If you disagree with the Second Amendment, rather than blatantly ignore that law and ban all handguns (like DC did), the PROPER procedure is to either repeal or amend the 2nd amendment to clarify what "arms" means (i.e. handguns and rifles, not tanks or nukes).
I also notice you ignored the "commonsense" argument -
- that DC's handgun ban left citizens defenseless sheep. Even if the 2nd amendment did not exist, that argument alone is reason to allow possession of guns. People not only own their bodies but have a right to defend those bodies from harm by thieves, murderers, et cetera. (9th amendment as well as multiple State Constitutions' list of rights)
I'm also aware that doing that violates Apple's 10.5 license.
Perhaps I missed something, can you enlighten me on this, it says you can only install it on an "apple brand computer" iirc. My G4/733 is "Apple branded". It may not meet minimum system requirements for 10.5, but nothing in the license forbids my getting it running on it?
In order to install it on a machine below Apple's 800 MHz specs, you must hack the original installation code or perform other tricks, and that act itself is a violation of Apple's license.
I'm also aware that doing that violates Apple's 10.5 license.
Perhaps I missed something, can you enlighten me on this, it says you can only install it on an "apple brand computer" iirc. My G4/733 is "Apple branded". It may not meet minimum system requirements for 10.5, but nothing in the license forbids my getting it running on it?
In order to install it on a machine below Apple's 800 MHz specs, you must hack the original installation code or perform other tricks, and that act itself is a violation of Apple's license.
I suspect this will end-up like DVDs. Musicians claimed they need to be paid for music used on TV shows released to DVD. Networks/studios claimed it was already paid for when the show was originally produced. The courts ruled that the original contract specified Broadcast and Videotape only, not DVDs, therefore the musicians need to be paid. Some studios paid; others reedited the TV shows with generic elevator music (example: Quantum Leap DVDs stripped all the familiar songs).
I would not be surprised if courts reach a similar conclusion with Google's e-books - that the original contract specified usage in physical paperbound books, not electronic media, therefore Google owes the photographers additional money.
Of course this whole argument would be moot if copyrights were only 14 years long (with possibility for renewal by the original creator), instead of perpetual.
They divide themselves into separate companies which operate INSIDE a state. Banks and insurance companies typically do the same thing, so that everytime I walk into Bank of America I have to specify which state my account is located. So Comcast of Atlanta really and truly does not cross the border. All of its buried coaxial cables are within Georgia.
When it comes to LAWS then yes we should be strict constructionists. Otherwise a police officer might decide to enter your home w/o a warrant, on the basis that he was interpreting the Constitution's 4th amendment "loosely".
If you want to modify that law or any other law, then follow the amendment process to change it. It's easy enough to do.
And they don't. I can not lay my hand on any part of the Constitution which says "Congress may force the People to buy a product, or else fine them."
What's next? We will all have to buy hybrids, or else if we buy a normal car we'll be fined? We have to all buy tankless water heaters, or else we'll be fined? We have to all buy the Bush Biography, or else we'll all be fined?
In the first case he was discussing how Congress treats state governments (force them to pass laws, or lose 5% of their highway funds). In the second case he was discussing how Congress treats Corporations, handing out cash without strings. Like the 1996 Telecommunications Act or the 2008 TARP bailout.
You have all the rights you name, *until those rights damage another's rights*. For the example the right to sex. You can have sex with yourslef (your hand) all you want, but once you involve a partner you need her/his permission, otherwise you are violating their body rights/property.
That's the flaw with healthcare. It violates people's rights by stealing their money/property/labor and giving it to someone else.
And that's why I'm against it. I'm also against the idea of helping people who engage in self-destructive behaviors like overating, drinking, smoking. They created the health problem - it should be their responsibility to fix it, not me or my neighbors.
I forgot to mention that Opera didn't really put a lot of effort into the iPhone ap. They already had the Opera Mini browser for other cellphones, so all they needed to do was copy it over.
That's a morality call. I consider it evil to be anti-competitive (like when Microsoft blocked Netscape and Opera from accessing their msn.com site
And your argument for saying "It's Apple's platform" doesn't jive with your previous posts about how you think the PS3, X360, and Nintendo Wii platforms should be open and modifiable with the user's software or hardware. After all the user owns the unit - he should have the right to modify it or load different software (like any other computer). Same with the Apple phone.
Rights are an ephermal idea with no basis in nature.
Rights are no more ephemeral than instincts. The Greeks developed this philosophy ~2300 years ago, and based it upon a simple argument: If you cage a human, will they be happy? No. They will try to escape. They have an instinct to be free - it is an innate natural trait or right of being a homo sapiens. (This was later proved with Spartacus who had no education, but knew he had a right to be free.)
The Greeks also argued you own what nature has given you. i.e. Your body. And the product of your body's labor, such as grabbing a fallen tree and carving it into a boat. i.e. Possessions. And so on.
Rights come from nature. You can no more separate a human from his rights than you can separate him from his heart (at which point he ceases to be). They are instinctual and innate.
It depends on the State. There might be one state (like California or Massachusetts) where shooting an intruder in your own home is considered murder, but for virtually all of the rest it would be labeled "self defense" and the case dropped in just a few weeks. Strangers have no business being inside your home.
Likewise at the national level, we have laws. You apply for a Visa you are welcome. You walk-in, you're not. This is how We the People have crafted their laws and they should be enforced, not ignored. Otherwise we cease to have a Republic.
We'll give our land back to the Native Americans, when you Europeans give back your land to the Native Europeans (Celts). That's right. Eject the Franks, the Dutch, Norsemen, Roman descendents and all the rest, and restore the land to the Celtics.
What's that? You're not responsible for Julius Caesar's actions when he invaded Celtic territory? You're not responsiblity for the Frankish/Germanic/Anglo-Saxon hordes that later invaded the same territory circa 400 A.D.? Hmmm. Well likewise I'm not responsible for what happened several centuries, so let's stop the nonsense.
The Romans came. They saw. They conquered the Celts. Then the Franks/Germans/Angles came, saw, and conquered the Romans. The the Franks/German/Angles invaded the new world and conquered those people their too.
This is life. Stop crying over spilled milk. We live in the present. The sons/daughters are not responsible for the sins of the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfathers/mothers.
We're ALL fucked. We're ALL going to be wormfood. What difference does it make if you die of cancer at age 80, or like my grandma, get chemo and postpone the cancer until age 84. In the end, we're all fucked.
Here's what wikipedia says: "A page is compressed, then delivered to the phone in a markup language called OBML (Opera Binary Markup Language). This compression process makes transfer time about two to three times faster."
2-3x doesn't sound right though. My ISP's web compression squeezes text/html to about 3% its original size, and jpegs/gifs to 15%. So that would be about 7 times faster. - Also in the Opera Mini demo they showed 5 pages load in the same time Safari loaded 1 page, so that suggests 5x faster.
According to opera.com: "Save money on data charges. Opera Mini uses only a tenth of the bandwidth of other browsers, via compressing Web pages."
Police are part of the general welfare which *everyone* benefits from, therefore everyone shares the bill. Same with mail service or an army.
Buying Fat Dave a new car (think "cash for clunkers") is *specific* welfare, and only benefits Dave. Therefore the burden should be shouldered by Dave alone, not be his neighbors. ----- It's also worth noting that no place was Congress ever granted the power to buy cars (or in 1700s parlance: wagons) for people. Such a power, if it exists at all, is reserved to the State government by our 9th and 10th amendment rights.
(1) An ID wouldn't be so bad, but I can't help wondering if this ID will operate similar to an EZpass which can be tracked everywhere you go. Granted the "receivers" right now are only limited to toll roads, but once everyone has an ID they can make those receivers ubiquitous, like cameras are inside cities.
(2) I can not lay my hand upon any part of the Constitution which grants the U.S. government the right to force people to get IDs. Per the Bill of Rights article 10, this power has been reserved to the State governments. If the States want to change this arrangement, let them amend the constitution to give the U.S. the power to issue IDs.
(3) If you disagree with point 2, then in essence you've given the U.S. government practically unlimited power. Old term: Tyranny. Modern term: Totalitarianism.
The country was empty when my ancestors arrived with only 20 states in existence.
Now it's full. In fact I dare say it's overpopulated, since we're wallowing in our own pollution. When oil rises above $200 a barrel in the 2020s, making food scarce and energy expensive, we won't be able to sustain our 310 million persons. We should be seeking to SHRINK the population (block immigration) not increase it. (Same applies to the EU.)
(switches to MSNBC). Ahh yes. They are telling me that this National ID card is simply like a drivers' license, therefore it's a-okay. Nothing dangerous about a drivers license. (sigh). I love the calming lies of MSNBC flickering on my screen. It's just like when mom told me locking the windows would keep me safe from bad people, and they couldn't possibly get it.
Haaa-uummmmmm.
Arthur: I think that TV just sighed. Marvin: Ghastly, isn't it? All the channels have been programmed to have a cheery and sunny disposition, even when reporting bad news.
If I find a person in my home without my permission (i.e. an intruder), I'm going to warn him to leave voluntarily. If he refuses then he will eat a bullet.
I see no reason to treat intruders from Mexico or Canada or any part of the World differently - Leave voluntarily or face the consequences. Perhaps not shoot them dead, but they should definitely be escorted out of my country, handed a Visa application, and told not to return until they receive permission.
I don't know if it will ever match the speed of Safari
Apparently you didn't RTFA or watch the included youtube video. Opera Mini loaded 5 pages in the same time as it took Safari to load 1. Of course it does that using compression.
The insult wasn't necessary. We're not college kids anymore.
And you're right that hunger is easier-to-solve than cancer, but that presumes that the U.S. has authority (or money) to enter a foreign country and feed the starving. It has neither. So by shutting-down those overseas recyling jobs in poor countries, you essentially leave the person with nothing.
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If you disagree with the Second Amendment, rather than blatantly ignore that law and ban all handguns (like DC did), the PROPER procedure is to either repeal or amend the 2nd amendment to clarify what "arms" means (i.e. handguns and rifles, not tanks or nukes).
I also notice you ignored the "commonsense" argument -
- that DC's handgun ban left citizens defenseless sheep. Even if the 2nd amendment did not exist, that argument alone is reason to allow possession of guns. People not only own their bodies but have a right to defend those bodies from harm by thieves, murderers, et cetera. (9th amendment as well as multiple State Constitutions' list of rights)
Second attempt:
I'm also aware that doing that violates Apple's 10.5 license.
Perhaps I missed something, can you enlighten me on this, it says you can only install it on an "apple brand computer" iirc. My G4/733 is "Apple branded". It may not meet minimum system requirements for 10.5, but nothing in the license forbids my getting it running on it?
In order to install it on a machine below Apple's 800 MHz specs, you must hack the original installation code or perform other tricks, and that act itself is a violation of Apple's license.
I'm also aware that doing that violates Apple's 10.5 license.
Perhaps I missed something, can you enlighten me on this, it says you can only install it on an "apple brand computer" iirc. My G4/733 is "Apple branded". It may not meet minimum system requirements for 10.5, but nothing in the license forbids my getting it running on it?
In order to install it on a machine below Apple's 800 MHz specs, you must hack the original installation code or perform other tricks, and that act itself is a violation of Apple's license.
I suspect this will end-up like DVDs. Musicians claimed they need to be paid for music used on TV shows released to DVD. Networks/studios claimed it was already paid for when the show was originally produced. The courts ruled that the original contract specified Broadcast and Videotape only, not DVDs, therefore the musicians need to be paid. Some studios paid; others reedited the TV shows with generic elevator music (example: Quantum Leap DVDs stripped all the familiar songs).
I would not be surprised if courts reach a similar conclusion with Google's e-books - that the original contract specified usage in physical paperbound books, not electronic media, therefore Google owes the photographers additional money.
Of course this whole argument would be moot if copyrights were only 14 years long (with possibility for renewal by the original creator), instead of perpetual.
Yeah but comcast isn't dumb.
They divide themselves into separate companies which operate INSIDE a state. Banks and insurance companies typically do the same thing, so that everytime I walk into Bank of America I have to specify which state my account is located. So Comcast of Atlanta really and truly does not cross the border. All of its buried coaxial cables are within Georgia.
When it comes to LAWS then yes we should be strict constructionists. Otherwise a police officer might decide to enter your home w/o a warrant, on the basis that he was interpreting the Constitution's 4th amendment "loosely".
If you want to modify that law or any other law, then follow the amendment process to change it. It's easy enough to do.
And they don't. I can not lay my hand on any part of the Constitution which says "Congress may force the People to buy a product, or else fine them."
What's next? We will all have to buy hybrids, or else if we buy a normal car we'll be fined? We have to all buy tankless water heaters, or else we'll be fined? We have to all buy the Bush Biography, or else we'll all be fined?
He was clear:
In the first case he was discussing how Congress treats state governments (force them to pass laws, or lose 5% of their highway funds). In the second case he was discussing how Congress treats Corporations, handing out cash without strings. Like the 1996 Telecommunications Act or the 2008 TARP bailout.
You have all the rights you name, *until those rights damage another's rights*. For the example the right to sex. You can have sex with yourslef (your hand) all you want, but once you involve a partner you need her/his permission, otherwise you are violating their body rights/property.
That's the flaw with healthcare. It violates people's rights by stealing their money/property/labor and giving it to someone else.
And that's why I'm against it. I'm also against the idea of helping people who engage in self-destructive behaviors like overating, drinking, smoking. They created the health problem - it should be their responsibility to fix it, not me or my neighbors.
???.
It compresses the HTML and JPEGs on one end.
Sends it through the narrowband (4 kilohertz) phone line.
My computer decompresses it on the other end.
That in essence is what Opera Mini does but across the narrowband G2 or G3 connection
P.S.
I forgot to mention that Opera didn't really put a lot of effort into the iPhone ap. They already had the Opera Mini browser for other cellphones, so all they needed to do was copy it over.
not evil
That's a morality call. I consider it evil to be anti-competitive (like when Microsoft blocked Netscape and Opera from accessing their msn.com site
And your argument for saying "It's Apple's platform" doesn't jive with your previous posts about how you think the PS3, X360, and Nintendo Wii platforms should be open and modifiable with the user's software or hardware. After all the user owns the unit - he should have the right to modify it or load different software (like any other computer). Same with the Apple phone.
Rights are an ephermal idea with no basis in nature.
Rights are no more ephemeral than instincts. The Greeks developed this philosophy ~2300 years ago, and based it upon a simple argument: If you cage a human, will they be happy? No. They will try to escape. They have an instinct to be free - it is an innate natural trait or right of being a homo sapiens. (This was later proved with Spartacus who had no education, but knew he had a right to be free.)
The Greeks also argued you own what nature has given you. i.e. Your body. And the product of your body's labor, such as grabbing a fallen tree and carving it into a boat. i.e. Possessions. And so on.
Rights come from nature. You can no more separate a human from his rights than you can separate him from his heart (at which point he ceases to be). They are instinctual and innate.
Now go study philosophy.
It depends on the State. There might be one state (like California or Massachusetts) where shooting an intruder in your own home is considered murder, but for virtually all of the rest it would be labeled "self defense" and the case dropped in just a few weeks. Strangers have no business being inside your home.
Likewise at the national level, we have laws. You apply for a Visa you are welcome. You walk-in, you're not. This is how We the People have crafted their laws and they should be enforced, not ignored. Otherwise we cease to have a Republic.
Tell you what:
We'll give our land back to the Native Americans, when you Europeans give back your land to the Native Europeans (Celts). That's right. Eject the Franks, the Dutch, Norsemen, Roman descendents and all the rest, and restore the land to the Celtics.
What's that? You're not responsible for Julius Caesar's actions when he invaded Celtic territory? You're not responsiblity for the Frankish/Germanic/Anglo-Saxon hordes that later invaded the same territory circa 400 A.D.? Hmmm. Well likewise I'm not responsible for what happened several centuries, so let's stop the nonsense.
The Romans came. They saw. They conquered the Celts. Then the Franks/Germans/Angles came, saw, and conquered the Romans. The the Franks/German/Angles invaded the new world and conquered those people their too.
This is life.
Stop crying over spilled milk.
We live in the present. The sons/daughters are not responsible for the sins of the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfathers/mothers.
Then when you get cancer you're fucked-
HINT:
We're ALL fucked.
We're ALL going to be wormfood.
What difference does it make if you die of cancer at age 80, or like my grandma, get chemo and postpone the cancer until age 84. In the end, we're all fucked.
Why don't people get this? Are they in denial?
Here's what wikipedia says: "A page is compressed, then delivered to the phone in a markup language called OBML (Opera Binary Markup Language). This compression process makes transfer time about two to three times faster."
2-3x doesn't sound right though. My ISP's web compression squeezes text/html to about 3% its original size, and jpegs/gifs to 15%. So that would be about 7 times faster. - Also in the Opera Mini demo they showed 5 pages load in the same time Safari loaded 1 page, so that suggests 5x faster.
According to opera.com: "Save money on data charges. Opera Mini uses only a tenth of the bandwidth of other browsers, via compressing Web pages."
Police are part of the general welfare which *everyone* benefits from, therefore everyone shares the bill. Same with mail service or an army.
Buying Fat Dave a new car (think "cash for clunkers") is *specific* welfare, and only benefits Dave. Therefore the burden should be shouldered by Dave alone, not be his neighbors. ----- It's also worth noting that no place was Congress ever granted the power to buy cars (or in 1700s parlance: wagons) for people. Such a power, if it exists at all, is reserved to the State government by our 9th and 10th amendment rights.
(1) An ID wouldn't be so bad, but I can't help wondering if this ID will operate similar to an EZpass which can be tracked everywhere you go. Granted the "receivers" right now are only limited to toll roads, but once everyone has an ID they can make those receivers ubiquitous, like cameras are inside cities.
(2) I can not lay my hand upon any part of the Constitution which grants the U.S. government the right to force people to get IDs. Per the Bill of Rights article 10, this power has been reserved to the State governments. If the States want to change this arrangement, let them amend the constitution to give the U.S. the power to issue IDs.
(3) If you disagree with point 2, then in essence you've given the U.S. government practically unlimited power. Old term: Tyranny. Modern term: Totalitarianism.
The country was empty when my ancestors arrived with only 20 states in existence.
Now it's full. In fact I dare say it's overpopulated, since we're wallowing in our own pollution. When oil rises above $200 a barrel in the 2020s, making food scarce and energy expensive, we won't be able to sustain our 310 million persons. We should be seeking to SHRINK the population (block immigration) not increase it. (Same applies to the EU.)
Good thing I pay cash then. It makes me my own boss, 100% free, and I don't have to listen to insurance bureaucrats or government politicians.
(somebody whispers) "They passed the Pelosicare bill."
Like I said I am still mostly free. I don't have to listen to insurance bureaucrats because I pay cash. I deal directly with my doctor.
somebody whispers): "Insurance is now mandatory."
Ahhhh sh
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NO CARRIER
Therefore I refuse to hear it.
(switches to MSNBC). Ahh yes. They are telling me that this National ID card is simply like a drivers' license, therefore it's a-okay. Nothing dangerous about a drivers license. (sigh). I love the calming lies of MSNBC flickering on my screen. It's just like when mom told me locking the windows would keep me safe from bad people, and they couldn't possibly get it.
Haaa-uummmmmm.
Arthur: I think that TV just sighed.
Marvin: Ghastly, isn't it? All the channels have been programmed to have a cheery and sunny disposition, even when reporting bad news.
If I find a person in my home without my permission (i.e. an intruder), I'm going to warn him to leave voluntarily. If he refuses then he will eat a bullet.
I see no reason to treat intruders from Mexico or Canada or any part of the World differently - Leave voluntarily or face the consequences. Perhaps not shoot them dead, but they should definitely be escorted out of my country, handed a Visa application, and told not to return until they receive permission.
I don't know if it will ever match the speed of Safari
Apparently you didn't RTFA or watch the included youtube video. Opera Mini loaded 5 pages in the same time as it took Safari to load 1. Of course it does that using compression.
You can read more about the compression technology here. It's somewhat similar to Opera Turbo for dialup users, but much more efficient:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_mini#Functionality
The insult wasn't necessary. We're not college kids anymore.
And you're right that hunger is easier-to-solve than cancer, but that presumes that the U.S. has authority (or money) to enter a foreign country and feed the starving. It has neither. So by shutting-down those overseas recyling jobs in poor countries, you essentially leave the person with nothing.