I forgot the original language, but it went something like: An ambitious person compares herself to people above her, and arrogant person -- to those below.
I think the whole point is, where do you stop once you start sliding down the slippery slope of genetic selection.
And can the parents really be trusted with something like this? But then again, I just had a discussion with some distant relatives of mine over not sending their son to college because they want him to lead a "normal and happy life, like everybody else."
The real issue there (Roe v Wade) was whether a young fetus is a "person" (granted full rights), or not a "person."
a) if someone is a person, you cannot use "privacy" as an excuse for terminating them. For example, I cannot invite you to my private home then kill you, then say the government cannot violate my privacy.
b) if something is not a person, you have the right to medical privacy such that a state could not, for example, make it illegal for you to remove a cancer tumor or an ingrown nail, or whatever.
That's semantics. What I care about is that, but for a single judge, the Government would potentially be able to take away a right explicitly spelled out as protected by the Constitution.
What hope is there for blanket rights under the 9th/10th not explicitly spelled out? (such as rights to privacy, rights to make love to your wife, rights to have a beard, rights to attend church services)
In other words, we were one liberal kooky judge away from getting royally shafted... The fact that a decision of this magnitude came down to a single person is nothing to celebrate, I tell you.
In contrast, the "right" of a mother to kill her fetus was upheld 7 to 2.
It's not free. It comes with targetted adds and gets you hooked onto other google services that also come with targetted adds.
Plus, they get to undercut and destroy their competitors on the cheap (spend $200,000 now), since they don't need another potential Youtube situation (pay $3,000,000,000 to buy out a competitor later). Nipping competition in the butt is where it's at.
Well, their customer base is really different. A lot of them will buy it just because it's new and it's out, and it's somehow "better" since Jobs told them so.
Of course I kind of understand why the fanboys trust him: if you go by Apple's past record, upgrades from 10.0 to 10.1 to 10.2,.3, and.4, were in fact "better," the system did get a lot faster (and I mean a lot: 1 min bootup for 10.2 to 12 seconds for 10.3, on same hardware!), more responsive, etc.
No, you are wrong. I wish people would stop calling China "communist," since it is not. Their economic system is a free-market capitalism, with elements of fascism (the original definition - "authoritarian union between the government and big businesses" - not the Gowin/deathcamp definition).
Their political system is dictatorship, since they are governed by unelected representatives. Hence, the correct description for China would be capitalist dictatorship.
The reason they don't like Microsoft (or Google) is because the profits go to USA instead of to their government-endorsed corporations like China Telecom, Nuesoft, Baidu, Kingsoft, etc. And we are not talking peanuts here either: last year Microsoft alone paid about US$ 7,000,000,000 in taxes, 70+% of which came from foreign sales.
You certainly made a voluntary choice to take out those loans. You had lots of other options: look for a cheaper school, apply for scholarships, don't get college education, etc.
Don't the French train pigs to hunt for truffles? Pigs are attracted to truffles and can sniff those out miles away...
So, how about they recruit the imprisoned French pedophiles to search for the illegal content? Makes much sense than asking the public to report the sites they aren't likely to visit in a hundred years, anyways.
But perhaps they have an on-board nuclear fusion reactor? There is no reason a portable cold fusion reactor could not be built, in theory. We will probably have a working prototype within 100 years or so (unless we blow ourselves up first).
And anyways, where are you people getting the idea that it's a closed system they are describing? FTFS it's clear that water is consumed in some way.
I would warn potential FOSS adopters of the unintended consequences of their altruism: you might be out of your job.
When you spend $2M for software licensing fees, $500k for IT staff doesn't look bad. When you spend $0 for software, $500k for staff starts to look like a good cost-cutting target for that asshole PHB exec!
Also consider that when something goes wrong with Solaris or Windows, you file a ticket and come out smelling like roses when it's speedily resolved. When something goes wrong with FOSS that you advocated for, more often then not it's your ass.
What exactly is the point of re-hashing the news that will be re-hashed by all 7 News channels, ad nauseam.
But then again, you are probably the kind of a person that loves media "updates" on Aruba, the billionair airplain guy, Scot Peterson, or the state of Brittany's custody lawsuit.
Either that, or you enjoy the trite condolences he-meant-so-much-to-me circlejerk.
And that tells you something sad about American society.
Did we get a slashdot obituary for the first black PhD chemist who discovered steroids? Did we get a slashdot front page story for Randolph Chase who died this Monday?
But just because this one guy was good at reading teleprompter...
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Problem is, skill itself depends on chance, since human brain is not a perfect logic and math engine.
Hence even the best players will lose some games.
I think he meant is as the opposite of "literally blown at home."
Why, what does that do?
Do you want it to pound Google's servers, bump up grisoft's search rank, or anything else I am not seing?
I forgot the original language, but it went something like:
An ambitious person compares herself to people above her, and arrogant person -- to those below.
I don't think you know French people very well.
About the last thing they will riot over is some arrogant asshole's right to re-sell his Rolex.
While I am not against a women's right to choose whether to have an unprotected sexual encounter...
Fixed it for you, there. Once another human being is consentually created, it's no longer anyone's choice.
I think the whole point is, where do you stop once you start sliding down the slippery slope of genetic selection.
And can the parents really be trusted with something like this? But then again, I just had a discussion with some distant relatives of mine over not sending their son to college because they want him to lead a "normal and happy life, like everybody else."
I am just calling your mode of thinking is elitist. That's all.
Oh please. Do you even know how intelligent a person with 100 IQ is? Well, about half the people are below that...
It is semantics.
The real issue there (Roe v Wade) was whether a young fetus is a "person" (granted full rights), or not a "person."
a) if someone is a person, you cannot use "privacy" as an excuse for terminating them. For example, I cannot invite you to my private home then kill you, then say the government cannot violate my privacy.
b) if something is not a person, you have the right to medical privacy such that a state could not, for example, make it illegal for you to remove a cancer tumor or an ingrown nail, or whatever.
That's semantics. What I care about is that, but for a single judge, the Government would potentially be able to take away a right explicitly spelled out as protected by the Constitution.
What hope is there for blanket rights under the 9th/10th not explicitly spelled out? (such as rights to privacy, rights to make love to your wife, rights to have a beard, rights to attend church services)
Makes me fucking sick.
Well, this decision was reached 5-4.
In other words, we were one liberal kooky judge away from getting royally shafted... The fact that a decision of this magnitude came down to a single person is nothing to celebrate, I tell you.
In contrast, the "right" of a mother to kill her fetus was upheld 7 to 2.
It's not free. It comes with targetted adds and gets you hooked onto other google services that also come with targetted adds.
Plus, they get to undercut and destroy their competitors on the cheap (spend $200,000 now), since they don't need another potential Youtube situation (pay $3,000,000,000 to buy out a competitor later). Nipping competition in the butt is where it's at.
Well, their customer base is really different. A lot of them will buy it just because it's new and it's out, and it's somehow "better" since Jobs told them so.
Of course I kind of understand why the fanboys trust him: if you go by Apple's past record, upgrades from 10.0 to 10.1 to 10.2, .3, and .4, were in fact "better," the system did get a lot faster (and I mean a lot: 1 min bootup for 10.2 to 12 seconds for 10.3, on same hardware!), more responsive, etc.
No, you are wrong. I wish people would stop calling China "communist," since it is not. Their economic system is a free-market capitalism, with elements of fascism (the original definition - "authoritarian union between the government and big businesses" - not the Gowin/deathcamp definition).
Their political system is dictatorship, since they are governed by unelected representatives. Hence, the correct description for China would be capitalist dictatorship.
The reason they don't like Microsoft (or Google) is because the profits go to USA instead of to their government-endorsed corporations like China Telecom, Nuesoft, Baidu, Kingsoft, etc. And we are not talking peanuts here either: last year Microsoft alone paid about US$ 7,000,000,000 in taxes, 70+% of which came from foreign sales.
Chinese plan: America should not be on top.
I think most Americans can see the difference.
So what's wrong with that?
You certainly made a voluntary choice to take out those loans. You had lots of other options: look for a cheaper school, apply for scholarships, don't get college education, etc.
I got a great idea.
Don't the French train pigs to hunt for truffles? Pigs are attracted to truffles and can sniff those out miles away...
So, how about they recruit the imprisoned French pedophiles to search for the illegal content? Makes much sense than asking the public to report the sites they aren't likely to visit in a hundred years, anyways.
But perhaps they have an on-board nuclear fusion reactor? There is no reason a portable cold fusion reactor could not be built, in theory. We will probably have a working prototype within 100 years or so (unless we blow ourselves up first).
And anyways, where are you people getting the idea that it's a closed system they are describing? FTFS it's clear that water is consumed in some way.
Are your friends still employed?
I would warn potential FOSS adopters of the unintended consequences of their altruism: you might be out of your job.
When you spend $2M for software licensing fees, $500k for IT staff doesn't look bad.
When you spend $0 for software, $500k for staff starts to look like a good cost-cutting target for that asshole PHB exec!
Also consider that when something goes wrong with Solaris or Windows, you file a ticket and come out smelling like roses when it's speedily resolved. When something goes wrong with FOSS that you advocated for, more often then not it's your ass.
What exactly is the point of re-hashing the news that will be re-hashed by all 7 News channels, ad nauseam.
But then again, you are probably the kind of a person that loves media "updates" on Aruba, the billionair airplain guy, Scot Peterson, or the state of Brittany's custody lawsuit.
Either that, or you enjoy the trite condolences he-meant-so-much-to-me circlejerk.
And that tells you something sad about American society.
Did we get a slashdot obituary for the first black PhD chemist who discovered steroids?
Did we get a slashdot front page story for Randolph Chase who died this Monday?
But just because this one guy was good at reading teleprompter...
Well, Windows is the most influential OS in the world, and 1918 influenza outbreak was the most influential flu in the world.
Doesn't mean Tim will be missed much.
Well, voting for the least evil candidate might be an option.
Here are my issues with Obama: experience, corruption, crony earmarks, and dishonest politicking (lies, demagoguery, race baiting, &c.)
Perhaps you are not their target customer in the first place?