Privacy will lessen over time -- because over time more and more evil is in the world and more and more people do "balls-ier" things to kill, hurt, steal, etc.
Do you really think more and more evil is in the world ? When did this start to happen ? You need help.
With all those safety gizmos, he should have just slammed it into the barrier at the side of the motorway.
although, if it didn't stop him, the deployed airbags might have made it hard to navigate.
But American pints are a rip-off. It's quite unsettling for an Irishman like myself to walk into an american bar, ask for a pint and be handed the "scaled down" version. I know you americans like to feel big and all, and I did like the giant-hands sensation, but I was still thirsty, dammit!
The 'accountability' argument for closed source software is tosh. If you lose money because of something you did with Oracle, or even because of something they did, they aren't going to pay you squat. If you think they are, you're not very smart.
They are shipping 'old java', simply because it is the most f*****-up java they are legally allowed to ship. They could ship Sun's or IBM's JVM, but that would _help_, and they are not in the business of _helping_. They could even implement their own JVM ( like IBM did ), and if they don't f*** it up, it's perfectly legal, but that doesn't suit them.
Pets.com weren't selling operating systems for X86 computers. And to the other idiot, are you saying that all lawsuits against rich corporations should be considered baseless, simply because the defendent is rich ?
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It's not 'British', it's called 'English'
Why do they measure the number of fixes rather than the number of problems ?
Way too large
Mod parent up, printing is / has been key to how word processors work.
Because they can't keep up with the demands of providing electricity.
Time flies like a banana !
Rouge ? How stylish !
Our next mission is to the brain slug planet, where we will be walking around randomly, without any hats.
Nothing, Nada, zip
They can already produce computers at / near Dell's price point, so why give Dell a part of that action, that would be stupid.
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Privacy will lessen over time -- because over time more and more evil is in the world and more and more people do "balls-ier" things to kill, hurt, steal, etc.
Do you really think more and more evil is in the world ? When did this start to happen ? You need help.
With all those safety gizmos, he should have just slammed it into the barrier at the side of the motorway.
although, if it didn't stop him, the deployed airbags might have made it hard to navigate.
To protect against the terrorists, we should block out the windows on all airliners immediately.
Getting the lasers might be easy, but training the Sharks to aim at the frickin' aircraft is not so easy.
There goes the rain forest.
Is there nothing it cannot do ?
That's just because the Space Shuttle falls apart if it tries to go much faster than that.
But American pints are a rip-off.
It's quite unsettling for an Irishman like myself to walk into an american bar, ask for a pint and be handed the "scaled down" version.
I know you americans like to feel big and all, and I did like the giant-hands sensation, but I was still thirsty, dammit!
Corruption / Lobbying ... it's just a spelling difference.
Just asking.
The 'accountability' argument for closed source software is tosh.
If you lose money because of something you did with Oracle, or even because of something they did, they aren't going to pay you squat.
If you think they are, you're not very smart.
If it's a fair thing to do now, why do they need a law to 'make it legal' ?
They are shipping 'old java', simply because it is the most f*****-up java they are legally allowed to ship.
They could ship Sun's or IBM's JVM, but that would _help_, and they are not in the business of _helping_.
They could even implement their own JVM ( like IBM did ), and if they don't f*** it up, it's perfectly legal, but that doesn't suit them.
The FSF is not in a position to stop the market from deciding what it wants, they just have an opinion...
I've always hoped that Disney would purchase Pixar.
Why ?
Does it appeal to your sense of _all_things_should_be_owned_by_one_company_ ?
Pets.com weren't selling operating systems for X86 computers.
And to the other idiot, are you saying that all lawsuits against rich corporations should be considered baseless, simply because the defendent is rich ?