If you live in a poor neighborhood in KC, you should have left a long time ago, if not for internet, but for your own safety.
Come on now, Google is a business, they do want to at least break even, if not profit from this venture. The quickest way to do this is supply neighborhoods with high demand, people with money can demand more. Did Google ever say how they were going to roll it out? Did you make strange assumptions bordering on religion that they'd show up in your neighborhood first? Do you even have any idea how long it takes to string wire around a city, to every neighborhood and house? I'll tell you this, Rome wasn't built in a day and neither is a fiber network.
I've been watching the Google "roll-out" of fiber in Kansas City very carefully. I read every announcement, I'm on the notification list. I almost read every article on the subject. I live here in KCK, you know.
Google made several misleading statements regarding what (and when) it was going to do. Look at the early vids. The implication was that Google was going to make Gb/s speeds available to the poor masses of poor KCK. I wasn't so gullible as to believe all that hype, but at least I though _I_ was going to be able to get the service. I won't.
And yes, I agree. I should have moved for a number of reasons. I live in north 66101. (So far, I'm still alive.)
A year or so ago, I actually canceled plans to leave this town, Kansas City, KS, in anticipation of the Gb/s internet roll-out. Actually, I had trouble believing Google would really choose a blighted city for a roll-out, but, living here myself, I wasn't going to object (understatement). Now, after reviewing the latest announcements, I see the poor neighborhoods will be last on the list. Which neighborhood gets it depends on demand, the density of pre-sign-ups. Considering economic status of where I live, I'll have to wait another ten years.
I should have left town, and I should have believed my own analysis rather than the Google public announcements. I had previously been less suspicious of statements by Google, relative to those from typical other companies, because Google was kind of someone in my tech crowd. I now have to face the reality that Google can't be trusted either. If Google says it's going to do something, it doesn't mean anything.
I won't even bother with the vain $10. USD pre-signup. I'll just re-invigorate my plans to leave.
Perhaps my nonchalant post led you to think I haven't looked into the subject at all. I've seen the movie, and I read the general media stories. I'm also familiar with the Winklevoss claim. They settled some time ago. Is this dispute why you believe Zuck screws his friends out of money?
Let x = the cost of the ball.
Let x+1=cost of bat.
x+(x+1)=1.10
2x+1=1.10
2x=0.10
x=0.05.
I happened to solve this particular one in my head, but the mental steps I took still reflected the above process.
I solved via a different method. I envisioned a number line with 110 divisions and a slider indicating the position on the line dividing the cost of the two. On the right was the ball cost; on the left was the bat cost.
The slider also had 2 equal wings on both sides. The wing size was equal to the ball cost.
________________________*_____|_____*
The right side of the number line up to the point of the wing is equal to 1 dollar.
Therefore, with the whole number line = 110, the 10 remaining had to be split.
10 split in 2 is 5.
From what I understand about each of their philosophical inclinations, neither is/was concerned about their legacy. They both expect to be forgotten and neither cares or cared. And they certainly weren't/aren't competing on the matter. Is there some statement to indicate otherwise?
The container, shipping, distribution, advertisement, and profit contribute more to the price of a end-user soda than the actual liquid. A can of water would cost about the same as a high-end soda to the end user.
Have you ever been hungry and poor? I'll explain for those of you, particularly the good doctor, who haven't had the enlightening experience. You count your change to see if you have enough to buy a soda.
[And I must also make a serious reply.]
I looked up the fares. I'm in Kansas City, Kansas, USA, and I'm envious of you for feeling your public transit system merits a complaint. Yes, it's cheaper here ($1.50 USD for a 2 hour pass), but we have no train whatsoever and only once-per-hour (if that frequent) buses. Plus, the drivers treat the riders like prisoners - not customers. Plus, I could go on, but nobody's interested. Anyway, there are millions of US riders who would be happy to trade seats with you.
I realize you UKers have that dumb royalty worship and other oddities, but in public transportation, London, even with easily has most cites in the US beat .
And if price is a concern to you, why are you paying for tickets like that? From the underground page: "... there is big financial incentive not to purchase individual tickets and use an Oyster card."
No. Our constitution doesn't allow you to be arrested for thinking about committing a crime, only for committing one.
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I'm not sure that's in the constitution. What part of the constitution are you referring to, the due process part? Anyway, the government can certainly take your kids into custody (which is de facto arrest) because, in the government's opinion, they are "at risk" of neglect or abuse.
...
The funny part is that this is exactly the kind of things that would send you to a camp if you were in the soviet block at that time. And people on the other side of the iron curtain were writing exactly the same letters but substituting 'communist' for 'imperialist'.
The US v. the SU, both with the most destructive weapons ever, but except for peripheral conflicts, there was no actual fighting. It was the greatest war in history.
I though I was clever using that on my stuff. Pi is too juvenile, so what's left?. Should I change it? Na. I actually want it to be breakable by an intelligent like-minded person.
Quickoffice has some of the worst reviews for an office app on iOS. 1-2 stars. I would think Google could afford something a but better.
I support that - as long as it's a female "but better".:-)
You probably composed that in your browser, but if you had done it in MS Word, you would have gotten a squeakily blue underline. I wouldn't know what Quickoffice would do because I don't have it. I do my word processing stuff in regular o' Office in Windows.
I'm looking for reviews for Quickoffice. On their site, everything is positive. On Amazon, Quickoffice got 3.4 out of 5 stars. Which reviews are you referring to? And which version and type are you referring to?
One of my favourite definitions of hacking :...Using things in a unique way outside their intended purpose
That's "improvising". Using your favorite definition, employing vaginal excretions to "lick" a postage stamp would be hacking.
But even using that definition, the London Streets Traffic Control Center didn't hack either. It simply used its system to control traffic. Just because the controlling was unusual doesn't make the controlling a hack.
A more relevant question is whether it was ethical. I, personally, feel that it was. The traffic controllers acted with the interest of the city at heart.
Now, to move off the main subject, the solution to all of this is to totally automate driving. Traffic jams then will become a thing of the past.
I'm sure that the $666.2 billion defense budget I mentioned earlier played such a huge role in the rise of Facebook.
Wait a second, is that literal or tongue-in-cheek? You do realize, of course, that the defense budget did in fact play an essential role in the rise of Facebook, seeing as how defense dollars built the internet?
Facebook built a tech empire, but DarpaNet (government) led the way.
Railroads tamed the west, but they were following Lewis & Clark (government).
The pilgrims were industrious folks, but they were using maps made by Columbus (government).
SpaceShipOne might be the way regular folks visit space, but NASA (government) paid for all of our rocketry knowledge.
Not just in American history, but industry has followed trails blazed with public dollars since literally the dawn of civilization.
That's superb. Did you put that together just now, or have you been working on this subject?
People (in the US) who are required to report if they "reasonably suspect" "child abuse or neglect" are called "mandated reporters" in the jargon. The law defining who is a mandated reporter varies from state to state but it usually includes a long list of professions like doctors, teachers, coroners etc. (Some states [eg, FL] appended to the list the phrase "...or other person.", meaning that everyone is a mandated reporter.) But neither "child abuse or neglect" nor "reasonably suspect" is ever clearly defined, and people aren't really prosecuted under these laws.
In any case, criminal child abuse is legally substantially different than social service civil child abuse (I know, it doesn't make sense). In felony criminal abuse or any felony, not reporting it is misprisioning a felony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misprision_of_felony, which is usually a crime in the US.
Ric Werm has a site on the subject government child "protective" agencies: http://wermenh.com/dcyf.html
Utter bullshit. Do you think foster carers are given some sort of immunity from prosecution?...
In a way, they do. The foster people are part of the Child Protective Service (CPS) system. They are paid contractors for CPS, and CPS doesn't want them to look bad. In other words, CPS is investigating itself when it comes to investigating foster people hurting the kids CPS places in their custody.
I am indigent, I will only speak to a court appointed public defender, do NOT do what the first one tells you is in you own best interest! Remember the cops and the public defender work for the same entity, you have the right to fire one after the other with the mantra He does not represent my interests, keep doing this until they are forced either to drop the charges or retain a private attorney for you.
And remember, some states require that if you invoke the right to a speedy trial they have X number of days to comply or drop the charges (the docket is SO full of killers and rapists, that unless some prosecutor has a hard dick for you, they'll drop).
It's not that simple.That won't work. For starters, the judge can simply deny you the change of attorneys after the first one (or more). Theoretically, you could appeal on the grounds that the judge should have granted you new attorney, but you'd already be in prison or jail. And there are other holes in your stratagy.
It's disparaging that a man who hasn't even been charged is basically being treated like a criminal. I guess when it comes to kids, it's guilty until proven innocent to everyone's satisfaction.
In any state in the US the social services (which have different names depending on the state) child protection services (often called CPS) can take a kid into custody without either the parent or kid even being accused of a crime. The kid goes into foster custody which may be a home-like setting or an institution like a jail. When a kid is removed, unless it's a high profile case, the parents and kids are usually separated forever.
The process is fueled by federal money the state agencies get. It has nothing to do with genuine protection.
This is sometimes hard for inexperienced people to believe, but it's quite true. Put in plain language: The state governments kidnap kids. I don't read much on the subject anymore, but if you're interested you can begin at Ric Werme's site: http://wermenh.com/dcyf.html
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If you live in a poor neighborhood in KC, you should have left a long time ago, if not for internet, but for your own safety.
Come on now, Google is a business, they do want to at least break even, if not profit from this venture. The quickest way to do this is supply neighborhoods with high demand, people with money can demand more. Did Google ever say how they were going to roll it out? Did you make strange assumptions bordering on religion that they'd show up in your neighborhood first? Do you even have any idea how long it takes to string wire around a city, to every neighborhood and house? I'll tell you this, Rome wasn't built in a day and neither is a fiber network.
I've been watching the Google "roll-out" of fiber in Kansas City very carefully. I read every announcement, I'm on the notification list. I almost read every article on the subject. I live here in KCK, you know. Google made several misleading statements regarding what (and when) it was going to do. Look at the early vids. The implication was that Google was going to make Gb/s speeds available to the poor masses of poor KCK. I wasn't so gullible as to believe all that hype, but at least I though _I_ was going to be able to get the service. I won't. And yes, I agree. I should have moved for a number of reasons. I live in north 66101. (So far, I'm still alive.)
... Not another house for about a mile away...
Are you saying you are in Kansas City, Kansas, and your house is a mile distant from the next?
I upgraded to a new fiber service in town 6 months ago with 24 Mbps up/down...
What town are you in?
A year or so ago, I actually canceled plans to leave this town, Kansas City, KS, in anticipation of the Gb/s internet roll-out. Actually, I had trouble believing Google would really choose a blighted city for a roll-out, but, living here myself, I wasn't going to object (understatement). Now, after reviewing the latest announcements, I see the poor neighborhoods will be last on the list. Which neighborhood gets it depends on demand, the density of pre-sign-ups. Considering economic status of where I live, I'll have to wait another ten years.
I should have left town, and I should have believed my own analysis rather than the Google public announcements. I had previously been less suspicious of statements by Google, relative to those from typical other companies, because Google was kind of someone in my tech crowd. I now have to face the reality that Google can't be trusted either. If Google says it's going to do something, it doesn't mean anything. I won't even bother with the vain $10. USD pre-signup. I'll just re-invigorate my plans to leave.
Perhaps my nonchalant post led you to think I haven't looked into the subject at all. I've seen the movie, and I read the general media stories. I'm also familiar with the Winklevoss claim. They settled some time ago. Is this dispute why you believe Zuck screws his friends out of money?
And by clicking the Zuck-it button you screw your friends out of all their money, right?
Is that what he did? I'm not up on the subject, but I really don't want to bother to search about it. Do you have a link?
on paper is as follows:
I happened to solve this particular one in my head, but the mental steps I took still reflected the above process.
I solved via a different method. I envisioned a number line with 110 divisions and a slider indicating the position on the line dividing the cost of the two. On the right was the ball cost; on the left was the bat cost. The slider also had 2 equal wings on both sides. The wing size was equal to the ball cost.
________________________*_____|_____*
The right side of the number line up to the point of the wing is equal to 1 dollar. Therefore, with the whole number line = 110, the 10 remaining had to be split. 10 split in 2 is 5.
From what I understand about each of their philosophical inclinations, neither is/was concerned about their legacy. They both expect to be forgotten and neither cares or cared. And they certainly weren't/aren't competing on the matter. Is there some statement to indicate otherwise?
Why should everyone else have to pay higher taxes because some people ...smoke fiberglass particles?
Do you, Elucido, have a cite on the fiberglass?
The container, shipping, distribution, advertisement, and profit contribute more to the price of a end-user soda than the actual liquid. A can of water would cost about the same as a high-end soda to the end user.
Have you ever been hungry and poor? I'll explain for those of you, particularly the good doctor, who haven't had the enlightening experience. You count your change to see if you have enough to buy a soda.
[And I must also make a serious reply.] I looked up the fares. I'm in Kansas City, Kansas, USA, and I'm envious of you for feeling your public transit system merits a complaint. Yes, it's cheaper here ($1.50 USD for a 2 hour pass), but we have no train whatsoever and only once-per-hour (if that frequent) buses. Plus, the drivers treat the riders like prisoners - not customers. Plus, I could go on, but nobody's interested. Anyway, there are millions of US riders who would be happy to trade seats with you.
I realize you UKers have that dumb royalty worship and other oddities, but in public transportation, London, even with easily has most cites in the US beat . And if price is a concern to you, why are you paying for tickets like that? From the underground page: "... there is big financial incentive not to purchase individual tickets and use an Oyster card."
...the London Underground,...
The total cost for 2 return tickets was just under £14 or around $20.
...
What good would "return tickets" be if you didn't also buy the forward tickets to get to the place you would return from?
No. Our constitution doesn't allow you to be arrested for thinking about committing a crime, only for committing one.
...
I'm not sure that's in the constitution. What part of the constitution are you referring to, the due process part? Anyway, the government can certainly take your kids into custody (which is de facto arrest) because, in the government's opinion, they are "at risk" of neglect or abuse.
... The funny part is that this is exactly the kind of things that would send you to a camp if you were in the soviet block at that time. And people on the other side of the iron curtain were writing exactly the same letters but substituting 'communist' for 'imperialist'.
The US v. the SU, both with the most destructive weapons ever, but except for peripheral conflicts, there was no actual fighting. It was the greatest war in history.
I though I was clever using that on my stuff. Pi is too juvenile, so what's left?. Should I change it? Na. I actually want it to be breakable by an intelligent like-minded person.
Quickoffice has some of the worst reviews for an office app on iOS. 1-2 stars. I would think Google could afford something a but better.
I support that - as long as it's a female "but better". :-)
You probably composed that in your browser, but if you had done it in MS Word, you would have gotten a squeakily blue underline. I wouldn't know what Quickoffice would do because I don't have it. I do my word processing stuff in regular o' Office in Windows.
I'm looking for reviews for Quickoffice. On their site, everything is positive. On Amazon, Quickoffice got 3.4 out of 5 stars. Which reviews are you referring to? And which version and type are you referring to?
Then you'd be supporting the unethical dead body industry (funeral businesses, etc.).
One of my favourite definitions of hacking : ...Using things in a unique way outside their intended purpose
That's "improvising". Using your favorite definition, employing vaginal excretions to "lick" a postage stamp would be hacking. But even using that definition, the London Streets Traffic Control Center didn't hack either. It simply used its system to control traffic. Just because the controlling was unusual doesn't make the controlling a hack.
A more relevant question is whether it was ethical. I, personally, feel that it was. The traffic controllers acted with the interest of the city at heart.
Now, to move off the main subject, the solution to all of this is to totally automate driving. Traffic jams then will become a thing of the past.
I'm sure that the $666.2 billion defense budget I mentioned earlier played such a huge role in the rise of Facebook.
Wait a second, is that literal or tongue-in-cheek? You do realize, of course, that the defense budget did in fact play an essential role in the rise of Facebook, seeing as how defense dollars built the internet?
Facebook built a tech empire, but DarpaNet (government) led the way.
Railroads tamed the west, but they were following Lewis & Clark (government).
The pilgrims were industrious folks, but they were using maps made by Columbus (government).
SpaceShipOne might be the way regular folks visit space, but NASA (government) paid for all of our rocketry knowledge.
Not just in American history, but industry has followed trails blazed with public dollars since literally the dawn of civilization.
That's superb. Did you put that together just now, or have you been working on this subject?
If I give 2 bones to my dog and he is full he will bury them for later eating. To me that is planning ahead
Burying food is an instinctive routine your dog inherited. It's not clear the dog is actually *thinking* about the future.
People (in the US) who are required to report if they "reasonably suspect" "child abuse or neglect" are called "mandated reporters" in the jargon. The law defining who is a mandated reporter varies from state to state but it usually includes a long list of professions like doctors, teachers, coroners etc. (Some states [eg, FL] appended to the list the phrase "...or other person.", meaning that everyone is a mandated reporter.) But neither "child abuse or neglect" nor "reasonably suspect" is ever clearly defined, and people aren't really prosecuted under these laws.
In any case, criminal child abuse is legally substantially different than social service civil child abuse (I know, it doesn't make sense). In felony criminal abuse or any felony, not reporting it is misprisioning a felony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misprision_of_felony, which is usually a crime in the US. Ric Werm has a site on the subject government child "protective" agencies: http://wermenh.com/dcyf.html
Utter bullshit. Do you think foster carers are given some sort of immunity from prosecution? ...
In a way, they do. The foster people are part of the Child Protective Service (CPS) system. They are paid contractors for CPS, and CPS doesn't want them to look bad. In other words, CPS is investigating itself when it comes to investigating foster people hurting the kids CPS places in their custody.
I am indigent, I will only speak to a court appointed public defender, do NOT do what the first one tells you is in you own best interest! Remember the cops and the public defender work for the same entity, you have the right to fire one after the other with the mantra He does not represent my interests, keep doing this until they are forced either to drop the charges or retain a private attorney for you. And remember, some states require that if you invoke the right to a speedy trial they have X number of days to comply or drop the charges (the docket is SO full of killers and rapists, that unless some prosecutor has a hard dick for you, they'll drop).
It's not that simple.That won't work. For starters, the judge can simply deny you the change of attorneys after the first one (or more). Theoretically, you could appeal on the grounds that the judge should have granted you new attorney, but you'd already be in prison or jail. And there are other holes in your stratagy.
It's disparaging that a man who hasn't even been charged is basically being treated like a criminal. I guess when it comes to kids, it's guilty until proven innocent to everyone's satisfaction.
In any state in the US the social services (which have different names depending on the state) child protection services (often called CPS) can take a kid into custody without either the parent or kid even being accused of a crime. The kid goes into foster custody which may be a home-like setting or an institution like a jail. When a kid is removed, unless it's a high profile case, the parents and kids are usually separated forever. The process is fueled by federal money the state agencies get. It has nothing to do with genuine protection. This is sometimes hard for inexperienced people to believe, but it's quite true. Put in plain language: The state governments kidnap kids. I don't read much on the subject anymore, but if you're interested you can begin at Ric Werme's site: http://wermenh.com/dcyf.html