As they have been put in by your new Pres' they will probably ban VPorn as it is sinful.
Actually, the pro-censorship crowd would have done better with Gore/Lieberman - Anybody remember PMRC? And JL is an unabashedly pro-censorship kind of guy. They want(ed) to censor rock music and Hollywood, let alone the rougher stuff like (v)porn.
It must sadden Al's heart to see one of his many inventions put to such poor use.
There's either a clear mark in one circle, or there's an invalid ballot.
That's because you don't have Jesse Jackson up there.
It's all perfectly clear until you're trying to steal an election, then it's easy to call into question the 'quality of the pencils given out at the black districts' or the 'partially erased marks,' etc.
I don't live in Florida, but all the ballots I've seen clearly instruct you to ask for a new ballot if you spoil yours, punch ONLY one chad for each office, CHECK your ballot for hanging chads....
Again, none of this would be an issue if the intent were not to steal the election.
Since a huge chunk of Mac revenues are from the graphics arena, wouldn't Adobe and others have a slight problem if the GIMP were sudddenly available to OS-X? I know it would be a much easier port, once they move to a BSD-based OS, but I'm sure Adobe has a LOT of pull at Apple, and they'd be a bit peeved by the sudden emergence of a free, pro quality graphics editor. I suspect Apple will make it difficult, at least in this arena, to completely add in *nix support.
I'm not saying GIMP's going to put Adobe out of business, or that it would be impossible to add it to OS-X once they get X, Gimp, etc. all running well WITHIN OS-X, just that it would piss off one of their most cherished vendors.
from an earlier story link, we see that M$ gives fairly equally to BOTH parties. Don't kid yourself - the Democrats are as pro-business as the Republicans are, it's all a matter of who donated what. Why would a Gore presidency be any different?
Not that it matters, even the mainstream press says Bush is ahead, and their polls are historically about 10% more generous to the Dems than they should be. I'll bet Bush will even win California, or it will be very close. Woo-hoo. That will make life so much more different.
I'm just looking forward to the sudden cessation of political commercials.
If we didn't piss away all the government money on pointless, bureaucratic BS, this wouldn't be an issue - the schools would have money to spend on all the latest and greatest tech, and MAYBE even a LITTLE bit on the teachers themselves.
In California, we passed more than $4bil in additional stupid bond issues for the schools in the last 2 elections, and they're beggin' for more, and want to lower the % needed to pass. Where has the PAST money gone? It's not that we need to spend more, we need to spend more wisely.
Plus, this isn't such a purely evil thing that the commies would have you believe - this could be a great thing for poor school districts, outside of CA and NY, where there's so much money to go around, it's easy to be liberal.
It is clear however that the United States provides the best test case as the United States has the greatest experience with patents on computer program related inventions.
1.On the one hand there is abounding evidence that the profitability and growth of independent and SME software developers in the States has often been to a significant extent
dependent on possession of patent rights. (For how patents help, see above.)
2.On the other hand, there is deep concern
2.1 that patents are being granted on trivial, indeed old, ideas and that consideration of such patents let alone attacking such patents is a major burden, particularly on SME and
independent software developers
2.2 that patents may strengthen the market position of the big players; and
2.3 that the computer program related industries are examples of industries where incremental innovation occurs and that there are serious concerns whether, in such industries,
patents are welfare enhancing.
Perhaps we should adopt the UK's method of registering patents. Allowing BT to patent hyperlinking (in spite of prior art) would help 'the little guy,' as opposed to the oh-so-cruel-and-different US patent process.
Yes, our patent system is very f'ed up. So is yours. Have a nice day.
3). "Betamax failed in spite of the fact that it was a superior technology."
False. Comparisons between VCRs with similar features showed no significant differences in performance. In fact, most of the
differences could only be seen with sensitive instruments, and likely would never show up on most consumer grade television sets. . In
particular, the qualitative differences between the two formats were less than the differences between any two samples from the same
manufacturer. It was only the later (and more expensive) versions of Beta which noticeably improved the quality, as commercial and
broadcast outlets turned to Beta as a standard. In fact, at that time Beta was an inferior technology because VHS allowed for longer
recordings. Early beta technology allowed for one-hour recordings, while VHS allowed two hours.
In the final analysis, the world decided it didn't really need two kinds of video tape--Betamax, say hello to eight track tape.
The real reason was there wasn't enough pr0n on Betamax!
God forbid we should take responsibility for what we actually said!
Let's reduce the statute of limitations on murder to a few months, because it might have been done in the heat of the moment, and everyone f's up every now and then.
Is there a website out there that tracks these types of things - like TiVo and Amazon changing their privacy policies, sneaky EULAs, spyware, 'phoning home,' web bugs, etc.? There's just so much of that crap to wade through any more (which is what they're relying on), it would be nice if there was a central reference point. I know it doesn't mean I can trust anyone who doesn't 'make the list,' but it would be a nice starting point, anyway. The Slashdot privacy topic helps, but isn't as easy to reference specific questions.
Where can I get -credible- data to prove that Apache can outperform IIS?
I know I'm risking a troll rating here, but shouldn't the question be "Where can I get -credible- data to prove which is better?" If you don't have access to the information that Apache kills IIS, how do you know that it is, in fact, better? I'm not saying you should take Dell's advertising at face value, or that IIS is better, but you are presupposing the answer to the question that you (admittedly) don't have the answer to. I suspect Apache would be better on many, if not all fronts, but I don't have any data to back it up either.
I know, I might get in trouble for a comment like that.
I think more than 5% of the music listening population owned (or owns!) a Beatles album. Nice try to add to the hype. Why not make it Marshal Mathers LP meets Nevermind meets Sgt. Pepper meets Dark Side of the Moon? Show some ambition, for Jobs's sakes!
How about a few Cue Cat Competitions - in the spirit of the Olympics? First up is the Cue Cat Collection - how big a pile of these suckers can you amass? No doping, please. Second, find a use for it, other than being able to purchase a second copy of a book you already own without having to l a b o r i o u s l y type in the book title at Amazon.com.
No, the PC vendor screwed you. They will also continue to screw others until people start taking their business elsewhere. Why support them when you don't have to? There are plenty of computer vendors around that don't ram any particular OS down your throat. I'm not saying MS is an innocent bystander - they're a large corporation looking out for themselves, just like all the others....
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As they have been put in by your new Pres' they will probably ban VPorn as it is sinful.
Actually, the pro-censorship crowd would have done better with Gore/Lieberman - Anybody remember PMRC? And JL is an unabashedly pro-censorship kind of guy. They want(ed) to censor rock music and Hollywood, let alone the rougher stuff like (v)porn.
It must sadden Al's heart to see one of his many inventions put to such poor use.
OT: Nobody seems to be reporting this, but they finished the Miami-Dade recount. Surprise surprise, Al Gore LOST YET AGAIN.
There's either a clear mark in one circle, or there's an invalid ballot.
That's because you don't have Jesse Jackson up there.
It's all perfectly clear until you're trying to steal an election, then it's easy to call into question the 'quality of the pencils given out at the black districts' or the 'partially erased marks,' etc.
I don't live in Florida, but all the ballots I've seen clearly instruct you to ask for a new ballot if you spoil yours, punch ONLY one chad for each office, CHECK your ballot for hanging chads....
Again, none of this would be an issue if the intent were not to steal the election.
Since a huge chunk of Mac revenues are from the graphics arena, wouldn't Adobe and others have a slight problem if the GIMP were sudddenly available to OS-X? I know it would be a much easier port, once they move to a BSD-based OS, but I'm sure Adobe has a LOT of pull at Apple, and they'd be a bit peeved by the sudden emergence of a free, pro quality graphics editor. I suspect Apple will make it difficult, at least in this arena, to completely add in *nix support.
I'm not saying GIMP's going to put Adobe out of business, or that it would be impossible to add it to OS-X once they get X, Gimp, etc. all running well WITHIN OS-X, just that it would piss off one of their most cherished vendors.
Simple, it's to keep up with those 1.4 GHz processors, which are effectively twice as fast as 1 GHz processors.
from an earlier story link, we see that M$ gives fairly equally to BOTH parties. Don't kid yourself - the Democrats are as pro-business as the Republicans are, it's all a matter of who donated what. Why would a Gore presidency be any different?
Not that it matters, even the mainstream press says Bush is ahead, and their polls are historically about 10% more generous to the Dems than they should be. I'll bet Bush will even win California, or it will be very close. Woo-hoo. That will make life so much more different.
I'm just looking forward to the sudden cessation of political commercials.
If we didn't piss away all the government money on pointless, bureaucratic BS, this wouldn't be an issue - the schools would have money to spend on all the latest and greatest tech, and MAYBE even a LITTLE bit on the teachers themselves.
In California, we passed more than $4bil in additional stupid bond issues for the schools in the last 2 elections, and they're beggin' for more, and want to lower the % needed to pass. Where has the PAST money gone? It's not that we need to spend more, we need to spend more wisely.
Plus, this isn't such a purely evil thing that the commies would have you believe - this could be a great thing for poor school districts, outside of CA and NY, where there's so much money to go around, it's easy to be liberal.
I prefer the 'dead horse' as suggested before (sorry, too lazy to search the archives). Is it too late to mod up that comment?
I got mine, but I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a useful application for one, other than the flashlight suggestion.
From the article:
It is clear however that the United States provides the best test case as the United States has the greatest experience with patents on computer program related inventions.
1.On the one hand there is abounding evidence that the profitability and growth of independent and SME software developers in the States has often been to a significant extent dependent on possession of patent rights. (For how patents help, see above.)
2.On the other hand, there is deep concern
2.1 that patents are being granted on trivial, indeed old, ideas and that consideration of such patents let alone attacking such patents is a major burden, particularly on SME and independent software developers
2.2 that patents may strengthen the market position of the big players; and
2.3 that the computer program related industries are examples of industries where incremental innovation occurs and that there are serious concerns whether, in such industries, patents are welfare enhancing.
Perhaps we should adopt the UK's method of registering patents. Allowing BT to patent hyperlinking (in spite of prior art) would help 'the little guy,' as opposed to the oh-so-cruel-and-different US patent process.
Yes, our patent system is very f'ed up. So is yours. Have a nice day.
Will this stupid myth please die soon?
From the urban myths writeup:
3). "Betamax failed in spite of the fact that it was a superior technology."
False. Comparisons between VCRs with similar features showed no significant differences in performance. In fact, most of the differences could only be seen with sensitive instruments, and likely would never show up on most consumer grade television sets. . In particular, the qualitative differences between the two formats were less than the differences between any two samples from the same manufacturer. It was only the later (and more expensive) versions of Beta which noticeably improved the quality, as commercial and broadcast outlets turned to Beta as a standard. In fact, at that time Beta was an inferior technology because VHS allowed for longer recordings. Early beta technology allowed for one-hour recordings, while VHS allowed two hours.
In the final analysis, the world decided it didn't really need two kinds of video tape--Betamax, say hello to eight track tape.
The real reason was there wasn't enough pr0n on Betamax!
God forbid we should take responsibility for what we actually said!
Let's reduce the statute of limitations on murder to a few months, because it might have been done in the heat of the moment, and everyone f's up every now and then.
Thanks for the info - I'll start digging. Junkbuster rules, BTW.
Maybe someone would want to run something like FuckedCompany.Com but concentrate on slippery privacy practices.
I'd love to see that happen. I guess that idea is now 'open source.'
Is there a website out there that tracks these types of things - like TiVo and Amazon changing their privacy policies, sneaky EULAs, spyware, 'phoning home,' web bugs, etc.? There's just so much of that crap to wade through any more (which is what they're relying on), it would be nice if there was a central reference point. I know it doesn't mean I can trust anyone who doesn't 'make the list,' but it would be a nice starting point, anyway. The Slashdot privacy topic helps, but isn't as easy to reference specific questions.
Where can I get -credible- data to prove that Apache can outperform IIS?
I know I'm risking a troll rating here, but shouldn't the question be "Where can I get -credible- data to prove which is better?" If you don't have access to the information that Apache kills IIS, how do you know that it is, in fact, better? I'm not saying you should take Dell's advertising at face value, or that IIS is better, but you are presupposing the answer to the question that you (admittedly) don't have the answer to. I suspect Apache would be better on many, if not all fronts, but I don't have any data to back it up either.
I know, I might get in trouble for a comment like that.
I think more than 5% of the music listening population owned (or owns!) a Beatles album. Nice try to add to the hype. Why not make it Marshal Mathers LP meets Nevermind meets Sgt. Pepper meets Dark Side of the Moon? Show some ambition, for Jobs's sakes!
Whoah! play that again, I think I heard it this time....
They can be used as small red flashlights.
That's the best idea I've heard so far!
How about a few Cue Cat Competitions - in the spirit of the Olympics? First up is the Cue Cat Collection - how big a pile of these suckers can you amass? No doping, please. Second, find a use for it, other than being able to purchase a second copy of a book you already own without having to l a b o r i o u s l y type in the book title at Amazon.com.
MS screwed me on ~$100.
No, the PC vendor screwed you. They will also continue to screw others until people start taking their business elsewhere. Why support them when you don't have to? There are plenty of computer vendors around that don't ram any particular OS down your throat. I'm not saying MS is an innocent bystander - they're a large corporation looking out for themselves, just like all the others....
...where Unix stopped being an OS.