It's true that they source to China for goods, but that's only because our Government has made our goods uncompetitive. If US goods are cheaper they source here.
Perhaps you should immigrate to China where you can fully appreciate the standard of living that goes along with the manufacturing of those cheap goods.
Programmers can no longer charge more for their services. There are programmers throughout the world where people make $10-$15 a day. And the cost of living reflects this. Detailed code specs can be attached to an e-mail, and the code can be returned attached to e-mail. Payment can be made through Pay-Pal.
The 20th-century is over; it's a global marketplace for coders. There is no way that contract programmers can just charge more for their services when there are thousands of competent Windows programmers in Asia and Africa willing and happy to work for $10 an hour.
How much are you going to pay somebody to write those specs?
I have never seen a fully correct functional specification / requirements document.
It's not that small business owners are natural crooks. They're just doing what they have to do to survive. If every small business owner paid all his taxes, the tax rate would be low. But if you cheat, and skim part of your income, the chances of being caught are practically zero as long as you're halfway careful. So of course, lots of people cheat, which gives them an advantage over their honest competition.
I know several of them who are.
They scream that they're going bankrupt, and can't pay a decent wage, then have a several multi-million dollar homes, always have a new Jag, go on an out of country vacation for a month, or donate tens-hundreds of thousands of dollars to their church.
Most sensible countries (i.e.: any "western" country apart from the US) have tiered minimum wages. So when you need a school kid to fill in on the weekend and cover vacation leave of your full timers, you can pay a low wage. But when you need reliable adults to work full-time jobs, you are going to have to pay adult wages.
Did I mention those countries all have lower youth delinquency rates than the US too? An I certainly never had any trouble finding work for spending money and experience as a kid! In fact, I don't know any kid who wanted a saturday or summer job that was unable to get one.
Tiered minimum wage isn't sensible, its discrimination.
It's better than having a lot of malicious programs out there, using data or sending personal information, with no way of recalling them.
Shouldn't be used unless it's deemed "dangerous".
"I am rich" for instance is a legitimate app, although without much purpose. But let's be honest, a lot of apps in the app store has little or no purpose. A 12$ flash light, anyone?
So I assume that you think it would be a good idea for Microsoft to implement this concept on personal computers as well?
This could be implemented all the way down to the bootloader as well. You know protecting us from bootblock viruses as well.
Apparently, you have not been reading this thread. The issue is not whether Apple has the right to yank the app. It clearly does and it clearly did.... This thread started when FireStormZ wrote: "but you have to agree with apple for yanking it.."
I don't remember seeing any endorsement of this so called Church in The Bible.
Then you should look harder. The word "church" (Greek ekklesia) occurs at the start of nearly every epistle and in highly elaborate form in Revelation. If you object that you meant the word isn't in the Gospels, there is Christ telling Peter after his confession of faith that "on this rock I will build my Church."
Thanks,
I feel much better about my rejection of the Bible.
Commandments against the accumulation of personal valuables apply to individual Christians, not the Church as an organization. Christianity, as an offshot of Jewish Temple worship, had elaborate furnishings and ornate decoration from the very beginning. The collection called the Apostolic Fathers, written by the generation following the Apostles, described worship in ways little different from the rites of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches today. The idea that the Church itself should be poor and bereft of splendour is very much a Protestant innovation that only popped up a few hundred years ago.
I don't remember seeing any endorsement of this so called Church in The Bible. Could it be that its noting more than a creation of the self-styled clergy in order to establish and maintain a power base?
While Firefox 3 chose to abandon Windows 95 compatibility, Firefox 2 is still being patched and maintained.
Unlike the IE6 users of Windows 95, who no longer get MS patches.
If you're running an OS thats 13 years old, you have much bigger issues than running the latest web browser.
Didn't the Silicon Indy (or was it the Onyx) have a 2 GB video card? Glancing over the specs, the SGI Onyx4 could have up to 8 GB of graphics memory. Note that these machines are on the order of a decade old....
Granted, not exactly home gear, but still this isn't the "World's First 2 GB Graphics Card".
So in fine tradition... another thing that UNIX had already done 10 years ago. (Hmm... maybe it was closer to 15....)
IIRC the Onyx with the RealityEngine2 could have up to 2 Gig. I do remember the InfiniteReality could have 2 Gig on board.
PC technology, bringing 10 year old technology to today.
They have still not enabled mode switching in the intelfb driver on laptops
Do any desktops really need a fb, or is it only so that there can be pretty pictures during boot, before [xkg]dm starts?
Somebody outside the kernel team is actually trying to use the functionality, its none of anybody's business as to the "why" or "need". If its broken, its a bug. So it needs to be fixed.
No, I was saying that the expected result of boycotting the RIAA would be for the RIAA to stop all the court orders and such and focus on making good music. The actual result though, would be more lawsuits because they don't know how to deal with a loss in profit.
Except the RIAA will claim that if you aren't buying, you're pirating and there will be even more lawsuits and legislation to cover the drop in profit.
The RIAA, along with their lawyers and puppets all need to be charged under RICO. Then what's left needs to be charged under the Sherman Anti-trust Act.
> How about vote to uphold the Consitution and the 4th Amendment:
Oh really. Please explain how wiretaps that cross international borders possibly violates the 4th? International mail has been searchable since forever and we tapped the hell out of international cables in WWII and even during the Cold War. There is a big difference between police activity and intelligence. No I don't think intelligence info should be (and generally isn't) admissable in court because spys ignore most of the safeguards to prevent tyranny but intelligence gathering isn't about arresting citizens.
First I don't see any such restriction on the 4th. Second they aren't just wiretaping international calls, they've been wiretapping everything they want to, domestic and international. They why the needed to grant the telcos immunity; its illegal.
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It's true that they source to China for goods, but that's only because our Government has made our goods uncompetitive. If US goods are cheaper they source here.
Perhaps you should immigrate to China where you can fully appreciate the standard of living that goes along with the manufacturing of those cheap goods.
No, you're not. You make immigrants feel like criminals and second class citizens, people are afraid to come to your country on business these days.
Only the ones who violate our laws and by coming here to stay without first asking permission.
Only the ones who commit perjury by saying that they're lawfully allowed to work here.
Programmers can no longer charge more for their services. There are programmers throughout the world where people make $10-$15 a day. And the cost of living reflects this. Detailed code specs can be attached to an e-mail, and the code can be returned attached to e-mail. Payment can be made through Pay-Pal.
The 20th-century is over; it's a global marketplace for coders. There is no way that contract programmers can just charge more for their services when there are thousands of competent Windows programmers in Asia and Africa willing and happy to work for $10 an hour.
How much are you going to pay somebody to write those specs?
I have never seen a fully correct functional specification / requirements document.
It's not that small business owners are natural crooks. They're just doing what they have to do to survive. If every small business owner paid all his taxes, the tax rate would be low. But if you cheat, and skim part of your income, the chances of being caught are practically zero as long as you're halfway careful. So of course, lots of people cheat, which gives them an advantage over their honest competition.
I know several of them who are.
They scream that they're going bankrupt, and can't pay a decent wage, then have a several multi-million dollar homes, always have a new Jag, go on an out of country vacation for a month, or donate tens-hundreds of thousands of dollars to their church.
Most sensible countries (i.e.: any "western" country apart from the US) have tiered minimum wages. So when you need a school kid to fill in on the weekend and cover vacation leave of your full timers, you can pay a low wage. But when you need reliable adults to work full-time jobs, you are going to have to pay adult wages.
Did I mention those countries all have lower youth delinquency rates than the US too? An I certainly never had any trouble finding work for spending money and experience as a kid! In fact, I don't know any kid who wanted a saturday or summer job that was unable to get one.
Tiered minimum wage isn't sensible, its discrimination.
You do the work, you get paid the wages.
Every dollar Apple makes, whether its revenue or profit, is a dollar that doesn't go to Microsoft.
Why did you want to get rid of all GNU software? Could you smell RMS's beard on it?
Its to build a system with that Linux doesn't need GNU and shove the GNU/Linux BS right back at RMS's beard.
I am from Texas, don't be a moron that subscribes to stereo types. Anyway, this sort of thing is ridiculous. The police need some police.
I lived there for for several years.
If you really want to fight those stereo types stop posting a Coward.
I second that, meanwhile there is a lot of distrust for apple - in spite of them having one of the most trusted operating systems... bizarre.
Not trusting them keeps them honest.
It's better than having a lot of malicious programs out there, using data or sending personal information, with no way of recalling them. Shouldn't be used unless it's deemed "dangerous". "I am rich" for instance is a legitimate app, although without much purpose. But let's be honest, a lot of apps in the app store has little or no purpose. A 12$ flash light, anyone?
So I assume that you think it would be a good idea for Microsoft to implement this concept on personal computers as well?
This could be implemented all the way down to the bootloader as well. You know protecting us from bootblock viruses as well.
Apparently, you have not been reading this thread. The issue is not whether Apple has the right to yank the app. It clearly does and it clearly did. ... This thread started when FireStormZ wrote: "but you have to agree with apple for yanking it.."
And I am saying, Who cares?
You care, otherwise you wouldn't be posting here.
I think by yanking it The Fruit is stifling innovations?
They only thing they've said is: "We're allowed to innovate you nobody else is."
Then you should look harder. The word "church" (Greek ekklesia) occurs at the start of nearly every epistle and in highly elaborate form in Revelation. If you object that you meant the word isn't in the Gospels, there is Christ telling Peter after his confession of faith that "on this rock I will build my Church."
Thanks,
I feel much better about my rejection of the Bible.
Commandments against the accumulation of personal valuables apply to individual Christians, not the Church as an organization. Christianity, as an offshot of Jewish Temple worship, had elaborate furnishings and ornate decoration from the very beginning. The collection called the Apostolic Fathers, written by the generation following the Apostles, described worship in ways little different from the rites of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches today. The idea that the Church itself should be poor and bereft of splendour is very much a Protestant innovation that only popped up a few hundred years ago.
I don't remember seeing any endorsement of this so called Church in The Bible. Could it be that its noting more than a creation of the self-styled clergy in order to establish and maintain a power base?
Doesn't matter, its probably also in their contract that they can amend their TOS anytime thy want to and not even have to tell you about it.
Just because its in the contract doesn't make it legal.
What about Microsoft? They didn't do much to help their customers...
There I fixed it for you.
Email Rule #1: Never put anything in email that you don't want somebody else's lawyer holding up in court.
Email retention policies are an attempt to mitigate the damage caused by a violation of Email Rule # 1
While Firefox 3 chose to abandon Windows 95 compatibility, Firefox 2 is still being patched and maintained. Unlike the IE6 users of Windows 95, who no longer get MS patches.
If you're running an OS thats 13 years old, you have much bigger issues than running the latest web browser.
Which we could then encase in leak proof containers and dump them in a subduction zone.
Plenty of those around, so just dump it back in the Earth without having to guard it against earthquakes - in fact we'd like those to happen.
What are these "leak proof" containers you're referring to?
Didn't the Silicon Indy (or was it the Onyx) have a 2 GB video card? Glancing over the specs, the SGI Onyx4 could have up to 8 GB of graphics memory. Note that these machines are on the order of a decade old.... Granted, not exactly home gear, but still this isn't the "World's First 2 GB Graphics Card". So in fine tradition... another thing that UNIX had already done 10 years ago. (Hmm... maybe it was closer to 15....)
IIRC the Onyx with the RealityEngine2 could have up to 2 Gig. I do remember the InfiniteReality could have 2 Gig on board.
PC technology, bringing 10 year old technology to today.
They have still not enabled mode switching in the intelfb driver on laptops
Do any desktops really need a fb, or is it only so that there can be pretty pictures during boot, before [xkg]dm starts?
Somebody outside the kernel team is actually trying to use the functionality, its none of anybody's business as to the "why" or "need". If its broken, its a bug. So it needs to be fixed.
I couldn't help but to remember the Gully Dwarves from Dragonlance. They had only 2 numbers; one and two.
No, I was saying that the expected result of boycotting the RIAA would be for the RIAA to stop all the court orders and such and focus on making good music. The actual result though, would be more lawsuits because they don't know how to deal with a loss in profit.
Except the RIAA will claim that if you aren't buying, you're pirating and there will be even more lawsuits and legislation to cover the drop in profit.
The RIAA, along with their lawyers and puppets all need to be charged under RICO. Then what's left needs to be charged under the Sherman Anti-trust Act.
> How about vote to uphold the Consitution and the 4th Amendment:
Oh really. Please explain how wiretaps that cross international borders possibly violates the 4th? International mail has been searchable since forever and we tapped the hell out of international cables in WWII and even during the Cold War. There is a big difference between police activity and intelligence. No I don't think intelligence info should be (and generally isn't) admissable in court because spys ignore most of the safeguards to prevent tyranny but intelligence gathering isn't about arresting citizens.
First I don't see any such restriction on the 4th. Second they aren't just wiretaping international calls, they've been wiretapping everything they want to, domestic and international. They why the needed to grant the telcos immunity; its illegal.