If the whole idea of sanctioning a company because it formed and mainatined a monopoly through anticompetitive practices is to restore competition in the industry, why do we continue to allow it to secure a temporary monopoly in that industry? PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY ARE STILL BEING SANCTIONED?
I think it is a travesty that MS is allowed to aquire IP though the goverment that is sanctioning them. How does that restore competition? It is blatantly counter productive.
With privatization of space, we'll only need a few more years to have reliable space transport. After that, we can chuck it into the sun.
The only problem with doing that now is things go POP! too often on the way up. Once we have oritbal space planes as safe as the Jetliner is today, (what, 50 years max???) we'll be rid of our waste. No reason to keep it on the planet.
If that doesn't work out there are plans for space elevators...
Al this concern over customer loyalty cards, and what do you do? You pay with a credit card! If you value your identity, NEVER use a credit card. Credit cards betray you much more than any loyalty card will. They get your name, etc. They can then tie this in with information from returns or rebates, or warrenty exchanges.
Rule #1: You can only bitch if you only ever pay cash. Rule #2: Use loyalty cards. The stores are out to get you to spend more. Indirectly, they make themselves more helpful to you by tracking consumer trends. This HELPS YOU. Rule #3: (If you are so paranoid) Use a fake name and address (but keep it local) Use a made-up address on your street, with a made up name. But keep it in the same zip! They really don't verify the names or addresses. They just want local stats.
Usually you want to support those who make content that you enjoy, not make it harder for them to make it.
You have a very confused relationship with HBO, you seem to hate them but want their content. If everyone hates them too much then they don't make the content and then you miss out.
However, it is your right tovote with your money.. If VOD is not valuable enough to you then waiting and getting it through Netflix (who recently lowered their price to 17.99 for 3) then VOD will have to adjust its price to the point that you want to use it.
The fact that you are focused on rudiing their profits, rather than value for you is the non-sensical part.
We are the land of the American Dream. Anyone that wants to get ahead, can. I was not born wealthy. I never received any large amount of wealth either. My dad gave me the best he could: a good education. Not one in a school, but one that teaches that understanding yeilds mastery of one's environment which when utilized, yeilds success. You can't buy that in a store or study it in a school.
My parents scraped for every nickle and dime. My dad mastered his skills because he had too. No one wants to work on cars in addition to a regular job, but he did because he could not afford to pay anyone else. He looked around, was observant and mastered as much as he could wrap his mind around. Then he taught this to me. I learned, and proceeded to take his advice and utilze it the ways that I could. I ended up putting my self through college. Now I make more than he does.
I was routinely poor for several years out of college, and my bank account comes close to bouncing occasionally. My parents hit zero a couple times while I was in school.
I am working ahrd to privide for my family that I am about to start to do a step better than I have done, as my dad did with me. I will be a millonaire in my life time (not that it means much these days) and I will have worked hard for it.
Nothing pisses me off than some rich family whose kids are taken care of. Either because they can live of interest or just really deep pockets.
Here's a counter to your poor don;t start businesses: 75% of all businesses in America are small businesses. From flower shops to garages, Joe Blow can start a business and with othr small businesses drive the vast majority of the economy. It's about economies of scale. If your accounts are small, start small and grow! There's only one direction to go!
Another reason to work hard is because the dichotomy between classes is evaporating. The richer are getting richer, the poorer are getting poorer. If you stay poor, then you will get even pooper because poorer people breed more than educated people*.
* Acciring to a WHO study, better educated people elect replacement-or-less (a couple has at most 2 kids, while 1 is increasingly common. Circa 2030 the world population will stbalize and by 2050, it will begin to decline. Poor people ont he other hand have more than 2 kids per couple. Without any of them promoting themselves to a higher stndard of living, they serve to divide the same amount of wealth between more people and bring all other people down with them. It's not a pretty picture.
As a Libertarian candidate, I frequently face the "wasted vote" syndrome. People tell me that I'm a good candidate. They believe in what I stand for, but they can't bring themselves to vote for me because they don't want to waste their vote. If you were in prison, and you had a 50% chance of lethal injection, a 45% chance of going to the electric chair, and only a 5% chance of escape, are you likely to vote for lethal injection because that is your most likely outcome? Your survival depends on voting for escape even if that's only a 5% chance. If you continue to vote for the Democrats or the Republicans, you are committing political suicide. The only chance we have of saving our constitutional republic is to vote Libertarian, even if that's only a 5% probability of getting into office. We have to demonstrate that we are not satisfied with the status quo. Voting for the lesser of two evils and your candidate wins and you still get evil.
The Libertarian Party is the party of principle. We have candidates in every state, in every county, that are principled, passionate, and articulate. Please vote Libertarian and help us restore a free country.
I have scowered lp.org for the answer to this, but could not as it is not on the platform.
Libertarians aim to preserve personal liberty above all else. This would indicate that IP is not belived in, yet I think the party realized the nessesity for "securing for limited times [exclusive rights]" whether it be art or invention.
How would the LP shape IP in order to "advance the process of the arts and sciences", while balancing peronal liberties?
Who will your electorial votes go to? I love in MD which is solid Democrat. I can vote fro either of the two parties and not have much utility in my vote.
OR I can vote for the 3rd party. if 5% of everyone votes for the 3rd party, then they get increased funding. Eventually, the 3rd party will be large enough to cause concern. At that point, theother parties realize that they are in jeopardy, that the american public is dissatified witht he existing paries.
In MD, our governor is libertarian, but is on the republical ballot. He ran as a Republican and is the 1st republican governor in over 25 years. We have 5 libertarians serving in public offices. Libertarians are the 3rd larget political party in the US.
I use a Cygwin/X window ot login (via XDCMP) to a unix host. this is fine for local network. But sometimes I want to ssh in to my home box and run mozilla. Being over a cable modem, it is quite slow. I'd like to use the XDamage extension to reduce the data over the wire.
Where do I have to install X.org? Remotely? Do I have to upgrade mt Cygwin/X?
According to this article SenderID in the agreed upon form is nothing new. Indeed it seems that MS has embeaced and extended someone else's IP and put their own claim to it.
Therefore, Apache maybe abandoning something that it needs not to abandon.
The guide to Govertment Interaction: (Far from complete)
I grew up in a rural community. I went to college in a city. here are my observations for when each comes into interaction with the government:
Rural: Obtaining permits and Licenses: Building, fishing, hunting, Motor vehicles
Urban: Police Busses Parking violations Street Cleaning Water bills
Common to Both: Schools Taxes Trash Removal Roads
I charged police to Cities because you can go hours without seeing one in the country side. Typically, you only see them at places of intrest and hardly ever out on a call.
Regardless that my list is probably far from complete, those are just hr obvious ones off the top of my head.
And look at the differences! Rural interactions have a charge to the user. The urban is divided up among taxes. The Rural way allows for diveristy without burdening others down. For instance. My neighbors hunt, I do not. In the city, if most everyone hunted, I'd be paying for their liceses with my taxes, and I'd never use my share. For taxes to be fair, you have to have a homegoenous set as the taxible population.
And on your TV point (which is very valid) The TV stations have to cater to their consituent polutation. It is not cost effective to either 1) maintain rural TV programs, or 2) tell your constituents that they have no idea about the whole picture, that there is another side. You'll alienate your viewing public and the'll vote with their eyes to a more comfotable channel.
You completely ignore that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Maybe I, having been rasied by my parents, would be in s simular situation?
My parents are republican. I can't stand GWB. I don't like Kerry either. I've taken the tests and done the research, and I have found that I am Libertairian. Middle-to a hair left of the spectrum too.
My mom would complain about how the school system was brain washing us kids (I have a sister) into thinking gay was ok. Even though our teachers and county was suburb to rural in nature. My school was flat-out rural. I don't have a problem with gay people as long as they don't make me feel incomfotable.
Now maybe there are social dynamics that are not being considered here that are forcea at play. Maybe liberals, being close and more reliant on each other tend to take the group opinion more. Maybe rural people are told in church what to believe, and the family tradision of church keeps that re-inforced.
There is a simple way to test your thoery. Swap people around. See if they hold on to their views, if the conform, or if they incorperate the local population's stand in with their own. It'd sure make a nice Fox reality TV show.;-)
The only republicans found in cities are the rich ones, who own buildings that are rented out or they work in the government of the capital city.
One of the reasons why we find liberals in the cties, is because they want "free" services. This in turn creates higher taxes, which helps to polarize the parties.
There is nothing wrong with having your cost-of-living being paied by your taxes, however it just doesn't scale for rural people. Free bus serivce interests no one when everyone is miles apart. So why should the rural people have to pay for city folks' busses when they never use them?
As for your Ohio cities, I'd look into the history and reason for being for those cities. I also look into the economics of the area too. Being from Baltimore, I don't know much about Ohio.
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If the whole idea of sanctioning a company because it formed and mainatined a monopoly through anticompetitive practices is to restore competition in the industry, why do we continue to allow it to secure a temporary monopoly in that industry? PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY ARE STILL BEING SANCTIONED?
I think it is a travesty that MS is allowed to aquire IP though the goverment that is sanctioning them. How does that restore competition? It is blatantly counter productive.
I'b be interested to now if they use Outlook. I know a significant portion of those will be the latest viruses. Another huge portion is hate mail.
With BillG getting so much, why haven't they built it into outlook. Why are they dicking us sroud with their attemp at Sender/Caller ID.
It seems that technology is a joke to them. They really could be doing better.
With privatization of space, we'll only need a few more years to have reliable space transport. After that, we can chuck it into the sun.
The only problem with doing that now is things go POP! too often on the way up. Once we have oritbal space planes as safe as the Jetliner is today, (what, 50 years max???) we'll be rid of our waste. No reason to keep it on the planet.
If that doesn't work out there are plans for space elevators...
Al this concern over customer loyalty cards, and what do you do? You pay with a credit card! If you value your identity, NEVER use a credit card. Credit cards betray you much more than any loyalty card will. They get your name, etc. They can then tie this in with information from returns or rebates, or warrenty exchanges.
Rule #1: You can only bitch if you only ever pay cash.
Rule #2: Use loyalty cards. The stores are out to get you to spend more. Indirectly, they make themselves more helpful to you by tracking consumer trends. This HELPS YOU.
Rule #3: (If you are so paranoid) Use a fake name and address (but keep it local) Use a made-up address on your street, with a made up name. But keep it in the same zip! They really don't verify the names or addresses. They just want local stats.
I was on vacation last week and saw an episode of MacGuyver (Richard Dean Anderson) and Teal'c (Christopher Judge) were in the same MacGyuver episode.
RDA was playing some special program school teacher, backed by the Peonix foundation and CJ was a football playing student in the class.
On the episode before this, Kera (from Deep Space 9) was a oil-driller's girl friend.
On another episode Cuba Gooding Jr. played a ranh hand.
That same night I saw Joey (Tribilni from friends, or the guy that plays hom at least) on Married with Children.
Do they keep passing these people around and sharing sloppt seconds?
2. BEER (Though most women go for flavored malt beverages)
Usually you want to support those who make content that you enjoy, not make it harder for them to make it.
You have a very confused relationship with HBO, you seem to hate them but want their content. If everyone hates them too much then they don't make the content and then you miss out.
However, it is your right tovote with your money.. If VOD is not valuable enough to you then waiting and getting it through Netflix (who recently lowered their price to 17.99 for 3) then VOD will have to adjust its price to the point that you want to use it.
The fact that you are focused on rudiing their profits, rather than value for you is the non-sensical part.
What the fuck have I been using to accomplish tapping on these damn keys?
I wish I knew what a Tecord was...
/. shoud be using automatic text-box spell checking found in KDE...
Maybe
We are the land of the American Dream. Anyone that wants to get ahead, can. I was not born wealthy. I never received any large amount of wealth either. My dad gave me the best he could: a good education. Not one in a school, but one that teaches that understanding yeilds mastery of one's environment which when utilized, yeilds success. You can't buy that in a store or study it in a school.
My parents scraped for every nickle and dime. My dad mastered his skills because he had too. No one wants to work on cars in addition to a regular job, but he did because he could not afford to pay anyone else. He looked around, was observant and mastered as much as he could wrap his mind around. Then he taught this to me. I learned, and proceeded to take his advice and utilze it the ways that I could. I ended up putting my self through college. Now I make more than he does.
I was routinely poor for several years out of college, and my bank account comes close to bouncing occasionally. My parents hit zero a couple times while I was in school.
I am working ahrd to privide for my family that I am about to start to do a step better than I have done, as my dad did with me. I will be a millonaire in my life time (not that it means much these days) and I will have worked hard for it.
Nothing pisses me off than some rich family whose kids are taken care of. Either because they can live of interest or just really deep pockets.
Here's a counter to your poor don;t start businesses:
75% of all businesses in America are small businesses. From flower shops to garages, Joe Blow can start a business and with othr small businesses drive the vast majority of the economy. It's about economies of scale. If your accounts are small, start small and grow! There's only one direction to go!
Another reason to work hard is because the dichotomy between classes is evaporating. The richer are getting richer, the poorer are getting poorer. If you stay poor, then you will get even pooper because poorer people breed more than educated people*.
* Acciring to a WHO study, better educated people elect replacement-or-less (a couple has at most 2 kids, while 1 is increasingly common. Circa 2030 the world population will stbalize and by 2050, it will begin to decline. Poor people ont he other hand have more than 2 kids per couple. Without any of them promoting themselves to a higher stndard of living, they serve to divide the same amount of wealth between more people and bring all other people down with them. It's not a pretty picture.
Badnarik:
As a Libertarian candidate, I frequently face the "wasted vote" syndrome. People tell me that I'm a good candidate. They believe in what I stand for, but they can't bring themselves to vote for me because they don't want to waste their vote. If you were in prison, and you had a 50% chance of lethal injection, a 45% chance of going to the electric chair, and only a 5% chance of escape, are you likely to vote for lethal injection because that is your most likely outcome? Your survival depends on voting for escape even if that's only a 5% chance. If you continue to vote for the Democrats or the Republicans, you are committing political suicide. The only chance we have of saving our constitutional republic is to vote Libertarian, even if that's only a 5% probability of getting into office. We have to demonstrate that we are not satisfied with the status quo. Voting for the lesser of two evils and your candidate wins and you still get evil.
The Libertarian Party is the party of principle. We have candidates in every state, in every county, that are principled, passionate, and articulate. Please vote Libertarian and help us restore a free country.
I have scowered lp.org for the answer to this, but could not as it is not on the platform.
Libertarians aim to preserve personal liberty above all else. This would indicate that IP is not belived in, yet I think the party realized the nessesity for "securing for limited times [exclusive rights]" whether it be art or invention.
How would the LP shape IP in order to "advance the process of the arts and sciences", while balancing peronal liberties?
Who will your electorial votes go to? I love in MD which is solid Democrat. I can vote fro either of the two parties and not have much utility in my vote.
OR I can vote for the 3rd party. if 5% of everyone votes for the 3rd party, then they get increased funding. Eventually, the 3rd party will be large enough to cause concern. At that point, theother parties realize that they are in jeopardy, that the american public is dissatified witht he existing paries.
In MD, our governor is libertarian, but is on the republical ballot. He ran as a Republican and is the 1st republican governor in over 25 years. We have 5 libertarians serving in public offices. Libertarians are the 3rd larget political party in the US.
Libertarians are becoming a formitable party.
I use a Cygwin/X window ot login (via XDCMP) to a unix host. this is fine for local network. But sometimes I want to ssh in to my home box and run mozilla. Being over a cable modem, it is quite slow. I'd like to use the XDamage extension to reduce the data over the wire.
Where do I have to install X.org? Remotely? Do I have to upgrade mt Cygwin/X?
According to this article SenderID in the agreed upon form is nothing new. Indeed it seems that MS has embeaced and extended someone else's IP and put their own claim to it.
Therefore, Apache maybe abandoning something that it needs not to abandon.
They are both opaque, and you can get nail polish in some nice irridecent colors these days...
We never had a problem. And we were the resident geeks of the doorm. We threw the best parties, and knew all the genine, down-2-earth people.
I guess it helps if you're well liked. But there are always assholes in every bunch. You can't do much about that.
Being an outcast only gets you ridicule and disrepsect.
Multiple Kegs, cold and on tap the entire time. No matter how techno weenie you are, if your are the beholder of beer, you'll get at least 1 chick.
Locking your ddor won't work, as several keys in a dorm will unock several doors. (There are only so many combinations of tumblers).
Most colleges give out free condoms. Use them. Daily.
Have fun!
Watch the move and you'll see a plot element is what the parent is referring to.
Put it in your netflix queue today.
Your material comes from the movie with Julia Styles.
I found it very enlighteing. Could ghetto geeks comfim it is a true scenario?
The guide to Govertment Interaction:
(Far from complete)
I grew up in a rural community. I went to college in a city. here are my observations for when each comes into interaction with the government:
Rural:
Obtaining permits and Licenses: Building, fishing, hunting, Motor vehicles
Urban:
Police
Busses
Parking violations
Street Cleaning
Water bills
Common to Both:
Schools
Taxes
Trash Removal
Roads
I charged police to Cities because you can go hours without seeing one in the country side. Typically, you only see them at places of intrest and hardly ever out on a call.
Regardless that my list is probably far from complete, those are just hr obvious ones off the top of my head.
And look at the differences! Rural interactions have a charge to the user. The urban is divided up among taxes. The Rural way allows for diveristy without burdening others down. For instance. My neighbors hunt, I do not. In the city, if most everyone hunted, I'd be paying for their liceses with my taxes, and I'd never use my share. For taxes to be fair, you have to have a homegoenous set as the taxible population.
And on your TV point (which is very valid)
The TV stations have to cater to their consituent polutation. It is not cost effective to either 1) maintain rural TV programs, or 2) tell your constituents that they have no idea about the whole picture, that there is another side. You'll alienate your viewing public and the'll vote with their eyes to a more comfotable channel.
That statement is so short-sighted...
;-)
You completely ignore that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Maybe I, having been rasied by my parents, would be in s simular situation?
My parents are republican. I can't stand GWB. I don't like Kerry either. I've taken the tests and done the research, and I have found that I am Libertairian. Middle-to a hair left of the spectrum too.
My mom would complain about how the school system was brain washing us kids (I have a sister) into thinking gay was ok. Even though our teachers and county was suburb to rural in nature. My school was flat-out rural. I don't have a problem with gay people as long as they don't make me feel incomfotable.
Now maybe there are social dynamics that are not being considered here that are forcea at play. Maybe liberals, being close and more reliant on each other tend to take the group opinion more. Maybe rural people are told in church what to believe, and the family tradision of church keeps that re-inforced.
There is a simple way to test your thoery. Swap people around. See if they hold on to their views, if the conform, or if they incorperate the local population's stand in with their own. It'd sure make a nice Fox reality TV show.
The only republicans found in cities are the rich ones, who own buildings that are rented out or they work in the government of the capital city.
One of the reasons why we find liberals in the cties, is because they want "free" services. This in turn creates higher taxes, which helps to polarize the parties.
There is nothing wrong with having your cost-of-living being paied by your taxes, however it just doesn't scale for rural people. Free bus serivce interests no one when everyone is miles apart. So why should the rural people have to pay for city folks' busses when they never use them?
As for your Ohio cities, I'd look into the history and reason for being for those cities. I also look into the economics of the area too. Being from Baltimore, I don't know much about Ohio.
Good one. I couldn't think of anything. Thanks. I'm an equal opportunity offender.
I was raised conservative, but I'm middle-of-the-road libertairian now.
Our brains are free to be whatever color we want.
I prefer clear.