It's not so simple: the initial investment is huge, and the returns are slow.... There are safer investments with higher and faster returns if one has that kind of money, and wants to multiply it.
As with boats and swimming pools, one doesn't buy a spaceship to save money.:-)
They would routinely try cheat their workers, crawl over their mother's dead bodies to make an extra penny, lie, cheat, and often outright steal if they thought they could get away with it. They were the kind of unabashed brutal capitalists who would easily give the most heartless Wall Street prick a run for his money in greed and avarice.
Wow. I wasn't aware Trump was a farmer too. (And, yes, I know the linked site was put up by Hillary, but have seen those stories elsewhere and, if true, don't paint a good picture of the Republican nominee.)
Windows 10 is off to the hottest start in history with over 350M monthly active devices, with record customer satisfaction and engagement. We're pleased with our progress to date,... our goal of 1 billion monthly active devices... increasing customer delight with Windows.
Sure, we forced/tricked many of those people into updating from an older, acceptable version of Windows. And we're really pleased with all the "telemetry" we're receiving about everything - seriously, everything - everyone is doing on their systems and showing them ads and charging them for Solitaire, etc... (and we will be doing all that even for people that actually purchase their copy of Windows 10). But we won't truly be happy until we've got a *Billlllllion* (as voiced by Car Sagan) systems running Windows 10. That will really increase the delight of our customers - you know, the advertising and marketing folks.
is not suitable to power wifi or bluetooth devices
What?! Are you telling me I can't scavenge enough power from background RF noise to broadcast a signal stronger than the background RF noise?!
Well... There is this giant shiny thing in the sky during the day that puts out a LOT of background RF energy - some of it you can even see. If only there was a way to harvest that.:-)
For all his faults, Newt accepts climate change and calls for "green conservativism", has good attitudes on minorities and women's rights (defended those and a potential woman president in an Ali G interview), and supports a base on the moon and a flight to Mars. What more can one ask for.
Hmm... He's been married three times, cheated on at least two of his wives, (reportedly) asked one for a divorce while she was in the hospital recovering from surgery for cancer. And (reportedly) according to L. H. Carter, Gingrich's campaign treasurer, Gingrich said of his first wife:
She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer.
Surely an all-around "stand-up" guy perfect to be Trump's running mate.
Putting a * at the start of a line means you can't reflow the comment after making changes to it, without the asterisks suddenly becoming part of the text.
Emacs can fill (reflow) comments with leading delimiters no problem. [ Use a real editor kid.:-) ]
If they were doing this INSTEAD of fingerprinting, I would say that is a privacy improvement... but you know that isn't the case. At least you don't leave your eye prints all over the place to be traced and tracked.
As you said, people don't leave iris prints anywhere, so what possible purpose would law enforcement have for iris data - especially anything that finger prints can satisfy? Perhaps law enforcement is hoping for a Minority Report style future where iris scanning and tracking is everywhere and they're trying to get ahead of the curve. In any case, simply sounds like another way to subvert personal privacy.
Oracle wants the judge to adhere to the narrower and more traditional applications of fair use, "for example, when it is 'criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching... scholarship, or research.'"
Oracle better watch what they ask for. A greedy company this size, I imagine they have some questionable skeletons in their closet - somewhere. Setting a precedent like this might come back to bite them on the ass. [Of course, that would be delicious for the rest of us.]
The 1709 Statute of Anne, an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, created copyright law to replace a system of private ordering enforced by the Stationers' Company. The Statute of Anne did not provide for legal unauthorized use of material protected by copyright. In Gyles v Wilcox (1740) the Court of Chancery established the doctrine of "fair abridgement," which permitted unauthorized abridgement of copyrighted works under certain circumstances. Over time, this doctrine evolved into the modern concepts of fair use and fair dealing. Fair use was a common-law doctrine in the U.S. until it was incorporated into the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. 107.
Show them as much loyalty as they will show you - i.e. zero.
But, but, but... Employees are a company's most valuable resource.
Two weeks after 9/11 I got fired w/o notice a month after receiving a stellar employee review in which my director wrote, "(employee) is critical to the success of (the company)." I imagine the conversation I had with the new manager in which he asked if I could put a Fiber Channel card designed for a PC into $200k HP-UX server to "see if it would work" and I replied, "Do you even know how computers work?" probably had something to do with it... Worked part-time for two months, then got a new job at the same salary, didn't have to carry a pager 24/7, then got a raise 2 months later.
I later realized that I had been on-edge because I hadn't been able to contact my friend who lived in NYC and worked next to the WTC. (heard from him a month later; he was okay). In the end, I learned to not let people push my buttons. But, no matter what they say, companies don't care about you; you're disposable.
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Where's the warning that says using Edge (and/or IE) drains my will to live?
It's not so simple: the initial investment is huge, and the returns are slow. ... There are safer investments with higher and faster returns if one has that kind of money, and wants to multiply it.
As with boats and swimming pools, one doesn't buy a spaceship to save money. :-)
They would routinely try cheat their workers, crawl over their mother's dead bodies to make an extra penny, lie, cheat, and often outright steal if they thought they could get away with it. They were the kind of unabashed brutal capitalists who would easily give the most heartless Wall Street prick a run for his money in greed and avarice.
Wow. I wasn't aware Trump was a farmer too. (And, yes, I know the linked site was put up by Hillary, but have seen those stories elsewhere and, if true, don't paint a good picture of the Republican nominee.)
Now we have a stable product to install on the dark side of the Moon, just need to figure the network end and we'll be in the money!
The a good network is key here, 'cause in space, no one can hear you stream.
I'm suddenly picturing Bill Gates holding a Surface Pro over his head, ...
Standing outside Ione Skye's bedroom window at dawn, streaming, "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel.
Remember it's not over until the fat lady sings
The browsers are not fat, just really bloated - too many carbs, I guess.
That screen could connect to a brand new current technology million dollar mainframe for all they know.
Leia: The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more ...
Nope. Can't do it.
Windows 10 is off to the hottest start in history with over 350M monthly active devices, with record customer satisfaction and engagement. We're pleased with our progress to date, ... our goal of 1 billion monthly active devices ... increasing customer delight with Windows.
Sure, we forced/tricked many of those people into updating from an older, acceptable version of Windows. And we're really pleased with all the "telemetry" we're receiving about everything - seriously, everything - everyone is doing on their systems and showing them ads and charging them for Solitaire, etc... (and we will be doing all that even for people that actually purchase their copy of Windows 10). But we won't truly be happy until we've got a *Billlllllion* (as voiced by Car Sagan) systems running Windows 10. That will really increase the delight of our customers - you know, the advertising and marketing folks.
Really? Show me a clip where someone says "they voted because of racism". Racists don't admit to it.
No. They rely on slogans like, "Make <insert country here> White - I mean, 'Great' - Again." to make their point.
It would also mean the end of DRM, so the US will probably have to nuke Britain.
I don't know. Can we hit such a small target from orbit? [ Ba Bam - Britain slam :-) ]
What?! Are you telling me I can't scavenge enough power from background RF noise to broadcast a signal stronger than the background RF noise?!
Well... There is this giant shiny thing in the sky during the day that puts out a LOT of background RF energy - some of it you can even see. If only there was a way to harvest that. :-)
Yeah. I've been gaining some weight lately and need a shake up. But there's no way I'm injecting myself with HIV to do it.
No need to go *that* far. The ensuing diabetes will help with the weight. Just ignore the nerve pain and toss the pills/insulin.
People are tired of the elite ruling, making decisions based on cronyism and who lines their pockets. Trump isn't afraid to call them out.
So people that don't understand "irony".
For all his faults, Newt accepts climate change and calls for "green conservativism", has good attitudes on minorities and women's rights (defended those and a potential woman president in an Ali G interview), and supports a base on the moon and a flight to Mars. What more can one ask for.
Hmm... He's been married three times, cheated on at least two of his wives, (reportedly) asked one for a divorce while she was in the hospital recovering from surgery for cancer. And (reportedly) according to L. H. Carter, Gingrich's campaign treasurer, Gingrich said of his first wife:
She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer.
Surely an all-around "stand-up" guy perfect to be Trump's running mate.
Most of _everything_ is outside Silicon Valley.
Is this news to anyone?
Apparently it is to those living/working in Silicon Valley.
I've been a software engineer / system administrator since 1987. I and 100% of my co-workers have never worked in Silicon Valley.
Putting a * at the start of a line means you can't reflow the comment after making changes to it, without the asterisks suddenly becoming part of the text.
Emacs can fill (reflow) comments with leading delimiters no problem. [ Use a real editor kid. :-) ]
I'd remind him from the real world that he should be glad there are comments at all.
Real programmers don't comment. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
[ Linus will get it once he gets some real experience. :-)
Or... he could grow up and concentrate on things that really matter. ]
If they were doing this INSTEAD of fingerprinting, I would say that is a privacy improvement... but you know that isn't the case. At least you don't leave your eye prints all over the place to be traced and tracked.
As you said, people don't leave iris prints anywhere, so what possible purpose would law enforcement have for iris data - especially anything that finger prints can satisfy? Perhaps law enforcement is hoping for a Minority Report style future where iris scanning and tracking is everywhere and they're trying to get ahead of the curve. In any case, simply sounds like another way to subvert personal privacy.
4Gs (GGGG) should be enough.
Oracle wants the judge to adhere to the narrower and more traditional applications of fair use, "for example, when it is 'criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching ... scholarship, or research.'"
Oracle better watch what they ask for. A greedy company this size, I imagine they have some questionable skeletons in their closet - somewhere. Setting a precedent like this might come back to bite them on the ass. [Of course, that would be delicious for the rest of us.]
Have Kirk be gay - all his womanizing just a symptom of self-denial. I'm sure Chris Pine would love that...
Apparently this "threat" has existed for quite a while. How have we ever survived?
From: U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index
Fair use is a judge-created doctrine dating back to the nineteenth century and codified in the 1976 Copyright Act.
And: Fair use
The 1709 Statute of Anne, an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, created copyright law to replace a system of private ordering enforced by the Stationers' Company. The Statute of Anne did not provide for legal unauthorized use of material protected by copyright. In Gyles v Wilcox (1740) the Court of Chancery established the doctrine of "fair abridgement," which permitted unauthorized abridgement of copyrighted works under certain circumstances. Over time, this doctrine evolved into the modern concepts of fair use and fair dealing. Fair use was a common-law doctrine in the U.S. until it was incorporated into the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. 107.
Show them as much loyalty as they will show you - i.e. zero.
But, but, but... Employees are a company's most valuable resource.
Two weeks after 9/11 I got fired w/o notice a month after receiving a stellar employee review in which my director wrote, "(employee) is critical to the success of (the company)." I imagine the conversation I had with the new manager in which he asked if I could put a Fiber Channel card designed for a PC into $200k HP-UX server to "see if it would work" and I replied, "Do you even know how computers work?" probably had something to do with it... Worked part-time for two months, then got a new job at the same salary, didn't have to carry a pager 24/7, then got a raise 2 months later.
I later realized that I had been on-edge because I hadn't been able to contact my friend who lived in NYC and worked next to the WTC. (heard from him a month later; he was okay). In the end, I learned to not let people push my buttons. But, no matter what they say, companies don't care about you; you're disposable.