Disagree about re-reading; I frequently re-read books I like a lot. Agree about borrowing though, the shrill complaints about not being able to lend books to friends here lacks credibility I think.
Personally I avoid self-published books; I just don't have the time and energy to wade through the junk. Frankly, most people who want to be writers lack the ability, and always will, but they have this image of themselves as uniquely talented, but it's just not so. At least with publishers someone else waded through the slush pile.
"I still fail to see why anyone would want to spend money on an e book. I like to be able to read a book... not worry over when they will revoke the book from "my reader. ""
"The environmental cost used to produce a gadget like a kindle easily exceed that of 100 paperback books. Just because it is smaller, does not imply it is cheaper. ebook readers would only be more environmentally friendly if people didn't break them and used them for 100s of books."
Do you have a citation for this? Or are you just assuming?
Because for the sake of the conversation we had already established that my position was based on whether the story was true. There was no need to repeat it on every post.
You are all missing the point of what "morality" is. The issue is not that Wozniak made out better in the long term. The issue is at the time, Jobs had a personal, internal decision to make. He made the immoral one. Because events ultimately took away the consequences to Wozniak, it doesn't fix the idea that he failed morally at the time.
So because a German politician plagiarized his thesis, an American president can't have legitimately graduated magna cum laude from law school? Even by slashdot standards that's not a very credible argument. And that's saying something.
Plus Jobs is a complete narcissist, he would have trouble functioning in an environment where there were identifiable people who could replace him as opposed to his easily cowed, faceless board of directors at apple.
Only that's not what the border exception is; it applies to people crossing a border into the U.S., not to any search generally within 100 miles of a border. The border patrol can't come into your house without a warrant just because you're within 100 miles of the Mexican border.
The founders of America would probably be shocked that people were contemplating whether customs officials on the border of a country were required to get a warrant every time they wanted to inspect something coming over the border. They would almost certainly say that the 4th amendment was not intended to apply to traffic across the national boundary.
Not exactly. It still has to be a border agent, and you have to have just crossed the border (or at least, the agent has to reasonably believe you crossed the border). They just can't come to your house and search you because you're in this area.
"In the meantime, the US is shitting on the rest of the Western hemisphere and basically treating everyone South of the Rio Grande all the way down to Antarctica as Third World human garbage, "
And by treating "as Third World human garbage" you mean allowing significant immigration from, investing heavily in, providing direct humanitarian aid to, etc.?
You have an amazingly high view of the incompetents who sit in many state legislatures. I mean, have you been reading the news lately? There are state legislatures seriously contemplating outlawing sharia law. Besides which, the idea that we commoners are rabble who can't select our own Senators is somewhat offensive.
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Fantasy's even harder to find good stuff than sci-fi...
Kermit is the way to go.
Disagree about re-reading; I frequently re-read books I like a lot. Agree about borrowing though, the shrill complaints about not being able to lend books to friends here lacks credibility I think.
Personally I avoid self-published books; I just don't have the time and energy to wade through the junk. Frankly, most people who want to be writers lack the ability, and always will, but they have this image of themselves as uniquely talented, but it's just not so. At least with publishers someone else waded through the slush pile.
"I still fail to see why anyone would want to spend money on an e book. I like to be able to read a book ... not worry over when they will revoke the book from "my reader. ""
You have to stop stressing the small stuff.
"The environmental cost used to produce a gadget like a kindle easily exceed that of 100 paperback books. Just because it is smaller, does not imply it is cheaper. ebook readers would only be more environmentally friendly if people didn't break them and used them for 100s of books."
Do you have a citation for this? Or are you just assuming?
10 weekends for open water certification? That's the most basic one, and it really should only take a weekend or two at the most.
Because for the sake of the conversation we had already established that my position was based on whether the story was true. There was no need to repeat it on every post.
Which is why I specifically included the qualifier "if the story is true."
So? Why should I adopt Woz's moral judgments?
Considering PADI certification can be started, and completed, in a single weekend, it is not really a signifier of expertise.
You are all missing the point of what "morality" is. The issue is not that Wozniak made out better in the long term. The issue is at the time, Jobs had a personal, internal decision to make. He made the immoral one. Because events ultimately took away the consequences to Wozniak, it doesn't fix the idea that he failed morally at the time.
So because a German politician plagiarized his thesis, an American president can't have legitimately graduated magna cum laude from law school? Even by slashdot standards that's not a very credible argument. And that's saying something.
Ahhh, I see, what steps are you taking to stop this then? I assume you are taking concrete steps to end this?
It is if you've been asked to leave.
I have far less trouble with Win7 than I did with XP; frankly, it even edges out the last linux distro I had.
If the story is true, at the time Jobs intentionally screwed over his supposed friend for money. What's the relevance of what happened after?
Plus Jobs is a complete narcissist, he would have trouble functioning in an environment where there were identifiable people who could replace him as opposed to his easily cowed, faceless board of directors at apple.
Only that's not what the border exception is; it applies to people crossing a border into the U.S., not to any search generally within 100 miles of a border. The border patrol can't come into your house without a warrant just because you're within 100 miles of the Mexican border.
If it was widely accepted, why would they have to?
The founders of America would probably be shocked that people were contemplating whether customs officials on the border of a country were required to get a warrant every time they wanted to inspect something coming over the border. They would almost certainly say that the 4th amendment was not intended to apply to traffic across the national boundary.
Not exactly. It still has to be a border agent, and you have to have just crossed the border (or at least, the agent has to reasonably believe you crossed the border). They just can't come to your house and search you because you're in this area.
I did not know that "at the border" = Columbus, Ohio once you were out of the airport.
Clearly, if the drafters of the Constitution wanted border searches to include at airports, they would have said so specifically.
"In the meantime, the US is shitting on the rest of the Western hemisphere and basically treating everyone South of the Rio Grande all the way down to Antarctica as Third World human garbage, "
And by treating "as Third World human garbage" you mean allowing significant immigration from, investing heavily in, providing direct humanitarian aid to, etc.?
You have an amazingly high view of the incompetents who sit in many state legislatures. I mean, have you been reading the news lately? There are state legislatures seriously contemplating outlawing sharia law. Besides which, the idea that we commoners are rabble who can't select our own Senators is somewhat offensive.