Amartaya Sen won a Nobel prize in Economics for his study of famines, and surprisingly found (somewhat along your line of thought) that most recent famines aren't the result of a lack of food, but rather a sudden dropoff in the purchasing power of a given populace. His book Development as Freedom is well worth picking up, and for my money, represents the best long-term hope we have to address the needs of developing nations...
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Corporations, their money, and their slaves will continue to reshape society via their direct control over multiple media outlets (solidified TV/news, radio, Internet) not the public. Grass-roots campaigns have always existed on the fringe and while their causes are noble the masses love to be sheep while thinking they aren't.
Whew! Thanks for that, I needed a good laugh this morning. We've really got to do something about those pesky corporations and their mass mind control over all us sheep...
I'd put those deaths at Saddam's hands as well - he directed how Iraqi resources (no matter how limited) were used. Those palaces seemed awfully nice for a country with malnourished children...
If you want a streamlined government, reducing taxes doesn't accomplish that. Tax cuts just push the bill off into the future via increased debt service.
It's an unfortunate truth that the broad electorate generally uses economic performance as the primary driver in presidential elections, grossly overstating his influence in that area...
Sure, but there's nothing special that any program would add to that. The quote from the article implies that these programs help you determine what other players have for their down cards...
The one exception that I could see to this would be for two or three players to collude while sitting at a table with other players. They could each share what have with other team members, and work as a group which has slightly more information than everyone else at the table.
But skeptics - and there are many - argue the complexities of the game and the changing strategies ensure that creation of a program that can "read" opponents' cards using screen scanning techniques and respond in real time is years away at best. They point to the handful of commercial products that purport to give online players significant advantage, which they roundly deride as woefully inadequate, as proof today's bots are no match for humans.
Properly written gambling software doesn't pass information regarding other players' cards to the client. You should only see your cards, community cards, and actions that take place like bets and folds. Other players' cards would only be revealed at showdown...
This sounds like the Turing test, doesn't it? If a poker bot could play online with several professional players, you could ask them to identify the bot...
BAH - Microsoft would never get away with such blatantly anti-competitive, monopolist tactics. I predict the DOJ would be able to stop such activity by 2020 or so...
By which time of course USB will be a distant memory.
To me, as a truly up-for-grabs voter, this has been Kerry's biggest failure so far. I voted for Gore in 2000, and have little confidence in Bush on a number of fronts, but all I hear from the Kerry camp is a constant anti-Bush screed.
The only position statements I've seen have been typical political vaporware (he'll lower health care costs??? yeah, right) or old-style Democratic populist junk like trade protection.
Personally, I couldn't be more disappointed in the choices available, and just wish both sides could put Vietnam behind them and focus on the issues of the 21st century...
Back in my day, my grandmother parked her self on a bench at the front of Disney World and my two brothers and I (13, 11, and myself 8) roamed the park on our own, checking back every hour or three. I guess that era of confidence and trust is gone forever....
You might have to wait a little bit for that "stable" 1.0 release. I've been using 0.9x for quite a while, but since installing 1.0 I haven't even been able to get Firefox to launch! I'll head over to their support page and see what's going on, but this isn't a good sign...
Baan was bought by SSA Global, which produces BPCS. SSA has been on a bit of a buying binge, having bought WMS (Warehouse Management System) vendor EXE as well.
As for "copying large amounts of company data", what ever happened to employee trust?
Now THAT is a security strategy to be proud of!
Seriously, how would you feel if you read an interview with the CIO of your bank, and he made such a comment? If you had half a brain (which is apparently an open question), you'd get your $$$ out of there ASAP.
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Amartaya Sen won a Nobel prize in Economics for his study of famines, and surprisingly found (somewhat along your line of thought) that most recent famines aren't the result of a lack of food, but rather a sudden dropoff in the purchasing power of a given populace. His book Development as Freedom is well worth picking up, and for my money, represents the best long-term hope we have to address the needs of developing nations...
Corporations, their money, and their slaves will continue to reshape society via their direct control over multiple media outlets (solidified TV/news, radio, Internet) not the public. Grass-roots campaigns have always existed on the fringe and while their causes are noble the masses love to be sheep while thinking they aren't.
Whew! Thanks for that, I needed a good laugh this morning. We've really got to do something about those pesky corporations and their mass mind control over all us sheep...
You really should quit using Windows ME...
Apparently /. has offshored article editing to a non-English speaking workforce...
I'd put those deaths at Saddam's hands as well - he directed how Iraqi resources (no matter how limited) were used. Those palaces seemed awfully nice for a country with malnourished children...
If you want a streamlined government, reducing taxes doesn't accomplish that. Tax cuts just push the bill off into the future via increased debt service.
A lot more than that were slaughtered in the name of Saddam Hussein's authority...
Sounds like a job for this guy...
Somehow I think Darl would need much more than just a 35-day month to hit those revenue targets...
It's an unfortunate truth that the broad electorate generally uses economic performance as the primary driver in presidential elections, grossly overstating his influence in that area...
Sure, but there's nothing special that any program would add to that. The quote from the article implies that these programs help you determine what other players have for their down cards...
The one exception that I could see to this would be for two or three players to collude while sitting at a table with other players. They could each share what have with other team members, and work as a group which has slightly more information than everyone else at the table.
From the article:
But skeptics - and there are many - argue the complexities of the game and the changing strategies ensure that creation of a program that can "read" opponents' cards using screen scanning techniques and respond in real time is years away at best. They point to the handful of commercial products that purport to give online players significant advantage, which they roundly deride as woefully inadequate, as proof today's bots are no match for humans.
Properly written gambling software doesn't pass information regarding other players' cards to the client. You should only see your cards, community cards, and actions that take place like bets and folds. Other players' cards would only be revealed at showdown...
This sounds like the Turing test, doesn't it? If a poker bot could play online with several professional players, you could ask them to identify the bot...
I would also recommend poker-strategy.org as well, it has info regarding bonuses and rake rebates.
In many places, casinos are politically sold to the public with mandates that tax revenues go to education, as well.
Basically, the state governments are just another operator in the gaming industry, just like Harrah's and Trump...
And this is the last time I get the super-duper combo at Taco Bell.
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BAH - Microsoft would never get away with such blatantly anti-competitive, monopolist tactics. I predict the DOJ would be able to stop such activity by 2020 or so...
By which time of course USB will be a distant memory.
To me, as a truly up-for-grabs voter, this has been Kerry's biggest failure so far. I voted for Gore in 2000, and have little confidence in Bush on a number of fronts, but all I hear from the Kerry camp is a constant anti-Bush screed.
The only position statements I've seen have been typical political vaporware (he'll lower health care costs??? yeah, right) or old-style Democratic populist junk like trade protection.
Personally, I couldn't be more disappointed in the choices available, and just wish both sides could put Vietnam behind them and focus on the issues of the 21st century...
In every presidential election covered by television, the candidate with the most campaign money has become President.
Care to back up that assertion? I must have missed Bob Dole's narrow victory in 1996, then...
Back in my day, my grandmother parked her self on a bench at the front of Disney World and my two brothers and I (13, 11, and myself 8) roamed the park on our own, checking back every hour or three. I guess that era of confidence and trust is gone forever....
You might have to wait a little bit for that "stable" 1.0 release. I've been using 0.9x for quite a while, but since installing 1.0 I haven't even been able to get Firefox to launch! I'll head over to their support page and see what's going on, but this isn't a good sign...
CNN has a similar story up now, speculating that it might be the result of a forest fire...
Or rather, you learn something OLD. Last year, I was asked to learn RPG and help with BPCS support and maintenance... blech!
Baan was bought by SSA Global, which produces BPCS. SSA has been on a bit of a buying binge, having bought WMS (Warehouse Management System) vendor EXE as well.
As for "copying large amounts of company data", what ever happened to employee trust?
Now THAT is a security strategy to be proud of!
Seriously, how would you feel if you read an interview with the CIO of your bank, and he made such a comment? If you had half a brain (which is apparently an open question), you'd get your $$$ out of there ASAP.