The "People" don't need to control the government. The people are the government, that's what democracy (or representational democracy) is all about. Get involved with the political process, work on campaigns, talk to your representatives, vote. Don't just complain about it in Us versus Them terms.
Congress could just let the tax issue drop. But by putting the it off for seven years, they keep the cash flowing. Same as "Medicare Reform" and "Farm Bill Reform"; give the biggest donors what they want, then reset the timer so it goes off again in a few years.
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Replace "corporations" with "special interest groups" and you would have a good point.
I suspect unions have bought more votes than corporations over the years. Not sure what category groups like MoveOn.org fall into, but they were probably the biggest player in the past couple of elections, and will be in the next.
The ADA is a huge cash cow for litigators. They can file "drive-by lawsuits", for any technical violation and pretty much win automatically. Worst of all is that they don't even need to complain and give the business owner a chance to remedy the situation, just file the suit and take home a check. Has nothing to do with giving people access.
You're assuming rational behavior by the other bidders, which is not a good assumption.
Many bidders will try to get an item by bidding in small increments until they're the high bidder; that makes no sense to me, but it happens all the time. The only way to defeat it is to wait until the last second before making your (maximum) bid.
The ratio of men/women is in line with other countries; but as the article states, the problem is with polygamy. For every man with two wives there's another man out there with no wife. And a well-off Muslim man can have up to four wives.
This article reminds me of the same hype we heard before the Europeans' Beagle 2 landed on Mars. What a bargin it was, how they would show NASA how it's done, etc. Except no signal was ever detected from Beagle 2, while Spirit and Opportunity are still going strong. Yea, they really showed NASA.
Mostly, the referenced article sounds like wishful thinking.
Cindy Sheehan was funded by the DNC during the midterm election campaign. Once the election was over they didn't need her anymore. And besides, her antics were getting out of control so they dropped her. The antiwar protests will start getting publicity again as the next election nears. For now they don't serve anyone's interests.
You've obviously never worked in an organization chart like that. That many managers can spend their entire week planning meetings, preparing for meetings, meeting, trying to find someone to delegate action items from meetings, tracking status of actions items from meetings, planning meetings to track action items from meetings, ad infinitum. They're so busy they soon need subordinate managers to delegate their work to.
Trust me, it really happens. In my previous job we started with two project managers; they were so busy they talked their manager into hiring another PM. So the senior of the two originals became the Project Engineering Manager and spent full time monitoring the status tracking of the other two.
does Microsoft already hve some patent license agreement (presumably some sort of blanket agreement) with IBM to cover them
Yes and No. When I worked for a big corporation (not IBM) we had an agreement with MS; we could use their patents, they could use ours. But Microsoft made it clear in the agreement that if we used open source software the cross-licensing didn't apply.
There are plenty of good ways to resist censorship and try to bring about change. Refusing to do business in the country is one way, but working within the system is probably more effective. I don't see that Google is wrong here; some other company more willing to go along with the government would take their place if they pull out.
Taking the case on contingency is most of the problem.
Filing the lawsuit costs essentially nothing if you can find a lawyer willing to take the chance of a big payout. A reasonable reimbursement for defense (let the court decide) would be fair to both sides.
That and the lawyer should be sued for legal malpractice if the court finds the case has no merit.
Another employee saw something offensive on his computer and reported it to a supervisor. That's step #1 toward filing a lawsuit.
If it happened again IBM would be sued for sure, with no defense. They have to take action to "protect" the other employees; it's the law.
The country had way more serious problems than letting congress have a blood-letting, including Vietnam and the economy. He also argued against impeaching Clinton.
A secondary role it MIGHT be good at is monitoring for weapon launches, as well as monitoring of other countries' space shots, depending on the software and resolution of sensors.
The US has had satellites that detect missile launches for decades. Calling this thing AI is a stretch; a sensor picks up something and it starts collecting. Maybe some pattern matching, not much else.
How come we never see articles like "Should a programmer manage the sales staff?" or "should a techie be promoted to manage the purchasing department?"
But irrigation not so. First, ocean water is anything but calm. Waves, wind, and and currents ensure lots of evaporation. And respiration from non-irrigated trees and grass dump lots of ground water into the air. Look up how many tons of water a tree loses on a summer day.
Governor Bianco invoked the Stafford Act on August 27, and Mayor Nagin less formally said "We need troops, man!".
Neither has any relevance; Stafford just requests FEMA aid, and Nagin's request meant no more than his request for Greyhound busses.
Bianco refused to turn the National Guard over to federal control until Bush personally intervened and talked her into it, several days too late.
I read the article, but his comments make no sense. I'm pretty sure private companies are already spending billions of dollars on space ventures (like communications). He talks about using space to stop global warming. Somehow. Huh?
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The "People" don't need to control the government. The people are the government, that's what democracy (or representational democracy) is all about. Get involved with the political process, work on campaigns, talk to your representatives, vote. Don't just complain about it in Us versus Them terms.
Congress could just let the tax issue drop. But by putting the it off for seven years, they keep the cash flowing. Same as "Medicare Reform" and "Farm Bill Reform"; give the biggest donors what they want, then reset the timer so it goes off again in a few years.
Replace "corporations" with "special interest groups" and you would have a good point.
I suspect unions have bought more votes than corporations over the years. Not sure what category groups like MoveOn.org fall into, but they were probably the biggest player in the past couple of elections, and will be in the next.
The ADA is a huge cash cow for litigators. They can file "drive-by lawsuits", for any technical violation and pretty much win automatically. Worst of all is that they don't even need to complain and give the business owner a chance to remedy the situation, just file the suit and take home a check. Has nothing to do with giving people access.
You're assuming rational behavior by the other bidders, which is not a good assumption.
Many bidders will try to get an item by bidding in small increments until they're the high bidder; that makes no sense to me, but it happens all the time. The only way to defeat it is to wait until the last second before making your (maximum) bid.
There is something very important to see here.
The ratio of men/women is in line with other countries; but as the article states, the problem is with polygamy. For every man with two wives there's another man out there with no wife. And a well-off Muslim man can have up to four wives.
This article reminds me of the same hype we heard before the Europeans' Beagle 2 landed on Mars. What a bargin it was, how they would show NASA how it's done, etc. Except no signal was ever detected from Beagle 2, while Spirit and Opportunity are still going strong. Yea, they really showed NASA.
Mostly, the referenced article sounds like wishful thinking.
Cindy Sheehan was funded by the DNC during the midterm election campaign. Once the election was over they didn't need her anymore. And besides, her antics were getting out of control so they dropped her. The antiwar protests will start getting publicity again as the next election nears. For now they don't serve anyone's interests.
You've obviously never worked in an organization chart like that. That many managers can spend their entire week planning meetings, preparing for meetings, meeting, trying to find someone to delegate action items from meetings, tracking status of actions items from meetings, planning meetings to track action items from meetings, ad infinitum. They're so busy they soon need subordinate managers to delegate their work to.
Trust me, it really happens. In my previous job we started with two project managers; they were so busy they talked their manager into hiring another PM. So the senior of the two originals became the Project Engineering Manager and spent full time monitoring the status tracking of the other two.
does Microsoft already hve some patent license agreement (presumably some sort of blanket agreement) with IBM to cover them
Yes and No. When I worked for a big corporation (not IBM) we had an agreement with MS; we could use their patents, they could use ours. But Microsoft made it clear in the agreement that if we used open source software the cross-licensing didn't apply.
There are plenty of good ways to resist censorship and try to bring about change. Refusing to do business in the country is one way, but working within the system is probably more effective. I don't see that Google is wrong here; some other company more willing to go along with the government would take their place if they pull out.
I own the rights to the name "sue-o-mat". It will be contacting you, and your little pedophile dog too.
It won't work, but not because the left isn't trying to sabatoge Fox as hard as they can.
Do you have any idea how much a chick would weigh if she was travelling close to the speed of light? Not even a /.er would want some of that mass.
Taking the case on contingency is most of the problem. Filing the lawsuit costs essentially nothing if you can find a lawyer willing to take the chance of a big payout. A reasonable reimbursement for defense (let the court decide) would be fair to both sides. That and the lawyer should be sued for legal malpractice if the court finds the case has no merit.
Another employee saw something offensive on his computer and reported it to a supervisor. That's step #1 toward filing a lawsuit. If it happened again IBM would be sued for sure, with no defense. They have to take action to "protect" the other employees; it's the law.
The country had way more serious problems than letting congress have a blood-letting, including Vietnam and the economy. He also argued against impeaching Clinton.
The US has had satellites that detect missile launches for decades. Calling this thing AI is a stretch; a sensor picks up something and it starts collecting. Maybe some pattern matching, not much else.
The lawyer only took $5Million? That sounds kind of low.
How come we never see articles like "Should a programmer manage the sales staff?" or "should a techie be promoted to manage the purchasing department?"
Not tons per day, duh. Pound or gallons,
Solar cycles are very important.
But irrigation not so. First, ocean water is anything but calm. Waves, wind, and and currents ensure lots of evaporation. And respiration from non-irrigated trees and grass dump lots of ground water into the air. Look up how many tons of water a tree loses on a summer day.
Neither has any relevance; Stafford just requests FEMA aid, and Nagin's request meant no more than his request for Greyhound busses. Bianco refused to turn the National Guard over to federal control until Bush personally intervened and talked her into it, several days too late.
I read the article, but his comments make no sense. I'm pretty sure private companies are already spending billions of dollars on space ventures (like communications). He talks about using space to stop global warming. Somehow. Huh?
The study isn't about RPG players; it includes games like crossword puzzles, Boggle, and Sudoku. So I believe the 64% number.