If this is misinformation, we need more of it. The only way to have a verifiable election is by having a physical artifact upon which the voter records the vote. That way you can pick it up, count it, recount it, get other people to count it, etc. No direct recording device can do that. Sometimes the Luddites are right.
The same principal was applied to me in the 1970's when I worked in a gas station. It didn't matter how much gas was pumped during my shift, what mattered was the volume of TBA (Tires, Batteries, and Accessories) sold during the shift. This was in the days before self-service. We had to pump the gas, wash the windows, and check under the hood for things like being low on washer fluid, oil, bulging hoses, frayed belts, etc. And just like the Office Depot stories, we had a quota to meet. One fellow got really good at selling brake fluid by dipping a towel into the reservoir. Anything to get by. I had it easy -- I knew how to change belts and hoses so I could concentrate on things that were actually wrong.
Indeed. And with 40% of the adults willing to accept the Hanna-Barbara/Fred Flintstone theory that humans coexisted with dinosaurs, there's only 60% who can make a difference if they try.
We're doomed. Might as well join the Left Behinders and prepare for Jebus to finish the job of destroying the Earth. Humans aren't doing it fast enough.
HR is the place where incompetent Marketing people get sent. Appearance is important to them -- far more than talent -- so they won't take the risk of giving an interview to anyone who doesn't have a folder full of certificates. "I'm so sorry Mr. Torvalds. If you only had your MSCE we might be able to get you in to see the Associate Assistant Server Intern about a position with us."
So naturally they wouldn't ever want to even talk to anyone who may have once posted a response on William Ayers blog.
The J Geils Band perfected this concept long ago and were so detail-oriented that when throwing TV's out of hotel room windows they made sure the extension cord was long enough to reach the ground because it was important that the TV be ON when it hit so that it could experience the terror all the way down.
Considering that Google etc. have huge caches and that people have been downloading and using images of all sorts -- it's a wonder anyone thinks that anything that got posted on any website anywhere won't live longer than they will.
When I got my Verizon DSL with the self-setup CD, it changed my IE title to say it was provided by Verizon. I found the registry key and made it say something different and less complimentary.
We are the house.
We control the odds.
You may not do anything that shifts the odds to your favor.
Just hand the money over without making a fuss.
Thank you for playing.
The misconception that Prof Safina rails against is due to the vulgar notion of Darwinism which is no more like what Darwin wrote about than does "begging the question" have anything to do with its common misusage.
Not to mention the occasional viral effect caused by receiving a document in the latest MS Office format which does nothing useful except force people to upgrade just to maintain compatibility.
You're going to have to adapt to what sounds like a connectionless environment -- or at least one that's more like having a 1200K dial up modem atmosphere. I'd suggest exploring older technologies not even excluding print and snail mail. My first thought was uuencode which I used successfully to ship megabyte files to and from a site that was literally half-way around the globe and had nothing but dial up access with a 20K limit on each email (no attachments). We would begin with a zip archive then uuencode the archive and send the emails. On receipt the first email was the input to uudecode which could follow the chain to the end and reconstruct the original zip. It sometimes took a few days but that was far faster than sneaker net via floppy diskette and air mail.
I got the 802.11 card working with my Tungsten E but it only supports WEP which limited its capability. The docs say that it fits other models using WinMobile and WPA was supported on that. It also sucked the battery down deeply.
I've had a Centro for about 6 months now and couldn't be happier. At last, a PDA with a replaceable battery!
An effective termination process won't help if the person is aware of flaws. I know of a place which hosts data for many clients who access the data via http. Any halfway knowledgeable employee at any of those clients can easily fashion an injection that could trash an entire db. Yes, I have mentioned this to the place which hosts the data and the response was poo-poo, pish-tush, etc.
I figured that out for myself about 25 years ago and opted to live in rural settings. I made the mistake of taking a job in a big city in 1999 and lasted a little more than 3 years.
I get the same feeling in big box stores -- especially Wal-Mart. It creeps me out just to be in one of their stores.
Our University has an intellectual property office -- does yours? In addition, if you were being paid under a grant, then there is a P.I. for that grant and the grant probably says something about ownership of things developed under the grant. But the short answer is that if you want to write software commercially AND you want to retain the rights to it, you should be self-employed.
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If this is misinformation, we need more of it. The only way to have a verifiable election is by having a physical artifact upon which the voter records the vote. That way you can pick it up, count it, recount it, get other people to count it, etc. No direct recording device can do that. Sometimes the Luddites are right.
Besides you and me, how many other Luddite types do you think are out there?
I'm writing them out of mine
The same principal was applied to me in the 1970's when I worked in a gas station. It didn't matter how much gas was pumped during my shift, what mattered was the volume of TBA (Tires, Batteries, and Accessories) sold during the shift. This was in the days before self-service. We had to pump the gas, wash the windows, and check under the hood for things like being low on washer fluid, oil, bulging hoses, frayed belts, etc. And just like the Office Depot stories, we had a quota to meet. One fellow got really good at selling brake fluid by dipping a towel into the reservoir. Anything to get by. I had it easy -- I knew how to change belts and hoses so I could concentrate on things that were actually wrong.
Indeed. And with 40% of the adults willing to accept the Hanna-Barbara/Fred Flintstone theory that humans coexisted with dinosaurs, there's only 60% who can make a difference if they try. We're doomed. Might as well join the Left Behinders and prepare for Jebus to finish the job of destroying the Earth. Humans aren't doing it fast enough.
Mississippi has computers? Who knew?
Or you could do something really radical and not hold boring meetings.
HR is the place where incompetent Marketing people get sent. Appearance is important to them -- far more than talent -- so they won't take the risk of giving an interview to anyone who doesn't have a folder full of certificates. "I'm so sorry Mr. Torvalds. If you only had your MSCE we might be able to get you in to see the Associate Assistant Server Intern about a position with us." So naturally they wouldn't ever want to even talk to anyone who may have once posted a response on William Ayers blog.
The J Geils Band perfected this concept long ago and were so detail-oriented that when throwing TV's out of hotel room windows they made sure the extension cord was long enough to reach the ground because it was important that the TV be ON when it hit so that it could experience the terror all the way down.
More likely a homeless Martian with a squeegee and a rag.
Considering that Google etc. have huge caches and that people have been downloading and using images of all sorts -- it's a wonder anyone thinks that anything that got posted on any website anywhere won't live longer than they will.
When I got my Verizon DSL with the self-setup CD, it changed my IE title to say it was provided by Verizon. I found the registry key and made it say something different and less complimentary.
We are the house. We control the odds. You may not do anything that shifts the odds to your favor. Just hand the money over without making a fuss. Thank you for playing.
The misconception that Prof Safina rails against is due to the vulgar notion of Darwinism which is no more like what Darwin wrote about than does "begging the question" have anything to do with its common misusage.
They're beginning to act like Microsoft. All your cycles are belong to us....
I would have expected something like this from Texas.
Not to mention the occasional viral effect caused by receiving a document in the latest MS Office format which does nothing useful except force people to upgrade just to maintain compatibility.
Her name may not be Karen but it's a sure bet that she exists in Texas.
You're going to have to adapt to what sounds like a connectionless environment -- or at least one that's more like having a 1200K dial up modem atmosphere. I'd suggest exploring older technologies not even excluding print and snail mail. My first thought was uuencode which I used successfully to ship megabyte files to and from a site that was literally half-way around the globe and had nothing but dial up access with a 20K limit on each email (no attachments). We would begin with a zip archive then uuencode the archive and send the emails. On receipt the first email was the input to uudecode which could follow the chain to the end and reconstruct the original zip. It sometimes took a few days but that was far faster than sneaker net via floppy diskette and air mail.
Truly, this promises to have legs as long as the invalid Hawaiian birth certificate.
I got the 802.11 card working with my Tungsten E but it only supports WEP which limited its capability. The docs say that it fits other models using WinMobile and WPA was supported on that. It also sucked the battery down deeply. I've had a Centro for about 6 months now and couldn't be happier. At last, a PDA with a replaceable battery!
An effective termination process won't help if the person is aware of flaws. I know of a place which hosts data for many clients who access the data via http. Any halfway knowledgeable employee at any of those clients can easily fashion an injection that could trash an entire db. Yes, I have mentioned this to the place which hosts the data and the response was poo-poo, pish-tush, etc.
I figured that out for myself about 25 years ago and opted to live in rural settings. I made the mistake of taking a job in a big city in 1999 and lasted a little more than 3 years. I get the same feeling in big box stores -- especially Wal-Mart. It creeps me out just to be in one of their stores.
I just knew that the Palm people would have to come up with something now that their OS is on the way out.
Our University has an intellectual property office -- does yours? In addition, if you were being paid under a grant, then there is a P.I. for that grant and the grant probably says something about ownership of things developed under the grant. But the short answer is that if you want to write software commercially AND you want to retain the rights to it, you should be self-employed.