"How about the business model of filing an idiotically general patent, suing a new entrant to your market before they have millions of dollars to defend themselves in court, sucking their coffers dry and driving them out of the market, thus ensuring your market position?"
Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
"People will go back to theaters when the social experience is positive again."
I don't care to burn fuel, hunt a parking spot, etc. when I can watch anything I like at home. I can hit Pause and go pinch a loaf or grab a snack while missing nothing.
"Maybe I'm getting old but the experience these days seems to have been taken over by thugs."
Loud-ass poor trash ARE more common, civility is dead, and it ain't coming back. Unless you are in a theater whose content doesn't interest losers, expect losers.
"Nothing beats unwrapping a fresh newspaper, and nothing beats knowing that there will be a fresh newspaper right there outside your door, every morning."
I wouldn't want one if it were free. More paper waste, and I'm quite ancient (53) and grew up with the limited info of local papers.
I want my news online so I can monitor MORE content which interests me and ignore the bullshit.
"Slashdot: providing anti-social weirdos a soapbox, since 1997!"
Since when it is "anti-social" to kill your masters who are your deliberate and malicious enemies?
Laws are for the rich. If you decide you have nothing to lose, why not take some of your enemies with you instead of being crushed by the legal system they own?
It's the ultimate way of saying "NO!", and he who doesn't fear punishment cannot be enslaved. Our masters don't fear us. They only fear brute violence, nothing else. As long as we are cozy enough not to inflict it upon them, they win.
I'm comfortable enough that I don't feel any need to act. Someone in a different situation might say "enough" and open fire. I'll not call that choice "anti-social". My choice not to act is much more selfish.
China is assertive as befits any large, developed country. ALL countries have a duty to spy on all potential competitors and opponents.
Note that:
The US, for ZERO benefit to its own citizens, spends trillions of dollars on military forces in Asia which exist for the sole purpose of coercing China to do what American politicians want of it. We go into debt to "defend" Asian countries who are rich and could more than defend themselves, all in return for....nothing except looting our taxpayers.
"Ever try to fix electrical problems on a car? Nasty, way tougher to track down than mechanical problems. "
Sometimes, but OBD for an EV poses no particular challenges. Modern autos don't preclude home mechanics, and I'd rather deal with them than hassle with carbs and points of ancient times.
Modern ICE vehicles are far more complex than a pure EV.
A multimeter, a test light, a code reader, and salvage parts to play "swaptronics" solve most problems.
"In another tone, I don't really understand why it "doesn't count" to send unmanned missions in our stead. To the people that say that "we haven't been on mars", I just reply, "I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords"."
Manned missions are vicariously entertaining, that is all.
Perfected robots would be vastly more useful than just flinging meat into space for the fuck of it.
We send ROVs to the bottom of the sea because at those pressures there is nothing for humans to do which can't be done remotely. Those humans who go, go for amusement.
Space is at least equally hostile. No matter how close you get, "no touchee!" without some barrier. Send machines first, not least because EXPENDABLE machines can evolve quickly, while EACH MEAT SUPPORT SYSTEM MEANS DECADES OF STASIS AS DID THE SHUTTLES.
"If your astronauts bite the dust, so does your mission."
Stop sending manned missions for a couple of hundred years and develop robots (absolutely required for manned missions and desperately needed here on Earth, more so than the space program itself) instead.
We are trying to send manned missions when the GLOBAL BASE OF TECHNOLOGY IS PRIMITIVE. (All tech, not just aerospace.)
Ballistic missions to Luna for the purpose of Cold War Penis Waving are one thing, but we SHOULD NOT NEED manned missions for anything other than human amusement or travel to prepared locations our superb robots have readied first.
We don't need MANNED missions as a benchmark and won't for a long time. Send robots first. Let the tourists write checks to other countries or to private US firms.
We have thousands of years to explore space, which is best done by the robots we MUST have to interact with the utterly hostile off-world environment.
We need better robots on Earth even more than we need a space program.
The idea of meat tourists is exciting, and they can pay their own way.
Actual exploration can be done remotely and should because the manned tourist program sucks resources we could use to get much more exploration accomplished.
Just as the only reason to send humans to the bottom of the ocean instead of ROVs is personal amusement, so the only reason to send humans to space before robots are perfected is personal amusement.
When wooden ships and iron men were expendable, lost ships anddead crew were accepted.
Now, crew make manned systems monstrously expensive and economies of scale can't happen at our primitive level of supporting technologies. People are a burden, like it or not. They don't need to go early. That's doing it the hard way, and it's dumb.
Just copy the program folder and your backup is ready to run elsewhere. Even my non-geek friends like it since it's easy for them to use. It's easy for them to archive too. Burn the program folder to DVD and a sync later on won't trash your archive even if you deleted messages from the server.
Sure, you can export messages from a conventional client for backup, but then you have to import them to read them. Too much like work for me.
Slashdot Mirror
"(because *nobody* pirates the home edition)"
Since you mentioned, I checked and (at the moment) this has 421 seeders and 145 leechers! Comedy Gold!
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6863991/Windows_7_home_premium_64_bit_by_(oldBen)
"How about the business model of filing an idiotically general patent, suing a new entrant to your market before they have millions of dollars to defend themselves in court, sucking their coffers dry and driving them out of the market, thus ensuring your market position?"
Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
"Islam" is not a race.
It is a Middle Eastern superstitious ideology.
Ideology /= race.
Stop confusing superstition with biology.
In either case, they are more competent than the majority of Europe.
Europeans could learn from this if they cared.
Only Timmy McVeigh and Joe Stack so far.
"Grumbling" /= "Albert Herrhausen bicycle-borne ordnance".
A grand is nothing. Make it fifty so it will hurt a little bit.
You are free to do the same against the CommuNaziLibTards you fear.
Have at it.
"I bet ALL of the female bosses you've ever had, have had faces like a welder's bench"
Full of square holes and Acorn clamps? Yuck.
"you should be better than that."
As they say at the OTHER Slashdot (4chan), "you must be new here.")
"Companies exist to serve the public. The profit motive is only a guide. "
Companies exist to make profit. Public service is a cost center.
If we judge by test pilots and combat pilots, MUCH more risk is tolerable.
The PUBLIC are the fear-freaks.
"What reason is there to upgrade?"
Heretic!
Don't you know Change is Progress?
"People will go back to theaters when the social experience is positive again."
I don't care to burn fuel, hunt a parking spot, etc. when I can watch anything I like at home. I can hit Pause and go pinch a loaf or grab a snack while missing nothing.
"Maybe I'm getting old but the experience these days seems to have been taken over by thugs."
Loud-ass poor trash ARE more common, civility is dead, and it ain't coming back. Unless you are in a theater whose content doesn't interest losers, expect losers.
"Nothing beats unwrapping a fresh newspaper, and nothing beats knowing that there will be a fresh newspaper right there outside your door, every morning."
I wouldn't want one if it were free. More paper waste, and I'm quite ancient (53) and grew up with the limited info of local papers.
I want my news online so I can monitor MORE content which interests me and ignore the bullshit.
Mod Parent Up for Extreme Truthiness!
"Slashdot: providing anti-social weirdos a soapbox, since 1997!"
Since when it is "anti-social" to kill your masters who are your deliberate and malicious enemies?
Laws are for the rich. If you decide you have nothing to lose, why not take some of your enemies with you instead of being crushed by the legal system they own?
It's the ultimate way of saying "NO!", and he who doesn't fear punishment cannot be enslaved. Our masters don't fear us. They only fear brute violence, nothing else. As long as we are cozy enough not to inflict it upon them, they win.
I'm comfortable enough that I don't feel any need to act. Someone in a different situation might say "enough" and open fire. I'll not call that choice "anti-social". My choice not to act is much more selfish.
>>>>>>>> China is no longer Maoist.
China is assertive as befits any large, developed country. ALL countries have a duty to spy on all potential competitors and opponents.
Note that:
The US, for ZERO benefit to its own citizens, spends trillions of dollars on military forces in Asia which exist for the sole purpose of coercing China to do what American politicians want of it. We go into debt to "defend" Asian countries who are rich and could more than defend themselves, all in return for....nothing except looting our taxpayers.
There are no "good" or "nice" guys.
This guy was PLAYING Big Brother and using computers which did not BELONG to him.
The right to control what one OWNS is fundamental to liberty.
He didn't own the machines he exploited.
Shit on him and anyone like him be they Big Government or merely some wanker artist.
It was a chance to upgrade!
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple
You don't own that physical object, therefore not yours to play with.
"Ever try to fix electrical problems on a car? Nasty, way tougher to track down than mechanical problems. "
Sometimes, but OBD for an EV poses no particular challenges. Modern autos don't preclude home mechanics, and I'd rather deal with them than hassle with carbs and points of ancient times.
Modern ICE vehicles are far more complex than a pure EV.
A multimeter, a test light, a code reader, and salvage parts to play "swaptronics" solve most problems.
"In another tone, I don't really understand why it "doesn't count" to send unmanned missions in our stead. To the people that say that "we haven't been on mars", I just reply, "I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords"."
Manned missions are vicariously entertaining, that is all.
Perfected robots would be vastly more useful than just flinging meat into space for the fuck of it.
We send ROVs to the bottom of the sea because at those pressures there is nothing for humans to do which can't be done remotely. Those humans who go, go for amusement.
Space is at least equally hostile. No matter how close you get, "no touchee!" without some barrier. Send machines first, not least because EXPENDABLE machines can evolve quickly, while EACH MEAT SUPPORT SYSTEM MEANS DECADES OF STASIS AS DID THE SHUTTLES.
"If your astronauts bite the dust, so does your mission."
Stop sending manned missions for a couple of hundred years and develop robots (absolutely required for manned missions and desperately needed here on Earth, more so than the space program itself) instead.
We are trying to send manned missions when the GLOBAL BASE OF TECHNOLOGY IS PRIMITIVE. (All tech, not just aerospace.)
Ballistic missions to Luna for the purpose of Cold War Penis Waving are one thing, but we SHOULD NOT NEED manned missions for anything other than human amusement or travel to prepared locations our superb robots have readied first.
We don't need MANNED missions as a benchmark and won't for a long time. Send robots first. Let the tourists write checks to other countries or to private US firms.
We have thousands of years to explore space, which is best done by the robots we MUST have to interact with the utterly hostile off-world environment.
We need better robots on Earth even more than we need a space program.
The idea of meat tourists is exciting, and they can pay their own way.
Actual exploration can be done remotely and should because the manned tourist program sucks resources we could use to get much more exploration accomplished.
Just as the only reason to send humans to the bottom of the ocean instead of ROVs is personal amusement, so the only reason to send humans to space before robots are perfected is personal amusement.
When wooden ships and iron men were expendable, lost ships anddead crew were accepted.
Now, crew make manned systems monstrously expensive and economies of scale can't happen at our primitive level of supporting technologies. People are a burden, like it or not. They don't need to go early. That's doing it the hard way, and it's dumb.
"Why not? it is better than those other two you mentioned."
Not better than Thunderbird if you want portability and the easiest backup (copy the program folder) of any email client.
I install it on Windows whether or not the goal is "USB drive portability".
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable/
Just copy the program folder and your backup is ready to run elsewhere. Even my non-geek friends like it since it's easy for them to use. It's easy for them to archive too. Burn the program folder to DVD and a sync later on won't trash your archive even if you deleted messages from the server.
Sure, you can export messages from a conventional client for backup, but then you have to import them to read them. Too much like work for me.