I don't know that the media has changed that much. The media, along with the universities, is an arm of our progressive theocracy. They will hold people on the right accountable, but not the left. Rage against Nixon. Rage against Pinochet. But praise and fawning over Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. The left has no standard of justice beyond power - that which furthers their power is good.
Obama uses the full force of government to stifle opposition. The media aids, abets, and enables his crimes. This guy is your typical progressive, completely self righteous in their criminality, because their standard of right and wrong is what serves the power of the left.
Like China was in the 1960's? Unstable whackjobs with their finger on the button?
The Chinese communists demonstrated their whackjob bona fides by killing and terrorizing other Chinese in The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution.
Cartoonish dystopian totalitarian crazy was all the rage in the 20th century, and people would do well not to forget it. Always fun to bitch about the US, but let's have a little perspective and not forget the true horror of the fascist and communist alternatives.
Analysts need to create scripts, use dbases, etc., not to create a long standing system, but to complete the day to day tasks of compiling and reorganizing information for whatever analysis they happen to be performing today. One of, ad hoc methods that get something done more efficiently than cutting and pasting between documents.
Gun control is about human control. Obviously it's not about crime, as criminals don't care. It's about controlling the otherwise law abiding and making them dependent on the government.
Most car parts places will sell "automobile stethoscopes" for a few bucks, basically an el cheapo stethoscope attached to a metal rod. Very handy, and clearer and easier to use than the screwdriver trick. Easy way to tell if the fuel injectors are firing.
"Go away, or I will replace you with a tiny shell script."
Much of the "nonprogrammer" work in business is a massive waste of time, transferring information from document A to document B, which *if you think like a programmer*, you'll be looking for a tool to replace. If you don't program, grinding it out by hand seems the natural thing to do.
Aid is market segmentation based on ability to pay. Basically, schools suck as much money as they can out of everyone. Much like medicine, there are no real prices.
Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people":
First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.
Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.
The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.
*** Finding a way to effectively deal with bureaucratic capture of institutions is probably the number one human problem.
assistant principal hears explosion, sees smoke, runs over and student claims "bomb" is science experiment. Seems reasonable, but teacher knows nothing about it.
Cause you know, you can't do science without permission from an agent of the State.
Yeah, we fucked the whole world over by defeating Stalinism. So sorry. Perhaps you'd feel more at home living in Iraq under Saddam. Ooops, we did it again; we took that away too. So sorry, so sorry. But never fear, there's still a bit of Stalinism left in North Korea. Don't let me keep you.
That used to be one of Hitchen's lines - "You really know someone doesn't know what they're talking about when they say 'Yeah, Saddam wasn't a nice guy, but...."
One provision that will affect India, in particular, limits H-1B visa use to 50% of a firm's U.S. workforce
That would be a huge change for the better - exactly because it would break the current model of the companies that exist just to abuse the system. Sure, in 5-10 years they'll have a new model, just as abusive, but that will be a good 5-10 years!
I doubt it will take 5-10 years. It's just corporate structure. They'll create partner relationships with other companies. The whole contracting business, and H1Bs in particular, are about having employees you pretend aren't employees. Now they'll have to join some labor intensive companies to get US head count up. Eazy peazy.
Sensors are. You hardly need a drone flying over your neighbor's house to spy on your neighbor.
Maybe Schmidt has a jillion acres, so you need to fly to get close enough for the sensor to work, but for 99%, a camera on your roof under the eaves of your roof is more than enough.
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I don't know that the media has changed that much. The media, along with the universities, is an arm of our progressive theocracy. They will hold people on the right accountable, but not the left. Rage against Nixon. Rage against Pinochet. But praise and fawning over Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. The left has no standard of justice beyond power - that which furthers their power is good.
Obama uses the full force of government to stifle opposition. The media aids, abets, and enables his crimes. This guy is your typical progressive, completely self righteous in their criminality, because their standard of right and wrong is what serves the power of the left.
Like China was in the 1960's? Unstable whackjobs with their finger on the button?
The Chinese communists demonstrated their whackjob bona fides by killing and terrorizing other Chinese in The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution.
Cartoonish dystopian totalitarian crazy was all the rage in the 20th century, and people would do well not to forget it. Always fun to bitch about the US, but let's have a little perspective and not forget the true horror of the fascist and communist alternatives.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
More and more, the government is focused on pointing guns at people and taking their money.
Analysts need to create scripts, use dbases, etc., not to create a long standing system, but to complete the day to day tasks of compiling and reorganizing information for whatever analysis they happen to be performing today. One of, ad hoc methods that get something done more efficiently than cutting and pasting between documents.
Gun control is about human control. Obviously it's not about crime, as criminals don't care. It's about controlling the otherwise law abiding and making them dependent on the government.
Most car parts places will sell "automobile stethoscopes" for a few bucks, basically an el cheapo stethoscope attached to a metal rod. Very handy, and clearer and easier to use than the screwdriver trick. Easy way to tell if the fuel injectors are firing.
"Go away, or I will replace you with a tiny shell script."
Much of the "nonprogrammer" work in business is a massive waste of time, transferring information from document A to document B, which *if you think like a programmer*, you'll be looking for a tool to replace. If you don't program, grinding it out by hand seems the natural thing to do.
Aid is market segmentation based on ability to pay. Basically, schools suck as much money as they can out of everyone. Much like medicine, there are no real prices.
Maybe IT Pimp orgs should call themselves unions to avoid corporate taxes.
From Pournelle's web site:
Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people":
First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.
Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.
The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.
*** Finding a way to effectively deal with bureaucratic capture of institutions is probably the number one human problem.
assistant principal hears explosion, sees smoke, runs over and student claims "bomb" is science experiment. Seems reasonable, but teacher knows nothing about it.
Cause you know, you can't do science without permission from an agent of the State.
Short translation - screwing women is evil, screwing men is good.
Recently read that the housing bubble had come to Australia. Sorry to hear it.
With the Fed just giving away money, every company should do this.
"Give us more money or something bad might happen on your flight."
The government is increasingly giving up the pretense of being anything other than a shake down racket.
Well reasoned retort!
Yeah, we fucked the whole world over by defeating Stalinism. So sorry. Perhaps you'd feel more at home living in Iraq under Saddam. Ooops, we did it again; we took that away too. So sorry, so sorry. But never fear, there's still a bit of Stalinism left in North Korea. Don't let me keep you.
That used to be one of Hitchen's lines - "You really know someone doesn't know what they're talking about when they say 'Yeah, Saddam wasn't a nice guy, but ...."
Love that.
Blame the US for removing dictatorship. Blame the US for not removing a dictatorship.
Here's a clue, fella. Decent people think removing a dictator is a good thing, but don't bitch at people who won't do it for them.
Pretty biologically interesting stuff to do both.
If $large mega corp$ feels it is in their best interest to outsource jobs in this "global economy" why are our DVD's still region coded?
Or why can't I buy medicine from the lowest cost worldwide provider?
Why? Rules are of, by, and for those with control of the government.
Laws are for the peasants.
One provision that will affect India, in particular, limits H-1B visa use to 50% of a firm's U.S. workforce
That would be a huge change for the better - exactly because it would break the current model of the companies that exist just to abuse the system. Sure, in 5-10 years they'll have a new model, just as abusive, but that will be a good 5-10 years!
I doubt it will take 5-10 years. It's just corporate structure. They'll create partner relationships with other companies. The whole contracting business, and H1Bs in particular, are about having employees you pretend aren't employees. Now they'll have to join some labor intensive companies to get US head count up. Eazy peazy.
Sensors are. You hardly need a drone flying over your neighbor's house to spy on your neighbor.
Maybe Schmidt has a jillion acres, so you need to fly to get close enough for the sensor to work, but for 99%, a camera on your roof under the eaves of your roof is more than enough.