The whole speeding and safety thing is sort of a twisted argument, after all, even driving at 55 as compared to 65 is going to kill some people in accidents. So then you have to ask what your acceptable "death rate" is, which seems sort of cold. And what about when the speed limit goes up from 55 to 65 (as happened over the past decade), was it "killing people" before to drive 65 but now its ok? Or you can recognize that just b/c its a law doesn't mean it is correct and maybe the speed limits should reflect how most drivers feel comfortable driving on a stretch of road.
People could get around it the same way they get around emissions laws (in PA at least). Apparently those huge mufflers and pipes that people like to add to their Hondas won't pass inspection, so people just make sure they take it off for inspection. You could do that with GPS, just reconnect it for your inspection.
Try thinking about a wedding reception, do you see them playing mp3's at the ball?
Actually, I was at one last weekend, and the DJ had a laptop. I didn't go see if he was playing MP3's, but I'll say I didn't see too many CD's on his table that night. And I don't know if he was playing stuff he ripped from his own collection or stuff from Napster, but there you go.
What if you use a command center to detect the aircraft, then illuminatie it with a laser (either in the visible range or some other range) and have the missles home in on the laser reflection. I'm sure you can fine a frequency that a stalth fighter reflects resonably well at.
The socialists are good too for an opposing view:) Actually, it would be sort of funny if American politics turned into socialists vs/ libertarians (sort of like Slashdot:). At least then it would be a little more clear cut where the differences are.
I'm not attacking you personally, but that is one of the worst and most convoluted ways I have ever heard to set a clock on an appliance. No regular customer should need to hook up their Tivo to a computer just to set the stupid clock. Why not just let them do it on screen like every other household appliace has let you do for at least 10 years (VCR's, microwaves, etc). A solution as complicated as that might as well not exist for 99% of the people who have bought Tivos
Tivo doesn't give the customer a "free ride" as you call it. People still spent several hundred dollars for the hardware and expected it to work a certain way. My VCR doesn't spontaneously re-wire itself to make it harder for me to use it, if it did I'd be damn pissed. People like you can whine all you want that Tivo doesn't make money on the units, just the subscriptions, well until they start paying people to take the damn recorders that argument doesn't work. The customers who bought a Tivo are not responsible for propping up a shitty business model that is obviously losing Tivo a lot of cash.
It shouldn't be the consumers fault that Tivo feels the need to sell things below cost. I don't know why they are doing that anyway, when laser disc and DVD players came out they were well over $500, if not over $1000 or $1500, but they still managed to sell thousands of players even before the price came down. I think people would be willing to pay more for the device up front and not feel like they need to support Tivo like some kind of charity.
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I believe the first "winmodem" was on the Commodore 64.:) The first modem for that computer had to use a chunk of memory and processor to do anything, it wasn't an independent device.
I feel your pain man, Philly radio is horrible for newer rock. Occasionalyl I'll get in a New York or Baltimore station and think "Wow, this is so much better than Philly".
And here I was going to comment that Slashdot has gone way too libertarian and the libertarians were drowning out the socialsts. Guess thats a great example of having a subjective viewpont for both of us.
Committing a crime should get you free room and board?
No but government shouldn't institute policies where by it PROFITS from having more prisoners, all that does is encourage the creation of even more prisoners regardless of what crimes are actually being committed.
Ummm...actually in this case we DO have big busniness stifling innovation. Its the business suing after all. And the business did lobby for more and more laws to help them do that (DMCA). Just because our gov. passed them when they shouldn't have does not removed all blame from big business.
That is still delaying the inevitable, do you still use any 8086's or 286's or how about those old MFM hard drives? 14 CGA/EGA monitors? Eventually its all gotta be disposed of or recycled.
Maybe an accident would set tourism back for a decade, but without people trying things like this, space tourism wouldn't happen for at least a decade anyway.
Auctioning benefits the seller, but its a hassle for the buyers unless it is something rare or something they really want. Very few people want to buy commodity items (like computer hardware) at an auction unless they think they will pay less than retail for it.
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My favorite fiction works of his were "Espedair Street" and "Crow Road", I guess for me they were the easiest to follow and didn't make me feel as dirty at the end. His sci-fi I like better, "Use of Weapons" is one of my favorite books, but I think its gone down hill a bit in recent years.
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The whole speeding and safety thing is sort of a twisted argument, after all, even driving at 55 as compared to 65 is going to kill some people in accidents. So then you have to ask what your acceptable "death rate" is, which seems sort of cold. And what about when the speed limit goes up from 55 to 65 (as happened over the past decade), was it "killing people" before to drive 65 but now its ok? Or you can recognize that just b/c its a law doesn't mean it is correct and maybe the speed limits should reflect how most drivers feel comfortable driving on a stretch of road.
People could get around it the same way they get around emissions laws (in PA at least). Apparently those huge mufflers and pipes that people like to add to their Hondas won't pass inspection, so people just make sure they take it off for inspection. You could do that with GPS, just reconnect it for your inspection.
So they are sort of like superhuman, militant slashdot readers?
I think the author does realize this, he points out that almost all of the groups in the top ten are dead.
Try thinking about a wedding reception, do you see them playing mp3's at the ball?
Actually, I was at one last weekend, and the DJ had a laptop. I didn't go see if he was playing MP3's, but I'll say I didn't see too many CD's on his table that night. And I don't know if he was playing stuff he ripped from his own collection or stuff from Napster, but there you go.
What if you use a command center to detect the aircraft, then illuminatie it with a laser (either in the visible range or some other range) and have the missles home in on the laser reflection. I'm sure you can fine a frequency that a stalth fighter reflects resonably well at.
The socialists are good too for an opposing view :) Actually, it would be sort of funny if American politics turned into socialists vs/ libertarians (sort of like Slashdot:). At least then it would be a little more clear cut where the differences are.
I'm not attacking you personally, but that is one of the worst and most convoluted ways I have ever heard to set a clock on an appliance. No regular customer should need to hook up their Tivo to a computer just to set the stupid clock. Why not just let them do it on screen like every other household appliace has let you do for at least 10 years (VCR's, microwaves, etc). A solution as complicated as that might as well not exist for 99% of the people who have bought Tivos
Tivo doesn't give the customer a "free ride" as you call it. People still spent several hundred dollars for the hardware and expected it to work a certain way. My VCR doesn't spontaneously re-wire itself to make it harder for me to use it, if it did I'd be damn pissed. People like you can whine all you want that Tivo doesn't make money on the units, just the subscriptions, well until they start paying people to take the damn recorders that argument doesn't work. The customers who bought a Tivo are not responsible for propping up a shitty business model that is obviously losing Tivo a lot of cash.
It shouldn't be the consumers fault that Tivo feels the need to sell things below cost. I don't know why they are doing that anyway, when laser disc and DVD players came out they were well over $500, if not over $1000 or $1500, but they still managed to sell thousands of players even before the price came down. I think people would be willing to pay more for the device up front and not feel like they need to support Tivo like some kind of charity.
I believe the first "winmodem" was on the Commodore 64. :) The first modem for that computer had to use a chunk of memory and processor to do anything, it wasn't an independent device.
I feel your pain man, Philly radio is horrible for newer rock. Occasionalyl I'll get in a New York or Baltimore station and think "Wow, this is so much better than Philly".
And here I was going to comment that Slashdot has gone way too libertarian and the libertarians were drowning out the socialsts. Guess thats a great example of having a subjective viewpont for both of us.
Actually, do many stocks these days still pay dividends? If not, then how can I invest in GM and share in the wealth?
Committing a crime should get you free room and board?
No but government shouldn't institute policies where by it PROFITS from having more prisoners, all that does is encourage the creation of even more prisoners regardless of what crimes are actually being committed.
Ummm..governments do own the world.
I've seen a card that lets you add IDE to a C-64, is that good enough?
Ummm...actually in this case we DO have big busniness stifling innovation. Its the business suing after all. And the business did lobby for more and more laws to help them do that (DMCA). Just because our gov. passed them when they shouldn't have does not removed all blame from big business.
That is still delaying the inevitable, do you still use any 8086's or 286's or how about those old MFM hard drives? 14 CGA/EGA monitors? Eventually its all gotta be disposed of or recycled.
Except the only thing people got used to was buying below cost.
If that were the case, he'd have a negative approval rating. Don't you understand how they work? Approve = "I like what he is doing."
Or, "He's not doing as bad as I expected".
Maybe an accident would set tourism back for a decade, but without people trying things like this, space tourism wouldn't happen for at least a decade anyway.
Auctioning benefits the seller, but its a hassle for the buyers unless it is something rare or something they really want. Very few people want to buy commodity items (like computer hardware) at an auction unless they think they will pay less than retail for it.
And notice how everyone hates that.
My favorite fiction works of his were "Espedair Street" and "Crow Road", I guess for me they were the easiest to follow and didn't make me feel as dirty at the end. His sci-fi I like better, "Use of Weapons" is one of my favorite books, but I think its gone down hill a bit in recent years.