I have lost several TB in data. Personal pictures and movies are the greatest loss, I guess. Somehow the world did not come to an end and it feels refreshing ditching all that data I never actually used or looked at.
Nobody really cared or cares that it is lost. Otherwise I would have had people asking about it.
Look at any hoarders tv show and then look at your HD and ask yourself if you really need all that stuff on your HD.
The constitution is nothing but a piece of paper. It is upon its readers to decide if they want to follow it or not.
Be sure that if it had said that copyright would not be possible and everything should be done under GPL, the industry would have found a way to do what it wants.
I can not even blame that industry for trying. I can only blame the people that voted for those who allow it.
Imagine you are a kid and in 30 years you have kids yourself. You want to sing them a song your mom sang to you as a kid, but you can't, because there is a copyright on it for 30 years.
So you wait another 30 and want to sing it to your grand child, but you can't, because there is a copyright on it for 70 years. So you wait another 30 and just before you die, you want to sing it to your great-grand-child, but you can't, because there is a 70+70 year copyright on it.
Mod parent up (even tough I disagree with his point of view)
I don't think Google has the same kind of motivations that Microsoft did, though the final effects may be the same. Microsoft was about forcefully expanding their market presence to ensure success, while Google's is to provide free services in order to track more and more personal data and deliver more ads. For what it's worth, I doubt this initiative from Google to create their own web platform will be successful.
They are both companies. Their natural goal is to make as much money as possible. This will mean that they will be wanting to expand their market share. At some point this will happen with force.
Also: Google's thing is not to provide free service. Their goal is to sell ad space. The free service is just to lure the product they sell (the people using it) so they can sell more of it.
Please don't do this if you have kids. Wait till they moved out. It is extremely frustrating if you are forced to find new friends because of a decision you had no serious say in. So at least ask them and if they say no: don't move. If they have doubts: Do not go. Only if they are the asking party, then think about it.
My parents moved several times to get myself and my sister a better house. We both now agree that this is not something we would do for our children. My sisters husband got a great job offered and it was declined because of the children. Now they are out, they moved.
Obviously, when your 18 year old kids still lives at home, you can kick them out and move. If you are nice, you could even tell them where you moved to.;-)
And in about 2 years my wife and I are going to retire to open a restaurant as we need to do something
You use that word 'retire' but I don';t think it means what you think it means. Seriosuly, re-think what you want to do: 1) Run a restaurant which means working 24 hours a day and if need be at night as well. That is if you want to make money and not loose it. Money can go fast in the restaurant business. 2) Retire
Running a restaurant is not the same as cooking.
I hear many people say that they would love to buy a pub, a restaurant or a small hotel. It sounds so nice, because all that they see is the time they spend as a guest. They do not see the stuff that goes on behind the scenes. The fact that you have no social life, because you work all the time.
yes, do something you like, but understand that running a business is not the same as retiring. Not by a long shot.
If cooking is your passion, why not do catering? You can decide when and how much work you take and you won't be making the same kind of food day in day out. You could decide to have only Friday and Saturday parties. That would mean you will be doing your prep on Thursday, parties on Friday and Saturday and finish on Sunday. Once you have that rolling, you will still have plenty of time to be retired while still being able to do what you like.
What we need is to make sure the pat down remains an option. I get that every time they want to send me through the scanner. I just go through the opt out line that lets me get patted down.
No, that is not the solution. The solution is not to have either body scanners or pat downs.
I rather take my chances die in a terrorist attack then to give up my personal freedom. Give me liberty or give me death!
With the enormous amount of passwords and logins we must remember, I feel that passwords are a technical solution to a social problem. The problem is that the majority (if not all) IT people look at it as if their system is the only one that needs to be protected. So they will implement a very secure system. They leave out only one not so unimportant element: human behavior.
People think that these bundled sales are great because they are cheaper. In reality they are not made cheaper, the just make the rest more expensive. And they don't subsidize anything. You do.
The reason they do this is because 1) You spend more money b) You spend more money *) More money you will spend
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No. I will also tell you why: they didn't give the poster of the movie the benefit of the doubt. So why should we?
I think that is the asnwer to your question.
Or a /. editor an editor.
Or just learn to live without it.
I have lost several TB in data. Personal pictures and movies are the greatest loss, I guess. Somehow the world did not come to an end and it feels refreshing ditching all that data I never actually used or looked at.
Nobody really cared or cares that it is lost. Otherwise I would have had people asking about it.
Look at any hoarders tv show and then look at your HD and ask yourself if you really need all that stuff on your HD.
The constitution is nothing but a piece of paper. It is upon its readers to decide if they want to follow it or not.
Be sure that if it had said that copyright would not be possible and everything should be done under GPL, the industry would have found a way to do what it wants.
I can not even blame that industry for trying. I can only blame the people that voted for those who allow it.
I am pretty lazy. Can somebody else come up with a Facebook joke?
It is nice to compare companies with parents. But parents are people and companies are not. Oh wait.
Imagine you are a kid and in 30 years you have kids yourself. You want to sing them a song your mom sang to you as a kid, but you can't, because there is a copyright on it for 30 years.
So you wait another 30 and want to sing it to your grand child, but you can't, because there is a copyright on it for 70 years. So you wait another 30 and just before you die, you want to sing it to your great-grand-child, but you can't, because there is a 70+70 year copyright on it.
And my point is that it is. At least in the same way is it is Microsofts or any other company that is large enough.
Mod parent up (even tough I disagree with his point of view)
They are both companies. Their natural goal is to make as much money as possible. This will mean that they will be wanting to expand their market share. At some point this will happen with force.
Also: Google's thing is not to provide free service. Their goal is to sell ad space. The free service is just to lure the product they sell (the people using it) so they can sell more of it.
Please don't do this if you have kids. Wait till they moved out. It is extremely frustrating if you are forced to find new friends because of a decision you had no serious say in.
So at least ask them and if they say no: don't move. If they have doubts: Do not go. Only if they are the asking party, then think about it.
My parents moved several times to get myself and my sister a better house. We both now agree that this is not something we would do for our children. My sisters husband got a great job offered and it was declined because of the children. Now they are out, they moved.
Obviously, when your 18 year old kids still lives at home, you can kick them out and move. If you are nice, you could even tell them where you moved to. ;-)
You use that word 'retire' but I don';t think it means what you think it means.
Seriosuly, re-think what you want to do:
1) Run a restaurant which means working 24 hours a day and if need be at night as well. That is if you want to make money and not loose it. Money can go fast in the restaurant business.
2) Retire
Running a restaurant is not the same as cooking.
I hear many people say that they would love to buy a pub, a restaurant or a small hotel. It sounds so nice, because all that they see is the time they spend as a guest. They do not see the stuff that goes on behind the scenes. The fact that you have no social life, because you work all the time.
yes, do something you like, but understand that running a business is not the same as retiring. Not by a long shot.
If cooking is your passion, why not do catering? You can decide when and how much work you take and you won't be making the same kind of food day in day out. You could decide to have only Friday and Saturday parties. That would mean you will be doing your prep on Thursday, parties on Friday and Saturday and finish on Sunday. Once you have that rolling, you will still have plenty of time to be retired while still being able to do what you like.
The only responsible offer would be that SCO gives anybody who buys them money.
"You should always be prepared."
WOLF!
My great aunt was 115. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrikje_van_Andel-Schipper
My dad has her birth certificate. Also look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_people
No, that is not the solution. The solution is not to have either body scanners or pat downs.
I rather take my chances die in a terrorist attack then to give up my personal freedom. Give me liberty or give me death!
It is a well known thing. Several movies are done about it
The wave : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083316/
Das experiment : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250258/
And that last one will lead you to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
Power corrupts.
Link to full article around the paywall? Are you a Chinese hacker?
The first hint that they do not care about your privacy is that they demand and show your real name.
Unfortunately it means that this generation grows up with the idea of "If you have nothing to hide, why keep it private?"
With the enormous amount of passwords and logins we must remember, I feel that passwords are a technical solution to a social problem.
The problem is that the majority (if not all) IT people look at it as if their system is the only one that needs to be protected. So they will implement a very secure system. They leave out only one not so unimportant element: human behavior.
Current time? Was there ever a time that they did not do that?
Ask the Vietnam protesters if the police was all love and peace.
The reason that you think it didn't happen is because there were no real big demonstrations.
Make the politicians look less fake.
If they want him to live from their earnings, they should have written a song.
People think that these bundled sales are great because they are cheaper. In reality they are not made cheaper, the just make the rest more expensive. And they don't subsidize anything. You do.
The reason they do this is because
1) You spend more money
b) You spend more money
*) More money you will spend
Because it tells you their nationality.
First line in TFA
New Delhi: Mohammed Wasim is a young helpline operator at India's National Association for the Blind [...]