Would this not disrupt the ISP's 'Common Carrier' status? If they are filtering any part of the internet, then they become liable to filter all the parts that may violate law, including children finding porn, warez, bootlegged movies, etc...
BTW - AOL does something like this, and folks are leaving them droves.
I go to a smaller college in Columbus, GA....Columbus State University...in fact early registration for Spring Semester was today. Here at CSU, they have split the CS degrees into two separate camps....The CS-Systems Track & the CS-Applied Track. They are nearly exactly what you have outlined. I am more of a systems (theory) guy, and I hope to lead a team of Applied guys (coders). This isn't about salary or power, it is about what you do best. I cannot sit behind a desk and write code for 8 hours a day, plus I am a visual thinker. I can layout advanced problems and envision solutions, but my expertise falls apart when I start coding them...I get lost in the forest. However, some people cannot see the big picture but they have incredible focus on the smaller, more intricate problems. To each his own path.
This after nearly 6 years designing/programming full-time. I just recently decided to go back & get my degree to increase my potential value, plus after being promoted to Product Design Lead, I realized I needed to get on the ball with my degree or someone hot-shot kid straight out of college would take my job.
Except this information was an internal gaol for 2006. If they where doing it for good press...it would have been 'revealed' earlier in the year. I mean think about it...if this was a PR ploy...with no backbone, then they woulda made out with this ASAP. Except they didn't. They made it an internal thing. They didn't announce it, they didn't make any commercials about it.
You really don't see this very often. What short-term or even mid-term payoff could there possibly be to being carbon nuetral? I don't think anyone can stand back and say that Google fits into the mold of what most Companies in this world have become. I applaude Google. I think they are a role-model that other companies (Including the existing big boys) should strive to be more like.
This isn't that much of a suprise though. When you have such a great product & a motivated team, you tend to attract the best & brightest. The best & brightest usually have the best ideas....
Seems like an odd choice considering Peter Jackson's track record with making money (LoTR, King Kong) and the popularity of Halo.
Good Game != Good Movie
Doom, Mario Bros, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, RE2, I could go on. These where great games, but the movies sucked. Even though Halo was a fantastic game with a well written script & plot, 90% of the game was the same thing over & over. Shoot, hunt, shoot, hide, repeat. Doesn't make for a good movie.
While I agree with your statement that this case has no chance of success, I come to my judgement based on the premise that those most DIRECTLY responsible are to blame.
First, the child.
Then, the parents that allowed him to play a violent game 'obsessively'.
There really is no one else to blame. Not the gun manufacturer, not the game developer/publisher, not even society.
To propose reasons as to why a person would commit a crime is to de-criminalize the perpetrator.
It matters not WHY someone did something wrong, what matters is that they did it. To tell them it isn't there fault is to take away thier humanity. If we start down the road where a video game can make someone less human, then I propose all those people that blame video games for their actions be killed in the most inhumane way possible. I mean after all...they are less human by their own admission.
On a completely different note, the child must not have learned too much from the video game. If he had studied the game closer, he would know that a flame thrower will get rid of all the police and if you find a blue star power-up it makes all the police attention go away....I bet he didn't even look for a blue star. n00b!
Simple demand/supply says that you will not need an infinite supply of anything, and that also applies to technology. Diminishing returns says that sooner or later, people will have enough technology (Blu-Ray, XBox360s, Laptops, etc) and they will not want or need any more. Upgrades are in the same boat.
I completely agree. Higher Education is no job for the federal government to undertake. I do not want to live in a welfare state. I do not agree with the re-distribution of money on a federal level. I STRONGLY beleive that my local government can charge me more and put it to better use than the federal government can...plus, at least that way I have a larger say-so in how it is used (i.e. I can attend and speak at City Council meetings, but I'm not allowed to speak in the US Congress). I know our Representative Congress should handle this for me, but our federal counterparts seem too distached to use wealth properly for their people.
A fundamental concept in computing now-a-days is that software designers attempt to do as much thinking for the end user as possible. This is a generally good thing, as the easier/more-intuitive software is to use, the more people will use it. That point aside, this can be a negative thing as it keeps users from needing to understand what they are actually doing. Using computers NEEDS at least a basic understanding of what's going on.
I don't mean everyone should study the TCP/IP stack and fully grasp ports and such, but seriously....you can't just show someone what a car does & explain the controls and then expect them to be able to drive properly & safely. It takes training & study.
The same is true with computers. I'm not suggesting an 'internet license' or anything, but I would recommend that high school core classes at least provide the basics of the underlying fundamentals of computing. Until someone understands what those firewalls are for, they will never reach a truly useful state.
A bit offtopic, but anyway, where goes...
I watched that show for the first time EVER last night. I was appauled that the 'fair & balanced' new channel allowed him to provide a 'perspective' on the recent NSA wiretap that involved one 'expert' who was nothing more than an ex-speech writer for G.W. Bush. The opening question...."Does this judge want people to die?"
Somehow there was a jump from 'protecting the US Constitution' to 'wanting Americans to die'.
I'm just really worried that Fox news is where most Americans get their news...Flair & Baised.
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Besides, I'd rather have them flying back with nightmares that haunt them for the rest of their lives. It's a reminder to them and to the rest of us who speak with them of the horrors of war, and should serve as an object lesson in why it must be avoided.
This has to be one of the sickest things I've ever heard. You WANT humans to suffer just to further your anti-war agenda. Worst.Idea.Ever.
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I was thinking along these lines. I wonder if fewer, more professional soldiers is the way to go. Nothing like the Kurt Russel movie, but maybe 100,000 troops that train for maybe 3-5 years. They would be professionals, not dentists or college kids or the guy from the Grease Monkey. Having 4 years stints in the army means they are training for more than 1/2 the time they are enlisted. This may be great for those seeking college tuition, but is it really that great for building an effective army? I know the powers-that-be may be more interested in making sure we have the LARGEST possible army, but is that really the best thing? We have some super-wonderful guys out there...I know many rangers personally (I live near Ft. Benning, GA). Those guys are crazy....which is a good thing during war, but having 400,000 troops serve a little time in battle each...they are all going to come back with nightmares and PTSD. Food for thought.
Perhaps I left out a part of my logic...Either MS can sit back and watch OOo become the de-Facto Productivity suite for Linux, and watch as it becomes as powerful as Office, at which point MS really has NO advantages over the open-source offerings, thats bad for MS. If, however, they can develop and sell a very tightly integrated & stable port of Office (Including Outlook with Exchange support, and Access)....well then I think MS-Office could easily upset the OOo domination on Linux. Then MS-Office will dominate the two main Desktop OSes.
Also something I really didn't consider before...this would virtually guarantee that they where NOT accused of anti-competitive practices by locking people who use Office into using Windows. Food for thought.
I think you may be missing the point. Companies are switching to Linux because it is a viable OS alternative. However, OOo is NOT a viable Office alternative. I have used both OpenOffice and MS-Office each for SEVERAL years, and I have yet to find many features in OOo that I use regularly in MS-Office. Microsoft is loosing ground in the desktop OS category. They want to make sure they at least make SOME money from this explosion of Linux adoption.
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Where does this claim come from? Where is your evidence? I'm not saying it isn't true, but I would like to read up on this subject.
Would this not disrupt the ISP's 'Common Carrier' status? If they are filtering any part of the internet, then they become liable to filter all the parts that may violate law, including children finding porn, warez, bootlegged movies, etc...
BTW - AOL does something like this, and folks are leaving them droves.
I'm sorry you hate those that love to lead a great team.
I once had a friend that hated those that aspired to be leaders, he rides on a bus everywhere he goes.
I go to a smaller college in Columbus, GA....Columbus State University...in fact early registration for Spring Semester was today. Here at CSU, they have split the CS degrees into two separate camps....The CS-Systems Track & the CS-Applied Track. They are nearly exactly what you have outlined. I am more of a systems (theory) guy, and I hope to lead a team of Applied guys (coders). This isn't about salary or power, it is about what you do best. I cannot sit behind a desk and write code for 8 hours a day, plus I am a visual thinker. I can layout advanced problems and envision solutions, but my expertise falls apart when I start coding them...I get lost in the forest. However, some people cannot see the big picture but they have incredible focus on the smaller, more intricate problems. To each his own path.
This after nearly 6 years designing/programming full-time. I just recently decided to go back & get my degree to increase my potential value, plus after being promoted to Product Design Lead, I realized I needed to get on the ball with my degree or someone hot-shot kid straight out of college would take my job.
What is the name of the store? Marks & Spencer or Marks & Sparks? Slashdot surely has gone downhill if there are inconsistencies even in the summary!
Interestingly, http://ada.org/ fails too.
I thought the fact that they offer both the Online Store and the Brick-&-Mortar would satisfy the 'reasonable alternative' clause in the ADA.
My Home PC is a 386...you insensitive clod!
I think that PR means public relations, and for that you need to pitch to the public.
Except this information was an internal gaol for 2006. If they where doing it for good press...it would have been 'revealed' earlier in the year. I mean think about it...if this was a PR ploy...with no backbone, then they woulda made out with this ASAP. Except they didn't. They made it an internal thing. They didn't announce it, they didn't make any commercials about it.
You really don't see this very often. What short-term or even mid-term payoff could there possibly be to being carbon nuetral? I don't think anyone can stand back and say that Google fits into the mold of what most Companies in this world have become. I applaude Google. I think they are a role-model that other companies (Including the existing big boys) should strive to be more like.
This isn't that much of a suprise though. When you have such a great product & a motivated team, you tend to attract the best & brightest. The best & brightest usually have the best ideas....
Brad
Doom, Mario Bros, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, RE2, I could go on. These where great games, but the movies sucked. Even though Halo was a fantastic game with a well written script & plot, 90% of the game was the same thing over & over. Shoot, hunt, shoot, hide, repeat. Doesn't make for a good movie.
Brad
I got it. I would mod you up (funny), but I have no points.
INCONCEIVABLE!!!
While I agree with your statement that this case has no chance of success, I come to my judgement based on the premise that those most DIRECTLY responsible are to blame.
First, the child.
Then, the parents that allowed him to play a violent game 'obsessively'.
There really is no one else to blame. Not the gun manufacturer, not the game developer/publisher, not even society.
To propose reasons as to why a person would commit a crime is to de-criminalize the perpetrator. It matters not WHY someone did something wrong, what matters is that they did it. To tell them it isn't there fault is to take away thier humanity. If we start down the road where a video game can make someone less human, then I propose all those people that blame video games for their actions be killed in the most inhumane way possible. I mean after all...they are less human by their own admission.
On a completely different note, the child must not have learned too much from the video game. If he had studied the game closer, he would know that a flame thrower will get rid of all the police and if you find a blue star power-up it makes all the police attention go away....I bet he didn't even look for a blue star. n00b!
Brad
Simple demand/supply says that you will not need an infinite supply of anything, and that also applies to technology. Diminishing returns says that sooner or later, people will have enough technology (Blu-Ray, XBox360s, Laptops, etc) and they will not want or need any more. Upgrades are in the same boat.
I completely agree. Higher Education is no job for the federal government to undertake. I do not want to live in a welfare state. I do not agree with the re-distribution of money on a federal level. I STRONGLY beleive that my local government can charge me more and put it to better use than the federal government can...plus, at least that way I have a larger say-so in how it is used (i.e. I can attend and speak at City Council meetings, but I'm not allowed to speak in the US Congress). I know our Representative Congress should handle this for me, but our federal counterparts seem too distached to use wealth properly for their people.
A fundamental concept in computing now-a-days is that software designers attempt to do as much thinking for the end user as possible. This is a generally good thing, as the easier/more-intuitive software is to use, the more people will use it. That point aside, this can be a negative thing as it keeps users from needing to understand what they are actually doing. Using computers NEEDS at least a basic understanding of what's going on.
I don't mean everyone should study the TCP/IP stack and fully grasp ports and such, but seriously....you can't just show someone what a car does & explain the controls and then expect them to be able to drive properly & safely. It takes training & study.
The same is true with computers. I'm not suggesting an 'internet license' or anything, but I would recommend that high school core classes at least provide the basics of the underlying fundamentals of computing. Until someone understands what those firewalls are for, they will never reach a truly useful state.
Brad
I wish I could mod my own post, -1 offtopic and -10,000 dumbass who didn't RTFA.
Sorry,
Brad
A bit offtopic, but anyway, where goes...
I watched that show for the first time EVER last night. I was appauled that the 'fair & balanced' new channel allowed him to provide a 'perspective' on the recent NSA wiretap that involved one 'expert' who was nothing more than an ex-speech writer for G.W. Bush. The opening question...."Does this judge want people to die?"
Somehow there was a jump from 'protecting the US Constitution' to 'wanting Americans to die'.
I'm just really worried that Fox news is where most Americans get their news...Flair & Baised.
Brad
I can't believe you don't know about these.
I was thinking along these lines. I wonder if fewer, more professional soldiers is the way to go. Nothing like the Kurt Russel movie, but maybe 100,000 troops that train for maybe 3-5 years. They would be professionals, not dentists or college kids or the guy from the Grease Monkey. Having 4 years stints in the army means they are training for more than 1/2 the time they are enlisted. This may be great for those seeking college tuition, but is it really that great for building an effective army? I know the powers-that-be may be more interested in making sure we have the LARGEST possible army, but is that really the best thing? We have some super-wonderful guys out there...I know many rangers personally (I live near Ft. Benning, GA). Those guys are crazy....which is a good thing during war, but having 400,000 troops serve a little time in battle each...they are all going to come back with nightmares and PTSD. Food for thought.
Brad
Also something I really didn't consider before...this would virtually guarantee that they where NOT accused of anti-competitive practices by locking people who use Office into using Windows. Food for thought.
Brad
I think you may be missing the point. Companies are switching to Linux because it is a viable OS alternative. However, OOo is NOT a viable Office alternative. I have used both OpenOffice and MS-Office each for SEVERAL years, and I have yet to find many features in OOo that I use regularly in MS-Office. Microsoft is loosing ground in the desktop OS category. They want to make sure they at least make SOME money from this explosion of Linux adoption.
Simply, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Brad