Or we could just say that companies are not intelligent living breathing biological entities and don't deserve taxation with representation. If a corporation wants representation go as the individual citizens working for that company. They got the representation all the way up to the CEO and board of directors as long as they're American citizens.
Update: Thank God it was a type-o in the upgrade window. 12.04 Xubuntu. So far things look fine but one oddity I noticed was the blue tooth icon in the toolbar not switching from active to disable even though it does disable when you turn it off to save battery power.
I'm doing the OS upgade from the update manager and instead of saying it's updating Xubuntu it says it's updating to Ubuntu 12.04. I'm not sure what is going on but it will be interesting if their upgrade process switches me from Xubuntu back to vanilla Ubuntu. I'll post an update when it's done.
For Slashdot so loved us that he gave his one and only Slashdot, that whoever believes in Slashdot shall not perish but have eternal life.
"For Tacco so loved the tech that he gave his one and only Slashdot, that who so ever believes in the code shall not perish but have ever lasting karma." Fixed.
Seriously this would have gotten me to make regular visits to Vegas just to see the whole damn thing. Also if they bundled this with actual science type things it would have been fantastic. Hell I bet even Neal deGrasse Tyson would have done one of his talks/shows/etc from the bridge if they worked things out right. It'd have been a boon for education, science, and future dreamers. The money draw in would have been huge.
One final morsel for thought: If I were a galactic civilization, I would keep the human race safely contained on the planet like a nasty plague by whatever means necessary, including sending them back to the stone age. Just because of the way we roll...
There are some humans who would like to get away from this containment just because we're freaked out by the nasty plague just as much as that galactic civilization would be. We just want to live our lives peacefully and enjoy it without having to worry about the same crazy crap they're worried about.
The game seems kinda dumbed down and I really don't want to bother with the restrictions in place for the AH and economy. I'll wait for the YouTube video to see what happens to the prime evils. Also since Windows 8 is around the corner and I'm avoidig that like the plague I don't feel like buying games for Windows like I used to.
I live against a hill with a small wooded area. My front property is open and there's a space I could put a tower like this where the sun will hit it better then on my roof.
Content companies don't like how free and open it is to people. They want control and Linux can't really be controlled like they want. That is just one reason though but it's a good one.
... is solved like the budget, tax reform, repairing the infrastructure of the nation, fixing problems with education, etc. We can all turn our attention to those nasty video games. Joy of joys.
If you want unrestricted web access then pay for your own connection. Don't bitch about IT people doing their job properly, their primary goal is not to be an ISP for you to surf the web. Most corporates and government agencies all apply these so called "draconian" restrictions on thier staff and it isn't because they are all bastards. Basically your average user can be trusted about half the distance you can kick them, they all think they know what they are doing until something goes wrong then it is IT's fault for not protecting them.
If the student is paying to go to the university then the student is paying for the connection. Especially since the university may charge a technology fee to help offset costs for the IT services to students like my university does instead of hiding it in the general tuition like others may do.
Space based rail guns and hitting ground targets are a matter of coaxing the right asteroid to a proper corse to impact a target on a planetary body using a combination of oribital gravity nudges from the gravity of your ship and possibly heating the asteroid/comet at the right locations to vent off material and push the rock to target.
This is a non-violence approach as best as Ghandi himself would have come up with. If the everyone opted for a pat down, then there would be massive queues as the TSA sods could not keep up with the folks in line, that gives them bad press - which is the last thing they want coming up to an election.
A possibly more effective solution: Refuse to fly. Take a bus, take a train, drive, or forgo travel, but don't pay into the system by buying a plane ticket.
I liked Ubuntu up until after 10.04. Now it's got some kind of tablet/smart phone infection that I wish it could get a shot for so it'd go back to the way it was. The worst part is it spread outside of Ubuntu in to Gnome. Well if Kubuntu doesn't float for lack of funding then there's always Xubuntu or Lubuntu. If those go then Mint will be the real shining star even more then it already is.
Can't say America hasn't given it the old college try, just ask Julian Assange how it's going. I must say he's putting up a good fight.
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Your ideas which I agree with about the length of copyright need money, lobby groups, and more money to actually do some good. Neither of these I have so I'll just nod and agree.
I bought one game that had a restricted number of installs and that game was Bioshock back in the day. Much as I had fun going through it I've not bought anymore games that have restricted installs. I've also avoided companies that have a reputation for nasty DRM in their games. Ubisoft is at the top of my "Don't Buy" list.
But I'd find it highly amusing if the government the music industry sued to force laws on to their books would officially declare war on the music industry.
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Or we could just say that companies are not intelligent living breathing biological entities and don't deserve taxation with representation. If a corporation wants representation go as the individual citizens working for that company. They got the representation all the way up to the CEO and board of directors as long as they're American citizens.
Update: Thank God it was a type-o in the upgrade window. 12.04 Xubuntu. So far things look fine but one oddity I noticed was the blue tooth icon in the toolbar not switching from active to disable even though it does disable when you turn it off to save battery power.
Xubuntu 11.10 64-bit install.
I'm doing the OS upgade from the update manager and instead of saying it's updating Xubuntu it says it's updating to Ubuntu 12.04. I'm not sure what is going on but it will be interesting if their upgrade process switches me from Xubuntu back to vanilla Ubuntu. I'll post an update when it's done.
Yesterday it was a seven year old kid with cerebral palsy.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/04/26/father-tsa-got-aggressive-with-cerebral-palsy-stricken-7-year-old-from-long-island/
For Slashdot so loved us that he gave his one and only Slashdot, that whoever believes in Slashdot shall not perish but have eternal life.
"For Tacco so loved the tech that he gave his one and only Slashdot, that who so ever believes in the code shall not perish but have ever lasting karma." Fixed.
Thanks for the chuckle, I wish I had mod points.
Seriously this would have gotten me to make regular visits to Vegas just to see the whole damn thing. Also if they bundled this with actual science type things it would have been fantastic. Hell I bet even Neal deGrasse Tyson would have done one of his talks/shows/etc from the bridge if they worked things out right. It'd have been a boon for education, science, and future dreamers. The money draw in would have been huge.
One final morsel for thought: If I were a galactic civilization, I would keep the human race safely contained on the planet like a nasty plague by whatever means necessary, including sending them back to the stone age. Just because of the way we roll...
There are some humans who would like to get away from this containment just because we're freaked out by the nasty plague just as much as that galactic civilization would be. We just want to live our lives peacefully and enjoy it without having to worry about the same crazy crap they're worried about.
The game seems kinda dumbed down and I really don't want to bother with the restrictions in place for the AH and economy. I'll wait for the YouTube video to see what happens to the prime evils. Also since Windows 8 is around the corner and I'm avoidig that like the plague I don't feel like buying games for Windows like I used to.
I live against a hill with a small wooded area. My front property is open and there's a space I could put a tower like this where the sun will hit it better then on my roof.
Content companies don't like how free and open it is to people. They want control and Linux can't really be controlled like they want. That is just one reason though but it's a good one.
... is solved like the budget, tax reform, repairing the infrastructure of the nation, fixing problems with education, etc. We can all turn our attention to those nasty video games. Joy of joys.
Great.. another expense to the vehicle because people can't pay attention to where the hell they're going. Both drivers and pedestrians.
Talk about a half-baked rip-off scheme.
If you want unrestricted web access then pay for your own connection. Don't bitch about IT people doing their job properly, their primary goal is not to be an ISP for you to surf the web. Most corporates and government agencies all apply these so called "draconian" restrictions on thier staff and it isn't because they are all bastards. Basically your average user can be trusted about half the distance you can kick them, they all think they know what they are doing until something goes wrong then it is IT's fault for not protecting them.
If the student is paying to go to the university then the student is paying for the connection. Especially since the university may charge a technology fee to help offset costs for the IT services to students like my university does instead of hiding it in the general tuition like others may do.
They did a segment on The Daily Show about that. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-15-2012/seaworld-of-pain
Space based rail guns and hitting ground targets are a matter of coaxing the right asteroid to a proper corse to impact a target on a planetary body using a combination of oribital gravity nudges from the gravity of your ship and possibly heating the asteroid/comet at the right locations to vent off material and push the rock to target.
This is a non-violence approach as best as Ghandi himself would have come up with. If the everyone opted for a pat down, then there would be massive queues as the TSA sods could not keep up with the folks in line, that gives them bad press - which is the last thing they want coming up to an election.
A possibly more effective solution: Refuse to fly. Take a bus, take a train, drive, or forgo travel, but don't pay into the system by buying a plane ticket.
Good luck with that. https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=TSA+Vipr&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 They're coming to your bus and train stations as well as check points on the road with the highway patrol.
The funniest part is that Dr Seuss (or rather, the artist pen name) actually did a number of propaganda posters in WW2.
I Googled for those, thats some interesting posters to look at for WW2. I wish I had mod points right now.
I liked Ubuntu up until after 10.04. Now it's got some kind of tablet/smart phone infection that I wish it could get a shot for so it'd go back to the way it was. The worst part is it spread outside of Ubuntu in to Gnome. Well if Kubuntu doesn't float for lack of funding then there's always Xubuntu or Lubuntu. If those go then Mint will be the real shining star even more then it already is.
Can't say America hasn't given it the old college try, just ask Julian Assange how it's going. I must say he's putting up a good fight.
Your ideas which I agree with about the length of copyright need money, lobby groups, and more money to actually do some good. Neither of these I have so I'll just nod and agree.
I bought one game that had a restricted number of installs and that game was Bioshock back in the day. Much as I had fun going through it I've not bought anymore games that have restricted installs. I've also avoided companies that have a reputation for nasty DRM in their games. Ubisoft is at the top of my "Don't Buy" list.
A section should have been added about documenting your code. If the article had that it would have been better.
But I'd find it highly amusing if the government the music industry sued to force laws on to their books would officially declare war on the music industry.