They should just start shooting poachers on site and selling their body parts to the Chinese. Everyone wins. The article did say it's possible the tigers migrated to another park, but if they weren't keeping track of them I guess it's going to be hard to verify.
When it comes to traffic shaping I am a firm believer that the companies should not be overloading their connection. If an ISP advertises a certain rate they should not be relying on most people not using the Internet except during prime time as an excuse to promise service they can't actually provide. P2P has many applications and it's only going to get bigger so the ISPs need to start adapting by either not accepting more customers than they can currently handle during all hours of the day at the maximum advertised connection speed, or upgrading the network to accommodate the uses of P2P technology.
Traffic shaping is the primary reason I use DSL. My ISP never throttles my bandwidth even if my upload is running at 80% 24/7.
Let me know when they come to the United States...the smear campaigns will be quite entertaining to follow. I really hope they accomplish there goals, but I doubt the government and corporations are going to let them achieve anything.
It's pretty crazy that sexual things are frowned upon but violent murder and acts of aggression are typically seen as ok in movies and video games. Just goes to say what type of country we are when we can't handle things like a woman's breast being shown during the half time show of a sport that revolves around people trying to beat each other up. I'm not against violent movies or games though, I just find it funny that it's okay for impressionable teens to sit around killing each other, but if there's a sex scene the country throws a fit.
It's about time something like this happened. I am sick of hearing all the talk from newspapers about how evil the Internet is because they can't sell papers anymore, now maybe that they have finally decided to use a payment method for online news they will shut up. Will I actually pay for any of it? Probably not, I don't care that much about the type of news that is always reported in physical papers and there are plenty resources for science and tech news around that are not as concerned with the bottom line as the Dow Jones.
At first this seems really weird, especially the part about scanning the smile coming into work. But having worked in customer service for many years I can say that it's not exactly a bad idea, sometimes you just forget that you should be smiling and customers think you are being indifferent even if you are genuinely trying to help them. So a little reminder everyday that you should smile more often can go a long way. I would change the system a bit to monitor the smiles while actually interacting with customers, that way you can have another tool for seeing how you handled a situation that may go badly. If used properly this is an asset for the individual employees as well as the company in general.
Yeah, but those people are stupid. They would pay an easy $10 in gasoline, public transportation and possibly a library membership to go to the library and read the Anne Rice book, when could have just gone to Amazon.com and bought the thing and had it delivered to your doorstep.
I read books from the library all the time, membership is free and it's walking distance from my house. I would be more willing to buy ebooks from the Amazon store if there was no DRM. I paid for it so I should have the right to do what I want. Until they remove the DRM I will stick with old fashioned paper, but once the price of electronic ink ebook readers comes down and they remove the DRM from the product I will buy one.
I've never had an issue with the pages in the front or back of the book telling you what other books the author has written, in fact I like it. So long as the advertising of other books is done in the same way it is now I won't mind. But the first time I see an advertisement while reading is the last time I buy a book from that publisher.
That I agree with, and I should have mentioned in my previous reply a few seconds ago that I don't think the ISP's should be blocking us from any site for any reason, even if it's because of ads.
browsing what? no revenue from ads, no traffic from ads = bad.
Not neccessarily, it would encourage people to have a business model that wasn't dependent on advertising. I hate that so many companies and people rely on ads for money, why don't they try offer a service or product that people can pay for instead? I'm not opposed to advertising when it's done right as a supplementary income, but it's ridiculous that you can offer nothing yet still profit off it simply by linking to someone else.
So they want to ban an entire chain of medicine because some people are irresponsible and cause harm to themselves? That makes sense, this is America after all.
That doesn't solve the problem for the majority of people. Yes we can jailbreak our iPods and use other software, but what about the people who don't know how to jailbreak. What about the people who buy the newest version of iPods and can't jailbreak them yet. The point is that iTunes is one of the dealbreaker apps that would bring a lot of normal people over to Linux if it was available. The blame does lie with Apple on this, but that doesn't mean there's nothing companies like Intel can do to change it. After all if one of the Moblin features was integrated iTunes that would be a huge selling point for them.
I remember seeing this on the Discovery channel a few years ago, it was really cool seeing how these ants recognized one another as family and acted as such. On the other hand they were extremely violent to ants of different colonies and if I remember right the Discovery channel's pitch was that they are bent on world domination (of ants).
That was somewhat my point, if Linux is going to succeed on the netbook they need to integrate features that currently aren't available. I would love to walk into a store and see a Linux based netbook advertising the iTunes store (even the Zune store for that matter) as being bundled with the software, or at least compatible with sticker or something. This is more towards Apple than anything, but I would actually buy an iPod Touch if iTunes worked on Linux but since it doesn't I will stick with my iPod Video 3.5g using rockbox.
Of course there are users who only need to browse the web and check email, but I'm talking about the people who own products that require Windows software to work. I love Linux, it's the only operating system I use, but that doesn't mean it's ready for mainstream use yet. I know a few people besides myself who have a netbook and they wanted me to install Linux on them since they saw how fast mine ran compared to their's with XP, but in the end it doesn't work for them because they both own iPods and wanted to be able to use the netbook as the portable iPod manager.
They shouldn't have been advertising the availability of illegal material, they dug there own grave by literally saying "come here to download any copyright material you want and we will help you get away with it". Usenet is useful for many things that are perfectly legal, I feel no remorse for usenet.com because their own arrogance brought this on them.
I hope this means more developers will start creating commercial programs for Linux. Part of this strategy revolves around selling customers the data plan which could be used to download iTunes media anywhere you have cell phone connectivity, too bad that automatically rules out Linux on the netbook. If they really want Linux to work on the netbook they first need to convince Apple to release a Linux version of the iTunes store, that would take care of a large chunk of the market for netbook use on Linux.
It's only inevitable if we allow it to happen. What everyone seems to forget is that the government is only as powerful as we let them be. We have the ability, and right as granted by the constitution, to go against any government that stops acting in our best interest. The real problem is when people stop caring and just let it happen. There are positives and negatives to every system, every idea, if we stopped every new technology from being used because of the possibility it could be used against us we would have no progress. Instead of fighting against an idea you should fight against the misuse of the ideas, that is what makes a society worth living in.
Yes, and the point is that if we don't buy into the fear and let our government get away with passing these types of laws we can prevent that from happening again. Look what happened with the Patriot Act Bush put into place after 9/11, we have been fighting it since day one to prevent another incident like the one in Germany.
I am aware that Americans strongly believe in individual privacy and are only too eager to shudder and sneer at such measures. Privacy is a valid concern, but the need for privacy is stronger in the West and lesser in the East - one f those strange cultural differences - it simply matters less to us here. And in the hierarchy of needs, the rights of basic citizenship and access to government resources matters more than an individual need for privacy.
If you represent the average Indian citizen than you have convinced me that for India this is a good thing. Afterall, if this is something you guys actually want then I think it would be ignorant of anyone else to say you shouldn't have it.
I used to be extremely opposed to a national ID for pretty much exactly what you just said: I distrust the government, I distrust the corporations who control the government. But there are benefits to having a national ID in place, so long as it is, and always remains, voluntary. The day I fear is the day that it is mandated all citizens must carry a national ID under penalty of law. But I think as long as we act resonsibly as citizens and pay attention to what laws and regulations are passed we will be able to prevent this ourselves. Afterall the government can't put into action an elaborate conspiracy against the people if we do our jobs and monitor them, that is kind of the point of a democracy.
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They should just start shooting poachers on site and selling their body parts to the Chinese. Everyone wins. The article did say it's possible the tigers migrated to another park, but if they weren't keeping track of them I guess it's going to be hard to verify.
When it comes to traffic shaping I am a firm believer that the companies should not be overloading their connection. If an ISP advertises a certain rate they should not be relying on most people not using the Internet except during prime time as an excuse to promise service they can't actually provide. P2P has many applications and it's only going to get bigger so the ISPs need to start adapting by either not accepting more customers than they can currently handle during all hours of the day at the maximum advertised connection speed, or upgrading the network to accommodate the uses of P2P technology. Traffic shaping is the primary reason I use DSL. My ISP never throttles my bandwidth even if my upload is running at 80% 24/7.
Can anyone say they are honestly surprised by this? The government needs to start acting on the citizens behalf and bring the RIAA down already.
Let me know when they come to the United States...the smear campaigns will be quite entertaining to follow. I really hope they accomplish there goals, but I doubt the government and corporations are going to let them achieve anything.
If by family rated he means anything PG-13 and below then I think it would be easier to just list the movies without a lot of violence.
It's pretty crazy that sexual things are frowned upon but violent murder and acts of aggression are typically seen as ok in movies and video games. Just goes to say what type of country we are when we can't handle things like a woman's breast being shown during the half time show of a sport that revolves around people trying to beat each other up. I'm not against violent movies or games though, I just find it funny that it's okay for impressionable teens to sit around killing each other, but if there's a sex scene the country throws a fit.
It's about time something like this happened. I am sick of hearing all the talk from newspapers about how evil the Internet is because they can't sell papers anymore, now maybe that they have finally decided to use a payment method for online news they will shut up. Will I actually pay for any of it? Probably not, I don't care that much about the type of news that is always reported in physical papers and there are plenty resources for science and tech news around that are not as concerned with the bottom line as the Dow Jones.
At first this seems really weird, especially the part about scanning the smile coming into work. But having worked in customer service for many years I can say that it's not exactly a bad idea, sometimes you just forget that you should be smiling and customers think you are being indifferent even if you are genuinely trying to help them. So a little reminder everyday that you should smile more often can go a long way. I would change the system a bit to monitor the smiles while actually interacting with customers, that way you can have another tool for seeing how you handled a situation that may go badly. If used properly this is an asset for the individual employees as well as the company in general.
Yeah, but those people are stupid. They would pay an easy $10 in gasoline, public transportation and possibly a library membership to go to the library and read the Anne Rice book, when could have just gone to Amazon.com and bought the thing and had it delivered to your doorstep.
I read books from the library all the time, membership is free and it's walking distance from my house. I would be more willing to buy ebooks from the Amazon store if there was no DRM. I paid for it so I should have the right to do what I want. Until they remove the DRM I will stick with old fashioned paper, but once the price of electronic ink ebook readers comes down and they remove the DRM from the product I will buy one.
I've never had an issue with the pages in the front or back of the book telling you what other books the author has written, in fact I like it. So long as the advertising of other books is done in the same way it is now I won't mind. But the first time I see an advertisement while reading is the last time I buy a book from that publisher.
I'm sure they'll find some way of avoiding any type of legal problems, they always do.
That I agree with, and I should have mentioned in my previous reply a few seconds ago that I don't think the ISP's should be blocking us from any site for any reason, even if it's because of ads.
browsing what? no revenue from ads, no traffic from ads = bad.
Not neccessarily, it would encourage people to have a business model that wasn't dependent on advertising. I hate that so many companies and people rely on ads for money, why don't they try offer a service or product that people can pay for instead? I'm not opposed to advertising when it's done right as a supplementary income, but it's ridiculous that you can offer nothing yet still profit off it simply by linking to someone else.
So they want to ban an entire chain of medicine because some people are irresponsible and cause harm to themselves? That makes sense, this is America after all.
That doesn't solve the problem for the majority of people. Yes we can jailbreak our iPods and use other software, but what about the people who don't know how to jailbreak. What about the people who buy the newest version of iPods and can't jailbreak them yet. The point is that iTunes is one of the dealbreaker apps that would bring a lot of normal people over to Linux if it was available. The blame does lie with Apple on this, but that doesn't mean there's nothing companies like Intel can do to change it. After all if one of the Moblin features was integrated iTunes that would be a huge selling point for them.
I remember seeing this on the Discovery channel a few years ago, it was really cool seeing how these ants recognized one another as family and acted as such. On the other hand they were extremely violent to ants of different colonies and if I remember right the Discovery channel's pitch was that they are bent on world domination (of ants).
That was somewhat my point, if Linux is going to succeed on the netbook they need to integrate features that currently aren't available. I would love to walk into a store and see a Linux based netbook advertising the iTunes store (even the Zune store for that matter) as being bundled with the software, or at least compatible with sticker or something. This is more towards Apple than anything, but I would actually buy an iPod Touch if iTunes worked on Linux but since it doesn't I will stick with my iPod Video 3.5g using rockbox.
Of course there are users who only need to browse the web and check email, but I'm talking about the people who own products that require Windows software to work. I love Linux, it's the only operating system I use, but that doesn't mean it's ready for mainstream use yet. I know a few people besides myself who have a netbook and they wanted me to install Linux on them since they saw how fast mine ran compared to their's with XP, but in the end it doesn't work for them because they both own iPods and wanted to be able to use the netbook as the portable iPod manager.
They shouldn't have been advertising the availability of illegal material, they dug there own grave by literally saying "come here to download any copyright material you want and we will help you get away with it". Usenet is useful for many things that are perfectly legal, I feel no remorse for usenet.com because their own arrogance brought this on them.
I hope this means more developers will start creating commercial programs for Linux. Part of this strategy revolves around selling customers the data plan which could be used to download iTunes media anywhere you have cell phone connectivity, too bad that automatically rules out Linux on the netbook. If they really want Linux to work on the netbook they first need to convince Apple to release a Linux version of the iTunes store, that would take care of a large chunk of the market for netbook use on Linux.
I will concede to that argument since history has proven time and again that the masses are short sighted and easily persuaded by fear.
It's only inevitable if we allow it to happen. What everyone seems to forget is that the government is only as powerful as we let them be. We have the ability, and right as granted by the constitution, to go against any government that stops acting in our best interest. The real problem is when people stop caring and just let it happen. There are positives and negatives to every system, every idea, if we stopped every new technology from being used because of the possibility it could be used against us we would have no progress. Instead of fighting against an idea you should fight against the misuse of the ideas, that is what makes a society worth living in.
Yes, and the point is that if we don't buy into the fear and let our government get away with passing these types of laws we can prevent that from happening again. Look what happened with the Patriot Act Bush put into place after 9/11, we have been fighting it since day one to prevent another incident like the one in Germany.
I am aware that Americans strongly believe in individual privacy and are only too eager to shudder and sneer at such measures. Privacy is a valid concern, but the need for privacy is stronger in the West and lesser in the East - one f those strange cultural differences - it simply matters less to us here. And in the hierarchy of needs, the rights of basic citizenship and access to government resources matters more than an individual need for privacy.
If you represent the average Indian citizen than you have convinced me that for India this is a good thing. Afterall, if this is something you guys actually want then I think it would be ignorant of anyone else to say you shouldn't have it.
I used to be extremely opposed to a national ID for pretty much exactly what you just said: I distrust the government, I distrust the corporations who control the government. But there are benefits to having a national ID in place, so long as it is, and always remains, voluntary. The day I fear is the day that it is mandated all citizens must carry a national ID under penalty of law. But I think as long as we act resonsibly as citizens and pay attention to what laws and regulations are passed we will be able to prevent this ourselves. Afterall the government can't put into action an elaborate conspiracy against the people if we do our jobs and monitor them, that is kind of the point of a democracy.