The free market generally only looks at short term gain and always exclusively for those in control of conditions. Calling "Free Market" as a refrain more often than not ignores many valid and important factors that aught not to be ignored.
Because without regulation the free market takes the position that is most beneficial to the dominant player in any interaction, and often the most benefit in the short term because the strongest player is likely a representative of a larger entity who is only worried about doing a good day's job, no matter what happens tommorow let alone next week, year or decade.
Indeed. The thing is Ubuntu has releases that are "Stable" and some that are "Not Stable" well I think they have switched to the "Long-Term Support or LTS version, which is 8.04.
Then again how properly tested was Vista? I've upgraded to 9.10 and had no problems with it at all so far, but others with other systems have had lots of problems, all using systems that "Should" work with the software. In fact Windows gave out explicit guarantees that the software would work, little case stickers and everything. Ubuntu never made such promises.
What is with it is called profit taking. Some might think of it as organized crime, but it isn't very well organized and in the US it isn't criminal either.
Doing thing the US way in the US is taken as being the best way regardless of evidence to the contrary. In particular doing things the US way means not even looking at outside ways of doing things other than as a way to rule out how not to do something no matter how well it is done elsewhere; if it is done elsewhere a particular way then that way is ruled out as non-American.
I'd be more worried if they used this system that someone would sue them for false advertising or worse. For claiming to sell them the work of an author but actually selling them an inferior derivitive.
For fiction books and literary works the changes might not mean much, but what of a legal book, or financial book? Or any book where the shades of meaning can mean quite a lot and the exact word matters.
Purposely doing this to consumers is a bad idea as it is deliberately introducing data corruption.
Really I'd rather see the beam being used w/o the cable. You should be able to move the beam and get correction for trajectory information sent back on a wider down stream beam. I think that would be a lot safer, and technically more reasonable than a full fledged elevator and signifigantly cut the fuel load.
Big Blue ain't as big as it used to be? And vs MS it's smaller.
Who's being shut out of the market with Ubuntu? Who's being trampled on?
IBM is mainly a hardware vendor, and I see no problem with them competing on that level and reletively little for the software. Will IBM machines force users to keep Ubuntu installed and keep other OS installs off of their machines?
Ubuntu is already free. How is IBM's use of it reducing the cost? Also if you look closely the cost isn't zero for IBM, far from it. IBM still has to do support work and programming for the Ubuntu platform same as they'd have to do with MS.
We the people don't. But they the patent holders and they the politicians do. The first through profits from the monopoly the second through donations, lobbying and what otherwise might be known as general bribery.
To be honest, nothing really. Many patented technologies had multiple "inventors" working on very similar lines towards basically the same goal. Sometimes hours is the difference between one person getting the patent and another not.
The patent, similar to copyright, ideally is a trade-off for society. Society gives up the right to use readily available knowledge to the developer of a particular set of knowledge and in return hoping to give incentive for greater knowledge to be developed. In other terms patents, and copyright and other IP laws generally allow for inventors/artists/creators to profit from their creations and thus hopefully use those profits in order to make more creations.
However, recently the cost to society for keeping IP in private hands has been overlooked. The benefit of IP laws in general is real, but they must have moderation.
Uhm...you forgot "according to current theory" in that statement. We think there are no exceptions, but if we find one then the theory has to be changed.
Theory is only our current working simulation of how we think the universe works; the universe itself plays by its own rules which may or may not match our theories.
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
I'd also recommend reading through some anthologies you like and looking for good short stories. If I were running the class I'd go with (depending on time) two or three good novel length selections and fill the rest in with short stories from a variety of authors. At that level I'd rather get them exposed to a variety rather than focusing on a narrower selection. Show them the different styles and genres and the different colors of sci-fi fantasy.
I'd shy away from LOTR. They already know it pretty much and its long.
Also I'd look for local authors, especially those still alive, and show off some of their work. Also if you can ask them if they might be willing to speak. Putting someone local or from a similar background as the students as a writer might also help them identify better with the medium and they may be much more interested in it if they think they might just be able to do it someday.
Finally hit the magazine rack for articles short stories and such. Analog and others may well offer some very good starting points. Also they'd help show the kids that it is an on-going process not some musty cannon of work.
With the rain of pebbles it might never form a hard crust but instead be a ball of semi-loose material with a liquid core. There would probably be a "hard" concrete like layer but nothing on the order of tectonic plates so it may be able to form into a sphere rather rapidly constantly shifting so that the shift isn't as noticeable. You might not even see earthquakes there, as the rain would cause more than enough vibration that the underlying shifting of the inner planet would be lost in the noise.
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The free market generally only looks at short term gain and always exclusively for those in control of conditions. Calling "Free Market" as a refrain more often than not ignores many valid and important factors that aught not to be ignored.
Because without regulation the free market takes the position that is most beneficial to the dominant player in any interaction, and often the most benefit in the short term because the strongest player is likely a representative of a larger entity who is only worried about doing a good day's job, no matter what happens tommorow let alone next week, year or decade.
Indeed. The thing is Ubuntu has releases that are "Stable" and some that are "Not Stable" well I think they have switched to the "Long-Term Support or LTS version, which is 8.04.
Then again how properly tested was Vista? I've upgraded to 9.10 and had no problems with it at all so far, but others with other systems have had lots of problems, all using systems that "Should" work with the software. In fact Windows gave out explicit guarantees that the software would work, little case stickers and everything. Ubuntu never made such promises.
So I ask you *WHO* is the more professional?
Money, wealth, power, flattery and the occasional sexual favour. The usual.
What is with it is called profit taking. Some might think of it as organized crime, but it isn't very well organized and in the US it isn't criminal either.
Doing thing the US way in the US is taken as being the best way regardless of evidence to the contrary. In particular doing things the US way means not even looking at outside ways of doing things other than as a way to rule out how not to do something no matter how well it is done elsewhere; if it is done elsewhere a particular way then that way is ruled out as non-American.
oh they knew the right word, that's why they didn't use it.
I'd be more worried if they used this system that someone would sue them for false advertising or worse. For claiming to sell them the work of an author but actually selling them an inferior derivitive.
For fiction books and literary works the changes might not mean much, but what of a legal book, or financial book? Or any book where the shades of meaning can mean quite a lot and the exact word matters.
Purposely doing this to consumers is a bad idea as it is deliberately introducing data corruption.
Agreed but beamed power does have other very real and current day uses so the competition isn't entirely moot.
Really I'd rather see the beam being used w/o the cable. You should be able to move the beam and get correction for trajectory information sent back on a wider down stream beam. I think that would be a lot safer, and technically more reasonable than a full fledged elevator and signifigantly cut the fuel load.
What? You mean that some of those scammers were ACTUALLY Nigerian? I had always assumed even that was fake...
Behemouth size?
Big Blue ain't as big as it used to be? And vs MS it's smaller.
Who's being shut out of the market with Ubuntu?
Who's being trampled on?
IBM is mainly a hardware vendor, and I see no problem with them competing on that level and reletively little for the software. Will IBM machines force users to keep Ubuntu installed and keep other OS installs off of their machines?
Ubuntu is already free. How is IBM's use of it reducing the cost? Also if you look closely the cost isn't zero for IBM, far from it. IBM still has to do support work and programming for the Ubuntu platform same as they'd have to do with MS.
I think a big part of "fixing" the patent system is in the US at least, to hire more examiners. The system in many ways is just overloaded.
Indeed the patent system is relatively fair comparatively. At least major gaffs will only cost the people 20 years...at least in theory.
We the people don't. But they the patent holders and they the politicians do. The first through profits from the monopoly the second through donations, lobbying and what otherwise might be known as general bribery.
because of the Business Re-appropriation Initiative Benefit Exchanges
According to current theory they do not...In other words we gotta start somewhere bub.
To be honest, nothing really. Many patented technologies had multiple "inventors" working on very similar lines towards basically the same goal. Sometimes hours is the difference between one person getting the patent and another not.
The patent, similar to copyright, ideally is a trade-off for society. Society gives up the right to use readily available knowledge to the developer of a particular set of knowledge and in return hoping to give incentive for greater knowledge to be developed. In other terms patents, and copyright and other IP laws generally allow for inventors/artists/creators to profit from their creations and thus hopefully use those profits in order to make more creations.
However, recently the cost to society for keeping IP in private hands has been overlooked. The benefit of IP laws in general is real, but they must have moderation.
No I'm pretty sure they'd call that Identity theft now too. Great way to shirk off responsibility while still charging for that same responsibility.
Uhm...you forgot "according to current theory" in that statement. We think there are no exceptions, but if we find one then the theory has to be changed.
Theory is only our current working simulation of how we think the universe works; the universe itself plays by its own rules which may or may not match our theories.
Why? When there are plenty of hackers out there who haven't committed malicious crimes who are just as competent.
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
I'd also recommend reading through some anthologies you like and looking for good short stories. If I were running the class I'd go with (depending on time) two or three good novel length selections and fill the rest in with short stories from a variety of authors. At that level I'd rather get them exposed to a variety rather than focusing on a narrower selection. Show them the different styles and genres and the different colors of sci-fi fantasy.
I'd shy away from LOTR. They already know it pretty much and its long.
Also I'd look for local authors, especially those still alive, and show off some of their work. Also if you can ask them if they might be willing to speak. Putting someone local or from a similar background as the students as a writer might also help them identify better with the medium and they may be much more interested in it if they think they might just be able to do it someday.
Finally hit the magazine rack for articles short stories and such. Analog and others may well offer some very good starting points. Also they'd help show the kids that it is an on-going process not some musty cannon of work.
Oooh so when's 64's coffin coming in?
Or ultra fine crystal shards and glass...lots and lots of dust I think would get your lungs long before the metals would poison your lungs.
With the rain of pebbles it might never form a hard crust but instead be a ball of semi-loose material with a liquid core. There would probably be a "hard" concrete like layer but nothing on the order of tectonic plates so it may be able to form into a sphere rather rapidly constantly shifting so that the shift isn't as noticeable. You might not even see earthquakes there, as the rain would cause more than enough vibration that the underlying shifting of the inner planet would be lost in the noise.
Yeah but how big is it? Without Atmosphere it can get very small to basically non existent.