Bingo. If there are millions of dollars in subsidies at stake or a multi-million dollar firm, paying a bunch of lawyers to take a bunch of lawyer-politicians to dinner and on vacations.
Force Congress to work securely from their respective state houses (make the lobbyists travel if they want to influence) and simplify the tax code (a recommendation of the President's Simpson-Bowles commission which only the GOP has embraced) and you'll go a long way to limit influence.
"Yes, that's just what the world needs: the rigorous code quality of PHP combined with the high performance and lightweight Java Virtual Machine."
Fortunately, I had already swallowed my coffee so the keyboard was safe. However, your point is valid. Just because you can theoretically run something on something doesn't mean it's a good idea. Anyway, I need to get back to writing a JVM in VBA. This is going to be the tits.
Moreover what about Terms of Use for the other content? I have not read the LG ToU, but it could be something as simple as 'hey we need to pass this information on and we will store it on your TV for you so you can use Netflix, iPlayer, etc. but we won't receive or store anything.'
Without a copy of the agreement, it's hard to tell how nefarious this is.
Broadcast routines through The View - then you'll get millions of brains connected. Oh wait, higher brain functions. I guess that demographic won't work then.
The sad thing about conspiracy theories and the internet age is that no matter how far out or whackjob the theory may be, you can find a dozen videos documenting "proof" of the theory and entire forums full of people who believe in the lunacy and who circle-jerk each other in a frenzy of panic.
Because there were no whack jobs and conspiracy nuts before the 'internet age'? Son, sit right down and let me tell you about Lyndon LaRouche.
I think that its a bit simplistic to exclude it. Some events do actually have multiple causes. The real world is complex, and rarely aligns with a fox news soundbite.
And it never aligns with President Obama's talking points but that doesn't change the fact that the protests had nothing to do with the video. In fact, it wasn't even the pretext for the gathering.
Mankind existed for hundred of thousands of years with no language. Written language did not start to appear until some 2500 years ago (or up to 6000 depending on what you feel qualifies.) Julian Jaynes does a nice job correlating this to the rise of consciousness. Stay away from that hack Chomsky.
I don't think that Apple or Google are the companies to follow.
Apple has a bigger market cap than Microsoft and has just released two wildly successful products in the last 5 years: the iPhone and iPad.
They have also created a new, thriving developer ecosystem, substantially change how folks can get applications, music, movies and share those things with others.
Google, likewise, has a portfolio of innovation mostly related to web technologies but branching into computers and mobile devices.
Microsoft has created...the Kinect. Oh, and updated their Windows operating system. If they don't realize the future is in hardware and getting people connected, they better. And they could start by emulating Apple and Google.
Ironically, the best thing for Microsoft would be what could have been the result of its anti-trust problems, a company split. It's doing too much
I agree they're going in too many different directions but what they need to do is not necessarily split, but have a unified vision.
Right now they have Zune, Windows Mobile 7, Symbian and SideKick mobile platforms all in their portfolio. You would think they would try to create a best of breed combined mobile platform. But no, they're not. They missed the boat big time on ARM development.
With Apple developing tetherless setup and updating of iPads, Microsoft's control over the low end computing market (which, like it or not, is their bread and butter) is now in serious jeopardy. And instead of trying to work with hardware manufacturers to build something new and exciting, they're instead focusing their efforts at penalizing hardware manufacturers who work with competing firms.
Whatever innovation edge Microsoft has had is evaporating faster than a snowball in the Sahara. It is nigh on amazing the Kinect actually got created and while it could be a vehicle to more innovative products, I have a feeling that too will be another Microsoft had it first but botched it.
It's a pity that an organization with the resources Microsoft has cannot get the strategy to implementation going but that's what bloated middle management getting hackled by accounting will do to you.
If they can't get OWA to look pretty, how do they think they're going to be meaningful to users in any real way?
The failure of the London experiment may keep entities in the U.S. from trying the same thing.
If the failure of the Soviet, Chinese, North Vietnamese, North Koreans, Cambodians, National Socialists and Fascists didn't teach the US government anything, I fail to see how the British NHS will.
Doesn't matter. It's going to be insolvent in 25 years. As a matter of fact, the whole US Government will be underwater by then barring real reform of SS and Medicare/Medicaid. This building getting hit by a twister is the least of anyone's worries.
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Bingo. If there are millions of dollars in subsidies at stake or a multi-million dollar firm, paying a bunch of lawyers to take a bunch of lawyer-politicians to dinner and on vacations.
Force Congress to work securely from their respective state houses (make the lobbyists travel if they want to influence) and simplify the tax code (a recommendation of the President's Simpson-Bowles commission which only the GOP has embraced) and you'll go a long way to limit influence.
So...Morpheus was right?
~scans nanoparticle~
"We've got him."
"Yes, that's just what the world needs: the rigorous code quality of PHP combined with the high performance and lightweight Java Virtual Machine."
Fortunately, I had already swallowed my coffee so the keyboard was safe.
However, your point is valid. Just because you can theoretically run something on something doesn't mean it's a good idea.
Anyway, I need to get back to writing a JVM in VBA. This is going to be the tits.
Moreover what about Terms of Use for the other content? I have not read the LG ToU, but it could be something as simple as 'hey we need to pass this information on and we will store it on your TV for you so you can use Netflix, iPlayer, etc. but we won't receive or store anything.'
Without a copy of the agreement, it's hard to tell how nefarious this is.
Easy there, fella.
We all understand you've got the Ewok love.
And yet we spend twice as much on entitlements as on defense.
'Its brain required abundant oxygen, so it presumably did a fair amount of thinking.'
humans brains require abundant oxygen but most do not do a fair amount of thinking...
For example, anthropomorphizing ancient sea critters.
Broadcast routines through The View - then you'll get millions of brains connected.
Oh wait, higher brain functions. I guess that demographic won't work then.
A boy has never wept nor dash a thousand kim.
The sad thing about conspiracy theories and the internet age is that no matter how far out or whackjob the theory may be, you can find a dozen videos documenting "proof" of the theory and entire forums full of people who believe in the lunacy and who circle-jerk each other in a frenzy of panic.
Because there were no whack jobs and conspiracy nuts before the 'internet age'?
Son, sit right down and let me tell you about Lyndon LaRouche.
I have to state unequivocally that the author is correct - there is nothing to worry about.
Ewige Blumenkraft
I think that its a bit simplistic to exclude it. Some events do actually have multiple causes. The real world is complex, and rarely aligns with a fox news soundbite.
And it never aligns with President Obama's talking points but that doesn't change the fact that the protests had nothing to do with the video. In fact, it wasn't even the pretext for the gathering.
This first post brought to you by Obama for President.
How many of them still had their clitoris?
See AAPL's PE vs growth rate for example.
You mean how low their PE is? By rights their stock should be up around $600/share.
Bet you a nickel the police would need a warrant before such surveillance.
In fact, I kind of hope they do, public benefit notwithstanding.
The price is too high.
I can't lend it to somebody.
Mankind existed for hundred of thousands of years with no language. Written language did not start to appear until some 2500 years ago (or up to 6000 depending on what you feel qualifies.)
Julian Jaynes does a nice job correlating this to the rise of consciousness.
Stay away from that hack Chomsky.
I don't think that Apple or Google are the companies to follow.
Apple has a bigger market cap than Microsoft and has just released two wildly successful products in the last 5 years: the iPhone and iPad.
They have also created a new, thriving developer ecosystem, substantially change how folks can get applications, music, movies and share those things with others.
Google, likewise, has a portfolio of innovation mostly related to web technologies but branching into computers and mobile devices.
Microsoft has created...the Kinect. Oh, and updated their Windows operating system. If they don't realize the future is in hardware and getting people connected, they better. And they could start by emulating Apple and Google.
Ironically, the best thing for Microsoft would be what could have been the result of its anti-trust problems, a company split. It's doing too much
I agree they're going in too many different directions but what they need to do is not necessarily split, but have a unified vision.
Right now they have Zune, Windows Mobile 7, Symbian and SideKick mobile platforms all in their portfolio. You would think they would try to create a best of breed combined mobile platform. But no, they're not. They missed the boat big time on ARM development.
With Apple developing tetherless setup and updating of iPads, Microsoft's control over the low end computing market (which, like it or not, is their bread and butter) is now in serious jeopardy. And instead of trying to work with hardware manufacturers to build something new and exciting, they're instead focusing their efforts at penalizing hardware manufacturers who work with competing firms.
Whatever innovation edge Microsoft has had is evaporating faster than a snowball in the Sahara. It is nigh on amazing the Kinect actually got created and while it could be a vehicle to more innovative products, I have a feeling that too will be another Microsoft had it first but botched it.
It's a pity that an organization with the resources Microsoft has cannot get the strategy to implementation going but that's what bloated middle management getting hackled by accounting will do to you.
If they can't get OWA to look pretty, how do they think they're going to be meaningful to users in any real way?
The failure of the London experiment may keep entities in the U.S. from trying the same thing.
If the failure of the Soviet, Chinese, North Vietnamese, North Koreans, Cambodians, National Socialists and Fascists didn't teach the US government anything, I fail to see how the British NHS will.
I have some tulips for sale.
irregardless of any other ire given
Irregardless is not a word. You may have a point, but your use of a non-word makes me wonder.
Not everyone lives on a trust fund.
Doesn't matter. It's going to be insolvent in 25 years. As a matter of fact, the whole US Government will be underwater by then barring real reform of SS and Medicare/Medicaid.
This building getting hit by a twister is the least of anyone's worries.