My first thought wasn't "they're not nice people," but "finally" -- I was wondering how long it would be before a tech company could be large and influential enough, and behave in a way that would give Microsoft a taste of their own medicine. Too bad it's something of a hit piece.
How else can we explain Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter threatening to sue a newspaper for calling him Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter?
You're right -- he's pretty much FCCKD however you describe it.
It's literally an apocalyptic weapon; unless you can figure out how to put transporter-proof shields around every valuable target you've got (and remember here that a planet counts as a valuable target, if you can beam a big enough antimatter bomb much less some "red matter").
Here yougo. It definitely makes things more interesting.
If available, this will generate a never ending stream of public information requests to municipalities demanding this newly created video. The video will need to be edited for redaction prior to release. Some cities/states have maximum time requirement laws in which information must be released. This will necessitate the hiring of dozens of video editors to supply edited videos to fulfill RFI’s. (request for information).
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You could have him look at Inform 7 and its associated examples for interactive fiction. It uses a subset of English to express the game setting and logic, and exercises programming and small-to-large-scale writing skills. The (IMO) very nice UI also assists in organizing and testing the game structure and execution as well.
You would have problems managing a distributed, literally mission-critical computing infrastructure too, if it was constantly getting hit by phaser, photon torpedo, and 'weapon of the week' fire, not to mention entities that don't respect fire/air/vacuum-walls. Seriously, do they even have an IT group?
If that wouldn't get boring fast, maybe she *is* ready to be a princess. Along these lines, I found the audiobook of The Curse of Chalion to be quite enjoyable and well done (though probably not for kids), and its sequel, Paladin of Souls, won the 2004 Hugo and Nebula awards.
Another possibility is event support for smaller conferences that aren't run by corporate sponsors. Much of it is just generic event assistance, and people can always use extra help and a car to pick up equipment or people, or get food and the like for people who can't leave their station at the venue.
It puts you in touch with many people and can be a time-limited task -- for some support roles, once your shift/one day/the conference is over, your involvement is complete for that event.
authorizing courts to issue any order necessary to obtain information within their jurisdiction. ...
What will happen when this collides with Apple and Google deliberately creating encryption that they themselves cannot break?
They can just write an order demanding the NSA help them break the encryption or provide them a dump of the in-transit data they've collected. In the words of Bart Simpson, 'The system works.'
I wonder if this is similar to how normal word problems are for people who find them difficult -- tricky to weed out the irrelevant information and convert to formulas.
students will learn to write code to help Anna and Elsa draw snowflakes and snowmen, and perform magical 'ice craft.'
Do you want to draw a snowman? No-not with paper and pen, Take this keyboard and type in these words, like all these nerds, and you will see that then...
SYNTAX ERROR
Or how about some 'ice craft'. We can make things appear on this screen...
Hmm, I guess that's cool.
Elsa: I have colored pencils, paper, and some stencils. Anna: That sounds like a much better way to draw a snowman, let's do that instead. And, I have some cloth, sticks, and lights to make us actual, physical wands to play with! Elsa: That's awesome!
Anna: I'm so glad I have you as a sister. Elsa: You're the best.
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Maybe they will be more moral than us.
At least their morals will be more colorful.
Google Throws Microsoft Under Bus
My first thought wasn't "they're not nice people," but "finally" -- I was wondering how long it would be before a tech company could be large and influential enough, and behave in a way that would give Microsoft a taste of their own medicine. Too bad it's something of a hit piece.
However it does need trust between the two parties not so easy between strangers.
How about between Facebook friends?
How else can we explain Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter threatening to sue a newspaper for calling him Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter?
You're right -- he's pretty much FCCKD however you describe it.
And if they're tightly integrated now, how about when the circuits are printed right into the product?
We must burn him for upsetting the simpleminded villagers!
Plus, he turned me into a newt! Burn him for that too!
It's literally an apocalyptic weapon; unless you can figure out how to put transporter-proof shields around every valuable target you've got (and remember here that a planet counts as a valuable target, if you can beam a big enough antimatter bomb much less some "red matter").
Here you go. It definitely makes things more interesting.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, Robin of Locksley, Internet edition.
If available, this will generate a never ending stream of public information requests to municipalities demanding this newly created video. The video will need to be edited for redaction prior to release. Some cities/states have maximum time requirement laws in which information must be released. This will necessitate the hiring of dozens of video editors to supply edited videos to fulfill RFI’s. (request for information).
So ... job creator?
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The rest of the country should just build a wall around it, and put all the politicians and lawyers there.
Finally! I've been waiting for the reboot for a while.
You could have him look at Inform 7 and its associated examples for interactive fiction. It uses a subset of English to express the game setting and logic, and exercises programming and small-to-large-scale writing skills. The (IMO) very nice UI also assists in organizing and testing the game structure and execution as well.
Yes; even closer to home, apparently.
Along with another more or less tongue-in-cheek version.
You would have problems managing a distributed, literally mission-critical computing infrastructure too, if it was constantly getting hit by phaser, photon torpedo, and 'weapon of the week' fire, not to mention entities that don't respect fire/air/vacuum-walls. Seriously, do they even have an IT group?
Employees say Sony must take responsibility for formulaic, mundane movies; some eye Adam Sandler
If that wouldn't get boring fast, maybe she *is* ready to be a princess. Along these lines, I found the audiobook of The Curse of Chalion to be quite enjoyable and well done (though probably not for kids), and its sequel, Paladin of Souls, won the 2004 Hugo and Nebula awards.
Another possibility is event support for smaller conferences that aren't run by corporate sponsors. Much of it is just generic event assistance, and people can always use extra help and a car to pick up equipment or people, or get food and the like for people who can't leave their station at the venue.
It puts you in touch with many people and can be a time-limited task -- for some support roles, once your shift/one day/the conference is over, your involvement is complete for that event.
authorizing courts to issue any order necessary to obtain information within their jurisdiction.
...
What will happen when this collides with Apple and Google deliberately creating encryption that they themselves cannot break?
They can just write an order demanding the NSA help them break the encryption or provide them a dump of the in-transit data they've collected. In the words of Bart Simpson, 'The system works.'
They wouldn't be doing it, if they — the prosecuting agency(ies) — faced non-trivial monetary loss for every charge, that did not hold up in court...
How would that make a difference? They're the government. They *are* all the money, right?
And if they don't have the money now, can't they can just raise taxes during the next budget cycle to cover those costs?
What *is* 100,000 in cubits, anyway?
I wonder if this is similar to how normal word problems are for people who find them difficult -- tricky to weed out the irrelevant information and convert to formulas.
<knock, knock>
Would you like to work at Disney?
Oh so many pro-per-ties
Their imagineering can't be beat
And Marvel's neat
Don't forget their great ben-nies
Spielberg sure can tell a story, no arg-u-ment,
But you could work on Pix-ar's team.
Do you want a job at Disney?
Or maybe a sub-si-diary
Dreamworks HR: Go away, Anna. ...
Ok, bye
students will learn to write code to help Anna and Elsa draw snowflakes and snowmen, and perform magical 'ice craft.'
Do you want to draw a snowman? ...
No-not with paper and pen,
Take this keyboard and type in these words,
like all these nerds,
and you will see that then
SYNTAX ERROR
Or how about some 'ice craft'.
We can make things appear on this screen...
Hmm, I guess that's cool.
Elsa: I have colored pencils, paper, and some stencils.
Anna: That sounds like a much better way to draw a snowman, let's do that instead. And, I have some cloth, sticks, and lights to make us actual, physical wands to play with!
Elsa: That's awesome!
Anna: I'm so glad I have you as a sister.
Elsa: You're the best.
The End.
Well, it could be worse.