McChord Air Force Base has a couple of C-17s in Christchurch *right now* involved in Operation Deep Freeze. Of course, the jets keep the engines running while cargo goes off and on, and as a point of fact, we are now actually doing NVG landings and take-offs.
Sure, I understand what you're saying. And if enough people did it, it *might* make a difference. Except that most people, especially the kind who shop at "the mall" simply don't care.
I mean, how do you think we in the so-called freedom loving first world countries got to where we are, essentially a collection of Fascist police states?
People are selfish children who care mostly about flashy toys, and as long as we get our flashy toys at prices only sweat-shop workers can produce, we're a happy lot!
In other words, most of us simply don't give a rip.
I once read a book by that really tall economist (forget his name) (I'm sure he is dead by now) who introduced the concept of countervailing forces in economics. The idea is very simple. In a just society every area of activity needs at least two strong opposing forces, each of which prevents the other from running amok. In economics the two are capital and regulation. And the Europeans have realized this. In Europe, people are protected from rapacious capitalists by a network of rules and regulations that protect quality of life. This is why the R's hate Europe. That is why here, their mantra is less regulation. It is one of the main reasons the R's hate government. It is government that imposes those regulations that prevent them from turning us all into serfs.
The only safe way to redact sensitive PDFs or Word (or other word-processing doc) is to black out the data, print it out, and rescan a hard-copy "original".
I think you''re saying something important here: It's *NOT* the price, it's a combination of the quality of the hardware design/execution, and the available apps.
For tablets to develop as a viable "market", hardware manufacturers will need to foster a more healthy app market.
What an asshole. No wonder no one wanted to talk to him.
How DARE you besmirch the memory of such a powerful deity, so meaningful to millions (perhaps BILLIONS) of faithful worshipers.
Your unkind comments have certainly unleashed the Brahman, and you will pay dearly for it.
Expect to die a slow and painful death in a most embarrassing fashion, and in all probability be reincarnated as a common house fly in a spotless bathroom devoid of even a speck of fecal matter or dried skin detritus.
It's not strange either, when we want something done in day to day life, we pay someone to do it. Especially if it's important to us and we want it done quickly; I've already donated 15 pounds.
OK, but maybe that this wonderful and holy volume that has been available in French since 2004, is not "yet" available in English is an indication of lack of interest and desire among English speakers to have this work available to them?
Where there is interest and even a *slim* profit potential, there will generally be translations of technical works such as this.
BUT HEY! If you have the spare cash, there are many less worthy projects around...
I'm not really understanding why it's going to take 15,000 euro.
It's a translation, not a new work. Why not piecemeal it out to like-minded French / English speakers, and then self publish or simply post a torrent of the file (free as in...FREE)?
You know, "community effort"?
By the way, 15,000 euro is (today) about 20,000 $.
I'm sorry, but other than the "walled garden" business and perhaps price issues, what is it about Apple that causes you to say "inferior crap"?
I accept the realistic ideological opinions about the iron-fisted control Apple exerts over its products. But Apple's operating systems and other software are generally powerful and well written and thought out, and their hardware is certainly no worse than any other modern plastic crap - and many would argue Apple hardware is better designed and built than the average off-the-shelf consumer crap.
And, many people as well will argue that Apple's iPod was a music player "game changer" and still superior in terms of quality and usability (I've never owned one, but that's what I hear).
So, is it the "walled garden" that drives you to label Apple "inferior crap"? or are you suggesting that Apple software is poorly written and Apple hardware is no better than an old Gateway or eMachines PC?
By the way, the last Apple product I owned was an Apple ][, though I've used other people's Apple toys... I'm not a "fan boy".
Microsoft invented the file system used by many Android-powered devices to store data on SD cards, including a major enhancement released in 1995 that allowed file names to exceed the 8.3 limitation of early versions of this file system. This enhancement, commonly called "VFAT", is patented. --
Because according to some articles, something is changing the nature of the event - it used to be that only a handful of birds were affected each season, the numbers are now increasing significantly with each season.
Think about it: Where natural selection might have eliminated a certain number of these birds, keeping the total number in the same range year after year, now we "save" them. Thus *OF COURSE* the number of these birds is increasing.
It sounds as though OnStar is poising part of their analytics department to be purchased by a large data warehousing company, such as a Google, or perhaps even an Apple.
Nothing like wild baseless speculation that trashes Slashdot's hated mega-corporation du jour...
Anyway, why would they sell such a huge profit center?
FF is irrelevent to the average US government wonk (like me), as we will never get the chance to install it anyway - Microsoft bought us a long time ago.
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McChord Air Force Base has a couple of C-17s in Christchurch *right now* involved in Operation Deep Freeze. Of course, the jets keep the engines running while cargo goes off and on, and as a point of fact, we are now actually doing NVG landings and take-offs.
Sure, I understand what you're saying. And if enough people did it, it *might* make a difference. Except that most people, especially the kind who shop at "the mall" simply don't care.
I mean, how do you think we in the so-called freedom loving first world countries got to where we are, essentially a collection of Fascist police states?
People are selfish children who care mostly about flashy toys, and as long as we get our flashy toys at prices only sweat-shop workers can produce, we're a happy lot!
In other words, most of us simply don't give a rip.
Sad, but true.
I once read a book by that really tall economist (forget his name) (I'm sure he is dead by now) who introduced the concept of countervailing forces in economics. The idea is very simple. In a just society every area of activity needs at least two strong opposing forces, each of which prevents the other from running amok. In economics the two are capital and regulation. And the Europeans have realized this. In Europe, people are protected from rapacious capitalists by a network of rules and regulations that protect quality of life. This is why the R's hate Europe. That is why here, their mantra is less regulation. It is one of the main reasons the R's hate government. It is government that imposes those regulations that prevent them from turning us all into serfs.
The only safe way to redact sensitive PDFs or Word (or other word-processing doc) is to black out the data, print it out, and rescan a hard-copy "original".
I think you''re saying something important here: It's *NOT* the price, it's a combination of the quality of the hardware design/execution, and the available apps.
For tablets to develop as a viable "market", hardware manufacturers will need to foster a more healthy app market.
When do you plan to set drones loose on Washington?
Well, they found my key logger, so that plan is on the back burner for the time being...
What an asshole. No wonder no one wanted to talk to him.
How DARE you besmirch the memory of such a powerful deity, so meaningful to millions (perhaps BILLIONS) of faithful worshipers.
Your unkind comments have certainly unleashed the Brahman, and you will pay dearly for it.
Expect to die a slow and painful death in a most embarrassing fashion, and in all probability be reincarnated as a common house fly in a spotless bathroom devoid of even a speck of fecal matter or dried skin detritus.
Sure. When I look up "Dog Poop Girl" I need to make sure the government isn't tracking it...
I imagine that those "additions" make Google News more palatable to the "fair use" folks, but to the content owners it's exactly the same thing.
How is this different than Google News? When sites bitch about Google News, I believe Slashdotter's call them greedy and spout "fair use"...
Couldn't we use translation software and then some proofreaders/editors to make the corrections for 5% of the stated cost?
It couldn't be any worse than all the crap that come out of the ass of Packt Publishing day and night.
It's not strange either, when we want something done in day to day life, we pay someone to do it. Especially if it's important to us and we want it done quickly; I've already donated 15 pounds.
OK, but maybe that this wonderful and holy volume that has been available in French since 2004, is not "yet" available in English is an indication of lack of interest and desire among English speakers to have this work available to them?
Where there is interest and even a *slim* profit potential, there will generally be translations of technical works such as this.
BUT HEY! If you have the spare cash, there are many less worthy projects around...
I'm not really understanding why it's going to take 15,000 euro.
It's a translation, not a new work. Why not piecemeal it out to like-minded French / English speakers, and then self publish or simply post a torrent of the file (free as in...FREE)?
You know, "community effort"?
By the way, 15,000 euro is (today) about 20,000 $.
That is the only reason Apple's inferior crap...
I'm sorry, but other than the "walled garden" business and perhaps price issues, what is it about Apple that causes you to say "inferior crap"?
I accept the realistic ideological opinions about the iron-fisted control Apple exerts over its products. But Apple's operating systems and other software are generally powerful and well written and thought out, and their hardware is certainly no worse than any other modern plastic crap - and many would argue Apple hardware is better designed and built than the average off-the-shelf consumer crap.
And, many people as well will argue that Apple's iPod was a music player "game changer" and still superior in terms of quality and usability (I've never owned one, but that's what I hear).
So, is it the "walled garden" that drives you to label Apple "inferior crap"? or are you suggesting that Apple software is poorly written and Apple hardware is no better than an old Gateway or eMachines PC?
By the way, the last Apple product I owned was an Apple ][, though I've used other people's Apple toys... I'm not a "fan boy".
Microsoft Security Products Flag Google Chrome As a Virus
For once, Microsoft get's it right!
Microsoft invented the file system used by many Android-powered devices to store data on SD cards, including a major enhancement released in 1995 that allowed file names to exceed the 8.3 limitation of early versions of this file system. This enhancement, commonly called "VFAT", is patented.
--
Because according to some articles, something is changing the nature of the event - it used to be that only a handful of birds were affected each season, the numbers are now increasing significantly with each season.
Think about it: Where natural selection might have eliminated a certain number of these birds, keeping the total number in the same range year after year, now we "save" them. Thus *OF COURSE* the number of these birds is increasing.
If it's a "natural event", why do they need to be "saved"? Shoudn't we let nature take its course?
Using a service like facebook for free? news flash: You aren't the consumer, you are THE PRODUCT.
Some of us choose to "opt out" of that equation.
find a fleet vehicle and it won't have OnStar installed, but at least in my case, all the other features you might want.
Like 60,000 miles driven by someone who knew it wasn't their car?
Anyone else read "Staxxon" as "Saxton"?
No, but then I have a life.
Isn't this part of Groklaw's new mandate now that SCO is gone?
I guess I didn't make myself clear:
The key to my comment is the quote that OnStar might sell the division to Google or Apple.
I think it's too much of a money maker for OnStar to sell to Google or Apple. They will keep it as a service and rake in the cash-ola.
It sounds as though OnStar is poising part of their analytics department to be purchased by a large data warehousing company, such as a Google, or perhaps even an Apple.
Nothing like wild baseless speculation that trashes Slashdot's hated mega-corporation du jour...
Anyway, why would they sell such a huge profit center?
Since many US government agencies...
Which US gov agencies use FF? None?
FF is irrelevent to the average US government wonk (like me), as we will never get the chance to install it anyway - Microsoft bought us a long time ago.