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It's called the freedom of association. Basically, you're free to associate with whomever you like, and likewise you're free to NOT associate with whomever you like.
You can't say that you value personal freedoms and then go out and make certain viewpoints or opinions illegal. So racists are free to be racist (as long as they don't try to use force against those they choose to hate) and the rest of us are free to consider them morons.
Yes, because the average US state can only support about 700 people. Right?
Oh YEAH, that's right. The average city with up to 1.5 million people isn't going to notice much of a job scare when 20,000 people move in.
The difference is that a corporation is only powerful as long as it has money. If you don't like what they do with their company you can choose not to support them.
Admittedly that becomes harder with the huge mega-corporations, but then again without the government support that libertarians disagree with there wouldn't be too many corporations that would get to that level.
But your assumption is that only geeks and technologists are pissed about the erosion of personal freedoms.
You may be correct, but I don't think so. I've met quite a few from the worker class who just want to take home as much of their paycheck as possible and be left alone by the government to the greatest degree. Hell, I'm a computer consultant but I've been known to dig a ditch or two in my time when the need arose.
In general it's not the uber-geeks who would do this, but the rugged individualist type who may or may not have a geek job, but almost definitely owns a few guns and goes hunting for food occasionally.
If you actually *read* the site you'd know that they are not angling to be an independent nation.
More like they just want to re-institute the 10th amendment.
No, they're choosing a small enough population so that they don't need 200k to make a difference. 20k people aren't going to "drown out" ANY states population. They are specifically targetting states with a large libertarian bent so that the native populace will be more receptive to their ideals.
All of a sudden finding a community of like minded individuals where you can actually have some input is a bad thing?
The ER1 from Evolution.com has crude video ranging.
Also, what about laser proximity detection? It would be much more accurate than any of the alternatives, and much more compact than sonar.
While you may be correct in your percentages, that is only because of the huge number of "script kiddies".
When I was in the.com industry we outsourced some web-application dev work out to a russian design firm. They did excellent work for a great price, literally pennies on the dollar compared to what it would have cost to do the same thing in the states. We also outsourced some work to Israel and India, and saw the same value and competence. In summation, these were not 14 year old script kiddies.
On top of application development, they offered us an interesting growth plan. For 500 USD a day they would take any of our competition off the net completely. That's their website, AND main office. For more money they would corrupt their server-side applications to the point of unusability.
THIS is what you need security for. Because there are offices FULL of Russian, Israeli, Indian, (wherever) programmers who are willing to do whatever work they can, whether that be hacking or development, just to bring a paycheck home. In many cases they are protected either actively or passively by their government, and in some may even work for the government.
You're correct, script kiddies and curious hackers aren't much of a problem. The malevolent black hat hacker out to cause destruction and mayhem in your network for the sheer joy of it is almost entirely a media creation. But industrial espionage is alive and well, and to make matters worse it's cheap.
That's alot like saying "Everybody drives with a manual transmission because they don't want to learn to drive stick". Somepeople have preferences you know.
Personally I like administering a Windows environment. I'm sure part of it is bias because I'm a stronger MS tech than *nix tech, but having administered both I'll choose Windows 8 times out of 10. It's just my preference
Given that, I wish MS would make it easier for OSS to get around. I don't neccesarily want to run a qmail server, but I'd love it if I could find an Exchange alternative that didn't cost $1,300 for the most basic configuration.
This article makes me wonder why my "ask slashdot" concerning the viability of building a custom laptop was rejected. If changing the video card on a laptop is worthy of the front page, wouldn't a discussion on the possibilities of building a *complete laptop system* be more worthy?
Not to mention the largest point which is that *this keypad is ergonomic*
Other keypads force you to manipulate your fingers into uncomfortable positions, whereas this uses much more natural finger positions.
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It's called the freedom of association. Basically, you're free to associate with whomever you like, and likewise you're free to NOT associate with whomever you like.
You can't say that you value personal freedoms and then go out and make certain viewpoints or opinions illegal. So racists are free to be racist (as long as they don't try to use force against those they choose to hate) and the rest of us are free to consider them morons.
Yes, because the average US state can only support about 700 people. Right? Oh YEAH, that's right. The average city with up to 1.5 million people isn't going to notice much of a job scare when 20,000 people move in.
I think they mean "expel from the private organization that was previously mentioned in this sentence"... not "expel from the state".
The difference is that a corporation is only powerful as long as it has money. If you don't like what they do with their company you can choose not to support them.
Admittedly that becomes harder with the huge mega-corporations, but then again without the government support that libertarians disagree with there wouldn't be too many corporations that would get to that level.
But your assumption is that only geeks and technologists are pissed about the erosion of personal freedoms.
You may be correct, but I don't think so. I've met quite a few from the worker class who just want to take home as much of their paycheck as possible and be left alone by the government to the greatest degree. Hell, I'm a computer consultant but I've been known to dig a ditch or two in my time when the need arose.
In general it's not the uber-geeks who would do this, but the rugged individualist type who may or may not have a geek job, but almost definitely owns a few guns and goes hunting for food occasionally.
If you actually *read* the site you'd know that they are not angling to be an independent nation. More like they just want to re-institute the 10th amendment.
No, they're choosing a small enough population so that they don't need 200k to make a difference. 20k people aren't going to "drown out" ANY states population. They are specifically targetting states with a large libertarian bent so that the native populace will be more receptive to their ideals.
All of a sudden finding a community of like minded individuals where you can actually have some input is a bad thing?
Not really... There's nothing Utopian about it, just a push to minimize government. How is that Utopian?
He specifically said that PDA synchronization is one of the features he intends to include in the product. So no hacking needed.
The ER1 from Evolution.com has crude video ranging. Also, what about laser proximity detection? It would be much more accurate than any of the alternatives, and much more compact than sonar.
As was pointed out, glueing cold cathode tubes to the front door really isn't "case modding".
While you may be correct in your percentages, that is only because of the huge number of "script kiddies".
.com industry we outsourced some web-application dev work out to a russian design firm. They did excellent work for a great price, literally pennies on the dollar compared to what it would have cost to do the same thing in the states. We also outsourced some work to Israel and India, and saw the same value and competence. In summation, these were not 14 year old script kiddies.
When I was in the
On top of application development, they offered us an interesting growth plan. For 500 USD a day they would take any of our competition off the net completely. That's their website, AND main office. For more money they would corrupt their server-side applications to the point of unusability.
THIS is what you need security for. Because there are offices FULL of Russian, Israeli, Indian, (wherever) programmers who are willing to do whatever work they can, whether that be hacking or development, just to bring a paycheck home. In many cases they are protected either actively or passively by their government, and in some may even work for the government.
You're correct, script kiddies and curious hackers aren't much of a problem. The malevolent black hat hacker out to cause destruction and mayhem in your network for the sheer joy of it is almost entirely a media creation. But industrial espionage is alive and well, and to make matters worse it's cheap.
More info on Volution? Such as is there a Windows version? What 2% is it missing?
You have my attention.
That's alot like saying "Everybody drives with a manual transmission because they don't want to learn to drive stick". Somepeople have preferences you know.
Personally I like administering a Windows environment. I'm sure part of it is bias because I'm a stronger MS tech than *nix tech, but having administered both I'll choose Windows 8 times out of 10. It's just my preference
Given that, I wish MS would make it easier for OSS to get around. I don't neccesarily want to run a qmail server, but I'd love it if I could find an Exchange alternative that didn't cost $1,300 for the most basic configuration.
Probably to discern between the 300,000 shades of white that they market.
This article makes me wonder why my "ask slashdot" concerning the viability of building a custom laptop was rejected. If changing the video card on a laptop is worthy of the front page, wouldn't a discussion on the possibilities of building a *complete laptop system* be more worthy?
already been done...
Not to mention the largest point which is that *this keypad is ergonomic*
Other keypads force you to manipulate your fingers into uncomfortable positions, whereas this uses much more natural finger positions.
I wonder how difficult it will be to adapt this to fit onto my steering wheel...
This on one side, a trackball on the other. I'm good to go.
I think it's more of a "Let's have fun and throw Redbull branding all over the place." This is what marketing *should* be.
Because pulling 10 tons out of the 'Frisco bay is a pain in the ass...
I believe it's actually called a "Z-Pinch", and it's a very real phenomenon.
Or you could just buy a stun gun for $30.
Dark City would look amazing on an IMAX...
Fritz Lang brought to life.
This car I'm selling you is available with either a)a warranty or b)access to the engine. Since it's my choice, I'm giving you access to the engine.
Good luck, oh, and I'll throw in this complementary took kit to show my appreciation for your patronage.