I would still be taking college courses just for fun, if I could afford it. There is something to be said for the idea of "never stop learning" and not resting on your laurels. I wish more people would adopt this philosophy, instead of getting to a certain place in their lives and just saying "Well, no need to learn anything new." I've worked with many programmers who hadn't learned a damn thing since they were in their 20's. They just become more obsolete every day they live.
Most/.er's stopped using your products a long time ago.
Next up, Intel CEO admits "McAfee is just bloatware that doesn't actually do anything. To be honest, most of it just runs loops that eat up CPU, so people think it's doing something and want to buy a faster Intel CPU. It hasn't stopped an actual virus since the mid-90's."
US to get to the moon using private industry incentives
If the moon were made of solid gold, it still wouldn't be anywhere close to economically feasible for private industry to bother. And, as it is, it's just made of cheese, which is a lot easier to get out of cows.
Every President and Presidential candidate TALKS about great new strides in the space program and all the great stuff we're going to do (always setting the goals well beyond the point where they'll be out of office, of course). Not one since LBJ has actually FUNDED the agency in a way anywhere close to the level it would need to actually accomplish any of these lofty goals.
Gingrich is just playing the game. His words are meaningless pandering, nothing more.
Every time I use Google, I get this unnerving feeling that Larry Page is petting a cat somewhere and telling a henchman "Soon we will have enough to blackmail EVERYONE...bwah, ha, ha, ha!"
Looks like the citizens of every country are going to have to stay on careful guard these days. When the music industry loses in one country, they just shift focus to another for a while (then later try to sneak back in under the radar where they lost). I guess they're hoping they have the money to wait everyone out. Sadly, they may be right.
Couldn't someone start a rumor that this bill is anti-French? At least that would get Quebec to come out against it. Of course, that's a pretty dubious ally. But you take what you can get.
This may be good for some corporate espionage. But if any hacker is doing this thinking he's going to expose the dark corporate underbelly, he's going to be disappointed.
If my experience is any indication, the evil stuff doesn't go on in rooms like that. Contrary to the movies, you have very few open meetings where a bunch of guys sit around and openly plot evil deeds. Most of that stuff is done in much smaller settings, and even then they use euphemisms and obfuscation. It's not like someone says openly "Hey, can we we bribe some local politicians so we can get away with dumping our factory wastewater into their rivers?" Instead they say something like "How can we cut costs at this factory?" to which someone else responds "Well, if we could get rid of the burdensome environmental regulations down there, then it would help with profitability" to which someone else responds "I'll call our people there and have them talk with some of our political allies."
I imagine some "hacktivists" will hack these systems expecting to get a smoking gun. But after hours of watching, all they'll get are a lot of boring meetings filled with financial figures, shitty powerpoint presentations, and corporate-speak platitudes. It'll be a lot less "Here's our secret plan" and a lot more "Here are the fourth quarter earnings breakdowns" and "Let's talk about how we build synergy in Asian markets..."
Can't we just have those things from Logan's Run? They looked almost as cool that that network they had where you could hook up for sex (nothing could top that, of course).
"We're not sure what these psychics are talking about, but we sure didn't encounter any aliens, nor were we in any way anally-probed. And we certainly weren't anally-probed repeatedly. Just never happened. We enjoyed a normal mission with no butt-raping from aliens at all...just two astronauts doing their job and *not* being tied down and repeatedly probed."
"Blue states" stereotypically seem to have a 30 page form and want $100, but its always possible...
Yeah but 20 pages of that are questions like "How does this car effect the aura of the driver?" and "Is there any possibility that this car could create a hostile work environment for a LGBT or minority?"
Now that I saw the true power of education, there is no turning back. It's like a drug. I won't be able to teach 200 students again, in a conventional classroom setting
I had the exact same feeling of elation when my Chicks with Dicks site really took off. How could I go back to being just another carny running a ring toss game after that?
Next edit will replace everything with bad CGI, have a crying Han Solo beg Greedo for his life, and feature an extended 3D sequence of an aged Jar Jar Binks dancing a jig and flipping off the camera.
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Two of the associates working for two of the named firms agreed to settle for $35,000 each in fines.
And the SEC wonders why people keep doing this sort of thing. I bet those two guys (and many other not charged) walked away with millions.
I would still be taking college courses just for fun, if I could afford it. There is something to be said for the idea of "never stop learning" and not resting on your laurels. I wish more people would adopt this philosophy, instead of getting to a certain place in their lives and just saying "Well, no need to learn anything new." I've worked with many programmers who hadn't learned a damn thing since they were in their 20's. They just become more obsolete every day they live.
It only took you 6 years.
They would have gotten an email out sooner, but Norton was REALLY slowing their computers down.
Perhaps we need a paradigm shift.
Note to self: Market deep-fried poutine in the South.
They're afraid the cats will be smart enough to sense something evil afoot.
Most /.er's stopped using your products a long time ago.
Next up, Intel CEO admits "McAfee is just bloatware that doesn't actually do anything. To be honest, most of it just runs loops that eat up CPU, so people think it's doing something and want to buy a faster Intel CPU. It hasn't stopped an actual virus since the mid-90's."
US to get to the moon using private industry incentives
If the moon were made of solid gold, it still wouldn't be anywhere close to economically feasible for private industry to bother. And, as it is, it's just made of cheese, which is a lot easier to get out of cows.
Every President and Presidential candidate TALKS about great new strides in the space program and all the great stuff we're going to do (always setting the goals well beyond the point where they'll be out of office, of course). Not one since LBJ has actually FUNDED the agency in a way anywhere close to the level it would need to actually accomplish any of these lofty goals.
Gingrich is just playing the game. His words are meaningless pandering, nothing more.
We'll take their oil sands and their poutine! It's the only way we can possibly make Americans even less healthy!
borderline racist
French is a race now?
And why was I not told?!?!?
Aye, many a brave immigrant died trying to reach the new homeland.
Every time I use Google, I get this unnerving feeling that Larry Page is petting a cat somewhere and telling a henchman "Soon we will have enough to blackmail EVERYONE...bwah, ha, ha, ha!"
Well, the Great Lakes are pretty big.
Looks like the citizens of every country are going to have to stay on careful guard these days. When the music industry loses in one country, they just shift focus to another for a while (then later try to sneak back in under the radar where they lost). I guess they're hoping they have the money to wait everyone out. Sadly, they may be right.
Couldn't someone start a rumor that this bill is anti-French? At least that would get Quebec to come out against it. Of course, that's a pretty dubious ally. But you take what you can get.
This may be good for some corporate espionage. But if any hacker is doing this thinking he's going to expose the dark corporate underbelly, he's going to be disappointed.
If my experience is any indication, the evil stuff doesn't go on in rooms like that. Contrary to the movies, you have very few open meetings where a bunch of guys sit around and openly plot evil deeds. Most of that stuff is done in much smaller settings, and even then they use euphemisms and obfuscation. It's not like someone says openly "Hey, can we we bribe some local politicians so we can get away with dumping our factory wastewater into their rivers?" Instead they say something like "How can we cut costs at this factory?" to which someone else responds "Well, if we could get rid of the burdensome environmental regulations down there, then it would help with profitability" to which someone else responds "I'll call our people there and have them talk with some of our political allies."
I imagine some "hacktivists" will hack these systems expecting to get a smoking gun. But after hours of watching, all they'll get are a lot of boring meetings filled with financial figures, shitty powerpoint presentations, and corporate-speak platitudes. It'll be a lot less "Here's our secret plan" and a lot more "Here are the fourth quarter earnings breakdowns" and "Let's talk about how we build synergy in Asian markets..."
Can't we just have those things from Logan's Run? They looked almost as cool that that network they had where you could hook up for sex (nothing could top that, of course).
"We're not sure what these psychics are talking about, but we sure didn't encounter any aliens, nor were we in any way anally-probed. And we certainly weren't anally-probed repeatedly. Just never happened. We enjoyed a normal mission with no butt-raping from aliens at all...just two astronauts doing their job and *not* being tied down and repeatedly probed."
"Blue states" stereotypically seem to have a 30 page form and want $100, but its always possible...
Yeah but 20 pages of that are questions like "How does this car effect the aura of the driver?" and "Is there any possibility that this car could create a hostile work environment for a LGBT or minority?"
Now that I saw the true power of education, there is no turning back. It's like a drug. I won't be able to teach 200 students again, in a conventional classroom setting
I had the exact same feeling of elation when my Chicks with Dicks site really took off. How could I go back to being just another carny running a ring toss game after that?
Sheer selflessness will give them all the profits they need.
Yes, bribery is "illegal" in the U.S. too--wink, wink.
I can probably get more bang for my buck by buying one of their politicians instead of buying one in the U.S. anyway.
Next edit will replace everything with bad CGI, have a crying Han Solo beg Greedo for his life, and feature an extended 3D sequence of an aged Jar Jar Binks dancing a jig and flipping off the camera.
You think having a German Shepherd sticking his nose up your butt is dignified?
A German Shepherd ? No.