Yeah nobody's forcing you to buy food or shelter, or any of the things practically required to be employed (like communications or transportation), or any of that basic stuff that eats up almost all of your income if you're poor. Nobody's forcing you to live, you can just curl up in a gutter and die. See, no force!
Pure capitalism is the most horrific of all economic systems, because it allows for any of the horrors of any other system, as long as it's done by leaving it as your only feasible option rather than forcing. What other systems do with jackboots, an angry frown and open hostility, capitalism does with a business suit, a pearly-white smile and a liberal application of the just world fallacy.
This is why capitalism should be well-regulated. You don't want to be anywhere near pure capitalism. It's like nuclear energy: A powerful force can be good for us with oversight and moderation, or can fuck up our shit worse than anything else if we are so much as negligent.
I don't care what you think about the guy personally or politically or whatever, but at least Assange tends to act in a somewhat logical and consistent manner. DDB switches allegiances back and forth constantly and does logically incoherent things.
Yes that sounds like a logical reason to force buyers to get a PC (or even mobo, as some shops do) with an OS and not even give them the option to buy a PC with no OS.
If they had robots that could be sent out for a fraction of the cost to scout for new worlds before sending people, I'm sure they would have preferred that option.
Yep now they just have to find a way to charge wealthier people more for the same bits - up to the point where the person might be wealthy enough to afford political power, that is.
It seems bizarre that people think that MS would bother spending resources on trolling Slashdot considering that's not going to translate into more than a handful of sales and if they get uncovered it would result in hideous negative PR.
They've been caught before, running campaigns that coincide with flare-ups of shilling on Slashdot (Facebook has been caught as well). And who knows or cares except some Slashdotters? Nobody.
Why just manufacture your own computers of course! If you don't have enough cash to set up a computer factory, scrounge Craigslist for some cheap bootstraps and self-determination.
I'm no libertarian/Fox News fan but it would not surprise me one bit if it became declassified decades from now that the government secretly made this a term of the GM bailout.
Actually the easiest way to detect a drift (or burnout) would be to use the ABS sensors (at least on 2WD vehicles). If the drive wheels are spinning faster than the non-driven ones, then it's doing a drift or burnout. Since these boxes almost certainly have at least a 2-axis accelerometer, it should be possible to differentiate between the two by checking for lateral Gs as the back steps out.
Of course if the car's 4WD it will be difficult to tell whether you're driving like Ken Block or just going around town with a heavy foot. Their best bet might be to make an algorithm to detect the sudden increase in wheel speed when friction is lost using the ABS sensors. Or just add a mic and listen for tire squeal.
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Or becomes an ex-wife! 8-(
If that was passed, the accountant with the fastest fingers and lowest-lag phone line would be very, very rich overnight.
Not to say I don't like it.
Sales taxes are inherently regressive by their very nature, no matter how you play with the math. See here:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2435108&cid=37444804
Still inherently regressive. This is a fact you can't escape with sales taxes. See this post:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2435108&cid=37444804
Yeah nobody's forcing you to buy food or shelter, or any of the things practically required to be employed (like communications or transportation), or any of that basic stuff that eats up almost all of your income if you're poor. Nobody's forcing you to live, you can just curl up in a gutter and die. See, no force!
Pure capitalism is the most horrific of all economic systems, because it allows for any of the horrors of any other system, as long as it's done by leaving it as your only feasible option rather than forcing. What other systems do with jackboots, an angry frown and open hostility, capitalism does with a business suit, a pearly-white smile and a liberal application of the just world fallacy.
This is why capitalism should be well-regulated. You don't want to be anywhere near pure capitalism. It's like nuclear energy: A powerful force can be good for us with oversight and moderation, or can fuck up our shit worse than anything else if we are so much as negligent.
Donald Trump even manages to stay rich despite his own best efforts to go broke.
(I've probably shown you this already mcgrew, but everyone else take a look)
http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-stories-about-donald-trump-you-wont-believe-are-true/
Donald Trump has the financial history of a crackhead.
You can't use logic on this type. One told me that he saw no reason Bill Gates should pay more taxes, in dollars, than a struggling single mother.
They'll have to try a completely different approach.
Smart workaround, I didn't know this was possible without changes on the server side.
I don't care what you think about the guy personally or politically or whatever, but at least Assange tends to act in a somewhat logical and consistent manner. DDB switches allegiances back and forth constantly and does logically incoherent things.
So, how much money did you give Bre Pettis for 10$ worth of old printer motors and a Dollar Store glue gun?
If a 3D printer could be built for even 10 times that much money in parts, I'd have my own by now.
You'd trust the word of DDB over Assange?
I'm going to start eating cats, to make me faster and cuter. I will become the king of Quake 3, and girls.
Sorry kittehs but I must consume you for your positive attributes.
Yes that sounds like a logical reason to force buyers to get a PC (or even mobo, as some shops do) with an OS and not even give them the option to buy a PC with no OS.
This costs almost nothing. I'd guess they're doing a super-low-cost project *because* they're underfunded.
If they had robots that could be sent out for a fraction of the cost to scout for new worlds before sending people, I'm sure they would have preferred that option.
Yep now they just have to find a way to charge wealthier people more for the same bits - up to the point where the person might be wealthy enough to afford political power, that is.
Unfortunately now I can't pay the elec^C^C^C NO CARRIER
It seems bizarre that people think that MS would bother spending resources on trolling Slashdot considering that's not going to translate into more than a handful of sales and if they get uncovered it would result in hideous negative PR.
They've been caught before, running campaigns that coincide with flare-ups of shilling on Slashdot (Facebook has been caught as well). And who knows or cares except some Slashdotters? Nobody.
...will not be Yahoo-mailed.
Good ideas, that could work quite well.
Why just manufacture your own computers of course! If you don't have enough cash to set up a computer factory, scrounge Craigslist for some cheap bootstraps and self-determination.
I'm no libertarian/Fox News fan but it would not surprise me one bit if it became declassified decades from now that the government secretly made this a term of the GM bailout.
Useless car insurance policy? Is there any other kind?
I'll have one "useless" please, with nothing extra on the side. As long as it satisfies the cops when they pull me over, that's good enough for me.
The Toyota Hilux is a seriously good truck. Probably the best all-around you can get off the showroom floor in the US.
Actually the easiest way to detect a drift (or burnout) would be to use the ABS sensors (at least on 2WD vehicles). If the drive wheels are spinning faster than the non-driven ones, then it's doing a drift or burnout. Since these boxes almost certainly have at least a 2-axis accelerometer, it should be possible to differentiate between the two by checking for lateral Gs as the back steps out.
Of course if the car's 4WD it will be difficult to tell whether you're driving like Ken Block or just going around town with a heavy foot. Their best bet might be to make an algorithm to detect the sudden increase in wheel speed when friction is lost using the ABS sensors. Or just add a mic and listen for tire squeal.