No so fast: the airport owes me royalties; I have a patent on it:
System for analog tracking of key operational data when digital systems fail to produce correct output. The system utilizes pressed tree pulp with a laminated outer layer, and a modern hand-held cylindrical ink-dispensing mechanism.
Every organization should keep a book of paper forms and tracking sheets to mass photocopy in case of a big systems crash. When you update a given book, rotate the older version to a different site so you have a spare if the first location gets whacked by disaster.
If they don't like the terms at Twitter they are free to go start a new service where they can set the terms.
Rupert Murdoch's company, of which Fox News was part of, purchased MySpace in part for that reason. But it flopped.
GOP are hypocrites: They did away with the Fairness Doctrine when radio was booming with conservative pundits. Now they want something like it back for Big Digital Media, which is centrist or left-leaning.
Side topic, but I'm not a against a split. In my frank opinion, the red states are conspiratorial troglodytes who are increasingly dragging us down and poisoning the land.
Then accidentally die out because flex-mating doesn't produce offspring.
Um, I'd like to see the math on that. Screwing blindfold produces pregnancy even. And, there's always immigrants to supplement population.
Perhaps, or perhaps most of our "Leaders" are just really stupid.
If that's the case, we really are a "representative democracy". The average person doesn't pay much attention to politics outside of headlines, and has a short memory for past screwups.
Our fathers' Microsoft was more honest than the current one.
"Honest" and "Microsoft" never went together. Sure, the methods of evilhood may have changed, but MS has always been slimy. I could tell you stories all day about the good 'ol days (or not so good).
MS could do somewhat of a turn-around if they made their terms clear. Consumers may be okay with ads and/or snooping if they are given a price menu and the effects are clear. One could get a discount and even free software if they accept various degrees of ads and snooping, and be allowed to change the terms. Same with purchase versus rent.
Honest slimebaggary is an under-explored niche. Zig when all the other big tech co's are zagging, and you may get an edge (lower-case).
Jobs may be the reason politicians claim they make such deals, but I suspect there are often kickbacks, connections, and/or some other wink-wink shenanigans that benefit just the politicians themselves. "Jobs", "protect the children", and/or "outsiders are coming to gitcha" are political gimmicks to justify all kinds of crap.
The Orange Guy would say, "But I want shiny lights and Star Trek screens! And a big logo, 'Space Force'! And cup-holders, don't forget the cup-holders. Putin has great cup-holders, believe me!"
with socialism, you DO run out of other peoples' money to spend.
We are not getting it anyhow; it's bottle-necking at the top.
Northern European nations, and even Canada and Japan, seem to have a more stable and robust middle class. They are not "pure" socialism, but rather a more even mix of capitalism and socialism. Canada's mortgage regulations make it harder to get a home, but in exchange they largely avoided the mortgage meltdown because there were fewer "leveraged" loans floating around.
Purer capitalism hasn't been working so well of late for regular folks. Bubbles and inequality are still unsolved. I'm just the messenger. If proponents of the purer form don't fix it, people will look around for other systems that are working better. Observation 101.
It appears being on either extreme of the spectrum is a recipe for problems. "Goldilocks" economies are in.
Before we know it, Alexa is going to start driving around a windowless van offering free Ice Cream and a chance to pet her pet roomba. We must act now.
Bot or not; I want ice-cream and to pet a Roomba. Where do I sign up?
There may well be a day when a slimebag(s) finds the backdoor and compromises consumer data. The Australian gov't would then have egg on its face.
But, lawmakers tend to think short-term, perhaps because constituents mostly only reward them for the short-term. The "tough on crime" angle seems to win votes more often than the side-effects of "tough on crime" lose votes. The second requires the attention span to understand nuance, while the first has a direct guttural feel to voters, along the lines of "burn the witches!"
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No so fast: the airport owes me royalties; I have a patent on it:
Every organization should keep a book of paper forms and tracking sheets to mass photocopy in case of a big systems crash. When you update a given book, rotate the older version to a different site so you have a spare if the first location gets whacked by disaster.
I'm going to miss this as much as I miss my Zune.
Rupert Murdoch's company, of which Fox News was part of, purchased MySpace in part for that reason. But it flopped.
GOP are hypocrites: They did away with the Fairness Doctrine when radio was booming with conservative pundits. Now they want something like it back for Big Digital Media, which is centrist or left-leaning.
Side topic, but I'm not a against a split. In my frank opinion, the red states are conspiratorial troglodytes who are increasingly dragging us down and poisoning the land.
Um, I'd like to see the math on that. Screwing blindfold produces pregnancy even. And, there's always immigrants to supplement population.
...my data is/are gender-flex and plural-flex. Deal with.
they all belong to us.
Make it all fake so they can't do any real damage.
If that's the case, we really are a "representative democracy". The average person doesn't pay much attention to politics outside of headlines, and has a short memory for past screwups.
I wonder how much of an urge he had to say "synergizing" instead of "empowering".
"Honest" and "Microsoft" never went together. Sure, the methods of evilhood may have changed, but MS has always been slimy. I could tell you stories all day about the good 'ol days (or not so good).
MS could do somewhat of a turn-around if they made their terms clear. Consumers may be okay with ads and/or snooping if they are given a price menu and the effects are clear. One could get a discount and even free software if they accept various degrees of ads and snooping, and be allowed to change the terms. Same with purchase versus rent.
Honest slimebaggary is an under-explored niche. Zig when all the other big tech co's are zagging, and you may get an edge (lower-case).
Uh, that doesn't read well
Jobs may be the reason politicians claim they make such deals, but I suspect there are often kickbacks, connections, and/or some other wink-wink shenanigans that benefit just the politicians themselves. "Jobs", "protect the children", and/or "outsiders are coming to gitcha" are political gimmicks to justify all kinds of crap.
The Orange Guy would say, "But I want shiny lights and Star Trek screens! And a big logo, 'Space Force'! And cup-holders, don't forget the cup-holders. Putin has great cup-holders, believe me!"
Because it's only a misdemeanor to smash a robot to bits when it ticks you off. Not the same for humans.
Web Code is a solved Problem: How about fixing Web UI next?
What really ticks me off is when loser CEOs get big compensation, and/or golden parachutes.
We are not getting it anyhow; it's bottle-necking at the top.
Northern European nations, and even Canada and Japan, seem to have a more stable and robust middle class. They are not "pure" socialism, but rather a more even mix of capitalism and socialism. Canada's mortgage regulations make it harder to get a home, but in exchange they largely avoided the mortgage meltdown because there were fewer "leveraged" loans floating around.
Purer capitalism hasn't been working so well of late for regular folks. Bubbles and inequality are still unsolved. I'm just the messenger. If proponents of the purer form don't fix it, people will look around for other systems that are working better. Observation 101.
It appears being on either extreme of the spectrum is a recipe for problems. "Goldilocks" economies are in.
So it's basically sneaky marketers renaming existing stuff, such as "agitation engineer" instead of "troll".
My modded Roomba does that now
Bot or not; I want ice-cream and to pet a Roomba. Where do I sign up?
Yay! Sue their pants off. Bigly lawsuits may finally motivate such companies to reduce shortcuts and sloppiness.
Seems the only way to make them care is to kick them in their wallets.
There may well be a day when a slimebag(s) finds the backdoor and compromises consumer data. The Australian gov't would then have egg on its face.
But, lawmakers tend to think short-term, perhaps because constituents mostly only reward them for the short-term. The "tough on crime" angle seems to win votes more often than the side-effects of "tough on crime" lose votes. The second requires the attention span to understand nuance, while the first has a direct guttural feel to voters, along the lines of "burn the witches!"
The State Dept. regular email server did get hacked, but hers did not (as far as known).
Same reason God needed a spaceship.