While I personally don't care for the religious aspect of many in our govmt, I also believe in his right to free speech. It was his inauguration, if he wants a preacher, and a bible, I certainly don't think I have a right to deny him. If I were elected president I would have neither, and that's fine too. But if he tries to force his religion on me through policy, that is a different story.
Did you miss the boos during McCains speech after his loss? I don't remember that when Kerry lost. The not my president stuff is pretty fair considering the contested nature of the election, and evidence that Gore actually did win Florida. The monkey stuff was harsh, I agree, but he made it easy with his difficulty speaking clearly. He obviously isn't dumb but that makes him an easy target.
I see where you are coming from, but I think to discount charisma is a bad idea. A lot of presidents get things done using it. It helps when talking to congress, it helps when talking to foreign governments, and it helps instill a feeling of hope and motivates people. It is a good quality in a president.
While I see your point, I simply don't think it is possible for health care to be run worse than what the for profits have done. It is a travesty and atleast we would have some control if it were govt run. Talk to the uninsureable, I bet you change your mind. I'm with you on airlines though, but I think the problem is less the unions, and more they CEO's who ask for bailouts and pocket it. It alwasy strikes me as odd when people blame the workers, and not the people running the ship.
Yeah, sorry I didn't mean to suggest such technology is new, just an example of thinking outside the box in regards to energy. It was new to me, and I think interesting alternatives to nuke, solar, bio, and geo are often forgotten on Slashdot and other discussions. It is nice to hear such tech is common, I had no idea.
When I lived in Iowa briefly I was amazed at some of the cool ideas people have come up with to use waste to create energy. As I'm sure many of you know, Iowa is big farm country, lots of cattle. So somebody devised a way to burn cow feces and use it to create power. Some small towns are using this as a means to cut back on buying energy, while at the same time finding a use for stuff that would otherwise just help contaminate the drinking water. Our energy problems are big, but the key to getting stuff done is creativity.
It always bugs me when people choose to misunderstand statement. You clearly know what he means, even if it could have been said better. If you are going to disagree with somebody don't play stupid and think he actually meant that Windows can't run code not approved by MS. It makes you look silly and opportunistic.
I think you nailed it. It is nice to hear that/. is still levelheaded after the mod-raping I seem to get every time I suggest MS is an illegal monopoly. For the presumed bias I always here about we sure do have a ton of MS shills with mod points.
Yes I know it only goes up to Flash 7. We were talking about YouTube, which does work on the Wii. So like I said there is something wrong with his set-up and he should contact Opera if he thinks its worth the time.
Reading that sentence again I agree I wasn't very clear. I meant to say that they won by "cheating" by tying IE so tightly to the OS, in an illegal way. MS poured money into IE at this time, and in many ways they were able to beat them- but it was only because NS lost their revenue stream because of MS's bad (illegal) behavior. That is what I hoped to illustrate in the example.
I would agree that IE4 had the edge of NN4, but IE5 was where they really blew them to hell. Though I primarily used the Mac version, which used a different rendering engine if I remember correctly. Though I seem to remember the Windows version was better too.
Yeah I would suggest you send an email to Opera, they are quite nice. Or post on their forums. Of course this may not be worth the time to you, but it might as well. I'm also somewhat sure that Nintendo will allow you to re-download channels if you delete them- though you should certainly look that up before trashing it, and re-installing. Best of luck, its a great feature.
While I appreciate the tone of your message I would remind you that Silverlight penetration is low, so while I'm sure you have skills in it it is hardly worth basing a site around. Very few people will download a plug-in just to view one site, they will instead type in the URL of your closest competitor.
Well, yes I would, because Adobe doesn't have a vested interest in putting one OS above another, or a proven record of monopolistic abuse. Sure their stuff is overpriced, and yes Flash sucks balls. But going to MS to "cure" us from Adobe is beyond reason.
I would say the destruction of Netscape and the "knifing of the baby" with Quicktime certainly show how MS feels about their competition, and thus their customers. MS Office is an abusive monopoly, as is Windows, and now MS wants to dominate the web and you are cool with that? You suggest that I am stupid or short sighted, do you not remember all the shit that happend when MS owned the web via IE? I could write a book about how MS has abused their various monopolies to the detriment of computer users, customers and others. Are you really such a fanboy that you can't see why a company that dominates tons of industries, and has a proven record of abuse is a bad thing?
I certainly can't speak for all of its implementations, but I found it to be very crash prone on my Mac. Flash is slow as a dog on Mac, but it is stable. In my experience Silverlight is neither. Though again, I admit I don't have it installed on my Windows/Linux box.
I refuse to support Silverlight for the same reason I won't support the Xbox. I simply do not want MS to dominate any more markets. We all should know by now that when that happens, things get bad.
Yes I know there are other sources, but it still pisses me off. They did the same thing with the convention in Denver, and forced us all to download yet another crappy plug-in (Silverlight 1) to do something we already have 15 that can already do. Flash is bad enough, I don't need a shoddy MS knockoff version too.
Looks like somebody blew their mod point load trying to obscure the court documented fact that MS is a known monopolist. I wish I could live in their fantasy land.
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buy a crappy old one off eBay, something to last you a few months. Usually you can find one for $20 tops.
While I personally don't care for the religious aspect of many in our govmt, I also believe in his right to free speech. It was his inauguration, if he wants a preacher, and a bible, I certainly don't think I have a right to deny him. If I were elected president I would have neither, and that's fine too. But if he tries to force his religion on me through policy, that is a different story.
Did you miss the boos during McCains speech after his loss? I don't remember that when Kerry lost. The not my president stuff is pretty fair considering the contested nature of the election, and evidence that Gore actually did win Florida. The monkey stuff was harsh, I agree, but he made it easy with his difficulty speaking clearly. He obviously isn't dumb but that makes him an easy target.
I see where you are coming from, but I think to discount charisma is a bad idea. A lot of presidents get things done using it. It helps when talking to congress, it helps when talking to foreign governments, and it helps instill a feeling of hope and motivates people. It is a good quality in a president.
While I see your point, I simply don't think it is possible for health care to be run worse than what the for profits have done. It is a travesty and atleast we would have some control if it were govt run. Talk to the uninsureable, I bet you change your mind. I'm with you on airlines though, but I think the problem is less the unions, and more they CEO's who ask for bailouts and pocket it. It alwasy strikes me as odd when people blame the workers, and not the people running the ship.
How did this get marked troll? I mean it is relevant what software was used when a system is breached isn't it?
Yeah, sorry I didn't mean to suggest such technology is new, just an example of thinking outside the box in regards to energy. It was new to me, and I think interesting alternatives to nuke, solar, bio, and geo are often forgotten on Slashdot and other discussions. It is nice to hear such tech is common, I had no idea.
When I lived in Iowa briefly I was amazed at some of the cool ideas people have come up with to use waste to create energy. As I'm sure many of you know, Iowa is big farm country, lots of cattle. So somebody devised a way to burn cow feces and use it to create power. Some small towns are using this as a means to cut back on buying energy, while at the same time finding a use for stuff that would otherwise just help contaminate the drinking water. Our energy problems are big, but the key to getting stuff done is creativity.
Because Apple is not a fucking monopoly. I mean really is it that hard to understand?
While you are correctly mostly, the "knifing the baby" was actually in reference to Quicktime.
It always bugs me when people choose to misunderstand statement. You clearly know what he means, even if it could have been said better. If you are going to disagree with somebody don't play stupid and think he actually meant that Windows can't run code not approved by MS. It makes you look silly and opportunistic.
I think you nailed it. It is nice to hear that /. is still levelheaded after the mod-raping I seem to get every time I suggest MS is an illegal monopoly. For the presumed bias I always here about we sure do have a ton of MS shills with mod points.
Yes I know it only goes up to Flash 7. We were talking about YouTube, which does work on the Wii. So like I said there is something wrong with his set-up and he should contact Opera if he thinks its worth the time.
Reading that sentence again I agree I wasn't very clear. I meant to say that they won by "cheating" by tying IE so tightly to the OS, in an illegal way. MS poured money into IE at this time, and in many ways they were able to beat them- but it was only because NS lost their revenue stream because of MS's bad (illegal) behavior. That is what I hoped to illustrate in the example.
I would agree that IE4 had the edge of NN4, but IE5 was where they really blew them to hell. Though I primarily used the Mac version, which used a different rendering engine if I remember correctly. Though I seem to remember the Windows version was better too.
Yeah I would suggest you send an email to Opera, they are quite nice. Or post on their forums. Of course this may not be worth the time to you, but it might as well. I'm also somewhat sure that Nintendo will allow you to re-download channels if you delete them- though you should certainly look that up before trashing it, and re-installing. Best of luck, its a great feature.
While I appreciate the tone of your message I would remind you that Silverlight penetration is low, so while I'm sure you have skills in it it is hardly worth basing a site around. Very few people will download a plug-in just to view one site, they will instead type in the URL of your closest competitor.
Well, yes I would, because Adobe doesn't have a vested interest in putting one OS above another, or a proven record of monopolistic abuse. Sure their stuff is overpriced, and yes Flash sucks balls. But going to MS to "cure" us from Adobe is beyond reason.
I would say the destruction of Netscape and the "knifing of the baby" with Quicktime certainly show how MS feels about their competition, and thus their customers. MS Office is an abusive monopoly, as is Windows, and now MS wants to dominate the web and you are cool with that? You suggest that I am stupid or short sighted, do you not remember all the shit that happend when MS owned the web via IE? I could write a book about how MS has abused their various monopolies to the detriment of computer users, customers and others. Are you really such a fanboy that you can't see why a company that dominates tons of industries, and has a proven record of abuse is a bad thing?
I certainly can't speak for all of its implementations, but I found it to be very crash prone on my Mac. Flash is slow as a dog on Mac, but it is stable. In my experience Silverlight is neither. Though again, I admit I don't have it installed on my Windows/Linux box.
I refuse to support Silverlight for the same reason I won't support the Xbox. I simply do not want MS to dominate any more markets. We all should know by now that when that happens, things get bad.
Yes I know there are other sources, but it still pisses me off. They did the same thing with the convention in Denver, and forced us all to download yet another crappy plug-in (Silverlight 1) to do something we already have 15 that can already do. Flash is bad enough, I don't need a shoddy MS knockoff version too.
Agreed, I may have been unclear. I certainly think the state should allow them the same rights even without a church.
Looks like somebody blew their mod point load trying to obscure the court documented fact that MS is a known monopolist. I wish I could live in their fantasy land.
I'd like to add, that I just used it an hour ago for this very purpose. It certainly should work.