Technically, nuclear power does not come directly from the big bang, as it always derives from atoms heavier than lead, and those can only be created within supernova.
If that application installs something on my system that becomes an automated process without my acknowledgment, it becomes the OS manufacturer's responsibility.
Unfortunately, the conclusion drawn here is a non-sequiter. Using an analogy: if you give someone the keys to your car (analogous to running an email attachment), and while they have the car they install some sort of malicious remote control system, does that suddenly become the manufacturers fault? No, it's still the users fault for releasing control without sufficient forethought.
The fact that many users are simply baffled by the complexity of the technology that they have chosen to purchase and use is not the manufacturers fault. Analogously, we don't let people just purchase and drive any car they want, they must learn some basic rules and skills first, then gain and maintain a license... one of the reason for which is to stop them hurting themselves and others out of ignorance of how to operate a powerful and dangerous machine.
You never hear Microsoft ask the government to allow immigration for foreign workers.
While they may never do that publically, they have a yearly H1B allocation that they always fill too early, then struggle to find other ways to get good people.
It's not that there isn't lots of good people in the US, but there just isn't enough to go round, and it is only going to get worse...
I agree. I use a Dvorak at work (where I type the most), but still use Qwerty at home - mostly because I haven't convinced my wife to change yet). Anyway, I find that I have become effectively bilingual (bikeyual?), and can switch to using either with virtually no hassle....
The simple flaw in your capitalism-is-inscrutable argument is that if there were no penalties for flat-out lying in financial statements, nobody would ever hear about it, because the media wouldn't report it, because it would be a non-event.
So the first time your precious shareholders would hear about the fraud is when the company finally collapsed, and the shareholders lost all of their money Enron style. Which would undermine shareholder's faith in the system, so they wouldn't invest, so companies couldn't grow, so capitalism would fail.
Seriously, do you really believe that dubbya would permit so-called left-wing policies if it was absolutely necessary?
nah... CA is just going to keep on rolling on... Without massive media coverage and a corporate implosion (al la Enron), nobody is really going to care.
From a customer's point of view, if CA can continue to supply new and updated products, what do they care if CA applied a little financial makeup?
That's true. But I think that that would qualify them as pretty hopeless beta testers.
My best guess would be that they encountered the problem, found it a minor inconvenience, bypassed it, and then neglected to report it because of it's relatively negligible importance...
I really doubt that. Although old music may not appeal to you, it's probaby because you are used to different styles. It also may have poor production quality, but that is probably a due to the less advanced technology of the time.
Think of it like this: there exists only so many talented or potentially talented musicians at any one time. However, in order to increase sales, the record companies push out ever increasing numbers of songs/albums/etc, hoping that they will appeal to somebody.
Unfortunately, the pool of talent hasn't necessarily deepened, so the record companies are forced to use less talented artists. Ipso facto, current music is crapper than old music.
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Technically, nuclear power does not come directly from the big bang, as it always derives from atoms heavier than lead, and those can only be created within supernova.
Unfortunately, the conclusion drawn here is a non-sequiter. Using an analogy: if you give someone the keys to your car (analogous to running an email attachment), and while they have the car they install some sort of malicious remote control system, does that suddenly become the manufacturers fault? No, it's still the users fault for releasing control without sufficient forethought.
The fact that many users are simply baffled by the complexity of the technology that they have chosen to purchase and use is not the manufacturers fault. Analogously, we don't let people just purchase and drive any car they want, they must learn some basic rules and skills first, then gain and maintain a license... one of the reason for which is to stop them hurting themselves and others out of ignorance of how to operate a powerful and dangerous machine.
It's not that there isn't lots of good people in the US, but there just isn't enough to go round, and it is only going to get worse...
Sure, the space can be important. But what happens if something breaks, and needs to be repaired?
Will his dad be cool with having to pull his kitchen walls apart (again)?
I agree. I use a Dvorak at work (where I type the most), but still use Qwerty at home - mostly because I haven't convinced my wife to change yet).
Anyway, I find that I have become effectively bilingual (bikeyual?), and can switch to using either with virtually no hassle....
Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear... I meant during the scandal itself, ie. after the fraud was publically revealed, and an investigation began...
... if it wasn't absolutely necessary.
I'm sorry, but that is a load of rubbish.
The simple flaw in your capitalism-is-inscrutable argument is that if there were no penalties for flat-out lying in financial statements, nobody would ever hear about it, because the media wouldn't report it, because it would be a non-event.
So the first time your precious shareholders would hear about the fraud is when the company finally collapsed, and the shareholders lost all of their money Enron style. Which would undermine shareholder's faith in the system, so they wouldn't invest, so companies couldn't grow, so capitalism would fail.
Seriously, do you really believe that dubbya would permit so-called left-wing policies if it was absolutely necessary?
There is one important difference: CA is not about to implode... in fact, throughout this whole scandal, its share price has continued to rise.
Make of that what you will...
nah... CA is just going to keep on rolling on... Without massive media coverage and a corporate implosion (al la Enron), nobody is really going to care.
From a customer's point of view, if CA can continue to supply new and updated products, what do they care if CA applied a little financial makeup?
It's a new site, but the political rants (really more like discourses) suit the misanthrope lurking within:
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That's true. But I think that that would qualify them as pretty hopeless beta testers. My best guess would be that they encountered the problem, found it a minor inconvenience, bypassed it, and then neglected to report it because of it's relatively negligible importance...
Perhaps, but beta testers tend to be more tech-savvy, so these so called 'glitches' (they are really 'difficulties') probably didn't bother them...
I really doubt that. Although old music may not appeal to you, it's probaby because you are used to different styles. It also may have poor production quality, but that is probably a due to the less advanced technology of the time. Think of it like this: there exists only so many talented or potentially talented musicians at any one time. However, in order to increase sales, the record companies push out ever increasing numbers of songs/albums/etc, hoping that they will appeal to somebody. Unfortunately, the pool of talent hasn't necessarily deepened, so the record companies are forced to use less talented artists. Ipso facto, current music is crapper than old music.