They won't go back to just ASCII because PHBs like to read pretty paper resumes, and print them out for interviews. Not that writing a parser to make a pretty, readable resume would be that difficult, but switching to ASCII might end up being too big of a "shock" for the people who do the hiring process.
How about a society that strikes a sensible balance between the two extremes?
Or indeed where decent education and a strong societal identity and conscience allows the society to be both "free" and "safe"?
I would agree that's reasonable. However, I'm speaking specifically of the situation currently in Iraq: Under Saddam Hussein, they had no freedom, but a "safe" society, so long as you didn't cross the powers in charge. Then your safety went to pot. However, now, you're free to do as you choose, speak as you choose, and worship as you choose, but you run the risk of hitting a roadside bomb during your daily affairs. Given a choice between those two options, I'd take my chances with the roadside bombs if it meant I could practice my religion freely.
Even still... as pointed out by other users, this post is bogus. You still have access to the Administrator account in Safe Mode, or you can just create a new, non-admin user via that other account, then delete the wrong account. There's still no need to reformat, or log in as Administrator in normal mode.
Then why did CAN-SPAM (a bad law) destroy California's more-strict antispam law (a good one)?
I couldn't tell you there, friend. Some possible ways I could think of are clauses that say things like, "This act nullifies any spam laws already in effect", or something, or perhaps it addresses different penalties for spamming, or something.
As the standard disclaimer, IANAL, but things as simple as "The federal minimum wage is $X.XX per hour", or "Drug offenses get a mandatory 1 year sentence" (hypothetical), then it's pretty straightforward to see how a stricter state law that raises the minimum wage, or adds more to a drug sentence. In the particular case of CAN-SPAM, I would not be the person to ask...
Well, the United States Federal Department of Labor disagrees with you. The Federal Minimum wage does not apply to every state.
Of course, you would know that if you had actually gone to the department of labor website, when I gave you the link, instead of just assuming that your personal opinion was law.
I'm not going to argue here. Federal means applicable to every state in the country.
The federal minimum wage law applies to the whole country-- otherwise it would be ignorant to even have a federal minimum wage. I live in Tennessee, one of the states with no state minimum law. The federal law STILL applies. The only exception is in certain professions, and certain age groups.
Before accusing me of simply spouting opinion, make sure you fully understand your own sources. All that map says is that the states colored in goldenrod have no state minimum, so only the federal law applies. You're basically saying that if a state didn't have any murder laws on the books, or no state income tax, that the federal laws regarding those things aren't applicable either. That makes no sense whatsoever.
For the record, I found this information on my own-- your link was provided later in the thread, and all you did was post the link to the site's homepage. No specific documentation was cited. You didn't even do a good job trolling, if that was your intent.
That link I gave, and those states I listed have no FEDERAL minumium wage, as well as no STATE minimum wage. That means if a job in one of those states wants to pay only $3 an hour, they can.
Doesn't matter what state you're in, the federal minimum wage is still the same. You can't go below it unless you make tips. Even then, if the amount of tips you make doesn't add up to $5.15/hour, the employer has to pay up the difference. It's the same idea as every other federal law-- it's set to a certain level. The state can make a law that's more strict, but they can't make a law that is less strict. For instance, if there's a federal ban on drug sales, a state can make a tougher drug law, adding more years or fines, but they can't make a law that supercedes federal law by allowing drug sales in that state.
And they say people in the Appalachians are inbred.
Don't hate. Just because we can combine familial references such as brothsin, couster, or uncsband and you can't, there's no need to bring family members into this topic. You're just jealous.
Just imagine the looks of confusion on people's faces when a program they installed isn't avaliable to other users.
Then make an option available that's already around in many Windows XP program installations.
Install application for:
[ ] All Users
[ ] Just Me
...Then run each user's instance in their own sandbox. You wouldn't need seperate copies of the application for each user, but each sandbox would be denied access to all resources except the ones absolutely needed.
Show me an employer who places indiscriminate blocks on numbers that you can call during the day, in order to prevent you from making calls that *might* be personal.
I can.
Hospital that I worked at blocked all calls that went to the (###)737-#### exchange. Commonly that was the exchange that most radio stations used. There may have been others that weren't radio station numbers, but any 737 exchange call would automatically be blocked.
People have been producing MP3s/audio files with spoken word content, news, discussion, etc, far before the name "Podcast" was placed on it. If all this stuff actually happens, I see them continuing, but with a different name.
Of course, they could just take the code, use it, keep its use private for the sake of "national security." Who's going to have the tools available to decompile code embedded into a fired rocket's circuitry?
Why can't US govenment, and any other government pass a bill into senate that it is illegal to distribute the browser that is not fully CSS2 compliant? It's no different than having specs on car safety and emission rules.
Perhaps because it's a FREAKING WEB BROWSER?
Car safety and emissions rules are intended to make driving safer, or reduce pollution. What, other than making a web developer's job easier, would requiring a browser by law to support CSS2 achieve? Further, what happens when CSS2 becomes obsolete, but by law we're still required to support it?
I don't know about you, but laws are pretty darn hard to repeal where I'm from, even if the laws are stupid or irrelevant. Let's keep the government out of web standards, please.
The "Pro" part implies that there are qualified professionals doing they IT. It is not for "Professionals". I know it might be interpreted that way, but it really shouldn't.
You are correct, the "Pro" part shouldn't be interpreted in that manner. The problem, though, is that it is, much as I hate it. A "Professional" buys a laptop for PERSONAL use, and what do they get? Pro. There are numerous small workgroup-style offices of accountants, doctors, lawyers, etc, all with secretaries, who don't use domains (maybe with no more than 10 systems). Many of those people know just enough to get into trouble with their systems, others just call somebody when things break, not to maintain them in any way, shape, or form.
I certainly hope that since they quit calling it "Professional", and moved it to "Business", that's going to take care of some of this. Now, though, I expect to see quite a few "Ultimate" sales, just because it's "Ultimate", and the others aren't.
Let's face it. Consumers, as a whole, are dumb. If you put "NEW IMPROVED", "ULTIMATE", "BESTEST", or any of those type adjectives, they bite for it, because they don't want a substandard product.
Perhaps because a Pro user would know what "backup" means? Home users are at the low end of the food chain, you don't expect anything of them. A Pro user knows that an upgrade is a bad thing and will upgrade and reinstall clean.
Not so.
Keep in mind that the word "Professional" can have a certain connotation to it. XP "Professional" will be used by doctors, lawyers, secretaries, accountants, etc. These people are "Professionals", and will want a "Professional" OS. But if I saw any of them holding a Windows installation disc near a booting PC, I'd slap their hand while yelling, "BAD MONKEY!!!"
Just because someone uses XP Pro, they're not automatically qualified to actually run/administer their PC.
Uh, if you can't remember the last time, then you, uh, obviously need to pay more attention to Linux kernel vulnerabilities, since numerous ones have been found since last year.
Though numerous vulnerabilities have been found, many of them may not be applicable to a particular computing environment. If your setup is locked down, and proper permissions are set, you could keep a 5-year old server up and running with no updates. That may be a bit extreme, but it is certainly possible.
Better yet, what SHOULD be original about it? Would a Christmas-tree shaped controller be preferable? Or how about a one-button controller for simpler learning curves? If something works well, you don't have to muck with it just to be "original". Sometimes originality can get in the way of making a good product.
Well put. I've upgraded my gaming computer several times, but throughout the upgrades, my gaming interface has been the same-- keyboard and mouse.
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They won't go back to just ASCII because PHBs like to read pretty paper resumes, and print them out for interviews. Not that writing a parser to make a pretty, readable resume would be that difficult, but switching to ASCII might end up being too big of a "shock" for the people who do the hiring process.
Any more fixing, and it's going to look like a tongue twister...
I would agree that's reasonable. However, I'm speaking specifically of the situation currently in Iraq: Under Saddam Hussein, they had no freedom, but a "safe" society, so long as you didn't cross the powers in charge. Then your safety went to pot. However, now, you're free to do as you choose, speak as you choose, and worship as you choose, but you run the risk of hitting a roadside bomb during your daily affairs. Given a choice between those two options, I'd take my chances with the roadside bombs if it meant I could practice my religion freely.
Personally, I'd rather live in a violent, "free" society, where I'm free to do as I choose, then a "safe" society where I have no rights.
Even still... as pointed out by other users, this post is bogus. You still have access to the Administrator account in Safe Mode, or you can just create a new, non-admin user via that other account, then delete the wrong account. There's still no need to reformat, or log in as Administrator in normal mode.
Why were you running as Administrator, anyways? That's just as ignorant as running as root for day-to-day tasks in a *nix environment.
This sounds like a job for Slartybartfast! This time with more fjords!
Yeah... it's too bad they haven't quite perfected the Ring of Fortitude. Until then, I'll just settle for an extra saving throw.
I couldn't tell you there, friend. Some possible ways I could think of are clauses that say things like, "This act nullifies any spam laws already in effect", or something, or perhaps it addresses different penalties for spamming, or something.
As the standard disclaimer, IANAL, but things as simple as "The federal minimum wage is $X.XX per hour", or "Drug offenses get a mandatory 1 year sentence" (hypothetical), then it's pretty straightforward to see how a stricter state law that raises the minimum wage, or adds more to a drug sentence. In the particular case of CAN-SPAM, I would not be the person to ask...
I'm not going to argue here. Federal means applicable to every state in the country.
You mean this map?
http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm
The federal minimum wage law applies to the whole country-- otherwise it would be ignorant to even have a federal minimum wage. I live in Tennessee, one of the states with no state minimum law. The federal law STILL applies. The only exception is in certain professions, and certain age groups.
Before accusing me of simply spouting opinion, make sure you fully understand your own sources. All that map says is that the states colored in goldenrod have no state minimum, so only the federal law applies. You're basically saying that if a state didn't have any murder laws on the books, or no state income tax, that the federal laws regarding those things aren't applicable either. That makes no sense whatsoever.
For the record, I found this information on my own-- your link was provided later in the thread, and all you did was post the link to the site's homepage. No specific documentation was cited. You didn't even do a good job trolling, if that was your intent.
Doesn't matter what state you're in, the federal minimum wage is still the same. You can't go below it unless you make tips. Even then, if the amount of tips you make doesn't add up to $5.15/hour, the employer has to pay up the difference. It's the same idea as every other federal law-- it's set to a certain level. The state can make a law that's more strict, but they can't make a law that is less strict. For instance, if there's a federal ban on drug sales, a state can make a tougher drug law, adding more years or fines, but they can't make a law that supercedes federal law by allowing drug sales in that state.
Don't hate. Just because we can combine familial references such as brothsin, couster, or uncsband and you can't, there's no need to bring family members into this topic. You're just jealous.
Then make an option available that's already around in many Windows XP program installations.
Install application for:
[ ] All Users
[ ] Just Me
I can't speak for the original poster, but I'll bet it has a lot of pokes, pops, and peeks in it!
I can.
Hospital that I worked at blocked all calls that went to the (###)737-#### exchange. Commonly that was the exchange that most radio stations used. There may have been others that weren't radio station numbers, but any 737 exchange call would automatically be blocked.
People have been producing MP3s/audio files with spoken word content, news, discussion, etc, far before the name "Podcast" was placed on it. If all this stuff actually happens, I see them continuing, but with a different name.
You guys are so rediculous. Thier not going to get this at all.
Of course, they could just take the code, use it, keep its use private for the sake of "national security." Who's going to have the tools available to decompile code embedded into a fired rocket's circuitry?
Perhaps because it's a FREAKING WEB BROWSER?
Car safety and emissions rules are intended to make driving safer, or reduce pollution. What, other than making a web developer's job easier, would requiring a browser by law to support CSS2 achieve? Further, what happens when CSS2 becomes obsolete, but by law we're still required to support it?
I don't know about you, but laws are pretty darn hard to repeal where I'm from, even if the laws are stupid or irrelevant. Let's keep the government out of web standards, please.
You are correct, the "Pro" part shouldn't be interpreted in that manner. The problem, though, is that it is, much as I hate it. A "Professional" buys a laptop for PERSONAL use, and what do they get? Pro. There are numerous small workgroup-style offices of accountants, doctors, lawyers, etc, all with secretaries, who don't use domains (maybe with no more than 10 systems). Many of those people know just enough to get into trouble with their systems, others just call somebody when things break, not to maintain them in any way, shape, or form.
I certainly hope that since they quit calling it "Professional", and moved it to "Business", that's going to take care of some of this. Now, though, I expect to see quite a few "Ultimate" sales, just because it's "Ultimate", and the others aren't.
Let's face it. Consumers, as a whole, are dumb. If you put "NEW IMPROVED", "ULTIMATE", "BESTEST", or any of those type adjectives, they bite for it, because they don't want a substandard product.
Not so.
Keep in mind that the word "Professional" can have a certain connotation to it. XP "Professional" will be used by doctors, lawyers, secretaries, accountants, etc. These people are "Professionals", and will want a "Professional" OS. But if I saw any of them holding a Windows installation disc near a booting PC, I'd slap their hand while yelling, "BAD MONKEY!!!"
Just because someone uses XP Pro, they're not automatically qualified to actually run/administer their PC.
Thanks... I'll be here all week!
Though numerous vulnerabilities have been found, many of them may not be applicable to a particular computing environment. If your setup is locked down, and proper permissions are set, you could keep a 5-year old server up and running with no updates. That may be a bit extreme, but it is certainly possible.
Well put. I've upgraded my gaming computer several times, but throughout the upgrades, my gaming interface has been the same-- keyboard and mouse.