You are really optimistic. We had a guy die in the airport here after an encounter with the police (Robert Dziekanski). All 4 cops told the same lies in their statements, and all 4 only recanted after they were confronted with a citizens video of what really happened. The cops "borrowed" the video camera, promising to return it, but then refused, and only gave it back after they were threatened with legal action. The cops said they tasered Mr Dziekanski because he attacked them with a stapler, and that they did it twice because he was still standing after the first jolt. The video showed the guy walking away with his hands up, that he was on the ground after the first jolt, and that while he was on the ground they tasered him four more times.
Without the video the cops statement would have been acccepted as the truth, instead of the self-justifying pack of lies it really was.
Harry Turtledove wrote one of his alternate history short stories about Ghandi fighting Nazi German invaders through peace and non-violence. The German commander is intrigued by Ghandi's ideas and briefly interviews Ghandi before having him shot.
You're saying that people wrote software with event timing based on the fact that the computer it ran on would never be any faster? How sad. I hope they were put down humanely.
"A false sense of quality" - No professional accreditation can guarantee quality. However, if I do work that doesn't meet the standards of my profession I can lose the right to practice that profession. This is the only assurance of quality you get from any profession.
"Artificial Scarcity" - A cynical person might agree that it helps create a scarcity. However it seems like you are suggesting we can drive down the cost of engineering by allowing anybody who feels like it to call themselves an engineer. Do you really want to drive over a bridge some random guy who isn't an engineer (by the old definition) but now calls himself one has designed?
Why you say "nonsense"? Other professions are regulated, why not engineering? You can't (legally) call yourself a Medical Doctor or a Lawyer if you aren't a member of their professional body, and here in the True North, Strong and Free, the same applies to Engineers.
Why would I want to spend $200-$400 cleaning malware off my PC when there isn't any on it. In any case, anti-malware tools are all free for home use (Avast, Spybot, CCleaner, Adaware etc).
To use a bad car analogy, this is like saying Chevys cost more than BMWs because they will eventually need $5,000 in bodywork when you get drunk and drive them into a tree. Not everybody will have this problem.
Sarcasm mode on - "Of course if you are the sort of person who is willing to spend an extra $600 for a laptop because you are afraid of viruses, maybe a mac is the computer for you. -sarcasm off.
I don't think you understand how vitally important this is. Without CanCon rules there would have been no Bryan Adams, no Alanis Morisette, no Avril Lavigne, no Celene Dion.
Works both ways. You come home with a new CPU & MOBO and install it in the old case when she's not looking; she sneaks a new pair of shoes into the closet and tells you she bought them last christmas on sale when she busts them out.
Or, you can be adults, and maybe agree on an amount for discretionary spending that doesn't require the others approval.
The first netbooks were all linux, because they were all sporting 4 GB SSDs. Within about a year, a lot of the models had 8 GB or larger SSDs or 160 GB regular laptop drives, and they almost all came with XP home. I think MS may have put together a special XP-Lite, low cost package to push linux out of the netbooks.
Caltrops. A big bag of them. Scatter behind your car to discourage tailgaters and those guys with jacked up trucks sporting 2 squillion candlepower fog lights. A bit indiscriminate, and somewhat low tech but definitely effective
Emp Gun. RF generating parts well shielded, waveguide pointing forward from under the hood. Somebody doing 50 in the passing lane? Push the big red button. Oh look, they're pulling over. Funny thing, no turn signals.
Why all this hate on the DMV? I renewed my drivers license today. I walked and the person at the front desk asked what I was there for (renew license), checked to make sure I had the right documents with me before I got in line and then handed me a ticket with a number so I could see when my turn was coming up. I waited 2 minutes, my number was called, I had my picture taken, and was out the door less than 10 minutes after I arrived. Everyone I dealt with was friendly, polite and efficient. If your DMV isn't like this why do you put up with it?
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9/10 good and 1/10 bad?
You are really optimistic. We had a guy die in the airport here after an encounter with the police (Robert Dziekanski). All 4 cops told the same lies in their statements, and all 4 only recanted after they were confronted with a citizens video of what really happened. The cops "borrowed" the video camera, promising to return it, but then refused, and only gave it back after they were threatened with legal action. The cops said they tasered Mr Dziekanski because he attacked them with a stapler, and that they did it twice because he was still standing after the first jolt. The video showed the guy walking away with his hands up, that he was on the ground after the first jolt, and that while he was on the ground they tasered him four more times.
Without the video the cops statement would have been acccepted as the truth, instead of the self-justifying pack of lies it really was.
Maybe there's a "whoosh" I'm missing, but didn't they mostly come from Hong Kong?
Harry Turtledove wrote one of his alternate history short stories about Ghandi fighting Nazi German invaders through peace and non-violence. The German commander is intrigued by Ghandi's ideas and briefly interviews Ghandi before having him shot.
You're saying that people wrote software with event timing based on the fact that the computer it ran on would never be any faster? How sad. I hope they were put down humanely.
Cognitive Dissonance - "It can't be a scam, because I'm too smart to fall for a scam"
"A false sense of quality" - No professional accreditation can guarantee quality. However, if I do work that doesn't meet the standards of my profession I can lose the right to practice that profession. This is the only assurance of quality you get from any profession.
"Artificial Scarcity" - A cynical person might agree that it helps create a scarcity. However it seems like you are suggesting we can drive down the cost of engineering by allowing anybody who feels like it to call themselves an engineer. Do you really want to drive over a bridge some random guy who isn't an engineer (by the old definition) but now calls himself one has designed?
Why you say "nonsense"? Other professions are regulated, why not engineering? You can't (legally) call yourself a Medical Doctor or a Lawyer if you aren't a member of their professional body, and here in the True North, Strong and Free, the same applies to Engineers.
The word is flout not flaunt. English is harder than it looks.
Yes, but would you want your sister to marry one?
Dear sweet child. (/pats head).
Doc Smith was writing about hyperspace and hyperspatial tubes about 70 years ago.
Why would I want to spend $200-$400 cleaning malware off my PC when there isn't any on it. In any case, anti-malware tools are all free for home use (Avast, Spybot, CCleaner, Adaware etc).
To use a bad car analogy, this is like saying Chevys cost more than BMWs because they will eventually need $5,000 in bodywork when you get drunk and drive them into a tree. Not everybody will have this problem.
Sarcasm mode on - "Of course if you are the sort of person who is willing to spend an extra $600 for a laptop because you are afraid of viruses, maybe a mac is the computer for you. -sarcasm off.
"Shoot a man in the head and he won't want anything anymore."
That does sound kind of German, doesn't it?
I say we call Bruce Willis now, and worry about the lawsuit later!
I resent that. I am a very sensitive clod. That's why I listen to such classic Canadian bands as Fist, Anvil, Razor and of course Piledriver.
My heart is black, and my lips are cold.
I don't think you understand how vitally important this is. Without CanCon rules there would have been no Bryan Adams, no Alanis Morisette, no Avril Lavigne, no Celene Dion.
OK, never mind.
Concerned and puzzled.
Talk about a no-win for your poor right-wing politicians. I can see the headline now - "GOP Chairman Supports Tax Exemption for Porn!"
Works both ways. You come home with a new CPU & MOBO and install it in the old case when she's not looking; she sneaks a new pair of shoes into the closet and tells you she bought them last christmas on sale when she busts them out.
Or, you can be adults, and maybe agree on an amount for discretionary spending that doesn't require the others approval.
He must be a kernel dev. Bow down in awe.
The first netbooks were all linux, because they were all sporting 4 GB SSDs. Within about a year, a lot of the models had 8 GB or larger SSDs or 160 GB regular laptop drives, and they almost all came with XP home. I think MS may have put together a special XP-Lite, low cost package to push linux out of the netbooks.
Yoda says "Proudly fail is still fail"
Caltrops. A big bag of them. Scatter behind your car to discourage tailgaters and those guys with jacked up trucks sporting 2 squillion candlepower fog lights. A bit indiscriminate, and somewhat low tech but definitely effective
Emp Gun. RF generating parts well shielded, waveguide pointing forward from under the hood. Somebody doing 50 in the passing lane? Push the big red button. Oh look, they're pulling over. Funny thing, no turn signals.
Why all this hate on the DMV? I renewed my drivers license today. I walked and the person at the front desk asked what I was there for (renew license), checked to make sure I had the right documents with me before I got in line and then handed me a ticket with a number so I could see when my turn was coming up. I waited 2 minutes, my number was called, I had my picture taken, and was out the door less than 10 minutes after I arrived. Everyone I dealt with was friendly, polite and efficient. If your DMV isn't like this why do you put up with it?
You forgot the old favorite - "A credit to his race"