People are really complaining that the delivery system is being fragmented.
What customers wanted was for the "Cable Company" to offer them channels "a la carte.'
They didn't want multiple "cable" companies offering their channels which would require the maintenance of multiple accounts.
People wanted to keep their single point of contact with the system the "Cable Company" (e.g. Amazon Prime, Netflix or Hulu) and then use that delivery system to purchase individual channels/shows.
No - as I said I went to one of the largest demonstrations in the country and surveying the signs that people were holding up most (about 95 percent) related to the above 3 main areas. There were some other odd posters from a libertarian or anti-war perspective but these were definitely in the minority.
Even if somehow that did not become a problem, there is the fact that Bitcoin is an inherently deflationary currency. This creates problems with hoarding (which we are already seeing), and makes it harder to repay loans (loans are crucial to a functioning economy, despite what those "occupy" protesters tell you).
I don't think I have ever seen or heard an "occupy" protester say that loans are inherently bad and I went to one for a couple of hours in Saturday. The main thrust of the "movement" is:
1. Tax the rich more - to make income and wealth distribution a little more equitable
2. Re-install Glass-Steagal and regulate the financial industry properly
3. Eliminate corporate personhood and institute campaign finance reform to make our democracy more healthy
I can't believe this right-wing propaganda got modded this highly. Here is Krugman talking about the imminent collapse in late 2007 (before it happened) and it's ALL about credit default swaps enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XhvG_fD0HA
I would say that the parents get what they deserve providing the school has done its due diligence. There should be a paper trail a mile long demonstrating that the "little jackass" hasn't lifted a finger all year.
Great post - I would have written something similar if I hadn't come to this story late. It would be really instructive and enlightening if the TradElect system architecture could be revealed so we could learn where the real issues were.
I think it is ridiculous to expect people to necessarily learn to play guitar just to play a game. However, I can never really enjoy GH/RB because I can play guitar too well and having to learn another way to "play" the songs seems really redundant. That is to say I wish they had the game for real guitar - much like Singstar or Lips for vocals. OTOH I love driving and racing simulation games - so - horses for courses.
And our numbers come from the Arabic world whereby the number of lines represent the count, i.e.
1 - one stick
2 - two sticks (one curved)
3 - three sticks (one straight across the top)
4 - four sticks
5 - five sticks
6 - six sticks
etc.
The main value of an IDE is having a Window Editor and being able to step through with the debugger. Although a window editor doesn't really help you very much in Java!! http://madbean.com/anim/totallygridbag/.
If the web was really going to focus on "performance" the W3C should start working on a precompiled_bytecode tag. Thus alleviating the browser from munging though all that text and then compiling. (Re-posted because I can't have angled brackets in plain-old-text how lame.)
If the web was really going to focus on "performance" the W3C should start working on a tag. Thus alleviating the browser from munging though all that text and then compiling.
"On The Origin Of Species" was a populist book also. From the wikipedia article: "The book was written to be read by non-specialists..."
There was also a very interesting NPR show a couple of weeks ago about Darwin's life which went into how Darwin probably was writing the
book for his wife who was adamantly against his theories.
I believe this is the crux of the issue for most people. Most people don't care about the source code they are using to modify a document. However, they do care if at some point in the future the document is un-editable in ANY software package. I believe the establishment of fully open and standard document formats is critical for the future growth of information technology. It seems we have many commercial forces at work (RIAA, MS, Comcast, etc.) trying to limit the usage and growth of technology for their own profit (no surprise) and open document formats (for word processors, audio and video, etc.) is one of the most important areas.
Yes - and the only recourse labor has is collective bargaining. Unions have been getting a progressively worse rap since the turn of the last century. Of course no doubt there has been a sustained campaign from business corporations and the government because unions aren't good for business. Other than that governments have the movement of labor stitched up so for things to be really fair we would have free movement of people in a global economy and that would sort things out right away.
I agree - but then make two types of computer: 1. an appliance which has limited functionality but does what most people need, e.g. internet, media, email and office, and is guaranteed to perform 2. a full functioning computer that gives the feedback that shows how the computer is working.
The main problem with Windows installs are the OEMs. Basically straight out of the box the user experience is shit. There is so much running in the background that boot up times can take up to 15 minutes. My daughters Toshiba laptop running Vista is virtually unusable. I managed to get it to a usable state after a couple of hours tinkering around stopping applications and services starting up at boot-up, and only using "classic" mode. Additionally, the user feedback is terrible. The OS does not give the user enough feedback for them to be able to act intelligently when something is opening, closing and generally taking up time. I want to see an OS which shows the user what is happening - not just turn the cursor into an hourglass - if you're lucky! I think the paradigm of computers has to change where more internal workings of the CPU, RAM, networking and disk drive are exposed to the user and part of operating a computer is getting to know what these things do and what they mean. We do this for driving a car - why do we have to hide the important feedback about the computer from the operator? This is especially important because we will continue to push the limits of the hardware with more complicated and resource heavy software (and we don't even have a really useful consumer level speech recognition solution yet!)
This is insane - if I was this kids parent I would BEG the school to treat this as a internal disciplinary matter rather than use legal means of redress. The principal is doing this student a FAVOR by acting as a calm responsible adult in this situation and showing that there are consequences for actions.
This must be a troll - but I will bite.
The reason software has to be complex is because the systems and data handling are complex. It is the only reason. Nobody should use a complex software engineering tool to do something simple. The trouble is in the real world business and engineering problems are complex and that is why software engineers get relatively higher pay implementing systems that make dealing with all that complexity easier. If we weren't then we have no value and a monkey could the job.
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People are really complaining that the delivery system is being fragmented. What customers wanted was for the "Cable Company" to offer them channels "a la carte.' They didn't want multiple "cable" companies offering their channels which would require the maintenance of multiple accounts. People wanted to keep their single point of contact with the system the "Cable Company" (e.g. Amazon Prime, Netflix or Hulu) and then use that delivery system to purchase individual channels/shows.
No - as I said I went to one of the largest demonstrations in the country and surveying the signs that people were holding up most (about 95 percent) related to the above 3 main areas. There were some other odd posters from a libertarian or anti-war perspective but these were definitely in the minority.
Even if somehow that did not become a problem, there is the fact that Bitcoin is an inherently deflationary currency. This creates problems with hoarding (which we are already seeing), and makes it harder to repay loans (loans are crucial to a functioning economy, despite what those "occupy" protesters tell you).
I don't think I have ever seen or heard an "occupy" protester say that loans are inherently bad and I went to one for a couple of hours in Saturday. The main thrust of the "movement" is: 1. Tax the rich more - to make income and wealth distribution a little more equitable 2. Re-install Glass-Steagal and regulate the financial industry properly 3. Eliminate corporate personhood and institute campaign finance reform to make our democracy more healthy
Your wrong - their savings can inflate too - CD's were giving at least 5% before the crash.
That graph is shit - it doesn't explain anything to me.
...the anti-AWG crowd are completely skeptical... I think the term you are looking for is ignorant.
I can't believe this right-wing propaganda got modded this highly. Here is Krugman talking about the imminent collapse in late 2007 (before it happened) and it's ALL about credit default swaps enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XhvG_fD0HA
It's actually infinitely more functionality.
http://madbean.com/anim/totallygridbag/
I would say that the parents get what they deserve providing the school has done its due diligence. There should be a paper trail a mile long demonstrating that the "little jackass" hasn't lifted a finger all year.
Effect can be a transitive verb too. As in: I want to effect a better understanding of grammar by responding to your post.
Great post - I would have written something similar if I hadn't come to this story late. It would be really instructive and enlightening if the TradElect system architecture could be revealed so we could learn where the real issues were.
I think it is ridiculous to expect people to necessarily learn to play guitar just to play a game. However, I can never really enjoy GH/RB because I can play guitar too well and having to learn another way to "play" the songs seems really redundant. That is to say I wish they had the game for real guitar - much like Singstar or Lips for vocals. OTOH I love driving and racing simulation games - so - horses for courses.
http://www.joulebio.com/why-solar-fuel/how-it-works/
And our numbers come from the Arabic world whereby the number of lines represent the count, i.e. 1 - one stick 2 - two sticks (one curved) 3 - three sticks (one straight across the top) 4 - four sticks 5 - five sticks 6 - six sticks etc.
The main value of an IDE is having a Window Editor and being able to step through with the debugger. Although a window editor doesn't really help you very much in Java!! http://madbean.com/anim/totallygridbag/.
If the web was really going to focus on "performance" the W3C should start working on a precompiled_bytecode tag. Thus alleviating the browser from munging though all that text and then compiling. (Re-posted because I can't have angled brackets in plain-old-text how lame.)
If the web was really going to focus on "performance" the W3C should start working on a tag. Thus alleviating the browser from munging though all that text and then compiling.
"On The Origin Of Species" was a populist book also. From the wikipedia article: "The book was written to be read by non-specialists..." There was also a very interesting NPR show a couple of weeks ago about Darwin's life which went into how Darwin probably was writing the book for his wife who was adamantly against his theories.
I believe this is the crux of the issue for most people. Most people don't care about the source code they are using to modify a document. However, they do care if at some point in the future the document is un-editable in ANY software package. I believe the establishment of fully open and standard document formats is critical for the future growth of information technology. It seems we have many commercial forces at work (RIAA, MS, Comcast, etc.) trying to limit the usage and growth of technology for their own profit (no surprise) and open document formats (for word processors, audio and video, etc.) is one of the most important areas.
Yes - and the only recourse labor has is collective bargaining. Unions have been getting a progressively worse rap since the turn of the last century. Of course no doubt there has been a sustained campaign from business corporations and the government because unions aren't good for business. Other than that governments have the movement of labor stitched up so for things to be really fair we would have free movement of people in a global economy and that would sort things out right away.
I agree - but then make two types of computer:
1. an appliance which has limited functionality but does what most people need, e.g. internet, media, email and office, and is guaranteed to perform
2. a full functioning computer that gives the feedback that shows how the computer is working.
The main problem with Windows installs are the OEMs. Basically straight out of the box the user experience is shit. There is so much running in the background that boot up times can take up to 15 minutes. My daughters Toshiba laptop running Vista is virtually unusable. I managed to get it to a usable state after a couple of hours tinkering around stopping applications and services starting up at boot-up, and only using "classic" mode. Additionally, the user feedback is terrible. The OS does not give the user enough feedback for them to be able to act intelligently when something is opening, closing and generally taking up time. I want to see an OS which shows the user what is happening - not just turn the cursor into an hourglass - if you're lucky! I think the paradigm of computers has to change where more internal workings of the CPU, RAM, networking and disk drive are exposed to the user and part of operating a computer is getting to know what these things do and what they mean. We do this for driving a car - why do we have to hide the important feedback about the computer from the operator? This is especially important because we will continue to push the limits of the hardware with more complicated and resource heavy software (and we don't even have a really useful consumer level speech recognition solution yet!)
This is insane - if I was this kids parent I would BEG the school to treat this as a internal disciplinary matter rather than use legal means of redress. The principal is doing this student a FAVOR by acting as a calm responsible adult in this situation and showing that there are consequences for actions.
This must be a troll - but I will bite. The reason software has to be complex is because the systems and data handling are complex. It is the only reason. Nobody should use a complex software engineering tool to do something simple. The trouble is in the real world business and engineering problems are complex and that is why software engineers get relatively higher pay implementing systems that make dealing with all that complexity easier. If we weren't then we have no value and a monkey could the job.