Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of logic can smell your bullshit a mile away. You tried (and failed, miserably) to hide a third premise in there. That a right to the labor of other people is slavery. That's pure, grade A bullshit right there. If a parent is required to care for their child, rather than drop it in a dumpster, is that slavery? When I am required to stop at a red light, is that slavery?
You anarcho-libertarians are so fucking full of yourselves that you think that you can exist as an island. You can't. Everyone in this world relies on the labor of others. That isn't slavery, and for you to call it that is absolutely disgraceful. Real slavery is when a child in India gets pulled out of school, locked in a room, and raped several times a day until she's too old and ugly, at which point she ends up dead in a gutter.
Requiring people to help each other out is how society has worked for all of human history. If you don't like it, feel free to end your life, as that's the only way your existence won't in some small way burden others.
Sure, but CEO's are use to living in a magical bubble where they are above everyone else. A single day in a concrete cube, and they're going to get very pissed, and will do everything in their power to get back to their yachts and vineyards.
See what you did there? "The United States is". People used to write "These United States are". They haven't done so in a long time, because the US has been a de facto single entity for over a century. And that's a good thing. We need a central government with the strength to compete in an increasingly connected world. Even in the status quo, we are overwhelmed by the power of corporations. Our nation would be a 2nd world joke if we were to be dragged back to the 19th century way of doing things.
Of course, this is the same court that brought us such wonderful decisions as Citizens United. They're quite happy to override the legislative system whenever it suits them.
But... but... Slashdot told me that information wants to be freeeeee!!!!! The GPL is just a mechanism for protecting imaginary property with the threat of violence via government thugs, right?
Before you flame me or mod me down, you might wanna go ahead and think, when was the last time you actually spoke out against the anarchists who howl against the existence of intellectual property in every other case? 'Cause if the answer isn't "within the last week", you're a hypocrite.
Skype was moving towards an IPO until they got the offer from Microsoft. I suspect that the people behind this decision were going to make it either way. After all, every million dollars they don't give to one of the people who created something of value, is a million dollars they can stuff in their own pockets.
But if being a regulator paid better than the industry did, why would someone risk losing such a great paying job by taking bribes? The reason regulators get bought off now is because, worst case scenario, they lose their job and accept a higher paying job at the company that bought them.
When was the last time the Democrats did anything remotely like that? The seventies? Vote Dem every time, because if the GOP gets the White House any time in the next 8-12 years, their grip on the SCOTUS will become absolute, and your rights won't mean shit for a generation. Distractions like this won't do a damn thing to stop them.
Because the Goldman Sachs bailout came over a month after Lehman Brothers crashed! TARP was in many ways a response to that crash. It wasn't even three years ago! How have you already forgotten?
Stop lying. Stop spreading conspiracy theories. Just stop.
Two of the above mentioned currencies are recognized by billions and backed by governments. The other is recognized by anarchist man-children with zero understanding of how money works. Can you tell which is which?
This seems like a clear cut cases of defamation. Intentionally spreading malicious rumors, and then offering to clean up those same rumors for a price is pretty low, and if Valador is guilty, they absolutely should be sued.
Well, they'll recognize the donut, that's for sure. And they'll probably remember seeing their parents with the mop last time they went upstairs. So I'm gonna go with yes.
Fuck off with your false equivalencies. Soros? Really? The only people who complain about him are the out-to-lunch right-wing conspiracy theorists regurgitating what they heard last week on Rush Limbaugh.
You want change? How about credit card companies no longer being allowed to charge outrageous fees to small business retailers, or change due dates with minimal notice and crank up interest rates when you miss them? How about increased regulation on derivatives and a bureau dedicated to protecting consumers from abusive lenders -- of course, your boys in red are doing absolutely everything they can to kill that one in the cradle.
And by the way, since when is two years so long that we should forget the immeasurable harm Cheney and Bush and the rest of those scumbags did? Hell, you fuckers were saying "it's in the past, forget about it" three months after Obama's inauguration, while simultaneously trying to blame the recession on Clinton. I'll tell you what, I'll forgive Bush and crew once we're done paying the price of his fuckups. So maybe in thirty years. If we're really lucky.
Why on earth does it matter if most dollars aren't physical objects? And since when is the dollars based on the faith that existing assets will eventually pay off the debt? First of all, it's not as though no new wealth is being created. Secondly, why does the debt ever need to be paid off? Just because you belly-feel that debt is bad?
Have you ever used MS customer service? It's easily one of the best. Short wait times, people who speak English, and they've always solved my problems quickly. I know it's hip to hate MS, but your attitude is dated.
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Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of logic can smell your bullshit a mile away. You tried (and failed, miserably) to hide a third premise in there. That a right to the labor of other people is slavery. That's pure, grade A bullshit right there. If a parent is required to care for their child, rather than drop it in a dumpster, is that slavery? When I am required to stop at a red light, is that slavery?
You anarcho-libertarians are so fucking full of yourselves that you think that you can exist as an island. You can't. Everyone in this world relies on the labor of others. That isn't slavery, and for you to call it that is absolutely disgraceful. Real slavery is when a child in India gets pulled out of school, locked in a room, and raped several times a day until she's too old and ugly, at which point she ends up dead in a gutter.
Requiring people to help each other out is how society has worked for all of human history. If you don't like it, feel free to end your life, as that's the only way your existence won't in some small way burden others.
Nah, a gander is a male goose. A group of geese is a gaggle.
As an American, I'd like to point out that you don't seem to know what the word "fellow" means when used as an adjective.
Sure, but CEO's are use to living in a magical bubble where they are above everyone else. A single day in a concrete cube, and they're going to get very pissed, and will do everything in their power to get back to their yachts and vineyards.
The United States is not a country of the masses.
See what you did there? "The United States is". People used to write "These United States are". They haven't done so in a long time, because the US has been a de facto single entity for over a century. And that's a good thing. We need a central government with the strength to compete in an increasingly connected world. Even in the status quo, we are overwhelmed by the power of corporations. Our nation would be a 2nd world joke if we were to be dragged back to the 19th century way of doing things.
Of course, this is the same court that brought us such wonderful decisions as Citizens United. They're quite happy to override the legislative system whenever it suits them.
If companies were dumping enough oxygen into the air for it to be a threat to our quality of life, then yes.
How about just not buying games that don't state how long they will run their multiplayer servers.
That is equivalent to not buying any multiplayer games at all.
But... but... Slashdot told me that information wants to be freeeeee!!!!! The GPL is just a mechanism for protecting imaginary property with the threat of violence via government thugs, right?
Before you flame me or mod me down, you might wanna go ahead and think, when was the last time you actually spoke out against the anarchists who howl against the existence of intellectual property in every other case? 'Cause if the answer isn't "within the last week", you're a hypocrite.
The original scoop came from Bloomberg yesterday evening, and says they were fired.
As usual the Slashdot summary links to another summary which links to some knock-off news aggregator.
That's not true at all.
I was wondering how the haters would find a way to blame MS for this. Thanks for that.
Skype was moving towards an IPO until they got the offer from Microsoft. I suspect that the people behind this decision were going to make it either way. After all, every million dollars they don't give to one of the people who created something of value, is a million dollars they can stuff in their own pockets.
Fuck off, liar. There's no way the US government could institute a news blackout in this day and age. Trying to would just get the media there faster.
But if being a regulator paid better than the industry did, why would someone risk losing such a great paying job by taking bribes? The reason regulators get bought off now is because, worst case scenario, they lose their job and accept a higher paying job at the company that bought them.
You forgot the most common /. post of all -- the random racist troll post!
When was the last time the Democrats did anything remotely like that? The seventies? Vote Dem every time, because if the GOP gets the White House any time in the next 8-12 years, their grip on the SCOTUS will become absolute, and your rights won't mean shit for a generation. Distractions like this won't do a damn thing to stop them.
Because the Goldman Sachs bailout came over a month after Lehman Brothers crashed! TARP was in many ways a response to that crash. It wasn't even three years ago! How have you already forgotten?
Stop lying. Stop spreading conspiracy theories. Just stop.
Two of the above mentioned currencies are recognized by billions and backed by governments. The other is recognized by anarchist man-children with zero understanding of how money works. Can you tell which is which?
No, a protection racket would be threatening to spread the rumors if they didn't pay. If anything, this is more akin to a ransom.
This seems like a clear cut cases of defamation. Intentionally spreading malicious rumors, and then offering to clean up those same rumors for a price is pretty low, and if Valador is guilty, they absolutely should be sued.
Well, they'll recognize the donut, that's for sure. And they'll probably remember seeing their parents with the mop last time they went upstairs. So I'm gonna go with yes.
Fuck off with your false equivalencies. Soros? Really? The only people who complain about him are the out-to-lunch right-wing conspiracy theorists regurgitating what they heard last week on Rush Limbaugh.
You want change? How about credit card companies no longer being allowed to charge outrageous fees to small business retailers, or change due dates with minimal notice and crank up interest rates when you miss them? How about increased regulation on derivatives and a bureau dedicated to protecting consumers from abusive lenders -- of course, your boys in red are doing absolutely everything they can to kill that one in the cradle.
And by the way, since when is two years so long that we should forget the immeasurable harm Cheney and Bush and the rest of those scumbags did? Hell, you fuckers were saying "it's in the past, forget about it" three months after Obama's inauguration, while simultaneously trying to blame the recession on Clinton. I'll tell you what, I'll forgive Bush and crew once we're done paying the price of his fuckups. So maybe in thirty years. If we're really lucky.
Why on earth does it matter if most dollars aren't physical objects? And since when is the dollars based on the faith that existing assets will eventually pay off the debt? First of all, it's not as though no new wealth is being created. Secondly, why does the debt ever need to be paid off? Just because you belly-feel that debt is bad?
Have you ever used MS customer service? It's easily one of the best. Short wait times, people who speak English, and they've always solved my problems quickly. I know it's hip to hate MS, but your attitude is dated.