They might be considered a public good - and the government should be proud to provide them. (This idea seemingly went out some time ago).
They might be considered an income source - in which case you should charge people for the use in some way. (Toll roads).
They might be considered a service, in which case people should be charged for the amount the use them - or, better, the amount it costs to repair the damage they cause. This would mean - for example - that highways would cost more than dirt roads, SUVs (being heavier) would be charged more pre mile than light vehicles. (Hmm, charging by the fuel amount used sounds pretty effective there, though some efficient low polluting vehicles would get a bit of a break... but isn't that what we want anyway? This is about California, not Texas).
You've never sailed a small boat, have you? Lighthouses are wonderful.
There is nothing so bad as your vessel being beaten against a rocky shore... except, perhaps, not being sure what continent that rocky shore belongs to...
It seems all cuisines have some revolting food they claim as their own that they try to get foreigners to eat (and not like) - some sort of group bonding.
Australia has Vegemite, for instance. America has.. almost anything really, but I see cheese in an aerosol as a top contendor.
In Australia, that once-relaxed, but now drifting sadly right, country, someone (male) has recently been arrested for taking pictures at a public beach.
So what is the issue here? Was this person wandering about, sticking his lens into the face of every topless lady on the beach?
If so, he is a pest and tasteless, but is this illegal? Should it be? If you are in public, then your behaviour is on public display, yes, but should it be to everyone? Your parents, maybe? Where does freedom start and end?
There are movements afoot to ban cameras from beaches. Weird. You mean I can't take pictures of my children playing in the sea? My friends and family sitting on Bondi beach? No, this is silly.
Remote controlled blurring of faces - this is definitely madness. Film cameras still exist, anyway. And the ones that do not do blurring still exist. Too silly.
What we have is a clash between things being possible and things being easy. (Similar to court records being available, but not easily available - who wants all that available everywhere?).
A challenge.
"thank-yew note".. hmm, is this some kind of really complicated and subtle joke involving yew being used for longbows in some sort of rebellion - or just a really poor bit of spelling?
Hang on, this is slashdot isn't it? Sorry I asked...
No, Americans have less of a family sense than other countries. Americans are weird compared with - say - Europeans. During their life they generally move several times - often vast differences. Europeans - in general - do not. They usually stay at least in the same city, often the same neighbourhood.
So when Americans try to have a family meeting (once a year - wow!) you need to travel a lot (Hank has to come over from CA, Joe comes up from Texas and so on - why didn't they all just stay in NYC?).
Why? They had to move for work. Why? Well, it's because America is obsessed with fear, money and power - they are fairly uninterested in making life better (for anyone, let alone employees) when they (or at least the powerful) can just force them to do what is convenient. [And as you mostly just voted for George Bush, you can look forward to a lot more of pushing people about - and being pushed. Enjoy!].
Firefox is great. It renders everything wonderfully. It's free of the evil empire, it is pretty small, it has some cool features - love the weather thing, the tabs, the popup stopper.
Yes, I'm sure - the Thunderbirds all had camera detectors! I remember. They beeped if you pointed a camera at them - I'm sure I remember an episode where it happened. (I looked - try "Martian Invasion".. you can look it up yourself if you like. They could save a bunch of money and get on from Tracy and co.
I cycled to work dailiy until recently (I fell off a horsse, but thats another story - I'm getting better slowly thanks). And the good news is... in Sydney (yes, Australia not Canada), new buildings must supply "adequate" changing facilities. So we get a shower and a change room. So I ride to work in bike gear, then shower and change into a suit (yes it IS possible to carry one in a bag and not crush it - use those neat new non-iron shirts!).
So the moral is - move to Sydney and don't ride horses.
No no. Sticky back plastic is not Sellotape - it's called sticky tape, silly.
You don't seem to be remembering your Blue Peter properly!
[Note for the uninitiated. "Blue Peter" is (still!) program for children. Hosted on the BBC, it was forbidden to use any trade names. So "Contact" became sticky-back plastic, Sellotape became sticky tape, and so on. It's most famous line was "and here's one I prepared earlier" at which point the presenter (inevitably wearing a nice pullover) would produce a perfect version of.. well, whatever they were making from an old detergent bottle and two short lengths of string. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/ ]
I recently heard of burns patients being treated using a game which was described as "total immersion" - some sort of goggle vision. But the neat part was the game it imvolved - chasing snowmen about a snow covered landscape. Apparently it's pretty helpful - I mean who can feel burnt chasing snowmen?
It's got NOTHING to do with Betamax, the long-dead (who cares now if it was technically superior?) format.
It's about keeping the rights to record stuff.
In case you haven't noticed, Hollywood is trying to take the limited rights you currently have away. They want CONTROL over every recording of everything in the world. Even if the artist is long dead (eg Walt Disney.. I haven't heard about them trying for Shakespeare, but it's only a matter of time, surely)
And that's what this is all about - try reading it.
For years, people have tried to make programming into a production line process. Well - it is and it isn't! Mostly it isn't.
In a "real" production line there are the lines of people - and robots - bashing out the cars or whatever. They don't look like programmers to me.
But hidden away, in a back room somewhere, there's a guy who thinks about the new production line. Or improvements to the production line. THAT's the programmer equivalent.
(You can look up The Programmers Stone if you like. Read and enjoy)
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Gee, that sounds like a good plot for a movie ... wait, wasn't there a film called Soylent Green ?
(almost no relation to the book of the same name)
You can view roads in several ways.
... but isn't that what we want anyway? This is about California, not Texas).
They might be considered a public good - and the government should be proud to provide them. (This idea seemingly went out some time ago).
They might be considered an income source - in which case you should charge people for the use in some way. (Toll roads).
They might be considered a service, in which case people should be charged for the amount the use them - or, better, the amount it costs to repair the damage they cause. This would mean - for example - that highways would cost more than dirt roads, SUVs (being heavier) would be charged more pre mile than light vehicles. (Hmm, charging by the fuel amount used sounds pretty effective there, though some efficient low polluting vehicles would get a bit of a break
Damn, I think I'll just stick to my bicycle.
You've never sailed a small boat, have you? Lighthouses are wonderful. There is nothing so bad as your vessel being beaten against a rocky shore ... except, perhaps, not being sure what continent that rocky shore belongs to ...
I've eaten this. It was horrible.
.. almost anything really, but I see cheese in an aerosol as a top contendor.
It seems all cuisines have some revolting food they claim as their own that they try to get foreigners to eat (and not like) - some sort of group bonding.
Australia has Vegemite, for instance. America has
In Australia, that once-relaxed, but now drifting sadly right, country, someone (male) has recently been arrested for taking pictures at a public beach. So what is the issue here? Was this person wandering about, sticking his lens into the face of every topless lady on the beach? If so, he is a pest and tasteless, but is this illegal? Should it be? If you are in public, then your behaviour is on public display, yes, but should it be to everyone? Your parents, maybe? Where does freedom start and end? There are movements afoot to ban cameras from beaches. Weird. You mean I can't take pictures of my children playing in the sea? My friends and family sitting on Bondi beach? No, this is silly. Remote controlled blurring of faces - this is definitely madness. Film cameras still exist, anyway. And the ones that do not do blurring still exist. Too silly. What we have is a clash between things being possible and things being easy. (Similar to court records being available, but not easily available - who wants all that available everywhere?). A challenge.
"Come and fly in our new plane - you can take a trip from San Francisco to ... ah, yes, San Francisco"
Floated out to see what? Do they keep them in the dark up until then?
That film "The Quiet American" was a lie.
Americans are just plain loud. Mobile phones just make it more obviouos.
In England, you could say "there's no need to shout, it's a very small country". But I live in Australia now and I can't say that any more.
So my advice is - talk more quietly, listen more. (That goes for your government too).
"thank-yew note" .. hmm, is this some kind of really complicated and subtle joke involving yew being used for longbows in some sort of rebellion - or just a really poor bit of spelling?
...
Hang on, this is slashdot isn't it? Sorry I asked
"Please don't be simple" ... how can I help it? - I'm called Simon
No, Americans have less of a family sense than other countries.
Americans are weird compared with - say - Europeans. During their life they generally move several times - often vast differences. Europeans - in general - do not. They usually stay at least in the same city, often the same neighbourhood.
So when Americans try to have a family meeting (once a year - wow!) you need to travel a lot (Hank has to come over from CA, Joe comes up from Texas and so on - why didn't they all just stay in NYC?).
Why? They had to move for work. Why? Well, it's because America is obsessed with fear, money and power - they are fairly uninterested in making life better (for anyone, let alone employees) when they (or at least the powerful) can just force them to do what is convenient. [And as you mostly just voted for George Bush, you can look forward to a lot more of pushing people about - and being pushed. Enjoy!].
Is that what you wanted to hear?
Firefox is great. It renders everything wonderfully. It's free of the evil empire, it is pretty small, it has some cool features - love the weather thing, the tabs, the popup stopper.
BUT IT DOESN'T RENDER SLASHDOT PROPERLY.
Why not?
Yes, I'm sure - the Thunderbirds all had camera detectors! I remember. They beeped if you pointed a camera at them - I'm sure I remember an episode where it happened. (I looked - try "Martian Invasion" .. you can look it up yourself if you like.
They could save a bunch of money and get on from Tracy and co.
I cycled to work dailiy until recently (I fell off a horsse, but thats another story - I'm getting better slowly thanks). ...
And the good news is
in Sydney (yes, Australia not Canada), new buildings must supply "adequate" changing facilities. So we get a shower and a change room. So I ride to work in bike gear, then shower and change into a suit (yes it IS possible to carry one in a bag and not crush it - use those neat new non-iron shirts!).
So the moral is - move to Sydney and don't ride horses.
No no. Sticky back plastic is not Sellotape - it's called sticky tape, silly.
.. well, whatever they were making from an old detergent bottle and two short lengths of string. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/ ]
You don't seem to be remembering your Blue Peter properly!
[Note for the uninitiated. "Blue Peter" is (still!) program for children. Hosted on the BBC, it was forbidden to use any trade names. So "Contact" became sticky-back plastic, Sellotape became sticky tape, and so on. It's most famous line was "and here's one I prepared earlier" at which point the presenter (inevitably wearing a nice pullover) would produce a perfect version of
Well heck they certainly explain some movement.
When my wife sees one of those little buggers she runs away - she hates them.
I recently heard of burns patients being treated using a game which was described as "total immersion" - some sort of goggle vision. But the neat part was the game it imvolved - chasing snowmen about a snow covered landscape.
Apparently it's pretty helpful - I mean who can feel burnt chasing snowmen?
Oh, sorry. That was my first thought on reading [reading .. is there an echo in here?] that comment ...
I should aquire [shouldn't that be acquire - sorry] a sense of humour? Oh, so you know I'm not American then?
Er - have you actually read what this is about?
.. I haven't heard about them trying for Shakespeare, but it's only a matter of time, surely)
It's got NOTHING to do with Betamax, the long-dead (who cares now if it was technically superior?) format.
It's about keeping the rights to record stuff.
In case you haven't noticed, Hollywood is trying to take the limited rights you currently have away. They want CONTROL over every recording of everything in the world. Even if the artist is long dead (eg Walt Disney
And that's what this is all about - try reading it.
For years, people have tried to make programming into a production line process.
Well - it is and it isn't! Mostly it isn't.
In a "real" production line there are the lines of people - and robots - bashing out the cars or whatever. They don't look like programmers to me.
But hidden away, in a back room somewhere, there's a guy who thinks about the new production line. Or improvements to the production line. THAT's the programmer equivalent.
(You can look up The Programmers Stone if you like. Read and enjoy)
Boy, that takes me back a bit!
Your spelling, that's the problem.
It may well be a fridge, but it's still a refrigerator.
What's a forty? (Hey, I'm an Aussie, don't be hard on me)
You are definitely twisted.