Dude, try to sue in Britain under their libel laws. You'll be rich!
Oh, why libel - the fact that IBM linked their invention with yours caused you irrevocable damage to your reputation; not only as a F/OSS developer but as an honest human being.
When I read PCMag's article, I wanted to illegally download music. Then, as I was reading the other links, I got to the RIAA's letter. Now, instead of wanting to illegally download music, I want to become a douchebag that bullies average people into paying money that they don't owe.
Speaking of which, I am hereby putting everyone on notice who has ever mod'ed me down, that they have cause me emotional distress and based upon the mathematical formulas that the RIAA uses, I will be suing you for
One hundred billion dollars for each moderation. But, we can settle now for just $50,000.
Unless and until a dictatorship is in place, there is always a legal means: getting elected and changing the copyright laws.
The thing is, can one or a handful of elected people make a change? In the States, Libertarian candidates actually get elected every once in a while, but I'm afraid nothing has changed.
But if one has quite a bit of money, it's amazing how the system just bends to your will.
The big corporate machines with all the cash will never allow anyone to change IP law.
It's the headline. If it were "Acer's New 10" Andriod Tablet Proves to be a better alternative to the overpriced Apple iPad" then, you'd see a lot more comments.
Indeed. Why won't they believe that karma is indeed a bitch?
Many of us do. I resent the fact that I'm paying for a fucked up international policy. I don't like the fact that my government overthrew democratically elected governments just because they weren't Pro-American - see Iran 1950s.
I resent having to be taxed in order to support bases all around the World in order to "project power".
Many of these folks have a right to be pissed - NOT bomb civilians - but then again, they should look in the mirror and ask themselves if they really want to head down this road further.
They can really damage America just in the PR scene and cause the US a lot of grief without anyone dieing. They were on their way - then 9/11 and it fucked everything up.
The World Is Flat has a very interesting theory as to why Islamic Terrorism is happening and, according to the author, he has been approached privately by Muslims - especially Arabs - to tell him that he's right.
In a nutshell, the Muslim community feels that no one respects them. They look around and see all this prosperity around the World except in their countries (Indonesia has come a long way since the book was written, btw). The author also points out that the Muslim community really needs to have a hard look at themselves and the leaders they insist on backing. The need to stop this horseshit that America and Israel is keeping them down.
What we the US can do? Stop fucking with them. Stop overthrowing their Governments, for one. Stop "projecting power" for another - especially in the Muslim World.
Let's face it, the only group that's indiscriminately targeting American civilians in mass transportation are radicalized Muslims. Someone will probably mention McVeigh or go through the last few decades to come up with a list of a half dozen white guys who were "terrorists". They weren't terrorists. All of them had specific targets - people or Government buildings - in order to take those targets out: they were murderers. They were NOT targeting groups of Americans for the sake of creating terror.
All pencils and pens should be replaced with nice blunt magic markers.
Have to disagree with you there. You ever smell those things? There's some sort of mind altering chemicals in those things and we don't want our kids huffing Magic Markers and getting high! Just say No to Drugs!!
For math classes or other times when frequent erasing is needed, they can use an Etch-a-Sketch (tm).
Again, I disagree. The plastic can be smashed to make sharp implements to stab other students and that powder inside can be used to cause respiratory failure in a child, which will kill him or her.
Then there's the bus ride. We all know that traffic accidents are the major cause of death among you people, so they can't be driven to school or take the bus. They'll have to stay at home.
It's unfortunate, but school is just too deadly for our children.
Will someone think of the children and close our schools!
. Buy a quality product that will last you the rest of your life...
Easier said than done. Aside from things that are designed not to last, things wear out - regardless of their quality.
Also, how can you really tell? Consumer Reports doesn't do studies on how long things last on most of their reviews and even then, it's only for the first few years, like with appliances. And the "you get what you pay for" line is not true.
They did it because they can, and because nobody will punish them for their temerity with a bullet in the head.
They can't be tyrants because we, the US of A, liberated the Kuwaiti Royal Family and this monarchy from the evils of Saddam Hussein; which we then invaded Iraq to free its people from the oppressive tyranny of that tyrant in order to install a democracy.
Deloitte and the life insurers stress the databases wouldn't be used to make final decisions about applicants.
Bullshit.
She also says that, while Acxiom does store personally identifiable information, it doesn't store or merge anonymous online-tracking data, such as Web-browsing records.
Bullshit.
Units of News Corp., including The Wall Street Journal, supply information to marketing-database firms and buy information from them. "We have strict precautions around confidentiality," a spokeswoman said.
Bullshit.
The insurer says pilot projects with marketing data are continuing in its effort to improve clients' buying experience.
Bullshit.
All these quotes were made by PR and corporate stooges. Does anyone honestly think they would tell the real story?
But it all adds up - a little there, a little here, and if you're going for medical treatment, etc....
Of course, we're assuming that the numbers given by Rapiscan are in fact true - they didn't use cigarette company scientists to do their numbers.
No, I don't believe the FDA when they say that the scanners are "safe". I firmly believe they took Rapiscan's numbers at face value or adjusted their recommendations to be favorable to to Rapiscan - like they did for the Tuna industry and mercury intake. The FDA is beholden to industry.
As we can see here, the TSA doesn't like even blurry crotches. All that stuff we heard about "blurring the private areas" was a lie by the TSA and John Pistole because here we have someone who had to get patted down anyway because of a blurred crotch.
It's amazing how Slashdot's usual libertarian attitude to just about everything develops a strong protectionist bent as soon as American tech jobs are on the line.
If American firms said, "We're going overseas for cheaper labor." I could accept that. But when they say they are going overseas because US workers aren't good enough, that's just a down right lie and shitty of them and I'll remember - Intel and IBM.
I understand that there are billions of people on Earth and all of them are just as capable as Americans and as a result, all labor is now a commodity. I accept that. Nothing can be done either and even if there were, I wouldn't want it to be done because that outcome would be worse - I know enough about economics to know that much (See what happened in the 30s when tariffs were enacted ).
And it's really frustrating when you try to get more education and training to move to another line of work (resulting many times in a shitload of school debt), you have trouble because of age or every other out of work IT guy is jumping at the opportunity (I think there's going to be a HUGE glut of nurses in a few years for one), and you see more go overseas - but you're told the same trite line "you just need to retrain and get education" - it's not working anymore. The economy isn't growing fast enough to employ all the new college grads let alone the millions out of work.
This reminds me of the Stephen Colbert + Mexican farm workers demonstrating how even when offered US workers didnt take the farming jobs.
A "program" offered by a character on a Comedy Central program isn't exactly a valid cite. How many people actually thought it was real? And for most people who live on the coasts, how many farms are there around them that would actually hire that kind of worker. I think the closest one to me is about a 3 hour drive - one way.
The contractor that Serrano trained at IBM was from China, but Serrano didn't know her immigration status. And despite having to train her replacement,...
I had to do the same thing at another company and he was the one who asked me what the '*' by variables mean and "what's a pointer?"
That's why when I hear some big shot at Intel, IBM or any other big corp says that they are hiring overseas because 'they can't find qualified Americans", I have to go off and mumble "Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit.... "
Just tell the fucking truth. They want cheaper labor. That's why as Indian salaries go up, they move to other countries.
Nope. It's corporate America. How do you tell when a PR person is lying? Their lips move.
Of course the economists will say this is good for the entire economy. Really? Then why have real wages been stagnant for over a decade - for everyone?
Go up the food chain? How can we when even the upper food chain jobs are leaving. Except of course upper management. But that will change. Some foreign based company without the obscene upper management pay of IBM or Intel is going to come in and eat their lunches - you'll see.
Can't you tell he has Turrets Syndrome! Good God! Instead of showing compassion, you people mod him down showing complete lack of sensitivity to this poor person's handicap!
To show support, jesus-mother-fucking-christ-cunt-licking-homo-basterds!
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The GNUstep core libraries strictly adhere to the OpenStep standard and OPENSTEP implementation.
From the submission:
While Apple has continued to update their specification in the form of Cocoa and Mac OS X, ...
So, I take it one would need two code bases?
Oh, why libel - the fact that IBM linked their invention with yours caused you irrevocable damage to your reputation; not only as a F/OSS developer but as an honest human being.
I personally would prefer we just stop using grammar. If the intention is clear then does it really matter?
I don't know.
From your original post:
...your still using limewire ...
My still is using limewire? Dude, what are you distilling? Some sort of lime tequila?
I kid! I kid!
Speaking of which, I am hereby putting everyone on notice who has ever mod'ed me down, that they have cause me emotional distress and based upon the mathematical formulas that the RIAA uses, I will be suing you for
One hundred billion dollars for each moderation. But, we can settle now for just $50,000.
of Facetime?
1! 2! 3! 4! I call an IP war!
Unless and until a dictatorship is in place, there is always a legal means: getting elected and changing the copyright laws.
The thing is, can one or a handful of elected people make a change? In the States, Libertarian candidates actually get elected every once in a while, but I'm afraid nothing has changed.
But if one has quite a bit of money, it's amazing how the system just bends to your will.
The big corporate machines with all the cash will never allow anyone to change IP law.
Turkey tumor casserole?
...interested in the turkey genome due to the animal's susceptibility to caner...
So, what part of the turkey gets "A slender, strong but often flexible stem, as of certain bamboos, reeds, or rattans."?
It's the headline. If it were "Acer's New 10" Andriod Tablet Proves to be a better alternative to the overpriced Apple iPad" then, you'd see a lot more comments.
Indeed. Why won't they believe that karma is indeed a bitch?
Many of us do. I resent the fact that I'm paying for a fucked up international policy. I don't like the fact that my government overthrew democratically elected governments just because they weren't Pro-American - see Iran 1950s.
I resent having to be taxed in order to support bases all around the World in order to "project power".
Many of these folks have a right to be pissed - NOT bomb civilians - but then again, they should look in the mirror and ask themselves if they really want to head down this road further.
They can really damage America just in the PR scene and cause the US a lot of grief without anyone dieing. They were on their way - then 9/11 and it fucked everything up.
And fuck you for using made up statistics on a useless straw man argument.
Ahem....
Oh wait, it says 81%! BadAnologyGuy got it wrong! He said it was 82% and it's really 81%!
I bet he feels really stewped now!
In a nutshell, the Muslim community feels that no one respects them.
They look around and see all this prosperity around the World except in their countries (Indonesia has come a long way since the book was written, btw).
The author also points out that the Muslim community really needs to have a hard look at themselves and the leaders they insist on backing. The need to stop this horseshit that America and Israel is keeping them down.
What we the US can do? Stop fucking with them. Stop overthrowing their Governments, for one. Stop "projecting power" for another - especially in the Muslim World.
Let's face it, the only group that's indiscriminately targeting American civilians in mass transportation are radicalized Muslims. Someone will probably mention McVeigh or go through the last few decades to come up with a list of a half dozen white guys who were "terrorists". They weren't terrorists. All of them had specific targets - people or Government buildings - in order to take those targets out: they were murderers. They were NOT targeting groups of Americans for the sake of creating terror.
All pencils and pens should be replaced with nice blunt magic markers.
Have to disagree with you there. You ever smell those things? There's some sort of mind altering chemicals in those things and we don't want our kids huffing Magic Markers and getting high! Just say No to Drugs!!
For math classes or other times when frequent erasing is needed, they can use an Etch-a-Sketch (tm).
Again, I disagree. The plastic can be smashed to make sharp implements to stab other students and that powder inside can be used to cause respiratory failure in a child, which will kill him or her.
Then there's the bus ride. We all know that traffic accidents are the major cause of death among you people, so they can't be driven to school or take the bus. They'll have to stay at home.
It's unfortunate, but school is just too deadly for our children.
Will someone think of the children and close our schools!
. Buy a quality product that will last you the rest of your life ...
Easier said than done. Aside from things that are designed not to last, things wear out - regardless of their quality.
Also, how can you really tell? Consumer Reports doesn't do studies on how long things last on most of their reviews and even then, it's only for the first few years, like with appliances. And the "you get what you pay for" line is not true.
I just consume less overall.
They did it because they can, and because nobody will punish them for their temerity with a bullet in the head.
They can't be tyrants because we, the US of A, liberated the Kuwaiti Royal Family and this monarchy from the evils of Saddam Hussein; which we then invaded Iraq to free its people from the oppressive tyranny of that tyrant in order to install a democracy.
Don't you just love US foreign policy?
Deloitte and the life insurers stress the databases wouldn't be used to make final decisions about applicants.
Bullshit.
She also says that, while Acxiom does store personally identifiable information, it doesn't store or merge anonymous online-tracking data, such as Web-browsing records.
Bullshit.
Units of News Corp., including The Wall Street Journal, supply information to marketing-database firms and buy information from them. "We have strict precautions around confidentiality," a spokeswoman said.
Bullshit.
The insurer says pilot projects with marketing data are continuing in its effort to improve clients' buying experience.
Bullshit.
All these quotes were made by PR and corporate stooges. Does anyone honestly think they would tell the real story?
FORD = Found On Road Dead
I know someone who's married to a Turkish guy. She gets extra screening every time she flies.
Of course, we're assuming that the numbers given by Rapiscan are in fact true - they didn't use cigarette company scientists to do their numbers.
No, I don't believe the FDA when they say that the scanners are "safe". I firmly believe they took Rapiscan's numbers at face value or adjusted their recommendations to be favorable to to Rapiscan - like they did for the Tuna industry and mercury intake. The FDA is beholden to industry.
As we can see here, the TSA doesn't like even blurry crotches. All that stuff we heard about "blurring the private areas" was a lie by the TSA and John Pistole because here we have someone who had to get patted down anyway because of a blurred crotch.
It's amazing how Slashdot's usual libertarian attitude to just about everything develops a strong protectionist bent as soon as American tech jobs are on the line.
If American firms said, "We're going overseas for cheaper labor." I could accept that. But when they say they are going overseas because US workers aren't good enough, that's just a down right lie and shitty of them and I'll remember - Intel and IBM.
I understand that there are billions of people on Earth and all of them are just as capable as Americans and as a result, all labor is now a commodity. I accept that. Nothing can be done either and even if there were, I wouldn't want it to be done because that outcome would be worse - I know enough about economics to know that much (See what happened in the 30s when tariffs were enacted ).
And it's really frustrating when you try to get more education and training to move to another line of work (resulting many times in a shitload of school debt), you have trouble because of age or every other out of work IT guy is jumping at the opportunity (I think there's going to be a HUGE glut of nurses in a few years for one), and you see more go overseas - but you're told the same trite line "you just need to retrain and get education" - it's not working anymore. The economy isn't growing fast enough to employ all the new college grads let alone the millions out of work.
Shit's not good.
Dude. Nuclear stuff would be top secret - meaning foreign scientists wouldn't be allowed to work on them.
This reminds me of the Stephen Colbert + Mexican farm workers demonstrating how even when offered US workers didnt take the farming jobs.
A "program" offered by a character on a Comedy Central program isn't exactly a valid cite. How many people actually thought it was real? And for most people who live on the coasts, how many farms are there around them that would actually hire that kind of worker. I think the closest one to me is about a 3 hour drive - one way.
The contractor that Serrano trained at IBM was from China, but Serrano didn't know her immigration status. And despite having to train her replacement, ...
I had to do the same thing at another company and he was the one who asked me what the '*' by variables mean and "what's a pointer?"
That's why when I hear some big shot at Intel, IBM or any other big corp says that they are hiring overseas because 'they can't find qualified Americans", I have to go off and mumble "Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit. ... "
Just tell the fucking truth. They want cheaper labor. That's why as Indian salaries go up, they move to other countries.
Nope. It's corporate America. How do you tell when a PR person is lying? Their lips move.
Of course the economists will say this is good for the entire economy. Really? Then why have real wages been stagnant for over a decade - for everyone?
Go up the food chain? How can we when even the upper food chain jobs are leaving. Except of course upper management. But that will change. Some foreign based company without the obscene upper management pay of IBM or Intel is going to come in and eat their lunches - you'll see.
To show support, jesus-mother-fucking-christ-cunt-licking-homo-basterds!