Republicans keep trashing the bill but they can't provide specifics aside from "it's socialist."
Could someone explain to me why Americans wet themselves at the very idea of anything even remotely "socialist"?
As a Canadian (With socialized medicine.) this makes no sense to me. If I get sick or injured I go to the doctor, or hospital and I am taken care of. I pay a reasonable monthly fee, and when I was working a crap minimum wage job I filled out and mailed in one form and I got a reduced drastically rate.
Call me stupid if you must, but I am not seeing a downside here.
Yeah, it will be more than $99. But it happens to be the exact device I have wanted for years. Not for school, not for ebooks, but for my car. GPS, wireless networking, Music storage.
Sounds like a winner to me. Now if only they would build it, I would pay quite a bit more than $99 for such a device.
I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that the current levy system includes hard drives and other storage media, which could be easily applied to MP3 players.
I suggest we drop all four goals and just aim for entertainment.
With everyone's favorite game show, "The Running Man."http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/
It might be simpler than that. Watching TV your hands are free to shovel food into your mouth. Using the computer, at least one hand is busy. (I was thinking of the mouse, you perv!)
I use them as free therapy. When they call I just unleash all my days frustrations on them. It feels wonderful.
For the record I do not owe them any money.
I am supposed to care about his opinion of smart phones why?
I mean I will be happy to listen to anything he has to say about the Linux Kernel. I would pay to hear him talk about the early days of Linux development, but his thoughts on smart phones? What could possibly make me care?
My favourite Telus innovation is twice a year when they don't send your bill, then charge you late fees on the next bill for not paying a bill you never received.
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Could someone explain to me why Americans wet themselves at the very idea of anything even remotely "socialist"?
As a Canadian (With socialized medicine.) this makes no sense to me. If I get sick or injured I go to the doctor, or hospital and I am taken care of. I pay a reasonable monthly fee, and when I was working a crap minimum wage job I filled out and mailed in one form and I got a reduced drastically rate.
Call me stupid if you must, but I am not seeing a downside here.
Yeah, it will be more than $99. But it happens to be the exact device I have wanted for years. Not for school, not for ebooks, but for my car. GPS, wireless networking, Music storage.
Sounds like a winner to me. Now if only they would build it, I would pay quite a bit more than $99 for such a device.
Most Canadians have never eaten Caribou. Moose on the other hand is quite tasty.
http://www.clamwin.com/
Although it is missing an on access scan, I am not sure if that is a plus of a minus.
I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that the current levy system includes hard drives and other storage media, which could be easily applied to MP3 players.
My god, that would be nine hundered eleven thousand!
I have a simpler conclusion... Most users are idiots!
You should patent this idea and sell it to the North American auto makers. You are probably too late though.
Its dead Jim.
I have a feeling there is a really embarrassing story to go with the above statement.
This is /.
No one here is fucking anyone, anywhere.
I suggest we drop all four goals and just aim for entertainment.
With everyone's favorite game show, "The Running Man." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/
But I am lactose intolerant, you insensitive clods.
It might be simpler than that. Watching TV your hands are free to shovel food into your mouth. Using the computer, at least one hand is busy. (I was thinking of the mouse, you perv!)
Wife?!?!?!?! Never heard if it.
I NEED one!!!
But what if I prefer KDE to Gnome?
You pay your management groin punching midgets?
Mine pay me for the privilege.
Seems like too much trouble.
I use them as free therapy. When they call I just unleash all my days frustrations on them. It feels wonderful.
For the record I do not owe them any money.
Better version:
RootKit() {
if ( RecoveryPartitionPresent() == 1 ) {
WriteSelfInto(RecoveryPartition);
}
}
The more you tighten your grip, Ballmer, the more systems will slip through your fingers.
I see linux installs.
I also live in Vancouver, and I also LOVE this.
I am supposed to care about his opinion of smart phones why? I mean I will be happy to listen to anything he has to say about the Linux Kernel. I would pay to hear him talk about the early days of Linux development, but his thoughts on smart phones? What could possibly make me care?
My favourite Telus innovation is twice a year when they don't send your bill, then charge you late fees on the next bill for not paying a bill you never received.
Happily they are now out of my life forever.
And that is different from the US how exactly?