The people who knowingly decided to live below sea level bear no responsibility?
So, let's get this right... If you contract me to do some work on your roof and it leaks -- it's your own damn fault for choosing to live in an area where it rains?
I like it!
No, it's more like if you're a boatmaker and someone says "make me a boat" and tries to use it as a submarine.
x.com used to be an on-line bank. It was founded sometime around 2000. They were originally competition for PayPal: their tagline was basically, "you can e-mail money."
Even if you don't consciously "understand" it, you do habitually clutch when braking to a stop. If you didn't, the engine would go out at every red-light.
It's not a stretch to imagine that if the engine got stuck at full throttle, you'd also brake-and-clutch, which happens to be the right thing to do anyway, whether you understand it or not.
Under normal circumstances Brake-And-Clutch is significantly less safe than braking and then clutching later. You have much less control of the car when it's not in gear than when it is. So it shouldn't be your general habit to Brake-And-Clutch. BUT, that's not to say that in these cases Brake-And-Clutch is worse than Sit-And-Die, but in general it's best to keep the car in gear when braking. Brake-And-Clutch is a good panic button though...
Throttle by wire IMO, is fucking with the KISS rule.
We can't just make everything out of cogs and butterfly valves forever. Everything will be by-wire eventually. The sooner we nail this shit down, the better...
Fact is, ThePirateBay was created, and exists as a source for illegal downloads. Anyone who argues that it's there for legal content is either an idiot, or one of their lawyers who are trying to use the law to their advantage.
What illegal content does the PB host? Does someone who links to PB also contain illegal content? Does someone who links to the site that links to PB also contain illegal content?
The real fact is that PB hosts torrents, nothing more. They say, "here is where to find stuff". It's like if I tell someone, "I know this place downtown where you can get prostitutes." Is it illegal for me to tell someone that? If I write it down on paper and hand that paper to someone is that illegal? No, neither of those things are illegal. Infringing copyright is illegal. PB does not host a single item which is illegal. I side with PB, not because I care about illegal downloads, but because all they do is publish non-copyrighted information and when we start saying what you can and cannot publish we start down a very dark path...
2) Issues over the fact that the "merchandise" is now out of human hands and quite literally flying on it's own in such a way that it could conceivably be intercepted by someone you don't want.
I'm pretty sure this happens all the time, even with humans at the wheel
I think it'd be reasonable to presume a modern day Mayan would be unable to communicate with an ancient Mayan due to generational changes in dialect and word-set
Not to mention the whole "being dead" thing.
The modern day Mayan would have no trouble communicating with the ancient Mayan, it would just be a pretty one-sided conversation...
Bah, if it's not significant money, then it's NOT corruption. A guard taking a $200 dollar bribe is corruption (significant). A politician getting $200 incidentally because of a mandate, is NOT corruption (insignificant and unintentional).
I disagree. A politician receiving unintentional money should intentionally return that money immediately or donate it to some unconnected charity. Intentional money = corruption. Unintentional money = corruption if you don't get rid of it. The term "insignificant" is purely subjective -- who defines it? Intent is pretty black and white, however. You either meant to or you didn't. You may or may not have the evidence to actually prove intent, but trying to declare a sum of money "insignificant" is less discrete...
"With Windows 7, Microsoft made sure that every edition of its operating system would run on low-end hardware. "One of the feedbacks that we got was how different the needs were for users on laptops compared to needs of users on desktops,""
Are you kidding me?! You're a company named Microsoft. You've been developing operating systems for 30 years. It took you this long to realize that different users have different needs, and that your OS should run on low-end hardware? And you only figured that out because of user feedback?? /me boggles
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... And when I say that lawyers should be killed, I are modded down... Funny world.
You're modded down because they should be maimed, not killed.
That's a guaranteed money-loser for them
I'm sure all their high-priced accountants and MBA's must have overlooked that.
Google inlines reviews also. Has done for a long time..
I just left a scent marker on my co-workers desk. He gave me an odd look while I did it...
It's just out of the question that a single user would be worth $150 for Google.
Man, it's a good thing that Google has you to make tough judgements like that for them. Where would they be without you?
So, let's get this right... If you contract me to do some work on your roof and it leaks -- it's your own damn fault for choosing to live in an area where it rains?
I like it!
No, it's more like if you're a boatmaker and someone says "make me a boat" and tries to use it as a submarine.
If it was legally due then states would sue and win. It's not legally due. Yet.
Microsoft is very happy with the status quo
But their shareholders are not. MSFT stock is shit over the past 5 years. Compare that with Apple. MSFT shareholders are very unhappy people.
Aren't works for hire generally owned by whoever is paying... City pays contractor for work, city owns the work, not the contractor.
You're forgetting that 90% of people on city councils are morons, and are easily duped into engaging into horrible contracts with greedy contractors.
x.com used to be an on-line bank. It was founded sometime around 2000. They were originally competition for PayPal: their tagline was basically, "you can e-mail money."
That's the Nigerians' tagline too.
What we need is -1 Suggestion of Overly Complex Moderation Scheme
Zero.
The anus cannot prolapse.
I'm sure I could find a way...
Or at least the feeling that you really can walk through the rain without getting wet.
Depends on what it's raining. If it's raining rocks then you can...
Even if you don't consciously "understand" it, you do habitually clutch when braking to a stop. If you didn't, the engine would go out at every red-light.
It's not a stretch to imagine that if the engine got stuck at full throttle, you'd also brake-and-clutch, which happens to be the right thing to do anyway, whether you understand it or not.
Under normal circumstances Brake-And-Clutch is significantly less safe than braking and then clutching later. You have much less control of the car when it's not in gear than when it is. So it shouldn't be your general habit to Brake-And-Clutch. BUT, that's not to say that in these cases Brake-And-Clutch is worse than Sit-And-Die, but in general it's best to keep the car in gear when braking. Brake-And-Clutch is a good panic button though...
Throttle by wire IMO, is fucking with the KISS rule.
We can't just make everything out of cogs and butterfly valves forever. Everything will be by-wire eventually. The sooner we nail this shit down, the better...
Yeah it was definitely Dodgey. He auto know better...
Not to mention the second amendment. Its kind of part of the bill of rights.
If you look at the role of guns in the formation of the US as a democracy, you might see that computers are the modern-day equivalent.
Hmm, so I can use my computer to kill the British? Excellent...
Fact is, ThePirateBay was created, and exists as a source for illegal downloads. Anyone who argues that it's there for legal content is either an idiot, or one of their lawyers who are trying to use the law to their advantage.
What illegal content does the PB host? Does someone who links to PB also contain illegal content? Does someone who links to the site that links to PB also contain illegal content?
The real fact is that PB hosts torrents, nothing more. They say, "here is where to find stuff". It's like if I tell someone, "I know this place downtown where you can get prostitutes." Is it illegal for me to tell someone that? If I write it down on paper and hand that paper to someone is that illegal? No, neither of those things are illegal. Infringing copyright is illegal. PB does not host a single item which is illegal. I side with PB, not because I care about illegal downloads, but because all they do is publish non-copyrighted information and when we start saying what you can and cannot publish we start down a very dark path...
If the web-goers-at-large jumped on this bandwagon a large portion of the internet would eventually cease to exist.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Worse : we need a long list of proteins, fats and enzymes that cannot be found except in other animals
Please provide said list.
2) Issues over the fact that the "merchandise" is now out of human hands and quite literally flying on it's own in such a way that it could conceivably be intercepted by someone you don't want.
I'm pretty sure this happens all the time, even with humans at the wheel
I think it'd be reasonable to presume a modern day Mayan would be unable to communicate with an ancient Mayan due to generational changes in dialect and word-set
Not to mention the whole "being dead" thing.
The modern day Mayan would have no trouble communicating with the ancient Mayan, it would just be a pretty one-sided conversation...
Bah, if it's not significant money, then it's NOT corruption. A guard taking a $200 dollar bribe is corruption (significant). A politician getting $200 incidentally because of a mandate, is NOT corruption (insignificant and unintentional).
I disagree. A politician receiving unintentional money should intentionally return that money immediately or donate it to some unconnected charity. Intentional money = corruption. Unintentional money = corruption if you don't get rid of it. The term "insignificant" is purely subjective -- who defines it? Intent is pretty black and white, however. You either meant to or you didn't. You may or may not have the evidence to actually prove intent, but trying to declare a sum of money "insignificant" is less discrete...
"With Windows 7, Microsoft made sure that every edition of its operating system would run on low-end hardware. "One of the feedbacks that we got was how different the needs were for users on laptops compared to needs of users on desktops,""
/me boggles
Are you kidding me?! You're a company named Microsoft. You've been developing operating systems for 30 years. It took you this long to realize that different users have different needs, and that your OS should run on low-end hardware? And you only figured that out because of user feedback??