Still, my point is not that it is right or wrong (yes, I think it is wrong), just that to think that government WON'T do that is naive. People in power, even benign power, tend to do things that we don't like. It is the very nature of power. One of the main tenets of Libertarianism is that the difference between me and the government is that the government has guns....
People in power want to stay in power. Information is power. The fact that it is more easily attainable and sortable and searchable than it was in the 60s just means that it is even MORE likely to be used than it was then. Before it was too much trouble. Now it is an interesting programming problem. And, hey, if a wonk in the government stumbles across a possible terrorist and "SAVES THE DAY!" how much better for him/her.
Government will always act to govern....govern meaning to keep within bounds. Those in power get to set the bounds. We shouldn't be surprised at a misuse of power.
but if you put personal data up on the Internet for everyone to see, hoping to attract like-minded individuals and get your personal ideas and beliefs out into the main stream, you really don't expect the Federal Government to take that information, process, and try to link you to nefarious doings, do you?
Don't you? That seems a bit naive. When I was in high school in the late 60s (yes, I'm THAT old) we knew that pictures were being taken of all of us at the anti-war rallies. For those of us on a stage from time to time, we were pretty darn sure we weren't going to be allowed to run for governor any time soon. Now, of course, that's all changed (has it?) and I did, in fact, inhale.
And here someone from Wales is thought of as.....OK, you were right the first time, most Americans don't think of Wales at all...
I'm looking forward to getting there someday. It's on my list of places that I want to visit. Now I just need to get it on my wife's list.
Ah....a person of Polish descent, but a disparaging term.
The comedian began a joke, then stopped...."I'm going to tell a Polack joke now, is there anyone in the audience who's Polish? I don't want to offend you." Pause. Silence. "OK, then, well this Polack walks into a bar."
A man in the front row stands up and says, "Hey wait a minute, I'M Polish." badda-boom.
An American entrepreneur took a box of Cheerios to Poland to sell them as donut seeds. chhhh!
A guy in a bar leans over to the guy next to him and says, "Wanna hear a Polack joke?"
The guy next to him replies, "Well, before you tell that joke, you should know something. I'm 6' tall, 200 lbs. and I'm Polish. The guy sitting next to me is 6'2" tall, weighs 225, and he's Polish. The fella next to him is 6'5" tall, weighs 250, and he's Polish. Now, you still wanna tell that joke?"
The first guy says, "Nah, I don't want to have to explain it three times." Bam!
Thank you, thank you very much, I'm going to be here at the Holiday Inn all week.
How is Whales vs. Wales racist?
And as a Polish American I have heard and told my fair share of Polack jokes.
Your response makes my point perfectly. Nobody said ANYTHING bad about the Welsh. Yet you are offended. Your panties are, indeed, in a bunch.
Was that a global poll? Because I'm pretty sure there are parts of the world where chopsticks would be WAY more popular than a cardboard box. Although you can LIVE in a cardboard box....but you can EAT with chopsticks...hmmm, that IS a tough one. If you had enough chopsticks, you could probably build a house and not need the box. Except maybe to put your extra chopsticks in.....oh, I give up. I'm gonna go have a beer.
It's not the lack of education, but the love of the pun that is offensive, but not particularly rare, unfortunately. A lot of us Americans know about Wales, and where it is, and la la la. Welsh Corgis, Welshmen taking a leek, Welsh's grape juice (Ok, sorry).
Unbunch thy panties, we make fun of ourselves too.
Is it that they chose not to have it rated, or that they didn't disclose things that would have changed the rating? I understood the latter, and it is the job of the FTC (not the FCC...there's your radio and public airwaves) to make sure that things are as advertised. If they chose not to be rated, then the FTC wouldn't have been involved, as I understand it.
I knew there were details I was missing....thanks for the clarification. I use all the above, but have paid no attention to the historical context. Gee, I must be an American.
Did Microsoft come up with AJAX? Did I sleep through that class? As for not speaking well for Java, although not the original meaning, Java has come to be the J in AJAX. I think I'm missing the point here, or am merely confused....not a first.
Only by listening to the engineers can management know what they are lying about and to learn the actual base factor of cost and time that needs to be discounted. Without using engineering's numbers there is nothing to put on the PowerPoint presentation to back up the wildly insane management projections. No numbers, no graphs.
A number of people I know today made things that blew up in high school. Today they are engineers and teachers and scientists. Fortunately they have all their fingers. Making things that blow up was the thing to do in the 50s and 60s (yes, I'm that old) and I can't imagine the desire to do that has changed that dramatically.
But my friends weren't terrorists (unless you were the school principal) and the idea was to make pitcher's mounds become pitcher's craters, and slammed locker doors become permanently open. Safe? Nope. Jail worthy. Nope again.
Used to be called hijinks. Now it is haj jinks. Shame really. Too much paranoia.
I finally (last week) got a go ahead on a Wiki which I have been playing with, but couldn't get anyone else on the sub-group to play (on the road, not enough time, yada yada) to at least stick one on the new intranet.
I was working with MediaWiki, but their install readme says it is more for Unix/Linux and this is a strictly Windows house. I think it oughta work on the Windows server, but haven't set it up there, and wondered if there is any recommendations amongst the/.ers of a Wiki that will be easy to setup and easy to use.
For our purposes, almost anything is a step in the right direction, but I am not the one who will be doing the full install, merely assisting he who maintains it all.
This is brilliant. I have taught at the junior college level and found the experience very frustrating because of the mix in student interest....although it did match the classic bell curve. Getting them to interact as a programming team before touching the computer can get them to think like designers, not just coders, and to understand better what the discipline of programming is truly about.
I have always contended that the easiest way to tell if someone has at least the potential to be a programmer is to ask them to give you directions to someplace across town that you both know....if they can get you there verbally, not relying on visual cues as they drive, they at least have a shot at it.
I'd like to believe the former, but I am becoming more convinced that the latter is becoming our guiding paradigm, although whether this organism is higher is a question for me.
I've always noted that there are herd people and loner people....as the latter I use the term cow and wolf, but a herd person might use a different analogy....say, team and terrorist.
Herd people like a herder and are willing to put up with a lot to be led. Right now, I am afraid, the U.S. of A has gotten comfortable enough that there are a LOT of herd people. In the beginning of this grand land o' ours, it was the loner's who stepped out and worked hard and kept moving because they didn't like having a neighbor that they could see. Now we revel in mosh pits, raves and Times Square on New Year's Eve.
Staying with your analogy, I suppose that there is the societal body, then a few of us independent bacteria who don't mess things up too badly and may even help a little, but at the first sign of indigestion get wiped out with an antibiotic.
Unfortunately, my hardware chops leave a lot to be desired. I'd have to look up with AMDs are K8, K6-II. I'm a slave to the marketing names, I'm afraid.
Actually, I am getting set to get a new computer. I'm a software developer and figured on going with one of the Opteron's but like audio gear and television, chips bore me to tears. I love the fact that some people are network geeks and/or hardware geeks. I'm an application geek.
What is YOUR advice on the ideal programmer's dream box. I work in Windows and Linux...have 5 computers running in the closet at home....but my paying gig is Delphi 2005/2006,.NET, Windows. I thought about running the box in Linux and then virtualizing Windows using VMWare.
Since Tivo can tell what we are watching, why not use that fact to feedback additional information to the broadcasters of which commercials we ARE watching? Seems to me that there would be some real value. If Google can make money on click throughs, it makes sense that Tivo ought to be able to do SOMETHING with what they know of our viewing habits.
Can't wait for the paranoiacs to come out of the bushes on this one....not my intent, but expected.
I actually Tivo the superbowl so I can watch the commercials.
Because of Tivo I now watch a lot more TV than I used to, for better or worse, and probably see more actual commercials, or at least the basics as they go by. If advertising can make 1 second commercials, skimming through a commercial break should have about the same effect.
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Of course, it would take care of the claim (never ending) that there are no good games for the Apple.
People in power want to stay in power. Information is power. The fact that it is more easily attainable and sortable and searchable than it was in the 60s just means that it is even MORE likely to be used than it was then. Before it was too much trouble. Now it is an interesting programming problem. And, hey, if a wonk in the government stumbles across a possible terrorist and "SAVES THE DAY!" how much better for him/her.
Government will always act to govern....govern meaning to keep within bounds. Those in power get to set the bounds. We shouldn't be surprised at a misuse of power.
Don't you? That seems a bit naive. When I was in high school in the late 60s (yes, I'm THAT old) we knew that pictures were being taken of all of us at the anti-war rallies. For those of us on a stage from time to time, we were pretty darn sure we weren't going to be allowed to run for governor any time soon. Now, of course, that's all changed (has it?) and I did, in fact, inhale.
And here someone from Wales is thought of as.....OK, you were right the first time, most Americans don't think of Wales at all...
I'm looking forward to getting there someday. It's on my list of places that I want to visit. Now I just need to get it on my wife's list.
Ah....a person of Polish descent, but a disparaging term. The comedian began a joke, then stopped...."I'm going to tell a Polack joke now, is there anyone in the audience who's Polish? I don't want to offend you." Pause. Silence. "OK, then, well this Polack walks into a bar."
A man in the front row stands up and says, "Hey wait a minute, I'M Polish." badda-boom.
An American entrepreneur took a box of Cheerios to Poland to sell them as donut seeds. chhhh!
A guy in a bar leans over to the guy next to him and says, "Wanna hear a Polack joke?"
The guy next to him replies, "Well, before you tell that joke, you should know something. I'm 6' tall, 200 lbs. and I'm Polish. The guy sitting next to me is 6'2" tall, weighs 225, and he's Polish. The fella next to him is 6'5" tall, weighs 250, and he's Polish. Now, you still wanna tell that joke?"
The first guy says, "Nah, I don't want to have to explain it three times." Bam!
Thank you, thank you very much, I'm going to be here at the Holiday Inn all week.
How is Whales vs. Wales racist?
And as a Polish American I have heard and told my fair share of Polack jokes.
Your response makes my point perfectly. Nobody said ANYTHING bad about the Welsh. Yet you are offended. Your panties are, indeed, in a bunch.
Was that a global poll? Because I'm pretty sure there are parts of the world where chopsticks would be WAY more popular than a cardboard box. Although you can LIVE in a cardboard box....but you can EAT with chopsticks...hmmm, that IS a tough one. If you had enough chopsticks, you could probably build a house and not need the box. Except maybe to put your extra chopsticks in.....oh, I give up. I'm gonna go have a beer.
I make my own beer....I won't be making my own iPod...
It's not the lack of education, but the love of the pun that is offensive, but not particularly rare, unfortunately. A lot of us Americans know about Wales, and where it is, and la la la. Welsh Corgis, Welshmen taking a leek, Welsh's grape juice (Ok, sorry).
Unbunch thy panties, we make fun of ourselves too.
Is it that they chose not to have it rated, or that they didn't disclose things that would have changed the rating? I understood the latter, and it is the job of the FTC (not the FCC...there's your radio and public airwaves) to make sure that things are as advertised. If they chose not to be rated, then the FTC wouldn't have been involved, as I understand it.
Gee, I can pretend I'm in the airport even when I'm at home....
I knew there were details I was missing....thanks for the clarification. I use all the above, but have paid no attention to the historical context. Gee, I must be an American.
Did Microsoft come up with AJAX? Did I sleep through that class? As for not speaking well for Java, although not the original meaning, Java has come to be the J in AJAX. I think I'm missing the point here, or am merely confused....not a first.
Only by listening to the engineers can management know what they are lying about and to learn the actual base factor of cost and time that needs to be discounted. Without using engineering's numbers there is nothing to put on the PowerPoint presentation to back up the wildly insane management projections. No numbers, no graphs.
wouldn't that be a shrub?
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A number of people I know today made things that blew up in high school. Today they are engineers and teachers and scientists. Fortunately they have all their fingers. Making things that blow up was the thing to do in the 50s and 60s (yes, I'm that old) and I can't imagine the desire to do that has changed that dramatically. But my friends weren't terrorists (unless you were the school principal) and the idea was to make pitcher's mounds become pitcher's craters, and slammed locker doors become permanently open. Safe? Nope. Jail worthy. Nope again. Used to be called hijinks. Now it is haj jinks. Shame really. Too much paranoia.
barring some bible-belt twats That is hitting below the bible belt....
I finally (last week) got a go ahead on a Wiki which I have been playing with, but couldn't get anyone else on the sub-group to play (on the road, not enough time, yada yada) to at least stick one on the new intranet. I was working with MediaWiki, but their install readme says it is more for Unix/Linux and this is a strictly Windows house. I think it oughta work on the Windows server, but haven't set it up there, and wondered if there is any recommendations amongst the /.ers of a Wiki that will be easy to setup and easy to use.
For our purposes, almost anything is a step in the right direction, but I am not the one who will be doing the full install, merely assisting he who maintains it all.
This is brilliant. I have taught at the junior college level and found the experience very frustrating because of the mix in student interest....although it did match the classic bell curve. Getting them to interact as a programming team before touching the computer can get them to think like designers, not just coders, and to understand better what the discipline of programming is truly about. I have always contended that the easiest way to tell if someone has at least the potential to be a programmer is to ask them to give you directions to someplace across town that you both know....if they can get you there verbally, not relying on visual cues as they drive, they at least have a shot at it.
I've always noted that there are herd people and loner people....as the latter I use the term cow and wolf, but a herd person might use a different analogy....say, team and terrorist.
Herd people like a herder and are willing to put up with a lot to be led. Right now, I am afraid, the U.S. of A has gotten comfortable enough that there are a LOT of herd people. In the beginning of this grand land o' ours, it was the loner's who stepped out and worked hard and kept moving because they didn't like having a neighbor that they could see. Now we revel in mosh pits, raves and Times Square on New Year's Eve.
Staying with your analogy, I suppose that there is the societal body, then a few of us independent bacteria who don't mess things up too badly and may even help a little, but at the first sign of indigestion get wiped out with an antibiotic.
Here's hoping the moon station opens soon.
Suite....ah....sweet. Thanks
Actually, I am getting set to get a new computer. I'm a software developer and figured on going with one of the Opteron's but like audio gear and television, chips bore me to tears. I love the fact that some people are network geeks and/or hardware geeks. I'm an application geek.
What is YOUR advice on the ideal programmer's dream box. I work in Windows and Linux...have 5 computers running in the closet at home....but my paying gig is Delphi 2005/2006, .NET, Windows. I thought about running the box in Linux and then virtualizing Windows using VMWare.
Oh, and I'm a cheap bastard.
AMD Chips are cool? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE AMD, but never thought of them as running cool. Have I missed something?
Nope...but most of the shows and advertising do....
Since Tivo can tell what we are watching, why not use that fact to feedback additional information to the broadcasters of which commercials we ARE watching? Seems to me that there would be some real value. If Google can make money on click throughs, it makes sense that Tivo ought to be able to do SOMETHING with what they know of our viewing habits.
Can't wait for the paranoiacs to come out of the bushes on this one....not my intent, but expected.
I actually Tivo the superbowl so I can watch the commercials.
Because of Tivo I now watch a lot more TV than I used to, for better or worse, and probably see more actual commercials, or at least the basics as they go by. If advertising can make 1 second commercials, skimming through a commercial break should have about the same effect.