There must be something compelling about Drupal, but I've found it really confusing and troublesome to work with as compared to, say, Wordpress. Why is it chosen for big projects like this?
You just answered your own question. Our government is wasteful and inefficient.
I switched from ATT to Verizon and purchased an HTC Thunderbolt. I love the phone and am really enjoying building apps for it. As a web developer it has been a fun and challenging experience learning bits of Java and the Android SDK.
I know everybody just has those times they wish that they could either just "Acknowledge" that they've read the comment and care, such as a friend getting sick or being dumped or getting into a car crash, or wish that they could state that they do not like a comment, maybe they could introduce a "Wrong" button also.
And a thumb up / thumb down combination.
"Just got in a car wreck and I'm ok but my friend broke their leg."
What is the point of having a positive without a negative? Are they just trying to "keep things positive?" What if a Facebook page for the KKK had 300 likes? Isn't that be misleading when you can't compare it to anything?
It's like when my kids watch Barney. Barney teaches kids that the world is perfect and nothing bad happens.
Yeah, even in Austin my 1290 sq ft home cost $1300/mo for mortgage and insurance and taxes. When I moved to the 1800 sq ft home after the second kid was born (better school district) my mortgage was $1700/mo. Of course at that time the day care for two kids was $1900/mo since my wife still worked.
In Seattle you can rent about 200 sq ft a little over 5 miles from downtown for $2000ish / mo. You can't buy that cheaply unless you have about 80K+ for a down payment.
I live in north DFW and have a 2700+sqft house for 1300 a month with a quarter-acre back yard. I love the suburbs.
"I can make a firm pledge under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."
A new tax is not a tax increase.
Just like a requirement to have health insurance is a "fine" and not a tax. Right.
Easily solved. Increase the gas tax. Not only does this restore the revenue, but it creates greater incentive for those who drive inefficient vehicles to change to more efficient ones.
A mileage tax might seem to make sense in some ways, but imagine the logistics of collecting. Unless you are going to make every road a toll road (and good luck with that project), a fuel tax increase is going to be far easier and cheaper to implement.
But where are the efficient vehicles that don't look like crap, can hold a family of four or more and don't cost 40k+
> Because my "sprawling" 1280 sq ft. home in the suburbs (where I ride the bus 20 miles each way) costs me $723/month whereas rent would be over $1000/month and a mortgage would be well in excess of $1000/month in the city?
Where is this? Idaho?
Here in New York rent or mortgage is certainly over $3,000/mo.
Sounds like Texas to me, one of the few places left you can afford a house.
The real problem is that people want sprawling houses, and are not comfortable living in smaller places.
I mean, why bother living in a small apartment downtown when I can get a sprawling, waste of space out in the 'burbs, and drive 20 miles each way?
People raise kids in NYC and in other big cities. You can just put your kids in a private school, and they can take the train or the bus to get to where they want.
No, I think this is a great idea. Some of us ride bikes and take buses and trains. And we do not live out in suburbs, and even live in neighborhoods which are well connected with good, public transportation.
But what you must understand is that it is not the job of the govt to decide what is best for my life. If I want to live in a 10,000sqft house and fly a jet to work each day that is my right. It is no different then the govt dictating what foods I should eat etc. We have an incredibly wasteful and intrusive govt that needs to take their hands out of MY wallet and life.
We tolerate it because we have no choice. The individual is essentially powerless in the US.
You are not powerless. You can choose not to give your money to ATT or any company you are unhappy with. I guarantee that you will not die if you give up internet access because you are unhappy with the services available to you. The power really is in the consumer's hands, we just choose to be lazy and accept what we are given. It is easier to just give them what they want then give up a luxury.
I'm am shocked by this. Everyone has done such a great job keeping their personal information private. Not using a SSN when unnecessary, not filling out random forms on the internet with personal information to win a free iPod. And everyone is smart with the type of information they post on social networking sites. I just don't see how this type of business model could even exist!
I purchase MS points a few times a week, and I have a feeling I'm not alone. I don't see how that would help narrow down the evil doers.
Read my whole post. Once you've narrowed down people who made multiple purchases in a row (a hacker who finds this trick working repeatedly is likely to do it as long as it will work) all they need to do is make sure every one of those names has PAID for his purchases. The idea here was merely to narrow it down to make the payment double-checking part go faster.
I read your post in its entirety but it is still in the end a mostly education guess. I just don't see how Microsoft could punish based off a good guess. I realize they can ban whomever they want for what ever reason but it would just end up causing more headaches and added cost. I don't see the real payoff.
Just look who made more than one purchase of MS points to their account in the last week or two, that will cut down the list of possible suspects significantly. Cross-reference the transactions for which there was payment. You'll find that you have a handy list of those people who will soon find a huge "CHEATER" banner on their Xbox account.
I purchase MS points a few times a week, and I have a feeling I'm not alone. I don't see how that would help narrow down the evil doers.
It seems to me that it is not a matter of the console replacing the pc but that the console becomes the pc. With added network support, keyboards, mice, what is really the difference besides the OS?
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There must be something compelling about Drupal, but I've found it really confusing and troublesome to work with as compared to, say, Wordpress. Why is it chosen for big projects like this?
You just answered your own question. Our government is wasteful and inefficient.
I switched from ATT to Verizon and purchased an HTC Thunderbolt. I love the phone and am really enjoying building apps for it. As a web developer it has been a fun and challenging experience learning bits of Java and the Android SDK.
I know everybody just has those times they wish that they could either just "Acknowledge" that they've read the comment and care, such as a friend getting sick or being dumped or getting into a car crash, or wish that they could state that they do not like a comment, maybe they could introduce a "Wrong" button also.
And a thumb up / thumb down combination. "Just got in a car wreck and I'm ok but my friend broke their leg."
What is the point of having a positive without a negative? Are they just trying to "keep things positive?" What if a Facebook page for the KKK had 300 likes? Isn't that be misleading when you can't compare it to anything?
It's like when my kids watch Barney. Barney teaches kids that the world is perfect and nothing bad happens.
Because it works very well if you aren't a retard.
And then while (strpos($string, "'") !== false) { $string = stripslashes($string); }
FWIW ROFL
LOL! FYI I thought this was funny.
Yeah, even in Austin my 1290 sq ft home cost $1300/mo for mortgage and insurance and taxes. When I moved to the 1800 sq ft home after the second kid was born (better school district) my mortgage was $1700/mo. Of course at that time the day care for two kids was $1900/mo since my wife still worked.
In Seattle you can rent about 200 sq ft a little over 5 miles from downtown for $2000ish / mo. You can't buy that cheaply unless you have about 80K+ for a down payment.
I live in north DFW and have a 2700+sqft house for 1300 a month with a quarter-acre back yard. I love the suburbs.
"I can make a firm pledge under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."
A new tax is not a tax increase.
Just like a requirement to have health insurance is a "fine" and not a tax. Right.
Easily solved. Increase the gas tax. Not only does this restore the revenue, but it creates greater incentive for those who drive inefficient vehicles to change to more efficient ones.
A mileage tax might seem to make sense in some ways, but imagine the logistics of collecting. Unless you are going to make every road a toll road (and good luck with that project), a fuel tax increase is going to be far easier and cheaper to implement.
But where are the efficient vehicles that don't look like crap, can hold a family of four or more and don't cost 40k+
The real solution is a hover car, no more damage to roads.
> Because my "sprawling" 1280 sq ft. home in the suburbs (where I ride the bus 20 miles each way) costs me $723/month whereas rent would be over $1000/month and a mortgage would be well in excess of $1000/month in the city?
Where is this? Idaho? Here in New York rent or mortgage is certainly over $3,000/mo.
Sounds like Texas to me, one of the few places left you can afford a house.
The real problem is that people want sprawling houses, and are not comfortable living in smaller places.
I mean, why bother living in a small apartment downtown when I can get a sprawling, waste of space out in the 'burbs, and drive 20 miles each way?
People raise kids in NYC and in other big cities. You can just put your kids in a private school, and they can take the train or the bus to get to where they want.
No, I think this is a great idea. Some of us ride bikes and take buses and trains. And we do not live out in suburbs, and even live in neighborhoods which are well connected with good, public transportation.
But what you must understand is that it is not the job of the govt to decide what is best for my life. If I want to live in a 10,000sqft house and fly a jet to work each day that is my right. It is no different then the govt dictating what foods I should eat etc. We have an incredibly wasteful and intrusive govt that needs to take their hands out of MY wallet and life.
We tolerate it because we have no choice. The individual is essentially powerless in the US.
You are not powerless. You can choose not to give your money to ATT or any company you are unhappy with. I guarantee that you will not die if you give up internet access because you are unhappy with the services available to you. The power really is in the consumer's hands, we just choose to be lazy and accept what we are given. It is easier to just give them what they want then give up a luxury.
Data mining companies have already deduced from your slashdot ID's that you're probably still a virgin!
Shhhh...don't tell my wife ;)
Exactly, opting out is basically saying "Yes, I do exist and am who you think I am."
I'm am shocked by this. Everyone has done such a great job keeping their personal information private. Not using a SSN when unnecessary, not filling out random forms on the internet with personal information to win a free iPod. And everyone is smart with the type of information they post on social networking sites. I just don't see how this type of business model could even exist!
I purchase MS points a few times a week, and I have a feeling I'm not alone. I don't see how that would help narrow down the evil doers.
Read my whole post. Once you've narrowed down people who made multiple purchases in a row (a hacker who finds this trick working repeatedly is likely to do it as long as it will work) all they need to do is make sure every one of those names has PAID for his purchases. The idea here was merely to narrow it down to make the payment double-checking part go faster.
I read your post in its entirety but it is still in the end a mostly education guess. I just don't see how Microsoft could punish based off a good guess. I realize they can ban whomever they want for what ever reason but it would just end up causing more headaches and added cost. I don't see the real payoff.
Because that would cost a lot more money to operate than a piece of software.
Just look who made more than one purchase of MS points to their account in the last week or two, that will cut down the list of possible suspects significantly. Cross-reference the transactions for which there was payment. You'll find that you have a handy list of those people who will soon find a huge "CHEATER" banner on their Xbox account.
I purchase MS points a few times a week, and I have a feeling I'm not alone. I don't see how that would help narrow down the evil doers.
I doubt it'll be hard for Microsoft to figure out who redeemed an excessively large number of these codes.
If they are valid codes I don't see how Microsoft could tell the difference.
Slashdot is so far to the left. What does this have to do with anything? Science? I think not...
It seems to me that it is not a matter of the console replacing the pc but that the console becomes the pc. With added network support, keyboards, mice, what is really the difference besides the OS?
Use static IP's instead so they can't be released.