So if they're going to run it like Apple they need to first start failing miserably for the next 15 years, then bring back their narcissistic founder (lucky they have one too)?
I disagree. I know plenty of people who don't use a desktop at all, and will spend hours in front of a laptop in their office. Many of them don't even move their laptop around. Personally, I can't do it, I much prefer a desktop, but I definitely feel like I'm in the minority.
What is that saying about outrageous claims? I guess that rule does not apply if your position matches a certain political platform.
Exactly! You should not be able to make the outrageous claim that artificially increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, an empirically proven greenhouse gas, by approximately 30% has no effect on global temperatures just because your position matches a right-wing political platform.
Yep, Assange's claims that the Americans are out to get him are ludicrous, and I think he knows that. If someone put embarassing information about Russia or China in Assange's hands I guarantee you he wouldn't release it because he knows perfectly well he actually might have very serious, very dangerous people after him.
"As far as world domination goes, the US has far surpassed the Germans, and even the British -- that's why there are hundreds of military bases all over the world, and why there's one set of rules for countries in the imperial fold (e.g. Israel's nukes) and those outside (e.g. Iran's legal nuclear program)."
The difference is one of consent. Poland did not consent to German military bases. Nations benefit heavily from American military bases on their soil, that's why they're there. The only exception I can think of where a nation doesn't want an American military base on their soil is Cuba, and even there Guantanamo was put there pursuant to (at the time) Cuba's consent.
Nope, not how it works. Illogical maybe, but under most states' laws if you buy some or all of a company's assets you do not generally assume the liabilities of the company. This has been tested in courts time and time again.
As a lawyer who has worked on class action cases, I always found this generalization hilarious. There are class action cases where individuals receive millions of dollars. I've personally worked on cases where some class members received several hundred thousand dollars, far more than I personally made from the case.
You absolutely can buy the assets of a company without inheriting the liabilities. The holder of the liabilities has certain responsibilities; they can't just give the money they just got to the principals then dissolve the company and avoid its debts. But as long as the purchaser paid a fair price for the assets it's a legal transaction.
A shill implies they are posting something simply in exchange for money. I doubt very much that criticizing Ecuador and Assange on slashdot is part of his job; far more likely this is what he believes, and he picked a job that conforms with those beliefs.
If someone from wikileaks posted a defense of Assange here, neither you nor anyone else would accuse them of being a shill; they would be praised, modded up, thanked, etc..
"Other then the crazy comments our Representatives and Senators spew out every once in a while (But they say something stupid, or threatening every freaking day)."
Sadly, the crazy comments from our Representatives and Senators sound sober and sane compared to the paranoid shrieking from much of the slashdot contingent.
Definitely, Assange doesn't believe his own hype, he wouldn't cross Russia or China because he knows he'd actually be in personal jeopardy. He's a classic narcissist with megalomaniac tendencies, witness his prior claims that he personally owns whatever is provided to wikileaks.
That's actually a myth, embassies are not considered the territory of the countries they represent. They have certain protections under international and domestic laws but that's as far as it goes.
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and national-scale desalinization would require major changes in our energy infrastructure.
And be ecologically disastrous.
Metric is for people who are too bad at math to mentally convert from different base systems.
No need, eventually desktop android will be released and the manufacturers will be able to jump on that bandwagon.
So if they're going to run it like Apple they need to first start failing miserably for the next 15 years, then bring back their narcissistic founder (lucky they have one too)?
I disagree. I know plenty of people who don't use a desktop at all, and will spend hours in front of a laptop in their office. Many of them don't even move their laptop around. Personally, I can't do it, I much prefer a desktop, but I definitely feel like I'm in the minority.
What if I find the third party candidates even more objectionable than the mainstream ones?
That's libertarianism for you. If you don't want to be tracked don't go to those websites.
Nixon probably did more for the environment than any other president in history, arguably even more than Teddy Roosevelt.
What is that saying about outrageous claims? I guess that rule does not apply if your position matches a certain political platform.
Exactly! You should not be able to make the outrageous claim that artificially increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, an empirically proven greenhouse gas, by approximately 30% has no effect on global temperatures just because your position matches a right-wing political platform.
"And when that consent was withdrawn, they did not leave..."
That's not how leases work. The treaty requires both sides to abandon it for the lease to end.
Yep, Assange's claims that the Americans are out to get him are ludicrous, and I think he knows that. If someone put embarassing information about Russia or China in Assange's hands I guarantee you he wouldn't release it because he knows perfectly well he actually might have very serious, very dangerous people after him.
"As far as world domination goes, the US has far surpassed the Germans, and even the British -- that's why there are hundreds of military bases all over the world, and why there's one set of rules for countries in the imperial fold (e.g. Israel's nukes) and those outside (e.g. Iran's legal nuclear program)."
The difference is one of consent. Poland did not consent to German military bases. Nations benefit heavily from American military bases on their soil, that's why they're there. The only exception I can think of where a nation doesn't want an American military base on their soil is Cuba, and even there Guantanamo was put there pursuant to (at the time) Cuba's consent.
"All those things we perceive as flaws today may be the "mutation" that allows the human race to survive after something cataclysmic happens."
An entire species full of psychopaths might not be worth survival for.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/speciation-in-action/
There you go. Now you can admit you were wrong and we can all move on.
Why do people on slashdot always get this wrong? Yes, America is a democracy. America is not a DIRECT democracy but it is still a democracy.
Nope, not how it works. Illogical maybe, but under most states' laws if you buy some or all of a company's assets you do not generally assume the liabilities of the company. This has been tested in courts time and time again.
As a lawyer who has worked on class action cases, I always found this generalization hilarious. There are class action cases where individuals receive millions of dollars. I've personally worked on cases where some class members received several hundred thousand dollars, far more than I personally made from the case.
You absolutely can buy the assets of a company without inheriting the liabilities. The holder of the liabilities has certain responsibilities; they can't just give the money they just got to the principals then dissolve the company and avoid its debts. But as long as the purchaser paid a fair price for the assets it's a legal transaction.
A shill implies they are posting something simply in exchange for money. I doubt very much that criticizing Ecuador and Assange on slashdot is part of his job; far more likely this is what he believes, and he picked a job that conforms with those beliefs.
If someone from wikileaks posted a defense of Assange here, neither you nor anyone else would accuse them of being a shill; they would be praised, modded up, thanked, etc..
http://www.dekkerdreyer.com/blog/interview-harry-harrison/
Harrison himself states he took pot shots at Heinlein in Bill the Galactic Hero, and Heinlein never talked to him again.
"Other then the crazy comments our Representatives and Senators spew out every once in a while (But they say something stupid, or threatening every freaking day)."
Sadly, the crazy comments from our Representatives and Senators sound sober and sane compared to the paranoid shrieking from much of the slashdot contingent.
"Essentially, accusations that the poster is a shill is a subtle ad hominem."
I disagree, there's nothing subtle about it.
I don't think "persecution" means what you think it means.
Definitely, Assange doesn't believe his own hype, he wouldn't cross Russia or China because he knows he'd actually be in personal jeopardy. He's a classic narcissist with megalomaniac tendencies, witness his prior claims that he personally owns whatever is provided to wikileaks.
That's actually a myth, embassies are not considered the territory of the countries they represent. They have certain protections under international and domestic laws but that's as far as it goes.