Buy your tickets online, using TicketMaster's instant delivery mechanism. They email you a PDF that serves as the ticket.
Scan it in, bring it into photoshop, and edit the seat location. For that matter, use scissors and tape and a copier to modify your seat location. Make sure you make it a front row seat!
Then when you go to the concert, use the original to get in the door. Use your edited version to wander the floor. Obviously you probably won't have a seat, but you'll be able to get pretty darn close. All because they only scan the ticket at the door. They visually inspect the ticket to see if you are special enough to get up close.
* Seriously, I would never suggest that you break the law. This idea is purely for entertainment and discussion purposes. Kids, don't try this at home!
Enterprise security, a browser that follows well defined standards, innovation, desktop and server uptime, supporting ISVs rather than competing with them, non-monopolistic practices, following standards, good tech support, etc... those all apparently belong to someone else.
Why would you hope that he doesn't have to pay income tax on the house? He had income, pay the tax! I don't get it!
Paying tax on a $56,000 house doesn't seem to be that onerous (I think that's the approximate value). I bet most slashdot users pay tax on a $56K (or more) income every year.
This would be easy. First, get a tax advisor. Then either pay a lump sum (if you have it) of maybe $14K, or take out a $14K mortgage on a $56K asset. Or sell the asset and pay part of it to the government. No matter what, the guy's Waaaaay ahead of where he was a year ago.
And a $14K mortgage is probably about $95 per month principle and interest payment. Better than any rent he's paying, I'm sure.
The broad assumption that everyone named Mohammed is the same race is racism. All you who are calling this issue a racist action are racists. It is YOU who are acting on the assumption that everyone named Mohammed is the same race.
What Western Union is doing is NAMEist: Making judgement based on someone's name. By making it a race issue, you are committing an act of racism.
I disagree with your equivalence statement. I mean, you are correct when the line STARTS with tabs. But when tabs are used after non-tab characters, you are incorrect. Tabs are not equivalent to a PARTICULAR number of spaces - it varies.
Your history lesson is correct - that tab meant to skip to a tab stop. So if you type XYZ{tab}, the tab is equivalent to 5 spaces, where as XY{tab}, it's equivalent to six (assuming a tabstop setting of 8).
My point is that there are two issues: 1. tab stops vs. fixed space insertion are two DIFFERENT approaches (of which various people and editors have certain preferences and implementations), and 2. the length of the space insertion or distance between tab stops varies as well.
You are correct, in my opinion, in saying that tabs are their own character, and it may make sense to preserve that character in the code. Some people use the tab as a shortcut in typing (a navigation shortcut, similar to navigating with the mouse), which is fine, but if they mean spaces, they should either type spaces, or set their editor to convert automatically to spaces (once the line can be decyphered and determined how many spaces the tab is equivalent to, in THIS case.
Changing tabs to a number of spaces does not achieve what some original authors intend - that the tab means to skip to the next tab stop. On one line, this may mean skipping 1 space, and the next line it may mean skipping 7 spaces. So you can't do a find and replace! I think that's the point of the controversy!
Some people (or editors) think that tab = a certain number of spaces (which varies)
Some people (or editors) think that tab = skip to the next tab stop (which are spaced every X characters, and X varies).
So we have two issues to address - 1. Does Tab mean a certain number of spaces, or does tab mean to skip to a tab stop? 2. What is the value of X, (which may mean the number of spaces or distance between tab stops, depending on the answer to question 1.)?
Interesting thought. But the idea of password expiry is not just to reduce the available time to crack. It's to limit the damage if the password has been compromised. If we change passwords every 90 days then a bad guy only has 90 days to do some damage.
A talented bad guy would install a back door within that time window, though.
So it makes you FEEL safer. It doesn't make you safer.
The fact that all the honest people "proved" their identify sufficiently, and all the dishonest people, including terrorists, were able to fake their identity sufficiently does not change whether the passengers are or are not safe.
I agreed with you completely, until your last absurd statement. Do you think that being able to keep only 75% of your earnings is a disincentive - an incentive to remain poor? Do you think that there are people who are saying "I only want to make 30K, because I get to keep 85% of my last $1000 of earnings, whereas on the next 1000 I only get to keep 75%."
People generally want to make as much as they can. There may be a marginal trade off at some point, where people say "why bother?" (example, when U.K. had a 90% upper tax bracket, the high-income person may say "why bother working another hour to earn another $1000, when I only get to keep $100 of it". But no one is saying that at 30K.
Consider the 15% below 30K as a tax BREAK to the lower class, not the other way around.
Progressive yes, but if your first job puts you in the highest tax bracket anyway, then you may as well pick up the second job - disregarding the tax implications. Your marginal tax rate does not increase with more income in that case. Your effective tax rate increases, but that really doesn't matter.
I wish I had mod points! I'd digg you for sure.
Yeah, this site has gone from bad to worse to really worse.
Slashdot used to be a daily fix. Now a couple days a month.
Actually, this may just be a step in the process. First tell people that they have to report to SOME location. Later get them to the SAME location (by mandate, atrition, etc).
5. HP's multibillion dollar gamble on Itanium (remember HP partnered with Intel to co-invent and co-fund Itanium) has largely failed
Actually, this wasn't as big of a failure as you make it out to be. Remember, HP was making its own Precision Architecture chips, and they gracefully exited the highly expensive and cost competitive business of chip fabrication, without losing momentum on their Unix and MPE servers! So I consider this a HUGE win - they saved all those costs for a decade, and kept the market believing in the long term viability of Unix and MPE.
7. Even if HP returned to its $11 five year low, the market cap is so large that only a stock swap in a highly inflated market would permit HP's acquisition. Even then, who could buy them without getting shot down by FTC or EEC antitrust regulators. IBM's big enough; Dell might be.
It would take quite a miracle for Dell to be able to afford to buy HP. At today's prices, Dell's worth $59B and HP is worth $91B. (see Google finance, under Market Capitalization for each company). If HP pulled back to its 5 year low, at 1/3rd the price, HP would still be worth 30 Billion. And I don't see that happening without at least SOME erosion of the Dell stock price, since they're in the same industry. But just pretend that their stock goes up a little, and their market cap is then 60 Billion. Is there a chance in the world that Dell shareholders would approve giving half their company to HP shareholders in exchange for HP? Highly unlikely.
I contend that if you have an interest in promoting alternate fuel sources, you need to avoid the idea of Hybrids.
The best way for alternative fuel sources to become popular is for them to become economically viable. By buying a hybrid engine (a hybrid car, for example), you are providing downward pressure on fossil fuel demand, and normal supply-and-demand economics tells us that this will provide downward pressure on fuel prices.
Hybrids are a "half step" toward alternate energy sources. We need full steps. Want to help save the planet? Buy an SUV. Crank up those gas prices. This will help the case for alternate energy sources, by making them more economically attractive.
I can't comment on the specific examples you cite, but I get the feeling that your opinion (and the opinion of MANY in the OSS community) is that making money in the OSS community is taboo at best and immoral at worst.
I contend that the BEST way for OSS to increase its traction is to facilitate money-making possibilities! Profit is not inherently bad.
Granted, profit possibilities will bring out the scammers. But scamming your customers is not a solid long-term business strategy. Let 'em come and go. Meanwhile, encourage entrepreneurs to create wealth using OSS. It will benefit OSS in the long run.
Libraries of Congress? It's one of my favorite units.
My thought exactly!
While we're discussing this, if all the book stacks in the Library of Congress were replaced with digital media containing the contents of the book stacks, how many Library of Congresses would it hold?
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Chip Kellam's Gamebattles is my pick for the next one to get picked up. And Chip is the classic Brat Packer. Hope he's on the next Business Week...
Buy your tickets online, using TicketMaster's instant delivery mechanism. They email you a PDF that serves as the ticket.
Scan it in, bring it into photoshop, and edit the seat location. For that matter, use scissors and tape and a copier to modify your seat location. Make sure you make it a front row seat!
Then when you go to the concert, use the original to get in the door. Use your edited version to wander the floor. Obviously you probably won't have a seat, but you'll be able to get pretty darn close. All because they only scan the ticket at the door. They visually inspect the ticket to see if you are special enough to get up close.
* Seriously, I would never suggest that you break the law. This idea is purely for entertainment and discussion purposes. Kids, don't try this at home!
Precisely! I wonder why the Chevy Nova never sold well in Spanish speaking countries! Something about "No Va" meaning "won't go"?
Enterprise security, a browser that follows well defined standards, innovation, desktop and server uptime, supporting ISVs rather than competing with them, non-monopolistic practices, following standards, good tech support, etc... those all apparently belong to someone else.
Geesh, then you should know better!
You're BOTH wrong! It's Procter & Gamble, not Procter AND Gamble!
Millions of humans turn desert into dessert...
The beautiful thing about standards is that we have so many to choose from.
Paying tax on a $56,000 house doesn't seem to be that onerous (I think that's the approximate value). I bet most slashdot users pay tax on a $56K (or more) income every year.
This would be easy. First, get a tax advisor. Then either pay a lump sum (if you have it) of maybe $14K, or take out a $14K mortgage on a $56K asset. Or sell the asset and pay part of it to the government. No matter what, the guy's Waaaaay ahead of where he was a year ago.
And a $14K mortgage is probably about $95 per month principle and interest payment. Better than any rent he's paying, I'm sure.
What Western Union is doing is NAMEist: Making judgement based on someone's name. By making it a race issue, you are committing an act of racism.
More pretzel logic in upcoming messages. ;-)
Your history lesson is correct - that tab meant to skip to a tab stop. So if you type XYZ{tab}, the tab is equivalent to 5 spaces, where as XY{tab}, it's equivalent to six (assuming a tabstop setting of 8).
My point is that there are two issues: 1. tab stops vs. fixed space insertion are two DIFFERENT approaches (of which various people and editors have certain preferences and implementations), and 2. the length of the space insertion or distance between tab stops varies as well.
You are correct, in my opinion, in saying that tabs are their own character, and it may make sense to preserve that character in the code. Some people use the tab as a shortcut in typing (a navigation shortcut, similar to navigating with the mouse), which is fine, but if they mean spaces, they should either type spaces, or set their editor to convert automatically to spaces (once the line can be decyphered and determined how many spaces the tab is equivalent to, in THIS case.
Some people (or editors) think that tab = a certain number of spaces (which varies)
Some people (or editors) think that tab = skip to the next tab stop (which are spaced every X characters, and X varies).
So we have two issues to address - 1. Does Tab mean a certain number of spaces, or does tab mean to skip to a tab stop? 2. What is the value of X, (which may mean the number of spaces or distance between tab stops, depending on the answer to question 1.)?
What a great 1927 film. I loved "dial 8 for information". I can't get that to work.
A talented bad guy would install a back door within that time window, though.
Your users have a choice of (only) 1000 words to use as a password, and must store it in a text file?
The fact that all the honest people "proved" their identify sufficiently, and all the dishonest people, including terrorists, were able to fake their identity sufficiently does not change whether the passengers are or are not safe.
People generally want to make as much as they can. There may be a marginal trade off at some point, where people say "why bother?" (example, when U.K. had a 90% upper tax bracket, the high-income person may say "why bother working another hour to earn another $1000, when I only get to keep $100 of it". But no one is saying that at 30K.
Consider the 15% below 30K as a tax BREAK to the lower class, not the other way around.
Progressive yes, but if your first job puts you in the highest tax bracket anyway, then you may as well pick up the second job - disregarding the tax implications. Your marginal tax rate does not increase with more income in that case. Your effective tax rate increases, but that really doesn't matter.
I wish I had mod points! I'd digg you for sure.
Yeah, this site has gone from bad to worse to really worse.
Slashdot used to be a daily fix. Now a couple days a month.
Actually, this may just be a step in the process. First tell people that they have to report to SOME location. Later get them to the SAME location (by mandate, atrition, etc).
Actually, this wasn't as big of a failure as you make it out to be. Remember, HP was making its own Precision Architecture chips, and they gracefully exited the highly expensive and cost competitive business of chip fabrication, without losing momentum on their Unix and MPE servers! So I consider this a HUGE win - they saved all those costs for a decade, and kept the market believing in the long term viability of Unix and MPE.
7. Even if HP returned to its $11 five year low, the market cap is so large that only a stock swap in a highly inflated market would permit HP's acquisition. Even then, who could buy them without getting shot down by FTC or EEC antitrust regulators. IBM's big enough; Dell might be.
It would take quite a miracle for Dell to be able to afford to buy HP. At today's prices, Dell's worth $59B and HP is worth $91B. (see Google finance, under Market Capitalization for each company). If HP pulled back to its 5 year low, at 1/3rd the price, HP would still be worth 30 Billion. And I don't see that happening without at least SOME erosion of the Dell stock price, since they're in the same industry. But just pretend that their stock goes up a little, and their market cap is then 60 Billion. Is there a chance in the world that Dell shareholders would approve giving half their company to HP shareholders in exchange for HP? Highly unlikely.
The best way for alternative fuel sources to become popular is for them to become economically viable. By buying a hybrid engine (a hybrid car, for example), you are providing downward pressure on fossil fuel demand, and normal supply-and-demand economics tells us that this will provide downward pressure on fuel prices.
Hybrids are a "half step" toward alternate energy sources. We need full steps. Want to help save the planet? Buy an SUV. Crank up those gas prices. This will help the case for alternate energy sources, by making them more economically attractive.
Same goes for Hybrid airplanes.
What do you think, can I win this argument?
I contend that the BEST way for OSS to increase its traction is to facilitate money-making possibilities! Profit is not inherently bad.
Granted, profit possibilities will bring out the scammers. But scamming your customers is not a solid long-term business strategy. Let 'em come and go. Meanwhile, encourage entrepreneurs to create wealth using OSS. It will benefit OSS in the long run.
My thought exactly!
While we're discussing this, if all the book stacks in the Library of Congress were replaced with digital media containing the contents of the book stacks, how many Library of Congresses would it hold?
Worst.
Post.
Evar.
4. Profit!!!!
Insensitive Clod.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster.
In So-vi-et Russia Slashdot is predictable.
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That one was really tough to have it make any sense.