You make a good point, but I'd argue with you on their inability to arrest "everybody" The fact of the matter is, they already have over 1% of the population in prison. Maybe they can't technically get everyone, but they sure as hell are trying.
Which decade are you living in? The #1 OS in the world right now is Android... so linux. This is a trend that will continue. Unless Microsoft makes windows absolutely free, they are dead to the world. I think Windows 9 or whatever they will call it will be their last hurrah. My company, who still uses Winxp and never trys anything new is test bedding several linux distros with some users for the first time ever. I was shocked, but the trial is going fantastically... I never thought it would happen in my lifetime but Linux may just beat Microsoft yet.
Yea, that's the best. I get all my best links from Chillingeffects.org. Hey, maybe they'll sue chillingeffects.org, that'd be hilarious. Wait... could someone create a torrent aggregator that was entirely based on DMCA take down notices? That way, if sue you could claim the content owners themselves produced the content?
I think at this point, we can all look back on their history and realize that patents suck. Their concept was noble... protect the new inventor from having his invention stolen by a large corporation. But in practice, that happens anyway. Whomever has the most money for lawyers wins. The inventor of something is completely irrelevant at this point. Patents are nothing more than a legal artifice used by corporations to siphon money from one another. So lets just give it up, drop patent law and see how it goes. It can't be any worse than what we have now.
ok, we're talking about 2 guys making some jokes at a conference, and you jumped to Rape. This is the problem. You denigrate your own argument when you lump the 2 in together. The 2 men in question likely have never committed such a crime and have the greatest respect for women. Humor and crude jokes are the human minds way of dealing with stress. I can either let my wives idiosyncrasies drive me crazy and lead us into a divorce or I can joke about her driving and laugh it off. She does the same in my regard. And no, I have no more power in the word or our relationship than my wife does. We're both no-bodies.
And for all of Apple's corporate facilities worldwide, we're at 75 percent
So their office buildings? What about the factories where all their products are made? You know... where probobly 99.9% of the power they use is consumed?
My fireplace is now powered by 100% renewable resources! I challenge the rest of the world to meet my same goals!
If you think Christians are so beholden to the literal translation of the Bible, then how do you explain the fact that the majority of Christians have never read the Bible and likely couldn't even quote rudimentary passages from it? Until the last few hundred years most Christians didn't even have the ability to read.
antibiotic treatments used as placebos for vial infections
I'm sorry but a medical professional should flat out know better.
I think the problem with this entire article is the Doctors already think they know better. It's something that's happening in this country to. Doctors think their job is to make medical decisions for you, rather than give you information and advice based on their experience and letting you decide for yourself. In England, if you argue with the Doctor too much they can actually suspend your medical coverage. Sad but true.
God forbid anyone TALK about their being differences between men and women. It drives me crazy what people will go through to make themselves feel victimized. If you can't overhear someone near you making a crude joke without feeling uncomfortable, you have a problem and it's not their joke. A persons insecurities are not the rest of the worlds fault.
Your both wrong. This has nothing to do with red shift. Also, eventually the space between us and the nearest stars will be expanding faster than the rate of gravity... granted that's a LONG way off... and we don't even know if the expansion will continue forever. If it does however, we will eventually have a starless sky.
Bullshit, this is one of those things where the genie is out of the bottle. I seriously doubt the "Safety hazard" this poses to aircraft as the FAA is reporting over 200 attacks per year now and not a single one has resulted in any sort of mishap. If they were really worried about it they could simply give the pilots polarized glasses to put on during take off and landing and they wouldn't even notice the friggen things.
I used to work in the NOC for a major Telco and when we had outages the techs had to fill out a ticket explaining what caused it. It was a drop down, and the #1 cause was "Lightening related power surge", #2 cause was "Animal - Rodent" About 90% of all failures were in those 2 categories.
The galaxies are not moving relative to us, faster than the speed of light away from us. The space between us and those galaxies is growing, cumulatively, faster than the amount of time it would take light to cross that space. The Galaxies themselves may actually even be moving towards us. This is the cumulative effect of the very tiny expansion of the universe compounded by vast... nearly unfathomable distances. Eventually if the expansion continues, we'll not even be able to see nearby stars. But, of course, we'll all be dead long before that happens.
I think your mistake is that you believe Apple cares about technological innovation. They care about profits. Was Adobe profitable? Were they able to monetize and existing product, extracting as much value from customers that were already invested in their product and either unable or unwilling to leave? Yes, they were very profitable. That's exactly the situation apples in now. They've got people locked in and no-where to go with them. Time to put the squeeze on.
Why Napalm Death? There are a lot better deathmetal bands out there. There are even a lot louder bands. I've been to thousands of concerts, and I can tell you that... BY FAR... the loudest live band on earth is MotorHead. I've seen them several times and still had ringing in my ears despite earplugs. Metallica would be a distant 2nd, but they suck total ass now so forget them. If I had to pick, I would have went with Vader. They're still touring, still very good... and aren't just some dudes that took over the band name like Napalm Death is.
What I don't get... is why we even still have passwords. Why don't we all have Read only USB security dongles that confirm our identity? For banks, for work, for your medical records? The rest of the sites... Slashdot for example, who gives a crap. But a universal HARDWARE standard for sensitive info seems like a rather simple solution to do away with all this password nonsense.
The might be concerned about global warming... or... more likely... The Netherlands has had one of the largest oilfields in the world for decades. So large in fact that for much of the past several decades the Netherlands has had very low gas prices. But that oil field is now dwindling. They will have to start importing gas soon. On top of that, their entry into the European union meant that there is now a 19% VAT tax on top of any local taxes that are already on the gas. It's estimated that 65% of the price of gas in the Netherlands is now taxes. The end result is the current price of Gas in the Netherlands is the highest in the world at over $9/gallon, and it will continue to climb as their oil fields become more depleted.
So... concern for Global warming? Or concern for their pocketbook... you be the judge. If gas were $9/gallon here I'm fairly sure you'd see charging stations popping up all over the place. Keep in mind those charging stations are being powered by coal fired power plants... so this idea that you're saving the environments a little laughable.
Because being a CEO is a lot more than what it appears on the outside. These guys don't "know" about all the stuff we attribute to them. Their job is to hire smart people, listen to reasoned arguments, and then make choices. When they listen to the wrong arguments, they get fired in spectacular fashion and the people they listen to simply get listened to a little less. This was a public relations disaster, that's why he got fired. If you think for a second anyone at EA thinks DRM is a bad idea, or even that THIS DRM was a bad idea you're living in a fantasy. He got fired because the DRM wasn't test well enough, and now the public wont trust EAs fancy new DRM system for their next game. The problem here was they didn't have anyone to blame this on but themselves. If they'd made the account provider a 3rd party they'd have had an easy scape goat. My prediction? Facebook login required to play our game comes next. This, of course, is so you can update your friends on your game progress... not to track everything you do and monetize it.
Because blocking adds or ads, is irrelevant. My typos are also irrelevant. You visited their site, they share what they know about you with others, others share what they know about you with them... eventually they get your contact info. It's unavoidable. The simple fact that you block all of that stuff, means they can claim that they had no idea you didn't want to be marketed to. So all your data is now fair game. Your personal information is not protected by any laws until you're a customer. Ironic how that is.
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You make a good point, but I'd argue with you on their inability to arrest "everybody" The fact of the matter is, they already have over 1% of the population in prison. Maybe they can't technically get everyone, but they sure as hell are trying.
their only choices other than Windows is Apple
Which decade are you living in? The #1 OS in the world right now is Android... so linux. This is a trend that will continue. Unless Microsoft makes windows absolutely free, they are dead to the world. I think Windows 9 or whatever they will call it will be their last hurrah. My company, who still uses Winxp and never trys anything new is test bedding several linux distros with some users for the first time ever. I was shocked, but the trial is going fantastically... I never thought it would happen in my lifetime but Linux may just beat Microsoft yet.
Yea, that's the best. I get all my best links from Chillingeffects.org.
Hey, maybe they'll sue chillingeffects.org, that'd be hilarious.
Wait... could someone create a torrent aggregator that was entirely based on DMCA take down notices? That way, if sue you could claim the content owners themselves produced the content?
I think at this point, we can all look back on their history and realize that patents suck. Their concept was noble... protect the new inventor from having his invention stolen by a large corporation. But in practice, that happens anyway. Whomever has the most money for lawyers wins. The inventor of something is completely irrelevant at this point. Patents are nothing more than a legal artifice used by corporations to siphon money from one another. So lets just give it up, drop patent law and see how it goes. It can't be any worse than what we have now.
ok, we're talking about 2 guys making some jokes at a conference, and you jumped to Rape. This is the problem. You denigrate your own argument when you lump the 2 in together. The 2 men in question likely have never committed such a crime and have the greatest respect for women. Humor and crude jokes are the human minds way of dealing with stress. I can either let my wives idiosyncrasies drive me crazy and lead us into a divorce or I can joke about her driving and laugh it off. She does the same in my regard. And no, I have no more power in the word or our relationship than my wife does. We're both no-bodies.
And for all of Apple's corporate facilities worldwide, we're at 75 percent
So their office buildings? What about the factories where all their products are made? You know... where probobly 99.9% of the power they use is consumed?
My fireplace is now powered by 100% renewable resources! I challenge the rest of the world to meet my same goals!
If you think Christians are so beholden to the literal translation of the Bible, then how do you explain the fact that the majority of Christians have never read the Bible and likely couldn't even quote rudimentary passages from it? Until the last few hundred years most Christians didn't even have the ability to read.
Lastly, your conspiracy theories about the bibles authors are misguided. You seem to be missing some rudimentary understanding of Biblical Canonization. I recommend reading this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_canon#Christian_biblical_canons
antibiotic treatments used as placebos for vial infections
I'm sorry but a medical professional should flat out know better.
I think the problem with this entire article is the Doctors already think they know better. It's something that's happening in this country to. Doctors think their job is to make medical decisions for you, rather than give you information and advice based on their experience and letting you decide for yourself. In England, if you argue with the Doctor too much they can actually suspend your medical coverage. Sad but true.
God forbid anyone TALK about their being differences between men and women. It drives me crazy what people will go through to make themselves feel victimized. If you can't overhear someone near you making a crude joke without feeling uncomfortable, you have a problem and it's not their joke. A persons insecurities are not the rest of the worlds fault.
In this country, the government isn't allowed to prosecute people for their political beliefs.
Bullshit. Try running for office without a (D) or (R) next to your name and see how far you get.
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say
Now if we could also convince you to never vote for a democrat either, we might be getting somewhere.
Your both wrong. This has nothing to do with red shift. Also, eventually the space between us and the nearest stars will be expanding faster than the rate of gravity... granted that's a LONG way off... and we don't even know if the expansion will continue forever. If it does however, we will eventually have a starless sky.
Bullshit, this is one of those things where the genie is out of the bottle. I seriously doubt the "Safety hazard" this poses to aircraft as the FAA is reporting over 200 attacks per year now and not a single one has resulted in any sort of mishap. If they were really worried about it they could simply give the pilots polarized glasses to put on during take off and landing and they wouldn't even notice the friggen things.
I used to work in the NOC for a major Telco and when we had outages the techs had to fill out a ticket explaining what caused it. It was a drop down, and the #1 cause was "Lightening related power surge", #2 cause was "Animal - Rodent" About 90% of all failures were in those 2 categories.
The galaxies are not moving relative to us, faster than the speed of light away from us. The space between us and those galaxies is growing, cumulatively, faster than the amount of time it would take light to cross that space. The Galaxies themselves may actually even be moving towards us. This is the cumulative effect of the very tiny expansion of the universe compounded by vast... nearly unfathomable distances. Eventually if the expansion continues, we'll not even be able to see nearby stars. But, of course, we'll all be dead long before that happens.
I think your mistake is that you believe Apple cares about technological innovation. They care about profits. Was Adobe profitable? Were they able to monetize and existing product, extracting as much value from customers that were already invested in their product and either unable or unwilling to leave? Yes, they were very profitable. That's exactly the situation apples in now. They've got people locked in and no-where to go with them. Time to put the squeeze on.
Why Napalm Death? There are a lot better deathmetal bands out there. There are even a lot louder bands. I've been to thousands of concerts, and I can tell you that... BY FAR... the loudest live band on earth is MotorHead. I've seen them several times and still had ringing in my ears despite earplugs. Metallica would be a distant 2nd, but they suck total ass now so forget them. If I had to pick, I would have went with Vader. They're still touring, still very good... and aren't just some dudes that took over the band name like Napalm Death is.
What I don't get... is why we even still have passwords. Why don't we all have Read only USB security dongles that confirm our identity? For banks, for work, for your medical records? The rest of the sites... Slashdot for example, who gives a crap. But a universal HARDWARE standard for sensitive info seems like a rather simple solution to do away with all this password nonsense.
You are your ISPs customer and therefor their use of your private date is strictly regulated by federal law under penalty if quite substantial fines.
The might be concerned about global warming... or... more likely... The Netherlands has had one of the largest oilfields in the world for decades. So large in fact that for much of the past several decades the Netherlands has had very low gas prices. But that oil field is now dwindling. They will have to start importing gas soon. On top of that, their entry into the European union meant that there is now a 19% VAT tax on top of any local taxes that are already on the gas. It's estimated that 65% of the price of gas in the Netherlands is now taxes. The end result is the current price of Gas in the Netherlands is the highest in the world at over $9/gallon, and it will continue to climb as their oil fields become more depleted.
So... concern for Global warming? Or concern for their pocketbook... you be the judge. If gas were $9/gallon here I'm fairly sure you'd see charging stations popping up all over the place. Keep in mind those charging stations are being powered by coal fired power plants... so this idea that you're saving the environments a little laughable.
The difference is that Estonian Officials are cheaper... so the Green movement could afford them.
You mean like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printz_v._United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamdi_v._Rumsfeld
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Item_Veto_Act
I think that you'd likely agree with him on every single one of those cases and probably many more.
Because being a CEO is a lot more than what it appears on the outside. These guys don't "know" about all the stuff we attribute to them. Their job is to hire smart people, listen to reasoned arguments, and then make choices. When they listen to the wrong arguments, they get fired in spectacular fashion and the people they listen to simply get listened to a little less. This was a public relations disaster, that's why he got fired. If you think for a second anyone at EA thinks DRM is a bad idea, or even that THIS DRM was a bad idea you're living in a fantasy. He got fired because the DRM wasn't test well enough, and now the public wont trust EAs fancy new DRM system for their next game. The problem here was they didn't have anyone to blame this on but themselves. If they'd made the account provider a 3rd party they'd have had an easy scape goat. My prediction? Facebook login required to play our game comes next. This, of course, is so you can update your friends on your game progress... not to track everything you do and monetize it.
Because blocking adds or ads, is irrelevant. My typos are also irrelevant. You visited their site, they share what they know about you with others, others share what they know about you with them... eventually they get your contact info. It's unavoidable. The simple fact that you block all of that stuff, means they can claim that they had no idea you didn't want to be marketed to. So all your data is now fair game. Your personal information is not protected by any laws until you're a customer. Ironic how that is.
He gets to tell his friends he bought an apple... apparently he keeps friends that care.