What, exactly, do modern day musicians (artists and 'performers') do to deserve hundreds of millions of dollars, again? They follow their calling well? So do I, and I am not entitled to millions for it.
Why is the IT job market in the dumps right now? Too many unqualified gold-diggers clogging the field.
Why is music in the dumps right now? Too many unqualified gold-diggers clogging the field.
Music was a hell of a lot better, imho, before the advent of the superstar. Not very rewarding, either -- I guess that meant you only sung if you had something worth saying.
When the information I see comes from a sampling of introductory level courses in both fields from different schools, it makes an impression. Like when the statistic amounts of "I'm moving to Canada" appear on slashdot, it makes an impression. I apologize for a certain non-methology in my opinions.
Stating a problem and endorsing a solution are two different things. The immigration issue might very well be a cause of the problem, but a problem cannot be solved by going backwards in time, as the culutural crisis of the modern time shows us. But that still leaves us without a solution, because
The economic determinism works, like the economy itself, partly because it is true and partly because people believe it is true. If that faith is ever threatened in the middle class (who are its central support) -- say, through the social/economic ladder havings its rungs removed at the third story -- the results will not be very pleasant.
I guess better solutions might be found if more people saw that the problem was there?
I am not even aware of the exact number, only that it is dispraportionately high. When so many symptoms of a problem are evident, is it not better to err on the side of jurisprudence?
And the gap is very relevant, because the whole effectiveness of the US socio-economic system depends on the perception of that gap. I feel that if faith in the protestant work ethic and consumer culture falters in the middle class, the internal rot will only worsen.
No, just someone from the US who doesnt mind calling an elephant an elephant. When an (amdittedly imprecise) scientific methology begins to examine some deeply-held convictions, should we at least pause to consider its results?
I was taught at a jesuit university, so I was not exactly dealing with radical leftists, either...
You are absolutely correct. In fact, most academic discussion of the topic begin with the assumption that the terms are flawed.
I was using the lingua franca of the thread. I believe the current terms are "Developed Nations" and "Developing Nations." So the United States has certain key indicators that fit in with Developing Nations more than Developed Nations.
In the socio- and anthropological fields it is pretty much accepted that the United States is a Third World country that basically won the lottery.
I won't provide statistics, but check out (a) Literacy rates (b) Infant mortality (c) Homicide rates (d) % of population below the poverty line, and (e) the gap between the rich and poor. A large middle class running in hamster wheels does not a First World country make.
Also:
Labor unions are a reaction against the insane exploitation of the 19th century. If the need wasn't there, they would not have been formed, 'cause Americans hate that shit.
And in pure opinion, I believe it has less to do with Democratic myopism and more to do with some extremely rich people pulling the ladder up after themselves. Figuratively speaking.
That's the most useful application of this application that I can think of at the moment. VPC 6 running windows and outlook allows Macintoshs running OSX to connect to Exchange servers.
This is one of the major holdbacks to OSX at the moment, especially in larger and/or more timid companies. Most are not willing to upgrade half of their infrastructure for the benefit of a few dozen client machines.
Until there is a *serious* email application for OSX, VPC 6 is the best way to go.
Big business is not pleased with that little ploy, either. The current apple models cannot be downgraded from OSX, period. I know of a few large companies that are going out of their way to purchase old stock and refurbished machines.
Vendor games are stupid, especially so.....(once again) in a recession.
Did you do very well in a 95% minority public school school in, say, the Bronx? Or did you do well and work hard in a relatively white (skin or society) school?
Oh yes, you should definately get something extra for that. Bootstrapping yourself is very commendable, if you have the self-awareness to do so.
One technical rebuttal, as well: you do not need to run a server with a static IP address thanks to a little service called Dynamic DNS. Look it up -- or not, because its basically communism. Sorry, comrade.
Sprint. I cannot speak for it's service in most of the country, but here in NYC their network has been severely overloaded.
I suspect that many people here do as I do, and forgo the land line. That might be responsible for the late night traffic jams -- everyone taking advantage of their free minutes at once. Since everyone here is stacked up likes bees in a hive, the cell towers can't handle the volume.
In fairness, that may just be new york city's fault, and not Sprint. But my impression of them tells me they were skimping on infastructure, deliberately.
Silly.
The meaning of life is to make more life. The rest takes care of itself. It has so far.
At some point life will get off its collective ass and do something with itself, but until then it is content to just maintain its existence. Evolving through magnitudes of complexity is not a morning's work, you know!
Already did this -- I am landline free. Unfortunately, most cellular services in the US are not robust enough to depend on 100%. Poor quality, dropped calls and the like really become a problem when you cannot say "I'll call you back on my other line."
However I am quite content being a true bleeding-edge adopter. Down with copper!
One problem. People with money and influence would make it so that they are exempt, while everyone else would not.
There is also the famous blanket called National Security.
There actually is a difference between New York public access and say, Kansas City public access. The public consists of a good seven+ million, many of which came here with artistic ambitions. So the quality of programming, IMHO actually surpasses glossy network television "let the people be the content" shows of the moment. (*Not that there isn't a whole boatload of utter garbage as well, but...diamonds in the rough)
Also, Bryant Park is in the middle of the business district. The only people who live in/near are homeless people, not wealthy urbanites.
The US government focused on the source of drugs as much as it was able without invading other countries outright.Columbia's government has been propped up by our money and military advisors for years, and have attacked their own people on our behalf, siezing labs, burning/spraing fields of peasant crops, and the like. These operations were not done by US forces, if only because the Columbians were eager to do it for us (and it's much more legal that way).
As for missing the money that flows out of America to terrorists, I believe you are underestimating the vast quantities of money that we give Muslim states in exchange for their oil; surely more of that money contributes to terrorism than "donations" from covert sympathizers on US soil. Let's also not forget the money that the US government gave Afghanis and Iraqis money and weapons.
So what I'm saying is that the US only says it's trying to do the Good Thing, when it really isn't at all. So why does the EU listen to us at all???
Unlike our unforunate comrades in the software development industry, the hardware people -- sysadmins, operators and lowly techs -- will have a place in the sevice-sector future America is moving towards.
The only danger, in this case, comes from cheap labor and Network Admin courses at your local tech institute.
Does anyone else have a big ugly bald spot on their keyboard? Usually where your right wrist would be resting.
Apparently the black resin/paint is broken down by excessive contact with human skin/sweat. This component is as poorly-engineered as the batteries in question, yet IBM does not consider this to be their responsibility.
I can find replacements easy enough on E-bay, but why should I be wasting my money to buy flawed replacements?
I have had a Thinkpad 600 for approximately 4 years, with 2 batteries. Each battery was useful for about six months, after which point the charge was only good for 30 minutes off AC. I pretty much stopped using the batteries for anything besides transporting the Thinkpad between locations.
The IBM web site does not try to deny the problem with these batteries. It is a design feature, not a defect, so please, let's all just keep giving them 100 dollars a year to use our old Thinkpad.
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What, exactly, do modern day musicians (artists and 'performers') do to deserve hundreds of millions of dollars, again? They follow their calling well? So do I, and I am not entitled to millions for it.
Why is the IT job market in the dumps right now? Too many unqualified gold-diggers clogging the field.
Why is music in the dumps right now? Too many unqualified gold-diggers clogging the field.
Music was a hell of a lot better, imho, before the advent of the superstar. Not very rewarding, either -- I guess that meant you only sung if you had something worth saying.
When the information I see comes from a sampling of introductory level courses in both fields from different schools, it makes an impression. Like when the statistic amounts of "I'm moving to Canada" appear on slashdot, it makes an impression. I apologize for a certain non-methology in my opinions.
Stating a problem and endorsing a solution are two different things. The immigration issue might very well be a cause of the problem, but a problem cannot be solved by going backwards in time, as the culutural crisis of the modern time shows us. But that still leaves us without a solution, because
The economic determinism works, like the economy itself, partly because it is true and partly because people believe it is true. If that faith is ever threatened in the middle class (who are its central support) -- say, through the social/economic ladder havings its rungs removed at the third story -- the results will not be very pleasant.
I guess better solutions might be found if more people saw that the problem was there?
I am not even aware of the exact number, only that it is dispraportionately high. When so many symptoms of a problem are evident, is it not better to err on the side of jurisprudence?
And the gap is very relevant, because the whole effectiveness of the US socio-economic system depends on the perception of that gap. I feel that if faith in the protestant work ethic and consumer culture falters in the middle class, the internal rot will only worsen.
No, just someone from the US who doesnt mind calling an elephant an elephant. When an (amdittedly imprecise) scientific methology begins to examine some deeply-held convictions, should we at least pause to consider its results?
I was taught at a jesuit university, so I was not exactly dealing with radical leftists, either...
You are absolutely correct. In fact, most academic discussion of the topic begin with the assumption that the terms are flawed. I was using the lingua franca of the thread. I believe the current terms are "Developed Nations" and "Developing Nations." So the United States has certain key indicators that fit in with Developing Nations more than Developed Nations.
In the socio- and anthropological fields it is pretty much accepted that the United States is a Third World country that basically won the lottery. I won't provide statistics, but check out (a) Literacy rates (b) Infant mortality (c) Homicide rates (d) % of population below the poverty line, and (e) the gap between the rich and poor. A large middle class running in hamster wheels does not a First World country make. Also: Labor unions are a reaction against the insane exploitation of the 19th century. If the need wasn't there, they would not have been formed, 'cause Americans hate that shit. And in pure opinion, I believe it has less to do with Democratic myopism and more to do with some extremely rich people pulling the ladder up after themselves. Figuratively speaking.
That's the most useful application of this application that I can think of at the moment. VPC 6 running windows and outlook allows Macintoshs running OSX to connect to Exchange servers. This is one of the major holdbacks to OSX at the moment, especially in larger and/or more timid companies. Most are not willing to upgrade half of their infrastructure for the benefit of a few dozen client machines. Until there is a *serious* email application for OSX, VPC 6 is the best way to go.
If they released it on schedule, you'd probably be one of the first people to complain about the bugs that were left in. Be quiet.
The slowdown in pace is even part of the Phoenix development plan, if any bothered to look.
Big business is not pleased with that little ploy, either. The current apple models cannot be downgraded from OSX, period. I know of a few large companies that are going out of their way to purchase old stock and refurbished machines.
Vendor games are stupid, especially so.....(once again) in a recession.
Raise that number. We are in a recession.
Did you do very well in a 95% minority public school school in, say, the Bronx? Or did you do well and work hard in a relatively white (skin or society) school?
Oh yes, you should definately get something extra for that. Bootstrapping yourself is very commendable, if you have the self-awareness to do so.
One technical rebuttal, as well: you do not need to run a server with a static IP address thanks to a little service called Dynamic DNS. Look it up -- or not, because its basically communism. Sorry, comrade.
Sprint. I cannot speak for it's service in most of the country, but here in NYC their network has been severely overloaded. I suspect that many people here do as I do, and forgo the land line. That might be responsible for the late night traffic jams -- everyone taking advantage of their free minutes at once. Since everyone here is stacked up likes bees in a hive, the cell towers can't handle the volume. In fairness, that may just be new york city's fault, and not Sprint. But my impression of them tells me they were skimping on infastructure, deliberately.
Silly. The meaning of life is to make more life. The rest takes care of itself. It has so far. At some point life will get off its collective ass and do something with itself, but until then it is content to just maintain its existence. Evolving through magnitudes of complexity is not a morning's work, you know!
Already did this -- I am landline free. Unfortunately, most cellular services in the US are not robust enough to depend on 100%. Poor quality, dropped calls and the like really become a problem when you cannot say "I'll call you back on my other line."
However I am quite content being a true bleeding-edge adopter. Down with copper!
One problem. People with money and influence would make it so that they are exempt, while everyone else would not. There is also the famous blanket called National Security.
There actually is a difference between New York public access and say, Kansas City public access. The public consists of a good seven+ million, many of which came here with artistic ambitions. So the quality of programming, IMHO actually surpasses glossy network television "let the people be the content" shows of the moment. (*Not that there isn't a whole boatload of utter garbage as well, but...diamonds in the rough)
Also, Bryant Park is in the middle of the business district. The only people who live in/near are homeless people, not wealthy urbanites.
The US government focused on the source of drugs as much as it was able without invading other countries outright.Columbia's government has been propped up by our money and military advisors for years, and have attacked their own people on our behalf, siezing labs, burning/spraing fields of peasant crops, and the like. These operations were not done by US forces, if only because the Columbians were eager to do it for us (and it's much more legal that way).
As for missing the money that flows out of America to terrorists, I believe you are underestimating the vast quantities of money that we give Muslim states in exchange for their oil; surely more of that money contributes to terrorism than "donations" from covert sympathizers on US soil. Let's also not forget the money that the US government gave Afghanis and Iraqis money and weapons.
So what I'm saying is that the US only says it's trying to do the Good Thing, when it really isn't at all. So why does the EU listen to us at all???
Unlike our unforunate comrades in the software development industry, the hardware people -- sysadmins, operators and lowly techs -- will have a place in the sevice-sector future America is moving towards. The only danger, in this case, comes from cheap labor and Network Admin courses at your local tech institute.
Does anyone else have a big ugly bald spot on their keyboard? Usually where your right wrist would be resting. Apparently the black resin/paint is broken down by excessive contact with human skin/sweat. This component is as poorly-engineered as the batteries in question, yet IBM does not consider this to be their responsibility. I can find replacements easy enough on E-bay, but why should I be wasting my money to buy flawed replacements?
I have had a Thinkpad 600 for approximately 4 years, with 2 batteries. Each battery was useful for about six months, after which point the charge was only good for 30 minutes off AC. I pretty much stopped using the batteries for anything besides transporting the Thinkpad between locations. The IBM web site does not try to deny the problem with these batteries. It is a design feature, not a defect, so please, let's all just keep giving them 100 dollars a year to use our old Thinkpad.