DR-DOS is still around, and they haven't been sued. Many other people use "DOS" as well; but that'd be like Pizza Hut suing Pizza King for having "Pizza" in their name; it's a different situation, because "Pizza" and "Disk Operating System" are labels descriptive of the product.
The problem is that Windows has become too associated solely with Microsoft to many people. Naming a product "Linux-Windows" probably wouldn't fly either; "X-Windows" isn't actually the name of the product, it is "X Window System", most of you using Linux use XFree86, hence that argument isn't valid.
So you think that a company shouldn't be allowed to use already existing nouns in their name? So long Taco Bell, Pizza *anything*, Burger King, Boston staplers and other products, etc. etc.
Produce is a bit of a different situation; you can get produce very cheap from a local merchant, but some types of apples from New Zealand just taste better. Seasons are a factor too.
The funny thing is that a lot of Bush supporters are questioning the whole moon and mars thing. This would be a great tactic were more than half the country not struggling to pay bills every month. As much as I support NASA, I think that there are much better uses of this funding. Of course, if you treat the federal budget like a blank check, you can spend whatever you want and put the burden on taxpayers further down the road when you're out of office.
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You know, the Republicans really could have picked a better figurehead than Reagan. What's with all the Reagan praise lately?
That would be another common misconception about TS. Very few people with TS have vocal tics, and even fewer of those have tics where they curse at random.
Do you work for Eli Lilly or Pfizer or something? There are ways to live quite happily without drugs, the problem is we have been convinced through aggressive direct advertising to the consumer by pharmecutical companies that we need all of these drugs that we can do just fine without.
My parents adopted a young boy who was diagnosed with ADHD and was taking Ritalin (which then caused severe Tourette's like symptoms, so they diagnosed him with Tourette's and gave him drugs for that.)
As soon as the adoption was final, my parents had him taken off of all of the drugs, and while he still has behavioral problems, the Tourette's has all but gone away, and he is generally happier than he was before.
Billions of people survived just fine with Ritalin, and I personally see no use for it in any situation.
I highly doubt with the extreme weathering taking place on the surface of mars that we would find any fossils on or near the surface. If we do find any fossils they won't be what most people think of as fossils, but rather other evidence left behind by life; such as the small impressions left by small worms as they moved past, or other marks left by very small forms of life.
Of course, if you didn't want to make an issue out of you not having a TV you wouldn't bring it up, even when people are talking about TV shows.
It's the same way I deal with vegetarianism. Even though I don't eat meat, I don't feel the need to mention it or point it out to every person I am with when food is being discussed or eaten. It's not that hard to turn down food you don't eat; just likes it's not that hard to say "sorry, I didn't watch that show." without having to turn the conversation into one about you not owning a TV.
So unless you're trying to look cool by always pointing out you don't have a TV or are trying to be an anti-TV evangelist, you've got some serious issues.
If the FCC censors non-paycable, how on earth did Comedy Central get away with showing the entire South Park movie uncensored, as well as the South Park episode where they say "fuck" a few hundred times?
Don't think that the RIAA can't get customer information from ISPs now; they just have to actually sue you in court before they can seek those records.
I think this is sort of like the person trying to sue the Wazchoski (sp?) brothers over the ideas behind the Matrix.
It comes down to something real simple. Ideas are patented, the original expression of them is copyrighted. Thus, you cannot copyright the idea of a fantasy type world, you can only copyright your specific expression of how you interpret it. Anyone else is welcome to come along and interpret it in their own way. This seems to be the case here.
Otherwise you'd have every sitcom in the world being sued.
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DR-DOS is still around, and they haven't been sued. Many other people use "DOS" as well; but that'd be like Pizza Hut suing Pizza King for having "Pizza" in their name; it's a different situation, because "Pizza" and "Disk Operating System" are labels descriptive of the product.
The problem is that Windows has become too associated solely with Microsoft to many people. Naming a product "Linux-Windows" probably wouldn't fly either; "X-Windows" isn't actually the name of the product, it is "X Window System", most of you using Linux use XFree86, hence that argument isn't valid.
So you think that a company shouldn't be allowed to use already existing nouns in their name? So long Taco Bell, Pizza *anything*, Burger King, Boston staplers and other products, etc. etc.
Just add a line at the bottom of your listings with all possible misspellings of the main keywords.
Consumers without jobs are not consumers.
Produce is a bit of a different situation; you can get produce very cheap from a local merchant, but some types of apples from New Zealand just taste better. Seasons are a factor too.
The funny thing is that a lot of Bush supporters are questioning the whole moon and mars thing. This would be a great tactic were more than half the country not struggling to pay bills every month. As much as I support NASA, I think that there are much better uses of this funding. Of course, if you treat the federal budget like a blank check, you can spend whatever you want and put the burden on taxpayers further down the road when you're out of office.
You know, the Republicans really could have picked a better figurehead than Reagan. What's with all the Reagan praise lately?
That would be another common misconception about TS. Very few people with TS have vocal tics, and even fewer of those have tics where they curse at random.
Do you work for Eli Lilly or Pfizer or something? There are ways to live quite happily without drugs, the problem is we have been convinced through aggressive direct advertising to the consumer by pharmecutical companies that we need all of these drugs that we can do just fine without.
My parents adopted a young boy who was diagnosed with ADHD and was taking Ritalin (which then caused severe Tourette's like symptoms, so they diagnosed him with Tourette's and gave him drugs for that.)
As soon as the adoption was final, my parents had him taken off of all of the drugs, and while he still has behavioral problems, the Tourette's has all but gone away, and he is generally happier than he was before.
Billions of people survived just fine with Ritalin, and I personally see no use for it in any situation.
Several Baptist groups condemn alcohol entirely as well. It just depends where you're at I suppose.
I highly doubt with the extreme weathering taking place on the surface of mars that we would find any fossils on or near the surface. If we do find any fossils they won't be what most people think of as fossils, but rather other evidence left behind by life; such as the small impressions left by small worms as they moved past, or other marks left by very small forms of life.
RTFA, they included velocity and spin in their study as well.
This is a myth.
Please learn some basic geology before making such claims.
the same president who wants to cut funding to NASA? So we'll be sending people to Mars on a shoestring budget? Yay for making it there alive!
"I cannot believe what a bunch of losers we are. We're looking up 'money laundering' in the dictionary!"
Did you read the post I replied to? He mentioned the popup blocker.
Google Toolbar = IE popup blocker (and much more).
Stupid troll, this has been covered very well by CNN and other major media outlets.
Of course, if you didn't want to make an issue out of you not having a TV you wouldn't bring it up, even when people are talking about TV shows.
It's the same way I deal with vegetarianism. Even though I don't eat meat, I don't feel the need to mention it or point it out to every person I am with when food is being discussed or eaten. It's not that hard to turn down food you don't eat; just likes it's not that hard to say "sorry, I didn't watch that show." without having to turn the conversation into one about you not owning a TV.
So unless you're trying to look cool by always pointing out you don't have a TV or are trying to be an anti-TV evangelist, you've got some serious issues.
Snopes is about as reliable as Windows 1.0.
If the FCC censors non-paycable, how on earth did Comedy Central get away with showing the entire South Park movie uncensored, as well as the South Park episode where they say "fuck" a few hundred times?
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Don't think that the RIAA can't get customer information from ISPs now; they just have to actually sue you in court before they can seek those records.
I think this is sort of like the person trying to sue the Wazchoski (sp?) brothers over the ideas behind the Matrix.
It comes down to something real simple. Ideas are patented, the original expression of them is copyrighted. Thus, you cannot copyright the idea of a fantasy type world, you can only copyright your specific expression of how you interpret it. Anyone else is welcome to come along and interpret it in their own way. This seems to be the case here.
Otherwise you'd have every sitcom in the world being sued.