If I can't download an article from JSTOR (or wherever), then the thing is useless to me. I don't care about ebooks. I don't care about audio books. But I'd really love a portable way to be able to read PDFs in a more convenient way than on my Dell Axim.
2. It's one, frankly, that the libertarians embrace. Every single social program, taxation scheme, or other government initiative meant to level the playing field is vehemently despised by some members of the Libertarian Party.
There, fixed.
In any case, it's a mistake to equate "libertarians" as a group with the Libertarian Party.
Also, what's this about "leveling the playing field"? Are we worried about equality of opportunity or equality of outcome, here? Because usually when people start talking about "leveling the playing field," it's code for "equality of outcome," which is not a philosophy that is particularly compatible with liberty of any sort.
While your analysis of the origins of the financial crisis is shockingly novel and clearly well-researched, might I suggest doing a little more reading about banking industry regulations and effect government pressure has on distorting markets?
I'd also be interested in reading about which societies you have in mind that don't have a wealthy class and a poor class.
Not really. Most of the bands I hear now are complete rubbish. When I worked at a record store... almost all the bands that were coming out with new material were complete rubbish. When I worked at a radio station... almost all the promos we got were complete rubbish.
Mainstream music now is as useless and uninteresting as its ever been -- maybe even moreso since the record companies are so desperate to make money that every trend/sub-genre/whatever that shows signs that it might be profitable gets hyped to death and copied ad infinitum.
I figured that a bare chested, gun totin' Putin would write the OS from scratch himself after using his mad Judo skills to teach a bear why nobody should talk wise to the past and future President of Russia.
He limits himself to writing... wait for it... killer apps! *rimshot*
No, no, no! Lieberman is an evil, selfish, backstabbing DINO traitor who sold out his party. No real Democrat would support such a neocon in sheep's clothing!
Remember remember that large number of conservative voters defected from the GOP to the Constitution Party in numbers that otherwise could've put Smith within striking range of victory.
Are you suggesting that CEO wages (rather than massive legacy costs associated with union agreements) are the chief driving force behind the high price of American goods?
The general reaction seems to be that IBM is in the wrong here.
I think it's also possible to interpret this as a sign that IBM recognizes that the people it's laying off are both a valuable resource that it doesn't want to lose as well as a resource that it cannot afford to keep paying. The union's reaction, of course, is hardly surprising of course -- it has its own interests in mind.
Naturally, this offer isn't one that will appeal to everyone. Obviously laid-off employees with families probably aren't in a position that they can just uproot and move to another country. For others, though, I can see this being an intriguing opportunity.
I know that if I were in this position -- laid-off, facing unemployment, and offered the chance to go live overseas and stay in the company, I'd seriously consider it.
TFA calls it an "innovative" solution. That seems about right. It's not perfect and it's clearly not motivated by altruism, but it might actually work out for some people.
No, but folks like George Soros spent millions of dollars supporting organizations like MoveOn and Media Matters who *did* buy ads attacking Bush.
And, frankly, that's fine.
I have no more problem with that than I do with the US government trying to convince Ukrainians (for instance) that electing a government aligned toward the West rather than toward Russia would be a good choice.
You do realize how absurd it is to complain about people who "fall back on stereotypes" only moments before you launch into a paint-by-numbers "if it hadn't have been for oil-hungry American meddling, everything would be just great!" rant, right?
And that's to say nothing of your conclusion which... falls back on a wholly un-nuanced stereotype of Israeli foreign policy.
As an American who just spent the last eight years listening to "the world" scold this country for electing Bush and then piously demand that we elect Barack Obama, I can tell you that it works both ways.
That's what happens when your emperor takes the bait and tries standing up for his own people living on American soil.
Wait, so this is the line now? The Japanese attacked the United States to... what? Defend Japanese-Americans against racism or something?
If that's seriously the implication, then revisionist "history" has really jumped the shark. Then again, some people still take David Irving seriously.
It makes one wonder why Microsoft hasn't more fully embraced Office as a marketing vector in the same way that Apple has used the iPod to push sales of its hardware/OS.
What that marketing would look like... I don't really know. It seems clear, though, that Microsoft's business model might have to start adapting from a Windows-centric model to one that's focused on their more popular product(s) like Office.
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I just don't see it, man.
I've got a Powerbook G4 that I love. Best laptop I've ever had, and I got it from a chum for $50 when he upgraded to a snazzy new Macbook Pro. Leaps and bounds nicer than the Inspiron 8200 I used to have. My home machine is running Ubuntu, and has been for a couple of years now. Never had any stability issues until lately, and that's 100% the fault of failing hardware. My work machine, which I'm on right now, is running Windows XP. This machine hasn't been turned off or rebooted for... I dunno. Maybe 2 or 3 months? Perfectly stable.
Out of the three, I'd have to say that Ubuntu's UI (I use GNOME over KDE, but let's not get into that debate right now) "gets in the way" more than any of them. I've spent more time trying to get stupid video drivers to work after an automatic upgrade than I care to discuss. I just don't get the "OS getting in the way" thing with Windows that much these days (granted, I haven't really used Vista much). I honestly don't even remember the last time I saw a blue screen.
Windows was truly bad back in the 95/98 days, but I personally have had very few issues with XP that weren't hardware/driver related, and Linux is often far worse in that regard.
The security/spyware issue is my biggest complaint with Windows from a user-support standpoint. I've never picked up any malware or virus, though I've spent hours upon hours helping people who have.
They all have their ups and downs, I guess, and I enjoy the fact that I have the opportunity to play around with all three.
The a great deal of Oregon's electricity is generated by the Columbia River dams. While massive hydro power generation is "greener" than, say, coal power, it's also extraordinarily destructive to the environment upriver from the dams.
Hydro power is also controversial because dams tend to reduce fish runs and, under Oregon law, native tribes are guaranteed the right to fish. This has become as real point of contention, as environmental activists and the tribes have maintained that a healthy river is a prerequisite for a healthy fish run and thus the rivers and the dams have become the subject of a whole series of lawsuits, with farmers, the hydro industry, transportation companies, etc. lined up on one side and environmentalists and the tribes lined up on the other.
The major dams such as Bonneville are, it's safe to say, not going anywhere any time soon. Thus, Oregon is going to be able to rely on hydro power for the foreseeable future. Some of the smaller dams, however, may very well be taken out.
Oregon is also running some early trials using ocean waves to generate power. I believe I've heard that there are some substantial wind power projects in the works as well.
If these people realize that, according to William Ruddiman, a leading paleoclimatologist and a name that should be known to anyone remotely familiar with the global warming debate, greenhouse gases caused by humans have possibly staved off the onset of another cyclical cooling period that would possibly render these tribes' homes even colder and more uninhabitable than they are now.
But, as others have noted, this stunt reeks of little more than a pack of money-grubbing hypocrites jumping on a high-profile bandwagon in order to extort large amounts of money from the "bad guys." The chance that they're really all that well informed about the mechanics of climate change seems pretty low.
(Uh oh, here come the angry "Capitalism is God, how dare you infidels question the market!" right wing Republo-jihadists with mod points...)
Quick, guys! This radical free-thinker is upsetting our nefarious plans with his firebrand ideas and revolutionary alternatives! Spare no effort to mod him down and silence his dissent lest the very foundations of our whole hegemony are shaken to their very core!
Now that we're all to be forced to pay to watch television, they'll be removing all those annoying commercials that supposedly subsidize the free analog television broadcasts... right?
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If I can't download an article from JSTOR (or wherever), then the thing is useless to me. I don't care about ebooks. I don't care about audio books. But I'd really love a portable way to be able to read PDFs in a more convenient way than on my Dell Axim.
Oh, and I've yet to meet a libertarian of any stripe who espouses "Social Darwinism".
2. It's one, frankly, that the libertarians embrace. Every single social program, taxation scheme, or other government initiative meant to level the playing field is vehemently despised by some members of the Libertarian Party.
There, fixed.
In any case, it's a mistake to equate "libertarians" as a group with the Libertarian Party.
Also, what's this about "leveling the playing field"? Are we worried about equality of opportunity or equality of outcome, here? Because usually when people start talking about "leveling the playing field," it's code for "equality of outcome," which is not a philosophy that is particularly compatible with liberty of any sort.
While your analysis of the origins of the financial crisis is shockingly novel and clearly well-researched, might I suggest doing a little more reading about banking industry regulations and effect government pressure has on distorting markets?
I'd also be interested in reading about which societies you have in mind that don't have a wealthy class and a poor class.
First, it's "Gilded Age".
Second, the notion that a free market has anything to do with "Social Darwinism" is an absurd caricature.
Third, how do you guarantee personal liberties without also giving a guarantee of economic liberties?
Dude, lay off Igor. He's actually a pretty nice guy once you get to know him. His brother, Vasilii's a real dick, though.
Does anyone else notice this?
Not really. Most of the bands I hear now are complete rubbish. When I worked at a record store... almost all the bands that were coming out with new material were complete rubbish. When I worked at a radio station... almost all the promos we got were complete rubbish.
Mainstream music now is as useless and uninteresting as its ever been -- maybe even moreso since the record companies are so desperate to make money that every trend/sub-genre/whatever that shows signs that it might be profitable gets hyped to death and copied ad infinitum.
I figured that a bare chested, gun totin' Putin would write the OS from scratch himself after using his mad Judo skills to teach a bear why nobody should talk wise to the past and future President of Russia.
He limits himself to writing... wait for it... killer apps! *rimshot*
In assembly, of course.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of fucks.
This is the best description of our government I've ever seen, sir.
No, no, no! Lieberman is an evil, selfish, backstabbing DINO traitor who sold out his party. No real Democrat would support such a neocon in sheep's clothing!
Hope! Change!
Remember remember that large number of conservative voters defected from the GOP to the Constitution Party in numbers that otherwise could've put Smith within striking range of victory.
Are you suggesting that CEO wages (rather than massive legacy costs associated with union agreements) are the chief driving force behind the high price of American goods?
The general reaction seems to be that IBM is in the wrong here.
I think it's also possible to interpret this as a sign that IBM recognizes that the people it's laying off are both a valuable resource that it doesn't want to lose as well as a resource that it cannot afford to keep paying. The union's reaction, of course, is hardly surprising of course -- it has its own interests in mind.
Naturally, this offer isn't one that will appeal to everyone. Obviously laid-off employees with families probably aren't in a position that they can just uproot and move to another country. For others, though, I can see this being an intriguing opportunity.
I know that if I were in this position -- laid-off, facing unemployment, and offered the chance to go live overseas and stay in the company, I'd seriously consider it.
TFA calls it an "innovative" solution. That seems about right. It's not perfect and it's clearly not motivated by altruism, but it might actually work out for some people.
No, but folks like George Soros spent millions of dollars supporting organizations like MoveOn and Media Matters who *did* buy ads attacking Bush.
And, frankly, that's fine.
I have no more problem with that than I do with the US government trying to convince Ukrainians (for instance) that electing a government aligned toward the West rather than toward Russia would be a good choice.
None of us lives in a vacuum.
You do realize how absurd it is to complain about people who "fall back on stereotypes" only moments before you launch into a paint-by-numbers "if it hadn't have been for oil-hungry American meddling, everything would be just great!" rant, right?
And that's to say nothing of your conclusion which... falls back on a wholly un-nuanced stereotype of Israeli foreign policy.
Brilliant stuff, really.
...but a disproportionate response is just as irresponsible as Iran claiming to wipe out Israel.
What would you say constitutes a "proportionate response", incidentally?
And how is Israel's "disproportionate" response "proportionate" to obliterating an entire nation-state?
Just askin', like.
As an American who just spent the last eight years listening to "the world" scold this country for electing Bush and then piously demand that we elect Barack Obama, I can tell you that it works both ways.
The sound the phone makes upon taking a picture will be Anthony Hopkins in his Lecter voice
So... just Anthony Hopkins talking, then?
That's what happens when your emperor takes the bait and tries standing up for his own people living on American soil.
Wait, so this is the line now? The Japanese attacked the United States to... what? Defend Japanese-Americans against racism or something?
If that's seriously the implication, then revisionist "history" has really jumped the shark. Then again, some people still take David Irving seriously.
Office makes more than the operating system
It makes one wonder why Microsoft hasn't more fully embraced Office as a marketing vector in the same way that Apple has used the iPod to push sales of its hardware/OS.
What that marketing would look like... I don't really know. It seems clear, though, that Microsoft's business model might have to start adapting from a Windows-centric model to one that's focused on their more popular product(s) like Office.
I just don't see it, man.
I've got a Powerbook G4 that I love. Best laptop I've ever had, and I got it from a chum for $50 when he upgraded to a snazzy new Macbook Pro. Leaps and bounds nicer than the Inspiron 8200 I used to have. My home machine is running Ubuntu, and has been for a couple of years now. Never had any stability issues until lately, and that's 100% the fault of failing hardware. My work machine, which I'm on right now, is running Windows XP. This machine hasn't been turned off or rebooted for... I dunno. Maybe 2 or 3 months? Perfectly stable.
Out of the three, I'd have to say that Ubuntu's UI (I use GNOME over KDE, but let's not get into that debate right now) "gets in the way" more than any of them. I've spent more time trying to get stupid video drivers to work after an automatic upgrade than I care to discuss. I just don't get the "OS getting in the way" thing with Windows that much these days (granted, I haven't really used Vista much). I honestly don't even remember the last time I saw a blue screen.
Windows was truly bad back in the 95/98 days, but I personally have had very few issues with XP that weren't hardware/driver related, and Linux is often far worse in that regard.
The security/spyware issue is my biggest complaint with Windows from a user-support standpoint. I've never picked up any malware or virus, though I've spent hours upon hours helping people who have.
They all have their ups and downs, I guess, and I enjoy the fact that I have the opportunity to play around with all three.
The a great deal of Oregon's electricity is generated by the Columbia River dams. While massive hydro power generation is "greener" than, say, coal power, it's also extraordinarily destructive to the environment upriver from the dams.
Hydro power is also controversial because dams tend to reduce fish runs and, under Oregon law, native tribes are guaranteed the right to fish. This has become as real point of contention, as environmental activists and the tribes have maintained that a healthy river is a prerequisite for a healthy fish run and thus the rivers and the dams have become the subject of a whole series of lawsuits, with farmers, the hydro industry, transportation companies, etc. lined up on one side and environmentalists and the tribes lined up on the other.
The major dams such as Bonneville are, it's safe to say, not going anywhere any time soon. Thus, Oregon is going to be able to rely on hydro power for the foreseeable future. Some of the smaller dams, however, may very well be taken out.
Oregon is also running some early trials using ocean waves to generate power. I believe I've heard that there are some substantial wind power projects in the works as well.
If these people realize that, according to William Ruddiman, a leading paleoclimatologist and a name that should be known to anyone remotely familiar with the global warming debate, greenhouse gases caused by humans have possibly staved off the onset of another cyclical cooling period that would possibly render these tribes' homes even colder and more uninhabitable than they are now.
But, as others have noted, this stunt reeks of little more than a pack of money-grubbing hypocrites jumping on a high-profile bandwagon in order to extort large amounts of money from the "bad guys." The chance that they're really all that well informed about the mechanics of climate change seems pretty low.
(Uh oh, here come the angry "Capitalism is God, how dare you infidels question the market!" right wing Republo-jihadists with mod points...)
Quick, guys! This radical free-thinker is upsetting our nefarious plans with his firebrand ideas and revolutionary alternatives! Spare no effort to mod him down and silence his dissent lest the very foundations of our whole hegemony are shaken to their very core!
Now that we're all to be forced to pay to watch television, they'll be removing all those annoying commercials that supposedly subsidize the free analog television broadcasts... right?