Anyone who's had any dealing with Oracle knows they have never completed a single project on time and within budget. Their entire business plan is to keep you paying for as long as possible. "Forever" being the preferred target.
Every single cell phone has a unique ID code associated with it. Simply require the cell phone provider industry to create a shared database that would contain the this ID code of all stolen phones and make it illegal to activate a phone on this list.
The cell phone provider industry doesn't want to do this because a stolen phone means they might get a new service contract with the thief while selling the victim a new phone (which almost always extends the existing contract). Doing anything about stolen cell phones is lost revenue to them.
The question shouldn't be "how to spy on Americans with violating our rights?" The question to ask is, "why the fuck are you conducting massive spying on Americans?"
I had a similar experience many years ago. The very first test I did with every build was press both hands on a bunch of keys. It almost always locked the system up completely. So I'd reject it. The lead programmer (who as an idiot) kept saying, "don't do that." My response was, "that's a cat jumping on the keyboard, or a tired person accidentally leaning on the keyboard. It's something that will happen. And when it does, it locks the system so tight you have to do a hard reboot." BTW, this was back in MSDOS days.
One day he told me my job as QA wasn't to QA the program (like I said, he was an idiot). So I said, fine, and quit on the spot. I don't do QA now. I hated it. Now I'm a system admin.
Mine does. We have to be because we are a regular target. Every line of code goes through a review process before going live in production. Even a single line change I did today, which was no more complex than changing the spelling of something, was checked by another person when merged to production.
Wrong. The right to travel is a natural right. Sometimes flying is the only feasible way to take the trip, as in this case where she couldn't simply hop in a car and drive across an ocean.
I just spent an hour fighting with Unity trying to do some basic Linux stuff. I'm a system administrator with years of experience. I am not a n00b when it comes to Linux.
The so-called Constitutionalists and Libertarians are merely shills for their big business masters, who also control the Democrats.
That's a standard mantra of people who would never vote outside the two main parties because they have accepted the lie that a third party is not viable because they are all controlled by businesses. Both the DNC and ghe GOP are the shills for business. Haven't you been paying attention?
some of the best software engineers in the country.
I worked at google at the time they were hiring kids right out of college like crazy. I'm an older system administrator with a couple of decades of experience. What I saw was the highest concentration of idiots with advanced degrees in the entire world. Sure, lots of classroom knowledge, but very little real world experience combined with a touch of arrogance.
I would hope that has changed with a few years of experience.
What the fuck are you babbling about? The US has been providing humanitarian aid around the world for decades. Far more than any other country, in fact.
One of the problems of a line item veto is it would allow the president to veto just the funding portion of a bill that is too popular to reject outright. That would effectively kill any ability to enforce the new law.
I'm all for a constitutional amendment that would require all passages of a proposed bill to be relevant to the bill as a whole. So no highway funding bills that outlaw abortion, etc.
If you want to make millions dollars with absolutely zero chance of going to jail, just join a major financial firm with good political ties and commit massive mortgage fraud. Just remember to make a large campaign donation to the president even though it isn't an election year.
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Anyone who's had any dealing with Oracle knows they have never completed a single project on time and within budget. Their entire business plan is to keep you paying for as long as possible. "Forever" being the preferred target.
You mean the computer model that has been predicting warmer temperatures for more than a decade that haven't happened? That computer model?
Every single cell phone has a unique ID code associated with it. Simply require the cell phone provider industry to create a shared database that would contain the this ID code of all stolen phones and make it illegal to activate a phone on this list.
The cell phone provider industry doesn't want to do this because a stolen phone means they might get a new service contract with the thief while selling the victim a new phone (which almost always extends the existing contract). Doing anything about stolen cell phones is lost revenue to them.
A child is in greater danger from a backyard swimming pool than from a privately owned firearm.
True, but every generation or two Germany makes up for that by killing a whole lot of people.
The question shouldn't be "how to spy on Americans with violating our rights?" The question to ask is, "why the fuck are you conducting massive spying on Americans?"
I had a similar experience many years ago. The very first test I did with every build was press both hands on a bunch of keys. It almost always locked the system up completely. So I'd reject it. The lead programmer (who as an idiot) kept saying, "don't do that." My response was, "that's a cat jumping on the keyboard, or a tired person accidentally leaning on the keyboard. It's something that will happen. And when it does, it locks the system so tight you have to do a hard reboot." BTW, this was back in MSDOS days.
One day he told me my job as QA wasn't to QA the program (like I said, he was an idiot). So I said, fine, and quit on the spot. I don't do QA now. I hated it. Now I'm a system admin.
Mine does. We have to be because we are a regular target. Every line of code goes through a review process before going live in production. Even a single line change I did today, which was no more complex than changing the spelling of something, was checked by another person when merged to production.
Wrong. The right to travel is a natural right. Sometimes flying is the only feasible way to take the trip, as in this case where she couldn't simply hop in a car and drive across an ocean.
Also, "The Federalist Papers". A must read for anyone who wishes to understand the thinking behind the creation of our Constitution.
Who are these executives donating to? Who's on the committee that approves IT contracts? When incompetence keeps getting hired, bribery is a sure bet.
kleargear will soon discover how the internet works.
OtherOS was never an advertised feature.
He still needs to apologize for that stinking turd Unity.
I just spent an hour fighting with Unity trying to do some basic Linux stuff. I'm a system administrator with years of experience. I am not a n00b when it comes to Linux.
Unity made me want to switch to a Windows box.
The so-called Constitutionalists and Libertarians are merely shills for their big business masters, who also control the Democrats.
That's a standard mantra of people who would never vote outside the two main parties because they have accepted the lie that a third party is not viable because they are all controlled by businesses. Both the DNC and ghe GOP are the shills for business. Haven't you been paying attention?
You make a good slave.
You failed to understand the basic premise of the story. Read it again. Well, have someone read it to you and explain the big words to you.
Know who else is a political kook? Anyone who seriously cites Marx and his fucking book.
the company that took away a highly touted software feature (the "Other OS" feature)
Other OS was never advertised as a supported feature, despite people's belief that it "said so right on the box."
We need to break the law and spy on law abiding citizens FOR THE CHILDREN and to STOP TERRORISTS.
They're going for broke.
some of the best software engineers in the country.
I worked at google at the time they were hiring kids right out of college like crazy. I'm an older system administrator with a couple of decades of experience. What I saw was the highest concentration of idiots with advanced degrees in the entire world. Sure, lots of classroom knowledge, but very little real world experience combined with a touch of arrogance.
I would hope that has changed with a few years of experience.
So because China admits to being complete assholes, that makes it ok?
What the fuck are you babbling about? The US has been providing humanitarian aid around the world for decades. Far more than any other country, in fact.
One of the problems of a line item veto is it would allow the president to veto just the funding portion of a bill that is too popular to reject outright. That would effectively kill any ability to enforce the new law.
I'm all for a constitutional amendment that would require all passages of a proposed bill to be relevant to the bill as a whole. So no highway funding bills that outlaw abortion, etc.
If you want to make millions dollars with absolutely zero chance of going to jail, just join a major financial firm with good political ties and commit massive mortgage fraud. Just remember to make a large campaign donation to the president even though it isn't an election year.