Agree. I got about $700 for my graduation, and I spent it all on gas and food hanging out at our vacation house all summer long. Granted, not everyone has a vacation home, but the sentiment is still valid.
Names are useful for the creative team who doesn't know which backend their creative materials (look and feel) are going with. When the creative starts, it might be Fedora 16.2, 17, 17.5, 18...
I have no problems working on features and fixes for future Linux kernel versions without needing to know what actual version name the release will be called. I don't see how the distro developers can't do the same thing.
A gun that is never touched will never hurt anyone.
Saying that something is not dangerous if you don't use it is meaningless. The "dangerousness" of an item is determined by what happens when it is used, not when it isn't.
Anyway, reading the rest of my point, do you realize that you're actually agreeing with me, not arguing against me?
I never understood the complaint that figuring out the actual tax value is too hard. Hello, we have computers! It can't be that hard to figure out the sales tax information for any address in the U.S. I'm sure many companies already provide that service, and Amazon can afford it.
I live in Texas, and I shop at Amazon a lot (I even have Prime membership). I'm glad that that Amazon will be charging sales tax now. I'm happy to pay it, because I know it will help my state. I know, I could have reported the sales tax myself, but it's not the same thing. It only has value if everyone pays the tax. Amazon's prices and free shipping are already cheaper than most local retailers, so I don't think Amazon will suffer any.
How exactly do customers benefit from not having push emails in iCloud and MobileMe? Or, for that matter, from not having a cool slide-to-unlock on Android? They aren't. Logical consequence: These companies are not acting to serve customers anymore (no, I'm not cynic enough to declare that a premise).
Sure they are. Motorola Mobility invented the technology, and is willing to let their customers use it. The problem is that Apple's customers are not paying Motorola Mobility for use of that technology. Apple wants to steal the technology from Motorola Mobility and sell it to Apple's customers.
Of course, you might say that the technology shouldn't be owned by Motorola Mobility, but that's a completely different topic. Either the patent is valid, or it isn't. Assuming it is valid (and the German courts apparently believe so), then Apple should just license the technology from Motorola Mobility. That would avoid a "patent war".
I think the point is that hacktivism occurs mostly because of unethical behavior of the target companies, not because they have generally weak security or valuable data. Therefore, companies can avoid being targets of hacktivism more by avoiding unethical behavior, rather than spending millions to beef up their security.
unless after years and years of study you publish a single earth shattering paper.
How hard can it be to publish a few interim papers while you're doing the research? Surely it can't be too difficult to find some grad student to work on a sub-project that can result in a co-authored paper.
Why don't you just disable email updates? Like I said -- I don't understand the LinkedIn hate. I get no spam from them, and I see no ads when I visit the web site.
Because Apple makes the most profit, he reasons, it also bears the most responsibility for fixing a broken system.
Some people will call me a liberal, but I believe this wholeheartedly. Look at my signature. The people who are most capable of fixing a problem ("hold high places") must take the initiative to fix it. Is this the same thing as punishing success? I like to think that being able to help the less fortunate is a reward of success.
This isn't just about media. The bill is also meant to target counterfeit manufactured goods, like fake Prada handbags shipped directly from China. Allowing companies to quickly block the Chinese web sites would curtail counterfeiting, but as many have said, the bill is too broad and too easy to abuse.
It used to be that you had to go to China, or some secret dinky store in Chinatown, to buy fake Chinese-made goods. Thanks to e-commerce, you can do that from the comfort of your own home. Perhaps SOPA needs to apply to credit card companies instead of web sites. Imagine if Prada could just tell Visa to block payments to fake-prada-handbags.cn without going through law enforcement. I bet Visa would hate that, because then Visa would be have to deal with abuses, instead of dozens of small ISPs.
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The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke. Don't let it cloud your judgement of the other areas.
Agree. I got about $700 for my graduation, and I spent it all on gas and food hanging out at our vacation house all summer long. Granted, not everyone has a vacation home, but the sentiment is still valid.
When a raindrop hits a mosquito, it's the equivalent of one of us being slammed into by a bus. And yet the bug will survive and keep flying.
In other words, it's definitely not the equivalent being slammed by a bus.
Names are useful for the creative team who doesn't know which backend their creative materials (look and feel) are going with. When the creative starts, it might be Fedora 16.2, 17, 17.5, 18...
I have no problems working on features and fixes for future Linux kernel versions without needing to know what actual version name the release will be called. I don't see how the distro developers can't do the same thing.
A gun that is never touched will never hurt anyone.
Saying that something is not dangerous if you don't use it is meaningless. The "dangerousness" of an item is determined by what happens when it is used, not when it isn't.
Anyway, reading the rest of my point, do you realize that you're actually agreeing with me, not arguing against me?
Also, what is your suggestion for a proper analogy?
Banning guns because they're used in so many crimes.
So why spend 20 years and 1 trillion dollars building a ship to explore the solar system?
Because it's better than spending a trillion dollars to kill brown people with oil.
Yes.
I never understood the complaint that figuring out the actual tax value is too hard. Hello, we have computers! It can't be that hard to figure out the sales tax information for any address in the U.S. I'm sure many companies already provide that service, and Amazon can afford it.
I live in Texas, and I shop at Amazon a lot (I even have Prime membership). I'm glad that that Amazon will be charging sales tax now. I'm happy to pay it, because I know it will help my state. I know, I could have reported the sales tax myself, but it's not the same thing. It only has value if everyone pays the tax. Amazon's prices and free shipping are already cheaper than most local retailers, so I don't think Amazon will suffer any.
How exactly do customers benefit from not having push emails in iCloud and MobileMe? Or, for that matter, from not having a cool slide-to-unlock on Android? They aren't. Logical consequence: These companies are not acting to serve customers anymore (no, I'm not cynic enough to declare that a premise).
Sure they are. Motorola Mobility invented the technology, and is willing to let their customers use it. The problem is that Apple's customers are not paying Motorola Mobility for use of that technology. Apple wants to steal the technology from Motorola Mobility and sell it to Apple's customers.
Of course, you might say that the technology shouldn't be owned by Motorola Mobility, but that's a completely different topic. Either the patent is valid, or it isn't. Assuming it is valid (and the German courts apparently believe so), then Apple should just license the technology from Motorola Mobility. That would avoid a "patent war".
My nine-year-old is using "Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners" to learn Python. She's not really very motivated, though.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1933988495
What special sort of sicko would do this for kicks?
Seriously? You have to ask?
My sister says she's worth every penny.
I think the point is that hacktivism occurs mostly because of unethical behavior of the target companies, not because they have generally weak security or valuable data. Therefore, companies can avoid being targets of hacktivism more by avoiding unethical behavior, rather than spending millions to beef up their security.
From another article:
"One of the stories was about prostitutes having their faces covered with ejaculation."
Except that another passenger in the car can also look out for dangers on the road and warn you.
unless after years and years of study you publish a single earth shattering paper.
How hard can it be to publish a few interim papers while you're doing the research? Surely it can't be too difficult to find some grad student to work on a sub-project that can result in a co-authored paper.
Why don't you just disable email updates? Like I said -- I don't understand the LinkedIn hate. I get no spam from them, and I see no ads when I visit the web site.
If you're doing research, then you should have some published results of that research. Doing research without publishing seems pointless to me.
I've been using LinkedIn for years. I've never seen any nagging for anything.
Dude, that was a long time ago. I never even heard of Foxconn back then. So stop presuming that you know me.
Because Apple makes the most profit, he reasons, it also bears the most responsibility for fixing a broken system.
Some people will call me a liberal, but I believe this wholeheartedly. Look at my signature. The people who are most capable of fixing a problem ("hold high places") must take the initiative to fix it. Is this the same thing as punishing success? I like to think that being able to help the less fortunate is a reward of success.
Does he not realize that M and AO games are not supposed to be played by children in the first place?
This isn't just about media. The bill is also meant to target counterfeit manufactured goods, like fake Prada handbags shipped directly from China. Allowing companies to quickly block the Chinese web sites would curtail counterfeiting, but as many have said, the bill is too broad and too easy to abuse.
It used to be that you had to go to China, or some secret dinky store in Chinatown, to buy fake Chinese-made goods. Thanks to e-commerce, you can do that from the comfort of your own home. Perhaps SOPA needs to apply to credit card companies instead of web sites. Imagine if Prada could just tell Visa to block payments to fake-prada-handbags.cn without going through law enforcement. I bet Visa would hate that, because then Visa would be have to deal with abuses, instead of dozens of small ISPs.