Unless you're talking about taxes that are not income tax, your comment is blatantly incorrect. In fact, there's a large portion of our population that pays no income tax, and I'm not talking about the 1%ers. You'll hear crap in the media where someone who's wealthy paid less, and it's typically misleading because it was the percentage they paid that was less, not the amount. This works great for getting people riled up, just like most everything the media "reports" these days.
Seriously though, I agree with you conceptually. However, a large portion of the population isn't very self-disciplined, and prefers getting a refund. You can lead the horse to water, but...
Interesting. I'll agree with you that they don't compare. I'll disagree regarding the right wing's answer, and counter that Grayson was making shit up for political fodder. I'll also disagree that they own the media...and are far from it, but then maybe your definition of "right wing" differs from mine.
You need to consider the availability of qualified candidates, and that goes back to the ratio of how many men/women enter the specific career field. Currently, in the U.S. women graduates with engineering degrees are below 20% of all graduates. So, is it up to hiring managers to still make 50% of their workforce women? I don't thinks so, but my company is pushing for that.
Okay, well your original comment didn't say anything about battleship artillery, and I'll agree that there's nothing similar for shore bombardment anymore. With respect to ship to ship, your comment didn't hold water.
Depends. How far can your target move in that time. Likely, less than a mile, and since ships don't turn on a dime, they're highly likely to be proceeding on a vector over the coarse of the projectile's flight. So, just like duck hunting, you aim in front of them appropriately, only with computers doing the math for you.
The navy no longer uses cannons/guns for ship to ship or ship to shore? Guess they should remove the two 30mm guns from the Littoral then. Oh, and what's that on the DDX?...oh yes, a 155mm "Advanced Gun System".
Funny. You care enough to post. Maybe, unlike many of us here, you didn't cut your teeth on it, and it's not of interest to you. But, unlike you, I had my first programming class in high school in the early 70s, and have fond memories of acoustic modems, hooked to teletypes, and punching out our programs on the paper tape unit attached to them. Maybe you'd consider those of us from that era to be dinosaurs. I have one thing to say to that...get the fuck off my lawn whippersnapper!
It might be a sound argument if 27% of the world's cellphones were Nokia 6100s (the estimated percentage of the world's computers still running XP).
It's still a sound argument. Nobody paid for a lifetime guarantee or support when they purchased these products. Stuff gets old, worn out, obsolete, etc. Suck it up, and stop blaming the OEM because you're too cheap, lazy, or stupid to upgrade.
This would force the breakup of what's included in an OS. While some parts become obsolete, others carry forward into future OSs. So, should they be required to release all of those trade secrets? And, for the sake of this discussion, let's please not get into the "all trade secrets are evil", "give them all away" argument.
valuable intellectual property can include trade secrets, and those were likely carried forward into later versions of the OS. You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
If you're the only person in your company who knew, you were the only one paying attention. I normally don't follow it myself, but have been aware of this for years.
Regarding the costs, you're correct. But, just like any other equipment that a company buys, things don't last forever, and are depreciated in value over time. I'd be willing to bet that your company did depreciate those computers on their taxes. If your in the U.S., that's over five years, value of your equipment is now considered to be $0. Equipment, including software, shouldn't be expected to last indefinitely.
I don't know of a car flaw that can tank an economy, cause a nuclear disaster or cause oil to spill out into the sea. But a software flaw can do all these things.
If your company is in a mission critical business, running unsupported software like this, then someone's head should roll. It's not the products fault, and it's not like there aren't other options. If you want a product to supply the things you're requiring, you shouldn't expect to get it out of a tiny box at Best Buy.
Maybe time isn't important to you, but to most of us it is. The desire to not waste it, in no way implies that we're neurotic. Saying that he is, implies much more about you.
Rich and politically well connected businesses can get traffic lights added to the entrance of their businesses.
Vienna, Virginia. 4 lane divided road with stores, and shopping centers on both sides. Traffic lights are never synchronized, and I wouldn't be surprised if this was on purpose. Speed Limit? 25mph, when nearly anywhere else in the nation, it would be 35-45.
While you could choose to do it this way, most people simply go straight, take the next U-turn, then go right. You might also make your choice based upon the traffic, or timing of the lights.
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Unless you're talking about taxes that are not income tax, your comment is blatantly incorrect. In fact, there's a large portion of our population that pays no income tax, and I'm not talking about the 1%ers. You'll hear crap in the media where someone who's wealthy paid less, and it's typically misleading because it was the percentage they paid that was less, not the amount. This works great for getting people riled up, just like most everything the media "reports" these days.
And yet, many people call the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion a loophole.
Interest still matters? Where do you invest?
Seriously though, I agree with you conceptually. However, a large portion of the population isn't very self-disciplined, and prefers getting a refund. You can lead the horse to water, but...
Interesting. I'll agree with you that they don't compare. I'll disagree regarding the right wing's answer, and counter that Grayson was making shit up for political fodder. I'll also disagree that they own the media...and are far from it, but then maybe your definition of "right wing" differs from mine.
I'd like to challenge your use of the word progressives here. How do they compare to those you would call progressive today?
You need to consider the availability of qualified candidates, and that goes back to the ratio of how many men/women enter the specific career field. Currently, in the U.S. women graduates with engineering degrees are below 20% of all graduates. So, is it up to hiring managers to still make 50% of their workforce women? I don't thinks so, but my company is pushing for that.
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Okay, well your original comment didn't say anything about battleship artillery, and I'll agree that there's nothing similar for shore bombardment anymore. With respect to ship to ship, your comment didn't hold water.
Really? Care to name a time since Vietnam when USAF has done that?
Depends. How far can your target move in that time. Likely, less than a mile, and since ships don't turn on a dime, they're highly likely to be proceeding on a vector over the coarse of the projectile's flight. So, just like duck hunting, you aim in front of them appropriately, only with computers doing the math for you.
The navy no longer uses cannons/guns for ship to ship or ship to shore? Guess they should remove the two 30mm guns from the Littoral then. Oh, and what's that on the DDX?...oh yes, a 155mm "Advanced Gun System".
Funny. You care enough to post. Maybe, unlike many of us here, you didn't cut your teeth on it, and it's not of interest to you. But, unlike you, I had my first programming class in high school in the early 70s, and have fond memories of acoustic modems, hooked to teletypes, and punching out our programs on the paper tape unit attached to them. Maybe you'd consider those of us from that era to be dinosaurs. I have one thing to say to that...get the fuck off my lawn whippersnapper!
Thanks for sharing. Reading some of the posts there made me want to vomit give the level of elitism, and pure lack of knowledge.
It might be a sound argument if 27% of the world's cellphones were Nokia 6100s (the estimated percentage of the world's computers still running XP).
It's still a sound argument. Nobody paid for a lifetime guarantee or support when they purchased these products. Stuff gets old, worn out, obsolete, etc. Suck it up, and stop blaming the OEM because you're too cheap, lazy, or stupid to upgrade.
If the product was not suitable for use when you purchased it, why did you wait until now to complain?
This would force the breakup of what's included in an OS. While some parts become obsolete, others carry forward into future OSs. So, should they be required to release all of those trade secrets? And, for the sake of this discussion, let's please not get into the "all trade secrets are evil", "give them all away" argument.
valuable intellectual property can include trade secrets, and those were likely carried forward into later versions of the OS. You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
but it was effective when it was created.
The scientific evidence for that claim is nonexistent.
People who think science is the right tool for every problem domain are not as smart as they think they are.
Reference?.../duck for cover
If you're the only person in your company who knew, you were the only one paying attention. I normally don't follow it myself, but have been aware of this for years.
Regarding the costs, you're correct. But, just like any other equipment that a company buys, things don't last forever, and are depreciated in value over time. I'd be willing to bet that your company did depreciate those computers on their taxes. If your in the U.S., that's over five years, value of your equipment is now considered to be $0. Equipment, including software, shouldn't be expected to last indefinitely.
Yeah, some of us live on planet Earth. Let the rest of us know when your Utopia is up and running.
I don't know of a car flaw that can tank an economy, cause a nuclear disaster or cause oil to spill out into the sea. But a software flaw can do all these things.
If your company is in a mission critical business, running unsupported software like this, then someone's head should roll. It's not the products fault, and it's not like there aren't other options. If you want a product to supply the things you're requiring, you shouldn't expect to get it out of a tiny box at Best Buy.
Maybe time isn't important to you, but to most of us it is. The desire to not waste it, in no way implies that we're neurotic. Saying that he is, implies much more about you.
Rich and politically well connected businesses can get traffic lights added to the entrance of their businesses.
Vienna, Virginia. 4 lane divided road with stores, and shopping centers on both sides. Traffic lights are never synchronized, and I wouldn't be surprised if this was on purpose. Speed Limit? 25mph, when nearly anywhere else in the nation, it would be 35-45.
This is one spot the highway departments have failed in. There needs to be a consistent, nationwide, time for yellows.
Because what he described isn't typically how it's used...see my response above.
While you could choose to do it this way, most people simply go straight, take the next U-turn, then go right. You might also make your choice based upon the traffic, or timing of the lights.