My problem isn't with the use of databases in a manner like this, I question whether or not being absent from these databases will be enough to raise eyebrows at the IRS. Whenever possible, I pay using cash. If it's something that I don't want people to know I'm buying, it's cash. If I buy cigarettes, usually I pay with cash. When I buy a gun, I pay with cash. When I buy fatty foods, I pay with cash.
As long as this practice doesn't lead to someone saying "Hey, this Kano fellow never buys food. EVER! He must be up to something! Audit him!", I don't have too much of a problem with it.
However, since we people have demonstrated time and time again that they can not be trusted not to abuse a power if it is more expedient for them to do so, I have to say that it's a BAD idea to permit this.
I have used DVD Idle for almost two years now, it's fantastic. I was unable to watch DVDs without it ever since I upgraded to a Geforce 2 card with a TV out.
Blue Laws, gambling restrictions, anti-abortion, etc, are all issues stemming from *religious* beliefs whether those in office say they are or not.
Religion and morals are not the same thing. There are Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Athiests and Agnostics who share similar moral beliefs. Their religions, however important they may be to them, are separate from their morality.
Especially when it comes to gambling, the purchase of adult beverages, and the premature ending of pregnancy. These are NOT issues that should be regulated by the State, Federal, or local governments.
A government's responsibility is to enforce the collective will of the people and protect society. Even if it means that sometimes a society must be protected from itself. Personally I think that many of these laws are stupid, but if they reflect the collective will of the people, the government isn't wrong to impose them.
1. Most linux apps work fine on OSX, and Mac OS and Mac OSX programs. You might not be aware, but people used to develop games for OS's other than windows.
I cut my FPS teeth on Marathon using my Performa 550. I go back to the Olde School of Mac gaming.
2. Uplink for Mac is less buggy than on win/linux.;)
I haven't had any problems with Uplink for Windows. Also, Uplink for Mac was ported by Ambrosia, those guys simply kick ass. Outside of Apple itself, I don't believe there are any better Mac developers than the guys at Ambrosia.
Why is the person outside of your country - probably also the head of a household - less deserving than the person in your country?
Because someone in my country will spend that money with businesses that are also in my country. Those people will spend the money that they make employing people, IN my country... and so on and so on and so on... Everytime that money changes hands, some of it will be taxed, those taxes build my roads. They build my schools. They pay the soldiers who protect MY ass. When at all possible I prefer to keep jobs in my country.
Sorry, that's not a moral argument.
You're right, it's not really a moral argument. It's about what benefits ME!
install X11.app, X11 sdk, xcode, and darwinports/fink and you practically have the entire *nix environmen give or take a little ALONG with all the wonderful commercial software for os x.
Wow, way to spectacularly miss his point! He complains about the speed of the OS and your recommendation is to install MORE things on top of it?!
I think you're confusing cause and effect here. Apple chose to go direct precisely because their forays into big box retail had been so unsuccessful.
I'm sure that not cutting the dealers in on the profit was a part of their motive too. Apple fucked their dealers our of the lucrative educational market, which contributed to Apple losing their lock on that market.
Apple's method of business doesn't work well in big retail. For big retail, the name of the game is volume discounts and lower prices than the competition. Apple's MAP(Minimum Advertised Price) prevents this. Sure, technically you can sell an Apple machine for any price, but a part of their arrangement to be a dealer (and more importantly a service center) requires you to not advertise prices below their MAP.
Apple determines how much profit a dealer can make on a machine instead of the local market. I worked at Circuit City even while I worked at what was then the biggest Mac dealer in western PA. It isn't that the salesmen don't know anything about Macs, it's that there is less profit and less commission in selling them.
In every case Apple's products were marginalized by big-box salespeople who didn't know the first thing about Apple technology and had no interest in learning about it.
When I was at Circuit CIty, if I sold a mid-line Aptiva or a Presario with monitor, I could make ~$80 in commission. I would have needed to sell a Mac, a printer, a scanner, and a top of the line APC surge strip to match that.
So if someone is on the fence, there was no incentive for a salesperson at a big dealer to guide him/her towards the Mac platform.
Time and time again Apple has proven to be as arrogant as M$, but they don't have the market share to back it up. Time and time again, that has caused them to lose out.
I saw first hand how Apple treats its dealers, I saw the inside angle on how they treat their customers. That is why I am no longer a Mac user. I haven't bought any new Apple hardware in over 6 years.
Apple has only Apple to blame for the fact that there aren't Macs on every shelf on every computer store in the country. A few different decisions 20 years ago would have made that happen.
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We at RIT don't have sex, you insensitive clod!
Well, maybe not with other people.
LK
My problem isn't with the use of databases in a manner like this, I question whether or not being absent from these databases will be enough to raise eyebrows at the IRS. Whenever possible, I pay using cash. If it's something that I don't want people to know I'm buying, it's cash. If I buy cigarettes, usually I pay with cash. When I buy a gun, I pay with cash. When I buy fatty foods, I pay with cash.
As long as this practice doesn't lead to someone saying "Hey, this Kano fellow never buys food. EVER! He must be up to something! Audit him!", I don't have too much of a problem with it.
However, since we people have demonstrated time and time again that they can not be trusted not to abuse a power if it is more expedient for them to do so, I have to say that it's a BAD idea to permit this.
LK
How about "Mom says she was asleep when dad 'compiled' me."?
LK
All the more reason for swimming pool sex.
LK
This is Slashdot... you sure it wasn't ECE?
Positive. It was EAZY E!
I guess something is wrong with me, visions of a controller with a mouth just ran through my mind.
LK
Thios includes cable, satellite boxes, video cards etc.
I have never had a problem with recording the analog output from a Satellite of Cable decoder.
LK
I have used DVD Idle for almost two years now, it's fantastic. I was unable to watch DVDs without it ever since I upgraded to a Geforce 2 card with a TV out.
LK
Why exactly is this rated +4 Funny?
Because Americans are always laughing at you Canadians.
It was Eazy E. You dumb ass.
Blue Laws, gambling restrictions, anti-abortion, etc, are all issues stemming from *religious* beliefs whether those in office say they are or not.
Religion and morals are not the same thing. There are Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Athiests and Agnostics who share similar moral beliefs. Their religions, however important they may be to them, are separate from their morality.
Especially when it comes to gambling, the purchase of adult beverages, and the premature ending of pregnancy. These are NOT issues that should be regulated by the State, Federal, or local governments.
A government's responsibility is to enforce the collective will of the people and protect society. Even if it means that sometimes a society must be protected from itself. Personally I think that many of these laws are stupid, but if they reflect the collective will of the people, the government isn't wrong to impose them.
LK
-- Dwarfism is not a crime!
It should be!
I'm sorry, I was just kidding.
LK
1. Most linux apps work fine on OSX, and Mac OS and Mac OSX programs. You might not be aware, but people used to develop games for OS's other than windows.
;)
I cut my FPS teeth on Marathon using my Performa 550. I go back to the Olde School of Mac gaming.
2. Uplink for Mac is less buggy than on win/linux.
I haven't had any problems with Uplink for Windows. Also, Uplink for Mac was ported by Ambrosia, those guys simply kick ass. Outside of Apple itself, I don't believe there are any better Mac developers than the guys at Ambrosia.
LK
Isn't that immoral?
It's neither inherantly moral nor immoral.
Why is the person outside of your country - probably also the head of a household - less deserving than the person in your country?
Because someone in my country will spend that money with businesses that are also in my country. Those people will spend the money that they make employing people, IN my country... and so on and so on and so on... Everytime that money changes hands, some of it will be taxed, those taxes build my roads. They build my schools. They pay the soldiers who protect MY ass. When at all possible I prefer to keep jobs in my country.
Sorry, that's not a moral argument.
You're right, it's not really a moral argument. It's about what benefits ME!
LK
install X11.app, X11 sdk, xcode, and darwinports/fink and you practically have the entire *nix environmen give or take a little ALONG with all the wonderful commercial software for os x.
Wow, way to spectacularly miss his point! He complains about the speed of the OS and your recommendation is to install MORE things on top of it?!
LK
I think you're confusing cause and effect here. Apple chose to go direct precisely because their forays into big box retail had been so unsuccessful.
I'm sure that not cutting the dealers in on the profit was a part of their motive too. Apple fucked their dealers our of the lucrative educational market, which contributed to Apple losing their lock on that market.
Apple's method of business doesn't work well in big retail. For big retail, the name of the game is volume discounts and lower prices than the competition. Apple's MAP(Minimum Advertised Price) prevents this. Sure, technically you can sell an Apple machine for any price, but a part of their arrangement to be a dealer (and more importantly a service center) requires you to not advertise prices below their MAP.
Apple determines how much profit a dealer can make on a machine instead of the local market. I worked at Circuit City even while I worked at what was then the biggest Mac dealer in western PA. It isn't that the salesmen don't know anything about Macs, it's that there is less profit and less commission in selling them.
In every case Apple's products were marginalized by big-box salespeople who didn't know the first thing about Apple technology and had no interest in learning about it.
When I was at Circuit CIty, if I sold a mid-line Aptiva or a Presario with monitor, I could make ~$80 in commission. I would have needed to sell a Mac, a printer, a scanner, and a top of the line APC surge strip to match that.
So if someone is on the fence, there was no incentive for a salesperson at a big dealer to guide him/her towards the Mac platform.
Time and time again Apple has proven to be as arrogant as M$, but they don't have the market share to back it up. Time and time again, that has caused them to lose out.
I saw first hand how Apple treats its dealers, I saw the inside angle on how they treat their customers. That is why I am no longer a Mac user. I haven't bought any new Apple hardware in over 6 years.
Apple has only Apple to blame for the fact that there aren't Macs on every shelf on every computer store in the country. A few different decisions 20 years ago would have made that happen.
LK
The EFF and ACLU will begin distribution of tinfoil bodysuits to the homeless to combat this extreme invasion of privacy.
LK
It's not about you.
For me, it is.
LK
My first 4 or 5 April Fool's days here were pretty funny, but come on fellas. This is really starting to get old.
Next I'm expecting Taco to post a link about how Enzyte really works.
LK
Imagine having a commonly used pr0n word in your name.
You mean like NASCAR racerDick Trickle?
LK
Check your math.
LK
This cheapskate! 500 Euros for finding his Mercedes AND his laptop? I'd expect at least 4 times that.
Maybe I'm just too much of a cynic, but that seems like an awfully low reward. I'd be more inclined to just keep the laptop.
LK
It was an intentional misspelling of "word".
LK
I will sign up for 1000 accounts and get a free terabyte storage system.
You'll be 24 accounts short.
LK