I've noticed the same thing, I tend to just buy the game when I see something interesting on Steam. I love the convenience of just buying at my desk and always having it backed up on Steam.
If it's not on Steam I tend to just download at my desk and have the convenience of it backed up on a P2P web.
All the internet should follow your shining example. The passion and fire within your breast that you hold for this website should be admired. Finally someone has stepped up to criticize the horrible travesty here.
Thank you for taking the time to read these idle posting that you hate so much and draft a comment letting everyone know how much you hate these posts you've read.
Your stirring rhetoric has compelled me to take action and block ads. We'll show the enemy we are not to be trifled with!
In the absence of objective morality, whether or not I choose good or evil and my reasons for doing either become entirely irrelevant.
Sure, I could have some idiosyncratic personal moral code so I could reap the rewards of a smug sense of self-satisfaction and self-righteousness. But only so long as it's convenient.
Sometimes it's just more enjoyable to ignore good and evil entire and just be an amoral bastard.
Spend $250 to buy myself a Wii and have some fun, or make a deep and fundamental change in the life of a newborn baby by erasing a horrible disfiguration for the same price of just $250? (Cleft palate)
Wii all the way. If you've spent $250 on any luxury, you've made a similar choice. The babies will live and die out of sight and out of mind, whether or not I help them. Meanwhile the Wii brings much more reliable and long-term satisfaction.
Other life forms only want to breed and live. Humans want more. Sometimes humans want other goals so badly that they will forego breeding entirely.
A major economic theory to explain the drop in population growth rate in developed countries was based on the examination of children in terms of economic cost.
If I produce a child, I'll be saddled with the costs and responsibilities of raising it. I need to weigh that cost and time spent against what I would otherwise have done or obtained with it.
If there is little economic opportunity, I might as well have a kid because there's not much else available. However, if there are alternatives, such as continuing education, investment, or improving the livelihood of existing family members, then I have reason not to have a kid. Part of the studies into this theory involved an examination of population growth rates with women's rights. Particularly education and employment caused drops in population growth rates. A local example would be a career-focused woman who wants to rise to the top of her field instead of having children. If this opportunity was not available, then why not have a child?
There was also the prospect of children as investments. A child can help on a farm and support you in your old age. However, if the economy shifts past an agricultural basis with an influx of capital and machinery, they don't really need another set of hands on the farm as much as before. Also, a strong financial system allows for financial investment and savings, a way for people to use their money to take care of their own retirement without kids.
In a developing economy, a child can be cheap since only food and a rudimentary education is required. In developed economies, a child requires a certain standard of living as well as a large amount of capital investment into their education so that they can obtain a profitable job. Having 5 kids with only highschool educations and menial jobs doesn't help retirement prospects much. Having say, 2 kids with college degrees is much better. Personally I only want one kid because I could then afford to pay for tutoring(perhaps some instruments and martial arts too) and the best education all the way through grad school if necessary while still retiring on my own money. This is only possible in a developed economy.
This is one of the theories of why developed nations have falling population growth rates, and in rare cases such as Japan, a negative population growth rate. Developing nations in Africa however, have a very high population birth rate, and a very high death rate. Those nations have trouble supporting the existing population while investing into a stronger economic structure. It's hard to build schools when they can barely afford food, and if you build a school, who can afford it without jobs? How can you have jobs without businesses? How do you have the businesses without schools? It's not really that simple, but the socio-economic structure as a whole needs to be improved as a whole or else lagging factors will drag down the rest. Even pumping in is difficult because it's hard to determine where that money should be put first before it evaporates?
It's open source. I think the chances of Chrome having an ad blocker approaches 1.
If they specifically block an extension that does ad-blocking what does that accomplish? Bad PR, and backlash in an already weak user base. Then all good aspects of Chrome will be siphoned off into another open source browser which will allow ad-blocking anyway.
Instead, if they allow ad-blocking, they keep their shot at supplanting IE in the marketplace and getting some consistent standards in the public which they can build other services for.
I would really like a customizable interface. The default is nice but the location of the bookmarks is very annoying. I want to just click the bookmarks button, then scroll to what I want, then click it. However, I will need to add back a whole bookmarks bar to get that one bookmarks button that I want!
My screen is 1680pixels wide, I don't need that incredibly long omnibar, they can fit a bookmarks button in there. Since I know my preferences don't represent everyone, I hope customization is implemented soon.
Overall I love how minimal it appears and I want it to stay that way. I noticed a few people missing the progress bar. I don't know if they noticed that the progress notification only pops up at the bottom of the window while loading. When it's done loading it goes away to save room when there's no progress to report on. This makes sense.
I like that they chopped out the windows interface buttons. But I'm used to starting at the upper left to access functions typically listed under "File". All Windows windows follow this rule, and so it becomes second nature to do this, other interfaces are designed with similar functions at the upper left because they know that's what people are used to, so they preserve that consistency.
The big factor that will probably stop me from using it for now is the change in hotkey usage.
Most people waste mouse buttons on back and forward. They don't need to be on seperate buttons! I bind mouse 4 to lshift. This means I can just hold mouse4 and roll my mousewheel to get back/forward, and the wheel allows me to jump back or forward multiple pages without having to repeatedly hit a button(especially jumping into and out of threaded forum conversations). Also, lshift+Mouse1 opens a new window!. This frees up mouse 5 for minimize window(Or close window/tab as others might want to use). However, Chrome does not support shift+mousewheel navigation, so I have lost a button and some navigation comfort.
The awesome: -Omnibar -Task Manager -Tab manipulation -Indivdual processes for each tab
I hate to bring it up, but it has to be said. I don't think everyone will remember to browse porn in incognito mode. And that means that new screenshot-based homepage of most-visited sites is bound to cause some hilarious goofs.
Tragedy of the commons is what you're looking for.
Further: An interesting scenario brought up in discussion of this principle was Japan's savings problem
If someone is able to save heavily they'll be able to reap lots of interest on those savings, it's good for that individual. That savings acted as capital for new businesses to spend and produce items to sell and make a profit on. But what if everyone saves heavily? You have a glut of capital, low demand for the items produced and, low activity in the market place, the low profits result in low returns on that capital. However, getting a low return on the savings is still better than getting no return, so there's still individual incentive to continue to maintain the status quo.
Relating back to the topic at hand, younger people tend to spend more and save less, older people tend to save more and spend less, it's not hard to imagine why. If the population shifts to more older people and less young people, you nudge towards this savings problem. See Japan's "graying problem" where the low birthrate results in a higher ratio of old people to young people. With more advanced medical technology, people get to live longer, but not necessarily in productive positions. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing(there is value in having our family members around longer), and I'm not saying we're guaranteed to run into hard times because there very well be a counter-balancing effect that maintains a livable equilibrium. It's just interesting food for thought.
Consult a financial advisor that offers a flat rate for the meeting (Maybe around $300-400, be sure to confirm how they're compensated)
While this might sound like a bit of bank, they'll have no incentive to bullshit you since they're paid for the advice, not for selling you investment products. They'll just be there to maximize your money with no conflict of interest.
Tell them your life goals, and they'll help you price it out, compensate for inflation, look at your salary and expenses, look at investment vehicles, and help you set a savings number that you need to match to hit all of these things on time. It may need to be revised every 5 years or so to make sure it's still on track or if there are major changes in your life, but you're straightened out with a clear plan of how to afford your long-term plans.
Is it/really/ impossible to pay your own way in life? Have you seriously gone through the full calculations involved to confirm this? If this is true, then you'll just have to face grim reality. However, if you haven't done the math because, like most of the population, don't feel that you're prepared to do so much planning, don't be afraid to get help. There's no shame in feeling like you don't know how, nobody is just born with the knowledge, but it still needs to be dealt with. Remember, your money today is more valuable than your money tomorrow due to time value and compound interest. Get started ASAP, as in today, or tomorrow.
I agree, but the political parties can't accept all the responsibility. When politicians pander to the public, they're just doing what the public wants from them. They promise the moon and the stars, because people vote for candidates that "do" things.
It will be very difficult for a candidate to win based on a deficit fighting platform. They'll say, "I will shrink the deficit to strengthen our economy in the long term." and then the opposition will say: "He will cut back on everything the government offers today, while not adding any new services.".
They will counter back and forth, until both claim to cut taxes, while adding new services, and still fight the deficit, with no solid explanation as to how they can do more on less money.
Since the voting population prioritizes all these things about deficit-fighting, we end up with candidates that must either spend more money to deliver what was requested, or turn out to be liars. Most have to compromise somewhere in the middle and so we have a whole lot of liars.
Some jobs like mine work better if I could telecommute. 3/4 of the people I work with are in foreign countries and encircling the globe. There no problem when I need to work with South America, but if something needs to go to Asia after I get something from Australia I can't do anything during normal work hours until the next day when I can get Australia's piece, and then when I do send it to Asia the next day, Asia's asleep!
If I could just stay at home and do other things until 6-7pm when Australia's stuff comes in, I can do my piece and pass it on to Asia during their AM hours and they have the whole day to work.
It's a little silly to be restricting the arrival of H1B-qualified workers. They're highly educated and highly motivated individuals. Their presence would only improve the productivity of the American economy(and they pay taxes like everyone else too). They're a bit different than random immigrants that may have no education or skills. H1Bs are the kind of people we want in our country.
Businesses have an accounting factor called "inventory shrinkage" which really just amounts to "theft". People will steal from time to time, not many actually do it, but some do, and so thefts will happen. You can increase security to discourage it, but you can never make a full guarantee.
Thus, you can increase security in practical ways, but eventually increasing security stops being practical and can even fail to increase actual security. After that, resign to the fact that theft happens. You may increase ticket prices to compensate for the expected loss of a router or two. If it doesn't happen, consider it a credit to the next lan party's theft compensation.
It was particularly damning how there were no simple "men" or "women" in that story, just Canadian men, biracial women, black boyfriends, white truck-cap wearing men, caucasian women. How is/any/ of that relevant? He's terribly fixated on race.
I am not so sure about Android's success. Apple doesn't compete by offering more capable products, but a smooth experience and image. Only their 1st gen ipod and their ipod touch were better than their competition, all the other ipods were crushed on both features and price by competing mp3 players, but the ipods still sold like hotcakes.
An important thing to note is the power of momentum. Most programs are written for Windows because most OSs are Windows. Most 3rd party accessories are for ipods because most mp3 players are ipods.
When it comes to Android and free open source there will be people who develop and release free applications on it. However, on the iphone, they can can charge a price and make money, while hitting a bigger audience. Free programs will happen on both, but more developers are ready to make larger commitments when they know compensation is possible when desired. They're putting out 3d games on the Iphone, a significant investment of time and effort, which isn't easy to do as a free-time project(or will take longer at least).
This is not useful information. I watched our HR director pick up a call from his secretary who identified it as: "She's calling for a reference on ______(who had been fired last week)". He picks up the phone, screams out "NO COMMENT!" and slams down the phone.
He didn't say anything about the employee but told the caller/volumes/.
I see the same thing, self-checkout lanes are usually open and empty while manned-lanes have a waiting queue, hence I almost always use the self-checkout lanes.
What annoys me is when there's full lines on a handful of manned lanes, and set of self-checkout lanes that are all CLOSED!
All they need is the one teenager who sits on a chair in the middle reading a newspaper, to open 4 self-checkout lanes, but instead they just run 4 manned lanes. They can't just do 3 manned lanes and 1 self-checkout?
While I agree with GP that leaders must be able to reevaluate their decisions, I also agree with the parent post. This does sound like mere political-manoeuvering to me. On other hand, the reasoning isn't as important as the result.
And even though I like the prospect of increased NASA funding, I would like to know where is this money going to come from? Previously, the reason he proposed a budget reduction was to increase early childhood education funding. The article doesn't say anything about the trade-off here.
I noticed the same thing. Any rational person would need to be prepared to change their mind in light of new arguments or new information. A leader needs the ability to be flexible.
Picking a position and then closing your mind to any and all opposition worked really well for Bush right?...
True to/. form I shall impart wisdom with a quote from a fictional source(yes I know).
"Has Picard no respect for justice? Tasha asks, "What of justice for Wesley? Does he really deserve to die?" Riker commends the Edo's system of justice is probably better than any they once had, a testimony to their beautiful way of life, but adds that the Captain is also bound by the laws of the Prime Directive, which states he must protect his people from harm. The group is ready to beam out, but the alien force prevents it. A Mediator laughs at this, explaining that God has prevented their escape. Beverly shouts "Then your god is unfair!"
Picard steps forward announcing that "life itself is an exercise in exceptions", and to every living creature within the sound of his voice, "there can be no justice so long as laws are absolute!" Riker adds, "When has justice ever been as simple as a rulebook?" The transport beam suddenly activates, and Picard comments that it seems the gods agree with Riker. "
The law is made by flawed and imperfect humans with a limited ability to make predictions about the future and how their laws will be interpreted. To that end, the law is meted out by people who do have a sense of judgement and the associated responsibility.
The law is a means to an end, not the end in and of itself. While it is important that judgement isn't rendered willy nilly with no respect for the law, some flexibility is necessary for the system to adapt appropriately to the complex issues presented before it.
Slashdot Mirror
Damn, that is some bad-ass physics when the description reads like Laforge boosting the output of the warpcore drive...
I've noticed the same thing, I tend to just buy the game when I see something interesting on Steam. I love the convenience of just buying at my desk and always having it backed up on Steam.
If it's not on Steam I tend to just download at my desk and have the convenience of it backed up on a P2P web.
We've moved on from Capitalism to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition
...He's an actor making a commercial and getting paid. Get a grip on reality.
All the internet should follow your shining example. The passion and fire within your breast that you hold for this website should be admired. Finally someone has stepped up to criticize the horrible travesty here.
Thank you for taking the time to read these idle posting that you hate so much and draft a comment letting everyone know how much you hate these posts you've read.
Your stirring rhetoric has compelled me to take action and block ads. We'll show the enemy we are not to be trifled with!
In the absence of objective morality, whether or not I choose good or evil and my reasons for doing either become entirely irrelevant.
Sure, I could have some idiosyncratic personal moral code so I could reap the rewards of a smug sense of self-satisfaction and self-righteousness. But only so long as it's convenient.
Sometimes it's just more enjoyable to ignore good and evil entire and just be an amoral bastard.
Spend $250 to buy myself a Wii and have some fun, or make a deep and fundamental change in the life of a newborn baby by erasing a horrible disfiguration for the same price of just $250? (Cleft palate)
http://www.operationsmile.org/
Wii all the way. If you've spent $250 on any luxury, you've made a similar choice. The babies will live and die out of sight and out of mind, whether or not I help them. Meanwhile the Wii brings much more reliable and long-term satisfaction.
Other life forms only want to breed and live. Humans want more. Sometimes humans want other goals so badly that they will forego breeding entirely.
A major economic theory to explain the drop in population growth rate in developed countries was based on the examination of children in terms of economic cost.
If I produce a child, I'll be saddled with the costs and responsibilities of raising it. I need to weigh that cost and time spent against what I would otherwise have done or obtained with it.
If there is little economic opportunity, I might as well have a kid because there's not much else available. However, if there are alternatives, such as continuing education, investment, or improving the livelihood of existing family members, then I have reason not to have a kid. Part of the studies into this theory involved an examination of population growth rates with women's rights. Particularly education and employment caused drops in population growth rates. A local example would be a career-focused woman who wants to rise to the top of her field instead of having children. If this opportunity was not available, then why not have a child?
There was also the prospect of children as investments. A child can help on a farm and support you in your old age. However, if the economy shifts past an agricultural basis with an influx of capital and machinery, they don't really need another set of hands on the farm as much as before. Also, a strong financial system allows for financial investment and savings, a way for people to use their money to take care of their own retirement without kids.
In a developing economy, a child can be cheap since only food and a rudimentary education is required. In developed economies, a child requires a certain standard of living as well as a large amount of capital investment into their education so that they can obtain a profitable job. Having 5 kids with only highschool educations and menial jobs doesn't help retirement prospects much. Having say, 2 kids with college degrees is much better. Personally I only want one kid because I could then afford to pay for tutoring(perhaps some instruments and martial arts too) and the best education all the way through grad school if necessary while still retiring on my own money. This is only possible in a developed economy.
This is one of the theories of why developed nations have falling population growth rates, and in rare cases such as Japan, a negative population growth rate. Developing nations in Africa however, have a very high population birth rate, and a very high death rate. Those nations have trouble supporting the existing population while investing into a stronger economic structure. It's hard to build schools when they can barely afford food, and if you build a school, who can afford it without jobs? How can you have jobs without businesses? How do you have the businesses without schools? It's not really that simple, but the socio-economic structure as a whole needs to be improved as a whole or else lagging factors will drag down the rest. Even pumping in is difficult because it's hard to determine where that money should be put first before it evaporates?
Further information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_transition
It's open source. I think the chances of Chrome having an ad blocker approaches 1.
If they specifically block an extension that does ad-blocking what does that accomplish? Bad PR, and backlash in an already weak user base. Then all good aspects of Chrome will be siphoned off into another open source browser which will allow ad-blocking anyway.
Instead, if they allow ad-blocking, they keep their shot at supplanting IE in the marketplace and getting some consistent standards in the public which they can build other services for.
My first impressions:
I would really like a customizable interface. The default is nice but the location of the bookmarks is very annoying. I want to just click the bookmarks button, then scroll to what I want, then click it. However, I will need to add back a whole bookmarks bar to get that one bookmarks button that I want!
My screen is 1680pixels wide, I don't need that incredibly long omnibar, they can fit a bookmarks button in there. Since I know my preferences don't represent everyone, I hope customization is implemented soon.
Overall I love how minimal it appears and I want it to stay that way. I noticed a few people missing the progress bar. I don't know if they noticed that the progress notification only pops up at the bottom of the window while loading. When it's done loading it goes away to save room when there's no progress to report on. This makes sense.
I like that they chopped out the windows interface buttons. But I'm used to starting at the upper left to access functions typically listed under "File". All Windows windows follow this rule, and so it becomes second nature to do this, other interfaces are designed with similar functions at the upper left because they know that's what people are used to, so they preserve that consistency.
The big factor that will probably stop me from using it for now is the change in hotkey usage.
Most people waste mouse buttons on back and forward. They don't need to be on seperate buttons! I bind mouse 4 to lshift. This means I can just hold mouse4 and roll my mousewheel to get back/forward, and the wheel allows me to jump back or forward multiple pages without having to repeatedly hit a button(especially jumping into and out of threaded forum conversations). Also, lshift+Mouse1 opens a new window!. This frees up mouse 5 for minimize window(Or close window/tab as others might want to use). However, Chrome does not support shift+mousewheel navigation, so I have lost a button and some navigation comfort.
The awesome:
-Omnibar
-Task Manager
-Tab manipulation
-Indivdual processes for each tab
I hate to bring it up, but it has to be said. I don't think everyone will remember to browse porn in incognito mode. And that means that new screenshot-based homepage of most-visited sites is bound to cause some hilarious goofs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
Tragedy of the commons is what you're looking for.
Further:
An interesting scenario brought up in discussion of this principle was Japan's savings problem
If someone is able to save heavily they'll be able to reap lots of interest on those savings, it's good for that individual. That savings acted as capital for new businesses to spend and produce items to sell and make a profit on. But what if everyone saves heavily? You have a glut of capital, low demand for the items produced and, low activity in the market place, the low profits result in low returns on that capital. However, getting a low return on the savings is still better than getting no return, so there's still individual incentive to continue to maintain the status quo.
Relating back to the topic at hand, younger people tend to spend more and save less, older people tend to save more and spend less, it's not hard to imagine why. If the population shifts to more older people and less young people, you nudge towards this savings problem. See Japan's "graying problem" where the low birthrate results in a higher ratio of old people to young people. With more advanced medical technology, people get to live longer, but not necessarily in productive positions. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing(there is value in having our family members around longer), and I'm not saying we're guaranteed to run into hard times because there very well be a counter-balancing effect that maintains a livable equilibrium. It's just interesting food for thought.
Consult a financial advisor that offers a flat rate for the meeting (Maybe around $300-400, be sure to confirm how they're compensated)
While this might sound like a bit of bank, they'll have no incentive to bullshit you since they're paid for the advice, not for selling you investment products. They'll just be there to maximize your money with no conflict of interest.
Tell them your life goals, and they'll help you price it out, compensate for inflation, look at your salary and expenses, look at investment vehicles, and help you set a savings number that you need to match to hit all of these things on time. It may need to be revised every 5 years or so to make sure it's still on track or if there are major changes in your life, but you're straightened out with a clear plan of how to afford your long-term plans.
Is it /really/ impossible to pay your own way in life? Have you seriously gone through the full calculations involved to confirm this? If this is true, then you'll just have to face grim reality. However, if you haven't done the math because, like most of the population, don't feel that you're prepared to do so much planning, don't be afraid to get help. There's no shame in feeling like you don't know how, nobody is just born with the knowledge, but it still needs to be dealt with. Remember, your money today is more valuable than your money tomorrow due to time value and compound interest. Get started ASAP, as in today, or tomorrow.
I agree, but the political parties can't accept all the responsibility. When politicians pander to the public, they're just doing what the public wants from them. They promise the moon and the stars, because people vote for candidates that "do" things.
It will be very difficult for a candidate to win based on a deficit fighting platform. They'll say, "I will shrink the deficit to strengthen our economy in the long term." and then the opposition will say: "He will cut back on everything the government offers today, while not adding any new services.".
They will counter back and forth, until both claim to cut taxes, while adding new services, and still fight the deficit, with no solid explanation as to how they can do more on less money.
Since the voting population prioritizes all these things about deficit-fighting, we end up with candidates that must either spend more money to deliver what was requested, or turn out to be liars. Most have to compromise somewhere in the middle and so we have a whole lot of liars.
Him doing something wrong does not make you doing it /legal/.
There, fixed that for you.
It's an issue of legality, not of morality. One is very clear on the matter, while the other is disputable.
Which side is up on the slot though?
It can be vertical/horizontal and can oftentimes be out of line of sight when reaching behind PCs, or in the dark under a desk.
Some jobs like mine work better if I could telecommute. 3/4 of the people I work with are in foreign countries and encircling the globe. There no problem when I need to work with South America, but if something needs to go to Asia after I get something from Australia I can't do anything during normal work hours until the next day when I can get Australia's piece, and then when I do send it to Asia the next day, Asia's asleep!
If I could just stay at home and do other things until 6-7pm when Australia's stuff comes in, I can do my piece and pass it on to Asia during their AM hours and they have the whole day to work.
It's a little silly to be restricting the arrival of H1B-qualified workers. They're highly educated and highly motivated individuals. Their presence would only improve the productivity of the American economy(and they pay taxes like everyone else too). They're a bit different than random immigrants that may have no education or skills. H1Bs are the kind of people we want in our country.
An example of the foolishness of turning away intelligent and productive immigrants:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsien_Hsue-shen
Businesses have an accounting factor called "inventory shrinkage" which really just amounts to "theft". People will steal from time to time, not many actually do it, but some do, and so thefts will happen. You can increase security to discourage it, but you can never make a full guarantee.
Thus, you can increase security in practical ways, but eventually increasing security stops being practical and can even fail to increase actual security. After that, resign to the fact that theft happens. You may increase ticket prices to compensate for the expected loss of a router or two. If it doesn't happen, consider it a credit to the next lan party's theft compensation.
...was incredibly racist.
It was particularly damning how there were no simple "men" or "women" in that story, just Canadian men, biracial women, black boyfriends, white truck-cap wearing men, caucasian women. How is /any/ of that relevant? He's terribly fixated on race.
...Why did you just sit there and take it?
I am not so sure about Android's success. Apple doesn't compete by offering more capable products, but a smooth experience and image. Only their 1st gen ipod and their ipod touch were better than their competition, all the other ipods were crushed on both features and price by competing mp3 players, but the ipods still sold like hotcakes.
An important thing to note is the power of momentum. Most programs are written for Windows because most OSs are Windows. Most 3rd party accessories are for ipods because most mp3 players are ipods.
When it comes to Android and free open source there will be people who develop and release free applications on it. However, on the iphone, they can can charge a price and make money, while hitting a bigger audience. Free programs will happen on both, but more developers are ready to make larger commitments when they know compensation is possible when desired. They're putting out 3d games on the Iphone, a significant investment of time and effort, which isn't easy to do as a free-time project(or will take longer at least).
This is not useful information. I watched our HR director pick up a call from his secretary who identified it as: "She's calling for a reference on ______(who had been fired last week)". He picks up the phone, screams out "NO COMMENT!" and slams down the phone.
He didn't say anything about the employee but told the caller /volumes/.
I see the same thing, self-checkout lanes are usually open and empty while manned-lanes have a waiting queue, hence I almost always use the self-checkout lanes.
What annoys me is when there's full lines on a handful of manned lanes, and set of self-checkout lanes that are all CLOSED!
All they need is the one teenager who sits on a chair in the middle reading a newspaper, to open 4 self-checkout lanes, but instead they just run 4 manned lanes. They can't just do 3 manned lanes and 1 self-checkout?
While I agree with GP that leaders must be able to reevaluate their decisions, I also agree with the parent post. This does sound like mere political-manoeuvering to me. On other hand, the reasoning isn't as important as the result.
And even though I like the prospect of increased NASA funding, I would like to know where is this money going to come from? Previously, the reason he proposed a budget reduction was to increase early childhood education funding. The article doesn't say anything about the trade-off here.
I noticed the same thing. Any rational person would need to be prepared to change their mind in light of new arguments or new information. A leader needs the ability to be flexible.
Picking a position and then closing your mind to any and all opposition worked really well for Bush right?...
True to /. form I shall impart wisdom with a quote from a fictional source(yes I know).
"Has Picard no respect for justice? Tasha asks, "What of justice for Wesley? Does he really deserve to die?" Riker commends the Edo's system of justice is probably better than any they once had, a testimony to their beautiful way of life, but adds that the Captain is also bound by the laws of the Prime Directive, which states he must protect his people from harm. The group is ready to beam out, but the alien force prevents it. A Mediator laughs at this, explaining that God has prevented their escape. Beverly shouts "Then your god is unfair!"
Picard steps forward announcing that "life itself is an exercise in exceptions", and to every living creature within the sound of his voice, "there can be no justice so long as laws are absolute!" Riker adds, "When has justice ever been as simple as a rulebook?" The transport beam suddenly activates, and Picard comments that it seems the gods agree with Riker.
"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_(TNG_episode)
The law is made by flawed and imperfect humans with a limited ability to make predictions about the future and how their laws will be interpreted. To that end, the law is meted out by people who do have a sense of judgement and the associated responsibility.
The law is a means to an end, not the end in and of itself. While it is important that judgement isn't rendered willy nilly with no respect for the law, some flexibility is necessary for the system to adapt appropriately to the complex issues presented before it.