Or the accountants: "Yes we knew that Ford Pintos were blowing-up, but we determined it was cheaper to pay-off the victims' vamilis rather than fix the fuel tank's flawed design."
and smart people know that politicians are dangerous power-hungry individuals that, from time to time, must be exterminated (the assassination of Nero, Mussolini, Nicolae Ceauescu, etc). "The Tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants - it is its natural fertilizer."
- Thomas Jefferson (an inventor/engineer but also a terrorist according to the 1700s British Parliament)
Thanks for the recommendation. I added "Syndicate" to my wikipedia watchlist for later playing on my Commodore Amiga (or emulator) if I ever have spare time.
>>>Performance and Mobility - 9 - 7 (your hardware choices go way down with Mac OS) >>>Business - 7 - 7 (Mac's got Adobe software and Microsoft Office, Linux has imperfect support with Wine)
How many businesses are running their servers/products on Mac OS? How many with Ubuntu Linux? That's why I subtracted a 1 off the Mac score.
You're right on rent (although I found a nice place for $325 I know that's unusual). And wrong on everything else. Gas is still cheaper than bottled water, and insurance is also cheap (it costs me $300 every six months). So figure ~$50 a month not 300. My electricity is only $50 in winter; $70 in summer.
So given my $1400 figure ($8-something an hour) that leaves - almost $800 for food plus putting some in the bank account.
I agree. BTW they aren't that novel. The old Roman Republic and Empire had corporations too, although they were called "guilds" but the principle was the same: A way to centralize wealth and power among participants..... and just as dangerous to the consumers.
>>>Your throwing the baby out with the bath water.
Yes just as most of Europe got rid of monarchies and/or dictatorships. Some organizations simply aren't worth saving, because there are better wayw to organize (i.e. democratic Republics). Same with corporations. A CEO or his board could quite literally design products to kill customers, and because of the immunity granted to them by incorporation licenses, not serve jail time for murder or manslaughter. I think like monarchies this type of system is outdated and should be made non-existent.
I'd like to see CEOs serve jailtime (such as when the CEO of Ford refused to fix Pintos that were blowing up), but under current limited liability corporations that's not possible.
Therefore I think we should revoke all corporate licenses, and only have direct companies where the owner(s) are fully liable for his/their decisions.
>>>So long as you agree that corporations shouldn't have to pay tax, since taxation without representation is bad.
I'd be okay with that, since the government would still be able to tax the workers' income, or the product directly (sales tax). The government could live without corporate tax just fine (and already does for the most part, thanks to loopholes).
No they are merely extensions of the Corporation Machine. The machine should be forbidden from hiring lobbyists & sending them there, because things don't have lobbying rights. .
>>>If I am not a pursuasive speaker, surely I can hire one to represent me?
Sure YOU can because you're a human. A corporation is not a human. It should have no rights to do anything, except as permitted by the government (like building a factory) and said permissions can be revoked any any time.
I still play those old 8-bit games on a Commodore and the WASD layout is rarely used, except for a 2nd player. In single player games it's usually a right-handed IJKL layout .
Which has nothng to do with my point of why Nintendo chose a left-handed joypad instead of the then-dominant right-handed controls. This was a design decision that was probably made in 1982 .
>>>Legalizing age limits violates the first amendment rights of the game maker.
The Constitution gives game makers a right of free speech and press. It does not give them a right to make a sale. State Governments are free to limit sales in any fashion they wish (10th amendment), including a complete ban of certain products (Utah doesn't allow the sale of Playboy in stores, although private mail order is okay).
>>>the government can't restrict the speech of a child
Then why do teenagers keep getting arrested for "sexting" on another? I think Jefferson said it best: "Rights are for the fully adult mind, not a plaything for children that do not yet comprehend their decisions or the consequences of same." The rights lie with the parents upto age 18. .
>>>Same with respecting the right to practice their own religion
Wrong. I was just reading an article of a 6th grade girl that was forced, by a judge, to quit a Christian school and attend the government school in order to "gain more exposure to other religions like Judaism and Islam". i.e. The judge was taking-away her right of religious practice of a Christ-centered education. .
>>>I'm REALLY sick and tired of people assuming that just because you are not 'legally' an adult, you do not have any rights.
I didn't say that. If you go back and read more carefully, I clearly listed specific rights not "all" rights. I listed drinking, driving, and a few other specific examples.
And when I was 16 I was too inexperienced to have the rights of an adult, and did lots of dumb things, so it was wise for the government to restrict me. In fact biological research has now proved it - The reasoning center of the brain, which weighs consequences, is not yet developed in teenagers and often doesn't reach full maturity until the early 20s.
So it is logical to restrict the teenagers rights. Perhaps not as strictly as a child, but they should still not have the full rights of an adult - teens should remain wards of their parents.
>>>Yes, it's easier to demand the government outlaw behavior
As I mentioned before: Non-adults don't have rights. They are wards of their parents. I would normally agree with you that behaviors like smoking dope should not be outlawed, but only when we're discussing ADULTS not minors. .
>>>I submit it's more effective to actually talk to the 10 or 12 corporations who own the chains of stores.
Man you're dumb. There are a lot of individually-owned stores in this continent. Parents can't lobby all ~100,000 of them.
>>>So shouldn't their parents be involved and know what their children are buying rather than depending on the government to babysit and do the parenting for them
That's a typical view I heard from my Libertarian colleagues, but per usual, it's not practical. Ideals and reality often don't fit the same space. i.e. Parents can't be everywhere so it's logical for government to forbid certain activities to young citizens. Like drinking. Or driving. Or R rated movies. Or PG-13 movies.
Also in the case of this law, children or teens can still buy the M-rated games if they have parental permission. So it's a good law.
The law probably precludes the ISPs from recouping the 25% surcharge from content providers. Lawyers are not dumb (which is wht makes them so dangerous).
If this was enacted in the US, my yearly internet bill would jump from $180 to $225 (25% higher). Sucks. And just gives me justification to steal ~$50 worth of content.
>>>"I know I am right, this pesky peer-review is for sissies"
Newton did the same thing. Also Galileo. And the review says Kemp has "worked on his book for over two decades, sacrificing personal comfort and financial security to laboriously bring to fruition his textbook".
Are you in the habit of using Strawman Arguments? It appears so. Please don't put words in my mouth, or debate strawmen.
I said the people inside the corporation can have rights, like free speech for example. The individual workers inside the ISP are welcome to speak-out against this 25% proposal, as human beings. But not the corporation itself. ----- In other words, there would no such thing as Comcast and RIAA lobbyists wandering the halls of Parliament trying to steal control of the government from the People. They would be outlawed because corporations should not have free speech. They are things and things (rocks, trees, buildings) don't have rights.
>>>I believe the DPad was put ont he left side to account for the growing popularity of WASD for movement controls on computers -
NES with its left-handed joypad was first released as the "famicom" in 1983. Back then computers were barely an issue. The #1 selling computers of the time (Radio Shack TRS-80 and Atari 400/800) only sold 1 million units versus 30 million for the Atari console. It would have been more logical to copy the right-handed controls of the console.
I'm not sure why Nintendo made a left-handed joypad, except possibly to cripple gamers and therefore make it harder to play. (Same reason a few arcade machines had left handed controls, or buttons instead of sticks.)
>>>I run Ubuntu 10.04, how does it rate a 7 on drivers and compatibility
Beats me. I just used the same Ubuntu Scores that the original article used. If you want to see why Ubuntu scored what it scored, then read the original author's thoughts in his article. .
>>>how does [Mac] tie in usability, performance and drivers?
Because there are certain things that Ubuntu can do, that Mac OS cannot, or is not used for. Like run a military tank (my previous company built them), or TV settop boxes for consumers. ----- There are also some programs that will work for Ubuntu but not Mac. Like Internet Explorer. Technically I should have scored Mac OS -1 lower on these 3 items, but I decided to be kind & make it a tie instead.
There is such a thing? Where? Walmart pays 8-something an hour, or nearly $1400 a month. I could live off that. I wouldn't be able to afford overpriced cable TV, but then I don't have cable tv now either, so no change.
Anyway -
I see your point about authors/musicians needing to join these Corporations in order to survive.
I grew up playing Atiari/Commodore with right handed sticks. Then suddenly the joystick/joypad was moved to the left side: my "wrong" hand. But you don't see me whining about it. Well... I did whine a little bit back in 1990, but then I adjusted.
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>>>that's management's job.
Or the accountants: "Yes we knew that Ford Pintos were blowing-up, but we determined it was cheaper to pay-off the victims' vamilis rather than fix the fuel tank's flawed design."
and smart people know that politicians are dangerous power-hungry individuals that, from time to time, must be exterminated (the assassination of Nero, Mussolini, Nicolae Ceauescu, etc). "The Tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants - it is its natural fertilizer."
- Thomas Jefferson (an inventor/engineer but also a terrorist according to the 1700s British Parliament)
Thanks for the recommendation. I added "Syndicate" to my wikipedia watchlist for later playing on my Commodore Amiga (or emulator) if I ever have spare time.
>>>Performance and Mobility - 9 - 7 (your hardware choices go way down with Mac OS)
>>>Business - 7 - 7 (Mac's got Adobe software and Microsoft Office, Linux has imperfect support with Wine)
How many businesses are running their servers/products on Mac OS? How many with Ubuntu Linux? That's why I subtracted a 1 off the Mac score.
You're right on rent (although I found a nice place for $325 I know that's unusual). And wrong on everything else. Gas is still cheaper than bottled water, and insurance is also cheap (it costs me $300 every six months). So figure ~$50 a month not 300. My electricity is only $50 in winter; $70 in summer.
So given my $1400 figure ($8-something an hour) that leaves - almost $800 for food plus putting some in the bank account.
I agree. BTW they aren't that novel. The old Roman Republic and Empire had corporations too, although they were called "guilds" but the principle was the same: A way to centralize wealth and power among participants..... and just as dangerous to the consumers.
>>>Your throwing the baby out with the bath water.
Yes just as most of Europe got rid of monarchies and/or dictatorships. Some organizations simply aren't worth saving, because there are better wayw to organize (i.e. democratic Republics). Same with corporations. A CEO or his board could quite literally design products to kill customers, and because of the immunity granted to them by incorporation licenses, not serve jail time for murder or manslaughter. I think like monarchies this type of system is outdated and should be made non-existent.
I'd like to see CEOs serve jailtime (such as when the CEO of Ford refused to fix Pintos that were blowing up), but under current limited liability corporations that's not possible.
Therefore I think we should revoke all corporate licenses, and only have direct companies where the owner(s) are fully liable for his/their decisions.
>>>So long as you agree that corporations shouldn't have to pay tax, since taxation without representation is bad.
I'd be okay with that, since the government would still be able to tax the workers' income, or the product directly (sales tax). The government could live without corporate tax just fine (and already does for the most part, thanks to loopholes).
>>>Surely those lobbyists are people with rights?
No they are merely extensions of the Corporation Machine. The machine should be forbidden from hiring lobbyists & sending them there, because things don't have lobbying rights.
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>>>If I am not a pursuasive speaker, surely I can hire one to represent me?
Sure YOU can because you're a human. A corporation is not a human. It should have no rights to do anything, except as permitted by the government (like building a factory) and said permissions can be revoked any any time.
I still play those old 8-bit games on a Commodore and the WASD layout is rarely used, except for a 2nd player. In single player games it's usually a right-handed IJKL layout
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Which has nothng to do with my point of why Nintendo chose a left-handed joypad instead of the then-dominant right-handed controls. This was a design decision that was probably made in 1982
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>>>Legalizing age limits violates the first amendment rights of the game maker.
The Constitution gives game makers a right of free speech and press. It does not give them a right to make a sale. State Governments are free to limit sales in any fashion they wish (10th amendment), including a complete ban of certain products (Utah doesn't allow the sale of Playboy in stores, although private mail order is okay).
>>>the government can't restrict the speech of a child
Then why do teenagers keep getting arrested for "sexting" on another? I think Jefferson said it best: "Rights are for the fully adult mind, not a plaything for children that do not yet comprehend their decisions or the consequences of same." The rights lie with the parents upto age 18.
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>>>Same with respecting the right to practice their own religion
Wrong. I was just reading an article of a 6th grade girl that was forced, by a judge, to quit a Christian school and attend the government school in order to "gain more exposure to other religions like Judaism and Islam". i.e. The judge was taking-away her right of religious practice of a Christ-centered education.
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>>>I'm REALLY sick and tired of people assuming that just because you are not 'legally' an adult, you do not have any rights.
I didn't say that. If you go back and read more carefully, I clearly listed specific rights not "all" rights. I listed drinking, driving, and a few other specific examples.
>>>I know when I was 16
And when I was 16 I was too inexperienced to have the rights of an adult, and did lots of dumb things, so it was wise for the government to restrict me. In fact biological research has now proved it - The reasoning center of the brain, which weighs consequences, is not yet developed in teenagers and often doesn't reach full maturity until the early 20s.
So it is logical to restrict the teenagers rights. Perhaps not as strictly as a child, but they should still not have the full rights of an adult - teens should remain wards of their parents.
>>>Yes, it's easier to demand the government outlaw behavior
As I mentioned before: Non-adults don't have rights. They are wards of their parents. I would normally agree with you that behaviors like smoking dope should not be outlawed, but only when we're discussing ADULTS not minors.
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>>>I submit it's more effective to actually talk to the 10 or 12 corporations who own the chains of stores.
Man you're dumb. There are a lot of individually-owned stores in this continent. Parents can't lobby all ~100,000 of them.
>>>So shouldn't their parents be involved and know what their children are buying rather than depending on the government to babysit and do the parenting for them
That's a typical view I heard from my Libertarian colleagues, but per usual, it's not practical. Ideals and reality often don't fit the same space. i.e. Parents can't be everywhere so it's logical for government to forbid certain activities to young citizens. Like drinking. Or driving. Or R rated movies. Or PG-13 movies.
Also in the case of this law, children or teens can still buy the M-rated games if they have parental permission. So it's a good law.
The law probably precludes the ISPs from recouping the 25% surcharge from content providers. Lawyers are not dumb (which is wht makes them so dangerous).
If this was enacted in the US, my yearly internet bill would jump from $180 to $225 (25% higher).
Sucks. And just gives me justification to steal ~$50 worth of content.
>>>"I know I am right, this pesky peer-review is for sissies"
Newton did the same thing. Also Galileo. And the review says Kemp has "worked on his book for over two decades, sacrificing personal comfort and financial security to laboriously bring to fruition his textbook".
Now where do I download it for free?
>>>Are you saying...
Are you in the habit of using Strawman Arguments? It appears so. Please don't put words in my mouth, or debate strawmen.
I said the people inside the corporation can have rights, like free speech for example. The individual workers inside the ISP are welcome to speak-out against this 25% proposal, as human beings. But not the corporation itself. ----- In other words, there would no such thing as Comcast and RIAA lobbyists wandering the halls of Parliament trying to steal control of the government from the People. They would be outlawed because corporations should not have free speech. They are things and things (rocks, trees, buildings) don't have rights.
>>>I believe the DPad was put ont he left side to account for the growing popularity of WASD for movement controls on computers -
NES with its left-handed joypad was first released as the "famicom" in 1983. Back then computers were barely an issue. The #1 selling computers of the time (Radio Shack TRS-80 and Atari 400/800) only sold 1 million units versus 30 million for the Atari console. It would have been more logical to copy the right-handed controls of the console.
I'm not sure why Nintendo made a left-handed joypad, except possibly to cripple gamers and therefore make it harder to play. (Same reason a few arcade machines had left handed controls, or buttons instead of sticks.)
>>>I run Ubuntu 10.04, how does it rate a 7 on drivers and compatibility
Beats me. I just used the same Ubuntu Scores that the original article used. If you want to see why Ubuntu scored what it scored, then read the original author's thoughts in his article.
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>>>how does [Mac] tie in usability, performance and drivers?
Because there are certain things that Ubuntu can do, that Mac OS cannot, or is not used for. Like run a military tank (my previous company built them), or TV settop boxes for consumers. ----- There are also some programs that will work for Ubuntu but not Mac. Like Internet Explorer. Technically I should have scored Mac OS -1 lower on these 3 items, but I decided to be kind & make it a tie instead.
>>>jobs that pay sub living wages
There is such a thing? Where? Walmart pays 8-something an hour, or nearly $1400 a month. I could live off that. I wouldn't be able to afford overpriced cable TV, but then I don't have cable tv now either, so no change.
Anyway -
I see your point about authors/musicians needing to join these Corporations in order to survive.
>>>since NES/SNES/N64 controllers (despite no one having a solid controller for it till like 1998, and games not supporting it till 2000)
Which "solid controller" are you talking about?
To clarify:
I grew up playing Atiari/Commodore with right handed sticks. Then suddenly the joystick/joypad was moved to the left side: my "wrong" hand. But you don't see me whining about it. Well... I did whine a little bit back in 1990, but then I adjusted.