The building I have worked in since 1998 has female voices for the elevators... "Going up", etc. It's a 30+ year old building. Where's the out cry over that?
Plenty of non-sexist reasons to have a female voice.
Apparently with strings (NDA) attached? Or are you saying the NDA from their original developer relationship prevented this? Both of these seem a bit sketchy to me.
Problem is, I end up getting subscribed to mailing lists all the time because a lot of people with the same last name and a similar first name don't pay the fuck attention to what address they're typing in.
THIS! I have a rather regional last name... it's not common. But every moron out there seems to think it's theirs. I've done a lot of the same things that others have done... responded, canceled, ignored, etc. I've even tried to get the sources of these to require a confirmation link be sent to the subscribing email... no luck there either.
Also, GMail is very good at catching SPAM, in my experience. Every once in a while, I'll get a few that I report and from then on, I don't see them anymore.
I bought a VIc-20 in 1982 to use in my woodworking business. I learned BASIC on it by trying to key in the Tank vs UFO game that was printed in the manual. I don't know if it was all of my typos or errors in the printed listing (both likely), but through debugging that ASCII character game, I got started in the direction that took me to working in IT.
I once picked up this book in a bookstore. I read a few pages into the first chapter, where he claims that Republicans believe in beating newborn babies with "sticks, belts and wooden paddles". I stopped reading at that point, figuring that such a partisan shill can't possibly have anything useful to say.
I don't know where and how you were raised, but the references to paddling kids sure resonate with my southern US upbringing. "Spare the rod, spoil the child."
"Trawling is a method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net through the water behind one or more boats. The net that is used for trawling is called a trawl."
I have been preaching this same message for years. I was hoping some of the "stimulus" money the US has spent in the last 4-5 years would be targeted at building network infrastructure.
May I ask where you've experienced this in the past?
For the most part you can just live your life. If you are just going about daily business you have little to fear. The problem arises if and when you want to make a significant change to the status quo. Say you want to join the Occupy movement, or advocate against hydraulic fracking, or agitate for criminal proceedings against Wall Street felons. These new law enforcement abilities will be used against you to preserve that status quo that so many powerful people benefit so much from.
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The building I have worked in since 1998 has female voices for the elevators... "Going up", etc. It's a 30+ year old building. Where's the out cry over that?
Plenty of non-sexist reasons to have a female voice.
> What I'd like to see is more autonomous bots, rather than what are effectively RC tanks.
I was going to post something like this. They are not really robots, IMO. Autonomous bots would be much more interesting.
Where? I didn't see any of them on google maps earth view.
I, for one, have used it in this manner for 60+ years. But I thought it was mostly confined to the South where I grew up.
> it was a unit Apple gave them
Apparently with strings (NDA) attached? Or are you saying the NDA from their original developer relationship prevented this? Both of these seem a bit sketchy to me.
> Yeah, basically "the clause in the act indemnifies car manufacturers against criminal penalties".
Seems that still leaves them open to civil actions/penalties.
It's working just fine on mine, though YMMV as they say.
In other words...motherfucking Google! Must you kill everything I love!
Agreed. I love my Nexus 7... I don't have a smart phone, my tablet is my portal. Google has ADD.
Every generation starts out more liberal and open-minded, and ends up more conservative and bitter.
Then I must be an outlier since I'm now 67 and far more liberal than I was 50 years ago... and for the record, I think Snowden is a hero.
we fully intend to follow Obama's lead and use the IRS as a weapon against our enemies domestic and domestic.
Obama's lead? If you think he started this, you must be new around here (planet earth).
Agree 100%. I have my doubts about the "old stoner" really being one.
Furthermore, the encounter will be by our own robots.
And it will be sexy.
"Hey sexy mama--wanna kill all humans?"
Oh, to have some mod points now.
Problem is, I end up getting subscribed to mailing lists all the time because a lot of people with the same last name and a similar first name don't pay the fuck attention to what address they're typing in.
THIS! I have a rather regional last name... it's not common. But every moron out there seems to think it's theirs. I've done a lot of the same things that others have done... responded, canceled, ignored, etc. I've even tried to get the sources of these to require a confirmation link be sent to the subscribing email... no luck there either.
Also, GMail is very good at catching SPAM, in my experience. Every once in a while, I'll get a few that I report and from then on, I don't see them anymore.
You're forgetting that anyone who gets it now is an idiot.
Really? So a health worker that comes into contact with an Ebola patient that is undiagnosed and gets ill is an idiot?
I wondering what the level of fear, apprehension, etc. was on the dive? I think I'd be very fearful.
to me in my job. I could flip off more managers in one action.
There's like, a lot of numbers.. ya'know? that means stuff can happen. If stuff might happen, then stuff can happen because ... stuff!
That's exactly what I got out of the summary. Blathering.
I bought a VIc-20 in 1982 to use in my woodworking business. I learned BASIC on it by trying to key in the Tank vs UFO game that was printed in the manual. I don't know if it was all of my typos or errors in the printed listing (both likely), but through debugging that ASCII character game, I got started in the direction that took me to working in IT.
a new idea
Sorry, you lost me there.
I once picked up this book in a bookstore. I read a few pages into the first chapter, where he claims that Republicans believe in beating newborn babies with "sticks, belts and wooden paddles". I stopped reading at that point, figuring that such a partisan shill can't possibly have anything useful to say.
I don't know where and how you were raised, but the references to paddling kids sure resonate with my southern US upbringing. "Spare the rod, spoil the child."
"Trawling is a method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net through the water behind one or more boats. The net that is used for trawling is called a trawl."
From Wikipedia.
If a King rules a Kingdom, and an Emperor rules an Empire, who rules our Country?
Big money??
Spreading knowledge of how malaria spreads and how to stop it will stop FAR more cases than a proprietary malaria treatment.
boil water. and explain why, and how (to short a time is almost as bad as not doing it at all). Drain swamps, kill the mosquito.
Knowledge is power...
Correct... internet (knowledge) = long term solution. Treatment = short term. Both have value.
I have been preaching this same message for years. I was hoping some of the "stimulus" money the US has spent in the last 4-5 years would be targeted at building network infrastructure.
May I ask where you've experienced this in the past?
For the most part you can just live your life. If you are just going about daily business you have little to fear. The problem arises if and when you want to make a significant change to the status quo. Say you want to join the Occupy movement, or advocate against hydraulic fracking, or agitate for criminal proceedings against Wall Street felons. These new law enforcement abilities will be used against you to preserve that status quo that so many powerful people benefit so much from.
Please mod post this up. Explains it all.
As far as most Americans are concerned Assange is a batshit crazy anti-American loony.
Speak for yourself.