The reason this is significant is that they are threatening to take down sites who post the code, even if it's user generated. So sites like Digg, whose users submit the number and not the admins, are being ordered to take down the code. In this case, a search engine displaying the search term is user generated content and is illegal, according to them. It is meant to show the ridiculousness of their actions.
A lot of Google's products were previous companies:
Google Docs: Writley
Google Earth: Keyhole
Picasa: Picasa
Google Sketch up: Sketch Up
I'm sure I've missed some but I'm sure you get it.
uhhh, that is kinda what a general strike is - a strike by EVERYBODY I wasn't part of it. Nor do/did I ever want to be. In reality, only a small percentage of people would actually be in support of such a large scale change, so it would be impossible to achieve that goal without sacrificing the very thing you're fighting for, which is the direct democracy where majority rules.
I bought XIII and had to pirate it to play it in my laptop (without the CD)
You bought it, that means you didn't pirate it. Let's at least familiarize ourselves with the proper terms.
He was making the point the the DRM caused him to download the tracks without paying for them, instead of simply not wanting to pay for them.
Or pull out of Belgium. Just block Belgium from google until the populace gets fed up with yahoo/msn and starts rioting in the streets and overthrows the govt, welcoming google and its indexing ways
I have to agree. Microsoft started out as wildly popular and progressive, just like Google now, but times changed and the 90s business model is killing them. I see that happening to Google.
The problem with web browsers is they were never meant to do any of the things we make them do today. They're essentially document viewers with the ability to retrieve documents remotely. Anything else added to it, especially things that need to maintain state consistency between pages or views, is a kludge and, as you say, a bandaid. Ironically, the very kludge you speak of is what enabled you to share your view with the world
People will buy it anyways because it's easy for Microsoft to appeal to businesses and govt sysadmins. And a lot of naive people are then going to go out and buy it because they think having it at home is going to make it easier to make their stuff work with their work computers.
"If there were no patents, no drugs would be developed due to the great cost, and where would we be then?" they ask. This doesn't hold up under scrutiny though.
But then you go on to say how if there were no patents the state could pick up the slack, thus invalidating your point. Patents *do* give pharmaceutical companies the incentive to spend massive amounts on R&D. Without them we would have to fall back on your socialist alternative.
It said that it bent light *around* the object, meaning it didn't absorbe the light and reproduce it on its other side. Since light is bending around it, light isn't absorbed. If it were simply absorbed and not bounced back, like RAM is for radar, you would be a black blob.
Actually, the environment has been changing (and will continue to change) beyond what we consider 'equilibrium' without humans. Global warming through excess CO2 was happening well before life developed here and I don't think any conservationist would call the ice age optimal for current life. The environment changes, and trying to conserve its current state is impossible.
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The reason this is significant is that they are threatening to take down sites who post the code, even if it's user generated. So sites like Digg, whose users submit the number and not the admins, are being ordered to take down the code. In this case, a search engine displaying the search term is user generated content and is illegal, according to them. It is meant to show the ridiculousness of their actions.
A lot of Google's products were previous companies: Google Docs: Writley Google Earth: Keyhole Picasa: Picasa Google Sketch up: Sketch Up I'm sure I've missed some but I'm sure you get it.
My history professor says no.
because our brains still have to recover from all the damage incurred by free radicals throughout the day.if you can think of a better way, go mutate.
What about a 7 year old girl with a disabled mom?
I have come to realize that every new technology can be (and will be) applied toward the cure for cancer.
I bought XIII and had to pirate it to play it in my laptop (without the CD) You bought it, that means you didn't pirate it. Let's at least familiarize ourselves with the proper terms. He was making the point the the DRM caused him to download the tracks without paying for them, instead of simply not wanting to pay for them.
Or pull out of Belgium. Just block Belgium from google until the populace gets fed up with yahoo/msn and starts rioting in the streets and overthrows the govt, welcoming google and its indexing ways
If they allow 3rd party hardware manufacturing they might still stand a chance. I'm not going to buy a computer I can't take apart and change around.
I have to agree. Microsoft started out as wildly popular and progressive, just like Google now, but times changed and the 90s business model is killing them. I see that happening to Google.
People will buy it anyways because it's easy for Microsoft to appeal to businesses and govt sysadmins. And a lot of naive people are then going to go out and buy it because they think having it at home is going to make it easier to make their stuff work with their work computers.
big deal, i've been getting my free aol cd's for years now
"If there were no patents, no drugs would be developed due to the great cost, and where would we be then?" they ask. This doesn't hold up under scrutiny though. But then you go on to say how if there were no patents the state could pick up the slack, thus invalidating your point. Patents *do* give pharmaceutical companies the incentive to spend massive amounts on R&D. Without them we would have to fall back on your socialist alternative.
Oh good. We can stop arguing then.
It said that it bent light *around* the object, meaning it didn't absorbe the light and reproduce it on its other side. Since light is bending around it, light isn't absorbed. If it were simply absorbed and not bounced back, like RAM is for radar, you would be a black blob.
Actually, the environment has been changing (and will continue to change) beyond what we consider 'equilibrium' without humans. Global warming through excess CO2 was happening well before life developed here and I don't think any conservationist would call the ice age optimal for current life. The environment changes, and trying to conserve its current state is impossible.