For that reason, among others, I favor an electoral system that gives third parties and independents a real chance: more candidates means that it's much harder to corrupt all of them.
Step 1: find the corrupt politician (not a very hard thing to do, no matter what party).
Step 2: give large sums of money to cause and feed the piranha media
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!!!
now seriously, i own a 360, the latest version. it doesn't run nearly as hot as the first ones. the bundled PSU is 150W (original was 250W) so that means it was wasting 100W only for heat (no wonder it was that hot, it was practically a 100W lightbulb heating that thing inside).
I do have to admit that their latest 360 version is the shit. But, I will reserve final judgment until about a year from now;)
Will Monster make a special gold-plated, oxygenated cable for it? Because the guy at Best Buy said that is only way to really hear the crispness of the digital audio.
The best part is with coax cables, the gold-plating will actually mess with your signal and make it worse. Hooray for ignorance!
Many, many people have gotten themselves trapped into paying off student loans for the rest of their lives for a degree that is inherently worthless. Expect a lot of denial of this truth contained in this article because for some people the idea that they sold themselves into debt slavery for nothing is too much to bear.
Tell that to the guy who can't get a job right now because everyone wants a degree.
Honestly, it may not help your skills in a career choice, but it definitely helps landing the job in most places because that's the way the world actually works.
Their keyboards and mice were bought out and rebranded. The only good thing to come out of them, hardware-wise, was Xbox 1. That sucker could fall from a 3-story building and survive.
Now the 360 on the other hand... don't look at it wrong or it'll RROD on you.
I would have assumed that when people design phones that they talk to the cellphone companies and actually test their signal display against some sort of reference values. If they're saying they're that far out then either their engineering is a joke or they deliberately conspired to raise the numbers.
You're missing something: who watches the watchdogs? Another set of watchdogs? How about your government? How effective do you really think you are at turning over an established centralized government backed by military power funded by YOUR cash that you are required to give to them by law? Even in a well working democracy this is hard to do, much less a republic (well, what's left of it anyway).
At least with corporations, you don't have to give them your cash. I don't see the translation of this "power vacuum" here. If anything I see it more directly controlled by the people with less bureaucracy, and then they wouldn't be propped up by government money either. Believe it or not, corporations can't just do whatever they please on their own. They're in it to make money, and generally, bad PR is bad for business, which translates to loss of power.
Anyways, libertarianism isn't necessarily pro-capitalism. It's just super "let me do what I want personally". So, in this case, making a dry ice bomb.
I'd also like to point out libertarian views range broadly. Ask 100 libertarians what they believe politically, and you'll get 100 different answers. The only core belief they all seem to have is being pro personal liberty.
In a libertarian system, eventually one of the corporations will end up with enough economic power that it can rewrite the rules of the game. When that happens, that corporation will translate the economic power into physical power and effectively make itself the new state, and then it can make whatever laws it wants.
Possible but not likely. Unless a corporation has exclusive access to a needed resource, there's always going to be competition. The reason we don't see as much now in a lot of areas is because it's a legalized monopoly, or the regulations are piled on so thick that only the big boys and play the game. Then you end up with real economic powers controlling your voted-in politicians... no matter who you voted in.
Now, I would just simply argue that any extreme view won't work. Obviously a purely libertarian system in it's extreme won't work (we need interstates, for example), but these days, in my opinion, we could use a good dose. Over regulation and ridiculous laws that only the big boys can fight in court are plaguing this country. We're propping up a broken economic system with toothpicks and bubble gum with bailout money and ridiculous patent grants. Then our politicians listen to these clowns because they contribute the most cash.
Corporations love power too, no doubt, but I imagine they are more effective at playing the cat's paw and staying out of public light than being at the front and center, pissing everybody off and losing business because of it.
any proponent of libertarianism who wishes to whittle away government regulations until the power vacuum is filled by corporations, who are not interested in our freedom or democracy at all
Yes, the politicians have purist interests in our freedoms and democracy. You're SOOOOO right.
Here's the facts:
1. When there's power or money involved, there's corruption
2. Corporations have money and power
3. Politicians have money and power
4. Both are equally corruptable
Additionally, who do you think controls the politicians now? Never heard of a lobbyist?
Lastly... the corporations can't make up stupid laws or arrest you for making dry ice bombs.
but anyone selling shared bandwidth is going to eventually going to have to start charging more to customers who use more bandwidth
They already do that when they charge you for faster access. Anything more is just a sorry excuse for them being too lazy to invest in a better infrastructure. Mobile networks is one thing. Pipes on land is much more limitless.
Honest inquiry here:
The computer in some cars artificially limits the speed of the car - if you found out that was true in a car you liked would you feel the same way about it as the iPhone?
Wow...
1. That's a safety feature, not a power grab.
2. It's more akin to Audi making their own tires and then refusing to let other companies make tires for their car. The only way you could is by modifying your car.
"Who wants to sit BEHIND the action? People will only use one side as they always have."
which side is BEHIND the action when you are watching football in a stadium? There are certainly some good applications for this technology. Though just having a feature to watch replays at whatever angle you want would be a great addition to plain old flat panel tv.
Ah... very informational... *puts away tinfoil hat*
So what's all this sensationalism surrounding "getting at Google" then? I can easily see why, but it seems clear to me they just see HTC (damn them with their slick handsets!) as a giant threat in regards to style.
It should be noted that Microsoft is only siding with HTC because of their own game of patent roulette... to which HTC caved. So now every HTC purchase brings more profit to Microsoft. They don't wanna share the pie.
Yahoo's Newsroom is reporting that the judge who overturned the drilling moratorium holds stock in drilling companies.
No conflict of interest here, no sir...
OK, that's fine. But that doesn't make his point any less valid. Obama, and the feds in general, fly by the seat of their pants having a giant overreaction to everything that happens. Yes, it's a horrible oil spill, but how will a moratorium help anything? Are we expecting more explosions and leaks in the near future?
Nope, just a case of someone not turning off the Browser Favorites widget.
All I can say is "duh". Turn it off and you're fine. It's called a "cache file" so it can display that big static thumbnail image in the widget if you choose to use it.
For fuck sake, they're ARGUING OVER THE RIGHTS TO PUT FUCKING ADS ON OUR PERSONAL DEVICES.
Are we supposed to feel sorry for them? Fuck them and their ads. Do not want.
You want free apps? Deal with it. Not all devs put out good shit for free. Support the devs that make that choice because it's a legitimate one.
Point 2 is that it's not about feeling sorry. It's about antitrust actions. Apple is so scared of a little competition they throw themselves in the middle of the guilty ring when it comes to this.
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For that reason, among others, I favor an electoral system that gives third parties and independents a real chance: more candidates means that it's much harder to corrupt all of them.
Step 1: find the corrupt politician (not a very hard thing to do, no matter what party).
Step 2: give large sums of money to cause and feed the piranha media
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!!!
xbox 1 would probably break the pavement too LOL
now seriously, i own a 360, the latest version. it doesn't run nearly as hot as the first ones. the bundled PSU is 150W (original was 250W) so that means it was wasting 100W only for heat (no wonder it was that hot, it was practically a 100W lightbulb heating that thing inside).
I do have to admit that their latest 360 version is the shit. But, I will reserve final judgment until about a year from now ;)
Will Monster make a special gold-plated, oxygenated cable for it? Because the guy at Best Buy said that is only way to really hear the crispness of the digital audio.
The best part is with coax cables, the gold-plating will actually mess with your signal and make it worse. Hooray for ignorance!
Many, many people have gotten themselves trapped into paying off student loans for the rest of their lives for a degree that is inherently worthless. Expect a lot of denial of this truth contained in this article because for some people the idea that they sold themselves into debt slavery for nothing is too much to bear.
Tell that to the guy who can't get a job right now because everyone wants a degree.
Honestly, it may not help your skills in a career choice, but it definitely helps landing the job in most places because that's the way the world actually works.
What do you think we're stockpiling all our nuclear waste for? Refueling the Sun, of course!
"The Core 2: Solar Jumpstart"
No, but it definitely be the best thing that could possibly happen to the RIAA.
clap clap clap
RIAA contracting that wouldn't be so bad either. Until they fuck you (again).
Their keyboards and mice were bought out and rebranded. The only good thing to come out of them, hardware-wise, was Xbox 1. That sucker could fall from a 3-story building and survive.
Now the 360 on the other hand... don't look at it wrong or it'll RROD on you.
But, I haven't seen Apple's Steve throwing chairs or dancing around like a monkey. Are you sure that Apple's the new MS?
On that note, it sounds like that's what happens behind closed doors. At least it's not a dev conference, right?
I would have assumed that when people design phones that they talk to the cellphone companies and actually test their signal display against some sort of reference values. If they're saying they're that far out then either their engineering is a joke or they deliberately conspired to raise the numbers.
"No mom, I had NO idea I was lying!"
Has anybody actually considering looking at the dbm signal levels instead of some archaic bars formula?
General response to this thread...
You're missing something: who watches the watchdogs? Another set of watchdogs? How about your government? How effective do you really think you are at turning over an established centralized government backed by military power funded by YOUR cash that you are required to give to them by law? Even in a well working democracy this is hard to do, much less a republic (well, what's left of it anyway).
At least with corporations, you don't have to give them your cash. I don't see the translation of this "power vacuum" here. If anything I see it more directly controlled by the people with less bureaucracy, and then they wouldn't be propped up by government money either. Believe it or not, corporations can't just do whatever they please on their own. They're in it to make money, and generally, bad PR is bad for business, which translates to loss of power.
Anyways, libertarianism isn't necessarily pro-capitalism. It's just super "let me do what I want personally". So, in this case, making a dry ice bomb.
I'd also like to point out libertarian views range broadly. Ask 100 libertarians what they believe politically, and you'll get 100 different answers. The only core belief they all seem to have is being pro personal liberty.
In a libertarian system, eventually one of the corporations will end up with enough economic power that it can rewrite the rules of the game. When that happens, that corporation will translate the economic power into physical power and effectively make itself the new state, and then it can make whatever laws it wants.
Possible but not likely. Unless a corporation has exclusive access to a needed resource, there's always going to be competition. The reason we don't see as much now in a lot of areas is because it's a legalized monopoly, or the regulations are piled on so thick that only the big boys and play the game. Then you end up with real economic powers controlling your voted-in politicians... no matter who you voted in.
Now, I would just simply argue that any extreme view won't work. Obviously a purely libertarian system in it's extreme won't work (we need interstates, for example), but these days, in my opinion, we could use a good dose. Over regulation and ridiculous laws that only the big boys can fight in court are plaguing this country. We're propping up a broken economic system with toothpicks and bubble gum with bailout money and ridiculous patent grants. Then our politicians listen to these clowns because they contribute the most cash.
Corporations love power too, no doubt, but I imagine they are more effective at playing the cat's paw and staying out of public light than being at the front and center, pissing everybody off and losing business because of it.
any proponent of libertarianism who wishes to whittle away government regulations until the power vacuum is filled by corporations, who are not interested in our freedom or democracy at all
Yes, the politicians have purist interests in our freedoms and democracy. You're SOOOOO right.
Here's the facts:
1. When there's power or money involved, there's corruption 2. Corporations have money and power 3. Politicians have money and power 4. Both are equally corruptable
Additionally, who do you think controls the politicians now? Never heard of a lobbyist?
Lastly... the corporations can't make up stupid laws or arrest you for making dry ice bombs.
but anyone selling shared bandwidth is going to eventually going to have to start charging more to customers who use more bandwidth
They already do that when they charge you for faster access. Anything more is just a sorry excuse for them being too lazy to invest in a better infrastructure. Mobile networks is one thing. Pipes on land is much more limitless.
Watch the next version of the player pause the ad when it is not focused.
Hulu thanks you for the solution to the problem they never knew they had.
Honest inquiry here: The computer in some cars artificially limits the speed of the car - if you found out that was true in a car you liked would you feel the same way about it as the iPhone?
Wow...
1. That's a safety feature, not a power grab.
2. It's more akin to Audi making their own tires and then refusing to let other companies make tires for their car. The only way you could is by modifying your car.
The idea of a kill-switch has nothing to do with net neutrality.
Exactly. The kill-switch will happen if they want it to no matter what happens with net neutrality.
"Who wants to sit BEHIND the action? People will only use one side as they always have."
which side is BEHIND the action when you are watching football in a stadium? There are certainly some good applications for this technology. Though just having a feature to watch replays at whatever angle you want would be a great addition to plain old flat panel tv.
One word: cheerleaders.
Ah... very informational... *puts away tinfoil hat*
So what's all this sensationalism surrounding "getting at Google" then? I can easily see why, but it seems clear to me they just see HTC (damn them with their slick handsets!) as a giant threat in regards to style.
Not because HTC is an important partner of MS in bringing (for better or forse...) WinMob phones to the market?
Are Windows phones included in the list of "guilty" devices? Or will they include features listed in the supposed infringements?
It should be noted that Microsoft is only siding with HTC because of their own game of patent roulette... to which HTC caved. So now every HTC purchase brings more profit to Microsoft. They don't wanna share the pie.
Yahoo's Newsroom is reporting that the judge who overturned the drilling moratorium holds stock in drilling companies.
No conflict of interest here, no sir...
OK, that's fine. But that doesn't make his point any less valid. Obama, and the feds in general, fly by the seat of their pants having a giant overreaction to everything that happens. Yes, it's a horrible oil spill, but how will a moratorium help anything? Are we expecting more explosions and leaks in the near future?
Nope, just a case of someone not turning off the Browser Favorites widget.
All I can say is "duh". Turn it off and you're fine. It's called a "cache file" so it can display that big static thumbnail image in the widget if you choose to use it.
Don't they do the same thing?
For fuck sake, they're ARGUING OVER THE RIGHTS TO PUT FUCKING ADS ON OUR PERSONAL DEVICES.
Are we supposed to feel sorry for them? Fuck them and their ads. Do not want.
You want free apps? Deal with it. Not all devs put out good shit for free. Support the devs that make that choice because it's a legitimate one.
Point 2 is that it's not about feeling sorry. It's about antitrust actions. Apple is so scared of a little competition they throw themselves in the middle of the guilty ring when it comes to this.