Granted I would not wish Real Networks on anyone. Frankly I hope they lose, it looks like they realized their model sucks and are falling back on the SCO model of income by litigation.
Whats REAL going to claim in court? That their software is better than Windows Media? Get real, I don't think even the most anti-MS zealot could make that claim with a straight face. I spent half a day ridding my machines of Real Software, let alone trying to stop their damn spam afterward.
Oh, lest I forget, it is eveel Microsoft this time.
Fine, why not encourage these developers to develop for Linux instead? If their software is technically superior and wanted then this is the idea community for it.
Frankly I have little problem with incorporating common items into an OS... and a media player is a common item, let alone one has been in there for ages anyway.
Are we to establish two sets of rules? One for people who have lots of marketshare and one for those who don't? Do you see anyone crying over developers who lost out to Apple incorporating some of their great ideas into X?
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Isn't that how the story goes?
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There is no accurate model of the environment. Worse, its obvious a few of these guys have a serious attitude problem.
What it comes down to is, whose policies are most in favor with the scientific community will get results from that community supporting their position. Screw the fact they don't have all the facts, it doesn't prevent either camp from making claims.
Its Global Warming this pas 15 years, before then it was Global Cooling.
Environmentalism is much more about ideaology than realism.
To ignore it would be to ignore what this site is all about. This stuff does matter to a great many people in their everyday business environment./. != Linux
Like MOO3 which I believe a few of the 2002 Vaporware lists. Quicksilver and Atari managed to mangle a very well know TBS name. They even managed to forget to support it, having disappeared after mid-July.
Copy Star Trek. Dam the thing. Run the train over the top of the dam or inside it. Use the dam to generate buttloads of electrical power. Locks can be used to pass ships as needed.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Probably would help develop Africa with cheap and abundant power, let alone Europe getting a boost from less need of nuclear or other type of power plants.
Could be a great project to show that the EU has relevance and can work together.
Outside of a few General Assembly declarations, which have no meaning, you aren't going to here one word against China. Just like no one cries about Chechyna (Sp).
Face it, there are always groups too big for anyone to do anything about. That doesn't mean that the small fry who cause problems should be ignored.
China will probably flip in about 20 years anyway they government control is lost to a combination of religion (Christian) and capitalism take hold.
and while it may be true he wasn't in direct control of guerilla forces I doubt very seriously his continued evasion wasn't boosting their morale. I would also contend that he did have contact with them.
Where he was captured is in no way indicative of his capabilities. Fact is, it was probably a great hiding place, after all, why look at something that doesn't stand out from the background? Classic misdirection.
As with most captures of wanted people, someone ratted on him.
and yes, millions of Iraqis care, both there and worldwide. This is a day of celebration, do not discount them because of your petty views. These people have been living scared for a long time, that is a helluva a yoke to bear.
Facts currently don't encourage some people to wear helmets, let alone wear real helmets. I have a few friends who insist they don't need helmets; they are required by state law; so they "cheat" by wearing those party helmets.
No amount of pictures or facts will deter them. They are so wrapped up in their own persoal ego that they don't give a damn about the risk they take, nor do they seem to care that they are forcing this risk on their wifes, children, and parents. The great claim that it is their right completely ignores the fact their family has rights too... and they are spitting in their families faces just to excercise theirs.
Unfortunately I have been through two funerals of people I know who rode their rights into an early grave. The first was in the military and he left behind a wife, the second left behind stunned parents and many friends.
FWIW, I am a safety zealot, I have full gear, including body armor inserts in my jacket (Savannah-1 or Airflow-2) and pants (either FG winter pants or Airflow-2). I also wear a full face helmet; my only wreck in the 80s proved a FF worth; boots, and good reinforced gloves. I am even to the point of not wanting to ride any bike that doesn't come with ABS... either I am getting old... or...
1. They already found "God", and they are simply killing the unfaithful? How else would machines validate belief?
2. If they are confused, perhaps some old leftover programming, ala V'ger, perhaps we will find the old programmer with an odd but similar spelling to Galius Boltar?
3. They are searching for "God", and the machine deduction method figures it can force "God" out into the open by killing his people. Variation of the "Hyperion" story where machines tried to get "God" out in the open.
4. More base, they just want to kick their former enslavers arses.
The big problem is, how did they evolve so much in 40 years? Something went down.
Cardboard acting and some seriously contrived scenes deprive from any reason to make it a series.
Super-cylons are probably the killer. Essentially they imply they cannot die. Are they now angels? I am not quite sure where to place their ability. Their "spirit" remains intact regardless of distance? How do you fight something like that? Combine this with their nearly super computer ability and it makes you wonder, have they been to built up to be killable?
Continuity was also bothersome. Are they human or not? If they are so human that it requires DNA testing to tell otherwise then.... how does her spine glow? Why does Adama imply their circutry is messed up by radiation? Are they just animated human forms - little computers running it?
Techno-babble... or techno-fear? Apparently "cordless phones" are susceptible to takeover, along with headsets and the like.
The gift shop and similar did seem as if they wanted to go out of their way to spite fans of the old show.
Next, contrived scenes... Showing the "President" talk to a little girl, only to find out she condems said little girl to death, then whitescreen her death. The Apollo "death"... Starbuck suddenly fessing up... That "ooh such a surprise" Boomer being a fembot.. err Cylon
Capped off with gratuitous sex... not dramatic, Star Trek : Enterprise style! It got to be silly... I was waiting for Adama and the Prez to jump each other, I was like, so disappointed.
The "ridiculous" in the US won't have you buried in a field with hundreds of others. It won't have your family picked up and buried there too. It won't have you and your friends disappeared.
Sorry, you mock the suffering many people go through daily with such a stupid comparison.
1441 was not the needed "validation" for the attack on Iraq. do yourself a favor and go read all the resolutions that preceeded.
FWIW, the original peace that allowed Saddam 10+ years of peace was dependant on his obeying the terms of surrender. Any violation left him open for military action.
As for Israel, I can't recall a single "SECURITY COUNCIL" resolution authorizing force or similar against them. There are numerous GA resolutions, but those are meaningless, let alone simply vicious attacks backed by money from third-world dictatorships.
As for supporting terrorist states, name one country not guilty of it? We cannot do much about it, and needless to say, no one else would either. Do they threaten their neighbors? For the most part the only countries allowed to do that with IMPUNITY are Russia and China. Amazing how the Eurocrats never bring those two up when it comes to unwarranted, unsanctioned, or otherwise attacks.
If you want the moral authority to judge then hold everyone to the same rules.
Government employees are not truly accountable. A friend of mine will routinely pass me stories of just how out of whack with reality government employment is.
Hold their jobs on the line, that is if you can get pass the miles of red tape and union rules.
A private organization could have their board taken to the cleaners by their stockholders, let alone various "Government" regulating bodies.
Remember, rules don't apply to those who enforce them.
I have an iPod, I was quite resigned to paying list price for one. I did look high and low, but honestly, when you have the best product on the market, why should you have to discount them? Anyway, Apple is notorious about their pricing, but their marketing does allow them to be.
You discount them when your competitors actually show that they are truly competitive. Frankly most of the other MP3 players look ugly, and worse are slaved to MusicMatch.
iTunes Music Store and iTunes is worth the premium as well. If your serious about taking your tunes with you, want a very good firewire/usb drive, and have it all in a stylish and easy to use package there is only one choice.
Sorry, but they can't manage anything. The United Nations is a failed idea looking for relevance. Unfortunately anything they take over becomes a mockery of what it is supposed to.
Worse, the UN routinely caves into member states that are notorious violators of human rights. What good can from an organization that has human rights committees comprised of brutal dictatorships? Of disarnament committees run by the same?
Sorry, a UN managed internet would simply give certain 3rd world countries (and some European) a new means to bash or otherwise attempt to restrict prospering Western countries. It would advance anti-Jewish attitudes, probably going as far as to restrict Israel! China would be given free reign to threaten Tiawan and run ramshackle over tibet. Can you imagine what these nations would want to classify as SPAM?
No thank you. ICANN might be annoying but at least we can lay hands on them
We have all known this for some time. Look at some of the people up there. The Senate represents party intrest only and the House is purely special interest.
If it wasn't for the need of Republicans to get seats in the House and Senate minorities would have been totally marginalized by Democrats. The Democrats speak a very good game of inclusion but they are in effect the party of exclusion. Gingrich and his cronies understood that and used it to their advantage.
The best solution to this would be to give each state X number of seats and then award those to the top X number of vote getters statewide. This would still protect the original intent of the framers of our Consititution and allow for more diverse people in office. It might finally allow a green or gasp, a libertarian, into the so called hallowed grounds.
People bitch and moan all the time about Presidential abuses but convienently ignore what goes on in the Senate (requirement of super majorities to vote is not in the Constitution - it is the exact fear the framers had - a government trapped by a militant minorty). Neither side will give up that power and hence they sell us out when making deals.
Whine about Electronic voting, Bush, and Diebold all you want. You really don't have a choice in who is elected to the House of Representatives... and apparently don't care.
Americans like their freedom, and we are a society geared on personal freedom. This is part of the individualism that dominates American society and what helped it become the largest economy. Its a mode of thought that does not lend itself to trains except in areas of major population concentrations (iow cities).
Another important comparison, look at how much open land exist in the United States. Outside of the Northeast most cities are not close together. Next, as my workplace is very representative of, most of us don't live within a few miles of each other, let alone near any mass transit.
Finally, time is money. It is common to make value comparisons with trip time. Time also relates to convienence. Which is more valuable? Convienence, time, or money? I would say the first to many people. Compare going to the relatives, they are 2 hours by plane or 8 by car? I know many people who will drive! Why? Simple, they have their car, its convienent, they also have their freedom because of that car. The other end of convienence is our unwillingness to impose on others in certain ways. Using the previous example many won't ask for their relatives to pick them up at the airport. Some who do fly would use a rental before doing otherwise. That thought pattern works against mass transit a lot.
It doesn't give you bargining power. The US is following a similar policy to that of the 80s, and that is to devaluate the US currency to promote exports into the rest of the world.
Do not gloat over the new found value of the Euro. It is on purpose. Also note that considering how much Germany and France are allowed to violated EU rules applied to other states the currency isn't exactly teneable long term.
I think the original poster was right, the US could do it regardless, it just now requires the EU to acknowledge the fact that their system isn't invulnerable. If anything people should be happy they have to admit to allowing the possibility of jamming. If anything those on the EU side now have someone to point the finger at to accept blame for "changes to their project", of which I bet a few more "changes" slip in under.
Western sensibilities tell us that there is a difference between a combatant and a civilian. Yet no one has told that to the other side.
During WW2 we didn't really care and perhaps that guilted some people. Eventually with the UN is became the default handcuffs to put on any Western power.
The problem with separating the two is that in the long run the wars are prolonged and so is the suffering. You cannot win a war by just killing the other sides soldiers, they will just make more. To win a war you have to break their will and ability to wage it. People will flee their oppressive regimes if that same cannot protect them from the folly of their actions.
Spending on "peace" as the previous write mentions with his only anti-US rant; forgetting more people died at the hands of other countries - usually within those same countries he listed by their own people; only gets you as far as your enemy wants you too.
In other words, get out of your ignorant dream world. I suppose we should ignore what happens in other countries as long as it doesn't happen here? Well some of them decided to take their little spat to our shores, what are we supposed to do? Just forget about it? Worked well with the USS Cole eh?, the first Trade Center bombing, the barracks bombings in Lebanon and Saudia Arabia?
Summary, it is stupid to spend on peace when the other guy isn't. Its even dumber to pretend that one side is the problem. We live is a violent world in which most of those loonies use the US as an excuse to pummel their own people. Frankly the West has spent too much time sitting on its hands ignoring the problem but the blood is still there. Ignoring slaughter is the same as sponsoring it.
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Granted I would not wish Real Networks on anyone. Frankly I hope they lose, it looks like they realized their model sucks and are falling back on the SCO model of income by litigation.
Whats REAL going to claim in court? That their software is better than Windows Media? Get real, I don't think even the most anti-MS zealot could make that claim with a straight face. I spent half a day ridding my machines of Real Software, let alone trying to stop their damn spam afterward.
Oh, lest I forget, it is eveel Microsoft this time.
Fine, why not encourage these developers to develop for Linux instead? If their software is technically superior and wanted then this is the idea community for it.
Frankly I have little problem with incorporating common items into an OS... and a media player is a common item, let alone one has been in there for ages anyway.
Are we to establish two sets of rules? One for people who have lots of marketshare and one for those who don't? Do you see anyone crying over developers who lost out to Apple incorporating some of their great ideas into X?
Isn't that how the story goes?
There is no accurate model of the environment. Worse, its obvious a few of these guys have a serious attitude problem.
What it comes down to is, whose policies are most in favor with the scientific community will get results from that community supporting their position. Screw the fact they don't have all the facts, it doesn't prevent either camp from making claims.
Its Global Warming this pas 15 years, before then it was Global Cooling.
Environmentalism is much more about ideaology than realism.
To ignore it would be to ignore what this site is all about. This stuff does matter to a great many people in their everyday business environment. /. != Linux
Like MOO3 which I believe a few of the 2002 Vaporware lists. Quicksilver and Atari managed to mangle a very well know TBS name. They even managed to forget to support it, having disappeared after mid-July.
Copy Star Trek. Dam the thing. Run the train over the top of the dam or inside it. Use the dam to generate buttloads of electrical power. Locks can be used to pass ships as needed.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Probably would help develop Africa with cheap and abundant power, let alone Europe getting a boost from less need of nuclear or other type of power plants.
Could be a great project to show that the EU has relevance and can work together.
Its not possible.
Outside of a few General Assembly declarations, which have no meaning, you aren't going to here one word against China. Just like no one cries about Chechyna (Sp).
Face it, there are always groups too big for anyone to do anything about. That doesn't mean that the small fry who cause problems should be ignored.
China will probably flip in about 20 years anyway they government control is lost to a combination of religion (Christian) and capitalism take hold.
and while it may be true he wasn't in direct control of guerilla forces I doubt very seriously his continued evasion wasn't boosting their morale. I would also contend that he did have contact with them.
Where he was captured is in no way indicative of his capabilities. Fact is, it was probably a great hiding place, after all, why look at something that doesn't stand out from the background? Classic misdirection.
As with most captures of wanted people, someone ratted on him.
and yes, millions of Iraqis care, both there and worldwide. This is a day of celebration, do not discount them because of your petty views. These people have been living scared for a long time, that is a helluva a yoke to bear.
A party of hate and "Self-interest" groups cannot win the Whitehouse.
So, quick looking for excuses for why he beat the other guy then and soon, until the other side realizes its flaws it won't beat him.
Me, I will stick to a Libertarian candidate, voteing for the lesser of two evils is still voting for an evil.
Facts currently don't encourage some people to wear helmets, let alone wear real helmets. I have a few friends who insist they don't need helmets; they are required by state law; so they "cheat" by wearing those party helmets.
No amount of pictures or facts will deter them. They are so wrapped up in their own persoal ego that they don't give a damn about the risk they take, nor do they seem to care that they are forcing this risk on their wifes, children, and parents. The great claim that it is their right completely ignores the fact their family has rights too... and they are spitting in their families faces just to excercise theirs.
Unfortunately I have been through two funerals of people I know who rode their rights into an early grave. The first was in the military and he left behind a wife, the second left behind stunned parents and many friends.
FWIW, I am a safety zealot, I have full gear, including body armor inserts in my jacket (Savannah-1 or Airflow-2) and pants (either FG winter pants or Airflow-2). I also wear a full face helmet; my only wreck in the 80s proved a FF worth; boots, and good reinforced gloves. I am even to the point of not wanting to ride any bike that doesn't come with ABS... either I am getting old... or...
From Allan Cole and Chris Bunch's Sten series...
Clot this , clotting that...
Has the vocal sound/emphasis built in that a good cuss work needs...
as for drakh (their word for shit)... well... it could work
He has a dopey "I'm on Ridilin" look about him.
1. They already found "God", and they are simply killing the unfaithful? How else would machines validate belief?
2. If they are confused, perhaps some old leftover programming, ala V'ger, perhaps we will find the old programmer with an odd but similar spelling to Galius Boltar?
3. They are searching for "God", and the machine deduction method figures it can force "God" out into the open by killing his people. Variation of the "Hyperion" story where machines tried to get "God" out in the open.
4. More base, they just want to kick their former enslavers arses.
The big problem is, how did they evolve so much in 40 years? Something went down.
It doesn't appear its all for infiltration, there seems to be the old cliche' "computers/ai trying to evolve" ala V'ger.
So, if they want humans dead, why make such use of copies outside of infiltration?
Cardboard acting and some seriously contrived scenes deprive from any reason to make it a series.
Super-cylons are probably the killer. Essentially they imply they cannot die. Are they now angels? I am not quite sure where to place their ability. Their "spirit" remains intact regardless of distance? How do you fight something like that? Combine this with their nearly super computer ability and it makes you wonder, have they been to built up to be killable?
Continuity was also bothersome. Are they human or not? If they are so human that it requires DNA testing to tell otherwise then.... how does her spine glow? Why does Adama imply their circutry is messed up by radiation? Are they just animated human forms - little computers running it?
Techno-babble... or techno-fear? Apparently "cordless phones" are susceptible to takeover, along with headsets and the like.
The gift shop and similar did seem as if they wanted to go out of their way to spite fans of the old show.
Next, contrived scenes... Showing the "President" talk to a little girl, only to find out she condems said little girl to death, then whitescreen her death. The Apollo "death"... Starbuck suddenly fessing up... That "ooh such a surprise" Boomer being a fembot.. err Cylon
Capped off with gratuitous sex... not dramatic, Star Trek : Enterprise style! It got to be silly... I was waiting for Adama and the Prez to jump each other, I was like, so disappointed.
The "ridiculous" in the US won't have you buried in a field with hundreds of others. It won't have your family picked up and buried there too. It won't have you and your friends disappeared.
Sorry, you mock the suffering many people go through daily with such a stupid comparison.
1441 was not the needed "validation" for the attack on Iraq. do yourself a favor and go read all the resolutions that preceeded.
FWIW, the original peace that allowed Saddam 10+ years of peace was dependant on his obeying the terms of surrender. Any violation left him open for military action.
As for Israel, I can't recall a single "SECURITY COUNCIL" resolution authorizing force or similar against them. There are numerous GA resolutions, but those are meaningless, let alone simply vicious attacks backed by money from third-world dictatorships.
As for supporting terrorist states, name one country not guilty of it? We cannot do much about it, and needless to say, no one else would either. Do they threaten their neighbors? For the most part the only countries allowed to do that with IMPUNITY are Russia and China. Amazing how the Eurocrats never bring those two up when it comes to unwarranted, unsanctioned, or otherwise attacks.
If you want the moral authority to judge then hold everyone to the same rules.
Government employees are not truly accountable. A friend of mine will routinely pass me stories of just how out of whack with reality government employment is.
Hold their jobs on the line, that is if you can get pass the miles of red tape and union rules.
A private organization could have their board taken to the cleaners by their stockholders, let alone various "Government" regulating bodies.
Remember, rules don't apply to those who enforce them.
I have an iPod, I was quite resigned to paying list price for one. I did look high and low, but honestly, when you have the best product on the market, why should you have to discount them? Anyway, Apple is notorious about their pricing, but their marketing does allow them to be.
You discount them when your competitors actually show that they are truly competitive. Frankly most of the other MP3 players look ugly, and worse are slaved to MusicMatch.
iTunes Music Store and iTunes is worth the premium as well. If your serious about taking your tunes with you, want a very good firewire/usb drive, and have it all in a stylish and easy to use package there is only one choice.
Sorry, but they can't manage anything. The United Nations is a failed idea looking for relevance. Unfortunately anything they take over becomes a mockery of what it is supposed to.
Worse, the UN routinely caves into member states that are notorious violators of human rights. What good can from an organization that has human rights committees comprised of brutal dictatorships? Of disarnament committees run by the same?
Sorry, a UN managed internet would simply give certain 3rd world countries (and some European) a new means to bash or otherwise attempt to restrict prospering Western countries. It would advance anti-Jewish attitudes, probably going as far as to restrict Israel! China would be given free reign to threaten Tiawan and run ramshackle over tibet. Can you imagine what these nations would want to classify as SPAM?
No thank you. ICANN might be annoying but at least we can lay hands on them
We have all known this for some time. Look at some of the people up there. The Senate represents party intrest only and the House is purely special interest.
If it wasn't for the need of Republicans to get seats in the House and Senate minorities would have been totally marginalized by Democrats. The Democrats speak a very good game of inclusion but they are in effect the party of exclusion. Gingrich and his cronies understood that and used it to their advantage.
The best solution to this would be to give each state X number of seats and then award those to the top X number of vote getters statewide. This would still protect the original intent of the framers of our Consititution and allow for more diverse people in office. It might finally allow a green or gasp, a libertarian, into the so called hallowed grounds.
People bitch and moan all the time about Presidential abuses but convienently ignore what goes on in the Senate (requirement of super majorities to vote is not in the Constitution - it is the exact fear the framers had - a government trapped by a militant minorty). Neither side will give up that power and hence they sell us out when making deals.
Whine about Electronic voting, Bush, and Diebold all you want. You really don't have a choice in who is elected to the House of Representatives... and apparently don't care.
Apparently a big BIG dose of Political Correctedness was needed.
(rambling time)
Americans like their freedom, and we are a society geared on personal freedom. This is part of the individualism that dominates American society and what helped it become the largest economy. Its a mode of thought that does not lend itself to trains except in areas of major population concentrations (iow cities).
Another important comparison, look at how much open land exist in the United States. Outside of the Northeast most cities are not close together. Next, as my workplace is very representative of, most of us don't live within a few miles of each other, let alone near any mass transit.
Finally, time is money. It is common to make value comparisons with trip time. Time also relates to convienence. Which is more valuable? Convienence, time, or money? I would say the first to many people. Compare going to the relatives, they are 2 hours by plane or 8 by car? I know many people who will drive! Why? Simple, they have their car, its convienent, they also have their freedom because of that car. The other end of convienence is our unwillingness to impose on others in certain ways. Using the previous example many won't ask for their relatives to pick them up at the airport. Some who do fly would use a rental before doing otherwise. That thought pattern works against mass transit a lot.
It doesn't give you bargining power. The US is following a similar policy to that of the 80s, and that is to devaluate the US currency to promote exports into the rest of the world.
Do not gloat over the new found value of the Euro. It is on purpose. Also note that considering how much Germany and France are allowed to violated EU rules applied to other states the currency isn't exactly teneable long term.
I think the original poster was right, the US could do it regardless, it just now requires the EU to acknowledge the fact that their system isn't invulnerable. If anything people should be happy they have to admit to allowing the possibility of jamming. If anything those on the EU side now have someone to point the finger at to accept blame for "changes to their project", of which I bet a few more "changes" slip in under.
Western sensibilities tell us that there is a difference between a combatant and a civilian. Yet no one has told that to the other side.
During WW2 we didn't really care and perhaps that guilted some people. Eventually with the UN is became the default handcuffs to put on any Western power.
The problem with separating the two is that in the long run the wars are prolonged and so is the suffering. You cannot win a war by just killing the other sides soldiers, they will just make more. To win a war you have to break their will and ability to wage it. People will flee their oppressive regimes if that same cannot protect them from the folly of their actions.
Spending on "peace" as the previous write mentions with his only anti-US rant; forgetting more people died at the hands of other countries - usually within those same countries he listed by their own people; only gets you as far as your enemy wants you too.
In other words, get out of your ignorant dream world. I suppose we should ignore what happens in other countries as long as it doesn't happen here? Well some of them decided to take their little spat to our shores, what are we supposed to do? Just forget about it? Worked well with the USS Cole eh?, the first Trade Center bombing, the barracks bombings in Lebanon and Saudia Arabia?
Summary, it is stupid to spend on peace when the other guy isn't. Its even dumber to pretend that one side is the problem. We live is a violent world in which most of those loonies use the US as an excuse to pummel their own people. Frankly the West has spent too much time sitting on its hands ignoring the problem but the blood is still there. Ignoring slaughter is the same as sponsoring it.