I've always thought the show should be called "MythTesters" anyways. Going in there with an assumption that you're going to debunk the myth is not good!
I'm with you. Commercials are not a bad thing, and ads are not a bad thing. They are a basic necessity to cover costs of operating!
I much prefer ads that have something to do with the content of the page I'm looking at (therefore am more likely to be interested in) than to just randomly semi-targetted ads.
If I go to school for 4-6 years, and come out with a very nice degree, why should I have to work for $5 an hour, while management is making 10 or 20 times that?
If I went to school and got a degree, why should I, a person who has spent time and (very much) money to better my education, work for the same amount as the person who has not gone to school, has not tried, and now mops the floors?
Some may call that elitism, but I wouldn't. I would say it's more just a basic understanding of the American dream that if I try to better myself at something I enjoy, I will receive more in the end.
This just seems to kind of trample all over that idea. I would support a trade restriction.
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I agree with you on some things and disagree with you on others.
1. I know nothing about this. Though, somehow, I get the feeling that if someone from the future were to come back in time, he would know this idea to be crazy. Just a gut feeling.
2. I know just as many white people as I do black people and mexican people who have been picked up by the law for drug related issues. The law is not at all partial to any ethnicity. I believe that any statistics showing a higher police pickup rate on minorities probably coincides with statistics showing higher use rates in minorities.
3. I do not believe men and women are completely equal physically and mentally by nature. However, there are women who can physically do what men can do. There are men who can raise a child just as well as a woman can. In both cases, there are men and women who can not reach the standards of the other gender. As far as the military goes, if a woman can prove she can do physically and mentally what is required of a man, let her in. As far as law goes, if a couple divorces, the law should not be partial to the mother if the father shows he can do exactly as well as she can.
Do they really believe that licensing software developers will lead to more secure software?
I'm not following their train of thought. Software development is an industry which constantly has to defend itself from **NEW** hack attacks. The best we can do is protect ourselves from known attacks, and try our best to forsee future ones.
It puts yet another industry under undo government control, and yet against shifts the focus away from the people actually doing harm--the hackers.
I do very much hope so; as a computer science major who hhaaatteess general studies classes, I hope very much that the English/History classes which so graciously waste my programming time with useless writings go down the drain. Of course, my website is entirely such useless writings, so I stand trumped.
However, I did meet my girlfriend and hopefully future wife in Sophomore English at MTSU. Go figure.
Ah yes, and in such a case, moderation must occur.
Except guns, those items have significant fair use that far outweighs use for murder; whereas a "cruise missile" (as he called it, he did not call it a flying tube) typically is only used to kill people.
Remember such a thing as "market realities?";) This is how governments think.
I believe that planning to build such a thing is an exceptional undertaking, requiring relatively great intelligence. I also believe that planning is a totally different operation than building.
However, I believe that if he were to actually build one--and the same goes for any individual in any country--it should not be legally allowed.
Unless you work in one of the many urban centers which are closed to vehicular
traffic. At which point you will be required to leave your car in an area designated for such a use.
A good analogy at a glance, but a faulty one. The difference resides in that urban centers with no vehicular traffic are meant for the good/protection of the people of the city, whereas laws such as this are good for the protection of one industry's cash flow.
My buddy at school showed me this on his mac notebook.
One cool feature he pointed out was the ability to zoom out all the windows. You could then click on one you want, which is then zoomed into the foreground with focus.
I thought that was the coolest thing under the sun, no more alt-tabbing craziness.
Any idea if someone could implement this ability into X or the current top window managers?
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I've always thought the show should be called "MythTesters" anyways. Going in there with an assumption that you're going to debunk the myth is not good!
I'm with you. Commercials are not a bad thing, and ads are not a bad thing. They are a basic necessity to cover costs of operating! I much prefer ads that have something to do with the content of the page I'm looking at (therefore am more likely to be interested in) than to just randomly semi-targetted ads.
My point was that he used the word "fiat" a lot. I'd already looked up it's meaning.
IMO, he used it to the point it was redundant, therefore a link to thesaurus.com.
I liked it, and I am no english scholar, but I think the author needs to check here.
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The smarter people should do just as they are now, and try to persuade them what is right.
I say keep the aforementioned crap as far away from reality as possible. We don't need more elitism.
From Ronald Sanders:
"The U.S. says it wants open competition," he said. "But it only wants free trade when it suits the U.S."
Well I ask, what does one expect?
Internationalization is good to a point, as most things are... but watching out for one's own wellbeing is #1 on the priority list.
Now Kerry can magically increase the value of the USD, as well?
I'll put that along with the millions of jobs he'll pull out of his hat.
I do agree with you though that GW does spend quite a bit.
This is exactly what I was thinking.
If I go to school for 4-6 years, and come out with a very nice degree, why should I have to work for $5 an hour, while management is making 10 or 20 times that?
If I went to school and got a degree, why should I, a person who has spent time and (very much) money to better my education, work for the same amount as the person who has not gone to school, has not tried, and now mops the floors?
Some may call that elitism, but I wouldn't. I would say it's more just a basic understanding of the American dream that if I try to better myself at something I enjoy, I will receive more in the end.
This just seems to kind of trample all over that idea. I would support a trade restriction.
I agree with you on some things and disagree with you on others.
1. I know nothing about this. Though, somehow, I get the feeling that if someone from the future were to come back in time, he would know this idea to be crazy. Just a gut feeling.
2. I know just as many white people as I do black people and mexican people who have been picked up by the law for drug related issues. The law is not at all partial to any ethnicity. I believe that any statistics showing a higher police pickup rate on minorities probably coincides with statistics showing higher use rates in minorities.
3. I do not believe men and women are completely equal physically and mentally by nature. However, there are women who can physically do what men can do. There are men who can raise a child just as well as a woman can. In both cases, there are men and women who can not reach the standards of the other gender. As far as the military goes, if a woman can prove she can do physically and mentally what is required of a man, let her in. As far as law goes, if a couple divorces, the law should not be partial to the mother if the father shows he can do exactly as well as she can.
Hey now, I live in Tennessee, not far from Gallatin, where the Dell plant is..
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And you, sir, are most definately correct.
I meant "undue government control" and "yet again shifts"
:)
Sad thing is, I previewed!
Do they really believe that licensing software developers will lead to more secure software?
I'm not following their train of thought. Software development is an industry which constantly has to defend itself from **NEW** hack attacks. The best we can do is protect ourselves from known attacks, and try our best to forsee future ones.
It puts yet another industry under undo government control, and yet against shifts the focus away from the people actually doing harm--the hackers.
I do very much hope so; as a computer science major who hhaaatteess general studies classes, I hope very much that the English/History classes which so graciously waste my programming time with useless writings go down the drain. Of course, my website is entirely such useless writings, so I stand trumped.
However, I did meet my girlfriend and hopefully future wife in Sophomore English at MTSU. Go figure.
This is true, but Joe Schmoe response:
.Torrent? What the heck is .torrent? Why can't I just click on the video? Oh, I have to download a program? !!!!
Followed by a quick click on the proverbial X.
Ah yes, and in such a case, moderation must occur.
;) This is how governments think.
Except guns, those items have significant fair use that far outweighs use for murder; whereas a "cruise missile" (as he called it, he did not call it a flying tube) typically is only used to kill people.
Remember such a thing as "market realities?"
I believe that planning to build such a thing is an exceptional undertaking, requiring relatively great intelligence. I also believe that planning is a totally different operation than building.
However, I believe that if he were to actually build one--and the same goes for any individual in any country--it should not be legally allowed.
Sorry, meant PAL. Dumb me.
It'd be nice, but unfortunately my VCR does not support the Australian internet.
;-)
:)
That's coming from an ebayer embittered by NTSC purchases
Unless you work in one of the many urban centers which are closed to vehicular traffic. At which point you will be required to leave your car in an area designated for such a use.
A good analogy at a glance, but a faulty one. The difference resides in that urban centers with no vehicular traffic are meant for the good/protection of the people of the city, whereas laws such as this are good for the protection of one industry's cash flow.
Or Belkin? :-D
IMHO, it seems it's generally the minority who gets to decide what the right thing is.
You're both trumped, I've just acquired a patent abstracted as "The method of chewing slightly baked grain products."
It's a sad thing--if I'd won the money, I'd have just bought more computers. :(
They won't get you on infriging copywrite, they will try to get you on using the camera in a way they didn't want you to.
Is that possible under the DMCA? It prohibits circumventing security, but is this such a circumvention?
My buddy at school showed me this on his mac notebook.
One cool feature he pointed out was the ability to zoom out all the windows. You could then click on one you want, which is then zoomed into the foreground with focus.
I thought that was the coolest thing under the sun, no more alt-tabbing craziness.
Any idea if someone could implement this ability into X or the current top window managers?