Most states share driving information already. If you have 3 DUIs in California, you will be imprisoned for driving in Oregon as it stands RIGHT NOW. The Real ID fiasco has some other more sinister pretext, not unlike the hundreds of cameras the government is putting up in every city with more than 200 people.
Microsoft is still trying to white wash Vista and call Vista 2.0 "Windows 7". They are just trying to stay alive at this point in my opinion, and they are doing very badly at that.
You're forgetting something: hardware is constantly lowering in price. There will be a tiny laptop the size of a sidekick that can run XP for $100 sometime in the next 2 years.
Why the fuck would you pay for an iPhone then? So you could do LESS and pay more?
Sure, I'm a FOSS zealot that would like to see Linux win out as the OS, but then I was rooting for openmoko, and they seem pretty dead too. I can still run zsnes, skype, and firefox in XP. If there was a good linux phone that did all that for $100, everyone would buy that instead.
I bet if MS put out a netbook with XP that ran decently for $100, nobody would buy any of that other crap you're talking about. Price will win this war. I know plenty of people who still don't own an iPhone, because it's not worth the price and the egregious AT&T contract. I think ubiquitous wifi and skype (or a FOSS clone) will eventually begin to outweigh all the phone carriers and operating systems, once the hardware is common and cheap enough, which it will be eventually.
... I think that PRICE is the motivating factor here. As soon as we see quantities of netbooks that are $100, the OS won't matter much. Hell, I'd run Windows 98 if I could get a fast netbook that did skype for $100.
I think Windows or it's design will be with us long after Microsoft has failed as a corporation, which is likely sooner than most are currently guessing. Their huge reserves of cash aren't going to matter when more is not coming in, which I think is inevitable. I know not one person willing to pay for Vista, OR Vista 2.0, which MS is calling Windows 7.
In exact OPPOSITE of the intent of the federalist papers, our constitution, and any version of human morality.
I for one would like the federal government to die a slow and painful death. Not that the state government is much better, run by Fox news as it also is.
I will say we don't need law enforcement. If we truly had the right to bear arms, as described in the US constitution, there would be MUCH less crime. At least serious crime. The statistics on this have been proven in both small and large communities.
I am CERTAINLY against the system. I'm against the corporate monopolies that run all our governments, media, and elections. I'm also against the law enforcement and military that support this conglomerate junta. I'm for civil liberty and self determination, both at the state and personal level.
Where I live, in southern California, law enforcement is little more than a tax-subsidized street gang. Thugs wearing a uniform peddling narcotics, and doing their best to harass and molest the common individual for revenue and power. I think if the average American was strapped (as they should be according to the second amendment), at least a substantial amount of the corruption and criminality would be cut down within our "law enforcement" agencies.
I believe Ez E said it best, "FUCK THE POLICE!"
That may not be the most eloquent of dialogs, but in our current corporate media fascism, I could not agree more heartedly and vehemently.
There is no democracy where private firms control the media. The very notion of democracy is laughable if all media is run by corporations. That is certainly the case across the entire planet now, with the exception of/., reddit, and digg.
I think for the most part, the "terrorists" that most Americans have in their mind as a stereotype probably just wants Israel to go away, and to not have their children phosphorous bombed. I doubt they spend much time ruminating on the encryption of American teenage p2p systems.
George Washington John Hancock Ben Franklin Thomas Jefferson
It's just that I tend to like SECULAR terrorists. Invisible friend in the sky terrorists do suck though, including the ones that speak with a drawl from Alabama.
If it's made by Microsoft, it will probably just cause all my appliances to magically BSOD. I can't wait to wave my wand at my fridge and have it quit cooling, or begin cooling intermittently, or stop cooling and light up with a red sign saying "THIS COPY OF YOUR REFRIGERATOR DOES NOT PASS WAND GENUINE ADVANTAGE"
Seriously, besides an obvious rip off of the wii-mote, I have NO faith in MS ability to put out a decent product. I can't think of ONE MS product I've liked, ever!
True.... that is an option.:) I don't care to follow rules I disagree with though, and in my opinion the whole idea of "intellectual property" is ludicrous and fundamentally shows a lack of basic mental function in much of our species.
Yes, but I certainly do not consider "God did it." to be a reasonable alternative explanation. For one: There's absolutely NO evidence to support that theory.
It goes back farther than that. There's plenty of evidence that simple bacteria could have evolved naturally out of the chemical soup present on earth at that time.
In addition, there's plenty of evidence to support the idea that life came from somewhere else on a meteor or comet.
So really, it's either "God created the big bang", and now he's just some sick-fuck voyeur, or the whole concept of god is ludicrous and faulty. Based on the evidence, I'd guess the latter. So would anyone with half a brain:
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Nor does carrying a knife onto a plane make NORAD stand down. But then obviously Al Queda had some powerful friend in NORAD on 9/11.
His name is Dick Cheney, and his business partner George Bush Sr. is good friends with Osama Bin Laden's family.
Most states share driving information already. If you have 3 DUIs in California, you will be imprisoned for driving in Oregon as it stands RIGHT NOW. The Real ID fiasco has some other more sinister pretext, not unlike the hundreds of cameras the government is putting up in every city with more than 200 people.
Still unnecessary and in violation of the Constitution. Most specifically the third amendment, but also inhibiting your right to travel.
I live in California, and we have electronic voting provided by Diebold. I can tell you that it works perfectly here!
Everyone votes, and a Republican or Democrat wins every time. I'm pretty sure that means democracy.
Microsoft is still trying to white wash Vista and call Vista 2.0 "Windows 7". They are just trying to stay alive at this point in my opinion, and they are doing very badly at that.
You're forgetting something: hardware is constantly lowering in price. There will be a tiny laptop the size of a sidekick that can run XP for $100 sometime in the next 2 years.
Why the fuck would you pay for an iPhone then? So you could do LESS and pay more?
Sure, I'm a FOSS zealot that would like to see Linux win out as the OS, but then I was rooting for openmoko, and they seem pretty dead too. I can still run zsnes, skype, and firefox in XP. If there was a good linux phone that did all that for $100, everyone would buy that instead.
We'll just have to wait and see.
I bet if MS put out a netbook with XP that ran decently for $100, nobody would buy any of that other crap you're talking about. Price will win this war. I know plenty of people who still don't own an iPhone, because it's not worth the price and the egregious AT&T contract. I think ubiquitous wifi and skype (or a FOSS clone) will eventually begin to outweigh all the phone carriers and operating systems, once the hardware is common and cheap enough, which it will be eventually.
... I think that PRICE is the motivating factor here. As soon as we see quantities of netbooks that are $100, the OS won't matter much. Hell, I'd run Windows 98 if I could get a fast netbook that did skype for $100.
...We could make a Linux that worked and looked almost exactly like Windows:
http://www.linuxmint.com/
Or we could release an open source alternative to Windows:
http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html
I think Windows or it's design will be with us long after Microsoft has failed as a corporation, which is likely sooner than most are currently guessing. Their huge reserves of cash aren't going to matter when more is not coming in, which I think is inevitable. I know not one person willing to pay for Vista, OR Vista 2.0, which MS is calling Windows 7.
The snake oil is obvious now. Nobody's buying it.
I still use ReiserFS. It's killer!
Give the gift of retro gaming!
Is that you, Captain Obvious? Thanks for posting to /. today!
In exact OPPOSITE of the intent of the federalist papers, our constitution, and any version of human morality.
I for one would like the federal government to die a slow and painful death. Not that the state government is much better, run by Fox news as it also is.
I will say we don't need law enforcement. If we truly had the right to bear arms, as described in the US constitution, there would be MUCH less crime. At least serious crime. The statistics on this have been proven in both small and large communities.
I am CERTAINLY against the system. I'm against the corporate monopolies that run all our governments, media, and elections. I'm also against the law enforcement and military that support this conglomerate junta. I'm for civil liberty and self determination, both at the state and personal level.
Where I live, in southern California, law enforcement is little more than a tax-subsidized street gang. Thugs wearing a uniform peddling narcotics, and doing their best to harass and molest the common individual for revenue and power. I think if the average American was strapped (as they should be according to the second amendment), at least a substantial amount of the corruption and criminality would be cut down within our "law enforcement" agencies.
I believe Ez E said it best, "FUCK THE POLICE!"
That may not be the most eloquent of dialogs, but in our current corporate media fascism, I could not agree more heartedly and vehemently.
Because your elections aren't run by Diebold?
There is no democracy where private firms control the media. The very notion of democracy is laughable if all media is run by corporations. That is certainly the case across the entire planet now, with the exception of /., reddit, and digg.
I think for the most part, the "terrorists" that most Americans have in their mind as a stereotype probably just wants Israel to go away, and to not have their children phosphorous bombed. I doubt they spend much time ruminating on the encryption of American teenage p2p systems.
I like terrorists:
George Washington
John Hancock
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
It's just that I tend to like SECULAR terrorists. Invisible friend in the sky terrorists do suck though, including the ones that speak with a drawl from Alabama.
Couldn't you produce an equal and opposite frequency light wave and cancel the original one, like they do in noise cancellation?
Finally we're leveling the playing field and won't look like international bullies!
Can Al Quada borrow our "Mission Accomplished" sign?
If it's made by Microsoft, it will probably just cause all my appliances to magically BSOD. I can't wait to wave my wand at my fridge and have it quit cooling, or begin cooling intermittently, or stop cooling and light up with a red sign saying "THIS COPY OF YOUR REFRIGERATOR DOES NOT PASS WAND GENUINE ADVANTAGE"
Seriously, besides an obvious rip off of the wii-mote, I have NO faith in MS ability to put out a decent product. I can't think of ONE MS product I've liked, ever!
True.... that is an option. :) I don't care to follow rules I disagree with though, and in my opinion the whole idea of "intellectual property" is ludicrous and fundamentally shows a lack of basic mental function in much of our species.
Yes, but I certainly do not consider "God did it." to be a reasonable alternative explanation. For one: There's absolutely NO evidence to support that theory.
Rosie O'Donnell is a brave American who has stood up on national television and asked hard questions, and been black listed for it.
Her movies all sucked, but she is an American hero now, no matter her weight or cinematic credentials.
Not to sour your joke, but Rush Limbaugh would've been a much better choice.
It goes back farther than that. There's plenty of evidence that simple bacteria could have evolved naturally out of the chemical soup present on earth at that time.
In addition, there's plenty of evidence to support the idea that life came from somewhere else on a meteor or comet.
So really, it's either "God created the big bang", and now he's just some sick-fuck voyeur, or the whole concept of god is ludicrous and faulty. Based on the evidence, I'd guess the latter. So would anyone with half a brain:
Jefferson,
Franklin,
Einstein,
Voltaire,
Darwin,
Dawkins,
Russell.....
I'm sorry, but the smart guys have spoken on this topic, and all of them unilaterally agree:
The concept of god as proposed by Western religion is certainly ludicrous.
Humanity is known to engage heavily in wishful thinking. This is clearly an easier explanation for religion as according to Occam's Razor.