Granted, we should remove Saddam by force. The problem is that we're a^H^H the superpower. The rest of the world is scared shitless that they're going to be next. No one wants to get bombed because their leader beat Bush's bowling score last week. As a country capable of doing this to any other country, we have a responsibility to get global support before flying off the handle like this. Scaring the rest of the world into submission is not going to help our situation. Eventually they're going to find a way to fight back.
p.s.- I live near downtown LA. When they do sneak a nuke into the country, remember what I said, because I'll be dust and ash...
Sure, some people here on/. think that they are cool or 'in the know' by spelling Microsoft and Windows wrong. Everyone else knows they are just lame. But by getting so upset about it, you are putting yourself in the same category; you think you know something that no one else knows. Get over yourself. As one/. sig puts it, "you are not as cool as you think you are."
I simply don't have the time to do a financial analysis every time I make a decision, so yes, sometimes I consider what the national news outlets are saying about the economy. I also consider what my friends and family are saying. Since half of them have been layed off in the last 3 years I'd say we've got some problems. It's possible these problems were caused by someone in the media mentioning the word recession, but I doubt it.
OTOH, I don't doubt that we Americans live in a constant state of fear, which is often fueled by 24-hour news channels and web sites. We simply aren't used to being bombbarded with information all the time, especially when media outlets make themselve so self-important to get ratings. We hear about every layoff, every corporate scandal and every dip in stock price. We're seeing the flip side of the dot-com bubble. Instead of being too optimistic, we're being too pessimistic. It's hype either way.
What can I say? That's capitalism for ya. Media outlets make big money by getting people to watch.
We are going to ignore the United Nations in order to make clear to Saddam Hussein that the United Nations cannot be ignored.
Not that I have any interest in going to war, but when did the UN say the US couldn't go to war? I was under the impression that a resolution to sanction war was never passed.
So share your experience. I find what you're saying hard to believe. I've spoken with a lot of foriegners; most of them have no more sense of history than I do. They talk a lot of b.s. just like me;)
You make a good point, but don't you think it is worth our time and effort to design structures that can stand the test of time? It's like programming a quick script to do the current task instead of writing a general purpose piece of software that can be used over and over. Admittingly, software is a bad example, a quick hack can be easily reproduced and customized to do the next task, a poorly designed house cannot. I think it's well within our reach to design structures that can be easily maintained and adapted to meet new needs.
I recently saw a coworker get passed over for a promotion. A senior programmer leaves, so he first gets promoted into the vacacy taking on a whole new set of systems.
When they hired a new kid to take his old spot, the kid complained that he couldn't use any of the old code.
They did a review of the guy's code, and it was all the same. It operated okay, but was completely undocumented and unmaintainable. They forced him to document the old code, and by the time he was done, they gave the new systems to someone else and put the kid to work for him.
The feature should be disabled by default, and if someone knows it exists and wants to use it, they should be able to do so.
I agree with this completely! In fact, I wish all software were shipped this way as well. I hate having a bunch of features (i.e. clippy and autoformat in MS Word) enabled by default. If I want the software to autocorrect my spelling and grammar, I'll turn on the function.
It seems that vendors are so eager to force features on their users that the software becomes more of an annoyance than a tool.
You could perhaps correct this problem by using short range telemetry. You could attach two small wireless transmitters to your shoulders so the pda could calculate its relative position and scroll the screen accordingly.
The real problem with this solution is what to do when viewing large areas. I can't imaging having to put my pda on the floor to see the bottom of a web page.
My children have been taught not to fear words or thoughts. I hope they're not too progressive for your world.
I don't mean to be a troll, but that statement makes you seem like the kind of person that gets an ego trip from raising kids the right way.
IMHO, most children aren't able to fully grasp all ideas and words. The simple truth is that most kids won't be able to understand consenting sexual agression the first time they encounter it on the Internet. The original poster had a valid point. Just because you're obviously super intelligent and a great parent, doesn't mean everyone else can be as perfect.
It seems like that would be a pretty good feature to have in a portable CD/mp3 player.
I don't understand. You want to rip cds on a portable CD/mp3 player? Do you have a hard drive on your CD/mp3 player? I don't think I've ever seen one of those. Please provide a url.
It would be great for the stereo unit from the story, but unless you're talking about a portable cd burner with a mp3 codec and a line in, I see no point in ripping on a portable unit.
...SKF engineers confess that the all-in-one control is meant to emphasize the advantages possible with by-wire technology--it would work just as well with pedals to send the go/stop signals...
That seems like a pretty good idea. With all the posts on HDDs failing and Tivo vs. Homebrew boxes, don't you think there might be a market for a PVR with no HDD? It would of course be a very niche market, but I would buy one for sure. Having your computer on all the time might be a drawback for some, but saving 50-100 dollars on a Tivo would be nice for those of us with full-time servers running already. Stuff a gig of cheap RAM in it and you should be able to overcome any network latency and perhaps some of the time-shifting features could be used with no hard drive at all.
I don't have a PVR, so excuse my ignorance. Couldn't you just turn it off when you're sleeping? If 'tivo-ing' shows while you're sleeping is important, why not get some extension cords/wireless units and put it in another room or closet? I keep a server in my living room for the same reason.
I think you're right though. PVRs and VCRs are different. I don't know anyone who keeps their VCR on 24-7 to record shows while they're sleeping in the same room. PVRs must be really cool for such devotion.
At what point does marketing become so good that I am no longer responsible for the purchases I make?
What if they can determine that a certain sequence of images and sounds can make a person incredibly hungry for McDonalds? Could people then sue the marketers for making them fat?
This kind of research is scary. Given time, could we push marketing into the realm of mind control?
This just proves that advertising _is_ the root of all evil.
China will have a more difficult, and more expensive project on their hands...That is what will change. These companies are making it EASY and CHEAP to suppress people's freedoms.
You're right. Corporations have no other obligation than to protect their own interest. On the other hand, companies are often short sighted when it comes to decisions like this. Making a quick buck here may supress the buying power of a very large market, which would definitely not be in their long-term interests.
The same could be said for short-cutting environmental laws or taking advantage of the uneducated, but hey, the guys running companies now will be rich, and long gone before it hurts the company. Let's face it, people are making decisions for these companies. People generally make decisions with their own interests in mind. Who cares what the company does after they've moved on and have sold their stock?
Maybe some some responsibility should be placed these companies...it just seems that JK's kind of machiavellian attitude is exactly what is ruining our culture and our planet. Doing what is in the best iterests of everyone is in everyone's best interests.
Right on! I was going to say the same thing much less eloquently until I read your post. Wheather it is a monorail or a motorcycle, electric is the next step in cleaning up the environment. Once we do figure out a high-output clean energy, the infrastructure to distribute it and use it in cars will already be laid out.
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Granted, we should remove Saddam by force. The problem is that we're a^H^H the superpower. The rest of the world is scared shitless that they're going to be next. No one wants to get bombed because their leader beat Bush's bowling score last week. As a country capable of doing this to any other country, we have a responsibility to get global support before flying off the handle like this. Scaring the rest of the world into submission is not going to help our situation. Eventually they're going to find a way to fight back.
p.s.- I live near downtown LA. When they do sneak a nuke into the country, remember what I said, because I'll be dust and ash...
Sure, some people here on /. think that they are cool or 'in the know' by spelling Microsoft and Windows wrong. Everyone else knows they are just lame. But by getting so upset about it, you are putting yourself in the same category; you think you know something that no one else knows. Get over yourself. As one /. sig puts it, "you are not as cool as you think you are."
I simply don't have the time to do a financial analysis every time I make a decision, so yes, sometimes I consider what the national news outlets are saying about the economy. I also consider what my friends and family are saying. Since half of them have been layed off in the last 3 years I'd say we've got some problems. It's possible these problems were caused by someone in the media mentioning the word recession, but I doubt it.
OTOH, I don't doubt that we Americans live in a constant state of fear, which is often fueled by 24-hour news channels and web sites. We simply aren't used to being bombbarded with information all the time, especially when media outlets make themselve so self-important to get ratings. We hear about every layoff, every corporate scandal and every dip in stock price. We're seeing the flip side of the dot-com bubble. Instead of being too optimistic, we're being too pessimistic. It's hype either way.
What can I say? That's capitalism for ya. Media outlets make big money by getting people to watch.
Insightful!? Off-topic much?
Not that I don't agree with you...
We are going to ignore the United Nations in order to make clear to Saddam Hussein that the United Nations cannot be ignored.
Not that I have any interest in going to war, but when did the UN say the US couldn't go to war? I was under the impression that a resolution to sanction war was never passed.
If I'm wrong, please correct me.
So share your experience. I find what you're saying hard to believe. I've spoken with a lot of foriegners; most of them have no more sense of history than I do. They talk a lot of b.s. just like me ;)
You make a good point, but don't you think it is worth our time and effort to design structures that can stand the test of time? It's like programming a quick script to do the current task instead of writing a general purpose piece of software that can be used over and over. Admittingly, software is a bad example, a quick hack can be easily reproduced and customized to do the next task, a poorly designed house cannot. I think it's well within our reach to design structures that can be easily maintained and adapted to meet new needs.
I hope we move beyond this quick and cheap design philosophy. It's like treading water when we could easily swim to land.
I think it's great that the original poster is actually thinking about sustainability.
Only in the US would someone ask this...
Why only in the states? If you're going to make gross generalizations, at least give a reason.
I recently saw a coworker get passed over for a promotion. A senior programmer leaves, so he first gets promoted into the vacacy taking on a whole new set of systems.
When they hired a new kid to take his old spot, the kid complained that he couldn't use any of the old code.
They did a review of the guy's code, and it was all the same. It operated okay, but was completely undocumented and unmaintainable. They forced him to document the old code, and by the time he was done, they gave the new systems to someone else and put the kid to work for him.
Funny that you mention that...I just bought a copy last night with my check card...Didn't think twice about it.
The feature should be disabled by default, and if someone knows it exists and wants to use it, they should be able to do so.
I agree with this completely! In fact, I wish all software were shipped this way as well. I hate having a bunch of features (i.e. clippy and autoformat in MS Word) enabled by default. If I want the software to autocorrect my spelling and grammar, I'll turn on the function.
It seems that vendors are so eager to force features on their users that the software becomes more of an annoyance than a tool.
You could perhaps correct this problem by using short range telemetry. You could attach two small wireless transmitters to your shoulders so the pda could calculate its relative position and scroll the screen accordingly. The real problem with this solution is what to do when viewing large areas. I can't imaging having to put my pda on the floor to see the bottom of a web page.
My children have been taught not to fear words or thoughts. I hope they're not too progressive for your world.
I don't mean to be a troll, but that statement makes you seem like the kind of person that gets an ego trip from raising kids the right way.
IMHO, most children aren't able to fully grasp all ideas and words. The simple truth is that most kids won't be able to understand consenting sexual agression the first time they encounter it on the Internet. The original poster had a valid point. Just because you're obviously super intelligent and a great parent, doesn't mean everyone else can be as perfect.
Is ssh a new codec I haven't heard of?
It seems like that would be a pretty good feature to have in a portable CD/mp3 player.
I don't understand. You want to rip cds on a portable CD/mp3 player? Do you have a hard drive on your CD/mp3 player? I don't think I've ever seen one of those. Please provide a url.
It would be great for the stereo unit from the story, but unless you're talking about a portable cd burner with a mp3 codec and a line in, I see no point in ripping on a portable unit.
...SKF engineers confess that the all-in-one control is meant to emphasize the advantages possible with by-wire technology--it would work just as well with pedals to send the go/stop signals...
I'll probably get a 0 for even asking, but why did the parent post get modded down?
Well, since these don't provide calories, I don't think it will help anyone fight overeating.
That seems like a pretty good idea. With all the posts on HDDs failing and Tivo vs. Homebrew boxes, don't you think there might be a market for a PVR with no HDD? It would of course be a very niche market, but I would buy one for sure. Having your computer on all the time might be a drawback for some, but saving 50-100 dollars on a Tivo would be nice for those of us with full-time servers running already. Stuff a gig of cheap RAM in it and you should be able to overcome any network latency and perhaps some of the time-shifting features could be used with no hard drive at all.
Just an idea...
I don't have a PVR, so excuse my ignorance. Couldn't you just turn it off when you're sleeping? If 'tivo-ing' shows while you're sleeping is important, why not get some extension cords/wireless units and put it in another room or closet? I keep a server in my living room for the same reason.
I think you're right though. PVRs and VCRs are different. I don't know anyone who keeps their VCR on 24-7 to record shows while they're sleeping in the same room. PVRs must be really cool for such devotion.
At what point does marketing become so good that I am no longer responsible for the purchases I make?
What if they can determine that a certain sequence of images and sounds can make a person incredibly hungry for McDonalds? Could people then sue the marketers for making them fat?
This kind of research is scary. Given time, could we push marketing into the realm of mind control?
This just proves that advertising _is_ the root of all evil.
China will have a more difficult, and more expensive project on their hands...That is what will change. These companies are making it EASY and CHEAP to suppress people's freedoms.
You're right. Corporations have no other obligation than to protect their own interest. On the other hand, companies are often short sighted when it comes to decisions like this. Making a quick buck here may supress the buying power of a very large market, which would definitely not be in their long-term interests.
The same could be said for short-cutting environmental laws or taking advantage of the uneducated, but hey, the guys running companies now will be rich, and long gone before it hurts the company. Let's face it, people are making decisions for these companies. People generally make decisions with their own interests in mind. Who cares what the company does after they've moved on and have sold their stock?
Maybe some some responsibility should be placed these companies...it just seems that JK's kind of machiavellian attitude is exactly what is ruining our culture and our planet. Doing what is in the best iterests of everyone is in everyone's best interests.
Where did this soap box come from?
Right on! I was going to say the same thing much less eloquently until I read your post. Wheather it is a monorail or a motorcycle, electric is the next step in cleaning up the environment. Once we do figure out a high-output clean energy, the infrastructure to distribute it and use it in cars will already be laid out.