I hope that by 2003, all the.com bombs, M$ court rulings, and continuing network security debacles will refresh our short memories on why we should just get out of this ratrace and get a real job growing food, healing the sick and treading lightly on the planet. *sigh* I'm sick of it all...
Great idea - I couldnt agree more. Tough in a world run by Corporate SlaveMasters who have replaced our governments with Lobby groups and have morphed communities into markets, citizens into consumers. There has been a destruction of relevant/real priorities. We need to take control of the powerful corporate agenda and realign it with a Community Agenda with the goals being better lives for everyone - not more ratrace/enslavment to Corporatists and Plutocrats. We need to take control of the destiny of this planet, selfish, greedy, myopic, paranoid and untrustworthy Corporate Boards ARE NOT concerned with anything but their own pocket books and stock prices. Dont be confused about how to make the world a 'better place' - it is not going to come from the Capitalists.
Read.sig! Come on down, the world needs real leaders and your invited to join a movement to a sustainable, healthy and content future vs. the desolation and bleakness that were forced to endure now!
Wrong. Although I won't debate your other points, because they are, well, debatable, this factoid is plain wrong: the stock that MSFT purchased from Apple is non-voting, meaning they can't control this way.
Owning this large a block of ANY stock means that the merly registering their *INTENT* to sell (a requirment if you own certain levels of stock is that you disclose your purchases and sales) would cause the stock to plummit.
If you think that the Board of Directors arent aware that if MS were to *THINK* about registering, or heaven forbid actually sell, that they wouldnt all end up loosing millions in options (and their jobs because the shareholders would be pissed) you are very sadly mistaken.
I often hear that the stock is 'non-voting' as argument that MS dosnt dominate Apple - but I think your getting caught up in the smoke and mirrors of the 'regulations'... Apple is very definately working in 'conjunction' with M$, or at least understand that M$ holds a very big hammer (their stock value) in case Apple was to propose something M$ wouldnt like - you can be sure that Apple is under a virtual non-competition rule 'in-house' to keep from stepping on the wrong toes at M$.
Chris Ambler of Image Online Design, which runs the.web registry, is even more emphatic. "The problem with Name.Space is [Garrin] wants something that no one else has: 500 top-level domains and the ability to create new ones at will. He's trying to claim everything! He makes lofty claims about having a shared system, but it requires people to use his system, and he gets a piece of every new registry! In my book, that's called communism, or socialism at best."
This is slightly off topic - but the quote from the article above needs clarity, and it passes very close by my personal politics and a gripping pet peeve.
Chris Ambler: In this regard Mr. Garrin may be interpreted as acting as a capitalist and NOT a Socialist or Communist
He is refuting to be interested in a shared, libre and community owned/operated system - but instead he is trying to take a "piece of every new registry" for himself; you would really be accusing him of trying to REPLICATE Verisign. This is clearly a CAPITALIST motivation.
Mr. Ambler, you seem to know nothing of Communism or Socialism outside of the McCarthy inspired dogma and disinformation rampant in the United States. Please before you attempt to slight someone for being a "Communist", as if it is a naturally 'bad' thing to be avoided (which betrays your bigoted pre-disposition), you may want to understand what the hell your talking about. Further, it is almost amusing when describing an anti-social, selfish, introverted and greedy act it is labeled 'Communist' when really it is the exact antithesis. The act you accuse Mr.Garrin of committing would perfectly exemplify Capitalist principles.
Communism is NOT about control - that is Fascism - and usually Americans confuse the two. Communism promotes Democracy. Communism does not require nor desire Fascism.
To be honest, Capitalism more closely aligns with Fascism. Communism more closely aligns with Democracy. One set of principles rely on Control (Fascism) and Ownership (Capitalism), while Democracy (Equal Right to Participation in Governance) and Communism (Community ownership of capital, controlled by consensus) are really a more natural pair. American political discourse is so perverted by propaganda that a real understanding of the contradiction of their community - the epithaths and principles - is outside the scope of the normal person. Start by reading this: Fascism @ Dictionary.com, Democracy @ Dictionary.com, Communism @ Dictionary.com* and Capitalism @ Dictionary.com. You are also invited to read: The Manifesto of the Communist Party. written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
You will find that Communism is NOT about oppression and control - but freedom from the Ruling Class and true democratic principles. You will find that most people who would be opposed to corporate control also have some maintain some ideas that could may rightly be labeled as Communist - but the collective political mind in America is so polluted by Capitalist Dogma against even the simple word that Communism's many merits cannot even be rightly discussed.
*Its very interesting to see that dictionary describes Communism with words like "scheme, authoritarian, claiming, theoretical" which are themselves charged and purposefully chosen to berate the idea.
McCarthyism set back American Culture by 300 years.
Apple is partly owned by M$. Apple has put Copy Control into its pet IEEE1394. Apple is *NOT* the Libre Advocate you think it is.
M$ hedges its bets with Apple, and MacOSX is as good for Apple Hardware as it is for M$ - if it begins a massive move from M$ OSs to Apple Boxes, M$ will be happy, because they have the big stick to slaughter Apple - they wont mind one bit.. Apple will do as instructed. MSOffice, IE & 10(?)% of their stock buys *ALOT* of control of Apple from M$. Dont begin to kid yourself.
There is a monopoly in software and operating systems. There is not one in hardware. But the only way schemes like this will work is if a monopoly exists in one or the other. CPRM (etc) is not a desire of the market place. Users do not want it. It is born of control of the industry by some 'people'. If there was *NOT* a software monopoly this wouldnt be an issue - because there would be widely available/viable alternatives to OS and Application technologies. Only 'some' of the leading OSs would choose to support CPRM (and its ilk) while others would not.
Basically - if a (non-existent) hardware monopoly tried to force Copy Control - it would work (because they could dictate to the non-monopolized OS industry). If an (existent) software monopoly tried to force Copy Control - it will work: Because they would only need *some* hardware vendors support. All other hardware vendors who did not comply with their wishes would simply be left in the cold.
I hope the US Gov. breaks M$ up soon - and into at lease 4 or 5 separate pieces. Server OSs, Server Software, Client OSs, Client SW, Hardware would be a good idea. and not(!) InternetExplorer, EverythingElse.
It's rather ironic that business' knee-jerk reaction to situations like this hurts their chances of making more money in the long run.
Its not ironic - its criminal. Were talking about real people here, people with lives, families and futures. The reason were seeing this reaction to this minor 'slow down' (whatever the hell) is because Corps are no long pretending to have any priorities other than profit. Quarterly Profit as a matter of fact. If it looks like profits may (*shudder*) decrease - then the pricks go into 'crisis mode' and start layoffs. Because the Deep Pockets on wallstreet need Big Profit Now(TM) - and they dont care otherwise... if they loose confidence in XYZ stock because this quarter is bad - they sell - if they sell, then the CEO and the top 400 people in a Fortune 500 company loose big dollars on their stock options... so they are VERY motivated to make every quarter better than the next... "the future" be damned, these top '400' people will be rich beyond imagination before that ever matters... the whole scheme is ready to eat itself... current Capitalist Economics are about to reveal the failure in their basic logic... this whole episode is inevitable. Unfortunately the rest of us are along for the ridiculous ride
The Plutocrats who run America make money coming and going. If this quarter dosnt look good (for whatever random reason) then the media picks it up - drives it home - and the Whores move their money around.... *BAM* instant recesssion, layoffs, crisis.
Humanity has mostly mastered 'material want', the only reason people are starving in ShitHouses(TM) is because of economics. Im tired of being a part of such a fucked up system...
Dont forget: When the economy tanks, its 'only' 90% of the population who has to worry about their jobs, homes, families, food - the other 10% dont give a fuck, because they dont have 'jobs.' Their country club memberships are paid per lifetime.
The most violent act in the Bible is the one where God Himself steps down from heaven and lives as a man, and then is put to death by evil men - for the sins of each of us!
History tells us there were many mean nailed to the cross - a good portion of them _also_ claimed to be Gods on Earth.
Arent you glad you've chosen the cult of the one who was 'real'.
Sorry - i got your other story wrong, I guess i should pay better attention to the Christ--o-Bots selling your stinking cult.
Oh and Happy April Fools... im not kidding - but you may be... i hope for your sake that you are.
Lets not forget greedy, unabashedly selfish, myopic, ignorant and introverted.
It always amuses me when some teen runs rampaging with a gun and Americans think the problem is the media/video games or music videos - the problem is not pop culture, its a corrupt and vacant system, organized as such from top to bottom. Lets not even mention the over-consumption and the soulless, gluttonous search for satisfaction at the Local MegaMall. The problem is isolation, desolation, needless competition and antagonism. If America wants a healthy culture they should look to increase understanding, broaden perspectives, promote healthy dialogue, and end the fear/adversarial/unhealthy relationship with their government* and build a better community.... and no you cant 'vote with your dollars' to solve this problem - the 'vote with your dollars' meme - and the people who are selling the erronous concept - is the problem.. You cant replace community with capitalist market economics, and you cant expect to be anything outside oppressed if you organize yourselfves around 'capitalist wealth'.
*Read.sig - the solution is to replace the Plutocracy with a responsive Democratic Government.
I think if we analyze The Bible it would be found to be one of the most violent novels of all time.
The 'old testament' details a malicious omni-presence 'god' who wipes out the entire population of the planet in a great flood. The book goes on in some detail about this "god" instructing a man to kill his own son, which he does.
There are stories about death, grotesque descriptions of torture at the hands of the antagonist ('the devil') abound throughout.
There are even sections that describe purposeful plagues, violent destruction all caused by 'god' to punish thousands of innocent people.
This 'bible' is a foul and dangerous book, i am afraid it may lead to another uprising of violence like it has in the past (the crusades, salem witch trials, etc etc etc).
I am here to appeal to the morals of this/. forum, we should bind together to support the banning of this 'bible' because it encourages emulation of the protagonist who openly describes and romanticizes immoral and perverse acts of violence.
The Bible should henceforth be banned, all works and organizations which serve to support and foster the horrible descriptions within should be abolished.
I have a feeling that the more recent deregulation of local telecomms in Canada could have a positive influence on telcos' equipment purchasing decisions.
Are you nuts? The reason you have good comm systems in Canada (regarded as the *best* phone system on the planet) is because we owned and regulated the infrastructure. Decisions were based on the needs of that infrastructure for the purpose of providing communications services - nothing else. Not marketing. Not 'Market Conditions'. Not 'accounting'. Sure the system was tempered by a financial-check, but basically the system was built with one thing in mind, and that was designed by engineers; not F'ing MBAs.
When you open up and sell the networks to capitalists you will see that quarterly profits will make decisions on 'equipment purchasing decisions'. Listen to American's horror stories about *their* telephone systems and learn what the the capitalists provide with regards to this essential public infrastructure.
De-regulating Public Services and Infrastructure is the *worst* thing Canada has done to itself in the last 10 years. Its fucking sad that ottawa has sold us out. Capitalists should not be involved in providing Cable Television, Phone Service, Power, Water or Gas. The whole idea is disgusting. Where is the moral reality to profiting from essential infrastrucutre - what is the benefit to citizens?
As a capitalistic society, we the consumers have the right to purchase the most value per money that we can.
Shouldnt that read: As a democratic society, we the citizens have the right to create the most fair legislationper vote that we can??
Simply BECAUSE you have started thinking of yourself as consumers; you accept the control of the capitalists, you are relating to them on 'their terms' as part of the power dynamic they specify - one that is horribly unbalanced. The reality is that none of this will get better to you remove the Plutocrats in Washington & Ottawa & $YOUR_CAPITAL_HERE$ and restore a responsive democracy.
I dont agree the RIAA should have any rights, the people who work there do; but no more than you or I, but the RIAA as a 'business' or 'association' has no more rights than each equal individual in any group. Money does not grant you more rights or consideration under law... Want to make that happen? See.sig
Then you are also 'amused' (as i am) that Politicians have begun to call constituents and citizens 'consumers'. Much the same idea I think - and very telling of our social climate.
man, does everyone have to dis marketing people? They serve an important part of any business. If it wasn't for them marketing people who you think do nothing your company would not have any customers and you wouldn't have a job.
I look around at the human/material waste associated with 'advertising' and am sickened... after 2000 years of recorded history we have to create an entire profession of liars to corrupt reality with lies from capitalists.
Why not free the marketing people and allow them to become artists and teachers? Why the hell do we need _another_ full page glossy telling us that "brand X is better than Brand Y because it is FJDKJSLKJ" - sheer utter useless crap.
Why do Marketroids exist? Why are they enslaved to be mouthpieces of undemocratic multinationals? Read.sig - This is going to be the largest RIAA, MPAA, DMCA, WIPO protest since Seattle. The problem is a hollow democracy, instead of community, growth and democratic participation we get marketing - dong like it? See you in Quebec City.
The article made alot of mention of the "OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display"
The watch you linked to is an LCD. The link you provide is for the first gen watch, or at least not the one mentioned as "2nd Gen" in this article. The jog dial dosnt appear in Cnet's article as obviously as it does in the pics you link.
What I see from RedHat is more than a quarter-by-quarter strategy, and more of a next-ten-years strategy. This is the reason MSFT is such a great stock, and Microsoft such a worthwhile company to invest in.
Let me explain to you: Short term 'pay me now' type decisions are *NOT* good for a company. As much as Wall Street likes to reward companies that are willing to turn themselves and their people inside out for the 'Next Best Quarter', the overall health of the company and the people involved will *DECREASE* when you are unable to make long term plans.
In general, this is the sad story of American Corporate Culture today - when the economy turns cold (even mildly like it has now) - big companies start doing the layoff shuffle, cutting costs, ending benefit increases etc etc - this causes the 'looming' downturn to fruition. (read: self-fulfilling prophecy).
If you look to European or Japanese business you will see a more healthy outlook, and a more mature perspective with regards to employees (in terms of company to employee commitment during 'rough times').
The American Moneyed Class who makes demands of all the business in the country, driving them quarter by quarter, only to realize greater and greater gains - without any regard to sustainability/environment/people/society/etc are tearing America inside out from the inside.
So, what does this have to do with Red Hat stock? Not that much exactly - BUT - your comment that MSFT is 'better' because they concentrate on Quarter2Quarter results is foolish, myopic and ignorant. It is telling of the mess 'we' have gotten ourselves into. Witness current economic meltdown which is simply caused by the Wall Street Gamblers without any attachment to productivity or demand - obviously our current system has gone a great deal further than 'free market' into the realm of Dollar Domination of All Things (for complete lack of a better term J). The market determines who can/cannot eat, travel, vacation not because they aren't talented - but because they cannot risk such spending because they are really at the mercy of a handful of Rich CEOs, Board Members, Congresscritters and other members of the Bourgeois Class who would unemploye them if this quarters results don't look good - and risk loosing $50M of their own in Stock Options. It may make a few people money now - but it is guaranteed to cause hardship in future for all those involved who were not part of the Vampire Slavemaster Brigade riding on the backs of every citizen along the way - either the ridden tire of the parasites or the sham of 'selling your capital as income' finally shows itself. One way or the other the present system is doomed to collapse on itself (starting now?) - the only real problem is there will have to be a big-BIG stretch of Bad Times for people to wake up, get pissed off, and restore a sensible, fair, democratic society - and put economics into a sensible perspective.
. no company who has successfully developed and marketed a console unit has made money off of the actual console - they make their cash from the software licensing agreements for games produced to run on their systems
I know this is standard/. opinion, and looking at the specs of indrema/xbox I understand how this may be possible (that PC hardware is not specific to gameconsoles & there is 'waste' incurred in hardware design in order to maintain a 'standard' design that Indrema&M$ need to fire up Linux/Windows on these things)
How is it that $300 wont build your DC or PS? They are very specific/dedicated devices, with economies of scale I dont understand why it is unreasonable to make them for ~$100-150 or so.
Im not an EE, so im not that certain on the details.. i just want to hear/see some proof outside of this repeated/. dogma.
Like the $ony PR-written 'Hussein stockpiling PS2s for weapons' BS, i think the idea that 'the device is sold at a loss' adds to the mysticism(sp) of the device and gives the impression of high-tech & power... I believe it may be a self-serving myth the console types like to repeat.
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Not only to Christians, but also to Jews, Muslims, Bhuddists, Hindus, Scientologists and many other religions that do not subscribe to the orthodox view of science.
This guy is either:
Trolling
A scientologist himself trying to lend 'credibility' to their Cult by naturally including it into a list of other established religions - it is a very subtle way of convincing someone to assume your pre-tenses.
Scientology is a cult - Murdering, Libelous, Litiagious(sic), Profiteering Whoring filthy pile of shit.
Most other religions are only some of these things - $cientology is a cult apart...
Government Whores and their MultiNational Paymasters are using their power to subvert the democratic, organic, libre portions of the 'net? OMG - Who'd have thunk it...
Where does a 10-12 year old get $60 CDN to buy videogames? From their parents. The problem here is simple: Do Some Research dont mindlessly spend your money on whatever your kid is crying out for today. If you are caving into the requests of a 12 year old to buy the latest VideoGame - BUT - you havnt any idea what it contains; you deserve what you get.
Its ridiculous for adults to carelessly buy anything their child requests - not only are you teaching them to be mindless ConsumoTrons(TM)(C)(R) - but you are demonstrating your own lack of character.
If you arent capable of going to a website, reading a magazine, reading the back of a box, going to a video-game-center, speaking to other adults, speaking with the older Video-Game-Fan you surely know, asking the shop owners etc etc in order to decide for yourself - then, again, you get what you deserve.
Im tired of the State empowering themselves (or worse the Capitalists) to control what *I* am capable of buying/viewing/reading/owning/using simply because the world is populated with irresponsible sheeple. The whole idea stinks - absurd. Why not demand personal responsibility instead of adding layer upon layer of idiotic legislation. Isnt ANYONE responsible for their actions anymore?
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I hope that by 2003, all the .com bombs, M$ court rulings, and continuing network security debacles will refresh our short memories on why we should just get out of this ratrace and get a real job growing food, healing the sick and treading lightly on the planet. *sigh* I'm sick of it all...
.sig! Come on down, the world needs real leaders and your invited to join a movement to a sustainable, healthy and content future vs. the desolation and bleakness that were forced to endure now!
Great idea - I couldnt agree more. Tough in a world run by Corporate SlaveMasters who have replaced our governments with Lobby groups and have morphed communities into markets, citizens into consumers. There has been a destruction of relevant/real priorities. We need to take control of the powerful corporate agenda and realign it with a Community Agenda with the goals being better lives for everyone - not more ratrace/enslavment to Corporatists and Plutocrats. We need to take control of the destiny of this planet, selfish, greedy, myopic, paranoid and untrustworthy Corporate Boards ARE NOT concerned with anything but their own pocket books and stock prices. Dont be confused about how to make the world a 'better place' - it is not going to come from the Capitalists.
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Excellent question. Im not sure yet... but not in the shallow/adolescent/self-indulgent 'quest to find myself' way.
Thanks for asking.
Wrong. Although I won't debate your other points, because they are, well, debatable, this factoid is plain wrong: the stock that MSFT purchased from Apple is non-voting, meaning they can't control this way.
Owning this large a block of ANY stock means that the merly registering their *INTENT* to sell (a requirment if you own certain levels of stock is that you disclose your purchases and sales) would cause the stock to plummit.
If you think that the Board of Directors arent aware that if MS were to *THINK* about registering, or heaven forbid actually sell, that they wouldnt all end up loosing millions in options (and their jobs because the shareholders would be pissed) you are very sadly mistaken.
I often hear that the stock is 'non-voting' as argument that MS dosnt dominate Apple - but I think your getting caught up in the smoke and mirrors of the 'regulations'... Apple is very definately working in 'conjunction' with M$, or at least understand that M$ holds a very big hammer (their stock value) in case Apple was to propose something M$ wouldnt like - you can be sure that Apple is under a virtual non-competition rule 'in-house' to keep from stepping on the wrong toes at M$.
Chris Ambler of Image Online Design, which runs the .web registry, is even more emphatic. "The problem with Name.Space is [Garrin] wants something that no one else has: 500 top-level domains and the ability to create new ones at will. He's trying to claim everything! He makes lofty claims about having a shared system, but it requires people to use his system, and he gets a piece of every new registry! In my book, that's called communism, or socialism at best."
This is slightly off topic - but the quote from the article above needs clarity, and it passes very close by my personal politics and a gripping pet peeve.
Chris Ambler: In this regard Mr. Garrin may be interpreted as acting as a capitalist and NOT a Socialist or Communist
He is refuting to be interested in a shared, libre and community owned/operated system - but instead he is trying to take a "piece of every new registry" for himself; you would really be accusing him of trying to REPLICATE Verisign. This is clearly a CAPITALIST motivation.
Mr. Ambler, you seem to know nothing of Communism or Socialism outside of the McCarthy inspired dogma and disinformation rampant in the United States. Please before you attempt to slight someone for being a "Communist", as if it is a naturally 'bad' thing to be avoided (which betrays your bigoted pre-disposition), you may want to understand what the hell your talking about. Further, it is almost amusing when describing an anti-social, selfish, introverted and greedy act it is labeled 'Communist' when really it is the exact antithesis. The act you accuse Mr.Garrin of committing would perfectly exemplify Capitalist principles.
Communism is NOT about control - that is Fascism - and usually Americans confuse the two. Communism promotes Democracy. Communism does not require nor desire Fascism.
Politics: Democracy, Fascism
Economics: Communism, Capitalism.
To be honest, Capitalism more closely aligns with Fascism. Communism more closely aligns with Democracy. One set of principles rely on Control (Fascism) and Ownership (Capitalism), while Democracy (Equal Right to Participation in Governance) and Communism (Community ownership of capital, controlled by consensus) are really a more natural pair. American political discourse is so perverted by propaganda that a real understanding of the contradiction of their community - the epithaths and principles - is outside the scope of the normal person.
Start by reading this: Fascism @ Dictionary.com, Democracy @ Dictionary.com, Communism @ Dictionary.com* and Capitalism @ Dictionary.com. You are also invited to read: The Manifesto of the Communist Party. written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
You will find that Communism is NOT about oppression and control - but freedom from the Ruling Class and true democratic principles. You will find that most people who would be opposed to corporate control also have some maintain some ideas that could may rightly be labeled as Communist - but the collective political mind in America is so polluted by Capitalist Dogma against even the simple word that Communism's many merits cannot even be rightly discussed.
*Its very interesting to see that dictionary describes Communism with words like "scheme, authoritarian, claiming, theoretical" which are themselves charged and purposefully chosen to berate the idea.
McCarthyism set back American Culture by 300 years.
Apple is partly owned by M$.
Apple has put Copy Control into its pet IEEE1394.
Apple is *NOT* the Libre Advocate you think it is.
M$ hedges its bets with Apple, and MacOSX is as good for Apple Hardware as it is for M$ - if it begins a massive move from M$ OSs to Apple Boxes, M$ will be happy, because they have the big stick to slaughter Apple - they wont mind one bit.. Apple will do as instructed. MSOffice, IE & 10(?)% of their stock buys *ALOT* of control of Apple from M$. Dont begin to kid yourself.
There is a monopoly in software and operating systems. There is not one in hardware. But the only way schemes like this will work is if a monopoly exists in one or the other. CPRM (etc) is not a desire of the market place. Users do not want it. It is born of control of the industry by some 'people'. If there was *NOT* a software monopoly this wouldnt be an issue - because there would be widely available/viable alternatives to OS and Application technologies. Only 'some' of the leading OSs would choose to support CPRM (and its ilk) while others would not.
Basically - if a (non-existent) hardware monopoly tried to force Copy Control - it would work (because they could dictate to the non-monopolized OS industry). If an (existent) software monopoly tried to force Copy Control - it will work: Because they would only need *some* hardware vendors support. All other hardware vendors who did not comply with their wishes would simply be left in the cold.
I hope the US Gov. breaks M$ up soon - and into at lease 4 or 5 separate pieces. Server OSs, Server Software, Client OSs, Client SW, Hardware would be a good idea. and not(!) InternetExplorer, EverythingElse.
Im ranting a bit - i hope you get the idea...
It's rather ironic that business' knee-jerk reaction to situations like this hurts their chances of making more money in the long run.
... "the future" be damned, these top '400' people will be rich beyond imagination before that ever matters... the whole scheme is ready to eat itself... current Capitalist Economics are about to reveal the failure in their basic logic... this whole episode is inevitable. Unfortunately the rest of us are along for the ridiculous ride
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Its not ironic - its criminal. Were talking about real people here, people with lives, families and futures. The reason were seeing this reaction to this minor 'slow down' (whatever the hell) is because Corps are no long pretending to have any priorities other than profit. Quarterly Profit as a matter of fact. If it looks like profits may (*shudder*) decrease - then the pricks go into 'crisis mode' and start layoffs. Because the Deep Pockets on wallstreet need Big Profit Now(TM) - and they dont care otherwise... if they loose confidence in XYZ stock because this quarter is bad - they sell - if they sell, then the CEO and the top 400 people in a Fortune 500 company loose big dollars on their stock options... so they are VERY motivated to make every quarter better than the next
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The Plutocrats who run America make money coming and going. If this quarter dosnt look good (for whatever random reason) then the media picks it up - drives it home - and the Whores move their money around.... *BAM* instant recesssion, layoffs, crisis.
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Humanity has mostly mastered 'material want', the only reason people are starving in ShitHouses(TM) is because of economics. Im tired of being a part of such a fucked up system...
Dont forget: When the economy tanks, its 'only' 90% of the population who has to worry about their jobs, homes, families, food - the other 10% dont give a fuck, because they dont have 'jobs.' Their country club memberships are paid per lifetime.
Read Sig for great Justice.
He demonstrated his deity by being raised from the dead
Yes, he rose from the dead. Thats right. Dead. Rose again. Uh Huh.
Dont let the door to reality hit you on the ass on your way back to your fantasy...
The most violent act in the Bible is the one where God Himself steps down from heaven and lives as a man, and then is put to death by evil men - for the sins of each of us!
History tells us there were many mean nailed to the cross - a good portion of them _also_ claimed to be Gods on Earth.
Arent you glad you've chosen the cult of the one who was 'real'.
Sorry - i got your other story wrong, I guess i should pay better attention to the Christ--o-Bots selling your stinking cult.
Oh and Happy April Fools... im not kidding - but you may be... i hope for your sake that you are.
modern Americans are extremely self-centered
.sig - the solution is to replace the Plutocracy with a responsive Democratic Government.
Lets not forget greedy, unabashedly selfish, myopic, ignorant and introverted.
It always amuses me when some teen runs rampaging with a gun and Americans think the problem is the media/video games or music videos - the problem is not pop culture, its a corrupt and vacant system, organized as such from top to bottom. Lets not even mention the over-consumption and the soulless, gluttonous search for satisfaction at the Local MegaMall. The problem is isolation, desolation, needless competition and antagonism. If America wants a healthy culture they should look to increase understanding, broaden perspectives, promote healthy dialogue, and end the fear/adversarial/unhealthy relationship with their government* and build a better community.... and no you cant 'vote with your dollars' to solve this problem - the 'vote with your dollars' meme - and the people who are selling the erronous concept - is the problem.. You cant replace community with capitalist market economics, and you cant expect to be anything outside oppressed if you organize yourselfves around 'capitalist wealth'.
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I think if we analyze The Bible it would be found to be one of the most violent novels of all time.
/. forum, we should bind together to support the banning of this 'bible' because it encourages emulation of the protagonist who openly describes and romanticizes immoral and perverse acts of violence.
The 'old testament' details a malicious omni-presence ' god ' who wipes out the entire population of the planet in a great flood. The book goes on in some detail about this "god" instructing a man to kill his own son, which he does.
There are stories about death, grotesque descriptions of torture at the hands of the antagonist ('the devil') abound throughout.
There are even sections that describe purposeful plagues, violent destruction all caused by 'god' to punish thousands of innocent people.
This 'bible' is a foul and dangerous book, i am afraid it may lead to another uprising of violence like it has in the past (the crusades, salem witch trials, etc etc etc).
I am here to appeal to the morals of this
The Bible should henceforth be banned, all works and organizations which serve to support and foster the horrible descriptions within should be abolished.
I have a feeling that the more recent deregulation of local telecomms in Canada could have a positive influence on telcos' equipment purchasing decisions.
Are you nuts? The reason you have good comm systems in Canada (regarded as the *best* phone system on the planet) is because we owned and regulated the infrastructure. Decisions were based on the needs of that infrastructure for the purpose of providing communications services - nothing else. Not marketing. Not 'Market Conditions'. Not 'accounting'. Sure the system was tempered by a financial-check, but basically the system was built with one thing in mind, and that was designed by engineers; not F'ing MBAs.
When you open up and sell the networks to capitalists you will see that quarterly profits will make decisions on 'equipment purchasing decisions'. Listen to American's horror stories about *their* telephone systems and learn what the the capitalists provide with regards to this essential public infrastructure.
De-regulating Public Services and Infrastructure is the *worst* thing Canada has done to itself in the last 10 years. Its fucking sad that ottawa has sold us out. Capitalists should not be involved in providing Cable Television, Phone Service, Power, Water or Gas. The whole idea is disgusting. Where is the moral reality to profiting from essential infrastrucutre - what is the benefit to citizens?
As a capitalistic society, we the consumers have the right to purchase the most value per money that we can.
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Shouldnt that read:
As a democratic society, we the citizens have the right to create the most fair legislationper vote that we can??
Simply BECAUSE you have started thinking of yourself as consumers; you accept the control of the capitalists, you are relating to them on 'their terms' as part of the power dynamic they specify - one that is horribly unbalanced. The reality is that none of this will get better to you remove the Plutocrats in Washington & Ottawa & $YOUR_CAPITAL_HERE$ and restore a responsive democracy.
I dont agree the RIAA should have any rights , the people who work there do; but no more than you or I, but the RIAA as a 'business' or 'association' has no more rights than each equal individual in any group. Money does not grant you more rights or consideration under law... Want to make that happen? See
it serves to amuse me (I'm easily amused).
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Then you are also 'amused' (as i am) that Politicians have begun to call constituents and citizens 'consumers'. Much the same idea I think - and very telling of our social climate.
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man, does everyone have to dis marketing people? They serve an important part of any business. If it wasn't for them marketing people who you think do nothing your company would not have any customers and you wouldn't have a job.
.sig - This is going to be the largest RIAA, MPAA, DMCA, WIPO protest since Seattle. The problem is a hollow democracy, instead of community, growth and democratic participation we get marketing - dong like it? See you in Quebec City.
Lets take all the useless lies, propaganda and VanillaBS(TM)®© spewed by Marketing/Advertising people and liberate their time for more useful efforts. Those useful efforts may be childcare, eldercare, reading to children - or other real value efforts.
I look around at the human/material waste associated with 'advertising' and am sickened... after 2000 years of recorded history we have to create an entire profession of liars to corrupt reality with lies from capitalists.
Why not free the marketing people and allow them to become artists and teachers? Why the hell do we need _another_ full page glossy telling us that "brand X is better than Brand Y because it is FJDKJSLKJ" - sheer utter useless crap.
Why do Marketroids exist? Why are they enslaved to be mouthpieces of undemocratic multinationals? Read
The article made alot of mention of the "OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display"
The watch you linked to is an LCD. The link you provide is for the first gen watch, or at least not the one mentioned as "2nd Gen" in this article. The jog dial dosnt appear in Cnet's article as obviously as it does in the pics you link.
Sorry - i guess i misunderstood the emphasis on your last sentance...
in that case - i agree w/ you.
What I see from RedHat is more than a quarter-by-quarter strategy, and more of a next-ten-years strategy. This is the reason MSFT is such a great stock, and Microsoft such a worthwhile company to invest in.
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Let me explain to you: Short term 'pay me now' type decisions are *NOT* good for a company. As much as Wall Street likes to reward companies that are willing to turn themselves and their people inside out for the 'Next Best Quarter', the overall health of the company and the people involved will *DECREASE* when you are unable to make long term plans.
In general, this is the sad story of American Corporate Culture today - when the economy turns cold (even mildly like it has now) - big companies start doing the layoff shuffle, cutting costs, ending benefit increases etc etc - this causes the 'looming' downturn to fruition. (read: self-fulfilling prophecy).
If you look to European or Japanese business you will see a more healthy outlook, and a more mature perspective with regards to employees (in terms of company to employee commitment during 'rough times').
The American Moneyed Class who makes demands of all the business in the country, driving them quarter by quarter, only to realize greater and greater gains - without any regard to sustainability/environment/people/society/etc are tearing America inside out from the inside.
So, what does this have to do with Red Hat stock? Not that much exactly - BUT - your comment that MSFT is 'better' because they concentrate on Quarter2Quarter results is foolish, myopic and ignorant. It is telling of the mess 'we' have gotten ourselves into. Witness current economic meltdown which is simply caused by the Wall Street Gamblers without any attachment to productivity or demand - obviously our current system has gone a great deal further than 'free market' into the realm of Dollar Domination of All Things (for complete lack of a better term J). The market determines who can/cannot eat, travel, vacation not because they aren't talented - but because they cannot risk such spending because they are really at the mercy of a handful of Rich CEOs, Board Members, Congresscritters and other members of the Bourgeois Class who would unemploye them if this quarters results don't look good - and risk loosing $50M of their own in Stock Options. It may make a few people money now - but it is guaranteed to cause hardship in future for all those involved who were not part of the Vampire Slavemaster Brigade riding on the backs of every citizen along the way - either the ridden tire of the parasites or the sham of 'selling your capital as income' finally shows itself. One way or the other the present system is doomed to collapse on itself (starting now?) - the only real problem is there will have to be a big-BIG stretch of Bad Times for people to wake up, get pissed off, and restore a sensible, fair, democratic society - and put economics into a sensible perspective.
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Sure beats the news coming out of (...) Corel of late.
Actually today on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website, Corel Reports a modest profit
. no company who has successfully developed and marketed a console unit has made money off of the actual console - they make their cash from the software licensing agreements for games produced to run on their systems
/. opinion, and looking at the specs of indrema/xbox I understand how this may be possible (that PC hardware is not specific to gameconsoles & there is 'waste' incurred in hardware design in order to maintain a 'standard' design that Indrema&M$ need to fire up Linux/Windows on these things)
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I know this is standard
How is it that $300 wont build your DC or PS? They are very specific/dedicated devices, with economies of scale I dont understand why it is unreasonable to make them for ~$100-150 or so.
Im not an EE, so im not that certain on the details.. i just want to hear/see some proof outside of this repeated
Like the $ony PR-written 'Hussein stockpiling PS2s for weapons' BS, i think the idea that 'the device is sold at a loss' adds to the mysticism(sp) of the device and gives the impression of high-tech & power... I believe it may be a self-serving myth the console types like to repeat.
This guy is either:
Trolling
A scientologist himself trying to lend 'credibility' to their Cult by naturally including it into a list of other established religions - it is a very subtle way of convincing someone to assume your pre-tenses.
Scientology is a cult - Murdering, Libelous, Litiagious(sic), Profiteering Whoring filthy pile of shit.
Most other religions are only some of these things - $cientology is a cult apart...
wait wait wait - what about Xenu and the Body Thetans(TM)? You a re obviously wrong...
Government Whores and their MultiNational Paymasters are using their power to subvert the democratic, organic, libre portions of the 'net? OMG - Who'd have thunk it...
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The same as they've done everywhere else... big deal. No surprise there. Pioneering net geeks have been operating under the radar a little too long for their comfort - expect to see 24-36 months of draconian American Legislation on everything from 'CyberTerrorism', 'Censorship', 'CopyRight Control' - all inspired by the Ruling Class(TM)®© (CEO-Senator-Golf-Foursome-types) . You will not see: Privacy Protection, Democratic Process reforms to embrace new modes of Operation/Technology, Fair Use, Freedom of Speech, increased tolerance, increased understanding or much else that this great communication tool couldfacilitate. Americans are so polluted by McCarthy inspired visions of The Red Menace that they would rather Capitalists further entrench their imperialism; than demand their Government build bridges to various worthy goals... Didn't you Yanks start a revolution about these same issues once before? Taxation without representation... do you think your representatives are representing your best interest? If not who's then...?
Katz is really just dancing around the issue.
Align yourself with the people who want to free ourselves from this mess - Read
Where does a 10-12 year old get $60 CDN to buy videogames? From their parents. The problem here is simple: Do Some Research dont mindlessly spend your money on whatever your kid is crying out for today. If you are caving into the requests of a 12 year old to buy the latest VideoGame - BUT - you havnt any idea what it contains; you deserve what you get.
Its ridiculous for adults to carelessly buy anything their child requests - not only are you teaching them to be mindless ConsumoTrons(TM)(C)(R) - but you are demonstrating your own lack of character.
If you arent capable of going to a website, reading a magazine, reading the back of a box, going to a video-game-center, speaking to other adults, speaking with the older Video-Game-Fan you surely know, asking the shop owners etc etc in order to decide for yourself - then, again, you get what you deserve.
Im tired of the State empowering themselves (or worse the Capitalists) to control what *I* am capable of buying/viewing/reading/owning/using simply because the world is populated with irresponsible sheeple. The whole idea stinks - absurd. Why not demand personal responsibility instead of adding layer upon layer of idiotic legislation. Isnt ANYONE responsible for their actions anymore?
promote and generate development since they laid off those developers.
If you read the articles related to Eazal's layoffs you'll see they canned the markatroids - no developers were sacked. Your offbase Cpt.Fud-O-Tron.