Two words. Drone Season. There you go, its a self correcting problem. You can increase the tax base by selling licenses too. Just thing, for $75 bucks every gun toating, drunk ass redneck can fill the sky with lead.
No..its a fantastic idea!! Using one of these babys...load up and yell PULL as soon as you see a drone coming your way....
I'm reading that Obamacare will be even more fun than expected...filled with things that people couldn't even make up during the debate without being called a complete loon. A hell of a thing, reading a Bill before you pass it.
Well, Ms Pelosi, at the time, *DID* say that we needed to pass it...so we could see what was in it.
So if I murder a foreigner while they are visiting the US, the US murder laws shouldn't apply?
No, it is more like if you murder an American (or anyone else) outside the US, then no, US law shouldn't apply, it would be the law of the country it happened in.
Free only if you don't value your time and the cost of your trash disposal.
Err....it doesn't cost me a penny more or less on how much or how little I throw away...?
I throw it in the can, put the can by the curb, and the garbage man takes it away twice a week.
It takes all of about 10-15 seconds walking from the mailbox at the front door, to the kitchen to sort through the junk mail and toss it in the kitchen garbage can and set the bills in the bill pile on the counter.
Just curious..what process do you do that take so long and cost extra money?
Why in the world is a company listening to a foreign company on a DMCA complaint?!?!?
I mean, this is a US law...so, it should be able to be used by a foreign company should it?
I mean, if DMCA, which has often been brought to light on this list and not affecting foreign countres....why is it able to be used by THEM to put forth claims on the US and US companies?
If they ever get made it will be because cars have become autonomous enough for that not to happen.
What fun with that be?!?!?
I mean, the reason people want one is that it would be 'fun to drive/fly'.
I personally hope that cars you can't drive, control and navigate yourself never become the norm in my lifetime.
I love to drive...that's why I've only bought sports cars all my life. To me, getting in the car and firing up the engine isn't just a drudgery starting to get from point A to point B...it is the start of a daily adventure!
Geez, I was thinking of buying one just to get and keep laying around for when someone comes up with a neat 'hack' for using it for something besides games.
I was thinking of doing that just because it was so cheap...hell, I've had many bar tabs over the years that were more than $99...
Which ones? I'd like to know who doesn't want my money.
AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon. It's in the article.:)
Was this mandated by some law I've not heard was passed...or, are these companies all signing onto this one service voluntarily? If so...why, what is in the bargain for them, they have immunity anyway over what their users do on the networks...why even bother with this?
Here's a hint: If they're in an al-Qaida camp, and they're not hostages, then that means they've chosen to align with a group that wants to kill American citizens and violently overthrow the American government.
While I do lean towards your sympathies....do you really feel comfortable to that decision being in the hands of ONE man, with no checks and balances, as it has happened so far with President Obama?
Frankly, that bothers me. And right now...this decisions isn't limited to someone who is a traitor to the country standing on an enemy base at a time of war.
I want to make sure there are checks and balances...and openness so that this can not devolve into one man calling for a 'hit' to his perceived enemy in the US.
There's nothing in the rules so far that I see that even come close to prohibiting this.
For example, California public policy refuses to recognize most noncompete clauses. And in the other political direction, "right to work states" like Texas, as a matter of their public policy, prohibit employee contracts from requiring employees to join a union.
Sounds like CA and TX both got something right!!
Now, if we could just get all the states to observer both of these laws, we'd be making some progress!!
Well, last couple jobs I took that were W2 ones...I read over the employment agreement, and crossed out and and added verbage as I wanted it..and signed it.
They accepted this and gave me the jobs, so I would guess that's binding?
I definitely altered any sections that would allow them to try to lay claim to anything I created OFF the clock while under their employ.
I also shortened sections saying I had to wait like a year to work for any perceived competitor, stuff like that.
What about what you've said is "simple"? The prior posters were looking at solutions to problems, not deductions from data. Your finger-pointing ourburst provides precisely no solutions to anything.
Well, you can't legislate behavior, or change in behavior no matter how much money you try to throw at the problem.
And since the black 'community' isn't going to listen to a bunch of white scientists, sociologists...it is up the the black 'community' to fix itself. That would be simple, but it seems they're not interested and would rather follow the proven easier path of 'victimhood' as they seem to do presently.
What's racist is the "black identifying names" in TFA. Now that's racist. What? Because I'm a Caucasoid I can't be named a "black" name? Dark skinned folk can't be named "white" names?
Not really, I mean it isn't racist when in fact, this is common when it comes to naming kids. Black families DO have a trend towards naming that differs greatly from Caucasian naming. Stating fact isn't racist even though it involves race.
There is a really interesting segment on the documentary Freakonomics with regard to naming and how it can follow and influence how your life opportunities are presented to you.
Here's a link with a small part of the segment. It really was an interesting show, go take a look at what they have to say.
One thing that was interesting, it wasn't till the early 60's when black names started differing in the US from their white counterparts. Before then, everyone was named much the same.
This is exactly what I've said over and over. Honestly, I believe we don't go looking for the problem because we are afraid of what we might find. Well high time we find out why the stats are coming out like this and find the real problem.
I don't suppose you would ever accept the answer being something along the lines of "because they are committing the majority of the crimes in the US"?
I'd submit that the ditch diggers should be people who prove themselves unable to do anything more useful for society. Not just people whose parents couldn't afford better education certifications or internet service.
Oh, crap, I've outed myself as a crazy socialist. Nevermind. Clearly the free market will sort out the best and brightest in the most efficient way possible. Clearly those without good internet access or good educations were always going to be useless, while every trust-fund kid was destined for great things, capitalism in education is THAT good that it goes back in time. If those people didn't want to be poor, they should have been born to more privileged families.
True that there are always stupid people from wealthy backgrounds, and smart ones for poor ones...no one said everyone got an even start on the road of life.
That being said, everyone is dealt a starting hand, and you have to work from there. This is the way it has always been. Some have to work a bit harder, but throughout life and as long as humans have existed, some will work that extra bit to succeed.
You still see it out there in the world today.
No, I don't believe it is up to the govt or the 'collective good' to ensure everyone has equal footing. I don't believe anyone should be held back, but I don't think my tax dollars should be spent trying to bring everyone up to a certain level. If you do that you bring up un-deserving people that are just a load on the system. But if you don't do that, how do you pick the ones that are truly bright and deserving of not being ditch diggers? And, if you do that...it shan't be long till someone yells discrimination.
If people truly have the drive to succeed, no matter when they start in life...they WILL find a way to do what needs to be done.
Customers definitely care. However, the ones likely to care the most are the ones with a significant investment in Nikon format lenses. These lenses don't work with Canon and there may not even be an equivalent for Pentax, Sony, or Olympus.
You can get adapters to fit Nikon lenses on Canon dslrs.
I would think that anyone wanting to repair cameras would likely be talking about major camera investments, like the DSLR, not the myriad of point and shoots, and the DSLRs have much longer lives than you describe.
The Canon 5 D Mark II, has just now been retired, and I think its life run was > 4 years or so.
I don't expect my new Canon 5D Mark III to be out of date or replaced in a year....
These are the kinds of cameras you get repaired if you can avoid damage that forces replacement.
I doubt this guy was repairing point and shoots which are disposable, but more like cameras that start at $1K and go up quickly from there.
If I have internet, I can interact with several government agencies, easily. Without internet access, it costs me about four gallons of gas to drive to the agency's office, wasting three or more hours of driving time, plus whatever time I spend in the office. Telephone might replace some of those in-person interactions, but then I may have to wait a week for the paperwork to come through. With internet, the paperwork is done already, before I leave the web page.
Again, I said it was convenient...I'll agree it makes things easier, but it is not a necessity of life.
You can, as you mentioned, STILL do those things without an internet connected computer, it is just a bit more of a hassle (and one can take public transportation rather than a car as MANY seem to push here on slashdot).
Don't know what industry YOU work in, but without internet access I wouldn't be able to get a job, and I don't think I'm unique in that respect! Most employers use job search sites or their own web page to post employment opportunities, and if you have no internet then you can't get to them can you? The days of looking through the Want Ads in printed newspapers are more or less gone.
If needed, one can go use the computers at the local libraries, they have free internect connectivity there and can do the job searches you mentioned.
Then again..not everyone is in IT, and you can still get LOTS of jobs in non-tech areas without the internet.
Focus on Ubuntu and/or Red Hat for a start. Those 2 distros alone, along with their derivatives with minimal differences, should account for the vast majority of cases you would ever deal with. Really, if you only focus on Ubuntu, you'll get the biggest slice of the Linux pie along with, by far, the highest portion of users that might actually need helpdesk support.
I dunno...if doing this professionally, I'd say concentrate more on RHEL. From my experience, that is the predominate (if not only) version of Linux out there in big business and govt. server rooms.
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No..its a fantastic idea!! Using one of these babys...load up and yell PULL as soon as you see a drone coming your way....
Well, Ms Pelosi, at the time, *DID* say that we needed to pass it...so we could see what was in it.
Didn't they use "Space Marine" in the DOOM game series??
No, it is more like if you murder an American (or anyone else) outside the US, then no, US law shouldn't apply, it would be the law of the country it happened in.
Trouble is, largely due to the govt unions...the actual downsizing in PEOPLE will likely not happen to the extent it should.
Hell, recently they tried closing down PostOffice sorting areas, and there were lawsuits preventing them from doing this as they saw they needed?!?!?
Err....it doesn't cost me a penny more or less on how much or how little I throw away...?
I throw it in the can, put the can by the curb, and the garbage man takes it away twice a week.
It takes all of about 10-15 seconds walking from the mailbox at the front door, to the kitchen to sort through the junk mail and toss it in the kitchen garbage can and set the bills in the bill pile on the counter.
Just curious..what process do you do that take so long and cost extra money?
Why in the world is a company listening to a foreign company on a DMCA complaint?!?!?
I mean, this is a US law...so, it should be able to be used by a foreign company should it?
I mean, if DMCA, which has often been brought to light on this list and not affecting foreign countres....why is it able to be used by THEM to put forth claims on the US and US companies?
What fun with that be?!?!?
I mean, the reason people want one is that it would be 'fun to drive/fly'.
I personally hope that cars you can't drive, control and navigate yourself never become the norm in my lifetime.
I love to drive...that's why I've only bought sports cars all my life. To me, getting in the car and firing up the engine isn't just a drudgery starting to get from point A to point B...it is the start of a daily adventure!
Same reason I own a motorcycle....
I was thinking of doing that just because it was so cheap...hell, I've had many bar tabs over the years that were more than $99...
Was this mandated by some law I've not heard was passed...or, are these companies all signing onto this one service voluntarily? If so...why, what is in the bargain for them, they have immunity anyway over what their users do on the networks...why even bother with this?
While I do lean towards your sympathies....do you really feel comfortable to that decision being in the hands of ONE man, with no checks and balances, as it has happened so far with President Obama?
Frankly, that bothers me. And right now...this decisions isn't limited to someone who is a traitor to the country standing on an enemy base at a time of war.
I want to make sure there are checks and balances...and openness so that this can not devolve into one man calling for a 'hit' to his perceived enemy in the US.
There's nothing in the rules so far that I see that even come close to prohibiting this.
Sounds like CA and TX both got something right!!
Now, if we could just get all the states to observer both of these laws, we'd be making some progress!!
They accepted this and gave me the jobs, so I would guess that's binding?
I definitely altered any sections that would allow them to try to lay claim to anything I created OFF the clock while under their employ.
I also shortened sections saying I had to wait like a year to work for any perceived competitor, stuff like that.
Well, you can't legislate behavior, or change in behavior no matter how much money you try to throw at the problem.
And since the black 'community' isn't going to listen to a bunch of white scientists, sociologists...it is up the the black 'community' to fix itself. That would be simple, but it seems they're not interested and would rather follow the proven easier path of 'victimhood' as they seem to do presently.
Perhaps it has to do with them committing a very high percentage of the violent crimes in the US?
Not really, I mean it isn't racist when in fact, this is common when it comes to naming kids. Black families DO have a trend towards naming that differs greatly from Caucasian naming. Stating fact isn't racist even though it involves race.
There is a really interesting segment on the documentary Freakonomics with regard to naming and how it can follow and influence how your life opportunities are presented to you. Here's a link with a small part of the segment. It really was an interesting show, go take a look at what they have to say.
One thing that was interesting, it wasn't till the early 60's when black names started differing in the US from their white counterparts. Before then, everyone was named much the same.
I don't suppose you would ever accept the answer being something along the lines of "because they are committing the majority of the crimes in the US"?
Nah..it couldn't possibly be that simple.
True that there are always stupid people from wealthy backgrounds, and smart ones for poor ones...no one said everyone got an even start on the road of life.
That being said, everyone is dealt a starting hand, and you have to work from there. This is the way it has always been. Some have to work a bit harder, but throughout life and as long as humans have existed, some will work that extra bit to succeed.
You still see it out there in the world today.
No, I don't believe it is up to the govt or the 'collective good' to ensure everyone has equal footing. I don't believe anyone should be held back, but I don't think my tax dollars should be spent trying to bring everyone up to a certain level. If you do that you bring up un-deserving people that are just a load on the system. But if you don't do that, how do you pick the ones that are truly bright and deserving of not being ditch diggers? And, if you do that...it shan't be long till someone yells discrimination.
If people truly have the drive to succeed, no matter when they start in life...they WILL find a way to do what needs to be done.
You can get adapters to fit Nikon lenses on Canon dslrs.
The Canon 5 D Mark II, has just now been retired, and I think its life run was > 4 years or so.
I don't expect my new Canon 5D Mark III to be out of date or replaced in a year....
These are the kinds of cameras you get repaired if you can avoid damage that forces replacement.
I doubt this guy was repairing point and shoots which are disposable, but more like cameras that start at $1K and go up quickly from there.
Again, I said it was convenient...I'll agree it makes things easier, but it is not a necessity of life.
You can, as you mentioned, STILL do those things without an internet connected computer, it is just a bit more of a hassle (and one can take public transportation rather than a car as MANY seem to push here on slashdot).
If needed, one can go use the computers at the local libraries, they have free internect connectivity there and can do the job searches you mentioned.
Then again..not everyone is in IT, and you can still get LOTS of jobs in non-tech areas without the internet.
The world needs ditch diggers too you know....
I dunno...if doing this professionally, I'd say concentrate more on RHEL. From my experience, that is the predominate (if not only) version of Linux out there in big business and govt. server rooms.