I didn't say the Democrats currently in the government are any better. My point was that the oft-called "right-wing extremists" (which I usually associate with religious or militaristic extremism, not economic libertarianism) in the Republican party of the last 8 years weren't good at balancing a budget. Both parties have gone for the same result, just with different overlords.
No, the good ones either took their $20 million and jumped ship before it sank, or had a guaranteed bonus of $20 million even if they ruined the company.
Wow, which side of the North/South border is supposed to be the evil dictatorship again? Your politicians have been taking lessons from ours here in the United States, haven't they?
If the traders are so dumb that they cannot think for themselves and cannot decide what to buy or sell on its own merits rather than hearsay, then they are clearly unfit for the job and should be fired.
Except they're perfectly fit for the job, where the job is making as much money for themselves as possible.
That's the problem with basing the economy on IP, it's all smoke and mirrors, nothing tangible to base it on...
I don't think it's really because the economy is based on intellectual property, but because the stock market and financial businesses operate entirely on speculation that comes from invented numbers (the smoke and mirrors part). There were no copyrights, patents (unless someone has patented a method for building up a fake economic system and profiting from the collapse, which sadly wouldn't really surprise me), or trademarks directly involved in the failure of stupidity in the banking industry.
"Who is a non-user?" Facebook has become a very common thing. How big is the sample set of non-users compared to users? Is there any relevant personality trends that run through those who refuse to use Facebook?
My first thought was "what defines a user?" I have a Facebook account, and I spend maybe 30 minutes total per day reading up on what everyone is doing. Does that make me a user by their definition? What about someone who has an account that they only check when they get a notification about something? What about someone who spends four hours every day on those damned "quizzes" that I don't give a rat's ass about?
The notion that you can "gift" (or "buy") your way to being rich without doing any hard work, or having a creative idea, is so completely stupid that anyone who believes it, assuming they're in full control of their mental faculties, deserves what they get.
Probably a lot more, but they'd all be toll roads and you'd have four different companies fighting to build four different roads to the same place.
schools, libraries
Schools and libraries are a tough argument. Education is the great equalizer for children of differing economic backgrounds. Competition among private schools has the potential to greatly increase the quality of the schools, but it also has the potential to destroy the only equalizing force that many poor children have. Which outcome is more likely is difficult to predict.
I don't know when, but at some point in the last few years wanting to have a balanced budget became the sure sign of a right-wing extremist
Too bad the last 8 years of what could be called "right-wing extremists" weren't even close to a balanced budget. I'd say it's more like wanting a balanced budget has become the sure sign of a politician that's doomed to lose their next reelection campaign because they haven't done enough pandering to their overlords.
How many people upgrade Windows anyway? I even wonder if there's a point to Microsoft having a release date for new versions of Windows. The only date that really matters is when OEM's start selling computers with the new version of Windows.
The Japanese declared war on the USA, and attacked Pearl Harbor. The USA declared war on Japan. Four days later, Germany and Italy declared war on the USA. The USA then declared war on Germany.
I figured everybody knew that, so I didn't think it needed to be said. I think most Americans, including those in the government, wanted to step in before Germany finished conquering Europe (and Germany and Japan probably knew that, which would be why Japan attacked first), but Pearl Harbor was what allowed the declaration of war without anyone being able to oppose on the idea that the United States shouldn't intervene in matters in Europe that didn't directly affect the United States.
It sounds an awful lot like you are saying World War II wouldn't have been worth it "just" to stop the Holocaust.
As someone who lost family members to the Holocaust, that isn't at all what I'm saying. What I am saying is that in reality, stopping the Holocaust was not the reason for World War II, if for no other reason than the full extent of it wasn't known to the Allies. If they had known everything that was going on, I'd hope that an alliance of nations would do something to stop such a tragedy.
Man that is a lame argument. Did you know that more Germans died in WWII (7+ million) than Jews in the Holocaust (if you use the common 6 million number). Judging by the sarcasm in your argument (I could be wrong), it wasn't OK to kill that many Germans to end the Holocaust.
The Holocaust wasn't the reason that the United States entered World War II. If I remember correctly, the Allies didn't quite know exactly what was happening in the concentration camps until after they invaded Poland and Germany. World War II was all about Germany's conquest of Europe (and to a lesser extent, Japan's attempted conquest of the Pacific).
They've now managed to get where Windows gaming was a decade ago. Give it another 4 years and they might get up to the quality of a game released at the turn of the 21st Century.
You, er, might want to brush up on your math. One decade ago was 1999, which, by any time frame measured in years, pretty much was the turn of the 21st century.
Looks more like a CYA issue. If the police had a legal duty to "protect citizens", then they could be sued every time they failed to protect a citizen, even if there was no reasonable action they could have possibly taken to prevent the crime. If a person with no criminal record or history of violence murders their spouse, what could the police have done to prevent it?
Of course I believe that the police's goal should be to protect the people, but a court decision that says they have the legal responsibility to do so opens up a huge door for lawsuits when they fail through no fault of their own.
"Coders" have no such yard stick. Anyone and their uncle can call themselves "coders" or, even more outrageously, call themselves software engineers. There's really no certification, standardized exam, or prestigious private college out there whereby one can stand out as highly skilled.
You mean my MCSE doesn't make me a skilled software engineer?
What about my shop staff or house keeping? They can't possibly be repairing vehicles or cleaning if they are on Fantasy Football 8 hours a day.
I know nobody reads the articles, and some people don't even read the summaries, but it'd be nice if people would read at least the headline. "Office" is right there.
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I didn't say the Democrats currently in the government are any better. My point was that the oft-called "right-wing extremists" (which I usually associate with religious or militaristic extremism, not economic libertarianism) in the Republican party of the last 8 years weren't good at balancing a budget. Both parties have gone for the same result, just with different overlords.
No, the good ones either took their $20 million and jumped ship before it sank, or had a guaranteed bonus of $20 million even if they ruined the company.
Wow, which side of the North/South border is supposed to be the evil dictatorship again? Your politicians have been taking lessons from ours here in the United States, haven't they?
If the traders are so dumb that they cannot think for themselves and cannot decide what to buy or sell on its own merits rather than hearsay, then they are clearly unfit for the job and should be fired.
Except they're perfectly fit for the job, where the job is making as much money for themselves as possible.
That's the problem with basing the economy on IP, it's all smoke and mirrors, nothing tangible to base it on...
I don't think it's really because the economy is based on intellectual property, but because the stock market and financial businesses operate entirely on speculation that comes from invented numbers (the smoke and mirrors part). There were no copyrights, patents (unless someone has patented a method for building up a fake economic system and profiting from the collapse, which sadly wouldn't really surprise me), or trademarks directly involved in the failure of stupidity in the banking industry.
"Who is a non-user?" Facebook has become a very common thing. How big is the sample set of non-users compared to users? Is there any relevant personality trends that run through those who refuse to use Facebook?
My first thought was "what defines a user?" I have a Facebook account, and I spend maybe 30 minutes total per day reading up on what everyone is doing. Does that make me a user by their definition? What about someone who has an account that they only check when they get a notification about something? What about someone who spends four hours every day on those damned "quizzes" that I don't give a rat's ass about?
The notion that you can "gift" (or "buy") your way to being rich without doing any hard work, or having a creative idea, is so completely stupid that anyone who believes it, assuming they're in full control of their mental faculties, deserves what they get.
Welcome to the modern music industry.
The question is how much more roads
Probably a lot more, but they'd all be toll roads and you'd have four different companies fighting to build four different roads to the same place.
schools, libraries
Schools and libraries are a tough argument. Education is the great equalizer for children of differing economic backgrounds. Competition among private schools has the potential to greatly increase the quality of the schools, but it also has the potential to destroy the only equalizing force that many poor children have. Which outcome is more likely is difficult to predict.
I don't know when, but at some point in the last few years wanting to have a balanced budget became the sure sign of a right-wing extremist
Too bad the last 8 years of what could be called "right-wing extremists" weren't even close to a balanced budget. I'd say it's more like wanting a balanced budget has become the sure sign of a politician that's doomed to lose their next reelection campaign because they haven't done enough pandering to their overlords.
And he once was convinced he found a security breach in my code because he composed a GET request, making a pistol gesture and a "pow" sound.
Won't he be surprised when he finds out it doesn't go "pow"
Eventually, we are going to have to pay the piper (in terms of maintenance cost)
You mean pay the therapist. After years of JavaScript and CSS browser compatibility, that'll be the bigger cost.
the time where people used to literally stay in line to upgrade an OS are over.
Maybe I don't belong on you lawn, but was there ever such a time?
How many people upgrade Windows anyway? I even wonder if there's a point to Microsoft having a release date for new versions of Windows. The only date that really matters is when OEM's start selling computers with the new version of Windows.
Why should he be held responsible? The XSS is just plaintext code. It has no meaning unless someone executes it.
Why should a person be held responsible for stabbing another person? A knife is just a piece of metal. It has no meaning unless someone uses it.
Back in my day we sent our content via carrier pigeon, and we had to train the pigeon ourselves!
Was it at least RFC compliant?
The Japanese declared war on the USA, and attacked Pearl Harbor. The USA declared war on Japan. Four days later, Germany and Italy declared war on the USA. The USA then declared war on Germany.
I figured everybody knew that, so I didn't think it needed to be said. I think most Americans, including those in the government, wanted to step in before Germany finished conquering Europe (and Germany and Japan probably knew that, which would be why Japan attacked first), but Pearl Harbor was what allowed the declaration of war without anyone being able to oppose on the idea that the United States shouldn't intervene in matters in Europe that didn't directly affect the United States.
It sounds an awful lot like you are saying World War II wouldn't have been worth it "just" to stop the Holocaust.
As someone who lost family members to the Holocaust, that isn't at all what I'm saying. What I am saying is that in reality, stopping the Holocaust was not the reason for World War II, if for no other reason than the full extent of it wasn't known to the Allies. If they had known everything that was going on, I'd hope that an alliance of nations would do something to stop such a tragedy.
Man that is a lame argument. Did you know that more Germans died in WWII (7+ million) than Jews in the Holocaust (if you use the common 6 million number). Judging by the sarcasm in your argument (I could be wrong), it wasn't OK to kill that many Germans to end the Holocaust.
The Holocaust wasn't the reason that the United States entered World War II. If I remember correctly, the Allies didn't quite know exactly what was happening in the concentration camps until after they invaded Poland and Germany. World War II was all about Germany's conquest of Europe (and to a lesser extent, Japan's attempted conquest of the Pacific).
They've now managed to get where Windows gaming was a decade ago. Give it another 4 years and they might get up to the quality of a game released at the turn of the 21st Century.
You, er, might want to brush up on your math. One decade ago was 1999, which, by any time frame measured in years, pretty much was the turn of the 21st century.
Looks more like a CYA issue. If the police had a legal duty to "protect citizens", then they could be sued every time they failed to protect a citizen, even if there was no reasonable action they could have possibly taken to prevent the crime. If a person with no criminal record or history of violence murders their spouse, what could the police have done to prevent it?
Of course I believe that the police's goal should be to protect the people, but a court decision that says they have the legal responsibility to do so opens up a huge door for lawsuits when they fail through no fault of their own.
"Coders" have no such yard stick. Anyone and their uncle can call themselves "coders" or, even more outrageously, call themselves software engineers. There's really no certification, standardized exam, or prestigious private college out there whereby one can stand out as highly skilled.
You mean my MCSE doesn't make me a skilled software engineer?
In the 2008 United States Presidential election, turnout was 62% of citizens eligible to vote.
And that was the best turnout in almost 50 years. Most years are in the 50-55% range.
I don't think I'll ever understand that. I can only think of one reason to watch porn, and I just can't imagine doing that at work.
What about my shop staff or house keeping? They can't possibly be repairing vehicles or cleaning if they are on Fantasy Football 8 hours a day.
I know nobody reads the articles, and some people don't even read the summaries, but it'd be nice if people would read at least the headline. "Office" is right there.
1500 bytes is massive?