The upside is that if you are very rich in the US, you get the best healthcare in the world. You get the best equipment, best doctors, the best supplies, and you don't have to wait in line.
But even if you are very rich in Canada, you are still stuck getting the same healthcare as some bum nextdoors (unless you fly to US)
So poor people would prefer the Canadian system, while the very rich people would prefer the US system.
I am not planning to blow up any abortion clinic since Roe v. Wade will be overturned anyday now, so no need to hide.
Life is great! My party is in control, my taxes are down, my property values are up, my salary has doubled, and my children are safe. What else do I need?
And your statement was funny on so many levels... "It would be so expensive to 'monitor all calls' that the government would go broke overnight."
Totally agree with you: our credit security must be our primary concern.
Might I suggest tattooing one's credit number on every person's forhead at birth. And nobody should be allowed to buy or sell without one (or the terrorists win).
My suggestions for anyone who has an issue with these blokes, write a letter to both TfL and Silverlink.
Or do one better, and pop a bullet up his ass in self-defence. You are allowed to carry handguns in London, aren't you? A couple of episodes of mistreated customers going "postal", and the attitude will change completely.
PS: Guns are extremely dangerous. Do not use, own, clean, load, or handle a gun at any time.
Another off-topic advice: try to never buy memory/disk upgrades from Apple. You can easily same over 50% by buying higher-quality chips elsewhere and paying a techie to install them for you (if you do not know how to).
For things like servers, Apple memory markup is even greater; I saw one where using third-party (hight quality) RAM would save over $5,000!
What we need is legal access to the actual code (+source, compiler, bootstrap process) running on the machines, not an illegal access to a piece of code someone chose to 'leak'.
And more importantly, we need voter-verified paper trail.
They have a boatload of bandwidth to burn seeding the 'fake' files anyways, so they might as well use that for something marginally more useful (like putting up ads).
My guess is that once they make a user download just enough fake 'teaser' files, that user will give up and go buy a DVD of the real thing.
Here free from virii and Patch Tuesdays, lies Virtual Hard Disk Image, the bane of admin's eyes, Its stupid quirks won't rot another brain, From Microsoft we'll ne'er buy again, Few where the C.P.Us alotted to its breath, Now let it sleep in peace its night of death.
If the only images it has are of pornography and hardware... Kind of like trying to greb a Chinese text file for words in German or English, then returning 10 'closest' matches.
Tabbed browsing: 1994: Opera and InterWorks browsers (both closed-source, developed independently). Croquet 3D: looks like 3DNA Desktop, which was out in 2002.
Of course you might mention innovations in BSD, but that just reinforces my larger point: we need someone to foot the R&D bill, be it a large University, a Government, or a Software Sales department.
Current FOSS model for home users is not sustainable unless they figure out a better way to bring in the cash.
So if my ideal partner is a musician with a doctorate in Brain science (looks not important, under-300 lbs, 4 intact limbs preferred), does that make me an intelligent goblin or a brainless fairy?
My point is that humans will select a mate very much unlike them, and the opposites will attract.
They're not here to solve our problems, they're here to learn what we know, and take it home to give their own culture a boost. In other words- they're spies in the economic war, and should be treated as such.
With this, I tend to agree. But I blame the current immigration system and the rules that directly cause such behavior:
a) Non-immigrant intention provision for visas: legal visitors have to prove they do not want to stay in this country, and intend to leave after their studies/research/business/work are complete. Unless they can show this, they will not get a visa to come here. This might sound reasonable, but what we are actually saying is: "get out, and take your diplomas, brains, business ideas, and research with you". This makes sense for tourists, but not for, say graduate students or PhD post-docs.
b) Disbalance between student/researcher visas and work visas. We have several million students coming in each year, but only 70k work visas for those (H1-B, a 'junior' green card). Interestingly, those 70k work permits are awarded not the the best and brightest, but to employers like Microsoft that basically hire under-educated code-monkeys at slave wages.
So I guess you propose we stop the in-flow of the smart people completely, while I propose letting (or even compelling) those that come here, stay here. [compelling: they have to re-pay to US Govt any scholarships+interest+wages for next 12 years if they wish to work for our competitors]
Well, playing Devil's advocate here, I am yet to see multiple solid innovations originate in OSS.
This usually goes the other way, with Sun or Apple (or even Microsoft) coming up with something neat, then the OSS community copying that.
For-profit companies have a lot more resources to look for, recognize, and eventualy implement a great idea. So in that respect, going completely OSS (without say, our tax dollars picking up the lack of funding) would stiffle such innovation.
I'd rather they stay home and solve the problems of their OWN countries first.
And I would rather they came here and solved OUR problems;-)
I like America in the position of the only Superpower. I like negotiating from a position of strength.
I am not willing for this country to sit around and stagnate, and while away the time waiting for another Superpower to emerge and wipe us out. That was precisely what France and even Britain did in the 1930s. This is what the United States tried to do around the same time (until we got sodomized by the Japanese and reversed policies, just in time).
I was hoping 9/11 would show that you just don't sit around and hope for the best. Instead you follow the Bush doctrine, and take the fight to the enemy, into his home, house, backyard. You then defeat the enemy, and make our 'friends' play by OUR rules.
What you are proposing instead is sticking our head in the sand, exposing our behind, and cracking open a bottle of anal lube in the hopes that the adversaries would like to be gentle.
Let me understand this: you would rather have foreign scientists go to China and give them the next-gen nukes, cancer cure, AIDS vaccine, quantum computing, nanomechanics, neural interface, etc. etc. instead of coming to the US and working for our benefit here?
You would rather foreign tourists injected their cash into Russia/Germany/France than give it to our economy? (and yes, tourism is free money: hosts really give up nothing of substance in return).
Remember, either you are with us, or you are against us. There's just no way around it. Unless the rich and the smart work for us, they will work elsewhere and against us!
And what happens when say, China conquers/unifies the rest of the industrialized world... Pre-mongolian China and pre-Columbus AmerIndians have tried this 'closed borders' Buchananism, and looked how that turned out for them:)
Shutting down is not a good solution at least for me.
I simply do not feel like watching the bootup messages for 2 minutes each time I return to my computer. I would much rather read slashdot or whatever instead, and that time is worth a lot more to me than the money I would save.
Egocentristic? Not caring about the "environment" and the cuddly furry panda thingies? That's right.
I do what I can (standby, spindown, monitor shutoff, disable anachron), but I only live once. Same reason I do not take up a third job at McDonnald's for $5.15/hr, even though I could donate the extra money to the needy children...
Sure, why not grab a boob before the girl's got up and left!
A stranger trying to shove his ear-waxy headphones into me is a total turn off, by the way. And who's to say they don't have a heroin-tipped needle in them or something worse (like AIDS).
Slashdot Mirror
I agree. And just imagine the publicity value of having two smaller 1337 kW genenartors powering up your data center in tandem.
The upside is that if you are very rich in the US, you get the best healthcare in the world. You get the best equipment, best doctors, the best supplies, and you don't have to wait in line.
But even if you are very rich in Canada, you are still stuck getting the same healthcare as some bum nextdoors (unless you fly to US)
So poor people would prefer the Canadian system, while the very rich people would prefer the US system.
I am not planning to blow up any abortion clinic since Roe v. Wade will be overturned anyday now, so no need to hide.
Life is great! My party is in control, my taxes are down, my property values are up, my salary has doubled, and my children are safe. What else do I need?
And your statement was funny on so many levels...
"It would be so expensive to 'monitor all calls' that the government would go broke overnight."
It would be so expensive to 'monitor all calls' that the government would go broke overnight.
Thank you for a good laugh. This just made my day.
Totally agree with you: our credit security must be our primary concern.
Might I suggest tattooing one's credit number on every person's forhead at birth. And nobody should be allowed to buy or sell without one (or the terrorists win).
My suggestions for anyone who has an issue with these blokes, write a letter to both TfL and Silverlink.
Or do one better, and pop a bullet up his ass in self-defence. You are allowed to carry handguns in London, aren't you?
A couple of episodes of mistreated customers going "postal", and the attitude will change completely.
PS: Guns are extremely dangerous. Do not use, own, clean, load, or handle a gun at any time.
Another off-topic advice: try to never buy memory/disk upgrades from Apple. You can easily same over 50% by buying higher-quality chips elsewhere and paying a techie to install them for you (if you do not know how to).
For things like servers, Apple memory markup is even greater; I saw one where using third-party (hight quality) RAM would save over $5,000!
Don't be caught by this bullshit bait.
What we need is legal access to the actual code (+source, compiler, bootstrap process) running on the machines, not an illegal access to a piece of code someone chose to 'leak'.
And more importantly, we need voter-verified paper trail.
Even better, use your scanner as a camera:h tml
http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/text-demo-scanner-cam.
Should give you an idea of how to do it yourself to get gigapixel sized pictures.
Well, Darwin sorted them out, didn't he? And we prospered!
Sit back, relax, and let Darwin sort them out.
Not the point.
They have a boatload of bandwidth to burn seeding the 'fake' files anyways, so they might as well use that for something marginally more useful (like putting up ads).
My guess is that once they make a user download just enough fake 'teaser' files, that user will give up and go buy a DVD of the real thing.
Epitaph on a disk image format:
Here free from virii and Patch Tuesdays, lies
Virtual Hard Disk Image, the bane of admin's eyes,
Its stupid quirks won't rot another brain,
From Microsoft we'll ne'er buy again,
Few where the C.P.Us alotted to its breath,
Now let it sleep in peace its night of death.
If the only images it has are of pornography and hardware... Kind of like trying to greb a Chinese text file for words in German or English, then returning 10 'closest' matches.
My Norwegian is rather rusty and limited, but I knew a guy whose name was Odd Even.
Also, a girl invited me to her family's 'Lust House'.
And apparently they store 'Lager' in janitor's closets.
And 'Sengetøy' took awhile to figure out: WTF are 'bed toys' and why does each family has a dedicated closet for those.
Was a fun holiday, no kidding.
Hmm, your examples are wrong I believe:
Tabbed browsing: 1994: Opera and InterWorks browsers (both closed-source, developed independently).
Croquet 3D: looks like 3DNA Desktop, which was out in 2002.
Of course you might mention innovations in BSD, but that just reinforces my larger point: we need someone to foot the R&D bill, be it a large University, a Government, or a Software Sales department.
Current FOSS model for home users is not sustainable unless they figure out a better way to bring in the cash.
Perhaps OSS should not be Free (as in beer)?
So if my ideal partner is a musician with a doctorate in Brain science (looks not important, under-300 lbs, 4 intact limbs preferred), does that make me an intelligent goblin or a brainless fairy?
My point is that humans will select a mate very much unlike them, and the opposites will attract.
They're not here to solve our problems, they're here to learn what we know, and take it home to give their own culture a boost. In other words- they're spies in the economic war, and should be treated as such.
With this, I tend to agree. But I blame the current immigration system and the rules that directly cause such behavior:
a) Non-immigrant intention provision for visas: legal visitors have to prove they do not want to stay in this country, and intend to leave after their studies/research/business/work are complete. Unless they can show this, they will not get a visa to come here. This might sound reasonable, but what we are actually saying is: "get out, and take your diplomas, brains, business ideas, and research with you". This makes sense for tourists, but not for, say graduate students or PhD post-docs.
b) Disbalance between student/researcher visas and work visas. We have several million students coming in each year, but only 70k work visas for those (H1-B, a 'junior' green card). Interestingly, those 70k work permits are awarded not the the best and brightest, but to employers like Microsoft that basically hire under-educated code-monkeys at slave wages.
So I guess you propose we stop the in-flow of the smart people completely, while I propose letting (or even compelling) those that come here, stay here. [compelling: they have to re-pay to US Govt any scholarships+interest+wages for next 12 years if they wish to work for our competitors]
Well, playing Devil's advocate here, I am yet to see multiple solid innovations originate in OSS.
This usually goes the other way, with Sun or Apple (or even Microsoft) coming up with something neat, then the OSS community copying that.
For-profit companies have a lot more resources to look for, recognize, and eventualy implement a great idea.
So in that respect, going completely OSS (without say, our tax dollars picking up the lack of funding) would stiffle such innovation.
I'd rather they stay home and solve the problems of their OWN countries first.
;-)
And I would rather they came here and solved OUR problems
I like America in the position of the only Superpower. I like negotiating from a position of strength.
I am not willing for this country to sit around and stagnate, and while away the time waiting for another Superpower to emerge and wipe us out. That was precisely what France and even Britain did in the 1930s. This is what the United States tried to do around the same time (until we got sodomized by the Japanese and reversed policies, just in time).
I was hoping 9/11 would show that you just don't sit around and hope for the best. Instead you follow the Bush doctrine, and take the fight to the enemy, into his home, house, backyard. You then defeat the enemy, and make our 'friends' play by OUR rules.
What you are proposing instead is sticking our head in the sand, exposing our behind, and cracking open a bottle of anal lube in the hopes that the adversaries would like to be gentle.
Let me understand this: you would rather have foreign scientists go to China and give them the next-gen nukes, cancer cure, AIDS vaccine, quantum computing, nanomechanics, neural interface, etc. etc. instead of coming to the US and working for our benefit here?
:)
You would rather foreign tourists injected their cash into Russia/Germany/France than give it to our economy? (and yes, tourism is free money: hosts really give up nothing of substance in return).
Remember, either you are with us, or you are against us. There's just no way around it. Unless the rich and the smart work for us, they will work elsewhere and against us!
And what happens when say, China conquers/unifies the rest of the industrialized world... Pre-mongolian China and pre-Columbus AmerIndians have tried this 'closed borders' Buchananism, and looked how that turned out for them
Einstein said: "there are two infinite things, the Universe, and the human stupidity. And I am not sure about the Universe..."
What kind of a dumb criminal would willingly give their real name and address while indending to then break the law.
What next? Robbing your local sperm bank's register after leaving a DNA "deposit"? Stealing a credit card to pay your utility bills?
Shutting down is not a good solution at least for me.
I simply do not feel like watching the bootup messages for 2 minutes each time I return to my computer. I would much rather read slashdot or whatever instead, and that time is worth a lot more to me than the money I would save.
Egocentristic? Not caring about the "environment" and the cuddly furry panda thingies? That's right.
I do what I can (standby, spindown, monitor shutoff, disable anachron), but I only live once. Same reason I do not take up a third job at McDonnald's for $5.15/hr, even though I could donate the extra money to the needy children...
Sure, why not grab a boob before the girl's got up and left!
A stranger trying to shove his ear-waxy headphones into me is a total turn off, by the way. And who's to say they don't have a heroin-tipped needle in them or something worse (like AIDS).