Let's say that "rich boy" and "poor boy" live the same distance from work, with a similiar house, and the same size family.
There are just fixed costs in life that don't scale down. If one makes 10x less than someone else there reaches a point where you can't say "well, you should spend 10x less on food, or 10x less on medical care". IT DOESN'T SCALE DOWN!!
I love capitalism and I don't want to live in a socialist country, but at the same time I'm not a market fundamentalist.
Capitalism may ensure efficient distribution of capital (assuming it's not being manipulated by the powers that be), but it doesn't ensure everyone eats or everyone gets an education (even if they have potential).
"They might get us first" is one of the worst justifications for military action--just slightly better than "we must bomb the country to bring peace to the region".
Sales tax = regressive taxation = hurts the poor much more than the rich
Poor Boy buys a $20,000 car pays $1000 or 5.0% of his income. Rich Boy buys a $60,000 car pays $3000 or 1.0% of his income.
Conservatives love this, too. When the Republicans took over the Iowa Legislature 10 years ago (and things were good) they cut income tax by 10% across the board (giving a massive break, in terms of real dollars to the rich).
Years later, when things weren't so good, they raised the state sales tax 1%, which had the same affect: hurting the poor in terms of both real dollars and % of income.
Let's clean up our existing tax laws first--eliminate the subsidy on SUVs, make it harder to create tax shelters in the Caribbean.
Going to a straight popular vote would, perversely, represent the end of American democracy. Candidates would be inclined to cater to a few urban areas where they can buy the most votes for their buck (or their promise), effectively disenfranchising rural voters. To the extent that the presidency is a representative office, it should represent Peoria and Birmingham as much as it represents New York and Los Angeles.
Is it much better that they are spending all of their time in Swing States that represent less than half of the population?
If a candidate decided to spend their time in California instead of Minnesota, that's unfortunate for Minnesota. It's far worse to have a candidate to choose Minnesota over California: California has 6 times as many people!
And everyone said it was a shameless copy of Java.
Enums, autoboxing of primitive types, and metadata...I suppose this is "inovation", right? There was no shameless copying of C# in any of these new features. It was all about customer demand.
I'm not not putting down Java. I'm just saying one should think twice before judging the demands of a customer segment. I'd just like to see a feature list of things not in C# so I can see some original thinking on Sun's part.
There is an issue of severity and immediacy. You'll get cancer from coal power plants, but it'll take year of exposure, not a single jump in the river.
Oh I know. I felt horrible. It actually made me really mad at women in (parts) of the tech industry are treated. I came to expect any good looking woman to be simply eye candy.
I went to the GDC in San Jose in 2002. Almost every booth had a beautiful woman that would approach me when I walked by, give her little 30 second schpeel and then bring me to someone who "really" knew what they were talking about.
I started getting cocking as I figured out how this worked (it was my first conference.)
Late in the day I was looking through some literature at a booth and another beautiful woman approached me asking if I had any questions. I said that if I had any questions I'd find someone who "really" knows what they are talking about.
"We will we continue to go down this [SourceForge] path," Matusow said, making it clear it was a strategy decision embraced at all levels at Redmond. "It's not about whether it's right or wrong to release source code. It's about what's good for our customers and how it fits into our business."
Wow. Open Source as just another tool. Just like free markets. To be used and supported when it makes sense.
That almost sounds reasonable...and it's from a manager at Microsoft!
If any of these passwords look hauntingly familiar and are being used, you should change the password immediately...because if someone hasn't tried it yet, they will now.
Unlike the reason Sun created Java, which was to increase love and understanding in the world and had nothing to do with turning a profic...and the reason IBM is pushing Linux...because they think it spawns a world of open friendship, not because they make a mountain of cash consulting.
Evil Microsoft, trying to make money. How dare they!
I can't believe these comments still get modded as funny.
Researchers in North Carolina State University's Department of Computer Science have developed a new data transfer protocol for the Internet that makes today's high-speed Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) connections seem lethargic.
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Let's say that "rich boy" and "poor boy" live the same distance from work, with a similiar house, and the same size family.
There are just fixed costs in life that don't scale down. If one makes 10x less than someone else there reaches a point where you can't say "well, you should spend 10x less on food, or 10x less on medical care". IT DOESN'T SCALE DOWN!!
I love capitalism and I don't want to live in a socialist country, but at the same time I'm not a market fundamentalist.
Capitalism may ensure efficient distribution of capital (assuming it's not being manipulated by the powers that be), but it doesn't ensure everyone eats or everyone gets an education (even if they have potential).
There is a balance, my friends.
Quick! We should bomb Canada before they get us!
Okay, that's a little extreme, but still...
"They might get us first" is one of the worst justifications for military action--just slightly better than "we must bomb the country to bring peace to the region".
Be careful of government sponsored text books.
Japan's navy was destroyed and they were surrounded by allies: China, Russia, US.
We didn't drop the bomb to end WWII. We dropped the bomb to start the Cold War.
Hey USSR: We have the bomb and we're not afraid to use it.
Sales tax = regressive taxation = hurts the poor much more than the rich
Poor Boy buys a $20,000 car pays $1000 or 5.0% of his income.
Rich Boy buys a $60,000 car pays $3000 or 1.0% of his income.
Conservatives love this, too. When the Republicans took over the Iowa Legislature 10 years ago (and things were good) they cut income tax by 10% across the board (giving a massive break, in terms of real dollars to the rich).
Years later, when things weren't so good, they raised the state sales tax 1%, which had the same affect: hurting the poor in terms of both real dollars and % of income.
Let's clean up our existing tax laws first--eliminate the subsidy on SUVs, make it harder to create tax shelters in the Caribbean.
I know a bunch of people who have had no luck and one couple who is now married.
If your only other option is than sitting at home with Rosie Palm, pay the $20 a month.
They forgot to mention "development, delivery, and adoption," oh, and did we forget MAKE MONEY. Ooops...must have forgot.
You can't make any kind of margins without having some kind of lock-in. Sad, but true.
Is it much better that they are spending all of their time in Swing States that represent less than half of the population?
If a candidate decided to spend their time in California instead of Minnesota, that's unfortunate for Minnesota. It's far worse to have a candidate to choose Minnesota over California: California has 6 times as many people!
Even easier: http://www.google.com/google.reg
Save it and double-click to add it to the registy.
And everyone said it was a shameless copy of Java.
Enums, autoboxing of primitive types, and metadata...I suppose this is "inovation", right? There was no shameless copying of C# in any of these new features. It was all about customer demand.
I'm not not putting down Java. I'm just saying one should think twice before judging the demands of a customer segment. I'd just like to see a feature list of things not in C# so I can see some original thinking on Sun's part.
I'm not sure if you were just joking or really asking a question.
:-)
Both.
Q: What's Blackbird?
A: Exactly.
Q: No, really, what's Blackbird?
Totally agree. Some movies (like the Matrix or Lord of the Rings) you want to see in a theatre or in all it's HD glory.
Documentaries, love stories, comedies--I'm happy watching these at 640x480 at a slight angle with people occasionally getting up to get more pop corn.
You are absolutely right: down sampling completely kills his argument.
I heard a bunch of stuff about XTP a while ago, but not much recently.
Here's what Google finds:
http://www2.ics.hawaii.edu/~blanca/nets/xtp.html
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/internet/xtp.html
There is an issue of severity and immediacy. You'll get cancer from coal power plants, but it'll take year of exposure, not a single jump in the river.
I do agree with you, though.
Oh I know. I felt horrible. It actually made me really mad at women in (parts) of the tech industry are treated. I came to expect any good looking woman to be simply eye candy.
Booth bunnies are a sad way to sell video cards.
I went to the GDC in San Jose in 2002. Almost every booth had a beautiful woman that would approach me when I walked by, give her little 30 second schpeel and then bring me to someone who "really" knew what they were talking about.
I started getting cocking as I figured out how this worked (it was my first conference.)
Late in the day I was looking through some literature at a booth and another beautiful woman approached me asking if I had any questions. I said that if I had any questions I'd find someone who "really" knows what they are talking about.
Her reply: "Um, I'm the vice president."
Ooops...
I love this quote:Wow. Open Source as just another tool. Just like free markets. To be used and supported when it makes sense.
That almost sounds reasonable...and it's from a manager at Microsoft!
If any of these passwords look hauntingly familiar and are being used, you should change the password immediately...because if someone hasn't tried it yet, they will now.
Unlike the reason Sun created Java, which was to increase love and understanding in the world and had nothing to do with turning a profic...and the reason IBM is pushing Linux...because they think it spawns a world of open friendship, not because they make a mountain of cash consulting.
Evil Microsoft, trying to make money. How dare they!
I can't believe these comments still get modded as funny.
For those that found a dead link, a better article: 'Better' TCP Invented
Researchers in North Carolina State University's Department of Computer Science have developed a new data transfer protocol for the Internet that makes today's high-speed Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) connections seem lethargic.
The Einstein Factor : A Proven New Method for Increasing Your Intelligence
A very cool book, some simple concepts, interesting research. I was suprised by the results.
Take a look.
Wired had a great article about this in September: The New Diamond Age
The diamond industry is scared. It's interesting.
(Check out the cover from this issue...Damn!)
So the employees of SCO run around proclaiming the bullshit that Darl McBride makes up while trying to convert the dumb and naive?
Sounds like Darl is following the teachings of Joseph Smith to the letter.
RTFA: Scott Kirwin, founder of the Information Technology Professionals Association of America, said that.
/. made it hard to tell.
Although the way the story was posted on
Dave Matthews Band - The Central Park Concert
Amazing energy, if you're into DMB.