And if the NSA is innocent, then they have nothing to worry about (same w/ Bush, Cheney, & co.)... So why are they trying to keep all of this a secret?
What about my digital satellite TV?
Hey, if I'm stuck at home w/o the internet access, I'll need something to keep my mind occupied while I starve to death and fend off the ravaging hordes!
Is there any room for a cost/benefit analysis in your position? Or is it dogma?
Yes, the chemicals are bad for dogs, too.
Seriously, though - I guess our definitions of "poorer" differ. You seem to be talking in terms of money or material wealth, while I'm thinking in terms of our overall quality of life. I'd rather have a little less money and be healthier (though folks may not think so by looking at my fat self).
Based on the affects of working with (or living near) a lot of these toxic chemicals, though, I'd have to say that we'd be comparing having a little less money and being healthier to having a little more money and being in extremely poor health. And having frogs w/ extra legs and eyes. Not to mention the children - think of the children!
Actually, my preference would be for China to have the same enviromental regulations as we have here in the U.S. I'd just as soon their children (think of the children!) not be exposed to the toxicity either.
I think the real issue w/ battery manufacturing is evironmental more than high taxes. Making batteries requires the use of a lot of toxic chemicals and generates toxic waste. Since China and other Asian countries have less stringent (or no) regulations on those chemicals, it's much cheaper to make batteries there than it is to deal with the proper handling, storage, and disposal of the toxic stuff in the U.S.
Personally, I'd prefer that the policies and regulations governing use and disposal of that nasty stuff not be "fixed."
The whole system works quite well. The major hurdle usually comes around when management gets involved. They want to see change requests and hold pointless meetings and shift people around, etc. Because we are contractors, we can usually bypass management and the system works rather well.
I guess it's safe to assume that the internal website isn't subject to SOX compliance requirements...
I have an application that started out using Firebird 1.0 as it's backend, then migrated to SQL Server as a backend so that it is on a "supported platform." This database has over 25,000,000 records. Performance before and after the migration is pretty much the same, only I had Firebird running on a 800MHz Pentium 4 desktop PC connected to an external RAID system (via a LVD SCSI connection) and SQL Server is running on a high-end, dedicated dual-processor system. Due to SQL Server's transaction log (Firebird doesn't use a transaction log), the SQL Server implementation requires 3-4 times the amount of disk space and has required more maintenance (primarily on the transaction and other log files).
Firebird tends to require much less hardware, less disk space, and less maintanence to get the same performance as SQL Server.
The guy at the keyboard of a Windows Vista box, using Microsoft Office at work, and Windows Media Player at home is not the customer, nor the product - he's the victim!
"There's another option, although it is pricy; Granted, you have a HD TiVo so I guess pricing shouldn't be a problem with you. The solution would be purchasing a secondary TiVo, such as a Pioneer model with the DVD burner. Thus you could use the now free "Home Media Option" to transfer your programming from your main TiVo to the secondary unit and burn it. By transferring it through the network, the HD digital signal should be preserved."
The Home Media Option is not available for the HD Tivo and neither DirecTV nor Tivo have indicated when or even if it will be made available.
Having lost the two programs I was saving to demo HD when my new DirecTV HD Tivo crapped out when it was only two months old, I'd really like a way to transfer stuff to a PC. DircTV promptly sent a replacement unit, but my demos were gone and they haven't been repeated yet. It'd suit me if I could just do an automated (or semi-automated) backup to a PC or another hard drive w/o having to crack the case.
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Ok the title might be a little ridiculous, but the ridiculous packaging used to ship a few tiny objects by some shippers is pretty shameful.
Dunno about saving the planet, but I'd hate for us to end up in the situation posited by the movie...
Thanks, I'm here all weak.
There, fixed that for you.
Great Britain is only... erm... 0.14% of the land surface of Earth.
So what's so "Great" about it then?
And if the NSA is innocent, then they have nothing to worry about (same w/ Bush, Cheney, & co.)... So why are they trying to keep all of this a secret?
Congress can be completely free of network attacks if they disconnect from the Internet, and reality....
Half way there!
What about my digital satellite TV? Hey, if I'm stuck at home w/o the internet access, I'll need something to keep my mind occupied while I starve to death and fend off the ravaging hordes!
I vote we send a boatload of pointy-haired bosses!
Noes - I haz cheezburger!!!!111!!
Yes, the chemicals are bad for dogs, too.
Seriously, though - I guess our definitions of "poorer" differ. You seem to be talking in terms of money or material wealth, while I'm thinking in terms of our overall quality of life. I'd rather have a little less money and be healthier (though folks may not think so by looking at my fat self).
Based on the affects of working with (or living near) a lot of these toxic chemicals, though, I'd have to say that we'd be comparing having a little less money and being healthier to having a little more money and being in extremely poor health. And having frogs w/ extra legs and eyes. Not to mention the children - think of the children!
Actually, my preference would be for China to have the same enviromental regulations as we have here in the U.S. I'd just as soon their children (think of the children!) not be exposed to the toxicity either.
I think the real issue w/ battery manufacturing is evironmental more than high taxes. Making batteries requires the use of a lot of toxic chemicals and generates toxic waste. Since China and other Asian countries have less stringent (or no) regulations on those chemicals, it's much cheaper to make batteries there than it is to deal with the proper handling, storage, and disposal of the toxic stuff in the U.S.
Personally, I'd prefer that the policies and regulations governing use and disposal of that nasty stuff not be "fixed."
Paging Sarah Conner...
Eight-Legged Freaks!
The whole system works quite well. The major hurdle usually comes around when management gets involved. They want to see change requests and hold pointless meetings and shift people around, etc. Because we are contractors, we can usually bypass management and the system works rather well.
I guess it's safe to assume that the internal website isn't subject to SOX compliance requirements...
No, no: In Soviet Russia, information destroys you!
I have an application that started out using Firebird 1.0 as it's backend, then migrated to SQL Server as a backend so that it is on a "supported platform." This database has over 25,000,000 records. Performance before and after the migration is pretty much the same, only I had Firebird running on a 800MHz Pentium 4 desktop PC connected to an external RAID system (via a LVD SCSI connection) and SQL Server is running on a high-end, dedicated dual-processor system. Due to SQL Server's transaction log (Firebird doesn't use a transaction log), the SQL Server implementation requires 3-4 times the amount of disk space and has required more maintenance (primarily on the transaction and other log files). Firebird tends to require much less hardware, less disk space, and less maintanence to get the same performance as SQL Server.
I don't know about your location, but where I live, there's very few "reasonbly competent" drivers.
The guy at the keyboard of a Windows Vista box, using Microsoft Office at work, and Windows Media Player at home is not the customer, nor the product - he's the victim!
But writing "Navy Seals" all over it would spoil the invisibility affect...
And exactly where do I find this "breast-filled beer?"
> Something happened, he is not sure what, and now nobody can replicate it.
Sounds like the average slashdotter's sex life...
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"There's another option, although it is pricy; Granted, you have a HD TiVo so I guess pricing shouldn't be a problem with you. The solution would be purchasing a secondary TiVo, such as a Pioneer model with the DVD burner. Thus you could use the now free "Home Media Option" to transfer your programming from your main TiVo to the secondary unit and burn it. By transferring it through the network, the HD digital signal should be preserved." The Home Media Option is not available for the HD Tivo and neither DirecTV nor Tivo have indicated when or even if it will be made available.
Having lost the two programs I was saving to demo HD when my new DirecTV HD Tivo crapped out when it was only two months old, I'd really like a way to transfer stuff to a PC. DircTV promptly sent a replacement unit, but my demos were gone and they haven't been repeated yet. It'd suit me if I could just do an automated (or semi-automated) backup to a PC or another hard drive w/o having to crack the case.
You know about the evening nap time, right?