I'm a registered Libertarian, but I tend to agree that the party has become a bastion of right-wing corporatists. Libertarian ideals call for minimizing government interference with the free market, but hardly any Libertarians recognize that:
-- Intellectual property law is governmental interference in the free market.
-- The very existance of CORPORATIONS as legal entities is governmental interference in the free market.
...and so on.
That being said, the libertarian party is still the party that most closely reflects my views, so for now I'll keep trying to influence the party to respect its own principles, and ALL that they imply.
I'd like to try the Zarus, but to be honest I'm just not convinced, mainly due to the small userbase==few thirdparty apps problem.
I find this is more than balanced by the Linux==lots of OS software to be ported factor. I have yet to think of an app I'd like for my Zaurus that I can't download for little or no cost.
Dosn't everyone know that radio stations already pay for the music they play?
If I understand correctly, radio stations pay the music publishers (owners of copyright in the compositions), but not the recording labels (owners of copyright in the recordings).
That being said, the Onion piece is still pretty lame.
I agree. I'm very pleased with my Zaurus SL-5500, and one of its best features is its form factor -- I can put it in a suit-jacket pocket, quickly pull it out when needed, and often I can use it with one hand. If I have to deal with a bigger device, and use two hands just to open it up to get at my data, I may as well use my laptop.
Then again, if a sufficiently powerful device with the new Zaurus form factor had been available, I might have been willing to spilt the difference and buy one of those instead of a laptop + PDA.
If I cannot control the equipment I bought with my own money, then I expect the content providers to pay for everyone's televisions. I think that's damn fair.
They just might go for that. They'll make sure every house has a TV with no off switch. Or channel selector. Or volume control. They'll take care of all that for us.
Bill Gates is desperate to keep Peru on his side, so he can finish his high-tech mountain stronghold lair high in the Andes. He's still jealous of Dr. Evil's hollow volcano.
That reminds me of a Conan OBrien episode, where he was discussing another IJ with Ford. Conan said they should make a movie where Jones is too old to get out of bed, and people bring him artifacts for his approval.
Indiana Jones and the Antiques Roadshow!
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Must be some babe killer device, that you pop into your babe magnet car. Using GPS, the device automatically points you to your next laison, while spitting out details like her name, what persona you used to get into her pants, any offspring you might have sired with her.
The only catch is that for Wheels of Zeus to work this way you must approach unto her in the form of a bull or a swan or something.
For me, one of the joys of long car trips -- like DC to Boston, or DC to Denver -- is scanning for interesting local radio. Especially weird local talk radio. Same sattelite radio stations, coast to coast? Boring! No sattelite radio for me!
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I do this too, and usually I include some little Church of the SubGenius ads as well.
--Rev. Tetsujin,
First Mechanized Church of the Iron Yeti
How are you supposed to collaborate? In Hauku?
Haiku, just a poem?
Now that Slashdot spills the beans,
Thwarts DMCA.
I'm a registered Libertarian, but I tend to agree that the party has become a bastion of right-wing corporatists. Libertarian ideals call for minimizing government interference with the free market, but hardly any Libertarians recognize that:
-- Intellectual property law is governmental interference in the free market.
-- The very existance of CORPORATIONS as legal entities is governmental interference in the free market.
...and so on.
That being said, the libertarian party is still the party that most closely reflects my views, so for now I'll keep trying to influence the party to respect its own principles, and ALL that they imply.
How do you get one quarter of one older person?
A freak, tragic accident involving a Craftmatic Adjustable Bed.
I'd like to try the Zarus, but to be honest I'm just not convinced, mainly due to the small userbase==few thirdparty apps problem.
I find this is more than balanced by the Linux==lots of OS software to be ported factor. I have yet to think of an app I'd like for my Zaurus that I can't download for little or no cost.
Minimum security prisons are more like county jails than IMAX type facilities.
What, no sixty-foot-tall movie screen? Damn, that's harsh.
Dosn't everyone know that radio stations already pay for the music they play?
If I understand correctly, radio stations pay the music publishers (owners of copyright in the compositions), but not the recording labels (owners of copyright in the recordings).
That being said, the Onion piece is still pretty lame.
I agree. I'm very pleased with my Zaurus SL-5500, and one of its best features is its form factor -- I can put it in a suit-jacket pocket, quickly pull it out when needed, and often I can use it with one hand. If I have to deal with a bigger device, and use two hands just to open it up to get at my data, I may as well use my laptop.
Then again, if a sufficiently powerful device with the new Zaurus form factor had been available, I might have been willing to spilt the difference and buy one of those instead of a laptop + PDA.
have you ever heard of the fucking "COMMERCE CLAUSE" in the FUCKING CONSTITUTION?!?!?!
He was talking about the President.
The Commerce Clause that you quote (in Article I Section 8) sets forth the powers of Congress.
Have you actually read the "FUCKING CONSTITUTION" you seem so excited about?
Fan, as in "sports fan." The word started a long time ago as an abbreviation of "fanatic."
Honest query: How would providing the judge with and honest, informed opinion (keeping personal bias and rhetoric out of it) be unethical?
In appellate proceedings this is done all the time -- it's called a "friend of the court" brief (though such briefs are rarely free of bias.
I sympathize. This is why God (or somebody) put a DVD player in my laptop, and anime on DVD....
Windows 2050: this is the answer to a question you were about to ask.
Noooo! Not a pre-cog Clippy!
"It looks like you're going to try to write a letter a week from next Tuesday. Would you like me to you?...."
I think the "sad" thing he's talking about is the arcades going away, not DDR.
It is a bit too much exercise for the computer geeks... I don't think anyone can substain a debug session for an hour of that without sweating.
So much for my DDR-based UI...
If I cannot control the equipment I bought with my own money, then I expect the content providers to pay for everyone's televisions. I think that's damn fair.
They just might go for that. They'll make sure every house has a TV with no off switch. Or channel selector. Or volume control. They'll take care of all that for us.
Key piece of evidence: Brown's reference to a savory garnish as "BAMage." (from the Mussels show.)
Bill Gates is desperate to keep Peru on his side, so he can finish his high-tech mountain stronghold lair high in the Andes. He's still jealous of Dr. Evil's hollow volcano.
More could be done to improve crime statistics by testing and raising the intelligence of police cadets
Sadly, most intelligent people realize that policing is a shitty job and therefore avoid it.
And on the other hand, we have towns like New London, CT which disqualify police applicants with high IQs.
How to kill the format? Get Wired to say it's the greatest thing since the Edison phonograph.
That reminds me of a Conan OBrien episode, where he was discussing another IJ with Ford. Conan said they should make a movie where Jones is too old to get out of bed, and people bring him artifacts for his approval.
Indiana Jones and the Antiques Roadshow!
Must be some babe killer device, that you pop into your babe magnet car. Using GPS, the device automatically points you to your next laison, while spitting out details like her name, what persona you used to get into her pants, any offspring you might have sired with her.
The only catch is that for Wheels of Zeus to work this way you must approach unto her in the form of a bull or a swan or something.
For me, one of the joys of long car trips -- like DC to Boston, or DC to Denver -- is scanning for interesting local radio. Especially weird local talk radio. Same sattelite radio stations, coast to coast? Boring! No sattelite radio for me!
I thought the same thing -- very retro look. Which I think is kind of cool.
Not in any way I know of. As someone else pointed out, to commit a crime you have to violate a specific provision of the criminal code.
However, if a duty exists, it's possible to be found civilly liable (for negligence, for example) for failing to satisfy that duty.