The speed bumps I see scream of insurance premium mitigation, not pedestrian protection (I mean they are usually placed along straight stretches of private asphalt where dumb kids would go fast for fun, not where people are likely to be walking).
Shipping a boutique product hundreds of miles from growers that may or may not be fairly treated and then worrying about the minuscule amount of sustainable wood fiber in the accessory is pretty inane.
There was nothing 'near' about the bankruptcy that GM went through.
And their problem was financing their employees, not their lineup and technology (sure, they had 6 months of really hairy inventory when oil spiked in 2008, but the problem in 2009 was that people weren't buying vehicles, not that people weren't buying GM vehicles).
I really don't see what impact the actual birth date of Jesus has on counting days.
Even the birth year isn't that big a deal (it just makes the early part of the calendar less useful, the rest of it can refer to hundreds of years of days with reasonable precision).
Because the situations where it works provide motivation to argue for trying it in other areas (which offers some explanation for why people would advocate it).
As for why the attitude is more popular in software circles, who knows, but I would speculate that the virtual aspect of software is a big contributor (Architectural drawings provide an interesting basis for comparison, but take something like Open Office, there has been a huge amount of effort invested in the plans, and now the product can be reproduced for free; given shared architectural plans of similar complexity, you would need an awful big budget to create just a single instance. My argument here is not to invalidate the comparison, just to point out that the end result in the shared software case is, ironically, more tangible).
I wasn't hooked up to a heart monitor, so I don't really know, but I would estimate that I did not experience an increase in blood pressure prior to either comment.
To your more expansive point, I do tire of the faux cynicism that is used to attack the rich. After all, if Boon Pickens donated a few semesters worth of tuition to a university (run the numbers, when there are tens of thousands of students involved, hundreds of millions of dollars don't go all that far), it must be for sale, and his motives must be dark (going back to your advice, I did call the comment silly).
I guess my short response to the second comment was related to my impression that my comment had gone right past them.
Getting all meta, the fact that you are concerned is probably the thing I find most troublesome here (imagine, I might be responsible for an increase in your blood pressure), and even there, I don't view the emotional states of other people on the internet as something that I am deeply responsible for (on the other hand, I don't think it is worthwhile to be a dick to people).
That's because I can't build a wall that suits me and then give you a zero effort copy to use.
(We could quibble over the zero effort, but whatever, the effort of duplication is usually trivial compared to the effort of creation)
I don't share the ideological imperative of much of that movement (I use Windows...), but it is plain as day that Free Software can work (I'm using Firefox to post this message). Of course, they are quick to point out that they are far more concerned with a user being able to change and share software than they are with zero-price (so the free buildings comparison is especially unfair).
Yes, I understand, I was bending it a little bit to imply that the original 3 movies aren't really a standard against which anything should be compared.
(The comparison is entirely possible, it just doesn't accomplish much)
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What about Glenn Beck? My cable system bills him as a talk radio host.
Once in a while I tune in and see how long it takes him to say something stupid or confused. I am never disappointed.
As opposed to material that should be read unquestioningly?
The speed bumps I see scream of insurance premium mitigation, not pedestrian protection (I mean they are usually placed along straight stretches of private asphalt where dumb kids would go fast for fun, not where people are likely to be walking).
Shipping a boutique product hundreds of miles from growers that may or may not be fairly treated and then worrying about the minuscule amount of sustainable wood fiber in the accessory is pretty inane.
If you can buy sex at a massage parlor or karaoke bar, it is a prostitution parlor.
The constipated /.ers are the ones to watch out for.
There was nothing 'near' about the bankruptcy that GM went through.
And their problem was financing their employees, not their lineup and technology (sure, they had 6 months of really hairy inventory when oil spiked in 2008, but the problem in 2009 was that people weren't buying vehicles, not that people weren't buying GM vehicles).
I pray for a Snickers bar.
When I sacrifice $0.75, my god usually gives me one.
Too bad!
Those children would fetch quite a price in New York City.
Given the sensitive nature of the job, they should go unnamed.
I really don't see what impact the actual birth date of Jesus has on counting days.
Even the birth year isn't that big a deal (it just makes the early part of the calendar less useful, the rest of it can refer to hundreds of years of days with reasonable precision).
The second dark age.
(I kid, I kid)
And GM.
Lower power, lower cost, bigger L2.
You've clearly never basked in my awesomeness.
Because the situations where it works provide motivation to argue for trying it in other areas (which offers some explanation for why people would advocate it).
As for why the attitude is more popular in software circles, who knows, but I would speculate that the virtual aspect of software is a big contributor (Architectural drawings provide an interesting basis for comparison, but take something like Open Office, there has been a huge amount of effort invested in the plans, and now the product can be reproduced for free; given shared architectural plans of similar complexity, you would need an awful big budget to create just a single instance. My argument here is not to invalidate the comparison, just to point out that the end result in the shared software case is, ironically, more tangible).
Just wear boots and step on them.
Well, probably. Hence the bailout.
I wasn't hooked up to a heart monitor, so I don't really know, but I would estimate that I did not experience an increase in blood pressure prior to either comment.
To your more expansive point, I do tire of the faux cynicism that is used to attack the rich. After all, if Boon Pickens donated a few semesters worth of tuition to a university (run the numbers, when there are tens of thousands of students involved, hundreds of millions of dollars don't go all that far), it must be for sale, and his motives must be dark (going back to your advice, I did call the comment silly).
I guess my short response to the second comment was related to my impression that my comment had gone right past them.
Getting all meta, the fact that you are concerned is probably the thing I find most troublesome here (imagine, I might be responsible for an increase in your blood pressure), and even there, I don't view the emotional states of other people on the internet as something that I am deeply responsible for (on the other hand, I don't think it is worthwhile to be a dick to people).
That's because I can't build a wall that suits me and then give you a zero effort copy to use.
(We could quibble over the zero effort, but whatever, the effort of duplication is usually trivial compared to the effort of creation)
I don't share the ideological imperative of much of that movement (I use Windows...), but it is plain as day that Free Software can work (I'm using Firefox to post this message). Of course, they are quick to point out that they are far more concerned with a user being able to change and share software than they are with zero-price (so the free buildings comparison is especially unfair).
I generally try to get people to see me as a problem.
I'm not arguing that no-cost software is the correct or the best model, just pointing out that using it is not economically destructive.
Yes, I understand, I was bending it a little bit to imply that the original 3 movies aren't really a standard against which anything should be compared.
(The comparison is entirely possible, it just doesn't accomplish much)
Yes.
A horse is a horse of course of course.