At issue is that under the Constitution, the Federal Government has no explicit power to regulate even political campaign donations.
Yeah, nor do they have any legal power to regulate intrastate commerce, drugs, I don't even know where to begin on this list. Anyway, the point is that that's never stopped them.
"What`s good for Business is good for America" - Calvin Coolidge (attributed)
This is entirely true, yet unrelated to these cases. "Business" in the quote is "business in general", not a very specific industry or group of companies. Favoritism - which is what we're dealing with here - hurts business in general, and is *not* good for America.
The problem is that it's being pushed as "non-lethal", yet it clearly can be lethal. Like tasers. Around 350 people have died in the US in the last 10 years from supposedly non-lethal tasers.
The other issue is that if it's not lethal and causes no permanent damage, it's a new tool for torture. Again, like tasers.
Until I read the summary I thought it was another article about windows botnets and was wondering why the "microsoft" was tacked on since windows is the default OS assumption.
Now imagine you had an entire city of a couple hundred thousand people built not in a flood plain but 10 feet below sea level. By the sea. And a huge river. And a huge lake. That's what we have here in the US. And the people react similarly when it flooded.
I used to have a VAX assembly program called "er1e9", which computed e using base 1,000,000,000 numbers (which fit into 32-bit integers). I wrote that in the late 80's, and still have it around somewhere. Multiplying and dividing using the VAX instructions was fairly trivial with that format up to arbitrary lengths. It's a pretty obvious optimization, or at least it was for a college kid.
Burj Dubai wasn't built nor designed by Arabs. The architect was Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, structural engineer was Bill Baker, and it was built by cheap labor from South Asian countries like India and Bangladesh.
Using money culled from American gasoline stations...
Most police forces in the US are unionized. It is a non issue.
It's a huge issue. The unions consistently block any action against rogue cops. Look at the BART killer, for instance - completely backed by the union. That's but one instance.
A union adds absolutely nothing to the TSA. Instead, it makes it impossible to remove underperforming employees or reward high achievers.
Windows, Office, and X-Box. Even if you don't think OO is much of a contender, the fact is that it's threatening 1/3 of their income-producing capability. It's in their best interest to fight it now.
Seriously - doctors, nurses, mechanics, police officers, firemen, geeze, a *bunch* of legitimate professionals wear uniforms, many with pride. Now, you're thinking "I'm an office worker, I'm above that". I don't know. Being in a service industry (and that's what IT is within your company - an inward-facing service division) I think a uniform can actually make some sense in this case. I'd like to know more about their reasoning, though. As others have said, maybe it's just a way to get you to dress somewhat normally.
How about a trade-off - you wear the uniform but you also get a company car?
Someone forgot to mention Grayson's party affiliation. "Democrat" for those still wondering. "Republican" would have been part of the headline had it been so.
You can get quickbooks from intuit for around $200 that will provide a lot of that. I also use a payroll company for $40/month to handle all the taxes and filings for payroll.
The issues here are legal, not technical, and you *need* to have legally competent people backing the products that you use in these domains. Also, tax law changes on an annual basis. Intuit has a team of lawyers helping them stay abreast, as does my payroll company. You do not want to end up in front of the IRS (or worse, tax court) and not have a leg to stand on.
I hate to say it, but it costs money to be in business. I just saw statistics a few days ago that 1/4 of payroll tax forms (941s) are erroneous, with the average cost being $670. Do the math. It's cheaper to pay the pros up front. I could go on and on, but, take it from me. I've paid plenty due to stupidity over the years. It's cheaper to put the right professionals in place to support you in your non-core tasks in the same way that people have put *you* in place to support them in their non-core tasks.
Perhaps the State has no responsibility to act for the benefit of its citizens, but if not, then what is its purpose?
From the Constitution of the US: Establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare (note "general")
From the Declaration of Independence: "That to secure these rights (those of all people) governments are instituted among men"
If NO wants to maintain levees so that they can live below sea level beside a major river and the ocean, good luck to them. I don't care to pay for their stupidity.
Don't bother with "they're too poor to move". Know what? They did move.
As a developer of web-based applications, I beg you to quit making new browsers. I am right now dealing with three of your browsers - one a complete nightmare and the others merely "bad". It's really obvious to even the casual observer that your company does not have the capability to make a decent web browser. You'll always be playing a really bad game of catch-up. You'll never be as good as Safari, Firefox, Opera, or Chrome. I can get *all* of those at no charge, same price as yours. But - and this is key here - those browsers work.
I have begun showing my customers just how much money they're paying to make their applications work with IE after I write them. People are getting pissed, and rightly so. You're putting money in my pocket, but frankly I have better, much more fun ways to make money.
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Oh, I know it. That world of computing graciously sends me about 5,000 spams per day from hacked Windows desktops.
Yeah, nor do they have any legal power to regulate intrastate commerce, drugs, I don't even know where to begin on this list. Anyway, the point is that that's never stopped them.
This is entirely true, yet unrelated to these cases. "Business" in the quote is "business in general", not a very specific industry or group of companies. Favoritism - which is what we're dealing with here - hurts business in general, and is *not* good for America.
And I bet you said this about Bush, too....
(eye roll)
The problem is that it's being pushed as "non-lethal", yet it clearly can be lethal. Like tasers. Around 350 people have died in the US in the last 10 years from supposedly non-lethal tasers.
The other issue is that if it's not lethal and causes no permanent damage, it's a new tool for torture. Again, like tasers.
I'm not sure these are mutually exclusive.
Now imagine you had an entire city of a couple hundred thousand people built not in a flood plain but 10 feet below sea level. By the sea. And a huge river. And a huge lake. That's what we have here in the US. And the people react similarly when it flooded.
Only if they're wearing swimwear.
Seriously - makes no sense.
Even if all the pgsql developers quit today and nobody came in to continue, it would still be a better product than mysql will ever be.
to put "help" in double-quotes.
Like when my kids decide to "help" make cookies.
Only, we still end up with something tasty when they help me.
I used to have a VAX assembly program called "er1e9", which computed e using base 1,000,000,000 numbers (which fit into 32-bit integers). I wrote that in the late 80's, and still have it around somewhere. Multiplying and dividing using the VAX instructions was fairly trivial with that format up to arbitrary lengths. It's a pretty obvious optimization, or at least it was for a college kid.
Using money culled from American gasoline stations...
It's a huge issue. The unions consistently block any action against rogue cops. Look at the BART killer, for instance - completely backed by the union. That's but one instance.
A union adds absolutely nothing to the TSA. Instead, it makes it impossible to remove underperforming employees or reward high achievers.
Windows, Office, and X-Box. Even if you don't think OO is much of a contender, the fact is that it's threatening 1/3 of their income-producing capability. It's in their best interest to fight it now.
How's that different than IT?
Seriously - doctors, nurses, mechanics, police officers, firemen, geeze, a *bunch* of legitimate professionals wear uniforms, many with pride. Now, you're thinking "I'm an office worker, I'm above that". I don't know. Being in a service industry (and that's what IT is within your company - an inward-facing service division) I think a uniform can actually make some sense in this case. I'd like to know more about their reasoning, though. As others have said, maybe it's just a way to get you to dress somewhat normally.
How about a trade-off - you wear the uniform but you also get a company car?
Someone forgot to mention Grayson's party affiliation. "Democrat" for those still wondering. "Republican" would have been part of the headline had it been so.
You can get quickbooks from intuit for around $200 that will provide a lot of that. I also use a payroll company for $40/month to handle all the taxes and filings for payroll.
The issues here are legal, not technical, and you *need* to have legally competent people backing the products that you use in these domains. Also, tax law changes on an annual basis. Intuit has a team of lawyers helping them stay abreast, as does my payroll company. You do not want to end up in front of the IRS (or worse, tax court) and not have a leg to stand on.
I hate to say it, but it costs money to be in business. I just saw statistics a few days ago that 1/4 of payroll tax forms (941s) are erroneous, with the average cost being $670. Do the math. It's cheaper to pay the pros up front. I could go on and on, but, take it from me. I've paid plenty due to stupidity over the years. It's cheaper to put the right professionals in place to support you in your non-core tasks in the same way that people have put *you* in place to support them in their non-core tasks.
It's been 10 years this month since we saved Hotmail, on Dec. 25 1999.
Read about NITV:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/24/magazine/24NITV.html?pagewanted=all
One of the regulars on there was attacked in Los Angeles with a bat and lost an eye.
From Microsoft! LOL! These people are beyond parody. Are you describing Windows?
If they elect Roy Nagin, yes.
From the Constitution of the US:
Establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare (note "general")
From the Declaration of Independence:
"That to secure these rights (those of all people) governments are instituted among men"
If NO wants to maintain levees so that they can live below sea level beside a major river and the ocean, good luck to them. I don't care to pay for their stupidity.
Don't bother with "they're too poor to move". Know what? They did move.
As a developer of web-based applications, I beg you to quit making new browsers. I am right now dealing with three of your browsers - one a complete nightmare and the others merely "bad". It's really obvious to even the casual observer that your company does not have the capability to make a decent web browser. You'll always be playing a really bad game of catch-up. You'll never be as good as Safari, Firefox, Opera, or Chrome. I can get *all* of those at no charge, same price as yours. But - and this is key here - those browsers work.
I have begun showing my customers just how much money they're paying to make their applications work with IE after I write them. People are getting pissed, and rightly so. You're putting money in my pocket, but frankly I have better, much more fun ways to make money.
Just. Give. It. Up. For the sake of all of us.