If you'd paid attention to what he typed, it would be clear: Incompetent drivers can stop faster with ABS, because they couldn't operate their brakes properly in the first place.
So has the validity of shrink wrap licenses been sucessfully challenged in some court case that I haven't heard about? I'd like to see a reference for that.
I don't know about being challenged, but it has yet to hold up anywhere, either.
You're talking about the way you think the industry should work. I'm talking about the way it actually works. The fact is, when you buy software, you're buying a license.
The industry giants WANT it to be that way. In reality, it isn't (yet), although the DMCA and other poor laws allow them to act as though it is under certain circumstances.
The exception to that is when you sign (not click-through) a contract stating such.
That applies to music, movies, books, etc, but it does _not_ apply to software. Nobody really buys software. We just buy licenses. It's not like buying a toaster however much you may wish it to be.
Why? Let's turn this around.
When you buy a book, you buy a "license to read". It's not like buying a toaster however much you may wish it to be.
When you buy a movie, you buy a "license to watch". It's not like buying a toaster however much you may wish it to be.
When you buy a listen, you buy a "license to listen". It's not like buying a toaster however much you may wish it to be.
Those examples are ridiculous. As is the concept that software is considered differently.
It is such a big deal BECAUSE seeing them is natural.
Sexuality is a very natural thing. It's wired into us.
Seeing death is not.
Now, because we are built to accept sex and find it to be a good thing, when we see sex (or sexuality) in an improper context, it is not necessarily given the same protective reflex as something else.
See also: Diabetics and Twinkies versus someone who has problems digesting fiber and their brussel sprouts.
Seriously, though, they do exist. They are not common, though, and generally only informaticos have the chance to get internet access--usually surreptitiously.
Unfortunately, I'd imagine that crypto use itself would be immediate grounds for persecution if it was discovered.
We have a chance to get started *now*, unlike with ham radio, which is already controlled tightly by the government. Of course, ham usage is much easier to track. Directional wi-fi should have some decent safety in its use, so long as it's a secret.
Perhaps this could mean real internet connections for some Cuban citizens again. It's close enough to Florida, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic to make it feasable.
Not many would be able to make use of it, of course, but every bit helps when you're living under a government such as that.
How about just outlawing something as arcane, ignorant, and hateful as religion? Religion's at the heart of almost all violence these days (note that George Bush is an Evangelical Born Again Christian, thus the slaughter in the Middle East).
I'm sorry, I missed that passage in my Bible where it tells me to "slaughter Muslims". Could you kindly point me to it?
(Never mind the net drop in death after ousting the Taliban and Saddam.)
But not nearly as exciting as it would be if Nokia would make a Series 60 phone that didn't have gnome-sized buttons or have them arranged in strange, unnatural ways.
Why can't Nokia make a decent Series 60 phone?! To boot, they're all ugly as sin.
I want Series 60, especially if it has a decent browser on it. But all the Series 60 phones are wonderful pieces of technology with garbage physical interfaces. It's so sad, considering how usable some of their lower-end models are.
Ironically, Nokia is the only phone manufacturer with a sane software interface.
In both cases you noted (although I'm not as familiar with the South Africa situation as with Northern Ireland), compromise had been attempted before with bloody results.
The compromises were never good enough for the extremists.
Were they this time? Not really. Most of the true extremists either moved on or died out (or got tired, I assume).
Sadly, there is also the problem of stupid doctors.
There was the time my father suspected he had Lyme disease. He went to a doctor to be diagnosed. The doctor said it was nothing, so my father went on. Time passed, and it grew worse. He went to the doctor again who, again, said it was nothing.
He asked the doctor if it could be Lyme disease. The doctor told him flat-out "No". My father explained that he was having the symptoms of Lyme disease, to which the doctor replied that none of those symptoms were symptoms of Lyme disease at all, and refused to discuss it further.
My father, rather than start over with another doctor, left a pamphlet describing the diagnosis of Lyme disease and a brief letter for the doctor.
Said doctor had another doctor in his office write a prescription.
Now, I know that this was the exception and not the rule, but it does happen quite a bit. My father was familiar with the disease and able to realize that the doctor was out of his gourde before permanent problems set in (although he had months of problems afterward, from the delays before he was medicated), but I worry for all the people who aren't able to second-guess a quack.
You're confusing Mosaic law with Judeo-Christian morality.
Hebrews were supposed to keep the law for their own well-being, both individually and as a society. Pigs, shellfish, menses, those are OK, The Hebrews were just supposed to keep away from them (and considering the risk of disease of the day, it made perfect sense).
American stereotype: Cheeseburger (essentially, just beef) British stereotype: Kidney pie (what it sounds like)
American stereotype: Steak (essentially, just beef) British stereotype: Black pudding (I'm not typing it, I just ate and want to keep my food down.)
Most of the time I've heard British cousine discussed by British folk, it's in negative terms, but I hear there are lots of great chefs who can cook foreign foods well. Thank God.
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If you'd paid attention to what he typed, it would be clear: Incompetent drivers can stop faster with ABS, because they couldn't operate their brakes properly in the first place.
So has the validity of shrink wrap licenses been sucessfully challenged in some court case that I haven't heard about? I'd like to see a reference for that.
I don't know about being challenged, but it has yet to hold up anywhere, either.
You're talking about the way you think the industry should work. I'm talking about the way it actually works. The fact is, when you buy software, you're buying a license.
The industry giants WANT it to be that way. In reality, it isn't (yet), although the DMCA and other poor laws allow them to act as though it is under certain circumstances.
The exception to that is when you sign (not click-through) a contract stating such.
That applies to music, movies, books, etc, but it does _not_ apply to software. Nobody really buys software. We just buy licenses. It's not like buying a toaster however much you may wish it to be.
Why? Let's turn this around.
When you buy a book, you buy a "license to read". It's not like buying a toaster however much you may wish it to be.
When you buy a movie, you buy a "license to watch". It's not like buying a toaster however much you may wish it to be.
When you buy a listen, you buy a "license to listen". It's not like buying a toaster however much you may wish it to be.
Those examples are ridiculous. As is the concept that software is considered differently.
It isn't.
It's likely because the grass is so rare, they don't want to risk killing it or stunting its growth by walking on it.
If they sold their IP to the same company that produces the tech Apple is using, maybe Ogg playback and gapless playback will make it to the iPod?
Here's hoping...
I said that seeing death is not wired into us as sex is.
Things happening frequently makes them natural and instinctual?
I suppose, then, that anything happening frequently makes it natural and instinctual. Score one for genetics!
I fail it, for IHBT.
It is such a big deal BECAUSE seeing them is natural.
Sexuality is a very natural thing. It's wired into us.
Seeing death is not.
Now, because we are built to accept sex and find it to be a good thing, when we see sex (or sexuality) in an improper context, it is not necessarily given the same protective reflex as something else.
See also: Diabetics and Twinkies versus someone who has problems digesting fiber and their brussel sprouts.
Well, computers in Cuba are not completely unheard of.
Seriously, though, they do exist. They are not common, though, and generally only informaticos have the chance to get internet access--usually surreptitiously.
Unfortunately, I'd imagine that crypto use itself would be immediate grounds for persecution if it was discovered.
We have a chance to get started *now*, unlike with ham radio, which is already controlled tightly by the government. Of course, ham usage is much easier to track. Directional wi-fi should have some decent safety in its use, so long as it's a secret.
Perhaps this could mean real internet connections for some Cuban citizens again. It's close enough to Florida, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic to make it feasable.
Not many would be able to make use of it, of course, but every bit helps when you're living under a government such as that.
AVG is commercial anti-virus.
No anti-virus software is perfect. AVG will sometimes fail, as will McAfee, Norton, or TrendMicro.
I've had a better track record with AVG than with McAfee or Norton, though.
How about just outlawing something as arcane, ignorant, and hateful as religion? Religion's at the heart of almost all violence these days (note that George Bush is an Evangelical Born Again Christian, thus the slaughter in the Middle East).
I'm sorry, I missed that passage in my Bible where it tells me to "slaughter Muslims". Could you kindly point me to it?
(Never mind the net drop in death after ousting the Taliban and Saddam.)
I did try it, though. It's a neat phenomenon.
:)
At times it's even been a couple of hands wide in appearance.
Just because it doesn't happen in your neck of the woods doesn't mean that it doesn't happen elsewhere
Well, the real test is this:
Hold up your thumb and cover the image of the moon. Most nights, it's easy.
However, some nights, especially in summer, when the moon is just over the horizon, it will appear several thumbs wide.
THAT is the illusion being referred to.
Ah yes, open source is ALWAYS better than anything any closed source, NO MATTER WHAT. Thank you, mister OSS zealot.
Assuming comparable quality? Of course.
Can you really say anything about that compared to CA, though?
But not nearly as exciting as it would be if Nokia would make a Series 60 phone that didn't have gnome-sized buttons or have them arranged in strange, unnatural ways.
Why can't Nokia make a decent Series 60 phone?! To boot, they're all ugly as sin.
I want Series 60, especially if it has a decent browser on it. But all the Series 60 phones are wonderful pieces of technology with garbage physical interfaces. It's so sad, considering how usable some of their lower-end models are.
Ironically, Nokia is the only phone manufacturer with a sane software interface.
Additionally, because I forgot it in my other post:
Now please name a few cases from history where a compromise could not be reached and where terrorism was then stopped by all out warfare.
There was this one war I learned about. "World War II" is what they call it now, I think. Ditto for the first one.
Not small-time terrorism, but the same concept.
In both cases you noted (although I'm not as familiar with the South Africa situation as with Northern Ireland), compromise had been attempted before with bloody results.
The compromises were never good enough for the extremists.
Were they this time? Not really. Most of the true extremists either moved on or died out (or got tired, I assume).
News flash, but these KGB-esque measures get bipartisan support.
At what point do they STOP being bugged?
A little study of history shows us that point comes at no reasonable compromise.
Furthermore, not everyone is even INTERESTED in reasonable compromise.
This is true.
Sadly, there is also the problem of stupid doctors.
There was the time my father suspected he had Lyme disease. He went to a doctor to be diagnosed. The doctor said it was nothing, so my father went on. Time passed, and it grew worse. He went to the doctor again who, again, said it was nothing.
He asked the doctor if it could be Lyme disease. The doctor told him flat-out "No". My father explained that he was having the symptoms of Lyme disease, to which the doctor replied that none of those symptoms were symptoms of Lyme disease at all, and refused to discuss it further.
My father, rather than start over with another doctor, left a pamphlet describing the diagnosis of Lyme disease and a brief letter for the doctor.
Said doctor had another doctor in his office write a prescription.
Now, I know that this was the exception and not the rule, but it does happen quite a bit. My father was familiar with the disease and able to realize that the doctor was out of his gourde before permanent problems set in (although he had months of problems afterward, from the delays before he was medicated), but I worry for all the people who aren't able to second-guess a quack.
You're confusing Mosaic law with Judeo-Christian morality.
Hebrews were supposed to keep the law for their own well-being, both individually and as a society. Pigs, shellfish, menses, those are OK, The Hebrews were just supposed to keep away from them (and considering the risk of disease of the day, it made perfect sense).
American stereotype: Cheeseburger (essentially, just beef)
British stereotype: Kidney pie (what it sounds like)
American stereotype: Steak (essentially, just beef)
British stereotype: Black pudding (I'm not typing it, I just ate and want to keep my food down.)
Most of the time I've heard British cousine discussed by British folk, it's in negative terms, but I hear there are lots of great chefs who can cook foreign foods well. Thank God.