They want to increase percentage of GDP from domestic consumption by 7% over 5 years... that's a huge amount, they can afford some softening in US demand. As for starting to run trade deficits of their own with mercantist neighbours using China's old tricks and losing their industrial base... I don't think they will allow it.
China's government might be totalitarian... but I don't think it will fuck over it's population the same way first world super rich got their governments to fuck over it's populations.
China is a big believer in globalization only when it benefits their country as a whole.
It wouldn't have those billions if it hadn't be manipulating it's currency for over a decade... you are confusing biding their time with being benign. They can not just jank US and EU consumption and go completely domestic... everything would instantly go to shit. They are not self sufficient in food or raw materials either.
They will just wait for the US and the EU to slowly choke their consumption through austerity while they build up their internal consumption and start profiting from both all the factories we shipped there and all the billions in reserves they hold. I think it will take around 20 years for them to stop running a trade deficit and build down their US/EU currency/securities holdings.
US/EU will go to shit, except for our super rich, and China will go to riches... but not at the drop of a hat.
The HFT traders know the risks... the risks don't exists, because if they go over the edge the exchange steps in and cancels the trades.
If the occasional flash crash is a result of the interaction of their algorithms with the rest of the market, so be it... if on average it still makes them money it's a win. The trade cancellations make that a lot more likely.
Fish stocks haven't gone down, it's a global liberal conspiracy which has altered all historic records... just like with global temperature records (everyone knows that not only is there no AGW, there is no global warming period).
Only the higher percentage HFCS is sweeter... so either they use HFCS-90 or it has just as many calories.
The exact type of HFCS is rarely mentioned and wikipedia's justification for saying HFCS-90 is rarely used is a single article by an industry shill. Are there any independent tests of glucose/fructose ratios in soft drinks?
With the existing constitution US law only truly obscene speech can be regulated. The fundies want to regulate mature content which would not be reasonably called obscene, they are not content with just keeping minors from playing Manhunter... so they do need legislation, in fact they need a constitutional amendment.
"Buying a firearm at a gun show is no different than buying one at a store. You have to fill out the same paperwork and go through the same background check."
Pretty much sums up what I think... philosophy died with Hume, it's not worthless to teach (anything after Hume only to point and laugh at) but it's worthless to try to progress.
Casual vs. real games isn't an either/or situation... there is a real market for real games on a handheld with real controls... it might not be the bigger market, but it's a pretty fucking sizeable one.
They aren't doing the same thing as Nintendo, they are doing what Nintendo did 5 years ago. Nintendo now is about pushing new technology (3D) and providing a gaming experience which is more clearly distinguished from what mobile phones can deliver.
Sony are idiots for not using an appropriate strategy at an appropriate time... they really can't afford to hype 3D for consoles and TV and then pretend it's irrelevant for handhelds, it won't work. Nintendo is going to slaughter them again, this time using Sony's own strategy of pushing higher end technology... with the help of Sony's own marketing hype generated for 3D.
What side of the story is the patent on? In my eyes they are almost always on the obvious side.
Yeah yeah, I know hindsight... fuck that, either we let experts judge obviousness without lawyer written "tests" which just redefine the word or we should just rubber stamp everything and stop pretending to give a shit about obviousness.
It's not a useless bureaucracy... sure it's corrupt, sure it actively slows down innovations and hurts consumers and society in general... it still benefits the US in it's current situation. Greater product innovation won't help the US one damn iota if everything is still produced abroad, at least now some of the huge trade deficit flows back in the form of licensing fees... not nearly enough of course, but it would be far worse without patents.
Patent examiners aren't really allowed to reject on obviousness any way (there is no objective test for it in the end, the objective tests always basically come back to prior art... which is to say, they are not so much tests as lawyer created double speak which redefines the word obvious). The patent office was rejecting a lot of patents, but it wasn't about quality... it was either random or rejection based on technicalities. That kind of selectiveness just puts more money in the hands of patent attorneys, who know how the play the system, and makes it harder for smaller inventors to get patents through.
I personally think that as long as can't get a real obviousness test (which is to say, a purely subjective one) we should just forget about examination... rubber stamp that shit.
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It's an interest bit of research you are plugging... but Gnome is switching to Mallard, which is XML+RelaxNG, not switching away from XML.
They don't care about scaring people at the moment. Jailbreaking helps drive adoption. Apple uses the same trick as Microsoft did in the past, they modulate how easy/convenient it is to pirate/jailbreak their shit to maximize earnings. Once they decide it's no longer to their benefit they will really start doing their best and they won't need scare tactics... it will simply become nearly impossible.
Look at how long it takes for the PS3 to get cracked (still no mod chip available) with the glitching hardware flaw known... if the glitching had proven impossible someone would have to had to reverse engineer the hardware at the transistor level to even come up with a possible attack, which at this point in time is getting too fucking hard to consider if you're not the NSA.
Any hardware protection can be cracked, that doesn't mean it's always going to stay easy enough for it to happen. So whoever supports them because they can still have freedom on the device through jailbreaking, you should really reconsider... if all the competitors disappear and Apple locks down their hardware we will all be fucked. They are a far more insidious and dangerous company to have as a monopolist than Microsoft ever was.
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They want to increase percentage of GDP from domestic consumption by 7% over 5 years ... that's a huge amount, they can afford some softening in US demand. As for starting to run trade deficits of their own with mercantist neighbours using China's old tricks and losing their industrial base ... I don't think they will allow it.
China's government might be totalitarian ... but I don't think it will fuck over it's population the same way first world super rich got their governments to fuck over it's populations.
China is a big believer in globalization only when it benefits their country as a whole.
It wouldn't have those billions if it hadn't be manipulating it's currency for over a decade ... you are confusing biding their time with being benign. They can not just jank US and EU consumption and go completely domestic ... everything would instantly go to shit. They are not self sufficient in food or raw materials either.
They will just wait for the US and the EU to slowly choke their consumption through austerity while they build up their internal consumption and start profiting from both all the factories we shipped there and all the billions in reserves they hold. I think it will take around 20 years for them to stop running a trade deficit and build down their US/EU currency/securities holdings.
US/EU will go to shit, except for our super rich, and China will go to riches ... but not at the drop of a hat.
Oh I dunno, I'd put Moody's and S&P ahead in any such list of bodies.
The HFT traders know the risks ... the risks don't exists, because if they go over the edge the exchange steps in and cancels the trades.
If the occasional flash crash is a result of the interaction of their algorithms with the rest of the market, so be it ... if on average it still makes them money it's a win. The trade cancellations make that a lot more likely.
Now find an economy which isn't third world where only people who can find such jobs have a decent wage.
Put the complaint where it belongs ... with the government who made the law.
Fish stocks haven't gone down, it's a global liberal conspiracy which has altered all historic records ... just like with global temperature records (everyone knows that not only is there no AGW, there is no global warming period).
Well that was non sequitur.
Only the higher percentage HFCS is sweeter ... so either they use HFCS-90 or it has just as many calories.
The exact type of HFCS is rarely mentioned and wikipedia's justification for saying HFCS-90 is rarely used is a single article by an industry shill. Are there any independent tests of glucose/fructose ratios in soft drinks?
With the existing constitution US law only truly obscene speech can be regulated. The fundies want to regulate mature content which would not be reasonably called obscene, they are not content with just keeping minors from playing Manhunter ... so they do need legislation, in fact they need a constitutional amendment.
"Buying a firearm at a gun show is no different than buying one at a store. You have to fill out the same paperwork and go through the same background check."
Didn't the law to make this so die in committee?
For a more palatable form of potential subsistence farming once most of us are out of a job :
http://gardenpool.org/
Obviousness test of course ... blah.
There is no objective obviousness standard possible, you can't erase hindsight ... every fucking lawyer designed test comes down to prior art.
The only good objectiveness test is to take a jury of experts and let them vote on it, hindsight be damned.
Pretty much sums up what I think ... philosophy died with Hume, it's not worthless to teach (anything after Hume only to point and laugh at) but it's worthless to try to progress.
Wikipedia is a MMO, with deletions being the #1 game objective.
Casual vs. real games isn't an either/or situation ... there is a real market for real games on a handheld with real controls ... it might not be the bigger market, but it's a pretty fucking sizeable one.
They aren't doing the same thing as Nintendo, they are doing what Nintendo did 5 years ago. Nintendo now is about pushing new technology (3D) and providing a gaming experience which is more clearly distinguished from what mobile phones can deliver.
Sony are idiots for not using an appropriate strategy at an appropriate time ... they really can't afford to hype 3D for consoles and TV and then pretend it's irrelevant for handhelds, it won't work. Nintendo is going to slaughter them again, this time using Sony's own strategy of pushing higher end technology ... with the help of Sony's own marketing hype generated for 3D.
What side of the story is the patent on? In my eyes they are almost always on the obvious side.
Yeah yeah, I know hindsight ... fuck that, either we let experts judge obviousness without lawyer written "tests" which just redefine the word or we should just rubber stamp everything and stop pretending to give a shit about obviousness.
Whistle-blowers most likely.
The batshit stupid patents aren't the problem ...
The problem patents are all the technically valid ones.
It's not a useless bureaucracy ... sure it's corrupt, sure it actively slows down innovations and hurts consumers and society in general ... it still benefits the US in it's current situation. Greater product innovation won't help the US one damn iota if everything is still produced abroad, at least now some of the huge trade deficit flows back in the form of licensing fees ... not nearly enough of course, but it would be far worse without patents.
Patent examiners aren't really allowed to reject on obviousness any way (there is no objective test for it in the end, the objective tests always basically come back to prior art ... which is to say, they are not so much tests as lawyer created double speak which redefines the word obvious). The patent office was rejecting a lot of patents, but it wasn't about quality ... it was either random or rejection based on technicalities. That kind of selectiveness just puts more money in the hands of patent attorneys, who know how the play the system, and makes it harder for smaller inventors to get patents through.
I personally think that as long as can't get a real obviousness test (which is to say, a purely subjective one) we should just forget about examination ... rubber stamp that shit.
It's an interest bit of research you are plugging ... but Gnome is switching to Mallard, which is XML+RelaxNG, not switching away from XML.
They don't care about scaring people at the moment. Jailbreaking helps drive adoption. Apple uses the same trick as Microsoft did in the past, they modulate how easy/convenient it is to pirate/jailbreak their shit to maximize earnings. Once they decide it's no longer to their benefit they will really start doing their best and they won't need scare tactics ... it will simply become nearly impossible.
Look at how long it takes for the PS3 to get cracked (still no mod chip available) with the glitching hardware flaw known ... if the glitching had proven impossible someone would have to had to reverse engineer the hardware at the transistor level to even come up with a possible attack, which at this point in time is getting too fucking hard to consider if you're not the NSA.
Any hardware protection can be cracked, that doesn't mean it's always going to stay easy enough for it to happen. So whoever supports them because they can still have freedom on the device through jailbreaking, you should really reconsider ... if all the competitors disappear and Apple locks down their hardware we will all be fucked. They are a far more insidious and dangerous company to have as a monopolist than Microsoft ever was.