not here in Australia they aren't.
here in Australia they are promotoed to Minister for the Department of Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy...
that or they are voted in as Prime Minister.
it seems pretty obvious that this nutbag of a journalist simply typed in "why are mac's so expensive" and hit search, then typed in "why is windows so expensive" and left the results as they were for the screenshot.
nothing to see here except some shoddy journalism.
If you prevent public displays of it, the distribution of hate speech, and the dissemination of such practices, you prevent societies' young from learning and eventually deifying that type of behavior.
Except racism will still be learned in the home and bitterness and contempt for a government that suppresses public debate (no matter how stupid the issue)
'hate crimes' are just a form of reverse racism that provides a knee jerk power swing to those who were oppressed. the oppressed become the oppressors and the oppressors become the oppressed.
a truly open minded person wouldn't give a shit where you came from or what you thought and certainly doesn't need the government to criminalise opinions to back up their point of view
I don't know how this got modded insightful.
Some people have metabolic problems to blame for their size and no matter how little they eat and how much they exercise they don't shed the kilos.
not to mention that there are 3 seperate body types and if you are of the larger persuasion naturally there isn't any way you are getting tiny enough to fit into a small shirt.
add to that that the BMI is absolute bunkum because it doesn't take into account muscle mass and this story turns to complete bullshit.
only if you want to be one of the cool kids who everybody gets along with.
independant thinkers should be ridiculed for their non-conformity
if the social convention where you are is to fart during a meal as a sign of approval of the meal you'd better stress that rectum into belching out some noxious gasses...
in all seriousness though... fuck socialism. A democratic society is one where you have freedom... this guy went into an online game and did what the game was designed for... heroes fighting villains, he broke no rules, he just pissed off a bunch of idiots that thought "heroes vs villians, that sounds like an interesting place to hang out and chat about shit"...
"The RIAA stated in a brief note, 'We're pleased that the court recognized not just that Usenet.com directly infringed the record companies' copyrights but also took action against the defendants for their egregious litigation misconduct.'"
the difference being that if you want to buy a 69 mustang you can still buy a slightly used one after shopping around...
Microsoft licences aren't transferrable in the same way.
any posts that reflect apple in a harsh light will be removed and the twitterverse will wither and die because by the end everyone will just be bitching about apple removing their posts.
I turned a mates laptop with broken screen into a PC for my girlfriend.
don't close the lid, rip it off.
this way you don't need to bother plugging in a keyboard or mouse.
if you have wireless then just run the antenna wires up the side of the monitor you will be using and sticky tape them on.
the advantage here over a traditional PC is that you have a built in UPS:)
apt-cache search MSOffice
won't return any results... so why would you expect apt-get install MSOffice to work? how the hell did you get modded insightful
it's even easier than that...
there are graphical interfaces to apt that allow the user to search for "word processor" "graphical editor" "email client" and click what they want, then hit the install button.
the command line isn't required AT ALL for basic linux users
(unless, like everyone has at some stage, they are having trouble with alsa... *whistles* - if you didn't hear that, better check your alsa.conf)
but there is prior art to that too.
the Microsoft Coffee table is one example
and the movie Minority Report is another example.
and it was only in the movie because the technology had already been toyed with.
Even the boycott isn't feasible and I'm sure it amuses the RIAA execs...
They know that whatever massed produced garbage they throw on the airwaves is going to be gobbled up and bought by all the sheeple out there who listen to it.
the boycott is great in theory and in principle, but there are too many tasteless drones out there who love their top 40.
Excuse me? When is a penalty for performing an illegal act supposed to be "fair"? First, charging the same price as a legitimate download definitely isn't fair, and actually is an INCENTIVE to COMMIT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Stop propogating the lie
Copyright infringement != theft, no matter how many times it is repeated.
other than that I generally agree with what you had to say, this guy got a pretty fair judgement and the MAFIAA wasn't actually asking for a stupid amount this time around.
If you are fairly reliant on Macros in your Excel spreadsheets you may run into a brick wall. I had to install Excel using WINE in order to actually use some of my old spreadsheets.
noone forced the musicians to do anything... any true musician makes a work of art for the love of it. If they get compensated for it, all the better for them.
how the HELL did this garbage become a slashdot article? there was a time when slashdot actually screened out the crap and provided real tech news... if we wanted Digg we would go to Digg, we want "News for nerds, stuff that matters"
Slashdot Mirror
not here in Australia they aren't. here in Australia they are promotoed to Minister for the Department of Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy... that or they are voted in as Prime Minister.
it seems pretty obvious that this nutbag of a journalist simply typed in "why are mac's so expensive" and hit search, then typed in "why is windows so expensive" and left the results as they were for the screenshot. nothing to see here except some shoddy journalism.
...and pornography does not require nudity.
...but it helps :)
It's Apple's tech"
true enough... but once I purchase a PRODUCT should I not be entitled to do with it as I see fit, being that I OWN that particular product?
If you prevent public displays of it, the distribution of hate speech, and the dissemination of such practices, you prevent societies' young from learning and eventually deifying that type of behavior.
Except racism will still be learned in the home and bitterness and contempt for a government that suppresses public debate (no matter how stupid the issue)
'hate crimes' are just a form of reverse racism that provides a knee jerk power swing to those who were oppressed. the oppressed become the oppressors and the oppressors become the oppressed.
a truly open minded person wouldn't give a shit where you came from or what you thought and certainly doesn't need the government to criminalise opinions to back up their point of view
I don't know how this got modded insightful.
Some people have metabolic problems to blame for their size and no matter how little they eat and how much they exercise they don't shed the kilos.
not to mention that there are 3 seperate body types and if you are of the larger persuasion naturally there isn't any way you are getting tiny enough to fit into a small shirt.
add to that that the BMI is absolute bunkum because it doesn't take into account muscle mass and this story turns to complete bullshit.
"Must we all conform to social convention?"
only if you want to be one of the cool kids who everybody gets along with. independant thinkers should be ridiculed for their non-conformity if the social convention where you are is to fart during a meal as a sign of approval of the meal you'd better stress that rectum into belching out some noxious gasses...
in all seriousness though... fuck socialism. A democratic society is one where you have freedom... this guy went into an online game and did what the game was designed for... heroes fighting villains, he broke no rules, he just pissed off a bunch of idiots that thought "heroes vs villians, that sounds like an interesting place to hang out and chat about shit"...
"The RIAA stated in a brief note, 'We're pleased that the court recognized not just that Usenet.com directly infringed the record companies' copyrights but also took action against the defendants for their egregious litigation misconduct.'"
that's the pot calling the kettle black.
the difference being that if you want to buy a 69 mustang you can still buy a slightly used one after shopping around... Microsoft licences aren't transferrable in the same way.
any posts that reflect apple in a harsh light will be removed and the twitterverse will wither and die because by the end everyone will just be bitching about apple removing their posts.
no, it won't be. MS no longer support XP, so Dell would only be digging themselves a hole if they kept selling unsupported software.
;)
that said, XP will always be available via bittorrent
I turned a mates laptop with broken screen into a PC for my girlfriend. don't close the lid, rip it off. this way you don't need to bother plugging in a keyboard or mouse. if you have wireless then just run the antenna wires up the side of the monitor you will be using and sticky tape them on. the advantage here over a traditional PC is that you have a built in UPS :)
apt-cache search MSOffice
won't return any results... so why would you expect
apt-get install MSOffice
to work? how the hell did you get modded insightful
it's even easier than that...
there are graphical interfaces to apt that allow the user to search for "word processor" "graphical editor" "email client" and click what they want, then hit the install button.
the command line isn't required AT ALL for basic linux users
(unless, like everyone has at some stage, they are having trouble with alsa... *whistles* - if you didn't hear that, better check your alsa.conf)
"It's the safest and most secure OS on the planet today..." as long as you either:
a) have anti-virus, anti-spyware software installed
b) are not using Vista but instead some derivative of linux/bsd.
because:
War is peace
Ignorance is knowledge
Freedom is slavery
Sen Conjob and Chairman KRudd don't want accurate data.
they want data that supports their cause.
but there is prior art to that too. the Microsoft Coffee table is one example and the movie Minority Report is another example. and it was only in the movie because the technology had already been toyed with.
"Remove apt from Ubuntu and have fun setting it up again, stuff like that."
:)
insert original disc, find apt and install using dpkg... or find apt somewhere online and use wget
Even the boycott isn't feasible and I'm sure it amuses the RIAA execs...
They know that whatever massed produced garbage they throw on the airwaves is going to be gobbled up and bought by all the sheeple out there who listen to it.
the boycott is great in theory and in principle, but there are too many tasteless drones out there who love their top 40.
Excuse me? When is a penalty for performing an illegal act supposed to be "fair"? First, charging the same price as a legitimate download definitely isn't fair, and actually is an INCENTIVE to COMMIT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Stop propogating the lie
Copyright infringement != theft, no matter how many times it is repeated.
other than that I generally agree with what you had to say, this guy got a pretty fair judgement and the MAFIAA wasn't actually asking for a stupid amount this time around.
If you are fairly reliant on Macros in your Excel spreadsheets you may run into a brick wall. I had to install Excel using WINE in order to actually use some of my old spreadsheets.
if they are getting handouts from a government which they aren't paying their full taxes to, then yes... it is an automatic fail.
noone forced the musicians to do anything... any true musician makes a work of art for the love of it. If they get compensated for it, all the better for them.
how the HELL did this garbage become a slashdot article? there was a time when slashdot actually screened out the crap and provided real tech news... if we wanted Digg we would go to Digg, we want "News for nerds, stuff that matters"