We've become a management culture since the Cold War ended. The emphasis on science and technology has been replaced with an emphasis on managerial skills and the joys of outsourcing. And since the amount of money being spent on educating our young has diminished, and you often get the proverbial gym teacher teaching chem lab, is it any wonder why science scores are down?
The sad thing is I can see this happening. I think I've been here too long...
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In short, it's all about politics. The actual physics have never changed; it's just a matter of the government giving NASA the money (which IIRC was only.04 cents/federal tax dollar for Apollo)and the clearance to do a moon shot. Back then Vietnam killed off the last two Apollo missions, and now it'll be The War On Terror and Balanced Budgets that has made it hard for us to do any realistic shot at the Moon or Mars. Quite sad, really.
The lawsuit seeks, among other things, to require Craigslist to report to the government any individual seeking to post a discriminatory ad and to develop screening software to preclude discriminatory ads from being published on its Web site.
Does this mean that the lawsuit is less about making universal off and onling rules, or to report "potential threats" to Bush and Co.?
But surely there must be some sort of rule to cover a non-specific entity to tap, right? Or else there's a hole in the coverage where, if you're not targeting a direct one-on-one link, you can't get a warrant. I think someone on here said it best where they bypassed to avoid accountability. IANAL
This may be cool and all, but shouldn't they use their resources for something infinetly better, like say... making sure their online store and their physical stores' inventories are in snyc? I recently tried to purcahse some RAM from them, only to get runaround because, while their online store listed it as instock at the store, the store didn't have one single stick (I purchased online). That to me is more important to fix than a different way to deal with rebates.
And once your ideas get beyond the idea stage, they'll cost way too much money to implement and NASA will lose even more fundage for "wasting" government resources.
This has nothing to do with the accuracy of the breathalyzer and everything to do with the sleazy practices of DUI defense attorneys. Like all good ambulance chasers, they will use every tactic in the book to get their clients off. I've had far too many dealings with them as a volunteer for MADD to ever think again that they belong to the same species as I do.
But where are most accessories bought out? Apple stores that probably won't stock non-licensed add-ons.
And with your counterpoint, you assume that Apple will break backwards compatability with future iPods. Yes, I'm taking their word that they aren't planning to... because why enact this tax to ensure future compapability if they don't plan on doing so? So they can piss off their fanbase? What the hell does that prove?
The article says that this tax isn't for all accessories, only the ones that attach to the connector on the bottom of the device.
It's also something where they are trying to insure that these devices won't harm them in the long run. TFA states that having the "Made for iPod" seal on these devices ensures that these deviuces will work on current and future iPod versions.
If I was Apple, I wouldn't want some third-rate speaker system to be designed for the current generations of the iPod, then not work on all future versions, having this burn the buyer into not wanting to buy newer versions of said speakers to continue to enjoy his/her iPod and feeling jaded by the iPod that a certified piece of gear would be gauranteed to do from the box.
I think it's a good move for the future.
So essentially I'm paying for a UMD disk, then a converter to play it on the TV? And then the PSP version of the game and said converter to play on TV?
I already have this. It's called my PS2.
I'm not paying for stuff twice just so I can be "cool."
This guy doesn't pay his employees enough, fails to include any clause in their contracts (if they signed any) that prohibits them from making off with tech developed under his banner, and he gets mad at Yahoo! for it?
He should be mad at his former partner for setting this up.
I get the feeling from the article that he didn't follow through with obvious business procedure (procuring the rights of all technology devolped by the company's employees under contract to said company). There must have been something to make everyone jump ship to Yahoo!.
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We've become a management culture since the Cold War ended. The emphasis on science and technology has been replaced with an emphasis on managerial skills and the joys of outsourcing. And since the amount of money being spent on educating our young has diminished, and you often get the proverbial gym teacher teaching chem lab, is it any wonder why science scores are down?
So does this mean we won?
The sad thing is I can see this happening. I think I've been here too long...
In short, it's all about politics. The actual physics have never changed; it's just a matter of the government giving NASA the money (which IIRC was only .04 cents/federal tax dollar for Apollo)and the clearance to do a moon shot. Back then Vietnam killed off the last two Apollo missions, and now it'll be The War On Terror and Balanced Budgets that has made it hard for us to do any realistic shot at the Moon or Mars. Quite sad, really.
What, no Norby? Those books were the stuff growing up. Plus, he's named after a guy named Weiner! How is he not in?
This explains Dunke Nukem Forever! They're just waiting for everything to be developed so they can implement it in!
If they were told to, yes. Never underestimate the lemmingness of the human species.
Anyone notice that if you set the orbit simulation from the link to the date in the article, the asteroid's not even close to Earth?
That's an awesome link. Kudos!
If you go to the link from the States, it says, "This video is not playable in your country."
I agree, it doesn't make much sense at all. We've seen worse on the local news in regards to Iraq... why should this be any different?
From TFA:
The lawsuit seeks, among other things, to require Craigslist to report to the government any individual seeking to post a discriminatory ad and to develop screening software to preclude discriminatory ads from being published on its Web site.
Does this mean that the lawsuit is less about making universal off and onling rules, or to report "potential threats" to Bush and Co.?
But surely there must be some sort of rule to cover a non-specific entity to tap, right? Or else there's a hole in the coverage where, if you're not targeting a direct one-on-one link, you can't get a warrant. I think someone on here said it best where they bypassed to avoid accountability. IANAL
This may be cool and all, but shouldn't they use their resources for something infinetly better, like say... making sure their online store and their physical stores' inventories are in snyc? I recently tried to purcahse some RAM from them, only to get runaround because, while their online store listed it as instock at the store, the store didn't have one single stick (I purchased online). That to me is more important to fix than a different way to deal with rebates.
Yeah, but try telling the stockholders that.
And once your ideas get beyond the idea stage, they'll cost way too much money to implement and NASA will lose even more fundage for "wasting" government resources.
Ditto.
And black turtlenecks and sunglasses.
Move to Arizona or most of Indiana. We don't change our clocks.
This has nothing to do with the accuracy of the breathalyzer and everything to do with the sleazy practices of DUI defense attorneys. Like all good ambulance chasers, they will use every tactic in the book to get their clients off. I've had far too many dealings with them as a volunteer for MADD to ever think again that they belong to the same species as I do.
But where are most accessories bought out? Apple stores that probably won't stock non-licensed add-ons.
And with your counterpoint, you assume that Apple will break backwards compatability with future iPods. Yes, I'm taking their word that they aren't planning to... because why enact this tax to ensure future compapability if they don't plan on doing so? So they can piss off their fanbase? What the hell does that prove?
The article says that this tax isn't for all accessories, only the ones that attach to the connector on the bottom of the device.
It's also something where they are trying to insure that these devices won't harm them in the long run. TFA states that having the "Made for iPod" seal on these devices ensures that these deviuces will work on current and future iPod versions.
If I was Apple, I wouldn't want some third-rate speaker system to be designed for the current generations of the iPod, then not work on all future versions, having this burn the buyer into not wanting to buy newer versions of said speakers to continue to enjoy his/her iPod and feeling jaded by the iPod that a certified piece of gear would be gauranteed to do from the box. I think it's a good move for the future.
So essentially I'm paying for a UMD disk, then a converter to play it on the TV? And then the PSP version of the game and said converter to play on TV? I already have this. It's called my PS2. I'm not paying for stuff twice just so I can be "cool."
This guy doesn't pay his employees enough, fails to include any clause in their contracts (if they signed any) that prohibits them from making off with tech developed under his banner, and he gets mad at Yahoo! for it? He should be mad at his former partner for setting this up. I get the feeling from the article that he didn't follow through with obvious business procedure (procuring the rights of all technology devolped by the company's employees under contract to said company). There must have been something to make everyone jump ship to Yahoo!.
... can't the gov't afford phonebooks?!
In Communist Russia the cell phone calls you!