You didn't state that they had a role in socialising children, you stated that their broader purpose was to socialise them. Quite a difference. If you meant the former, you should have stated it.
Incorrect, shades are colours you obtain by adding black to a colour, tints are colours you obtain by adding white to a colour. So, black is a shade of grey, but white is a tint of gray. Both black and grey are shades of white, however.
True, but that assumes that the United States has a comparative advantage with respects to software development, and that hasn't shown itself to be true, at least not when purchasing Monopoly software (not to argue solely against Microsoft). It costs them more in the long run to trade with the monopoly than not to. Which in the end makes their absolute advantage better comparatively.
Then again, I'm not an economist, I'm just some jackass that reads economist's papers for fun.
If the EU put import tariffs of a couple hundred percent onto US products it would only serve to harm the EU as their prices would rise to equalise against the tariffed prices. That would reduce the buying power of the EU citizens, which would artificially boost the US economy.
There really isn't any comparative advantage in purchasing Microsoft software though, if you have workers within your country who can create equal or better functionality cheaper.
Exports are only a small fraction of the US economy, so even if they banned Microsoft software, it wouldn't really dent the economy for the rest of us. Read some of Paul Krugman's articles to get a better understanding of economics.
I'm male, 5'11", and 125 pounds. I've never been above 132 pounds, and I can't gain weight, so I don't try. I'm strong relative to my weight too... it disturbs people I know.
No, my right to use the code comes from it being distributed to me in good-faith from a lawful distributor. Hence, there is no "license" to use a music cd I purchase. Nor is there a "license" to use software received under the GPL (it quite specifically says that you can use it even if you do not agree with the license).
I f[sic] one look at political movements liberal organizations almost evolve into socialistic systems and later picking up authoritharian[sic] methods from the communist in order to protect their wiews[sic].
If one looks at politically movements, conservative organisations almost evolve into fascist systems, later picking up authoritarian methods in order to protect their views.
Conservatives have their own set of authoritarian-nutjobs. In fact, the current Republican party seems to be run by them. So, considering that, it seems short-sighted to imply that only the big-bad 'liberals' get authoritarian. In fact, that makes you just as much a zealot as the people you're "fighting".
And, what exactly have you done that would qualify you as a "patriot"?
Since they've alienated Brother, I would assume that Brother won't be supporting OSX with their printers for a while. Apple can afford to be picky, because Apple users expect to get the shaft when it comes to hardware. Windows users don't, so if Microsoft makes its driver API a moving target, it will only hurt them in the long run.
Why would you be suing the purveyors if what they are selling is legal within their country? Wouldn't it be better to go after the people who are violating the law: vis-a-vis the people in your own country?
No, their servers are in California. So business transactions should be governed under US and Californian law. Not under the law of the nation of the customer. At least in an ideal world... it should be.
Even if it worked well, there is no guarantee that Microsoft wouldn't make it impossible to keep doing this, leaving us out in the cold.
The thing is, though, that Microsoft's driver APIs have to remain stable if they're going to get hardware manufacturers to write drivers for them. If they start making changes that break this driver compatibility layer, then they also break current drivers. There's no way to make the layer break without breaking backwards compatibility, and that still won't prevent you from using pre-break drivers.
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You didn't state that they had a role in socialising children, you stated that their broader purpose was to socialise them. Quite a difference. If you meant the former, you should have stated it.
The reason this is wrongheaded is because schools have a much broader purpose: To socialize children, and turn them into adults.
If that is the case, then why don't we remove every child from their parent's custody and put them into "school" until they're 18?
Do you have evidence for that assertion, or are you just stating it because it "feels" right?
Incorrect, shades are colours you obtain by adding black to a colour, tints are colours you obtain by adding white to a colour. So, black is a shade of grey, but white is a tint of gray. Both black and grey are shades of white, however.
True, but that assumes that the United States has a comparative advantage with respects to software development, and that hasn't shown itself to be true, at least not when purchasing Monopoly software (not to argue solely against Microsoft). It costs them more in the long run to trade with the monopoly than not to. Which in the end makes their absolute advantage better comparatively.
Then again, I'm not an economist, I'm just some jackass that reads economist's papers for fun.
If the EU put import tariffs of a couple hundred percent onto US products it would only serve to harm the EU as their prices would rise to equalise against the tariffed prices. That would reduce the buying power of the EU citizens, which would artificially boost the US economy.
There really isn't any comparative advantage in purchasing Microsoft software though, if you have workers within your country who can create equal or better functionality cheaper.
Exports are only a small fraction of the US economy, so even if they banned Microsoft software, it wouldn't really dent the economy for the rest of us. Read some of Paul Krugman's articles to get a better understanding of economics.
Why Debian, instead of, say Gentoo?
Because most users won't try out a three-day long install process so they can try out a new "computer".
when did you last see an office space with exposed fluoros?
I'm currently in one. There are covers, but they aren't diffusive, though, just quasi-stylish plastic blocks to keep the tubes from falling on people.
You know, that would be great and grand, except that we don't have 500,000 combat troops.
I'm male, 5'11", and 125 pounds. I've never been above 132 pounds, and I can't gain weight, so I don't try. I'm strong relative to my weight too... it disturbs people I know.
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Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
No, my right to use the code comes from it being distributed to me in good-faith from a lawful distributor. Hence, there is no "license" to use a music cd I purchase. Nor is there a "license" to use software received under the GPL (it quite specifically says that you can use it even if you do not agree with the license).
Not true, you have the rights to USE the work, but not to distribute reproductions or derivative works.
No, it doesn't. It makes a vibration, but that vibration cannot be called a sound until it has an observer.
Here you go, a google search on Planck Density. Knock yourself out.
You must be new around here... I'd like to welcome you to a concept we call "sarcasm".
I f[sic] one look at political movements liberal organizations almost evolve into socialistic systems and later picking up authoritharian[sic] methods from the communist in order to protect their wiews[sic].
If one looks at politically movements, conservative organisations almost evolve into fascist systems, later picking up authoritarian methods in order to protect their views.
Conservatives have their own set of authoritarian-nutjobs. In fact, the current Republican party seems to be run by them. So, considering that, it seems short-sighted to imply that only the big-bad 'liberals' get authoritarian. In fact, that makes you just as much a zealot as the people you're "fighting".
And, what exactly have you done that would qualify you as a "patriot"?
Point conceded... perhaps they should remove their French offices then?
The French offices aren't serving advertisements, however, the Californian servers are.
Since they've alienated Brother, I would assume that Brother won't be supporting OSX with their printers for a while. Apple can afford to be picky, because Apple users expect to get the shaft when it comes to hardware. Windows users don't, so if Microsoft makes its driver API a moving target, it will only hurt them in the long run.
Why would you be suing the purveyors if what they are selling is legal within their country? Wouldn't it be better to go after the people who are violating the law: vis-a-vis the people in your own country?
No, their servers are in California. So business transactions should be governed under US and Californian law. Not under the law of the nation of the customer. At least in an ideal world... it should be.
Even if it worked well, there is no guarantee that Microsoft wouldn't make it impossible to keep doing this, leaving us out in the cold.
The thing is, though, that Microsoft's driver APIs have to remain stable if they're going to get hardware manufacturers to write drivers for them. If they start making changes that break this driver compatibility layer, then they also break current drivers. There's no way to make the layer break without breaking backwards compatibility, and that still won't prevent you from using pre-break drivers.