Because most govt. contracts require the use of COTS products, and until recently, there was very little chance of any kind of open source. They want COTS because of the low cost to purchase, w/o consideration of the TCO. As a contractor, we often end up spending tons of time configuring COTS to do things hey weren't designed to do originally, and it often ends up costing the govt. more. But don't get me started, I could talk govt. contracting issues all day.
Thank you...I'd been reading all of the posts here, wondering if there might be some petition or other forum to express our anger over this change. But, I'm perfectly happy to do it the old fashioned way.
ISPs do not provide a "free market". Many people only have a single option, and the ISPs are taking huge advantages because they're able to act in monopolistic ways. That's not a free market. Want to see a free market?...look at how competition has been heating up in the cellphone service provider market.
Your failure to understand that the vast majority of the nation has 1-3 ISP options, which makes them virtual monopolies. It's not basic capitalism when there's no competition. You could have made that argument back in the days of dial up, but not today. Monopolistic behavior needs to be regulated. We've let way too many top level mergers occur, and we're ending up with only one choice (if you could call it a choice).
While it's certainly been building up over time, I'd argue that the polarization really kicked in with identity politics. When you start stereotyping (alienating) people into categories, you end up with nothing but hard liners. You even see it within the parties because if you're not towing the party line, you're a "RINO" or some such bullshit. I don't need a party to tell me what to think. This crap needs to stop, the name calling needs to stop, or I'm afraid to speculate where this will all end up. If you're unable to speak in a calm, polite, manner to those you disagree with, you're part of the problem.
And yet the vast majority of small business owners are republicans. I guess they just don't know the party is out to get them. Thanks for clarifying that.
I've been working on computers since most of/. was a gleam in their daddies eyes...so what.
Where you're going wrong in this way of thinking is that it's not a free market when you're dealing with a virtual monopoly. Back in the 90s it mostly was still, but not when you're down to just one or two options for service. Monopolies need to be well regulated...period. When they no longer have to compete, they simply find new ways to jack up your costs. And I'm saying that as a life-long fiscal conservative.
It's great that you'd like to be altruistic, and hopefully others will be as well, consider it good karma, or just the right thing to do.. However, it's not up to you to decide what others should do with their hard earned money. If they want to blow it on hookers, drugs, and fast cars, that's their prerogative, they earned it...it's part of the incentive to do that hard work. Take that incentive away, and you'll end up with the vast majority doing the minimum to get by...there are plenty of examples of that.
FWIW, my spouse and I are in the 2%, and soon to be retiring after 40+ yrs of work. While I plan to do some volunteer work, and continue my charitable donations, as well as support a mother & mother-in-law who'd be destitute w/o us. I also plan to use a lot of it to just enjoy what time we have left...we earned it (not directed at parent...please don't start with the daddy gave you crap...I grew up poor and inherited nothing.).
Right, because the nurse or EMT should just sit there. Yeah, they should probably come out and say "I'm not a doctor", but that shouldn't preempt them from offering sound advice. And the same goes for this engineer...F Oregon.
Where is it written that you have to have a degree to be an engineer? Yes, I know that's the typical requirement for most HRs, but I've also know people w/o degrees who knew much more about software engineering than those with them. My point here is that your requirement is not universally recognized...I know my own company will accept 2 yrs of experience as equal to a year of college, and grant a new hire the engineer title. I personally joined them with a 2 yr degree (I've since completed the four), and 4+ yrs of experience and was titled as an engineer 35+ years ago.
Some would lead us to believe that there is a reality field distortion in either the coastal, or the "fly over" states, depending upon your political persuasion. So, yes.
Plenty of people move away every day. Yeah, it may suck to leave your well known area, friends, etc., but what are your options? If you decide to stay, then suck it up and don't whine about the cost. FWIW, I'm going to be doing departing the expensive DC burbs within the next couple of years, in order to retire comfortably instead of having to work and extra 5-10 years and stay in this overcrowded rat race.
As a Michigander who moved to the DC burbs 35 yrs ago, I agree. I love the MI outdoors, but would never move back w/o seeing some major improvements to the economy and infrastructure there.
Few things in life are w/o risk, and staying in an expensive area is risky as well. I couldn't afford college when I was young, so the military was a way out of a crappy situation for me. Four years later, I was a computer technician with an AA degree and experience, and $20k worth of GI Bill to spend on college. It's not for everyone, certainly. But you have to compare the risk of staying where you are with the risk of moving.
At 60+, it's exactly part of my personal retirement plan... Take the equity out of my house in a high cost of living area, move to one where I'll be able to buy the house outright, and pay less than half of my current property taxes for a similar home. I've already got an area identified (I'm less than 2 yrs away from doing this), with good healthcare, amenities, lower crime rate, etc., etc. The only downside is having to make new friends/neighbors.
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And the financial markets are still using COBOL...so what?
Because most govt. contracts require the use of COTS products, and until recently, there was very little chance of any kind of open source. They want COTS because of the low cost to purchase, w/o consideration of the TCO. As a contractor, we often end up spending tons of time configuring COTS to do things hey weren't designed to do originally, and it often ends up costing the govt. more. But don't get me started, I could talk govt. contracting issues all day.
Thank you...I'd been reading all of the posts here, wondering if there might be some petition or other forum to express our anger over this change. But, I'm perfectly happy to do it the old fashioned way.
ISPs do not provide a "free market". Many people only have a single option, and the ISPs are taking huge advantages because they're able to act in monopolistic ways. That's not a free market. Want to see a free market?...look at how competition has been heating up in the cellphone service provider market.
Your failure to understand that the vast majority of the nation has 1-3 ISP options, which makes them virtual monopolies. It's not basic capitalism when there's no competition. You could have made that argument back in the days of dial up, but not today. Monopolistic behavior needs to be regulated. We've let way too many top level mergers occur, and we're ending up with only one choice (if you could call it a choice).
True, though there are several example of SCOTUS allowing ex post facto laws to slide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
While it's certainly been building up over time, I'd argue that the polarization really kicked in with identity politics. When you start stereotyping (alienating) people into categories, you end up with nothing but hard liners. You even see it within the parties because if you're not towing the party line, you're a "RINO" or some such bullshit. I don't need a party to tell me what to think. This crap needs to stop, the name calling needs to stop, or I'm afraid to speculate where this will all end up. If you're unable to speak in a calm, polite, manner to those you disagree with, you're part of the problem.
And yet the vast majority of small business owners are republicans. I guess they just don't know the party is out to get them. Thanks for clarifying that.
I've been working on computers since most of /. was a gleam in their daddies eyes...so what.
Where you're going wrong in this way of thinking is that it's not a free market when you're dealing with a virtual monopoly. Back in the 90s it mostly was still, but not when you're down to just one or two options for service. Monopolies need to be well regulated...period. When they no longer have to compete, they simply find new ways to jack up your costs. And I'm saying that as a life-long fiscal conservative.
It's great that you'd like to be altruistic, and hopefully others will be as well, consider it good karma, or just the right thing to do.. However, it's not up to you to decide what others should do with their hard earned money. If they want to blow it on hookers, drugs, and fast cars, that's their prerogative, they earned it...it's part of the incentive to do that hard work. Take that incentive away, and you'll end up with the vast majority doing the minimum to get by...there are plenty of examples of that.
FWIW, my spouse and I are in the 2%, and soon to be retiring after 40+ yrs of work. While I plan to do some volunteer work, and continue my charitable donations, as well as support a mother & mother-in-law who'd be destitute w/o us. I also plan to use a lot of it to just enjoy what time we have left...we earned it (not directed at parent...please don't start with the daddy gave you crap...I grew up poor and inherited nothing.).
Except the 38.5% of Americans that will get cancer in their lifetime.
I bet that percentage would be much lower for those who "eat right...exercise regularly, don't smoke..."
And which of the founding fathers pursued national healthcare in 1787? Doh! You're interpretation needs perspective.
Really? Then please point to anything that the founding fathers wrote pursuing national healthcare. Yeah, I didn't think so.
If the founding fathers meant it they way you do, they would have implemented a national healthcare system, which they didn't.
Right, because the nurse or EMT should just sit there. Yeah, they should probably come out and say "I'm not a doctor", but that shouldn't preempt them from offering sound advice. And the same goes for this engineer...F Oregon.
Please stop talking out of your anus and google it. Swillden is correct.
Where is it written that you have to have a degree to be an engineer? Yes, I know that's the typical requirement for most HRs, but I've also know people w/o degrees who knew much more about software engineering than those with them. My point here is that your requirement is not universally recognized...I know my own company will accept 2 yrs of experience as equal to a year of college, and grant a new hire the engineer title. I personally joined them with a 2 yr degree (I've since completed the four), and 4+ yrs of experience and was titled as an engineer 35+ years ago.
Is physics different from one state to another?
Some would lead us to believe that there is a reality field distortion in either the coastal, or the "fly over" states, depending upon your political persuasion. So, yes.
The word practicing can also imply giving your expert advice, which is what he did. But don't get me wrong, I think what Oregon is doing is total BS.
SCOTUS has specifically ruled on lies made against public figures, as being exempt from "false statements of fact"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Plenty of people move away every day. Yeah, it may suck to leave your well known area, friends, etc., but what are your options? If you decide to stay, then suck it up and don't whine about the cost. FWIW, I'm going to be doing departing the expensive DC burbs within the next couple of years, in order to retire comfortably instead of having to work and extra 5-10 years and stay in this overcrowded rat race.
As a Michigander who moved to the DC burbs 35 yrs ago, I agree. I love the MI outdoors, but would never move back w/o seeing some major improvements to the economy and infrastructure there.
Having grown up in the People's Republic of Massachusetts...
Funny, I used to use that same phrase for Maryland.
Few things in life are w/o risk, and staying in an expensive area is risky as well. I couldn't afford college when I was young, so the military was a way out of a crappy situation for me. Four years later, I was a computer technician with an AA degree and experience, and $20k worth of GI Bill to spend on college. It's not for everyone, certainly. But you have to compare the risk of staying where you are with the risk of moving.
At 60+, it's exactly part of my personal retirement plan... Take the equity out of my house in a high cost of living area, move to one where I'll be able to buy the house outright, and pay less than half of my current property taxes for a similar home. I've already got an area identified (I'm less than 2 yrs away from doing this), with good healthcare, amenities, lower crime rate, etc., etc. The only downside is having to make new friends/neighbors.