Why some sysadmin at Google or (worse) some insurance company should have access to it is beyond me!
Hate to break it to you, but insurance companies have the most compressive health records in the industry. If they pay for it, they have a record of it in the claims system (not always the results, but the mere fact that you had a given procedure, test or Rx). In fact, some carriers used this to help patients replace lost records after Katrina.
Most rich people only pay 15% on their income (capital gains). Warren Buffett only paid 17.7% income tax on $46 million in income. His receptionist paid about 30%. Why do you think Steve Job's "salary" is only a dollar?
VOIP is passed out in the corner; Online Video is ordering shots for Online Retailers -- they won't last long. State Legislator is pissed that he was not invited and has called the cops to shut this party down.
It might have, at one time, been an impetus for revolt, but I don't hear of many countries outside of Africa trying to conquer the continent these days and enslave it's population. No, sir, the reality is Africans commiting genocide.
Third to last paragraph in the link you posted...
Clearly, Africa does need the world's help. But Africa's destiny can be changed for the better only by Africans themselves. I think that's the point the GP was trying to make and I tend to agree. I like an over-simplification that absolves my conscience as much as the next guy, but your cop-out overlooks a few things.
A lot of these wars stem from arbitrary state lines that combine rival ethnic groups into single states where one group usually feels the need to assert its authority over another. Guess who drew the lines in the dirt, propped up the post-colonial governments, and generally intensified blood feuds by playing various ethnic groups off each other in order to keep the exports flowing? The colonizers.
Yes, I agree that African leaders need to get their sh!t together, but don't forget who's machinations stoked the flames.
HAH!! I doubt you could even get a cockroach to stoop so low as to working for our Uncle Sammy in DC!! Cockroaches have higher standards! Silly govt. departments...
Whatever. Not sure why civil servants get such a bad rap. Next time your you send a letter across the country for less than a dollar, read an SEC filing, fly in an airplane, drive on a highway, eat meat or produce without food poisoning, surf the internet, use GPS, drink TANG, etc...; thank a civil servant.
No. Today's kids listen to what is fashionable among their peers. I don't understand exactly how that is determined; presumably the media companies' marketing achieves something; but it is 100% worthless crap. The level of subtlety is approximately that of a monkey banging a stick on a tree-trunk. You don't need dynamic range for this rubbish.
Your so indie it hurts. When -- in the history of the radio -- have most kids not listened to what is fashionable among their peers. The difference now is that when they have their "almost famous" moment and start exploring their own music tastes, they are not limited to what's in the record store or their parents or older siblings records -- the internet gives them almost the whole world catalogue of music is at their finger tips.
I can see it now: "If this were an original Harrison Ford model, it would be worth $5 million, but because your grandfather's brother* replaced Harrison Ford's handsome mug with Butt Head's, the piece is now only worth $5,000**"
Great niece nods and grits her teeth look while trying to hide her disappointment/embarrassment.
*has to be handed down to nieces/nephews -- no way this guy is breeding
How do you justify spending $1/hr in Mexico to your stockholders when you could be spending $.60/hr, or even $0.24/hr? Let alone $9/hr for quality control once you get the shipping container back from Mexico? It's far cheaper overall to do these recalls when the customer finds a problem, at least from the point of view of so-called "American" companies (whom I call, free traitors- they're taking money and selling out the American consumer & worker in their search for cheap labor). You justify it by telling your stock holders they don't want compete against the ghost shift.
I guess all those laissez-faire capitalists forgot about China, huh? Doesn't work so well without the Man there to *gasp* regulate business!!! "But that's SOCIALISM!!" Oh noes!
The difference is that in China, the "Man" and business are the same thing. The government or Party bosses own all of the businesses (or at least the ones that succeed), so the "regulators" are not acting as third-party watchdogs. The result, is the consumer has no way of knowing if their cat food is safe, or if the paint on their kids toys will cause brain damage.
Laissez-faire capitalism only works with transparency and free flow of information -- based on the premise that the reasonable man acts in his best interest. This is not possible if he does not have accurate information about products he's buying. i.e. is this a real iPod? is this cat food safe? etc...
Performance rights are their chance to make money even if the record company screws them...
...So, artists have a revenue stream -- performance rights -- that the record companies can't touch. And it still pisses people off.
To me, it's simple:
If performing music in your establishment provides no benefit whatsoever, then great -- don't do it.
But, if it does... if you make money as a result of playing music... then support the artists. Buy a license.
Last I heard, BMI was a record company; If bands want to make money from performances, they should get off their butts and go on tour.
If you try making money by playing music but choose not to get a license... don't be surprised if they come down hard on you. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
The problem with this system, is that there is no negotiation or posted pricing that can be agreed upon before the music is played. Instead, they send you a bill after the fact in an attempt to extort as much as possible from the establishment. If they want credibility, they need to be more transparent about the process.
Why should HD search be an OS utility? OSes haven't ever really offered it until the last 10 years, maybe.
Why must OS users store files with a system modeled after a paper-based filing cabinet? We keep a lot more stuff in digitized format than we did 10 years ago, and tag/search is a much more efficient way to find our stuff. MS is just copying spotlight. I don't see anyone suing Apple for shipping indexed search and a browser engine with its OS.
they are offering development money to help spur on new technology. Google is a branding monster. Don't doubt for even a second that there will be a GPS (Google Positioning System) with a GPS (Google Powered Search) in any car produced with Google investment capital. Don't get your hopes up; this is a google.org initiative, so I'm not sure they are looking to make money off it.
1) EADS wants some contract money, and the EU wants to dole out gov't contract money to new member states; this missile defense system fits the bill.
2) Putin longs for the days when Russia was relevant, and he finally has some oil money to play with now that he's bought back some oligarch assets
3) Putin uses the missile defense system as an excuse to frame global politics in the only way he knows how: cold war missile defense grandstanding, and points his missiles at Europe to stroke his cold war ego.
It's all rather pathetic -- almost like a movie script modeled after the "let's get the gang back together again," theme like the original Ocean's Eleven or the Sting
I stand corrected. Still, a single throwaway line about email taxes doesn't seem like it should be eclipsing the real taxation issues. Those issues are the possibly taxation of goods sold across state lines as well as the taxation of internet connections themselves. Internet access is expensive enough already without the government trying to skim off the top, and shipping fees already wipe out any savings realized by a lack of taxes and "brick & mortar" overhead on goods.
I can't see how allowing internet taxes would do any good other than to have states fight over who should collect the taxes on an item shipped over state lines. Don't forget VOIP. I'm sure the phone companies are lobbying for a tax on vonage and skype. When you want to know the real reason for legislation, follow the money.
Richard Armitage, who's stance against the Iraq war is well known.
Richard Armitage, who has consistably undermined the efforts of the Adminstration.
Richard Armitage, who, ignored an express Presidential Directive in the Plame investigation when he failed to notify the White House that he was the source of the leak.
Richard Armitage, who left the Administration to twist in the wind.
Far be it for me to question your facts... but well I'm questioning your facts... could you please source any of your claims? All the footnotes you need can be found here
Yeah, but if google were still private, the measure would not have gone as far as it did, because it would not exist. The founders are in favor of aiding Chinese censorship.
The founders are still the majority shareholders. What the investors want doesn't mean squat.
The fact that Google is a public company makes no difference in whether or not they do business in China. If anything, shareholders now have more power to publicly call out Google when they do "evil." Affairs in a public company work much like politics; few things happen at once, but there are incremental changes in attitudes and policies as share holders defend thier interests.
Another example is the Berkshire meeting, where a resolution proposed divesting from PetroChina because some (okay, most) believe that they fund state-sponsored genocide by drilling in Sudan. The resolution didn't pass, but it got a a lot of press, and probably resulted in an incremental shift in attitudes. It also forced WEB to take a closer look at the issue before the meeting.
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Why some sysadmin at Google or (worse) some insurance company should have access to it is beyond me!
Hate to break it to you, but insurance companies have the most compressive health records in the industry. If they pay for it, they have a record of it in the claims system (not always the results, but the mere fact that you had a given procedure, test or Rx). In fact, some carriers used this to help patients replace lost records after Katrina.Most rich people only pay 15% on their income (capital gains). Warren Buffett only paid 17.7% income tax on $46 million in income. His receptionist paid about 30%. Why do you think Steve Job's "salary" is only a dollar?
VOIP is passed out in the corner; Online Video is ordering shots for Online Retailers -- they won't last long. State Legislator is pissed that he was not invited and has called the cops to shut this party down.
Third to last paragraph in the link you posted... Clearly, Africa does need the world's help. But Africa's destiny can be changed for the better only by Africans themselves. I think that's the point the GP was trying to make and I tend to agree. I like an over-simplification that absolves my conscience as much as the next guy, but your cop-out overlooks a few things.
A lot of these wars stem from arbitrary state lines that combine rival ethnic groups into single states where one group usually feels the need to assert its authority over another. Guess who drew the lines in the dirt, propped up the post-colonial governments, and generally intensified blood feuds by playing various ethnic groups off each other in order to keep the exports flowing? The colonizers.
Yes, I agree that African leaders need to get their sh!t together, but don't forget who's machinations stoked the flames.
Neither is sarcasm.
Not sure if this applies to /. but some sites get revenue from ad views - no click-through required...
Whatever. Not sure why civil servants get such a bad rap. Next time your you send a letter across the country for less than a dollar, read an SEC filing, fly in an airplane, drive on a highway, eat meat or produce without food poisoning, surf the internet, use GPS, drink TANG, etc...; thank a civil servant.
Today's kids/teens have a huge wealth of music
No. Today's kids listen to what is fashionable among their peers. I don't understand exactly how that is determined; presumably the media companies' marketing achieves something; but it is 100% worthless crap. The level of subtlety is approximately that of a monkey banging a stick on a tree-trunk. You don't need dynamic range for this rubbish.
Your so indie it hurts. When -- in the history of the radio -- have most kids not listened to what is fashionable among their peers. The difference now is that when they have their "almost famous" moment and start exploring their own music tastes, they are not limited to what's in the record store or their parents or older siblings records -- the internet gives them almost the whole world catalogue of music is at their finger tips.
I can see it now: "If this were an original Harrison Ford model, it would be worth $5 million, but because your grandfather's brother* replaced Harrison Ford's handsome mug with Butt Head's, the piece is now only worth $5,000**"
Great niece nods and grits her teeth look while trying to hide her disappointment/embarrassment.
*has to be handed down to nieces/nephews -- no way this guy is breeding
** $5 adjusted for inflation
The difference is that in China, the "Man" and business are the same thing. The government or Party bosses own all of the businesses (or at least the ones that succeed), so the "regulators" are not acting as third-party watchdogs. The result, is the consumer has no way of knowing if their cat food is safe, or if the paint on their kids toys will cause brain damage.
Laissez-faire capitalism only works with transparency and free flow of information -- based on the premise that the reasonable man acts in his best interest. This is not possible if he does not have accurate information about products he's buying. i.e. is this a real iPod? is this cat food safe? etc...
Who let Ballmer in here? /*ducks flying chair*/
Performance rights are their chance to make money even if the record company screws them...
...So, artists have a revenue stream -- performance rights -- that the record companies can't touch. And it still pisses people off.
To me, it's simple:
Last I heard, BMI was a record company; If bands want to make money from performances, they should get off their butts and go on tour.
If you try making money by playing music but choose not to get a license... don't be surprised if they come down hard on you. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
The problem with this system, is that there is no negotiation or posted pricing that can be agreed upon before the music is played. Instead, they send you a bill after the fact in an attempt to extort as much as possible from the establishment. If they want credibility, they need to be more transparent about the process.
There's even more FUD fodder from the google blog:"Developed primarily out of our Beijing office..."
ps- let me get the next response out of the way: In Communist China your desktop searches you.
Why must OS users store files with a system modeled after a paper-based filing cabinet? We keep a lot more stuff in digitized format than we did 10 years ago, and tag/search is a much more efficient way to find our stuff. MS is just copying spotlight. I don't see anyone suing Apple for shipping indexed search and a browser engine with its OS.
Don't get your hopes up; this is a google.org initiative, so I'm not sure they are looking to make money off it.
Okay, I'll take a crack at it:
1) EADS wants some contract money, and the EU wants to dole out gov't contract money to new member states; this missile defense system fits the bill.
2) Putin longs for the days when Russia was relevant, and he finally has some oil money to play with now that he's bought back some oligarch assets
3) Putin uses the missile defense system as an excuse to frame global politics in the only way he knows how: cold war missile defense grandstanding, and points his missiles at Europe to stroke his cold war ego.
It's all rather pathetic -- almost like a movie script modeled after the "let's get the gang back together again," theme like the original Ocean's Eleven or the Sting
I can't see how allowing internet taxes would do any good other than to have states fight over who should collect the taxes on an item shipped over state lines.
Don't forget VOIP. I'm sure the phone companies are lobbying for a tax on vonage and skype. When you want to know the real reason for legislation, follow the money.
Richard Armitage, who has consistably undermined the efforts of the Adminstration.
Richard Armitage, who, ignored an express Presidential Directive in the Plame investigation when he failed to notify the White House that he was the source of the leak.
Richard Armitage, who left the Administration to twist in the wind.
Far be it for me to question your facts... but well I'm questioning your facts... could you please source any of your claims? All the footnotes you need can be found here
It gives the labels a payola workaround.
PROGRAM MANAGER: We really want to give this awesome song some airplay, but it costs too much; can you give us a break on the air-time fee?
LABEL: Sure, but you'll have to play this list of 10 crappy songs for every time you play awesome song.
In communist Germany, secret files shred you!
The founders are still the majority shareholders. What the investors want doesn't mean squat.
The fact that Google is a public company makes no difference in whether or not they do business in China. If anything, shareholders now have more power to publicly call out Google when they do "evil." Affairs in a public company work much like politics; few things happen at once, but there are incremental changes in attitudes and policies as share holders defend thier interests.
Another example is the Berkshire meeting, where a resolution proposed divesting from PetroChina because some (okay, most) believe that they fund state-sponsored genocide by drilling in Sudan. The resolution didn't pass, but it got a a lot of press, and probably resulted in an incremental shift in attitudes. It also forced WEB to take a closer look at the issue before the meeting.
While we're at it, here's a nice little NBC clip that's only about 50% off-topic.
You know what they say everything looks like when you have a new hammer...