Rules change all the time. A little over 100 years ago if you had said "Humbug!" you would have got the same response as if you said bullshit. Now it's no big deal
Similarly if you read the bible you see the word "ass" and "damn" sprinkled liberally throughout. In the 1600s that was no big deal, but now it can land you in detention at school, or the HR office at work, or a lecture by a Politically Correct fool.
Rules change, especially when they are arbitrary and illogical and make no sense
>>>In a truly free country, people shouldn't be forced to associate with other people that they disagree with, no?
Yes but in return for gaining the Incorporation License, the corporation loses the right to fire a person just because he had porn on his home PC, or was caught smoking weed while watching the football game, or posted "pussy" on slashdot this evening. If the business owner doesn't like that deal, then he can Not apply for the License and just stay a private proprietorship.
You expect special privileges as a licensed corporation, instead of just an ordinary company? Then you'll also have certain limitations, like not firing people based-upon actions done while off the clock. Otherwise the license will be denied.
"He fired me because there was child porn found on my home computer, which has nothing whatsoever to do with my job as a programmer*, therefore it was wrongful dismissal," sounds like a win to me. Can you say ch-ching?
* * plus I was found innocent a year later, and all charges dropped
>>>Can you please explain where the hell you got this sense of entitlement?
The belief that Corporations, like governments, serve the people. If the businessmen don't like that deal, then they have the option not to apply for a corporate license, and just remain a private proprietorship where they can hire/fire whoever they want.
>>>I be you;re paying at leats a $10 per month premium for your "choice."
Okay well first-off, I'm not completely anticontract. I took a 2-year-contract with my DSL provider in order to get a $5/month rebate. I'll be free-and-clear this month (i.e. no penalty if I quit). As you said it's worthwhile if you know you're going to stay longterm. As for my Non-contract deals:
Different companies use different standards that have different speeds. Verizon's top speed is ~3000 kbit/s down and AT&T's is ~14,000 kbit/s down, but only in a few select areas.
Oh one more thing: In ten years none of this will matter, just like nobody cares what V.90 or V.92 means.
As far as I know, Microsoft Sony and Nintendo don't sell their XBOX, PS3, or WII games in Brazil or India. Their main markets are JP, US, and EU, so that's why I only used those countries for comparison. Those are the current markets.
>>>You are assuming that the 1.3 billion Chinese will have the disposable income to purchase games at the same level someone in America or Europe does.
Yes I am. With Americans and Europeans shipping factories over to China, the average Chinese citizen IS becoming more wealthy, and with the US and EU in deep debt/financial decline, Americans and Europeans will have less disposable income. I predict by 2020 Chinese workers will be on parity with us.
Yes. The funny business in housing can be traced to the 1990s HUD forcing banks to make loans to risky poor persons (or else face being drug into court for racism). Then the Congress tried to rein-in the exploding bubble, but various pro-poor persons Representatives it circa 2004. And eventually when those poor persons couldn't keep-up with their loans (no surprise) the whole thing came crashing down in 2007-8.
Feudal dictatorships? Um. No. Russia ended feudalism in the 1800s when the Czar freed the serfs/slaves. And I don't think "feudalism" really applies to China, since feudalism was a Roman and later European concept.
Russia and China were classic, conservative oligarchies - a system that is as old as history, and like you said, just a different form of aristocracy. The key difference is that where the old nobility didn't really care about the commoners, the Communist party actually did redistribute wealth in order to ensure everyone had a job. i.e. Economic socialism
"Microsoft announced yesterday they did not put a backdoor into the new Windows operating system. Even though the NSA said they worked on that system. I believe them. Or do I? Haha. Yeah. Let's go to a tape from 1990 of Bill Gates saying otherwise....." - Glenn Beck
I'm just joking. I like Beck but he does act goofy sometimes. That guy needs to stop eating M&Ms and other sugar-based foods.
>>>This is an important illustration of the Rule: "Libertarians are the stupidest people on the planet."
STRAWMAN ARGUMENT. I'm not Libertarian. If you want to address me, then address ME, not some trumped-up stereotype you have in your head. That makes you no better than if you said, "C64love is French therefore he must have voted for Sarkozy." Stop prejudging people based upon stereotypes. Anyway.....
I work my ass off earning money, as do nearly-all my neighbors.
That's OUR money. We earned it. Why should we have to give-up our sweat & labor to somebody else? That's no different than if that person held me at gunpoint and mugged me. The only difference is he's using the government as his gun. (And no I don't think "all" taxes are theft. Taxes that are universally beneficial to every citizen, like funds for police to protect homes, are just fine with me. Also constitutional.)
(sigh). Okay. Let's assume that 10% of Americans, Europeans, Japanese are avid gamers, and that as China grows wealthier it will trend toward 10% too. Then we have:
10% (1.3 billion Chinese versus 0.4 billion Americans/Canadians + 0.5 billion Europeans + 0.1 Japanese) 0.13 billion Chinese versus 0.04 billion Americans/Canadians + 0.05 billion Europeans + 0.01 Japanese 57% > 43%
Capitalism is not evil. It's genesis was born when one neighbor made shoes, another neighbor made horsewhips, and then they purchased one another's products. The fact that we've allowed corporations to grow out of control doesn't negate the value of the basic system
I propose revoking all corporate personhood (i.e. no rights wjatsoever), so they can be regulated more effectively. We also need to stop buying-up all their shit. It's a bit hypocritical to complain about the evils of capitalism, and then turn-around and write a $1000 check to Comcast or AT&T or Microsoft
>>>Is China > 50% of the market? >>>Will China be > 50% of the market?
1.3 billion Chinese versus 0.4 billion Americans/Canadians + 0.5 billion Europeans + 0.1 Japanese 57% > 43%
Yes China will be >50% of the developed world's market. That's assuming they don't stumble due to an oil crisis (oil becoming scarce) which would prevent them from reaching US/EU/JP level of advancement.
Slashdot Mirror
>>>Who needs a back door when the front door is wide open?
"That's what she said!"
This is /. minimal sucess and experience with either.
Thanks. I WAS having a good day; now I'm depressed.
I've seen Miss California's topless photo
It's amazing what technology can do these days. I still prefer 'em natural though.
I don't know. What did the original message say?
And since we're discussing the guy, here is his best show this season (IMHO): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV1-trw2AKo
backup link: http://www.glennbeckclips.com/11-17-09.htm
L8r
Rules change all the time. A little over 100 years ago if you had said "Humbug!" you would have got the same response as if you said bullshit. Now it's no big deal
Similarly if you read the bible you see the word "ass" and "damn" sprinkled liberally throughout. In the 1600s that was no big deal, but now it can land you in detention at school, or the HR office at work, or a lecture by a Politically Correct fool.
Rules change, especially when they are arbitrary and illogical and make no sense
>>>Words that originate in Latin tend to be seen as of higher status than those with an Anglo-Saxon origin.
Man that's a really shitty reason. (takes a bite of cow.) That's just fucking dumb. No doubt it traces back to the pussy French king of 1066
>>>In a truly free country, people shouldn't be forced to associate with other people that they disagree with, no?
Yes but in return for gaining the Incorporation License, the corporation loses the right to fire a person just because he had porn on his home PC, or was caught smoking weed while watching the football game, or posted "pussy" on slashdot this evening. If the business owner doesn't like that deal, then he can Not apply for the License and just stay a private proprietorship.
You expect special privileges as a licensed corporation, instead of just an ordinary company?
Then you'll also have certain limitations, like not firing people based-upon actions done while off the clock.
Otherwise the license will be denied.
"He fired me because there was child porn found on my home computer, which has nothing whatsoever to do with my job as a programmer*, therefore it was wrongful dismissal," sounds like a win to me. Can you say ch-ching?
*
* plus I was found innocent a year later, and all charges dropped
>>>Can you please explain where the hell you got this sense of entitlement?
The belief that Corporations, like governments, serve the people. If the businessmen don't like that deal, then they have the option not to apply for a corporate license, and just remain a private proprietorship where they can hire/fire whoever they want.
>>>I be you;re paying at leats a $10 per month premium for your "choice."
Okay well first-off, I'm not completely anticontract. I took a 2-year-contract with my DSL provider in order to get a $5/month rebate. I'll be free-and-clear this month (i.e. no penalty if I quit). As you said it's worthwhile if you know you're going to stay longterm. As for my Non-contract deals:
$20/month - Cingular
$20/month - Dish
$7/month - Netscape ISP
(*)
Anybody lose an asshole?
>>>Can anyone explain this alphabet soup?
Different companies use different standards that have different speeds. Verizon's top speed is ~3000 kbit/s down and AT&T's is ~14,000 kbit/s down, but only in a few select areas.
Oh one more thing: In ten years none of this will matter, just like nobody cares what V.90 or V.92 means.
???. Analog cellphones don't use cables. They use radio frequencies.
As far as I know, Microsoft Sony and Nintendo don't sell their XBOX, PS3, or WII games in Brazil or India. Their main markets are JP, US, and EU, so that's why I only used those countries for comparison. Those are the current markets.
>>>You are assuming that the 1.3 billion Chinese will have the disposable income to purchase games at the same level someone in America or Europe does.
Yes I am. With Americans and Europeans shipping factories over to China, the average Chinese citizen IS becoming more wealthy, and with the US and EU in deep debt/financial decline, Americans and Europeans will have less disposable income. I predict by 2020 Chinese workers will be on parity with us.
Yes. The funny business in housing can be traced to the 1990s HUD forcing banks to make loans to risky poor persons (or else face being drug into court for racism). Then the Congress tried to rein-in the exploding bubble, but various pro-poor persons Representatives it circa 2004. And eventually when those poor persons couldn't keep-up with their loans (no surprise) the whole thing came crashing down in 2007-8.
Video proof -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivmL-lXNy64
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW5qKYfqALE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM
>>>Exactly what does controlling information and oppressing citizens have to do with Socialism?
A lot. The redistribution of wealth requires squashing dissent from people who don't want their wages taken from them.
Feudal dictatorships? Um. No. Russia ended feudalism in the 1800s when the Czar freed the serfs/slaves. And I don't think "feudalism" really applies to China, since feudalism was a Roman and later European concept.
Russia and China were classic, conservative oligarchies - a system that is as old as history, and like you said, just a different form of aristocracy. The key difference is that where the old nobility didn't really care about the commoners, the Communist party actually did redistribute wealth in order to ensure everyone had a job. i.e. Economic socialism
>>>Who needs a back door when the front door is wide open?
"That's what she said!"
"Microsoft announced yesterday they did not put a backdoor into the new Windows operating system. Even though the NSA said they worked on that system. I believe them. Or do I? Haha. Yeah. Let's go to a tape from 1990 of Bill Gates saying otherwise....." - Glenn Beck
I'm just joking. I like Beck but he does act goofy sometimes. That guy needs to stop eating M&Ms and other sugar-based foods.
>>>This is an important illustration of the Rule: "Libertarians are the stupidest people on the planet."
STRAWMAN ARGUMENT. I'm not Libertarian. If you want to address me, then address ME, not some trumped-up stereotype you have in your head. That makes you no better than if you said, "C64love is French therefore he must have voted for Sarkozy." Stop prejudging people based upon stereotypes. Anyway.....
I work my ass off earning money, as do nearly-all my neighbors.
That's OUR money. We earned it. Why should we have to give-up our sweat & labor to somebody else? That's no different than if that person held me at gunpoint and mugged me. The only difference is he's using the government as his gun. (And no I don't think "all" taxes are theft. Taxes that are universally beneficial to every citizen, like funds for police to protect homes, are just fine with me. Also constitutional.)
Why doesn't blink work in Firefox 3? That's a Mozilla-based browser
(sigh). Okay. Let's assume that 10% of Americans, Europeans, Japanese are avid gamers, and that as China grows wealthier it will trend toward 10% too. Then we have:
10% (1.3 billion Chinese versus 0.4 billion Americans/Canadians + 0.5 billion Europeans + 0.1 Japanese)
0.13 billion Chinese versus 0.04 billion Americans/Canadians + 0.05 billion Europeans + 0.01 Japanese
57% > 43%
Same result.
Capitalism is not evil. It's genesis was born when one neighbor made shoes, another neighbor made horsewhips, and then they purchased one another's products. The fact that we've allowed corporations to grow out of control doesn't negate the value of the basic system
I propose revoking all corporate personhood (i.e. no rights wjatsoever), so they can be regulated more effectively. We also need to stop buying-up all their shit. It's a bit hypocritical to complain about the evils of capitalism, and then turn-around and write a $1000 check to Comcast or AT&T or Microsoft
>>>China hasn't been socialist for quite a while now.
(sings) What color is the sky in your world? (ahem). China is still socialist, ensuring their citizens have jobs, homes, amd/or food
>>>Is China > 50% of the market?
>>>Will China be > 50% of the market?
1.3 billion Chinese versus 0.4 billion Americans/Canadians + 0.5 billion Europeans + 0.1 Japanese
57% > 43%
Yes China will be >50% of the developed world's market. That's assuming they don't stumble due to an oil crisis (oil becoming scarce) which would prevent them from reaching US/EU/JP level of advancement.