I agree. I didn't mean to suggest literally copying a work as one's own without proper attribution or payment. I just meant, in the general sense, to re-use available solutions when apropos to the task at hand, and economically viable.
LGPL, BSD, proprietary, doesn't matter to me, if it is cheaper than paying to (re)implement a solution, as long as it works.
The irony is that, as a student, copying the work of others is unethical. Once one is a professional, billing for work done, a case could be made that NOT copying is unethical. E.g. billing for a custom implementation of an off-the-shelf solution doesn't seem right*.
The lesson from the fraternity story is that they start using the system that works in real life - who you know is often more important that what you know.
(* = heh, it would be like a lawyer charging a full fee to draft a letter that he pulled out of his boiler-plate folder, of course many folks don't hold lawyers in high ethical esteem...)
That's public information... for the whole company, not specific items like SMS, etc....
For example, here are some "profit margin" numbers:
Verizon 6.4%
AT&T 10.12%
for comparison
Apple 14.9%
Microsoft 25%
and something boring, like food, ADM is at 2.7%
In ten years, stoves may be able to return to room temperature in an instant when exposed to living tissue.
I remember, years ago, when I had a cheap watch from Tijuana that claimed to be "water proof". I was about to wear it into the ocean when my cousin asked me "Are you sure it is water proof? What do you gain by testing it when you don't have to?"... In a similar vein, I don't think anyone will go wrong in assuming an operating stove is hot.
Also along those lines, I saw a thing on a some cable channel show, where a saw blade would instantly stop when you put your finger into it. Again, I ask, why would you test that?
I have air bags in my car, I hope not to test them. I am not missing out on the technology of air bags, nor am I sticking my fingers into a "safe" saw blade.
one-time carbon-offset equivalent to preventing 44 billion tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
That doesn't mean anything to most people. Is that a lot? Is it how much the average cow belches?
Here's about how much it is; 44 billion tons of C02 is about how much CO2 a modern coal-burning power plan turns out in 44 years. China is bringing a new coal-power plant online every week to 10 days.
So, IF we could paint all of the roofs in America white by, say 2012, we could reduce the global carbon footprint to 2010 levels (about).
Seems to me this is the type of thing no one ought to be compelled to do. If any laws are made about the issue, it should be no more than to grant the right to paint your roof white, without regard to homeowners rule, city zoning laws, etc.
Now you know, a white roof might save you money, knock yourself out. Leave me out of it.
"Hello you're speaking to Susan Blue Gene how can I help you?"
Making that statement in the form a question was appropriate there... unfortunately all the statements will be in the form of questions, with no answers in sight...
Is it plugged in?
Is it turned on?
Did you reboot?
Do you have your serial number?
...?
Would you like me to drop this call under the guise of transferring you to someone who has no script to follow?
It will never happen in our lifetimes, but "taking money out of politics" is the right answer.
And, by "taking money out" I don't mean on the campaign contribution side -- it is on the tax raising side.
If the taxes were only raised in a behavior neutral way, there would be far less reason to bribe your favorite politician.
(Cost of Government) / (Number of Citizens) = the fair tax per citizen.
Anything else is unfair, but necessary simply because not everyone can afford their fair share.
All the shenanigans of modern tax code boils down to the politics of extracting unfair amounts
of money from whomever can pay and the resultant politics of helping friends and punishing enemies.
So, in the US, with a $2.1 Trillion budget and 306 million citizens, if your family is not paying over $6,800 a head in federal taxes you are not paying your fair share. If you are not paying that much, you should thank some rich guy for helping you out. If that seems like too much, or you don't like being beholden to "some rich guy", maybe the government should spend less.
Of course, arguing the expenses is another story... if the government only did was it was constitutionally allowed to do, it would need a lot less money.
Saying someone is different because they are white or black or red or yellow... makes no sense.
You are correct, and it probably happens less than you think.
Personally, I suspect a lot of what is labeled "racism" is, in fact, nothing of the sort. It is more likely "culturalism".
Even from the summary; Because there is nothing physical to differentiate burakumin from other Japanese and because there are no clues in their names or accent, the only way of establishing whether or not they are burakumin is by tracing their family. You don't have to have a difference in races to have people hate you. Look at high school cliques. Look at "grown-up" politics? Hate Obama because he is black? Hate Rush Limbaugh because he is White? No, you probably don't like the politics of one or the other.
There are plenty of people, of any race, that have cultural differences enough to make others uncomfortable with them, race being only coincidental.
Discrimination based on race? That's stupid. Discrimination based on culture? Damn right, some cultures suck!
As a consummate geek, it is not like I, like, talk to anyone else, so they won't razz me for being "out of it". Also, I am old enough to tell where to stick it if they do. Anyhow, "old" games that I haven't played before, are "new", to me.
So, if I buy 3 year old games out of the bargain bin, I am good-to-go.
The latest, bleeding edge, tech needs time to debug anyhow.
Remember kids, the USA is not the only oil-burning country in the world.
As long as it is economically viable for oil to be taken out of the ground and burned, it will be.
Personally, I think it we are better off letting clean burning, catalytic converter equipped big-ass American SUVs burn it up NOW, rather than having China and India waste their time building up a losing-cause-industry to create their own putt-putt gas burners to do it.
Either way, it all ends up in the same air we all share.
The sooner the oil is gone, the sooner we get on to the replacement.
I am going for insightful + off topic + troll, I can't see how I lose. (Add funny for this bit of up-front introspection and honesty.)
MCD have no fear! you should be able to get a bailout if needed. You are "too big to fail", right? Based on market cap, compared to many of the big 19 banks MCD should be a shoe-in for a bailout. Add in the "Illinois connection" and it is a slam dunk.
Just think, under current government rules, you don't need a "business plan", you just need to be "necessary"... and, who doesn't need food? (No fat jokes, please. I am working under the "too big to fail" theory and need all the help I can get.)
The government can tell McDonalds that you always get more takers for "free" give-aways, and lose customers when you charge/tax more...
requiring you to defend yourself from a wild boar with a knife, even if you have a gun, just because it is not legal to have a gun where you live. (Even if you don't happen to have a knife.)
You can always hit "Windows Key + E" to get Windows Explorer. Ironically, for reasons that are simply a quirk in my brain, I mentally say "Apple+E" every time I hit those keys...
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Just screen out the religion gene while you are at it.
Could I interest you in some causality insurance? In the event nothing happens anymore, you can make a claim.
I agree. I didn't mean to suggest literally copying a work as one's own without proper attribution or payment. I just meant, in the general sense, to re-use available solutions when apropos to the task at hand, and economically viable.
LGPL, BSD, proprietary, doesn't matter to me, if it is cheaper than paying to (re)implement a solution, as long as it works.
The irony is that, as a student, copying the work of others is unethical. Once one is a professional, billing for work done, a case could be made that NOT copying is unethical. E.g. billing for a custom implementation of an off-the-shelf solution doesn't seem right*.
The lesson from the fraternity story is that they start using the system that works in real life - who you know is often more important that what you know.
(* = heh, it would be like a lawyer charging a full fee to draft a letter that he pulled out of his boiler-plate folder, of course many folks don't hold lawyers in high ethical esteem...)
That's public information... for the whole company, not specific items like SMS, etc....
For example, here are some "profit margin" numbers:
Verizon 6.4%
AT&T 10.12%
for comparison
Apple 14.9%
Microsoft 25%
and something boring, like food, ADM is at 2.7%
In all seriousness, that sounds like a lame Sunday school song. Is this how religions get started?
Seriously - are the songs still on iTunes and Amazon?
With all this publicity, it's chance to sell them to the curiosity seekers (at least one copy...)
In ten years, stoves may be able to return to room temperature in an instant when exposed to living tissue.
I remember, years ago, when I had a cheap watch from Tijuana that claimed to be "water proof". I was about to wear it into the ocean when my cousin asked me "Are you sure it is water proof? What do you gain by testing it when you don't have to?"... In a similar vein, I don't think anyone will go wrong in assuming an operating stove is hot.
Also along those lines, I saw a thing on a some cable channel show, where a saw blade would instantly stop when you put your finger into it. Again, I ask, why would you test that?
I have air bags in my car, I hope not to test them. I am not missing out on the technology of air bags, nor am I sticking my fingers into a "safe" saw blade.
I mean the phone instrument itself, perhaps with a dial? You know, the heavy duty ones that say property of Bell on the bottom?
Heh, you might check your parents or grandma... they have probably paid thousands of dollars for that phone over the years.
one-time carbon-offset equivalent to preventing 44 billion tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
That doesn't mean anything to most people. Is that a lot? Is it how much the average cow belches?
Here's about how much it is; 44 billion tons of C02 is about how much CO2 a modern coal-burning power plan turns out in 44 years. China is bringing a new coal-power plant online every week to 10 days.
So, IF we could paint all of the roofs in America white by, say 2012, we could reduce the global carbon footprint to 2010 levels (about).
Seems to me this is the type of thing no one ought to be compelled to do. If any laws are made about the issue, it should be no more than to grant the right to paint your roof white, without regard to homeowners rule, city zoning laws, etc.
Now you know, a white roof might save you money, knock yourself out. Leave me out of it.
"Hello you're speaking to Susan Blue Gene how can I help you?"
...?
Making that statement in the form a question was appropriate there... unfortunately all the statements will be in the form of questions, with no answers in sight...
Is it plugged in?
Is it turned on?
Did you reboot?
Do you have your serial number?
Would you like me to drop this call under the guise of transferring you to someone who has no script to follow?
It will never happen in our lifetimes, but "taking money out of politics" is the right answer.
And, by "taking money out" I don't mean on the campaign contribution side -- it is on the tax raising side.
If the taxes were only raised in a behavior neutral way, there would be far less reason to bribe your favorite politician.
(Cost of Government) / (Number of Citizens) = the fair tax per citizen. Anything else is unfair, but necessary simply because not everyone can afford their fair share. All the shenanigans of modern tax code boils down to the politics of extracting unfair amounts of money from whomever can pay and the resultant politics of helping friends and punishing enemies.
So, in the US, with a $2.1 Trillion budget and 306 million citizens, if your family is not paying over $6,800 a head in federal taxes you are not paying your fair share. If you are not paying that much, you should thank some rich guy for helping you out. If that seems like too much, or you don't like being beholden to "some rich guy", maybe the government should spend less.
Of course, arguing the expenses is another story... if the government only did was it was constitutionally allowed to do, it would need a lot less money.
Saying someone is different because they are white or black or red or yellow ... makes no sense.
You are correct, and it probably happens less than you think. Personally, I suspect a lot of what is labeled "racism" is, in fact, nothing of the sort. It is more likely "culturalism".
Even from the summary; Because there is nothing physical to differentiate burakumin from other Japanese and because there are no clues in their names or accent, the only way of establishing whether or not they are burakumin is by tracing their family. You don't have to have a difference in races to have people hate you. Look at high school cliques. Look at "grown-up" politics? Hate Obama because he is black? Hate Rush Limbaugh because he is White? No, you probably don't like the politics of one or the other.
There are plenty of people, of any race, that have cultural differences enough to make others uncomfortable with them, race being only coincidental.
Discrimination based on race? That's stupid. Discrimination based on culture? Damn right, some cultures suck!
In plain terms a corporation is about the essence of pure evil.
Especially those 501(c)(3) corporations. Rotten to the core, every one of them!
As a consummate geek, it is not like I, like, talk to anyone else, so they won't razz me for being "out of it". Also, I am old enough to tell where to stick it if they do. Anyhow, "old" games that I haven't played before, are "new", to me.
So, if I buy 3 year old games out of the bargain bin, I am good-to-go.
The latest, bleeding edge, tech needs time to debug anyhow.
You must have faith to believe that God designed evolution.
heh, my wife's Garmin (530?) would, on occasion, register speeds of over 400mph on the history stats.
Remember kids, the USA is not the only oil-burning country in the world.
As long as it is economically viable for oil to be taken out of the ground and burned, it will be.
Personally, I think it we are better off letting clean burning, catalytic converter equipped big-ass American SUVs burn it up NOW, rather than having China and India waste their time building up a losing-cause-industry to create their own putt-putt gas burners to do it.
Either way, it all ends up in the same air we all share.
The sooner the oil is gone, the sooner we get on to the replacement.
You could have adware, spyware and trialware for Linux distros... if there were a market for them.
Maybe the Linux community doesn't really want the hoi polloi using Linux.
I am going for insightful + off topic + troll, I can't see how I lose. (Add funny for this bit of up-front introspection and honesty.)
MCD have no fear! you should be able to get a bailout if needed. You are "too big to fail", right? Based on market cap, compared to many of the big 19 banks MCD should be a shoe-in for a bailout. Add in the "Illinois connection" and it is a slam dunk.
Just think, under current government rules, you don't need a "business plan", you just need to be "necessary"... and, who doesn't need food? (No fat jokes, please. I am working under the "too big to fail" theory and need all the help I can get.)
The government can tell McDonalds that you always get more takers for "free" give-aways, and lose customers when you charge/tax more...
lol
Thanks for pointing out the double entendre, I rarely miss them.
As for my meaning, I'll leave that up to you. It depends on what you think the rules are.
Of course, if your hypothetical bus driver has lots of kids at home, or even close relatives, he might win either way.
requiring you to defend yourself from a wild boar with a knife, even if you have a gun, just because it is not legal to have a gun where you live. (Even if you don't happen to have a knife.)
BTW, like the MPAA, wild boars are vicious.
Maybe not the best business practice, but they do have the right to refuse to sell parts for almost any reason*.
* prohibited reasons vary by state.
why do they keep burying the windows explorer
You can always hit "Windows Key + E" to get Windows Explorer. Ironically, for reasons that are simply a quirk in my brain, I mentally say "Apple+E" every time I hit those keys...
Aww, you just went for a cheap laugh.
When you said The American Security Service (acronym to be determined) I thought for sure, you were going to start a wiping service!