...I would have to say that writing a game engine in c++ is much MUCH harder than writing something to run against a database in a browser. There's nothing wrong with writing web apps, but nothing hard about it either....after the first few it just becomes tedious repetition.
...or any 'application as a service'. For whatever reason, the people hosting your app can lose, delete, or steal your work. You may have legal recourse, but this isn't a practical consideration in most cases.
If my data is going to be lost, *I'M* going to be the one to lose it.
The article says they got worried when they saw the wires and circuit boards. The knowledgable terrorist will doubtless package his payload in a fashionable briefcase now that he has been alerted to this penchant.
Damn you Aqua Teen Hunger Force! You have DOOMED America!
Besides, I'd be more concerned about some Russian nut dribbling radioactive dust all over the countryside. What a wierd murder weapon. I don't think we'll ever find out what this was all about.
I would imagine that per-play royalties are what the endgame is. Play a song, look at the album art, or even look at the song name, and cha-ching, your zune docks your credit card.
Never, ever, will these people get another dime from me...and I'll be doing my best to make sure they don't get a dime from anybody else. That's the only way we'll ever be rid of them.
dear citizens of the USA, seriously guys, the amount of stuff you're willing to put up with is freaking me out. a lot. perhaps you should so something about that government you've got? just a suggestion
Why...that's almost as bad as letting kids develop their own ideas and not conform!
How are you going to have a properly subjugated populace if they can make good money WITHOUT family or political connections? What you advocate would bring chaos to our class structure and rob thousands of wealthy people of a tiny percentage of their horde. What are you, some kind of communist?
The feudal system was good enough for my ancestors, and by god it's good enough for me!
...and as such am fairly desperate for that first job. However, because of their reputation as a sweatship, EA is not somebody I'd want to work for. I can't see why any hotshot developer would work for them, either.
Other outfits may be sweatshops, too, but EA is a known sweatshop.
...over the last 5 years or so, Dell has been really great about shipping me parts and not GOUGING me for them when things are out of warranty.
Unlike HP, who wanted $800 for a motherboard for a unit they were selling for ~$900.
Hint to HP: I threw away your computer and bought a Dell. I hate being gouged...almost as much as I hate computers that melt their motherboards because of poor design. You may think of me as a consumer, but I do have a pain threshold, and you do have competition.
...but I have a special burning hatred for exchange server. I've been burned by it in so many ways, I wince at the very mention of it. I've gone so far as to drop clients who demanded I install it.
...has pretty much got me to the point I will never purchase anything that nets RIAA members a dime, and will do my best to convince others to do the same. Further, I'll be looking for opportunities to kick them in the nads when they aren't looking.
This big bully crap might work on a subjugated population, but I think most Americans (particularly the ones that purchase the rebellion glorifying products of RIAA members) will have a similar reaction.
You hear that you big bully?!?! In the nads! RIGHT IN THE NADS!
That may be good news...a goodly percentage of felons and a greater percentage of homeless have mental problems, though. Might not be a good idea to stick theme all in a factory full of sharp objects. The underlying idea is sound though...get the illegals out and put our citizens to work.
Getting locked up is the ultimate form of sponging, I suppose.
Checks from welfare amounts to sponging in my book...even if they are small. Don't know about the limits, but I see the same guys down in the park, year after year, so they have something going on. In my hobo fantasy, I'd be toting my laptop and availing myself of free wireless internet and books in the libraries, and could doubtless devise other ways to sponge, given the free time I'd have.
Even without checks or meals, bums still avail themselves of government infrastructure (parks, sidewalks, libraries, police protection) for free. They survive, and don't contribute. Were I to join them, at the very least I'd go from giving the government a few grand a month to giving them nothing, thus voting the only way that really has any impact anymore.
I grew up in Wyoming, where I never saw a crosswalk, and to cross when cars were coming meant death. We Wyomingites often go to Salt Lake for rock shows and whatnot. It took me several trips down there to understand that you had to stop for the people in the stripey line zone. Stoplights I understood...but these fools were just out in the middle of the road! I must have chased hundreds back onto the sidewalk before I finally got it...couldn't figure out what the hell was WRONG with those people.
So if you're walking in Salt Lake, keep a wary eye out for those Wyoming license plates. They have the little cowboy on them.
...fine. Currently there is no law that says I have to work for slave wages...or at all.
If I don't work, I can sponge off the government.
Currently I do better working, that sponging, but I've already cut back the work I do because once I hit that higher tax bracket, it just doesn't make sense to keep going.
If they bring in H1B's and destroy the value of my services, it will make more sense for me to sponge, and I will. I won't have money and things, but I'll have freedom to pursue my interests.
Eventually the H1B's might realize that they are slaving to subsidize our government, our corporations, and the people they displaced, and in turn say "screw this", and head home.
I've heard this in a song...cant remember which: "No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from"...probably lifted from Ghandi or something, but I find it fairly insightful.
As things sit, we can only be exploited voluntarily. Don't volunteer for exploitative situations. Don't buy from companies that exploit people. If enough of us do this, exploitation becomes unprofitable and ceases.
Don't let them scare you into giving up your life for some paper and junk.
Looking at that chart, the only difference I can see between their line and the one they are "debunking" is that their line wobbles for a while before the downtrend is clear.
Both theories look equally valid, as presented, and both have pretty much the same implications, with a 20 year time difference. Short term thinkers are the only ones that will be impressed by this.
...I spent years getting people to buy antivirus software...and now as you say, the antivirus software has grown into a problem of its own.
People look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them their paid antivirus software is causing their computer to suck, and I need to replace it with free antivirus software. Their poor little heads just spin as they smile, nod, and slowly back towards the exit.
...symantec in particular brings a system to its knees. Realtime scanning is a great idea IF it doesn't render your computer unusable.
For obvious reasons you are forced to used the latest version, which just gets bigger and bigger and bigger. I've started dumping Symantec in favor of a daily clamwin scan. Not as good...but at least the computer is usable.
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...I would have to say that writing a game engine in c++ is much MUCH harder than writing something to run against a database in a browser. There's nothing wrong with writing web apps, but nothing hard about it either....after the first few it just becomes tedious repetition.
...or any 'application as a service'. For whatever reason, the people hosting your app can lose, delete, or steal your work. You may have legal recourse, but this isn't a practical consideration in most cases.
If my data is going to be lost, *I'M* going to be the one to lose it.
The article says they got worried when they saw the wires and circuit boards. The knowledgable terrorist will doubtless package his payload in a fashionable briefcase now that he has been alerted to this penchant.
Damn you Aqua Teen Hunger Force! You have DOOMED America!
Besides, I'd be more concerned about some Russian nut dribbling radioactive dust all over the countryside. What a wierd murder weapon. I don't think we'll ever find out what this was all about.
...because the other consoles are purchased only by loser moron fanboys.
I would imagine that per-play royalties are what the endgame is. Play a song, look at the album art, or even look at the song name, and cha-ching, your zune docks your credit card.
Never, ever, will these people get another dime from me...and I'll be doing my best to make sure they don't get a dime from anybody else. That's the only way we'll ever be rid of them.
...so I can fill in the incomprehensible parts with things I would dearly love to be true. Facts are annoying when they run counter to beliefs.
...to play clown music in my mind. It all makes sense then.
...and vr helmets, well, make people puke.
...we can gripe, anyway. Our election infrastructure is pretty suspect...I wouldn't say rigged, more randomized.
We can wait for the forces of chaos swirling through the Diebold voting machines to choose us new leadership.
dear citizens of the USA, seriously guys, the amount of stuff you're willing to put up with is freaking me out. a lot. perhaps you should so something about that government you've got? just a suggestion
Why...that's almost as bad as letting kids develop their own ideas and not conform!
How are you going to have a properly subjugated populace if they can make good money WITHOUT family or political connections? What you advocate would bring chaos to our class structure and rob thousands of wealthy people of a tiny percentage of their horde. What are you, some kind of communist?
The feudal system was good enough for my ancestors, and by god it's good enough for me!
...and as such am fairly desperate for that first job. However, because of their reputation as a sweatship, EA is not somebody I'd want to work for.
I can't see why any hotshot developer would work for them, either.
Other outfits may be sweatshops, too, but EA is a known sweatshop.
...over the last 5 years or so, Dell has been really great about shipping me parts and not GOUGING me for them when things are out of warranty.
Unlike HP, who wanted $800 for a motherboard for a unit they were selling for ~$900.
Hint to HP: I threw away your computer and bought a Dell. I hate being gouged...almost as much as I hate computers that melt their motherboards because of poor design. You may think of me as a consumer, but I do have a pain threshold, and you do have competition.
...but I have a special burning hatred for exchange server. I've been burned by it in so many ways, I wince at the very mention of it. I've gone so far as to drop clients who demanded I install it.
I know nothing about how the files are stored for korganizer, but from what you have described, rsync might be just the thing.
...has pretty much got me to the point I will never purchase anything that nets RIAA members a dime, and will do my best to convince others to do the same. Further, I'll be looking for opportunities to kick them in the nads when they aren't looking.
This big bully crap might work on a subjugated population, but I think most Americans (particularly the ones that purchase the rebellion glorifying products of RIAA members) will have a similar reaction.
You hear that you big bully?!?! In the nads! RIGHT IN THE NADS!
That may be good news...a goodly percentage of felons and a greater percentage of homeless have mental problems, though. Might not be a good idea to stick theme all in a factory full of sharp objects. The underlying idea is sound though...get the illegals out and put our citizens to work. Getting locked up is the ultimate form of sponging, I suppose.
Checks from welfare amounts to sponging in my book...even if they are small. Don't know about the limits, but I see the same guys down in the park, year after year, so they have something going on. In my hobo fantasy, I'd be toting my laptop and availing myself of free wireless internet and books in the libraries, and could doubtless devise other ways to sponge, given the free time I'd have.
Even without checks or meals, bums still avail themselves of government infrastructure (parks, sidewalks, libraries, police protection) for free. They survive, and don't contribute. Were I to join them, at the very least I'd go from giving the government a few grand a month to giving them nothing, thus voting the only way that really has any impact anymore.
All the bums down at the shelter get checks every month...not sure what program. Enough to get by on, with the free bed and meals.
Not an opulent lifestyle, by any stretch, but superior to slavery.
I grew up in Wyoming, where I never saw a crosswalk, and to cross when cars were coming meant death. We Wyomingites often go to Salt Lake for rock shows and whatnot. It took me several trips down there to understand that you had to stop for the people in the stripey line zone. Stoplights I understood...but these fools were just out in the middle of the road! I must have chased hundreds back onto the sidewalk before I finally got it...couldn't figure out what the hell was WRONG with those people.
So if you're walking in Salt Lake, keep a wary eye out for those Wyoming license plates. They have the little cowboy on them.
...fine. Currently there is no law that says I have to work for slave wages...or at all.
...probably lifted from Ghandi or something, but I find it fairly insightful.
If I don't work, I can sponge off the government.
Currently I do better working, that sponging, but I've already cut back the work I do because once I hit that higher tax bracket, it just doesn't make sense to keep going.
If they bring in H1B's and destroy the value of my services, it will make more sense for me to sponge, and I will. I won't have money and things, but I'll have freedom to pursue my interests.
Eventually the H1B's might realize that they are slaving to subsidize our government, our corporations, and the people they displaced, and in turn say "screw this", and head home.
I've heard this in a song...cant remember which:
"No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from"
As things sit, we can only be exploited voluntarily. Don't volunteer for exploitative situations. Don't buy from companies that exploit people. If enough of us do this, exploitation becomes unprofitable and ceases.
Don't let them scare you into giving up your life for some paper and junk.
Looking at that chart, the only difference I can see between their line and the one they are "debunking" is that their line wobbles for a while before the downtrend is clear.
Both theories look equally valid, as presented, and both have pretty much the same implications, with a 20 year time difference. Short term thinkers are the only ones that will be impressed by this.
...I spent years getting people to buy antivirus software...and now as you say, the antivirus software has grown into a problem of its own.
People look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them their paid antivirus software is causing their computer to suck, and I need to replace it with free antivirus software. Their poor little heads just spin as they smile, nod, and slowly back towards the exit.
...symantec in particular brings a system to its knees. Realtime scanning is a great idea IF it doesn't render your computer unusable. For obvious reasons you are forced to used the latest version, which just gets bigger and bigger and bigger. I've started dumping Symantec in favor of a daily clamwin scan. Not as good...but at least the computer is usable.