Ink cost for inkjet printers shouldn't be a big issue because those who print more than very few pages either buy a laser or a CISS system. I have been using two of the latter for years and at the cost of a brand spare nanocartridge I get 1 liter black or 0.5l color. Less than average quality Highlands.
You need to have a way to protect society from extreme stupidity. Either you treat the guy as if he had human mental capabilities, or you reduce his rights: getting a driving license, right to sign contracts and so on. The only unworkable solution is letting him do whatever passes through his (half) mind without negative consequences for him.
That's an excellent argument that the not-so-bright camp is actually the less populated. Pissing off a mobster, albeit remotely located, may harm your health. These guys tend to have buddies wherever their business is.
An insight from the Old Continent. Italy used to have a fairly good health coverage, middle-class people were well off. Costs have consistently skyrocketed. In last years huge waves of immigration have almost loused up the service. You have to queue up after the enlarged family of the African immigrant worker, each having on average a couple of housewives, each having more or less five children and a grandma. All this on the contributions of the one breadwinner in the family. Guess what? The service is shite and the only happy people are the rich in their private clinics. God forbid you need the ER. Welcome back to the Middle Ages.
"Internet Keys" don't necessarily have a (real) billing address: they are "recharged" on consumption, based on easily obtainable recharge codes (=buy cash at a corner shop). The Italians never let themselves be fooled by phone subscriptions like in (ehum..) all the rest of the world?
Anyway here (Italy) any rechargeable SIM has an identified individual as the owner. You may well bet that mafia bosses are not the owners of the SIMs they use. It's usually some old cash-strapped guys, who incidentally also happen to own bosses' real estates and cars. This would also happen in the case of a regular phone subscription (we have many of them, too).
The existence of the mafia (and the general culture of doing everything and anything you can get away with) is just the way the Italians ARE.
I'm Italian. I hate nationalism. I AM NOT like that. Like American women ARE NOT fat, or blacks ARE NOT criminals. Lots of them, lots of us ARE actually like that, but what you state is unfair generally speaking.
Madoff, Enron, a President who had until recently a favorite priest who is a racist, all this and much more don't allow me to state that Americans are sick as a whole.
More on the practical side, I'd like people all over the world to be able to see the difference between Northern and Southern Italy with regards to mafia. It's a Southern business which unfortunately migrated to the North.
... about half of all bankruptcies in the US are caused by people with medical insurance who can't pay their medical bills.
More public aid to people with both health and financial problems is hugely needed. Not nearly as much needed is a generic positive attitude towards all who have awful credit histories.
1) Generally more expensive than their Windows counterparts (with identical specs)
2) Running some dodgy Linux distro that does nothing to help sell the benefits of running Linux and only provides headaches
3) Often simply not available
From what I have encountered, mainly in Italy and Eastern Europe:
1) FALSE, Linux definitely less expensive
2) TRUE
3) TRALSE. Often is too much. It goes in waves. I understand this depends on global renewals of contracts between Microsoft and hardware manufacturers, the latter using Linux to (try and) strongarm Seattle. Which is one of the most interesting features in Linux.
Stop breaking light bulbs. Of ANY kind. Seriously.
Stop burning down your house. Of ANY kind. Seriously.
Nevertheless, there are laws which prevent manufacturing furniture and upholstery with materials which release toxic fumes when on fire. And yes, there are costs associated.
The whole point in my post is we are talking about households. Households are places populated with hyperactive toddlers and almost blind elderly (straw)people. The second group is steadily growing. Things do get broken. Are these weak categories so unlikely to mistakenly hit a bulb with a hard object? (Incidentally, I hardly fit in either category, but, to my shame, it happened to me, too: I deserve a -1:clumsy for this).
One more issue: how are we going to teach granny how often she should switch CFLs on and off not to waste away any benefit, due to hugely reduced lifespan?
All in all, forcing people to give up incandescent altogether smells of corporate interest instead of general benefit. Didn't I mention it? In EU incandescent bulbs are being phased out by law.
Thus I admit: I'd really like to keep on reading my midnight book with my highly dimmable old-fashioned incandescent bulb.
What about babies touching the floor and licking their fingers? Do they deserve their fate, too? Which is the right punishment for a toddler whose mother is not an expert in removing poisoning substances from contaminated surfaces? What is unreasonable in trying to keep as many hazardous materials as possible outside the household?
Ever tried to call your lawn mowing guy at Sunday 4AM? How much are you paying a plumber for a one hour emergency job at midnight in your area? How long does it take to be trained as a plumber or lawn mowing guy, and how long to become a good webmaster?
The main problem is entering the ports with weapons on board. It's mainly a formal issue, big container ship are the property of huge companies whose employees are not likely to go crazy and attack Hong Kong or Rotterdam. It's time to realize which danger is real and which is virtual.
Being an Italian I have the questionable privilege of having some knowledge about this issue. In my country mafia bosses get the highest possible punishments, often higher than those received by the actual murderers. Luckily, your objection is unfounded wherever those who commission a felony and those who commit it are given the same punishment.
Moreover, the murderers used by Cosa Nostra bosses are perfectly rational cruel professionals, the best of whom later become bosses themselves. Irrational mad dogs are way too unreliable to be of any use.
I don't fully agree. You're right as brainless gang members on crack are concerned. But think of wealthy Mafia bosses who are able to retain full power when locked up. They do mind being executed, even ten years after the trial.
I don't think you should need to drop the class. If that is the case, you could just sue afterwards based on the fact you didn't actually give up a right you cannot legally give up. This applies on gazillions of situations, like making a tenant agree he'll pay in advance the landlord 100 0%-interest rate monthly rents. Even universities' lawyers should be able to understand this.
You would be discriminating based on entirely relevant information.
Spot on. I'm looking forward to the day in which we'll be allowed and assisted by the authorities in rationally assessing our risks. I demand the right of knowing if it's safer for me to walk beside an elderly white woman, or should I rather get nearer to the black gangsta-culture guy. Based solely on cold statistics, which are so unsurprisingly hard to get hold of. Much in the same way as an insurance company discriminates 18 years old male drivers against 40 years old married women with children ("No offense, just business"). And believe me, as an Italian talking to mostly Americans about discrimination, I know what I'm talking about. By the way, I think we deserve(d) much of that, since our country is still in deep mafia crap...
as soon as intelligent black guys start to program games (to a higher degree, because im sure some already do), then they will be more popular.
As soon as gigantic high-leaping white guys start playing better basketball, we'll have more Caucasians represented in this sport.
I mean, we must face the possibility this will never happen. Just let everyone follow their own preferred (or more suited) path in life and talent.
I take the risk of digressing, but I think the only gap we should really focus on closing is that between everyone's achievements and her own potential.
If we accept the idea that we should improve the performance of just some, or not every group (currently, the poorest performers), we are on a slippery slope: someone might come up and say that we should actually devote more resources on making the best people even better instead; this would maximize the benefit for society as a whole. In fact, everyone's quality of life (including health) is improved thanks to the work of geniuses, not that of janitors who succeed in becoming clerks.
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Ink cost for inkjet printers shouldn't be a big issue because those who print more than very few pages either buy a laser or a CISS system. I have been using two of the latter for years and at the cost of a brand spare nanocartridge I get 1 liter black or 0.5l color. Less than average quality Highlands.
I suspect fragmentation gets even worse on the large files the OP is asking about.
It's WORM activity, and this guy's not gonna dump his movies. Fragmentation is not an issue here.
You need to have a way to protect society from extreme stupidity. Either you treat the guy as if he had human mental capabilities, or you reduce his rights: getting a driving license, right to sign contracts and so on. The only unworkable solution is letting him do whatever passes through his (half) mind without negative consequences for him.
That's an excellent argument that the not-so-bright camp is actually the less populated. Pissing off a mobster, albeit remotely located, may harm your health.
These guys tend to have buddies wherever their business is.
Go after the little guy to stop the big-time mobsters.
Yeah. What a good idea. Get some good headlines at least.
Yeah, insightful irony. If you can't bust Osama, why bother going after all those small time would-be-muscle hijackers.
In Order to Be Convicted of this Crime, the Prosecution Must Show
* That you were aware, or should have known, that the property was stolen
Being an idiot or looking like one is the best line of defense. Actually, the next-best thing to being a genius.
An insight from the Old Continent. Italy used to have a fairly good health coverage, middle-class people were well off. Costs have consistently skyrocketed. In last years huge waves of immigration have almost loused up the service. You have to queue up after the enlarged family of the African immigrant worker, each having on average a couple of housewives, each having more or less five children and a grandma. All this on the contributions of the one breadwinner in the family. Guess what? The service is shite and the only happy people are the rich in their private clinics. God forbid you need the ER. Welcome back to the Middle Ages.
"Internet Keys" don't necessarily have a (real) billing address: they are "recharged" on consumption, based on easily obtainable recharge codes (=buy cash at a corner shop). The Italians never let themselves be fooled by phone subscriptions like in (ehum..) all the rest of the world?
Anyway here (Italy) any rechargeable SIM has an identified individual as the owner. You may well bet that mafia bosses are not the owners of the SIMs they use. It's usually some old cash-strapped guys, who incidentally also happen to own bosses' real estates and cars. This would also happen in the case of a regular phone subscription (we have many of them, too).
The existence of the mafia (and the general culture of doing everything and anything you can get away with) is just the way the Italians ARE.
I'm Italian. I hate nationalism. I AM NOT like that. Like American women ARE NOT fat, or blacks ARE NOT criminals. Lots of them, lots of us ARE actually like that, but what you state is unfair generally speaking.
Madoff, Enron, a President who had until recently a favorite priest who is a racist, all this and much more don't allow me to state that Americans are sick as a whole.
More on the practical side, I'd like people all over the world to be able to see the difference between Northern and Southern Italy with regards to mafia. It's a Southern business which unfortunately migrated to the North.
Looks like he learned security measures from his former employer ...
... about half of all bankruptcies in the US are caused by people with medical insurance who can't pay their medical bills.
More public aid to people with both health and financial problems is hugely needed. Not nearly as much needed is a generic positive attitude towards all who have awful credit histories.
The switch could cut off the fuel, and be activated whenever the brake is touched.
Cut off the fuel, lose braking power pretty quickly. You don't want this to happen when you drive at 150 Mph on a German highway.
Linux netbooks, from what I've encountered, are
1) Generally more expensive than their Windows counterparts (with identical specs)
2) Running some dodgy Linux distro that does nothing to help sell the benefits of running Linux and only provides headaches
3) Often simply not available
From what I have encountered, mainly in Italy and Eastern Europe:
1) FALSE, Linux definitely less expensive
2) TRUE
3) TRALSE. Often is too much. It goes in waves. I understand this depends on global renewals of contracts between Microsoft and hardware manufacturers, the latter using Linux to (try and) strongarm Seattle. Which is one of the most interesting features in Linux.
Stop breaking light bulbs. Of ANY kind. Seriously.
Stop burning down your house. Of ANY kind. Seriously.
Nevertheless, there are laws which prevent manufacturing furniture and upholstery with materials which release toxic fumes when on fire. And yes, there are costs associated.
The whole point in my post is we are talking about households. Households are places populated with hyperactive toddlers and almost blind elderly (straw)people. The second group is steadily growing. Things do get broken. Are these weak categories so unlikely to mistakenly hit a bulb with a hard object? (Incidentally, I hardly fit in either category, but, to my shame, it happened to me, too: I deserve a -1:clumsy for this).
One more issue: how are we going to teach granny how often she should switch CFLs on and off not to waste away any benefit, due to hugely reduced lifespan?
All in all, forcing people to give up incandescent altogether smells of corporate interest instead of general benefit. Didn't I mention it? In EU incandescent bulbs are being phased out by law.
Thus I admit: I'd really like to keep on reading my midnight book with my highly dimmable old-fashioned incandescent bulb.
What about babies touching the floor and licking their fingers? Do they deserve their fate, too? Which is the right punishment for a toddler whose mother is not an expert in removing poisoning substances from contaminated surfaces? What is unreasonable in trying to keep as many hazardous materials as possible outside the household?
Ever tried to call your lawn mowing guy at Sunday 4AM? How much are you paying a plumber for a one hour emergency job at midnight in your area? How long does it take to be trained as a plumber or lawn mowing guy, and how long to become a good webmaster?
Once again, it all boils down to balance between population and local resources.
Putting all the blame on the Western greedy fat cat is an old fairy tale, as you may see in areas where these cats get quickly beheaded.
The main problem is entering the ports with weapons on board. It's mainly a formal issue, big container ship are the property of huge companies whose employees are not likely to go crazy and attack Hong Kong or Rotterdam. It's time to realize which danger is real and which is virtual.
Being an Italian I have the questionable privilege of having some knowledge about this issue. In my country mafia bosses get the highest possible punishments, often higher than those received by the actual murderers. Luckily, your objection is unfounded wherever those who commission a felony and those who commit it are given the same punishment.
Moreover, the murderers used by Cosa Nostra bosses are perfectly rational cruel professionals, the best of whom later become bosses themselves. Irrational mad dogs are way too unreliable to be of any use.
I don't fully agree. You're right as brainless gang members on crack are concerned. But think of wealthy Mafia bosses who are able to retain full power when locked up. They do mind being executed, even ten years after the trial.
I don't think you should need to drop the class. If that is the case, you could just sue afterwards based on the fact you didn't actually give up a right you cannot legally give up. This applies on gazillions of situations, like making a tenant agree he'll pay in advance the landlord 100 0%-interest rate monthly rents. Even universities' lawyers should be able to understand this.
You would be discriminating based on entirely relevant information.
Spot on. I'm looking forward to the day in which we'll be allowed and assisted by the authorities in rationally assessing our risks. I demand the right of knowing if it's safer for me to walk beside an elderly white woman, or should I rather get nearer to the black gangsta-culture guy. Based solely on cold statistics, which are so unsurprisingly hard to get hold of. Much in the same way as an insurance company discriminates 18 years old male drivers against 40 years old married women with children ("No offense, just business"). And believe me, as an Italian talking to mostly Americans about discrimination, I know what I'm talking about. By the way, I think we deserve(d) much of that, since our country is still in deep mafia crap ...
as soon as intelligent black guys start to program games (to a higher degree, because im sure some already do), then they will be more popular.
As soon as gigantic high-leaping white guys start playing better basketball, we'll have more Caucasians represented in this sport.
I mean, we must face the possibility this will never happen. Just let everyone follow their own preferred (or more suited) path in life and talent.
I take the risk of digressing, but I think the only gap we should really focus on closing is that between everyone's achievements and her own potential.
If we accept the idea that we should improve the performance of just some, or not every group (currently, the poorest performers), we are on a slippery slope: someone might come up and say that we should actually devote more resources on making the best people even better instead; this would maximize the benefit for society as a whole. In fact, everyone's quality of life (including health) is improved thanks to the work of geniuses, not that of janitors who succeed in becoming clerks.
Time to start an insurance business which promotes speeding. Anyone willing to invest in this?
I think some people are just jerks, but many people do it subconsciously
Subconscious jerks are the most dangerous breed.