Skinner: Well, I was wrong; the lizards are a godsend. Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards? Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards. Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse? Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat. Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas! Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
Your argument is valid only if we are talking about completely unskilled labor that requires no training. Otherwise, there is a fixed cost per worker, so it is cheaper for 1 worker to work 15 hours than 2 worker to each work 7.5 hours, assuming no loss of quality for fatigue.
You are missing the parent's point. IF there were not cheap labor, APPLE wouldn't be there. Should Apple be applauded? No. But you can't deny that the fact that cheap labor exists in Country X brings many, many more jobs to Country X and DOES improve the average standard of living of Country X.
It's not a defense of Apple. It is only an observation of a benefit of globalization. It is indeed a win-win. Could it be more of a win for Country X and less of a win for Apple? Most likely. No one is saying otherwise.
Ok, but if the manager doesn't hold the copyright and made the music available on p2p, wouldn't the record label have to sue the manager who released it to defend the copyright?
The first robocar virus will decrease response time during turns and avoidance maneuvers. Additionally it will cut fuel efficiency by 63%. It will also make male passengers feel manly while carting their children to soccer practice.
I'll let you guess what the name of the virus will be.
I am so conflicted. In order to believe this support for one of my favorite conspiracy theories, I have to accept that this guy is credible. In order to accept he is credible, I have to ignore one of my other favorite conspiracy theories about the moon landing. Maybe this situation is presented to me as a test to see whether my brain is harvestable.
When were these statistics taken, and how soon after browser releases? For example, if they were taken 1 day after Firefox 3 came out, I bet a lot of people wouldn't be up to date with the latest version of their browser.
1/113 billion chance a particular person has the same DNA profile as me. 6 million records. So I have a 6 million / 113 billion chance of matching someone else in the database.
Forgive me, because I have just come home from the bars (insert joke about me coming home to/. instead of a lady), but wouldn't this only be true if every single profile were the same? You seem to be discounting the matching algorithm altogether and assuming matches are purely random. Or am I missing something?
Most people use passwords. Some people use passphrases. Bruce Schneier uses an epic passpoem, detailing the life and works of seven mythical Norse heroes.
The scenario here is PRIOR to the sale. In the summary, the author suggests that the salesperson couldn't tell him what the breakdown would be until they set up his account. Is the CSS available without setting up an account (as in, hypothetically if this were my plan, what would it cost me?)
> Once they asked for access and/or recinded his 'permission' and he refused to > cooperate he became a criminal.
Um, what law are you citing that requires him to give his superiors information that they request? Can he be fired? Sure. Can he be thrown in jail? Not for that.
Further, he would have to continue doing acts that required the permission just rescinded in order for it possibly to be criminal.
I went to college with a bunch of girls who had parents like you. They start off the first few weeks of freshman year as perfect little angels, but I could tell you some stories about what happens in the next few months, now that daddy isn't around to oppress the hell out of them and track their every movement.
No, I think I wasn't clear. It is not replication on the same disk. It means that there is byte for byte replication and the way the data is stored on master is the same way it is stored on slave. But master and slave could be thousands of miles from each other.
I reviewed the link but still can't tell. It sounds like it is logical replication, meaning that row A in the master looks like row A in the slave, although it may be stored in a completely different relative location on disk. Physical replication means the disk locations are the same, the partition tables are the same, etc. Oracle has both options; I was trying to determine if MySQL is chasing some of the replication features of the bigger guys.
> Look at the state of the airliners: that they are still going bankrupt one after another > can not be just because the fuel cost is up
Actually, that is exactly the reason. Fuel costs have tripled and the ticket price (revenue per passenger) has NOT tripled. Yes, there are fewer passengers, but only slightly fewer, and the cause behind this reduction is the increased ticket prices (as you know, as price increases demand decreases for products that are not fully inelastic). Costs increasing much faster than revenue means less profits. In many scenarios, an airline loses upwards of $60 per passenger on a flight.
If you don't believe that fuel costs are the reason, then consider Southwest. They happened to hedge oil (by purchasing options, which all airlines do) at exactly the right time and they now at a huge competitive advantage until Q1 of 2010 because their oil is much cheaper than that purchased by all the other airlines. As such, the following chart is no coincidence:
Every other airline is down 65% to 90% year-to-date, while Southwest is UP 11%. Their profit margins are wider than the other airlines, PLUS they have not had to participate in price hikes initiated by other airlines (although sometimes they do, because they can do so without hurting their proportional demand, and that only increases their profit margin).
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Skinner: Well, I was wrong; the lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
Your argument is valid only if we are talking about completely unskilled labor that requires no training. Otherwise, there is a fixed cost per worker, so it is cheaper for 1 worker to work 15 hours than 2 worker to each work 7.5 hours, assuming no loss of quality for fatigue.
You are missing the parent's point. IF there were not cheap labor, APPLE wouldn't be there. Should Apple be applauded? No. But you can't deny that the fact that cheap labor exists in Country X brings many, many more jobs to Country X and DOES improve the average standard of living of Country X.
It's not a defense of Apple. It is only an observation of a benefit of globalization. It is indeed a win-win. Could it be more of a win for Country X and less of a win for Apple? Most likely. No one is saying otherwise.
Possibly, but the fact that Nickelback has fans is strong evidence to the contrary.
Ok, but if the manager doesn't hold the copyright and made the music available on p2p, wouldn't the record label have to sue the manager who released it to defend the copyright?
The first robocar virus will decrease response time during turns and avoidance maneuvers. Additionally it will cut fuel efficiency by 63%. It will also make male passengers feel manly while carting their children to soccer practice.
I'll let you guess what the name of the virus will be.
I am so conflicted. In order to believe this support for one of my favorite conspiracy theories, I have to accept that this guy is credible. In order to accept he is credible, I have to ignore one of my other favorite conspiracy theories about the moon landing. Maybe this situation is presented to me as a test to see whether my brain is harvestable.
Bush made me do it.
30 get out of jail cards buy now
http://bar.foo.livefilee.spam/y1p4zQ53Nfn33QUX6mqWfr2Nz37cTFw/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ5GXPg_gD8
Need a villain for the next movie.
> I was just waiting to see "Cubs" and "Bears" sticks on peoples cars.
The producers knew that a lot of kids would be watching this movie, so they drew the line before the really scary stuff.
When were these statistics taken, and how soon after browser releases? For example, if they were taken 1 day after Firefox 3 came out, I bet a lot of people wouldn't be up to date with the latest version of their browser.
1/113 billion chance a particular person has the same DNA profile as me. 6 million records. So I have a 6 million / 113 billion chance of matching someone else in the database.
Forgive me, because I have just come home from the bars (insert joke about me coming home to /. instead of a lady), but wouldn't this only be true if every single profile were the same? You seem to be discounting the matching algorithm altogether and assuming matches are purely random. Or am I missing something?
Most people use passwords. Some people use passphrases. Bruce Schneier uses an epic passpoem, detailing the life and works of seven mythical Norse heroes.
The scenario here is PRIOR to the sale. In the summary, the author suggests that the salesperson couldn't tell him what the breakdown would be until they set up his account. Is the CSS available without setting up an account (as in, hypothetically if this were my plan, what would it cost me?)
whenever I call T-mobile their reps seem to be 20-something flirty females. ... it seems like they'll do anything to get you to stay
Holy shit do I have the wrong carrier
> Once they asked for access and/or recinded his 'permission' and he refused to
> cooperate he became a criminal.
Um, what law are you citing that requires him to give his superiors information that they request? Can he be fired? Sure. Can he be thrown in jail? Not for that.
Further, he would have to continue doing acts that required the permission just rescinded in order for it possibly to be criminal.
I went to college with a bunch of girls who had parents like you. They start off the first few weeks of freshman year as perfect little angels, but I could tell you some stories about what happens in the next few months, now that daddy isn't around to oppress the hell out of them and track their every movement.
No, I think I wasn't clear. It is not replication on the same disk. It means that there is byte for byte replication and the way the data is stored on master is the same way it is stored on slave. But master and slave could be thousands of miles from each other.
I reviewed the link but still can't tell. It sounds like it is logical replication, meaning that row A in the master looks like row A in the slave, although it may be stored in a completely different relative location on disk. Physical replication means the disk locations are the same, the partition tables are the same, etc. Oracle has both options; I was trying to determine if MySQL is chasing some of the replication features of the bigger guys.
Anyway, thanks for the link.
Is row replication still logical replication or is physical replication now an option as well?
I find it disturbingly accurate that the redacted part ISN'T the torturing. Makes you wonder what #3 is!
Why do I get the feeling that you got modded "insightful" for the Yoda side-comment more than the on-topic comment...
Oh, slashdot. How I love you.
> Look at the state of the airliners: that they are still going bankrupt one after another
> can not be just because the fuel cost is up
Actually, that is exactly the reason. Fuel costs have tripled and the ticket price (revenue per passenger) has NOT tripled. Yes, there are fewer passengers, but only slightly fewer, and the cause behind this reduction is the increased ticket prices (as you know, as price increases demand decreases for products that are not fully inelastic). Costs increasing much faster than revenue means less profits. In many scenarios, an airline loses upwards of $60 per passenger on a flight.
If you don't believe that fuel costs are the reason, then consider Southwest. They happened to hedge oil (by purchasing options, which all airlines do) at exactly the right time and they now at a huge competitive advantage until Q1 of 2010 because their oil is much cheaper than that purchased by all the other airlines. As such, the following chart is no coincidence:
http://finance.google.com/finance?chdnp=0&chdd=0&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=Linear&chdeh=0&chdet=1216065600000&chddm=52394&cmpto=NYSE:CAL;NYSE:AMR;NYSE:DAL;NYSE:LCC&q=NYSE:LUV&
Every other airline is down 65% to 90% year-to-date, while Southwest is UP 11%. Their profit margins are wider than the other airlines, PLUS they have not had to participate in price hikes initiated by other airlines (although sometimes they do, because they can do so without hurting their proportional demand, and that only increases their profit margin).
So, yes, it is fuel. Fuel fuel fuel fuel fuel.