What does the proposed repeal of term limits and the shocking fact that you've been modded down have to do with the Patriot Act?
People introduce wacko amendments all the time. Take off your hat once in a while.
As much as we dislike the ugly provisions of the Patriot Act, its proponents are well-intentioned people who are trying to keep us safe. They are not out to destroy democracy. They just don't realize that loss of freedom is too high a price to pay for safety.
Usually I dislike details about a reviewer being included in a review, but:
Even though I'm not a typical member of the intended audience, I found the organisation of the book very well thought-out and with a good sense of flow.
The reviewer doesn't say what his background is, so it's hard to judge his claim not to be a typical member of the intended audience. Claiming it without some explanation makes me wonder what he means, and even why I should read on.
Perhaps he found the organization of the book well thought out because he's atypical?
I thought the Evil Religious Right(tm) had cornered the market...
You are thinking in only one dimension (1D), with "right" and "left" as opposing signs. In reality there are many variables that define people's political positions, at least one per issue.
Also, for many people, political activism for their causes takes on a religious role in their lives. It gives their lives meaning and makes them feel part of a larger whole in the way that religion does.
Religious views become mixed up with political ones, to a greater or lesser extent. Religious values say that helping the poor is Good, that chastity is Good, or that being kind to other species is Good. Adherents then are prone to wanting those Good things put into law, or at least to have their government support their practice.
People see themselves as having a "right" or "left" charge, as belonging to a side, and then think they have to conform to all of the beliefs associated with that side. The religious overtones for certain issues bring religious conformity to bear. Couple that with peer pressure and you get the madness of crowds.
it's what people think you know.
But the biggest difference between a big University and everyplace else I've worked (small business, big business, military, and government) is that at a uni no one is looking out for your paperwork. Not your boss, not the people down at payroll, not your secretary, no one. It's not that they won't help you, it's just that they don't.
Specifically, make double extra sure that your first paycheck is going to go through. Make sure your appointment paperwork gets from your boss to the department, from the department to the College, from the College to University Payroll, and that you're "in the system" at every step.
Be a very squeaky wheel, but keep in mind that no one likes a pushy newcomer. I've you're too squeaky, you go from "squeaky wheel" to "boy who cried wolf" (for any future encounters with the paperwork gods and goddesses).
Wouldn't it me more surprising if there were no statistical links between "intelligence" and genetic diseases?
And talking about "intelligence" without breaking it down to memory, logical reasoning, creativity, inferential reasoning, empathic ability, etc. is a little like talking about "IP" without patents, copyrights, trademarks, contracts, licenses, or trade secrets.
The people who sacked the people who were hired to read the outgoing email of the first group of people hired to read outgoing email, have been sacked.
Only time will tell whether reading employee email is good or bad for a company.
What's the effect on morale when everyone knows their email is being monitored? It will probably generate resentment, which leads to people selling out to the competition.
And what's to stop someone from saving some piece of information on a USB key, then sending that out by FedEx? Maybe email is the easiest thing to use, but there are lots of other ways to send data.
The more I think about it, the stupider it sounds. I think companies who bother reading outgoing mail will be worse for it.
McAfee started out as a shareware company, selling an antivirus program for MS-DOS and Macintosh.
They acquired a bunch of smaller companies, then started calling themselves "Network Associates" soon after they acquired that company.
While they haven't ever been open source, they've usually (always?) had a product you could download and use without first paying them for it. And I think they have always given out free updates.
I wonder how much of their corporate culture has survived from the old days? To what degree is "McAfee" just a brand name?
In addition, I have long, fine hair, and was often made a victim of the Van de Graf generator - the little metal ball with a rubber belt inside it that creates enough static electricity to make your hair stand on end. Yeesh.
Rather, I call "[-1, Off-Topic]" on the article's author and the entire Christian Science Monitor editorial staff.
You've obviously never been to Houston in July. Phoenix is hot, but it's a dry heat.
But your post raises serious issues. Why is NASA, an arm of the US Government, sending out aggressive missions to US cities? It really almost sounds silly, and would be funny if it weren't such a serious concern.
I believe this is all a sham, and that the real mission will be, get this: to Mars. Call me crazy, but I think "Mars" isn't just a code name. In my theory, Phoenix is the code name!
Now, I know people are going to laugh and make jokes about tin hats, but it really makes you stop and think.
High-ranking bureaucrats are usually astute politicians. They know what to say in order to get their way with the elected officials and with their (the bureaucrats') constituents.
The FCC is beholden to both the MPAA and the hardware industry, and to consumers as well. The commissioners are political appointees, but the bureaucrats who actually run the place are not. They exercise their political wits to accomplish their personal and professional goals.
The FCC as a whole is in it for the FCC. They all want power. Most also want to see the public good enhanced. Without any specific evidence, I suspect that the people who make up the FCC are personally a representative sample of the US population, with similar political and other beliefs.
In other words, what they say and what they believe are not necessarily the same.
the volume of email being sent from their networks to Hotmail users, and see how much of that email is being flagged as spam.
All of it.
Actually, it seems that almost all of my incoming mail is spam. I guess I don't know enough old people from Korea.
Are there really clueless ISPs who can't monitor their own SMTP traffic? They're paying by the bit for their outgoing volume, usually, so you'd think all of them would have a good handle on what is going out.
The ones who care already know. The ones who don't care won't be helped by a tool, because they're either explicitly making money off of it or they tolerate it so as not to scare away paying customers.
On the other hand, maybe some of them will want to know what to charge.
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What does the proposed repeal of term limits and the shocking fact that you've been modded down have to do with the Patriot Act?
People introduce wacko amendments all the time.
Take off your hat once in a while.
As much as we dislike the ugly provisions of the Patriot Act, its proponents are well-intentioned people who are trying to keep us safe. They are not out to destroy democracy. They just don't realize that loss of freedom is too high a price to pay for safety.
>As far as I can see, I get stuff for free...
Your selflessness is matched only by your vision.
>I think DVD UI devs are morons.
I think your anger is misplaced. It's the suits. Need I say more?
Usually I dislike details about a reviewer being included in a review, but:
The reviewer doesn't say what his background is, so it's hard to judge his claim not to be a typical member of the intended audience. Claiming it without some explanation makes me wonder what he means, and even why I should read on.
Perhaps he found the organization of the book well thought out because he's atypical?
You are thinking in only one dimension (1D), with "right" and "left" as opposing signs. In reality there are many variables that define people's political positions, at least one per issue.
Also, for many people, political activism for their causes takes on a religious role in their lives. It gives their lives meaning and makes them feel part of a larger whole in the way that religion does.
Religious views become mixed up with political ones, to a greater or lesser extent. Religious values say that helping the poor is Good, that chastity is Good, or that being kind to other species is Good. Adherents then are prone to wanting those Good things put into law, or at least to have their government support their practice.
People see themselves as having a "right" or "left" charge, as belonging to a side, and then think they have to conform to all of the beliefs associated with that side. The religious overtones for certain issues bring religious conformity to bear. Couple that with peer pressure and you get the madness of crowds.
to the phrase "titanic methane eruption".
If NASA were smart and hired poets, they would just look at the blurry images and say, "Interesting".
Specifically, make double extra sure that your first paycheck is going to go through. Make sure your appointment paperwork gets from your boss to the department, from the department to the College, from the College to University Payroll, and that you're "in the system" at every step.
Be a very squeaky wheel, but keep in mind that no one likes a pushy newcomer. I've you're too squeaky, you go from "squeaky wheel" to "boy who cried wolf" (for any future encounters with the paperwork gods and goddesses).
Wouldn't it me more surprising if there were no statistical links between "intelligence" and genetic diseases?
And talking about "intelligence" without breaking it down to memory, logical reasoning, creativity, inferential reasoning, empathic ability, etc. is a little like talking about "IP" without patents, copyrights, trademarks, contracts, licenses, or trade secrets.
The people who sacked the people who were hired to read the outgoing email of the first group of people hired to read outgoing email, have been sacked.
The people who were hired to read the outgoing email of the first group of people hired to read outgoing email have been sacked.
Only time will tell whether reading employee email is good or bad for a company.
What's the effect on morale when everyone knows their email is being monitored? It will probably generate resentment, which leads to people selling out to the competition.
And what's to stop someone from saving some piece of information on a USB key, then sending that out by FedEx? Maybe email is the easiest thing to use, but there are lots of other ways to send data.
The more I think about it, the stupider it sounds. I think companies who bother reading outgoing mail will be worse for it.
Are they trying to imply that Star Wars wasn't real?
I suppose they didn't really have light sabers, either?
What next, Darth Vader's voice was dubbed?
I'd better lie down a while.
McAfee started out as a shareware company, selling an antivirus program for MS-DOS and Macintosh.
They acquired a bunch of smaller companies, then started calling themselves "Network Associates" soon after they acquired that company.
While they haven't ever been open source, they've usually (always?) had a product you could download and use without first paying them for it. And I think they have always given out free updates.
I wonder how much of their corporate culture has survived from the old days? To what degree is "McAfee" just a brand name?
before I had to ask google for the definition:
technical feasibility study: n. from Gr. technos, knowledge + OF faux, false; see rubber stamp. See also "pork barrel" and "buzzword".
Rather, I call "[-1, Off-Topic]" on the article's author and the entire Christian Science Monitor editorial staff.
You've obviously never been to Houston in July. Phoenix is hot, but it's a dry heat.
But your post raises serious issues. Why is NASA, an arm of the US Government, sending out aggressive missions to US cities? It really almost sounds silly, and would be funny if it weren't such a serious concern.
I believe this is all a sham, and that the real mission will be, get this: to Mars. Call me crazy, but I think "Mars" isn't just a code name. In my theory, Phoenix is the code name!
Now, I know people are going to laugh and make jokes about tin hats, but it really makes you stop and think.
Now where's my hat? I have to go outside, and you can never be too safe.
>quite a bit, actually
Yeah, I swung and missed that one. I should have said "I thought, 'surely one orgasm is enough to supply all the necessary material.'"
Very clever, using multiple rotors and phases like that.
While running fast is great, and probably essential for mind-share, I wonder about power consumption. A 1:1 gear ratio seems a little short.
I forget the details about electric motors. Doesn't power consumption increase with RPM, and so wouldn't a transmission help increase efficiency?
Efficiency, leading to low power consumption, is the key for an electric passenger vehicle.
High-ranking bureaucrats are usually astute politicians. They know what to say in order to get their way with the elected officials and with their (the bureaucrats') constituents.
The FCC is beholden to both the MPAA and the hardware industry, and to consumers as well. The commissioners are political appointees, but the bureaucrats who actually run the place are not. They exercise their political wits to accomplish their personal and professional goals.
The FCC as a whole is in it for the FCC. They all want power. Most also want to see the public good enhanced. Without any specific evidence, I suspect that the people who make up the FCC are personally a representative sample of the US population, with similar political and other beliefs.
In other words, what they say and what they believe are not necessarily the same.
We know we're being used. We like being used. It brings us fame and glory and the respect of our peers.
[irony]
I know: I think all those people working for non-profits or for the European Commission should instead turn their efforts toward running a business.
After all, those evil business people are just using the Red Cross, the universities, and the governments of the world.
[/irony]
Never seen Ringu. Heard it was good.
I saw The Ring. Very scary.
That is all.
All of it.
Actually, it seems that almost all of my incoming mail is spam. I guess I don't know enough old people from Korea.
Are there really clueless ISPs who can't monitor their own SMTP traffic? They're paying by the bit for their outgoing volume, usually, so you'd think all of them would have a good handle on what is going out.
The ones who care already know. The ones who don't care won't be helped by a tool, because they're either explicitly making money off of it or they tolerate it so as not to scare away paying customers.
On the other hand, maybe some of them will want to know what to charge.