I think this is where statistics are very misleading. Any time over doses are reported, it makes me wonder what in the world they are talking about. Guess more evidence that statistics are totally useless.
Though I am convinced that every fruit on the planet individually has caused more deaths than THC, but that is a different issue:)
I had forgotten that there are great counter measures to the "death by low blood pressure" effect. That is comforting. I think my mind was a bit stuck on the "untreated" path.
The way monopoly is used today, though imprecisely as you mention, is in violation of anti-trust. Small companies have been convicted of anti-trust for doing illegal things to drive out competitors. By contrast, Cisco Systems has near complete world market domination on routers and such. They were brought to court to see if there was any illegal reason for their success. The court concluded that they were just really good at what they do, and that their products were just better and everyone knows it, without any indiscretion.
By contrast, Microsoft is in the business of bribes and brutally destroying the competition. They buy competitive products that are any threat and frequently just lock them away doing nothing with them. They pay off regulators at every opportunity, all around the world. They produce an inferior product and threaten OEM's, retailers, and other businesses that try to be more than an exclusive Microsoft supplier / seller. They price gouge, and near constantly lie in their ads, and manipulate benchmarks, reviews, and any other statistic.
They did this to get large market shares, and continue to do it with the power of the market share that they have. That is the kind of monopoly that they have, and exactly the kind that anti-trust attempts to punish.
With respect to the context, that wasn't just 'technically' correct, it was absolutely correct. The definition is very clear, but anti-trust law in the United States didn't come from Silver; see the Sherman and Clayton Anti-trust Acts. A monopoly exists when a company violates its trust with consumers and investors through its power of being a dominant market force player. Normally, this is a civil matter when trust is broken, but when it is with consumers or investors as a whole, then it is a matter of class action / anti-trust law.
Microsoft is also the ONLY company that has violated an anti-trust judgment order of the European High Court. This is a special kind of evil.
I like nVidia. It has worked reasonably well for me. At the same time, I do not have a lot of money, but spoil myself every few years with a top of a line card when I can.
I would bet if I got an Ati card, if would work just fine. I am sure there are many other card makers that would work really well too. It is just that I got burned once a long tine ago, and nVidia has never done me wrong. Maybe more than loyalty is caution. Why switch away from what worked? I stopped using Mac cause it didn't work for me. Stopped using Windows cause it didn't work for me. I am happy with Linux, but it took several distributions to find the one I was most comfortable with. Going through that again isn't something I would wish for.
There would just need to be a motivating factor to go away from what has worked so well.
Congratz, now go promote it. Oh, one little thing. Forking is a strongly protected freedom, principle of FSF, and the Free Culture movement... so not sure it would really take off. Open standards and standards bodies groups , IMHO are much stronger and more influential in the FOSS world. Can you name even one standards body that Microsoft even gives a flying F*** about, let alone follow aside from bare necessity to allow their OS to work on certain hardware?
A standard that can't be changed completely defeats its own purpose. It is why Communism works on paper and not in reality; you can't find the most efficient and effective way to do something unless you let people try. People will adapt, and the world will be a better place for it. Things fork, merge, and die all the time, it is a principle of development and evolution. I see a good Godwin in here about trying to perfect things one way, but I'll skip the obvious. How many other ways are there to explain this?
And imagine the economic disaster that would ensue if people respected useful labor, bought things as necessary, and the right product the first time without inevitable time locks (intended or otherwise). It is very important to the economy that you keep replacing your software all the time, and frequently purchase vaporware. It is little different than buying a lottery ticket, or hiring a completly unqualified employee that could be a diamond in the ruff if just given a chance, right?
If we embrassed FlOSS, we would run out of code to write, in like, 3 years at most! Then what would everyone do?!? Microsoft ensures that everyone has stuff to do, and that we extend those three years as long as possible until we can start over on the 128 bit platform in the future.
What? Are you going to try to tell me that ISN'T how software development works???
I think they know why they do things the way they do, even if they wish they could do things different. it is just economics: The data dictates business decisions, even if people are involved. The issue is how much the data is being manipulated by the likes of certain companies to their own benefit.
There are fundamental reasons why FOSS is better for society and some people understand that (I think fewer than those that actually use it though). We can help inform people about the advantages for companies to work with and develop FOSS code, give them the data to assist them in understanding the competitive advantage. It isn't just something different.
Could you imagine the kind of world we might have today if, as crazy as it might sound, there was some kind of clause in the Constitution that from the beginning could limit the control people could have over ideas for the sake of human knowledge and advancement? Guess the founding fathers never really anticipated a world of such powerful imagination and information exchange. Oh well, guess the founders could only be so amazing in their own ideas.
I think the better will survive (open standards) and the past won't die off without a fight. As far as proprietary software goes, I don't understand the consumer defense. I guess I can appreciate that it must be people actually listening to the argument, so for that I am grateful, even if they don't agree. But as a fan of the words of Lessig, I do not see how anyone other than a monstrosity of a producer could be a fan of the mono-directional production model, where one group creates, and a near mutually exclusive group consumes in many respects.
There are a lot of people that don't code. Uhh.. MOST is an understatement. It is hard for those people to think about the impacts of what goes on behind the supply lines when they have no control in either situation. I know what the numbers say, and I know that the Linux community doesn't nearly have the need for numbers like Microsoft needs in order to leverage the market. Everyone I know that really uses computers uses Linux in some way, dual boot, NAS, programming, web server, whatever. Not many of them uses it exclusively.
I hope the web is not doomed, but I totally feel where you are coming from. The good may feel deep underground, but it is there, no matter the country you live in.
I think this is the whole issue with open source. If the source was open, well written, and documented, then anyone willing to make an effort can provide support for their own platform. The real issue is "We are going to make this a standard that everyone is going to use / want to use.... oh, except you. You can't use what everyone else is using"
So I question, and what I think the parent is questioning, is whether the die hard Itanic and Sparc development base is CAPABLE of developing and maintaining a "port". Gnash is amazing, in its own right, but it is still a 'guess and hack' piece of code. It is amazing that it works at all. I THINK what people are saying is that so much more could be done, from compatibility to stability, if they could just take out some of the guesswork, which at minimum for what DEVELOPERS want, is simply a matter of releasing the code. As for the crying consumer that doesn't take the time to code things for themselves, they can wait like everyone else.
I will say though, being in the later category of computer users, I am thrilled by 64-bit native flash, and I must apologize for being part of the group that said this would never happen. Yay adobe for listening!
Your comment is under rated. That is exactly the point. Also, overdose typically means "died from" not "took more than recommended dose", sometimes "severe complications from". Aspirin was a miracle in its time, but there are a significant number of people that react very badly to it, from those at risk of ulcers (high stress, heavy drinkers) to those with normally low blood pressure can suddenly find themselves in a very slow painful death. If you look at "causes of accidental death" in this country, "non steroid anti-inflammatory overdose such as aspirin" accounted for ~7,600 deaths in 2000. Compare this to 17,000 for all illicit drug related and incidental deaths and 32,000 for prescription drugs and it is pretty revealing. OTC drugs are not even on the chart, yet just asprin is. Compared to many things, Aspirin is much more dangerous than people give it credit for.
Personally, I think those are some of the best conditions, because relatively whatever is going on, you are having more fun than the people watching. Not to mention brighter lights keep your partner warm while you are trying to see what you are doing. If you are going to be doing something, do it with enthusiasm. But I will agree that too many desserts really puts a damper on stamina; anyone can be different.
I was under the impression this is a card for broadcasting. The 4GB allows for many streams to be buffered simultaneously for smooth real-time mixing / crossovers. The biggest thing driving these cards is sports broadcasting due to the demand for a large number of layers.
working hard + hiring best talent + large market share != monopoly. Microsoft is a monopoly because it uses illegal/manipulative tactics with OEMs and retailers. There are some really important differences.
If the fetus you save is gay, will you still fight for its rights?
Yes, but only as much as any other child: till its born.
I can not see myself ever buying an ATI card. I realize that my prejudice is VERY old, but with so many problems with ATI cards 12+ years ago, and not having any significant issues since "switching"m I am a die hard nVidia fan. Same with and corsair, and AMD... but people have been saying things more along the lines of ATI having more of a good cost/performance ratio, where as I have always been more of an... anemic gamer.
When I am in a public place, it is convenient to -X and use Firefox off of my own computer at home. very secure, plus I get all my own bookmarks:) It also is a break way of "repairing" broken content filters.
While I am not a McCain fan AT ALL, and while it is sad that neither Palin or McCain have ANY higher education, and both Biden and Obama have great educational achievements, it is worth keeping in mind that McCain did graduate at the bottom of his class from the United States Naval Academy, which for any of you who are not military buffs, is about the most prestigious, not to mention most difficult, training facility in the world. It would be little different than criticizing an athlete for getting nearly last place in the Olympics. Yeah, it is nearly last, but it is the MF'n Olympics. Or bottom of your class from MIT, Harvard, or Stanford
I don't think it is really something that can be used to criticize his experience. The disgusting mess of this war? Now that is certainly something well worth using against him... I just think it is a separate issue from his academic achievements.
The part I will miss is making so much money on intrade.com. Oh well, I am sure there will be other exciting predictable events with lots of haters I can profit on. Technically the California gay marriage ban closes end of December and not with prop 8, so I can probably make some more money off those haters too. Woot!
I think it happened in the last few weeks before the primary. Hillary's hate. McCain's hate. I think Obama saw this as something that was only going to help him, but really sad that he could not have had a real fight debating technical issues.
He is great at the "Hope" "Change" speeches that get all the idiots drooling over him, but he also really has the ability to get down to specific details and argue their merits and set out a clear vision such as his "A Call to Renewal" podcast from 2002.
I said it to myself around the primary that Obama was a great gift, and the best we could really wish for to lead this country... but we don't deserve him, and our petty BS is going to break a really great man. I know this is just what some really hate hearing, but he reminds me of John Coffey from The Green Mile; he was this miracle given to us that by our greed and hate we would destroy for our own selfish, petty reasons.
Now is he broken? Maybe. Could he just need some rest and recover soon after today?
I have Hope.
On a separate note, I hated him a LOT up till recently for supporting the bail out, and further for supporting the PRO-IP Act. But going to give him a chance, and hope it plays out well, like Lessig or Patry being given the position of Internet Czar. Preferably Patry cause I know there is already a position of Internet Advisor Obama has made for Lessig in his cabinet.
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I think this is where statistics are very misleading. Any time over doses are reported, it makes me wonder what in the world they are talking about. Guess more evidence that statistics are totally useless.
:)
Though I am convinced that every fruit on the planet individually has caused more deaths than THC, but that is a different issue
I had forgotten that there are great counter measures to the "death by low blood pressure" effect. That is comforting. I think my mind was a bit stuck on the "untreated" path.
The way monopoly is used today, though imprecisely as you mention, is in violation of anti-trust. Small companies have been convicted of anti-trust for doing illegal things to drive out competitors. By contrast, Cisco Systems has near complete world market domination on routers and such. They were brought to court to see if there was any illegal reason for their success. The court concluded that they were just really good at what they do, and that their products were just better and everyone knows it, without any indiscretion.
By contrast, Microsoft is in the business of bribes and brutally destroying the competition. They buy competitive products that are any threat and frequently just lock them away doing nothing with them. They pay off regulators at every opportunity, all around the world. They produce an inferior product and threaten OEM's, retailers, and other businesses that try to be more than an exclusive Microsoft supplier / seller. They price gouge, and near constantly lie in their ads, and manipulate benchmarks, reviews, and any other statistic.
They did this to get large market shares, and continue to do it with the power of the market share that they have. That is the kind of monopoly that they have, and exactly the kind that anti-trust attempts to punish.
With respect to the context, that wasn't just 'technically' correct, it was absolutely correct. The definition is very clear, but anti-trust law in the United States didn't come from Silver; see the Sherman and Clayton Anti-trust Acts. A monopoly exists when a company violates its trust with consumers and investors through its power of being a dominant market force player. Normally, this is a civil matter when trust is broken, but when it is with consumers or investors as a whole, then it is a matter of class action / anti-trust law.
Microsoft is also the ONLY company that has violated an anti-trust judgment order of the European High Court. This is a special kind of evil.
I like nVidia. It has worked reasonably well for me. At the same time, I do not have a lot of money, but spoil myself every few years with a top of a line card when I can.
I would bet if I got an Ati card, if would work just fine. I am sure there are many other card makers that would work really well too. It is just that I got burned once a long tine ago, and nVidia has never done me wrong. Maybe more than loyalty is caution. Why switch away from what worked? I stopped using Mac cause it didn't work for me. Stopped using Windows cause it didn't work for me. I am happy with Linux, but it took several distributions to find the one I was most comfortable with. Going through that again isn't something I would wish for.
There would just need to be a motivating factor to go away from what has worked so well.
I would like to see a new OSS license that prevents forking, but allows me to read the source code, submit patches upstream, and recompile.
*poof* Your wish is granted. Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States
Congratz, now go promote it. Oh, one little thing. Forking is a strongly protected freedom, principle of FSF, and the Free Culture movement... so not sure it would really take off. Open standards and standards bodies groups , IMHO are much stronger and more influential in the FOSS world. Can you name even one standards body that Microsoft even gives a flying F*** about, let alone follow aside from bare necessity to allow their OS to work on certain hardware?
A standard that can't be changed completely defeats its own purpose. It is why Communism works on paper and not in reality; you can't find the most efficient and effective way to do something unless you let people try. People will adapt, and the world will be a better place for it. Things fork, merge, and die all the time, it is a principle of development and evolution. I see a good Godwin in here about trying to perfect things one way, but I'll skip the obvious. How many other ways are there to explain this?
And imagine the economic disaster that would ensue if people respected useful labor, bought things as necessary, and the right product the first time without inevitable time locks (intended or otherwise). It is very important to the economy that you keep replacing your software all the time, and frequently purchase vaporware. It is little different than buying a lottery ticket, or hiring a completly unqualified employee that could be a diamond in the ruff if just given a chance, right?
If we embrassed FlOSS, we would run out of code to write, in like, 3 years at most! Then what would everyone do?!? Microsoft ensures that everyone has stuff to do, and that we extend those three years as long as possible until we can start over on the 128 bit platform in the future.
What? Are you going to try to tell me that ISN'T how software development works???
I think they know why they do things the way they do, even if they wish they could do things different. it is just economics: The data dictates business decisions, even if people are involved. The issue is how much the data is being manipulated by the likes of certain companies to their own benefit.
There are fundamental reasons why FOSS is better for society and some people understand that (I think fewer than those that actually use it though). We can help inform people about the advantages for companies to work with and develop FOSS code, give them the data to assist them in understanding the competitive advantage. It isn't just something different.
Could you imagine the kind of world we might have today if, as crazy as it might sound, there was some kind of clause in the Constitution that from the beginning could limit the control people could have over ideas for the sake of human knowledge and advancement? Guess the founding fathers never really anticipated a world of such powerful imagination and information exchange. Oh well, guess the founders could only be so amazing in their own ideas.
I think the better will survive (open standards) and the past won't die off without a fight. As far as proprietary software goes, I don't understand the consumer defense. I guess I can appreciate that it must be people actually listening to the argument, so for that I am grateful, even if they don't agree. But as a fan of the words of Lessig, I do not see how anyone other than a monstrosity of a producer could be a fan of the mono-directional production model, where one group creates, and a near mutually exclusive group consumes in many respects.
There are a lot of people that don't code. Uhh.. MOST is an understatement. It is hard for those people to think about the impacts of what goes on behind the supply lines when they have no control in either situation. I know what the numbers say, and I know that the Linux community doesn't nearly have the need for numbers like Microsoft needs in order to leverage the market. Everyone I know that really uses computers uses Linux in some way, dual boot, NAS, programming, web server, whatever. Not many of them uses it exclusively.
I hope the web is not doomed, but I totally feel where you are coming from. The good may feel deep underground, but it is there, no matter the country you live in.
I think this is the whole issue with open source. If the source was open, well written, and documented, then anyone willing to make an effort can provide support for their own platform. The real issue is "We are going to make this a standard that everyone is going to use / want to use.... oh, except you. You can't use what everyone else is using"
So I question, and what I think the parent is questioning, is whether the die hard Itanic and Sparc development base is CAPABLE of developing and maintaining a "port". Gnash is amazing, in its own right, but it is still a 'guess and hack' piece of code. It is amazing that it works at all. I THINK what people are saying is that so much more could be done, from compatibility to stability, if they could just take out some of the guesswork, which at minimum for what DEVELOPERS want, is simply a matter of releasing the code. As for the crying consumer that doesn't take the time to code things for themselves, they can wait like everyone else.
I will say though, being in the later category of computer users, I am thrilled by 64-bit native flash, and I must apologize for being part of the group that said this would never happen. Yay adobe for listening!
Your comment is under rated. That is exactly the point. Also, overdose typically means "died from" not "took more than recommended dose", sometimes "severe complications from". Aspirin was a miracle in its time, but there are a significant number of people that react very badly to it, from those at risk of ulcers (high stress, heavy drinkers) to those with normally low blood pressure can suddenly find themselves in a very slow painful death. If you look at "causes of accidental death" in this country, "non steroid anti-inflammatory overdose such as aspirin" accounted for ~7,600 deaths in 2000. Compare this to 17,000 for all illicit drug related and incidental deaths and 32,000 for prescription drugs and it is pretty revealing. OTC drugs are not even on the chart, yet just asprin is. Compared to many things, Aspirin is much more dangerous than people give it credit for.
Personally, I think those are some of the best conditions, because relatively whatever is going on, you are having more fun than the people watching. Not to mention brighter lights keep your partner warm while you are trying to see what you are doing. If you are going to be doing something, do it with enthusiasm. But I will agree that too many desserts really puts a damper on stamina; anyone can be different.
I was under the impression this is a card for broadcasting. The 4GB allows for many streams to be buffered simultaneously for smooth real-time mixing / crossovers. The biggest thing driving these cards is sports broadcasting due to the demand for a large number of layers.
Just because a joke isn't funny or is a failed attempt at satire doesn't make it flamebait. Good thing for meta-moderation.
If the fetus you save is gay, will you still fight for its rights?
Yes, but only as much as any other child: till its born.
I can not see myself ever buying an ATI card. I realize that my prejudice is VERY old, but with so many problems with ATI cards 12+ years ago, and not having any significant issues since "switching"m I am a die hard nVidia fan. Same with and corsair, and AMD... but people have been saying things more along the lines of ATI having more of a good cost/performance ratio, where as I have always been more of an... anemic gamer.
oops... This works much better:
.1s; echo -en "\x1B[$(($RANDOM % 8 + 30))m" > /dev/$i; done; done 2>/dev/null
:)
$ while true; do for i in $(w | grep -e pts -e tty[1-6] | awk '{print $2}'); do sleep
That's what I get for only debugging something by looking at it and not running it. anyway...
HA HA HA HA HA!!! Thanks
you also don't need to be running X.
non destructive is fun, especially when it is weird and annoying:
.01s; echo -en "\x1B[$(($RANDOM % 8 + 30))m" > /dev/$1; done; done &
:)
$ while true; for i in $(w | grep -e pts -e tty[1-6] | awk '{print $2}'); do sleep
$ disown
A little long, but whatever. I still try to visit The Apple Store as often as possible (never bought anything)
He He, that was what I have been doing for too long. Didn't know about the write command till this post, but I am really just a hobbyist.
:)
Go figure
So, you deal with Windows users?
There, fixed it for ya.
When I am in a public place, it is convenient to -X and use Firefox off of my own computer at home. very secure, plus I get all my own bookmarks :) It also is a break way of "repairing" broken content filters.
While I am not a McCain fan AT ALL, and while it is sad that neither Palin or McCain have ANY higher education, and both Biden and Obama have great educational achievements, it is worth keeping in mind that McCain did graduate at the bottom of his class from the United States Naval Academy, which for any of you who are not military buffs, is about the most prestigious, not to mention most difficult, training facility in the world. It would be little different than criticizing an athlete for getting nearly last place in the Olympics. Yeah, it is nearly last, but it is the MF'n Olympics. Or bottom of your class from MIT, Harvard, or Stanford
I don't think it is really something that can be used to criticize his experience. The disgusting mess of this war? Now that is certainly something well worth using against him... I just think it is a separate issue from his academic achievements.
HA HA HA HA HA!!!
The part I will miss is making so much money on intrade.com. Oh well, I am sure there will be other exciting predictable events with lots of haters I can profit on. Technically the California gay marriage ban closes end of December and not with prop 8, so I can probably make some more money off those haters too. Woot!
When do you think it happened?
I think it happened in the last few weeks before the primary. Hillary's hate. McCain's hate. I think Obama saw this as something that was only going to help him, but really sad that he could not have had a real fight debating technical issues.
He is great at the "Hope" "Change" speeches that get all the idiots drooling over him, but he also really has the ability to get down to specific details and argue their merits and set out a clear vision such as his "A Call to Renewal" podcast from 2002.
I said it to myself around the primary that Obama was a great gift, and the best we could really wish for to lead this country... but we don't deserve him, and our petty BS is going to break a really great man. I know this is just what some really hate hearing, but he reminds me of John Coffey from The Green Mile; he was this miracle given to us that by our greed and hate we would destroy for our own selfish, petty reasons.
Now is he broken? Maybe. Could he just need some rest and recover soon after today?
I have Hope.
On a separate note, I hated him a LOT up till recently for supporting the bail out, and further for supporting the PRO-IP Act. But going to give him a chance, and hope it plays out well, like Lessig or Patry being given the position of Internet Czar. Preferably Patry cause I know there is already a position of Internet Advisor Obama has made for Lessig in his cabinet.