Am I to understand that they will continue to measure (and predict) ice conditions based on less accurate sensors simply because these measurements tally better with older measurements, which themselves are less accurate?
Bryan Adams is the direct result of Cancon. I am no fan (of either). (But even he was screwed by Cancon through the MAPL rule in 1991, and a exception was tacked on to accommodate him.)
I used to do student radio (CKMS, Waterloo), and since Cancon was measured by percentage of tracks, you could play a whole bunch of short Cancon at the beginning of your show, and coast from there on in. There was lots of 'great' (ahem) Cancon hardcore clocking in under 2 minutes.
You're on to some nativist bullshit here. I have payed taxes in many countries, only one of which I could vote in or depend on "my fellow citizens." And yet, I paid as much percentage of my wages in taxes as any of my colleagues.
Your logic is that taxes give you rights. Well, according to your logic, if they collect taxes, governments should protect taxpayers, not citizens.
Moreover the parent here makes an excellent point: your standard of living has in fact been based on cheap labour for a long time, not just the direct "cheap" labour of H1-B visas.
And before that, I worked as a foreigner in Europe. And then Asia. And then again in Europe.
I have stolen jobs all over the place.
But you know what - some jobs actually require foreigners, who bring new skills and open up perspectives. This idea of requiring citizens first is actually quite stupid, since it forces corporations to jump through hoops even when their prefered candidate is a foreigner (regardless of salary considerations).
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Don't you think they would trumpet their use of saw dust if they in fact used it? I can't find any evidence on the web of your claim, although I am willing to stand corrected.
i saw security forces on a film location in philadelphia order members of the public not to take photos of the action, even though they were standing on public streets and behind the tape. is such photography legal? your cheat sheet doesn't address this directly, and i've always wondered...
I got one of those from Thaksin in February 2005 when I was working in Thailand. From what I remember it was a sort of scam, because the transmitting telephone company, still owned sub rosa by Thaksin, got paid for all those SMSs.
The link above is a bit confusing; it refers to an SMS for the 2006 election, but the 2005 election was held on Feb. 6 (that's my birthday and alcohol sales were banned as of noon Feb.5, so I remember it quite well, and not without some resentment...).
I don't see how you address GP's point. He is saying, as far as I can tell, he's willing to support them with his checkbook (which strikes me as extravagant, but hey, it's not my money). But that is the support GP means: early adapters willing to pay more. After the early adapters successfully fund the corporation, so goes his argument, the rest of us will be able to afford these cars. I guess the parallel is with computers, etc.
GP seems to be against gov't funding, or at least does not argue for it.
That's all true, plus no footnotes. Absolute deal-breaker.
I used it for a while when I was writing short texts that I wanted to access anywhere, but I quickly discovered that this offered no more advantages than writing these texts in emails I sent to myself. The formatting and other capabilities of GDocs are just that bad.
I also tried using it collaboratively, but I found that the changes I made while simultaneously working on a doc with a colleague were not instant enough to be of any synchronic use - we spent a lot of time discussing (on skype) what changes we did or would make. So again, not much better than asynchronous email.
This story concurs with my own observation; I take the Broad Street line in Philly from Center City and go pretty far north every day; there are many apparently low-income people with iPhones and iPod Touches. It actually amazes me.
But unlike the article, I never thought the iPhone/Touch were chosen based on frugality; rather, I think they are status symbols, vulgar displays of wealth like knock-off designer clothes and cheap bling. There are much cheaper devices, or combination of devices, available.
The article is more like industrial cheer-leading, which apparently concludes that the iPhone has become a necessity. Please!
i agree that it's not like learning a programming language, but the simply fact is that it is a tool. when a tool is not exactly how you expect it, it slows you down. even a little bit of irritation is too much when you're talking about getting a job done.
That's EXACTLY why I downloaded OOo 3, and use it at home. I was so pissed off that market dominance made me switch from WP to Word, and that the time I spent learning Word has been wasted, since MS changed almost everything around. My desktop at work still has an older version of Word, but my home machine, a company-supplied laptop, has 2007 installed.
I know I am preached to the converted, but that was the worst marketing decision they could possibly make, imho.
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This is pure sentimentalization of nature. Are we going to protect gazelles from cheetahs next?
"The first thing we do is kill all the lawyers" (Henry VI, Pt. II).
I'm sorry, but that makes no sense. 'Points of'???? Come on.
Am I to understand that they will continue to measure (and predict) ice conditions based on less accurate sensors simply because these measurements tally better with older measurements, which themselves are less accurate?
Or have I missed something?
Bryan Adams is the direct result of Cancon. I am no fan (of either). (But even he was screwed by Cancon through the MAPL rule in 1991, and a exception was tacked on to accommodate him.)
I used to do student radio (CKMS, Waterloo), and since Cancon was measured by percentage of tracks, you could play a whole bunch of short Cancon at the beginning of your show, and coast from there on in. There was lots of 'great' (ahem) Cancon hardcore clocking in under 2 minutes.
you mean the Linux logtop.
was that SCTV or something?
Well, some education at last! Thanks.
But you create a strawman here.
I quote you:
I never said the govt has no duty to protect its citizens, only that you derive the duty from taxes. Which is insane.
You're on to some nativist bullshit here. I have payed taxes in many countries, only one of which I could vote in or depend on "my fellow citizens." And yet, I paid as much percentage of my wages in taxes as any of my colleagues.
Your logic is that taxes give you rights. Well, according to your logic, if they collect taxes, governments should protect taxpayers, not citizens.
Moreover the parent here makes an excellent point: your standard of living has in fact been based on cheap labour for a long time, not just the direct "cheap" labour of H1-B visas.
Get over it. And I am even more stealthy, because I am white. Like 74% of you (2006 figures).
And before that, I worked as a foreigner in Europe. And then Asia. And then again in Europe.
I have stolen jobs all over the place.
But you know what - some jobs actually require foreigners, who bring new skills and open up perspectives. This idea of requiring citizens first is actually quite stupid, since it forces corporations to jump through hoops even when their prefered candidate is a foreigner (regardless of salary considerations).
perhaps you should know what you're talking about before boycotting thailand. the king is revered, and people there support lese majeste laws.
It sold for $115.
Don't you think they would trumpet their use of saw dust if they in fact used it? I can't find any evidence on the web of your claim, although I am willing to stand corrected.
i saw security forces on a film location in philadelphia order members of the public not to take photos of the action, even though they were standing on public streets and behind the tape. is such photography legal? your cheat sheet doesn't address this directly, and i've always wondered...
I got one of those from Thaksin in February 2005 when I was working in Thailand. From what I remember it was a sort of scam, because the transmitting telephone company, still owned sub rosa by Thaksin, got paid for all those SMSs.
The link above is a bit confusing; it refers to an SMS for the 2006 election, but the 2005 election was held on Feb. 6 (that's my birthday and alcohol sales were banned as of noon Feb.5, so I remember it quite well, and not without some resentment ...).
My first programming course was taught on a TI-59.
Pure algorithms, really. Learned a lot.
Never ended up going into comp-sci, though.
What about Beowulf? I mean, that's over a millennium ago, and he certainly left his mark on computer scientists.
I don't see how you address GP's point. He is saying, as far as I can tell, he's willing to support them with his checkbook (which strikes me as extravagant, but hey, it's not my money). But that is the support GP means: early adapters willing to pay more. After the early adapters successfully fund the corporation, so goes his argument, the rest of us will be able to afford these cars. I guess the parallel is with computers, etc.
GP seems to be against gov't funding, or at least does not argue for it.
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Yeah - I was shocked. Expected some trolling, but that seemed completely vitriolic.
That's all true, plus no footnotes. Absolute deal-breaker.
I used it for a while when I was writing short texts that I wanted to access anywhere, but I quickly discovered that this offered no more advantages than writing these texts in emails I sent to myself. The formatting and other capabilities of GDocs are just that bad.
I also tried using it collaboratively, but I found that the changes I made while simultaneously working on a doc with a colleague were not instant enough to be of any synchronic use - we spent a lot of time discussing (on skype) what changes we did or would make. So again, not much better than asynchronous email.
This story concurs with my own observation; I take the Broad Street line in Philly from Center City and go pretty far north every day; there are many apparently low-income people with iPhones and iPod Touches. It actually amazes me.
But unlike the article, I never thought the iPhone/Touch were chosen based on frugality; rather, I think they are status symbols, vulgar displays of wealth like knock-off designer clothes and cheap bling. There are much cheaper devices, or combination of devices, available.
The article is more like industrial cheer-leading, which apparently concludes that the iPhone has become a necessity. Please!
i've been using minefield at home for a few days now - it does crash once and a while, enough to be noticeable. but it is fast. man is it fast.
i agree that it's not like learning a programming language, but the simply fact is that it is a tool. when a tool is not exactly how you expect it, it slows you down. even a little bit of irritation is too much when you're talking about getting a job done.
That's EXACTLY why I downloaded OOo 3, and use it at home. I was so pissed off that market dominance made me switch from WP to Word, and that the time I spent learning Word has been wasted, since MS changed almost everything around. My desktop at work still has an older version of Word, but my home machine, a company-supplied laptop, has 2007 installed.
I know I am preached to the converted, but that was the worst marketing decision they could possibly make, imho.