Actually, there is no direct competitor to the postal service for letters, is there? That can use mailboxes? It's a legal monopoly, I thought. But most people probably prefer it that way. Mail isn't something you want to get lost because you have to go through 3000 different companies before you get to B from A. There are parcel-post competitors, of course.
Biblically, God made at least earth for humans. Not "white guys who claim to be Christian."
Just wanted to clear that up. I know there are plenty of people who distort and malign it, and I know established 'Christian' religions, who looked nothing like 'little Christs', have perverted it immensely (dark ages, etc)...
(to make that distortion even worse and stupider, most of the Bible takes place in the "East," not the West. Heh.)
By "easily" I mean for the average random person on campus. Most college students aren't computer science students, and aren't adept at networking, and probably would not know how to setup an ad-hoc network.
Not being able to "see" another computer on the network in something like "Network Neighborhood" will keep a lot of people "out" of other computers. Or simply not knowing how to turn on "share files and folders" in Windows on both computers, etc.
Plus, depending on what you're transferring, wireless connections are not all that snappy, are they?
To get around various issues, including lag, I just set up my own wired network in my room. Made network games much easier, file transfers, etc. But I am not expecting every student to know how to do that just to transfer [insert something here] to their other computer from their iPad... if the iPad even allows you to work with files like that, which I have heard it doesn't all that easily? if at all? that'd be another issue before the USB part...
Paper is pretty portable... and I tend to only read one book at a time. Periodicals, of course, would be a different story, but I just do those online anyways.
So with easy storage devices and networking availability, we're going to move stuff between two computers that are sitting right next to each other by e-mailing it. That doesn't sound very smart.
Especially if the mail server has attachment size limits.
But it's easy to explain the difference, so it's not entirely understandable.
It's like understanding the difference between top speed and acceleration. Not a terribly hard concept.
The real problem is the "internet" is a magic black box. Most people don't understand it's really just a big network, and works like a network... actually, somewhat similar to a much-quicker-delivery postal system, in simplistic terms. Except that there's a "request" thing, not just a "send" thing.
What if you somehow took notes or something and want to put it on another computer? A USB port is rather useful for that sort of thing... basically, any attempt to move data off your iPad to work with it on another platform, how does that work?
You know, the "writing on the wall," if referring to the Biblical event, was a bad thing, not a good thing. It was doom for the current ruling empire.:)
These are requests to Google for information to either remove content or for disclosure of "user data."
There is no correlation between what, say, the US can actually ask for/receive and how many requests Google gets.
Assume, for example, DMCA. Raw numbers aren't as useful as DMCA vs. "Copyright Holdings" percentages/correlations. If you have one copyright and I have two, you might expect me to issue twice as many DMCAs as you do because I have more holdings.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding just what a given country CAN request of Google.
They give the map with actual numbers, apparently, right?
I'd be more interested in what percentage of data that Google COULD get asked about is actually asked about.
Otherwise, it's like saying that I killed 300 cows whereas my neighbor only killed 1. Well, it just so happens that my herd is 300x as big, too... a more understandable reading would be the percentage of cows killed per herd.
Hum. Could you point me to something that states that the Republican party actually wants no regulation of the banking industry whatsoever?
"Something" would be something more than, say, a wacko who affiliates with the party... since, after all, people CAN differ.
As far as I am aware, especially in light of current legislation discussions, Republicans are in favor of some banking regulation. Democrats happen to be in favor of much more regulation.
By the way... Mae/Mac were regulated quite a bit. Government oversight, or intervention, in that case, did not help a lot. Perhaps "regulation" isn't the answer. Perhaps proper regulation has something to do with it.
And when some Republicans, anyways, talk about no-government-intervention, they are talking about things like incentives for banks to loan to risky homebuyers, not telling banks that they need to have so much in assets in order to be FDIC insured or whatever. I can't answer for all Republicans, of course, but I know no one, personally, that actually wants no regulation of the financial industry whatsoever. As much as Democrats like to say that, I don't think that is true.
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you mean these?
Already come. Our government has been telling us to "go out and spend" quite a bit recently. They didn't really say it was unpatriotic, I guess.
Er, since when are all-capital signs hard to read?
Hum. Unfortunately for me, I have no record of when I created the account.
No? Why not? Mine is higher than his, and I am pretty sure I was here in 2000.
Actually, there is no direct competitor to the postal service for letters, is there? That can use mailboxes? It's a legal monopoly, I thought. But most people probably prefer it that way. Mail isn't something you want to get lost because you have to go through 3000 different companies before you get to B from A. There are parcel-post competitors, of course.
Replying because I modded the wrong way. Doh. Sigh.
Er, 1000 or 1024?
You mean this part?
If this is correlation and not causation, I state the obvious [...]
:D
Biblically, God made at least earth for humans. Not "white guys who claim to be Christian."
Just wanted to clear that up. I know there are plenty of people who distort and malign it, and I know established 'Christian' religions, who looked nothing like 'little Christs', have perverted it immensely (dark ages, etc)...
(to make that distortion even worse and stupider, most of the Bible takes place in the "East," not the West. Heh.)
By "easily" I mean for the average random person on campus. Most college students aren't computer science students, and aren't adept at networking, and probably would not know how to setup an ad-hoc network.
Not being able to "see" another computer on the network in something like "Network Neighborhood" will keep a lot of people "out" of other computers. Or simply not knowing how to turn on "share files and folders" in Windows on both computers, etc.
Plus, depending on what you're transferring, wireless connections are not all that snappy, are they?
To get around various issues, including lag, I just set up my own wired network in my room. Made network games much easier, file transfers, etc. But I am not expecting every student to know how to do that just to transfer [insert something here] to their other computer from their iPad... if the iPad even allows you to work with files like that, which I have heard it doesn't all that easily? if at all? that'd be another issue before the USB part...
Paper is pretty portable... and I tend to only read one book at a time. Periodicals, of course, would be a different story, but I just do those online anyways.
Not all campus networks allow you to easily network two computers on the public campus network.
True. I've used that one, too, hehe.
Of course, then they ask what is "it" then? ... ;)
So with easy storage devices and networking availability, we're going to move stuff between two computers that are sitting right next to each other by e-mailing it. That doesn't sound very smart.
Especially if the mail server has attachment size limits.
But it's easy to explain the difference, so it's not entirely understandable.
It's like understanding the difference between top speed and acceleration. Not a terribly hard concept.
The real problem is the "internet" is a magic black box. Most people don't understand it's really just a big network, and works like a network... actually, somewhat similar to a much-quicker-delivery postal system, in simplistic terms. Except that there's a "request" thing, not just a "send" thing.
What if you somehow took notes or something and want to put it on another computer? A USB port is rather useful for that sort of thing... basically, any attempt to move data off your iPad to work with it on another platform, how does that work?
You know, the "writing on the wall," if referring to the Biblical event, was a bad thing, not a good thing. It was doom for the current ruling empire. :)
Solution: no property tax. ;)
Dishonest nice guys. That's quite the description... hehe.
Where are you illegally parking?
Most parking spaces that I park in are public. I'm not sure about private parking violations/where that money goes, nor who polices them..
These are requests to Google for information to either remove content or for disclosure of "user data."
There is no correlation between what, say, the US can actually ask for/receive and how many requests Google gets.
Assume, for example, DMCA. Raw numbers aren't as useful as DMCA vs. "Copyright Holdings" percentages/correlations. If you have one copyright and I have two, you might expect me to issue twice as many DMCAs as you do because I have more holdings.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding just what a given country CAN request of Google.
They give the map with actual numbers, apparently, right?
I'd be more interested in what percentage of data that Google COULD get asked about is actually asked about.
Otherwise, it's like saying that I killed 300 cows whereas my neighbor only killed 1. Well, it just so happens that my herd is 300x as big, too... a more understandable reading would be the percentage of cows killed per herd.
as they're going to spend that cash immediately
That sounds like giving a man a fish instead of a fishing pole.
Hum. Could you point me to something that states that the Republican party actually wants no regulation of the banking industry whatsoever?
"Something" would be something more than, say, a wacko who affiliates with the party... since, after all, people CAN differ.
As far as I am aware, especially in light of current legislation discussions, Republicans are in favor of some banking regulation. Democrats happen to be in favor of much more regulation.
By the way ... Mae/Mac were regulated quite a bit. Government oversight, or intervention, in that case, did not help a lot. Perhaps "regulation" isn't the answer. Perhaps proper regulation has something to do with it.
And when some Republicans, anyways, talk about no-government-intervention, they are talking about things like incentives for banks to loan to risky homebuyers, not telling banks that they need to have so much in assets in order to be FDIC insured or whatever. I can't answer for all Republicans, of course, but I know no one, personally, that actually wants no regulation of the financial industry whatsoever. As much as Democrats like to say that, I don't think that is true.
Shocking, I know... people saying things that aren't true. In both parties. Yikes. One of my favorite sites for "things so-and-so said."