I've just received word from my sources at Bigelow Aerospace that their experimental autopilot is working great! This inflatable technology is AWETHOME!
Do people really get banned? I could understand if they're gnaa trolls using throw away accounts, but I'd be surprised if people were actually getting banned.
As far as moderation goes, yes that one thread does look suspicious. I'm not terribly worried though; I generally have karma to burn. While there are individual cases of mods on crack or abuse of the system, on the whole I've been treated well by moderation.
The real problem was not that this feature allowed the user to encrypt a folder, but they hadn't yet released the ability to decrypt the folder. That functionality was going to be part of Vista. Since it's been removed from the Vista features list, they had to remove it form the XP update.
Some day, we're going to run out of room in the virtual landfills. If we don't start recycling code NOW, our children or our children's children will never know the vast sweeping cyberspaces of the internet.
Something like that? The visual I get is of a guy in a pirate suit with a tear running down his cheek. =)
Larry the Retard from Bargain Basement Law School gets admitted because he lucked out on the exam.
You don't "luck out on the exam". The bar exam is not multiple choice. Very very few people from the non-accredited schools are able to pass the bar. Those non-accredited schools with a high pass rate advertise the fact, and if they can maintain a high enough pass rate for long enough, they usually gain accreditation.
You are well on your way to becoming a PHB, and here's why:
While you believe you are a critical thinker, you actually lack critical thinking skills. Now, I know that sounds a bit harsh, and yes, it's a generalization. You probably do have critical thinking skills, but you were not using them when you read my post, nor when you replied.
I deduce this from the fact that one of your counter arguments is that I use false statistics, or that I'm just making them up. However, if you re-read my post, you'll see that I never bring up statistics in any way, shape, or form. I use the word percentage, which you equate with statistics. This is a clear indication of sloppy thinking. And this is just one example of your misreading of my post.
I'm well aware of my mental limitations. I'll never make it as a PHB because the hallmark of a PHB is that he isn't aware; he thinks he is brilliant when clearly he is not. Don't make the same mistake.
I say this not to put you down, but because too many MBAs I've come across really think they're brilliant, when at their best they're bright. I say this because you really need to put your MBA into perspective. It might be important to you right now (as it should be, since you are in the midst of earning it), but I'm afraid I don't find it very impressive in and of itself. Good luck in your education and may you find meaningful work that makes you happy.
You know what they say about Yale graduates, don't you? They always find a way to work into the conversation that they're from Yale. =) Either that, or they weren't taught not to pee on their hands. I forget which.
I think that varies from state to state, and that it's nearly impossible to even be allowed to take the bar exam without having graduated from a law school. Some states require that the law school be American Bar Association approved/accredited or that the state itself recognizes the school as "reputable".
This might be apocryphal, but the story I heard as to why California tightened up it's Bar Admission requirements was because too many experienced legal secretaries were passing the bar and going into practice. Not only was this increasing competition, but it was leading to a shortage of competent legal secretaries. (A competent legal secretary was essential to a thriving law practice in the old days.)
Anyway, simply passing your state's bar exam is not a guarantee that you'll be admitted to the bar. Applying to take the exam doesn't guarantee that you'll be permitted to take the exam. They have many ways to keep you out if you haven't attended law school.
I wasn't actually attacking on MBAs in general; I was just pointing out that our President has an MBA.
Here's the thing about people that go to grad school to get an MBA. A very small percentage are interesting people who want to do interesting things in life, and they see their path as owning or running a business. The vast majority of people earning or who have earned an MBA do it because it will lead to more money. These people are uninteresting. Boring. Status quo. It's hard to blame any of them individually for the world's ills, but it's awfully hard to posit that they're part of the solution.
Maybe you're part of the one or two percent that will go on to do something interesting. If so, my hat's off to you. However, don't go over-inflating the worth of an MBA beyond its earning power.
On the other hand, Harley Davidson, Japan apparently has trouble keeping bikes in stock, despite being so much more expensive that domestic bikes and despite regulations that make it harder to be licensed to ride bigger bikes.
It's probably one of those fanatic things, though, like how some sarimen collect golf gear but rarely, if ever, play 18 holes of golf.
The ipods success in Japan versus the xbox's lack there of has to do with the fact that there has not been a historical dominance in portable mp3 players by japanese companies.
No, but Japanese have a long tradition of manufacturing audio products.
But the real reason the iPod has been such a success is that Apple is more Japanese-y than Sony, in terms of industrial design. Jobs and Ives both get it.
Yes. An MBA is especially useful should you ever want to run for President of the United States. Also, if you want to avoid the draft and run for VP, graduate school might be for you!
Another name missing from the list (if it was a list about people that are actually doing stuff) is Ryan Rempel. Ryan Rempel is the creator of X-Post-Facto, software that allows people with older legacy macs to run OS X.
Pogue is the NYT technology columnist, and has been for a while now. He also has his own line of books at O'Reilly's; The Missing Manual series.
I wouldn't associate him with Dvorak in any way, other than they both make their living by writing words. Still, if your point is that some of these names aren't really tech people, I completely agree. How many of them are actually doing tech, rather than writing about it?
It's funny, though, that a large amount of the people on that lists are pundits, opinionators, journalists, popularizers, evangleists and the like, not really what I think of as tech people, like you and a few others. Why isn't Rael Dornfest on the list? There's not enough people that actually program there. David Pogue is technical? Because he writes/edits the Missing Manuals?
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I wonder what The Jobs will be announcing/unveiling at WWDC this year. Three weeks away! I'm stocking up on Kool Aid.
(What I really want is a merom based PB. Er, I mean MBP.)
I think what you want is halfprice-escorts.com. Paste at your own risk.
Another picture of Otto Pilot with some other guy.
I liked the Register headline: Microsoft to Google: get your tanks off our lawn.
I've just received word from my sources at Bigelow Aerospace that their experimental autopilot is working great! This inflatable technology is AWETHOME!
Do people really get banned? I could understand if they're gnaa trolls using throw away accounts, but I'd be surprised if people were actually getting banned.
As far as moderation goes, yes that one thread does look suspicious. I'm not terribly worried though; I generally have karma to burn. While there are individual cases of mods on crack or abuse of the system, on the whole I've been treated well by moderation.
I've been using Darnitol and it doesn't seem to be helping motivation-wise. Anyone else with Darnitol experience?
=)
The real problem was not that this feature allowed the user to encrypt a folder, but they hadn't yet released the ability to decrypt the folder. That functionality was going to be part of Vista. Since it's been removed from the Vista features list, they had to remove it form the XP update.
Is that why Coach asks us to give a 180% effort when he makes those inspirational speeches? =)
I'm trying to calculate the risk/reward ratio for those strapped underneath a rocket. So far, I keep getting divide by zero errors.
In space no one can smell you scream.
I thought everyone knew that.
Please don't tell me Park Place and Marvin Gardens are also dumps! I expect that for Baltic Avenue, but not the yellows, greens, and dark blues.
That sounds almost like my scheme of using a magnifying glass to warn insects of the dangers from the sun's rays.
What's that old saying? The last 10% takes 90% of the effort?
Some day, we're going to run out of room in the virtual landfills. If we don't start recycling code NOW, our children or our children's children will never know the vast sweeping cyberspaces of the internet.
Something like that? The visual I get is of a guy in a pirate suit with a tear running down his cheek. =)
Larry the Retard from Bargain Basement Law School gets admitted because he lucked out on the exam.
You don't "luck out on the exam". The bar exam is not multiple choice. Very very few people from the non-accredited schools are able to pass the bar. Those non-accredited schools with a high pass rate advertise the fact, and if they can maintain a high enough pass rate for long enough, they usually gain accreditation.
Chris,
You are well on your way to becoming a PHB, and here's why:
While you believe you are a critical thinker, you actually lack critical thinking skills. Now, I know that sounds a bit harsh, and yes, it's a generalization. You probably do have critical thinking skills, but you were not using them when you read my post, nor when you replied.
I deduce this from the fact that one of your counter arguments is that I use false statistics, or that I'm just making them up. However, if you re-read my post, you'll see that I never bring up statistics in any way, shape, or form. I use the word percentage, which you equate with statistics. This is a clear indication of sloppy thinking. And this is just one example of your misreading of my post.
I'm well aware of my mental limitations. I'll never make it as a PHB because the hallmark of a PHB is that he isn't aware; he thinks he is brilliant when clearly he is not. Don't make the same mistake.
I say this not to put you down, but because too many MBAs I've come across really think they're brilliant, when at their best they're bright. I say this because you really need to put your MBA into perspective. It might be important to you right now (as it should be, since you are in the midst of earning it), but I'm afraid I don't find it very impressive in and of itself. Good luck in your education and may you find meaningful work that makes you happy.
You know what they say about Yale graduates, don't you? They always find a way to work into the conversation that they're from Yale. =) Either that, or they weren't taught not to pee on their hands. I forget which.
I think that varies from state to state, and that it's nearly impossible to even be allowed to take the bar exam without having graduated from a law school. Some states require that the law school be American Bar Association approved/accredited or that the state itself recognizes the school as "reputable".
This might be apocryphal, but the story I heard as to why California tightened up it's Bar Admission requirements was because too many experienced legal secretaries were passing the bar and going into practice. Not only was this increasing competition, but it was leading to a shortage of competent legal secretaries. (A competent legal secretary was essential to a thriving law practice in the old days.)
Anyway, simply passing your state's bar exam is not a guarantee that you'll be admitted to the bar. Applying to take the exam doesn't guarantee that you'll be permitted to take the exam. They have many ways to keep you out if you haven't attended law school.
Sounds like you never went for an MBA...
No, and I probably never will.
I wasn't actually attacking on MBAs in general; I was just pointing out that our President has an MBA.
Here's the thing about people that go to grad school to get an MBA. A very small percentage are interesting people who want to do interesting things in life, and they see their path as owning or running a business. The vast majority of people earning or who have earned an MBA do it because it will lead to more money. These people are uninteresting. Boring. Status quo. It's hard to blame any of them individually for the world's ills, but it's awfully hard to posit that they're part of the solution.
Maybe you're part of the one or two percent that will go on to do something interesting. If so, my hat's off to you. However, don't go over-inflating the worth of an MBA beyond its earning power.
On the other hand, Harley Davidson, Japan apparently has trouble keeping bikes in stock, despite being so much more expensive that domestic bikes and despite regulations that make it harder to be licensed to ride bigger bikes.
It's probably one of those fanatic things, though, like how some sarimen collect golf gear but rarely, if ever, play 18 holes of golf.
The ipods success in Japan versus the xbox's lack there of has to do with the fact that there has not been a historical dominance in portable mp3 players by japanese companies.
No, but Japanese have a long tradition of manufacturing audio products.
But the real reason the iPod has been such a success is that Apple is more Japanese-y than Sony, in terms of industrial design. Jobs and Ives both get it.
Yes. An MBA is especially useful should you ever want to run for President of the United States. Also, if you want to avoid the draft and run for VP, graduate school might be for you!
Another name missing from the list (if it was a list about people that are actually doing stuff) is Ryan Rempel. Ryan Rempel is the creator of X-Post-Facto, software that allows people with older legacy macs to run OS X.
Pogue is the NYT technology columnist, and has been for a while now. He also has his own line of books at O'Reilly's; The Missing Manual series.
I wouldn't associate him with Dvorak in any way, other than they both make their living by writing words. Still, if your point is that some of these names aren't really tech people, I completely agree. How many of them are actually doing tech, rather than writing about it?
=)
I actually chuckled out loud.
It's funny, though, that a large amount of the people on that lists are pundits, opinionators, journalists, popularizers, evangleists and the like, not really what I think of as tech people, like you and a few others. Why isn't Rael Dornfest on the list? There's not enough people that actually program there. David Pogue is technical? Because he writes/edits the Missing Manuals?