What's so proprietary about dbf? It's so ancient, the specs themselves are old... f.i. here's some. I'm sure there are many free/oss converters too.
Have you ever tried to work with DBFs with any open source tools out there? It makes me want to break my fingers so I can't type and have an excuse not to mess with it.
Openness or Control? I see it as a fail... You can probably get everything you need on google anyways... Unless it can tell me how to make millions and not pay taxes like the crooks in washington then its of no value
There's a couple problems with your 'thoughts.' First, you assume everything's already on the Web. That's totally false. Second, you neglect to realize what you can do with machine readable data. Instead of trying to build hackish page scrapers, you can now use various APIs and get bulk data dumps(depending on what the agency offers). Data.gov is freaking huge. Anyone that plays around with governmental data knows the power that this site will bring.
The only problem I see with it so far is that it's just a portal for the most part. It's a nice way to get at all the agencies' data in one spot but so far, as of this writing, it's nothing to rave about.
Well, according to the founders, it's better than a tyrannity of the majority, so...no, fuck it, I can't figure out what those old coots were thinking either.
I like to think that it's the will of the majority(voting in reps) but they still have to represent/protect the minority.
This is by no means a representation of an average American. Remember, we're the obese country?
How do you know "sixpack" is even referencing anatomy? I think it's far more of a possibility that it's speaking of a guy with a sixpack of Bud Lite(and potentially a mullet).
This assumes of course that the victim will make the leap in logic that it was malware that did it and not bad hardware, or a mistake on their part.
I don't know, I swear I hear a lot about malware doing all this according to my users.
1) making mice jumpy on the screen
2) Slowing down their internet connection
3) Causing 500 errors on the remote machines
4) Making their bathroom smell bad
And of course, British people have grown phenomenally since the channel tunnel was built - maybe something to do with not really being an island any more?!
[citation needed] Seriously, you can't drop something like that and not source it.
But it is the government taking. That's exactly what it is, and calling it anything else is a lie. The government demands you give them what you have, and if you don't they send men with guns to throw you in prison. The fact that it's supposedly for a good cause--though it rarely actually is--is irrelevant.
I won't argue whether it gets used properly, many improvements need to be done there. However, I have to argue against this 'the government' way of thinking. It's to vague and blobby. What it is is our society(unless you don't beleive the of/by/for the people stuff) deciding that it's best for the 'haves' to help the 'have nots'(or the haves that have something important to contribute to society).
Whether you like it or not, it is a collective decision. If you don't like it, either you can try and change it(public service, protest, spreading the word, vote) or go find a nice anarchist island out there. But good luck with that, I'm not aware of any countries that don't tax and provide services.
My apologies for using the 'if you don't like it get out' argument. I'd much rather see people stay to try and change things. However, the only way to not be a part of the society is to remove yourself from it.
Actually, most democratic socialists tend to be doing just fine for themselves. They end up paying their way and more into the system. They also don't think of it as the government 'taking' it but instead think of it as either giving, or doing their part for their fellow countryment.
You, sir, are probably the greedy one. You were probably never taught the virtue of sharing in kindergarden.
These rules are not being written by the legislative branch of government. What exactly is the US Sentencing Commission anyway? What are non-congressional bodies doing making laws? Congress is not empowered to delegate its power to write laws.
WTF are you talking about? Legislators don't have to write the bills, they just have to sponsor and approve them. This is constitutional law federally, and most, if not all states.
As for the US Sentencing Committee, I have no idea where the hell that came from but this is their purpose, in their own words:
(1) to establish sentencing policies and practices for the federal courts, including guidelines to be consulted regarding the appropriate form and
severity of punishment for offenders convicted of federal crimes; (2) to advise and assist Congress
and the executive branch in the development of effective and efficient crime policy; and (3) to
collect, analyze, research, and distribute a broad array of information on federal crime and
sentencing issues, serving as an information resource for Congress, the executive branch, the courts, criminal justice practitioners, the academic community, and the public.
How they got into your paranoid rant, I can not figure out.
Well, the users are already paying to their ISPs for their bandwidth. Couldn't Youtube demand a cut of that, or at least get "free" bandwidth for better quality service to the provider's customers?
If the ISPs don't cooperate, Youtube could always downgrade the videos or display adds like "Your XX ISP doesn't want to play ball which might mean more costs to you. May we recommend this YY provider in your area?"
So it's cool if you break net neutrality rules if it's in Google's favor? Sheesh...
You will note, that I did NOT say it is law. I said, it is a RIGHT. That right was stated in our own declaration of indepence from England. Stated quite clearly, if you just read it. That right was stated just as clearly in times past. One of those times, was the occasion of the Magna Charta. The right to revolt from tyranny is the right of all men, everywhere. That right is being echoed in Africa today, if not in other places. Go ahead, read that declaration, and while you're at it, read some of the letters and other commentary surrounding that declaration.
Please cite any of this. Nowhere in the DoI does it specify the right to revolution. You may infer it, since it's basically a declaration of revolution but nowhere does it grant that right to the people of the colonies.
And if you don't know what a right is, it's an entitlement or permission. In our case, something allowed by our fellow countrymen. A 'god given right' is a misnomer and doesn't really exist. You have to basically have permission from your community to have that power.
The one right that a US citizen has that is often neglected, is the right to revolt. We've even had a few minor revolutions - the IRS was curbed when they got to carried away with taking people's homes and property. (Not that it really stuck) California had a taxpayer revolt some years back. Maybe it's time for a few more revolutions?
It is not a right. Show me one law or line in the bill of rights that gives you that power. Revolution is possible, but you damn well be ready to spill your and your fellow citizen's blood to accomplish your goals. The government can and will resist, as it should.
It's certainly time for one in Frnace.
France is constantly in the state of revolution. Their national pass-time is striking.
But, excepting that....why should a govt. worker get money over and above any other worker in any other job? That was more my point. If they'd just done an extended 'vacation' out of all working people's paycheck....everyone, especially middle class people (who generally work for a W2 paycheck) would keep more of their own money, and have that to spend,pay debt, etc....
It's not that they are 'above' or whatever. It's that these programs create jobs. Jobs that the private sector is not creating. It's basically a way to keep unemployment down and keep productivity up as a society. It's only a temporary measure(usually, hopefully). Giving everyone a bonus would be a tiny drop in the bucket. Remember the stimulus? Mine went away real quick. A job would be worth more.
I dont agree. Most of my family can tell the temperature to within plus or minus a degree C, I have never met anyone who could do this to plus or minus one degree Fahrenheit.
Probably because they are used to measuring in C. I know I can normally hit within a degree in F when the temperature isn't in the extremes(above 80F, below 20F).
What do you find so hard? You have to install an extra module, but it'll only take a few minutes of your day. This is Levenshtein matching, but it's just an example. There are plenty others.
SELECT firstname, lastname, unaccent(c.lastname) ~* unaccent('Smith') AS match FROM people WHERE (unaccent(c.lastname) ILIKE 'Smith' OR c.lastname % 'Smith') ORDER BY match DESC
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What's so proprietary about dbf? It's so ancient, the specs themselves are old... f.i. here's some. I'm sure there are many free/oss converters too.
Have you ever tried to work with DBFs with any open source tools out there? It makes me want to break my fingers so I can't type and have an excuse not to mess with it.
Openness or Control? I see it as a fail... You can probably get everything you need on google anyways... Unless it can tell me how to make millions and not pay taxes like the crooks in washington then its of no value
There's a couple problems with your 'thoughts.' First, you assume everything's already on the Web. That's totally false. Second, you neglect to realize what you can do with machine readable data. Instead of trying to build hackish page scrapers, you can now use various APIs and get bulk data dumps(depending on what the agency offers). Data.gov is freaking huge. Anyone that plays around with governmental data knows the power that this site will bring.
The only problem I see with it so far is that it's just a portal for the most part. It's a nice way to get at all the agencies' data in one spot but so far, as of this writing, it's nothing to rave about.
"At least the mid- and long distance tranportation should replaced by (electrical) trains."
Building that sort of infrastructure would cost a tremendous amount of money.
Your point is?
Well, according to the founders, it's better than a tyrannity of the majority, so...no, fuck it, I can't figure out what those old coots were thinking either.
I like to think that it's the will of the majority(voting in reps) but they still have to represent/protect the minority.
Any newspaper will do - they pretty much all go on about how British people are getting more obese every day.
Ah, when you said 'grow', I wasn't thinking width.
Let's look at what 'Joe Sixpack' really means.
This is by no means a representation of an average American. Remember, we're the obese country?
How do you know "sixpack" is even referencing anatomy? I think it's far more of a possibility that it's speaking of a guy with a sixpack of Bud Lite(and potentially a mullet).
This assumes of course that the victim will make the leap in logic that it was malware that did it and not bad hardware, or a mistake on their part.
I don't know, I swear I hear a lot about malware doing all this according to my users.
1) making mice jumpy on the screen
2) Slowing down their internet connection
3) Causing 500 errors on the remote machines
4) Making their bathroom smell bad
And of course, British people have grown phenomenally since the channel tunnel was built - maybe something to do with not really being an island any more?!
[citation needed] Seriously, you can't drop something like that and not source it.
1Mb/s? I kid you not, I spent a week getting 1Kb/s at one point with them.
Bullshit. 1 Kbps is not even usable. That's about 100 characters per second including overhead. Imaging listing any directory over ssh with that?
But it is the government taking. That's exactly what it is, and calling it anything else is a lie. The government demands you give them what you have, and if you don't they send men with guns to throw you in prison. The fact that it's supposedly for a good cause--though it rarely actually is--is irrelevant.
I won't argue whether it gets used properly, many improvements need to be done there. However, I have to argue against this 'the government' way of thinking. It's to vague and blobby. What it is is our society(unless you don't beleive the of/by/for the people stuff) deciding that it's best for the 'haves' to help the 'have nots'(or the haves that have something important to contribute to society).
Whether you like it or not, it is a collective decision. If you don't like it, either you can try and change it(public service, protest, spreading the word, vote) or go find a nice anarchist island out there. But good luck with that, I'm not aware of any countries that don't tax and provide services.
My apologies for using the 'if you don't like it get out' argument. I'd much rather see people stay to try and change things. However, the only way to not be a part of the society is to remove yourself from it.
Actually, most democratic socialists tend to be doing just fine for themselves. They end up paying their way and more into the system. They also don't think of it as the government 'taking' it but instead think of it as either giving, or doing their part for their fellow countryment.
You, sir, are probably the greedy one. You were probably never taught the virtue of sharing in kindergarden.
The crickets devastate crops, cause slicks on the highway and evidently love rap.
That's racist.
And nowhere in TFA did it even mention rap... Got to love the quality editing.
When I write legislators, I don't include hookers, blow, and cold hard cash in my statement.
If you did, maybe they'd listen to your viewpoint!
Anybody got a movie of two pigs a-fuckin'?
Don't ask me why I conveniently have this.
These rules are not being written by the legislative branch of government. What exactly is the US Sentencing Commission anyway? What are non-congressional bodies doing making laws? Congress is not empowered to delegate its power to write laws.
WTF are you talking about? Legislators don't have to write the bills, they just have to sponsor and approve them. This is constitutional law federally, and most, if not all states.
As for the US Sentencing Committee, I have no idea where the hell that came from but this is their purpose, in their own words:
How they got into your paranoid rant, I can not figure out.
Well, the users are already paying to their ISPs for their bandwidth. Couldn't Youtube demand a cut of that, or at least get "free" bandwidth for better quality service to the provider's customers?
If the ISPs don't cooperate, Youtube could always downgrade the videos or display adds like "Your XX ISP doesn't want to play ball which might mean more costs to you. May we recommend this YY provider in your area?"
So it's cool if you break net neutrality rules if it's in Google's favor? Sheesh...
You will note, that I did NOT say it is law. I said, it is a RIGHT. That right was stated in our own declaration of indepence from England. Stated quite clearly, if you just read it. That right was stated just as clearly in times past. One of those times, was the occasion of the Magna Charta. The right to revolt from tyranny is the right of all men, everywhere. That right is being echoed in Africa today, if not in other places. Go ahead, read that declaration, and while you're at it, read some of the letters and other commentary surrounding that declaration.
Please cite any of this. Nowhere in the DoI does it specify the right to revolution. You may infer it, since it's basically a declaration of revolution but nowhere does it grant that right to the people of the colonies.
And if you don't know what a right is, it's an entitlement or permission. In our case, something allowed by our fellow countrymen. A 'god given right' is a misnomer and doesn't really exist. You have to basically have permission from your community to have that power.
Wow!! A government of the people, for the people should resist the people's will. Who would have thought. Kind of pointless isn't it?
Not at all. You think the government should bow down to every fringe minority movement?
The one right that a US citizen has that is often neglected, is the right to revolt. We've even had a few minor revolutions - the IRS was curbed when they got to carried away with taking people's homes and property. (Not that it really stuck) California had a taxpayer revolt some years back. Maybe it's time for a few more revolutions?
It is not a right. Show me one law or line in the bill of rights that gives you that power. Revolution is possible, but you damn well be ready to spill your and your fellow citizen's blood to accomplish your goals. The government can and will resist, as it should.
It's certainly time for one in Frnace.
France is constantly in the state of revolution. Their national pass-time is striking.
Just nuke the whole USA turning it into a glass parking lot.. .. just kidding, or was I not?
Methinks you don't know how to make glass...
I'm pretty sure we can observe the effects of gravity on things without mass as well.
Citation, please? This sounds like baloney to me. As I understand it, gravity is the interaction of mass.
But, excepting that....why should a govt. worker get money over and above any other worker in any other job? That was more my point. If they'd just done an extended 'vacation' out of all working people's paycheck....everyone, especially middle class people (who generally work for a W2 paycheck) would keep more of their own money, and have that to spend,pay debt, etc....
It's not that they are 'above' or whatever. It's that these programs create jobs. Jobs that the private sector is not creating. It's basically a way to keep unemployment down and keep productivity up as a society. It's only a temporary measure(usually, hopefully). Giving everyone a bonus would be a tiny drop in the bucket. Remember the stimulus? Mine went away real quick. A job would be worth more.
Celsius units are "too big"
I dont agree. Most of my family can tell the temperature to within plus or minus a degree C, I have never met anyone who could do this to plus or minus one degree Fahrenheit.
Probably because they are used to measuring in C. I know I can normally hit within a degree in F when the temperature isn't in the extremes(above 80F, below 20F).
What do you find so hard? You have to install an extra module, but it'll only take a few minutes of your day. This is Levenshtein matching, but it's just an example. There are plenty others.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/fuzzystrmatch.html
Leaves room for comments to be inserted, and most of the people who read them are old and blind.
Where did you get this idea that legislators actually read bills?
Indeed. I'd say it's mostly twenty-something interns, 90% of the time.