There are plenty of spurious lawsuits. However, dispensing coffee that's a) too hot to drink safely and b) too hot to taste like coffee even when it's cool is irresponsible.
So you and I will continue to disagree, and the courts will continue to mediate disagreements.
Golly, I wonder if it's possible to have one opinion of one action taken by a person, and another opinion of another action taken by the person.
Furthermore, I wonder if it's possible for (ok, hold on tight now) different/. readers to have different opinions on different actions taken by different people?
That may be a lot to absorb, but if you sit down and take deep breaths, I bet you can do it.
So, because most people may or may not behave in a way that you deem sufficiently rational, we'd better get the government involved to get them into line? I think that's utterly obscene.
If most people disagree with me, they are wrong.
What kind of lightbulb I use is not crucial public policy. Stopping being stupid about energy generation is public policy.
I agree that there's nothing wrong with a developer setting their price and selling their wares. I simply don't agree that, if you assume that there is a wrong being done, that you can outsource your integrity to the distributor.
Either it's wrong, or it's not. It's no less wrong if you have somebody else do the "wronging" for you.
"will only stifle the creativity of the box designers."
I don't give a crap about the creativity of the box designers. I want creativity of the GAME designers, and they can ship it to me in a brown paper bag.
Wait, what? You can transmit data over the Internets, and don't need a box? Now you're talking the crazy talk.
I pay for my own electricity, and I'm pretty sure that I've never in my life caused a brownout. The rest of your post is totally incoherent, so I'm not going to bother with it.
"It is the governments job to create that incentive so that the market will figure it out."
No. It is the government's job to provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity. Choosing winners in competitive markets is most emphatically NOT the government's job.
How much do you suppose the gear (and fuel!) that keeps the helium at 200C weighs? And the heat shielding to keep everybody near the thing from burning to a crisp?
Does it make a theoretical difference? Absolutely. Does it make a substantial, practical difference? Probably not.
Er, no. You say that the MacHeist bundle is "wrongdoing", yet you purchased one. You are complicit, because you chose to buy the bundle, while still considering it "wrong". Your words, not mine.
Wow. Apple was so never anywhere near bankruptcy. That investment was a settlement of a lead-pipe cinch lawsuit Apple was prepared to bring against Microsoft. The money was chump change.
Frankly, I think Apple should have gone ahead with the suit. They had enough cash on hand to weather the storm, but didn't have the clear way forward.
"How about if the report highlights single points of failure that are a bit dicey already and could be targeted to wipe out the network causing untold damage to businesses."
Um, maybe, just maybe, if the single point of failure is that vulnerable, it should be (what's that word again? Oh yeah!) FIXED.
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There are plenty of spurious lawsuits. However, dispensing coffee that's a) too hot to drink safely and b) too hot to taste like coffee even when it's cool is irresponsible.
So you and I will continue to disagree, and the courts will continue to mediate disagreements.
Which comprise, what? 1% of registered Slashdot accounts? Way to resist the hive mind, Neo.
Actually, according to the court, she was 20% at fault for spilling the coffee, and McDonalds was 80% at fault for serving napalm in a styrofoam cup.
She was trying to take the lid off the cup of coffee. That doesn't strike me as using the coffee in a non-designed manner.
I would love to watch you drink a cup of 180-190 degree (F) coffee. I'll buy you a cup, and we'll test how much you like it.
So, if she'd suffered second- and third-degree burns to her mouth and esophagus, instead of her crotch, she'd have a case?
That makes sense.
Golly, I wonder if it's possible to have one opinion of one action taken by a person, and another opinion of another action taken by the person.
/. readers to have different opinions on different actions taken by different people?
Furthermore, I wonder if it's possible for (ok, hold on tight now) different
That may be a lot to absorb, but if you sit down and take deep breaths, I bet you can do it.
Pirates can TOTALLY take out ninjas because CANNONS!
I will never fully trust a machine tool to fabricate another machine tool.
(In other words...huh?)
Um, buy a compass?
"There is no right or wrong in this world"
Mmm, OK. I like to think of it as "integrity", and I like to have some. As far as the rest of your post...
Do you need a hug?
So, because most people may or may not behave in a way that you deem sufficiently rational, we'd better get the government involved to get them into line? I think that's utterly obscene.
If most people disagree with me, they are wrong.
What kind of lightbulb I use is not crucial public policy. Stopping being stupid about energy generation is public policy.
I agree that there's nothing wrong with a developer setting their price and selling their wares. I simply don't agree that, if you assume that there is a wrong being done, that you can outsource your integrity to the distributor.
Either it's wrong, or it's not. It's no less wrong if you have somebody else do the "wronging" for you.
"will only stifle the creativity of the box designers."
I don't give a crap about the creativity of the box designers. I want creativity of the GAME designers, and they can ship it to me in a brown paper bag.
Wait, what? You can transmit data over the Internets, and don't need a box? Now you're talking the crazy talk.
I pay for my own electricity, and I'm pretty sure that I've never in my life caused a brownout. The rest of your post is totally incoherent, so I'm not going to bother with it.
"It is the governments job to create that incentive so that the market will figure it out."
No. It is the government's job to provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity. Choosing winners in competitive markets is most emphatically NOT the government's job.
How much do you suppose the gear (and fuel!) that keeps the helium at 200C weighs? And the heat shielding to keep everybody near the thing from burning to a crisp?
Does it make a theoretical difference? Absolutely. Does it make a substantial, practical difference? Probably not.
"I am suprised that incandesent bulbs are even legal to sell (I will probably get crap for this)."
Because things you don't approve of, should be illegal. You get back to me when there's a dimmable CF bulb that will fit in my ceiling fan, mmkay?
OK, so you decided what you wanted to do, and justified it. Whatever works for you. It doesn't work for me.
Er, no. You say that the MacHeist bundle is "wrongdoing", yet you purchased one. You are complicit, because you chose to buy the bundle, while still considering it "wrong". Your words, not mine.
Brown natural materials==always OK.
Brown plastic==never OK.
Fixed that.
So, by your own definitions, you are complicit in the wrongdoing. Kinda dilutes your point, doesn't it?
Wow. Apple was so never anywhere near bankruptcy. That investment was a settlement of a lead-pipe cinch lawsuit Apple was prepared to bring against Microsoft. The money was chump change.
Frankly, I think Apple should have gone ahead with the suit. They had enough cash on hand to weather the storm, but didn't have the clear way forward.
Shoulda woulda coulda...
I claim that my articles of faith are right for me. I absolutely agree with you that anybody who thinks their dogma is infallible is crazy.
My articles of faith are the ones I've chosen to be accountable to. That's their only value.
"How about if the report highlights single points of failure that are a bit dicey already and could be targeted to wipe out the network causing untold damage to businesses."
Um, maybe, just maybe, if the single point of failure is that vulnerable, it should be (what's that word again? Oh yeah!) FIXED.
Keeping secrets doesn't work.
Because they make money from the games and peripherals I'd buy, and I simply don't want one in my house. Why do you care?