Indeed, that's basically part of the cultural difference. In N America, the "gun culture" basically pushes law enforcement to carry firearms in response to the probability of suspects carrying firearms.
Actually, a lot of people I know DON'T care about those things, they've just settled into a pattern where paying for monthly cable/satellite is routine. If anything, most I know keep cable (or at least the extended package) around to have cartoons that keep the kids occupied. Netflix has lots of those, and no commercials to brainwash kids into buying the latest useless thingamajig.
One thing I'm actually rather impressed with. Rather than running around with guns all the time, apparently the BP have a special unit to deal with cases where they're warranted. Certainly it's a different culture than N. America in that regard.
Well, there's atheists who don't believe, and atheists who actually go out trying to dismantle the religious establishment (either promoting atheism, or trying to block things that seem religious from schools/gov't/etc).
BS. Wearing a monkey suit might be good if you spend a lot of your time out and meeting business-persons. In the workplace, it's often uncomfortable and distracting. Where I work, weather ranges from -30c to 30+c depending on the time of year. Wearing a suit is sweaty, uncomfortable, and frankly results in some personal odor issues for people who are prone to perspiration.
We also have people who bike/walk to work. They wear reasonable clothes for work, but they're also easy to change in/out of.
Suits make suits feel better, but they're not for everyone. While a Hawaiian shirt and a g-string aren't work appropriate, reasonably comfortable clothing is fine for most people. Starting a professional, respectful workplace starts with attitude, not clothes.
"Eventually, they'll all be replaced by machines and when they are, it won't matter where those machines are located."
Actually, it will. Location affects not only the primary industry but also a lot of offshoot industries from the middle-men who deal with language/trade barriers, to shipping, to salespersons.
A more local factory means less need for intermediaries. Heck, if we ever end up with home fabricators, then we can say goodbye to a lot of that chain, though again it would be replaced by things such as supply of raw materials, etc.
I could. Assuming that the box of cereal was only one of many things that would go up... I know many people who couldn't (hell, I know some who are hard-pressed for that cereal box now).
Yes, it's good that the backup system works, that's not the issue. The issue is that it shouldn't be the main mitigating/limiting factor for simple human failure. There should be lots of other stuff that prevents stupid human mistakes from taking down the primary. Just like in the rest of the computing world. It's great if you've got complete backups, but not so good if the reason you needed them is because somebody corrupted the DB by leaning on the exposed "emergency power off" button in the datacenter.
Nowhere did I say that you should rely solely on signs and switchguards, that would be dumb. Not having such things in combination with a backup is also dumb. No, you can't eliminate human error, but you can take reasonable steps to reduce it which seem to be lacking in this case.
You're correct in that failsafe wouldn't be the correct word in this case. I hardly think that makes me a fool, and at least I'm not foolish enough to think that the word "makes" somehow requires an apostrophe.
I'm fairly sure the rise of the Reich started a lot like much of what's going on today. Slowly erode rights bit by bit. Have the people restless and unhappy. Give them a target to hate (Muslims instead of Jews this time) or an enemy to fear (terrorists).
The NSA surveillance contributes a lot more towards that trend than TOR does...
Screw the 3d camera and display. I want a modern phone with the old HTC snap-spring keyboard. The lack of battery and MicroSD suck, but if they can fix that and revive the hardware keyboard I'll buy.
No, backups are to kick in when the primaries fail, not because some idiot accidentally poked the "off" button.
Failsafes (double-person authentication, or at the very least a molly-guard a big freaking DON'T TOUCH UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING sign) are what is needed to prevent issues like this.
Also, the thing about good lawyers is that, well, you don't hear about them much. Just like friendly IT workers (as opposed to BOFH's), bad managers, etc. Few people will log on to a forum to talk about a "good guy" VS a real bastard.
I've had a good lawyer before. I had drafted up a letter regarding an injury to a business (which was being evasive), and he reviewed it and basically send it through on letterhead. Not a lot of work, but still worth his time.
In the end, the company's insurance company stepped in, told said company to stop being doucheballs, and treated me like a human. I told the lawyer that I didn't see an immediate need to sue since the insurance company was being reasonable, and asked what I owed. He let me guy without charge and just asked that if I actually went to court that I keep him in mind for services (which I didn't end up needing). So yeah, he helped me out, didn't charge, and in my books is genuinely a decent guy.
Yeah, I've noticed a brief stutter when loading the initial map in windows. On Linux it's more pronounced (longer), with a lot of stutters in the menu system as well. Maybe I'm unfairly blaming Pulse because I've had experience with it causing such issues on other apps/games though.
Do you notice any issues on the 'nix client where the map loads and then gets stuck for awhile before coming into the "player draft" late? That's another one I've seen which doesn't seem to be particular to the graphics card or sounds.
I'd say the two are tied together. The money was also in the U.S. because they encouraged domestic manufacturing, R&D, and other such jobs.
Nowadays the offshoring of jobs, the "screw R&D we'll just crank out the same stuff with slight updates, it's more profitable", and the terrible mess that is the U.S. patent system has had a huge detrimental effect on innovation. No innovation, no great new products. No great new products, and there's no reason to buy from the U.S. anymore since other countries produce better, cheaper goods.
Why, unlike in Russia, are people currently able to publicly oppose their leader with zero consquences?
Zero consequences to who?
Occupy wall street... what changed? Snowden NSA spying revelations... Clapper lying to the senate... what changed? "Collateral Murder" video... what changed?
There are no consequences because frankly even large, high profile opposition seems to have ZERO effect where it counts.
For Linux games? There's not a huge selection of "big" games to compare, but I've definitely seen my share of bugs on DOTA2 and L4D2 with nVidia cards (GT640 and GT240, for the most part). Actually, the bigger annoyances don't seem to be graphical at all, but more related to irritating little sound stutters and issue. I'd guess this is probably due to crappy Pulseaudio but I haven't had the time to rip it out again since my last upgrade.
I used to think that, but actually these days I've had more luck with the (binary) AMD drivers than the (binary) nVidia ones. The biggest problems I have with AMD seem to be in things that use nvidia-intended extensions (like getting terrain mapping to work in Ogre)
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but if you become a target
If anything, I'd imagine that using TOR makes you a target, or at least increases your visibility on the radar.
Indeed, that's basically part of the cultural difference. In N America, the "gun culture" basically pushes law enforcement to carry firearms in response to the probability of suspects carrying firearms.
You don't have the ability to take it up with a US court, for one...
Actually, a lot of people I know DON'T care about those things, they've just settled into a pattern where paying for monthly cable/satellite is routine. If anything, most I know keep cable (or at least the extended package) around to have cartoons that keep the kids occupied. Netflix has lots of those, and no commercials to brainwash kids into buying the latest useless thingamajig.
One thing I'm actually rather impressed with. Rather than running around with guns all the time, apparently the BP have a special unit to deal with cases where they're warranted. Certainly it's a different culture than N. America in that regard.
Well, there's atheists who don't believe, and atheists who actually go out trying to dismantle the religious establishment (either promoting atheism, or trying to block things that seem religious from schools/gov't/etc).
The latter are more extreme than the former, IMHO
Not my boss, thankfully. If they'd said that where I work, I'll have quit.
"If [the more labor-friendly party] wins, we'll be closing up operations here and firing all of you. Remember that when you vote"
And this is in BC, Canada
BS. Wearing a monkey suit might be good if you spend a lot of your time out and meeting business-persons. In the workplace, it's often uncomfortable and distracting.
Where I work, weather ranges from -30c to 30+c depending on the time of year. Wearing a suit is sweaty, uncomfortable, and frankly results in some personal odor issues for people who are prone to perspiration.
We also have people who bike/walk to work. They wear reasonable clothes for work, but they're also easy to change in/out of.
Suits make suits feel better, but they're not for everyone. While a Hawaiian shirt and a g-string aren't work appropriate, reasonably comfortable clothing is fine for most people. Starting a professional, respectful workplace starts with attitude, not clothes.
"Eventually, they'll all be replaced by machines and when they are, it won't matter where those machines are located."
Actually, it will. Location affects not only the primary industry but also a lot of offshoot industries from the middle-men who deal with language/trade barriers, to shipping, to salespersons.
A more local factory means less need for intermediaries. Heck, if we ever end up with home fabricators, then we can say goodbye to a lot of that chain, though again it would be replaced by things such as supply of raw materials, etc.
I could. Assuming that the box of cereal was only one of many things that would go up... I know many people who couldn't (hell, I know some who are hard-pressed for that cereal box now).
You forgot the most important one: Magnifying glasses!
... it could be fun for messing with people. They've already got the ability to project sounds over distance with some accuracy
[can you hear me] whispered in your ear while something appears to touch your hair... Halloween could be a lot of fun.
Yes, it's good that the backup system works, that's not the issue.
The issue is that it shouldn't be the main mitigating/limiting factor for simple human failure. There should be lots of other stuff that prevents stupid human mistakes from taking down the primary.
Just like in the rest of the computing world. It's great if you've got complete backups, but not so good if the reason you needed them is because somebody corrupted the DB by leaning on the exposed "emergency power off" button in the datacenter.
Nowhere did I say that you should rely solely on signs and switchguards, that would be dumb. Not having such things in combination with a backup is also dumb. No, you can't eliminate human error, but you can take reasonable steps to reduce it which seem to be lacking in this case.
You're correct in that failsafe wouldn't be the correct word in this case. I hardly think that makes me a fool, and at least I'm not foolish enough to think that the word "makes" somehow requires an apostrophe.
I'm fairly sure the rise of the Reich started a lot like much of what's going on today. Slowly erode rights bit by bit. Have the people restless and unhappy. Give them a target to hate (Muslims instead of Jews this time) or an enemy to fear (terrorists).
The NSA surveillance contributes a lot more towards that trend than TOR does...
Screw the 3d camera and display. I want a modern phone with the old HTC snap-spring keyboard.
The lack of battery and MicroSD suck, but if they can fix that and revive the hardware keyboard I'll buy.
No, backups are to kick in when the primaries fail, not because some idiot accidentally poked the "off" button.
Failsafes (double-person authentication, or at the very least a molly-guard a big freaking DON'T TOUCH UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING sign) are what is needed to prevent issues like this.
Glow-in-the-dark Athletes!
Also, the thing about good lawyers is that, well, you don't hear about them much. Just like friendly IT workers (as opposed to BOFH's), bad managers, etc. Few people will log on to a forum to talk about a "good guy" VS a real bastard.
I've had a good lawyer before. I had drafted up a letter regarding an injury to a business (which was being evasive), and he reviewed it and basically send it through on letterhead. Not a lot of work, but still worth his time.
In the end, the company's insurance company stepped in, told said company to stop being doucheballs, and treated me like a human. I told the lawyer that I didn't see an immediate need to sue since the insurance company was being reasonable, and asked what I owed. He let me guy without charge and just asked that if I actually went to court that I keep him in mind for services (which I didn't end up needing). So yeah, he helped me out, didn't charge, and in my books is genuinely a decent guy.
Yeah, I've noticed a brief stutter when loading the initial map in windows. On Linux it's more pronounced (longer), with a lot of stutters in the menu system as well.
Maybe I'm unfairly blaming Pulse because I've had experience with it causing such issues on other apps/games though.
Do you notice any issues on the 'nix client where the map loads and then gets stuck for awhile before coming into the "player draft" late? That's another one I've seen which doesn't seem to be particular to the graphics card or sounds.
I'd say the two are tied together. The money was also in the U.S. because they encouraged domestic manufacturing, R&D, and other such jobs.
Nowadays the offshoring of jobs, the "screw R&D we'll just crank out the same stuff with slight updates, it's more profitable", and the terrible mess that is the U.S. patent system has had a huge detrimental effect on innovation. No innovation, no great new products. No great new products, and there's no reason to buy from the U.S. anymore since other countries produce better, cheaper goods.
Why, unlike in Russia, are people currently able to publicly oppose their leader with zero consquences?
Zero consequences to who?
Occupy wall street... what changed?
Snowden NSA spying revelations... Clapper lying to the senate... what changed?
"Collateral Murder" video... what changed?
There are no consequences because frankly even large, high profile opposition seems to have ZERO effect where it counts.
For Linux games?
There's not a huge selection of "big" games to compare, but I've definitely seen my share of bugs on DOTA2 and L4D2 with nVidia cards (GT640 and GT240, for the most part).
Actually, the bigger annoyances don't seem to be graphical at all, but more related to irritating little sound stutters and issue. I'd guess this is probably due to crappy Pulseaudio but I haven't had the time to rip it out again since my last upgrade.
I used to think that, but actually these days I've had more luck with the (binary) AMD drivers than the (binary) nVidia ones.
The biggest problems I have with AMD seem to be in things that use nvidia-intended extensions (like getting terrain mapping to work in Ogre)
Honestly, what's the point of browsing /. using TOR? I'm fairly sure it's the posts which might get some people a little "extra attention"