Is there any way to purchase a single share and get a hardcopy certificate? I think an SCO stock cert from this month might be
a really cool thing to hang on the wall.
If you get enough response to have anything to manage, I salute you.
Dump 200 résumés out there -- do you get more than 1% response? Most don't even get a automagic thank-you back.
It's a known fact: boys from 7 to 70 _love_ to play with a big magnifying glass, say 4" or larger diameter. Remember looking in the mirror with one huge eye? Discovering you can project images onto a wall? Or best of all, frying ants on the front sidewalk? It's all still fun!
I use NOD32 as my antivirus, which is flagged as "incompatible" by the installation program. Apparently other AV pgms are also in that list, some with circumventions, others, like NOD32, not circumventable.
I'm pretty sure I won't be installing this even if they figure out a way around it. I trust and need my AV more than I need another background service chewing up processor time.
I'd like a linux-oriented product comparison article.
iRiver vs iPod vs Rio Karma etc.
And yes, audio fidelity, perhaps the most important
feature, shouldn't be ignored.
I frequently use P2P software (specifically BitTorrent clients)
to swap fan tapes with other folks. That is, we don't trade commercially released music, rather tapes of bands made with or without
their permission. Some of those bands have official releases on RIAA-member labels, some have them on non-RIAA-member labels. In either case, those aren't what's being traded.
Is this considered "illegal" trading?
Thanks, and I'll take the answer off the air.
The author makes one unfortunate assumption, IMO.
Whether or not such disclaimers make sense is immaterial.
If a court finds them binding, they are binding.
And remember, judges are just lawyers with state-approved
uniforms.
I used to read the Spot religiously at work back when it first popped up. Dare I say I actually had the hots for one of the characters, and that I was seriously upset when she "died?" It wasn't that well done, as I recall, but then it was breaking new ground, so it didn't really have to be that well done to be effective.
I'll probably give this a few looks, but I suspect it'll take too much effort to get involved a 2nd time.
Look, the point of doing calculations in your head, or on paper, or on the black/white board is not so that you'll remember now to do it in years to come. Jeebus, I couldn't extract a sqrt by hand anymore now than I could in kindergarten.
No, the point is to become familiar with numbers,
to gain a sense of relative largeness, smallness, and to sharpen your intuition about what the results should look like. I'm talking about extremely simple things like how compond interst works, how to balance a checkbook, how to keep a rough running total of how much stuff you're tossing into the grocery cart so you can stop before you blow the budget. This is basic numeracy, and it's sorely lacking these days.
And the comment about learning to hate math? That's crap. I was taught the old fashioned way, and I ended up majoring in math, which shouldn't have happened according to that logic. But that probably has nothing to do with it: I'd have been a mathematician anyway. The point of grade- and
high-school algebra is not to create mathematicians, rather to create well-rounded adults who know things like
"one third less" doesn't mean the same thing as "33% of"
paying the minimum amount on your credit card bills gets you nowhere
That's the kind of stuff few people seem to grok anymore, which makes it very easy for them to get snowed by crooks, politicians (redundant?), and other idiots.
No, it's time we faced up to the facts: rote learning may not be fun, but it's been proven to be successful.
Schools should return to more traditional approaches, IMO.
I'm in my 50s, and am appalled at how ignorant and unmathematical are most young people today. It's because they didn't have long division and square root extraction drummed into their heads like us oldsters did.
Hey! Who modded that down? It was funny, and you know it!
So my opinion, for what it's worth, is that it's about time someone tackled some good (i.e. older) Niven stuff, but I fear the SciFi Channel will try to lowball it like usual.
I use fedora, and most often I get the *.src.rpm versions,
then tweak the SPEC files as required, build my own binary rpms, and
use those. Best of both worlds, IMO.
How does a business license make someone any more reputable? If the guy at the corner Likker-n-Lotto can buy this software, we may as well give it out for free on street corners.
"Wrong hands" indeed.
Software that blocks banner ads is the equivalent of a TV that plays it's own commercials during shows, instead of the commercials being broadcast to it. Aside from manipulating site content to include "hidden" ads, banner ads are the only way most sites make money.
Arguments like this presuppose that making money is the primary reason the Internet exists. I say "bullshit!" We should hope that widespread use of this will drive money-hungry companies away and let us use this communications medium for Good, not Evil.
Thanks for pointing out that article. It was the clearest explanation I've seen -- even a dolt like me could follow it. Still, the probability that congress will understand it well enough to make intelligent decisions about correcting things is vanishingly small.
It really is all a house of cards, and it's just a matter of time until it collapses beyond anyone's ability to patch things up again. *sigh*
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Hey, thanks! I just sent in the suggestion. What a wonderful service they (oneshre.com) provide. I wonder if they're public?.....
Yes, I'm serious.
If I had modpoints, you'd get a +1 Funny from me. Thanks for the laugh.
I could swear I read about this in Dawkins' last book, The Ancestor's Tale which came out last year, didn't I?
If you get enough response to have anything to manage, I salute you. Dump 200 résumés out there -- do you get more than 1% response? Most don't even get a automagic thank-you back.
This is kinda "dog bites man" ain't it?
Maybe that sort of bone-headed comment is why he's the "former" CIA head.
It's a known fact: boys from 7 to 70 _love_ to play with a big magnifying glass, say 4" or larger diameter. Remember looking in the mirror with one huge eye? Discovering you can project images onto a wall? Or best of all, frying ants on the front sidewalk? It's all still fun!
Now _that's_ funny! If I had mod points.....
I use NOD32 as my antivirus, which is flagged as "incompatible" by the installation program. Apparently other AV pgms are also in that list, some with circumventions, others, like NOD32, not circumventable. I'm pretty sure I won't be installing this even if they figure out a way around it. I trust and need my AV more than I need another background service chewing up processor time.
I'd like a linux-oriented product comparison article. iRiver vs iPod vs Rio Karma etc. And yes, audio fidelity, perhaps the most important feature, shouldn't be ignored.
Both numbers are correct. In fact, about 40% of companies polled had no IT employees at all. (hahaha)
Is this considered "illegal" trading? Thanks, and I'll take the answer off the air.
The author makes one unfortunate assumption, IMO. Whether or not such disclaimers make sense is immaterial. If a court finds them binding, they are binding. And remember, judges are just lawyers with state-approved uniforms.
I used to read the Spot religiously at work back when it first popped up. Dare I say I actually had the hots for one of the characters, and that I was seriously upset when she "died?" It wasn't that well done, as I recall, but then it was breaking new ground, so it didn't really have to be that well done to be effective. I'll probably give this a few looks, but I suspect it'll take too much effort to get involved a 2nd time.
No, the point is to become familiar with numbers, to gain a sense of relative largeness, smallness, and to sharpen your intuition about what the results should look like. I'm talking about extremely simple things like how compond interst works, how to balance a checkbook, how to keep a rough running total of how much stuff you're tossing into the grocery cart so you can stop before you blow the budget. This is basic numeracy, and it's sorely lacking these days.
And the comment about learning to hate math? That's crap. I was taught the old fashioned way, and I ended up majoring in math, which shouldn't have happened according to that logic. But that probably has nothing to do with it: I'd have been a mathematician anyway. The point of grade- and high-school algebra is not to create mathematicians, rather to create well-rounded adults who know things like
- "one third less" doesn't mean the same thing as "33% of"
- paying the minimum amount on your credit card bills gets you nowhere
That's the kind of stuff few people seem to grok anymore, which makes it very easy for them to get snowed by crooks, politicians (redundant?), and other idiots. No, it's time we faced up to the facts: rote learning may not be fun, but it's been proven to be successful.Schools should return to more traditional approaches, IMO. I'm in my 50s, and am appalled at how ignorant and unmathematical are most young people today. It's because they didn't have long division and square root extraction drummed into their heads like us oldsters did.
So my opinion, for what it's worth, is that it's about time someone tackled some good (i.e. older) Niven stuff, but I fear the SciFi Channel will try to lowball it like usual.
I use fedora, and most often I get the *.src.rpm versions, then tweak the SPEC files as required, build my own binary rpms, and use those. Best of both worlds, IMO.
How does a business license make someone any more reputable? If the guy at the corner Likker-n-Lotto can buy this software, we may as well give it out for free on street corners. "Wrong hands" indeed.
Actually, I think if you'd put an ermine-trimmed hat on him, he'd look like Super Fly or 70s pimp.
Drink more Dew? I mean, can you really be addicted to wanking?
Arguments like this presuppose that making money is the primary reason the Internet exists. I say "bullshit!" We should hope that widespread use of this will drive money-hungry companies away and let us use this communications medium for Good, not Evil.
It really is all a house of cards, and it's just a matter of time until it collapses beyond anyone's ability to patch things up again. *sigh*