Always an excuse, eh? Can't sell the shares cuz you've got no other 401(k) options?
Give me a break! Translation: it's not worth taking a stand for human right if it's going to cost you your retirement package. You're not willing to make that big a sacrifice.
Now, I'm not pulling the moral high ground here; I agree with the Google shareholders. However, if you're going to preach, then have the balls to follow through! This is a pretty typical example of how people want to talk the talk but don't want to take the necessary inconveniences/troubles to actually make a difference.
If that's the way you talk/act, you shouldn't be surprised when other people label you a hypocrite and ignore you.
I don't really think this is all that bad. I mean, if I go skiing here in Switzerland, and I have an accident, I have to pay for the search and/or rescue (unless my private insurance covers it). This is really just the same kind of deal.
Admittedly, it's kind of an extra blow to the missus, but why should the taxpayers cover the cost of my/his/someone else's mistake?
I would love to see evidence that unemployed programmers are choosing not to work at Microsoft.
I for one know several people that work there, and while it's not exactly a walk at the park, it is a pretty decent job with some really incredible compensation opportunities.
Whether you agree with the Bushies or the Greens, this seems like a bad idea to me. Do we really want politicians mandating which subjects our children are taught? Shouldn't that be left to someone... I dunno... competent?
Some world we've been offered. I'm not sure that it will be worse off if we're a bunch of WOW playing crybaby slackers. But that's exactly the GP's point. Some world we've been offered. You haven't been offered shit. The world is there. What you do with it, what you make of it, is entirely up to you.
I say this as an ex-disillusioned young IT worker (28) who decided that IT in a Fortune 100 wasn't cutting it, took off to Europe (from the US) to do his MBA, and never looked back.
The world is yours for the taking, if you have the balls and intelligence to do something with it.
So basically, you accuse America of acting selfishly to protect our position of "privilege". Do you have any idea, though, how arrogant it sounds to compare a country of more than a billion people to us in the 1930s? Get over it!
There's a big difference between ignorantly pushing technology forward when you don't know the consequences as opposed to pushing forward when you're well aware of what will happen. The BRIC nations can have a much more detrimental effect on the environment than America has ever had. It may not be fair, but guess what - that's life. It ain't fair. Deal.
And it's not really hacking, which any of the low-UIDs here can tell you originally referred to tinkering. Cracking might be a better term.
Quite being so pedantic and accept that the meanings of words in any language change over time, and that time has become smaller and smaller in the modern age of communication.
I disagree with his comment that it's a stagnant industry. While there are quite a few games built on the EQ model, others are branching out in new directions.
Horizons, while still a grind, was an example of the latter, changing the focus of the game from "improve self" to "improve world".
For an example of an MMO that's definitely not built on the EQ design, check out Empire of Sports. Disclaimer: I work there. Lots of neat ideas in the game, focused on (duh) sports, physiology, metabolism, etc.
The industry is growing and changing, but perhaps not in the way that Lord British wants.;-)
If a song is good enough to still earn money after 50 years, the artist is probably richer than his wildest dreams. Read as: doesn't need the income.
Just to play devil's advocate... where exactly is the line between "deserves more income" and "doesn't deserve more income"? If you can't tell me exactly where that is (although I'm sure there will be a plethora of responses with nonsensical numbers) and why, then I'm afraid we need a better argument than that.
I know we all love to bash MS, but they are *good* at making money and unlikely to put themselves in quite such a position where it'd be easy to sue them (well, successfully).
I think the "over-zealous" spam filter explanation is much more likely...
Since the value of your own life is essentially boundless, markets don't regulate health care well.
I'm 100 percent confident I'm going to get seriously modded down for this, but... the point that you make isn't as strong for government-operated healthcare as you think. The value of your own life to yourself is essentially boundless. Is it the same to society?
Sure, if you're Mother Theresa or such, society benefits from keeping you alive, even at excessive costs. But if you're a junky wasting away your life on crack, how much money is your life worth to society? (for the purpose of this argument, assume you have no redeeming qualities whatsoever and will never amount to anything). Government systems simply don't make any judgement regarding return on investment (see government construction projects, where the lowest bid gets the job, period). Therefore, the system is inherently inefficient.
Of course, current free-market systems wouldn't work in this example either. Ma T didn't make a whole lot of money, she wouldn't get the service she needs. No, the current model assumes worth based on economic success and takes that as an indicator of future success. So a different model might be better.
But in the end, arguments such as this or any other won't make a difference; people always want what's best for themselves. The rich believe they deserve good treatment because they can afford it. The poor believe that the rich owe them healthcare (I don't know how to word this statement any better, but look at it from a socialist-redistribution-of-wealth point of view). Most will make the argument that their plan is the right one for the majority of somesuch, but very few think of anyone but themselves.
Myself in included. I have a higher education, good job, and lots of marketable skills; I intend to be able to buy whatever healthcare I need.:)
No, you don't get those people. While I don't agree with most of what they're doing, they're certainly not monitoring your cable connection.
For example, they could simply do a search on limewire, The Pirate Bay, or wherever for a piece of copyrighted material that their member organizations own. They could then download the file, watching all the IPs that offer a piece of that file up to their computer. If, upon downloading the file, they find that it is indeed copyrighted material, they have strong reason to believe that each of those IPs represents someone illegally offering the file for download to others. That's not monitoring your connection, it's monitoring their own.
Of course, in cases like bit torrents, people will tell you that because only a small piece of the file comes from a given computer, there's no way to prove that someone had the entire file. If they didn't have the entire file, they might not have known what they were downloading and making available to others. Frankly, I think that's stretching "reasonable doubt" a little far, but I guess it's for the courts to decide.
Not true. I've spoken with a number of Canadians who have had to travel to the US or elsewhere to get an MRI, because the only other option was to wait 6 months.
Frankly, I'd rather pay a large chunk of my salary than have to wait half a year for medical services.
I love my Mac, but several times a day the Safari web browser crashes (Sorry, "Closes Unexpectedly") for no reason Actually, I had the same thing... until I upgraded to the beta for 3. For all that I hear about how unstable and horrible the Windows version is, the Mac version is really quite slick!
Note how the GP's comment on getting modded down came immediately after his/her/its comment on a global museum warning. I would hazard a guess that the modded down portion refers to Slashdotters being pro global warming (I almost said pro GW - whoops, that would be a slip) theory, not pro religion
The irony of this comment that you may not realize is that Germans tend to be very anti-firearm.;-) So this argument probably won't sway many up there!
Oddly enough, I've never had that experience. I've flown around the US and Europe, and as a general rule (with one or two minor exceptions) I've found that a smile and a friendly hello are all that's required to make people treat you pleasantly. Sure, it's not like it keeps me from getting searched, but I've never had anyone been overtly rude or anything.
American corporations and government no longer care for education or REAL progress, unless it can make a buck, and even then aren't willing to reward the people who actually create that progress.
Does it really surprsise anyone that this comment came from a guy with the handle "marxist hacker" ?;)
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Always an excuse, eh? Can't sell the shares cuz you've got no other 401(k) options?
Give me a break! Translation: it's not worth taking a stand for human right if it's going to cost you your retirement package. You're not willing to make that big a sacrifice.
Now, I'm not pulling the moral high ground here; I agree with the Google shareholders. However, if you're going to preach, then have the balls to follow through! This is a pretty typical example of how people want to talk the talk but don't want to take the necessary inconveniences/troubles to actually make a difference.
If that's the way you talk/act, you shouldn't be surprised when other people label you a hypocrite and ignore you.
Sure. If you have lots of space, enough resources to cover the cost of maintaining dual systems, etc. etc. etc.
;-)
Sounds to me like you've never had to upgrade servers in an already overloaded data center.
I don't really think this is all that bad. I mean, if I go skiing here in Switzerland, and I have an accident, I have to pay for the search and/or rescue (unless my private insurance covers it). This is really just the same kind of deal.
Admittedly, it's kind of an extra blow to the missus, but why should the taxpayers cover the cost of my/his/someone else's mistake?
I would love to see evidence that unemployed programmers are choosing not to work at Microsoft.
I for one know several people that work there, and while it's not exactly a walk at the park, it is a pretty decent job with some really incredible compensation opportunities.
Whether you agree with the Bushies or the Greens, this seems like a bad idea to me. Do we really want politicians mandating which subjects our children are taught? Shouldn't that be left to someone... I dunno... competent?
I say this as an ex-disillusioned young IT worker (28) who decided that IT in a Fortune 100 wasn't cutting it, took off to Europe (from the US) to do his MBA, and never looked back.
The world is yours for the taking, if you have the balls and intelligence to do something with it.
So basically, you accuse America of acting selfishly to protect our position of "privilege". Do you have any idea, though, how arrogant it sounds to compare a country of more than a billion people to us in the 1930s? Get over it!
There's a big difference between ignorantly pushing technology forward when you don't know the consequences as opposed to pushing forward when you're well aware of what will happen. The BRIC nations can have a much more detrimental effect on the environment than America has ever had. It may not be fair, but guess what - that's life. It ain't fair. Deal.
Maybe if you were an actual child killer it would matter
Uh....maybe?
And it's not really hacking, which any of the low-UIDs here can tell you originally referred to tinkering. Cracking might be a better term.
Quite being so pedantic and accept that the meanings of words in any language change over time, and that time has become smaller and smaller in the modern age of communication.
To be pedantic, nobody *forces* you to use any service plan... it's more a consequence of your *choice* to use the iPhone.
If you're someone for whom sex is the most important element of your existence, I'd strongly advocate getting a life.
;-)
That statement is exactly why you're a Slashdotter, I think.
I disagree with his comment that it's a stagnant industry. While there are quite a few games built on the EQ model, others are branching out in new directions.
;-)
Horizons, while still a grind, was an example of the latter, changing the focus of the game from "improve self" to "improve world".
For an example of an MMO that's definitely not built on the EQ design, check out Empire of Sports. Disclaimer: I work there. Lots of neat ideas in the game, focused on (duh) sports, physiology, metabolism, etc.
The industry is growing and changing, but perhaps not in the way that Lord British wants.
If a song is good enough to still earn money after 50 years, the artist is probably richer than his wildest dreams. Read as: doesn't need the income.
Just to play devil's advocate... where exactly is the line between "deserves more income" and "doesn't deserve more income"? If you can't tell me exactly where that is (although I'm sure there will be a plethora of responses with nonsensical numbers) and why, then I'm afraid we need a better argument than that.
Apologies if OP was intended to be humorous!
I know we all love to bash MS, but they are *good* at making money and unlikely to put themselves in quite such a position where it'd be easy to sue them (well, successfully).
I think the "over-zealous" spam filter explanation is much more likely...
Muslims are responsible for most suicide missions now that the US has invaded the middle east.
For the record, there were muslim suicide bombers in the region long before our boys and girls arrived.
I complain that there is an incredible lack of competent executives running the companies out there.
;-)
Which in turn translates to an incredible business opportunity for you, if you're that much better!
Since the value of your own life is essentially boundless, markets don't regulate health care well.
:)
I'm 100 percent confident I'm going to get seriously modded down for this, but... the point that you make isn't as strong for government-operated healthcare as you think. The value of your own life to yourself is essentially boundless. Is it the same to society?
Sure, if you're Mother Theresa or such, society benefits from keeping you alive, even at excessive costs. But if you're a junky wasting away your life on crack, how much money is your life worth to society? (for the purpose of this argument, assume you have no redeeming qualities whatsoever and will never amount to anything). Government systems simply don't make any judgement regarding return on investment (see government construction projects, where the lowest bid gets the job, period). Therefore, the system is inherently inefficient.
Of course, current free-market systems wouldn't work in this example either. Ma T didn't make a whole lot of money, she wouldn't get the service she needs. No, the current model assumes worth based on economic success and takes that as an indicator of future success. So a different model might be better.
But in the end, arguments such as this or any other won't make a difference; people always want what's best for themselves. The rich believe they deserve good treatment because they can afford it. The poor believe that the rich owe them healthcare (I don't know how to word this statement any better, but look at it from a socialist-redistribution-of-wealth point of view). Most will make the argument that their plan is the right one for the majority of somesuch, but very few think of anyone but themselves.
Myself in included. I have a higher education, good job, and lots of marketable skills; I intend to be able to buy whatever healthcare I need.
No, you don't get those people. While I don't agree with most of what they're doing, they're certainly not monitoring your cable connection.
For example, they could simply do a search on limewire, The Pirate Bay, or wherever for a piece of copyrighted material that their member organizations own. They could then download the file, watching all the IPs that offer a piece of that file up to their computer. If, upon downloading the file, they find that it is indeed copyrighted material, they have strong reason to believe that each of those IPs represents someone illegally offering the file for download to others. That's not monitoring your connection, it's monitoring their own.
Of course, in cases like bit torrents, people will tell you that because only a small piece of the file comes from a given computer, there's no way to prove that someone had the entire file. If they didn't have the entire file, they might not have known what they were downloading and making available to others. Frankly, I think that's stretching "reasonable doubt" a little far, but I guess it's for the courts to decide.
Not true. I've spoken with a number of Canadians who have had to travel to the US or elsewhere to get an MRI, because the only other option was to wait 6 months.
Frankly, I'd rather pay a large chunk of my salary than have to wait half a year for medical services.
Well, admittedly I'm living in Switzerland at the moment, which is to the the rest of European prices as 5th avenue is to Gary Indiana, but...
:)
I see a LOT of phones here that cost more than that, and even some that exceed that price point with a 24 month contract.
So here, at least, and maybe in major metro areas like London, I'd say the iPhone has a chance.
That being said, I have no desire to purchase one, I don't see anything in it to like.
Note how the GP's comment on getting modded down came immediately after his/her/its comment on a global museum warning. I would hazard a guess that the modded down portion refers to Slashdotters being pro global warming (I almost said pro GW - whoops, that would be a slip) theory, not pro religion
The irony of this comment that you may not realize is that Germans tend to be very anti-firearm. ;-) So this argument probably won't sway many up there!
Oddly enough, I've never had that experience. I've flown around the US and Europe, and as a general rule (with one or two minor exceptions) I've found that a smile and a friendly hello are all that's required to make people treat you pleasantly. Sure, it's not like it keeps me from getting searched, but I've never had anyone been overtly rude or anything.
American corporations and government no longer care for education or REAL progress, unless it can make a buck, and even then aren't willing to reward the people who actually create that progress.
;)
Does it really surprsise anyone that this comment came from a guy with the handle "marxist hacker" ?