Talk about disingenuous. Germany has social welfare providing a minimum wage for people who are either under employed or not employed. It's a different way of accomplishing the same thing.
And in your brilliant comment have you thought that history shows this to be the natural way of a free market? 19th century America is full of lessons you seem to have manage to not learn. Do you think history wouldn't repeat itself by doing the exact same thing?
The problem with your thought process is that it wouldn't be one company suddenly paying $0.03 per hour it would be the majority that currently pay minimum wage. In every country where no minimum wage exists even today you wind up with company owned towns and basically sweatshop labor.
Don't expect companies to display behavior that is good for society as a whole, they will show you again and again that they have their own interests first and that's exactly what we expect.
Strong regulation still allows companies to compete so it doesn't degrade the idea of a free market because as we know, nothing is ever free. What good is a free market when the natural progression is for one company to own everything? Then it ceases to be a free market. Do you see the catch there?
While I think you're right, I've yet to find a location where ATT is the best. Frustrates the hell out of me since my work phone got moved to ATT from Sprint. So I keep my personal cell with Sprint and everywhere I go I can make calls reliably. Sure data services aren't as good but I handle that with wifi in most places and Sprint's data has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. I can't stand ATT, I should at least be able to complete a call but I drop everyday with them. To be specific, I use ATT regularly in Vermont, Florida, Arizona, and California as I spend roughly a month in each place every year.
I think you're confused about the videos people forward around. I don't know about your friends or bartenders but mine all share videos or pictures they wouldn't want on FB or any social site, they want to privately share the videos.
Flexibility is good because there are lots of different use cases. It's why I love my Samsung Moment as it has none of the issues mentioned about the iPhone, has a great UI, and the app store so far has had everything I need right on down to a pregnancy calculator to settle a bar dispute! I might add every app so far as also been free!
If the carrier can't handle a 50k image being copied to 10 or 15 phones then they have a serious problem with their network.
Of course warmer weather also means increasingly intense storms as there is more energy for them to feed from.
I don't think change is a bad thing, but rapid uncontrolled change can be quite destructive. Naturally, our ability to effect the change occurring is up in the air but I imagine largely falls on budgetary priorities.
It sounds like you think they called it climate change to bow to political pressure when it was actually a reflection of how opinions have shifted. The vast majority of climatologists agree that the earth is heating up. The only area being questioned is how much we as humans are responsible and there is plenty of room for debate there.
The obvious conclusion is that humans aren't the sole cause but are speeding up the natural process. This is also based on a lifetime of observation as any elderly person can tell you about the proper winter's they've had growing up compared to winter's today. Even in my much more limited experience I remember a lot more snow and much colder winters in Vermont and the records hold true. This evidence fits with the data aggregated so its naturally why I'm inclined to believe it.
Also, they do still use tree rings today along with ice composition.
Well said! I'm sick of all this CYA stuff. I see it everywhere and people seem to think it allows them to do whatever bullshit they want. Course I guess I grew up in an environment where I take responsibility for my actions or lack there of. If I screw up at work I'm the first to mention it to the owner. At that point I discuss mitigation to prevent it from happening again and that's worked out pretty well so far.
We seem to live in an age where mistakes can't happen or someone gets fired and I think that's a terrible place to be. This is why I mitigation systems to handle accidental deletes and automatic rollback for database commands made in error. As a Sysadmin I plan for mistakes of others as well as myself and as a result, things work pretty well.
Out of curiosity, what would you do if the CIO asked for access with several grad students present? Cause that's pretty much what happened in the case of Childs. In my company this would lead to a separate conversation between just the COO in my case since I report directly to him. At that point I would make him/her aware of the risk involved in exposing passwords with 3rd parties present at which point they could voice that they still want me to give them access. Management makes lots of boneheaded moves and it is up to us to limit the damage they can cause. Yes, the owner has access to all files but that doesn't mean I give him full access. He once deleted 200gigs worth of contracts because his VPN had momentarily lagged and clicked the wrong buttons. Of course I have systems in place to recover from this but the bottom line is that you have to protect them from themselves. If that data goes missing they aren't going to take the blame afterall.
lol, that's funny given that all but one of the charges against Childs' was dropped for that vary reason. Continue to think that though, I'm sure it'll lead you to riches beyond your wildest imagination.
Actually, yes, I do. Of course I also print out a reference doc which has all the passwords and that is kept in a safe at the CEO's house and another copy is in his office here at HQ.
Regardless, San Francisco policy at the time was that passwords would only be given to the Mayor, this was explicit which meant that Childs' managers had no right to ask for passwords let alone ask for them in a public setting including many people who weren't authorized to have said information.
The SF case is full of butt hurt public figures doing everything they can to justify their actions which increasingly are seeming more and more unreasonable. I look forward to the outcome of the case as I think it will provide many organizations with a what not to do handbook.
When this case first broke the CEO came to me asking for all passwords and which point I took the opportunity to have this discussion with him and to create a policy which contained advice from legal. In the end, everyone was happy with the outcome and our CEO realizes that he can trust me but more importantly, he understands how important security is. This is a tough lesson to get through to most people. At this company we have a blanket policy, never give out passwords, it's not required. For the edge cases we have an encrypted database where we store information that a few of us need. You of course need to be authorized first. This has eliminated the majority of questions when issues arise and I'm not around.
That depends on your thoughts towards applied science versus straight research. When you are developing technology to meet a specific goal then the science is directed towards that goal and then more importantly, applied to actually accomplish the goal.
That is where NASA was, they are not there anymore for a myriad of reasons, one of which is funding, but most importantly there's a lack of a specific goal.
I'm not sure who wasn't expecting this. The problem is that people chose the lesser of two evils. Given McCain trying to say that he never considered himself a maverick despite using the term so often publicly, I think the evidence still points to Obama as being the lesser of those two evils.
As long as it costs as much money as it does to get elected we can expect this style of politics.
I think it's more pathetic to care about images of power when you're a country that has real power. Does any country really think that the U.S. couldn't bring serious pain anywhere in the world if given a reason?
That's the crap patriotism that finds us allowing torture to stand. Our position in the war is so weak that we must violate our very core principles to keep the enemy at bay. To me, that is the real sign of weakness and showing respect to a foreign leader in the custom of the foreign leader is pretty standard. Negotiating with a party is a lot simpler if they aren't immediately on the defensive.
I'm not sure you've ever fired a gun judging from your statements. Just about everyone I know doesn't buy a gun for self-defense. They buy it because taking to the range and shooting it is a lot of fun and as a side benefit they have a level of protection should the shit hit the fan.
Most people I know would support such an advocacy program as states with the best education programs are states with the least amount of gun problems like Vermont for example. We love our guns and as long as we respect the responsibility they require it all works out. We take our guns seriously as they are serious business and we recognize that having that much power in your hands can be fun, like driving large machinery. There's something primal about it but I see a lot of parallels now that I live in Arizona too. If people do go through the trouble of getting a CCW they aren't likely to always be packing, they merely like having options. I see nothing wrong with this provided they get time in at the range to maintain proper skills.
I won't say all gun owners are the same, there are definitely lots of people out there with lots of different reasons but most are much more level-headed than you give them credit for.
Except for the fact that the big ISPs got that way because of billions of dollars of tax payer funding. That alone I would have thought would have given the FCC authority here. At seems, that presumption would be incorrect though which sucks.
Most people I've encountered that have issues with netbook keyboards just simply don't know how to type. Definitely not for everyone although I think definitely great for most. I bought one two years ago and since then half my office has gotten them, family members are buying them up left and right and no one regrets it because they know what to expect from a $300 machine and consistently they seem to meet expectations.
I actually found after using my netbook exclusivey for two weeks leading up to an event I was putting on that a regular laptop keyboard was actually quite a bit more work. For extended typing a real keyboard is definitely a better for factor but for most uses a netbook seems to be fine as far as I can tell. If you have some problems with fine motor control or vision problems then a netbook isn't for you though.
I don't agree with being forced to buy insurance but I understand the need for such a provision which is following the auto industry insurance model.
The problem every one of those arguments fail to address is the fact that there will be a much larger pool of people paying into a system and far fewer trips to the emergency room for the uninsured. I haven't seen any valid arguments for why premiums would be higher given that insurance companies would money to compensate for the sick people they now cover. Of course one trip to a doctor to properly dress a wound versus an emergency trip a week later with a staph infection is much cheaper to treat.
Those who cannot afford to pay are given discounts. Refusing insurance just makes no sense, but there are lots of people trying to make arguments that preventative care is unnecessary despite the obvious benefits like treating and dealing with a heart attack versus detecting high blood pressure before the big event. Like finding cancer earlier versus finding it late stage. There is a human cost that few want to talk about.
Personally, I can afford healthcare, I have seen my premiums more than quadruple in the six years I have worked for this company. Something has to be done to change things as insurance companies are not going to do anything unless they are forced to. I am happy to afford a $300 a year hike which is only $25 per month if it means my 9 year old niece can now have health insurance despite her mom having an under control thyroid condition. For now my sister skipped being insured so that her kids could have insurance but that is unacceptable to me given how well she takes care of her condition. There are millions in similar situations and we are the only industrialised nation that has let it stand and for what reason?
This is all besides the point that this is a poor example of corruption and is more an example of the ineptitude of our representatives.
If the patent is seized by the government then the fair price would be free for the patent driving down costs for manufacturers. This of course only gets applied when the company breaks the laws of the land. It would finally be proper incentive for them to behave responsibly.
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Talk about disingenuous. Germany has social welfare providing a minimum wage for people who are either under employed or not employed. It's a different way of accomplishing the same thing.
And in your brilliant comment have you thought that history shows this to be the natural way of a free market? 19th century America is full of lessons you seem to have manage to not learn. Do you think history wouldn't repeat itself by doing the exact same thing?
The problem with your thought process is that it wouldn't be one company suddenly paying $0.03 per hour it would be the majority that currently pay minimum wage. In every country where no minimum wage exists even today you wind up with company owned towns and basically sweatshop labor.
Don't expect companies to display behavior that is good for society as a whole, they will show you again and again that they have their own interests first and that's exactly what we expect.
Strong regulation still allows companies to compete so it doesn't degrade the idea of a free market because as we know, nothing is ever free. What good is a free market when the natural progression is for one company to own everything? Then it ceases to be a free market. Do you see the catch there?
While I think you're right, I've yet to find a location where ATT is the best. Frustrates the hell out of me since my work phone got moved to ATT from Sprint. So I keep my personal cell with Sprint and everywhere I go I can make calls reliably. Sure data services aren't as good but I handle that with wifi in most places and Sprint's data has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. I can't stand ATT, I should at least be able to complete a call but I drop everyday with them. To be specific, I use ATT regularly in Vermont, Florida, Arizona, and California as I spend roughly a month in each place every year.
I think you're confused about the videos people forward around. I don't know about your friends or bartenders but mine all share videos or pictures they wouldn't want on FB or any social site, they want to privately share the videos.
Flexibility is good because there are lots of different use cases. It's why I love my Samsung Moment as it has none of the issues mentioned about the iPhone, has a great UI, and the app store so far has had everything I need right on down to a pregnancy calculator to settle a bar dispute! I might add every app so far as also been free!
If the carrier can't handle a 50k image being copied to 10 or 15 phones then they have a serious problem with their network.
Of course warmer weather also means increasingly intense storms as there is more energy for them to feed from.
I don't think change is a bad thing, but rapid uncontrolled change can be quite destructive. Naturally, our ability to effect the change occurring is up in the air but I imagine largely falls on budgetary priorities.
It sounds like you think they called it climate change to bow to political pressure when it was actually a reflection of how opinions have shifted. The vast majority of climatologists agree that the earth is heating up. The only area being questioned is how much we as humans are responsible and there is plenty of room for debate there.
The obvious conclusion is that humans aren't the sole cause but are speeding up the natural process. This is also based on a lifetime of observation as any elderly person can tell you about the proper winter's they've had growing up compared to winter's today. Even in my much more limited experience I remember a lot more snow and much colder winters in Vermont and the records hold true. This evidence fits with the data aggregated so its naturally why I'm inclined to believe it.
Also, they do still use tree rings today along with ice composition.
Well said! I'm sick of all this CYA stuff. I see it everywhere and people seem to think it allows them to do whatever bullshit they want. Course I guess I grew up in an environment where I take responsibility for my actions or lack there of. If I screw up at work I'm the first to mention it to the owner. At that point I discuss mitigation to prevent it from happening again and that's worked out pretty well so far.
We seem to live in an age where mistakes can't happen or someone gets fired and I think that's a terrible place to be. This is why I mitigation systems to handle accidental deletes and automatic rollback for database commands made in error. As a Sysadmin I plan for mistakes of others as well as myself and as a result, things work pretty well.
Out of curiosity, what would you do if the CIO asked for access with several grad students present? Cause that's pretty much what happened in the case of Childs. In my company this would lead to a separate conversation between just the COO in my case since I report directly to him. At that point I would make him/her aware of the risk involved in exposing passwords with 3rd parties present at which point they could voice that they still want me to give them access. Management makes lots of boneheaded moves and it is up to us to limit the damage they can cause. Yes, the owner has access to all files but that doesn't mean I give him full access. He once deleted 200gigs worth of contracts because his VPN had momentarily lagged and clicked the wrong buttons. Of course I have systems in place to recover from this but the bottom line is that you have to protect them from themselves. If that data goes missing they aren't going to take the blame afterall.
lol, that's funny given that all but one of the charges against Childs' was dropped for that vary reason. Continue to think that though, I'm sure it'll lead you to riches beyond your wildest imagination.
Actually, yes, I do. Of course I also print out a reference doc which has all the passwords and that is kept in a safe at the CEO's house and another copy is in his office here at HQ.
Regardless, San Francisco policy at the time was that passwords would only be given to the Mayor, this was explicit which meant that Childs' managers had no right to ask for passwords let alone ask for them in a public setting including many people who weren't authorized to have said information.
The SF case is full of butt hurt public figures doing everything they can to justify their actions which increasingly are seeming more and more unreasonable. I look forward to the outcome of the case as I think it will provide many organizations with a what not to do handbook.
When this case first broke the CEO came to me asking for all passwords and which point I took the opportunity to have this discussion with him and to create a policy which contained advice from legal. In the end, everyone was happy with the outcome and our CEO realizes that he can trust me but more importantly, he understands how important security is. This is a tough lesson to get through to most people. At this company we have a blanket policy, never give out passwords, it's not required. For the edge cases we have an encrypted database where we store information that a few of us need. You of course need to be authorized first. This has eliminated the majority of questions when issues arise and I'm not around.
That depends on your thoughts towards applied science versus straight research. When you are developing technology to meet a specific goal then the science is directed towards that goal and then more importantly, applied to actually accomplish the goal.
That is where NASA was, they are not there anymore for a myriad of reasons, one of which is funding, but most importantly there's a lack of a specific goal.
I'm not sure who wasn't expecting this. The problem is that people chose the lesser of two evils. Given McCain trying to say that he never considered himself a maverick despite using the term so often publicly, I think the evidence still points to Obama as being the lesser of those two evils.
As long as it costs as much money as it does to get elected we can expect this style of politics.
I think it's more pathetic to care about images of power when you're a country that has real power. Does any country really think that the U.S. couldn't bring serious pain anywhere in the world if given a reason?
That's the crap patriotism that finds us allowing torture to stand. Our position in the war is so weak that we must violate our very core principles to keep the enemy at bay. To me, that is the real sign of weakness and showing respect to a foreign leader in the custom of the foreign leader is pretty standard. Negotiating with a party is a lot simpler if they aren't immediately on the defensive.
I'm not sure you've ever fired a gun judging from your statements. Just about everyone I know doesn't buy a gun for self-defense. They buy it because taking to the range and shooting it is a lot of fun and as a side benefit they have a level of protection should the shit hit the fan.
Most people I know would support such an advocacy program as states with the best education programs are states with the least amount of gun problems like Vermont for example. We love our guns and as long as we respect the responsibility they require it all works out. We take our guns seriously as they are serious business and we recognize that having that much power in your hands can be fun, like driving large machinery. There's something primal about it but I see a lot of parallels now that I live in Arizona too. If people do go through the trouble of getting a CCW they aren't likely to always be packing, they merely like having options. I see nothing wrong with this provided they get time in at the range to maintain proper skills.
I won't say all gun owners are the same, there are definitely lots of people out there with lots of different reasons but most are much more level-headed than you give them credit for.
Except for the fact that the big ISPs got that way because of billions of dollars of tax payer funding. That alone I would have thought would have given the FCC authority here. At seems, that presumption would be incorrect though which sucks.
Most people I've encountered that have issues with netbook keyboards just simply don't know how to type. Definitely not for everyone although I think definitely great for most. I bought one two years ago and since then half my office has gotten them, family members are buying them up left and right and no one regrets it because they know what to expect from a $300 machine and consistently they seem to meet expectations.
I actually found after using my netbook exclusivey for two weeks leading up to an event I was putting on that a regular laptop keyboard was actually quite a bit more work. For extended typing a real keyboard is definitely a better for factor but for most uses a netbook seems to be fine as far as I can tell. If you have some problems with fine motor control or vision problems then a netbook isn't for you though.
Poor troll is poor, given that pre-existing conditions prevents people from having insurance all-together.
I don't agree with being forced to buy insurance but I understand the need for such a provision which is following the auto industry insurance model.
The problem every one of those arguments fail to address is the fact that there will be a much larger pool of people paying into a system and far fewer trips to the emergency room for the uninsured. I haven't seen any valid arguments for why premiums would be higher given that insurance companies would money to compensate for the sick people they now cover. Of course one trip to a doctor to properly dress a wound versus an emergency trip a week later with a staph infection is much cheaper to treat.
Those who cannot afford to pay are given discounts. Refusing insurance just makes no sense, but there are lots of people trying to make arguments that preventative care is unnecessary despite the obvious benefits like treating and dealing with a heart attack versus detecting high blood pressure before the big event. Like finding cancer earlier versus finding it late stage. There is a human cost that few want to talk about.
Personally, I can afford healthcare, I have seen my premiums more than quadruple in the six years I have worked for this company. Something has to be done to change things as insurance companies are not going to do anything unless they are forced to. I am happy to afford a $300 a year hike which is only $25 per month if it means my 9 year old niece can now have health insurance despite her mom having an under control thyroid condition. For now my sister skipped being insured so that her kids could have insurance but that is unacceptable to me given how well she takes care of her condition. There are millions in similar situations and we are the only industrialised nation that has let it stand and for what reason?
This is all besides the point that this is a poor example of corruption and is more an example of the ineptitude of our representatives.
Sounds like you haven't kept up with the war on drugs or terror because there is plenty of precedence for seizing property from criminals.
And I was saying that they didn't need eminent domain. I mentioned that they should seize the assets to make up for the rampant fraud.
What makes you think the government is making new rules? They are investigating whether they need to enforce current rules.
You would be right if all companies followed the rules but many do not hence the article.
If the patent is seized by the government then the fair price would be free for the patent driving down costs for manufacturers. This of course only gets applied when the company breaks the laws of the land. It would finally be proper incentive for them to behave responsibly.
Do you? Corporatism leads to fascism, the government taking over services leads to communism.
Thank you, lack of accountability is disgusting. If corporations can be people then they can be jailed like people.