Pretty much the same difference between profesion software pirates who burn thousands of copies for distribution, and the private home user who downloads a pirated copy of MS Office. Even Microsoft understands the difference between those two pirates.
Yep. But we usually don't call both groups pirates. These professional pirates you speak of are more accurately counterfeiters.
Ack. I'm not normally patriotic enough to mouth off when someone is wrong on the internet, but come on.
You even link to a page that states that the MOSAD agents in New Zealand were caught and jailed. (Sure, not jailed for long, but jailed.)
I imagine though, that by stating "When Israel needs to do its dirtiest deeds, it usually with an Oz or NZ passport ", you are referring to the assassination in Dubai of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Here is the breakdown (from wikipedia) of the passports used:
United Kingdom (6), Republic of Ireland (5), Australia (3), France (1 - suspected of being the hit squad leader and logistical coordinator), and Germany (1).
Hmm... the Earthquake commission only seems to cover residential dwellings. I think commercial property owners are out of luck unless it's in their policy.
Hey now, changing the subject in order to win an argument isn't exactly fair. I completely agree that China's government is evil. However, your original argument was regarding the allocation of money. In that regard, I can't really say that china has a worse record than any Western country I could name. According to the World Bank
Between 1981 and 2001, the proportion of population living in poverty in China fell from 53 percent to just eight percent. That's a very impressive figure, and although inequality rose markedly over the same period, I have to admit that I have yet to see a statistic for falling inequality in any country during the last few decades.
I keep forgetting that the western world has no homelessness, starvation, poverty or inequality. Thanks for reminding me. Next time I'll kick those guys on the street instead of donating to the city mission. Lazy bastards.
I have to say, your argument is excellent. I completely agree.
Utility and internet companies should own their own infrastructure. The only acceptable options are either:
a) One company delivering services to specific areas. This is a great way of securing personal liberty. Don't like the broadband provider for your area? Move house! Don't like the electricity provider in your new area? Move again! Wait, now you have a problem with your telephone provider? Move again, and this time do your research. Remember, market forces are the only thing these companies understand. When everybody leaves town, they're bound to upgrade the network.
b) Multiple series of cables running along the street. After all, what could be better than power and phone lines running down the street? Five sets! Who needs a footpath anyway? And what good is a footpath if we can't rip it up every time a new player comes to town? Pedestrians are chumps, too bloody lazy to learn how to drive, that's their problem.
Wait, no. Now that I type that, it starts to make a bit less sense.
I mean, what will we be advocating next? Putting roading into private hands? I don't even want to imagine that scenario.
I have to admit, I don't live in America, so I don't share your views on healthcare. I live in one of those really weird countries with universal healthcare. For some reason though, we still have medical insurance companies. How weird is that? Our central healthcare system is government owned and yet we have a choice in the provider of our medical care.
Anyway, I'm rambling now and I've started to forget the point I had in mind when I started writing. Bleh. Too late at night for a decent post. But I will say this: Government control is not the only option when it comes to public ownership. Utility cooperatives are one example. You seem to find the idea of a collective or cooperative scary though, for some reason. Think of it this way though, your infrastructure can be owned by:
1) A private company which is out for only one purpose, to make dollars. Any corners which can be cut will be cut, and no infrastructure upgrades will be rolled out until after they are needed.
2) The government. There aren't many governments which aren't bureaucratic, but if they aren't they tend to be totalitarian. Governments are very good at knowing what's best for you, which is an added bonus.
3) A cooperative owned by the people who are provided the service. Decisions on changes to the infrastructure are voted on by members. Can you imagine that? You telling the company what to do? How completely backwards that would be!
Right, right. Time to make my main point and then shut up. Your post does nothing to support choice. Allowing private enterprises to have monopolies and own infrastructure severely damages the ability for new players to enter the market. Remember that the monopoly is the antithesis of the free market, a monopolistic power crushes all competition.
#1 - No comment, although I agree that so many programs using different toolkits is annoying.
#2 - Disabling Java in OOo makes for fast start up, I haven't noticed any issues, but then I use a fairly small subset of features. And I haven't used an OOo Wizard yet.
#3 - I'd prefer table editing to be something similar to the way Thunderbird does it. I don't know where they got it from or if they designed it themselves, but Thunderbird has the most innovative and useful table editing I've found. Which is really weird, of course.
As a sidenote, the amount of flamebait responding to this thread is disgusting.
To be honest, DRM support does not bother me, however, Microsoft being able to pull the plug on a device I might buy to be able to watch high-def content bothers me a LOT.
Once a weakness is found in a particular driver or device, that driver will have its signature revoked by Microsoft, which means that it will no longer be fed anything considered to be premium content. What this means is that a report of a compromise of a particular driver or device will cause all premium content-handling ability for that device worldwide to be turned off until a fix can be found. To quote the content-protection specs, "Vista will [...] revoke any driver that is found to be leaking premium content [..] if the same driver is used for all the manufacturer's chip designs, then a revocation would cause all that company's products to need a new driver". If it's an older device for which the vendor isn't interested in rewriting their drivers (and in the fast-moving hardware market most devices enter "legacy" status within a year or two of their replacement models becoming available), all devices of that type worldwide become permanently unable to handle premium content. If that's not OS level DRM, what is?
This is basically my problem with all High-def devices, from what I understand very similar things can happen with Blu-ray drives, once a defect is found in a device, any new movies released can be modified to refuse to play in full definition with that player, turning that very expensive Blu-ray player into nothing more than a glorified DVD player. (excepting of course, movies produced before any weakness was discovered). Whether or not it will actually be done is of course yet to be seen, but I personally will not buy something if it's primary purpose for existing can be removed at a whim.
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Your galaxy? Are you posting from NGC 4736, or just visiting Earth for a while?
Either way, I'm sure you can see that Earth isn't worth invading, right? Right?
I don't think the opinion of the OP was that no-one should be told of the identity of an arrested person, merely that the media should not divulge the identity of said person, unless they are found guilty. Don't forget that in the court of public opinion, an accusation is as good as a conviction.
Physical attractiveness is determined directly by viability (health, capability, fertility). That's what it's FOR - assessing potential mates at a glance. I'd guess that if it looks good, it is good, more often than not.
Is it your contention then, that the image of the ideal body shape has not changed over time? especially for women? That the pale, plump ideal of the 1890's is identical to the tanned, rail-thin ideal of today? I must disagree. I believe that the GP is correct. This study shows that our definition of the "ideal" body weight is flawed.
Not so much a dispute, I would say merely a disagreement. We have had different experiences. As I said, most of the negative experiences I had were with ex-lease and therefore old machines, most of which were sold with xp, but were not designed for it. I have had reasonably good luck with more modern machines. So we can say that things have improved a lot.
I used to work recomissioning ex-lease machines for sale, and I can tell you that is not accurate. Unless you have the OEM restore disc, which never happened for us, you are stuck hunting for drivers almost every time. Odds are, most machines will have at least one item which requires searching to find if you do not have the hardware driver discs. We had a rather large database of drivers which simply were not installed with Windows or Windows Update.
From that article:
AMD will be providing NDA specifications, an open-source library, and there is a new open-source graphics driver as a result. AMD will continue producing a closed-source proprietary driver; however, they are opening the source-code to a critical library with accompanying GPU specifications for X.Org developers. To get the ball rolling, AMD is also funding the development of a new open-source R500/600 driver.
From NASA's web site:
Endeavour is named after the first ship commanded by 18th century British explorer James Cook. On its maiden voyage in 1768, Cook sailed into the South Pacific and around Tahiti to observe the passage of Venus between the Earth and the Sun. During another leg of the journey, Cook discovered New Zealand, surveyed Australia and navigated the Great Barrier Reef.
Saying he discovered New Zealand is a bit strange though, Abel Tasman did that.
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Pretty much the same difference between profesion software pirates who burn thousands of copies for distribution, and the private home user who downloads a pirated copy of MS Office. Even Microsoft understands the difference between those two pirates.
Yep. But we usually don't call both groups pirates. These professional pirates you speak of are more accurately counterfeiters.
You even link to a page that states that the MOSAD agents in New Zealand were caught and jailed. (Sure, not jailed for long, but jailed.) I imagine though, that by stating "When Israel needs to do its dirtiest deeds, it usually with an Oz or NZ passport ", you are referring to the assassination in Dubai of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Here is the breakdown (from wikipedia) of the passports used:
United Kingdom (6), Republic of Ireland (5), Australia (3), France (1 - suspected of being the hit squad leader and logistical coordinator), and Germany (1).
Where is New Zealand on that list?
Wow, you mean a manual has a pedal for that and I have is a lousy Neutral gear?
You know, calling someone a short black is a quick way to get a flat white.
Hmm... the Earthquake commission only seems to cover residential dwellings. I think commercial property owners are out of luck unless it's in their policy.
Sorry, couldn't help myself
I keep forgetting that the western world has no homelessness, starvation, poverty or inequality. Thanks for reminding me. Next time I'll kick those guys on the street instead of donating to the city mission. Lazy bastards.
Not really. New threats mean they can sell update subscriptions and new versions of the same old software.
I have to say, your argument is excellent. I completely agree.
Utility and internet companies should own their own infrastructure. The only acceptable options are either:
a) One company delivering services to specific areas. This is a great way of securing personal liberty. Don't like the broadband provider for your area? Move house! Don't like the electricity provider in your new area? Move again! Wait, now you have a problem with your telephone provider? Move again, and this time do your research. Remember, market forces are the only thing these companies understand. When everybody leaves town, they're bound to upgrade the network.
b) Multiple series of cables running along the street. After all, what could be better than power and phone lines running down the street? Five sets! Who needs a footpath anyway? And what good is a footpath if we can't rip it up every time a new player comes to town? Pedestrians are chumps, too bloody lazy to learn how to drive, that's their problem.
Wait, no. Now that I type that, it starts to make a bit less sense.
I mean, what will we be advocating next? Putting roading into private hands? I don't even want to imagine that scenario.
I have to admit, I don't live in America, so I don't share your views on healthcare. I live in one of those really weird countries with universal healthcare. For some reason though, we still have medical insurance companies. How weird is that? Our central healthcare system is government owned and yet we have a choice in the provider of our medical care.
Anyway, I'm rambling now and I've started to forget the point I had in mind when I started writing. Bleh. Too late at night for a decent post. But I will say this: Government control is not the only option when it comes to public ownership. Utility cooperatives are one example. You seem to find the idea of a collective or cooperative scary though, for some reason. Think of it this way though, your infrastructure can be owned by:
1) A private company which is out for only one purpose, to make dollars. Any corners which can be cut will be cut, and no infrastructure upgrades will be rolled out until after they are needed.
2) The government. There aren't many governments which aren't bureaucratic, but if they aren't they tend to be totalitarian. Governments are very good at knowing what's best for you, which is an added bonus.
3) A cooperative owned by the people who are provided the service. Decisions on changes to the infrastructure are voted on by members. Can you imagine that? You telling the company what to do? How completely backwards that would be!
Right, right. Time to make my main point and then shut up. Your post does nothing to support choice. Allowing private enterprises to have monopolies and own infrastructure severely damages the ability for new players to enter the market. Remember that the monopoly is the antithesis of the free market, a monopolistic power crushes all competition.
#1 - No comment, although I agree that so many programs using different toolkits is annoying.
#2 - Disabling Java in OOo makes for fast start up, I haven't noticed any issues, but then I use a fairly small subset of features. And I haven't used an OOo Wizard yet.
#3 - I'd prefer table editing to be something similar to the way Thunderbird does it. I don't know where they got it from or if they designed it themselves, but Thunderbird has the most innovative and useful table editing I've found. Which is really weird, of course.
As a sidenote, the amount of flamebait responding to this thread is disgusting.
From this page - A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection
Once a weakness is found in a particular driver or device, that driver will have its signature revoked by Microsoft, which means that it will no longer be fed anything considered to be premium content. What this means is that a report of a compromise of a particular driver or device will cause all premium content-handling ability for that device worldwide to be turned off until a fix can be found. To quote the content-protection specs, "Vista will [...] revoke any driver that is found to be leaking premium content [..] if the same driver is used for all the manufacturer's chip designs, then a revocation would cause all that company's products to need a new driver". If it's an older device for which the vendor isn't interested in rewriting their drivers (and in the fast-moving hardware market most devices enter "legacy" status within a year or two of their replacement models becoming available), all devices of that type worldwide become permanently unable to handle premium content. If that's not OS level DRM, what is?
This is basically my problem with all High-def devices, from what I understand very similar things can happen with Blu-ray drives, once a defect is found in a device, any new movies released can be modified to refuse to play in full definition with that player, turning that very expensive Blu-ray player into nothing more than a glorified DVD player. (excepting of course, movies produced before any weakness was discovered). Whether or not it will actually be done is of course yet to be seen, but I personally will not buy something if it's primary purpose for existing can be removed at a whim.
Your galaxy? Are you posting from NGC 4736, or just visiting Earth for a while?
Either way, I'm sure you can see that Earth isn't worth invading, right? Right?
Nah, it just needs to have been submitted by an Anonymous Coward... wait, what? It was?
No, but they will need them to get back in.
I don't think the opinion of the OP was that no-one should be told of the identity of an arrested person, merely that the media should not divulge the identity of said person, unless they are found guilty. Don't forget that in the court of public opinion, an accusation is as good as a conviction.
Is it your contention then, that the image of the ideal body shape has not changed over time? especially for women? That the pale, plump ideal of the 1890's is identical to the tanned, rail-thin ideal of today? I must disagree. I believe that the GP is correct. This study shows that our definition of the "ideal" body weight is flawed.
No, but I do remember Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? on the same platform. That game was also awesome!
Actually, I just looked up Number Munchers and yes, I do recall it and concur, it was great!
Not so much a dispute, I would say merely a disagreement. We have had different experiences. As I said, most of the negative experiences I had were with ex-lease and therefore old machines, most of which were sold with xp, but were not designed for it. I have had reasonably good luck with more modern machines. So we can say that things have improved a lot.
I used to work recomissioning ex-lease machines for sale, and I can tell you that is not accurate. Unless you have the OEM restore disc, which never happened for us, you are stuck hunting for drivers almost every time. Odds are, most machines will have at least one item which requires searching to find if you do not have the hardware driver discs. We had a rather large database of drivers which simply were not installed with Windows or Windows Update.
There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of time.
From that article:
AMD will be providing NDA specifications, an open-source library, and there is a new open-source graphics driver as a result. AMD will continue producing a closed-source proprietary driver; however, they are opening the source-code to a critical library with accompanying GPU specifications for X.Org developers. To get the ball rolling, AMD is also funding the development of a new open-source R500/600 driver.
Your post would work very well if the devices were in Australia and not New Zealand. *golf clap*
Log everything the server does to a ramdisk.
Endeavour is named after the first ship commanded by 18th century British explorer James Cook. On its maiden voyage in 1768, Cook sailed into the South Pacific and around Tahiti to observe the passage of Venus between the Earth and the Sun. During another leg of the journey, Cook discovered New Zealand, surveyed Australia and navigated the Great Barrier Reef.
Saying he discovered New Zealand is a bit strange though, Abel Tasman did that.