Feel free to argue any of those points, but don't just make up stuff. Far too often (if not "always") there is no debate on the issues... just "but what about the children/unborn". Whatever.
You spelled "know" incorrectly. Besides, it is the opposite political philosophy from the Tea Party crowd that have "magical thinking" about how things work. Mostly they just want centralized government to do less.
You like your computer networks decentralized, why not your government? Local is better.
To be fair, it is "Offtopic" [sic], however, it IS the 2nd post, and I knew it would be, so why would I have "guessed" first post?
I am also the same guy who won a bet that I could link to my own post in my sig... but I didn't collect because I wouldn't give my PayPal info to some random Slashdot user.
Maybe the therapists ARE abiding by the agreement, but SOMEBODY else is illegally breaching that confidentiality? Toss some lawyers at the problem, they always sort it out. Heh, I can see it now - a massive hack to purge HIPAA sensitive data, while keeping all the other stuff.
Next up, if only nutcases have privacy, then terrorists will all become nutcases... oh, wait.
No problem... coinage was on my mind since one of my last trips to Europe. I had a pocketful of change, which added up to over $20USD, which would NEVER happen in the US - those UK pound coins are small, but oddly satisfying, and I have no explanation why I came home with a 5 (swiss) franc coin (about $5).., but I guess I'll just have to plan another trip across the pound to spend my spare change:-)
Coins for $1 and $2 would be fine -- but you do need the $2 also, or else you would end up with "too many" $1 coins on occasion.
I work for a small virtual company - 30 employees in 5 states.
The luxury of a small firm is you can be sure everyone pulls their weight.
When you have tens of thousands of employees, statistically speaking, you will have tons of "dead wood". Maybe there will be "secret" exceptions to the "no telecommute" rule, maybe not.
Whether this works out for HP or just drives the cream of the crop to smaller companies, time will tell.
And "taxes" are always sold as "good roads, police, fire, and schools". Only about 10% of your taxes go for roads, police, fire.. and another %15 for schools.
The rest goes for stuff like "healthcare, welfare, pensions, and interest on debt." Nobody ever sells you a "tax increase for more welfare", and when folks see that 75% of the spending goes for stuff they (didn't think) they bargained for, it makes it a tough sell when politicians clamor for more taxes.
That is why many taxes now are not "for something",but rather to "tax someone else". That is an easier to sell proposition in the current environment. (Assuming said taxes even need the explicit consent of the voter.)
My land line (yes I still have one, for now) has long distance billed separately... but with cell phones I hardly use the land line.
My last bill had long distance calls: 2 minutes - charge $.08
What would you guess the total charge for 8 cents of services would be? $3.61
$3.53 for Federal Universal Service Fund, Fed Telecom Relay Service, Federal Regulatory Recovery, Property Tax Recovery, and Interstate Services Fee.
Same thing in Windows - first thing I do is turn off all "special" effects. They don't make me sick, but why would I want to waste a few hundred milliseconds here, a few hundred there, just to have things "animated". If I open a menu - bam, I want the menu. If I close a window, I want it gone... I don't need to have it look nice sliding in and out.
For some of us, the appeal of "computers" is that they do what you want them to do, nothing more, nothing less (even if they had bugs, there was always a logical reason why it was doing "something you didn't ask it to do".)
Nowadays computers are doing all sorts of stuff you don't want them to, and didn't ask them to. By design.
And run droidwall, and google "android 4.3 app ops" - still not as granular as I would like, but getting there.
Until then, I just don't tell my phone anything important.
See, for example "Nix V. Hedden" (1893 wherein the US government declared tomatoes to be a vegetable, for the convenience of collecting taxes, even though those pesky scientists said it was a fruit.)
Who cares about credit card numbers? That's a problem for the credit card companies. Losing my bank account numbers and bank sort codes would effect me.
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Here is the actual Tea Party platform
Feel free to argue any of those points, but don't just make up stuff. Far too often (if not "always") there is no debate on the issues... just "but what about the children/unborn". Whatever.
You spelled "know" incorrectly. Besides, it is the opposite political philosophy from the Tea Party crowd that have "magical thinking" about how things work. Mostly they just want centralized government to do less.
You like your computer networks decentralized, why not your government? Local is better.
To be fair, it is "Offtopic" [sic], however, it IS the 2nd post, and I knew it would be, so why would I have "guessed" first post?
I am also the same guy who won a bet that I could link to my own post in my sig... but I didn't collect because I wouldn't give my PayPal info to some random Slashdot user.
I can tell Slashdot is using Linux because I've got post number 2.
Maybe the therapists ARE abiding by the agreement, but SOMEBODY else is illegally breaching that confidentiality? Toss some lawyers at the problem, they always sort it out. Heh, I can see it now - a massive hack to purge HIPAA sensitive data, while keeping all the other stuff.
Next up, if only nutcases have privacy, then terrorists will all become nutcases... oh, wait.
No Flash; Didn't Watch
What? Does this table have no cell or networking capability?
No problem... coinage was on my mind since one of my last trips to Europe. I had a pocketful of change, which added up to over $20USD, which would NEVER happen in the US - those UK pound coins are small, but oddly satisfying, and I have no explanation why I came home with a 5 (swiss) franc coin (about $5).., but I guess I'll just have to plan another trip across the pound to spend my spare change :-)
Coins for $1 and $2 would be fine -- but you do need the $2 also, or else you would end up with "too many" $1 coins on occasion.
I work for a small virtual company - 30 employees in 5 states.
The luxury of a small firm is you can be sure everyone pulls their weight.
When you have tens of thousands of employees, statistically speaking, you will have tons of "dead wood". Maybe there will be "secret" exceptions to the "no telecommute" rule, maybe not.
Whether this works out for HP or just drives the cream of the crop to smaller companies, time will tell.
Oh, and often a prime source of income for the municipality in which they are located (property and sales taxes...)
because a coin "lasts" 20 years, and dollar bills only 1.5 years. - so "20 year-dollars" worth of paper bills costs 72 cents vs 18.03.
And "taxes" are always sold as "good roads, police, fire, and schools". Only about 10% of your taxes go for roads, police, fire.. and another %15 for schools.
The rest goes for stuff like "healthcare, welfare, pensions, and interest on debt." Nobody ever sells you a "tax increase for more welfare", and when folks see that 75% of the spending goes for stuff they (didn't think) they bargained for, it makes it a tough sell when politicians clamor for more taxes.
That is why many taxes now are not "for something",but rather to "tax someone else". That is an easier to sell proposition in the current environment. (Assuming said taxes even need the explicit consent of the voter.)
My land line (yes I still have one, for now) has long distance billed separately... but with cell phones I hardly use the land line.
My last bill had long distance calls: 2 minutes - charge $.08
What would you guess the total charge for 8 cents of services would be? $3.61
$3.53 for Federal Universal Service Fund, Fed Telecom Relay Service, Federal Regulatory Recovery, Property Tax Recovery, and Interstate Services Fee.
Same thing in Windows - first thing I do is turn off all "special" effects. They don't make me sick, but why would I want to waste a few hundred milliseconds here, a few hundred there, just to have things "animated". If I open a menu - bam, I want the menu. If I close a window, I want it gone... I don't need to have it look nice sliding in and out.
For some of us, the appeal of "computers" is that they do what you want them to do, nothing more, nothing less (even if they had bugs, there was always a logical reason why it was doing "something you didn't ask it to do".)
Nowadays computers are doing all sorts of stuff you don't want them to, and didn't ask them to. By design.
Kid's will be kids. Case dismissed!
And run droidwall, and google "android 4.3 app ops" - still not as granular as I would like, but getting there. Until then, I just don't tell my phone anything important.
You are paranoid. There is no way a computer can tell how many CAPS you are taking.
See, for example "Nix V. Hedden" (1893 wherein the US government declared tomatoes to be a vegetable, for the convenience of collecting taxes, even though those pesky scientists said it was a fruit.)
High five! There's your problem, you could do it with 2 sober or 3 just buzzed.
Who cares about credit card numbers? That's a problem for the credit card companies. Losing my bank account numbers and bank sort codes would effect me.
What makes you think they won't put a hidden camera and microphone in the ALL the TVs.
Maybe he started with a long-ish pin... and stuck it in his ear.
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
Redd Foxx
Just route everything from Facebook, LinkedIn, my dad, Apple and "i*" to the spam folder, and most of it is covered.
God knows what all those rent-a-cop types would be doing if they couldn't get that job!