Some bloggers are journalists, sure, and some journalists are bloggers, but being one does not automagically make you into the other. Likewise, Blog != News. Some blogs contain news. Many blogs link to news, or to blogs containing links to news. Some blogs have no relation to news whatsoever. And that's fine. Nobody is holding a gun to anybody's head, forcing them to read Aunt Millie's blog. These blogs will hopefully reach their target audiences. If people outside that target find it, they are free to never return. This is not a bad thing. Blogs will never replace the news. They will (already have) replace(d) diaries, journals, etc. That is all a blog really is. A blog from Iraq is no more "news" than a paper diary or compilation of letters to home from Iraq. Especially since the people blogging have a vested interest in keeping certain information out of the public arena. Their lives depend on it.
stringent dress codes requiring business casual attire
Since when is "business casual" a "stringent dress code"? This is the sort of clothing that used to be unacceptable except on Fridays and weekends. If slacks and a polo is stringent, I am guessing you are from a nudist colony?
Some of the larger packages, with many contributors, would be ripe for a first-ever class-action copyright infringement lawsuit. IANAL, but that is my take on it.
I don't want to pay for a $600 gadget that can be defeated by a $10 pair of gloves! Cars are expensive enough already without sticking worthless tech into them for the sake of putting on appearances.
I love when people scream "censorship" for absolutely no good reason... Couldn't find the Flexon ad anywhere? Try Google! Enter the words "flexon ad" (without quotes), and click "I'm feeling lucky". Poof, there it is. Or just click here
Since when is Dell not using AMD news? It seems to me that "Dell still not using AMD" is a news article here about once per quarter. Let's just wait for them to actually use AMD, and then post that story. Hearing "nothing's changed" over and over again gets kinda.... boring.
You only recognize two or three names?
Well, let's see... Two of the names are the guys who brought you Slashdot! If those are the only two you recognize, you'd better get out more.:-)
Rodenberry... Rodenberry... I know that name sounds familiar....
As far as cons go, this one has more names I recognize than any other con I see advertised (well, except maybe GenCon). But I guess that's why I'm going and you're not.:-)
That too!
For the uninitiated, FOAD stands for F*** Off And Die, and usually refers to the rejection letters college students get when applying for jobs. The ones that say "Dear Sir, We appreciate your interest in our company, but...".
UserActive is an O'Reilly partner, and their cert was pretty darn easy. Also fairly cheap (but I got a good discount on their regular price). However, it hasn't so much as gotten me an interview yet, so I'm not sure as it has any value whatsoever (even though the cert is actually issued by University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne).
Being able to work from home is like getting a raise, only better. That's roughly 56 miles per day I don't have to drive, which means about $6 per day in gas alone, at least an hour and a half per day of my unpaid time is reclaimed. Not to mention saving wear and tear, and warranty miles, on the vehicle. Being able to work from home would be the equivalent of a 25% raise for me!
And my employers wins, too. He no longer needs to provide working space for me, electricty for my lights or computer, gas for my heat, a cleaning service to keep my cube and toilet clean.
Employers save money, employees save money. Seems like a no-brainer! So why is it so rare?
Actually, they won't enjoy anything.
What is "enjoy" if not biological programming that says "this is something you want to do more of"? You can certainly program a robot to "enjoy" something. It just won't hold quite the same context.
> E-mails are not like letters. Letters have a physical component. E-mails have a physical component only if they are downloaded to a disk
Just curious.. but how can Yahoo have these emails unless they physically exist on Yahoo's servers, which from my experience usually exist on disk.
Very observant. But as you say, they are Yahoo's servers, not the deceased's servers, and therefore the family has no right to them.
As for the privacy right of others, that doesn't come into play. They sent the email, and as you pointed out, if they sent it to me at work my employer can read it without worrying about the privacy of my mom, my mistress or my gay lover or whoever else might be emailing me.
Because your employer is reading data that exists on their property! Your employer has no right to access Yahoo's servers to read your e-mail, and Yahoo's privacy statement is pretty clear cut. If Yahoo violates their privacy policy, they will be violating the privacy rights of the people who sent or received those e-mails.
E-mails are not like letters. Letters have a physical component. E-mails have a physical component only if they are downloaded to a disk, which the deceased did not do for whatever reason. If he had downloaded the e-mails, the family would have the rights to that physical property. He did not.
Let us not forget the other parties involved, either... Everybody who sent him e-mail, or received e-mail from him, also has a right to privacy. This right will be violated if Yahoo gives the family access to those e-mails.
Say them? Uh... sure...
"Pound-sign, exclamation-point, slash, letter-you, ess, letter-are, slash, bin, slash, letter-pee, e, letter-are, el"
#!/usr/bin/perl is much quicker to type. And let's not even think of getting into some serious bracketed/braced/parenthesisized code...
and how should it type the spoken word "to"?
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Slashdot Mirror
Some bloggers are journalists, sure, and some journalists are bloggers, but being one does not automagically make you into the other. Likewise, Blog != News. Some blogs contain news. Many blogs link to news, or to blogs containing links to news. Some blogs have no relation to news whatsoever. And that's fine. Nobody is holding a gun to anybody's head, forcing them to read Aunt Millie's blog. These blogs will hopefully reach their target audiences. If people outside that target find it, they are free to never return. This is not a bad thing. Blogs will never replace the news. They will (already have) replace(d) diaries, journals, etc. That is all a blog really is. A blog from Iraq is no more "news" than a paper diary or compilation of letters to home from Iraq. Especially since the people blogging have a vested interest in keeping certain information out of the public arena. Their lives depend on it.
Some of the larger packages, with many contributors, would be ripe for a first-ever class-action copyright infringement lawsuit. IANAL, but that is my take on it.
I don't want to pay for a $600 gadget that can be defeated by a $10 pair of gloves! Cars are expensive enough already without sticking worthless tech into them for the sake of putting on appearances.
Wanna get smarter?
I love when people scream "censorship" for absolutely no good reason... Couldn't find the Flexon ad anywhere? Try Google! Enter the words "flexon ad" (without quotes), and click "I'm feeling lucky". Poof, there it is. Or just click here
Heck, I'm having flashbacks of the transition from 3.2 to 3.4...
Since when is Dell not using AMD news? It seems to me that "Dell still not using AMD" is a news article here about once per quarter. Let's just wait for them to actually use AMD, and then post that story. Hearing "nothing's changed" over and over again gets kinda.... boring.
6 of 9?
You only recognize two or three names? :-)
:-)
Well, let's see... Two of the names are the guys who brought you Slashdot! If those are the only two you recognize, you'd better get out more.
Rodenberry... Rodenberry... I know that name sounds familiar....
As far as cons go, this one has more names I recognize than any other con I see advertised (well, except maybe GenCon). But I guess that's why I'm going and you're not.
That too! For the uninitiated, FOAD stands for F*** Off And Die, and usually refers to the rejection letters college students get when applying for jobs. The ones that say "Dear Sir, We appreciate your interest in our company, but...".
Sorry. I'm only familiar with FOAD networks...
UserActive is an O'Reilly partner, and their cert was pretty darn easy. Also fairly cheap (but I got a good discount on their regular price). However, it hasn't so much as gotten me an interview yet, so I'm not sure as it has any value whatsoever (even though the cert is actually issued by University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne).
Being able to work from home is like getting a raise, only better. That's roughly 56 miles per day I don't have to drive, which means about $6 per day in gas alone, at least an hour and a half per day of my unpaid time is reclaimed. Not to mention saving wear and tear, and warranty miles, on the vehicle. Being able to work from home would be the equivalent of a 25% raise for me! And my employers wins, too. He no longer needs to provide working space for me, electricty for my lights or computer, gas for my heat, a cleaning service to keep my cube and toilet clean. Employers save money, employees save money. Seems like a no-brainer! So why is it so rare?
I spend a lot of time from Windows surfing slashdot, and almost no time from Linux. So obviously I'm being more productive when I use Linux.
You beat me to it... But I think they mean *permanently* killing a computer. Windows is curable.
Not entirely true
Because your employer is reading data that exists on their property! Your employer has no right to access Yahoo's servers to read your e-mail, and Yahoo's privacy statement is pretty clear cut. If Yahoo violates their privacy policy, they will be violating the privacy rights of the people who sent or received those e-mails.
E-mails are not like letters. Letters have a physical component. E-mails have a physical component only if they are downloaded to a disk, which the deceased did not do for whatever reason. If he had downloaded the e-mails, the family would have the rights to that physical property. He did not.
To further blow away your "e-mail = mail" misconception, read about your employer's ability to snoop through your e-mail. Opening somebody else's mail is a crime, but e-mail lacks this protection.
Let us not forget the other parties involved, either... Everybody who sent him e-mail, or received e-mail from him, also has a right to privacy. This right will be violated if Yahoo gives the family access to those e-mails.
...or learn a foreign language and move overseas, because that's where the job growth is.
Say them? Uh... sure...
"Pound-sign, exclamation-point, slash, letter-you, ess, letter-are, slash, bin, slash, letter-pee, e, letter-are, el"
#!/usr/bin/perl is much quicker to type. And let's not even think of getting into some serious bracketed/braced/parenthesisized code...
and how should it type the spoken word "to"?
to
too
two
2
Thanks for the link. I did not know this.
Y2K hasn't come yet. As any coder ought to know, 2K == 2048, not 2000.
...because nobody ever nicks a slice of pizza! LOL