Flying the American flag is so bad that ever since it has been applied in the US, the economic, technological and social improvements have outstripped anything the human race has ever seen.
I read a journal of someone who built a straw house. It seems that straw very susceptible to moisture. A Crack in the outside wall and he had to gouge out everything around the crack and refill.
"Yeah, doing something technological can help the FUTURE, but what are we going to do for the 5 years it takes to develop, implement, and deploy this new technology?"
Probably the same thing we would do if we didn't develop the tech. Just sit there and delete spam.
Ooooo. A treaty! Beware the treaty! It's made of, like, paper and stuff.
If you break the treaty, the nations of the world will rise up and, um, look at you in a disappointed manner.
Sorry, the UN has lost all credibility with me. The only reason the treaty has any force is because the nations that signed it believes it does them more good than harm.
All you need is one nation to decide that it does more harm than good and the treaty will be broken.
Some of us are paid by the hour, and only get paid if they show up to work. If that used car breaks down, the person who just worked a 12 hour shift, has to stay and cover for your cheap ass while you try and find a way to get to work.
This person will also be relieving you in 12 hours. You don't want to piss him off.
Do you watch DVDs? You can already get a better picture than a regular set from a DVD. WHen the Blue Laser DVDs come out, you'll need an HDTV to take advantage of the full resolution.
"Two critical areas that seem to have taken a major hit are quality control and warranties. More and more drives (and in some cases, entire drive families) seem to be failing at every given opportunity. Meanwhile, the length for which they're covered has shrunk back from (typically) three years to the minimum one."
I know a LOT about Maxtor's warranty service. This statement is misleading.
If you buy a Maxtor SCSI drive you get a 5-year warranty. If you buy the Maxline drives, you get a three-year warranty. (It's the model they sell to the stores, with the mounting hardware, the cables and the software. Says "Three year warranty on the box")
The rest of the drive lines have 1 year warranties.
So, if you normally get a bare drive wrapped in plastic that you got from some Internet distributor, most likely you'll be getting a 1 year warranty. Why do you think it was such a good deal?
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Wide angle? Hell, with a tripod to can make the field as wide as you want. Just rotate the camera while snapping shots. Paste together in photoshop.
Or perhaps companies need to have internships and lower level jobs where poor programmers and begining programers can get their start.
After that you'll have a pool of people who you've worked with before, and know your systems.
Of course, no one seems to be doing this. Just "Be an expert in everything."
Amazing that they're having trouble finding these people.
"1) If someone has to pay 5400 for something, by definition it is worth 5400."
No. If I sell you a rock for a million dollars, is that rock worth a million dollars?
Flying the American flag is so bad that ever since it has been applied in the US, the economic, technological and social improvements have outstripped anything the human race has ever seen.
I read a journal of someone who built a straw house. It seems that straw very susceptible to moisture. A Crack in the outside wall and he had to gouge out everything around the crack and refill.
"Yeah, doing something technological can help the FUTURE, but what are we going to do for the 5 years it takes to develop, implement, and deploy this new technology?"
Probably the same thing we would do if we didn't develop the tech. Just sit there and delete spam.
That house she built sounds interesting. Any web site with details?
Ooooo. A treaty! Beware the treaty! It's made of, like, paper and stuff.
If you break the treaty, the nations of the world will rise up and, um, look at you in a disappointed manner.
Sorry, the UN has lost all credibility with me. The only reason the treaty has any force is because the nations that signed it believes it does them more good than harm.
All you need is one nation to decide that it does more harm than good and the treaty will be broken.
They cancel the last season of Farscape and blow their money on THIS!?
It's official. I hate the Sci-fi channel.
Yes it does.
Some of us are paid by the hour, and only get paid if they show up to work. If that used car breaks down, the person who just worked a 12 hour shift, has to stay and cover for your cheap ass while you try and find a way to get to work.
This person will also be relieving you in 12 hours. You don't want to piss him off.
What's the point?
Do you watch DVDs? You can already get a better picture than a regular set from a DVD. WHen the Blue Laser DVDs come out, you'll need an HDTV to take advantage of the full resolution.
A decent computer goes for 1500$. A projection widescreen HDTV that takes two men to lift going for the same price... sounds good to me.
Oh yeah, and the TV will be worth something 10 years from now.
Wide band is too easy to jam.
Well, it's as good as any other time. Or do you fear the wrath of Sadamm?
Only if you consider ATI making a good profit off of a well designed video card a bad thing.
Sheesh.
"Of course, that window was secured with imbedded chicken wire...."
A surprisingly essential part of mainframe security. I still have nightmares of that one time...
the chickens...
they're EVERYWHERE!
I'd be upset too, if the Cadmium didn't already come from our enviroment.
"Two critical areas that seem to have taken a major hit are quality control and warranties. More and more drives (and in some cases, entire drive families) seem to be failing at every given opportunity. Meanwhile, the length for which they're covered has shrunk back from (typically) three years to the minimum one."
I know a LOT about Maxtor's warranty service. This statement is misleading.
If you buy a Maxtor SCSI drive you get a 5-year warranty. If you buy the Maxline drives, you get a three-year warranty. (It's the model they sell to the stores, with the mounting hardware, the cables and the software. Says "Three year warranty on the box")
The rest of the drive lines have 1 year warranties.
So, if you normally get a bare drive wrapped in plastic that you got from some Internet distributor, most likely you'll be getting a 1 year warranty. Why do you think it was such a good deal?
Aren't hard drive cases already made of aluminium?
On the other hand, "The Little Mermaid" doesn't exactly promote the sciences and useful arts.
Ahhh. Ok.
So, my simplistic solution would be to change the sales tax to be seller based.
If all the businesses go to a state with no sales tax, so be it.
Er, What?
I don't understand why it's impossible to figure out how to tax this. It sounds VERY simple.
Just charge local sales tax. If the company is based in California, then charge California sales tax.
Ta da.
If you're going to run to the public for every decision, what's the point of having leaders in the first place?