This is just like when Turkey blocked YouTube after complaints that some videos insulted Ataturk. It took two whole days before they had to back down. Since Thailand is under military rule right now, I give the country an additional day bonus for despotism and believe that they'll keep YouTube annoyed for three days.
You know something, I completely agree with you. I think that myspace, as it was initially used, has helped music adopt to the technological change of distribution and much of what I listen to now is from semi-successful bands that will probably never sell in Wal-Mart (plug for my buddies at Classic Case). I'm not sad to see CDs go away, just like I'm not sad to see DVDs go away for video-on-demand. Music will still be here and probably in greater quantity and equal quality as production and distribution costs continue to decrease.
This is like comparing oranges to watermellons (go banana!)
You can't compare non-protected speech, such as yelling fire in a crowded theatre. The issue here is not freedom of speech, which this country predominantly has and defends, but freedom of the press.
The informal limits of the press such as a newspaper holding a story for potential national security issues are decided by a newspapers editors, not the government. While there can be repercussions, such as reduced access to officials, there is no formal state sponsored policy and actions deemed against one administation can buy brownie points with the next administration. Issues such as the Judith Miller affair was checked by the judicial branch and reviewed by the legislative branch through ad hoc committees.
In Russia, on the other hand, it is a policy implemented and enforced by the executive branch of government, without checks and balances. It s a policy that instills fear on reporting the truth. Can someone threaten George Bush here? No. But can someone report on the incompetence of his administration? Absolutely!
It likely hurts Microsoft a little bit. XP costs approximately $99 for the home edition whereas Vista costs $199. If XP user don't upgrade to Vista then its lost revenue, but if they do then its like deferring revenue. If its an even split between the two types of buyers then no harm done except for poor publicity.
It uses sucralose, which though its sounds an awful lot like sucrose is a completely different compound. It puts sucrose into the process and also evaporates sucrose there is no sugar in the start of the process nor the end. The article below details the case working its way through the courts about whether J&J can continue to market the "Made from sugar..." line.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/business/media/0 6sweet.html?ex=1177041600&en=02f27306583dd6bc&ei=5 070
People don't know what's going into their bodies today. People drink Splenda thinking that it has something to do with sugar (it doesn't) or eat non-fat burgers with natural flavors (naturally made in a lab). The processes that foods go through today make it impossible to do know what goes into your body, unless you're eating fruits & vegetables.
Come on! Bullying in the on-line world allows for parity with bullying in the real world. What better way to get back at that 250 lbs meathead who tried to beat you up than by destroying his online persona and making him feel like a tool?
My concern is that you are right - "so have most people that actually pay attention to security posts." The strong benefit of Linux vis-a-vis MSFT (and its not price) is that as an open system you have an nearly unlimited pool of the best computer code writing minds constantly updating and improving upon one another's kernel code around the world.
But, if when errors are uncovered and corrections made, patches are only known to that pool of people then mass users will be exposed to significant security risk. The average Joe running Linux will suffer and that hurts the entire community in both reputation and user adoption rates.
You sir (or madam) are correct. While this does not have significant relevence from an IT perspective, its easiest to discriminate against the weakest class, and those who can't afford food and shelter (the most basic needs of life, as opposed to the wants of life such as a faster internet) can't defend themselves. So cities like Chicago simply maintain the status quo because its easier than tackling the problem, which in turn causes well off residents to move to the suburbs, which depresses city property values, which decreases the city's tax revenues, which makes it even harder to fix the problem in future years.
That's how things should work. MS has not stopped both large tech-cos and start-ups from encroaching in its business here in the US because the regulatory environment fosters innovation. You need to beat a competitor because you create a better program, not because they've given you the keys to the kingdom.
A heavily politically influenced European court decided that Microsoft broke the law by beating out European - but mostly American - software rivals and creating a natural monopoly with a low replacement cost (Linux is free, remember). That it created its own software to work best with its own software is not anti-competitive, its a cost of doing business. Forcing Microsoft to give up its IP sends the same signals that most of the IT business world already knows - don't start or remain a tech company in Europe.
The problem with using storn sewers is that the Google-ites (Googlians?) might run into Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford, and nobody should wish that on anyone.
I like the idea, and I suggest even taking it one step further and creating an free, open, online stock exchange of virtual currencies. Hmmm, the cost of operations can even be subsidized through minimal advertising for relevant items, such as video games, with excess profits reverted to subsidize computer literacy in the third world, or directly to me:-)
I stand corrected... if you would like to support your favorite band, please please please visit their myspace page (such as http://www.myspace.com/classiccase). There should be a way through that.
And if your band doesn't have a myspace page, well then I have no useful advice.
Hell yes. The key to enforcing copyright protection is not by suing Universities and other centers of learning, its about influencing consumer behavior. When the last time anyone bought a CD?!?! (except for the BS reason "to support the band"... go their show instead)
I agree. I learned about the leaders of history (as well as the Wonders of the World) from playing Civilization for 72 hours straight. Video games can teach when put in inquizitive minds.... but what about those that only play Street Fighter or Mortal Combat? Are they doomed to become thugs?
I remember the good old days when CD peddlers would sell counterfeit CDs for cheap in the Manhattan flea markets for $5... well, $3 if you knew how to haggle and tell a good joke (I did not). Now I have take time out of busy day and download music. Such a pain. Its cheaper (free) but makes me do work, such as pressing a bunch of keys (like now). I miss the old days when other people did it for me.
I strongly agree with this recommendation and would like to add that if traveling in Asia (such as India, Vietnam, Thailand, etc.) then there is minimal use for a notebook for online activities because of the abundance of cheap internet cafes and lack of wireless & high-speed connectability.
You sir are correct on the distinction. That said, while not all ugly people are fat, many fat people are ugly. Also, it is likely that being ugly causes self-esteem issues that manifests themselves as over-indulgent eating. (There are also those unfortunate folks for whom genetics has made it nearly impossible to be normal-sized, but as you wrote they are the minority of overweight people and I sympathize with their difficulty.)
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This is just like when Turkey blocked YouTube after complaints that some videos insulted Ataturk. It took two whole days before they had to back down. Since Thailand is under military rule right now, I give the country an additional day bonus for despotism and believe that they'll keep YouTube annoyed for three days.
You know something, I completely agree with you. I think that myspace, as it was initially used, has helped music adopt to the technological change of distribution and much of what I listen to now is from semi-successful bands that will probably never sell in Wal-Mart (plug for my buddies at Classic Case). I'm not sad to see CDs go away, just like I'm not sad to see DVDs go away for video-on-demand. Music will still be here and probably in greater quantity and equal quality as production and distribution costs continue to decrease.
CDs were put on their deathbed on November 10, 2001 - the release date of a stainless-steel digital music player lovingly called iPod.
This is like comparing oranges to watermellons (go banana!) You can't compare non-protected speech, such as yelling fire in a crowded theatre. The issue here is not freedom of speech, which this country predominantly has and defends, but freedom of the press. The informal limits of the press such as a newspaper holding a story for potential national security issues are decided by a newspapers editors, not the government. While there can be repercussions, such as reduced access to officials, there is no formal state sponsored policy and actions deemed against one administation can buy brownie points with the next administration. Issues such as the Judith Miller affair was checked by the judicial branch and reviewed by the legislative branch through ad hoc committees. In Russia, on the other hand, it is a policy implemented and enforced by the executive branch of government, without checks and balances. It s a policy that instills fear on reporting the truth. Can someone threaten George Bush here? No. But can someone report on the incompetence of his administration? Absolutely!
It likely hurts Microsoft a little bit. XP costs approximately $99 for the home edition whereas Vista costs $199. If XP user don't upgrade to Vista then its lost revenue, but if they do then its like deferring revenue. If its an even split between the two types of buyers then no harm done except for poor publicity.
It uses sucralose, which though its sounds an awful lot like sucrose is a completely different compound. It puts sucrose into the process and also evaporates sucrose there is no sugar in the start of the process nor the end. The article below details the case working its way through the courts about whether J&J can continue to market the "Made from sugar..." line. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/business/media/0 6sweet.html?ex=1177041600&en=02f27306583dd6bc&ei=5 070
Probably pesticides. They help build character.
People don't know what's going into their bodies today. People drink Splenda thinking that it has something to do with sugar (it doesn't) or eat non-fat burgers with natural flavors (naturally made in a lab). The processes that foods go through today make it impossible to do know what goes into your body, unless you're eating fruits & vegetables.
Come on! Bullying in the on-line world allows for parity with bullying in the real world. What better way to get back at that 250 lbs meathead who tried to beat you up than by destroying his online persona and making him feel like a tool?
My concern is that you are right - "so have most people that actually pay attention to security posts." The strong benefit of Linux vis-a-vis MSFT (and its not price) is that as an open system you have an nearly unlimited pool of the best computer code writing minds constantly updating and improving upon one another's kernel code around the world. But, if when errors are uncovered and corrections made, patches are only known to that pool of people then mass users will be exposed to significant security risk. The average Joe running Linux will suffer and that hurts the entire community in both reputation and user adoption rates.
You sir (or madam) are correct. While this does not have significant relevence from an IT perspective, its easiest to discriminate against the weakest class, and those who can't afford food and shelter (the most basic needs of life, as opposed to the wants of life such as a faster internet) can't defend themselves. So cities like Chicago simply maintain the status quo because its easier than tackling the problem, which in turn causes well off residents to move to the suburbs, which depresses city property values, which decreases the city's tax revenues, which makes it even harder to fix the problem in future years.
As Thomas Jefferson loving declared "Every generation needs a new revolution."
I hope not, but as our great President TJ once said "Every generation needs a new revolution"
That's how things should work. MS has not stopped both large tech-cos and start-ups from encroaching in its business here in the US because the regulatory environment fosters innovation. You need to beat a competitor because you create a better program, not because they've given you the keys to the kingdom.
A heavily politically influenced European court decided that Microsoft broke the law by beating out European - but mostly American - software rivals and creating a natural monopoly with a low replacement cost (Linux is free, remember). That it created its own software to work best with its own software is not anti-competitive, its a cost of doing business. Forcing Microsoft to give up its IP sends the same signals that most of the IT business world already knows - don't start or remain a tech company in Europe.
The problem with using storn sewers is that the Google-ites (Googlians?) might run into Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford, and nobody should wish that on anyone.
She'll be even faster than the Russian engineer who created gas powered boots. His 22 mph speed would get creamed! http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/17/business/worldbu siness/17gazshoes.html?ex=1175400000&en=67b907f48d 55accb&ei=5070
I like the idea, and I suggest even taking it one step further and creating an free, open, online stock exchange of virtual currencies. Hmmm, the cost of operations can even be subsidized through minimal advertising for relevant items, such as video games, with excess profits reverted to subsidize computer literacy in the third world, or directly to me :-)
I stand corrected... if you would like to support your favorite band, please please please visit their myspace page (such as http://www.myspace.com/classiccase). There should be a way through that. And if your band doesn't have a myspace page, well then I have no useful advice.
Hell yes. The key to enforcing copyright protection is not by suing Universities and other centers of learning, its about influencing consumer behavior. When the last time anyone bought a CD?!?! (except for the BS reason "to support the band"... go their show instead)
Wow! UT Dallas placed and UT Austin (honorable mention) did not. That is shocker. At least we got the football team. Hook 'em horns!
I agree. I learned about the leaders of history (as well as the Wonders of the World) from playing Civilization for 72 hours straight. Video games can teach when put in inquizitive minds.... but what about those that only play Street Fighter or Mortal Combat? Are they doomed to become thugs?
I remember the good old days when CD peddlers would sell counterfeit CDs for cheap in the Manhattan flea markets for $5... well, $3 if you knew how to haggle and tell a good joke (I did not). Now I have take time out of busy day and download music. Such a pain. Its cheaper (free) but makes me do work, such as pressing a bunch of keys (like now). I miss the old days when other people did it for me.
I strongly agree with this recommendation and would like to add that if traveling in Asia (such as India, Vietnam, Thailand, etc.) then there is minimal use for a notebook for online activities because of the abundance of cheap internet cafes and lack of wireless & high-speed connectability.
You sir are correct on the distinction. That said, while not all ugly people are fat, many fat people are ugly. Also, it is likely that being ugly causes self-esteem issues that manifests themselves as over-indulgent eating. (There are also those unfortunate folks for whom genetics has made it nearly impossible to be normal-sized, but as you wrote they are the minority of overweight people and I sympathize with their difficulty.)