Looking back at such wonderful businesses as Standard Oil, I can't say that "Corporate America" is becoming increasingly unethical. It has been unethical, to one degree or another, for a very long time.
No. Typically, the governmental authority seizing land via eminent domain will have an assessment done either by a government property assessor or a 3rd party property assessor. In either case, the assessor is typically biased to the extreme. Local authorities have been known to condemn buildings on property to be seized in order to lower its fair market value.
I drove out there back when the limit was reasonable and prudent. That was the only time I ever took my Chevy up to 100.
It was also cool how some German tourists would go to Montana with nice cars just to rev up their engines on roads that weren't as congested as the the Autobahn. There were even fly-by-night mechanic shops that popped up to accomodate them. I once took my car(a lowly Chevy Celebrity Eurosport, '87 I think) to a shop like that in Bozeman to use a coupon on a brake job. Best brake job ever!
If MS kicked enough money back to Amazon.com and eBay to cover the losses they'd suffer from lost customers, they'd do it. Eventually, people wanting to use the aforementioned sites(and sites like them) would migrate to Longhorn, or they'd use internet cafe terminals running Longhorn to access the sites. Maybe they'd even run slim web-term devices on their home networks running MS OS handling the same authentication procedure.
Passport could have worked had MS actually paid affilated sites to participate in the program(rather than charging them) and made user data associated with Passport logins free to all affiliates. I must admit, however, that introducing a system like.NET Passport would have worked better had they rolled it out with a major OS release.
Newer P4s have a similar power-management capability known as SpeedStep. P4s have always been able to throttle themselves to lower clock speeds as well, though only in instances of extreme heat.
I think now is an excellent time for me to state what I feel are some fundamental problems here, along with a few simple solutions. After all, it is better to solve problems than to simply whine about them.
The parent post is but one of many posts here that is modded down, and will go unnoticed. Does this truly benefit anyone? No, not really. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that the majority of the readers here are mature enough to handle any and all posts, regardless of their eventual moderations. Yes, even the -1 Troll posts, goatse ASCII and all, are appropriate reading material. We're not mental children. We can, and should, be expected to withstand the blather of every member here who actually bothers to post.
Furthermore, I would like to state that there is too much pressure being placed upon the moderators to "protect" the average reader here from "bad" posts. The moderators aren't perfect, but honestly, are they being paid to provide the service of moderation to Slashdot? I believe not. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked, their work was done pro bono. I'm sure some of the moderators enjoy their perceived power. Sadly, mod points are more of a burden than anything else, and they can even push moderators away from discussions(the mods would rather moderate than reply, etc).
To make matters worse, the work of moderators is constantly trivialized by editors who can arbitrarily moderate posts to -1. Why have moderators if you're unwilling to invest any trust in them at all?
A few solutions:
1). Readers should elect to browse at -1. Really. Of what are you afraid?
2). Save a moderator some trouble by either refusing to metamoderate, or metamoderate every moderation as unfair/unfunny. Moderators will be better off either without our interference, or without their mod points.
3). Eventually, the editors should force all ACs and registered non-subscribers to browse at -1 at all times, without any ability to adjust thresholds. The moderation system should, effectively, only be relevant to subscribers. I'm sure the editors would appreciate the resulting increase in revenues.
Not all chip manufacturers are currently suffering from increased power consumption due to die shrinks. AMD shrank the die on their Athlon 64s, and they are getting reduced power consumption and heat out of their current run of 90nm Athlon 64 cpus(Winchester).
Once we all move over to cheap manufactured diamond transistors, look out.
You don't need to be afraid. No matter what the author of the article may think, Intel still has enormous cash reserves and some solid products. Their Pentium M processors are quite good, actually. Let's hope they produce more products of equal or greater quality in the future.
Even still, your fear is understandable, and your voice is one that should be heard.
I see your point. It is possible that early revisions of the "smarter" smart phone, along with its complementary servers(mentioned in article), might have problems differentiating between friends and coworkers merely based upon Bluetooth usage. But hey, who knows, it might work.
I also don't really see how it can tell the difference between me drinking and somebody else drinking, particularly if I let someone else use the phone.
Still, an excellent point. I hope you're moderated appropriately.
While I might or might not agree with your assessment of the Slashdot editors' political opinions, we would all do well to be careful when making remarks regarding violence towards current or former presidents, as well as presidential candidates and other high-level federal officials(elected or appointed). There are laws regarding this sort of thing. If I recall, some late-night talkshow host got into some serious trouble years ago by showing a picture of W at a podium with the words "Snipers Wanted" underneath. Or, something like that. Quite a stir arose from the incident.
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It was funny, but sadly, an AC told the joke a few seconds before the grandparent. The AC, predictably, did not get modded up.
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You're right, that is pretty funny. Um, if you're not French, that is.
Looking back at such wonderful businesses as Standard Oil, I can't say that "Corporate America" is becoming increasingly unethical. It has been unethical, to one degree or another, for a very long time.
Best Buy could certainly take a few lessons from Wal-Mart.
Fresnel Lense! Get one from an overhead projector or something? Maybe?
No. Typically, the governmental authority seizing land via eminent domain will have an assessment done either by a government property assessor or a 3rd party property assessor. In either case, the assessor is typically biased to the extreme. Local authorities have been known to condemn buildings on property to be seized in order to lower its fair market value.
The power to regulate interstate commerce grants the feds many, many powers. And oh, how they delight in abusing them!
I drove out there back when the limit was reasonable and prudent. That was the only time I ever took my Chevy up to 100.
It was also cool how some German tourists would go to Montana with nice cars just to rev up their engines on roads that weren't as congested as the the Autobahn. There were even fly-by-night mechanic shops that popped up to accomodate them. I once took my car(a lowly Chevy Celebrity Eurosport, '87 I think) to a shop like that in Bozeman to use a coupon on a brake job. Best brake job ever!
If MS kicked enough money back to Amazon.com and eBay to cover the losses they'd suffer from lost customers, they'd do it. Eventually, people wanting to use the aforementioned sites(and sites like them) would migrate to Longhorn, or they'd use internet cafe terminals running Longhorn to access the sites. Maybe they'd even run slim web-term devices on their home networks running MS OS handling the same authentication procedure.
.NET Passport would have worked better had they rolled it out with a major OS release.
Passport could have worked had MS actually paid affilated sites to participate in the program(rather than charging them) and made user data associated with Passport logins free to all affiliates. I must admit, however, that introducing a system like
Newer P4s have a similar power-management capability known as SpeedStep. P4s have always been able to throttle themselves to lower clock speeds as well, though only in instances of extreme heat.
USB is a "Hub and Spoke" technology, hmm?
I guess you could say that this enclosure is on teh spoke!!!
Huh? AMD doesn't make the Prescott. Intel does.
Perhaps their spectrometer needs a flashlight mod?
I think now is an excellent time for me to state what I feel are some fundamental problems here, along with a few simple solutions. After all, it is better to solve problems than to simply whine about them.
The parent post is but one of many posts here that is modded down, and will go unnoticed. Does this truly benefit anyone? No, not really. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that the majority of the readers here are mature enough to handle any and all posts, regardless of their eventual moderations. Yes, even the -1 Troll posts, goatse ASCII and all, are appropriate reading material. We're not mental children. We can, and should, be expected to withstand the blather of every member here who actually bothers to post.
Furthermore, I would like to state that there is too much pressure being placed upon the moderators to "protect" the average reader here from "bad" posts. The moderators aren't perfect, but honestly, are they being paid to provide the service of moderation to Slashdot? I believe not. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked, their work was done pro bono. I'm sure some of the moderators enjoy their perceived power. Sadly, mod points are more of a burden than anything else, and they can even push moderators away from discussions(the mods would rather moderate than reply, etc).
To make matters worse, the work of moderators is constantly trivialized by editors who can arbitrarily moderate posts to -1. Why have moderators if you're unwilling to invest any trust in them at all?
A few solutions:
1). Readers should elect to browse at -1. Really. Of what are you afraid?
2). Save a moderator some trouble by either refusing to metamoderate, or metamoderate every moderation as unfair/unfunny. Moderators will be better off either without our interference, or without their mod points.
3). Eventually, the editors should force all ACs and registered non-subscribers to browse at -1 at all times, without any ability to adjust thresholds. The moderation system should, effectively, only be relevant to subscribers. I'm sure the editors would appreciate the resulting increase in revenues.
Gee. I guess you wanted to vote for "sex with a mare" instead. No mare for you!
Everyone? I didn't buy one.
I must say, the one time I actually used a GBA(original), it still wasn't as uncomfortable to use as those stupis Xbox controllers. Guh.
I personally prefer +5, Troll
I submit to you the notion that the .netcpu would be far superior product if it COULD eat someone's mother or pull a cat's tail.
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Oh, the possibilities . .
A master of LEGO construction, hmm? Can he build a LEGO space elevator? Oh, the possibilities!
I would prefer the Ab Abber 2000 sir.
1). You aren't terribly imaginative if the humor inherant to masquerading that site as a histroy site is lost upon you.
2). 5973 popups of the goatse picture does, in fact, portray Acclaim's recent development/publishing history accurately.
Granted, I'd mod it funny if I had mod points, but they'll never give me mod points, so it's a moot point.
Not all chip manufacturers are currently suffering from increased power consumption due to die shrinks. AMD shrank the die on their Athlon 64s, and they are getting reduced power consumption and heat out of their current run of 90nm Athlon 64 cpus(Winchester).
Once we all move over to cheap manufactured diamond transistors, look out.
You don't need to be afraid. No matter what the author of the article may think, Intel still has enormous cash reserves and some solid products. Their Pentium M processors are quite good, actually. Let's hope they produce more products of equal or greater quality in the future.
Even still, your fear is understandable, and your voice is one that should be heard.
I see your point. It is possible that early revisions of the "smarter" smart phone, along with its complementary servers(mentioned in article), might have problems differentiating between friends and coworkers merely based upon Bluetooth usage. But hey, who knows, it might work.
I also don't really see how it can tell the difference between me drinking and somebody else drinking, particularly if I let someone else use the phone.
Still, an excellent point. I hope you're moderated appropriately.
While I might or might not agree with your assessment of the Slashdot editors' political opinions, we would all do well to be careful when making remarks regarding violence towards current or former presidents, as well as presidential candidates and other high-level federal officials(elected or appointed). There are laws regarding this sort of thing. If I recall, some late-night talkshow host got into some serious trouble years ago by showing a picture of W at a podium with the words "Snipers Wanted" underneath. Or, something like that. Quite a stir arose from the incident.
It was funny, but sadly, an AC told the joke a few seconds before the grandparent. The AC, predictably, did not get modded up.