You know, I can see instances where a machine like this could be useful. Not as useful as a translator on staff, or a translation service that someone else mentioned in a previous post.
It is no wonder though, with all the technology being pushed into the medical field, how expensive health insurance has gotten. New technology like this sounds great, but is never around long enough to turn a profit, and is outdated within a week. It is one of those cases where there may be an advantage to technological growth slowing down. Leave something for our kids and our kids kids to be innovative about, not just picking up the mess of an infrastructure we are leaving them.
That is part of the problem, we don't know. Without the government going through the proper channels to obtain warrants for these phone taps, there is no way of keeping the government in check on their practices. The whole essence of our system is based on checks and balances, and when the checks are ignored/averted, the system may not working properly.
The question is, what is going to stop the government from tapping your call with "little old Aunt Martha" without a properly obtained warrant?
Just out of curiousity, when was the last time you, your wife, or your daughter felt directly threatened by a terroristic organization?
Now another question, when was the last time you, your wife, or your daughter felt threatened by a terroristic organization via a government channel?
This administration has hit the nail on the head as far as gaining power by inflicting fear upon the nation.
I don't know about you, but in response to these two questions, I nor my family have ever been directly threatened by a terroristic organization, but we feel threatened continuously by the amount of "information" this administration feeds to us from/about terroristic organizations.
DRM is such a waste of money and time for everyone. The current business models for CDs and Movies can't be hurting that much, as they can still afford to pay these individual actors/acresses millions for a single film, and make a profit. Maybe they should try the alley of not paying the performers quite so much. Not everyone in the entertainment industry needs to be a millionaire. I hate watching an artist on T.V. bitching about how piracy hurts the industry, then they get in their Bentley or Ferrari with their Rolex and 4 million dollar engagement ring and drive off. Obviously they are hurt by this industry. What hurts is the unwillingness of those who have their hands in the honey pot at the top to reinvest in small time artists. DRM is just a way for lawyers and a few more executives to get their hands deeper in the honey pot. Imagine how much money has been spent on legal issues that revolve just around this issue, both on the corporate side and consumer side.
Not once did I say to specifically buy Micro$oft or Nintendo products either, but sometimes we just need to realize when to pick the lesser of the evils. Consumers should take actions against any corporation that takes advantage of us. The same actions should apply at times when MS or Nintendo break the trust between a consumer and corporation.
Buying from Sony (or any corporation after trust is broken) at this time tells corporations "Go ahead, step on my toes, do what you want, I will kneal down and gladly take it."
All it will take is one phasing out of a popular, legal mp3 player to catch companies with this DRM stuff. When the general public finds a product that they like better than the iPod and tries to migrate to it in the masses and it doesn't support their DRMed iTunes music, they will revolt. When they revolt, the government will step in, and require the DRM be removed from digital music. So basically someone needs to come up with an idea that is strong enough to kill the popularity of the iPod and drive the mass market away from iTunes for this to happen.
Get to work!
Who cares how long it is delayed, or how early it comes out. No one should be buying Sony crap anyways after the DRM scandals. Besides, the new generation of gaming consoles are just going to be reasons for software companies to milk every penny they can by making remakes of old games in higher resolution, maybe adding crappy online play.
Bottom line, DON'T BUY SONY!!!
It's not like your vote counts anyways. It is all up to whomever the electoral college decides to accept the highest bid for. The US voting system is so flawed, there is no reason it should not go to popular vote, well except those are fixed as well.
You had to hit the "Democrat" portion of the sentence and associate it with gas guzzling SUVs. I see more gas guzzling SUVs with "W" stickers on the back than anything else. Maybe it is just where I live, but the Republican SUV owners seem to far outway the Democrat SUV owners. I've coined the term "W Heads" for such vehicles with those stickers... Just seems fitting.
Imagine this scenario. You are a recruiter for a company, you call a potential candidate for a position out of the blue. You start off with the basic questions, experience, education, location. Then you start firing off specific technical questions which seem very easy to you. The candidate completely misses on them, or has quite a lag in thinking of the responses. You don't hire them because they don't have the technical ability you were looking for.
Here is the reality of the situation. Hold off on specific technical questions until a face to face meeting or scheduled phone interview. The normal Joe who is applying for a job isn't sitting around all day studying specific coding examples waiting for a random call on the phone, they have a job they are currently working on. Programming can take a mindset to be in, and when you are in another mindset, say developing in Flash at the moment instead of SQL, you may not be able to answer a Left Outer Join question off the top of your head. Given the chance in a scheduled interview that you know is going to happen you probably will though. Just because programmers work with machines, does not mean we are machines as well.
I have had this happen to me a few times in past job hunts. I would be in the middle of debugging thousands of lines of code in one language and get a call with a person firing off specific technical questions. Needless to say I would be caught off guard and not be able to answer the questions.
It is similar to an athlete. They may be able to perform well at their sport when they have time for mental preparation, but may have an off day when they are focused on other distractions.
Bottom-line is make sure you schedule an appointment of some type for asking specific technical questions. During the appointment, if you get textbook answers, dig a little deeper to find out if they have used it before. A simple example of how it was used in the past would work fine.
Unfortunately all the boycotting us/.'ers partake in won't pay off in the end. It is hard to boycott a company effectively whose business timeline is as follows:
1. Declining Music Sales... Blame Piracy 2. Release Trojan Rootkit to Fight Piracy... (damn kids) 3. Consumers boycott all Sony products 4. Further Declining Music Sales and Now Declining Sales in All Product Lines 5. Blame Piracy 6. Call Government Buddies and Release Series of Laws/Rootkits Opressing Consumers
Damn corporate nation we live in today, and the Bush administration is doing anything but helping.
Enough with the complaining about this stuff already. What should/can we do to stop the RIAA in its tracks? I think it is truly a time for action and not just bitching about it over and over again in online communities.
Keep in mind this is the RIAA. They don't use the word "prove". All they have to do is "accuse" and then you must "prove" your innocence. It's just part of corporations having the government by the kahunas at the moment.
That raises a question. At what point do/will we consider our own (US) government to be a terrorist organization against the United States? They constantly use the "threat of violence" towards the "people" to get more power. As a society, it is not very often we see these threats the government claims the terrorists have sent, but instead we receive a very sheltered version of the threat from the government, followed by requests for action.
Forunately (or not?) inflation isn't quite as strict for electronic "extras" that we buy as consumers, due to most of the products are being produced, or have competitors producing them in other countries where inflation occurs at a different rate.
Well, duh. It's so that the taxpayers money stays out of the hands of those schools that keep bitching about their budget cuts!
The Bush Administration's spending on "Homeland Security" is getting absolutely rediculous and out of control. It's going to take and incident that shows a huge hole in the entire plan for any changes to be made. That or a completely new administration needs to be put in place.
Welcome to "Bush Land". Former home of the United States of America. Please leave your retinal scan, finger prints, and DNA sample with our "quality control" personnel. Enjoy your stay!
Doesn't Microsoft realize that when taking on such responsibilities as eliminating spam or "creating the internet", all you have to do is contract Al Gore!
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You know, I can see instances where a machine like this could be useful. Not as useful as a translator on staff, or a translation service that someone else mentioned in a previous post.
It is no wonder though, with all the technology being pushed into the medical field, how expensive health insurance has gotten. New technology like this sounds great, but is never around long enough to turn a profit, and is outdated within a week. It is one of those cases where there may be an advantage to technological growth slowing down. Leave something for our kids and our kids kids to be innovative about, not just picking up the mess of an infrastructure we are leaving them.
That is part of the problem, we don't know. Without the government going through the proper channels to obtain warrants for these phone taps, there is no way of keeping the government in check on their practices. The whole essence of our system is based on checks and balances, and when the checks are ignored/averted, the system may not working properly.
The question is, what is going to stop the government from tapping your call with "little old Aunt Martha" without a properly obtained warrant?
Just out of curiousity, when was the last time you, your wife, or your daughter felt directly threatened by a terroristic organization? Now another question, when was the last time you, your wife, or your daughter felt threatened by a terroristic organization via a government channel? This administration has hit the nail on the head as far as gaining power by inflicting fear upon the nation. I don't know about you, but in response to these two questions, I nor my family have ever been directly threatened by a terroristic organization, but we feel threatened continuously by the amount of "information" this administration feeds to us from/about terroristic organizations.
Nope, we are giving up the liberty to call ANYONE without our phone calls being tapped!
DRM is such a waste of money and time for everyone. The current business models for CDs and Movies can't be hurting that much, as they can still afford to pay these individual actors/acresses millions for a single film, and make a profit. Maybe they should try the alley of not paying the performers quite so much. Not everyone in the entertainment industry needs to be a millionaire. I hate watching an artist on T.V. bitching about how piracy hurts the industry, then they get in their Bentley or Ferrari with their Rolex and 4 million dollar engagement ring and drive off. Obviously they are hurt by this industry.
What hurts is the unwillingness of those who have their hands in the honey pot at the top to reinvest in small time artists.
DRM is just a way for lawyers and a few more executives to get their hands deeper in the honey pot. Imagine how much money has been spent on legal issues that revolve just around this issue, both on the corporate side and consumer side.
Not once did I say to specifically buy Micro$oft or Nintendo products either, but sometimes we just need to realize when to pick the lesser of the evils. Consumers should take actions against any corporation that takes advantage of us. The same actions should apply at times when MS or Nintendo break the trust between a consumer and corporation.
Buying from Sony (or any corporation after trust is broken) at this time tells corporations "Go ahead, step on my toes, do what you want, I will kneal down and gladly take it."
All it will take is one phasing out of a popular, legal mp3 player to catch companies with this DRM stuff. When the general public finds a product that they like better than the iPod and tries to migrate to it in the masses and it doesn't support their DRMed iTunes music, they will revolt. When they revolt, the government will step in, and require the DRM be removed from digital music. So basically someone needs to come up with an idea that is strong enough to kill the popularity of the iPod and drive the mass market away from iTunes for this to happen. Get to work!
Who cares how long it is delayed, or how early it comes out. No one should be buying Sony crap anyways after the DRM scandals. Besides, the new generation of gaming consoles are just going to be reasons for software companies to milk every penny they can by making remakes of old games in higher resolution, maybe adding crappy online play. Bottom line, DON'T BUY SONY!!!
It's not like your vote counts anyways. It is all up to whomever the electoral college decides to accept the highest bid for. The US voting system is so flawed, there is no reason it should not go to popular vote, well except those are fixed as well.
Is it just me or is "Speed of Sound" an ironic title to hit this magical 1 billion milestone with?
You had to hit the "Democrat" portion of the sentence and associate it with gas guzzling SUVs. I see more gas guzzling SUVs with "W" stickers on the back than anything else. Maybe it is just where I live, but the Republican SUV owners seem to far outway the Democrat SUV owners. I've coined the term "W Heads" for such vehicles with those stickers... Just seems fitting.
Grrr... GRUMBLE GRUMBLE. It must have taken me two weeks to figure out what the heck to do there!
Imagine this scenario. You are a recruiter for a company, you call a potential candidate for a position out of the blue. You start off with the basic questions, experience, education, location. Then you start firing off specific technical questions which seem very easy to you. The candidate completely misses on them, or has quite a lag in thinking of the responses. You don't hire them because they don't have the technical ability you were looking for.
Here is the reality of the situation. Hold off on specific technical questions until a face to face meeting or scheduled phone interview. The normal Joe who is applying for a job isn't sitting around all day studying specific coding examples waiting for a random call on the phone, they have a job they are currently working on. Programming can take a mindset to be in, and when you are in another mindset, say developing in Flash at the moment instead of SQL, you may not be able to answer a Left Outer Join question off the top of your head. Given the chance in a scheduled interview that you know is going to happen you probably will though. Just because programmers work with machines, does not mean we are machines as well.
I have had this happen to me a few times in past job hunts. I would be in the middle of debugging thousands of lines of code in one language and get a call with a person firing off specific technical questions. Needless to say I would be caught off guard and not be able to answer the questions.
It is similar to an athlete. They may be able to perform well at their sport when they have time for mental preparation, but may have an off day when they are focused on other distractions.
Bottom-line is make sure you schedule an appointment of some type for asking specific technical questions. During the appointment, if you get textbook answers, dig a little deeper to find out if they have used it before. A simple example of how it was used in the past would work fine.
Hmmm... I can't remember what was I going to say. Where am I?
Unfortunately all the boycotting us /.'ers partake in won't pay off in the end. It is hard to boycott a company effectively whose business timeline is as follows:
1. Declining Music Sales... Blame Piracy
2. Release Trojan Rootkit to Fight Piracy... (damn kids)
3. Consumers boycott all Sony products
4. Further Declining Music Sales and Now Declining Sales in All Product Lines
5. Blame Piracy
6. Call Government Buddies and Release Series of Laws/Rootkits Opressing Consumers
Damn corporate nation we live in today, and the Bush administration is doing anything but helping.
Enough with the complaining about this stuff already. What should/can we do to stop the RIAA in its tracks? I think it is truly a time for action and not just bitching about it over and over again in online communities.
Keep in mind this is the RIAA. They don't use the word "prove". All they have to do is "accuse" and then you must "prove" your innocence. It's just part of corporations having the government by the kahunas at the moment.
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That raises a question. At what point do/will we consider our own (US) government to be a terrorist organization against the United States? They constantly use the "threat of violence" towards the "people" to get more power. As a society, it is not very often we see these threats the government claims the terrorists have sent, but instead we receive a very sheltered version of the threat from the government, followed by requests for action.
Forunately (or not?) inflation isn't quite as strict for electronic "extras" that we buy as consumers, due to most of the products are being produced, or have competitors producing them in other countries where inflation occurs at a different rate.
Well, duh. It's so that the taxpayers money stays out of the hands of those schools that keep bitching about their budget cuts!
The Bush Administration's spending on "Homeland Security" is getting absolutely rediculous and out of control. It's going to take and incident that shows a huge hole in the entire plan for any changes to be made. That or a completely new administration needs to be put in place.
Ummm... Yeah.....
Welcome to "Bush Land". Former home of the United States of America. Please leave your retinal scan, finger prints, and DNA sample with our "quality control" personnel. Enjoy your stay!
Doesn't Microsoft realize that when taking on such responsibilities as eliminating spam or "creating the internet", all you have to do is contract Al Gore!
Ahhh!!! The sky is falling!