One thing the US isn't #1 in is coming up with Ridiculous ranking systems which punish anyone who isn't spending money on items in the publishers agenda.
NationMaster is a US site, whos figures come from the CIA world handbook?? What's your point, caller?
The U.S. does have the best Health System in the world, and no one is denied access to it because of inability to pay.
NO YOU DON'T! How hard is it to grasp that? Wanting to be the best is one thing, thinking you are is delusional.
The Cuba line is a dead give-away as to the mindset of those who published the list.
You mean the mindset of the majority of the medical comunity, as reported by the BBC?. Jeez, even your own citizens are flocking there for treatment.
Looking at the same site, you can see the U.S.A. ranking #1 in motor vehicle accidents. So you see, your map does not correlate directly into health systems.
WTF? Of course they don't correlate directly! There are a gazillion factors in life expectancy. Lifestyle, diet, pollution. The nations drug addiction rate affects it. Could go on for hours here...
They have become a huge part of the US diet over the past 100 years. Our expected lifetime has grown over that time, and is greater than that of many places that don't use trans fats.
Utter nonsense. There have been a dozen major breakthroughs that have impacted life expectancy far more than an Orio might. In the last 100 years, we have wiped out childhood diseases such as polio, TB, mumps. We have learned how disease and viri spread, and how to control them. Everyone has fridges/freezers to keep food fresh and unspoiled. All of these advances would have a far greater impact on life expectancies than the 5/10 years you might lose through bad diet. Remember, 100 years ago, if all your kids lived to 18 years old it would be an unheard-of miracle. Nowadays, losing just one child is a major event.
The reason that America has such a higher life span then the rest of the world is due to our medical instatution for those that can afford it.
Why is it Amercians automatically assume they are the best at everything? Sorry to pop that little bubble, but you aren't even close. The US scrapes in at number 50 in the world for life expectancy. In a list of 50.
Plus, the US health system is regarded as one of the worst in the free world. You acknoledge this yourself with "for those that can afford it". One thing I take issue with is the idea that doctors personally profit from what treatments they prescribe. Sure, doctors should be more trustworthy than car mechanics, but it's a dangerous set-up if you ask me.
Ironically, Cuba is seen as having one of the best health systems in the world. Go figure...
The 'who' strongly binds the entity before it to the entity after it, indicating that 'using keyloggers' is a predicate of 'hackers'. Thus the modifier, now tightly bound, dangles no more.
Maybe you've cracked the means for improving the grammar on Slashdot. There's a book in there; "English Grammar for Coders".
Since I travel regularly, I'm more likely to have my PowerBook than an internet connection.
Many of us have been doing IMAP through our mobles as well for years. There's a little device in my pocket that can access every mail I've ever received, from any developed country on the planet. You can also setup your own webmail server easily with the likes of Squirrel Mail, giving you access to the same mailbox over the web.:-)
I like Gmail. It gives the average joe-public the same as I have, but a lot less hastle to set up. I won't be using it much myself, but it's good that it's there.
In this particular case, Kraft are not in the clothing business, nor are they ever likely to be.
What makes you say that? Do you know for sure that whoever owns Kraft does not also have clothing interests? From their own website in the "history" section:
On January 27, 2003, Philip Morris Companies Inc., the parent company of Kraft Foods, changes its name to Altria Group, Inc. to communicate its corporate structure with greater clarity.
Now, I didn't know that. I thought Philp Morris made tobacco products. Now, Dunhill is owned by them and is a clothing brand, that's just from the top of my head. I'd bet that they own a few other brands as well. I love the term "to communicate its corporate structure with greater clarity", when they should have used "because the PM name is sullied with the past lies about the dangers of smoking".
Let's face it, there are only about three companies left in the world that own pretty much about everything. The brand names just form the illusion of choice, much like our political systems!;-)
My provider charges me $0.10 for every SMS message send or received
Jeez, that bites! Especially the pay to receive part, that would make them a tad anti-social and rude to send. Here (UK) they are about 10c as well, but only to send.
. I had a cell phone once and absolutely hated it. Why? Because when I go out, I don't want to talk on the phone! I don't want to be bothered.
You don't like friends calling you? If that's the case, then you need to get a cell with SMS then. Custom designed to fit your needs. Most of my texts read "doing anything Friday?" or "fancy a beer?".
The crazy thing was, they rarely actually TALKED to each other, they simply sent text messages back and forth.
Usually the text messages are just arranging to meet up face-to-face. One of the key benefits is that you can get a message out from a busy, noisy pub, then check back every couple of minutes for their phone.
Blackberry is a increasing phenomnum in the states, right? Basically they are just getting the same benefits as SMS, it's exactly the same service really.
Humans hunt ungulates like deer and elk to keep their populations down. If we didn't, they'd overpopulate and starve to death in the winter.
That argument always makes me think of South Park. "Quick Ned, thin out their numbers", "he's coming right for us!!". It has to be one of the worst arguments ever, it has more holes than the Chewbacka defense!
You do it because you enjoy it. Hunting is a primal instinct in all carivores, and you are just getting the opiate buzz that your brain is producing to reward you for you behaviour that is favourable to passing on your genes. A lot of the time, humans try to kid themselves that we are superiour to the animals. Not so, we have exactly the same drives and goals as them.
Not that I have a problem with hunting, don't see the opertunity to coming up for me in the UK, but if I ever get the chance to squeeze off a few rounds stateside, I'll likely be using targets instead.
Look at Scotland! We managed to hold back the Romans, unlike everyone else in Europe. Yet now we're ruled be effite arseholes!! It's a scandal, Franco!
Plus, the US had it's ass handed to it in Cuba (Bay of Pigs invasion), Vietnam and now Iraq. You can't win all the time, even dispite the power you can wield (e.g. Romans in Scotland, or lack of).
...now I can't badmouth the French for yet another dumb-ass decision.
Why do the Yanks hate the Frogs anyway? I never did figure that out. All I can see really was the Iraq war differences, where the US didn't like the fact that France didn't do what they were told, stood up for what they believed in, and made themselves heard. Ironicly, that's "idea" of being indepentant is what the USA was founded on.
Just don't get it...you hate them for doing the same thing that is supposed to define your own country!
He must have downloaded a few movies from the wrong sharer (i.e. copyright enforcer).
Yes, that's the most likely explaination. There are a large number of companies that sell this service. You can find a large potential list of IPs that people suspect of doing this. The rest of the site is worth a look.
I block this list at my firewall, and I do get the odd hit or two each day from this iptables chain. If you are interested in doing this on Linux, checkout "linblock", a script for applying the list to iptables. Beware though, it's a big list and it can take an hour to apply all the rules!
It is true only if you are in a profession that would allow you to earn wages for unlimited hours. Most well compensated people earn 40 hours a week worth of salary, and either aren't paid overtime
Yeah, but you are only seeing it one way. Lets say perhaps I do work 40 hours per week with no overtime. Now, in this job I might earn more than I need to live and I'm not a greedy person. By paying the accountant for two hours of tax work, you are swapping in some of the "working" hours for more "free" hours. So, I now work e.g. 40 hours instead of 42, as the tax stuff is something you'd rather not do (which is close to my definition of work).
My definition of work also starts from the moment your alarm goes off, until you get home. During the hours in between, you are not free to do as you wish, so you are "working". Even if three hours of that per day is commuting and getting showered.;-)
Since I started having an accountant prepare my taxes three years ago there has not been a year where he did not save me far for than the small amount of money he charges to to my taxes.
That was my second thought. My first thought was that he isn't considering the time it would take to do it. If you earn more than an accountant does, you should be paying him to do it for you, as his time is less valuable than yours. That's why you get paid; time is finite. Get an accountant, buy a little time back, and get on with enjoying the good things in life while you can.
Same applies to painting and decorating, and just about anything. If you earn $20 per hour, pay someone $10 to do it for you. Instead of doing your tax return, work an extra couple of hours overtime in your day job, pay the accountant and you are in profit.
Have you seen the iPod photo? Next step is one that will play video and you've got a portable DVD player with no need for physical media.
Pay attention at the back! Portable media players have been around for years. You've been able to play DivX etc on PDAs for years, hell every cellphone I've had for the past three years has been capable of it.
Honestly, I get the impression that most people think Apple invented the mp3 player. They just have very good marketing, that's all! If you are waiting to see what they do next, you'll be about 2-3 years behind the rest of us.
Perhaps make the whole front of the iPod a touch screen instead of the wheel so you have a 16:9 screen format as well (turn it sideways) or just make it somewhat larger.
Sounds exactly like my PDA that's sitting in my pocket right now. It's a shame I drive; I'm itching to sit and watch Futurama etc while on the subway!
It is possible to build immense and complex code bases that are incredibly well tested and robust. Look at any Linux distribution and this is what you have
Utter tripe, you clearly don't work in QA. Linux is not well tested. In fact, I've never ever come across an article discussing testing of a distribution.
They are WELL USED, which is a different thing altogether. A good tester will look at all of the possible usage scenarios and come up with a test plan that ensures that each of them work, and that they pass several different tests. "Well used" only tests to obvious common stuff.
Never once as a QA engineer have I come across anything resembling a coherent test plan. I'm sorry, but OSS products are some of the worst tested on the planet. OSS's strengths lie elsewhere, and that is what results in less bugs overall.
Why don't you try telling their family, friends and lovers that they should have left them alone and that they should respect their decision to end it all, which will perhaps magically absolve them of their feelings of grief and wondering why they did it and what they might have done that could have contributed to it?
I really wish/. had an moderation that allowed you to bold parts of other people posts. The above hits the nail on the head. Suicide is completely selfish, and often done through the intention of causing guilt to those around them in a perverted revenge "see how they like this" sort of way.
Anyone who attempts to browse "normal" webpages in their native format on a screen 240 pixels wide will quickly realize that it is completely unusable for most sites.
I disagree. Granted; it's not as simple as desktop browsing, but must mobile clients have a few different layout options and usually at least one looks good. I surf on my 240x320 device all the time, hitting BBC News,/., and a few other sites that weren't designed for mobiles.
So long as you have tabbed browsing and can load new pages in the background, it's pretty useful.
It's really awesome to have a Linux workstation in your pocket that can dial via bluetooth through your cellphone anywhere you can get reception. Take photos with your camera, edit them right there with the latest GIMP, upload them to your server.
I've pretty much got that with my WinCE 2003 device as well. Granted, the terminal is an ssh session to my home box, but that's more powerful than a local session as all my resources are on that network. WiFi is a must, mine has it built in.
I've considered looking into putting *nix on it, but decided against it. It's also my phone, and I doubt that I'd be able to get drivers for the obscure hardware that makes up the device. Then trying to get a useful GUI that lets me jump from a missed call to a contact, to an email to that contact. It's an interesting area, but I don't think mobile *nix is anywhere near ready for prime time yet.
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NationMaster is a US site, whos figures come from the CIA world handbook?? What's your point, caller?
The U.S. does have the best Health System in the world, and no one is denied access to it because of inability to pay.
NO YOU DON'T! How hard is it to grasp that? Wanting to be the best is one thing, thinking you are is delusional.
The Cuba line is a dead give-away as to the mindset of those who published the list.
You mean the mindset of the majority of the medical comunity, as reported by the BBC?. Jeez, even your own citizens are flocking there for treatment.
WTF? Of course they don't correlate directly! There are a gazillion factors in life expectancy. Lifestyle, diet, pollution. The nations drug addiction rate affects it. Could go on for hours here...
You mean the US legal system? ;-)
Utter nonsense. There have been a dozen major breakthroughs that have impacted life expectancy far more than an Orio might. In the last 100 years, we have wiped out childhood diseases such as polio, TB, mumps. We have learned how disease and viri spread, and how to control them. Everyone has fridges/freezers to keep food fresh and unspoiled. All of these advances would have a far greater impact on life expectancies than the 5/10 years you might lose through bad diet. Remember, 100 years ago, if all your kids lived to 18 years old it would be an unheard-of miracle. Nowadays, losing just one child is a major event.
Why is it Amercians automatically assume they are the best at everything? Sorry to pop that little bubble, but you aren't even close. The US scrapes in at number 50 in the world for life expectancy. In a list of 50.
Plus, the US health system is regarded as one of the worst in the free world. You acknoledge this yourself with "for those that can afford it". One thing I take issue with is the idea that doctors personally profit from what treatments they prescribe. Sure, doctors should be more trustworthy than car mechanics, but it's a dangerous set-up if you ask me.
Ironically, Cuba is seen as having one of the best health systems in the world. Go figure...
Maybe you've cracked the means for improving the grammar on Slashdot. There's a book in there; "English Grammar for Coders".
Many of us have been doing IMAP through our mobles as well for years. There's a little device in my pocket that can access every mail I've ever received, from any developed country on the planet. You can also setup your own webmail server easily with the likes of Squirrel Mail, giving you access to the same mailbox over the web. :-)
I like Gmail. It gives the average joe-public the same as I have, but a lot less hastle to set up. I won't be using it much myself, but it's good that it's there.
What makes you say that? Do you know for sure that whoever owns Kraft does not also have clothing interests? From their own website in the "history" section:
Now, I didn't know that. I thought Philp Morris made tobacco products. Now, Dunhill is owned by them and is a clothing brand, that's just from the top of my head. I'd bet that they own a few other brands as well. I love the term "to communicate its corporate structure with greater clarity", when they should have used "because the PM name is sullied with the past lies about the dangers of smoking".
Let's face it, there are only about three companies left in the world that own pretty much about everything. The brand names just form the illusion of choice, much like our political systems! ;-)
Jeez, that bites! Especially the pay to receive part, that would make them a tad anti-social and rude to send. Here (UK) they are about 10c as well, but only to send.
You don't like friends calling you? If that's the case, then you need to get a cell with SMS then. Custom designed to fit your needs. Most of my texts read "doing anything Friday?" or "fancy a beer?".
Usually the text messages are just arranging to meet up face-to-face. One of the key benefits is that you can get a message out from a busy, noisy pub, then check back every couple of minutes for their phone.
Blackberry is a increasing phenomnum in the states, right? Basically they are just getting the same benefits as SMS, it's exactly the same service really.
That argument always makes me think of South Park. "Quick Ned, thin out their numbers", "he's coming right for us!!". It has to be one of the worst arguments ever, it has more holes than the Chewbacka defense!
You do it because you enjoy it. Hunting is a primal instinct in all carivores, and you are just getting the opiate buzz that your brain is producing to reward you for you behaviour that is favourable to passing on your genes. A lot of the time, humans try to kid themselves that we are superiour to the animals. Not so, we have exactly the same drives and goals as them.
Not that I have a problem with hunting, don't see the opertunity to coming up for me in the UK, but if I ever get the chance to squeeze off a few rounds stateside, I'll likely be using targets instead.
Outlook + IMAP is the way I do it. You can drag messages between local storage and your mail server.
Plus, the US had it's ass handed to it in Cuba (Bay of Pigs invasion), Vietnam and now Iraq. You can't win all the time, even dispite the power you can wield (e.g. Romans in Scotland, or lack of).
Why do the Yanks hate the Frogs anyway? I never did figure that out. All I can see really was the Iraq war differences, where the US didn't like the fact that France didn't do what they were told, stood up for what they believed in, and made themselves heard. Ironicly, that's "idea" of being indepentant is what the USA was founded on.
Just don't get it...you hate them for doing the same thing that is supposed to define your own country!
Yes, that's the most likely explaination. There are a large number of companies that sell this service. You can find a large potential list of IPs that people suspect of doing this. The rest of the site is worth a look.
I block this list at my firewall, and I do get the odd hit or two each day from this iptables chain. If you are interested in doing this on Linux, checkout "linblock", a script for applying the list to iptables. Beware though, it's a big list and it can take an hour to apply all the rules!
Yeah, but you are only seeing it one way. Lets say perhaps I do work 40 hours per week with no overtime. Now, in this job I might earn more than I need to live and I'm not a greedy person. By paying the accountant for two hours of tax work, you are swapping in some of the "working" hours for more "free" hours. So, I now work e.g. 40 hours instead of 42, as the tax stuff is something you'd rather not do (which is close to my definition of work).
My definition of work also starts from the moment your alarm goes off, until you get home. During the hours in between, you are not free to do as you wish, so you are "working". Even if three hours of that per day is commuting and getting showered. ;-)
That was my second thought. My first thought was that he isn't considering the time it would take to do it. If you earn more than an accountant does, you should be paying him to do it for you, as his time is less valuable than yours. That's why you get paid; time is finite. Get an accountant, buy a little time back, and get on with enjoying the good things in life while you can.
Same applies to painting and decorating, and just about anything. If you earn $20 per hour, pay someone $10 to do it for you. Instead of doing your tax return, work an extra couple of hours overtime in your day job, pay the accountant and you are in profit.
Pay attention at the back! Portable media players have been around for years. You've been able to play DivX etc on PDAs for years, hell every cellphone I've had for the past three years has been capable of it.
Honestly, I get the impression that most people think Apple invented the mp3 player. They just have very good marketing, that's all! If you are waiting to see what they do next, you'll be about 2-3 years behind the rest of us.
Perhaps make the whole front of the iPod a touch screen instead of the wheel so you have a 16:9 screen format as well (turn it sideways) or just make it somewhat larger.
Sounds exactly like my PDA that's sitting in my pocket right now. It's a shame I drive; I'm itching to sit and watch Futurama etc while on the subway!
Utter tripe, you clearly don't work in QA. Linux is not well tested. In fact, I've never ever come across an article discussing testing of a distribution.
They are WELL USED, which is a different thing altogether. A good tester will look at all of the possible usage scenarios and come up with a test plan that ensures that each of them work, and that they pass several different tests. "Well used" only tests to obvious common stuff.
Never once as a QA engineer have I come across anything resembling a coherent test plan. I'm sorry, but OSS products are some of the worst tested on the planet. OSS's strengths lie elsewhere, and that is what results in less bugs overall.
I really wish /. had an moderation that allowed you to bold parts of other people posts. The above hits the nail on the head. Suicide is completely selfish, and often done through the intention of causing guilt to those around them in a perverted revenge "see how they like this" sort of way.
Yeah, I'd say it was more proof-of-concept right now. Their test process is "can it render the google homepage". Watching with interest though...
I disagree. Granted; it's not as simple as desktop browsing, but must mobile clients have a few different layout options and usually at least one looks good. I surf on my 240x320 device all the time, hitting BBC News, /., and a few other sites that weren't designed for mobiles.
So long as you have tabbed browsing and can load new pages in the background, it's pretty useful.
Simpsons, right? Who's Curly? You mean Karl?
I've pretty much got that with my WinCE 2003 device as well. Granted, the terminal is an ssh session to my home box, but that's more powerful than a local session as all my resources are on that network. WiFi is a must, mine has it built in.
I've considered looking into putting *nix on it, but decided against it. It's also my phone, and I doubt that I'd be able to get drivers for the obscure hardware that makes up the device. Then trying to get a useful GUI that lets me jump from a missed call to a contact, to an email to that contact. It's an interesting area, but I don't think mobile *nix is anywhere near ready for prime time yet.