"You want a pointless and totally meaningless system, use the Pentium 4 system. I at least liked knowing by looking what the clock speed was, even if it did mean nothing."
Yeah, you'll probably continue to think it's worth it up until your daughter is raped and mutilated in a back alley or your son shot to death. Or both.
Living in low-rent areas might be good for the wallet and warm fuzzies about family and such, but it's still a crime cesspit.
Ther general thought about that is simple: Get to know your immediate neighbors, sure they are trash, but "if you know them good and they know you good" then you immediately lower worries about crimes of indefferance. The goal (for my wife and I) is to move up in life (as I'm sure is everyones). It's just that durring our childrens formative years we want a parent to be home. My wife is taking night classes and is well on her way to a MS&|PhD, so once the kids are school aged, I'll drop to part time, and she can be the bread winner. I code for a reasonable portion of my job as it is now, so I can drop the other work and just code. Come in after dropping the kids off at school, leave to pick them up. They still get a parent at home and I can feel good that I've been a responsible parent, not one of these people I see with kids they obviously didn't raise, because their kids run amok, don't listen/behaive/respect/etc. (kids will be kids, yes. . . but it's obvious when a nanny raised the kids, at least where I live). [/rant] -nB
I agree with your logic, that companies would never leave their data to an external vendor (in this particular way), but I still think there is a fly in the ointment: How do I polish my presentation while in the air on the way to a client.
Client side computing has too good of a foothold for most applications (for good reason IMHO) for it to go anywhere. it is here to stay. -nB
I work for a major semiconductor company. I have what would be considered a fairly decent job (not great, but decent). I have two kids I love dearly. The four of us live in white trash low rent appartments because we decided to give our kids more of our time than our money. As a result My daughter (at barely over two) is starting to learn how to read, can speak excellent english (on par with 5 year olds), and is on track to outpace her peers by a huge margin. My son, at 5 months old, still mostly eats and shits, but he's a happy food processor.
Where in California are you? I've been thinking about going the BioDiesel route myself (I'm in Sac). My real question for you is which fuel option are you using? SVO, MVO, MWVO*? and how is it turning out? -nB * Straight Vegetable Oil (cut with petro diesel or twin tank system) Methalated vegetable oil (basically diesel fuel) Methalated waste vegetable oil (Environmental friendliest, most work to do)
Busses in the Sacramento Metro area burn CNG. Basically a modified diesel design, low maintenance, ultra low emission fuel. Still, they could improve (I think) as it would take me 40-60 minutes to get to my job via bus, or 10-15 min by private vehicle. until the delta between the two gets smaller I'll drive my beater that gets just over 10mpg. Thanks. -nB
Right, so there are two problems: Apple not licnecing DRM and the RIAA How does the RIAA enforce the price point of music? Stipulating that I have iPod DRM compatibility in my pocket and all I have to overcome is the RIAA, how would I do that? -nB
To finish your sentance: as opposed to the price that the market sets.
The problem is that other than a couple on-line wanabies and a grey source (allofmp3) the apple store is the only source. The monopoly still exists.
What we really need is another eStore to open, selling comparible (and compatible DRM) music at slightly lower prices (97c anybody). Let the market open and the pricewar evolve. shortly one of the two will pick up the 'variable price per song based on download rate as a measure of popularity' method on their own. At that point the RIAA's attempts to shut down either become clear anti-trust.
What I don't know is why can't this happen? Apple licencing of DRM? or record execs (RIAA) being a PITA? Why can't I start selling music on my own, just set up shop and go? -nB
I'm well aware of that. I've worked in the field. My point is that I can not, without unlocking my phone, use it on another cariers *compatible* network, even though I'm paying for the phone up-front. -nB
Could somebody explain to me why the above post is flamebait? I'm explaining how I interprate the California Tax code! geeze.
If you want flaimbait here: [flame suit] you retarded mods are why I usually post anon, cause you wouldn't know a post that is fine on it's own from an insightful turd laying in the middle of the road! [/flame suit] -nB
Not according to my paperwork from the SBA and FTB. I'm not required to collect sales tax on purchases, nor am I required to make the customer pay them. If the item sold is subject to use tax I have to not that on the reciept, not the other way around. -nB
I had the option (at another US "local" carrier) to buy or contract. If I bought the phone it was mine and my "contract" was for one month of service, renewable monthly. However, the phone (AFAIK) would not work with another carrier even if I opted for the no-contract option. The US seems to have looked the other way on this type of lock-in for too long. Now that we care it will be very difficult to change the status quo.
Use tax == sales tax The term Use Tax refers to when you, as a retailer, buy something as if you were to re-sale it, but later consume it yourself. It is not specific to on-line sales. I do use it for such though and to make my on-line business easier I do as follows: Flat price for everyone. If the end buyer is (delivery is taken) in CA then I simply pay the "use tax" on the item. The customer never sees a sales tax entry. While this lowers my profit on CA purchases, the bulk of my business comes from other states, where I don't have to charge tax because I don't have a brick and mortar anything there. Makes the on-line shop software dead easy too. -nB
Have you ever heard of the ARPAnet? You are a nitwit. The internet was developed for military communication that would be fault tolerant (as in nuke), it was later that the uni's started using it, finally branching out from universities to the public around the world.
The internet was founded and paid for by the US government.
Besides, once you go to a country code domain you go to that countries domain servers. -nB
"I've heard of research for laptops to do a similar thing where the heatpipes actually carry a chemical that does phase change cooling (how your refridgerator keeps things cool)."
hate to break it to you, but the current crop does that already. That's how heatpipes work. -nB
Slashdot Mirror
Actually, IIRC they are given to the recipient for free ;)
-nB
"I don't know the if the same thing happens at other Tier-1 companies."
it does. I'm (the corp I work for) a customer of several tier 1's. All static route that I know of.
-nB
"You want a pointless and totally meaningless system, use the Pentium 4 system. I at least liked knowing by looking what the clock speed was, even if it did mean nothing."
You mean like the AMD system too?
-nB
Thanks for the link. :-)
My girl won't stop talking
good read though.
-nB
Yeah, you'll probably continue to think it's worth it up until your daughter is raped and mutilated in a back alley or your son shot to death. Or both.
Living in low-rent areas might be good for the wallet and warm fuzzies about family and such, but it's still a crime cesspit.
Ther general thought about that is simple:
Get to know your immediate neighbors, sure they are trash, but "if you know them good and they know you good" then you immediately lower worries about crimes of indefferance. The goal (for my wife and I) is to move up in life (as I'm sure is everyones). It's just that durring our childrens formative years we want a parent to be home. My wife is taking night classes and is well on her way to a MS&|PhD, so once the kids are school aged, I'll drop to part time, and she can be the bread winner.
I code for a reasonable portion of my job as it is now, so I can drop the other work and just code. Come in after dropping the kids off at school, leave to pick them up. They still get a parent at home and I can feel good that I've been a responsible parent, not one of these people I see with kids they obviously didn't raise, because their kids run amok, don't listen/behaive/respect/etc. (kids will be kids, yes. . . but it's obvious when a nanny raised the kids, at least where I live).
[/rant]
-nB
In other words: a return to "Big Iron"
I agree with your logic, that companies would never leave their data to an external vendor (in this particular way), but I still think there is a fly in the ointment: How do I polish my presentation while in the air on the way to a client.
Client side computing has too good of a foothold for most applications (for good reason IMHO) for it to go anywhere. it is here to stay.
-nB
I work for a major semiconductor company.
I have what would be considered a fairly decent job (not great, but decent).
I have two kids I love dearly.
The four of us live in white trash low rent appartments because we decided to give our kids more of our time than our money.
As a result My daughter (at barely over two) is starting to learn how to read, can speak excellent english (on par with 5 year olds), and is on track to outpace her peers by a huge margin.
My son, at 5 months old, still mostly eats and shits, but he's a happy food processor.
I think it is worth it.
-nB
So lets make a holy grail video game full of blood and guts, but with gay crusaders!
Problem solved (heh)
-nB
Gawd I wish I had mod points. You just made it worth it to wake up on a monday at 5 in the morning.
-nB
I think the total consumption of resouces is the same between Diesel and CNG, but CNG is cheaper by way of pollution credits.
-nB
(-1 error in nitpick) That would be sulfuric not hydrochloric acid in a lead-acid battery.
-nB
Where in California are you?
I've been thinking about going the BioDiesel route myself (I'm in Sac).
My real question for you is which fuel option are you using? SVO, MVO, MWVO*? and how is it turning out?
-nB
*
Straight Vegetable Oil (cut with petro diesel or twin tank system)
Methalated vegetable oil (basically diesel fuel)
Methalated waste vegetable oil (Environmental friendliest, most work to do)
Busses in the Sacramento Metro area burn CNG. Basically a modified diesel design, low maintenance, ultra low emission fuel. Still, they could improve (I think) as it would take me 40-60 minutes to get to my job via bus, or 10-15 min by private vehicle. until the delta between the two gets smaller I'll drive my beater that gets just over 10mpg. Thanks.
-nB
Hybrids would make sense for couriers and letter carriers most of all. All day driving, usually stop and go.
-nB
Right, so there are two problems:
Apple not licnecing DRM and the RIAA
How does the RIAA enforce the price point of music?
Stipulating that I have iPod DRM compatibility in my pocket and all I have to overcome is the RIAA, how would I do that?
-nB
To finish your sentance: as opposed to the price that the market sets.
The problem is that other than a couple on-line wanabies and a grey source (allofmp3) the apple store is the only source. The monopoly still exists.
What we really need is another eStore to open, selling comparible (and compatible DRM) music at slightly lower prices (97c anybody). Let the market open and the pricewar evolve. shortly one of the two will pick up the 'variable price per song based on download rate as a measure of popularity' method on their own. At that point the RIAA's attempts to shut down either become clear anti-trust.
What I don't know is why can't this happen? Apple licencing of DRM? or record execs (RIAA) being a PITA?
Why can't I start selling music on my own, just set up shop and go?
-nB
-1 nitpick, Edison was not an inventor or experimentor, he was a marketer, the Bill Gates of his day.
That aside, I would answer the question as: Hacking is the artful application of science.
-nB
I'm well aware of that. I've worked in the field. My point is that I can not, without unlocking my phone, use it on another cariers *compatible* network, even though I'm paying for the phone up-front.
-nB
Could somebody explain to me why the above post is flamebait?
I'm explaining how I interprate the California Tax code!
geeze.
If you want flaimbait here:
[flame suit]
you retarded mods are why I usually post anon, cause you wouldn't know a post that is fine on it's own from an insightful turd laying in the middle of the road!
[/flame suit]
-nB
Not according to my paperwork from the SBA and FTB.
I'm not required to collect sales tax on purchases, nor am I required to make the customer pay them. If the item sold is subject to use tax I have to not that on the reciept, not the other way around.
-nB
I had the option (at another US "local" carrier) to buy or contract. If I bought the phone it was mine and my "contract" was for one month of service, renewable monthly. However, the phone (AFAIK) would not work with another carrier even if I opted for the no-contract option.
The US seems to have looked the other way on this type of lock-in for too long. Now that we care it will be very difficult to change the status quo.
-nB
Use tax == sales tax
The term Use Tax refers to when you, as a retailer, buy something as if you were to re-sale it, but later consume it yourself. It is not specific to on-line sales. I do use it for such though and to make my on-line business easier I do as follows:
Flat price for everyone. If the end buyer is (delivery is taken) in CA then I simply pay the "use tax" on the item. The customer never sees a sales tax entry. While this lowers my profit on CA purchases, the bulk of my business comes from other states, where I don't have to charge tax because I don't have a brick and mortar anything there.
Makes the on-line shop software dead easy too.
-nB
Have you ever heard of the ARPAnet?
You are a nitwit. The internet was developed for military communication that would be fault tolerant (as in nuke), it was later that the uni's started using it, finally branching out from universities to the public around the world.
The internet was founded and paid for by the US government.
Besides, once you go to a country code domain you go to that countries domain servers.
-nB
"I've heard of research for laptops to do a similar thing where the heatpipes actually carry a chemical that does phase change cooling (how your refridgerator keeps things cool)."
hate to break it to you, but the current crop does that already. That's how heatpipes work.
-nB
sorry, temp stabile range is: (-135C to 61C)
beyond that the phase transision sucks away tons more heat and we use peltiers for a bit of a boost.
-nB