The "relationship" with your employer is not the same in every nation. It is a more common US problem where people end up having alot of employers -- for many reasons -- and dont end up w/ pensions.
I would suggest that those who have less prospect of pension and a continuting relationship with their employer form a Union. You can get time/cash for training and bargain a reasonable pension.
People outside of the US worry less about this because the cultures are just different.
This treaty, (probably) written by the RIAA/MPAA (literally) was approved by appointed trade representatives to WIPO. (see here)
When you see people marching as advocates of Fair Trade (like the opposition to FTAA) they are protesting neo-liberalization of trade by the WTO... so, dont like DMCA? dont want DMCA in *your* country? Join the effort to end Corporate Globalization through the WTO... the DMCA is a *result* of these thieves carving up our future.
Australians, Canadians, and Europeans: Find out who is your WIPO/WTO delegates are, and write a letter condemning neoliberalism (as embodied in the WCT(DMCA treaty)) and send copies to your PM/President and Federal Representative... ill be doing that now.
No, one of the reasons the "free world" "won" the cold war because North America has never hosted a modern war. Rebuilding Russia and much of Eurpoe has occupied those peoples - this complete lack of recognition of the Place in History of the CCCP and the hostile acts by the US against it (assaulting the idiology and provoking (participating) in an arms race) needs to be considered when discussing Communism Vs. Capitalism in the second half of 20th century.
The US presently has an astounding public debt (hey, have a look at what Shrub is doing wrt spending/debt -- hint: it aint gettin' better). This debt is used to compensate for any contraction of the free market, essentially, when times are 'bad' the debt balloons as the Plutocrats see to it that the 'free market succeeds' "see, once again, the market saves" - building debt and calling it success is a little silly.
What *WILL* happen is that this debt, will collapse onto the US. Both the private (your household) and public (state/federal) debt.
USofAmerica a very unsustainable economic system -- (i wont even mention the problem with American Consumerism and its effects on the Environment in the discussion (unsustainable/deadly/ridiculous consumerism had to be CREATED in order for the US economy to 'explode' to 'compete' with USSR. The planet has its limits, not everyone is going to be able to consume like USofAmericans, eventually, saner policy will prevail to combat real problems (global warming, mass extinction due to habitat loss, etc)
Basically, time will tell... Americans never fail to amaze me when they look so narrowly at Reality and declare the US Model of "Society" the best thing ever.. in reality, it has had some circumstantial support, things that will not always exist in order to 'prop it up'.... and when that happens, when your pride has to be swallowed as you realize your precious 'system' has some serious faults, I hope for all-our-sake you arrogant warmongers dont start WWIII in a mass-hysteria jingoist crusade. (think hitler && germany)
"I bought one, it arrived today. It was clearly used, not new, and didn't work. If you tilted it, it hung. I gave up after a dozen reboots. Only purchasable from www.microsono.com, where all sales are final.
if they didnt ship what they described - than there HAS been no SALE at all. They must ship the item described. If it was described as 'new' and 'in good working order' with this and that pc of software, then they must deliver that pc of kit.
OTHERWISE, your 'offer' to purchase hasnt been satisfied - no sale has taken place yet.
...and Pollution is captured as a cost by the present economy? Landfills (endcosts) are captured as part of the *cost* of items in this economy? The price of Ancient Forests (intrinsic and replacment) costs are captured? The cost of cars include the WHOLE COST of building roads?
listen, the "price" is not the total cost of anything - things are not bought and the COMPLETE cost captured in Dollars. Its a free-market capitalists' dream that the sole method of human organization and socialization is facilitated through the Economy.
Those who benefit from internalizing reward and externalizing costs build a system to REMOVE the associated Non-Dollar Costs fromk their products.
For instance, the pending war in Iraq. It is well known Oil is a factor -- debating this is silly, if your american you think its not the case, everyone outside America sees that this is untrue -- now, what is the COST associated with maintaining the war machine that will be used to secure American dominance over MiddleEastern Oil? How many billion? 200? 300? a year... if 30% of that oil is burned in automobiles, wouldnt your perfect economy then charge car owners there share -- each year -- of this 100Billion spent to secure oil?
Or how about your local landfill and garbage collection - why isnt this a bill-able service?
The fact is that the "Economy" doesnt exist in a bubble, and those who would use the Economy to their personal gains need to be held accountable for the COMPLETE results of their interaction.
I would like to see *all* products analyzed like this. A producer would be required to put a sort-of "nutirition-information-style" label on all its products detaililng the environmental impact of its manufacture.
this would enable the advocates of "vote with your wallet" environmentalism to properly inform people to the point where their (ill-conceived (imho)) idea would require. I mean, what is the environmental cost of the plastic toy in your kids-fast-food meal? what about the CDs we buy? what about the thousands of other pcs of consumer garbage your average consumo-bot purchases each year..
A low-voltage electric current runs through the window. When the current is on, the window is clear
Does anyone know what amount of current? I think id rather *NOT* see another useless load added to every house just to keep the windows clear... ever hear of CURTAINS?
hardware (like the xbox) is sold at a *loss* by the company to the consumerthat is not true. it is a lie, floated by the hardware manufacturers so that people dont feel like the console is a 'risk' - they want you to believe your getting some superdeal - its about selling you consoles.
about your quake based on knoppix -- do you have a CLIENT based on knoppix? so i can avoid installing software on the office PCs and fire up a little hot-fragging action without too much fuss in the office?
well, your right. we do *allot* of silly shit out of tradition... throwing out food because it happened to be put on someone elses plate is the least of it.
that would be dangerous for bicyclists and inconvenient for motorists.
well, invonvenience is the point, frankly. being that its *dangerous* is EXACTLY the point - riding slowly, well marked and lit, stops traffic to bike-speed.
sorry for the inconvenince, but general tax $ goes to subsidize Transporation by Car Infrastructure that some -- like myself -- dont support... we'll use the roads as we see fit aswell. br.
For those who dont know, the Canadian Alliance is an ultra-rigthist party, known to have realitions w/ race-hate groups. Its sad that they have the support they do, but allot of CA supporters arnt aware of the depths of perversion in the CA ranks.
as for the CA being sympathetic to the loss of Canadians' freedom, Im quite sure that this CA weasel, like the rest, just restlessly wriggle against the Librals... anything to climb back a few extra % of support.
dont be fooled, the CA would make Corporations your masters in a heartbeat - after all, property is king for a plutocrat.
Just in case anyone DIDNT know, one of the major reasons Americans *BUY* SUVs in the first place is because they can then buy a Luxury Vehicle and get a tax break .
Read more about the loop-hole that NEEDS to get plugged here
The good news? This loophole costs the American Tresury close 1 Billion per year (source)
Witness friends; the last vestiges of a defeated argument, calls of Hyopcrite!
Never again do you have to forward logical refutation, just nit-pick yourself a minor breach of someones argument by their action (say using Gas to protest Gas-guzzling, or someone eating food but protesting starvation ("If you didnt eat, food would be cheaper for those without!" they'll say) and Voila! instant, undefeatable, Grade-8 level argument.
Up Next on our Slashdot-Argument Series; The Non-Sequitur, or How I learned my cats breath smells like cat food.
Bikes belong in the street. There is a political/social movement called Critical Mass that advocates bike-safe streets. ANY city can start a Critical Mass ride, they take place in cities all over the planet on the last friday of the month - AND ITS SUPER FUN!
all thats necessary is a few posters in the bike shops designating a meeting time (city hall, say 19:00) and the group determines the ride based on their mood. Follow the rules of the road, and pass out filers.
Except that the US military is a horde of war mongers who kill people.
i dont care if the tech is the used in civil products - the fact that the american military-industrial-complex gaurantees war is sick... really man, stop and think about your GOVERNMENT BOMBING PEOPLE.
Easy - make yourself some flyers, a picket sign and stand in front of sears -- TELL EVERYONE WHO'LL LISTEN, that Sears robbed you, explain the situation and people will be outraged.
contact your local AM radio stations, write an article about what happend (and make it more broad in scope about Corporate accountability and Corporate Morality) and submit it including a letter to the editor of your big local paper and independant papers (invite the former to publish the article) -- call/send letters to local churches and social groups explaining what happened (you just want them to know) and in less than 20 days Sears will be fixing you up somehow.
Get your mug on the TV in a "Consumer-Watchdog" spot and your singing.
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Click Here to uninstall the application.
why they cant put an entry in add/remove control is beyond me... oh, I forgot, this is a sypware/trojan/worm/virus, it dosnt like to be uninstalled.
Even aside from that, why the hell does IE do installations directly from a web page
Agreed, the "security level" should have nothing to do with it..
Do not forget that mplayer is a powerful tool in our battle against those who would destroy us.
PREACH IT MY BROTHER!
Sitting in Church praying for long durations causes bloodclots.
solution: ban churches.
..have you decided on a license? I vote GPL :) even though I dont get a vote...
...there are no sources for rh8 there - do they maintain a apt db for rpms of rh8?
The "relationship" with your employer is not the same in every nation. It is a more common US problem where people end up having alot of employers -- for many reasons -- and dont end up w/ pensions.
I would suggest that those who have less prospect of pension and a continuting relationship with their employer form a Union. You can get time/cash for training and bargain a reasonable pension.
People outside of the US worry less about this because the cultures are just different.
The DMCA is the US embodyment of the The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty (WCT).
This treaty, (probably) written by the RIAA/MPAA (literally) was approved by appointed trade representatives to WIPO. (see here)
When you see people marching as advocates of Fair Trade (like the opposition to FTAA) they are protesting neo-liberalization of trade by the WTO... so, dont like DMCA? dont want DMCA in *your* country? Join the effort to end Corporate Globalization through the WTO... the DMCA is a *result* of these thieves carving up our future.
Australians, Canadians, and Europeans: Find out who is your WIPO/WTO delegates are, and write a letter condemning neoliberalism (as embodied in the WCT(DMCA treaty)) and send copies to your PM/President and Federal Representative... ill be doing that now.
No, one of the reasons the "free world" "won" the cold war because North America has never hosted a modern war. Rebuilding Russia and much of Eurpoe has occupied those peoples - this complete lack of recognition of the Place in History of the CCCP and the hostile acts by the US against it (assaulting the idiology and provoking (participating) in an arms race) needs to be considered when discussing Communism Vs. Capitalism in the second half of 20th century.
The US presently has an astounding public debt (hey, have a look at what Shrub is doing wrt spending/debt -- hint: it aint gettin' better). This debt is used to compensate for any contraction of the free market, essentially, when times are 'bad' the debt balloons as the Plutocrats see to it that the 'free market succeeds' "see, once again, the market saves" - building debt and calling it success is a little silly.
What *WILL* happen is that this debt, will collapse onto the US. Both the private (your household) and public (state/federal) debt.
USofAmerica a very unsustainable economic system -- (i wont even mention the problem with American Consumerism and its effects on the Environment in the discussion (unsustainable/deadly/ridiculous consumerism had to be CREATED in order for the US economy to 'explode' to 'compete' with USSR. The planet has its limits, not everyone is going to be able to consume like USofAmericans, eventually, saner policy will prevail to combat real problems (global warming, mass extinction due to habitat loss, etc)
Basically, time will tell... Americans never fail to amaze me when they look so narrowly at Reality and declare the US Model of "Society" the best thing ever.. in reality, it has had some circumstantial support, things that will not always exist in order to 'prop it up'.... and when that happens, when your pride has to be swallowed as you realize your precious 'system' has some serious faults, I hope for all-our-sake you arrogant warmongers dont start WWIII in a mass-hysteria jingoist crusade. (think hitler && germany)
"I bought one, it arrived today. It was clearly used, not new, and didn't work. If you tilted it, it hung. I gave up after a dozen reboots. Only purchasable from www.microsono.com, where all sales are final.
if they didnt ship what they described - than there HAS been no SALE at all. They must ship the item described. If it was described as 'new' and 'in good working order' with this and that pc of software, then they must deliver that pc of kit.
OTHERWISE, your 'offer' to purchase hasnt been satisfied - no sale has taken place yet.
If they dont take the product back, its fraud.
...and Pollution is captured as a cost by the present economy? Landfills (endcosts) are captured as part of the *cost* of items in this economy? The price of Ancient Forests (intrinsic and replacment) costs are captured? The cost of cars include the WHOLE COST of building roads?
listen, the "price" is not the total cost of anything - things are not bought and the COMPLETE cost captured in Dollars. Its a free-market capitalists' dream that the sole method of human organization and socialization is facilitated through the Economy.
Those who benefit from internalizing reward and externalizing costs build a system to REMOVE the associated Non-Dollar Costs fromk their products.
For instance, the pending war in Iraq. It is well known Oil is a factor -- debating this is silly, if your american you think its not the case, everyone outside America sees that this is untrue -- now, what is the COST associated with maintaining the war machine that will be used to secure American dominance over MiddleEastern Oil? How many billion? 200? 300? a year... if 30% of that oil is burned in automobiles, wouldnt your perfect economy then charge car owners there share -- each year -- of this 100Billion spent to secure oil?
Or how about your local landfill and garbage collection - why isnt this a bill-able service?
The fact is that the "Economy" doesnt exist in a bubble, and those who would use the Economy to their personal gains need to be held accountable for the COMPLETE results of their interaction.
I would like to see *all* products analyzed like this. A producer would be required to put a sort-of "nutirition-information-style" label on all its products detaililng the environmental impact of its manufacture.
this would enable the advocates of "vote with your wallet" environmentalism to properly inform people to the point where their (ill-conceived (imho)) idea would require. I mean, what is the environmental cost of the plastic toy in your kids-fast-food meal? what about the CDs we buy? what about the thousands of other pcs of consumer garbage your average consumo-bot purchases each year..
So SCO's plan is to allow hordes of Creepy Sales Guys to hock SCO -- when they reach the "target" they get a SCO buyout..?
Hm, are they going to put SCO in Amway magazines..? is my wife going to be invited to one of her bored-housewife friends' "SCO Party"?
sheesh.
A low-voltage electric current runs through the window. When the current is on, the window is clear
Does anyone know what amount of current? I think id rather *NOT* see another useless load added to every house just to keep the windows clear... ever hear of CURTAINS?
hardware (like the xbox) is sold at a *loss* by the company to the consumerthat is not true. it is a lie, floated by the hardware manufacturers so that people dont feel like the console is a 'risk' - they want you to believe your getting some superdeal - its about selling you consoles.
about your quake based on knoppix -- do you have a CLIENT based on knoppix? so i can avoid installing software on the office PCs and fire up a little hot-fragging action without too much fuss in the office?
well, your right. we do *allot* of silly shit out of tradition... throwing out food because it happened to be put on someone elses plate is the least of it.
that would be dangerous for bicyclists and inconvenient for motorists.
well, invonvenience is the point, frankly. being that its *dangerous* is EXACTLY the point - riding slowly, well marked and lit, stops traffic to bike-speed.
sorry for the inconvenince, but general tax $ goes to subsidize Transporation by Car Infrastructure that some -- like myself -- dont support... we'll use the roads as we see fit aswell.
br.
For those who dont know, the Canadian Alliance is an ultra-rigthist party, known to have realitions w/ race-hate groups. Its sad that they have the support they do, but allot of CA supporters arnt aware of the depths of perversion in the CA ranks.
as for the CA being sympathetic to the loss of Canadians' freedom, Im quite sure that this CA weasel, like the rest, just restlessly wriggle against the Librals... anything to climb back a few extra % of support.
dont be fooled, the CA would make Corporations your masters in a heartbeat - after all, property is king for a plutocrat.
Just in case anyone DIDNT know, one of the major reasons Americans *BUY* SUVs in the first place is because they can then buy a Luxury Vehicle and get a tax break .
Read more about the loop-hole that NEEDS to get plugged here
The good news? This loophole costs the American Tresury close 1 Billion per year (source)
Witness friends; the last vestiges of a defeated argument, calls of Hyopcrite!
Never again do you have to forward logical refutation, just nit-pick yourself a minor breach of someones argument by their action (say using Gas to protest Gas-guzzling, or someone eating food but protesting starvation ("If you didnt eat, food would be cheaper for those without!" they'll say) and Voila! instant, undefeatable, Grade-8 level argument.
Up Next on our Slashdot-Argument Series; The Non-Sequitur, or How I learned my cats breath smells like cat food.
Bikes belong in the street. There is a political/social movement called Critical Mass that advocates bike-safe streets. ANY city can start a Critical Mass ride, they take place in cities all over the planet on the last friday of the month - AND ITS SUPER FUN!
all thats necessary is a few posters in the bike shops designating a meeting time (city hall, say 19:00) and the group determines the ride based on their mood. Follow the rules of the road, and pass out filers.
or when Fox does an Alien Autopsy...
I mean, you need a real trustworthy authority for (dis?)information this important.
think about it.
Except that the US military is a horde of war mongers who kill people.
i dont care if the tech is the used in civil products - the fact that the american military-industrial-complex gaurantees war is sick... really man, stop and think about your GOVERNMENT BOMBING PEOPLE.
Easy - make yourself some flyers, a picket sign and stand in front of sears -- TELL EVERYONE WHO'LL LISTEN, that Sears robbed you, explain the situation and people will be outraged.
contact your local AM radio stations, write an article about what happend (and make it more broad in scope about Corporate accountability and Corporate Morality) and submit it including a letter to the editor of your big local paper and independant papers (invite the former to publish the article) -- call/send letters to local churches and social groups explaining what happened (you just want them to know) and in less than 20 days Sears will be fixing you up somehow.
Get your mug on the TV in a "Consumer-Watchdog" spot and your singing.