The inventor already made money, when Lodsys bought the patent from him/her/them. And yes, this is how patents are supposed to work, or do you think that inventors shouldn't be allowed to sell patents?
Unless you live in a pure communist state, your working class is paid by capitalist industry.
It's the capitalist industry that is paid by the working class. Who do you think pays the taxes, buys the products, and even does the work for the industry in your capitalist paradise?
If you steal a laptop for the hardware,why wouldnt the first thing you do be formatting it.
If you steal it for the data, why would you connect it to the internet at all?
It's still very useful for phones. I don't know what the situation is elsewhere, but here in Slovenia there's a long tradition of stealing mobile phones.
Is it too cynical to mention that the US government has a vested interest in denigrating Bin Laden, and that he's no longer around to deny this claim?
It's not just finding more bad stuff about bin Laden. It also goes well with their mentality that porn leads to terrorism. I wouldn't be surprised if they also found pirated music, movies and software, and use the findings to promote the **AA agenda.
If you take some of the power from the government, who do you think will get that power? I don't think it would be the individuals, it would go to other large organizatinons. Which again would have plenty of incentive for corruption and other criminal activity.
If you want to limit the size of governments, limit the size of corporations as well. But, while this might sound like a good idea, it would slow down progress considerably. With no large organizatins, who'd be there to build roads, utilities, moon-going rockets, or to do basic research?
The 'big boys' have a symbiotic relationship with big government, which gives them the laws that keep competitors out of the market, funnel huge government contracts their way and bail them out when they're going bankrupt.
Eliminate big government and parasitic big business goes with it. Only actual useful big business would continue to exist.
I think you misspelt "corrupt" twice. It's not the size of the governemnt that matters, its who controls it.
I don't think you got what he meant, he wants to turn off the global menu just for non-maximized windows. So that all windows have menus right on top of them, but you still save some space with maximized ones. That's something a lot of people (including me) would like to see, but I don't think it will happen in the foreseeable future.
The only limitation to Linux as a wholesale replacement for Windows is that the GUI still isn't *right*. Gnome and KDE are both -good-, but neither are -great-, about it. They feel like Windows 3.1 to me, where there's a GUI, and that's great, but you could still see the DOS prompt trying to peek out under it everywhere. With Gnome at least, it feels (to me) like the GUI just helps you find where to put the command-line stuff, but you still need to know all the bashes and slashes to make the machine comply, when a checkbox would have gotten it done.
I know that Gnome 3 is still new, but KDE 4 has been out for years. Neither of them look like Windows (well, except that Win7 looks like KDE), and certainly neither of them looks old.
Sometimes, it's true. I usually have to save up some Karma if I want to:
a) criticize Linux b) criticize certain religions c) say anything politically-incorrect (this is the BIG one) d) criticize Apple e) criticize the space program
But keep in mind that most of these things (ESPECIALLY a & b) will basically get you banned or your post completely deleted on most forums.
I presume your mean b & c, otherwise I'm intrigued by said forums and would like to subscribe to them.
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The inventor already made money, when Lodsys bought the patent from him/her/them. And yes, this is how patents are supposed to work, or do you think that inventors shouldn't be allowed to sell patents?
Did he hold a presention just to say "I did not say this"?
Unless you live in a pure communist state, your working class is paid by capitalist industry.
It's the capitalist industry that is paid by the working class. Who do you think pays the taxes, buys the products, and even does the work for the industry in your capitalist paradise?
Oh no - don't remind me of the whole 'colloidal silver' alternative medicine thing...
Why not? I heard it works wonders against colloidal vampires.
THIS.
I'm surprised it came up so late, but this is the advice to live by. It goes for relationships as well (even without the paying part).
No, that ought to be enough for everyone.
Fascinating, I have a similar rule for Star Trek movies.
If you steal a laptop for the hardware,why wouldnt the first thing you do be formatting it.
If you steal it for the data, why would you connect it to the internet at all?
It's still very useful for phones. I don't know what the situation is elsewhere, but here in Slovenia there's a long tradition of stealing mobile phones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QED_(disambiguation)
Is it too cynical to mention that the US government has a vested interest in denigrating Bin Laden, and that he's no longer around to deny this claim?
It's not just finding more bad stuff about bin Laden. It also goes well with their mentality that porn leads to terrorism. I wouldn't be surprised if they also found pirated music, movies and software, and use the findings to promote the **AA agenda.
Method of receiving, currency, date of transaction, etc.
Um, a pending past?
It means you have to leave the QED box unchecked on the lottery form.
But if I prove I'm innocent, can I still check the QED box? Or does my last name have to be Feynman for that?
If you take some of the power from the government, who do you think will get that power? I don't think it would be the individuals, it would go to other large organizatinons. Which again would have plenty of incentive for corruption and other criminal activity.
If you want to limit the size of governments, limit the size of corporations as well. But, while this might sound like a good idea, it would slow down progress considerably. With no large organizatins, who'd be there to build roads, utilities, moon-going rockets, or to do basic research?
And it will only go uphill, and only in snow.
The 'big boys' have a symbiotic relationship with big government, which gives them the laws that keep competitors out of the market, funnel huge government contracts their way and bail them out when they're going bankrupt.
Eliminate big government and parasitic big business goes with it. Only actual useful big business would continue to exist.
I think you misspelt "corrupt" twice. It's not the size of the governemnt that matters, its who controls it.
People criticising new things. News at 11.
I don't think you got what he meant, he wants to turn off the global menu just for non-maximized windows. So that all windows have menus right on top of them, but you still save some space with maximized ones. That's something a lot of people (including me) would like to see, but I don't think it will happen in the foreseeable future.
Why are they running windows in the first place and not a more appropriate embedded OS?
Because the PHB has said they wanted Windows based products.
FTFY
Each month, your download speed will increase by 100MB/s.
The only limitation to Linux as a wholesale replacement for Windows is that the GUI still isn't *right*. Gnome and KDE are both -good-, but neither are -great-, about it. They feel like Windows 3.1 to me, where there's a GUI, and that's great, but you could still see the DOS prompt trying to peek out under it everywhere. With Gnome at least, it feels (to me) like the GUI just helps you find where to put the command-line stuff, but you still need to know all the bashes and slashes to make the machine comply, when a checkbox would have gotten it done.
I know that Gnome 3 is still new, but KDE 4 has been out for years. Neither of them look like Windows (well, except that Win7 looks like KDE), and certainly neither of them looks old.
We'll never have a brain-machine interface like the one you're talking about, though.
Why not?
It's perfect.
I browse at -1 you insensitive clod!
Sometimes, it's true. I usually have to save up some Karma if I want to:
a) criticize Linux
b) criticize certain religions
c) say anything politically-incorrect (this is the BIG one)
d) criticize Apple
e) criticize the space program
But keep in mind that most of these things (ESPECIALLY a & b) will basically get you banned or your post completely deleted on most forums.
I presume your mean b & c, otherwise I'm intrigued by said forums and would like to subscribe to them.
Your previous pay: $x/yr
Your previous taxes: $3k/yr
Your current pay: $3*x/yr
Your current taxes: $20k/yr
Your benefit: $(3*x - 20k - x + 3k)/yr = $(2*x-17k)/yr.
So the progressive math is the assumption that your previous pay was greater than $8500 per year. Was the assumption incorrect?