The lie of infinite GDP is more than infinite can never be achieved. The lie is based upon raising income (GDP) is always good. The left wing nuts think that raising income is sustainable without inflation. We can produce more with less and that is increasing GDP, but isn't affecting income, because the cost is actually decreasing.
Here's a great example of what I'm talking about. My current phone, Droid X, has more computing and storage power than a computer from 20 years ago. If I had my Droid for sale at that time, it would have been worth Thousands of dollars, and it would have been the marvel of the world. Today it is almost "ho hum". My income hasn't been improved appreciably from this one simple advance in productivity.
What increasing GDP does, is make things more affordable in the long run, so that people who used to not be able to afford something, now can afford that thing.Efficiencies in the production of goods and services lowers the cost of those goods and services. GPD increases benefit to the "poor" more than any other group of people. Taxing GDP to support the poor is regressive in the long run, because it increases inefficiencies.
You can still do all the stuff you thought was possible on 266mhz and 64 MB. The problem is that you can't do stuff you want to do TODAY on such because you expect more out of your OS today than you did back in 1996. You know, Facebook, Skype and Twitter.
However "X is less notable than Y, and X is still there!" is not a persuasive argument for keeping Y or deleting X. The whole issue has to be addressed.
Actually, that is a most excellent starting point for discussion of what to keep and what not to keep. However, that shouldn't be the sole discussion point. The problem with having these types of discussions is that they are fairly complex in nature, and people with simple minds cannot comprehend more than one point at a time tend to rule the conversations.
I don't know OMM as I'm not into "gaming" and such. However, it seems to me that it is notable in so much as it has driven this entire/. thread into another realm of discussion, and thus that now makes it "notable" by itself. To me, what makes something notable (or not) is lasting effect upon society, even if minor. OMM is notable because it has an effect upon pop culture (Gaming), in the same way that say XKCD is notable (especially in light of malamanteau controversy).
Or you can walk to the trains and "showers" under your own power. The result is the same.
That is the shitty thing about tyrants, is that they don't care how you die, just that you do. It is better to stand opposed to them with every fiber of your being.
Semantics, but I do say you can "pirate" free versions. This is a case of pirating free software. The act of copying a work and claiming it as your own is piracy, free or not.
Martha Stewart trademarked "Martha Stewart", not "Martha" or "Stewart". Trademarking a name is easy, if your name is used in trade. And as many/.ers know, trademarks are limited to industries, thus Microsoft cannot sue Pella for use of "Windows" (or visa versa).
Further, Tolkien Estate needs to learn the lesson of the Streisand Effect, of which Streisand has no legal means of stopping the name of, as it is not a name used in trade. If Tolkien Estate isn't careful, to be "Tolkiened" might become a pejorative term .
If I were named Tolkien, I'd go in to jewelry making and make "Tolkien Rings", and enjoy the free publicity.
Please Define "network neutrality" in such a way that I will agree with you.;)
My definition would be
Network Neutrality: Standardized methods of routing and packet prioritization that doesn't favor or disfavor based upon origin or destination, nor giving favor or disfavor for packets to gain an advantage for competing services.
It is simple, concise and accurate.
That and Comcast sucks donkey balls. IF I could get DSL to my house, because even though it would be "slower" it would be faster than my Comcast. Or Verizon Fiber, I'd be all over it in a second. Comcast's 6 MB my ass. Only way I get 6 MB a sec is to do a Speed test to DSL Reports. I can't even maintain a steady low speed stream on Comcast. And it isn't for want of spending money, because I'd spend the money to get better service. But I'm not spending more money to get less service.
Search (Google: torah cycle) now puts me back on page 1, but not in the top spot it used to have. Again, I don't really care, just using it as an example.
Political circles are full of ignorant idiots who are stuck on perception, and not on reality. If reality was the case, Harry Reid could not have ever won reelection, and should be facing immediate recall for saying one of the most stupid statements I think I've ever heard by a Senator; that the US doesn't have
SEN. HARRY REID: "Every country virtually in the world has GPS. Mongolia has it. We don't.
Politics is a weird and strange world that has little nor no basis in reality.
I'm sorry, were you trying to insult me? Is that the best you could come up with is "Fucktard" ? Please forgive me for not feeling bad for your ignorance of my status of being informed (or not). You don't know jack about me, and because I'm not aware of a disgusting term used by a circle jerk of leftwing asswipes doesn't indicate, one way or another, my level of knowledge of a subject as a whole.
And because people like you and your ilk post as anonymous cowards only proves who is willing to establish who you really are... cowards.
Or in terms you might be able to understand.... bite me.
Never heard the term before today. I guess you have to be in certain circles to enjoy creating disgusting terms to shout down political debate. I bet you're proud to be part of that circle jerk.
This is what I don't get. How can you decry the business of another when it adversely affects you, especially when the two industries are completely unrelated (Retail vs Search/Tech)? Google's business is to provide the most relevant results to the search request made. PERIOD. One of the search terms my site consistently is in the top three sites for recently went down several spots as people who've lifted content off my site and posted it to their site, unabridged and unedited. Just flat out copy/pasted it. I know, because there are unique aspects about my content (relevantly unique), which is why my site was so well listed, and why the content was lifted and posted elsewhere.
I worked long and hard creating unique relevant pages to get to the top of the search, only to be replaced by exact copies on other websites. I'm not upset, I consider it flattery that my content is so good that people find it that useful that they want it as their own. However, I would be pissed if the information I had was commercial in nature (it isn't) and people were just taking it because of what I call the Kazaa mentality of just copying things because you want them and are too damn cheap to buy it. In a world where people (used to) buy ring tones for $2.99 but steal $.89 MP3s.
Anyway, back to my point, as a result of people plain stealing my website content, my rankings have dropped considerably by exact copies of my work. What used to be #1 on the first page is probably now somewhere on page #2. It would suck if wasn't giving the info away, the more places that have my info the better. Still, I would love for Google to realize where the original came from (history) and gave points for being "first" for relevant content.
We're doing well? We're going broke because we cannot continue the path we've started. Entitlements are what are killing us. Take a look at this. Nearly 2/3 of all federal spending is social programs and other entitlements. You figure out how to eliminate the deficit without cutting into any of that and you'll win the Nobel Prize for Economics.
They will charge you a fee to set it up in-house if you don't trust the googleplex. Remember kids, the first hit is free, the addiction not so much (see Microsoft Office)
I'm hoping our company tries this instead of implementing SharePain for the ten people who need to do collaboration. In fact, I'm mentioning it tomorrow!!!
There are reasons why designs are the way they are. And why Monster Trucks look stupid driving down a highway, but awesome driving over a line of cars.
Single purpose vehicles are better at one thing than multipurpose ones are at many things. Multipurpose vehicles are more complex, by design and necessity.
This is the problem in any engineered system. Feature Creep kills more good projects than makes good projects great.
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The lie of infinite GDP is more than infinite can never be achieved. The lie is based upon raising income (GDP) is always good. The left wing nuts think that raising income is sustainable without inflation. We can produce more with less and that is increasing GDP, but isn't affecting income, because the cost is actually decreasing.
Here's a great example of what I'm talking about. My current phone, Droid X, has more computing and storage power than a computer from 20 years ago. If I had my Droid for sale at that time, it would have been worth Thousands of dollars, and it would have been the marvel of the world. Today it is almost "ho hum". My income hasn't been improved appreciably from this one simple advance in productivity.
What increasing GDP does, is make things more affordable in the long run, so that people who used to not be able to afford something, now can afford that thing.Efficiencies in the production of goods and services lowers the cost of those goods and services. GPD increases benefit to the "poor" more than any other group of people. Taxing GDP to support the poor is regressive in the long run, because it increases inefficiencies.
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You can still do all the stuff you thought was possible on 266mhz and 64 MB. The problem is that you can't do stuff you want to do TODAY on such because you expect more out of your OS today than you did back in 1996. You know, Facebook, Skype and Twitter.
1) Latency.
2) Privacy.
3) Coverage.
4) Bandwidth
Those are just a few off the top of my head. Mesh networks look good on paper, but not so much in practicality
Actually, that is a most excellent starting point for discussion of what to keep and what not to keep. However, that shouldn't be the sole discussion point. The problem with having these types of discussions is that they are fairly complex in nature, and people with simple minds cannot comprehend more than one point at a time tend to rule the conversations.
I don't know OMM as I'm not into "gaming" and such. However, it seems to me that it is notable in so much as it has driven this entire /. thread into another realm of discussion, and thus that now makes it "notable" by itself. To me, what makes something notable (or not) is lasting effect upon society, even if minor. OMM is notable because it has an effect upon pop culture (Gaming), in the same way that say XKCD is notable (especially in light of malamanteau controversy).
Programmers acting like Charlie Sheen?? I don't think so.
Actually, I was under the assumption that Bing Is Not Google.
Or you can walk to the trains and "showers" under your own power. The result is the same.
That is the shitty thing about tyrants, is that they don't care how you die, just that you do. It is better to stand opposed to them with every fiber of your being.
Semantics, but I do say you can "pirate" free versions. This is a case of pirating free software. The act of copying a work and claiming it as your own is piracy, free or not.
Martha Stewart trademarked "Martha Stewart", not "Martha" or "Stewart". Trademarking a name is easy, if your name is used in trade. And as many /.ers know, trademarks are limited to industries, thus Microsoft cannot sue Pella for use of "Windows" (or visa versa).
Further, Tolkien Estate needs to learn the lesson of the Streisand Effect, of which Streisand has no legal means of stopping the name of, as it is not a name used in trade. If Tolkien Estate isn't careful, to be "Tolkiened" might become a pejorative term .
If I were named Tolkien, I'd go in to jewelry making and make "Tolkien Rings", and enjoy the free publicity.
Please Define "network neutrality" in such a way that I will agree with you. ;)
My definition would be
Network Neutrality: Standardized methods of routing and packet prioritization that doesn't favor or disfavor based upon origin or destination, nor giving favor or disfavor for packets to gain an advantage for competing services.
It is simple, concise and accurate.
That and Comcast sucks donkey balls. IF I could get DSL to my house, because even though it would be "slower" it would be faster than my Comcast. Or Verizon Fiber, I'd be all over it in a second. Comcast's 6 MB my ass. Only way I get 6 MB a sec is to do a Speed test to DSL Reports. I can't even maintain a steady low speed stream on Comcast. And it isn't for want of spending money, because I'd spend the money to get better service. But I'm not spending more money to get less service.
Did I mention Comcast sucks?
You're wrong.
Leaking GWB gov secrets is good
Leaking BHO gov secrets is bad
Or Visa Versa. People want it both was all the time.
I waited a few days for the article to disappear .. hope you find see this.
Here is a copy ...
http://www.hearoisrael.org/Torah_Cycle.html
Here's another copy
http://water-desert.wetpaint.com/page/Yearly+Torah+Cycle
Here is mine
http://www.olivetreemessianicfellowship.com/index.php/Main/torah-cycle.html
Here's one that was lifted previously and since been edited ..
http://www.shema-yisrael.org/torah_cycle.html
Search (Google: torah cycle) now puts me back on page 1, but not in the top spot it used to have. Again, I don't really care, just using it as an example.
Political circles are full of ignorant idiots who are stuck on perception, and not on reality. If reality was the case, Harry Reid could not have ever won reelection, and should be facing immediate recall for saying one of the most stupid statements I think I've ever heard by a Senator; that the US doesn't have
Politics is a weird and strange world that has little nor no basis in reality.
I'm sorry, were you trying to insult me? Is that the best you could come up with is "Fucktard" ? Please forgive me for not feeling bad for your ignorance of my status of being informed (or not). You don't know jack about me, and because I'm not aware of a disgusting term used by a circle jerk of leftwing asswipes doesn't indicate, one way or another, my level of knowledge of a subject as a whole.
And because people like you and your ilk post as anonymous cowards only proves who is willing to establish who you really are ... cowards.
Or in terms you might be able to understand .... bite me.
So much for the right to a speedy trial.
Never heard the term before today. I guess you have to be in certain circles to enjoy creating disgusting terms to shout down political debate. I bet you're proud to be part of that circle jerk.
This is what I don't get. How can you decry the business of another when it adversely affects you, especially when the two industries are completely unrelated (Retail vs Search/Tech)? Google's business is to provide the most relevant results to the search request made. PERIOD. One of the search terms my site consistently is in the top three sites for recently went down several spots as people who've lifted content off my site and posted it to their site, unabridged and unedited. Just flat out copy/pasted it. I know, because there are unique aspects about my content (relevantly unique), which is why my site was so well listed, and why the content was lifted and posted elsewhere.
I worked long and hard creating unique relevant pages to get to the top of the search, only to be replaced by exact copies on other websites. I'm not upset, I consider it flattery that my content is so good that people find it that useful that they want it as their own. However, I would be pissed if the information I had was commercial in nature (it isn't) and people were just taking it because of what I call the Kazaa mentality of just copying things because you want them and are too damn cheap to buy it. In a world where people (used to) buy ring tones for $2.99 but steal $.89 MP3s.
Anyway, back to my point, as a result of people plain stealing my website content, my rankings have dropped considerably by exact copies of my work. What used to be #1 on the first page is probably now somewhere on page #2. It would suck if wasn't giving the info away, the more places that have my info the better. Still, I would love for Google to realize where the original came from (history) and gave points for being "first" for relevant content.
LMGTFY
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/Motorola-DROID-X-US-EN
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/DROID2-Global-US-EN
(FYI, I get the SW ANH reference, I was just being snarky)
We're doing well? We're going broke because we cannot continue the path we've started. Entitlements are what are killing us. Take a look at this. Nearly 2/3 of all federal spending is social programs and other entitlements. You figure out how to eliminate the deficit without cutting into any of that and you'll win the Nobel Prize for Economics.
They will charge you a fee to set it up in-house if you don't trust the googleplex. Remember kids, the first hit is free, the addiction not so much (see Microsoft Office)
What a day to not have mod points ...
I'm hoping our company tries this instead of implementing SharePain for the ten people who need to do collaboration. In fact, I'm mentioning it tomorrow!!!
This is not a good place to insert a car analogy. Try Libraries of Congress or something else.
gawk; grep; unzip; touch; strip; init,
uncompress, gasp; finger; find,
route, whereis, which, mount; fsck; nice,
more; yes; gasp; umount; head, halt,
renice, restore, touch, whereis, which,
route, mount,
more, yes, gasp, umount, expand, ping,
make clean; sleep
And screw ground clearance in the process?
There are reasons why designs are the way they are. And why Monster Trucks look stupid driving down a highway, but awesome driving over a line of cars.
Single purpose vehicles are better at one thing than multipurpose ones are at many things. Multipurpose vehicles are more complex, by design and necessity.
This is the problem in any engineered system. Feature Creep kills more good projects than makes good projects great.