Apparently irony is lost on you. Having the freewill to choose between death by starvation on the farms or exploitation by rich factory owners making cheap products for us is not a choice. And that is hardly the same "freedom of choice" as in America.
I guess my statement was too subtle for you so I'll put it in terms you'll understand:
See Dick run. See Dick exploit his employees. See Dick sell cheap crap to Jack. See Jack pretend no one gets hurt. See Jack pick his ass.
Your argument works if the factories are owned by different people and there is competition. There is so much corruption in Chinese business that it's not inconceivable that the factory owners have agreed to treat all workers at the factories the same. So there is not much use going to another factory.
And just because they are better off than being dead, because that's what staying on the farms means, doesn't mean that exploiting them so the factory owner can make a truck load of money and you can have cheap products makes it OK.
So compassionate are you, who denies the poor the chance to advance themselves. People like you got the minimum wage installed, denying innumerable minorities in this country starting jobs. This is why we are WORSE OFF now than we were before the Civil Rights movement. Thanks guys.
That comment is so morally bankrupt that I don't even know how to respond but I'm going to venture a guess that you think the Republicans are a bunch of pussy commies, right?
I picked the iPad because it was released recently and of interest to a good number of the people here. It was simply an example to make a point. A point which you missed. Whoosh!
Having the freewill to choose that or not putting food on the table is hardly freewill.
Now don't get me wrong, because of their much lower cost of living they shouldn't expect to be paid the same as a worker in North America but they should expect to be paid a living wage in their own country. At least enough for an apartment, food and clothing. If the article is correct they're not given anywhere near that much.
The question I would pose to westerners is, "Would you be willing to have the cost of your imported goods double to provide a decent wage to Chinese workers?"
How many iPads would have been sold if they were $1500? (As an example only. I'm not saying Apple is guilty of this.)
Excellent idea. In the past it was difficult to harvest the methane because they were all over the fields.
Now that they're on treadmills I say we put a feeding tube in one end, a gas hose in the other and a milking machine on their udders. Now if we can only genetically modify them to shed their skin like a snake we could radically increase leather production too.
I live in Canada where health-care and old age pensions are firmly entrenched in the concept of "universality" and it would be political suicide for any politician to even mention it let alone suggest touching it. We're already well aware of the potential cliff we're racing towards...no solutions yet but tons of awareness.
I'm counting on the accumulated effects of the drugs of the 60's, the exposure to polyester (and disco music) in the 70's and the high stress work environment of the 90's to take out a big chunk of the baby boomers thus reducing the impact of the ageing population on social programs.
By that definition Sun did this with Java about 15 years ago and IBM has been doing this with VM since 1972.
Anyone impressed by this "new, ground breaking technology" from Microsoft should immediately cancel their Slashdot account and tear up their geek membership card.
The fact is, a consumer retailer like Apple can stock and sell whatever products to choose to its customers. What they don't stock is really none of your business, and if you don't like, take your products and have someone else carry it.
And exactly what store should they get to carry their iPhone/iPod app? Oh yeah, the Apple app store is the only store where iPhone/iPod users get their apps.
If iPhone/iPod users had an alternative store to buy apps then this would be a non-issue as you put it. However, since Apple is being very Microsofty in the lock-in of customers to their app store this is an unfair action against an app that they had no problem carrying when they were building their market but is deemed "inappropriate" now that Apple has established their captive customer base.
Don't bother with a live CD like one of the other posters recommended. Try the System Rescue CD. It's a lot faster to download and has all the tools you'll need to get your dissertation off your computer.
Why would "not playing their games at all" be a more effective statement than pirating their games?
Because if you continue to pirate their games it only sends the message that they need to put more draconian restrictions into their games to prevent piracy.
On the other hand, if no one is even pirating their games then it suggests they're bad not that their DRM is too restrictive.
The best chance of getting them to change is to send them an email telling them why you won't buy their games anymore. Enough people do this and it will get their attention. Ranting on Slashdot won't have any impact.
The term was being used correctly. If you have a problem with the English language then I'm sure there are a number of etymology websites on which you could voice your displeasure.
I would take TFA with a huge grain of salt. The "article" is actually a press release from the people who claim to be targeted and who routinely put out false information to get attention. Their claims of being shut down and impacting 4500 other sites have yet to be confirmed by an independent source.
I also have the 3650 in my laptop and like you I've had no end of troubles. I was even forced to run the onboard Intel chip for a while until ATI got around to fixing their driver. I stopped buying ATI after they stopped supporting OS/2 (yeah, I know). They have a history of providing little or no quality support for alternative operating systems. Oh, they'll support it for a while and only as much as they feel they have to until they get you hooked on their hardware but after they get your money support is just a loss to them. They don't consider that the money they put into support will get them the next hardware purchase.
For me, Nvidia is the ONLY video card vendor I will consider (I believe I'm on my 7th or 8th Nvidia card) and in the future I won't make the same mistake of buying a laptop that has any of that ATI crap in it.
I'll take a vendor that gives me a binary-only driver that just works over a vendor that gives me an open source driver that wastes hours of my time troubleshooting.
What they care about in PETA's whacked out world is that humans don't interfere with animals. I don't think most people realize that PETA wants to ban pet ownership (they refer to it as animal slavery).
That is pretty whacked. I think PETA should look up slavery in the dictionary. How many slaves are fed regularly or have someone follow them and pick up their poo? All in exchange for a little sucking up. In the case of cats they apparently don't even have to do that.
I'm not a slave but I have to provide my own food and be responsible for my own poo.
For example, some bacteria put 4 copies of their DNA into spores to have back-up copies in case of damage. Maybe it's possible to have spores with hundreds of copies (along with a way to sew them back together with correction).
Sort of a genetic RAID (Redundant Array of Independent DNA).
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Apparently irony is lost on you. Having the freewill to choose between death by starvation on the farms or exploitation by rich factory owners making cheap products for us is not a choice. And that is hardly the same "freedom of choice" as in America.
I guess my statement was too subtle for you so I'll put it in terms you'll understand:
See Dick run.
See Dick exploit his employees.
See Dick sell cheap crap to Jack.
See Jack pretend no one gets hurt.
See Jack pick his ass.
Your argument works if the factories are owned by different people and there is competition. There is so much corruption in Chinese business that it's not inconceivable that the factory owners have agreed to treat all workers at the factories the same. So there is not much use going to another factory.
And just because they are better off than being dead, because that's what staying on the farms means, doesn't mean that exploiting them so the factory owner can make a truck load of money and you can have cheap products makes it OK.
That comment is so morally bankrupt that I don't even know how to respond but I'm going to venture a guess that you think the Republicans are a bunch of pussy commies, right?
I picked the iPad because it was released recently and of interest to a good number of the people here. It was simply an example to make a point. A point which you missed. Whoosh!
Having the freewill to choose that or not putting food on the table is hardly freewill.
Now don't get me wrong, because of their much lower cost of living they shouldn't expect to be paid the same as a worker in North America but they should expect to be paid a living wage in their own country. At least enough for an apartment, food and clothing. If the article is correct they're not given anywhere near that much.
The question I would pose to westerners is, "Would you be willing to have the cost of your imported goods double to provide a decent wage to Chinese workers?"
How many iPads would have been sold if they were $1500? (As an example only. I'm not saying Apple is guilty of this.)
Excellent idea. In the past it was difficult to harvest the methane because they were all over the fields.
Now that they're on treadmills I say we put a feeding tube in one end, a gas hose in the other and a milking machine on their udders. Now if we can only genetically modify them to shed their skin like a snake we could radically increase leather production too.
How is this informative? Where's the car analogy?
I have one of the PS3s with the PS2 software emulation and it still works even with the current patch installed.
I live in Canada where health-care and old age pensions are firmly entrenched in the concept of "universality" and it would be political suicide for any politician to even mention it let alone suggest touching it. We're already well aware of the potential cliff we're racing towards...no solutions yet but tons of awareness.
I'm counting on the accumulated effects of the drugs of the 60's, the exposure to polyester (and disco music) in the 70's and the high stress work environment of the 90's to take out a big chunk of the baby boomers thus reducing the impact of the ageing population on social programs.
If you can't hear in space why is there a whooosh when the Enterprise goes by?
A kid friendly TLD is another way of saying pedophile friendly TLD.
By that definition Sun did this with Java about 15 years ago and IBM has been doing this with VM since 1972.
Anyone impressed by this "new, ground breaking technology" from Microsoft should immediately cancel their Slashdot account and tear up their geek membership card.
Last concussion!
And exactly what store should they get to carry their iPhone/iPod app? Oh yeah, the Apple app store is the only store where iPhone/iPod users get their apps.
If iPhone/iPod users had an alternative store to buy apps then this would be a non-issue as you put it. However, since Apple is being very Microsofty in the lock-in of customers to their app store this is an unfair action against an app that they had no problem carrying when they were building their market but is deemed "inappropriate" now that Apple has established their captive customer base.
Don't bother with a live CD like one of the other posters recommended. Try the System Rescue CD. It's a lot faster to download and has all the tools you'll need to get your dissertation off your computer.
Nice try. I rewrote the universe to include php and httpd in the kernel.
Reboot in 3...2...
There you have Apple's new marketing campaign slogan:
Self-importance - Powering Macs since 1984.
Because if you continue to pirate their games it only sends the message that they need to put more draconian restrictions into their games to prevent piracy.
On the other hand, if no one is even pirating their games then it suggests they're bad not that their DRM is too restrictive.
The best chance of getting them to change is to send them an email telling them why you won't buy their games anymore. Enough people do this and it will get their attention. Ranting on Slashdot won't have any impact.
I'm waiting for someone to make a computer analogy to explain why selling Saab to Spyker is a bad idea.
Is Gran Turismo 5 using the same engine as Duke Nukem Forever?
The term was being used correctly. If you have a problem with the English language then I'm sure there are a number of etymology websites on which you could voice your displeasure.
Maybe intentional lollygagging or inciting to persnickediness.
I would take TFA with a huge grain of salt. The "article" is actually a press release from the people who claim to be targeted and who routinely put out false information to get attention. Their claims of being shut down and impacting 4500 other sites have yet to be confirmed by an independent source.
I also have the 3650 in my laptop and like you I've had no end of troubles. I was even forced to run the onboard Intel chip for a while until ATI got around to fixing their driver. I stopped buying ATI after they stopped supporting OS/2 (yeah, I know). They have a history of providing little or no quality support for alternative operating systems. Oh, they'll support it for a while and only as much as they feel they have to until they get you hooked on their hardware but after they get your money support is just a loss to them. They don't consider that the money they put into support will get them the next hardware purchase.
For me, Nvidia is the ONLY video card vendor I will consider (I believe I'm on my 7th or 8th Nvidia card) and in the future I won't make the same mistake of buying a laptop that has any of that ATI crap in it.
I'll take a vendor that gives me a binary-only driver that just works over a vendor that gives me an open source driver that wastes hours of my time troubleshooting.
That is pretty whacked. I think PETA should look up slavery in the dictionary. How many slaves are fed regularly or have someone follow them and pick up their poo? All in exchange for a little sucking up. In the case of cats they apparently don't even have to do that.
I'm not a slave but I have to provide my own food and be responsible for my own poo.
Sort of a genetic RAID (Redundant Array of Independent DNA).