Yeah, but if you are a foreigner trying to enter the states, and the immigration officer finds out about your criminal background (a 30-year old shoplifting or minor drug possession conviction will do), you'll be sent back to where you came from.
Not true. US immigration officials are some of the toughest in the world and turn away lots of people trying to enter.
Disappointing that obvious nonsense can be labeled "Insightful".
Oh, I just noticed now, you were correct: We really can't turn other COUNTIES people away. But if they are from another countRy, we can and we do.
You mean envy?
No. But I realize that those freebies are there to keep you at work. I guess I am getting old but I am just not impressed by that stuff anymore. I was when I was in my 20ies and early 30ies.
Time flies and I am super glad that I don't have a job that consumes me and my life. Reading this story, I just got the vibes of a super giddy 20 year old interning at prestigious workplaces who probably will end up giving way to much time of his/her life to a corporation while lifes passes by him/her.
It is very telling that Google pays little and has obnoxious security. Where I work, security consists of the friendly receptionist and not of some uniformed drones that make it clear that you are not to be trusted. Do no evil. Just like fair and balanced. Cheap words.
Now we know that he values perks and the showy stuff. Good luck chatting, networking and backstabbing your way up the 9 levels of management at Yahoo.
Where I work there are no super stars, no free anything but I can come and go whenever I want (9 to 5 is no problem, too), get a really good reliable paycheck and most importantly the work is interesting and unpretentious. No need to sacrifice my private life for an endless string of office parties and chic gossip.
Company that I work for won't be "upgrading" to Vista until 2009 according to our inhouse IT department.
Personally, I just don't see the point. PCs with XP are fast enough for Internet/Media/Photos/Tax/Letters/Games. The last private OS switch that I made was to OSX, mainly because I got fed up with dealing with anti-virus SW, I don't play FPS games and because I like the integration and the HW (looks - I am shallow). The last work-related OS switch that I made was to Linux, because I am working on embedded Linux for cell phones. Vista? Doesn't offer anything that would justify switching; here I totally agree with our IT department.
I am therefore not surprised that Vista isn't a sales hit.
"Embedded" in 2007 doesn't necessarily mean severely resource strapped like in the 8051 days. I work in firmware development for cell phones where 300MHz 32-bit ARM core with DSP co-processor, graphics accelerator, advanced IO-subsystems, 128MB RAM, x GB NAND flash are a typical HW platform. While not as powerful as a modern PC, the HW is similar to a PC from the late 90s, and those can easily run a Linux or BSD or Symbian or WinCE kernel.
Also, a better embedded TFT LCD usually has a resolution of >QVGA, which makes a GUI feasible so OSX can shine there, too.
I would agree with you, if we would have 100% guaranteed free speech in the USA. But we don't
If I publically threaten somebody with death in the USA, I'll be arrested too, even if I just spoke and didn't act on it. Especially, if I do that to lets say the president. So in a sense we have outlawed hate speech in practice.
I prefer laws against hate speech because hate speech often leads to violence. Just look at all the hate speech inspired attacks against minorities in the USA.
" difference between them and us: you can lose your job for using the n-word, but they can't put you in jail."
You cannot be put in jail in the UK either, if you just call somebody a nigger. You will run into trouble, however, if you start distributing hate propaganda, for example on a web site that calls all black people niggers and advocates that they are sub-human. Is outlawing that form of speech really so bad?
So freedom of speech doesn't exist in an airport. Who would have thought. Examples:
Put the following on your t-shirt and try to enter the airport (or any public building):
* I will blow up the airplane
* Jesus was a motherfucking cocksucker
* Allah Akhbar
* Kill Bush
* I like to fuck babies
* You, security screener, are a lowlife nigger
Yep. Freedom of speech does not exist. And for good reasons.
I am always amused when people defend freedom of speech but when it comes down to it, that promise to defend nasty speech is always just an empty gesture.
Don't be so sure your employer would look differently at you just because you have a xyz fetish. If I was you employer, I could not care less what you do in your sex life. I'd guess that most employers (or supervisors) would get a chuckle out of your revelations but that's it. This of course assumes legal conduct between adult people and not some children sex or rape.
[Vista is most definitly a great upgrade for home users. Anybody familiar with the features would agree with that.
But for a business, it's a much different decision. (Obviously.)]
?? Not so obvious to me ??
Care to elaborate?
I think I am familiar with the features, but I don't agree with that.
Why is it a much different decision for a business?
For a home user, the stereotypical use-cases are web browsing, e-mail, multimedia and gaming. What does Vista offer over XP for these use-cases? Are you thinking about the future and maybe some DirectX xx for Vista only? Do you believe that the security enhancements will successfully deter malware writers?
For a business user, the use cases are office suite, web browsing, e-mail and Solitaire. What does Vista offer over XP for these use-cases?
If I buy something as a "home user", I also want value for the money I spend. I might not call it ROI but I also want to get something for my money. What exactly is it in Vista (near future) that is worth the money from a home user but not from a business?
If thats the case then this is doubly outrageous.
The UK should then have told the US to get lost.
Or do you think that if you commit a crime in Germany, for example selling Swastikas via some online shop to German citizens in Germany, the US should send you to Germany for prosecution because you broke their law (while selling Swastikas is perfectly legal in the US)????
with Microsoft and major rewrites ("CE 6 looks to be a major rewrite") ???
As if the new one is so much better because it was rewritten?
Given that there was hardly ground breaking research in OS design unveiled in the last few years, does that mean that the "old" WinCE code base was shit? I mean multi-millions in development costs in writing WinCE in the past for naught?
Does MS not have competent SW architects and coders so that already written code can be used as a basis for new releases?
Rewritten code == newly written bugs. How stupid.
How about the MAJORITY of American throwing a massive tantrum
This is all so dishonest (in its omissions), it is making my head spin.
The majority of Americans may be against abortions regardless of development status but I have never heard that the majority is against _all_ abortions.
You would count me to support your cause, because I am against abortion myself, if abortion is defined as ending pregnancy at any time before birth.
But I am for abortion, if the pregnant woman chooses one when there is no unborn child but only a fertilized egg or a clump of cells without brain because who am I to tell another human being what to do with her body, if it does not harm somebody else (and, no, its not a "somebody" right after conception and up to TBD development phase)
Of course, the question is where to draw the line. But amazingly this is rarely discussed !?!
Neither the die hard pro-lifers (=control freaks?) nor the die hard pro-choicers (=individualist extremists?) want to give an inch.
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Yeah, but if you are a foreigner trying to enter the states, and the immigration officer finds out about your criminal background (a 30-year old shoplifting or minor drug possession conviction will do), you'll be sent back to where you came from.
Not true. US immigration officials are some of the toughest in the world and turn away lots of people trying to enter. Disappointing that obvious nonsense can be labeled "Insightful". Oh, I just noticed now, you were correct: We really can't turn other COUNTIES people away. But if they are from another countRy, we can and we do.
You mean envy? No. But I realize that those freebies are there to keep you at work. I guess I am getting old but I am just not impressed by that stuff anymore. I was when I was in my 20ies and early 30ies. Time flies and I am super glad that I don't have a job that consumes me and my life. Reading this story, I just got the vibes of a super giddy 20 year old interning at prestigious workplaces who probably will end up giving way to much time of his/her life to a corporation while lifes passes by him/her. It is very telling that Google pays little and has obnoxious security. Where I work, security consists of the friendly receptionist and not of some uniformed drones that make it clear that you are not to be trusted. Do no evil. Just like fair and balanced. Cheap words.
Now we know that he values perks and the showy stuff. Good luck chatting, networking and backstabbing your way up the 9 levels of management at Yahoo. Where I work there are no super stars, no free anything but I can come and go whenever I want (9 to 5 is no problem, too), get a really good reliable paycheck and most importantly the work is interesting and unpretentious. No need to sacrifice my private life for an endless string of office parties and chic gossip.
Company that I work for won't be "upgrading" to Vista until 2009 according to our inhouse IT department. Personally, I just don't see the point. PCs with XP are fast enough for Internet/Media/Photos/Tax/Letters/Games. The last private OS switch that I made was to OSX, mainly because I got fed up with dealing with anti-virus SW, I don't play FPS games and because I like the integration and the HW (looks - I am shallow). The last work-related OS switch that I made was to Linux, because I am working on embedded Linux for cell phones. Vista? Doesn't offer anything that would justify switching; here I totally agree with our IT department. I am therefore not surprised that Vista isn't a sales hit.
"Embedded" in 2007 doesn't necessarily mean severely resource strapped like in the 8051 days. I work in firmware development for cell phones where 300MHz 32-bit ARM core with DSP co-processor, graphics accelerator, advanced IO-subsystems, 128MB RAM, x GB NAND flash are a typical HW platform. While not as powerful as a modern PC, the HW is similar to a PC from the late 90s, and those can easily run a Linux or BSD or Symbian or WinCE kernel. Also, a better embedded TFT LCD usually has a resolution of >QVGA, which makes a GUI feasible so OSX can shine there, too.
I would agree with you, if we would have 100% guaranteed free speech in the USA. But we don't If I publically threaten somebody with death in the USA, I'll be arrested too, even if I just spoke and didn't act on it. Especially, if I do that to lets say the president. So in a sense we have outlawed hate speech in practice. I prefer laws against hate speech because hate speech often leads to violence. Just look at all the hate speech inspired attacks against minorities in the USA. " difference between them and us: you can lose your job for using the n-word, but they can't put you in jail." You cannot be put in jail in the UK either, if you just call somebody a nigger. You will run into trouble, however, if you start distributing hate propaganda, for example on a web site that calls all black people niggers and advocates that they are sub-human. Is outlawing that form of speech really so bad?
So freedom of speech doesn't exist in an airport. Who would have thought. Examples: Put the following on your t-shirt and try to enter the airport (or any public building): * I will blow up the airplane * Jesus was a motherfucking cocksucker * Allah Akhbar * Kill Bush * I like to fuck babies * You, security screener, are a lowlife nigger Yep. Freedom of speech does not exist. And for good reasons. I am always amused when people defend freedom of speech but when it comes down to it, that promise to defend nasty speech is always just an empty gesture.
Don't be so sure your employer would look differently at you just because you have a xyz fetish. If I was you employer, I could not care less what you do in your sex life. I'd guess that most employers (or supervisors) would get a chuckle out of your revelations but that's it. This of course assumes legal conduct between adult people and not some children sex or rape.
[Vista is most definitly a great upgrade for home users. Anybody familiar with the features would agree with that. But for a business, it's a much different decision. (Obviously.)] ?? Not so obvious to me ?? Care to elaborate? I think I am familiar with the features, but I don't agree with that. Why is it a much different decision for a business? For a home user, the stereotypical use-cases are web browsing, e-mail, multimedia and gaming. What does Vista offer over XP for these use-cases? Are you thinking about the future and maybe some DirectX xx for Vista only? Do you believe that the security enhancements will successfully deter malware writers? For a business user, the use cases are office suite, web browsing, e-mail and Solitaire. What does Vista offer over XP for these use-cases? If I buy something as a "home user", I also want value for the money I spend. I might not call it ROI but I also want to get something for my money. What exactly is it in Vista (near future) that is worth the money from a home user but not from a business?
If thats the case then this is doubly outrageous. The UK should then have told the US to get lost. Or do you think that if you commit a crime in Germany, for example selling Swastikas via some online shop to German citizens in Germany, the US should send you to Germany for prosecution because you broke their law (while selling Swastikas is perfectly legal in the US)????
with Microsoft and major rewrites ("CE 6 looks to be a major rewrite") ??? As if the new one is so much better because it was rewritten? Given that there was hardly ground breaking research in OS design unveiled in the last few years, does that mean that the "old" WinCE code base was shit? I mean multi-millions in development costs in writing WinCE in the past for naught? Does MS not have competent SW architects and coders so that already written code can be used as a basis for new releases? Rewritten code == newly written bugs. How stupid.
How about the MAJORITY of American throwing a massive tantrum This is all so dishonest (in its omissions), it is making my head spin. The majority of Americans may be against abortions regardless of development status but I have never heard that the majority is against _all_ abortions. You would count me to support your cause, because I am against abortion myself, if abortion is defined as ending pregnancy at any time before birth. But I am for abortion, if the pregnant woman chooses one when there is no unborn child but only a fertilized egg or a clump of cells without brain because who am I to tell another human being what to do with her body, if it does not harm somebody else (and, no, its not a "somebody" right after conception and up to TBD development phase) Of course, the question is where to draw the line. But amazingly this is rarely discussed !?! Neither the die hard pro-lifers (=control freaks?) nor the die hard pro-choicers (=individualist extremists?) want to give an inch.
Why mess with, quite simply, perfection? Perfection??? --> You conveniently forgot infertile couples...