Couples probably had sex just at much back in the mideval times as they do now. When an entrepreneur got a big contract or had a great profit for the year guess what he'd go home and do. Yup, make a baby.
Now, the rich and the capitalists use birth control to limit the number of children they have. After all children are expensive and hurt the bottom line (so to speak). So now, with the advent of birth control, the successful are having less children. And the poor are doing the only thing they can do for free anymore. Have sex and more babies.
If what Dr. Clark (and Darwin) is saying is true, natural selection is promoting the stupid and unsuccessful traits since the successful people are only having a small number of children compared to those who can't afford birth control (or are too stupid to use it).
But in this context, are smaller families good for a nation?
For laws to be changed to be more capitalistic people have to become more capitalism-minded.
Maybe China saw a good case for capitalism (the USA). Then after a generation or two the rulers had a new mindset. One that allowed (and even promoted) capitalistic values. And guess what has happened economic growth in China has exploded.
If there are no capitalists in a nation you can change the laws all you want. But people will still highly prefer to trust their income to their employer or to the government.
I've heard of a situation where a CIO had several top of the line phones that kept breaking on him. The problem was that he had carpet that would build up a huge charge. He was basically shocking his phone to death.
How long will it take before the "Google are the good guy's" sentiment is going to wear thin?
It has worn thin. We've wised up. We now realize what each and every person is to Google. People and their personal information is nothing more than a way for Google to make money.
No. Google is stuck in the, "We can force MS to ask their users to install our software in place of theirs because MS is still percieved as a monopoly" mode. Let's see Adobe publish open APIs for their entire Creative Suite. Let's see the Mac OS publish open APIs for their entire OS.
The idea that Google is still an underdog to MS is pure fantasy. But Google's gonna milk the perception for all it's worth.
Yea, when your browser is so void of features it takes less time to fix a problem and test it. Especially since the problem was probably already solved in the Mac version and only needed to be moved over to the Win Beta.
I find it interesting that a big part of the OSS spirit is to use Big Government to sue the pants off of companies (MS) who make it hard for OSS to get accepted.
They also want Big Government to pass laws to force federal and state offices to use Open formats.
Why do individuals, businesses and governments have to be forced into using OSS?
Yes AC, you are an arrogant, stupid idiot. Now moderators, go ahead and select "-1 Flamebait" for this post.
Okay, now that we've got that out of the way I can continue. Apple knows exactly what it is doing. And it will work. More and more people are finding out that many browsers are better than IE. If Apple can convince PC users to use Safari that will be one less barrier to switching over from PC to a Mac. The list is getting longer of basic applications that run on both the Mac and PC. The longer this list gets the easier and more appealing it will be for PC people to make the switch. After Apple gains a significant market share they will be in a position to take advantage of critical mass. Customers will start switching in droves. Then they can focus on making the best Mac apps (based only on Cocoa). Not just the best carbon apps so they can run on the PC too.
The more PC users use Mac apps the more people will feel comfortable switching. Ditto for Linux.
I bet MS already has ODF compatibility ready to put on their website for download if a bill like this were to pass. Plus since 99.9% of the rest of the world still uses.doc format government and everyone else will still have to use MS Office & MS Windows.
ODF is a great idea. But it is only a tiny step away from propriatary formats.
I couldn't agree more with the parent. Chances are probably 50% your local friends will be tech-savvy. So when you get together with your buddies they'll all want a wall outlet close to their leather recliner. This will keep cords from stringing across the room.
Have an above average sound system with crisp highs and tight thump. I'd have 7.1 in the living room but have high quality flush-with-wall speakers in every room. The 'house' music is always playing everywhere. Have an audio jack in each bedroom to allow your visitors to plug in their iPod so they can pump their favorite tunes in their own room.
When your friends come over and crack open their MacBooks they'll assume you have Wi-Fi. Get corporate grade Cisco wireless routers so nobody's connection ever gets dropped and you can assure them that it's as secure as possible. I'd get a gateway router with 2 Wan ports so you can double up on the fastest broadband you can afford. Your friends will appreciate the lightning fast downloads and surfing.
It's important to have a bar with a mini-fridge that's always stocked. You could even go for one of those fancy Starbucks-style cappucino/everything coffee makers. Have the best coffee in stock. Always have a case of chilled Bawls, Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper in the mini-fridge.
Inevitably you'll have friends wanting to make your house their remote office/hangout spot. So want a really cool idea? Install those card access readers for your front door locks and various internal doors (bedroom, office, etc.). Give cards to your friends and tell them, "If your card lets you in just let yourself in and make yourself at home. If it doesn't then go away, I'm busy or not home."
We'd better get used to Google becoming the butt of jokes usually aimed at ActiveX. Google Gears, Google Desktop, Google whatever. We now reaize that the developers that develop these technologies simply get traded between the big 3 (Google, MS, Yahoo) and others.
Are we all finally realizing that Google writes insecure apps just like ever other software development company that is made up of humans?
"Microsoft is either going to have to support this or do something like it," says David Mitchell Smith
Seems to me that Google Gears is merely an answer to Microsoft's ActiveX techlology.
This web-to-desktop link concept is not new. Google is guilty of what MS usually does.
1) Copy somebody else's successful idea.
2) Dump several million $$$ into it to integrate it tightly with their platform
3) Call it innovation.
Personally, I'm a software developer running my own dev company. We've got servers and domains, etc. My friends think I'm somewhat of a brainiac type. But I'm really an average joe with many hands-on skills as well. I don't like being pigeonholed as just a nerd or a geek.
When GoDaddy comercials air I make a special effort to rep my registrar. You've got to admit, there's something cool and masculine about a domain registrar run by a former Marine that uses sexy women to sell domains. It's not your average nerdy/dry/boring domain registrar. I've used GoDaddy for over 5 years now. I've had many various types of transactions with them and I can say that they have always met or exceeded my expectations.
From TFA, "The computer also is built to enhance security, boasting a fingerprint reader and a mechanism that lets users kill a hard drive by remote control."
This quote was under the subheading "The Wow Factor".
From your link, "Successful exploitation allows bypassing any security restrictions enforced by ASP or execution of API's with no ASP equivalent, but requires permissions to upload ASP code to a web folder."
This is not a remotely exploitable bug. Nice try though.
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Exactly! And the shuttle's should always return to earth at night when it is cooler to minimize burning up on the way back.
Meteors have only been spotted while the sun was on the opposite of the earth. So as long you launch during daylight hours you should be safe.
Tell me about it! The article has nothing to do with the war on terror. Or even security for that matter. It is about MS SoftGrid.
Couples probably had sex just at much back in the mideval times as they do now. When an entrepreneur got a big contract or had a great profit for the year guess what he'd go home and do. Yup, make a baby.
Now, the rich and the capitalists use birth control to limit the number of children they have. After all children are expensive and hurt the bottom line (so to speak). So now, with the advent of birth control, the successful are having less children. And the poor are doing the only thing they can do for free anymore. Have sex and more babies.
If what Dr. Clark (and Darwin) is saying is true, natural selection is promoting the stupid and unsuccessful traits since the successful people are only having a small number of children compared to those who can't afford birth control (or are too stupid to use it).
But in this context, are smaller families good for a nation?
For laws to be changed to be more capitalistic people have to become more capitalism-minded.
Maybe China saw a good case for capitalism (the USA). Then after a generation or two the rulers had a new mindset. One that allowed (and even promoted) capitalistic values. And guess what has happened economic growth in China has exploded.
If there are no capitalists in a nation you can change the laws all you want. But people will still highly prefer to trust their income to their employer or to the government.
Well Microsoft has a product called Popfly.com that does mashups with anybody's maps and many other sites and services.
Is Google ripping the idea off of MS?
Didn't Clinton pardon over 100 people when he left office?
Let them have the north pole. We smart Americans know that the world's oil supply is just about to dry up anyways.
I've heard of a situation where a CIO had several top of the line phones that kept breaking on him. The problem was that he had carpet that would build up a huge charge. He was basically shocking his phone to death.
How long will it take before the "Google are the good guy's" sentiment is going to wear thin?
It has worn thin. We've wised up. We now realize what each and every person is to Google. People and their personal information is nothing more than a way for Google to make money.
Google uses you. Not the other way around.
No. Google is stuck in the, "We can force MS to ask their users to install our software in place of theirs because MS is still percieved as a monopoly" mode. Let's see Adobe publish open APIs for their entire Creative Suite. Let's see the Mac OS publish open APIs for their entire OS.
The idea that Google is still an underdog to MS is pure fantasy. But Google's gonna milk the perception for all it's worth.
Yea, when your browser is so void of features it takes less time to fix a problem and test it. Especially since the problem was probably already solved in the Mac version and only needed to be moved over to the Win Beta.
I find it interesting that a big part of the OSS spirit is to use Big Government to sue the pants off of companies (MS) who make it hard for OSS to get accepted.
They also want Big Government to pass laws to force federal and state offices to use Open formats.
Why do individuals, businesses and governments have to be forced into using OSS?
Can a Mac user weigh in on this? I wonder, does OS X allow a user to easily replace Finder with Google Desktop?
Yes AC, you are an arrogant, stupid idiot. Now moderators, go ahead and select "-1 Flamebait" for this post.
Okay, now that we've got that out of the way I can continue. Apple knows exactly what it is doing. And it will work. More and more people are finding out that many browsers are better than IE. If Apple can convince PC users to use Safari that will be one less barrier to switching over from PC to a Mac. The list is getting longer of basic applications that run on both the Mac and PC. The longer this list gets the easier and more appealing it will be for PC people to make the switch. After Apple gains a significant market share they will be in a position to take advantage of critical mass. Customers will start switching in droves. Then they can focus on making the best Mac apps (based only on Cocoa). Not just the best carbon apps so they can run on the PC too.
The more PC users use Mac apps the more people will feel comfortable switching. Ditto for Linux.
I bet MS already has ODF compatibility ready to put on their website for download if a bill like this were to pass. Plus since 99.9% of the rest of the world still uses .doc format government and everyone else will still have to use MS Office & MS Windows.
ODF is a great idea. But it is only a tiny step away from propriatary formats.
Well Linus didn't have anything bad to say about MS Source Safe. . .
;-)
[ducking] Sorry, I couldn't resist the urge.
That's hillarious! An editor is using an old version of Word and can't open Word 2007 docs. Subsequently Slashdotters are predicting Microsoft's doom.
I couldn't agree more with the parent. Chances are probably 50% your local friends will be tech-savvy. So when you get together with your buddies they'll all want a wall outlet close to their leather recliner. This will keep cords from stringing across the room.
Have an above average sound system with crisp highs and tight thump. I'd have 7.1 in the living room but have high quality flush-with-wall speakers in every room. The 'house' music is always playing everywhere. Have an audio jack in each bedroom to allow your visitors to plug in their iPod so they can pump their favorite tunes in their own room.
When your friends come over and crack open their MacBooks they'll assume you have Wi-Fi. Get corporate grade Cisco wireless routers so nobody's connection ever gets dropped and you can assure them that it's as secure as possible. I'd get a gateway router with 2 Wan ports so you can double up on the fastest broadband you can afford. Your friends will appreciate the lightning fast downloads and surfing.
It's important to have a bar with a mini-fridge that's always stocked. You could even go for one of those fancy Starbucks-style cappucino/everything coffee makers. Have the best coffee in stock. Always have a case of chilled Bawls, Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper in the mini-fridge.
Inevitably you'll have friends wanting to make your house their remote office/hangout spot. So want a really cool idea? Install those card access readers for your front door locks and various internal doors (bedroom, office, etc.). Give cards to your friends and tell them, "If your card lets you in just let yourself in and make yourself at home. If it doesn't then go away, I'm busy or not home."
Would this not be the sweetest tech hangout ever?
We'd better get used to Google becoming the butt of jokes usually aimed at ActiveX. Google Gears, Google Desktop, Google whatever. We now reaize that the developers that develop these technologies simply get traded between the big 3 (Google, MS, Yahoo) and others.
Are we all finally realizing that Google writes insecure apps just like ever other software development company that is made up of humans?
Did anybody read the last line of the same article on http://www.ft.com/cms/s/51c32f3c-0efc-11dc-b444-00 0b5df10621.html and scratch their head?
"Microsoft is either going to have to support this or do something like it," says David Mitchell Smith
Seems to me that Google Gears is merely an answer to Microsoft's ActiveX techlology. This web-to-desktop link concept is not new. Google is guilty of what MS usually does.
1) Copy somebody else's successful idea.
2) Dump several million $$$ into it to integrate it tightly with their platform
3) Call it innovation.
Personally, I'm a software developer running my own dev company. We've got servers and domains, etc. My friends think I'm somewhat of a brainiac type. But I'm really an average joe with many hands-on skills as well. I don't like being pigeonholed as just a nerd or a geek.
When GoDaddy comercials air I make a special effort to rep my registrar. You've got to admit, there's something cool and masculine about a domain registrar run by a former Marine that uses sexy women to sell domains. It's not your average nerdy/dry/boring domain registrar. I've used GoDaddy for over 5 years now. I've had many various types of transactions with them and I can say that they have always met or exceeded my expectations.
After your insightful comment I believe I like Ron Paul even more!
From TFA, "The computer also is built to enhance security, boasting a fingerprint reader and a mechanism that lets users kill a hard drive by remote control ."
This quote was under the subheading "The Wow Factor".
From your link, "Successful exploitation allows bypassing any security restrictions enforced by ASP or execution of API's with no ASP equivalent, but requires permissions to upload ASP code to a web folder."
This is not a remotely exploitable bug. Nice try though.