What you call "offend" would more commonly be understood as war. I'm going to guess it was the President's decision not to engage in a war against Iran.
Apple is the clear leader in media management (photos, music), and this is an effort to get the Android platform to compete adequately with iOS. The Android store has chock full of music management software, which highlights the deficiency in the Android platform.
My ISP already does this and it is very frustrating. When I stopped sending them checks, they cut my download speed to 0 - Zero! They didn't allow any upload speeds at all. After an angry call with the help desk, I agreed to write them a check on a monthly basis. They now allow me to download and upload from any website. Anyway, I contacted my representative about this. To think that the ISP would stop letting me use their service, just because I stopped paying for it. The monopolies will rule the world!
Looking at the early meanings of the word, it is not hard to see why "nice" engineers finish last. When people say nice, they often mean "thoughtful" "considerate" or "kind". However, there are important distinctions, since people with latter attributes do not typically finish last.
That website is one of the hardest to use. One of the biggest faults is that there is no differentiation in the search results between major and minor efforts. Try these three searches and you'll see how difficult it is to use:
Minimum wage laws generally only result in layoffs and law-breaking.
I think you meant theoretically, not generally. I haven't seen the data over the last five years, but up until then, there has been no empirical data (in the US) to show higher minimum wages have resulted in higher unemployment rates. Theoretically, I don't disagree with you. Just the emprical data hasn't proven it, yet. If you have such data, please share.
bricks-and-mortar stores with operations in all 50 states already pay taxes according to state and local custom. from what i can tell, its not a prohibitive amount of work.
Similarly, online operators with multi-state footprints (think warehouse and server operators) already adhere to state and local custom in terms of payroll taxes.
I, like you, favor simplicity, but it also helps to be informed before making an argument.
Why can't CD players play through a skip? Given the ability to put logic in the players, it's incredible that a player can't understand that it is skipping.
Well, SouthParkStudios.com proves this. But Viacom is not interested in looking for new business models. They are looking to protect their existing business models, and YouTube hurts these.
The goal of government should be to do what's best for the country. Politics are the methods employed by those in (and out of) government to achieve laws which they believe are in the best interest of the governed. As the adage goes, "Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made."
I agree with your sentiment, though, that the elbows in politics are too sharp for my taste. I do not believe that the nostalgia, for a time when this was not the case, to be well-founded.
Everyone commenting on this thread should state whether they have downloaded music or movie content, within the last 30 days, from a source not authorized by the producer of the content. This disclosure should be made without qualifications or caveats (i.e. "I only downloaded it to sample" or "I intend to buy it later" still count as unauthorized d/l's).
It's just my hunch, but the free as in freedom or beer advocates are just worried about paying for something that they used to get with a five finger discount.
My disclosure: I have not downloaded content from an unauthorized source.
That's because you are still stealing music with allmymp3, but paying someone a trivial amount (which doesn't go to artists) to assuage your conscience. The reason why allofmp3 wasn't included is that it is illegal and only exists through a loop-hole in Russian copyright laws.
Removing details about someone's personal life, revealed by a third party, is not censorship, it's good taste. CNN is a news network, and the fact that a station made an editorial decision to remove rumors from its newscast is not censorship.
By definition, giving away something free means it's not profitable. Let me help you with the math -
Revenue - Costs = Profits
If revenue equals "0" (ie giving away for free), then profits would have to be less than or equal to 0.
If the company collects advertising fees, then the product is not for free. In fact, the service being provided is YOU, in that YOU are the product, which advertisers are paying for. You recieve no profits, on the other hand, as you are choosing in-kind compensation.
RTFM - the article states that the search for the representative's name yields an article from a local paper with a specific point of view as one of the first results.
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What you call "offend" would more commonly be understood as war. I'm going to guess it was the President's decision not to engage in a war against Iran.
if by "into the ground", you mean a $75 billion company and one of the 100 largest in the world, then yes, you are correct, deep into the ground.
Apple is the clear leader in media management (photos, music), and this is an effort to get the Android platform to compete adequately with iOS. The Android store has chock full of music management software, which highlights the deficiency in the Android platform.
My ISP already does this and it is very frustrating. When I stopped sending them checks, they cut my download speed to 0 - Zero! They didn't allow any upload speeds at all. After an angry call with the help desk, I agreed to write them a check on a monthly basis. They now allow me to download and upload from any website. Anyway, I contacted my representative about this. To think that the ISP would stop letting me use their service, just because I stopped paying for it. The monopolies will rule the world!
Sexual preference is not a protected class, so it is actually okay to discriminate. It's the law of the land.
Anyway, Google is a private business, and if you do not like their policies, then you may choose to neither work there nor purchase their products.
Looking at the early meanings of the word, it is not hard to see why "nice" engineers finish last. When people say nice, they often mean "thoughtful" "considerate" or "kind". However, there are important distinctions, since people with latter attributes do not typically finish last.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=nice&searchmode=none
That website is one of the hardest to use. One of the biggest faults is that there is no differentiation in the search results between major and minor efforts. Try these three searches and you'll see how difficult it is to use:
http://thomas.loc.gov/
1. Find the No Child Left Behind Act
2. Find the roll call of the recent Wall Street bail-out
3. Find HR 700 from the 103rd Congress (this should presumably be the easiest since you have the "key")
It's almost as if they do not want you to read it.
i asked for empirical data, not a straw man. I understand that it is difficult to find.
Minimum wage laws generally only result in layoffs and law-breaking.
I think you meant theoretically, not generally. I haven't seen the data over the last five years, but up until then, there has been no empirical data (in the US) to show higher minimum wages have resulted in higher unemployment rates. Theoretically, I don't disagree with you. Just the emprical data hasn't proven it, yet. If you have such data, please share.
bricks-and-mortar stores with operations in all 50 states already pay taxes according to state and local custom. from what i can tell, its not a prohibitive amount of work.
Similarly, online operators with multi-state footprints (think warehouse and server operators) already adhere to state and local custom in terms of payroll taxes.
I, like you, favor simplicity, but it also helps to be informed before making an argument.
Why can't CD players play through a skip? Given the ability to put logic in the players, it's incredible that a player can't understand that it is skipping.
Well, SouthParkStudios.com proves this. But Viacom is not interested in looking for new business models. They are looking to protect their existing business models, and YouTube hurts these.
Thieves hurt most business models.
The goal of government should be to do what's best for the country. Politics are the methods employed by those in (and out of) government to achieve laws which they believe are in the best interest of the governed. As the adage goes, "Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made."
I agree with your sentiment, though, that the elbows in politics are too sharp for my taste. I do not believe that the nostalgia, for a time when this was not the case, to be well-founded.
Everyone commenting on this thread should state whether they have downloaded music or movie content, within the last 30 days, from a source not authorized by the producer of the content. This disclosure should be made without qualifications or caveats (i.e. "I only downloaded it to sample" or "I intend to buy it later" still count as unauthorized d/l's).
It's just my hunch, but the free as in freedom or beer advocates are just worried about paying for something that they used to get with a five finger discount.
My disclosure: I have not downloaded content from an unauthorized source.
yes
The Federal Reserve has three mandates - Price Stability, Full Employment, and moderate long-term interest rates.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/fract/sect02a.htm
Precisely, IT hates work, whereas the profit side of the business is used to it.
The new internet, if it ever comes to pass, will be designed by governments and large corporations. This will mean the following:
The first internet was designed by governments and large corporations, and yet we don't have any of those things you mention.
Wikipedia is cited as a source
That's because you are still stealing music with allmymp3, but paying someone a trivial amount (which doesn't go to artists) to assuage your conscience. The reason why allofmp3 wasn't included is that it is illegal and only exists through a loop-hole in Russian copyright laws.
you'll just moan about how other people get killed with monthlies. wierdo.
wrong - transactions were not delayed. Dow Jones is a media company - they publish the results of transactions. They're reporting was delayed.
Removing details about someone's personal life, revealed by a third party, is not censorship, it's good taste. CNN is a news network, and the fact that a station made an editorial decision to remove rumors from its newscast is not censorship.
By definition, giving away something free means it's not profitable. Let me help you with the math -
Revenue - Costs = Profits
If revenue equals "0" (ie giving away for free), then profits would have to be less than or equal to 0.
If the company collects advertising fees, then the product is not for free. In fact, the service being provided is YOU, in that YOU are the product, which advertisers are paying for. You recieve no profits, on the other hand, as you are choosing in-kind compensation.
RTFM - the article states that the search for the representative's name yields an article from a local paper with a specific point of view as one of the first results.