Precisely. The Commodore=64 and Amiga 500 were the most-pirated computers ever made (pirates cracked software within days & shared them online), and yet both were the best-selling computers of the mid-80s to early 90s. The fact these Commodore machines were "jailbroken" made them extremely desirable, because people knew you could get software for almost no cost.
>>>smart enough to realise (and have the restraint)
For me it's not high IQ, but "restraint" certainly has a lot to do with it. I don't see the need to spend ~$600/year for an internet-capable smartphone when my "dumb" phone can be had for $0.00 a year. (I only get billed when I use it - which is rare.)
Similarly I don't have cable TV. I used to when it was a decent price ($400/year) and Sci-Fi actually played sci-fi, but since the price skyrocketed to $900..... forget it. I put-up an antenna and now get 40+ channels for free.
BBC has a real problem understanding the concept of "archiving". For some reason they think just because they are done with the sites, nobody else wants them either, so just erase them.
It's somewhat similar to how they destroyed 1950s and 60s television tapes.
About the same time MSNBC hired reporters. (Oh that's right - they didn't.) Here was their coverage from the night of the election, "Newly-elected Senator Rand Paul will refuse to raise the Debt ceiling, and he will be personally responsible for creating another depression in 2011." And Rachel Maddow who I used to think was intelligent, replied: "Oh yeah I agree with you. It won't be good."
Wow.
Bottom Line: Both NBC and FOX are poor sources of information. The truth lies somewhere in the middle of their two progressive/liberal and christian/conservative viewpoints.
Mass transport is a highly inefficient means of travel - I don't mean energy use. I mean time wasted at either end waiting for the damn bus or metro. As example:
My former boss took 1.5 hours to get to work on the VA train. It took me half an hour by car. The reason it took him longer was because of the half-hour walk to the station, and another half hour to the job.
I always prefer the faster route over the slower route (in terms of my personal travel time).
The American Dream is about being free from tyranny, to live your life however choose to live it, not living like a Middle Ages king (i.e. in comfort). I'd sooner be middle class and free, then rich and have an internet firewall (China censorship).
Oh, and China ranks poorly on the internet scale. Looking just at continent-sized nations or federations: Mbit/s 12.3 Russian Federation 10.3 US 10.0 EU 9.3 Canada 8.0 Australia 5.7 Saudi Arabia 4.8 Brazil 3.8 China ---- way down here 3.4 Mexico speedtest.net
>>>Your car is more inefficient, in terms of the value you can make of time spent.
Yeah but because I arrive an hour earlier than my boss each day, I also collect ~$250 more each week (after taxes).
>>>In your car, you better be focusing your attention
I usually listen to books-on-tape (or ipod), so it's not time wasted. And I've gone almost 600,000 miles and never hit anything, mainly because I stay in my lane and don't move from it (changing lanes is when most accidents occur, due to misjudgements).
I'll stick with my car, thank you very much. As if my right as a Free person.
Yeah this is what I want to deal with every morning. Clearly this is a better option for me than having my own car that is quiet and roomy and can be used to pick-up a week's worth of food on my way home from work. (Video of passengers being squeezed like sardines into a train.) Oi-oi-oi cheerio! Truly amazing. http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2379293/7425200
Trains average 25 MPG per passenger carried. If the number of passengers declines, then that 25 becomes ~15. If the number of passengers increases, then it goes up to ~35. The number is directly proportional to the number of people carried.
Now contrast that with a Prius Hybrid. 45 MPG for one passenger. Fill it with five people, and that skyrockets to 230 people-miles per gallon.
The Prius is far, far, far more efficient than a train averaging only 25 p-m per gallon (source: US DOT 2002).
>>>> My Honda Insight was ranked *cleaner* than the EV1 or Prius >> >>But it's still a Honda Insight. You'll never escape that fact.
I don't know if that's meant as an insult, but I consider a compliment. The Insight is a beautiful car, filled with the brilliance of Honda engineering (i.e. flawless), and perfect for commuting to work (I average almost 90mpg). We need more cars just like it, and fewer Ford Living Room SUVs.
>>>On trains you can sleep, watch movies, play video games, whatever.
I already do some of that in my car (read books via audio, listen to movies, listen to music, or hear college lectures/podcasts). The 30-45 minute drive to work is not a waste when you plan ahead..... and it's my own personal world, that is not being interrupted by smelly, rude people (the type riding on trains).
BTW you can't really sleep on a train/metro. It's stuffed with people. And you can't watch movies, as your noise bothers other people. Try better examples.
Cars offer more flexibility than trains do (you can hop in your car in the middle of the night - can't do that with a train). Cars also offer more options (can drive to the beach tomorrow - can't do that with a train). And now that cars have become cleaner, the environmental argument is also invalid. My Honda Insight was ranked *cleaner* than the EV1 or Prius, and equal to a Natural Gas Civic.
The new 200 MPG car from Volkswagen would be about three times cleaner than the insight. In contrast trains put-out as many pollutants as a 25 mpg sedan (2002 study), since they often run empty and that drags down their overall average.
Why would we want to imitate two countries that have spent the last 15+ years in economic decline (called "the lost decade" in Japan)? That would be akin to saying, "Let's model our system on the fallen empire of Rome." Um. No thanks.
Cars offer more flexibility than trains do (you can hop in your car in the middle of the night - can't do that with a train). Cars also offer more options (can drive to the beach tomorrow - can't do that with a train). And now that cars have become cleaner, the environmental argument is also invalid.
My Honda Insight was ranked *cleaner* than the EV1 or Prius, equal to a Natural Gas Civic, and the new 200 MPG car from Volkswagen would be about three times cleaner than the insight. In contrast trains put-out as many pollutants as a 25 mpg sedan (2002 study), since they often run empty and that drags down their overall average.
>>>because personal liberties and high speed trains are mutually exclusive!
If the taxrate to sustain the accumulated ~$150,000 per home debt surpasses 50% (i.e. for half a year, you are a serf to Uncle Sam), then YES the two would be mutually exclusive. I always ask myself - 'I want a new car, but what will be the cost?' If the answer is tons more hours spent at hell..... I mean, work, paying the bill, then it's not a fair trade. I sacrifice and keep driving the old car.
Likewise we could pave the streets with gold. But we choose not to because the burden is not worth it. Our children and grandchildren will be stuck paying 50% or higher in taxes. It is wiser to say "no" now and avoid that future.
>>>isn't copyright about specific expressions of ideas?
Yes that's true but "No one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea, receives instruction himself without lessening [the originator's idea]; as he who lights his taper, receives light without darkening the original owner."
Lack of copyright could present a problem as far as author's earning money to pay their bills, but then that problem exists NOW with corporations taking authors works & then never paying them for it. Authors would be MUCH better off to give-away their work for free and say, "If you enjoy this, please donate $20 to my paypal account so I can pay my rent. Thank you."
Under the current corporate regime, they don't even get that. According to SAG the typical television writer earns less than $5000 a year - below minimum wage. Novelists get even less.
>>>Your car is more inefficient, in terms of the value you can make of time spent.
Yeah but because I arrive an hour earlier than my boss each day, I also collect ~$250 more each week (after taxes).
>>>Walking, you are getting exercise.
What do I need that for? I already come from a long-lived family that comes just a few years shy of 100. And they never did any exercise.
>>>In your car, you better be focusing your attention
I usually listen to books-on-tape (or ipod), so it's not time wasted. And I've gone almost 600,000 miles and never hit anything, mainly because I stay in my lane and don't move from it (changing lanes is when most accidents occur).
>>>B. They are doing it on purpose for some nefarious reason.
Hello Glenn Beck. There are some people who simply don't understand the concept of "cutting spending". I have a niece like that who buys a new color printer or computer every year, a new car every 3 years, and spends almost $300/month on CATV/cell service.
She went bankrupt, and STILL spends money like mad. Last I heard her new credit card carries $5000 in unpaid bills. Obama, Bush, the Demopublicans, and my niece have a lot in common.
In contrast I've been using the same P4/windows XP computer since 2002, my printer is the old dot matrix Commodore, my CATV doesn't exist, my internet is $15/month, and my cellphone costs $0.00. She calls me "rich" but I don't make any more money than my niece --- I just don't spend it.
The American Dream is about being free from tyranny, and free to be you and me, not shiny gadgets. I'd sooner be middle class and free, then rich and have an internet firewall (censorship). Oh, and China ranks poorly on the internet scale. Looking just at continent-sized nations or federations:
Mbit/s 12.3 Russian Federation 10.3 US 10.0 EU 9.3 Canada 8.0 Australia 5.7 Saudi Arabia 4.8 Brazil 3.8 China ---- way down here 3.4 Mexico speedtest.net
Mass transport is a highly inefficient means of travel - I don't mean energy use. I mean time wasted at either end waiting for the damn bus or metro. As example:
My former boss took 1.5 hours to get to work on the VA train. It took me half an hour by car. The reason it took him longer was because of the half-hour walk to the station, and another half hour to the job.
I always prefer the faster route over the slower route (in terms of my personal travel time).
What? I saw the IPv4 exhaustion coming two years ago, and I don't even work in this field. Cisco should have known years ahead and built-in the v6 code just like Microsoft did with Vista years ahead of schedule.
>>>All phones have a "death grip" that drops the signal.
Mine doesn't. That's because it has an actual antenna sticking out the top of it. Unfortunately recent government regulations made that illegal (for fear of the antenna beaming into the brain), so it has to be buried in the phone, or the bottom, where the human hand can block it.
I see.
- When I saw all those Indian and other foreign language stations at dialup speeds (28k and lower), I thought they probably existed for all those citizens having their phone internet. Guess not.
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>>>Lifetime of the service, not of the box or your lifetime.
Like all lawyers
you're a dick
that has never seen pussy. That is NOT what the agreement said.
The Supreme Court has long held (since the 1800s) that searches at international borders don't require a warrant.
This is nothing new.
>>>Jailbreaking provides value
Precisely. The Commodore=64 and Amiga 500 were the most-pirated computers ever made (pirates cracked software within days & shared them online), and yet both were the best-selling computers of the mid-80s to early 90s. The fact these Commodore machines were "jailbroken" made them extremely desirable, because people knew you could get software for almost no cost.
Jailbreaking provides value and sells hardware.
>>>smart enough to realise (and have the restraint)
For me it's not high IQ, but "restraint" certainly has a lot to do with it. I don't see the need to spend ~$600/year for an internet-capable smartphone when my "dumb" phone can be had for $0.00 a year. (I only get billed when I use it - which is rare.)
Similarly I don't have cable TV. I used to when it was a decent price ($400/year) and Sci-Fi actually played sci-fi, but since the price skyrocketed to $900..... forget it. I put-up an antenna and now get 40+ channels for free.
BBC has a real problem understanding the concept of "archiving". For some reason they think just because they are done with the sites, nobody else wants them either, so just erase them.
It's somewhat similar to how they destroyed 1950s and 60s television tapes.
>>>Since when has Fox employed "news reporters?"
About the same time MSNBC hired reporters. (Oh that's right - they didn't.) Here was their coverage from the night of the election, "Newly-elected Senator Rand Paul will refuse to raise the Debt ceiling, and he will be personally responsible for creating another depression in 2011." And Rachel Maddow who I used to think was intelligent, replied: "Oh yeah I agree with you. It won't be good."
Wow.
Bottom Line: Both NBC and FOX are poor sources of information. The truth lies somewhere in the middle of their two progressive/liberal and christian/conservative viewpoints.
Mass transport is a highly inefficient means of travel - I don't mean energy use. I mean time wasted at either end waiting for the damn bus or metro. As example:
My former boss took 1.5 hours to get to work on the VA train. It took me half an hour by car. The reason it took him longer was because of the half-hour walk to the station, and another half hour to the job.
I always prefer the faster route over the slower route (in terms of my personal travel time).
The American Dream is about being free from tyranny, to live your life however choose to live it, not living like a Middle Ages king (i.e. in comfort). I'd sooner be middle class and free, then rich and have an internet firewall (China censorship).
Oh, and China ranks poorly on the internet scale. Looking just at continent-sized nations or federations:
Mbit/s
12.3 Russian Federation
10.3 US
10.0 EU
9.3 Canada
8.0 Australia
5.7 Saudi Arabia
4.8 Brazil
3.8 China ---- way down here
3.4 Mexico
speedtest.net
>>>Your car is more inefficient, in terms of the value you can make of time spent.
Yeah but because I arrive an hour earlier than my boss each day, I also collect ~$250 more each week (after taxes).
>>>In your car, you better be focusing your attention
I usually listen to books-on-tape (or ipod), so it's not time wasted. And I've gone almost 600,000 miles and never hit anything, mainly because I stay in my lane and don't move from it (changing lanes is when most accidents occur, due to misjudgements).
I'll stick with my car, thank you very much.
As if my right as a Free person.
>>>Japan's system is amazing.
Yeah this is what I want to deal with every morning. Clearly this is a better option for me than having my own car that is quiet and roomy and can be used to pick-up a week's worth of food on my way home from work. (Video of passengers being squeezed like sardines into a train.) Oi-oi-oi cheerio! Truly amazing. http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2379293/7425200
Trains average 25 MPG per passenger carried. If the number of passengers declines, then that 25 becomes ~15. If the number of passengers increases, then it goes up to ~35. The number is directly proportional to the number of people carried.
Now contrast that with a Prius Hybrid. 45 MPG for one passenger. Fill it with five people, and that skyrockets to 230 people-miles per gallon.
The Prius is far, far, far more efficient than a train averaging only 25 p-m per gallon (source: US DOT 2002).
>>>> My Honda Insight was ranked *cleaner* than the EV1 or Prius
>>
>>But it's still a Honda Insight. You'll never escape that fact.
I don't know if that's meant as an insult, but I consider a compliment. The Insight is a beautiful car, filled with the brilliance of Honda engineering (i.e. flawless), and perfect for commuting to work (I average almost 90mpg). We need more cars just like it, and fewer Ford Living Room SUVs.
>>>On trains you can sleep, watch movies, play video games, whatever.
I already do some of that in my car (read books via audio, listen to movies, listen to music, or hear college lectures/podcasts). The 30-45 minute drive to work is not a waste when you plan ahead..... and it's my own personal world, that is not being interrupted by smelly, rude people (the type riding on trains).
BTW you can't really sleep on a train/metro. It's stuffed with people. And you can't watch movies, as your noise bothers other people. Try better examples.
Cars offer more flexibility than trains do (you can hop in your car in the middle of the night - can't do that with a train). Cars also offer more options (can drive to the beach tomorrow - can't do that with a train). And now that cars have become cleaner, the environmental argument is also invalid. My Honda Insight was ranked *cleaner* than the EV1 or Prius, and equal to a Natural Gas Civic.
The new 200 MPG car from Volkswagen would be about three times cleaner than the insight. In contrast trains put-out as many pollutants as a 25 mpg sedan (2002 study), since they often run empty and that drags down their overall average.
"Airplane travel is not an essential liberty. Don't fly and you won't be groped." - A former classmate who claims to be libertarian. Yeah right.
>>>like they do in France or Japan
Why would we want to imitate two countries that have spent the last 15+ years in economic decline (called "the lost decade" in Japan)? That would be akin to saying, "Let's model our system on the fallen empire of Rome." Um. No thanks.
Cars offer more flexibility than trains do (you can hop in your car in the middle of the night - can't do that with a train). Cars also offer more options (can drive to the beach tomorrow - can't do that with a train). And now that cars have become cleaner, the environmental argument is also invalid.
My Honda Insight was ranked *cleaner* than the EV1 or Prius, equal to a Natural Gas Civic, and the new 200 MPG car from Volkswagen would be about three times cleaner than the insight. In contrast trains put-out as many pollutants as a 25 mpg sedan (2002 study), since they often run empty and that drags down their overall average.
>>>because personal liberties and high speed trains are mutually exclusive!
If the taxrate to sustain the accumulated ~$150,000 per home debt surpasses 50% (i.e. for half a year, you are a serf to Uncle Sam), then YES the two would be mutually exclusive. I always ask myself - 'I want a new car, but what will be the cost?' If the answer is tons more hours spent at hell..... I mean, work, paying the bill, then it's not a fair trade. I sacrifice and keep driving the old car.
Likewise we could pave the streets with gold. But we choose not to because the burden is not worth it. Our children and grandchildren will be stuck paying 50% or higher in taxes. It is wiser to say "no" now and avoid that future.
>>>isn't copyright about specific expressions of ideas?
Yes that's true but "No one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea, receives instruction himself without lessening [the originator's idea]; as he who lights his taper, receives light without darkening the original owner."
Lack of copyright could present a problem as far as author's earning money to pay their bills, but then that problem exists NOW with corporations taking authors works & then never paying them for it. Authors would be MUCH better off to give-away their work for free and say, "If you enjoy this, please donate $20 to my paypal account so I can pay my rent. Thank you."
Under the current corporate regime, they don't even get that. According to SAG the typical television writer earns less than $5000 a year - below minimum wage. Novelists get even less.
>>>Your car is more inefficient, in terms of the value you can make of time spent.
Yeah but because I arrive an hour earlier than my boss each day, I also collect ~$250 more each week (after taxes).
>>>Walking, you are getting exercise.
What do I need that for? I already come from a long-lived family that comes just a few years shy of 100. And they never did any exercise.
>>>In your car, you better be focusing your attention
I usually listen to books-on-tape (or ipod), so it's not time wasted. And I've gone almost 600,000 miles and never hit anything, mainly because I stay in my lane and don't move from it (changing lanes is when most accidents occur).
>>>B. They are doing it on purpose for some nefarious reason.
Hello Glenn Beck. There are some people who simply don't understand the concept of "cutting spending". I have a niece like that who buys a new color printer or computer every year, a new car every 3 years, and spends almost $300/month on CATV/cell service.
She went bankrupt, and STILL spends money like mad. Last I heard her new credit card carries $5000 in unpaid bills. Obama, Bush, the Demopublicans, and my niece have a lot in common.
In contrast I've been using the same P4/windows XP computer since 2002, my printer is the old dot matrix Commodore, my CATV doesn't exist, my internet is $15/month, and my cellphone costs $0.00. She calls me "rich" but I don't make any more money than my niece --- I just don't spend it.
The American Dream is about being free from tyranny, and free to be you and me, not shiny gadgets. I'd sooner be middle class and free, then rich and have an internet firewall (censorship). Oh, and China ranks poorly on the internet scale. Looking just at continent-sized nations or federations:
Mbit/s
12.3 Russian Federation
10.3 US
10.0 EU
9.3 Canada
8.0 Australia
5.7 Saudi Arabia
4.8 Brazil
3.8 China ---- way down here
3.4 Mexico
speedtest.net
Mass transport is a highly inefficient means of travel - I don't mean energy use. I mean time wasted at either end waiting for the damn bus or metro. As example:
My former boss took 1.5 hours to get to work on the VA train. It took me half an hour by car. The reason it took him longer was because of the half-hour walk to the station, and another half hour to the job.
I always prefer the faster route over the slower route (in terms of my personal travel time).
>>>no way they could have seen this coming
Um.
What? I saw the IPv4 exhaustion coming two years ago, and I don't even work in this field. Cisco should have known years ahead and built-in the v6 code just like Microsoft did with Vista years ahead of schedule.
>>>All phones have a "death grip" that drops the signal.
Mine doesn't. That's because it has an actual antenna sticking out the top of it. Unfortunately recent government regulations made that illegal (for fear of the antenna beaming into the brain), so it has to be buried in the phone, or the bottom, where the human hand can block it.
I see.
- When I saw all those Indian and other foreign language stations at dialup speeds (28k and lower), I thought they probably existed for all those citizens having their phone internet. Guess not.