Its just who's dick and pussy is getting it - gang banger lowlife meets crackwhore bitch and they have lots of kids. College boy's dick stays in his hand and college girl decides lesbianism, a room full of cats, or a overly-focussed career are a better option.
So? If you don't like the results, change the equation. Why is it a better option for the college boy to keep dick in hand? Why is it a rational decision for the college girl to pursue a career path and a room full of cats or lesbianism?
What has made them decide this is the better option?
What has changed in the last few decades to make people (mostly men) decide to go their own way?
What happens to the western world after a few generations of this?
Who cares? If its own people have decided that the western world is not worth committing and sacrificing for, who says it is worth saving?
Or if you really do think it is worth saving, then perhaps it is worth looking backwards into the past and seeing what it was that motivated people to fight and live for it? Hint: I'd look into the impact unilateral divorce has had on relationships and on the impact of several generations of broken homes.
Yet, you seem to hold Obama responsible for all of it, and only bash Obama. Doesn't really fit with your claim of "not seeing any difference".
That's the thing about Obama though, you see--he claimed he would be different, the other two are expected to be more of the same. Romney is even campaigning on it, much like McCain did almost four years ago...
It's easy to play partisan, but a lot of people stood back and waited to see if Obama would actually be the difference in politics he claimed to be. Whether or not they voted for him, they had hope he would change things. Instead he was more of the same, with a side of blame whitey whenever things conform to his worldview...
Is it any wonder people are disappointed? If you set yourself up as ascribing to a higher standard you'd better deliver!
Your Pacific rim drop-shipper of choice has a fair number of offerings (these ones are reasonably representative); from ~$70 to ~$170 depending on the phase of the moon, number of ports and media readers, and chipset.
You forget the Logitech Revue.
You can say that the bootloader is locked, but then so is the AppleTV locked. You listed a bunch of "Pacific Rim" devices which are also presumably available for use, but then excuse away the lack of XBMC port by pointing to incompatibilities across SOC hardware as if this was a new thing.
Bottom line? Most of the XBMC developers probably have iPhones and simply don't care about Android. Considering the AppleTV is only $99, it's hard to blame them.
I'm sorry but this is simply not true at all. If you want the security fix for an application or if you need the latest version of an application, then sooner or later you will be forced to upgrade. Windows allows you to use new applications on even an incredibly older version of it, for quite a long time--on Linux you must stay on your distro's upgrade treadmill or forgo your applications.
And if this means that you are subject to Gnome 3 instead of your preferred version of Gnome 2.xx or that you must abandon KDE 3.x in favor of KDE 4.x there is nothing you can do but either hope for a community package (Ubuntu's PPA) or accept that you have no choice but to upgrade. This is made worse by the package manager system, not better because at the end of support not only do updates and security fixes cease--so does access to the current system's applications should you wish to do a reinstall for whatever reason.
And if the new version simply doesn't support your current hardware as well as the older version, you're SOL pal. You'll be told to toss out the offending hardware card or buy a new machine by people who think everyone has millions of dollars at hand or has access to unlimited credit without ever being expected to pay back what they've spent...
There are plenty of advantages to Linux--I'm at the point where I only have one computer that I own running Windows and I'm at that sweet spot where I no longer immediately run over to that box to do something I can't (read that as didn't know how to) do in Linux, because I've learned how to do those things now and know what applications will work best for me. Just don't pretend that there isn't a forced upgrade in the Linux world too. You may not always pay in cash, but you will sooner or later have to upgrade at times where you really don't want to and have no recourse....
...is that they are effectively a form of electronic currency for the internet. In itself that wouldn't represent a problem, but when Paypal's currency ceases to be neutral, such as it was in the whole Smashwords debacle it loses its value to most people because unlike the physical form it is not legal tender in all circumstances. Money needs to be neutral for it to work properly. Paypal has shown time and time again their willingness to muck about with what is considered legal tender with their currency so it is not a good option for people.
Worse yet, considering it is highly apparent that Paypal was lying about the Credit Card companies pressuring it (given how they were so easily able to flipflop on the issue) this means their currency is not an honest one and cannot be relied on to retain value. While personally I have used Paypal in the past I and never had any trouble, I have also been careful to limit my interactions with them and actively sought alternatives where ever possible. As time goes on and the kinds of incidents like the Smashwords one continue to add up it only increases my resistance to using Paypal where ever I can avoid it.
I was surprised to discover the rate of premarital pregnancy and divorce was actually HIGHER among church-going Christians then the general population.
Actually those numbers aren't as accurate as they could be. Dalrock and a few others crunched the numbers and found that the statistics don't mean what they seem to say. Amazingly enough the factor that seemed to make a difference was the frequency of church attendance. Those who went more often divorced at a noticeably lower rate.
Which makes sense really, because anyone can say that they believe in magic zombie Jesus--but only someone who really believes in the life changing, resurrection from the death Jesus Christ, the son of God will give up hours of their day weekly...
This especially applies to children and teenagers whose church attendance can be compelled by reasons other than devotion.
On the other hand, the conservatard/Republican party and their Tea Party yokels seem to like to say [America is a Christian Nation] every day.
Added the bit in brackets to make it clear what we're referring to in the thread.
As to your slam on the above, is it possible you misheard them and what they said is "America was founded as a Christian nation" which is arguably true. Or that the "founding fathers were mostly Christians" who wrote our constitution and our other founding documents, which also is arguably true. Not saying that they were all Christians, but it is silly to pretend that they were not products of their time and to admit that the guiding principles many of the people of that time in North America followed were derived from the dominate religion of the region.
None of which matters now of course, because America is no longer the same place it once was. While the majority of Americans may offer lip service to the principles of Christianity very few of them follow through in their actions making mockery of their claims. Personally, I imagine we were better off when we not only espoused Christian ideals, we also attempted to live a life that followed those ideals.
Of course we are also products of our time, so if we no longer live morally I'd blame the people not their religion...
+1 (unless you are female, because he is sexist as hell)
Funny, you seem to have misspelled accurate. To my experience he was a bit too blunt in his portrayal, but very accurate in what a woman is attracted to. What you label sexism are largely uncomfortable truths. Women are attracted to status and willing to trade up when they think they see a better deal. Women do prefer a dominate male and will purposely set up shit tests to elicit proof that the man they are with is one.
If there is a flaw in the series it comes from Conrad's inability to see he was using game on the women he encountered. Of course Conrad's character was largely self-deceived through out the books, just witness the joke of him introducing capitalism everywhere he went while being convinced he was implementing communism... That was a typical trope of science fiction produced from that time period though and intended for humor, so who knows?
To bring this back on topic one of his better stand alone books was Copernick's Rebellion. I really would have preferred seeing more of that universe than the Boy and His Tank series which devolved quite rapidly IMHO after the first book in the series.
The future of office is not on the desktop, it is in the cloud.
Really? Then what happens if\when someone writes something the MAFIAA or the government (but I repeat myself) don't like, and Office 365 is taken down by ICE while they investigate?
Like them or hate them Megaupload.com's seizure has proven that the cloud is simply not as dependable as a native app and local storage. The cloud has evaporated, just like "Plays for sure" did several years ago. You simply can not trust the servers to be there.
Anything important must be backed up and editable locally to be worthwhile.
That is completely ignoring the fact that media companies grew directly out of the real mafia that ran saloons, music halls, theaters and "distribution" (trucking).
Oh c'mon! At least the real Mafia provided a service people wanted. What do the current MAFIAA have to offer us that anyone wants?
If the old time mafia weren't offering people what they wanted they would have been shut down before they ever began. No joke.
You know it would be much cheaper for us all to donate to a fund and have all of the lobbyists that work for the record companies snuffed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk
How about this as a better idea, since Google won't do it:
Why don't we all donate to a kickstarter and set up a nonprofit to purchase these companies and release their catalogs to the public domain? Buy 'em out and shut 'em up for good I say!
I have to agree; I've been using GNOME 3 in "Fallback" mode for months now -- it is mostly like the good old GNOME 2 desktop; having to hold down Alt and right-clicking the panels to customize is awkward, but it's not a common enough action to be truly annoying.
Oh that I could live with! The problem is the last I heard, "Fallback mode" was scheduled to be removed so I never bothered with it. Are you saying this is not the case? Because if it is intended to stick around I can always find a distro doing Gnome 3 and start using the "Fallback mode" without any issues.
The issues come in for me when the developers suddenly decide that everyone has to quit liking what worked well before and what was actually the reason they had any users at all because the new shiny is the now the ONE TRUE WAY....
Sadly enough that attitude seems to be infecting the whole software world of late and there seems nothing end users can do about it besides stick with the previous (unsupported) versions or move on to something else.
I've been watching this with interest since it was announced and found myself bitterly disappointed to see that in every screenshot I could find the Cinnamon fork used a variant of the MintMenu. No offense to those who like it, it simply doesn't trip my trigger and I prefer the Gnome 2 menu bar. Is this possible using Cinnamon or do those of us who prefer the old way have to wait for MATE to finish being ported to get "our" desktops back?
Clem, if you're watching these comments, I gotta say that despite vehemently disagreeing with your politics I really appreciate the care you're showing the users of your distro and your willingness to create something that not only works well, but looks good too! Thank you.
Does this mean the same people who harp on things like not buying girl scout cookies will now trash their Windows installations in favor of installing Linux? This could be the best thing that happened and drive 2012 into actually being the year of Linux on the desktop! I'm in favor of anything that helps push more people into giving Linux a chance, and this is a great opportunity to politicize people into giving it a chance who would ordinarily stick with Windows...
I have just closed my G+ account due to this latest announcement. I'm tired of Google crapping up my search results and changing the layouts to darn near everything on me. This was the last straw.
This guy has a tutorial on how you can safely remove your G+ account without losing your Gmail account or Picasa pictures. After you go through the process Google asks why you are leaving--I recommend everyone drop them a link to this article so they know exactly why we're fed up. Maybe it will open some eyes?
It's a bully pulpit. You want someone in there preaching that the feral govt can rape everyone?
False dilemma. That is already the case now, it would simply be a case of applying the law as it stands now to Congress itself. Strange though, how all these laws the politicians pass seem to come with exemptions for themselves...
Is there any evidence that Ron Paul, as President, would have the power to eliminate the TSA? The TSA was created by an act of the 107th Congress. Presumably it would take another act of Congress to repeal it. We have a sitting Congress right now that is majority Republican, and they're doing nothing. What is Ron Paul going to do about it, realistically?
The same thing Obama did about Gitmo. Issue an executive order, get stonewalled by Congress, realize that being president isn't like being king, and give up.
Errmmm...actually there is a lot that Ron Paul (or any other President) could do providing that he or she actually gave a damn.
First and foremost there's the bully pulpit. The president can sign that executive order and take to the airwaves telling the American people what he is doing and why. Then he can ask them to contact their congressmen and senators if they support him and tell their representatives to either get on board or get voted out.
Secondly there is the power that Obama has assumed for himself not too long ago to declare any American citizen a terrorist and have them executed as enemies of the state. Since I seem to recall the oath of office includes a line in there about defending the constitution against ALL enemies, foreign or domestic that includes nearly everyone of both houses of government for voting the way they have been...
I imagine that would light a fire under some of our elected "representatives" to make a few changes in a rapid manner...
I think Google and the rest of the major tech industry giants should create a consortium and collectively buy the MAFIAA out, so we can get on with living in the future and stop this nonsense of protecting one industry by penalizing another. This whole last ten twenty years has been ridiculous! Like the old laws that required all automobiles to have someone walk ahead of them at night with a lantern in attempt to slow them down to a level that horses could compete with. That's how silly this is..
Hell, half the time these days I wonder if that hasn't been the MAFIAA's strategy all along....
I'm also sure most casual people don't care nor didn't even heard about it. Yes, piracy circles did, but they're pirates to begin with.
Nice attempt to hand wave there. Despite your attempt to pretend it has anything to do with copyright infringement, the Streisand Effect is a real observable phenomena that can be seen over and over again. Usually as a result of someone powerful trying to pervert the Law and use their clout or money to buy the result they wanted--usually silence. As a result of the lawsuit even more attention gets paid to something that would otherwise simply blow over quickly and pass with little note. But here, let's let Wikipedia explain it, so you can understand better...
The Streisand effect is a primarily online phenomenon in which an attempt to hide or remove a piece of information has the perverse effect of publicizing the information more widely. It is named after American entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose attempt in 2003 to suppress photographs of her residence inadvertently generated further publicity.
Similar attempts have been made, for example, in cease-and-desist letters, to suppress numbers, files and websites. Instead of being suppressed, the information receives extensive publicity and media extensions such as videos & spoof songs, often being widely mirrored across the Internet or distributed on file-sharing networks.
Mike Masnick of Techdirt coined the term after Streisand, citing privacy violations, unsuccessfully sued photographer Kenneth Adelman and Pictopia.com for US$50 million in an attempt to have an aerial photograph of her mansion removed from the publicly available collection of 12,000 California coastline photographs. Adelman said that he was photographing beachfront property to document coastal erosion as part of the government sanctioned and commissioned California Coastal Records Project. As a result of the case, public knowledge of the picture increased substantially; more than 420,000 people visited the site over the following month.
You should really learn the value of the maxim of keeping your mouth shut, rather than opening it and displaying your ignorance to all who look in...
Oh and go ahead and read the rest of the Wikipedia article. Lots of examples of the phenomena at work there, and clearly not something that your corporate masters will be able to legislate away. The damage is already done. UMG now provides their opposition with the best possible example of why SOPA is bad and proof that it WILL be abused.
I mean really? Did they really think they could get away with this attempt to silence free speech in such a slam dunk example of fair use? Trying to categorize this as infringement is beyond ridiculous, this was a case of someone with money and lawyers on retainer who thought they could simply abuse the law and dare anyone to hold them accountable for it.
Well thanks to the Streisand Effect, everyone gets to hear exactly what UMG wanted silenced. Nice going. This is why your industry is going to fade away, not copyright infringement, but the fact that UMG and the rest of Big Media simply haven't got a clue.
what're you doing trying to limp along a pre-Gingerbread phone and complaining that you can't install new apps?
I'm on Froyo. That is Android 2.2, which is really not that old yet. There are builds of CM7 available and I know that people are busy working away at porting over ICS as soon as it can be accomplished. I stick with Froyo though, because it seems to be the best built for my phone. I don't think the issue was so much operating system related as much as it is hardware related, my phone is an LG Optimus V so certainly not the latest and greatest.
Most people still using old smartphones WON'T be upgrading their phones/tablets right away, and they would be enraged if they learned they couldn't run the app on which they just spent their hard-earned money* wouldn't work on their already-expensive smartphone from a couple years back.
I see your point, but why should this apply even in the web store? Or failing that why cant Google just make a popup with a checkbox that warns the app does not run on any devices currently linked to my account, by checking the box I submit I would like to purchase the app any way. At the very least they should have anticipated people buying apps on speculation when they're $0.10! At that price I have a hard time not buying the apps with an eye towards the future...
I have an android phone, so I've been enjoying this since I first heard about it. Was sad that I missed the first day, but what can you do? The biggest gripe I'm having now though is that Google will not even let me buy some of the apps on sale here today or yesterday. Keeps on saying my current phone is not compatible with the app.
So? Does Google think that I will never upgrade my phone? Or that just because I do not currently have an Android tablet I will never get one?
Please just let me buy the app already! Just take my money Google, don't taunt me with great apps and great games but refuse to let me install them!
If you don't like it...uh change it? What's so crazy about that idea?!
Maybe because we've already been doing just that for several releases now and have gotten tired at just how much work it takes to return the desktop back to a usable state?
Maybe because with each release it gets harder and harder to find out how to do the reversion because things keep on being changed around. One time it is a simple configuration edit, another time you need to replace a file with a patched one from a PPA, still another requires you uninstall a package, etc etc...
Or maybe we've been paying attention to what Mark says and seen he's serious about bolting the desktop to make changing it impossible--what he euphemistically calls "consistency..."
It isn't like people haven't tried to tell him this is a mistake, Mark refuses to listen and instead tries to generate his own little reality distortion field. The only choice left for us is to leave...so that's what we're doing.
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Unless she decides to cry rape.
Say what you will about porn but celluloid women have yet to accuse anyone of rape...
So? If you don't like the results, change the equation. Why is it a better option for the college boy to keep dick in hand? Why is it a rational decision for the college girl to pursue a career path and a room full of cats or lesbianism?
What has made them decide this is the better option?
What has changed in the last few decades to make people (mostly men) decide to go their own way?
Who cares? If its own people have decided that the western world is not worth committing and sacrificing for, who says it is worth saving?
Or if you really do think it is worth saving, then perhaps it is worth looking backwards into the past and seeing what it was that motivated people to fight and live for it? Hint: I'd look into the impact unilateral divorce has had on relationships and on the impact of several generations of broken homes.
That's the thing about Obama though, you see--he claimed he would be different, the other two are expected to be more of the same. Romney is even campaigning on it, much like McCain did almost four years ago...
It's easy to play partisan, but a lot of people stood back and waited to see if Obama would actually be the difference in politics he claimed to be. Whether or not they voted for him, they had hope he would change things. Instead he was more of the same, with a side of blame whitey whenever things conform to his worldview...
Is it any wonder people are disappointed? If you set yourself up as ascribing to a higher standard you'd better deliver!
You forget the Logitech Revue.
You can say that the bootloader is locked, but then so is the AppleTV locked. You listed a bunch of "Pacific Rim" devices which are also presumably available for use, but then excuse away the lack of XBMC port by pointing to incompatibilities across SOC hardware as if this was a new thing.
Bottom line? Most of the XBMC developers probably have iPhones and simply don't care about Android. Considering the AppleTV is only $99, it's hard to blame them.
I'm sorry but this is simply not true at all. If you want the security fix for an application or if you need the latest version of an application, then sooner or later you will be forced to upgrade. Windows allows you to use new applications on even an incredibly older version of it, for quite a long time--on Linux you must stay on your distro's upgrade treadmill or forgo your applications.
And if this means that you are subject to Gnome 3 instead of your preferred version of Gnome 2.xx or that you must abandon KDE 3.x in favor of KDE 4.x there is nothing you can do but either hope for a community package (Ubuntu's PPA) or accept that you have no choice but to upgrade. This is made worse by the package manager system, not better because at the end of support not only do updates and security fixes cease--so does access to the current system's applications should you wish to do a reinstall for whatever reason.
And if the new version simply doesn't support your current hardware as well as the older version, you're SOL pal. You'll be told to toss out the offending hardware card or buy a new machine by people who think everyone has millions of dollars at hand or has access to unlimited credit without ever being expected to pay back what they've spent...
There are plenty of advantages to Linux--I'm at the point where I only have one computer that I own running Windows and I'm at that sweet spot where I no longer immediately run over to that box to do something I can't (read that as didn't know how to) do in Linux, because I've learned how to do those things now and know what applications will work best for me. Just don't pretend that there isn't a forced upgrade in the Linux world too. You may not always pay in cash, but you will sooner or later have to upgrade at times where you really don't want to and have no recourse....
...is that they are effectively a form of electronic currency for the internet. In itself that wouldn't represent a problem, but when Paypal's currency ceases to be neutral, such as it was in the whole Smashwords debacle it loses its value to most people because unlike the physical form it is not legal tender in all circumstances. Money needs to be neutral for it to work properly. Paypal has shown time and time again their willingness to muck about with what is considered legal tender with their currency so it is not a good option for people.
Worse yet, considering it is highly apparent that Paypal was lying about the Credit Card companies pressuring it (given how they were so easily able to flipflop on the issue) this means their currency is not an honest one and cannot be relied on to retain value. While personally I have used Paypal in the past I and never had any trouble, I have also been careful to limit my interactions with them and actively sought alternatives where ever possible. As time goes on and the kinds of incidents like the Smashwords one continue to add up it only increases my resistance to using Paypal where ever I can avoid it.
I imagine others feel the same...
Actually those numbers aren't as accurate as they could be. Dalrock and a few others crunched the numbers and found that the statistics don't mean what they seem to say. Amazingly enough the factor that seemed to make a difference was the frequency of church attendance. Those who went more often divorced at a noticeably lower rate.
Which makes sense really, because anyone can say that they believe in magic zombie Jesus--but only someone who really believes in the life changing, resurrection from the death Jesus Christ, the son of God will give up hours of their day weekly...
This especially applies to children and teenagers whose church attendance can be compelled by reasons other than devotion.
Added the bit in brackets to make it clear what we're referring to in the thread.
As to your slam on the above, is it possible you misheard them and what they said is "America was founded as a Christian nation" which is arguably true. Or that the "founding fathers were mostly Christians" who wrote our constitution and our other founding documents, which also is arguably true. Not saying that they were all Christians, but it is silly to pretend that they were not products of their time and to admit that the guiding principles many of the people of that time in North America followed were derived from the dominate religion of the region.
None of which matters now of course, because America is no longer the same place it once was. While the majority of Americans may offer lip service to the principles of Christianity very few of them follow through in their actions making mockery of their claims. Personally, I imagine we were better off when we not only espoused Christian ideals, we also attempted to live a life that followed those ideals.
Of course we are also products of our time, so if we no longer live morally I'd blame the people not their religion...
Funny, you seem to have misspelled accurate. To my experience he was a bit too blunt in his portrayal, but very accurate in what a woman is attracted to. What you label sexism are largely uncomfortable truths. Women are attracted to status and willing to trade up when they think they see a better deal. Women do prefer a dominate male and will purposely set up shit tests to elicit proof that the man they are with is one.
If there is a flaw in the series it comes from Conrad's inability to see he was using game on the women he encountered. Of course Conrad's character was largely self-deceived through out the books, just witness the joke of him introducing capitalism everywhere he went while being convinced he was implementing communism... That was a typical trope of science fiction produced from that time period though and intended for humor, so who knows?
To bring this back on topic one of his better stand alone books was Copernick's Rebellion. I really would have preferred seeing more of that universe than the Boy and His Tank series which devolved quite rapidly IMHO after the first book in the series.
Really? Then what happens if\when someone writes something the MAFIAA or the government (but I repeat myself) don't like, and Office 365 is taken down by ICE while they investigate?
Like them or hate them Megaupload.com's seizure has proven that the cloud is simply not as dependable as a native app and local storage. The cloud has evaporated, just like "Plays for sure" did several years ago. You simply can not trust the servers to be there.
Anything important must be backed up and editable locally to be worthwhile.
Oh c'mon! At least the real Mafia provided a service people wanted. What do the current MAFIAA have to offer us that anyone wants?
If the old time mafia weren't offering people what they wanted they would have been shut down before they ever began. No joke.
How about this as a better idea, since Google won't do it:
Why don't we all donate to a kickstarter and set up a nonprofit to purchase these companies and release their catalogs to the public domain? Buy 'em out and shut 'em up for good I say!
Oh that I could live with! The problem is the last I heard, "Fallback mode" was scheduled to be removed so I never bothered with it. Are you saying this is not the case? Because if it is intended to stick around I can always find a distro doing Gnome 3 and start using the "Fallback mode" without any issues.
The issues come in for me when the developers suddenly decide that everyone has to quit liking what worked well before and what was actually the reason they had any users at all because the new shiny is the now the ONE TRUE WAY....
Sadly enough that attitude seems to be infecting the whole software world of late and there seems nothing end users can do about it besides stick with the previous (unsupported) versions or move on to something else.
--bornagainpenguin
I've been watching this with interest since it was announced and found myself bitterly disappointed to see that in every screenshot I could find the Cinnamon fork used a variant of the MintMenu. No offense to those who like it, it simply doesn't trip my trigger and I prefer the Gnome 2 menu bar. Is this possible using Cinnamon or do those of us who prefer the old way have to wait for MATE to finish being ported to get "our" desktops back?
Clem, if you're watching these comments, I gotta say that despite vehemently disagreeing with your politics I really appreciate the care you're showing the users of your distro and your willingness to create something that not only works well, but looks good too! Thank you.
--bornagainpenguin
Does this mean the same people who harp on things like not buying girl scout cookies will now trash their Windows installations in favor of installing Linux? This could be the best thing that happened and drive 2012 into actually being the year of Linux on the desktop! I'm in favor of anything that helps push more people into giving Linux a chance, and this is a great opportunity to politicize people into giving it a chance who would ordinarily stick with Windows...
This is damning information that changes the tone and tenor of everything else.
I have just closed my G+ account due to this latest announcement. I'm tired of Google crapping up my search results and changing the layouts to darn near everything on me. This was the last straw.
This guy has a tutorial on how you can safely remove your G+ account without losing your Gmail account or Picasa pictures. After you go through the process Google asks why you are leaving--I recommend everyone drop them a link to this article so they know exactly why we're fed up. Maybe it will open some eyes?
False dilemma. That is already the case now, it would simply be a case of applying the law as it stands now to Congress itself. Strange though, how all these laws the politicians pass seem to come with exemptions for themselves...
Errmmm...actually there is a lot that Ron Paul (or any other President) could do providing that he or she actually gave a damn.
First and foremost there's the bully pulpit. The president can sign that executive order and take to the airwaves telling the American people what he is doing and why. Then he can ask them to contact their congressmen and senators if they support him and tell their representatives to either get on board or get voted out.
Secondly there is the power that Obama has assumed for himself not too long ago to declare any American citizen a terrorist and have them executed as enemies of the state. Since I seem to recall the oath of office includes a line in there about defending the constitution against ALL enemies, foreign or domestic that includes nearly everyone of both houses of government for voting the way they have been...
I imagine that would light a fire under some of our elected "representatives" to make a few changes in a rapid manner...
Thread is useless without pictures! ;)
I think Google and the rest of the major tech industry giants should create a consortium and collectively buy the MAFIAA out, so we can get on with living in the future and stop this nonsense of protecting one industry by penalizing another. This whole last ten twenty years has been ridiculous! Like the old laws that required all automobiles to have someone walk ahead of them at night with a lantern in attempt to slow them down to a level that horses could compete with. That's how silly this is..
Hell, half the time these days I wonder if that hasn't been the MAFIAA's strategy all along....
Nice attempt to hand wave there. Despite your attempt to pretend it has anything to do with copyright infringement, the Streisand Effect is a real observable phenomena that can be seen over and over again. Usually as a result of someone powerful trying to pervert the Law and use their clout or money to buy the result they wanted--usually silence. As a result of the lawsuit even more attention gets paid to something that would otherwise simply blow over quickly and pass with little note. But here, let's let Wikipedia explain it, so you can understand better...
You should really learn the value of the maxim of keeping your mouth shut, rather than opening it and displaying your ignorance to all who look in...
Oh and go ahead and read the rest of the Wikipedia article. Lots of examples of the phenomena at work there, and clearly not something that your corporate masters will be able to legislate away. The damage is already done. UMG now provides their opposition with the best possible example of why SOPA is bad and proof that it WILL be abused.
I mean really? Did they really think they could get away with this attempt to silence free speech in such a slam dunk example of fair use? Trying to categorize this as infringement is beyond ridiculous, this was a case of someone with money and lawyers on retainer who thought they could simply abuse the law and dare anyone to hold them accountable for it.
Well thanks to the Streisand Effect, everyone gets to hear exactly what UMG wanted silenced. Nice going. This is why your industry is going to fade away, not copyright infringement, but the fact that UMG and the rest of Big Media simply haven't got a clue.
I'm on Froyo. That is Android 2.2, which is really not that old yet. There are builds of CM7 available and I know that people are busy working away at porting over ICS as soon as it can be accomplished. I stick with Froyo though, because it seems to be the best built for my phone. I don't think the issue was so much operating system related as much as it is hardware related, my phone is an LG Optimus V so certainly not the latest and greatest.
I see your point, but why should this apply even in the web store? Or failing that why cant Google just make a popup with a checkbox that warns the app does not run on any devices currently linked to my account, by checking the box I submit I would like to purchase the app any way. At the very least they should have anticipated people buying apps on speculation when they're $0.10! At that price I have a hard time not buying the apps with an eye towards the future...
So why won't Google take my money?
--bornagainpenguin
I have an android phone, so I've been enjoying this since I first heard about it. Was sad that I missed the first day, but what can you do? The biggest gripe I'm having now though is that Google will not even let me buy some of the apps on sale here today or yesterday. Keeps on saying my current phone is not compatible with the app.
So? Does Google think that I will never upgrade my phone? Or that just because I do not currently have an Android tablet I will never get one?
Please just let me buy the app already! Just take my money Google, don't taunt me with great apps and great games but refuse to let me install them!
--bornagainpenguin
Maybe because we've already been doing just that for several releases now and have gotten tired at just how much work it takes to return the desktop back to a usable state?
Maybe because with each release it gets harder and harder to find out how to do the reversion because things keep on being changed around. One time it is a simple configuration edit, another time you need to replace a file with a patched one from a PPA, still another requires you uninstall a package, etc etc...
Or maybe we've been paying attention to what Mark says and seen he's serious about bolting the desktop to make changing it impossible--what he euphemistically calls "consistency..."
It isn't like people haven't tried to tell him this is a mistake, Mark refuses to listen and instead tries to generate his own little reality distortion field. The only choice left for us is to leave...so that's what we're doing.
Just don't expect us to be happy about it.