You know, people have been tasting grapes as long as people have been selling grapes.
That's not "loss" - it's a part of doing business in the grape market. It's going to be true of any produce that can be sampled. It gives your customer confidence in the product (or lets your customer know that you've got crap grapes).
Oh, and to get back somewhat on topic here, copying is not theft, and cannot be theft. Theft requires that something be taken, depriving someone else of its use. As copying leaves the original intact, it is impossible for it to be theft. If you want to argue that it's wrong anyway, that's a different issue (and I'd disagree with that, too) but it's not theft.
Huh. I'd think they weren't taking the paperless office far enough. I mean, pen input is so archaic.
I'd just bring a laptop.
But then, I've got almost zero use for anything involving pen/pencils anyway. As far as I'm concerned, if it's important enough to write down at all, it's important enough to type into a computer. Otherwise, I'd lose it.
And it it really THAT hard to get somebody's email address?
Pharmaceutical patents are a fairly recent development. Drugs were developed before they could be patented, and they will still be developed after patents are a sad chapter in our history.
Anyway, much of the research involved is actually paid for with your tax dollars, and by rights should belong to everyone, not be the private holding of a massive pharmaceutical company.
Well, to me it makes sense to prohibit zip code based insurance premiums. After all, the entire point of insurance is to spread the risk - and if the companies can get granular enough with their pool, you will be better off self-insuring.
Of course, I'm also opposed to mandatory insurance. If the state is going to require insurance, the state should have to provide said insurance. It's criminal to require me to give money to a private insurance company to guarantee their profits.
That's not universally true. I know of at least one Apple dealer where if you show up with cracked plastic, discolored plastic, or whatever cosmetic issue, you will get new plastic.
I've put in repair cases for cosmetic issues before. Apple has no problem with this.
And if the repair part is in stock at the distribution warehouse, I can usually have your computer back in your hands the next day.
As a side note, a noisy hard drive or fan can be covered under Apple warranty as well.
"Thats great, now where do I sign up for the apple 5 year payment plan???"
Well, if you look at the lower left corner of the Apple Store page, you'll see the financing option.
And I'd say that for most people these days the computer and internet connection are in the very highest priority category. I've had so many people tell me how bad it was when they didn't have their computer for a day or two while I was repairing it.
Make no mistake, there are NO American, British, or people from any other country than Iraq who are in Iraq fighting for freedom. They may think they are, but they have been deceived.
Those people are fighting for American domination of Iraq, and the expansion of the American Empire. And there IS empire building going on today.
That doesn't make the islamofascists freedom fighters either - but while some of the individual foreigners in Iraq might be interested in helping Iraq obtain some measure of freedom, their commanders ARE NOT.
Iraq is a mission of oil profits, "daddy had a war, I want one too" and a new crusade. It's not about freedom at all.
And your "flogged to death" comment seems to me to be another way of saying "it's worse other places, so be happy that it's really bad here".
I don't believe the public has ever been given a chance to purchase irradiated food. I've certainly never seen it anywhere - and I would consider it a good reason to buy it.
High octane gas = better product if you have a high-compression engine.
Low octane gas = better product if you have a low-compression engine.
There is actually more energy per gallon in low octane gas, but in a higher compression engine, it can ignite from the compression, rather than from the spark. This is a problem.
If you put the expensive stuff in a low-compression engine, you will get lower fuel mileage and cause excessive carbon buildup - which will cost you a lot more money, and shorten the life of your engine.
Your car MAY need high octane gas - but DO NOT assume this. It may instead need low octane gas.
The CIA is part of the US Government. The US Government is supposed to work for the people of the United States.
When the "bosses" in government fail in their duties (as is currently occurring in the United States Government) it is the responsibility of those in a position to do so to go over the heads of their direct "bosses" to their real bosses - the people.
Net neutrality is, however, the current state of the internet, and how the internet has always worked.
It became an issue when Bellsouth announced a plan to end it, as they saw an opportunity to double-dip, and charge people who AREN'T their customers.
Unless the law is changed to prevent this, the internet as we know it will be destroyed and replaced with something that primarily allows big companies to create content, and feed it to consumers - very little else will happen.
Only fairly recently have the ILECs and cable providers consolidated sufficiently to be able to do this - during the dial-up days, people could easily route around the damage by just dialing another provider. But with DSL and cable, the big boys control almost everyone's net access, and the only way to route around the damage is to drop back to dial-up speeds.
Seriously, patent lawyers are almost never paid on a contingency basis - this will cost Red Hat from the first minute of lawyer time, and they are very unlikely to be able to recover attorney fees from Firestar.
And yes, the system works exactly as you described.
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It sounds like Apple doesn't want stupid people working for them.
I'm sorry, telling on yourself is just plain stupid. I'd have fired them too.
You know, people have been tasting grapes as long as people have been selling grapes.
That's not "loss" - it's a part of doing business in the grape market. It's going to be true of any produce that can be sampled. It gives your customer confidence in the product (or lets your customer know that you've got crap grapes).
Oh, and to get back somewhat on topic here, copying is not theft, and cannot be theft. Theft requires that something be taken, depriving someone else of its use. As copying leaves the original intact, it is impossible for it to be theft. If you want to argue that it's wrong anyway, that's a different issue (and I'd disagree with that, too) but it's not theft.
Yup. The only thing worse than nutscrape was exploder. And it was much, much worse.
I can't believe somebody is STILL on the one button mouse whine. This is getting REALLY old and stupid.
1. Apple systems have supported multiple-buttton mice for nearly 10 years now.
2. Show me any current Apple system that includes a one-button mouse. That's right, there aren't any.
3. I'm reasonably sure you can get Apple systems for BELOW $625 if you're buying serious quantities.
So knock it off with the pro-M$ FUD.
They did.
Huh. I'd think they weren't taking the paperless office far enough. I mean, pen input is so archaic.
I'd just bring a laptop.
But then, I've got almost zero use for anything involving pen/pencils anyway. As far as I'm concerned, if it's important enough to write down at all, it's important enough to type into a computer. Otherwise, I'd lose it.
And it it really THAT hard to get somebody's email address?
Is this the part where we point out that verb is not a verb?
Not even remotely true.
Pharmaceutical patents are a fairly recent development. Drugs were developed before they could be patented, and they will still be developed after patents are a sad chapter in our history.
Anyway, much of the research involved is actually paid for with your tax dollars, and by rights should belong to everyone, not be the private holding of a massive pharmaceutical company.
Patents don't work.
Well, to me it makes sense to prohibit zip code based insurance premiums. After all, the entire point of insurance is to spread the risk - and if the companies can get granular enough with their pool, you will be better off self-insuring.
Of course, I'm also opposed to mandatory insurance. If the state is going to require insurance, the state should have to provide said insurance. It's criminal to require me to give money to a private insurance company to guarantee their profits.
Why would you give her an anti-static bag? The first thing I'd do is drop it in the microwave.
That's not universally true. I know of at least one Apple dealer where if you show up with cracked plastic, discolored plastic, or whatever cosmetic issue, you will get new plastic.
I've put in repair cases for cosmetic issues before. Apple has no problem with this.
And if the repair part is in stock at the distribution warehouse, I can usually have your computer back in your hands the next day.
As a side note, a noisy hard drive or fan can be covered under Apple warranty as well.
"Thats great, now where do I sign up for the apple 5 year payment plan???"
Well, if you look at the lower left corner of the Apple Store page, you'll see the financing option.
And I'd say that for most people these days the computer and internet connection are in the very highest priority category. I've had so many people tell me how bad it was when they didn't have their computer for a day or two while I was repairing it.
what, you don't like centipede?
Yeah, that's about all they're good for on a desktop.
Now, they're a pretty good input device for a laptop... But I'm pretty used to a trackpad these days.
I just don't ever want to have to touch one of those stupid keyboard joysticks ever again. Those things are torturous to use.
Make no mistake, there are NO American, British, or people from any other country than Iraq who are in Iraq fighting for freedom. They may think they are, but they have been deceived.
Those people are fighting for American domination of Iraq, and the expansion of the American Empire. And there IS empire building going on today.
That doesn't make the islamofascists freedom fighters either - but while some of the individual foreigners in Iraq might be interested in helping Iraq obtain some measure of freedom, their commanders ARE NOT.
Iraq is a mission of oil profits, "daddy had a war, I want one too" and a new crusade. It's not about freedom at all.
And your "flogged to death" comment seems to me to be another way of saying "it's worse other places, so be happy that it's really bad here".
I don't believe the public has ever been given a chance to purchase irradiated food. I've certainly never seen it anywhere - and I would consider it a good reason to buy it.
Fine, as long as you disarm EVERYBODY.
That means the law abiding citizen, the criminal, the police, and the military.
All of them.
You mean the bit where it's virtually impossible for someone to legally own a handgun in DC, but very easy to illegally own one?
:)
No, gun deaths will NEVER go up in that situation.
Haven't we gone over this enough?
High octane gas = better product if you have a high-compression engine.
Low octane gas = better product if you have a low-compression engine.
There is actually more energy per gallon in low octane gas, but in a higher compression engine, it can ignite from the compression, rather than from the spark. This is a problem.
If you put the expensive stuff in a low-compression engine, you will get lower fuel mileage and cause excessive carbon buildup - which will cost you a lot more money, and shorten the life of your engine.
Your car MAY need high octane gas - but DO NOT assume this. It may instead need low octane gas.
Um, no. It's NOT that simple.
The CIA is part of the US Government. The US Government is supposed to work for the people of the United States.
When the "bosses" in government fail in their duties (as is currently occurring in the United States Government) it is the responsibility of those in a position to do so to go over the heads of their direct "bosses" to their real bosses - the people.
I thought they were generally M$ employees...
Net neutrality is, however, the current state of the internet, and how the internet has always worked.
It became an issue when Bellsouth announced a plan to end it, as they saw an opportunity to double-dip, and charge people who AREN'T their customers.
Unless the law is changed to prevent this, the internet as we know it will be destroyed and replaced with something that primarily allows big companies to create content, and feed it to consumers - very little else will happen.
Only fairly recently have the ILECs and cable providers consolidated sufficiently to be able to do this - during the dial-up days, people could easily route around the damage by just dialing another provider. But with DSL and cable, the big boys control almost everyone's net access, and the only way to route around the damage is to drop back to dial-up speeds.
Wow. They never tried anything like that when I was in high school, but I can imagine my reaction. I would have said not a chance.
There's no way I would have let them get away with it without causing a MAJOR stink, right then and there.
Even back then, we knew the best policy when dealing with police was to be as polite yet uncooperative as possible.
Sounds like you were coerced into signing, and it was therefore not a legal contract.
Actually, it should be a very simple issue.
If the child can't make his own decision, you tell the parents "tough shit" and you proceed with treatment.
Religion != good enough reason to injure someone else.
On what planet?
Seriously, patent lawyers are almost never paid on a contingency basis - this will cost Red Hat from the first minute of lawyer time, and they are very unlikely to be able to recover attorney fees from Firestar.
And yes, the system works exactly as you described.