When hooded thugs have killed half of your family, see what you think then... will you wait and hope that they don't come back to kill the other half, or will you go out and try to neutralize the threat by killing them first?
I hope that the American forces and Allies would fix that. So why are they being bombed?
When hooded thugs have killed half of your family, see what you think then... will you wait and hope that they don't come back to kill the other half, or will you go out and try to neutralize the threat by killing them first?
Frankly, I'm in favor of having all of my advertising porn themed
Damn straight! Do you know how hard it is to find hairy, MILF, natural boobs and stocking porn!?!
Noooooo. They either (most of the time) shave it, have young chicks, chicks with the cartoonish big boobs, stockings and shaved, etc.....
Sorry, I don't want my porn to look like child porn - I want grass on the infield AND wrinkles AND stockings AND real boobs. God, who the fuck came up with today's porn!
As for your anecdotes about inventor friends, I'll have to counter with my own anecdote: I am personally an inventor, with an active patent application as we speak. That fact might help me make some small amount of money, but I'd still much rather be inventing in a world where I don't have to worry about other people's patents on every little thing rather than a world where I get a patent.
I think I get you now: You want to create and make money yourself without having to worry about stepping on someone else's toes and getting sued for more than your investment.
Am I right?
If I am, then I get your argument and it is an intriguing one. I have to admit.
They can't defend against their invaders with roadside bombs or anything.
There, fixed that for you.
Ah! Thank you. I am always trying to improve my writing and other communication.
Really - "terrorists" aren't so different from you & I, and if I had been born where they were I'd probably become a 'terrorist' too.
I agree. If someone invaded the US, I'd be doing the exact same thing: regardless of their good intentions. But I would not go off and kill my neighbor because my great great great great great grandpa didn't like his great great great great great grandpa or because he is of a different religion or sect of religion.
Other than that, you mentioned some interesting moral and ethical problems.
Where I disagree with the GP is the fact that the fundamental problem is somehow limited to the Arab region.
I thank you for backing me up, but I never said it was an exclusive problem to the Arabs. Now, I wish I brought up Kosovo, Africa, and some other regions that have the exact same problem.
You are correct, Sir; it's a fundamental human problem.
Sorry the stereotype Scotland really annoys me. No matter where it was developed this a great development that will help many many people. "Bionic Hand" Made in Scotland:)
How could you not mention Scotch?!? And I mean real Scotch; not the crap named after colors and owned by an English conglomerate.
Sorry, to go off and kill one another because of religion, tribal feuds or whatever is asinine. Period. The US and her allies removed the barrier to those people's independence and they go off and kill one another - stupid and inferior.
The only person who is stupid here, must be the one who passes judgements on others based only on his own inadequacy in understanding their problems (this is also known as racism).
OK, I'm a racist - whatever; I just hate the stupidity of the human race and folks who apologize for said stupidity using cultural relativism (See, I know some big words) and insult folks who call a spade a spade.
I think there is absolutely NO excuse for what the Iraqi people are doing to one another.
Yeah, those ingrates. The people whose countries we invade never appreciate the sacrifices we make for them.
I don't agree with the Iraq invasion. I have a problem with those folks who squander an opportunity to make their lives better and bring up old feuds that should have died centuries ago.
Yeah, they'll be forced to go back to just killing their own countrymen, just like they always do.
I know. It's pathetic - they get a chance to live free at the expense of fine American lives and what do they do? Bring up centuries old animosities and pick up where they left off. Makes me wonder if they (and the rest of us) are not better off with the despots.
I would guess that this would really put some terror into the enemy because their attacker can't die, while they can. They can't terrorize their attacker with roadside bombs or anything. They "kill" it, well, another one just rolls off the assembly line.
No longer will any large diamond conglomerate do generic advertising that will benefit the new competitors on the block. With DeBeers strangle hold of the world's diamond market barely at 60% from their good old days of 85%, their long held monopoly is over.Other players like Argyle Diamond Mines from Australia, Ekati from Canada and the Russian United Syndicate are staking their claim to a piece of the polished diamond pie.Source
DeBeers may have a hard time with it. Also, (can't find the source) DeBeers is trying to become more of a brand name than control the market to keep their margins up. With other countries in the market now, DeBeers realizes that they can't control the market any more, so they're going to concentrate on marketing.
I can already place files to view from anywhere on.Mac, and it also syncronizes a number of things across multiple computers.
Apple hasn't done a lot with it beyond those things to date, but hints that is about to change... I'd say they have a head-start on Microsoft, yet again.
OK, dude, the days of praising Apple and saying how they're ahead of everyone for a quick karma hit are gone. I know, I know, you were here when/. was hosted on Apple][s; but times change. I know old timer, these young'uns don't respect anything anymore.
Quick karma hits come from praising F/OSS - that's Free and Open Source Software projects. And saying how big corporations and IP law are killing innovation.
It's OK, I'm on my way out too.
See how quickly times change. After I wrote this and hit 'Preview' you were up to "+2 Interesting from "-1 Troll". God! I'm getting old. Where's my walker and get off of my lawn!
Media Max will have warned Sony that the approach had problems, they will have a mail chain demonstrating that, but Sony's management will have bullishly insisted on the security features it offered while ignoring or not bothering to understand the warnings it contained about the risks.
You're assuming management even saw the warnings. At least the managers that had the power to make a change. I don't know about you, but there's a been few times when I tried bringing problems up to management and the answer I received was, "I don't care; just get it done!" Management wasn't even concerned. And in this case, those emails probably stopped at the tech lead or the first line manager and he didn't say anything to protect his ass.
...examined by a staff of "computers," women hired by Harvard, initially at 25 cents an hour, because they were good at math.
Who else felt the pang of irony considering what happened at Harvard last year with the then president saying something about women and science and math?
Is it toxic? Will it conduct electricity and short circuits? Will astronauts suffer from the triboelectric effect? How large is the average grain? Will humans be allergic to it? Will sinuses jeopardize a mission? Will a dust storm stop a take off and return flight?
From your link: The poll shows only 29 percent of Americans approve of the president's job performance,...
I live in Cobb county Georgia (stickers on Bio texts saying Evolution is a theory and not fact) and I'd like to apologize on behalf of my neighbors - the ones with the Mall Terrain Vehicles with the pristine "Bush/ Cheney '00" and the "W '04" bumper stickers on them for keeping his approval rating that high.
Then it turned out that according to German copyright law, the producers are prevented from signing away some of their own rights, which derailed the deal.
There, you have it. There's a lot more to this story that's not even mentioned in the summary - it's just another/. IP is EVIL story. Just the summary on Wikipedia is kind of confusing. And to honest, I don't blame GW for putting the brakes on the movie. Wikipedia summary of German copyright law. I'm trying to find more English versions, but even then, I'm not a lawyer, let alone a German lawyer.
There's more to it than GW maliciously hurting fans.
Interesting articles - I've heard those stories before and heard of some more that'll make you really hate the patent system. But, in the grand scheme of things, they are very rare instances and unfortunately, the successes of the patent system are being ignored. I agree, there are some things that need to be fixed, but to throw out the patent system completely would have its own unintended consequences other than innovation being greatly reduced.
I know a few inventors myself, and if they didn't have any protection from the patent system and the grounds to sue the "large corporate monopolists" when or if they do steal their idea, they wouldn't be inventing. Sure, they are some altruistic folks out their who would innovate for the sake of humanity (IIRC, the inventor of the kidney dialysis machine gave his idea away.), but then again, without the resources to spend the time without pay, I might add, and the associated costs with development, it really isn't worth it unless there was some payoff at the end (Some of these guys run up huge amounts of debt!). And, yes, patents aid in achieving that.
You are so focused on the big corps, that you've lost sight of the small inventors, writers, entrepreneurs who use the patent system to make sure that they are not trampled by the big guys. Without IP law, what would prevent the big guys from stealing your work and profiting of it as your own? I have a problem with that.
Ah! I as wondering what folks were talking about. I overheard this in the super market: "Did you see American Idol last night?" "Screw that, Dell is selling open source!" "Really!"
Yeah, ratings on American Idol were actually hurt when Dell started selling machines with Linux.
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I hope that the American forces and Allies would fix that. So why are they being bombed?
I say again; Asinine.
Damn straight! Do you know how hard it is to find hairy, MILF, natural boobs and stocking porn!?!
Noooooo. They either (most of the time) shave it, have young chicks, chicks with the cartoonish big boobs, stockings and shaved, etc.....
Sorry, I don't want my porn to look like child porn - I want grass on the infield AND wrinkles AND stockings AND real boobs. God, who the fuck came up with today's porn!
I think I get you now: You want to create and make money yourself without having to worry about stepping on someone else's toes and getting sued for more than your investment.
Am I right?
If I am, then I get your argument and it is an intriguing one. I have to admit.
Ah! Thank you. I am always trying to improve my writing and other communication.
Really - "terrorists" aren't so different from you & I, and if I had been born where they were I'd probably become a 'terrorist' too.
I agree. If someone invaded the US, I'd be doing the exact same thing: regardless of their good intentions. But I would not go off and kill my neighbor because my great great great great great grandpa didn't like his great great great great great grandpa or because he is of a different religion or sect of religion.
Other than that, you mentioned some interesting moral and ethical problems.
I thank you for backing me up, but I never said it was an exclusive problem to the Arabs. Now, I wish I brought up Kosovo, Africa, and some other regions that have the exact same problem.
You are correct, Sir; it's a fundamental human problem.
How could you not mention Scotch?!? And I mean real Scotch; not the crap named after colors and owned by an English conglomerate.
I never said that.
Sorry, to go off and kill one another because of religion, tribal feuds or whatever is asinine. Period. The US and her allies removed the barrier to those people's independence and they go off and kill one another - stupid and inferior.
The only person who is stupid here, must be the one who passes judgements on others based only on his own inadequacy in understanding their problems (this is also known as racism).
OK, I'm a racist - whatever; I just hate the stupidity of the human race and folks who apologize for said stupidity using cultural relativism (See, I know some big words) and insult folks who call a spade a spade.
I think there is absolutely NO excuse for what the Iraqi people are doing to one another.
I don't agree with the Iraq invasion. I have a problem with those folks who squander an opportunity to make their lives better and bring up old feuds that should have died centuries ago.
Ingrates? No. Stupid? Yes.
I know. It's pathetic - they get a chance to live free at the expense of fine American lives and what do they do? Bring up centuries old animosities and pick up where they left off. Makes me wonder if they (and the rest of us) are not better off with the despots.
I would guess that this would really put some terror into the enemy because their attacker can't die, while they can. They can't terrorize their attacker with roadside bombs or anything. They "kill" it, well, another one just rolls off the assembly line.
Web 2.1! Web 2.0 is going to be really buggy!
Ah. I was wondering what that wooosh that went over my head was!
No longer will any large diamond conglomerate do generic advertising that will benefit the new competitors on the block. With DeBeers strangle hold of the world's diamond market barely at 60% from their good old days of 85%, their long held monopoly is over.Other players like Argyle Diamond Mines from Australia, Ekati from Canada and the Russian United Syndicate are staking their claim to a piece of the polished diamond pie. Source
DeBeers may have a hard time with it. Also, (can't find the source) DeBeers is trying to become more of a brand name than control the market to keep their margins up. With other countries in the market now, DeBeers realizes that they can't control the market any more, so they're going to concentrate on marketing.
OK, dude, the days of praising Apple and saying how they're ahead of everyone for a quick karma hit are gone. I know, I know, you were here when /. was hosted on Apple][s; but times change. I know old timer, these young'uns don't respect anything anymore.
Quick karma hits come from praising F/OSS - that's Free and Open Source Software projects. And saying how big corporations and IP law are killing innovation.
It's OK, I'm on my way out too.
See how quickly times change. After I wrote this and hit 'Preview' you were up to "+2 Interesting from "-1 Troll". God! I'm getting old. Where's my walker and get off of my lawn!
You're assuming management even saw the warnings. At least the managers that had the power to make a change. I don't know about you, but there's a been few times when I tried bringing problems up to management and the answer I received was, "I don't care; just get it done!"
Management wasn't even concerned. And in this case, those emails probably stopped at the tech lead or the first line manager and he didn't say anything to protect his ass.
Who else felt the pang of irony considering what happened at Harvard last year with the then president saying something about women and science and math?
I'd like to add that if you're going to throw out numbers like that be prepared to explain how you or your employer arrived at that figure.
Oh wait! You said Jack of all trades! My bad! I thought I saw 2 'f's there.
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Your username is perfect.
Thank you!
I live in Cobb county Georgia (stickers on Bio texts saying Evolution is a theory and not fact) and I'd like to apologize on behalf of my neighbors - the ones with the Mall Terrain Vehicles with the pristine "Bush/ Cheney '00" and the "W '04" bumper stickers on them for keeping his approval rating that high.
There, you have it. There's a lot more to this story that's not even mentioned in the summary - it's just another /. IP is EVIL story. Just the summary on Wikipedia is kind of confusing. And to honest, I don't blame GW for putting the brakes on the movie. Wikipedia summary of German copyright law. I'm trying to find more English versions, but even then, I'm not a lawyer, let alone a German lawyer.
There's more to it than GW maliciously hurting fans.
I know a few inventors myself, and if they didn't have any protection from the patent system and the grounds to sue the "large corporate monopolists" when or if they do steal their idea, they wouldn't be inventing. Sure, they are some altruistic folks out their who would innovate for the sake of humanity (IIRC, the inventor of the kidney dialysis machine gave his idea away.), but then again, without the resources to spend the time without pay, I might add, and the associated costs with development, it really isn't worth it unless there was some payoff at the end (Some of these guys run up huge amounts of debt!). And, yes, patents aid in achieving that.
You are so focused on the big corps, that you've lost sight of the small inventors, writers, entrepreneurs who use the patent system to make sure that they are not trampled by the big guys. Without IP law, what would prevent the big guys from stealing your work and profiting of it as your own? I have a problem with that.
I'm ignoring the pony comment.
Ah! I as wondering what folks were talking about. I overheard this in the super market: "Did you see American Idol last night?"
"Screw that, Dell is selling open source!"
"Really!"
Yeah, ratings on American Idol were actually hurt when Dell started selling machines with Linux.