Yay, HD radio . . . wait, why do we want this again?
Realistically speaking, the only big problem with FM radio quality is that it attenuates above 16kHz . . . a range that you more or less can't hear in the poor listening environments where FM is typically used (vast majority of the time being, of course, in moving vehicles).
Right, there are whole countries full of people that are inherently lazy. That makes sense.
Reality: if you had been born in Rwanda instead of somewhere "Western", you would never have had the opportunity to get that degree on your wall and that comfy chair on your ass. People who never have a full stomach and can't read have a hard time even grasping the concept of innovation.
If you think that there is some other reason people are still using windows you are gravely mistaken.
Software support. My company uses software that is just not available on Linux, both in the client and server realms. We know exactly what Linux is and how good it is, and even use it for a few specific Linux-supported server applications . . . but on the whole, Linux cannot do what we need it do, which is run software that we have a lot of time and money invested in (money that makes OS license fees look like spare change).
Your two points are valid, but are a gross oversimplification of the way things actually are. Many CTOs would gladly switch to Linux to save a little money, if it could run the right software.
You pretty much summed it up . . . the US is all about doing whatever I want, regardless of how it affects other people, 'cause it's my RIGHT, goddammit, my RIGHT!
Other examples of this mode of thinking in action:
telemarketing/spam
frivolous lawsuits
owning slaves
There's more to morality than the law. There's more to life than fulfilling your own small selfish desires. But it's your right to think otherwise.
When's the last time an armed revolution on this scale was successful? 1776, when the aggressors were based across an ocean, with no long-distance communication?
Peaceful revolutions have a much better track record . . . see India, U.S. civil rights movement, Georgia just recently, etc. etc. The 2nd amendement is WAY outdated. The U.S. military will always have much more firepower than you . . . an armed revolution is doomed to failure. See Waco.
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How about the fact that, by definition, it takes something like 10 times as much information to store/transfer data in XML than in a native binary format?
Having a huge amount of metadata surround every piece of data is not always a good thing. XML is slow, parser issues notwithstanding.
If you don't actually see the gift, it doesn't count? In your fictional scenario, do you stand there and watch the family eat the food after you give it to them?
So organized charity is somehow wrong? Please. Besides, $25 goes much much farther in a 3rd world economy than in the United States, and "finding a hungry family" consumes resources in itself (comparable to "charity overhead", if you will).
I'm guessing that it's a lot less than the number of spam messages I get every day. Spam is currently just so much cheaper than snail mail, any shady bastard with a computer in his basement can get in on the action.
Of course, as other replies have pointed out, enforcement of this tax is essentially impossible. But conceptually it should push the majority of spammers out of the market.
Right. I should have said "ignoring the myriad technical problems with enforcement, this conceptually will provide the negative financial incentive the Senator supports".
Of course it will work; that's not even the issue. Spammers send out millions of messages in hopes to get a few tens of responses. Any tax at all will make this kind of untargeted mass emailing unprofitable.
"Corruption" would be manipulating the public trust for personal gain, unlike big science which does have a long-term philanthropic purpose (albeit one you may not agree with).
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$860 . . . That's almost exactly the monthly minimum wage in the U.S. Before taxes.
It's never too late.
Realistically speaking, the only big problem with FM radio quality is that it attenuates above 16kHz . . . a range that you more or less can't hear in the poor listening environments where FM is typically used (vast majority of the time being, of course, in moving vehicles).
Context?
Wal-Mart too. Just don't expect a livable wage or any benefits.
The problem: you're replaceable, and the managers have the power to replace you.
Reality: if you had been born in Rwanda instead of somewhere "Western", you would never have had the opportunity to get that degree on your wall and that comfy chair on your ass. People who never have a full stomach and can't read have a hard time even grasping the concept of innovation.
Is this a joke?
The program's "source" is "open".
I pasted that into my address bar and all I got was Larry Wall insulting me.
Software support. My company uses software that is just not available on Linux, both in the client and server realms. We know exactly what Linux is and how good it is, and even use it for a few specific Linux-supported server applications . . . but on the whole, Linux cannot do what we need it do, which is run software that we have a lot of time and money invested in (money that makes OS license fees look like spare change).
Your two points are valid, but are a gross oversimplification of the way things actually are. Many CTOs would gladly switch to Linux to save a little money, if it could run the right software.
Other examples of this mode of thinking in action:
There's more to morality than the law. There's more to life than fulfilling your own small selfish desires. But it's your right to think otherwise.
That's what emulators are for.
I have your mom. In fact, I had her last night.
Peaceful revolutions have a much better track record . . . see India, U.S. civil rights movement, Georgia just recently, etc. etc. The 2nd amendement is WAY outdated. The U.S. military will always have much more firepower than you . . . an armed revolution is doomed to failure. See Waco.
Having a huge amount of metadata surround every piece of data is not always a good thing. XML is slow, parser issues notwithstanding.
If you don't actually see the gift, it doesn't count? In your fictional scenario, do you stand there and watch the family eat the food after you give it to them?
So organized charity is somehow wrong? Please. Besides, $25 goes much much farther in a 3rd world economy than in the United States, and "finding a hungry family" consumes resources in itself (comparable to "charity overhead", if you will).
In Soviet Russia, Free Software thinks YOU are just a tool!
Of course, as other replies have pointed out, enforcement of this tax is essentially impossible. But conceptually it should push the majority of spammers out of the market.
Right. I should have said "ignoring the myriad technical problems with enforcement, this conceptually will provide the negative financial incentive the Senator supports".
Clearly it should go to a once-a-year ice cream party for the whole Internet.
Of course it will work; that's not even the issue. Spammers send out millions of messages in hopes to get a few tens of responses. Any tax at all will make this kind of untargeted mass emailing unprofitable.
So, I was pointing out that using the term "corruption" here is a laughable hyperbole, along the lines of bringing up Hitler in a completely unrelated discussion . . . oops, you did that too.
Please, please make this a public performance art display when you do it, and let us know when it happens.