Looking through the article I don't really see the EU taking any more action against MS that will actually make them comply. This seems to just be a single guy saying MS is abusing its power, a standard course of action.
I don't think "as hard" is appropriate esp since I believe that the RIAA, from what I have seen, is abusing the US legal and court system and their political and monetary power (yes monetary power CAN be abused).
While I don't know if the RIAA has done anything in particular illegal (though I am fairly sure they have somewhere along the line) I still see the trends in their lawsuits and tactics as abusive and deserving of a civil (if that really counts between two very large organizations neither of which are really citizens) hearing.
Transparent and Stable. So is a totalitarian Regime or Dictatorship. You know exactly how things work so it is transparent, and such are often stable, but do you really want them as your government?
Certainly there is a trade-off between having a working government and having a just government and we'll never get the perfect balance of either, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try.
So how long before the Cristian Right tries to use this study as "proof" that evolution is just a hoax and has been "proven wrong" by science. Or do they ever even bother giving actual sources for their claims anymore?
In my day we had to make cast the bronze ourselves and then file out every little gear tooth by hand just to make a machine that would run one non-reprogramable calculation. And we were happy for it!
What time was that? Did the East India Companies really care about the communities they worked in? What about the early companies in the industrial revolution?
When pray tell were companies really all that caring about people and not money?
--I want you to realize that I am a US citizen and who pays his taxes. I speak from my American view: WHY is governmental science proprietary? Above all other things, science done by the government or by government money should be either 100% public domain, or the % of profits should be returned to the people (Im thinking of public uni's here). --Creepy Crawler
Unfortunetly being a US citizen and paying taxes does not give you the government's consideration. You didn't pay for the politician's election campaigns nor did you give any bribes/gifts/donations to them. Therefore you are not going to get the legislation you want.
Paying taxes simply gives you the base package of Civil "Rights" and other benefits of the government. It does not entitle you to have any real say in the laws or how those tax dollars are spent (weather or not it should is another point entirely).
It is better because it doesn't have the same monopolistic bulk that MS branded evil does. Google may have a monopoly of sorts in the search engine business but it isn't nearly of a scale of domination that MS has for operating systems.
That's why Microsoft is going to enforce an environment where all music and possible "Premium Content" has to be vetted by someone who has legitimately bought governance like the music industry. If you can't afford to buy the government then you should pay like the good little serf you are.
The argument that "The odds are too small for life to randomly occur." is flawed in two ways.
A. What are the odds? Can you really tell me that you know for certain that these odds are really so high? We have seen evidence of complex organic molecules in space. What are the odds of those forming at all? What are the odds that in sufficient quantities they might form life? We know that conditions on earth at one time probably were conducive to forming these molecules, and we have replicated such conditions in the lab and formed these molecules ourselves.
B. When you talk of odds you also have to consider how many iterations or times the chance has to be fulfilled. One million to one might seem long odds for that one event to occur, but if you are measuring over a billion chances, You'd expect to see the event occur quite a few times. We have seen other planets in other solar systems. There are Billions upon Billions upon Billions of stars. The odds might be near impossible for a single instance but the universe may have provided a large enough number of instances for life to occur. Heck, we could probably get life to work on mars with current technology.
Then wouldn't paper be the ideal medium? After all we know a LOT about keeping paper around for ages and ages. Magnetic and optical media have a much shorter lifespan than most printed documents.
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Looking through the article I don't really see the EU taking any more action against MS that will actually make them comply. This seems to just be a single guy saying MS is abusing its power, a standard course of action.
I don't think "as hard" is appropriate esp since I believe that the RIAA, from what I have seen, is abusing the US legal and court system and their political and monetary power (yes monetary power CAN be abused).
While I don't know if the RIAA has done anything in particular illegal (though I am fairly sure they have somewhere along the line) I still see the trends in their lawsuits and tactics as abusive and deserving of a civil (if that really counts between two very large organizations neither of which are really citizens) hearing.
Transparent and Stable. So is a totalitarian Regime or Dictatorship. You know exactly how things work so it is transparent, and such are often stable, but do you really want them as your government?
Certainly there is a trade-off between having a working government and having a just government and we'll never get the perfect balance of either, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try.
So how long before the Cristian Right tries to use this study as "proof" that evolution is just a hoax and has been "proven wrong" by science. Or do they ever even bother giving actual sources for their claims anymore?
Pshaw.
Youngsters.
In my day we had to make cast the bronze ourselves and then file out every little gear tooth by hand just to make a machine that would run one non-reprogramable calculation. And we were happy for it!
Besides, why would they push down the talented individuals in their midst, esp if those individuals are stealing from OTHER countries.
You do realize that there is FAR more and it is far easier to get grant money for studies against global warming?
Who wants studies for Global Warming? Where is this supposed grant money gold mine coming from?
What time was that? Did the East India Companies really care about the communities they worked in? What about the early companies in the industrial revolution?
When pray tell were companies really all that caring about people and not money?
--I want you to realize that I am a US citizen and who pays his taxes. I speak from my American view: WHY is governmental science proprietary? Above all other things, science done by the government or by government money should be either 100% public domain, or the % of profits should be returned to the people (Im thinking of public uni's here). --Creepy Crawler
Unfortunetly being a US citizen and paying taxes does not give you the government's consideration. You didn't pay for the politician's election campaigns nor did you give any bribes/gifts/donations to them. Therefore you are not going to get the legislation you want.
Paying taxes simply gives you the base package of Civil "Rights" and other benefits of the government. It does not entitle you to have any real say in the laws or how those tax dollars are spent (weather or not it should is another point entirely).
The Pope blesses with Holy Water.
The Balmer with Holy Office Chairs.
Hey this can't be the secret list, as all of these are public knowledge.
It is better because it doesn't have the same monopolistic bulk that MS branded evil does. Google may have a monopoly of sorts in the search engine business but it isn't nearly of a scale of domination that MS has for operating systems.
We do! We just send some stuff to other places in the past to make you feel better about yourselves.
We can buy a can of pre-ground coffee, but In America!(tm) we can also buy pre-brewed coffee in a can!
Correct!
Its exactly like paying for Cable over getting the signal over the air!
Pay for Cable and you don't get any ads...
Indeed. If there is one thing that MS does NOT want is a full court legal test of their EULA.
Everyone is looking for Ai in this world and I'm still just looking for the I.
That's why Microsoft is going to enforce an environment where all music and possible "Premium Content" has to be vetted by someone who has legitimately bought governance like the music industry. If you can't afford to buy the government then you should pay like the good little serf you are.
The argument that "The odds are too small for life to randomly occur." is flawed in two ways.
A. What are the odds? Can you really tell me that you know for certain that these odds are really so high? We have seen evidence of complex organic molecules in space. What are the odds of those forming at all? What are the odds that in sufficient quantities they might form life? We know that conditions on earth at one time probably were conducive to forming these molecules, and we have replicated such conditions in the lab and formed these molecules ourselves.
B. When you talk of odds you also have to consider how many iterations or times the chance has to be fulfilled. One million to one might seem long odds for that one event to occur, but if you are measuring over a billion chances, You'd expect to see the event occur quite a few times. We have seen other planets in other solar systems. There are Billions upon Billions upon Billions of stars. The odds might be near impossible for a single instance but the universe may have provided a large enough number of instances for life to occur. Heck, we could probably get life to work on mars with current technology.
Oh I'm sure there will be a company or twelve who will take the niche of "long-life" computer components.
...other than, well, NASA.
Probably already out there.
Anyone know of a company that specializes in long-life electronic parts?
6 month updates for MS? So you want to shill out how much for your OS every 6 months?
Too bad they aren't law actual enforcement.
We have laws to deal with cops that bad.
Then wouldn't paper be the ideal medium? After all we know a LOT about keeping paper around for ages and ages. Magnetic and optical media have a much shorter lifespan than most printed documents.
Hey!
Don't blame us! Techwriters write the manuals for the end-users. Marketing comes up with the lame terms.