This has been a huge pressure on me and I think it left some permanent marks on me. I hope none of you will ever have to go through something like this.
I hope I can remember not to facilitate piracy on a massive scale so something like this doesn't happen to me!
We benefit from the suffering of others every day. Sweatshop labor is still going strong; so are cheaper relaxed safety standards available to "third-world countries". (I mean non-Western countries we exploit.) How do you think Walmart can get such low prices from their foreign suppliers? We save a dollar on an umbrella that some guy lost a finger to make because the machine lacked a safety part that would have slowed production down. These countries also have relaxed pollution standards as well, so you can dump all the chemicals you want into the streams. Look at the Killer Coke campaign. Where the public outrage there? In any case, the medical subjects in this case are being paid more than they would have made, and they have received medical care they would not have received otherwise. It's not like the doctors are just injecting random chemicals into them, after all.
There was a great book called "Patriots" covering the Vietnam War from both sides. The strangest thing I remember were the women snipers the Vietcong fielded to devastating effect against American troops. Would Americans ever put women in the field? Probably not. But then, not to be too political about it, current American enemies cut heads off, what would they do with a captured woman? Anyway, I think proper gender roles are deeply inculcated by society.
You know that American antitrust laws apply around the world, right? Businessmen think they can make their pricefixing deals in Mexico and get away with it, but boy are they mistaken. The US is kind of not shy about projecting power.
Or the penetrator (usually made of steel instead of lead) of the round is jacketed in copper, which slides off and "lubricates" the transfer of the penetrator through the armor.
Well, even if that was true, were you going to give money to seek a cure for a disease that was blinding the entire adult population of African villages? I know he's bad, we're studying his handiwork in antitrust class, but at least he's using the money for good instead of buying the Seattle Mariners.
Well, in a perfect world GAIM developers would be really nice and code everything to your whims. But you have to realize that you were probably the tenth guy in that hour to send him a nice e-mail about how NAT file-transfers do not work. He knows that already and each other person that tells him is doing nothing unless they picked up a keyboard and started hacking. So he's disgruntled, sure. Look how they treat the Gentoo folk who compile with all sorts of weird flags and then bug Gaim devs when it doesn't work. But Gaim is a strong piece of OSS and it is of good quality. It's plugin API is stable and it is very well-developed, I would say, in terms of software architecture. It's childish to let feelings get in the way.
The article summary is correct, despite what the parent says. He rails against why Slashdot sucks, but he does so in typical Slashdot style: without reading the article or the article summary. He read the title, then wrote a knee-jerk diatribe.
A combination patent, uh, patents a combination of pre-existing products in a new, unobvious combination that has utility. Now, I am not sure if this is what NTP has on the Blackberry, but that would preclude someone from doing what you are suggesting.
"I'm not complaining about your moderation - you've obviously hit some sort of chord somewhere - but I find it very interesting that the very fact you've been moderated to +5 invalidates the point you were making."
Well, the Interceptor vest each soldier wears is a great piece of technology. American troops also have night vision. MARPAT camo scheme is scientifically designed to hide troops in many conditions (nighttime, wet/dry on an infrared scope, etc.) A little radio call gets JDAMs or GPS-aimed artillery to drop onto an enemy sniper. And about tanks: there's a tradeoff between the weight and the armor. A heavily armored vehicle will move slower and may be shot more (and we hope it can take the extra punishment). A quicker though less armored vehicle can avoid unguided RPG fire (we hope) and can maneuver through alleyways that troops would otherwise have to clear by foot. (Blowing up the whole block is a war crime.) Having the seats face outward means little in the current battle conditions. RPG-armed enemies pop out for a second to get a shot off and then run away behind a corner or into a hole they had dug out. IEDs, well, you don't want to shoot at those at close range. Now, I'm not saying warfare is easy or harmless. I'm saying we have brought a heck of a lot of technology to bear to reduce the load.
Agreed. But the evil could be attenuated if: a) Google tells you something like "AOL says this is good..." or b) puts the content separately and marked-off or c) does not mess with the SEARCH results.
Doctrine of laches fixed this problem. No more submarine patents. Though there is a secret period while the patent is being prosecuted sometimes, the theory being we should not punish the patentee because the PTO is slow.
I think parent meant "clean" as in fast. Opera is damned fast as far as browsers go, and it's pretty small, too, considering it fits a mail client in as well.
I cannot believe that the parent post got modded up as "Informative". It's a JOKE! Read the bottom of the site: "Note: content veracity not implied ". Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is water (H2O). Di (two) hydrogen (H) Mono (One) Oxide (O).
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I hope I can remember not to facilitate piracy on a massive scale so something like this doesn't happen to me!
And RIAA's job here is done.
We benefit from the suffering of others every day. Sweatshop labor is still going strong; so are cheaper relaxed safety standards available to "third-world countries". (I mean non-Western countries we exploit.) How do you think Walmart can get such low prices from their foreign suppliers? We save a dollar on an umbrella that some guy lost a finger to make because the machine lacked a safety part that would have slowed production down. These countries also have relaxed pollution standards as well, so you can dump all the chemicals you want into the streams. Look at the Killer Coke campaign. Where the public outrage there? In any case, the medical subjects in this case are being paid more than they would have made, and they have received medical care they would not have received otherwise. It's not like the doctors are just injecting random chemicals into them, after all.
There was a great book called "Patriots" covering the Vietnam War from both sides. The strangest thing I remember were the women snipers the Vietcong fielded to devastating effect against American troops. Would Americans ever put women in the field? Probably not. But then, not to be too political about it, current American enemies cut heads off, what would they do with a captured woman? Anyway, I think proper gender roles are deeply inculcated by society.
They'll team up and start chewing on us once they swim to our continents.
You know that American antitrust laws apply around the world, right? Businessmen think they can make their pricefixing deals in Mexico and get away with it, but boy are they mistaken. The US is kind of not shy about projecting power.
Or the penetrator (usually made of steel instead of lead) of the round is jacketed in copper, which slides off and "lubricates" the transfer of the penetrator through the armor.
Well, even if that was true, were you going to give money to seek a cure for a disease that was blinding the entire adult population of African villages? I know he's bad, we're studying his handiwork in antitrust class, but at least he's using the money for good instead of buying the Seattle Mariners.
Well, in a perfect world GAIM developers would be really nice and code everything to your whims. But you have to realize that you were probably the tenth guy in that hour to send him a nice e-mail about how NAT file-transfers do not work. He knows that already and each other person that tells him is doing nothing unless they picked up a keyboard and started hacking. So he's disgruntled, sure. Look how they treat the Gentoo folk who compile with all sorts of weird flags and then bug Gaim devs when it doesn't work. But Gaim is a strong piece of OSS and it is of good quality. It's plugin API is stable and it is very well-developed, I would say, in terms of software architecture. It's childish to let feelings get in the way.
The article summary is correct, despite what the parent says. He rails against why Slashdot sucks, but he does so in typical Slashdot style: without reading the article or the article summary. He read the title, then wrote a knee-jerk diatribe.
Read the article summary I wrote. I didn't get to write the title the editors stuck on the article.
Well, I contend that it is the stick and dog combination that is the oldest toy ever.
I guess they assumed you invested in IBM and Microsoft and Google.
A combination patent, uh, patents a combination of pre-existing products in a new, unobvious combination that has utility. Now, I am not sure if this is what NTP has on the Blackberry, but that would preclude someone from doing what you are suggesting.
Who would support Blue-Ray anyway? I mean it isn't even a standard like Blu-Ray is.
"I'm not complaining about your moderation - you've obviously hit some sort of chord somewhere - but I find it very interesting that the very fact you've been moderated to +5 invalidates the point you were making."
Quick, mod grandparent down.
Apparently, they could determine if a song would be a megahit or a flop. Judging from what I've heard on the radio, it doesn't seem to work.
But you are listening to it on the radio, so the industry has already won.
Well, the Interceptor vest each soldier wears is a great piece of technology. American troops also have night vision. MARPAT camo scheme is scientifically designed to hide troops in many conditions (nighttime, wet/dry on an infrared scope, etc.) A little radio call gets JDAMs or GPS-aimed artillery to drop onto an enemy sniper. And about tanks: there's a tradeoff between the weight and the armor. A heavily armored vehicle will move slower and may be shot more (and we hope it can take the extra punishment). A quicker though less armored vehicle can avoid unguided RPG fire (we hope) and can maneuver through alleyways that troops would otherwise have to clear by foot. (Blowing up the whole block is a war crime.) Having the seats face outward means little in the current battle conditions. RPG-armed enemies pop out for a second to get a shot off and then run away behind a corner or into a hole they had dug out. IEDs, well, you don't want to shoot at those at close range. Now, I'm not saying warfare is easy or harmless. I'm saying we have brought a heck of a lot of technology to bear to reduce the load.
Close. They're going to dig in the ocean, since water's easier to dig through than earth.
Agreed. But the evil could be attenuated if: a) Google tells you something like "AOL says this is good ..." or b) puts the content separately and marked-off or c) does not mess with the SEARCH results.
Using Internet Explorer is still a bit like playing Russian Roulette perfect, but the security of Windows has come a long way.
Agreed. But Internet Explorer in still unremoveable from Windows.
Doctrine of laches fixed this problem. No more submarine patents. Though there is a secret period while the patent is being prosecuted sometimes, the theory being we should not punish the patentee because the PTO is slow.
I think parent meant "clean" as in fast. Opera is damned fast as far as browsers go, and it's pretty small, too, considering it fits a mail client in as well.
You mean the United States dDoSed an entire countries phone system? That is pretty screwed up.
I cannot believe that the parent post got modded up as "Informative". It's a JOKE! Read the bottom of the site: "Note: content veracity not implied ". Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is water (H2O). Di (two) hydrogen (H) Mono (One) Oxide (O).
Fine.
Are you really going to chase after the super-strong thief that can run with this monster, even if you could?