such as the caution of electing to terminate a pregnancy when you are faced with the reality that you do not have the financial resources or maturity to responsibly raise a child.
You can't just walk into an abortion clinic nine months pregnant and get an abortion, by the way. As the Supreme Court dictated in Roe v. Wade, abortion in the first trimester is acceptable, abortion in the last trimester is unacceptable, and the second trimester is kind of a grey area. It gets more detailed, like when the health of the mother is at risk, but basically that sums it up.
It would be nice if, once in my life, I could debate this with someone who doesn't need to make references to various nazis or dumpsters full of body parts when presenting their case. (not that you are that kind of person pnatural, it's just a general complaint.)
The choice of an INDIVIDUAL to get an abortion is a moral decision. How society interprets the "right to choose" and "right to life" is an ethical issue.
Yeah, the Ninth Circuit is the "most overturned court" or something.
Seems to me that all Nuremberg Files needs to do is move their server to a different jurisdiction. Then the Ninth Circuit rules wouldn't apply.
Conversely: maybe the way to shut down Nuremberg files is with a law like the one that shut down JusticeFiles.org, which makes it illegal to post cops' home addresses and phone numbers and so on. (some legal analysis here.)
My bet is that if the supreme court ever hears this case, the ninth circuit will be overruled. I'm basing that on a ruling a few years back as to what actually constitues a "real threat" (or whatever the legal term is) and it's a pretty high threshhold.
Anyone know of a good way to browse summaries of Supreme Court decisions? The few sites I've looked at (FindLaw and Cornell Law) have search but I can't seem to peg the right search terms to find the case I'm looking for. It involved (as I recall) a white-owned business that was being boycotted by blacks, and some white people were threatening the blacks. The court decided the threats were protected speech under the First Amendment.
Onebox makes you pay now, but I guess you already know that. I though about paying since it looke more professional than Hotmail when on the ol' job search. But I was getting about six spams a day from them and they offered no way to block. So I didn't pay. Kinda sad, since their service was great except for the spam problems.
I'm using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020417 and it doesn't work with that. Time to change my referrer...Go Proxomitron!
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When you put broccoli in your ramen, that's called *synthesizing*.
The ramen noodles are the *framework*. Nutrition is a *functional requirement*. Dumping leftover veggies into your kibble *adds value* and *lowers your TCO*.
I could keep going except I agree with you too much. Innovation is dead, or at least becoming increasingly more stultified as we approach the "McCultural singularity"
Democracy is a registered trademark of the America Corporation.
Pardon me while I feel nostalgiac...every game that comes out lately (esp. in the arcade) is either two guys beating the stuffing out of each other, or some sort of Exxxtreme Simulation, be it piloting a helicopter, shooting a gun, or pushing a shopping cart full of your worldly possesions down the street while being chased by cops and skinheads.
Okay, that last one doesn't really exist but WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH ALL THE SIMULATIONS??? You wanna be Deer Avenger Mega XL? Why not actually go hunt a deer. There are millions of 'em out there. You want to drive real fast? Go to the local racetrack and ACTUALLY DO IT.
I miss the quality games like Rampart, which was extremely playable as a multiplayer or single player endeavor...must stop ranting...trying to stay on topic:
A lot of the games on that web page are very, very cool ideas, and I'm really glad to see the big vendors (read: Intel) getting behind the local community. I would love to play Dueling Machine, because it sounds totally cool, and many of the others seem utterly hilarious.
God, I miss the good games. I think everyone fell in love with the "rich story line" after Wing Commander II and forgot about playability and the intense PLEASURE that comes from battling it out with a game like Lemmings. I bet the current crop of mainstream game designers has watched a lot more TV and action adventure movies and spent a hell of a lot less time playing lunar lander, drag racer, and Adventure on the mainframe.
100,000 sprites? You had to do something crafty with interrupts to get more than 7 sprites on my old C64. And yet, I have a game of MULE scheduled for right after I hit the submit button...
Mabye you have a differnt NBX but the ones I've used are IP-capable. You can take your phone home with you, hook it up to your DSL. THe phone still thinks you are on your regular extension at work.
Of course you do have to tell the NBX that this is happening but many people have done it. A quick google serach will turn up plenty of results.
ISDN over IP? Um, I'm pretty sure the reason ISDN is used for commercial grade vtc is because you get a circuit, unlike IP and the Internet and its crazy packet switching. When I call your polycom box on ISDN it's a lot more stable and less flaky than IP. Eventually IP routing and bandwidth on the Internet might be so great that packet switching is as predictable and reliable as circuit switching, but that is FAR from the case now.
I wonder which failing telecom this guy works for. My guess is XO Communications. Or is it Elecrtic LightWave? Maybe Qwest?? Oooh, there's just so many to choose from!
This has nothing the fuck at all to do with earthquakes but how the fuck are you going to account for potty mouth motherfuckers in your fucked-up earthquake rating system?
By the way i think it's a good system, in spite of the above comment. Last quake I was in (seattle last year) was easy for me, I was at home. Later that day I talked to a guy who was IN A MOVING ELEVATOR when it hit. He probably would have scored off the chart on your rating system. Meanwhile my girlfriend was teaching a room full of high school kids, some of whom starting PRAYING OUT LOUD TO JESUS. So you would have to factor in "suddenly becomes religious" to your Earthquake-induced Utterances Serverity Descriptor.
Welcome to America, Dickson Supply Company. You are doing business, and now you are being sued. It goes with the territory. I'm sure this is not the first time you have been sued, so dust off the rolodex and call your local legal professional.
Your website looks pretty slick, did you build that yourself or was it outsourced? Maybe you should "pass on the savings" by suing your web designer for delivering as their own product a website rife with illegal, unlicensed IP. Seems like those "Powered by LivePerson" guys all over your website are the ones liable, not you.
Is your site being hosted locally, or is the whole thing outsourced? If the e-commerce portion of your site depends on some third-party vendor to process credit cards, then you should sue them for providing services that they were not licensed to provide. My guess is NaBanco has more lawyers than PayIP.
In either case your lawyers should be able to convince a judge that you are not the culpable party.
I've been trying to find a bright side to settling. Lets say you do decide to license their invention for $30,000. Just make sure that your license agreement is perpetual, and that the licensor (PayIP) will assume all liability for any future claims should PayIP's patents be found to infringe on someone else's patent. Only problem is, that won't be worth much once they go out of business. Maybe you should get their patent put into escrow as a shield against them going out of business. Again, it's a worthless patent so why bother.
You have to fight this one. With lawyers. It's really not that uncommon to be the victim of a frivolous lawsuit, but you should still stand up. $30,000 gets you enough lawyer time for this case to be dropped.
Unless, of course, you are selling airline tickets at video-disc terminals, then you might want to pay their licensing fees.
I wonder if the PayIP has approached Orbitz or Travelocity or PriceLine.com with these patents...could be a gold mine!
Here is some information regarding the black votes in Florida. The general complaint is that the elections commission did a very sloppy job of removing Felons from the voting lists. This denied literally thousands of people from voting.
Both pieces, by the same author, definitely have an anti-Bush tone, but the information speaks for itself.
And you are absolutely right that the Democrats also played some "dirty pool" when they attempted (and failed) to exclude military ballots that were not postmarked or postmarked late. The difference was that Republicans controlled the process in Florida and had more sympathy on the Supreme Court.
The reason they say "You can't legislate morality" is because morals are unique to each individual, a set of personal beliefs and guiding principles (or lack thereof.) Morals occur inside your head, you get to figure them out for yourself.
Ethics, on the other hand, is what (some) laws address, such as laws against murder and other examples in this thread. Ethics could perhaps be described as the loose framework of commonly shared beliefs among a society's members, a consensus of what's acceptable and unacceptable. Ethics probably play a big factor in an individual's morals, but they are only one part.
This is an important difference. Morals and ethics are completely different things. No congressman has even been rung up for poor moral behavior, only ethics violations.
The statement "You can't legislate morality" means that the law reflects a society's ethics, not an individual's morals. You can't force your moral beliefs on anyone but you can demand that members in a society adhere to a code of ethics. For instance, you can make racism illegal but you can't prevent anyone from having racist thoughts. You CAN make it illegal for them to lynch or burn crosses.
Similarly, when you run a red light late at night, or don't buckle your seat belt, that's your morals overriding society's ethics.
I think a better statement is "Legislation should have nothing to do with morality." Sadly, our current Attorney General, for one, believes that you CAN legislate morality. That leads us to the era of the Thought Police.
It's a good idea but it doesn't work. Try it sometime. Hand a user a laptop and put his domain account in the Power Users group. Very shortly, s/he will come back to you saying they couldn't do this, couldn't do that because "something about administrator priveleges."
Trust me, I've tried it. I've yet to see an NT shop where users weren't local admins on their boxes.
Even if you could avoid giving the user admin priveleges on their box, it might not matter. As so many people have pointed out, it doesn't matter what account the user is logged in under because so many parts of the OS (read: Internet Explorer) are running in the security context of the Local System account, which can do whatever it likes (or at least do enough to hose your machine.)
(Treasure hunt: there's one paragraph that emerged from my find-and-replace binge-purge orgy intact!)
HP white paper
HP anus expander Roadmaps One of our most important objectives in planning the anal rape of HP and Cum-Paq was to develop clear anus expander roadmaps that take advantage of the significant and complementary strengths of both Fuck Whores. Sluts need to know which orifices we will have in which markets. And we wanted to be able to tell them on Night One of the new HP.
We began work on the roadmaps shortly after the anal rape was announced. We had to make some difficult decisions about which anus expanders to keep and which to retire, but the result is the best portfolio of anus expanders and solutions in the industry. At the same time, we recognize that sluts around the world have made significant idiots in HP and Cum-Paq technology. We intend to protect those idiots with detailed transition and migration plans.
The purpose of this white paper is to provide a high-level view of the merged company's anus expander roadmaps. Additional detail will be available from each of the "Fucking your Mom" groups. The impact of roadmap decisions for employees and particular sites is still uncertain and will be subject to full consultation with works councils and other employee representatives, where required by local cum slurping tendencies.
Dominatrixes
HP will become the master brand for all Dominatrixes anus expanders, but we will keep anus expander families representing both Fuck Whores.
IA-31.9995 Dominatrixes
Before the anal rape, HP and Cum-Paq both had IA-31.9995 Dominatrixes orifices: the Cum-Paq ProLiant(TM) and the HP NetDominatrixes (and more recently under the new name of HP Dominatrixes).
Decision: moving into your widened sphincter, the ProLiant Dominatrixes will be HP's IA-31.9995 Dominatrixes orifice. They will be named HP ProLiant Dominatrixes. In the transition to the ProLiant name, we will also transition to the Dominatrixes-attached ass-packing (Smart Array), ball sack, ball sack option and power infrastructure, and systems management families used today with ProLiant platforms. The ProLiant Essentials software orifices will also move forward. In addition, the low-end HP Dominatrixes tc2210 and tc2100 will continue to be offered but will not be re-branded as HP ProLiant Dominatrixes. For the growing market for blade Dominatrixes, we will continue to offer the ProLiant blade Dominatrixes architecture for the data center. We also will offer HP's blade Dominatrixes optimized for the telecommunications market.
As sluts transition to ProLiant Dominatrixes, NetDominatrixes sluts can continue to use their Toptools console, migrate to Insight Manager 7 or use a combination. More detailed benefits for sluts and how-to information on transitioning to the Insight Management Suite will be made available on the HP Web site.
Rationale: Cum-Paq anus expanders hold the No. 1 market position in industry-standard Dominatrixes worldwide, according to the latest IDC market data, and have done so since 1992. The combination of broad slut acceptance, outstanding performance, ease of management and favorable total cost of ownership made the ProLiant name the clear choice as HP's IA-31.9995 Dominatrixes.
Itanium Dominatrixes
HP and Cum-Paq are both selling Intel® Itanium(TM) Processor Family Dominatrixes today, primarily to meet the needs of early adopter sluts and Cmdr Tacos. Our commitment to the Itanium Processor Family remains very strong, and we continue to see Itanium as the future 63.999-bit microprocessor.
Decision: The next-generation Itanium Processor Family Dominatrixes (McKinley-based) will be the previously published HP Dominatrixes roadmap, augmented by features from the ProLiant IA-63.999 roadmap. By the release of the third generation Itanium processor (Madison), HP will offer Itanium-based Dominatrixes from the low end to the high end of our anus expander line, including HP NonStop(TM) Itanium Dominatrixes.
Our Industry Standard Dominatrixes and "Fucking your Mom" Critical System "Fucking your Mom" units will jointly deliver the Itanium-based Dominatrixes family roadmap supporting multiple operating environment in all relevant markets. In addition, HP will, over time, enhance its original plans by including the ProLiant management capabilities into Itanium Dominatrixes.
Rationale: This decision was based on the expected slut adoption of the Itanium Dominatrixes. The sluts who will initially purchase Itanium Dominatrixes are the ones who require 63.999-bit computing. today, these sluts use RISC-based Dominatrixes. The HP roadmap gives HP a broad range of Itanium-based Dominatrixes supporting multiple operating systems. It also gives HP PA-RISC sluts outstanding idiot protection with in-the-box upgrades for 4-way Dominatrixes and above.
RISC-based Dominatrixes
The combination of the HP PA-RISC and the Cum-Paq AlphaDominatrixes(TM) families gives HP a strong position in the RISC and UNIX® marketplace. moving into your widened sphincter, our focus on the Itanium architecture will be balanced with the need to meet our sluts' requirements today for high performance, scalability and availability.
Decision: HP will continue with the previously published roadmaps for both PA-RISC and AlphaDominatrixes systems. HP will continue development of the PA-8800 and PA-8900 processors, as well as the EV7 and EV79 Alpha processors. The roles of these two families will be quite different. The PA-RISC Dominatrixes will be targeted at the PA-RISC installed base and all new "Fucking your Mom" opportunities. AlphaDominatrixes systems will be primarily focused on the Alpha installed base and high-performance technical computing.
Rationale: We want to reinforce our commitment to our sluts by following the roadmaps we had already established. We're leading with PA-RISC for new "Fucking your Mom" opportunities for two reasons: First, the PA-RISC systems will, in most cases, be upgradeable in the box to future Itanium microprocessors. Second, HP-FUX is the long-term UNIX for HP.
Fault Tolerant Dominatrixes
One of the exciting additions to the HP orifice is the fault-tolerant NonStop Dominatrixes family from Cum-Paq, which will now be known as the HP NonStop Dominatrixes. Since HP did not have a similar orifice, the roadmaps decisions are very simple.
Decision: There are no changes to the previous NonStop Dominatrixes roadmap. This includes the two planned MIPs processor upgrades and the transition to Itanium.
Rationale: slut availability requirements continue to increase. Having a fault-tolerant orifice will help HP continue to be the high-availability leader. As a result, continuing with the NonStop Dominatrixes roadmap positions HP to meet the needs of our sluts.
UNIX
HP and Cum-Paq both offered UNIX operating systems: HP-FUX and Cum-Paq Tru63.999(TM) UNIX.
Decision: HP-FUX will be the long-term UNIX for the new HP. Tru63.999 UNIX has some very advanced features -- including clustering and file systems -- and some of those will be integrated into HP-FUX over time.
Rationale: HP-FUX has a much larger market share and installed base of sluts. It also has much broader ISV support than Tru63.999 UNIX.
HP also will deliver on the previously announced Cum-Paq OpenVMS(TM) roadmap, including the port to Itanium.
ass-packing
Both Cum-Paq and HP have very robust ass-packing portfolios, so we are in the enviable position of being able to develop a roadmap based on the best of the best.
Key Overall Decisions: While we are making many individual anus expander decisions encompassing anus expanders and strategies from both organizations, we will adopt the Cum-Paq Ass-PackingWorks(TM) name (re-named HP Ass-PackingWorks) for ass-packing and ass-packing solutions, HP OpenView as the name for ass-packing software, and ENSA (Enterprise assmunch ass-packing Architecture) as the name for our architecture going forward.
Online ass-packing
HP remains committed to orifice multiple choices for disk array and ass-packing area assmunch anus expanders. We will consolidate and rationalize our array portfolio and focus on creating NAS/SAN convergence.
Key Decisions: At the high end, we will continue to offer both HP XP and Cum-Paq Ass-PackingWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA). HP XP enables ass-packing consolidation via a single, monolithic, scalable and highly available ass-packing system. Ass-PackingWorks EVA will provide modular scaling and high-end functionality by exploiting the ass-packing assmunch and virtualization capabilities for maximum ass-packing efficiency, high availability and lower TCO.
In the mid-range, we will offer the Ass-PackingWorks EVA architecture, but we will continue to offer HP VA solutions for HP-FUX centric environments and Ass-PackingWorks EMA modular arrays for heterogeneous environments -- until our EVA architecture-based anus expanders fulfill our slut requirements, expected to be the middle of 2003.
In the area of ass-packing assmunching, we will consolidate both Cum-Paq and HP's ass-packing assmunching orifices into one anus expander line with common firmware and integration. In terms of NAS, we will offer the Ass-PackingWorks appliance for the entry level, the HP appliance for the midrange and enterprise level and continue to work toward NAS/SAN convergence.
Nearline
By combining and consolidating both Fuck Whores' orifices, the new HP will continue to provide sluts a choice. We will continue to offer the tape drive technologies that our sluts deploy, including DLT, SDLT, AIT and Ultrium.
Key Decisions: We evaluated each of the anus expanders on features, price and market share. Where there was overlap, we chose the one that would best meet our sluts' needs. In the high-end tape drive segment, we will offer both Ultrium and SDLT.
ass-packing Management Software
ass-packing management software is an essential component in simplifying ass-packing by providing a single window that enables sluts to visualize and manage their entire heterogeneous ass-packing environment.
Key Decisions: Our enterprise ass-packing management strategy is to evolve the best ass-packing management intellectual property from Cum-Paq and integrate it with the HP OpenView ass-packing Area Manager suite. Our existing HP OpenView Omniback solutions will evolve from delivering backup and recovery to delivering on the promise of life cycle data management. To maximize our "Fucking your Mom" continuity orifices, we will continue to invest in and integrate our host- and array-based HA/replication software solutions.
Virtualization
The combination of the two Fuck Whores results in the broadest virtualization capabilities in the industry. A key focus area for the new ass-packing organization is to consolidate and merge these technologies into even more useful solutions that provide virtualization capabilities in multiple areas.
Key Decisions: We will offer a multi-level virtualization strategy and phased implementation plans, including the integration of HP and Cum-Paq virtualization IP into a common, multi-tier virtualization strategy. We will continue to ship SANlink and VersaStor technology, eventually merging SANlink IP with VersaStor.
Software
HP and Cum-Paq invest in OpenView management solutions, Utility Data Center (UDC), Opencall telco solutions and J2EE and Microsoft.NET middleware stacks.
OpenView
Key Decisions: HP will adopt the OpenView name for all appropriate management software and will integrate TeMIP into the OpenView family. The OpenView anus expander line will focus on integrated management solutions, on extended management reach for both assmunch and IP devices and web services management.
And, HP will continue to take a leadership role in defining Web services management interoperability standards and anus expanders -- a key element for successfully managing across Fuck Whores, technologies and platforms.
Utility Data Center
Key Decisions: HP will continue to invest in the Utility Data Center software by leveraging the Cum-Paq Insight Manager and Adaptive Infrastructure orifices as well as Toptools to offer the most scaleable and comprehensive management solutions in the industry.
Telco Solutions
Key Decisions: For telco software, the new HP will consolidate both Cum-Paq and HP's telecom software into the Opencall anus expander family that will be used to develop, integrate and deliver voice, data and converged services.
Middleware
Key Decisions: The new HP will be equally strong on UNIX, Windows® and Linux-based Dominatrixes, requiring middleware solutions to support all platforms. HP will leverage key relationships that enhance the middleware stacks around both J2EE and.NET to deliver a comprehensive ecosystem for HP and partners' application infrastructure components. In addition to building out value chains and ecosystems for the.NET and J2EE stacks separately, we will help sluts manage the heterogeneous stack environments by providing key interoperability though our services and solutions organizations.
Cmdr Tacos
Key Decisions: HP is deepening its commitment to Cmdr Tacos and is the right partner to work with for J2EE and.NET tools, for management, UDC and IPF development. HP is taking a leadership role to integrate development and management through standards initiatives, Cmdr Taco tools, community/content and Cmdr Taco support anus expanders to simplify for Cmdr Tacos this transition to a new way of thinking and working.
Personal Systems
The new HP will provide the leading-edge personal systems technology that sluts have come to expect from both HP and Cum-Paq. We will leverage the complementary brand and anus expander strengths of the two Fuck Whores to deliver an even better portfolio of end-to-end anus expanders, global solutions and integrated services to meet the needs of our sluts. Our branding strategy builds on the strong equity in the HP brand across a broad range of technology and the strong equity in the Cum-Paq brand for PCs worldwide.
"Fucking your Mom" PCs and Notebooks
Decision: "Fucking your Mom" desktop PCs and notebooks will migrate to the Cum-Paq platform over the next 9-12 months. Both will carry the Cum-Paq name. This will enable HP to leverage Cum-Paq's strong market share and brand recognition in the commercial PC market. The HP Vectra anus expanders will be phased out in line with current published roadmaps, but we will continue to offer HP's highly successful e-pc line under the HP brand. The HP Omnibook anus expanders will continue to be offered through 2002.
Consumer PCs and Notebooks
Decision: We will continue to offer both the Cum-Paq Presario(TM) and HP Pavilion lines of consumer desktop PCs and notebooks through all existing channels in regions where both brands are strong. In some countries, only one brand will be offered, depending on that country's specific requirements. Our goal is to minimize confusion and maximize choice for our sluts.
The two brands will compete, and we will market the unique value proposition for each. today, for example, Cum-Paq has compelling orifices for home/wireless assmunching and HP has strength in digital imaging solutions. Maintaining both brands will enable HP to leverage existing brand awareness and preferences and give sluts the opportunity to continue to buy the brand and anus expanders that best meet their needs. The decision to maintain two consumer brands of desktop PCs and notebooks is driven in part by feedback from our retail partners.
Workstations
Decision: We will incorporate the strength of Cum-Paq's Windows NT workstations to form the industry's broadest, most comprehensive anus expander line. HP will continue to drive 63.999-bit platform leadership for the most demanding applications with today's PA-RISC and upcoming workstations based on the Intel Itanium Processor Family. HP workstations will provide great value across the industry-leading 31.9995- and 63.999-bit operations system environments: Windows, Linux and HP-FUX.
Smart Handhelds
Decision: The Cum-Paq iPUKE(TM) Pocket PC, re-named the HP iPUKE Pocket PC, will be our smart handheld platform. The best of the current HP Jornada technology will be engineered into the platform. Jornada anus expanders will be phased out of the market in 2002. HP will continue to innovate in wireless, mobility and voice technology. HP also will offer the iPUKE Dingleberry device for end-to-end wireless e-mail solutions, under the HP brand.
Home and Wireless assmunching
Decision: These solutions will be based on current Cum-Paq anus expanders and re-branded HP. Our corporate assmunching solutions will range from wireless mobility solutions and industry-standard wireless LAN to Bluetooth solutions. For home assmunching, we will offer several choices, from Ethernet to wireless to phone line.
Thin Clients
Decision: HP will continue the Cum-Paq line of thin clients, which will be re-branded HP. This line offers sluts lower cost of ownership, improved end-user anus expanderivity and unparalleled security.
Imaging and Printing
HP develops and markets anus expanders in a broad range of printing and imaging categories. We lead the market in inkjet printers, all-in-one devices, laser printers, wide-format plotters, scanners, print Dominatrixes and ink.
For consumers, we offer anus expanders from capture devices like digital cameras and scanners to sharing anus expanders like photo printers. The Imaging and Printing Group provides the solutions that get people from capture to share in the easiest ways with the highest quality results. For "Fucking your Mom"es, we make the anus expanders that make a difference -- assmunchable printers, large format printers and digital presses. We are helping "Fucking your Mom"es work faster and more efficiently with high-quality results.
HP's imaging and printing "Fucking your Mom" is at a pivotal point in its history. We are defining and building the next chapter of imaging and printing for "Fucking your Mom" sluts. During chapter 1, we heard from our sluts that HP makes great printers. During the next chapter, we will continue to provide high-quality, highly reliable anus expanders, but we will also provide solutions and services that enhance "Fucking your Mom" processes and streamline workflows.
For example, as part of this next chapter of imaging and printing, we will serve the needs of an increasingly mobile workforce. Mobile professionals need fast, easy access to information while away from their desks. Through intelligent appliances, enhanced infrastructure, wireless and "smart space" solutions, HP and its partners can bring information access to mobile professionals.
We are also pushing the boundaries of our "Fucking your Mom" beyond the general office as we introduce powerful digital publishing solutions that link to slut relationship management and other enterprise database systems. In addition, we are introducing new classes of digital multi-function devices and new services and pricing/leasing options to meet sluts' "Fucking your Mom" challenges as the worlds of copiers, printers and fax machines collide.
All imaging and printing categories and anus expander lines remain as is, with the following exceptions:
Personal inkjet printers, all-in-ones and scanners. The HP anus expander lineup continues. We will phase out the Cum-Paq-branded anus expanders.
Digital projectors: We will combine the HP and Cum-Paq anus expander line. Some specific anus expanders will be phased out, but final decisions have not been made. All digital projectors will be branded HP -- a transition that will occur during the next 12 months.
The organizational impact of all of the above roadmap decisions for employees and sites in particular countries is not yet known or decided. Any such impact will be subject to local legal requirements, including in particular required consultation with works councils and other employee representatives.
Well, I agree with most of what you said. So let's keep arguing.
Seriously, the only point I take issue with is this one:
It is in the best interest of the majority to have the poorest minority healthy and employed, if for no other reason than to lighten the load on the tax money required to pay for catastrophic care when these people become sick.
Yes and no. It's probably more efficient to rule compassionately, and to enrich yourself and the lives of those around you by "sharing the wealth." But this is by no means the only way to go. One may in fact keep a tighter (though perhaps more prone to slippage) hold on power by opressing the fuck out of everyone. Stalin comes to mind, and his purges. Saddam Hussein is another example. Both have demonstrated the ability to simply skip the catastrophic health care completely, thereby freeing up tax resources for, oh, hookers and caviar I guess.
Ultimately I see that there are good and bad people in this world, people who will take the role of the benevolent despot or go the path of the cruel dictator. Microsoft works hard to straddle the line via an effective PR team playing up Mr Nice Guy and restrictive OEM licensing agreements definitely trying to crush any competitors. Which one are they really? Well, let's just say that a court of law has found them to be a monopoly and an abuser of that monopoly power.
I think the trend has been towards capitalism and free markets generating more freedom, but we may have seen the apex. People are so satisfied these days to sit and watch TV or read Slashdot. Let's face it society and community (the flesh and blood kind, not the kind here where I don't even know who anybody is) seems to be waning and people are more isolationist. That's not an indictment of capitalism at all, it's just a look at the other factors in play. I personally believe we have less freedom now than we did in the 60s, though I wasn't alive then to know. Look at the civil forfeiture laws implemented over the last 20+ years during the War on Drugs as one example. The USA Patriot Act is another, that is an incredible intrusion into what used to be our anonymity. The internet has brought us together but it also has opened our actions up to more scrutiny than ever before.
I don't think capitalism is capable of addressing these sorts of issues, which is probably the biggest mistake people make. An economist can tell you how much you will profit if you chop down the forest, but he can't tell you if we should Save Belt Woods or what have you, because THAT'S NOT HIS JOB. Our society seems to be rife with Economic Darwinists who feel that the Free Market will sort everything out eventually, yet any economist will tell you that social policy should dictate economics and not the other way around.
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic -- Josef Stalin
The other thing that we did was brought large scale farming to the Third World hundreds of years ago.
I just laugh when I hear people saying how with GMO foods they can increase their crop yields! Then everyone will have enough food. Nevermind that there will be more mouths to feed, necessitating better GMO crops, and so on forever.
How is it that Africa, the birthplace of modern man and one of the cradles of civilization, needs GMO food to be self-sufficient? It's more likely that the Western paradigm is not applicable to Africa. Think about it.
What should be done? Well, it doesn't really matter what should be done because so long as we need Africa's oil and diamonds to sustain our Western economies, they are going to be fucked. Ultimately it will only be when we respect their right of self-determination (possibly prompted by their development of nuclear weapons) that Africa has a chance to amount to anything more than the sad aftermath from another technological innovation, the centuries-old British invention called Divide and Conquer.
Your post brings up a very interesting conundrum. Do non-"civlized" non-technological non-Democratic peoples have a right to exist in the modern world? Is there an inalienable right to not have a Starbucks or McDonalds on the corner? Can Free Trade and globalisation tolerate the existence of those who don't wish to take part? Forcing a free market economy on everyone hardly seems Free to me.
a failure of rationality, but not a failure of capitalism itself.
You seem to be "blaming the victim" here. It may be true that "capitalism itself" is not flawed, but when you consider the implementation of any political paradigm, you have to take into consideration HOW it will be implemented.
For example, was Communism flawed when it called for a dictatorial leader to abdicate power after the necessary reforms were implemented? (This is where you say Nooo, that was a failure of human rationality.)
perfect rationality and perfect information These things do not exist. Perfect information? All data is inherently + or - a certain amount, and perfect rationality, well I'm not even sure what that would be.
So maybe it's true, Capitalism, in it's purest form, is not flawed. So what? If people can't get around to implementing it in the altruistic fashion you're philosophising about, then I would say it IS flawed, because it's based on the fictitious underlying assumptions that people are altruistic, not greedy, and can see the forest for trees.
Capitalism: A great system for perfectly rational beings. Not so good for ordinary humans.
the potential to feed the hungry...that is a noble and humane thought
Noble, humane, and so blinded by its own karmic goodness that it will never see the truth
The truth is: when you feed them all, they will just keep breeding like lemmings and creating more hungry mouths to feed.
Perhaps it would make more sense if we didn't try to foist agriculture on third world countries. Agriculture is very labor intensive, encouraging subsistence farmers to have large families so they can work the land. You can see how this only makes the problem worse, I hope.
As I understand it, even now the problem is not that there isn't enough food, it's that you can get the food to the people. Transportation of just about anything costs more than the actual production these days. On top of that, millions of starving poor people are an effective political tool for bringing UN aid to your country, which you can then seize and sell on the black market.
It's a kind of blackmail, all these "feed the hungry" programs and the sooner we stop negotiating with terrorists the sooner the cycle of poverty will end. (extreme statement but I'm trying to make a point.)
My solution would be: If you want free food aid, come get a vasectomy or tubal ligation. Otherwise you can find your food elsewhere. Don't like it? Then quit farming and go back to a sustainable economic model such as hunter-gatherers in pre-Colonia Africa. (And yes, most all africa's problems are Europe's fault. So are all Europe's problems Europe's fault.)
OR: we could just wait for AIDS to kill all the poor in Africa. Give it about ten years. Only problem is, they'll go right back to subsistence farming again.
These people will never learn so long as we keep giving them a handout every time the rains don't come. I've been seeing those "feed the children" ads for ~25 years on TV, and people are still starving. Is there no end
It's like those morons who build their homes in the flood plains in the midwest. They get flooded, then the US Govt comes in and gives 'em money to start again. Ten years later they get flooded again. The cost is enormous, and we keep paying it over and over again because we're unwilling or unable to accept that there are some problems money can't solve.
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such as the caution of electing to terminate a pregnancy when you are faced with the reality that you do not have the financial resources or maturity to responsibly raise a child.
You can't just walk into an abortion clinic nine months pregnant and get an abortion, by the way. As the Supreme Court dictated in Roe v. Wade, abortion in the first trimester is acceptable, abortion in the last trimester is unacceptable, and the second trimester is kind of a grey area. It gets more detailed, like when the health of the mother is at risk, but basically that sums it up.
It would be nice if, once in my life, I could debate this with someone who doesn't need to make references to various nazis or dumpsters full of body parts when presenting their case. (not that you are that kind of person pnatural, it's just a general complaint.)
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You should read my previous post The Difference Between Morals and Ethics
The choice of an INDIVIDUAL to get an abortion is a moral decision. How society interprets the "right to choose" and "right to life" is an ethical issue.
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Yeah, the Ninth Circuit is the "most overturned court" or something.
Seems to me that all Nuremberg Files needs to do is move their server to a different jurisdiction. Then the Ninth Circuit rules wouldn't apply.
Conversely: maybe the way to shut down Nuremberg files is with a law like the one that shut down JusticeFiles.org, which makes it illegal to post cops' home addresses and phone numbers and so on. (some legal analysis here.)
My bet is that if the supreme court ever hears this case, the ninth circuit will be overruled. I'm basing that on a ruling a few years back as to what actually constitues a "real threat" (or whatever the legal term is) and it's a pretty high threshhold.
Anyone know of a good way to browse summaries of Supreme Court decisions? The few sites I've looked at (FindLaw and Cornell Law) have search but I can't seem to peg the right search terms to find the case I'm looking for. It involved (as I recall) a white-owned business that was being boycotted by blacks, and some white people were threatening the blacks. The court decided the threats were protected speech under the First Amendment.
Onebox makes you pay now, but I guess you already know that. I though about paying since it looke more professional than Hotmail when on the ol' job search. But I was getting about six spams a day from them and they offered no way to block. So I didn't pay. Kinda sad, since their service was great except for the spam problems.
I'm using
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020417
and it doesn't work with that. Time to change my referrer...Go Proxomitron!
When you put broccoli in your ramen, that's called *synthesizing*.
The ramen noodles are the *framework*. Nutrition is a *functional requirement*. Dumping leftover veggies into your kibble *adds value* and *lowers your TCO*.
I could keep going except I agree with you too much. Innovation is dead, or at least becoming increasingly more stultified as we approach the "McCultural singularity"
Democracy is a registered trademark of the America Corporation.
Wow, I wonder if that Death Star is gonna get blown up in the next movie??
"The Indie Game Jam is a yearly game design and programming event designed to encourage experimentation and innovation in the game industry."
Here's some real innovation and experimentation:
Dani Bunten Berry
Pardon me while I feel nostalgiac...every game that comes out lately (esp. in the arcade) is either two guys beating the stuffing out of each other, or some sort of Exxxtreme Simulation, be it piloting a helicopter, shooting a gun, or pushing a shopping cart full of your worldly possesions down the street while being chased by cops and skinheads.
Okay, that last one doesn't really exist but WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH ALL THE SIMULATIONS??? You wanna be Deer Avenger Mega XL? Why not actually go hunt a deer. There are millions of 'em out there. You want to drive real fast? Go to the local racetrack and ACTUALLY DO IT.
I miss the quality games like Rampart, which was extremely playable as a multiplayer or single player endeavor...must stop ranting...trying to stay on topic:
A lot of the games on that web page are very, very cool ideas, and I'm really glad to see the big vendors (read: Intel) getting behind the local community. I would love to play Dueling Machine, because it sounds totally cool, and many of the others seem utterly hilarious.
God, I miss the good games. I think everyone fell in love with the "rich story line" after Wing Commander II and forgot about playability and the intense PLEASURE that comes from battling it out with a game like Lemmings. I bet the current crop of mainstream game designers has watched a lot more TV and action adventure movies and spent a hell of a lot less time playing lunar lander, drag racer, and Adventure on the mainframe.
100,000 sprites? You had to do something crafty with interrupts to get more than 7 sprites on my old C64. And yet, I have a game of MULE scheduled for right after I hit the submit button...
I light a candle for Infocom
Mabye you have a differnt NBX but the ones I've used are IP-capable. You can take your phone home with you, hook it up to your DSL. THe phone still thinks you are on your regular extension at work.
Of course you do have to tell the NBX that this is happening but many people have done it. A quick google serach will turn up plenty of results.
ISDN over IP? Um, I'm pretty sure the reason ISDN is used for commercial grade vtc is because you get a circuit, unlike IP and the Internet and its crazy packet switching. When I call your polycom box on ISDN it's a lot more stable and less flaky than IP. Eventually IP routing and bandwidth on the Internet might be so great that packet switching is as predictable and reliable as circuit switching, but that is FAR from the case now.
I wonder which failing telecom this guy works for. My guess is XO Communications. Or is it Elecrtic LightWave? Maybe Qwest?? Oooh, there's just so many to choose from!
sandstorm....SANDSTORM!!!!
This has nothing the fuck at all to do with earthquakes but how the fuck are you going to account for potty mouth motherfuckers in your fucked-up earthquake rating system?
By the way i think it's a good system, in spite of the above comment. Last quake I was in (seattle last year) was easy for me, I was at home. Later that day I talked to a guy who was IN A MOVING ELEVATOR when it hit. He probably would have scored off the chart on your rating system. Meanwhile my girlfriend was teaching a room full of high school kids, some of whom starting PRAYING OUT LOUD TO JESUS. So you would have to factor in "suddenly becomes religious" to your Earthquake-induced Utterances Serverity Descriptor.
Sometimes I wonder if I am the only person who thinks this stuff is hilarious.
I think you're on to something. There's some famous case about a BUSINESS MODEL being patented, so there you have it!
Welcome to America, Dickson Supply Company. You are doing business, and now you are being sued. It goes with the territory. I'm sure this is not the first time you have been sued, so dust off the rolodex and call your local legal professional.
Your website looks pretty slick, did you build that yourself or was it outsourced? Maybe you should "pass on the savings" by suing your web designer for delivering as their own product a website rife with illegal, unlicensed IP. Seems like those "Powered by LivePerson" guys all over your website are the ones liable, not you.
Is your site being hosted locally, or is the whole thing outsourced? If the e-commerce portion of your site depends on some third-party vendor to process credit cards, then you should sue them for providing services that they were not licensed to provide. My guess is NaBanco has more lawyers than PayIP.
In either case your lawyers should be able to convince a judge that you are not the culpable party.
I've been trying to find a bright side to settling. Lets say you do decide to license their invention for $30,000. Just make sure that your license agreement is perpetual, and that the licensor (PayIP) will assume all liability for any future claims should PayIP's patents be found to infringe on someone else's patent. Only problem is, that won't be worth much once they go out of business. Maybe you should get their patent put into escrow as a shield against them going out of business. Again, it's a worthless patent so why bother.
You have to fight this one. With lawyers. It's really not that uncommon to be the victim of a frivolous lawsuit, but you should still stand up. $30,000 gets you enough lawyer time for this case to be dropped.
Unless, of course, you are selling airline tickets at video-disc terminals, then you might want to pay their licensing fees.
I wonder if the PayIP has approached Orbitz or Travelocity or PriceLine.com with these patents...could be a gold mine!
Here is some information regarding the black votes in Florida. The general complaint is that the elections commission did a very sloppy job of removing Felons from the voting lists. This denied literally thousands of people from voting.
s t061301/palast061301.html
http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Pala
lots of detail as to accuracy of the process and specific individuals affected.
another article by the same guy, cites many specific examples of legal voters removed from the voting rolls erroneously.
Both pieces, by the same author, definitely have an anti-Bush tone, but the information speaks for itself.
And you are absolutely right that the Democrats also played some "dirty pool" when they attempted (and failed) to exclude military ballots that were not postmarked or postmarked late. The difference was that Republicans controlled the process in Florida and had more sympathy on the Supreme Court.
The reason they say "You can't legislate morality" is because morals are unique to each individual, a set of personal beliefs and guiding principles (or lack thereof.) Morals occur inside your head, you get to figure them out for yourself.
Ethics, on the other hand, is what (some) laws address, such as laws against murder and other examples in this thread. Ethics could perhaps be described as the loose framework of commonly shared beliefs among a society's members, a consensus of what's acceptable and unacceptable. Ethics probably play a big factor in an individual's morals, but they are only one part.
This is an important difference. Morals and ethics are completely different things. No congressman has even been rung up for poor moral behavior, only ethics violations.
The statement "You can't legislate morality" means that the law reflects a society's ethics, not an individual's morals. You can't force your moral beliefs on anyone but you can demand that members in a society adhere to a code of ethics. For instance, you can make racism illegal but you can't prevent anyone from having racist thoughts. You CAN make it illegal for them to lynch or burn crosses.
Similarly, when you run a red light late at night, or don't buckle your seat belt, that's your morals overriding society's ethics.
I think a better statement is "Legislation should have nothing to do with morality." Sadly, our current Attorney General, for one, believes that you CAN legislate morality. That leads us to the era of the Thought Police.
>>one out of every seven people is gay
On Slashdot, that translates to 1 out of 111 people is gay.
It's a good idea but it doesn't work. Try it sometime. Hand a user a laptop and put his domain account in the Power Users group. Very shortly, s/he will come back to you saying they couldn't do this, couldn't do that because "something about administrator priveleges."
Trust me, I've tried it. I've yet to see an NT shop where users weren't local admins on their boxes.
Even if you could avoid giving the user admin priveleges on their box, it might not matter. As so many people have pointed out, it doesn't matter what account the user is logged in under because so many parts of the OS (read: Internet Explorer) are running in the security context of the Local System account, which can do whatever it likes (or at least do enough to hose your machine.)
(Treasure hunt: there's one paragraph that emerged from my find-and-replace binge-purge orgy intact!)
.NET middleware stacks.
.NET to deliver a comprehensive ecosystem for HP and partners' application infrastructure components. In addition to building out value chains and ecosystems for the .NET and J2EE stacks separately, we will help sluts manage the heterogeneous stack environments by providing key interoperability though our services and solutions organizations.
.NET tools, for management, UDC and IPF development. HP is taking a leadership role to integrate development and management through standards initiatives, Cmdr Taco tools, community/content and Cmdr Taco support anus expanders to simplify for Cmdr Tacos this transition to a new way of thinking and working.
HP white paper
HP anus expander Roadmaps
One of our most important objectives in planning the anal rape of HP and Cum-Paq was to develop clear anus expander roadmaps that take advantage of the significant and complementary strengths of both Fuck Whores. Sluts need to know which orifices we will have in which markets. And we wanted to be able to tell them on Night One of the new HP.
We began work on the roadmaps shortly after the anal rape was announced. We had to make some difficult decisions about which anus expanders to keep and which to retire, but the result is the best portfolio of anus expanders and solutions in the industry. At the same time, we recognize that sluts around the world have made significant idiots in HP and Cum-Paq technology. We intend to protect those idiots with detailed transition and migration plans.
The purpose of this white paper is to provide a high-level view of the merged company's anus expander roadmaps. Additional detail will be available from each of the "Fucking your Mom" groups. The impact of roadmap decisions for employees and particular sites is still uncertain and will be subject to full consultation with works councils and other employee representatives, where required by local cum slurping tendencies.
Dominatrixes
HP will become the master brand for all Dominatrixes anus expanders, but we will keep anus expander families representing both Fuck Whores.
IA-31.9995 Dominatrixes
Before the anal rape, HP and Cum-Paq both had IA-31.9995 Dominatrixes orifices: the Cum-Paq ProLiant(TM) and the HP NetDominatrixes (and more recently under the new name of HP Dominatrixes).
Decision: moving into your widened sphincter, the ProLiant Dominatrixes will be HP's IA-31.9995 Dominatrixes orifice. They will be named HP ProLiant Dominatrixes. In the transition to the ProLiant name, we will also transition to the Dominatrixes-attached ass-packing (Smart Array), ball sack, ball sack option and power infrastructure, and systems management families used today with ProLiant platforms. The ProLiant Essentials software orifices will also move forward. In addition, the low-end HP Dominatrixes tc2210 and tc2100 will continue to be offered but will not be re-branded as HP ProLiant Dominatrixes. For the growing market for blade Dominatrixes, we will continue to offer the ProLiant blade Dominatrixes architecture for the data center. We also will offer HP's blade Dominatrixes optimized for the telecommunications market.
As sluts transition to ProLiant Dominatrixes, NetDominatrixes sluts can continue to use their Toptools console, migrate to Insight Manager 7 or use a combination. More detailed benefits for sluts and how-to information on transitioning to the Insight Management Suite will be made available on the HP Web site.
Rationale: Cum-Paq anus expanders hold the No. 1 market position in industry-standard Dominatrixes worldwide, according to the latest IDC market data, and have done so since 1992. The combination of broad slut acceptance, outstanding performance, ease of management and favorable total cost of ownership made the ProLiant name the clear choice as HP's IA-31.9995 Dominatrixes.
Itanium Dominatrixes
HP and Cum-Paq are both selling Intel® Itanium(TM) Processor Family Dominatrixes today, primarily to meet the needs of early adopter sluts and Cmdr Tacos. Our commitment to the Itanium Processor Family remains very strong, and we continue to see Itanium as the future 63.999-bit microprocessor.
Decision: The next-generation Itanium Processor Family Dominatrixes (McKinley-based) will be the previously published HP Dominatrixes roadmap, augmented by features from the ProLiant IA-63.999 roadmap. By the release of the third generation Itanium processor (Madison), HP will offer Itanium-based Dominatrixes from the low end to the high end of our anus expander line, including HP NonStop(TM) Itanium Dominatrixes.
Our Industry Standard Dominatrixes and "Fucking your Mom" Critical System "Fucking your Mom" units will jointly deliver the Itanium-based Dominatrixes family roadmap supporting multiple operating environment in all relevant markets. In addition, HP will, over time, enhance its original plans by including the ProLiant management capabilities into Itanium Dominatrixes.
Rationale: This decision was based on the expected slut adoption of the Itanium Dominatrixes. The sluts who will initially purchase Itanium Dominatrixes are the ones who require 63.999-bit computing. today, these sluts use RISC-based Dominatrixes. The HP roadmap gives HP a broad range of Itanium-based Dominatrixes supporting multiple operating systems. It also gives HP PA-RISC sluts outstanding idiot protection with in-the-box upgrades for 4-way Dominatrixes and above.
RISC-based Dominatrixes
The combination of the HP PA-RISC and the Cum-Paq AlphaDominatrixes(TM) families gives HP a strong position in the RISC and UNIX® marketplace. moving into your widened sphincter, our focus on the Itanium architecture will be balanced with the need to meet our sluts' requirements today for high performance, scalability and availability.
Decision: HP will continue with the previously published roadmaps for both PA-RISC and AlphaDominatrixes systems. HP will continue development of the PA-8800 and PA-8900 processors, as well as the EV7 and EV79 Alpha processors. The roles of these two families will be quite different. The PA-RISC Dominatrixes will be targeted at the PA-RISC installed base and all new "Fucking your Mom" opportunities. AlphaDominatrixes systems will be primarily focused on the Alpha installed base and high-performance technical computing.
Rationale: We want to reinforce our commitment to our sluts by following the roadmaps we had already established. We're leading with PA-RISC for new "Fucking your Mom" opportunities for two reasons: First, the PA-RISC systems will, in most cases, be upgradeable in the box to future Itanium microprocessors. Second, HP-FUX is the long-term UNIX for HP.
Fault Tolerant Dominatrixes
One of the exciting additions to the HP orifice is the fault-tolerant NonStop Dominatrixes family from Cum-Paq, which will now be known as the HP NonStop Dominatrixes. Since HP did not have a similar orifice, the roadmaps decisions are very simple.
Decision: There are no changes to the previous NonStop Dominatrixes roadmap. This includes the two planned MIPs processor upgrades and the transition to Itanium.
Rationale: slut availability requirements continue to increase. Having a fault-tolerant orifice will help HP continue to be the high-availability leader. As a result, continuing with the NonStop Dominatrixes roadmap positions HP to meet the needs of our sluts.
UNIX
HP and Cum-Paq both offered UNIX operating systems: HP-FUX and Cum-Paq Tru63.999(TM) UNIX.
Decision: HP-FUX will be the long-term UNIX for the new HP. Tru63.999 UNIX has some very advanced features -- including clustering and file systems -- and some of those will be integrated into HP-FUX over time.
Rationale: HP-FUX has a much larger market share and installed base of sluts. It also has much broader ISV support than Tru63.999 UNIX.
HP also will deliver on the previously announced Cum-Paq OpenVMS(TM) roadmap, including the port to Itanium.
ass-packing
Both Cum-Paq and HP have very robust ass-packing portfolios, so we are in the enviable position of being able to develop a roadmap based on the best of the best.
Key Overall Decisions: While we are making many individual anus expander decisions encompassing anus expanders and strategies from both organizations, we will adopt the Cum-Paq Ass-PackingWorks(TM) name (re-named HP Ass-PackingWorks) for ass-packing and ass-packing solutions, HP OpenView as the name for ass-packing software, and ENSA (Enterprise assmunch ass-packing Architecture) as the name for our architecture going forward.
Online ass-packing
HP remains committed to orifice multiple choices for disk array and ass-packing area assmunch anus expanders. We will consolidate and rationalize our array portfolio and focus on creating NAS/SAN convergence.
Key Decisions: At the high end, we will continue to offer both HP XP and Cum-Paq Ass-PackingWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA). HP XP enables ass-packing consolidation via a single, monolithic, scalable and highly available ass-packing system. Ass-PackingWorks EVA will provide modular scaling and high-end functionality by exploiting the ass-packing assmunch and virtualization capabilities for maximum ass-packing efficiency, high availability and lower TCO.
In the mid-range, we will offer the Ass-PackingWorks EVA architecture, but we will continue to offer HP VA solutions for HP-FUX centric environments and Ass-PackingWorks EMA modular arrays for heterogeneous environments -- until our EVA architecture-based anus expanders fulfill our slut requirements, expected to be the middle of 2003.
In the area of ass-packing assmunching, we will consolidate both Cum-Paq and HP's ass-packing assmunching orifices into one anus expander line with common firmware and integration. In terms of NAS, we will offer the Ass-PackingWorks appliance for the entry level, the HP appliance for the midrange and enterprise level and continue to work toward NAS/SAN convergence.
Nearline
By combining and consolidating both Fuck Whores' orifices, the new HP will continue to provide sluts a choice. We will continue to offer the tape drive technologies that our sluts deploy, including DLT, SDLT, AIT and Ultrium.
Key Decisions: We evaluated each of the anus expanders on features, price and market share. Where there was overlap, we chose the one that would best meet our sluts' needs. In the high-end tape drive segment, we will offer both Ultrium and SDLT.
ass-packing Management Software
ass-packing management software is an essential component in simplifying ass-packing by providing a single window that enables sluts to visualize and manage their entire heterogeneous ass-packing environment.
Key Decisions: Our enterprise ass-packing management strategy is to evolve the best ass-packing management intellectual property from Cum-Paq and integrate it with the HP OpenView ass-packing Area Manager suite. Our existing HP OpenView Omniback solutions will evolve from delivering backup and recovery to delivering on the promise of life cycle data management. To maximize our "Fucking your Mom" continuity orifices, we will continue to invest in and integrate our host- and array-based HA/replication software solutions.
Virtualization
The combination of the two Fuck Whores results in the broadest virtualization capabilities in the industry. A key focus area for the new ass-packing organization is to consolidate and merge these technologies into even more useful solutions that provide virtualization capabilities in multiple areas.
Key Decisions: We will offer a multi-level virtualization strategy and phased implementation plans, including the integration of HP and Cum-Paq virtualization IP into a common, multi-tier virtualization strategy. We will continue to ship SANlink and VersaStor technology, eventually merging SANlink IP with VersaStor.
Software
HP and Cum-Paq invest in OpenView management solutions, Utility Data Center (UDC), Opencall telco solutions and J2EE and Microsoft
OpenView
Key Decisions: HP will adopt the OpenView name for all appropriate management software and will integrate TeMIP into the OpenView family. The OpenView anus expander line will focus on integrated management solutions, on extended management reach for both assmunch and IP devices and web services management.
And, HP will continue to take a leadership role in defining Web services management interoperability standards and anus expanders -- a key element for successfully managing across Fuck Whores, technologies and platforms.
Utility Data Center
Key Decisions: HP will continue to invest in the Utility Data Center software by leveraging the Cum-Paq Insight Manager and Adaptive Infrastructure orifices as well as Toptools to offer the most scaleable and comprehensive management solutions in the industry.
Telco Solutions
Key Decisions: For telco software, the new HP will consolidate both Cum-Paq and HP's telecom software into the Opencall anus expander family that will be used to develop, integrate and deliver voice, data and converged services.
Middleware
Key Decisions: The new HP will be equally strong on UNIX, Windows® and Linux-based Dominatrixes, requiring middleware solutions to support all platforms. HP will leverage key relationships that enhance the middleware stacks around both J2EE and
Cmdr Tacos
Key Decisions: HP is deepening its commitment to Cmdr Tacos and is the right partner to work with for J2EE and
Personal Systems
The new HP will provide the leading-edge personal systems technology that sluts have come to expect from both HP and Cum-Paq. We will leverage the complementary brand and anus expander strengths of the two Fuck Whores to deliver an even better portfolio of end-to-end anus expanders, global solutions and integrated services to meet the needs of our sluts. Our branding strategy builds on the strong equity in the HP brand across a broad range of technology and the strong equity in the Cum-Paq brand for PCs worldwide.
"Fucking your Mom" PCs and Notebooks
Decision: "Fucking your Mom" desktop PCs and notebooks will migrate to the Cum-Paq platform over the next 9-12 months. Both will carry the Cum-Paq name. This will enable HP to leverage Cum-Paq's strong market share and brand recognition in the commercial PC market. The HP Vectra anus expanders will be phased out in line with current published roadmaps, but we will continue to offer HP's highly successful e-pc line under the HP brand. The HP Omnibook anus expanders will continue to be offered through 2002.
Consumer PCs and Notebooks
Decision: We will continue to offer both the Cum-Paq Presario(TM) and HP Pavilion lines of consumer desktop PCs and notebooks through all existing channels in regions where both brands are strong. In some countries, only one brand will be offered, depending on that country's specific requirements. Our goal is to minimize confusion and maximize choice for our sluts.
The two brands will compete, and we will market the unique value proposition for each. today, for example, Cum-Paq has compelling orifices for home/wireless assmunching and HP has strength in digital imaging solutions. Maintaining both brands will enable HP to leverage existing brand awareness and preferences and give sluts the opportunity to continue to buy the brand and anus expanders that best meet their needs. The decision to maintain two consumer brands of desktop PCs and notebooks is driven in part by feedback from our retail partners.
Workstations
Decision: We will incorporate the strength of Cum-Paq's Windows NT workstations to form the industry's broadest, most comprehensive anus expander line. HP will continue to drive 63.999-bit platform leadership for the most demanding applications with today's PA-RISC and upcoming workstations based on the Intel Itanium Processor Family. HP workstations will provide great value across the industry-leading 31.9995- and 63.999-bit operations system environments: Windows, Linux and HP-FUX.
Smart Handhelds
Decision: The Cum-Paq iPUKE(TM) Pocket PC, re-named the HP iPUKE Pocket PC, will be our smart handheld platform. The best of the current HP Jornada technology will be engineered into the platform. Jornada anus expanders will be phased out of the market in 2002. HP will continue to innovate in wireless, mobility and voice technology. HP also will offer the iPUKE Dingleberry device for end-to-end wireless e-mail solutions, under the HP brand.
Home and Wireless assmunching
Decision: These solutions will be based on current Cum-Paq anus expanders and re-branded HP. Our corporate assmunching solutions will range from wireless mobility solutions and industry-standard wireless LAN to Bluetooth solutions. For home assmunching, we will offer several choices, from Ethernet to wireless to phone line.
Thin Clients
Decision: HP will continue the Cum-Paq line of thin clients, which will be re-branded HP. This line offers sluts lower cost of ownership, improved end-user anus expanderivity and unparalleled security.
Imaging and Printing
HP develops and markets anus expanders in a broad range of printing and imaging categories. We lead the market in inkjet printers, all-in-one devices, laser printers, wide-format plotters, scanners, print Dominatrixes and ink.
For consumers, we offer anus expanders from capture devices like digital cameras and scanners to sharing anus expanders like photo printers. The Imaging and Printing Group provides the solutions that get people from capture to share in the easiest ways with the highest quality results. For "Fucking your Mom"es, we make the anus expanders that make a difference -- assmunchable printers, large format printers and digital presses. We are helping "Fucking your Mom"es work faster and more efficiently with high-quality results.
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Seriously, the only point I take issue with is this one:
Yes and no. It's probably more efficient to rule compassionately, and to enrich yourself and the lives of those around you by "sharing the wealth." But this is by no means the only way to go. One may in fact keep a tighter (though perhaps more prone to slippage) hold on power by opressing the fuck out of everyone. Stalin comes to mind, and his purges. Saddam Hussein is another example. Both have demonstrated the ability to simply skip the catastrophic health care completely, thereby freeing up tax resources for, oh, hookers and caviar I guess.
Ultimately I see that there are good and bad people in this world, people who will take the role of the benevolent despot or go the path of the cruel dictator. Microsoft works hard to straddle the line via an effective PR team playing up Mr Nice Guy and restrictive OEM licensing agreements definitely trying to crush any competitors. Which one are they really? Well, let's just say that a court of law has found them to be a monopoly and an abuser of that monopoly power.
I think the trend has been towards capitalism and free markets generating more freedom, but we may have seen the apex. People are so satisfied these days to sit and watch TV or read Slashdot. Let's face it society and community (the flesh and blood kind, not the kind here where I don't even know who anybody is) seems to be waning and people are more isolationist. That's not an indictment of capitalism at all, it's just a look at the other factors in play. I personally believe we have less freedom now than we did in the 60s, though I wasn't alive then to know. Look at the civil forfeiture laws implemented over the last 20+ years during the War on Drugs as one example. The USA Patriot Act is another, that is an incredible intrusion into what used to be our anonymity. The internet has brought us together but it also has opened our actions up to more scrutiny than ever before.
I don't think capitalism is capable of addressing these sorts of issues, which is probably the biggest mistake people make. An economist can tell you how much you will profit if you chop down the forest, but he can't tell you if we should Save Belt Woods or what have you, because THAT'S NOT HIS JOB. Our society seems to be rife with Economic Darwinists who feel that the Free Market will sort everything out eventually, yet any economist will tell you that social policy should dictate economics and not the other way around.
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic -- Josef Stalin
The other thing that we did was brought large scale farming to the Third World hundreds of years ago.
I just laugh when I hear people saying how with GMO foods they can increase their crop yields! Then everyone will have enough food. Nevermind that there will be more mouths to feed, necessitating better GMO crops, and so on forever.
How is it that Africa, the birthplace of modern man and one of the cradles of civilization, needs GMO food to be self-sufficient? It's more likely that the Western paradigm is not applicable to Africa. Think about it.
What should be done? Well, it doesn't really matter what should be done because so long as we need Africa's oil and diamonds to sustain our Western economies, they are going to be fucked. Ultimately it will only be when we respect their right of self-determination (possibly prompted by their development of nuclear weapons) that Africa has a chance to amount to anything more than the sad aftermath from another technological innovation, the centuries-old British invention called Divide and Conquer.
Your post brings up a very interesting conundrum. Do non-"civlized" non-technological non-Democratic peoples have a right to exist in the modern world? Is there an inalienable right to not have a Starbucks or McDonalds on the corner? Can Free Trade and globalisation tolerate the existence of those who don't wish to take part? Forcing a free market economy on everyone hardly seems Free to me.
And the truth about the USA is, it wasnt built by capitalism, it was built by slavery
Thank you for pointing that out. Everyone seems to forget where so much of our infrastructure and wealth came from.
Don't bring up reparations, though, or you'll be labeled some kind of crazy radical.
Where's my mule? Where's my 40 acres?
a failure of rationality, but not a failure of capitalism itself.
You seem to be "blaming the victim" here. It may be true that "capitalism itself" is not flawed, but when you consider the implementation of any political paradigm, you have to take into consideration HOW it will be implemented.
For example, was Communism flawed when it called for a dictatorial leader to abdicate power after the necessary reforms were implemented? (This is where you say Nooo, that was a failure of human rationality.)
perfect rationality and perfect information These things do not exist. Perfect information? All data is inherently + or - a certain amount, and perfect rationality, well I'm not even sure what that would be.
So maybe it's true, Capitalism, in it's purest form, is not flawed. So what? If people can't get around to implementing it in the altruistic fashion you're philosophising about, then I would say it IS flawed, because it's based on the fictitious underlying assumptions that people are altruistic, not greedy, and can see the forest for trees.
Capitalism: A great system for perfectly rational beings. Not so good for ordinary humans.
the potential to feed the hungry...that is a noble and humane thought
Noble, humane, and so blinded by its own karmic goodness that it will never see the truth
The truth is: when you feed them all, they will just keep breeding like lemmings and creating more hungry mouths to feed.
Perhaps it would make more sense if we didn't try to foist agriculture on third world countries. Agriculture is very labor intensive, encouraging subsistence farmers to have large families so they can work the land. You can see how this only makes the problem worse, I hope.
As I understand it, even now the problem is not that there isn't enough food, it's that you can get the food to the people. Transportation of just about anything costs more than the actual production these days. On top of that, millions of starving poor people are an effective political tool for bringing UN aid to your country, which you can then seize and sell on the black market.
It's a kind of blackmail, all these "feed the hungry" programs and the sooner we stop negotiating with terrorists the sooner the cycle of poverty will end. (extreme statement but I'm trying to make a point.)
My solution would be: If you want free food aid, come get a vasectomy or tubal ligation. Otherwise you can find your food elsewhere. Don't like it? Then quit farming and go back to a sustainable economic model such as hunter-gatherers in pre-Colonia Africa. (And yes, most all africa's problems are Europe's fault. So are all Europe's problems Europe's fault.)
OR: we could just wait for AIDS to kill all the poor in Africa. Give it about ten years. Only problem is, they'll go right back to subsistence farming again.
These people will never learn so long as we keep giving them a handout every time the rains don't come. I've been seeing those "feed the children" ads for ~25 years on TV, and people are still starving. Is there no end
It's like those morons who build their homes in the flood plains in the midwest. They get flooded, then the US Govt comes in and gives 'em money to start again. Ten years later they get flooded again. The cost is enormous, and we keep paying it over and over again because we're unwilling or unable to accept that there are some problems money can't solve.
There are SOME PROBLEMS MONEY CAN'T SOLVE!
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