Elaine Duke, Acting Secretary
Claire Grady, Senior Official performing the duties of Deputy Secretary
Child agencies
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Transportation Security Administration
United States Coast Guard
National Protection and Programs Directorate
United States Secret Service
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Citizenship & Immigration Services Ombudsmen
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
Management Directorate
Office for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
Office of General Counsel
Office of Health Affairs
Office of Intelligence & Analysis
Office of Legislative Affairs
Office of Operations Coordination
Office of Partnership & Engagement
Office of Policy
Office of Public Affairs
Office of the Inspector General
Privacy Office
Science & Technology Directorate
I remember having to use a little gizmo to punch a second hole in 5 1/4 inch single-sided floppies, just to be able to write on the backside. Nowadays the young whippersnappers hardly remember hard 3,5 inch 'floppies' which didn't flop at all.
"They are the same things in that Net Neutrality is supposed to make sure that all packets are treated equally, which is what "free speech" means legally - all speech is to be treated equally."...by the government, yes. But on my site, my blog, my shop's site, there's only one valid viewpoint, MINE!
If I don't ant to sell a wedding cake to a Republican, then I won't and Twitter has the same right not to make business with morons if they chose so.
"But that achievement would mean squeezing into its tiny frame a battery twice as powerful as the largest battery currently available in any electric car."
Why? A Bugatti Veyron at full speed empties its 100 liter gas tank in 8 minutes.
"I mean I guess I get that it's a big deal that people spent so much online instead of locally, but $15 per individual isn't really that much money in the grand scheme of things."
So why are there then so many empty storefronts in every town?
"I don't have to spend any gas, spend less time, and don't have to deal with people exercising their primate brains elbowing each other just to save a few dollars."
indeed. I don't get it either, I prefer to buy online in my underwear on the couch. It's more comfortable and you don't even have to buy clothes anymore, just undies.:-)
"It's really not that big of a deal, when you consider what happens in some parts of the world. Isis killed 300+ in a mosque in Egypt. These are fellow muslims. "
Fellow? Hardly. They were Sufis, apostates.
"They are subhuman animals."
You mean like Christians, who made war among themselves for hundreds of years because of some minor differences in interpretation of non-existent gods?
In Germany they strike every year for Christmas, to get the union contract for retail workers instead of logistics ones. Problem is, nobody notices it, because Amazon, being a Logistics company, just reroutes shipping to Austria, Belgium, France or Poland and not a single package comes an hour late. You'd think that they'd learn from this, but no.
"I have to set up a table in Word. In Excel, the table is right there, ready to use immediately. Why should I waste my time and go to the trouble of formatting a table somewhere else?"
Because they look like shit and publish the fact that you have no idea what you're doing?
"Or they could just tack on shipping fees to normalize the price."
Indeed. Personally I don't get it. Small retailer go to the post-office and pay for the shipment, the only thing they have to do is to have a list of costs for 28 instead of 2 or 3 countries.
My post-office (Luxembourg) even has contracts with 2 Logistic companies in border towns, one in Germany (Trier) and one in France(Metz) who receive goods for buyers from Germany- resp. France-only shippers and transports them to us for 5 bucks from there.
It's also useful for shipping-free-locally stuff, if the international shipping is more than 5 bucks.
Germany and France are the worst 'offenders', some retailers in France even ship only in the Parisian region. Some German companies don't ship to their own islands. I guess they don't want the money of the rest of the 7 billion people on worldwide web.
"Isn't VAT charged in the member state where the retailer is based, irrespective of where the buyer is, assuming the goods are being shipped inside the EU."
No that has changed a couple of years ago. Now it's the buyer's country that is relevant.
Slashdot Mirror
Clearly a job for the morphing apps.
" I can't imagine what the total budget would have to be to protect the US's borders, but it is obviously an outrageous amount."
Indeed, from WP:
Employees 229,000 (2017) [1]
Annual budget $40.6 billion (2017)[2]
Agency executives
Elaine Duke, Acting Secretary
Claire Grady, Senior Official performing the duties of Deputy Secretary
Child agencies
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Transportation Security Administration
United States Coast Guard
National Protection and Programs Directorate
United States Secret Service
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Citizenship & Immigration Services Ombudsmen
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
Management Directorate
Office for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
Office of General Counsel
Office of Health Affairs
Office of Intelligence & Analysis
Office of Legislative Affairs
Office of Operations Coordination
Office of Partnership & Engagement
Office of Policy
Office of Public Affairs
Office of the Inspector General
Privacy Office
Science & Technology Directorate
I remember having to use a little gizmo to punch a second hole in 5 1/4 inch single-sided floppies, just to be able to write on the backside.
Nowadays the young whippersnappers hardly remember hard 3,5 inch 'floppies' which didn't flop at all.
"they need some contempt of court a few days in county will fix them."
Court? I thought court would come in play only after any investigation was finished.
This IMHO falls under the good advice of "Don't talk to the police, EVER!, it can only hurt you."
"They are the same things in that Net Neutrality is supposed to make sure that all packets are treated equally, which is what "free speech" means legally - all speech is to be treated equally." ...by the government, yes.
But on my site, my blog, my shop's site, there's only one valid viewpoint, MINE!
If I don't ant to sell a wedding cake to a Republican, then I won't and Twitter has the same right not to make business with morons if they chose so.
"But that achievement would mean squeezing into its tiny frame a battery twice as powerful as the largest battery currently available in any electric car."
Why? A Bugatti Veyron at full speed empties its 100 liter gas tank in 8 minutes.
"I mean I guess I get that it's a big deal that people spent so much online instead of locally, but $15 per individual isn't really that much money in the grand scheme of things."
So why are there then so many empty storefronts in every town?
"You should get out of your mom's basement sometime though. A little sunlight is good for you."
Why? There were great online deals on solariums.
" I don't doubt you spent less time but there's a heavy selection bias in limiting yourself to just those things you plan to get."
It doesn't matter. It's all manufactured by Chinese kids anyway.
"I don't have to spend any gas, spend less time, and don't have to deal with people exercising their primate brains elbowing each other just to save a few dollars."
indeed. I don't get it either, I prefer to buy online in my underwear on the couch. :-)
It's more comfortable and you don't even have to buy clothes anymore, just undies.
"It's really not that big of a deal, when you consider what happens in some parts of the world. Isis killed 300+ in a mosque in Egypt. These are fellow muslims. "
Fellow? Hardly. They were Sufis, apostates.
"They are subhuman animals."
You mean like Christians, who made war among themselves for hundreds of years because of some minor differences in interpretation of non-existent gods?
Real estate prices would be way lower than London.
Inigo Montoya: You are wonderful.
Man in Black: Thank you; I've worked hard to become so.
Inigo Montoya: I admit it, you are better than I am.
Man in Black: Then why are you smiling?
Inigo Montoya: Because I know something you don't know.
Man in Black: And what is that?
Inigo Montoya: I am not left-handed.
[switches sword to his other hand, and begins to fight far more successfully]
Man in Black: You are amazing.
Inigo Montoya: I ought to be, after 20 years.
Man in Black: Oh, there's something I ought to tell you.
Inigo Montoya: Tell me.
Man in Black: I'm not left-handed either.
[switches his own sword to his other hand, suddenly driving Inigo back]
In Germany they strike every year for Christmas, to get the union contract for retail workers instead of logistics ones.
Problem is, nobody notices it, because Amazon, being a Logistics company, just reroutes shipping to Austria, Belgium, France or Poland and not a single package comes an hour late.
You'd think that they'd learn from this, but no.
"I have to set up a table in Word. In Excel, the table is right there, ready to use immediately. Why should I waste my time and go to the trouble of formatting a table somewhere else?"
Because they look like shit and publish the fact that you have no idea what you're doing?
"Would you allow someone without a medical license to operate on you?"
No, I would do it myself, as this guy did, which is perfectly legal.
Just like you can buy lidocaine at Amazon and fix your own wounds.
Think of it as evolution in action.
Apple doesn't put stores in regions where people can't afford 1100$ phones?
Who would have thought?
"well, it doesnt have to be, sounds like you have an IT problem, not a spreadsheet problem"
It's in 95% of the cases never a 'spreadsheet' problem, just people doing lists of any kind who apparently can't figure out how to use Tables in Word.
Fuck, they're still doing it RIGHT NOW!
Apple WiFi dangerous, Pineapple WiFi dangerous ...
I guess I'll stick to WiFi Vegetables.
"Or they could just tack on shipping fees to normalize the price."
Indeed. Personally I don't get it. Small retailer go to the post-office and pay for the shipment, the only thing they have to do is to have a list of costs for 28 instead of 2 or 3 countries.
My post-office (Luxembourg) even has contracts with 2 Logistic companies in border towns, one in Germany (Trier) and one in France(Metz) who receive goods for buyers from Germany- resp. France-only shippers and transports them to us for 5 bucks from there.
It's also useful for shipping-free-locally stuff, if the international shipping is more than 5 bucks.
Germany and France are the worst 'offenders', some retailers in France even ship only in the Parisian region. Some German companies don't ship to their own islands.
I guess they don't want the money of the rest of the 7 billion people on worldwide web.
"Isn't VAT charged in the member state where the retailer is based, irrespective of where the buyer is, assuming the goods are being shipped inside the EU."
No that has changed a couple of years ago. Now it's the buyer's country that is relevant.
Putin will switch to Yahoo as search engine then.
If you hire a music major as CIO, like Equifax, everything is possible.