My three year old has a piggy bank (actually it is Thomas the Tank Engine, not a pig) with about $55 in it.
In 2 or 3 years he'll learn that money is more than just shiny coins and green paper, that you can buy gasp candy with it! Then Tommy the Bank Engine will meet Mr. Hammer.
My 2 year old understands that vocabulary. Either I have an incredibly gifted child, or you drastically underestimate the cognitive ability of children...
I find it impossible to comprehend the charging of a minor for possession of THEIR OWN PORNOGRAPHY!!! We are now prosecuting the person whom the law was written to PROTECT!!!
The law was not meant to protect the children. The law was meant to fight the predators. There is a small, but very significant difference, and the same goes with every law: they are not there to protect the innocent, but to punish the guilty.
I am inclined to agree, but charging the minor doesn't punish a predator any more than it protects the minor.
However it's not clear whether the lineup standards would evolve more slowly than society's standards, or more quickly -- too quickly, perhaps, for us to be comfortable with!
Those viewing the lineup are also part of society, and I doubt they will allow the standards to evolve faster than they are comfortable with. But good looking out; it's refreshing to see some awareness that society does evolve and is made from actual people.
even if something was acquired freely, still one could argue that by downloading a torrent with such material, i'm increasing its popularity ("making available", riaa stuff, etc.). increased popularity of the free material also probably means more paying consumers, because more people will be "hooked" on it
Please. That argument is bullshit and everyone knows it. Only lawyers would argue otherwise, and then only because they have a duty to their client.
Very possibly true. I admit that I was assuming we were discussing actual children, not just technically underage.
You can no longer assume that "child" means an actual child. These days, a "child" is anyone up to and including a young, employed man or woman of 17. The protection side of these debates have stretched the term beyond reason.
Physicists keep trying to convince me that time and space are inherently quantized; that would be ridiculous in a physical universe...
Why? It makes a great deal of sense to have everything quantized. Matter is quantized. Energy is quantized. Why not time and space? The universe has to be made up of something, and that "something" is not going to be continuous functions. Remember, math ain't real.
If you could effeciently detect *and transmit* it, though, it might be interesting as a wireless communications technology.
Oh geez. People are already bent out of shape about electromagnetic radiation causing cancer. If we figure out gravity-wave communication, they'll worry about literally being bent out of shape.
I do wonder about the actual physical effects of such a thing. It might warp space along its beam. With black holes, such warping causes tidal effects that tear matter apart, but I'm wondering why. If space itself is warped, why would the matter occupying that space be affected at all? Wouldn't it just be like a fun-house mirror?
There is your explanation right there. Threads make things "easier" because all sharing is implicit. For better or worse, that's another matter...
I say "for worse." What's the point of implicitly sharing everything when you've got to limit access to it regardless? It's better to have specifically declared shared memory with inherently limited access. At the very least, analysis could catch unlocked accesses to known-shared memory.
These jobs are not productive. These tens of thousands of clerks make NOTHING OF VALUE, and not only they ought to be not paid salary - they should pay for the privilege of occupying their offices. That's just a glimpse of the huge problem that USA is having - too many employees here do nothing useful, make no products, do not improve anyone's life.
There are products...and there are also services. Services have value, too. AIG needs the services offered by these clerks, vending machine restockers, couriers, etc.
I seem to remember reading that there's no standard format defined for this data, so expect to see a bunch of garbage initially. If you want an easily manipulated database you might have to *shudder* get involved.
They have defined the standard format for this data, as well as many of the procedures required, and then put the instructions to the agencies and departments up on the site. See the detailed guidance memorandum.
What is funny is that if you remove the personal hygiene references, what this guy is doing is what your regular salespeople and middle management will try to achieve. They will try to get some valuable piece of information that is necessary for the company to run (business contacts, working procedures, whatever) and lock it away so only them control it. At that point they are irreplaceable for the company and they sit down and enjoy an easy job.
Yes. And I don't approve of them, either.
I don't know how they get away with it. Why is this sort of thing permitted in sales & management but not in development?
Well, assuming it isn't flat-out illegal for the general public to record a call, I suppose the only software issue is whether the phone needs to beep or not.
I don't really need video recording, but I am a bit miffed that I have no way to record voice calls.
I like this idea, but the legal complexities are an issue. Even in the United States, laws differ from state to state, but the iPhone is sold worldwide...
According to iLounge, even Apple's own previous headphones with remotes built in (for the iPhone and recent Nanos) refuse to control the new shuffle properly. So non-standard that it doesn't even work with your existing products seems pretty unlikely, though I'll happily be proven wrong if someone smashes open the remotes on either set of headphones and finds out what's in there.
The previous remotes just handled click and double-click. The new iPod Shuffle requires click-and-hold. Isn't it more likely that the new headphone needs different control signals than the old headphone? Maybe the old one sent a click signal and the new one sends a click signal and a release signal?
"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."
Teach them to be as good as their word and to not lie. Ever. Their word must be their bond and they must be held accountable. No excuses.
Nah. I was taught not to lie. Or, more specifically, I decided to grow up honest. It screws me over.
Boss: "You're late. Don't let it happen again." Honest Me: "Yeah, I didn't feel like waking up today. It will probably happen again." Lying Me: "No problem, boss, you can count on me!"
Girl: "I love you sweetie-kins." Honest Me: "..." Lying Me: "I love you too, sweet-heart."
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The computer exists to serve you, not the other way around...
No! Don't you see? It's a cookbook!
...and hardly conjugate our verbs =).
You can thank the Puritans for that.
My three year old has a piggy bank (actually it is Thomas the Tank Engine, not a pig) with about $55 in it.
In 2 or 3 years he'll learn that money is more than just shiny coins and green paper, that you can buy gasp candy with it! Then Tommy the Bank Engine will meet Mr. Hammer.
My 2 year old understands that vocabulary. Either I have an incredibly gifted child, or you drastically underestimate the cognitive ability of children...
Or he's good at pretending to understand.
I am inclined to agree, but charging the minor doesn't punish a predator any more than it protects the minor.
However it's not clear whether the lineup standards would evolve more slowly than society's standards, or more quickly -- too quickly, perhaps, for us to be comfortable with!
Those viewing the lineup are also part of society, and I doubt they will allow the standards to evolve faster than they are comfortable with. But good looking out; it's refreshing to see some awareness that society does evolve and is made from actual people.
even if something was acquired freely, still one could argue that by downloading a torrent with such material, i'm increasing its popularity ("making available", riaa stuff, etc.). increased popularity of the free material also probably means more paying consumers, because more people will be "hooked" on it
Please. That argument is bullshit and everyone knows it. Only lawyers would argue otherwise, and then only because they have a duty to their client.
Very possibly true. I admit that I was assuming we were discussing actual children, not just technically underage.
You can no longer assume that "child" means an actual child. These days, a "child" is anyone up to and including a young, employed man or woman of 17. The protection side of these debates have stretched the term beyond reason.
Physicists keep trying to convince me that time and space are inherently quantized; that would be ridiculous in a physical universe...
Why? It makes a great deal of sense to have everything quantized. Matter is quantized. Energy is quantized. Why not time and space? The universe has to be made up of something, and that "something" is not going to be continuous functions. Remember, math ain't real.
Thanks, Ms. Glau! Once again, your light has shown the way.
(http://xkcd.com/406/)
I'm not sure it'll give rise to "dancing gif" syndrome, but more a replacement for SVG.
Why do we need a replacement for SVG? On the other hand, if it is for animating SVGs, why wouldn't it give rise to "dancing GIF" syndrome?
Imagine a bonobo cluster of those!
Bonobos do activities in clusters, but that activity ain't GPS...though it does involve positioning.
If you could effeciently detect *and transmit* it, though, it might be interesting as a wireless communications technology.
Oh geez. People are already bent out of shape about electromagnetic radiation causing cancer. If we figure out gravity-wave communication, they'll worry about literally being bent out of shape.
I do wonder about the actual physical effects of such a thing. It might warp space along its beam. With black holes, such warping causes tidal effects that tear matter apart, but I'm wondering why. If space itself is warped, why would the matter occupying that space be affected at all? Wouldn't it just be like a fun-house mirror?
There is your explanation right there. Threads make things "easier" because all sharing is implicit. For better or worse, that's another matter...
I say "for worse." What's the point of implicitly sharing everything when you've got to limit access to it regardless? It's better to have specifically declared shared memory with inherently limited access. At the very least, analysis could catch unlocked accesses to known-shared memory.
One of three job postings I found a couple weeks ago was for COBOL. I wish I knew it.
These jobs are not productive. These tens of thousands of clerks make NOTHING OF VALUE, and not only they ought to be not paid salary - they should pay for the privilege of occupying their offices. That's just a glimpse of the huge problem that USA is having - too many employees here do nothing useful, make no products, do not improve anyone's life.
There are products...and there are also services. Services have value, too. AIG needs the services offered by these clerks, vending machine restockers, couriers, etc.
Um, I once accidently a student's...
I seem to remember reading that there's no standard format defined for this data, so expect to see a bunch of garbage initially. If you want an easily manipulated database you might have to *shudder* get involved.
They have defined the standard format for this data, as well as many of the procedures required, and then put the instructions to the agencies and departments up on the site. See the detailed guidance memorandum.
If you ask me, that is very transparent.
Yes. And I don't approve of them, either.
I don't know how they get away with it. Why is this sort of thing permitted in sales & management but not in development?
Well, assuming it isn't flat-out illegal for the general public to record a call, I suppose the only software issue is whether the phone needs to beep or not.
I don't really need video recording, but I am a bit miffed that I have no way to record voice calls.
I like this idea, but the legal complexities are an issue. Even in the United States, laws differ from state to state, but the iPhone is sold worldwide...
The previous remotes just handled click and double-click. The new iPod Shuffle requires click-and-hold. Isn't it more likely that the new headphone needs different control signals than the old headphone? Maybe the old one sent a click signal and the new one sends a click signal and a release signal?
"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."
You can skip the last section of the book.... It gets a little weird.
Redundant. You already said it was a Heinlein book.
Teach them to be as good as their word and to not lie. Ever. Their word must be their bond and they must be held accountable. No excuses.
Nah. I was taught not to lie. Or, more specifically, I decided to grow up honest. It screws me over.
Boss: "You're late. Don't let it happen again."
Honest Me: "Yeah, I didn't feel like waking up today. It will probably happen again."
Lying Me: "No problem, boss, you can count on me!"
Girl: "I love you sweetie-kins."
Honest Me: "..."
Lying Me: "I love you too, sweet-heart."
In Japan, only old people have exo-skeletons!