What you're telling me is that you need an analysis phase where you measure the problem, find out what's maxed, and then issue recommendations with dollars attached.
I am actually in favor of making SUVs and other large vehicles require a more elaborate licensing/training regime. Not CDL style, but several steps above regular car licensing, with stiffer penalties for shenanigans, but again not up to CDL penalties.
The Detroit automakers were forced (yes forced) to make SUVs because that is what the consumers demanded that had a high enough profit margin for them to make.
No, that's all they could sell because they aren't able to innovate in the car space, and their workforce actively resists improved quality/efficiency. Try getting around that - you can't.
Urban populations? You mean poor black people, right? That's what most people who say 'urban' are referring to.
Anyway, here's an example: DC is full of urban trash - lots of black gangbangers running around shooting each other and being useless. It also has a bunch of regular black people (not many white people where the bad parts of town are - they get shot at for being white). DC has a metro system that works pretty well - they extended it to virginia on the blue line all the way to springfield (the mall, specifically). Over time, more and more gangbangers came out to this mall, got into fights, and acted like asses, so now the place has lost its good stores, and people avoid it. By contrast, Georgetown is in DC and refused a metro station so that the aforementioned gangbangers couldn't easily get into their little area. It's crowded as hell there, but it's pretty nice.
They're planning a metro extension out to Dulles, with a stop at Tyson's Corner (another mall, fairly high end in spots) in the next 5 years. I wonder if the same thing will happen to that mall.
notice that, over the past 20 years, nothing has been done about the central problem - gangs and trash in DC, it's just been buttoned up in SE and Anacostia, where you really will get shot at for being too white. DC apparently has a really liberal welfare system, which adds to the problem, but a lot of the blame should fall on DC's former crackhead mayor - 30 years of misrule and reelection will do that. Near as I can tell, he only got reelected for being black.
I guess the point of my little tirade is that yes, white people need to be less afraid of black people (gangs are a whole different animal), but black communities like the ones in DC need to clean house too and not treat Black vs White as an us vs. them thing too, or we aren't going anywhere. Also, ending generational welfare would probably help a lot too.
We have far more space to cover than most countries, and we cover it with highway, not rail. The auto industry knew, and knows, this.
Most of our land is empty; you can cover 90% of the population with high speed rail, same as with EU. The other 10% need to drive. The auto industry got into its dominant position by gutting local rail wherever it found it and replacing it with cars - screw them.
As for rail, land is too expensive / valuable in the US for any real rail development. Look at the highline, an east-to-west rail passage that is extremely busy; but no amount of congestion has been able to get the rails or the government to invest in a second line so that they don't have to delay trains by side-tracking them to spurs to let one train pass by another. This is where they already own the right of way.
Bullshit. Amtrak doesn't have right of way, and that's why it can't meet a schedule. It has to meet absurd safety standards because it shares tracks with freight; change that and see what happens - dedicated tracks and a fair amount of service mean you can actually use the thing to get from NYC to Chicago to SF. Oh, and don't try to privatize it - do you think we'd have cars if we had to pay for the roads we use at purchase time instead of in taxes?
my experience with tax software is that it's fairly conservative, so rather than getting fined, you're more likely to claim less stuff because you don't know what can be claimed and get less money back. You'd still be out the money, but with less stress.
Begging the question is a technical term and, as such, isn't really subject to the whims of the drooling masses. It's just like Gigabyte - sure, it's an abuse of SI prefixes, but so what? The people who coined it know what it means. Likewise, any sort of specialized language is going to laugh at the idea that an outsider has any sway in the definition.
If you're going to go heavy on Amazon, prime is a good idea - then you get 2 day shipping free (well, paid for) on all your stuff. I never signed up, but that's largely because 2/3rds of what I get is third party stuff.
It doesn't matter if they're successful, just that they innovate. Mozilla grew the web browser into what you see today, Transmeta built chips based on a new approach to design. Google - pagerank, yeah, but they also made the first web ads that don't piss me off. Yahoo developed the portal, Facebook is a hugely successful social site, Napster built what could've been the future of music, and cognio figured out how to locate wifi and radio interference sources using a handful of sensors.
Sure, pick the one or two big companies that still do innovation; my point still stands: small companies drive innovation and either get bought or big. I'm not sure how you think that MS invented HTTP - that was Tim Berens Lee. find me a big company that's been doing serious innovation in the last decade, I dare you. Most of it is from small companies and universities.
Have you considered quickbooks pro or a local accountant? This stuff needs to be done right, but it can't be that hard - otherwise, how would single proprietorships manage 3-4 employees in addition to their businesses?
how about we get a system of enforcing the standards first? Last I heard, H1B enforcement was a joke - want to hire some guys from China? Post a ridiculous ad in an obscure publication, hire nobody, then import your guy. It's a hassle when the guy is legitimately unique/hard to find, but can be gamed easily. And if you abuse/violate the rules? How many people are there to bust you? Not many.
Yeah right. Steamboat Willie will never go out of copyright as long as Congress keeps bowing to pressure from Disney. Who do you think is behind all those extensions, anyway?
The point is that simple UI changes that offer no benefit shouldn't be done. CLI to GUI was an obvious improvement for most people. Changing all the menus around in Vista, not so much.
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What you're telling me is that you need an analysis phase where you measure the problem, find out what's maxed, and then issue recommendations with dollars attached.
serves you right for cluttering up std::
I actually get cables at newegg or monoprice, depending. 15 foot hdmi cable for $15? Yes please.
I am actually in favor of making SUVs and other large vehicles require a more elaborate licensing/training regime. Not CDL style, but several steps above regular car licensing, with stiffer penalties for shenanigans, but again not up to CDL penalties.
The Detroit automakers were forced (yes forced) to make SUVs because that is what the consumers demanded that had a high enough profit margin for them to make.
No, that's all they could sell because they aren't able to innovate in the car space, and their workforce actively resists improved quality/efficiency. Try getting around that - you can't.
Urban populations? You mean poor black people, right? That's what most people who say 'urban' are referring to.
Anyway, here's an example: DC is full of urban trash - lots of black gangbangers running around shooting each other and being useless. It also has a bunch of regular black people (not many white people where the bad parts of town are - they get shot at for being white). DC has a metro system that works pretty well - they extended it to virginia on the blue line all the way to springfield (the mall, specifically). Over time, more and more gangbangers came out to this mall, got into fights, and acted like asses, so now the place has lost its good stores, and people avoid it. By contrast, Georgetown is in DC and refused a metro station so that the aforementioned gangbangers couldn't easily get into their little area. It's crowded as hell there, but it's pretty nice.
They're planning a metro extension out to Dulles, with a stop at Tyson's Corner (another mall, fairly high end in spots) in the next 5 years. I wonder if the same thing will happen to that mall.
notice that, over the past 20 years, nothing has been done about the central problem - gangs and trash in DC, it's just been buttoned up in SE and Anacostia, where you really will get shot at for being too white. DC apparently has a really liberal welfare system, which adds to the problem, but a lot of the blame should fall on DC's former crackhead mayor - 30 years of misrule and reelection will do that. Near as I can tell, he only got reelected for being black.
I guess the point of my little tirade is that yes, white people need to be less afraid of black people (gangs are a whole different animal), but black communities like the ones in DC need to clean house too and not treat Black vs White as an us vs. them thing too, or we aren't going anywhere. Also, ending generational welfare would probably help a lot too.
We have far more space to cover than most countries, and we cover it with highway, not rail. The auto industry knew, and knows, this.
Most of our land is empty; you can cover 90% of the population with high speed rail, same as with EU. The other 10% need to drive. The auto industry got into its dominant position by gutting local rail wherever it found it and replacing it with cars - screw them.
As for rail, land is too expensive / valuable in the US for any real rail development. Look at the highline, an east-to-west rail passage that is extremely busy; but no amount of congestion has been able to get the rails or the government to invest in a second line so that they don't have to delay trains by side-tracking them to spurs to let one train pass by another. This is where they already own the right of way.
Bullshit. Amtrak doesn't have right of way, and that's why it can't meet a schedule. It has to meet absurd safety standards because it shares tracks with freight; change that and see what happens - dedicated tracks and a fair amount of service mean you can actually use the thing to get from NYC to Chicago to SF. Oh, and don't try to privatize it - do you think we'd have cars if we had to pay for the roads we use at purchase time instead of in taxes?
my experience with tax software is that it's fairly conservative, so rather than getting fined, you're more likely to claim less stuff because you don't know what can be claimed and get less money back. You'd still be out the money, but with less stress.
Really now, you aren't even trying.
Begging the question is a technical term and, as such, isn't really subject to the whims of the drooling masses. It's just like Gigabyte - sure, it's an abuse of SI prefixes, but so what? The people who coined it know what it means. Likewise, any sort of specialized language is going to laugh at the idea that an outsider has any sway in the definition.
If you're going to go heavy on Amazon, prime is a good idea - then you get 2 day shipping free (well, paid for) on all your stuff. I never signed up, but that's largely because 2/3rds of what I get is third party stuff.
I love me some amazon, but memory cards get bought from newegg - they're just better at computer crap.
Look it up - the difference between overhead and buried lines is generally a wash; it depends on geography, but the cost isn't that much different.
It doesn't matter if they're successful, just that they innovate. Mozilla grew the web browser into what you see today, Transmeta built chips based on a new approach to design. Google - pagerank, yeah, but they also made the first web ads that don't piss me off. Yahoo developed the portal, Facebook is a hugely successful social site, Napster built what could've been the future of music, and cognio figured out how to locate wifi and radio interference sources using a handful of sensors.
Compare that with the innovation of, say, MS.
Mozilla, Transmeta, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Napster. Cognio (built wireless sensing and location tech).
Sure, pick the one or two big companies that still do innovation; my point still stands: small companies drive innovation and either get bought or big. I'm not sure how you think that MS invented HTTP - that was Tim Berens Lee. find me a big company that's been doing serious innovation in the last decade, I dare you. Most of it is from small companies and universities.
No, Rule 34 states that "If it exists, there is porn of it".
Have you considered quickbooks pro or a local accountant? This stuff needs to be done right, but it can't be that hard - otherwise, how would single proprietorships manage 3-4 employees in addition to their businesses?
how about we get a system of enforcing the standards first? Last I heard, H1B enforcement was a joke - want to hire some guys from China? Post a ridiculous ad in an obscure publication, hire nobody, then import your guy. It's a hassle when the guy is legitimately unique/hard to find, but can be gamed easily. And if you abuse/violate the rules? How many people are there to bust you? Not many.
Not recently, they don't. For the past decade or more, small companies build the new stuff and either get bigger or get bought by big companies.
check the 'gift' box and your purchases won't be used for recs.
Tack on 'The mythical Man Month' - it should be required reading for anyone planning to make software for money.
Yeah right. Steamboat Willie will never go out of copyright as long as Congress keeps bowing to pressure from Disney. Who do you think is behind all those extensions, anyway?
The point is that simple UI changes that offer no benefit shouldn't be done. CLI to GUI was an obvious improvement for most people. Changing all the menus around in Vista, not so much.
what's so confusing about add/remove programs? If you don't understand what that's saying, then you shouldn't be using it anyway.