That may be a good thing, as smaller business can now compete on this with larger businesses. This will in turn create market pressure on the bigger businesses.
Not just spin doctors. Commenters on the internets. Public opinion is made today by manipulating virtual peer groups on social media, discussion boards, online newspaper comment sections, newsgroups etc.
That's exactly the kind of psy-op that has been going on for weeks now in discussion forums all around the internets.
Slowly, but steadily comments pop up that put Snowden in a slightly bad light, for no good reason at all. Depending on the target audience of the forum, it's anything from "because 'MURICA" to what you just said.
Doesn't anyone notice that?
That's also why such programs are so enormously dangerous. Who in the world would know best how to manipulate public opinion? Only those whose sole reason of existance it is to peek into other peoples lives... so even when the programs are known (which happens very rarely), we can't fight it because they have already become too powerful.
A roommate is on there, and it works like a charm for him, he earns a wee bit of money selling bitcoins. He's thinking about how to protect himself against robberies, but I guess it's the same with any sort of dealing that involves value. So far there weren't any problems beyond the occassional buyer flaking out.
We don't use corn syrup in europe, as it's production is limited and you can't buy it in stores. Solutions of white sugar or molasses are commonly used by beekeepers around here.
I honestly think that this is a great idea. It's a novel approach to extending a kernel, especially considering NetBSD doesn't have that big of a market share and expressly focusses on supporting as many platforms as possible. Prototyping new features or certain drivers in a portable scripting language may give them a leg up in the functionality aspect of the race.
Also, LUA is super fast, small, easy to learn, concise and the C API/embedding it is straight forward.
You may knock it all you want, "because kernel land is C land", but after all bias being said and flamed, this may turn out to be a really fun, interesting and possibly very useful idea.
This, and you get up to 760 EUR (~1100 USD) non-refundable subsidy each month if you stay below a certain time threshold (~4-6 years, depending on major, 1.5 years for the PhD) with progressing in your studies. You only get this if you "need" it, but with a typical low to average income family, you do most certainly get it. You also get the same amounts if you start studying after you already worked four or more years long. And with those monthly subsidies in effect, you can still work up to a yearly gross (but not taxed) income of 8000EUR. Student health insurance with accidents and dental (the standard austrian public insurance covering) is included, of course. (We really don't usually worry about insurance coverage in any kind of employment or unemployment, since it's always compulsory* and automatically deducted or paid for you)
In Austria currently people argue very very emotionally about bi-yearly (!!) tuition fees in the amounts of 360.- EUR each which would be waived anyway if the student can't afford it (i.e. is on subsidy already).
Makes me wonder.
* compulsory also means its very cheap, ~180 EUR is the maximum rate (depends on your income) you pay if you are employed. Freelancers pay more.
No it is, because it is HIM, not one of the other one-in-a-hundredthousand who suffer from ALS at a certain point in time and die within 2-5 years after the first signs.
Again, you are right. Those cycles are there, and I daresay, we have them too.
But after some time with social healthcare, nobody will ever touch it again, people will just go berserk if you even propose to get rid of it.
Not because they are all a bunch of freeloaders, but because it is incredibly cheap to implement, and once you are there, you will see that medicine itself doesn't get compromised. Sure there are always possibilities to optimise things, but our top-income premium for healthcare (including medication, dental and accident-insurance) is 320EUR/month. If you earn more than 4000EUR/month, you don't pay more than that. If you earn much less, you pay much less. But you *have* to pay it (thats why it is so cheap). And almost nobody has a problem with that, because people are *experiencing* that it is high quality medicine (except the occassional malpractice, which happens everywhere).
Such things, if they work (that of course is implementation specific), survive the cycles for the most part.
I for one like Obamas plan of offering non-profit healthcare to everyone. It could be a very lean midway to what we have.
(although I never understood why anyone should have to call his insurance company for approval in case of an accident - i hope you guys get rid of that too as soon as the state is a competitor in the market.)
And no, socialist free market (what we call what you call "socialism") is not the ultima ratio. But it is a better approximation than just leaving the market and foremost the people completely to themselves.
I really am sorry for my condescending words, it sure as hell wasn't meant that way.
It is more like, you went ahead so much more than we did in two centuries, now that everything settles down a little and we all know that democracy sucks less, we can try and fine tune.
But some opinion leaders in the US still compare socialist regulations of the market "communism" - which is just straightforward stupid. But how better to understand that it actually works and does more good than evil than implementing (hopefully well implementing) it yourself?
"thus you will learn" - not because we taught you (who would think that, european countries themselves struggle a lot to make the system work better), but because you eventually will arrive at at least similar conclusions like we did.
It will only hurt a little, I promise;)
btw: I don't think I understand the US, but I think I have a good idea what freedom means to you. And i truly, truly hope you arrive where you came from (sic!), thus showing the rest of the world how it can be done - with social security AND _true_ freedom.
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the timings required to set off the compression plastique segments simultaneously, thusly rendering a nuclear bomb ineffective without it?
That may be a good thing, as smaller business can now compete on this with larger businesses. This will in turn create market pressure on the bigger businesses.
until you disclose how much data *exactly* of how many users on average you're handing over to LEOs per request, I'ma not gonna trust you ever again.
Not just spin doctors. Commenters on the internets. Public opinion is made today by manipulating virtual peer groups on social media, discussion boards, online newspaper comment sections, newsgroups etc.
That's exactly the kind of psy-op that has been going on for weeks now in discussion forums all around the internets.
Slowly, but steadily comments pop up that put Snowden in a slightly bad light, for no good reason at all. Depending on the target audience of the forum, it's anything from "because 'MURICA" to what you just said.
Doesn't anyone notice that?
That's also why such programs are so enormously dangerous. Who in the world would know best how to manipulate public opinion? Only those whose sole reason of existance it is to peek into other peoples lives ... so even when the programs are known (which happens very rarely), we can't fight it because they have already become too powerful.
A roommate is on there, and it works like a charm for him, he earns a wee bit of money selling bitcoins. He's thinking about how to protect himself against robberies, but I guess it's the same with any sort of dealing that involves value. So far there weren't any problems beyond the occassional buyer flaking out.
The figures for my country aren't accurate: http://world.tax-rates.org/austria/income-tax says 35% for the first bracket from 0 to 11000EUR when in fact it's 0% ( http://www.bmf.gv.at/Steuern/TippsfrdieArbeitneh_7636/SteuertarifundSteue_7922/Steuertarifund.htm ) ... So I wouldn't trust that site too much.
No, it does not necessarily reduce anything. It isn't good for industrial agriculture - but who said industrial agriculture is "quality of life"?
Do you know that we are paying farmers not to grow too much crop?
We don't use corn syrup in europe, as it's production is limited and you can't buy it in stores. Solutions of white sugar or molasses are commonly used by beekeepers around here.
and was giddy for a moment
Sorry for the delay, I forgot that I commented here.
I think this is what you're looking for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Computing#Criticism
...it's not even funny.
I honestly think that this is a great idea. It's a novel approach to extending a kernel, especially considering NetBSD doesn't have that big of a market share and expressly focusses on supporting as many platforms as possible. Prototyping new features or certain drivers in a portable scripting language may give them a leg up in the functionality aspect of the race.
Also, LUA is super fast, small, easy to learn, concise and the C API/embedding it is straight forward.
You may knock it all you want, "because kernel land is C land", but after all bias being said and flamed, this may turn out to be a really fun, interesting and possibly very useful idea.
There's been enough GNU hurt on the desktop.
Wow ... that's all really ... retarded.
It seems to be the nerds tumblelog choice... very reduced to the max.
This, and you get up to 760 EUR (~1100 USD) non-refundable subsidy each month if you stay below a certain time threshold (~4-6 years, depending on major, 1.5 years for the PhD) with progressing in your studies. You only get this if you "need" it, but with a typical low to average income family, you do most certainly get it.
You also get the same amounts if you start studying after you already worked four or more years long.
And with those monthly subsidies in effect, you can still work up to a yearly gross (but not taxed) income of 8000EUR.
Student health insurance with accidents and dental (the standard austrian public insurance covering) is included, of course. (We really don't usually worry about insurance coverage in any kind of employment or unemployment, since it's always compulsory* and automatically deducted or paid for you)
In Austria currently people argue very very emotionally about bi-yearly (!!) tuition fees in the amounts of 360.- EUR each which would be waived anyway if the student can't afford it (i.e. is on subsidy already).
Makes me wonder.
* compulsory also means its very cheap, ~180 EUR is the maximum rate (depends on your income) you pay if you are employed. Freelancers pay more.
No it is, because it is HIM, not one of the other one-in-a-hundredthousand who suffer from ALS at a certain point in time and die within 2-5 years after the first signs.
- which would be the natural thing to do.
i'm seriously losing faith in /. readers history education.
try to avoid it at all cost... what use is getting healed when you start talking like Marx afterwards? ;)
would be
touch -- --foobar
(how to undo this is left to the reader as an exercise)
ok, this was funny, but that one is real:
touch 0
sudo chattr +i 0
(though that one has a flaw, too)
ok, but who pays the emergency treatment then?
Again, you are right. Those cycles are there, and I daresay, we have them too.
But after some time with social healthcare, nobody will ever touch it again, people will just go berserk if you even propose to get rid of it.
Not because they are all a bunch of freeloaders, but because it is incredibly cheap to implement, and once you are there, you will see that medicine itself doesn't get compromised. Sure there are always possibilities to optimise things, but our top-income premium for healthcare (including medication, dental and accident-insurance) is 320EUR/month. If you earn more than 4000EUR/month, you don't pay more than that. If you earn much less, you pay much less. But you *have* to pay it (thats why it is so cheap). And almost nobody has a problem with that, because people are *experiencing* that it is high quality medicine (except the occassional malpractice, which happens everywhere).
Such things, if they work (that of course is implementation specific), survive the cycles for the most part.
I for one like Obamas plan of offering non-profit healthcare to everyone. It could be a very lean midway to what we have.
(although I never understood why anyone should have to call his insurance company for approval in case of an accident - i hope you guys get rid of that too as soon as the state is a competitor in the market.)
seconded.
You are right, when I re-read my comment, there is a dose of arrogance which I too can'T ignore =)
And part of what you are saying is absolutely true: You are the oldest democracy, and we learned *an awful lot* from you, no doubt about it.
You might call it bailout, I would call it brotherly caring. Thats what I was out for - that feeling of actually caring.
I would also need to correct myself to "capital crime rate" - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_murder_rate for more information. (though I'd like to learn more if you have better sources.)
And no, socialist free market (what we call what you call "socialism") is not the ultima ratio. But it is a better approximation than just leaving the market and foremost the people completely to themselves.
I really am sorry for my condescending words, it sure as hell wasn't meant that way.
It is more like, you went ahead so much more than we did in two centuries, now that everything settles down a little and we all know that democracy sucks less, we can try and fine tune.
But some opinion leaders in the US still compare socialist regulations of the market "communism" - which is just straightforward stupid. But how better to understand that it actually works and does more good than evil than implementing (hopefully well implementing) it yourself?
"thus you will learn" - not because we taught you (who would think that, european countries themselves struggle a lot to make the system work better), but because you eventually will arrive at at least similar conclusions like we did.
It will only hurt a little, I promise ;)
btw: I don't think I understand the US, but I think I have a good idea what freedom means to you. And i truly, truly hope you arrive where you came from (sic!), thus showing the rest of the world how it can be done - with social security AND _true_ freedom.