I doubt these companies care if you cost them an extra 34 cents--they've undoubtedly already budgeted money for a percentage of returned envelopes. Instead of throwing a tantrum, or vandalizing a company's equipment with glitter, why not take your name off their mailing lists, or lobby for legislation to prevent unsolicited mailings in your state/country/etc.?
One other thing stands in the way--if Apple starts developing for x86, Microsoft will axe Office and IE for the Mac and do its darndest to put Apple out of business...
Wait a minute. There are power shortages, in part, because there's too many people in California and they're using too much electricity with their computers, air conditioning, heat, stereos, etc. and you're attacking conservation?
If the computer system automatically deletes the records of any customer who has not purchased something in the last 30 days, then the only customers who will have an open account are the ones that purchase something regularly.
The problem is, most people don't shop at e-commerce sites this frequently. I know I'd be pretty annoyed if I had to re-enter my credit card information, shipping and billing addresses, opt-out prefs, etc. every time I shopped at each store online just because I don't use them frequently enough.
It'd be much easier (and make much more sense) if these companies just realized that bankrupcy doesn't give them an excuse to break their privacy contract with me.
Without using the terms "conservative" or "liberal", please describe the features that you would prefer that a govt. have, and those that you would rather not have.
I guess I'll bite. I'd prefer a government that doesn't limit freedoms of expression. No restrictions on hate-speech, but also no restrictions on sexual orientation, etc. Women should have the right to abortion. Government should respect privacy. That means no controls on crypto. No wiretapping. Following through, legalized drugs make sense (my Republican governor currently advocates that!)
Basically, a two-party system is too limiting. I don't buy into the Republican party line or the Democrat party line wholesale. I may be wrong, but I believe Canada is more progressive than the U.S. in terms of protecting people's rights along these lines. Perhaps my Bush quip was misguided, but I have a feeling he's all for imposing "family values" on us. I'll bet we'll see more censorship of the Internet, an expanded war on drugs, and appointees who are openly bigotted against homosexuals. That's not my idea of support for freedom of expression.
Is the United States still the best choice of a place to live for safety...
You've obviously never compared gun death rates between the U.S. and other nations. An American is five times more likely to be murdered than a Canadian citizen.
Flame away, but the U.S. has always been a rather conservative nation. Whether it be the witch hunts for pacifists during WWI, the locking-up of Japanese citizens during WWII, or the Red Scare of the '50s and National Guard shootings of the '60s, this nation's always been a dangerous place to speak freely. Now that Bush's in office, I'm seriously considering moving to a certain liberal-minded nation up north.
I think many libraries have to pay authors for every single person lending a copy of their book(s).
Although this isn't true in the US, libraries do have to pay more than retail for their books . I believe many publishers make special library editions with stronger bindings and covers as well.
They don't allow the kind of sequential communications and storytelling vital to any community, work or personal.
Wait a minute, isn't this the third part of your article? There's sequential communication in a virtual community for you...
I think seqential communication is the Internet's strong point. It's much harder to remember who said what at a business meeting than it is to look at a threaded discussion online (for me at least).
Their interactive instincts often collide unhappily with the traditioins (sic) and institutions of a static, passive world.
Are you saying the artificial worlds in games (where your controls are limited to half a dozen buttons or so) are less interactive than the real world (where the possibilities are virtually infinite for any given situation)?
I think the opposite is true. Perhaps what you meant to say was "When it comes to making friends and asking people out, many gamers helplessly search for the A button...";-)
Your argument would mean I could copy my favorite photographer's photo book, change a pixel or two, and then give them away as my own. This is more than "look and feel"--the theme was an attempt to build an exact replica of the Aqua interface.
You can't possibly be referring to software. Instead of getting smarter, it gets more bloated. I'd much rather use an 800k word processor from the early '90s than MS's latest behometh.
Even with cool new hardware, you have to admit software's not gaining much intelligence. There's a good manifesto relating to this in the latest WIRED, BTW, which they took from this Edge version.
You seem to be flaming the above author for being Christian because he quoted Genesis. You do realize, though, that the books that make up the Old Testament are considered important documents to more than one religion... Judaism comes to mind, though there's others... Even an aetheist like me can read valuable insight into the parables contained within these texts.
I can't vote for Nader with a clear conscious. If I vote for Gore, at least there's some chance my liberal viewpoints will be supported. If I vote for Nader, maybe Bush will win my ("swing")-state's precious electoral votes and I'll have to helplessly watch him appoint a few ultra-conservative Supreme Court Justices. Ugh!
Yes. They choose to have intercourse when they weren't prepared to deal with all the possible consequences in full... IIRC, the primary reason for contraceptive failure is improper use; so again, there's another incidence of a "bad life decision" - deciding to have intercourse with a contraceptive, without bothering to learn how to use a contraceptive properly.
It takes two to tango;-) Ever notice how it's usually the woman who's expected to "deal with the consequences"?
My point is people who don't make as much as us aren't necessarily "unproductive citizens who have made bad life decisions." I don't care what automakers make or how many babies people want to have. I just can't stand someone who is obviously prejudiced against blue-collared workers getting moderated up as being "insightful." There should be a moderator label for "snobby."
If they are using it to track users, then they arent making people aware of it.
Ummm... the only thing they could possibly track is your IP address, unless you filled out some form somewhere with more personal information. Or unless they're correlating your IP address with a Doubleclick database somewhere...
And, furthermore, I would assume that may be their aim, otherwise, why require a cookie?
There are resaons to use cookies besides attempting to determine the identity of users. They're pretty handy in gathering stats about how long people visited your site. They're also good for storing preferences--for example, the Lego homepage might detect your browser type, store that info in a cookie, and use it to deliver code throughout the site that (hopefully) won't freeze your browser.
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I doubt these companies care if you cost them an extra 34 cents--they've undoubtedly already budgeted money for a percentage of returned envelopes. Instead of throwing a tantrum, or vandalizing a company's equipment with glitter, why not take your name off their mailing lists, or lobby for legislation to prevent unsolicited mailings in your state/country/etc.?
One other thing stands in the way--if Apple starts developing for x86, Microsoft will axe Office and IE for the Mac and do its darndest to put Apple out of business...
Wait a minute. There are power shortages, in part, because there's too many people in California and they're using too much electricity with their computers, air conditioning, heat, stereos, etc. and you're attacking conservation?
If the computer system automatically deletes the records of any customer who has not purchased something in the last 30 days, then the only customers who will have an open account are the ones that purchase something regularly.
The problem is, most people don't shop at e-commerce sites this frequently. I know I'd be pretty annoyed if I had to re-enter my credit card information, shipping and billing addresses, opt-out prefs, etc. every time I shopped at each store online just because I don't use them frequently enough.
It'd be much easier (and make much more sense) if these companies just realized that bankrupcy doesn't give them an excuse to break their privacy contract with me.
Sure you do! I see people driving SUVs all the time.
MOSR is extremely unreliable. Try AppleInsider instead. Plus, you misread the blurb. It says OS X will be released at Mac World Tokyo.
What do you mean "travel"? Don't they have Starbucks on every corner in your town too?
I guess I'll bite. I'd prefer a government that doesn't limit freedoms of expression. No restrictions on hate-speech, but also no restrictions on sexual orientation, etc. Women should have the right to abortion. Government should respect privacy. That means no controls on crypto. No wiretapping. Following through, legalized drugs make sense (my Republican governor currently advocates that!)
Basically, a two-party system is too limiting. I don't buy into the Republican party line or the Democrat party line wholesale. I may be wrong, but I believe Canada is more progressive than the U.S. in terms of protecting people's rights along these lines. Perhaps my Bush quip was misguided, but I have a feeling he's all for imposing "family values" on us. I'll bet we'll see more censorship of the Internet, an expanded war on drugs, and appointees who are openly bigotted against homosexuals. That's not my idea of support for freedom of expression.
Who was pres. then?
He was a member of what party?
you're on the wrong track with this one, bub. even the democrats aren't liberal enough for me... still, i fear bush more than gore!
Is the United States still the best choice of a place to live for safety...
You've obviously never compared gun death rates between the U.S. and other nations. An American is five times more likely to be murdered than a Canadian citizen.
Flame away, but the U.S. has always been a rather conservative nation. Whether it be the witch hunts for pacifists during WWI, the locking-up of Japanese citizens during WWII, or the Red Scare of the '50s and National Guard shootings of the '60s, this nation's always been a dangerous place to speak freely. Now that Bush's in office, I'm seriously considering moving to a certain liberal-minded nation up north.
The microsoft conspirators are to busy saying the xbox will the crappiest system ever without ever touching one.
Are you okay Cmdr Taco? It sounds like you're having a bad day :-)
I think many libraries have to pay authors for every single person lending a copy of their book(s).
Although this isn't true in the US, libraries do have to pay more than retail for their books . I believe many publishers make special library editions with stronger bindings and covers as well.
I think it goes without saying that having Chewbacca rip his way out of a rubber Jar Jar suit would make Episode II worthwhile.
They don't allow the kind of sequential communications and storytelling vital to any community, work or personal.
Wait a minute, isn't this the third part of your article? There's sequential communication in a virtual community for you...
I think seqential communication is the Internet's strong point. It's much harder to remember who said what at a business meeting than it is to look at a threaded discussion online (for me at least).
According to Web Hosting Monitor, Page Creators has reincarnated as Trinity Host. So post a new article CmdrTaco and we'll Slashdot them again...
Their interactive instincts often collide unhappily with the traditioins (sic) and institutions of a static, passive world.
Are you saying the artificial worlds in games (where your controls are limited to half a dozen buttons or so) are less interactive than the real world (where the possibilities are virtually infinite for any given situation)?
I think the opposite is true. Perhaps what you meant to say was "When it comes to making friends and asking people out, many gamers helplessly search for the A button..." ;-)
Your argument would mean I could copy my favorite photographer's photo book, change a pixel or two, and then give them away as my own. This is more than "look and feel"--the theme was an attempt to build an exact replica of the Aqua interface.
Every 18 months our technology doubles
You can't possibly be referring to software. Instead of getting smarter, it gets more bloated. I'd much rather use an 800k word processor from the early '90s than MS's latest behometh.
Even with cool new hardware, you have to admit software's not gaining much intelligence. There's a good manifesto relating to this in the latest WIRED, BTW, which they took from this Edge version.
I can see your reasoning, but I can't think of a single noun in the English language that has an apostrophe in it.
You seem to be flaming the above author for being Christian because he quoted Genesis. You do realize, though, that the books that make up the Old Testament are considered important documents to more than one religion... Judaism comes to mind, though there's others... Even an aetheist like me can read valuable insight into the parables contained within these texts.
I can't vote for Nader with a clear conscious. If I vote for Gore, at least there's some chance my liberal viewpoints will be supported. If I vote for Nader, maybe Bush will win my ("swing")-state's precious electoral votes and I'll have to helplessly watch him appoint a few ultra-conservative Supreme Court Justices. Ugh!
Yes. They choose to have intercourse when they weren't prepared to deal with all the possible consequences in full... IIRC, the primary reason for contraceptive failure is improper use; so again, there's another incidence of a "bad life decision" - deciding to have intercourse with a contraceptive, without bothering to learn how to use a contraceptive properly.
It takes two to tango ;-) Ever notice how it's usually the woman who's expected to "deal with the consequences"?
My point is people who don't make as much as us aren't necessarily "unproductive citizens who have made bad life decisions." I don't care what automakers make or how many babies people want to have. I just can't stand someone who is obviously prejudiced against blue-collared workers getting moderated up as being "insightful." There should be a moderator label for "snobby."
If they are using it to track users, then they arent making people aware of it.
Ummm... the only thing they could possibly track is your IP address, unless you filled out some form somewhere with more personal information. Or unless they're correlating your IP address with a Doubleclick database somewhere...
And, furthermore, I would assume that may be their aim, otherwise, why require a cookie?
There are resaons to use cookies besides attempting to determine the identity of users. They're pretty handy in gathering stats about how long people visited your site. They're also good for storing preferences--for example, the Lego homepage might detect your browser type, store that info in a cookie, and use it to deliver code throughout the site that (hopefully) won't freeze your browser.