'Do Not Track is a detrimental policy that undermines the economic foundation of the Internet,'
Hmm... If I recall, the "foundation" of the Internet was research, education and communication, not profit. Anyway, I imagine we all can trim visiting the "Information Technology and Innovation Foundation" website off our bucket list and nothing of value will have been lost - to anyone...
Mentioning daily scrum meetings and productivity in the same paragraph is adorable. Sure, *perhaps* daily scrum meetings are useful if you have a very inexperienced (or incompetent) team - workers and/or management, but they're otherwise counter productive. Having it included in the concept of "agile" is very, very funny. Now excuse me, I have actual work to do, and if/when I need to coordinate with someone, I'll contact them or they me.
Every day, each employee e-mails a short report of what s/he did that day. It doesn't take too long, and it encourages mutual accountability, even if only a few co-workers read them regularly.
Sorry, but that idea has pointy-haired boss written all over it.
Hopefully others will also explain the obvious stupidity of your suggestion, but I will offer the following: not everyone needs to know - nor read - about everything, everyday, nor will everyone understand everything. Furthermore, are you suggesting a many-to-one or many-to-many email arrangement? Both are wildly wasteful of good employees' and managers' time.
Before anyone starts jumping on Fox News for whatever axe they have to grind with them, please substitute Fox News with "CNN" or "MSNBC" and ask yourself if your vitriol would be just the same.
On the other hand, the guy could have killed himself because he realized he was on Fox News. I know I would.
Just saying'...
Simply put, your claim of "wave after wave" is a fine hypothetical,... And it would get its ass shot off should it turn to run? How? You forget that the F22 is stealth? That its faster than any credible threat?
Perhaps the parent was imagining wave after wave of armed, enemy SR-71 Blackbirds...
You know, especially in light of what happened with Gabby Giffords, we're not in the world today where we can shrug things off,' Grimm said.... [GNU/]Linux, an open-source operating system, was installed on Grimm's computers,
Seriously. Those two things are not even remotely comparable.
Though, it often *feels* like I've been shot in the head after installing Windows...
It looks outdated for new linux users. I like it because is simple, but for people coming from a windows world, it looks just "old". I think it does not help to adopt linux users.
Yes, it's too bad things that look outdated or old can't actually be functional and useful.
As I mentioned before, I don't want everything I type/search for sent elsewhere. It's my bandwidth and my information, *if* I want to search elsewhere, I'll explicitly query elsewhere. I have Google Instant disable for reasons like that...
Let's breed smarter users that know about things and how they work, rather than dumber users that rely on things that "just work" and have no idea how they work.
I'm not sure I want everything I type/search for filtered through Amazon, or anyone for that matter. For example, I have Google Instant disabled for a reason: A) it's my network bandwidth, B) I'll send my query when I'm damn well and ready...
You have a FTL ship that can reach Alpha Centuri in a second. You then make a U-turn and come back to Earth a second later. How much time has elapsed on Earth? How much time for the passenger of the ship?
Make the trip in one second? According to whose clock - Ship or Earth?
With relativity questions, you need to be more precise.
nothing can go faster than the speed of light because it will violate causality.
Apparently this restriction doesn't apply to space itself, which is how this drive would operate - stretching and contracting space-time around an area of normal space-time to propel that area FTL. There's no causality concerns within the area of normal space-time.
Exotic matter, by definition, requires violations of the known laws of physics.... the currently accepted laws of physics indicate that you need to break the laws of physics to make the drive work.
Yes it sounds improbable, perhaps infinitly improbable, but all we need is some calculations as to exactly how improbable, a finite improbability generator, and a fresh cup of really hot tea.
From my experience, an LLC is used for partnerships. In some states, only certain professionals can even form LLC's. Often they are for protecting the partners from each other.. (ie, accountant partner screws up.. Lawsuit can hurt the partner, but they can't go after the assets of the other partners, if they were not involved)
There's also an LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) which is slightly different than a LLC.
... before Citizen's United reaffirmed that people who own corporations still have civil and constitutional rights?
Too bad those corporate "citizens" don't have any civil or constitutional responsibilities or have to follow all the same rules we regular citizens do. I sure wish I could live here in Virginia, yet declare my home state to be Delaware and avoid paying state taxes or getting sued here in Virginia.
As far as public corporations, the stock-holders own the companies. Hmm... I don't recall getting to vote my shares whether or not to donate to political parties with any of the companies for which I own stock, so how am I being represented here?
And now that family is probably now on the show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo"... which should make us all want to kill ourselves. The terrorists have, indeed, won.
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'Do Not Track is a detrimental policy that undermines the economic foundation of the Internet,'
Hmm... If I recall, the "foundation" of the Internet was research, education and communication, not profit. Anyway, I imagine we all can trim visiting the "Information Technology and Innovation Foundation" website off our bucket list and nothing of value will have been lost - to anyone...
Mentioning daily scrum meetings and productivity in the same paragraph is adorable. Sure, *perhaps* daily scrum meetings are useful if you have a very inexperienced (or incompetent) team - workers and/or management, but they're otherwise counter productive. Having it included in the concept of "agile" is very, very funny. Now excuse me, I have actual work to do, and if/when I need to coordinate with someone, I'll contact them or they me.
Every day, each employee e-mails a short report of what s/he did that day. It doesn't take too long, and it encourages mutual accountability, even if only a few co-workers read them regularly.
Sorry, but that idea has pointy-haired boss written all over it.
Hopefully others will also explain the obvious stupidity of your suggestion, but I will offer the following: not everyone needs to know - nor read - about everything, everyday, nor will everyone understand everything. Furthermore, are you suggesting a many-to-one or many-to-many email arrangement? Both are wildly wasteful of good employees' and managers' time.
Aircraft Carriers In Space
I imagine, "Spacecraft Carriers in Space" would be more accurate, unless I misunderstand the bit about space lacking air.
Before anyone starts jumping on Fox News for whatever axe they have to grind with them, please substitute Fox News with "CNN" or "MSNBC" and ask yourself if your vitriol would be just the same.
On the other hand, the guy could have killed himself because he realized he was on Fox News. I know I would. ...
Just saying'
Simply put, your claim of "wave after wave" is a fine hypothetical, ... And it would get its ass shot off should it turn to run? How? You forget that the F22 is stealth? That its faster than any credible threat?
Perhaps the parent was imagining wave after wave of armed, enemy SR-71 Blackbirds...
... the Democratic National Convention ... um ... Wait, what?
Clearly we need a few intellectuals.
I'm thinking that 640K ought to be enough intellectuals for anyone ....
If you have 20 cows in a barn, and they leave an open gate
"They leave an open gate?" Dude. If your cows are controlling the gate, you've got other problems than Math.
You know, especially in light of what happened with Gabby Giffords, we're not in the world today where we can shrug things off,' Grimm said. ... [GNU/]Linux, an open-source operating system, was installed on Grimm's computers,
Seriously. Those two things are not even remotely comparable.
Though, it often *feels* like I've been shot in the head after installing Windows...
'external inflation pressure intervention.'
Do not ask your girlfriend for this, ever.
Shuttleworth: Trust Us, We're Trying to Make Shopping Better
Hmm... I though Canonical was trying to make computing better with Ubuntu. My bad.
What is wrong with that?
It looks outdated for new linux users. I like it because is simple, but for people coming from a windows world, it looks just "old". I think it does not help to adopt linux users.
Yes, it's too bad things that look outdated or old can't actually be functional and useful.
I have been thinking long and hard about this and I can only come to this conclusion.
Thanks. I'm glad you know everything and can think for everyone about all things all the time. /sarcasm
As I mentioned before, I don't want everything I type/search for sent elsewhere. It's my bandwidth and my information, *if* I want to search elsewhere, I'll explicitly query elsewhere. I have Google Instant disable for reasons like that...
Let's breed smarter users that know about things and how they work, rather than dumber users that rely on things that "just work" and have no idea how they work.
I'm not sure I want everything I type/search for filtered through Amazon, or anyone for that matter. For example, I have Google Instant disabled for a reason: A) it's my network bandwidth, B) I'll send my query when I'm damn well and ready...
Or just allow for assassinations again.
Ya. Bin Laden sure was lucky we don't assassinate people anymore. /sarcasm
Or do you mean *officially* allow them again?
You have a FTL ship that can reach Alpha Centuri in a second. You then make a U-turn and come back to Earth a second later. How much time has elapsed on Earth? How much time for the passenger of the ship?
Make the trip in one second? According to whose clock - Ship or Earth?
With relativity questions, you need to be more precise.
nothing can go faster than the speed of light because it will violate causality.
Apparently this restriction doesn't apply to space itself, which is how this drive would operate - stretching and contracting space-time around an area of normal space-time to propel that area FTL. There's no causality concerns within the area of normal space-time.
Exotic matter, by definition, requires violations of the known laws of physics. ... the currently accepted laws of physics indicate that you need to break the laws of physics to make the drive work.
Yes it sounds improbable, perhaps infinitly improbable, but all we need is some calculations as to exactly how improbable, a finite improbability generator, and a fresh cup of really hot tea.
This was my first thought, as my girlfriend knows to expect something shiny in the relatively near future
Ya, girls, like fish, like shiny things, so might I suggest a two-fer: silver or gold?
Let me know how it turns out :-)
In other news a Tech company patents wiping your arse. Seriously these people need to find work as the devil has them really busy right now. Vermin.
Well... If they write it up as "wiping your arse with a computer/phone," then they might just get that patent.
From my experience, an LLC is used for partnerships. In some states, only certain professionals can even form LLC's. Often they are for protecting the partners from each other.. (ie, accountant partner screws up.. Lawsuit can hurt the partner, but they can't go after the assets of the other partners, if they were not involved)
There's also an LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) which is slightly different than a LLC.
... before Citizen's United reaffirmed that people who own corporations still have civil and constitutional rights?
Too bad those corporate "citizens" don't have any civil or constitutional responsibilities or have to follow all the same rules we regular citizens do. I sure wish I could live here in Virginia, yet declare my home state to be Delaware and avoid paying state taxes or getting sued here in Virginia.
As far as public corporations, the stock-holders own the companies. Hmm... I don't recall getting to vote my shares whether or not to donate to political parties with any of the companies for which I own stock, so how am I being represented here?
And now that family is probably now on the show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" ... which should make us all want to kill ourselves. The terrorists have, indeed, won.