"The Android engineers at Google are now making available previously unreleased components â" makefiles and configuration files â" that will give independent developers the ability to create Android releases in the same manner that Google does, but without using Googleâ(TM)s proprietary apps. These engineers are working with volunteers from the community and have already begun working on alternatives to the proprietary Google applications."
It doesn't sound as contentious as the OP but it definitely seems like Google is taking the right tact on this to me.
I don't know why you prattled on about boxes falling on employees for so many lines since that deals with worker's comp which is a federal program and has nothing to do with health care as everyone is discussing it here.
And no, I wouldn't expect or want anyone to pay for any of my ailments. I exercise and try to eat well so thankfully I've been quite healthy. At the same time, if I were a chronic smoker, I couldn't in good conscience ask that anyone else pay for my choices.
Personal responsibility my good man, that's what it's all about. Nanny states are just so uncool.
All I see from these/. blue-sky socialists is talk of tacit social cast systems and some sort of agoraphobia being the biggest reasons for poverty.
But maybe I've got it all wrong. Actually, I take it all back. I can't wait to foot the medical bills of all the chain smokers and the burgeoning diabetic population who can't stop cramming their mouthes full of big macs. Personal responsibility is just so passe.
The generosity of some people around here with other people's money is just heart-warming, isn't it?
Not trying to be incendiary, but I've never used debian itself, only derivatives.
I was wondering if any fans could give me any reasons why to run this over say any of the ubuntu clan?
Or is it simply the case that debian + polish = ubuntu?
Again, I'm asking actually hoping that someone will pull a Torvalds and say something like "it doesn't presume its users are idiots", which would actually tweak my interest.
I though quantum mechanics allows for (mandates?) parallel universes for these variable states...
So in Schroedinger's cat, in one universe the cat is alive and in one it is dead, and by observing the cat you only find out which universe you are in?
Couldn't we therefore just say the probability is 1 that the object exists in some universe?
I have a confession to make, I haven't been following the net neutrality issue closely at all. The extent of my understanding is that its proponents are calling for federal legislation ensuring that the private companies who do some infrastrutural magic to make the net possible, aren't allowed to discriminate or otherwise let business decisions apply to how they treat network traffic.
As I see it, this should give rise to a philosophical point of contention:
Namely, how do you reconcile libertarian free-market capitalism with legislation that at the end of the day will still be restricting the free-market actions of private companies.
To distill the point, let's put it this way:
/.ers tend to have strong libertarian leanings./.ers are also vehemently and overwhelmingly in favor of Net Neutrality, which anyway you slice it still amounts to federal regulation of a free market.
Any good answers to this? I promise there will be many +informatives/+insightfuls in it for you...
Indeed, I've worked for companies that provided some critical services (E911 for example) and our codebase was horrific. During my interview for the position one of the devs flat out said that it was 'unconscionable' that people's lives were relying on our work (he had only been at the company for a handful of months so I guess that absolves him of blame).
Then a few months later I was talking to my old thesis advisor, just shooting the shit when I recounted this episode to him.
His response?
Yeah, I looked at some Airbus code once and that put me off flying for almost six months.
With the Ubuntu 6.10 release comes a whole host of excellent new features. Improvements have been made all around, such as faster system boot up times, faster GNOME start up times, improvements to the user interface, a shiny new optimized kernel, GNOME 2.16, and much, much more.
And from the originally linked story it is clear not everyone had such a transparent and generally delightful time of the upgrade as you.
But the good news is that upgrading the various Linuces is pretty much as easy as "yum upgrade" or the equivalent. So you don't have to fret and stress over whether it'll be worth it.
of people who are quick to declare "Case Closed!" or "End of Story!".
They don't detract from Gore's main point, on which the scientific debate has ended.
Maybe this is just a quibbling point but if you really want to appear to have the bulk of the scientific community behind you, there's no need to resort to such Bill O'Reilly-isms.
Yeah and I wonder how many of these internet stalwarts of privacy use Gmail (you know they do content extraction on your email, right?), grocery store key-chain cards, Best Buy Rewards zone, credit cards, and on and on...
However when big bad EA do it it's like their precious privacy cherry has been taken from them in the most horrific of manners when the real issue is that people are pissed off because they aren't being remunerated for sacrificing a further modicum of their privacy.
Is anyone else appreciating the rich irony of forwarding a story to your boss about how to marginally improve worker productivity which we all read on/. during business hours*? Because I'm loving it and I'm sure my boss would get a kick out of it as well. Right before he added/. to the verbotten list.
I have nothing worthwhile to contribute other than to say that that is funniest fucking thing I've read in a long time. Equal parts nerdy and poor taste. Hats off to you!
How did the Illinois judge decide they had jurisdiction over a UK-only company in the first place?
Because this all happened in the second worst judicial hellhole in America.
What is a judicial hellhole you ask?
Judicial Hellholes are places that have a disproportionately harmful impact on civil litigation. Litigation tourists, guided by their personal injury lawyers seek out these places because they know they will produce a positive outcome - an excessive verdict or settlement, a favorable precedent, or both.
Going way off-topic, but I can't let this post sit unchallenged.
As compelling as the evidence in your link of anecdotes and quips is (which is to say, not very) it sure would be great if someone actually took the time to poll the men and women of the mass-media about their views. Well The Association of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) (a group obviously with no vested interest in making their own look bad or disreputable) did just that:
The most recent ASNE study of 1997 (surveying 1,037 newspaper reporters) found 61 percent identified themselves as/leaning "liberal/Democratic" compared to only 15 percent who identified themselves as/leaning "conservative/Republican."
Is that clear enough for you? More than 60% of those surveyed self-identified as liberal/Democrat vs 15% who identified themselves as conservative/Republican.
And now, at the risk of seeming impertinent, I leave you with some wise words I picked up a long time ago in some god-forsaken corner of the internet
[D]o a bit or research, and please, stop repeating talking points that are patently false and easily debunked.
I have yet to be convinced that this new medium can reach middle america. So far it just seems to be getting to the well-educated + net-savvy younger generation, whom tend to the Left anyway so I'd question how this will revolutionize the political landscape in America and be a force for broadcasting the liberal message to the masses.
So it wouldn't be a troll for me to "speculate" about your IQ or whatever else might be offensive to you?
I mean as long as we're openning the door on unvetted speculation why not go all out, right?
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/google-cracks-down-on-android-developer/
"The Android engineers at Google are now making available previously unreleased components â" makefiles and configuration files â" that will give independent developers the ability to create Android releases in the same manner that Google does, but without using Googleâ(TM)s proprietary apps. These engineers are working with volunteers from the community and have already begun working on alternatives to the proprietary Google applications."
It doesn't sound as contentious as the OP but it definitely seems like Google is taking the right tact on this to me.
As usual, it's more nuanced than <froth>Unions turn everything they touch to shit </froth>
sell your books and buy a Kindle.
And no, I wouldn't expect or want anyone to pay for any of my ailments. I exercise and try to eat well so thankfully I've been quite healthy. At the same time, if I were a chronic smoker, I couldn't in good conscience ask that anyone else pay for my choices.
Personal responsibility my good man, that's what it's all about. Nanny states are just so uncool.
All I see from these /. blue-sky socialists is talk of tacit social cast systems and some sort of agoraphobia being the biggest reasons for poverty.
But maybe I've got it all wrong. Actually, I take it all back. I can't wait to foot the medical bills of all the chain smokers and the burgeoning diabetic population who can't stop cramming their mouthes full of big macs. Personal responsibility is just so passe.
The generosity of some people around here with other people's money is just heart-warming, isn't it?
I was wondering if any fans could give me any reasons why to run this over say any of the ubuntu clan?
Or is it simply the case that debian + polish = ubuntu?
Again, I'm asking actually hoping that someone will pull a Torvalds and say something like "it doesn't presume its users are idiots", which would actually tweak my interest.
So in Schroedinger's cat, in one universe the cat is alive and in one it is dead, and by observing the cat you only find out which universe you are in?
Couldn't we therefore just say the probability is 1 that the object exists in some universe?
must... resist.. urge... to make snide generalization about open source projects.
it's coming!
I have a confession to make, I haven't been following the net neutrality issue closely at all. The extent of my understanding is that its proponents are calling for federal legislation ensuring that the private companies who do some infrastrutural magic to make the net possible, aren't allowed to discriminate or otherwise let business decisions apply to how they treat network traffic.
As I see it, this should give rise to a philosophical point of contention:
Namely, how do you reconcile libertarian free-market capitalism with legislation that at the end of the day will still be restricting the free-market actions of private companies.
To distill the point, let's put it this way:
Any good answers to this? I promise there will be many +informatives/+insightfuls in it for you...
Then a few months later I was talking to my old thesis advisor, just shooting the shit when I recounted this episode to him.
His response?
Yeah, I looked at some Airbus code once and that put me off flying for almost six months.You are mistaken.
from the release notes
And from the originally linked story it is clear not everyone had such a transparent and generally delightful time of the upgrade as you.
*cough*
Maybe this is just a quibbling point but if you really want to appear to have the bulk of the scientific community behind you, there's no need to resort to such Bill O'Reilly-isms.
Man, I bet you try to work that line in to as many conversations as you can (I certainly would).
However when big bad EA do it it's like their precious privacy cherry has been taken from them in the most horrific of manners when the real issue is that people are pissed off because they aren't being remunerated for sacrificing a further modicum of their privacy.
*at least here in the US
I have nothing worthwhile to contribute other than to say that that is funniest fucking thing I've read in a long time. Equal parts nerdy and poor taste. Hats off to you!
Because this all happened in the second worst judicial hellhole in America.
What is a judicial hellhole you ask?
[quoted from the above link]
As compelling as the evidence in your link of anecdotes and quips is (which is to say, not very) it sure would be great if someone actually took the time to poll the men and women of the mass-media about their views. Well The Association of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) (a group obviously with no vested interest in making their own look bad or disreputable) did just that:
The most recent ASNE study of 1997 (surveying 1,037 newspaper reporters) found 61 percent identified themselves as/leaning "liberal/Democratic" compared to only 15 percent who identified themselves as/leaning "conservative/Republican."
Is that clear enough for you? More than 60% of those surveyed self-identified as liberal/Democrat vs 15% who identified themselves as conservative/Republican.
And now, at the risk of seeming impertinent, I leave you with some wise words I picked up a long time ago in some god-forsaken corner of the internet
Shouldn't that be 25/ compression?
I know it's become cliche to say so, but my cat's breath really does smell like cat food.
You have to love the new vernacular; where everything is defined in its relation to pop culture and the standard unit of size is the football field.
I have yet to be convinced that this new medium can reach middle america. So far it just seems to be getting to the well-educated + net-savvy younger generation, whom tend to the Left anyway so I'd question how this will revolutionize the political landscape in America and be a force for broadcasting the liberal message to the masses.
So it wouldn't be a troll for me to "speculate" about your IQ or whatever else might be offensive to you? I mean as long as we're openning the door on unvetted speculation why not go all out, right?