"...but then, on slashdot we're probably all just hopeless libertarians anyway;)"
No they're not. Libertarians support as small and unimposing government as possible.
Most Slashdotters support tariffs, taxes, affirmative action, raising minimum wage, abortion, entitlement politics, and countless other left/liberal philosophies like government provided health insurance.
I fail to see how this is a huge problem. I've had to call them about key problems before and it took no more than 3-5 minutes from beginning to end. Hell the Gentoo installation documentation took much longer than that to read.
Microsoft has every right to verify that people using their software do indeed have a license to use their software. And let's be honest, no matter what they do you're going to hate them and flame them.
You should be thankful they're not giving it away free or you could kiss goodbye to something other than Windows ever being on a computer's desktop.
There's nothing impressive about fast recharge capabilities? Damn, apparently I'm an idiot then because I always thought "woudln't it be awesome if my cell phone took the same amount of time to refuel as my car does?" Or my iPod. Or my iBook. Or maybe someone's Civic Insight.
Because in a some situations the American companies can't go anywhere else in the U.S. without dealing with labor unions. Notice that all of the foreign companies coming to the U.S. have opened plants in Right-To-Work states? A lot of the American companies opened shop up North and thanks to labor unions now can't escape the North and go to Right-To-Work states.
Wow there, poor little liberal got a little riled up eh?
My "oh so patriotic flag waving redneck Chevy Suburban" is a '97 Honda Civic DX with a tape deck and manual windows. And my motorcycle is a Suzuki GSX-R600.
None the less, buying Japanese vehicles sends the money back to Japan where the Japanese company can dictate where it gets reinvested and all profits from such reinvestments go where? Back to Japan.
Where the factories are is only a bonus, as it means employment to that area. But what's more important are the taxes levied against the money made from sales of the product, in when the money is going back to another country, our government isn't getting as much tax money. In return, our social welfare programs (education, etc) get less money.
But the real issue at stake is that the money from your car was sent back to another country, and not kept in the country. And it's not true for a lot of foreign manufacturers, for instance VW has a plant in Mexico that makes cars for the U.S. market.
It's only clever in that it's already been done. If I'm not mistaken the U.S. already has a credit system in place. In fact, I believe our biggest complaint is that ours works with companies as well as cuts overall output, whereas the Kyoto protocol is "too strict too fast."
And the fact that there are people not bound by the treaty are just one more reason not to abide by it. How can so many people on this site complain about jobs being sent overseas (like manufacturing) and then repeatedly endorse government plans that ENCOURAGE the activity?
True he said "make" the market so my response was less than bright, but my point still stands. People don't want clean energy, they want cheap energy. Especially if clean energy means either higher costs or job losses.
Americans want cheap everything. I'm not sure they're even worried about quality anymore. But the reality is they're probably so over spent on their 2500+ sq ft homes and "fits 8 comfortably" SUVs they can't afford anything else.
Of course, what do I know. I'm just a conservative in a Honda Civic.
I on the other hand have done something completely original. I cut two holes in the side of my case and put FANS there! The amount of extra cooling my AMD K6-2 300 overclocked to 366MHz gets is unbelievable. I'm thinking next I might even spray paint the case!
Hell the Economist isn't even that much of a "news organization." None of my Economics teachers in college read it because they couldn't stand the liberal slant in it. AND THEY WERE DEMOCRATS.
A less-idiot and more-pro-business administration would stop doing corporate welfare and not do wifi and be able to afford snow plows and lower income taxes on both businesses and individuals, helping both sides of the fence.:-)
Pro-Business administrations aren't administrations that do corporate welfare. Administrations that do corporate welfare are just idiots. Plus, you got a new football stadium for reasons aside from the Steelers (whether they were good reasons, I don't know, but I was told more than one team plays there.. which means you've got more than person to blame). As for the Pirates.. hell it's baseball, who gives a f***.:-)
My area (Hampton Roads/Newport News/Norfolk, VA) tried to buy a baseball team. I would have moved if it went through. I would have been taxed to hell to give them a stadium, no doubt.
Excellent, so nukular and nuclear can be synonyms? There's quite a bit of population that says it. how about supposibly? I hear that one all the damn time. And "brung" instead of brought.
Should the money I pay the government be used for something I want, would use, and enjoy?
Would use? Like you really take your laptop to the park. Given most devices inability to operate in direct sunlight, I'd guess no.
But just in case you REALLY REALLY REALLY need email on your Palm while you're walking your dog at the park, the local township can spend $10,000 to hook up wireless internet.
Might as well give up. It absolutely amazes me that the guys behind this site and ArsTechnica and countless other sites, where college degrees are everywhere (hell, Ars has people getting their Doctorates).. and they still have no fucking clue what "begs the question" really means.
It's interesting because Microsoft is doing so much with their WMA and DRM stuff that's incompatible with iPods. Yet all of their employees are going "Screw your stuff, this is so much better."
There's more to the mp3 players than who makes them. You've got to consider the media player tied to it (iTunes vs Windows Media Player), music store it works with (iTMS vs whoever else), DRM schemes involved, cmopatible file types, etc. Microsoft is competing with Apple on all of those fronts *except* the player market.
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hate everyone that can afford things you can't
or likes things you don't
This article focuses on solar flares and CFCs, neither of which have anything to do with engine exhaut.
"...but then, on slashdot we're probably all just hopeless libertarians anyway ;)"
No they're not. Libertarians support as small and unimposing government as possible.
Most Slashdotters support tariffs, taxes, affirmative action, raising minimum wage, abortion, entitlement politics, and countless other left/liberal philosophies like government provided health insurance.
Maybe if their software wasn't so stupidly priced (£179 for an OS is stupid) then there would be more legitimate users.
I'm sorry, have you ever created, distributed, and supported an operating system while tracking costs enough to determine their price is stupid?
I fail to see how this is a huge problem. I've had to call them about key problems before and it took no more than 3-5 minutes from beginning to end. Hell the Gentoo installation documentation took much longer than that to read.
Microsoft has every right to verify that people using their software do indeed have a license to use their software. And let's be honest, no matter what they do you're going to hate them and flame them.
You should be thankful they're not giving it away free or you could kiss goodbye to something other than Windows ever being on a computer's desktop.
Obviously you have not heard of Flogging Molly!
/.ers typically fail in several arenas such as spelling, grammar, social skills, and healthy living.
However, they almost always excel in arenas such as Final Fantasy, sci-fi tv watching, obscure quotes, and criticizing.
There's nothing impressive about fast recharge capabilities? Damn, apparently I'm an idiot then because I always thought "woudln't it be awesome if my cell phone took the same amount of time to refuel as my car does?" Or my iPod. Or my iBook. Or maybe someone's Civic Insight.
Because in a some situations the American companies can't go anywhere else in the U.S. without dealing with labor unions. Notice that all of the foreign companies coming to the U.S. have opened plants in Right-To-Work states? A lot of the American companies opened shop up North and thanks to labor unions now can't escape the North and go to Right-To-Work states.
Wow there, poor little liberal got a little riled up eh?
My "oh so patriotic flag waving redneck Chevy Suburban" is a '97 Honda Civic DX with a tape deck and manual windows. And my motorcycle is a Suzuki GSX-R600.
None the less, buying Japanese vehicles sends the money back to Japan where the Japanese company can dictate where it gets reinvested and all profits from such reinvestments go where? Back to Japan.
Where the factories are is only a bonus, as it means employment to that area. But what's more important are the taxes levied against the money made from sales of the product, in when the money is going back to another country, our government isn't getting as much tax money. In return, our social welfare programs (education, etc) get less money.
But the real issue at stake is that the money from your car was sent back to another country, and not kept in the country. And it's not true for a lot of foreign manufacturers, for instance VW has a plant in Mexico that makes cars for the U.S. market.
Everyone goes where the labor is cheap.
5 out of 59 million ain't bad!
It's only clever in that it's already been done. If I'm not mistaken the U.S. already has a credit system in place. In fact, I believe our biggest complaint is that ours works with companies as well as cuts overall output, whereas the Kyoto protocol is "too strict too fast."
And the fact that there are people not bound by the treaty are just one more reason not to abide by it. How can so many people on this site complain about jobs being sent overseas (like manufacturing) and then repeatedly endorse government plans that ENCOURAGE the activity?
True he said "make" the market so my response was less than bright, but my point still stands. People don't want clean energy, they want cheap energy. Especially if clean energy means either higher costs or job losses.
Americans want cheap everything. I'm not sure they're even worried about quality anymore. But the reality is they're probably so over spent on their 2500+ sq ft homes and "fits 8 comfortably" SUVs they can't afford anything else.
Of course, what do I know. I'm just a conservative in a Honda Civic.
What market for clean energy are you talking about?
Last I checked, it's simply a market for energy.
Only 18% of our oil comes from the Middle East.
Nah, it'll end in 40-50 years. Assuming we still have the 2nd amendment around to protect us.
Yea, it's really pretty lame.
I on the other hand have done something completely original. I cut two holes in the side of my case and put FANS there! The amount of extra cooling my AMD K6-2 300 overclocked to 366MHz gets is unbelievable. I'm thinking next I might even spray paint the case!
Hell the Economist isn't even that much of a "news organization." None of my Economics teachers in college read it because they couldn't stand the liberal slant in it. AND THEY WERE DEMOCRATS.
A less-idiot and more-pro-business administration would stop doing corporate welfare and not do wifi and be able to afford snow plows and lower income taxes on both businesses and individuals, helping both sides of the fence. :-)
:-)
Pro-Business administrations aren't administrations that do corporate welfare. Administrations that do corporate welfare are just idiots. Plus, you got a new football stadium for reasons aside from the Steelers (whether they were good reasons, I don't know, but I was told more than one team plays there.. which means you've got more than person to blame). As for the Pirates.. hell it's baseball, who gives a f***.
My area (Hampton Roads/Newport News/Norfolk, VA) tried to buy a baseball team. I would have moved if it went through. I would have been taxed to hell to give them a stadium, no doubt.
In that case maybe you should worry about your towns bankruptcy and inability to clear the roads after it snows instead of wireless internet?
Just a thought given my weekend trip there the weekend of the AFC championship.
Excellent, so nukular and nuclear can be synonyms? There's quite a bit of population that says it. how about supposibly? I hear that one all the damn time. And "brung" instead of brought.
Should the money I pay the government be used for something I want, would use, and enjoy?
Would use? Like you really take your laptop to the park. Given most devices inability to operate in direct sunlight, I'd guess no.
But just in case you REALLY REALLY REALLY need email on your Palm while you're walking your dog at the park, the local township can spend $10,000 to hook up wireless internet.
Might as well give up. It absolutely amazes me that the guys behind this site and ArsTechnica and countless other sites, where college degrees are everywhere (hell, Ars has people getting their Doctorates).. and they still have no fucking clue what "begs the question" really means.
It's interesting because Microsoft is doing so much with their WMA and DRM stuff that's incompatible with iPods. Yet all of their employees are going "Screw your stuff, this is so much better."
There's more to the mp3 players than who makes them. You've got to consider the media player tied to it (iTunes vs Windows Media Player), music store it works with (iTMS vs whoever else), DRM schemes involved, cmopatible file types, etc. Microsoft is competing with Apple on all of those fronts *except* the player market.
What the hell do I need a PDA for? I have an iPod. It holds contacts, has games, plays music, has a calendar, etc.
PDAs are for dorks and people who think they have a busy life.
iPods are for music.
(those lines not meant as trolling but an accurate response you would get from a large chunk of the population)