It's almost as if governments, in general, are not to be trusted. Wow! Who would have ever imagined that their own government would do something like that? I mean, it is not as if every single government since the beginning of time as eventually gotten out of control or anything like that. Oh, wait....
Are you really serious??? So because China a Russia are blowing money and resources on making new nukes, the US had better do it too?
For fucks sake man, the US has near-as-makes-no-difference 8000 nuclear weapons. Even if they were the original style we dropped on Japan, who fucking cares??? It is a nuke and there are 8000 tries to get somewhat near a target. No, I am sure you are right. China will say, Hey Russia let's attack the US with nukes because they have only 8000 bombs from the 90's.
I am genuinely curious, do you really believe this? That the worker bees are free to just go elsewhere to make more money? Just look into US history for labor violation. Think company store. It is simply a fact of life, many of those with power will take advantage of those without power. It is Human nature. If you want to have a functioning, peaceful society, then yes, you really need to regulate things like labor laws.
Remember this. MOST people in the US live pay check to pay check. They CANNOT quit their job. If they lose even a week of pay, that is is the difference between eating or rent. I am lucky. I don't really need to worry about these things, but it wasn't always the case. And back then, it was scary. Having lived it, I firmly believe we need regulate these things. Of course, a big part of the problem is inflation. There is no real reason things need to get more and more expensive.
It seems a bit unlikely that a computer will miss read a color. I would say that a human is far more likely to not see a light. Besides, I imagine that once an automatic car system is in place, they will not be looking at a light, but rather receiving a radio signal with the current light conditions.
I dont think that is true at all. I think it will start the way most things do. Baby steps. Most likely there will be dedicated lanes to encourage people to adopt the tech. Like fast trax or something. No doubt there will be a charge by the state to actually use the lane though, thus reducing its appeal.
I already can. I live in Germany. I can literally drink a beer while driving. So long as I am not over the limit..it is legal. Not a good idea and I would not actually do it, but I could if I wanted.
I cannot wait until we have automatic driving cars! I love to drive as much as the next guy. Hell, I am the go-to car guy among my friends and family. But I hate sitting in traffic to and from work. It is the same every day. I would love to be able to sit back and relax. So long as I can still take my Jeep out on the weekends in manual mode, you'll hear no complaints form me.
I really don't get. Why is it so hugely popular on/. to jump on MS so hard? People go on and on and how BSOD jokes and so on, but I just don't get it. Windows, IMO has been very stable since XP. and W8 is very stable, regardless whether you like the new UI or not. Heck, windows has been amazingly secure when you consider the amount of users/hackers concentrating their efforts on the platform. I would say, at the present time, Microsoft is much more inventive than Apple. And yet Apple gets the most innovative company award each year. For what? For fucks sake, the iphone 5s is EXACTLY the same as iphone 2G! Oh wait...it's bigger. And they have a tablet version of the same fucking thing! Surely that is innovative, right?
Also, people bitch like hell over how much W8 sucks because of the new UI, except these are the very same asshats who claim MS suxs and never innovates. If you hate MS so much, why are you so upset when they change the product?.
People can say and think what they want of course, but at this point, I would much rather get behind MS than those D-bags in Cupertino or trust google to look after my privacy.
Is it really the case that you have companies and special interest groups creating the curriculum for your children? How do you, as parents stand for this? You do know that you can go to the school board and freak out right? I think step 1 would be to organize a district wide freakout on the school board. Step 2, private school.
^Seriously, I am so sick of hearing that stupid argument. It is very short sighted. There are so many people here (in Germany) shouting about these Chinese panels and how China is price dumping and we are losing jobs. Well, who cares?? People forget to mention that all those panels they buy from China....How are they made? With GERMAN production equipment. That's how! The companies that produces these machines in combination with massive increase in solar installers because of the lower cost Chinese panels far exceeds the amount of jobs lost from production companies.
Except that you forgot to mention that WHAT KIND of nuclear power! Boiling water reactors, such as the type used at Fukushima are in fact a terrible idea. This has be proven time and again! Heck, in the US there has been so many accecdient!. Do some research on Rocketdyne and Simi Valley. There were 2 or 3 major spills there alone related to the reactor program. http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/rocketdyne_still_hot/9658/
Whereas a molten salt or thorium reactor is far safer and doesn't have the proliferation aspects deal with.
I think perhaps you are focusing on the wrong thing here. I would agree that linux is easy to install. Assuming that you dont have an older HDTV as a monitor. Or other "strange" things which requires hours of google time and forum hunting to figure out which text file needs to be edited even though on win xp or win 7, it "just worked". Anyhow, hard or easy to install makes not one fuck bit of difference. It just doesnt. It is ONLY to do with programs. What else is an OS if not to run your programs? Nearly all business using program which can only run on Windows. Think time management software or report generating tools. Windows only. Or even self made access databases. Maybe it "could" be converted to open off, but maybe the guy who made the database quit 2 years ago and no one is there who can do it. If you are in tech, you are stuck in windows. Period. All of our industry tools are windows only. Even at home there are issues. I installed unbutu on my wifes old laptop after I was tired of cracking my less than legal windows install. Hey honey, I cant run my Chinese TV streaming program! After hours fucking with wine, I gave up and put on old xp install back on from a long dead PC. Since then, I bought her a yoga 13 with Win 8. She loves it.
So, enlighten us....what is going on? I mean, after all America commits war crime after war crime, tortures people and holds them forever without charges. Oh wait, are you saying that is what the founding fathers had in mind? Oh, let me guess....you are one of those "if ya donn like it, git out of murrica" retards. Figured.
Seriously, what does having a 30 round mag have anything to do with the right to have a gun?? In in what part of my post did I say people should not have a gun. Fucking retard.
Which country would that be you jackass. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures Seriously, pull you head out of your ass. You spend 6.8 TRILLION the entire EU spends 2.8. Hell, France is the next European country and they spend only 58 Billion...not trillion.
Seriously, what do you mean will be? They are fucked up. This, and the last generation have such an unbelievable sense of entitlement it is shocking. I am sure some of you have had the misfortune to interview some of today recent grads for a position. Most seem to expect 6 figures and to run the company in 2 years regardless of the fact that they have no useable skills or problem solving ability. There is a reason why there is so much pressure to increase the foreign work visas. When I was last working in the US, our company hired mainly engineer from Germany. We paid them more than they could get in Germany and they were happy for it. Our recent grad American applicants were asking for nearly 50% more.
look at it from the police perspective. What if they do nothing. What if next year this kid really does do something? Who do you think will get the blame? The police will. So, they act, even though they know it is complete nonsense. Because they know that if this kid does anything down the line, they will be a scape goat for ignoring the obvious "warning signs". Crap I know, but that is how it could go down.
America is a country which values the right to have high capacity magazines for assault weapons over the freedom of speech. It it more important to ensure the blind can carry a concealed firearm than it is to ensure the children of the country are properly educated. It is more important to spend nearly 5% of the GDP on a military, not counting the illegal wars than to allow your fellow countrymen access to affordable health care. That is the very definition of a morally corrupted system. It is simply a fact. Most of the people simply do not care about what is going on in America as long as their personal situation is OK. As long as they can buy an iPhone 10s for 1$ on a 5 year contract. There is only one possible outcome here. America has been on this road since the 70's. Some argue since the end of WW2. It is only now, as things have progressed so far that the visible signs are escalating. I do not say that Americans are bad people, because I believe that they are, on the average "just folk". Just trying to get by. They are, unfortunately, a product of the system which produced them. That system, just didn't have their interests in mind.
A New Jersey congressmen was killed last last night after his car veered off the road. Inspectors at the scene have said that the congressmen had most likely fallen asleep and that no foul play was suspected.
just some clarification. Bluetooth LE is not a profile. However Bluetooth low energy does have several profiles. These are application layers though. Bluetooth 4.0 is a core spec and is not the same as BT LE. One can have a BT 4.0 chip and not have BTLE. You can have a so called dual mode radio which supports classical bluetooth and bluetooth low energy though.
You can search for products and info on www.bluetooth.org
Seriously, the writing has been on the wall for a long time. I have told everyone who will listen over the years that America is systematically removing our rights.. The fact is, most people just do not care. They have an iPhone and the rest is icing on the iCake. You hear it all the time from the young crowd. I don't care, I have nothing to hide. Not to mentions the "they hate our freedom" morons who say, if you don't like, leave. Well, I did leave. 6 years ago to a country that is, ironically much more free than America. Germany. Sure, it is hard to have a gun. But, on the other hand, the murder rate is really low and it doesn't have more than 6% of the population in jail. Of course, I still have hope for America. It just gets lower as time passes. Hey, when the revolution starts, I will be on the first boat over. (Dear NSA, I don't mean that at all, I am on your side, you are best!)
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It's almost as if governments, in general, are not to be trusted. Wow! Who would have ever imagined that their own government would do something like that? I mean, it is not as if every single government since the beginning of time as eventually gotten out of control or anything like that. Oh, wait....
Are you really serious??? So because China a Russia are blowing money and resources on making new nukes, the US had better do it too?
For fucks sake man, the US has near-as-makes-no-difference 8000 nuclear weapons. Even if they were the original style we dropped on Japan, who fucking cares???
It is a nuke and there are 8000 tries to get somewhat near a target.
No, I am sure you are right. China will say, Hey Russia let's attack the US with nukes because they have only 8000 bombs from the 90's.
Brainwashed much?
Nothing about regarding, it is a fact. Scientology IS a cult.
How could anyone possible think otherwise considering what the founder said?
"You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion."
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard
I am genuinely curious, do you really believe this? That the worker bees are free to just go elsewhere to make more money?
Just look into US history for labor violation. Think company store.
It is simply a fact of life, many of those with power will take advantage of those without power. It is Human nature.
If you want to have a functioning, peaceful society, then yes, you really need to regulate things like labor laws.
Remember this. MOST people in the US live pay check to pay check. They CANNOT quit their job. If they lose even a week of pay, that is is the difference between eating or rent.
I am lucky. I don't really need to worry about these things, but it wasn't always the case. And back then, it was scary. Having lived it, I firmly believe we need regulate these things.
Of course, a big part of the problem is inflation. There is no real reason things need to get more and more expensive.
It seems a bit unlikely that a computer will miss read a color. I would say that a human is far more likely to not see a light. Besides, I imagine that once an automatic car system is in place, they will not be looking at a light, but rather receiving a radio signal with the current light conditions.
I dont think that is true at all.
I think it will start the way most things do. Baby steps. Most likely there will be dedicated lanes to encourage people to adopt the tech. Like fast trax or something.
No doubt there will be a charge by the state to actually use the lane though, thus reducing its appeal.
I already can. I live in Germany. I can literally drink a beer while driving. So long as I am not over the limit..it is legal. Not a good idea and I would not actually do it, but I could if I wanted.
Why? Dead people tend not to buy as many cars.
I cannot wait until we have automatic driving cars! I love to drive as much as the next guy. Hell, I am the go-to car guy among my friends and family. But I hate sitting in traffic to and from work. It is the same every day. I would love to be able to sit back and relax.
So long as I can still take my Jeep out on the weekends in manual mode, you'll hear no complaints form me.
I really don't get. Why is it so hugely popular on /. to jump on MS so hard? People go on and on and how BSOD jokes and so on, but I just don't get it. Windows, IMO has been very stable since XP. and W8 is very stable, regardless whether you like the new UI or not. Heck, windows has been amazingly secure when you consider the amount of users /hackers concentrating their efforts on the platform.
I would say, at the present time, Microsoft is much more inventive than Apple. And yet Apple gets the most innovative company award each year. For what? For fucks sake, the iphone 5s is EXACTLY the same as iphone 2G! Oh wait...it's bigger. And they have a tablet version of the same fucking thing! Surely that is innovative, right?
Also, people bitch like hell over how much W8 sucks because of the new UI, except these are the very same asshats who claim MS suxs and never innovates. If you hate MS so much, why are you so upset when they change the product?.
People can say and think what they want of course, but at this point, I would much rather get behind MS than those D-bags in Cupertino or trust google to look after my privacy.
Is it really the case that you have companies and special interest groups creating the curriculum for your children?
How do you, as parents stand for this? You do know that you can go to the school board and freak out right? I think step 1 would be to organize a district wide freakout on the school board. Step 2, private school.
^Seriously, I am so sick of hearing that stupid argument. It is very short sighted.
There are so many people here (in Germany) shouting about these Chinese panels and how China is price dumping and we are losing jobs.
Well, who cares??
People forget to mention that all those panels they buy from China....How are they made? With GERMAN production equipment. That's how! The companies that produces these machines in combination with massive increase in solar installers because of the lower cost Chinese panels far exceeds the amount of jobs lost from production companies.
Except that you forgot to mention that WHAT KIND of nuclear power! Boiling water reactors, such as the type used at Fukushima are in fact a terrible idea. This has be proven time and again! Heck, in the US there has been so many accecdient!. Do some research on Rocketdyne and Simi Valley. There were 2 or 3 major spills there alone related to the reactor program.
http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/rocketdyne_still_hot/9658/
Whereas a molten salt or thorium reactor is far safer and doesn't have the proliferation aspects deal with.
I think perhaps you are focusing on the wrong thing here.
I would agree that linux is easy to install. Assuming that you dont have an older HDTV as a monitor. Or other "strange" things which requires hours of google time and forum hunting to figure out which text file needs to be edited even though on win xp or win 7, it "just worked".
Anyhow, hard or easy to install makes not one fuck bit of difference. It just doesnt.
It is ONLY to do with programs. What else is an OS if not to run your programs?
Nearly all business using program which can only run on Windows. Think time management software or report generating tools. Windows only. Or even self made access databases. Maybe it "could" be converted to open off, but maybe the guy who made the database quit 2 years ago and no one is there who can do it.
If you are in tech, you are stuck in windows. Period. All of our industry tools are windows only.
Even at home there are issues. I installed unbutu on my wifes old laptop after I was tired of cracking my less than legal windows install. Hey honey, I cant run my Chinese TV streaming program! After hours fucking with wine, I gave up and put on old xp install back on from a long dead PC.
Since then, I bought her a yoga 13 with Win 8. She loves it.
So, enlighten us....what is going on?
I mean, after all America commits war crime after war crime, tortures people and holds them forever without charges. Oh wait, are you saying that is what the founding fathers had in mind?
Oh, let me guess....you are one of those "if ya donn like it, git out of murrica" retards. Figured.
Seriously, what does having a 30 round mag have anything to do with the right to have a gun??
In in what part of my post did I say people should not have a gun. Fucking retard.
Which country would that be you jackass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures
Seriously, pull you head out of your ass.
You spend 6.8 TRILLION the entire EU spends 2.8.
Hell, France is the next European country and they spend only 58 Billion...not trillion.
It is the same way in which iTV took down the cable providers. Oh wait...
How do you define "fallen dramatically"?
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/17/us/violent-crime/index.html
Seems to me that America still has WAY more crime, violent crime especially, than other 1st world countries.
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/october/annual-crime-in-the-u.s.-report-released
Seriously, what do you mean will be? They are fucked up. This, and the last generation have such an unbelievable sense of entitlement it is shocking.
I am sure some of you have had the misfortune to interview some of today recent grads for a position. Most seem to expect 6 figures and to run the company in 2 years regardless of the fact that they have no useable skills or problem solving ability.
There is a reason why there is so much pressure to increase the foreign work visas.
When I was last working in the US, our company hired mainly engineer from Germany. We paid them more than they could get in Germany and they were happy for it. Our recent grad American applicants were asking for nearly 50% more.
look at it from the police perspective. What if they do nothing. What if next year this kid really does do something? Who do you think will get the blame? The police will. So, they act, even though they know it is complete nonsense. Because they know that if this kid does anything down the line, they will be a scape goat for ignoring the obvious "warning signs".
Crap I know, but that is how it could go down.
America is a country which values the right to have high capacity magazines for assault weapons over the freedom of speech.
It it more important to ensure the blind can carry a concealed firearm than it is to ensure the children of the country are properly educated.
It is more important to spend nearly 5% of the GDP on a military, not counting the illegal wars than to allow your fellow countrymen access to affordable health care.
That is the very definition of a morally corrupted system.
It is simply a fact. Most of the people simply do not care about what is going on in America as long as their personal situation is OK. As long as they can buy an iPhone 10s for 1$ on a 5 year contract.
There is only one possible outcome here. America has been on this road since the 70's. Some argue since the end of WW2. It is only now, as things have progressed so far that the visible signs are escalating.
I do not say that Americans are bad people, because I believe that they are, on the average "just folk". Just trying to get by. They are, unfortunately, a product of the system which produced them. That system, just didn't have their interests in mind.
A New Jersey congressmen was killed last last night after his car veered off the road. Inspectors at the scene have said that the congressmen had most likely fallen asleep and that no foul play was suspected.
just some clarification.
Bluetooth LE is not a profile. However Bluetooth low energy does have several profiles. These are application layers though.
Bluetooth 4.0 is a core spec and is not the same as BT LE. One can have a BT 4.0 chip and not have BTLE. You can have a so called dual mode radio which supports classical bluetooth and bluetooth low energy though.
You can search for products and info on www.bluetooth.org
Seriously, the writing has been on the wall for a long time. I have told everyone who will listen over the years that America is systematically removing our rights..
The fact is, most people just do not care. They have an iPhone and the rest is icing on the iCake.
You hear it all the time from the young crowd. I don't care, I have nothing to hide.
Not to mentions the "they hate our freedom" morons who say, if you don't like, leave.
Well, I did leave. 6 years ago to a country that is, ironically much more free than America. Germany. Sure, it is hard to have a gun. But, on the other hand, the murder rate is really low and it doesn't have more than 6% of the population in jail.
Of course, I still have hope for America. It just gets lower as time passes. Hey, when the revolution starts, I will be on the first boat over. (Dear NSA, I don't mean that at all, I am on your side, you are best!)