It is nice to know that you feel like that. The question is if you really are more productive. I am sure that it will depend on several factors. 1) The job. 2) The person
For some jobs contact with others is an extreme plus. To exchange ideas with others. To ask questions and give answers. Your job will most likely be more then just writing code. If it is, then why let YOU do it in the country you live in? Why not just give it to somebody who lives in a cheaper country (could even be you AND you get a higher standard of living with it.)
Some people just do not work well at home. The quality and/or quantity of work goes down. Due to this quality control will be more expensive. The down side then is that people will not believe this and say they do better without actual proof. Many people will be less productive because of several reasons. e.g. they are distracted and say: well, I can do that later.
And others work so well at home, that they work MORE hours. This means you are cutting into your own free (family) time and the reason you wanted to stay home is lost.
For me personally: I AM much more effective at the office then in the quiet of my home. Yes, I have measured it over a longer period of time. Not just a week or a month.
Napster did not turn anybody into anything. They already were a bunch of right wing zealots. Just ask the late Zappa. He was not very happy with them. That was in 1977. I am sure there are other even earlier examples that shows similar things.
If I am able to break into your system, you have a problem with your security.
In Belgium there was a 'hacker' that hacked into a banking system by using the password 'pswrd'. As he just did trial and error, many did not want to call him a hacker. Some people thought that it was better that it was not a real hacker. For me it was worse.
Look at it in another way: 1) I hack your system and tell you what I have found. I might or might not have left backdoors behind. 2) I hack your system and do NOT tell anybody. I might or might not have left backdoors behind.
No, requireing a voter to identify themselves is always racist and a way to conduct voter suppression.
So the US voting system is racist? We know all who voted for whom because all company donations must be made public. And those companies are the ones that do the REAL voting.
I'm a man without a country and that weighs heavy on my mind. It sucks to not be able to feel proud of where I come from anymore
Where you came from is your past. Where you came from is your family. You can still be proud of that. A country (or a nation, if you like) means nothing. It is just a political line on a map. You can not be proud of things where you have no influence. You can be satisfied or even happy that they are there, but you can not be proud of them.
When people ask me what my nationality is, I ask them what it would matter if I told them. I give them several options they can select from: Belgian, Dutch, German, Italian, Argentine, European, Spanish, American, Polish, African, Indonesian,...
The answer that they give is always that it does not matter, so why ask the question in the first place?
Sucks if you loose. And in reality they do not need to prove anything. They just need to convince the judge. And if it is a high profile case, they have it a lot easier.
The problem is that most of the data is not available till it is too late. Or worse, only the data for the government part is available. So when we see X Gazillion is spend on a dead end project, people will shudder. You will seldom hear about this from private companies.
So comparing is very hard. Also people think they have more invested in it, because it is their money, while they do not care to pay for the failed investment with a company when buying their product with a slightly higher price.
So nothing for e.g. rc planes. Nothing for HAM radio. Nothing for indivuduals. All for the companies with the most money.
Possible solution 1) Hello, I am Google and I just bought everything, so there will be NO competition anymore. I will now buy all the phone and other companies, so they can not compete in 10 years time. Prices will be low as they do not have any serious business anymore Possible solution 2) Hello, we are the coalition of phone companies and we bid 1USD.
The problem with the first is that you will create a monopoly. The problem with the second is that you do not get any money. If not getting any money is not a problem, then why sell it in the first place?
Selling it has another disadvantage. It will create false scarcity and that will drive up prices. So instead of the intention of competition to drive down prices for the consumer, it will drive up prices in these cases.
Trowing and catching a stick does not mean the same thing. All you need is something where the stick falls into. A pendulum means it still needs to be 'standing'.
So it means that not only do you need to be where the stick is, you also need to keep it 'standing'. It is that second part that makes this interesting.
Acting like an asshole should not be reason enough to get his yacht confiscated. It might sometimes be a good idea, but for now being an asshole is not enough of a reason.
So if the customs agent wrote such a thing, there would be no difference and perhaps it would be even worse as the agent then would have admitted of going in against the law.
Actually, sure. Give me a checkbox that says filter adult images, porn images etc from search results. Any time. Please. But allow me to go and uncheck it.
If the store where I buy my milk breaks the law, I would expect them to be punished and fined. This has nothing to do what I think of the price of their milk or if I even buy at that store. Google is breaking the law. They should get out and stop doing business even with those who are willing to do business with them until they stop breaking the law.
Even if I have a contract with them and I am completely agree with what they do with my data, they STILL are breaking the law.
Now you can think that the law is stupid. Or you can think that the law is unjust. That still does not change the fact that they are breaking the law.
Nobody is forcing Google to do business in Europe. If they are unwilling to follow the law, then don't do business there. If they are unable to follow the law, then don't do business there.
Imagine if the European brewers would start giving beer tastings to people between the age of 18 to 21 saying: hey, we don't force it up onto them and we do the same in e.g. Belgium in the supermarkets.
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It is nice to know that you feel like that. The question is if you really are more productive.
I am sure that it will depend on several factors.
1) The job.
2) The person
For some jobs contact with others is an extreme plus. To exchange ideas with others. To ask questions and give answers.
Your job will most likely be more then just writing code. If it is, then why let YOU do it in the country you live in? Why not just give it to somebody who lives in a cheaper country (could even be you AND you get a higher standard of living with it.)
Some people just do not work well at home. The quality and/or quantity of work goes down. Due to this quality control will be more expensive.
The down side then is that people will not believe this and say they do better without actual proof.
Many people will be less productive because of several reasons. e.g. they are distracted and say: well, I can do that later.
And others work so well at home, that they work MORE hours. This means you are cutting into your own free (family) time and the reason you wanted to stay home is lost.
For me personally: I AM much more effective at the office then in the quiet of my home. Yes, I have measured it over a longer period of time. Not just a week or a month.
I want the manufacturers to sign. The carriers should do what they do: be carriers. They should not be hardware and software providers.
Napster did not turn anybody into anything. They already were a bunch of right wing zealots. Just ask the late Zappa. He was not very happy with them. That was in 1977.
I am sure there are other even earlier examples that shows similar things.
And before that we had the video cassette. For videos we had VHS.
Also : music is NOT set free. The last time music was free was before copyright.
If I am able to break into your system, you have a problem with your security.
In Belgium there was a 'hacker' that hacked into a banking system by using the password 'pswrd'. As he just did trial and error, many did not want to call him a hacker.
Some people thought that it was better that it was not a real hacker. For me it was worse.
Look at it in another way:
1) I hack your system and tell you what I have found. I might or might not have left backdoors behind.
2) I hack your system and do NOT tell anybody. I might or might not have left backdoors behind.
Human nature?
So the US voting system is racist? We know all who voted for whom because all company donations must be made public. And those companies are the ones that do the REAL voting.
Where you came from is your past. Where you came from is your family. You can still be proud of that.
A country (or a nation, if you like) means nothing. It is just a political line on a map.
You can not be proud of things where you have no influence. You can be satisfied or even happy that they are there, but you can not be proud of them.
When people ask me what my nationality is, I ask them what it would matter if I told them. I give them several options they can select from: ...
Belgian, Dutch, German, Italian, Argentine, European, Spanish, American, Polish, African, Indonesian,
The answer that they give is always that it does not matter, so why ask the question in the first place?
Sucks if you loose. And in reality they do not need to prove anything. They just need to convince the judge.
And if it is a high profile case, they have it a lot easier.
I thought the same about cable. However I just canceled mine.
Good thing the creator of torrents.
The problem is that most of the data is not available till it is too late. Or worse, only the data for the government part is available.
So when we see X Gazillion is spend on a dead end project, people will shudder. You will seldom hear about this from private companies.
So comparing is very hard. Also people think they have more invested in it, because it is their money, while they do not care to pay for the failed investment with a company when buying their product with a slightly higher price.
I think this is better then to give the companies a lot of money and assume they will do it, like they did in the USofA.
And giving that money directly to the companies: If your nations economy can support this, then why not? Oh wait.
So nothing for e.g. rc planes. Nothing for HAM radio. Nothing for indivuduals. All for the companies with the most money.
Possible solution 1)
Hello, I am Google and I just bought everything, so there will be NO competition anymore. I will now buy all the phone and other companies, so they can not compete in 10 years time. Prices will be low as they do not have any serious business anymore
Possible solution 2)
Hello, we are the coalition of phone companies and we bid 1USD.
The problem with the first is that you will create a monopoly.
The problem with the second is that you do not get any money. If not getting any money is not a problem, then why sell it in the first place?
Selling it has another disadvantage. It will create false scarcity and that will drive up prices. So instead of the intention of competition to drive down prices for the consumer, it will drive up prices in these cases.
And if everyone has the degree, it becomes useless for hiring purposes.
The degree should make you special You are not special
Trowing and catching a stick does not mean the same thing. All you need is something where the stick falls into.
A pendulum means it still needs to be 'standing'.
So it means that not only do you need to be where the stick is, you also need to keep it 'standing'. It is that second part that makes this interesting.
So cute. You still think the constitution matters.
(I probably will go to hell for this)
You lake it sound as if they are two opposite things. They are identical.
Just think about it.
Acting like an asshole should not be reason enough to get his yacht confiscated. It might sometimes be a good idea, but for now being an asshole is not enough of a reason.
So if the customs agent wrote such a thing, there would be no difference and perhaps it would be even worse as the agent then would have admitted of going in against the law.
One countries terrorist is another countries freedom fighter.
Actually, sure. Give me a checkbox that says filter adult images, porn images etc from search results. Any time. Please. But allow me to go and uncheck it.
Oh wait, that is not possible, because Google has disabled that option.
I did that once: looking for a 15 year old boy. I must say, Chris Hansen is a nice guy and very understanding once I explained the misunderstanding.
And that should be a reason for not running Linux?
Oddest reason I have ever heard.
I would call my modem, so I can make a connection to the Interweb and then remove any record from the police file, so they have to let me go.
If the store where I buy my milk breaks the law, I would expect them to be punished and fined. This has nothing to do what I think of the price of their milk or if I even buy at that store.
Google is breaking the law. They should get out and stop doing business even with those who are willing to do business with them until they stop breaking the law.
Even if I have a contract with them and I am completely agree with what they do with my data, they STILL are breaking the law.
Now you can think that the law is stupid. Or you can think that the law is unjust. That still does not change the fact that they are breaking the law.
Nobody is forcing Google to do business in Europe.
If they are unwilling to follow the law, then don't do business there.
If they are unable to follow the law, then don't do business there.
Imagine if the European brewers would start giving beer tastings to people between the age of 18 to 21 saying: hey, we don't force it up onto them and we do the same in e.g. Belgium in the supermarkets.