to grasp the true issues we are dealing with.
I would rather we spend our time looking for solutions and learn from our mistakes than to sit by and let others decide what is best for us. I think that you need to also look at the long history of the Chinese culture. They have been around for a long time and have kept growing continually through-out the ages.
I believe the point of the book as will all of Crichton's novels are to examine a topic and bring to light the ideas that don't usually get press or aired completely. His research his style of prose allows us to imagine the world we live in the true sense of SciFi.
You should also read what Crichton has to say at the end and what he believes.
You can't prove anything! You can only disprove them. Read the books, then read the extensive biblography with so many references. Start lining up your facts and realize the load of crap we are fed on a daily basis.
Did a little looking and came up with the following links. Who wants to be tied to a client and another power drainer. Hook up ethernet or wireless.
http://www.lan-cell.com/1XMG/index.htm
What about creating an internet lab a virtual lab which would house numours hardware and OS systems and allow the curious a chance to present there findings and also applying them!
I am concerned that we are going to box outselves in to a "know everything" you do, when most of what is done is just benign expermentation.
It gets me so annoyed whenever we call Cisco now and get someone who doesn't understand anything I am saying. It is Verbal and Non-Verbal for the most part too.
I don't see this as a chance to limit contact but to limit forced contact. How long to do the lines need to be anyways? How cool was it when Kmart had the self check isle? I was in and out of the store in less than 5 minutes. Technology allows us to do is maximize our time with each other and provides with chances to interact with those who we want to interact with.
It is not like the check out people really care about you or yours, they are there to act as an analog arm that takes to food from and passed it to the bag. Also watching to make sure that you don't get away with anything!
First I think that both responses to this post have missing the point. I am talking about standards. Who sets the standards and why they are put into place.
Are your business applications written to run under Mac OS or Win OS? Mine are written to run on a WinOS platform.
Do the majority of your clients know and understand how to use MacOS/Hardware?
Our clients have a hard enough doing the simple tasks needed to use the applications and WinOS by themselves. Adding the further complexity of another device/OS would only increase calls to our Support Center.
VM's, compatibility mode and clients (I did a way with clients when I got rid of Novell) to connect devices to backend systems only adds to the complexity and issues one experiences when trying to make non-native systems work together.
More Time to Configure + More time to support = More cost.
Boiling this down, we support a single system because of an understanding of how an information infrastructure is run and managed. What will our clients understand and what level of competency and performance improvements can we gain from our leverage of technology. They care about if it works and that someone picks up the Support Center phone when they have a problem.
This is about business and not about a personal preference again decided upon by a selected few.
Security issues are only a response to a lack of planning and understanding your computer environment. Our security was able to adapt and quickly overcome the issues raised over the last few months.
Wrap your self in the colors and pretty presentation of the MAC. Then consider the research, design, implementation and documentation it takes to implement system into a production environment!
Next take the amount of time and effort it takes to manage, monitor and maintain a single system environment!
Why would I want to introduce a niche product for a handful of elitist who decide that they want our wire but don't want to help ensure the safety, security and reliability of our network? "Damn it Jim I am a Doctor not a Computer Technician!"
What standards do they or would they adhere too? One last thought I think the next time I go to the Dr. Office I will tell him/her that I don't like the cold ugly stethoscope and I want him to use mine, or maybe I want a cherry flavored tongue depressor!
Hello, I run a small but struggling company that really has no employees but we do believe in flare and TPS reports. I understand that you are thinking what is the point of the cover sheet but I tell you it was our idea first! If you want to use a cover sheet for your TPS reports then please adhere to the following licensing model.
TPS report w/cover sheet 1 - 10 licenses($99.95) TPS report wo/cover sheet 1 - 10 licenses($199.00) TPS report w/cover sheet and our pirated company logo 1 - 10 licenses ($599.00)
An old copy of Novell 2.0 (Free, but you have to sign your name in blood).
We are connected, we are accessable, we are living in a time of a choice. Data collection goes on everyday in everyway. From the push to move money to check cards, to the signing of returned merchandise. It is clear that we are being lead towards a point of over-control to a clear and absolute control.
Just as the internet has giving us the ablity to communicate, and share. It has also drawn us into our minds. This has cut us off from each other while giving others the chance to more directly control us.
First of all for those of you who have now seen it stop NOW! This is going to discuss the metaphysical aspects of the movie and spoolers will be included!
First, The movie hands down what awesome, it gave me that feeling I got when I first watched "ESB" when the speeders were searching for Luke. Action and the reason we go to movies is Action. Second it contained the now best car chase scene displacing, Ronin and formally the Blues Brothers for adrenaline rush you get, and you ask how they got that shot, flying under the trucks while following the motorcycle! Fighting and the Virus Smith were also excellent concepts and ideas. The "Oracle" and the "Architect" were also interesting constructs and you do get the feeling that you know nothing but what you are being presented. The old programs that are kept around which are really nasty. Several Matrixes'!
During the moving the "Architect" Says, that your skills are good but you are still human, to paraphrase, this seems to indicate that we are deep in the rabbit hole but not deep enough.
Here is a list of Philosophical concepts that I saw:
Fatalism
Religion
Mind/Body
Reality
Dualism
AI
Each one of these concepts/ideas were presented and several more in the movie and we are left with is obvious; we are still not awake.
It appears that we are doing to much body development because it is the easiest to work with. Creating a true AI mind is the hard part. This goes hand in hand with the decline of philosophy, we spend more time doing, building, creating and not enough thinking, understanding, knowing how to change the analog computer (brain material) in to a digital form. Besides we have AI everywhere we see, I could created it in 9 months under the proper circumstances!
First it is clear that there is a lot of infomation that is left out because it muddles the story. This series does give us some clues to the back story of the matrix while continuing the serial thriller feel so that we will buy the DVD. Again I think that they are telling a great metaphysical story and that the ideas the directors/writters are producing are helping to bring philosphy back to in line with the ideas of science. Why is it always so dark?
What are the machines doing with all of the power? Where is the explaination for that? Why haven't they cleaned up the world? If we instilled in them our spirit why don't they move out into space? Where are they getting all of the raw materials to make these vastly hugh creatures? How's that for some questions?
Slashdot Mirror
Here Here!!!! That would be a great model. I don't mind paying for good to excellent content. I do mind paying for most of the crap we are stuck with! It really begs the question "Why we go to the movies?"
As we get closer to this new reality we need a sponser! Who can we sign up? Who's starving in Hollywood and wants to start a movement?
First they better put it in a timeslot that doesn't get screwed! Hard for anyone to watch when it was consistently being bumped because of football.
Second, Family Guy has done quite well since being restarted.
"She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a Bistro!"
Amazon Women in the Mood
Zapp Brannigan
If you haven't watched this http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-826005992 3762628848 then it maybe time. My issue is that we are working with people who don't seem to care that the path we are on is dark and getting darker.
The sign should have read:
"Mission Lost" instead of "Mission Accomplished"
Q: What have we lost? What has the goverment gained? How do we get it back?
Several things are clear, keep us happy, fat and dumb. And as for the poll, there should be posted here to see what the real reaction would be from our community to this issue.
Letter to Steve:
What is the first thing you learn as a parent? If you tell your child to not do something they will instantly do what you don't want them to do.
Ok, so you take a different direction. You strongly suggest they use/do/act whatever in a different way. This sometimes works sometimes not (50/50).
You then realize that no matter what you do they "your children" will do what they want and it doesn't matter what you say. So you decide to set examples and boundries for them and make it clear why you wouldn't do what they may or maynot do.
Or you realize that controlling your workers by banners, slogans, hawaiian shirts doesn't work and that one should be focusing on the work and leave the negitive stuff at home.
Another note I would be offended to be called a "Kid" we are adults who deserve the same respect you are demanding!
If they can find this and detail how/where they think it is located why can't they do the same for the equipment left on the moon?
Excellent response and understanding of what someone with Diabeties has to live with. Our daughter was diagnosed at 14 months and she is now 7 years old. We have lived with this for several years and at the time she was diagnosed they were talking about things in the next 5 years from then, well it is six years and counting and still nothing substantial. I will also not go into the details but we have seen a low of 32 BG and highs in the 600 BG range.
We have been involved in the locale JDRF chapter. Did the walks for the cure. All I am left with is more questions and concerns. First why don't they bundle everything a diabetic would need under one perscription?
Supplies
Lancets
Alcohol Wipes
Needles
Two or Three types of insulin
Test Strips (This one is the worst and most expensive, we are completely over a barrel on these.)
Where does all of the money go?
What are we really getting in the way of value from our efforts?
Sometimes progress is too slow and needs a shot in the ass!
We would happily rush to the hospital to give up any part of my person if we knew they it would cure my daughters disease!
It sometimes feels like the shotgun method for finding a cure.
And my last question: Knowing Type 1 is an auto-immune disease. Why can't they use information and share data from other researchers to understand why the body or virus decided one day to invade and destroy a main function of my daughters body!
If I am going to consume something later does it mean that I have to buy it today?
Example: If I decide to watch a movie via the internet but then at a later date also decide to watch in on my all too expensive Cable channel have they really lost anything? Isn't it a matter of time shifting my consumption of a product?
I mean I am not concerned about breaking their old pricing model but I am concerned that I am not getting enough value from my subscription dollars.
Why don't we have a global turn off you TV Day?
Thank you for making my point. Clearly we are and have a lot to learn about the world we live on. There is so much that we don't know and when we react with emotion and don't step back to look at the bigger picture we fail to grasp the true issues we are dealing with.
I would rather we spend our time looking for solutions and learn from our mistakes than to sit by and let others decide what is best for us. I think that you need to also look at the long history of the Chinese culture. They have been around for a long time and have kept growing continually through-out the ages.
I believe the point of the book as will all of Crichton's novels are to examine a topic and bring to light the ideas that don't usually get press or aired completely. His research his style of prose allows us to imagine the world we live in the true sense of SciFi.
You should also read what Crichton has to say at the end and what he believes.
You can't prove anything! You can only disprove them. Read the books, then read the extensive biblography with so many references. Start lining up your facts and realize the load of crap we are fed on a daily basis.
By the way, "Global Warming made me do it."
Did a little looking and came up with the following links. Who wants to be tied to a client and another power drainer. Hook up ethernet or wireless. http://www.lan-cell.com/1XMG/index.htm
Send them to Africa. http://www.jagshouse.com/Linuxm68k.html
What about creating an internet lab a virtual lab which would house numours hardware and OS systems and allow the curious a chance to present there findings and also applying them!
I am concerned that we are going to box outselves in to a "know everything" you do, when most of what is done is just benign expermentation.
It gets me so annoyed whenever we call Cisco now and get someone who doesn't understand anything I am saying. It is Verbal and Non-Verbal for the most part too.
BullShit!
I don't see this as a chance to limit contact but to limit forced contact. How long to do the lines need to be anyways? How cool was it when Kmart had the self check isle? I was in and out of the store in less than 5 minutes. Technology allows us to do is maximize our time with each other and provides with chances to interact with those who we want to interact with.
It is not like the check out people really care about you or yours, they are there to act as an analog arm that takes to food from and passed it to the bag. Also watching to make sure that you don't get away with anything!
First I think that both responses to this post have missing the point. I am talking about standards. Who sets the standards and why they are put into place.
Are your business applications written to run under Mac OS or Win OS? Mine are written to run on a WinOS platform.
Do the majority of your clients know and understand how to use MacOS/Hardware? Our clients have a hard enough doing the simple tasks needed to use the applications and WinOS by themselves. Adding the further complexity of another device/OS would only increase calls to our Support Center.
VM's, compatibility mode and clients (I did a way with clients when I got rid of Novell) to connect devices to backend systems only adds to the complexity and issues one experiences when trying to make non-native systems work together.
More Time to Configure + More time to support = More cost.
Boiling this down, we support a single system because of an understanding of how an information infrastructure is run and managed. What will our clients understand and what level of competency and performance improvements can we gain from our leverage of technology. They care about if it works and that someone picks up the Support Center phone when they have a problem.
This is about business and not about a personal preference again decided upon by a selected few.
Security issues are only a response to a lack of planning and understanding your computer environment. Our security was able to adapt and quickly overcome the issues raised over the last few months.
COWARD
Wrap your self in the colors and pretty presentation of the MAC. Then consider the research, design, implementation and documentation it takes to implement system into a production environment!
Next take the amount of time and effort it takes to manage, monitor and maintain a single system environment!
Why would I want to introduce a niche product for a handful of elitist who decide that they want our wire but don't want to help ensure the safety, security and reliability of our network? "Damn it Jim I am a Doctor not a Computer Technician!"
What standards do they or would they adhere too? One last thought I think the next time I go to the Dr. Office I will tell him/her that I don't like the cold ugly stethoscope and I want him to use mine, or maybe I want a cherry flavored tongue depressor!
Hello, I run a small but struggling company that really has no employees but we do believe in flare and TPS reports. I understand that you are thinking what is the point of the cover sheet but I tell you it was our idea first! If you want to use a cover sheet for your TPS reports then please adhere to the following licensing model.
TPS report w/cover sheet 1 - 10 licenses($99.95)
TPS report wo/cover sheet 1 - 10 licenses($199.00)
TPS report w/cover sheet and our pirated company logo 1 - 10 licenses ($599.00)
An old copy of Novell 2.0 (Free, but you have to sign your name in blood).
We are connected, we are accessable, we are living in a time of a choice. Data collection goes on everyday in everyway. From the push to move money to check cards, to the signing of returned merchandise. It is clear that we are being lead towards a point of over-control to a clear and absolute control.
Just as the internet has giving us the ablity to communicate, and share. It has also drawn us into our minds. This has cut us off from each other while giving others the chance to more directly control us.
First of all for those of you who have now seen it stop NOW! This is going to discuss the metaphysical aspects of the movie and spoolers will be included! First, The movie hands down what awesome, it gave me that feeling I got when I first watched "ESB" when the speeders were searching for Luke. Action and the reason we go to movies is Action. Second it contained the now best car chase scene displacing, Ronin and formally the Blues Brothers for adrenaline rush you get, and you ask how they got that shot, flying under the trucks while following the motorcycle! Fighting and the Virus Smith were also excellent concepts and ideas. The "Oracle" and the "Architect" were also interesting constructs and you do get the feeling that you know nothing but what you are being presented. The old programs that are kept around which are really nasty. Several Matrixes'! During the moving the "Architect" Says, that your skills are good but you are still human, to paraphrase, this seems to indicate that we are deep in the rabbit hole but not deep enough. Here is a list of Philosophical concepts that I saw: Fatalism Religion Mind/Body Reality Dualism AI Each one of these concepts/ideas were presented and several more in the movie and we are left with is obvious; we are still not awake.
So you are saying that we are dealing with individuals who have tenure with no more drive to create something that is real?
It appears that we are doing to much body development because it is the easiest to work with. Creating a true AI mind is the hard part. This goes hand in hand with the decline of philosophy, we spend more time doing, building, creating and not enough thinking, understanding, knowing how to change the analog computer (brain material) in to a digital form. Besides we have AI everywhere we see, I could created it in 9 months under the proper circumstances!
First it is clear that there is a lot of infomation that is left out because it muddles the story. This series does give us some clues to the back story of the matrix while continuing the serial thriller feel so that we will buy the DVD. Again I think that they are telling a great metaphysical story and that the ideas the directors/writters are producing are helping to bring philosphy back to in line with the ideas of science. Why is it always so dark?
What are the machines doing with all of the power? Where is the explaination for that? Why haven't they cleaned up the world? If we instilled in them our spirit why don't they move out into space? Where are they getting all of the raw materials to make these vastly hugh creatures? How's that for some questions?