so what if their 'viewpoint' is honorable! i know of plenty of scumbag politicians whose 'viewpoint' was honorable then they'd turn around and screw the public with some unconscionable act... like giving away OUR airwaves (so-called digital airwaves) to the broadcasting corporations under the Telecommunications Act of 1996... futher, many companies/corporations talk a good line in public but are guilty of the shabbiest business practices.
and just WHY are you critical of hippopotami? isn't that hypocritical of you? didn't you take the Hippocratic oath to do no harm? it isn't Hippocratic to be hypocritical of hippopotami, they have feelings too. shame on you.
Scandinavian nations are socialist, Canada is socialist... socialism is a necessary part of any viable capitalist democracy... socialism is likely as old as humanity, tribalism has strong aspects of socialism.
pound sterling, the basic monetary unit of Great Britain, is divided (since 1971) decimally into 100 new pence. In a monetary sense, the term sterling was formerly used to describe the standard weight or quality of English coinage. The basic monetary unit of the United Kingdom is still called the pound sterling. The term is derived from the fact that, about 775, silver coins known as "sterlings" were issued in the Saxon kingdoms. A pound weight of silver was coined into 240 pennies,the weight of which was probably about equal to the later troy pound. Hence large payments came to be reckoned in "pounds of sterlings," a phrase later shortened to "pounds sterling." After the Norman Conquest the pound was divided for accounting purposes into 20 shillings and into 240 pennies, or pence. These pennies were made from an alloy that was 925 parts silver and 75 parts copper. This proportion remained the standard in English coinage until 1920, when the proportion of silver in the coinage was reduced to 500 parts per 1,000. Britain stopped using any silver in its coins in 1946, replacing it entirely with copper and nickel. By this time the value of silver had long ceased to have any direct link to the British currency, Britain having adopted the gold standard in 1821. In medieval Latin documents the words libra, solidus, and denarius were used to denote the pound, shilling, and penny, which gave rise to the use of the symbols £, s., and d. On Feb. 15, 1971, the pound sterling was officially decimalized into 100 new pence. The symbol £ was retained for the pound sterling; the letter p. was chosen for the new penny.
Never was the pound sterling based upon the value of a pound weight of gold. It was based upon a gold standard, yes.
I predict, with reasonable certainty, that Heidi Wall will not exist in 25 years, and unbridled capitalism will destroy the world as we know it.
wrought, adj.
1. Put together; created.
2. Shaped by hammering with tools. Used chiefly of metals or metalwork.
3. Made delicately or elaborately.
fraught, adj.
1. Filled with a specified element or elements; charged.
2. Fully provided.
3. Marked by distress; upsetting.
the poster was clever, but gets very low marks for improper word usage.
whelp (n.)
1. A young offspring of a mammal, such as a dog or wolf.
2.a. A child; a youth. b. An impudent young fellow.
3.a. A tooth of a sprocket wheel. b. Nautical. Any of the ridges on the barrel of a windlass or capstan.
i know for a cold hard fact that this goes on in South America, ask any Venezuelan where his/her nice new car went after it got stolen... can you say 'Colombia'?...i knew you could
"...sources close to Microsoft told me that the company's programmers are having "panic attacks" about Mac OS X's new Aqua UI. Particularly troubling to Microsoft is Macintosh's new intuitive Finder (i.e., the Mac version of the Windows Explorer shell), which features several panes that simplify drilling down through subdirectories. Microsoft's UI team is suddenly playing catch-up-with-the-Mac again..." AGAIN, STILL, AND ALWAYS ----->http://www.windows2000mag.com/Articles/Index . cfm?ArticleID=16230
same as it ever was: "...sources close to Microsoft told me that the company's programmers are having "panic attacks" about Mac OS X's new Aqua UI. Particularly troubling to Microsoft is Macintosh's new intuitive Finder (i.e., the Mac version of the Windows Explorer shell), which features several panes that simplify drilling down through subdirectories. Microsoft's UI team is suddenly playing catch-up-with-the-Mac again..." http://www.windows2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?A rticleID=16230
...when one has the best damn machine with the best damn graphics card on the best damn OS running on the best damn chip architecture available? i mean, really!
and there'll be sooooo many more times to come... OS X OS X OS X OS X OS X OS X... and the oh so tasty goodness of RISC architecture... MP RISC and OS X... omigawd
"people communicating ideas and building a better future for all? When did greed and competition displace hard work and cooperation?"
um, that sounds dangerously communistic to me! but "the destruction of a free market? One shoe fits all and by the way, it only comes in black" that sounds fascistic to me... (silly me! there i go again, thinking these naive rubes have a clue in the first place!) get thee behind me, thou convoluted nave... practitioner of pretzel logic!
"Microsoft will plagarize [sic] whatever it wants to, regardless"... bingo... they have largely plagiarized their XP GUI look from MacOS X, etc etc etc
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...and a commendable observation and opinion-rant.
so what if their 'viewpoint' is honorable! i know of plenty of scumbag politicians whose 'viewpoint' was honorable then they'd turn around and screw the public with some unconscionable act... like giving away OUR airwaves (so-called digital airwaves) to the broadcasting corporations under the Telecommunications Act of 1996... futher, many companies/corporations talk a good line in public but are guilty of the shabbiest business practices.
and just WHY are you critical of hippopotami? isn't that hypocritical of you? didn't you take the Hippocratic oath to do no harm? it isn't Hippocratic to be hypocritical of hippopotami, they have feelings too. shame on you.
Britain adopted the gold standard then... on May 5th, 1821
Scandinavian nations are socialist, Canada is socialist... socialism is a necessary part of any viable capitalist democracy... socialism is likely as old as humanity, tribalism has strong aspects of socialism.
pound sterling, the basic monetary unit of Great Britain, is divided (since 1971) decimally into 100 new pence. In a monetary sense, the term sterling was formerly used to describe the standard weight or quality of English coinage. The basic monetary unit of the United Kingdom is still called the pound sterling. The term is derived from the fact that, about 775, silver coins known as "sterlings" were issued in the Saxon kingdoms. A pound weight of silver was coined into 240 pennies,the weight of which was probably about equal to the later troy pound. Hence large payments came to be reckoned in "pounds of sterlings," a phrase later shortened to "pounds sterling." After the Norman Conquest the pound was divided for accounting purposes into 20 shillings and into 240 pennies, or pence. These pennies were made from an alloy that was 925 parts silver and 75 parts copper. This proportion remained the standard in English coinage until 1920, when the proportion of silver in the coinage was reduced to 500 parts per 1,000. Britain stopped using any silver in its coins in 1946, replacing it entirely with copper and nickel. By this time the value of silver had long ceased to have any direct link to the British currency, Britain having adopted the gold standard in 1821. In medieval Latin documents the words libra, solidus, and denarius were used to denote the pound, shilling, and penny, which gave rise to the use of the symbols £, s., and d. On Feb. 15, 1971, the pound sterling was officially decimalized into 100 new pence. The symbol £ was retained for the pound sterling; the letter p. was chosen for the new penny. Never was the pound sterling based upon the value of a pound weight of gold. It was based upon a gold standard, yes. I predict, with reasonable certainty, that Heidi Wall will not exist in 25 years, and unbridled capitalism will destroy the world as we know it.
but these go to eleven...
wrought, adj. 1. Put together; created. 2. Shaped by hammering with tools. Used chiefly of metals or metalwork. 3. Made delicately or elaborately. fraught, adj. 1. Filled with a specified element or elements; charged. 2. Fully provided. 3. Marked by distress; upsetting. the poster was clever, but gets very low marks for improper word usage.
whelp (n.) 1. A young offspring of a mammal, such as a dog or wolf. 2.a. A child; a youth. b. An impudent young fellow. 3.a. A tooth of a sprocket wheel. b. Nautical. Any of the ridges on the barrel of a windlass or capstan.
i know for a cold hard fact that this goes on in South America, ask any Venezuelan where his/her nice new car went after it got stolen... can you say 'Colombia'? ...i knew you could
"...sources close to Microsoft told me that the company's programmers are having "panic attacks" about Mac OS X's new Aqua UI. Particularly troubling to Microsoft is Macintosh's new intuitive Finder (i.e., the Mac version of the Windows Explorer shell), which features several panes that simplify drilling down through subdirectories. Microsoft's UI team is suddenly playing catch-up-with-the-Mac again..." AGAIN, STILL, AND ALWAYS ----->http://www.windows2000mag.com/Articles/Index . cfm?ArticleID=16230
go for it, and charge admission... heh heh ALL YOUR SCROTUM ARE BELONG TO US
same as it ever was: "...sources close to Microsoft told me that the company's programmers are having "panic attacks" about Mac OS X's new Aqua UI. Particularly troubling to Microsoft is Macintosh's new intuitive Finder (i.e., the Mac version of the Windows Explorer shell), which features several panes that simplify drilling down through subdirectories. Microsoft's UI team is suddenly playing catch-up-with-the-Mac again..." http://www.windows2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?A rticleID=16230
only $350 as a BTO option on one of those killer Macs...
naw, /. sat on the story because it shows Macs in a good light (pardon the pun)
calibrate your monitor... DOH
it's a $350 BTO option on a Mac, not $600...
...when one has the best damn machine with the best damn graphics card on the best damn OS running on the best damn chip architecture available? i mean, really!
and there'll be sooooo many more times to come... OS X OS X OS X OS X OS X OS X... and the oh so tasty goodness of RISC architecture... MP RISC and OS X... omigawd
Marathon? that is SOOOOO last century!
bdigit's just another chucklehead that can't tell the difference between innovation and stagnation... and RISC is better architecture than CISC, nyah!
i can't believe Yohahn's post only got a (Score:1)... that post is an insightful bit of deconstructionism!
an intelligent being! (truth folks, just truth) shoot him/her, QUICK! (sarcasm folks, mere sarcasm)
"people communicating ideas and building a better future for all? When did greed and competition displace hard work and cooperation?" um, that sounds dangerously communistic to me! but "the destruction of a free market? One shoe fits all and by the way, it only comes in black" that sounds fascistic to me... (silly me! there i go again, thinking these naive rubes have a clue in the first place!) get thee behind me, thou convoluted nave... practitioner of pretzel logic!
"Microsoft will plagarize [sic] whatever it wants to, regardless"... bingo... they have largely plagiarized their XP GUI look from MacOS X, etc etc etc