Remember how the UN and the rest of the world had no problem with Afghanistan? Notice anything different about Iraq?
Yes... Why is it that people respond like this without reading the post I'm responding to. Someone was complaining about the lack of a feature in Linux. I agree it is vital. Then someone responds to me that some distro has had it for a decade. It just didn't fit in the context of the conversation.
And to you, anonymous sir, notice how the post I responded to did not make that distinction? You're backing up, not refuting, my point.
ndeed, it is tens of thousands of times more vile, for we have killed tens of thousands more people in Iraq and Afghanistan than were harmed in the attacks here.
Well, the Taliban was refusing to extradite Bin Laden, so I'm not sure how Afghanistan was a mistake (except in execution... we didn't catch him). And, to be honest, before 9/11 I thought we should do something about Afghanistan. It was pretty scary shit the Taliban was doing. Destroying works of art (when other countries/private orgainzations offered to buy and move them), forcing minorities to wear yellow badges, ridiculously oppressing women. Yeah, I would have favored intervention there.
Those are standards. Standard are good. A diverse set of products obeying the standards so that they can interoperate is even better.
What's the difference between a standard and a product? It seems like "standards" are just "products" where a monoculture is good. The rhetoric then works that monoculture is bad for products and good for standards, but that's circular based on how the two were categorized.
For instance, is the Gecko engine a standard? There are things outside the w3c standard for how a website should render that it does, as those standards are not exhaustive. Whay isn't using Gecko for rendering considered a standard?
There have been periods in history and in various locations where instead of a very few insanely wealthy individuals (like Walton or Gates) we had a greater amount of individuals who were simply wealthy and yet more who were only "well off.
When? I'm not aware of any such time. Certainly not in the United States.
Historically this agreeable state of affairs is countered by the tendency of the very wealthy to squeeze the less wealthy in various ways
That greed is what drives capitalism. You can avoid it and construct an idealized world view, but how is that different from a communist who ignores the average worker's greed?
Competition is what capitalism is about, not what you're talking about...
Capitalism is about a bunch of independent and interdependent decision makers maximizing self-interest. You may think it breeds competition; MBA schools tend to disagree with you. Communists believe that "equality is what communism is about, not what you're talking about..." They too have to discount human nature to do so (although they at least admit it will require changing humna nature.
THAT is communism: Fannie and Freddie needing tax money to stay afloat.
More socialism than communism. But you have to explain why something is bad, not just say "it's socialist". Lots of things are "socialist" but still good. The most obvious examples are national defense and running lighthouses, but the list goes on and on.
Not that there aren't things better done by capitalism, like making cheap crap out of plastic.
I tend to view "socialist" enterprises as being more expensive, but you get 5 9's of uptime, personally.
So the Palestinian population within the country's borders doesn't exist?
Well, they are not Israeli citizens. In most cases they (or their parents/grandparents) renounced Israeli citizenship. Also, they have a Palestinian Authority where they can vote. I suppose this is most analogous to Mexico and the US. Shockingly, Mexicans cannot vote in the US!
The only difference is that Israel keeps troops in some areas where the PAlestinian Authority has power, but on the other hand, rocket attacks come from those areas...
What about Arabs that are also Israelis? Get elected to 'parliament', and get suspended from parliament for voting the wrong way during a crisis.
Citation please? The only time I'm aware in recent history of a member of the Keneset being suspended, it was because they were casting multiple ballots.
spend more to provide a better product, get more customers, make more money" (classic capitalism) to "spend less to provide a cheaper product, get more customers, make more money" (the race to the bottom).
Well considering the richest people in the world were Sam Walton (of Walmart, when alive) and Bill Gates (of Microsoft), it seems to be a good strategy. And, that is "classic capitalism". What you're describing is the theory of capitalism that some people want to believe in, but never existed. It's a lot like communism. In theory, that's how it works. But in real life, not so much.
In 2005 the FCC added vague net neutrality requirements. These are what is enforced. Oftentimes, the law allows the agencies some leeway in creating new regulations to a specific purpose. I for one applaude the FCC for setting up net neutrallity as a principle.
bet you have only read the instructions that come with the tax forms. Tax form instructions are not the tax code.
True.
how about the section defining gross income and tax owed?
What about it. Though long, it was simple. Choose which category you belong to. Use a linear formula based on income. I stopped reading partway down, as I determined that the above referenced the section to which you refered.
they simply continue redefining carbon dioxide-- which makes up less than 0.04% of the atmosphere-- as a pollutant, even though it is beneficial to green plants.
You are aware that whether it is a pollutant is entirely unrelated to whether it is benefical to green plants? Or thermophilic archaebacteria for that matter.
Am I the only one who thought that IRS Code territory is actually pretty simple. Pretty much a bunch of 4th grade arithmitic with some logic operators. Disclaimer: I only have ever had to work on my personal taxes, not corporate taxes.
I was given a textbook for a class that talked about unions a whole chapter was on the benefits of union, A paragraph on the negitive effect, with most common argument stating not enough information for this is evaluated
Unions indisputibly raised the quality of life. 40-hour work weeks. An end to child labor. Higher blue-collar wages.
You can make an argument that the pendulem has swung the other way. But the data is nowhere near as conclusive. It's easy to point to benefits that unions achieved, and hard to point to their downsides.
If I had a buck for every time I asked someone over the phone to start Windows Explorer, and they started Internet Explorer instead....
Two MS products following a similar naming convention? Shock and horror. I cannot tell the difference between Chevies by name either. They all start with Chevy XXX.
How can they seriously apply for a patent for something that's been around for at least three years?
Let's leave aside the fact that they were not applying for patents. This point is raised a lot around slashdot. The answer would be you assume a news story to have some relationship to the day the patent was filed. There is a 12-24 month period (I think it is more tightly defined, but I don't know) after a patent is filed before it is publicized. This period is to give the company time to refine the legal language, finish providing the patent examiner with relevent prior art, etc. Unless there is a mole inside the company/patent office (which would probably face stiff penalties for doing so) no one will know about the patent. During that time it is entirely possible that other companies will independently invent (or see the patent-pending product and reverse-engineer) a competing product. But that is not prior art, because it comes after the original filing date.
That's one reason why it is not uncommon to hear about patents for things that have been around a while.
No. Everyone with a TV or radio knows that Phelps won 8 medals, when the next season of Stuck-On-An-Island-With-A-Film-Crew starts, and how the evil gas companies are making gazillions of dollars at our expense.
I own a TV and all I knew of was the third. Although I replaced gazillions with a real number.
So besides the swimwear, we're also manipulating the playing ground now?
Nope, we manipulate the training ground, to better coach the athletes. Akin to using image recognition and tapes to aid in, say, prepping for a football game. Only the automation works much better.
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Yes... Why is it that people respond like this without reading the post I'm responding to. Someone was complaining about the lack of a feature in Linux. I agree it is vital. Then someone responds to me that some distro has had it for a decade. It just didn't fit in the context of the conversation.
And to you, anonymous sir, notice how the post I responded to did not make that distinction? You're backing up, not refuting, my point.
Context is king.
Rowling primarily wanted to remove a competitor for her upcoming H.P.Encylopedia, not collect damages.
Well, the Taliban was refusing to extradite Bin Laden, so I'm not sure how Afghanistan was a mistake (except in execution... we didn't catch him). And, to be honest, before 9/11 I thought we should do something about Afghanistan. It was pretty scary shit the Taliban was doing. Destroying works of art (when other countries/private orgainzations offered to buy and move them), forcing minorities to wear yellow badges, ridiculously oppressing women. Yeah, I would have favored intervention there.
What's the difference between a standard and a product? It seems like "standards" are just "products" where a monoculture is good. The rhetoric then works that monoculture is bad for products and good for standards, but that's circular based on how the two were categorized.
For instance, is the Gecko engine a standard? There are things outside the w3c standard for how a website should render that it does, as those standards are not exhaustive. Whay isn't using Gecko for rendering considered a standard?
What are "ads" and why would I see them on a website?
APIs, document formats, various networking protocols, pedal placements in cars, Ctrl+O => Opening a document, I could go on and on.
When? I'm not aware of any such time. Certainly not in the United States.
That greed is what drives capitalism. You can avoid it and construct an idealized world view, but how is that different from a communist who ignores the average worker's greed?
Capitalism is about a bunch of independent and interdependent decision makers maximizing self-interest. You may think it breeds competition; MBA schools tend to disagree with you. Communists believe that "equality is what communism is about, not what you're talking about..." They too have to discount human nature to do so (although they at least admit it will require changing humna nature.
More socialism than communism. But you have to explain why something is bad, not just say "it's socialist". Lots of things are "socialist" but still good. The most obvious examples are national defense and running lighthouses, but the list goes on and on.
Not that there aren't things better done by capitalism, like making cheap crap out of plastic.
I tend to view "socialist" enterprises as being more expensive, but you get 5 9's of uptime, personally.
Well, they are not Israeli citizens. In most cases they (or their parents/grandparents) renounced Israeli citizenship. Also, they have a Palestinian Authority where they can vote. I suppose this is most analogous to Mexico and the US. Shockingly, Mexicans cannot vote in the US!
The only difference is that Israel keeps troops in some areas where the PAlestinian Authority has power, but on the other hand, rocket attacks come from those areas...
Citation please? The only time I'm aware in recent history of a member of the Keneset being suspended, it was because they were casting multiple ballots.
Half? The only people not represented are under 18 or 21 (whatver the voting age is.) I refuse to believe that's 1/2 the population.
Well considering the richest people in the world were Sam Walton (of Walmart, when alive) and Bill Gates (of Microsoft), it seems to be a good strategy. And, that is "classic capitalism". What you're describing is the theory of capitalism that some people want to believe in, but never existed. It's a lot like communism. In theory, that's how it works. But in real life, not so much.
In 2005 the FCC added vague net neutrality requirements. These are what is enforced. Oftentimes, the law allows the agencies some leeway in creating new regulations to a specific purpose. I for one applaude the FCC for setting up net neutrallity as a principle.
We all know how bad internet connectivity is on/around Naval institutions.
Leaving that aside, your dismissal of others' claims because they don't happen to apply to you and thus everyone is the height of egocentric thinking.
True.
What about it. Though long, it was simple. Choose which category you belong to. Use a linear formula based on income. I stopped reading partway down, as I determined that the above referenced the section to which you refered.
Sure: Blu-Ray to be superseded in five year so Samsung is investing in display production capability instead; Samsung is backing OLED in that field.
You are aware that whether it is a pollutant is entirely unrelated to whether it is benefical to green plants? Or thermophilic archaebacteria for that matter.
Am I the only one who thought that IRS Code territory is actually pretty simple. Pretty much a bunch of 4th grade arithmitic with some logic operators. Disclaimer: I only have ever had to work on my personal taxes, not corporate taxes.
It could be cool:
The act of ending a life
When aggrevated by previous strife
Or in the course of a crime
Shall result in a time
Spent as a large convict's wife.
Information is always unbiased if true. Presentation, highlighting and selection make the presentation of information biased.
Unions indisputibly raised the quality of life. 40-hour work weeks. An end to child labor. Higher blue-collar wages.
You can make an argument that the pendulem has swung the other way. But the data is nowhere near as conclusive. It's easy to point to benefits that unions achieved, and hard to point to their downsides.
Two MS products following a similar naming convention? Shock and horror. I cannot tell the difference between Chevies by name either. They all start with Chevy XXX.
There already is a very similar software product called "TracksClear". I would imagine that "ClearTracks" will be sufficently confusing.
Let's leave aside the fact that they were not applying for patents. This point is raised a lot around slashdot. The answer would be you assume a news story to have some relationship to the day the patent was filed. There is a 12-24 month period (I think it is more tightly defined, but I don't know) after a patent is filed before it is publicized. This period is to give the company time to refine the legal language, finish providing the patent examiner with relevent prior art, etc. Unless there is a mole inside the company/patent office (which would probably face stiff penalties for doing so) no one will know about the patent. During that time it is entirely possible that other companies will independently invent (or see the patent-pending product and reverse-engineer) a competing product. But that is not prior art, because it comes after the original filing date.
That's one reason why it is not uncommon to hear about patents for things that have been around a while.
I own a TV and all I knew of was the third. Although I replaced gazillions with a real number.
Nope, we manipulate the training ground, to better coach the athletes. Akin to using image recognition and tapes to aid in, say, prepping for a football game. Only the automation works much better.
His only friends are Nigerian princes and medical "professionals".