Too true, my friend. What is with all these consumers and their sense of entitlement? If you don't like the service that the free market provides, you are free to start your own telecommunications company and do a better job if you're so smart. Too many people want to change the way things are done without realizing that they were perfect 150 years ago before ivory tower liberals started trying to make everything "fair" at the barrel of a government gun.
Nothing good ever came from citizens trying to govern themselves as a people. We should know our place and learn to appreciate the opportunities created for us by the captains of industry who decided not to just drive around all day listening to raps and shooting all the jobs, but to work hard and create wealth and jobs.
The free market's homeostatic mechanisms automatically set the level of these types of practices. I know everyone expects handouts these days, but when you let government start levying fines against competitive companies, you are actually punishing job creation. I can supersize with the liberal sentiment that wants to give everyone a raise but we should fear the day when there are government goons setting limits on my employer's rational self-interest.
Yes, yes it is. If someone offers you exorbitant compensation from public funds and imposes no consequences for failure to deliver, it is unethical to persist once you realize what's going on since you're basically stealing from the public. Both sides of the deal are in the wrong. If the donor were a private entity, then there's no problem.
Isn't it unethical to accept way too much public money over a decade and produce no tangible results, regardless of how stupid or corrupt anyone else might be?
I've been posting lots of melodramatic stuff online about Obama being a usurper and how he's going to throw conservatives in gulags, but now I see how good I've actually got it. Wow.
So when you pay taxes for police to protect other people's property, that's slavery.
When you pay taxes and we build roads so you can conduct commerce, that's slavery.
I think you can think of a few more examples. Maybe you can go to the library and do some research. Oh, the library is slavery too.
All of that behavior is configurable and can be changed to support what you think is the one true way.
Uh, how's your "reading"? I said default behavior. I love open source as much as the next guy but this "if you don't like it, figure out the configuration option or hack it yourself" attitude reeks of elitism.
If the Japanese know what's good for them they will take to the streets to protest this heavy handed government intrusion into private industry. Charger standards will emerge for cars when the market is ready, just like with cell phones. Ask the Russians how they like their centrally planned economy and then ask yourself if you really want big gubbermint bureaucrats legislating charger standards for cars, or USB chargers for cell phones.
1. Open the browser as quickly as possible and let the user click the page they want from the history / most visited list (Safari, Chrome, Opera do this)
2. Open the browser and check all the plugins for updates, check to see if pages were open when the browser was last closed, stop loading, present a dialog asking the user if they want to load the browser (which is going to happen anyway regardless) or load the browser _and_ try to open N tabs simultaneously.
Recently? Firefox ceded the "lightweight alternative" throne to Opera years ago and it seems like ever since Chrome dropped they've just been rearranging deck chairs instead of trying to get out of the hole they're in.
When did we decide it was a good idea for a browser to interrupt its own startup procedure to ask you about reopening tabs and updating extensions?
When I clicked the icon, I wanted to go to a web page! Do all that other crap after you service my initial intent.
I knew Firefox was on its way out when I got a nag screen on startup asking me to upgrade. When I declined, it didn't go away and launch the browser, no, it popped up a survey web page, inside a modal dialog which was way too small and could not be scrolled or resized.
Slashdot Mirror
Too true, my friend. What is with all these consumers and their sense of entitlement? If you don't like the service that the free market provides, you are free to start your own telecommunications company and do a better job if you're so smart. Too many people want to change the way things are done without realizing that they were perfect 150 years ago before ivory tower liberals started trying to make everything "fair" at the barrel of a government gun.
Nothing good ever came from citizens trying to govern themselves as a people. We should know our place and learn to appreciate the opportunities created for us by the captains of industry who decided not to just drive around all day listening to raps and shooting all the jobs, but to work hard and create wealth and jobs.
The free market's homeostatic mechanisms automatically set the level of these types of practices. I know everyone expects handouts these days, but when you let government start levying fines against competitive companies, you are actually punishing job creation. I can supersize with the liberal sentiment that wants to give everyone a raise but we should fear the day when there are government goons setting limits on my employer's rational self-interest.
Yes, yes it is. If someone offers you exorbitant compensation from public funds and imposes no consequences for failure to deliver, it is unethical to persist once you realize what's going on since you're basically stealing from the public. Both sides of the deal are in the wrong. If the donor were a private entity, then there's no problem.
Isn't it unethical to accept way too much public money over a decade and produce no tangible results, regardless of how stupid or corrupt anyone else might be?
If the government had done it, it would have cost even more. I am sure the free market will punish these consultants accordingly.
Companies which submit false information will be driven out of business by the natural splendor of the free market.
I've been posting lots of melodramatic stuff online about Obama being a usurper and how he's going to throw conservatives in gulags, but now I see how good I've actually got it. Wow.
It's your smugness that's offensive, not your stupid beliefs. Get over yourself.
So when you pay taxes for police to protect other people's property, that's slavery. When you pay taxes and we build roads so you can conduct commerce, that's slavery. I think you can think of a few more examples. Maybe you can go to the library and do some research. Oh, the library is slavery too.
Smug fucker aren't we? Eat shit much?
An American accusing a European of being trash and having no culture. Cute.
As in "I wish there were fewer illiterate retards on Slashdot."
Lotta people seem to be having trouble reading my post. Here is the key term: default behavior.
At least we agree that without the ability to put criminals and terrorists to death, the state can never provide justice to its shareholders.
What if I was talking about the default behavior and even opened my post with that term? Hmmmmmmmmmmm
All of that behavior is configurable and can be changed to support what you think is the one true way.
Uh, how's your "reading"? I said default behavior. I love open source as much as the next guy but this "if you don't like it, figure out the configuration option or hack it yourself" attitude reeks of elitism.
Now go cry in a corner and leave us alone.
Says the computer janitor posting anonymously.
If the Japanese know what's good for them they will take to the streets to protest this heavy handed government intrusion into private industry. Charger standards will emerge for cars when the market is ready, just like with cell phones. Ask the Russians how they like their centrally planned economy and then ask yourself if you really want big gubbermint bureaucrats legislating charger standards for cars, or USB chargers for cell phones.
Thanks for the advice, Sam Walton.
You're just mad because we get to eat all the poop. Mmm, delicious poop.
cool story bro!
Which is better default behavior?
1. Open the browser as quickly as possible and let the user click the page they want from the history / most visited list (Safari, Chrome, Opera do this)
2. Open the browser and check all the plugins for updates, check to see if pages were open when the browser was last closed, stop loading, present a dialog asking the user if they want to load the browser (which is going to happen anyway regardless) or load the browser _and_ try to open N tabs simultaneously.
If you said 2 you are an imbecile.
Recently? Firefox ceded the "lightweight alternative" throne to Opera years ago and it seems like ever since Chrome dropped they've just been rearranging deck chairs instead of trying to get out of the hole they're in.
When did we decide it was a good idea for a browser to interrupt its own startup procedure to ask you about reopening tabs and updating extensions?
When I clicked the icon, I wanted to go to a web page! Do all that other crap after you service my initial intent.
I knew Firefox was on its way out when I got a nag screen on startup asking me to upgrade. When I declined, it didn't go away and launch the browser, no, it popped up a survey web page, inside a modal dialog which was way too small and could not be scrolled or resized.
WAY TO GO, FIREFOX
This is also explains the current state of America's democracy.