BSD style kernel MacOS X multithreading Solaris networking and filesystems MacOS 9 system layout and management (auto install/remove via drag and drop) Windows 7 start menu System level support for IL - such as.NET or Java Control strip from MacOS9 BeOS multimedia engine Linux device drivers AppleScript/REXX application scripting OpenBSD code auditing standards, firewall OpenVMS system partitioning, file versioning and backup
True story: A couple decades ago the City of Detroit bought a couple parcels of land downtown to build a parking garage. They never combined the parcels with the county, though, so one looked like it was still owned by a private entity. A few years ago the county got their act together and started foreclosing on landowners delinquent in their property taxes. The city of Detroit ignored the mail about the property taxes being due. The county put one of the parcels of land for the parking garage up for sale, and a sharp-eyed investor bought it. The investor is now asking for half the revenue of the parking garage, as he owns half of the land that it sits on.
The city is, of course, taking the investor to court, but they don't have much of a leg to stand on, considering: 1. They screwed up the registration of the property in the first place 2. They ignored the tax notices 3. They ignored the foreclosure paperwork 4. They ignored the notice of sale for the auction
The answer is, pretty much, always yes. How many versions of GTK+ does the average linux distro come with? libav? gstreamer? Heck, the qt3 compatibility library is built-in to qt4. Then there's the 32-bit stuff on 64-bit systems which, granted, is optional, but almost always installed for something.
According to the Chief Justice their are multiple drafting mistakes in the law.
That's great - so congress can fix it. It's not the court's job to fix mistakes in the law. The Supreme Court turns down cases all the time for that exact reason.
If they wanted to force states to setup their own exchanges they would not provide the federal option at all.
The federal government can't force states to set up their own exchange. 10th amendment. So they made an incentive. It's done *all the time* Check out how the entire federal department of education works. They can't force the states to do anything, but if you want federal money...
Your interpretation is also likely unconstitutional. (Federal Government is required to treat citizens the same regardless of what state they live in.)
Not sure where you got that from. You think every state gets federal highway dollars distributed evenly? Education? Agricultural subsidies? ANYTHING?
There is zero ambiguity here in terms of what Congress intended; it's clear that a law was poorly drafted. This is a not a maybe-they-meant-Y situation, this is a "hey, they accidentally used a sentence that probably says Y."
Two points on that:
1. There were HUNDREDS of lawyers involved in combing over every letter of that law. You really think someone left one of the key parts of the bill sloppily worded like that?
2. The counter argument to the subsidy intent was that the federal government wanted to force the states to create their own exchanges. To incentivize that, the states would only get the subsidized plans if they did set up their own.
So when you go to interpret a law, you can't count on what it says anymore?
If the law intended for the federal government to subsidize all plans on exchanges established by the states OR the federal government, why didn't it say so?
Sure, because apparently the USSR didn't have radio telescopes tracking the missions. 'Cause they weren't really interested in moon shots back then, right? Free lunar telemetry for anyone pointing their dishes in the right spot? Pfft, no thank you.
"But the commission said Uber controls the tools driver use,"
You mean the Uber app? That's what Uber is, isn't it? If you hire contractors to staff a phone bank, the contractors don't get to bring in their own phones to use, you can make them use your own phone system.
monitors their approval ratings and terminates their access to the system if their ratings fall below 4.6 stars.
So - performance reviews are forbidden when you are a contractor?
Last I checked, if you work for Uber you can work whenever and wherever you want, which is, pretty much, a textbook contractor arrangement.
One license for transferring music data off a storage medium. One license for converting digital music data to an analog form. One license for each speaker reproducing the sound, including woofers and tweeters. One license per 10m^3 of space where the mean audio is within two deviations of the average loudness of the music.
If you are listening to said music, you need a license for that, and another if you are planning on remembering listening to the music, plus a re-performance license if you are going to hum a substantial portion of the primary melody in the shower later.
Just got a brand new Polycom IP phone system at work. It's fantastic. Web page setup and administration. Crystal-clear voice quality. All-digital hookup to the switch so voice quality is outstanding. Plus, in-network calls are handled by the VPN, so calls to any of our offices in the world are free, and dialing out to any phone number that's local to any office is a local call.
Unless you're usually out of the office, I'm not sure why you'd want to sign up for insane monthly fees and bi-yearly upgrade costs for mobiles.
MSI G45 MB Core i7-4770 CPU, non-overclocked 16GB RAM ATI R9 270 video card 512GB Crucial SSD 750GB WD Black drive 1TB WD Black drive LG Blu-Ray Burner Generic mid-size Antec case Cheapo Asus 27" LED monitor APC UPS Microsoft Sidewinder mouse i-Rocks buckling-spring keyboard
Works well for games and a few virtualized development environments. Need to replace the (2) WD spinning disk drives with a single 4TB or similar. They were both the primary system drives from previous machines. Now the 1TB is for VMs and the 750GB is backup/cold storage.
The more interesting box is an Intel NUC with a 1TB spinning disk, 256MB SSD, and 16GB of RAM that runs ESXi and and entire sharepoint development stack (SQL Server, Domain Controller, App Server)
I would completely skip on consumer-grade faucets. Chicago Faucets or T&S Brass everywhere.
Great idea. We bought a Chicago Faucets kitchen swing-arm faucet and it's held up great. Needed a new gasket a few years ago - bought one at home depot, dropped it in and it's still going.
One note on consumer grade stuff - Delta never stops making parts for their faucets. My mom's house has Delta bathroom faucets that are at least 40 years old (I think they were the first bathroom faucets Delta manufactured) You can still go to H.D. or Lowe's and buy tune-up kits for them.
Cat 6, Cat 3 and Coax to every room. Cat 6 + power to a few closets for WiFi APs. Structured wiring to a central ethernet/phone/TV distribution hub with media server, UPS, etc... - The above can cost thousands of dollars if done professionally. My brother-in-law did it himself (before his house was drywalled) for a few hundred dollars.
Solotubes in the bathrooms (basically mini-skylights that collect enough light at night to act as a nightlight)
Hookup for solar - the tech isn't *quite* there yet. Hookup for garage EV charger - see above. Multiple passthroughs for wires going outside - for future expansion (ham radio antennas, sprinkler systems, whatever)
If you're really into gardening, a hookup for an outdoor sink (with warm water) is *really* nice.
A properly wired OTA TV/FM antenna - for cord cutting.
Depending on the size of the house - multiple thermostats. IP thermostat with integrated humidistat to control the humidifier. I like the Nest.
An attic fan with a nice controller - won't live without one of these now - we can go for most of spring without A/C by just using the fan.
Metal roof - recommended by a roofer friend who has them on his house - if properly installed they will last practically forever.
If you don't want a security system, at least run some LV 2-wire to each window and door so you can add one later if you change your mind later. Also run wiring for connected, powered fire alarms. At the very least - one in each bedroom, one in the kitchen, one in every stairwell and one in the furnace room.
Ideas from a local builder: 2x6 framing - allows for more insulation and is more durable. 16" poured reinforced concrete foundation - recommended by structural engineers as ideal for residential construction. Remember this - building to code is like getting a C on a report card - you're doing the bare minimum to make sure the house won't fall apart, flood or catch fire.
Big name actors like... George Clooney. And that's it. Hugh Laurie is the only other recognizable name and, while wildly talented, the last big live-action US movie he was in was Flight of the Phoenix.
By open sourcing something you don't necessarily give up your copyright claim. You're giving everyone a license to use and modify your code under certain conditions, and those conditions can be whatever you want based on your license (GPL/Apache/BSD/Whatever)
If you put the code in the public domain, you give up all claims to copyright.
ALL other "infotainment" devices should be separate
You don't want this. Ever see what the warranty is on aftermarket head units? One year - two years tops. That's because they aren't built to last, they are built to be as cheap as possible.
OEM head units go through, minimum, one full year of electronic and environmental testing. If it's a completely new design they'll do two years of testing. These are covered by the car's warranty - which usually lasts at least three or four years, five years on some makes.
Source - I designed test software for aftermarket and OEM head units for three years.
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Definitely ZFS.
BSD style kernel .NET or Java
MacOS X multithreading
Solaris networking and filesystems
MacOS 9 system layout and management (auto install/remove via drag and drop)
Windows 7 start menu
System level support for IL - such as
Control strip from MacOS9
BeOS multimedia engine
Linux device drivers
AppleScript/REXX application scripting
OpenBSD code auditing standards, firewall
OpenVMS system partitioning, file versioning and backup
I remember Mondo 2000 as a sort of 2600, Phrack or Blacklisted 411 for liberal arts majors.
True story: A couple decades ago the City of Detroit bought a couple parcels of land downtown to build a parking garage. They never combined the parcels with the county, though, so one looked like it was still owned by a private entity. A few years ago the county got their act together and started foreclosing on landowners delinquent in their property taxes. The city of Detroit ignored the mail about the property taxes being due. The county put one of the parcels of land for the parking garage up for sale, and a sharp-eyed investor bought it. The investor is now asking for half the revenue of the parking garage, as he owns half of the land that it sits on.
The city is, of course, taking the investor to court, but they don't have much of a leg to stand on, considering:
1. They screwed up the registration of the property in the first place
2. They ignored the tax notices
3. They ignored the foreclosure paperwork
4. They ignored the notice of sale for the auction
The answer is, pretty much, always yes. How many versions of GTK+ does the average linux distro come with? libav? gstreamer? Heck, the qt3 compatibility library is built-in to qt4. Then there's the 32-bit stuff on 64-bit systems which, granted, is optional, but almost always installed for something.
According to the Chief Justice their are multiple drafting mistakes in the law.
That's great - so congress can fix it. It's not the court's job to fix mistakes in the law. The Supreme Court turns down cases all the time for that exact reason.
If they wanted to force states to setup their own exchanges they would not provide the federal option at all.
The federal government can't force states to set up their own exchange. 10th amendment. So they made an incentive. It's done *all the time* Check out how the entire federal department of education works. They can't force the states to do anything, but if you want federal money...
Your interpretation is also likely unconstitutional. (Federal Government is required to treat citizens the same regardless of what state they live in.)
Not sure where you got that from. You think every state gets federal highway dollars distributed evenly? Education? Agricultural subsidies? ANYTHING?
Submitting patent for "Male Enhancement" setting now...
There is zero ambiguity here in terms of what Congress intended; it's clear that a law was poorly drafted. This is a not a maybe-they-meant-Y situation, this is a "hey, they accidentally used a sentence that probably says Y."
Two points on that:
1. There were HUNDREDS of lawyers involved in combing over every letter of that law. You really think someone left one of the key parts of the bill sloppily worded like that?
2. The counter argument to the subsidy intent was that the federal government wanted to force the states to create their own exchanges. To incentivize that, the states would only get the subsidized plans if they did set up their own.
So when you go to interpret a law, you can't count on what it says anymore?
If the law intended for the federal government to subsidize all plans on exchanges established by the states OR the federal government, why didn't it say so?
Ahh.. Public Square - the phrase to use when trying to coerce someone into doing something you want.
It's a dumb policy. Don't use Facebook. If people don't care they'll use Facebook anyway. Problem solves itself.
Sure, because apparently the USSR didn't have radio telescopes tracking the missions. 'Cause they weren't really interested in moon shots back then, right? Free lunar telemetry for anyone pointing their dishes in the right spot? Pfft, no thank you.
FTA:
"But the commission said Uber controls the tools driver use,"
You mean the Uber app? That's what Uber is, isn't it? If you hire contractors to staff a phone bank, the contractors don't get to bring in their own phones to use, you can make them use your own phone system.
monitors their approval ratings and terminates their access to the system if their ratings fall below 4.6 stars.
So - performance reviews are forbidden when you are a contractor?
Last I checked, if you work for Uber you can work whenever and wherever you want, which is, pretty much, a textbook contractor arrangement.
One license for transferring music data off a storage medium. One license for converting digital music data to an analog form. One license for each speaker reproducing the sound, including woofers and tweeters. One license per 10m^3 of space where the mean audio is within two deviations of the average loudness of the music.
If you are listening to said music, you need a license for that, and another if you are planning on remembering listening to the music, plus a re-performance license if you are going to hum a substantial portion of the primary melody in the shower later.
Correction: With minor hacking it's Turing complete:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Just got a brand new Polycom IP phone system at work. It's fantastic. Web page setup and administration. Crystal-clear voice quality. All-digital hookup to the switch so voice quality is outstanding. Plus, in-network calls are handled by the VPN, so calls to any of our offices in the world are free, and dialing out to any phone number that's local to any office is a local call.
Unless you're usually out of the office, I'm not sure why you'd want to sign up for insane monthly fees and bi-yearly upgrade costs for mobiles.
It's Turing complete. It's a computer.
MSI G45 MB
Core i7-4770 CPU, non-overclocked
16GB RAM
ATI R9 270 video card
512GB Crucial SSD
750GB WD Black drive
1TB WD Black drive
LG Blu-Ray Burner
Generic mid-size Antec case
Cheapo Asus 27" LED monitor
APC UPS
Microsoft Sidewinder mouse
i-Rocks buckling-spring keyboard
Works well for games and a few virtualized development environments. Need to replace the (2) WD spinning disk drives with a single 4TB or similar. They were both the primary system drives from previous machines. Now the 1TB is for VMs and the 750GB is backup/cold storage.
The more interesting box is an Intel NUC with a 1TB spinning disk, 256MB SSD, and 16GB of RAM that runs ESXi and and entire sharepoint development stack (SQL Server, Domain Controller, App Server)
That's what I was thinking. Cars with built-in garage door openers have supported paring/tumbling codes for at least 20 years.
I'm guessing there are a LOT of old garage door openers around.
Lol SOLATUBES. SOLATUBES.
Of course you're right - I meant whole-house fan. Everyone in my neck of the woods uses the terms interchangeably and confusingly.
I would completely skip on consumer-grade faucets. Chicago Faucets or T&S Brass everywhere.
Great idea. We bought a Chicago Faucets kitchen swing-arm faucet and it's held up great. Needed a new gasket a few years ago - bought one at home depot, dropped it in and it's still going.
One note on consumer grade stuff - Delta never stops making parts for their faucets. My mom's house has Delta bathroom faucets that are at least 40 years old (I think they were the first bathroom faucets Delta manufactured) You can still go to H.D. or Lowe's and buy tune-up kits for them.
Cat 6, Cat 3 and Coax to every room. Cat 6 + power to a few closets for WiFi APs.
Structured wiring to a central ethernet/phone/TV distribution hub with media server, UPS, etc...
- The above can cost thousands of dollars if done professionally. My brother-in-law did it himself (before his house was drywalled) for a few hundred dollars.
Solotubes in the bathrooms (basically mini-skylights that collect enough light at night to act as a nightlight)
Hookup for solar - the tech isn't *quite* there yet.
Hookup for garage EV charger - see above.
Multiple passthroughs for wires going outside - for future expansion (ham radio antennas, sprinkler systems, whatever)
If you're really into gardening, a hookup for an outdoor sink (with warm water) is *really* nice.
A properly wired OTA TV/FM antenna - for cord cutting.
Depending on the size of the house - multiple thermostats.
IP thermostat with integrated humidistat to control the humidifier. I like the Nest.
An attic fan with a nice controller - won't live without one of these now - we can go for most of spring without A/C by just using the fan.
Metal roof - recommended by a roofer friend who has them on his house - if properly installed they will last practically forever.
If you don't want a security system, at least run some LV 2-wire to each window and door so you can add one later if you change your mind later.
Also run wiring for connected, powered fire alarms. At the very least - one in each bedroom, one in the kitchen, one in every stairwell and one in the furnace room.
Ideas from a local builder:
2x6 framing - allows for more insulation and is more durable.
16" poured reinforced concrete foundation - recommended by structural engineers as ideal for residential construction.
Remember this - building to code is like getting a C on a report card - you're doing the bare minimum to make sure the house won't fall apart, flood or catch fire.
Big name actors like... George Clooney. And that's it. Hugh Laurie is the only other recognizable name and, while wildly talented, the last big live-action US movie he was in was Flight of the Phoenix.
I don't think they blew the budget on actors.
By open sourcing something you don't necessarily give up your copyright claim. You're giving everyone a license to use and modify your code under certain conditions, and those conditions can be whatever you want based on your license (GPL/Apache/BSD/Whatever)
If you put the code in the public domain, you give up all claims to copyright.
ALL other "infotainment" devices should be separate
You don't want this. Ever see what the warranty is on aftermarket head units? One year - two years tops. That's because they aren't built to last, they are built to be as cheap as possible.
OEM head units go through, minimum, one full year of electronic and environmental testing. If it's a completely new design they'll do two years of testing. These are covered by the car's warranty - which usually lasts at least three or four years, five years on some makes.
Source - I designed test software for aftermarket and OEM head units for three years.