Is there a winning scenario where local workers can be given time & training to develop new marketable skills, that would "slow the flow"? Many of the solutions currently advocated are pretty strong, and might end up hurting everybody in the long run. But a totally unchecked exodus of jobs is bad for Americans too...
Yeah, at first glance, this "site" is far more about soft-selling.NET and Longhorn rather than responding to users.
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RealNetwork's fundamental mistake is in trying to control their users, and being slippery in dealing with their users. Everyone understands that they need to make a buck or two to stay in business. But that doesn't mean it's ok to extricate consumers from the driver's seat. Many companies have figured out how to sell with integrity -- why not Real? Examples are Google (Adwords), Salon (Click-through ads or pay subscriptions) and the DivX video codec(3 versions / models) all of which allow users to easily make an informed choice.
There ought to be such a thing as antipatents. These would work like regular patents, in that they would be registered, and somebody gets to claim credit, but also disavow ownership. So whatever the idea is, it's explicitly in the public domain, and whoever claimed it first gets some positive attention. Kind of like the GPL, but not just for code.
Is there any way to independently validate the system, in a way that prevents tampering on election day? Please don't forget that Diebold's CEO is the one whose been shmoozing with the Republican aristocracy at $1000 / plate dinners and promised that his company was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year".
Make your peace with exercise. It doesn't take much. Make it a habit, get your heart rate up for 20 min or so 3 times a week. Everything else will follow.
Microsoft isn't that bad. They're getting more attention and anger transferred to them from virus writers because they're the biggest company in the industry. Nothing's perfect & security is the hardest aspect of a software system to test and validate.
And frankly, I think their model works better than Red Hat's, where I get 3-5 emails a day notifying me of critical software fixes. I just don't have that kind of time.
One possible exploit is not the same as any possible exploit. Paraphrasing Einstein: No number of experiments will ever prove me right; it will take only one to prove me wrong.
The sooner we know if the GPL holds water, the better. A lot of people are counting on it to protect their work. How big a disaster would it be if a loophole were found 5 years from now?
Of course READability is important; but what about writability (and in particular, typeability)? Specifically, anything which avoids the use of the Shift key or multi key combos. Maybe what I really want is a programmer's keyboard which allows underscores, parens and major operators to be available without an awkward vulcan nerve pinch.
Seriously... the system as it stands couldn't be any more broken, as it depends for its safe operation on the active opting-out of every cell carrying passenger. I mean, phones ring in college lectures all the time -- I've seen it happen to professors who have very clear policies about turning them off.
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This usage of "apology" is fashionable in math circles; a prime example is the title of G. H. Hardy's memoir : A Mathematician's Apology.
Is there a winning scenario where local workers can be given time & training to develop new marketable skills, that would "slow the flow"? Many of the solutions currently advocated are pretty strong, and might end up hurting everybody in the long run. But a totally unchecked exodus of jobs is bad for Americans too...
Yeah, at first glance, this "site" is far more about soft-selling .NET and Longhorn rather than responding to users.
RealNetwork's fundamental mistake is in trying to control their users, and being slippery in dealing with their users. Everyone understands that they need to make a buck or two to stay in business. But that doesn't mean it's ok to extricate consumers from the driver's seat. Many companies have figured out how to sell with integrity -- why not Real? Examples are Google (Adwords), Salon (Click-through ads or pay subscriptions) and the DivX video codec(3 versions / models) all of which allow users to easily make an informed choice.
There ought to be such a thing as antipatents. These would work like regular patents, in that they would be registered, and somebody gets to claim credit, but also disavow ownership. So whatever the idea is, it's explicitly in the public domain, and whoever claimed it first gets some positive attention. Kind of like the GPL, but not just for code.
Is there any way to independently validate the system, in a way that prevents tampering on election day? Please don't forget that Diebold's CEO is the one whose been shmoozing with the Republican aristocracy at $1000 / plate dinners and promised that his company was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year".
Please stop posting this smut at such a wee hour. I haven't finished breakfast -- my god, man, there are rules!
Make your peace with exercise. It doesn't take much. Make it a habit, get your heart rate up for 20 min or so 3 times a week. Everything else will follow.
that my tax dollars are not being used to ship sand around the world. Especially to Iraq.
Yes it was Scott Meyers and it works great!
Not sure I would want to ride an ornithopter... talk about motion sickness!
Microsoft isn't that bad. They're getting more attention and anger transferred to them from virus writers because they're the biggest company in the industry. Nothing's perfect & security is the hardest aspect of a software system to test and validate. And frankly, I think their model works better than Red Hat's, where I get 3-5 emails a day notifying me of critical software fixes. I just don't have that kind of time.
One possible exploit is not the same as any possible exploit. Paraphrasing Einstein: No number of experiments will ever prove me right; it will take only one to prove me wrong.
The sooner we know if the GPL holds water, the better. A lot of people are counting on it to protect their work. How big a disaster would it be if a loophole were found 5 years from now?
That's the last straw.
Of course READability is important; but what about writability (and in particular, typeability)? Specifically, anything which avoids the use of the Shift key or multi key combos. Maybe what I really want is a programmer's keyboard which allows underscores, parens and major operators to be available without an awkward vulcan nerve pinch.
Seriously... the system as it stands couldn't be any more broken, as it depends for its safe operation on the active opting-out of every cell carrying passenger. I mean, phones ring in college lectures all the time -- I've seen it happen to professors who have very clear policies about turning them off.