A push poll is one where they decide in advance what they want to find, and construct loaded questions that people will have to answer their way. I suspect that this was a push poll. WKRC TV in Cincainnati did a similar poll on last night's news asking whether NSA domestic spying was an invasion of privacy, or homeland security. 70% said invasion of privacy.
Techies don't organize because they think they are part of the wealthy elite that will be leaving them at the curb on trash day. To the parent poster, and others who believe that a single working stiff has any power over the employer class: You will learn. Your boss thinks a trained monkey could do your job, and it is a shame he has to pay you at all. You are a cheap disposable commodity. The golden calf you bow before called "the free market" will not save you, but organizing with your fellow workers could. Too bad you are an unsociable loner. It takes social skills to be part of a union, a team or any other group. The nerds, geeks, dorks and dweebs who make up much of the I.T. industry have none.
I'm not a religious nut, but the idea of implanted RFID creeps me out, and makes me immediately think of this...
Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Smart cards have no security. Damn near anyone with a computer and a reader can reprogram them. This idea will make identity theft and creating fake IDs a lot easier.
CRIA stands for Canadian Recording Industry Association. RIAA stands for Recording Industry Association of America. No "A" in either group's acronym stands for artists. I am glad they are finally forming organizations of their own. Boycott the big labels!
Given the choice between two incompatible standards for AM Stereo, the market chose niether.
Ditto ditto quadraphonic records, ditto.
Ditto ditto DAT vs DCC, ditto.
I strongly suspect that HD-DVD and Blu-ray will be another ditto.
Linux is made by a bunch of unsociable dorks and dweebs. That is why it doesn't work worth a damn for anyone but them in spite of all the hype. If you are sick if Windows, get a Mac.
I think "Average Joe" will instantly notice if his new DVDs look no better than his old ones, and be very angry! To make matters worse, once the disk is opened it cannot be returned. To avoid this travesty, those of us in-the-know need to inform "Average Joe" before he gets ripped off.
I will not buy any DRM crippled product, movies or music and am not shy about encouraging others to boycott them. Respect my personal property rights after the sale, or there will be no sale.
A lot of people think Asimov's laws are real, and don't get it that he was a sci-fi writer, not a scientist in the field of robotics. He was even asked to speak at universities as an expert on robotics when all he had done was write some stories. If they had read the robot novels, they would have noticed that even Asimov's robots did not always obey the laws.
H.L. Mencken said that no one ever went broke by underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Hollywood has taken that too literally, and assumed that we are all idiots for too long. If Mencken saw today's crap on celluloid, he might re-evaluate his thinking. Hollywood may yet go broke by underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
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A push poll is one where they decide in advance what they want to find, and construct loaded questions that people will have to answer their way. I suspect that this was a push poll. WKRC TV in Cincainnati did a similar poll on last night's news asking whether NSA domestic spying was an invasion of privacy, or homeland security. 70% said invasion of privacy.
Techies don't organize because they think they are part of the wealthy elite that will be leaving them at the curb on trash day. To the parent poster, and others who believe that a single working stiff has any power over the employer class: You will learn. Your boss thinks a trained monkey could do your job, and it is a shame he has to pay you at all. You are a cheap disposable commodity. The golden calf you bow before called "the free market" will not save you, but organizing with your fellow workers could. Too bad you are an unsociable loner. It takes social skills to be part of a union, a team or any other group. The nerds, geeks, dorks and dweebs who make up much of the I.T. industry have none.
I'm not a religious nut, but the idea of implanted RFID creeps me out, and makes me immediately think of this...
Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Kozmo com was too limited. You need a site where anything is possible! You need Zombo com.
The iloo was a joke that became an urban legend. There was never actually a plan to make such a thing.
Nothing is really free. Have you run Ad-Aware or Spybot Seach and Destroy since installing and running it? I would.
Smart cards have no security. Damn near anyone with a computer and a reader can reprogram them. This idea will make identity theft and creating fake IDs a lot easier.
CRIA stands for Canadian Recording Industry Association. RIAA stands for Recording Industry Association of America. No "A" in either group's acronym stands for artists. I am glad they are finally forming organizations of their own. Boycott the big labels!
Given the choice between two incompatible standards for AM Stereo, the market chose niether.
Ditto ditto quadraphonic records, ditto.
Ditto ditto DAT vs DCC, ditto.
I strongly suspect that HD-DVD and Blu-ray will be another ditto.
Linux is made by a bunch of unsociable dorks and dweebs. That is why it doesn't work worth a damn for anyone but them in spite of all the hype. If you are sick if Windows, get a Mac.
This will be as popular as a bird flu outbreak! Way to go Phillips. Your quest to be more hated than Sony may yet be a success.
A Goddess on a mountain top
Was burning like a silver flame
The summit of Beauty in love
And Venus was her name
REFRAIN:
She's got it yeah, Baby, she's got it
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire
At your desire
Her weapon were her crystal eyes
Making every man mad
Black as the dark night she was
Got what no-one else had... Wa!
REFRAIN
She's got it yeah, Baby, she's got it
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire
At your desire
Look out for the klingons, Jim! Huh huh huh huh.
Cute april fool joke, but they started it several hours early. Expect the green back Sunday.
I will not buy any DRM crippled product, movies or music and am not shy about encouraging others to boycott them. Respect my personal property rights after the sale, or there will be no sale.
.XXX? Why not .CUM?
When building a rocket intended as a launch vehicle, it should not include a report. Those are for bottle rockets!
SCOTUS n. A highly sensitive patch of skin between the legs running from the genitalia, to the anus. Usage: Yo, Bitch! Lick my SCOTUS.
Teach them? Ha! They'll figure out how to find teh pr0n themselves.
In the end, there will be two computer manufacturers: Dell and Apple.
A lot of people think Asimov's laws are real, and don't get it that he was a sci-fi writer, not a scientist in the field of robotics. He was even asked to speak at universities as an expert on robotics when all he had done was write some stories. If they had read the robot novels, they would have noticed that even Asimov's robots did not always obey the laws.
That won't work anywhere with paperless touch screen voting. Those who cast votes decide nothing. Those who count votes decide everything.
What are you using to keep your gaming PC cool?
H.L. Mencken said that no one ever went broke by underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Hollywood has taken that too literally, and assumed that we are all idiots for too long. If Mencken saw today's crap on celluloid, he might re-evaluate his thinking. Hollywood may yet go broke by underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
If you have been waiting and hoping for a hi-tech 3D graphics update to PONG!, the original video game; here it is.