While I have every faith in China to leap ahead of the United States in innovation -- given the current state of affairs (the latest iteration of the Scopes Monkey Trial in Kansas, the completely pacified American public ("yeah, there was no real reason we invaded Iraq"), not to mention the state of the American national awareness (Osama was friends with Saddam!) I don't see how all the other countries in the world COULDN'T leapfrog the States!
And in Monday's news, a judge has overruled the judge, who overruled a judge, to initiate the stayed injunction that had been initiated. Holy Hell, after re-reading that, my eyes are bleeding!
Think about it: "Who thinks we should elect Joe Six-Pack"
Lots of talk, chit-chat, chatter, etc...
"Okay, now who would want to oppose the True American, Patriot, Love, Peace Act*" Cricket! Cricket!
*And of course this Act happens to have about thirty-thousand ridders attached to it...
All things considered, nothing that Bush is doing will end Islamic terrorism. The harsh truth is that yes, there are millions of good people who are Muslims and do no support terrorism. There are, unfortunately, far more Muslims who are at least sympathetic to terrorism than there are religionists of any other persuasion. These are not people that we want in our borders--period!
I'm calling a big ole Bullshit on this one. While there are some Muslims who are sympathetic to the movement, and there are some (and this number is far fewer) that are actively involved, most Muslims are like most Christians, are like most Jews, are like most Pagans, are like most Buddhists, are like most Hindus... they couldn't care less about Terrorism except how it might affect their lives. They are no more terrorists than John or Jane Doe -- they are people! Not the bloody enemy!
...if companies started publishing really creative material (and by this, I'm talking about +5 insightful, interesting, and funny all at the same time), does anyone think there might be a market for the ADS themselves (let alone the product). If ads were more often than not the quality that movies (used to be) are like, perhaps there would be another method for money-making, and not only that, but economic Darwinism could then spare us the really stupid ones. Anyone care to sare an opinion?
You hear that sound? THat cross between a whiz and a zip? That was the sound of a joke going over your head at mach 5, while simultaneously showing to the world that you like profe(*cough*laughter*cough*)ssional wrestling....
Hogan... man he was an awesome wrestler, and he was pretty good in that movie with Christopher Plumber, oh and it was funny to see him in Rock... what? Paul Hogan.... Oh, never mind....
"I must say that I find it difficult to imagine that a company like Microsoft does not understand the principles of how to document protocols in order to achieve interoperability."
While I am a HUGE proponent for choice, I just don't understand the logic behind creating Office suites like these. They are nowhere near as polished as the expensive Microsoft Office, and yet are far more immature than OpenOffice.org. I could understand if they released the office suite for free, but who wants to pay for an application that (ultimately) you don't no whether you will be able to get support for because the company could be a fly-by-nighter. I have similar feelings with yellowTAB's Zeta -- why charge $100 USD for a product that ends up costing almost as much as Windows with much less support, and must be paid for in comparison to Linux? I just don't get it....
This notice hereby notifies you, Tooth Fairy that you are hereby no longer needed as your job has been outsourced to Canada. We hope you will find our severance package of 6 months teeth as well as full dental to be more than generous. Also note that you are hereby banned from acting in the capacity of ortho-collector for a period of 8 years, and any attmpt to circumvent this will lead to a termination of the aforementioned benefits.
How disgusting! We must stop this attack on our values! We must stand up against this afront! Sort nanotubes by colour, not size! As we all know, size doesn't matter...
This is the problem. We see this as a possible (though as TFA states, it is more "insurance") solution, act on it like a fad diet, and then wonder why our planet starts acting funny in a way never thought of before, or to continue to metaphore, we wonder why we die of a coronary...
When I read that title, all I could see was eight well dressed lawyers also wearing the garb of the village people dancing to the tune of YMCA, but instead shouting "DCMA!" "I make use of the DCMA!"
For a large-scale organization on the order of hundreds of employees, but I doubt very much that it would be viable on the desktop (watch, as I say it, HP and Dell as rubbign their hands...). This is for a number of reasons mostly rotating around performance.
For example, take an MP3 collection. I go to open up my old Soviet music collection (which I have), but I haven't listened to it in months, possibly even years. This would put it on the low-end of the priority and I would have to wait for the data to be retrieved, all the while watching paint dry. Similarly, if I have a game that I haven't played in a long while, but that was installed on my computer, you would see HUGE performance delays as each file has to be retrieved.
There is also the question of quality. In large-scale organizations, where you might have your volitile backups on this medium, in the case you need to restore from it, you really do need something of a high-quality, not something that is "cheap". Likewise, when the PHB is opening a finance sheet only to see it has been corrupted due to the "cheap" media failing, there will be hell to pay. I will say, however, that this technology does have some very interesting applications outside of your general company server.
Anyway, I for one welcome our two-tiered storage overlords...
In Soviet Russia, two-tiered storage retrieves you!
While I agree with your sentiment, I must respectively disagree. I worked in one of the largest homeless shelters in the city in which I live and I'll give you a couple of snapshots.
Many of the clients (as they were referred to as) often faced addictions and/or mental issues. Often times, living on the street was a matter of their choice -- they didn't trust anyone enough to follow them into a building. Likewise, when people say "give a bit of spare change", this is often the worst advice that can be given as much of that money will go directly into feeding their addiction. It is far better to offer to buy them a coffee, or recommend them to a shelter. Of course, I live in Canada, so it may very well be different in the United States of America...
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While I have every faith in China to leap ahead of the United States in innovation -- given the current state of affairs (the latest iteration of the Scopes Monkey Trial in Kansas, the completely pacified American public ("yeah, there was no real reason we invaded Iraq"), not to mention the state of the American national awareness (Osama was friends with Saddam!) I don't see how all the other countries in the world COULDN'T leapfrog the States!
I can probably find some banned books that they might find an interesting read, especdially sans redaction...
iDon't Think so..
And in Monday's news, a judge has overruled the judge, who overruled a judge, to initiate the stayed injunction that had been initiated. Holy Hell, after re-reading that, my eyes are bleeding!
Think about it: "Who thinks we should elect Joe Six-Pack"
Lots of talk, chit-chat, chatter, etc...
"Okay, now who would want to oppose the True American, Patriot, Love, Peace Act*"
Cricket! Cricket!
*And of course this Act happens to have about thirty-thousand ridders attached to it...
...something that is not a clack...
All things considered, nothing that Bush is doing will end Islamic terrorism. The harsh truth is that yes, there are millions of good people who are Muslims and do no support terrorism. There are, unfortunately, far more Muslims who are at least sympathetic to terrorism than there are religionists of any other persuasion. These are not people that we want in our borders--period!
I'm calling a big ole Bullshit on this one. While there are some Muslims who are sympathetic to the movement, and there are some (and this number is far fewer) that are actively involved, most Muslims are like most Christians, are like most Jews, are like most Pagans, are like most Buddhists, are like most Hindus... they couldn't care less about Terrorism except how it might affect their lives. They are no more terrorists than John or Jane Doe -- they are people! Not the bloody enemy!
...if companies started publishing really creative material (and by this, I'm talking about +5 insightful, interesting, and funny all at the same time), does anyone think there might be a market for the ADS themselves (let alone the product). If ads were more often than not the quality that movies (used to be) are like, perhaps there would be another method for money-making, and not only that, but economic Darwinism could then spare us the really stupid ones. Anyone care to sare an opinion?
You hear that sound? THat cross between a whiz and a zip? That was the sound of a joke going over your head at mach 5, while simultaneously showing to the world that you like profe(*cough*laughter*cough*)ssional wrestling....
Hogan... man he was an awesome wrestler, and he was pretty good in that movie with Christopher Plumber, oh and it was funny to see him in Rock... what? Paul Hogan.... Oh, never mind....
I, for one, welcome our reptile fighter-j.... ah never mind, too easy....
"I must say that I find it difficult to imagine that a company like Microsoft does not understand the principles of how to document protocols in order to achieve interoperability."
You must be new here...
While I am a HUGE proponent for choice, I just don't understand the logic behind creating Office suites like these. They are nowhere near as polished as the expensive Microsoft Office, and yet are far more immature than OpenOffice.org. I could understand if they released the office suite for free, but who wants to pay for an application that (ultimately) you don't no whether you will be able to get support for because the company could be a fly-by-nighter. I have similar feelings with yellowTAB's Zeta -- why charge $100 USD for a product that ends up costing almost as much as Windows with much less support, and must be paid for in comparison to Linux? I just don't get it....
Addicts find ways to break rules to get fix... Holy Hell my world is collapsing...
This notice hereby notifies you, Tooth Fairy that you are hereby no longer needed as your job has been outsourced to Canada. We hope you will find our severance package of 6 months teeth as well as full dental to be more than generous. Also note that you are hereby banned from acting in the capacity of ortho-collector for a period of 8 years, and any attmpt to circumvent this will lead to a termination of the aforementioned benefits.
-The Management
How disgusting! We must stop this attack on our values! We must stand up against this afront! Sort nanotubes by colour, not size! As we all know, size doesn't matter...
This is the problem. We see this as a possible (though as TFA states, it is more "insurance") solution, act on it like a fad diet, and then wonder why our planet starts acting funny in a way never thought of before, or to continue to metaphore, we wonder why we die of a coronary...
30 Billion to get to Mars...
Another 30 billion to just get into space...
Yet another 30 billion just to say you'll go back into space...
Watching a first time yuppie from a dot-com industry spend...well... NOT 90 billion.... Pricel^H^H^H^H... it ain't 90 BILLION,/b>
(Note: I just pulled that 90 billion from my posterior... it could well be more or less).
...this is clearly a computer that should have come from Sun Microsystems! Honestly, the nerve!
When I read that title, all I could see was eight well dressed lawyers also wearing the garb of the village people dancing to the tune of YMCA, but instead shouting "DCMA!" "I make use of the DCMA!"
For a large-scale organization on the order of hundreds of employees, but I doubt very much that it would be viable on the desktop (watch, as I say it, HP and Dell as rubbign their hands...). This is for a number of reasons mostly rotating around performance.
For example, take an MP3 collection. I go to open up my old Soviet music collection (which I have), but I haven't listened to it in months, possibly even years. This would put it on the low-end of the priority and I would have to wait for the data to be retrieved, all the while watching paint dry. Similarly, if I have a game that I haven't played in a long while, but that was installed on my computer, you would see HUGE performance delays as each file has to be retrieved.
There is also the question of quality. In large-scale organizations, where you might have your volitile backups on this medium, in the case you need to restore from it, you really do need something of a high-quality, not something that is "cheap". Likewise, when the PHB is opening a finance sheet only to see it has been corrupted due to the "cheap" media failing, there will be hell to pay. I will say, however, that this technology does have some very interesting applications outside of your general company server.
Anyway, I for one welcome our two-tiered storage overlords...
In Soviet Russia, two-tiered storage retrieves you!
I'm a third-tier storage you insensitive clod!
Cowboy Neil!
-PixelPirate
While I agree with your sentiment, I must respectively disagree. I worked in one of the largest homeless shelters in the city in which I live and I'll give you a couple of snapshots.
Many of the clients (as they were referred to as) often faced addictions and/or mental issues. Often times, living on the street was a matter of their choice -- they didn't trust anyone enough to follow them into a building. Likewise, when people say "give a bit of spare change", this is often the worst advice that can be given as much of that money will go directly into feeding their addiction. It is far better to offer to buy them a coffee, or recommend them to a shelter. Of course, I live in Canada, so it may very well be different in the United States of America...
-PixelPirate