Besides, if you want to really karma whore, post the following:
M$ Windoze sucks! (+1 Insightful)
Linux rocks! (+1 Underrated)
Bush sucks donkey balls. (+1 Informative)
Bill Gates is funding a mind ray to turn everyone into Windoze users (+1 Interesting)
I, too, can compress data to 1/25th of original size... but it only works on slashdot articles, which are highly compressable due to the large amount of redundant data.
You can start a business for less than US$20,000 right now. That means working very hard for 6-12 months (2-3 jobs if needed). If you want a safety nest egg, work hard for 12-18 months and save every dollar, live in a smaller residence, and focus on building clients.
What an excellent but seldom heeded advice.
I've personally seen others (including family members)who built up their businesses cheaply and make it grow by reinvesting the profits. However, most Americans are into instant gratification. They want a large house NOW. They want shiny new SUVs NOW. They want the giant plasma TV NOW.
Many people on Slashdot complain that rich get richer and I totally agree with it, although most Slashdotters don't understand that it's because the rich don't below their money away. I also believe that current tax policy does favor the rich, but even with a different policy, the rich will still get richer (maybe at a slow pace).
patents do encourage people to come up clever alternatives to avoid having to pay money to the patent
I'm sorry but I patented the idea of coming up clever alternatives to avoid having to pay money to the patent. Normally, I'll sue you for a billion dollars but I'm willing to settle.
I'm trying very hard to not buy stuff from the USA also (I'm in
Canada) and it's tough to do.
Maybe self-righteous Canadians like you should boycott products of your own country as well since half of the revenue by the Canadian defense industry comes from exports. Is your country's motto, "We hate wars, but we sure love profiting from them!"
I may get flamed for this but it seems that many of the posters are missing the point Peter Quinn is trying to get across. He used the "sandal and ponytail set" as a figure of speech, trying to point out that many of the open source advocates need have a more professional appearance AND be business-savvy. He wasn't really talking about some programmers locked up in an office somewhere programming, as this applies more to people who are visible. For example, if there's a sales meeting full of suits and the presenter is in a t-shirt, jeans, and "sandal and ponytail set", do you honestly think the suits will take the presenter seriously? Sure, in an idea world, no one will "judge a book my its cover" but this is not really different that a good looking jerk having better chances with the girls than no-go-gook looking nice guy.
Quinn also blamed the leaders of technology departments for not communicating the benefits of open-source software to their businesses effectively.
He has another valid point here. Just look at the posts on Slashdot. It seems that many here think that posting insults and profanities makes them look smarter than they really are. Picture this in your head:
Slashdotter (S): Dude, you really should switch to Linux.
Business Guy (BG): Why should we need to do that? Every Dell we buy already comes with a copy of Windows.
S: M$ is an evil empire and they kick puppies.
BG: That MS sales guy sure seemed nice to me.
S: Only morons like you fall for their shit. I know this because I'm so smart.
BG: I don't see why I need to listen to someone that's insulting me but Windows run fine and all of my clients use Office.
S: OMG! It's motherfuckers like you and your idiot clients that enabled M$ to retain its power. You guys all need to fucking die because to are just too stupid. In fact, the sheer number of cuss words that I used just proves how smart I am.
I didn't know former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn who took heat for backing OpenDocument standards-based office document format is a "fascist pigfucker who run big business".
Post-dating a check will have no effect on when it can be cashed, or your liability for payment.
I found that out the hard way. Fortunately, the bank refunded the NSF fee when I asked them nicely. Let's just say I'm much better at keeping a reserve fund in my checking account now.
Non-rich people can't afford to gamble their life savings.
How about buying a new car? Or video games, music CDs, or DVDs? Non-rich people blow their money away on toys that's guaranteed to drop in value the second you drive it out of the lot or remove the shrink wrapping. At least the stock market has a historical return of about 12%. Heck, even with the "safe" savings account, you end up losing money in the long run since most of them cannot outpace inflation, thus it's only useful for an emergency fund. I'd say non-rich people cannot afford not to invest.
Yeah because having $100 worth of shares in a $10 billion company really gives you a lot of say..
While not quite at $100 level, it doesn't take much to become eligible to submit a shareholder resolution. All it takes is at least $2,000 worth of stock held for at least a year. Usually, the deadline for submitting such a resolution is 6 months before the annual shareholders meeting.
While not quite at $100 level, it doesn't take much to become eligible to submit a shareholder resolution. All it takes is at least $2,000 worth of stock held for at least a year. Usually, the deadline for submitting such a resolution is 6 months before the annual shareholders meeting.
Like it or not a person producing Music, Movies and Software has a right to try and prevent theft.
That's a very valid point. While I believe that a starving man stealing a loaf of bread may be justified. However, music, movies, and software are wants, not needs and some people confuse one with the other. Of course, this still doesn't justify Sony and others from treating its customers like thieves.
Unfortunately, most people complain about those evil corporations, yet still bend over and let them get screwed. Dispite Sony's rootkit deal, I'm willing to bet that PS3 will be sold out on the first day when it launches.
"Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will
never achieve any results of the slightest value."
-- Benjamin Jowett (1817-93), British theologian.
With the new law, you are entitled to a free credit report once a year. You can stagger your free reports from Equifax, Experian and TransUnion by getting a free one once per 4 months and scanning for any unusual activity. Remember, the best time to fix errors in your reports is now, not a couple of days before getting a home mortgage.
This is the real site: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp. Be aware of the other "free" sites that promises free reports, but actually enrolls you into their monitoring service that will charge you if you don't cancel.
That's because no one here in America has any concept of saving up in case of emergencies.
Amen to that. The savings rate in the US is now at -0.4%. That's right, it's negative. Consumer spending went up so it's not due to people not having money.
The private sector has ultimately failed in its attempt to provide whole health care, they are simply too greedy. Why not give state-run health care at least a partial shot?
Actually, I did argue for a two-tier system in the past as it looks like that's where Canada is headed at this point. One the uninsured get screwed is that insurance companies get a "bulk" discount for treatments where as uninsured gets charged a full price. If the government get setup barebones universal (tier-1) coverage for everyone. While this coverage may have a high deductible, everyone will at least get the discount that the insurance companies enjoy. As is now, no one will be denied emergency care even if they can't pay for it. Then there's tier-2 with a monthly out-of-pocket premium for those who expect more frequent visits and need less waiting time and lower deductible.
However, the universal healthcare still doesn't address the issue of Americans eating poorly and not exercising. No matter how many reforms we pass, as long as this issue does not get taken care of, the health costs will go up in the future.
With Canada, you bring up the anecdotal evidence of one woman with multiple sclerosis.
That's called an example. Or do you rather have me post stories of everyone who used a private clinic? The founder of the private clinics plans on opening 40 more clinics over next five years because there is a demand for them. And the politicians are turning a blind eye to it because they know there's a problem and this deals with that problem for now until they can find a solution for it. Really, try doing some search and you'll find plenty of articles on private clinics popping up in Canada.
I never said that Canadian healthcare was perfect. Go back and review my post Mr. Strawman Argument.
And guess what? I never said American healthcare system didn't have problems either. My post was about Americans not doing enough for themselves. Go back and review my post Mr. Strawman Argument.
Private clinics are popping up because people are commonly willing to shell out some extra cash -- if they have it -- when sick and usually (with justification) afraid.
And did you interview the customers of private clinic or is that something that you just pulled out of the thin air? Haron Sholzberg-Gray, president of the Ottawa-based Canadian Healthcare Association said in the article said "The opening of private clinics highlights the government's need to address a shortage of family physicians." in the article. You should take your own advice and review my post.
But rather than pooling their funds to get more physicians in the general workforce, they go for the quick fix that helps far fewer as long as the fewer includes themselves.
Apparently, it didn't work for Canada.
With all the money spent on bottled water every year, imagine what it would be like if that same money were spent managing the general water supply and enforcing clean water laws.
In 2005, total sales of video game hardware, software and accessories grew by 6 percent, to $10.5 billion and expected to grow more in the future.. I guess Americans don't have time to exercise or money for healthcare but they do have time AND money for video games. But if that's what the Americans want, who are you to say otherwise? Are you going shove your ideas down people's throat like religious right-wingers are doing now?
Then again, it's like capitalism: the worst form of economic policy known to man
Why don't you say that to the Chinese? Their standards of living has been going up as their economic policy's been becoming more capitalistic.
The bottom line is that people like you generate as much FUD as the Bush administration and their "vote for me or the terrorists will get you" FUD. And the left winger's "If Bush gets re-elected, you'll be drafted" FUD. And there is your "We'll all be left without healthcare in the US" FUD. It's just like all does slashdotters who stated that they will move to Canada if Bush gets re-elected. Well, Bush did get re-elected and the mass exodus never happened. This just shows that many of the complainers here don't walk the talk. I think that all of the Canada fanboys should really pack up and move to Canada because you guys really don't do much more than talk and are just taking up resources.
Slashdot Mirror
employees come first and customers second.
I guess this explains why their tech support sucks.
Besides, if you want to really karma whore, post the following:
M$ Windoze sucks! (+1 Insightful)
Linux rocks! (+1 Underrated)
Bush sucks donkey balls. (+1 Informative)
Bill Gates is funding a mind ray to turn everyone into Windoze users (+1 Interesting)
I, too, can compress data to 1/25th of original size... but it only works on slashdot articles, which are highly compressable due to the large amount of redundant data.
I've tried excercise. It doesn't work. Getting to work all sweaty and covered with bike grease is a good way to stay stuck in your position
I doubt that you really did exericise. Otherwise, you've known that gyms do have showers for a reason. Other option is to exerise after work.
They care that you're well dressed and not dripping with sweat, that you're focused and alert
It's kinda hard to be well dressed when you can't fit into your clothes anymore.
You can be in shape, or you can be a geek. You can't do both (well).
Sounds more like "I game/watch TV for 40+ hours a week but can't spare couple of hours of exercise" excuse.
3x a week for an hour at the city gym. I sleep much better
I also found that exercising helped me with the sleep, although working-out at night has an opposite effect
Oddly, my wrist pain went away too. I used to get achy wrists after a long day.
Ummm... No comment.
You can start a business for less than US$20,000 right now. That means working very hard for 6-12 months (2-3 jobs if needed). If you want a safety nest egg, work hard for 12-18 months and save every dollar, live in a smaller residence, and focus on building clients.
What an excellent but seldom heeded advice.
I've personally seen others (including family members)who built up their businesses cheaply and make it grow by reinvesting the profits. However, most Americans are into instant gratification. They want a large house NOW. They want shiny new SUVs NOW. They want the giant plasma TV NOW.
Many people on Slashdot complain that rich get richer and I totally agree with it, although most Slashdotters don't understand that it's because the rich don't below their money away. I also believe that current tax policy does favor the rich, but even with a different policy, the rich will still get richer (maybe at a slow pace).
patents do encourage people to come up clever alternatives to avoid having to pay money to the patent
I'm sorry but I patented the idea of coming up clever alternatives to avoid having to pay money to the patent. Normally, I'll sue you for a billion dollars but I'm willing to settle.
I'm trying very hard to not buy stuff from the USA also (I'm in Canada) and it's tough to do.
Maybe self-righteous Canadians like you should boycott products of your own country as well since half of the revenue by the Canadian defense industry comes from exports. Is your country's motto, "We hate wars, but we sure love profiting from them!"
I may get flamed for this but it seems that many of the posters are missing the point Peter Quinn is trying to get across. He used the "sandal and ponytail set" as a figure of speech, trying to point out that many of the open source advocates need have a more professional appearance AND be business-savvy. He wasn't really talking about some programmers locked up in an office somewhere programming, as this applies more to people who are visible. For example, if there's a sales meeting full of suits and the presenter is in a t-shirt, jeans, and "sandal and ponytail set", do you honestly think the suits will take the presenter seriously? Sure, in an idea world, no one will "judge a book my its cover" but this is not really different that a good looking jerk having better chances with the girls than no-go-gook looking nice guy.
Quinn also blamed the leaders of technology departments for not communicating the benefits of open-source software to their businesses effectively.
He has another valid point here. Just look at the posts on Slashdot. It seems that many here think that posting insults and profanities makes them look smarter than they really are. Picture this in your head:
Slashdotter (S): Dude, you really should switch to Linux.
Business Guy (BG): Why should we need to do that? Every Dell we buy already comes with a copy of Windows.
S: M$ is an evil empire and they kick puppies.
BG: That MS sales guy sure seemed nice to me.
S: Only morons like you fall for their shit. I know this because I'm so smart.
BG: I don't see why I need to listen to someone that's insulting me but Windows run fine and all of my clients use Office.
S: OMG! It's motherfuckers like you and your idiot clients that enabled M$ to retain its power. You guys all need to fucking die because to are just too stupid. In fact, the sheer number of cuss words that I used just proves how smart I am.
The fascist pigfuckers who run "big business"
I didn't know former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn who took heat for backing OpenDocument standards-based office document format is a "fascist pigfucker who run big business".
Post-dating a check will have no effect on when it can be cashed, or your liability for payment.
I found that out the hard way. Fortunately, the bank refunded the NSF fee when I asked them nicely. Let's just say I'm much better at keeping a reserve fund in my checking account now.
Investing is just gambling
Only if you are a day trader.
Non-rich people can't afford to gamble their life savings.
How about buying a new car? Or video games, music CDs, or DVDs? Non-rich people blow their money away on toys that's guaranteed to drop in value the second you drive it out of the lot or remove the shrink wrapping. At least the stock market has a historical return of about 12%. Heck, even with the "safe" savings account, you end up losing money in the long run since most of them cannot outpace inflation, thus it's only useful for an emergency fund. I'd say non-rich people cannot afford not to invest.
Yeah because having $100 worth of shares in a $10 billion company really gives you a lot of say..
While not quite at $100 level, it doesn't take much to become eligible to submit a shareholder resolution. All it takes is at least $2,000 worth of stock held for at least a year. Usually, the deadline for submitting such a resolution is 6 months before the annual shareholders meeting. While not quite at $100 level, it doesn't take much to become eligible to submit a shareholder resolution. All it takes is at least $2,000 worth of stock held for at least a year. Usually, the deadline for submitting such a resolution is 6 months before the annual shareholders meeting.
What about beer? Warm beer sucks...
Like it or not a person producing Music, Movies and Software has a right to try and prevent theft.
That's a very valid point. While I believe that a starving man stealing a loaf of bread may be justified. However, music, movies, and software are wants, not needs and some people confuse one with the other. Of course, this still doesn't justify Sony and others from treating its customers like thieves.
Microsoft is, or at least was, last I checked, fanatically opposed to you running another operating system
That's very true. On a dual boot system, try installing Windows AFTER installing Linux and see what it does.
doesn't matter what they do, I'm still not buying
Unfortunately, most people complain about those evil corporations, yet still bend over and let them get screwed. Dispite Sony's rootkit deal, I'm willing to bet that PS3 will be sold out on the first day when it launches.
That means paying for porn, which will get me banned from Slashdot.
GSF: Enemy fighter in range.
Pilot: GSF, launch missle.
GSF: Compiling launch module now.
Pilot: Shit...
spilling her heaving bosoms out for all to (almost) see.
When are they going to come with out with "European" version of the commercial?
"Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value."
-- Benjamin Jowett (1817-93), British theologian.
Long live the Republican party! Long live the Justice Department!
Humm... I guess I could vote Democrats for next election and have them protect me against violent video games.
With the new law, you are entitled to a free credit report once a year. You can stagger your free reports from Equifax, Experian and TransUnion by getting a free one once per 4 months and scanning for any unusual activity. Remember, the best time to fix errors in your reports is now, not a couple of days before getting a home mortgage.
This is the real site: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp. Be aware of the other "free" sites that promises free reports, but actually enrolls you into their monitoring service that will charge you if you don't cancel.
That's because no one here in America has any concept of saving up in case of emergencies.
Amen to that. The savings rate in the US is now at -0.4%. That's right, it's negative. Consumer spending went up so it's not due to people not having money.
The private sector has ultimately failed in its attempt to provide whole health care, they are simply too greedy. Why not give state-run health care at least a partial shot?
Actually, I did argue for a two-tier system in the past as it looks like that's where Canada is headed at this point. One the uninsured get screwed is that insurance companies get a "bulk" discount for treatments where as uninsured gets charged a full price. If the government get setup barebones universal (tier-1) coverage for everyone. While this coverage may have a high deductible, everyone will at least get the discount that the insurance companies enjoy. As is now, no one will be denied emergency care even if they can't pay for it. Then there's tier-2 with a monthly out-of-pocket premium for those who expect more frequent visits and need less waiting time and lower deductible.
However, the universal healthcare still doesn't address the issue of Americans eating poorly and not exercising. No matter how many reforms we pass, as long as this issue does not get taken care of, the health costs will go up in the future.
With Canada, you bring up the anecdotal evidence of one woman with multiple sclerosis.
That's called an example. Or do you rather have me post stories of everyone who used a private clinic? The founder of the private clinics plans on opening 40 more clinics over next five years because there is a demand for them. And the politicians are turning a blind eye to it because they know there's a problem and this deals with that problem for now until they can find a solution for it. Really, try doing some search and you'll find plenty of articles on private clinics popping up in Canada.
I never said that Canadian healthcare was perfect. Go back and review my post Mr. Strawman Argument.
And guess what? I never said American healthcare system didn't have problems either. My post was about Americans not doing enough for themselves. Go back and review my post Mr. Strawman Argument.
Private clinics are popping up because people are commonly willing to shell out some extra cash -- if they have it -- when sick and usually (with justification) afraid.
And did you interview the customers of private clinic or is that something that you just pulled out of the thin air? Haron Sholzberg-Gray, president of the Ottawa-based Canadian Healthcare Association said in the article said "The opening of private clinics highlights the government's need to address a shortage of family physicians." in the article. You should take your own advice and review my post.
But rather than pooling their funds to get more physicians in the general workforce, they go for the quick fix that helps far fewer as long as the fewer includes themselves.
Apparently, it didn't work for Canada.
With all the money spent on bottled water every year, imagine what it would be like if that same money were spent managing the general water supply and enforcing clean water laws.
In 2005, total sales of video game hardware, software and accessories grew by 6 percent, to $10.5 billion and expected to grow more in the future.. I guess Americans don't have time to exercise or money for healthcare but they do have time AND money for video games. But if that's what the Americans want, who are you to say otherwise? Are you going shove your ideas down people's throat like religious right-wingers are doing now?
Then again, it's like capitalism: the worst form of economic policy known to man
Why don't you say that to the Chinese? Their standards of living has been going up as their economic policy's been becoming more capitalistic.
The bottom line is that people like you generate as much FUD as the Bush administration and their "vote for me or the terrorists will get you" FUD. And the left winger's "If Bush gets re-elected, you'll be drafted" FUD. And there is your "We'll all be left without healthcare in the US" FUD. It's just like all does slashdotters who stated that they will move to Canada if Bush gets re-elected. Well, Bush did get re-elected and the mass exodus never happened. This just shows that many of the complainers here don't walk the talk. I think that all of the Canada fanboys should really pack up and move to Canada because you guys really don't do much more than talk and are just taking up resources.