Well I'd have to say that you are right about one thing Praedor.. the Government is the people. Considering that 50% of the working American populace is employed by the government (at the federal, state, or local level). As for a revolution I would hope it doesn't come to that. Although I am glad that we will still have some guns around if things get nasty. Personally, I believe all that needs to be done to convince Americans of the enourmously bloated size of the government is to make them write and sign the checks every month for tax payments. I can just see the average person signing away hundreds with every pay check wondering exactly where all their money went. With income tax withholding most people don't even know how much they waste on bloated government projects, instead they only see the bottom line: their take home pay (the 60% that the government lets them have) before property taxes, sales tax, taxes people pay for because of taxes on imported products, etc.
well although I don't share your sentiments of leaving the US I do agree that it is time for our country to return to the principles it was founded on, the Constitution.
They aren't rigged to make you think that you're a libertarian. The questions are objective and concise. Believe it or not, not everyone who goes to that site ends up being categorized as a Libertarian. The goal of the smallest political quiz is to give people an idea of where they stand in the political diamond. Many people have libertarian approaches to government but don't realize it.
No gamer in his right mind is going to stop using Windows for now. Once 3d support becomes implemented by the major distros I believe Linux will be in a position to start encouraging companies to include a linux port of their game in an unsupported directory of the cdrom. Some people want full, separate versions of all the big games. This is a good idea but consider this. Who is going to buy the Linux game when they already have the Windows game? Who is going to wait for the Linux game to come out on the market. Don't tell me that the companies will rush to release both the Windows version and the Linux version on the same day. You know that the Linux version will come out months later if at all.
Whatever companies that don't want to make a Linux port of their new game should be persuaded to use a company like LokiGames that specializes in porting games. The Linux port would be developed at the same time as the Windows version. This would require a bit of communication between the programmers of both companies. A linux directory would be included on the companies final cd or if the cd couldn't hold the directory a seperate Linux cd could be cut. The obvious problem with this plan is why would the gaming company spend extra money to develop a linux version of the game. The answer is they won't until there is a standardized gaming platform on Linux(like directx) which will allow Linux games to be coded easier by the Linux Gaming Companies.
The console companies should first create an area on their websites for the distribution of ROMs. Nintendo/Sega, etc. should then release games that they themselves created have allowed to age to the point that they don't affect incoming revenue anymore. They should then contact all their game manufacturers and encourage them to release their roms onto the rom website. Nintendo/Sega could even recommend emulators to use to play the roms.
Why should they do this? By centralizing rom distribution at the company's "official" website the company could generate revenue on their old games by using web ads. Once a few gaming companies have given in to releasing their roms and the site has become popular the other companies who haven't yet released their old game will be ridiculed by users for their obtuseness
Eventually a standard will evolve as to when games are dated enough that they should be released in binary format. I think ten years sounds like a good number. Can you think of any games from 1990 that are still making money??? Furthermore, Nintendo/Sega could build this "ten years and it's free" into their licensing agreements with gaming companies. This would leave the decision out of the gaming companies hands.
Granted, 2 people can't protest McDonalds and have them shutdown. But that doesn't mean that we need the government to bully them around.
Instead of the person trashing the McDonalds or simply not buying things at the McDonalds the person should seek out other people who feel the way he does, both online and offline. Then the group of people can organize and decide on political candadates to support while still furthering their cause by recruiting more people. People would be amazed at how much influence they have over politics on the local scale. Your vote for city council members matters much more than your vote for president. The problem is the sophistication of the average american voter. Most people vote for who they see on TV, not bothering to actually learn about the candidates themselves.
I concur. I have a nextel i1000plus which has e-mail and web capabilities built in. I think the additional $25 is exorbitant. Also, does anyone know if the Nextel phones are truly WAP compliant. I don't think they are. If so I wouldn't recommend a Nextel to anyone. I know that the new Sprint PCS phones all support WAP from the $100 model all the way up. In addition, there are more manufacturers of Sprint phones which yields more features for the end user because of competition. Compare this with Nextel whose only manufacturor is basically Motorolla. Some of the features coming out on the Sprint phones look pretty cool. They already have voice recognition ones out there that work pretty well from what I have heard.
I completely agree with the position that it is not the ISP's position to maintain the legality of content. It is clear that the attempt to force service provider's into policing their own content is gaining a stronger and stronger foothold on the Internet. The DMCA places the legality of allowing copyrighted material to exist on a site directly onto the service provider itself. There is something wrong with this. Shouldn't the end user be responsible for what they write. They have the freedom of speech and if they post something illegal they have the right to be prosecuted, not the owners of the server. Laws have been enacted that force the "policing" job onto the service provider. The providers are responsible to remove copyrighted material from a website. My question is how long until the providers are forced to check their sites for copyrighted material. That is the next logical step if laws such as the DMCA do not get repealed or shot down in the supreme court. The copyright holders want the providers to be responsible for content when they really shouldn't be. What we need now are a few really good providers to say NO and refuse to honor the clearly unconstitutional aspects of the DMCA. This would force a lawsuit between the provider and the holder of the copyrighted work which would be appealed to the supreme court and shot down.
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Well I'd have to say that you are right about one thing Praedor.. the Government is the people. Considering that 50% of the working American populace is employed by the government (at the federal, state, or local level). As for a revolution I would hope it doesn't come to that. Although I am glad that we will still have some guns around if things get nasty. Personally, I believe all that needs to be done to convince Americans of the enourmously bloated size of the government is to make them write and sign the checks every month for tax payments. I can just see the average person signing away hundreds with every pay check wondering exactly where all their money went. With income tax withholding most people don't even know how much they waste on bloated government projects, instead they only see the bottom line: their take home pay (the 60% that the government lets them have) before property taxes, sales tax, taxes people pay for because of taxes on imported products, etc.
well although I don't share your sentiments of leaving the US I do agree that it is time for our country to return to the principles it was founded on, the Constitution.
They aren't rigged to make you think that you're a libertarian. The questions are objective and concise. Believe it or not, not everyone who goes to that site ends up being categorized as a Libertarian. The goal of the smallest political quiz is to give people an idea of where they stand in the political diamond. Many people have libertarian approaches to government but don't realize it.
Whatever companies that don't want to make a Linux port of their new game should be persuaded to use a company like LokiGames that specializes in porting games. The Linux port would be developed at the same time as the Windows version. This would require a bit of communication between the programmers of both companies. A linux directory would be included on the companies final cd or if the cd couldn't hold the directory a seperate Linux cd could be cut. The obvious problem with this plan is why would the gaming company spend extra money to develop a linux version of the game. The answer is they won't until there is a standardized gaming platform on Linux(like directx) which will allow Linux games to be coded easier by the Linux Gaming Companies.
Why should they do this? By centralizing rom distribution at the company's "official" website the company could generate revenue on their old games by using web ads. Once a few gaming companies have given in to releasing their roms and the site has become popular the other companies who haven't yet released their old game will be ridiculed by users for their obtuseness
Eventually a standard will evolve as to when games are dated enough that they should be released in binary format. I think ten years sounds like a good number. Can you think of any games from 1990 that are still making money??? Furthermore, Nintendo/Sega could build this "ten years and it's free" into their licensing agreements with gaming companies. This would leave the decision out of the gaming companies hands.
Instead of the person trashing the McDonalds or simply not buying things at the McDonalds the person should seek out other people who feel the way he does, both online and offline. Then the group of people can organize and decide on political candadates to support while still furthering their cause by recruiting more people. People would be amazed at how much influence they have over politics on the local scale. Your vote for city council members matters much more than your vote for president. The problem is the sophistication of the average american voter. Most people vote for who they see on TV, not bothering to actually learn about the candidates themselves.
I concur. I have a nextel i1000plus which has e-mail and web capabilities built in. I think the additional $25 is exorbitant. Also, does anyone know if the Nextel phones are truly WAP compliant. I don't think they are. If so I wouldn't recommend a Nextel to anyone. I know that the new Sprint PCS phones all support WAP from the $100 model all the way up. In addition, there are more manufacturers of Sprint phones which yields more features for the end user because of competition. Compare this with Nextel whose only manufacturor is basically Motorolla. Some of the features coming out on the Sprint phones look pretty cool. They already have voice recognition ones out there that work pretty well from what I have heard.
I completely agree with the position that it is not the ISP's position to maintain the legality of content. It is clear that the attempt to force service provider's into policing their own content is gaining a stronger and stronger foothold on the Internet. The DMCA places the legality of allowing copyrighted material to exist on a site directly onto the service provider itself. There is something wrong with this. Shouldn't the end user be responsible for what they write. They have the freedom of speech and if they post something illegal they have the right to be prosecuted, not the owners of the server. Laws have been enacted that force the "policing" job onto the service provider. The providers are responsible to remove copyrighted material from a website. My question is how long until the providers are forced to check their sites for copyrighted material. That is the next logical step if laws such as the DMCA do not get repealed or shot down in the supreme court. The copyright holders want the providers to be responsible for content when they really shouldn't be. What we need now are a few really good providers to say NO and refuse to honor the clearly unconstitutional aspects of the DMCA. This would force a lawsuit between the provider and the holder of the copyrighted work which would be appealed to the supreme court and shot down.