hey, we've all been paying unemployment insurance taxes. Upon becoming effectively unemployed, we're just calling in for the benefit we've payed into. just like car insurance, life insurance, or short term disability insurance. Sure, the money's from the state and not a private actuarially minded firm, but so it goes.
remember the size of the group referred to as 'defense jobs'. lots of civilians in the 'defense jobs' category aren't necessarily going to find themselves considered essential this time around.
Officially, civilians don't get paid. Not sure about the military. Last time, when they finally passed the resolution they opted to retroactively restore pay for those days (even though no work got done) as a good faith measure. they also realize what a paltry sum federal employee wages are when compared to the actual debt total, so it was a relatively cheap form of goodwill from the guys that just finished pissing off most of the country.
what are some of the more popular games you hear about these days? It's not Modern Warfare, or Call of Duty version whatever. It's Angry Birds, Plants vs Zombies, things like that.
These are the types of games people go crazy over. and like you said, there shouldn't be too much involved porting them to the wii, or offering them as DLC in the Nintendo Store. but can you??? I heard that they're finally planning on doing something like that but what took so long? The money makers these days are in the app store model. It works. People like it. It engages third parties and generates a nice % revenue for the platform maker. People have showed that they will shell out $5 ten times for ten little games, even though the same people won't shell out $50 for one new 'kickass' game. The wii has a huge installed base, and is networked.
So, I agree, they should really engage the indie crowd, and the appstore model would be a way to do that. My Wii gets used daily. But it's mostly by my kids. it's easy enough to get around the gimmicky control and just do the 'sideways wiimote' thing like they did for Super Mario Wii. it should be a viable outlet, but I think they might have missed their chance.
Neoya's Wii2HDMI simple passthrough/converter. so you're monitor/tv needs to be okay with 480p coming over HDMI. I heard some cheaper models can't handle that.
vdigi's VD-W3 actual single piece upconverter. plugs into your wii output and one USB port for extra power, and gives you several HD-type signal output options. Obviously just an upconversion, and not really HD, but supposedly much better for certain things than going straight through on components. Got this one for my dad since his TV has a plethora of available HDMI ports, but only one Component or Composite input set.
If I no longer need to waste 2 hours commuting, then that's at a minimum 2 less hours I need to arrange for my kids to be sufficiently supervised (daycare, beforecare aftercare, etc.) Even if I don't count any 'working time' while there are kids at home (which I agree, wouldn't work at all for me in my current setup) it can be a childcare cost savings. Also, rather than me commuting 1hr into DC each day, I could use one of the locally approved telework centers within a 3 minute drive from my house. Doesn't need to be at home to be telecommuting. Still would cut down on child care time.
probably, but only if you're starting with an equivalent knowledge base. in a spreadsheet, you need to know how to enter formulas. In R, you need to know how to program, and then use the formulas in the program. Speed isn't an issue. These aren't realtime calculations. I would say the next logical step toward a 'more correct' mathematical framework for comupting these things would be a Matlab or Octave. At least there you can almost completely decouple writing the algorithm from managing the programming aspects.
But, there's one more thing the 'do it by writing code' instead of 'do it in a spreadsheet' crowd misses. In a spreadsheet, I have a 'live' view of all my data, including all steps I want to call out as separate cells. I see it all 'in parallel', like I can look at a chessboard in a parallel fashion. I can see likely error spots when numbers look wonky, even though i would have to manually step through a debugging process in a program. Don't undersell parallel visualization. Spreadsheets have this from step 1.
If nothing else, they now probably have a list of known live (mostly) email addresses tied to a valid company. I get tons of 'you have twitter notifications' spam, even though I don't use Twitter. Easy to ignore. But if I started getting phishing spam acting like my credit union, using my properly spelled name and email, it would be a different story. And, this includes grandma and her bank account, too. Go ahead, tell grandma to check the message source before she clicks a link to her bank that she actually remembers signing up for. See how far that gets ya.
Putting classified info on an unclassified network doesn't make your network classified. It puts you in violation of proper classified material storage, and is referred to as a classified spillage. The network should be protected (taken offline) and cleaned. But it doesn't become classified any more than a filing cabinet at your desk would become classified if you put a classified report in it.
Also, the combination of certain Unclassified pieces of information could render the information classified. So putting two unclassified reports together, or portions thereof, could make the overall report sensitive enough that is should be classified. Sometimes people cut and paste then skip the security review because both items were previously declared unclassified. It would be silly if they were both 'Unclassified, Public Release Approved' if simple combination of two public documents could change that. But that's what proper security review is for, to identify things that shouldn't be public release approved. Could be that's what happened here, and on later review they're realizing it shouldn't have been declared (if it was properly declared) Unclassified.
But, libraries carry e-books. and you can borrow them to all you want. It's the one place where some DRM policy almost makes sense. (enforcing 'borrowing' over keeping). Almost. Of course, some people'd like to screw with that system, too:
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can I get the /. summary version? psx-scene is blocked...
wow. that combo lock must be HUGE.
hey, we've all been paying unemployment insurance taxes. Upon becoming effectively unemployed, we're just calling in for the benefit we've payed into. just like car insurance, life insurance, or short term disability insurance. Sure, the money's from the state and not a private actuarially minded firm, but so it goes.
great. now we get the gold farmers in on factoring large primes. all encryption is about to go out the window.
yes, but dividing by themselves gives 1 and dividing by 1 gives themselves, hence distinctness of divisors.
remember the size of the group referred to as 'defense jobs'. lots of civilians in the 'defense jobs' category aren't necessarily going to find themselves considered essential this time around.
Officially, civilians don't get paid. Not sure about the military. Last time, when they finally passed the resolution they opted to retroactively restore pay for those days (even though no work got done) as a good faith measure. they also realize what a paltry sum federal employee wages are when compared to the actual debt total, so it was a relatively cheap form of goodwill from the guys that just finished pissing off most of the country.
what are some of the more popular games you hear about these days? It's not Modern Warfare, or Call of Duty version whatever. It's Angry Birds, Plants vs Zombies, things like that.
These are the types of games people go crazy over. and like you said, there shouldn't be too much involved porting them to the wii, or offering them as DLC in the Nintendo Store. but can you??? I heard that they're finally planning on doing something like that but what took so long? The money makers these days are in the app store model. It works. People like it. It engages third parties and generates a nice % revenue for the platform maker. People have showed that they will shell out $5 ten times for ten little games, even though the same people won't shell out $50 for one new 'kickass' game. The wii has a huge installed base, and is networked.
So, I agree, they should really engage the indie crowd, and the appstore model would be a way to do that. My Wii gets used daily. But it's mostly by my kids. it's easy enough to get around the gimmicky control and just do the 'sideways wiimote' thing like they did for Super Mario Wii. it should be a viable outlet, but I think they might have missed their chance.
heck, for $40-60 you could just buy one of these:
Neoya's Wii2HDMI
simple passthrough/converter. so you're monitor/tv needs to be okay with 480p coming over HDMI. I heard some cheaper models can't handle that.
vdigi's VD-W3
actual single piece upconverter. plugs into your wii output and one USB port for extra power, and gives you several HD-type signal output options. Obviously just an upconversion, and not really HD, but supposedly much better for certain things than going straight through on components. Got this one for my dad since his TV has a plethora of available HDMI ports, but only one Component or Composite input set.
people would only believe you if it coincides with a space shuttle launch.
If I no longer need to waste 2 hours commuting, then that's at a minimum 2 less hours I need to arrange for my kids to be sufficiently supervised (daycare, beforecare aftercare, etc.) Even if I don't count any 'working time' while there are kids at home (which I agree, wouldn't work at all for me in my current setup) it can be a childcare cost savings. Also, rather than me commuting 1hr into DC each day, I could use one of the locally approved telework centers within a 3 minute drive from my house. Doesn't need to be at home to be telecommuting. Still would cut down on child care time.
Silicone always seems to trump brains.
probably, but only if you're starting with an equivalent knowledge base. in a spreadsheet, you need to know how to enter formulas. In R, you need to know how to program, and then use the formulas in the program. Speed isn't an issue. These aren't realtime calculations. I would say the next logical step toward a 'more correct' mathematical framework for comupting these things would be a Matlab or Octave. At least there you can almost completely decouple writing the algorithm from managing the programming aspects.
But, there's one more thing the 'do it by writing code' instead of 'do it in a spreadsheet' crowd misses. In a spreadsheet, I have a 'live' view of all my data, including all steps I want to call out as separate cells. I see it all 'in parallel', like I can look at a chessboard in a parallel fashion. I can see likely error spots when numbers look wonky, even though i would have to manually step through a debugging process in a program. Don't undersell parallel visualization. Spreadsheets have this from step 1.
"Hey, thanks fatty."
That just made my day. I think I may need a new email signature.
that's my great-grandfather's email address. sure we've changed the domain once and the username twice, but it's still my grandfather's email address.
I'm willing to bet Epsilon's not charging them for these mailings.
If nothing else, they now probably have a list of known live (mostly) email addresses tied to a valid company. I get tons of 'you have twitter notifications' spam, even though I don't use Twitter. Easy to ignore. But if I started getting phishing spam acting like my credit union, using my properly spelled name and email, it would be a different story. And, this includes grandma and her bank account, too. Go ahead, tell grandma to check the message source before she clicks a link to her bank that she actually remembers signing up for. See how far that gets ya.
> and the new companies should have been under control by the feds
you had me up until that point.
>Additionally they have halflives measured in hours
I-131 8 days = 192 hours
Cs-137 30.2 years = 264,552 hours
see, now he IS correct
Putting classified info on an unclassified network doesn't make your network classified. It puts you in violation of proper classified material storage, and is referred to as a classified spillage. The network should be protected (taken offline) and cleaned. But it doesn't become classified any more than a filing cabinet at your desk would become classified if you put a classified report in it.
Also, the combination of certain Unclassified pieces of information could render the information classified. So putting two unclassified reports together, or portions thereof, could make the overall report sensitive enough that is should be classified. Sometimes people cut and paste then skip the security review because both items were previously declared unclassified. It would be silly if they were both 'Unclassified, Public Release Approved' if simple combination of two public documents could change that. But that's what proper security review is for, to identify things that shouldn't be public release approved. Could be that's what happened here, and on later review they're realizing it shouldn't have been declared (if it was properly declared) Unclassified.
that's a MS Word default header/footer. Still a single action of applying the wrong classification.
But, libraries carry e-books. and you can borrow them to all you want. It's the one place where some DRM policy almost makes sense. (enforcing 'borrowing' over keeping). Almost. Of course, some people'd like to screw with that system, too:
http://www.examiner.com/libraries-in-albany/the-upper-hudson-library-system-boycotts-harpercollins-new-ebook-policy
As a parent currently on the 'you cheap bastard' end of the what to get the kids for there birthday discussion, I salute you, sir.
RSI FTW!
you forgot the part where it also becomes unreasonably costly for the defendant. that's to Sony's benefit, as it increases likelihood of a settlement.