The rules work differently depending on which party's partisans happen to have the most mod points when such comments are made.......
The analogy between the situations is pretty weak.
1) Was Obama ever president of Clearwire? No. Some guy lobbying Obama (not even in his administration) is an executive v.p. of Clearwire.
2) Is the Obama administration going to give Clearwire billions of dollars? No. It's going to make a decision that arstechnica argues might help Clearwire by delaying a competitor.
3) Did Clearwire overcharge the government $1 Billion in "the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career" according to a govt. contract officer with 20 years of experience? No. (It's not even possible, since Clearwire isn't getting a payoff from taxpayers).
So equating the two situations only shows that your judgement is clouded by partisanship.
One problem few people think about with regards to health care is that the U.S. is such a diverse society, you have a lot of different types of needs. In countries with a monoculture, it is much easier to have low overhead and have a one-size-fits-all way of doing things.
Could you be more specific? I have trouble believing their maladies are any less varied than our own.
It's not just about saving money either. People come into the emergency room and have to be treated with almost no idea of what diseases they have and prescriptions they're taking, and that is dangerous.
That said, this is a huge plunge to take. In Britain they've been working on it for about a decade. Of course it is over time and budget by several times. From our perspective, they've spent hundreds of millions on a prototype that we should study for every insight before such a massive undertaking.
Nothing you said counters the idea that a person could improve their social skills through study! Personally, I believe it is possible... to a degree. 99% of people, nerds or otherwise, do not and never will have that "it" factor that makes people swarm to them. But improvement is possible.
You know, the day Sputnik went up hardly anyone was thinking about a commercial use for space, and now look at us. Space has definitely become a "build it and they will come" scenario.
On the other hand, when we went to the moon it was emotionally a "giant leap for mankind," but it really didn't lead to anything or change anything in practice. Neither has the ISS paid off. Motorolla's Irridium communications constellation seemed incredibly awesome and well-timed, and promptly went out of business. How do we know which situation we're looking at with a space elevator?
your [sic] forgetting the problem. The core products are what has been sued over. Darl can't sell them and continue the lawsuit as they wouldn't be the owners of the products anymore.
Wasn't it already ruled that these precious IP assets already belong to Novell anyways? What assets or revenue stream does SCO actually own free and clear?
The fundamental problem with serial, parallel, and ps/2 ports is that they were just ports - not busses. My livingroom PC is out of serial ports (already using one for controlling the DTV converter box, and one for the remote control IR). I could add a couple more serial ports at the cost of a PCI slot (if I had one free, which I don't). Since USB is a bus, I can connect my mouse, keyboard, external hdd, gps receiver, digital camera, and 3 family members' mp3 players - all at the same time if I wanted. Granted it would be better if bluetooth were displacing USB on all sorts of devices and were fast enough for external HDDs, but that doesn't seem to be happening.
Everywhere, as in mice, keyboards, mp3 players, gps, and every other gadget released in the last 10 years? I doubt you meant that, but I sure don't want a different interface for every peripheral if I can get by with a "universal serial bus." USB lives up to its name and I like that. With a 10x speed boost it'll be very viable for a while longer.
Fortunately "lowest cost" isn't actually a consideration, just something they said to make people feel a little better about throwing billions of dollars into an airplane for the king, oops I mean president. The fleet of next-generation Presidential helicopters, which he rides for a few minutes at a time, have been under development for years and years at a cost of $11.2 billion dollars. And then there's the new presidential limo. It is totally out of hand. (Nothing personal, Obama).
What, how does this go? Infidel! Terrorist! Am not. Are so! Twitter: insanely useless or just a huge waste of time?
On the other hand, this war - even more than most - really is fought through public opinion. Israel could be slaughtered if they lose US backing, while Gaza is being slaughtered because they haven't yet won the backing of a powerful and willing ally.
Burning food is not stupid. The great thing about food is, unlike fossil fuels, if demand goes up and prices go up, then the supply can rise as well bringing the price back down. Unless we are going to find a long-term energy solution that does NOT use arable land, it's better that we start using it now, instead of using fossil fuels down to the last drop as the population expands until it demands every arable acre just to feed itself - and then running out of fossil fuels, at which point running a tractor or transporting food becomes impractically expensive. Now that is a nightmare scenario.
People have been free to move within the United States since its inception, and yet we still have definite regional and local identities.
I disagree, regional culture in the US has declined steeply in proportion with economic development and the growth of federal govt. WalMart, TGI Friday's, and ClearChannel radio are the same everywhere. There are a few places with some local culture simply because they have strict ordinances to enforce it, such as San Francisco, Portland, and Santa Fe. Then there is New York, which I will admit, is one of a kind.
Now you can blame plane crashes on Flight Simulator!
There are a couple problems with this.
First, we need to get our story straight: are the parents the most horrible people ever for letting their kid play a video game that lead him to do wrong, or do video games actually have no influence on people, thus there was nothing wrong with letting the kid play it? We can't have it both ways.
Second, your comment deriding blaming the game doesn't take the facts into account at all: a 6 year old did a bad thing and said he was influenced by the game. It did happen, so whatever you choose to believe ought to be influenced by that. And I have a hard time believing he's part of a vast conspiracy to incriminate violent video games.
yea, kind of odd though that my kids will not be exposed to nearly as many beatles songs as I was.
Well, you weren't exposed to as many Big Band ditties as your grandpa, either. At some point in the next 30 years all the people who ever loved the beatles will die. Then their publisher can keep their stupid back catalog.
I saved $70/month! Actually that wasn't even a full cancellation - it was downgrading their default package - 6mps Internet + analog TV (about $107 / mo) to 768 kbps Internet + basic basic cable (about $45/mo). The cheapest cable tV hardly has any more channels than broadcast, and they don't look as good - but it's cheaper to get Internet with than without (go figure).
What military system is using retinal projection? (That's different than e.g. the IHADS system, which is a small see-through manacle display.) Or do you mean they've been researching the technology for a long time?
I hope we hit another depression. Grandma and Grandpa knew how to live frugally.
This is characteristic of a peculiar mindset. "Look at that guy not wearing a seatbelt. I hope he gets in a crash and dies! Wahhh!" It comes from a fixation on the rules over and above what they are intended to accomplish.
I suppose Jefferson was closer to correct when the world population was a tiny fraction of what it is now. It would be nice if we could all be completely free, but that would require complete freedom from the consequences of each others' actions, and that isn't reality. Hogging and polluting natural resources has much larger effects on unwilling people than do modest regulations, which is why they are justified.
And the various front and rear projection technologies (DLP, LCD) all have rather expensive bulbs that need to be replaced within 3-5 years.
Some now use LEDs which last a very long time indeed.
However I share your frustration. My last fridge lasted 4 years, the dishwasher only 3, and a $500 treadmill only about 6 months. ALL the products have a very short warranty. Pay more, and all you get is the same basic cheap mechanical design with more features of questionable utility.
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The analogy between the situations is pretty weak.
1) Was Obama ever president of Clearwire? No. Some guy lobbying Obama (not even in his administration) is an executive v.p. of Clearwire.
2) Is the Obama administration going to give Clearwire billions of dollars? No. It's going to make a decision that arstechnica argues might help Clearwire by delaying a competitor.
3) Did Clearwire overcharge the government $1 Billion in "the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career" according to a govt. contract officer with 20 years of experience? No. (It's not even possible, since Clearwire isn't getting a payoff from taxpayers).
So equating the two situations only shows that your judgement is clouded by partisanship.
Could you be more specific? I have trouble believing their maladies are any less varied than our own.
That said, this is a huge plunge to take. In Britain they've been working on it for about a decade. Of course it is over time and budget by several times. From our perspective, they've spent hundreds of millions on a prototype that we should study for every insight before such a massive undertaking.
Nothing you said counters the idea that a person could improve their social skills through study! Personally, I believe it is possible... to a degree. 99% of people, nerds or otherwise, do not and never will have that "it" factor that makes people swarm to them. But improvement is possible.
On the other hand, when we went to the moon it was emotionally a "giant leap for mankind," but it really didn't lead to anything or change anything in practice. Neither has the ISS paid off. Motorolla's Irridium communications constellation seemed incredibly awesome and well-timed, and promptly went out of business. How do we know which situation we're looking at with a space elevator?
Wasn't it already ruled that these precious IP assets already belong to Novell anyways? What assets or revenue stream does SCO actually own free and clear?
The fundamental problem with serial, parallel, and ps/2 ports is that they were just ports - not busses. My livingroom PC is out of serial ports (already using one for controlling the DTV converter box, and one for the remote control IR). I could add a couple more serial ports at the cost of a PCI slot (if I had one free, which I don't). Since USB is a bus, I can connect my mouse, keyboard, external hdd, gps receiver, digital camera, and 3 family members' mp3 players - all at the same time if I wanted. Granted it would be better if bluetooth were displacing USB on all sorts of devices and were fast enough for external HDDs, but that doesn't seem to be happening.
Everywhere, as in mice, keyboards, mp3 players, gps, and every other gadget released in the last 10 years? I doubt you meant that, but I sure don't want a different interface for every peripheral if I can get by with a "universal serial bus." USB lives up to its name and I like that. With a 10x speed boost it'll be very viable for a while longer.
Fortunately "lowest cost" isn't actually a consideration, just something they said to make people feel a little better about throwing billions of dollars into an airplane for the king, oops I mean president. The fleet of next-generation Presidential helicopters , which he rides for a few minutes at a time, have been under development for years and years at a cost of $11.2 billion dollars. And then there's the new presidential limo. It is totally out of hand. (Nothing personal, Obama).
Maybe we should go start our own website for stuff nobody cares about or wants to discuss.
On the other hand, this war - even more than most - really is fought through public opinion. Israel could be slaughtered if they lose US backing, while Gaza is being slaughtered because they haven't yet won the backing of a powerful and willing ally.
Oh, they're working on it. Takeoff is a little rough though.
Burning food is not stupid. The great thing about food is, unlike fossil fuels, if demand goes up and prices go up, then the supply can rise as well bringing the price back down. Unless we are going to find a long-term energy solution that does NOT use arable land, it's better that we start using it now, instead of using fossil fuels down to the last drop as the population expands until it demands every arable acre just to feed itself - and then running out of fossil fuels, at which point running a tractor or transporting food becomes impractically expensive. Now that is a nightmare scenario.
I disagree, regional culture in the US has declined steeply in proportion with economic development and the growth of federal govt. WalMart, TGI Friday's, and ClearChannel radio are the same everywhere. There are a few places with some local culture simply because they have strict ordinances to enforce it, such as San Francisco, Portland, and Santa Fe. Then there is New York, which I will admit, is one of a kind.
There are a couple problems with this.
First, we need to get our story straight: are the parents the most horrible people ever for letting their kid play a video game that lead him to do wrong, or do video games actually have no influence on people, thus there was nothing wrong with letting the kid play it? We can't have it both ways.
Second, your comment deriding blaming the game doesn't take the facts into account at all: a 6 year old did a bad thing and said he was influenced by the game. It did happen, so whatever you choose to believe ought to be influenced by that. And I have a hard time believing he's part of a vast conspiracy to incriminate violent video games.
Well, you weren't exposed to as many Big Band ditties as your grandpa, either. At some point in the next 30 years all the people who ever loved the beatles will die. Then their publisher can keep their stupid back catalog.
I saved $70/month! Actually that wasn't even a full cancellation - it was downgrading their default package - 6mps Internet + analog TV (about $107 / mo) to 768 kbps Internet + basic basic cable (about $45/mo). The cheapest cable tV hardly has any more channels than broadcast, and they don't look as good - but it's cheaper to get Internet with than without (go figure).
As for "the government paying for it," it's a small fraction of what they sold the reclaimed rf spectrum for.
It will cut the monitor brightness in half though.
What military system is using retinal projection? (That's different than e.g. the IHADS system, which is a small see-through manacle display.) Or do you mean they've been researching the technology for a long time?
Really? The extra addressing overhead should have made it a little slower.
This is characteristic of a peculiar mindset. "Look at that guy not wearing a seatbelt. I hope he gets in a crash and dies! Wahhh!" It comes from a fixation on the rules over and above what they are intended to accomplish.
Here, you will enjoy this.
Thanks, I was wondering how R compares to Matlab and would welcome any further comments from knowledgeable people on that topic.
I suppose Jefferson was closer to correct when the world population was a tiny fraction of what it is now. It would be nice if we could all be completely free, but that would require complete freedom from the consequences of each others' actions, and that isn't reality. Hogging and polluting natural resources has much larger effects on unwilling people than do modest regulations, which is why they are justified.
Some now use LEDs which last a very long time indeed.
However I share your frustration. My last fridge lasted 4 years, the dishwasher only 3, and a $500 treadmill only about 6 months. ALL the products have a very short warranty. Pay more, and all you get is the same basic cheap mechanical design with more features of questionable utility.